PROGRESS
THE FLOOD SOS WAIT K IDZ PRETTY TH INGS HAPPY NOW UNDERGROUND MACHINE WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? AFFIRMATION EIGHT LETTERS
THE FLOOD
Standing on the edge of forever · At the start of whatever · Shouting love at the world · Back then we were like cavemen · But we mapped the moon and the stars · Then we forgave them · We will meet you where the lights are · The defenders of the faith we are · And when the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away · You know no one dies · In these love drowned eyes · Through our love drowned eyes · We’ll watch you sleep tonight · Although no one understood · We were holding back the flood · Learning how to dance the rain · We were holding back the flood · They said we’d never dance again · Bleeding, but none of us leaving · Wash your mouth son or you’ll find yourself floating home · Here we come now, on a dark star · Seeing demons, not what we are · Tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike but none will land today · There’s progress now · Where there once was none · Where there once was none · Then everything came along · Although no one understood · We were holding back the flood · Learning how to dance the rain · There was more of them than us · Now they’ll never dance again · Although no one understood · There was more of them than us · Learning how to dance the rain · We were holding back the flood · They said we’d never dance again · We will meet you where the lights are · The defenders of the faith we are · And when the thunder turns around they’ll run so hard we’ll tear the ground away · Yeah · Although no one understood · There was more of them than us · Learning how to dance the rain · There was more of them than us · Now they’ll never dance again · Now we’ll never dance again
SOS
Save our souls we’re splitting atoms · Go tell Eve and go tell Adam · Liberate your sons and daughters · Some are gods and some are monsters · We’ll get a five minute warning for divine intervention · With the satellites falling prepare for ascension · Under mind control · We’ll be practising our politics · Defending all our policies · Preparing for apocalypse · Don’t let the hungry serpent see you no · No, no, no, no, no · She’ll let you fall asleep then eat you whole · It’s like a bullet to the head · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it’s an SOS · When the levee breaks · And Manhattan sinks · There won’t be water fit to drink · When the winter’s warm · And the summer’s cold · The poison stops you looking old · You’ll get a five second warning for divine intervention · And the satellites are falling prepare for ascension · As the earth looks on · The odds or probability · Of losing all capacity · To function is hereditary · No antibiotic can save us now · No, no, no, no, no · We are the virus that we talk about · It’s like a bullet to the head · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it’s an SOS · Like a bullet in my head… Like a bullet in my head · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, oh yes, oh yes, it’s an SOS · It’s an SOS, it’s an SOS, like a bullet in the head, it’s an SOS
WAIT
Oh no we’re turning into cannibals · And everything that she wants is made out of minerals · I don’t know what I’ve done she only speaks in subliminals · The reception here is lousy and the service is minimal · Oh no I live with an eskimo · I swallow cos we’ve become mechanical and hollow · I seem to make you miserable · So take your tiny chemicals cos I need a miracle · Free your soul to me · Meet me on the corner cos the wall's on fire · Words can set us free · Can you make it go away · Make it stop, stop · Wait, there’s something that I wanna say · Something that we hid away · Something that I’d like to change · These words have never left the mouth · We never got to get it out · Communication not allowed · Some things we don’t talk about · Oh no I’ve fallen off a pedestal · And your selective memory is really quite incredible · Tomorrow when you get forgettable · I’ll try being wonderful yet totally inedible · Free your soul to me · Meet me there in China ’cross the wall of fire · Words can set us free · Can you make it go away · Make it stop, stop · Wait, there’s something that I wanna say · Something that we hid away · Something that I’d like to change · These words have never left the mouth · We never got to get it out · Communication not allowed · Some things we don’t talk about · Free your soul to me · Words can set us free · Can you make it go away · Make it stop, stop · Wait, there’s something that I wanna say · There’s something that we hid away · Something that I’d like to change · These words have never left the mouth · We never got to get it out · Communication not allowed · Some things we don’t talk about · Wait, there’s something that I wanna say · There’s something that we hid away · Something that I’d like to change · These words have never left the mouth · We never got to get it out · Communication not allowed · Some things we don’t talk about
K IDZ
Kings and Queens and Presidents · Ministers of Governments · Welcome to the future of your world · Through talking heads that took liberties · The monkeys learnt to build machines · They think they’ll get to heaven through the universe · They say nothing · Deny everything · And make counter accusations · My friends, my dear, my love, my God · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out · Come out · There will be lots for them to talk about · About · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey · What you looking at · Hey, hey, hey, hey · You want a bit of that · Hey, hey, hey, hey · There will be trouble when the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · Hey · Mirror, mirror on the wall · Who’s the fairest of them all? · The Good, the Bad, the Ugly or the Beautiful · Because it’s up hill and against the wind · With no-one there to let us in · Leave your thoughts and save yourself you fool · The daggers of science · Evolving into violence · We’re not sure where the fallout blows · But we all know · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out · Come out · There will be lots for them to talk about · About · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey · What you looking at · Hey, hey, hey, hey · You want a bit of that · Hey, hey, hey, hey · There will be trouble when the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · Hey · Out on the streets tonight · They’re making peace tonight · They’re making peace… La, la, la, la… · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out · There will be lots for them to talk about · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · When the kidz come out · There’ll be trouble when the kidz come out
