Every day keeping up
You can’t fall behind
Tell the world the life you’re living
Edit for online
Fantasise and add a bit on
Things you’re without
Paint a picture, anything
It’s what it’s all about

Don’t believe all you see
As you scroll
It’s all make believe
Of what they want you to know
Far fetched and glorified
From reality
They only share the cover up
Of what they want you to see

Oh, another update
Just to say
That everything’s amazing now
Don’t leave it too late
No time to waste
‘Cause everything’s amazing now
Oh, if it ain’t online it never happened at all

No interaction, conversation
So much to do
Always looking at a screen
What’s the world coming to
Nothing’s real anymore
It’s a sign of the times
Competing for your attention
It f*cks with your mind

Another update
Just to say
That everything’s amazing now
Don’t leave it too late
No time to waste
‘Cause everything’s amazing now
Oh, if it ain’t online it never happened at all
Oh yeah

Another update
Just to say
That everything’s amazing now
Don’t leave it too late
No time to waste
‘Cause everything’s amazing now
Yeah if it ain’t online it never happened at all
At all, oooh

© Aynsley Lister

Cross your path, make you tea
We’ve both got somewhere to be
Stuff to do, things we need
How did we get so busy

Morning rush, start the day
Always running late
Catching up, seeing everyone
So close but so far away

All I want is to spend a little time with you
I just want to be alone with you
Well I’m hanging in
‘til we can hold off the world
I just gotta bide my time

I think back to when we met
Can’t believe it’s so long ago
Life was simple
The time was ours
Nowhere we had to go
Whatever happened to the days
Where we didn’t get out of bed
No agenda
Nowhere to be
Now a memory instead

All I want is to spend a little time with you
I just want to be alone with you
Well I’m hanging in
‘til we can hold off the world
I guess I just gotta bide my time Bide my time, ooh

All I want is to spend a little time with you
I just want to be alone with you
Well I’m hanging in
‘til we can hold off the world

All I want is to spend a little time with you
I just want to be alone with you
Well I’m hanging in
‘til we can hold off the world
I just gotta bide my time

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My mind is so tangled
And I feel broken inside
Trying to keep it together
One day at a time
Need a resolution
Right now nobody knows
What’s gonna happen
Which way it’s gonna go
Woah, which way it’s gonna go
Woah.. Oh

I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)

Oh yeah, keeping my head up
All I can do right now
I know this can’t last forever, oh yeah
I just gotta ride it out
Woah, I’ve gotta ride it out
Woah.. Oh

I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
I know you’ll wait for me (I know you’ll wait for me)
Yeah, woah.. Oh

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Tanks on the street
It’s getting closer
Blind panic got everyone losing their mind
People running into hiding
Is this the worst thing that we’ll know of our time
I think I’m dreaming

Is this really happening now
Oh now
I can’t believe it
The world we’re living in now
Oh now
The world is going crazy
Is this really happening now

Stick together
Love thy neighbour
If only some would think of those more in need
Means of surviving
I can’t abide it
Man has shown another level of greed
The ship is sinking

Is this really happening now
Oh now
I can’t believe it
The world we’re living in now
Yeah now
The world is going crazy
Is this really happening now

Nobody knows how long we’ll be down
Or how long we’re going to have to hide out
Devastation in its path all around, yeah ooh

Is this really happening now
Yeah now
I can’t believe it
The world we’re living in now
Oh now
World is going crazy
Is this really happening now
Yeah ooh
It’s going crazy
Is this really happening now
Is this really happening now

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She’ll pull you in
Get under your skin
Leave you laying awake in the dark
Wants you to watch her every move
Takes pleasure leaving clues
She knows exactly just who you are

Mercurial mood
You better find her
Before she finds you

She’s already on to you
Now what you gonna do
Start to play in a game
She plays with you

One move ahead
Messing with your head
She’s got a flair and style of her own
She wants to keep you entertained
Hanging on her trail
She likes to follow you to watch the show

Now it’s just for you
Wants you to marvel at what she can do

She’s already on to you
Oh what you gonna do
Too late now
She’s obsessed with you

Yeah, already on to you
Now what you gonna do
She’s already on to you
Now what you gonna do

© Aynsley Lister

In a time uncertain
Need to stop and think about
Everyone running in different directions
It only serves to drag it out

Cast a light
On these darkened days
Cast a light
Send the darkness away

Nobody knows just where we’re going
How it’s gonna end or even when
Need to take care of one another
And pull together to the end

So cast a light
On these darkened days
Cast a light
Make the sun shine again
Cast a light
Make the world a better place
Cast a light
Send the darkness away

What of the ones who already struggle
Think of those without a home
Forget yourself just for a minute
Yeah and help the ones who are alone
Oh yeah

So cast a light
On these darkened days
Cast a light
Make the sun shine again
Cast a light
Make the world a better place
Cast a light and send the darkness away

© Aynsley Lister

It’s funny where life can take you
On the journey some parts can break you
You wake up every day you don’t know how its gonna go
Do our best to hold it together
No matter what we brave whatever
Come to think about it
We got no control

Getting older
It’s one thing that plays on my mind
You never know how it plays out
And we’re just
Along for the ride
For the ride
What we get, who we love, how we fall and get up
Gotta hold on
There’s no good wasting time
Time
Don’t ever wish it away
And we’re just
We’re just along for the ride

Who knows what will be tomorrow
Who’ll be here no one really knows
Because we’re not forever, don’t let things pass you by
Moments that turn into memories
Laughter that hurts so bad is
Something you hold on til the end of time

