DriveSHAFT Lyrics

Let Me Ride

Sit in your living room, distractions on
Tea all gone and thinking of more things
That you can say
You're not watching, neither's he
Both of you are watching me
Telling me I should go now
Be away

But maybe I don't want to leave
Maybe I will stay right here
And beg you, let me ride on your wave

Let me ride (ride), ride (ride)
Let me ride on your wave
Ride (ride), ride (ride)
Let me ride
On your wave

Water sinking down a drain
Maybe I will see you again
I can keep the flame of hope alive
Remember Friday afternoon
Said I won't be seeing you soon
But I got other plans
Than being away

But maybe I don't want to leave
Maybe I will stay right here
And beg you, let me ride on your wave

Chorus

Ride on the wave of you
Where you take me, I will go
Ride on the wave that is you.

Ride on you

Chorus (2x)

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Burn
 
I can't ignore when you walk in
Sensations consume me
Burn me alive with your touch
Burn it all away
Be the source of my devastation
Conquer me - escape into me
Let me feel the flame of your heart
 
Uncontrolled fires rage within and without
Waiting for the rain to quench all
Wishing for distant lands of calm and clear
It all started here
This freefall into insanity

Your heart burns for only me
Burn me with your love
Don't think - Just embrace it
Is this the master plan?

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I'll do whatever it takes
To have you burn for only me
The flames in your eyes scorch me
Burn me more
Your gaze liberates me
I'll take what's given to me

Burn it all away
Be the source of my devastation
Conquer me - escape into me

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(You All) Everybody

Rock and roll, man

I walk around my town
Watch the people come and go
I watch them up and down
And I see what they don't know
They have given up on me
I can see it in their eyes
Well, I have given up on you
And I think you should realise

You all, everybody
You all, everybody
I don't like you stupid people
Wearing expensive clothes
You all everybody
You all, everybody

You all everybody

I know you see what I have been
And compare with what I am
But I don't care now what you've seen
I'm just doing what I can
You say you've given up on me
And you say it like I should care
Well I have given up on you
And no, I don't want to “share”

Chorus

You all everybody

And will you get the message now?
When I cross my heart and shout it out damn loud?

Chorus

You all everybody
Yeah, you all everybody

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Slide Away

Holding onto years, unremitting tears
Thinking of the changes that you need
To come back home again
I don't see your way, maybe, yeah, today
You could make the changes that you need
To come back home again

And hope we don't slide away
Slide into our dreams and not
Come out the other side intact
Don't slide away from me now, don't slide

Forget those yesterdays, all the things that you would say
All the changes that you need to make
To come back home again
Do you see your way? From then now to today
Yeah, you can make the changes that you need
To come back home again

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Please don't slide

I can feel you sliding don't deny it I can feel it in you
Feel it in the way you used to be, the way you aren't so now
What you going to do to get me back do you even want me now
I can't see your way, yeah, see it, can you see your way
I want to make the changes that you need
To come back home again

And hope we don't slide away
Slide into our dreams and not
Come back out the other side intact
And hope we don't slide away
Slide into our world of dreams
And stay there and not
Come back out the other side intact
Don't slide away from me now
Don't slide away from me now
Don't slide away from me now, don't slide
Yeah, please don't slide
Don't slide away from me now
Don't
Slide

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Going to Ground

Hit the pavement running and roll
Don't stumble, feet too heavy carry me away
I don't look back, take my hand
Running through the streets and then
Can we get in time, be in time –
Duck

We're going to ground
Underground as far as we can
Get far away from here
See the stars above our mantled heads
We're going to ground
Catch us if you dare to try
Going to ground
Going to ground

We see the stars, breathe the air
Watch the clouds sail and we run again
I don't look back, take my hand
Chased past the pavilion, chairs flying
Nearly made it, can we make it –
Duck

Chorus

Going to ground
We're going to ground
Take my hand
We're going to ground
Duck

Chorus (3x)

Going to ground (4x)
 
Going to ground

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Deep Enough

Why can't you see
That we don't work
When you go about it
That way
It isn't me
That doesn't work
Look at it all in a
New way
If you want to keep me
Girl I won't say no
But you've got to know me
You've got to go

Under the surface
Just a little bit deeper
Dive on down
To where the light runs out
Take a good look
At what's around you
If you go deep enough
You'll figure it out

You're far away
And whose fault is it
You say it's me
You don't know
You can come close
If you really want to
Look at the things
I have to show
If you're happy near me
Girl I'll let that be
But you've got to hear me
You've got to see

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Come a little closer baby
Don't be shy

It's not that hard
To get along with me
I think we'd manage
If we tried
Do you really
Want to hurt me
Baby ain't it really
Time we tried
I want us to be friends and
Girl I think we can
But I'm a complicated
Kind of man

Chorus (2x)

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Anchor

I don't need to be here
The weight of you dragging me down
I can go anywhere, be anyone
I don't need to stand here
Bitten by mosquitos and then
Have you drag me down, anchor me here
 
Does it look like I want you?
Want to be next to you, near you?
Feel your heart beating along with mine
Does it really look like I want this?
Want to suffocate and drown like this?
With you dragging me down

I could have stayed where I was
But you came along and messed up my long
Stay away from all your shit and I
Don't know why you seem to be
Drawn towards me moth to a flame
How many times do I have to burn you down?

