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Mr. Postman, can you take a bullet for me?
Can you take a bullet for me?
So I’ve taken my aim and there it goes
A message to the one that I most care about
And although it’s armed with truth in droves
My confidence takes a hit from nagging doubt
Mr. Postman, can you take a bullet for me?
Can you take a bullet for me?
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We Don't Belong
03:18
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We don’t belong on this long vacation
A costly escape to a prime location
No noise to ignore
Just fields to explore
No we don’t belong
We don’t belong at these celebrations
We don’t know the rules of such fine occasions
Pampered and spoiled
The staff how they toiled
No we don’t belong
Ain’t it funny how we both reacted
Flying first class left us so distracted
Only right
We live a little life
The bed’s too big I fear I won’t get near you
The kettle switched for a machine we won’t use
Only right
We live a little life
We don’t belong in this empty mansion
Why didn’t we go for just a small expansion
In acres of ground
We finally found
That we don’t belong
Ain’t it funny how we both reacted
Flying first class left us so distracted
Only right
We live a little life
The bed’s too big I fear I won’t get near you
The kettle switched for a machine we won’t use
Only right
We live a little life
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Haha, I Love You
03:58
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You sowed the seeds of doubt
In those four small words
And all we’ve built up to now
I just hold up to the light to observe
You say “haha, I love you”
And I just don’t know if you mean it
You say “haha, I love you”
As stubborn as a toothpaste stain
I just can’t get these words out of my brain
And now I’m lying here
Swimming in circles doing laps of the bed as all this doubt remains
You say “haha, I love you”
And I just don’t know if you mean it
You say “haha, I love you”
You say “haha, I love you”
And I just don’t know if you mean it
You say “haha, I love you”
You said that it was only a joke
Just a turn of phrase
No needing to go speeding to conclusions again
Yeah it was only a joke
Just a turn of phrase
No needing to go speeding to conclusions again
Yeah it was only a joke
Just a turn of phrase
No needing to go speeding to conclusions again
Yeah it was only a joke
Just a turn of phrase
No needing to go speeding to conclusions again
You say “haha, I love you”
And I just don’t know if you mean it
You say “haha, I love you”
You say “haha, I love you”
And I just don’t know if you mean it
You say “haha, I love you”
(Haha, I love you)
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That Sinking Feeling
03:05
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Awake at the calling
Receives early warning
He's coming back
From sleepy and yawning
Half upright and crawling
Her bags are packed
So she closes the door
Her ear to the floor
You can't stand to see him
And face the facts
You've got that sinking feeling
Of being trapped
Like dominoes falling
Your lies they come sprawling
Across your back
You just keep ignoring
Your life's become boring
A silent act
The damage is done
This used to be fun
You can't stand to see him
And face the facts
You've got that sinking feeling
Of being trapped
So you run away and keep the truth at bay
But girl it's sad to see you waste another day
Now it's time to go home
So you pull up in the car outside
But you see him standing in the drive
And your head it starts to moan...
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Fast Trains Portsmouth, UK
Combining inventive alt pop with a cryptic visual space known as ‘ourWorld’, Fast Trains is the boundary-pushing solo
project of Portsmouth born songwriter Tom Wells.
Backed by BBC 6 Music, Amazing Radio and BBC Introducing, their award-winning music is a modern songwriter's take on alternative 80s bands like XTC, Squeeze and Tears For Fears.
This is Fast Trains. Welcome to ourWorld.
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