So forget about all the wrongs you want to right
Live like you’re just here today
And we’re just along for the ride
For the ride
What we get, who we love, how we fall and get up
Gotta hold on, no good wasting time
Time

Well it’s never enough
We gotta hold on
No reruns
If there was a book of life
Can’t turn the page ahead of time
Can’t decide our fate
Oh no
Because we’re just along for the ride

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Melt down, all around
Fever, escalating
Media, update
Panic, starting

And I feel
Like the world is falling round my feet
Believe it
And the unexpected happening, I see
That some they want to run and hide right now
Everything is broken
Oh yeah, ooh

Lockdown, shutdown
Standstill, isolation
Hiding, survival
Nobody, knows what’s coming
It’s just the, beginning
Spreading, like wild fire
Nothin’ we can do
Living wiped out

And I feel
Like the world is falling round my feet
Believe it
And the unexpected happening, I see
That some they want to run and hide right now
Everything is broken, yeah

And I feel
Like the world is falling round my feet
Believe it
And the unexpected happening, I see
That some they want to run and hide right now
Everything is broken, yeah
Everything is broken
Everything is broken
Everything is broken

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Feel you’re about to sink
Can’t keep afloat anymore
You’re stronger than you think
But right now you feel weak to the core
You’re not alone, just remember
Don’t you know, you just need a helping hand

I’ll be there, all along
Because we’re not invincible
And we can’t win at everything
I’ll be there when you need me
When it’s unrepairable
Just remember that you’re not alone

Like in a book that you read
(You can’t) Skip forward when you like
When it’s too much for your head
Life takes you by surprise
It’s alright, I’ll help you through it
Any time, you need me by your side

I’ll be there, all along
Because we’re not invincible
And we can’t win at everything
I’ll be there when you need me
When you think it’s unrepairable
Just remember that you’re not alone

We all try to make it on our own
To the point we start to break
It’s not a weakness to let somebody know
But pride gets in the way, the way

I’ll be there, all along
Because we’re not invincible
And we can’t win at everything
I’ll be there when you need me
When it’s unrepairable
Just remember that you’re not alone
That you’re not alone

© Aynsley Lister

I shoulda known from the start
You’d cause some damage to my heart
My friends all told me to take it slow
But I knew better what did they know
Now my life is all kinds of wrong
The less I know you as time goes on
I’m tired of listening to your lies
Enough’s enough don’t you know

I’ve gone and made up my mind
You better watch out baby because I’m not faking this time
I’ve had enough of going back to my old life
I’ve gone and mind up my mind
Ooh yeah

Now I’m ready to start again
I’m at the end of what I can take
I gotta think of my sanity
You’ve worn me down, so finally
I’ve made up my mind
I gotta move on baby, gotta leave you all behind
I’ve had enough of going back to my old life
You better watch out baby because I’m not faking this time
I’ve gone and made up my mind

I’ve gone and made up my mind
I gotta move on baby gotta leave you all behind
I’ve had enough of going back to my old life
You better watch out baby because I’m not faking this time
I’ve gone and made up my mind

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Now I’m doing alright
Away from you, finally
You hooked me in with your poison
How could I ever see
You told me your lies
I fell for your eyes
You took something from me
What you left behind
Is a stronger defined
Better version of me

You think you’re in control but I’m letting you know
I put a stop to your parade
The truth that you hide
Behind your disguise
You can drop now
I caught you out in your masquerade
Your masquerade

You knew just what you were doing
And I fell to your prey
Now you can’t hurt me no more
With the games that you like to play
Time after time I fell for your smile
It was always all about you
You took over my life
Twisted the knife
But now I’m over you

You think you’re in control but I’m letting you know
I put a stop to your parade
The truth that you hide
Behind your disguise
You can drop now
I caught you out with your masquerade
Your masquerade
Your masquerade
Your masquerade

Once upon a time you had a way to make me feel weak
Rid of you, I am stronger
Stronger than you’ll ever be, yeah

Once upon a time you had a way to make me feel weak
Rid of you, I am stronger
Stronger than you’ll ever be in your masquerade
Masquerade
Your masquerade
Your masquerade

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In the early hours
When I get home to you
When my mind is weary
And my body too
There ain’t nobody
That I’d rather get back home to
No one, baby
No-one else but you

In times of late
Life has worn me down
I just can’t keep the pace
So much running round
Wanna close the door
Forget the world with a drink or two
(With) No-one else
No-one else but you

You got the power
And you know it, too
That’s okay because I, I got the same power over you
No-one baby
Yeah, no-one else but you
Oh yeah, yeah

You got to find somebody
Who knows what makes you tick
Knows all your jagged edges
And their own and how to make it fit
There ain’t nobody
Oh that syncs up quite like you do
There’s no one baby
Oh, no-one, baby
No-one else but you

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You know she’s got a thing for you
Obsessed with your every move
Using your name
Is all a display
It’s all just for you
Messed up in the head
Quit while you’re ahead
Don’t know what you’re into

You just can’t help yourself
You don’t want to know
Better leave her alone
She’ll burrow into your head
’Til there’s none of you left
Look what happens to the ones that she loves
She’ll love you to death

Anything you got, she’s gonna take
You need to turn love to hate
Taking your things
Without you knowing
Is all part of a game
Breaking into your home
Replacing your clothes
Is reason to run away

You just can’t help yourself
You don’t want to know
Better leave her alone
She’ll burrow into your head
’Til there’s none of you left
Look what happens to the ones that she loves
She’ll love you to death
Oh, she’ll love you to death
Yeah, oh

© Aynsley Lister