Chorus

I don't
Want
You
Get it?
I don't
Want
You
Got it?

You took me from where I stood
Blinded and confused and you
Manipulated me into saying
That I loved you and
You know I didn't mean that
I will never mean that

Chorus (2x)

Dragging me down

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Pass me by, close as this
And feel as I slide next to you
All my dreams and all your fantasies
Merge into one in the look in your eyes
And I'm caught

Caught up in your friction
The push and pull that you and I create
Caught up in your friction
And I can't get out, can't see my way out of here
Not that I want to

Take me high, close as that
Afternoon you held me to you and
Said you were feeling my heart beat
Against yours and I felt it too
And I'm caught

Chorus

We stay high, close as then
When all I can see is you and me and I
Love you more than
Anything that I can think of
And I'm caught

Chorus (2x)

And I can't get out, can't see my way out of here
Not that I want to
And I'm caught
Oh, I'm caught
Yes I'm caught
I'm just caught
Yes I'm caught
And I'm
Caught

Chorus (2x)

Caught up in your friction
And I can't get out, can't see my way out of here

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Last One Standing

One tequila two tequila three tequila floor

Well it's quiet tonight
Nothing much to do
The weather is cold
And the women too
So I head down the local
Til the evening's through
Gotta get me some of that
Old home brew

Well there's nothin' sweeter
Than barley foam
Gonna get so drunk
They'll carry me home
I'm hitting the bottle
As hard as I can
Cos the last one standing
Is the saddest man

The telly is on
And the footie is fair
But I'm so hammered
That I just don't care
When the weight of the world
Is too much to bear
Hey a half a dozen pints
And it's all thin air

Chorus

God bless the people
Who invented wine
And the man who thought of beer
Well he was damn, damn fine
I'll party with the waitress
Til she says last call -
"... he's so damn pretty
when he's ready to fall..."
Whoo - yeah!

Now the morning after
A terrible night
Well I'm so hungover
I can't stand the light
But I don't regret
Getting ultra-tight
A little hair of the dog
And I'll feel all right

Chorus (2x)

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Find a Reason

What do you do
When there's nothing left to do
When all that's left to you
Is just the pieces of the life you had
What do you do
When the world is split in two
When the bills have all come due
And all the good things have become so bad
Go on and cry
If it makes you feel all right
But in the end you've got to get
A little bit of light

You find a reason
To turn it all around
To look up from the ground
And let the sun get in your eyes
You take some chances
And believe that you'll survive
You find a reason
A reason to arise

Where do you go
When there's nowhere left to go
When the people that you know
Refuse to see you or to speak your name
Where do you go
When the crowds are laughing so
When you've never been so low
And you just can't forget that burning shame
Go on and cry
If you think it's gonna help
But in the end the answer's gonna
Be within yourself

Chorus

Life is never ruled by logic
Seems it isn't ever fair
That's a problem, you can't solve it
But you know everyone's been there
Take a moment to collect
The little pieces of your soul
Then you've got to get direct
And take control

Chorus (2x)

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Down the Days

Looking back
On where I'm coming from
Who'd have ever guessed
I'd be going this way
Loads of things were said
But no-one said that up ahead
Would be the things
That are in my life today -
And all the ones I left behind
They live forever in my mind -

Down, down, down the days
Down, down, down the days
Down, down, down the days
The days that have gone
Down, down, down the days
Down, down, down the days
Down, down, down the days
I just keep moving on

That city on the map
That's the one I used to live in
But now my life's grown wheels
And I have gone away
I used to call it home
But now I roam, a rolling stone
The radio reminds me
I'm too busy now to stay -
And all the ones I left behind
They live forever in my mind -

Chorus

And all the ones I left behind
They live forever in my mind -

Chorus
Just keep moving on

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Century

I didn't know I'd lied to you
I didn't know what you say is true
I didn't know you were there
I didn't know how you cared

How could I know what you were thinking?
How could I know you'd been drinking
And didn't mean a single word you said
When you came home with me instead

Stare into my eyes for a century
Look and in them tell me that you see
What I meant to say to you
Every night and day to you
Look into me for a century
See into me and how it's meant to be
Look into my eyes for a century

You told me it wasn't enough
You told me that I could get stuffed
You told me that you should go home
You told me and I let you roam

Down the street on Sunday afternoon
Down the street and would I see you soon
Maybe, yeah, was all you said
Holding an ice cold drink to your head

Chorus

Chorus (2x)

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