PRETT Y THINGS
Dumb down, let your crazy out · Boys go crazy over you · Grip like a New York window cleaner · Just staring at you · Youth don’t leave me · Hair stay on me · God I love those hips · Oh memory don’t for sake me · Not like this · All those pretty things · Don’t sweat the pretty things · So collectable · Why not collect them all? · Obviously cunningly womanly · All those pretty things · God bless the pretty things · They’re still out there somewhere · Making men feel this way · At Fulham Broadway station · I see them everyday all day · Download a little meditation · It might pull you through · She blinded me with silence, anchored here with… · All those pretty things · Don’t sweat the pretty things · So collectable · Why not collect them all · Obviously cunningly womanly · All those pretty things · God bless the pretty things · All those pretty things · Don’t sweat the pretty things · So collectable · Why not collect them all · Obviously cunningly womanly · All those pretty things · God bless the pretty things · Did she talk like oooooh oooh ooh oh? · Will it feel like aaah ah ah ah? · Does she tell you what she wants? · Can you give her what she needs? · Youth don’t leave me · Hair stay on me · God I love those hips · Oh memory don’t forsake me · Not like this · All those pretty things · Don’t sweat the pretty things · So collectable · Why not collect them all? · Obviously cunningly womanly · All those pretty things · God bless the pretty things · All those pretty things · Don’t sweat the pretty things · So collectable · Why not collect them all? · Obviously cunningly womanly · All those pretty things · God bless the pretty things
HAPPY NOW
I get the feeling that we are being lied to · There’s a surge in my psychosis every turn of the screw · And I’m half awake in paisley print · I can see the world clearly but I have to squint · I am a supersonic specimen · A minor miracle of medicine · I’m at the mercy of unwanted emotions · Where nothing matters · Beneath my thoughts · Beneath my thoughts is where it happens · Super heavy elements · Embrace me · Super heavy elements · Replace me · Was it a positive experiment · To be indefinitely decadent · And they checked my pulse and it gave them hope · That there was no truth to what was wrote · Give me half as much but twice as fast or today · Might slip away · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now, feeling happy now · I’m at the back of the club and so afraid to speak · Cos I’m not like these people and these people are not like me · Super heavy elements · Upgrade me · Supersonic elements · Amaze me · Your opinion is irrelevant · I was built to be magnificent · And they checked my pulse and it gave them hope · That there was no truth to what was wrote · Give me half as much but twice as fast or today · Might slip away · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now, feeling happy now · I haven’t scratched the surface of my desire · In the world of dreams I’m a frequent flyer · Super heavy elements · Embrace me · Super heavy elements · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I feel myself falling… I’m feeling happy now · I’m feeling immortal… we'll live forever now
UNDERGROUND MACHINE
I, I’m just a piece of your pie chart · You’re in a room with a rock star · Only I play the good parts of a kind heart · The sky’s too low · And the room's too dark · But she just carries on · And I get her in but her friend gets turned away · But what can I say? · When the Boy meets Girl · And the Girl meets Boy · And the Boy · Thinks the Girl’s all right · Get your head out the library · Get the courage of the cavalry · You might be good looking · But you can’t sleep with yourself tonight · Oh what a beast oh what a man · You’ve gotta get it while you can · Oh what a beast oh what a man… · Oh I, I wish that beggars were choosers… · Unload my love like a looter · I need some gas and a kick start for a good heart · The lighting's cheap · And the room is cold · But she just carries on · And you’ll get no sleep · But you might be turned away · So what will you say? · When the Boy meets Girl · And the Girl meets Boy · And the Boy · Thinks the Girl’s all right · Get your head out the library · Get the courage of the cavalry · You might be good looking · But you can’t sleep with yourself tonight · Oh what a beast oh what a man · You’ve gotta get it while you can · Oh what a beast oh what a man · Oh what a beast oh what a man… · When the Boy meets Girl · And the Girl meets Boy · And the Boy · Thinks the Girl’s all right · Get your head out the library · Get the courage of the cavalry · If you’re so good looking · Why don’t you sleep with yourself tonight? · Oh what a beast oh what a man · You’ve gotta get it while you can · Oh what a beast oh what a man · Oh what a beast oh what a man · You’ve gotta get it while you can · You’ve gotta get it while you can · You’ve got to get it while you can · Oh what a beast oh what a man…
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
My greatest fear is we're just wasting tears · Wasting several years still being round here · My greatest fear is maybe you will notice · I’m not what you wanted after all these years · But I, I’ve got a very big hope for us · I'm gonna keep looking up for us · It’s been a difficult year · And I, I still wanna make love with you, so where do we go from here? · What do you want from me? · What do you want from me? · I, I still think I belong with you, I still wanna belong to you · So what do you want from me, what do you want from me now? · Your greatest fear is, we’re not getting wiser, we’re not wise at all · It’s getting harder, harder to recover, from the night before when you turn me on · But I, I like to think of us moving on, I like to think of us getting on · So answer me where do we go from here, where do we go? · Because I, I still wanna get old with you, I still want us to grow · What do you want from me? · What do you want from me? · I, I still think I’m in love with you, I still feel you’re the one · So what do you want from me, what do you want from me now? · Has it crossed your mind we might already know, if we only let it go? · Yeah I, I still wanna have sex with you, I still wanna go out with you · So what do you want from me? · What do you want from me? · I, I think some days we’re beautiful, I think some days we’re not · So what do you want from me? What do you want from me now? · Let’s make it positive · What do you want from me? What do you want from me now? · We’re making progress here, so where shall we go? · What do you want from me? · What do you want from me now?
AFFIRMATION
It’s just a fraction of time? · Until we move in reverse? · Can feel the pressure on all our minds · On the whole universe · Is it a question of force? · A metaphysical law? · We’ve had this battle a thousand times · Never been here before · Never been here before · Ain’t got the strength to fight anymore · Got no desire to die anymore · I need an affirmation · I wanna see you again, again, again · Ain’t got no strength to fight anymore · Don’t even know what I’m fighting you for · I need an affirmation · We’re at the end of the line · At the start of the race · I want to swim where the water falls · Off the edge of your face · I’m reaching out for the light · Past the silhouette of you · In the cold reflection of time · Is a point of view · Is a point of view · Can you see me, like I see you? · Can you see me, like I see you? · Can you see me, like I see you? · Ain’t got the strength to fight anymore · Got no desire to die anymore · I need an affirmation · I wanna see you again, again, again · Ain’t got no strength to fight anymore · Don’t even know what I’m fighting you for · I need an affirmation · I wanna fill you with love · I wanna see you survive · Just take a second to know yourself · For the rest of your life · We’re just a minute away · From the place that we wanna be · We’re not really falling apart; we’re just incomplete · We’re not really falling apart; we’re just incomplete · We’re just incomplete · We’re just incomplete · I need an affirmation · I need an affirmation · I need an affirmation · I need an affirmation · I wanna see you again, again, again, again, again
EIGHT LETTERS
We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned · Expendable soldiers smiling at anything · Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually · We were once the answer and then you discover · You’re actually just one thing after another · And what was the question? · And why was the lesson so deafening? · This is all that matters now · And that was all that happened anyhow · You can look back but don’t stare · Maybe I can love you out of there · And when I went away · What I forgot to say · Was all I had to say · Eight letters three words one meaning · And outside forces didn’t make it easy · So I thought I’d go before you leave me · Self preservation was no explanation for anything · Oh but the truth is more than we’ll ever comprehend · I’m just starting to understand my friend · All of that distance · Cos I fell in love with the enemy · But this is all that matters now · And that was all that happened anyhow · You can look back but don’t stare · Maybe I can love you out of there · And when I went away · What I forgot to say · Was all I had to say · Eight letters three words one meaning · And when I went away · What I forgot to say · Was all I had to say · Eight letters three words one meaning · At last we meet on no man’s land · Just footprints in the sand · We meet on no man’s land · At last · And when I went away · What I forgot to say · Was all I had to say · Eight letters three words one meaning · And when I went away · What I forgot to say · Was all I had to say · Eight letters three words one meaning · One meaning · Just one meaning
CREDITS
All tracks written by Barlow/Donald/Orange/Owen/Williams. Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Farrell Music Publishing Ltd except10 written by Barlow/Donald/Orange/Owen/Williams/Ure/ Cross/Cann/Currie, published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd/ EMI Music Publishing Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Farrell Music Ltd/Mood Music Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Sing Sing Songs Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Jump-Jet-Music Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd/Hot Food Music Ltd/Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Produced by Stuart Price. Mixed by Stuart Price at Tracques London, assisted by Dave Emery except 3 mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent at Sarm, West London, assisted by Matty Green. Engineered by Ryan Carline except 9 engineered by Ryan Carline and Dave Emery. Assisted by Noah Goldstein, Ghian Wright, Andrew Kitchen and Mike Houge. All vocals by Take That. Keyboards by Gary Barlow (all tracks) and Stuart Price (all tracks except 3/10). Guitars by Ben Mark (1/2/8) and Stuart Price (1/7/8/9/10). Bass by Stuart Price (2/7/8/9). Drums by Howard Donald (1/4) and Karl Brazil (2/8). All tracks programmed by Gary Barlow, Stuart Price (all tracks except 5) and Ryan Carline (4 only).
All tracks recorded at Sarm, West London. Additional recording at Electric Lady, NYC (1/2/3/10), The Village, LA (4/6), Real World Studios, Bath (5/8), The Record Plant, LA (5/10) and Tracques London (9). Strings recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road (1/3/5). Strings arranged and conducted by Wil Malone at EMI Studios, Abbey Road with The London Studio Orchestra led by Everton Nelson. Orchestra contractor and strings supervisor: Perry Montague-Mason. Strings engineered by Richard Lancaster. Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering. Photography: Nadav Kander. Design and Art Direction: Studio Fury. Management: Jonathan Wild at 10 Management. Robbie Williams Management: ie:music.
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