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Make Some Room
03:42
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Make room for the problem
Make room for the mess
Make room for the small
Make room for the less
Make room for the filler
Make room for the slack
Make room for the dark
Make room for the black
Bad luck is a point of view my friend
We all live the same life in the end
If life could be anything at all
Your smile is an insult to us all
Make room for the boredom
Make room for the stress
Make room for disease
Make room for the dead
Come on baby make up your mind
Cause made up stories last a long time
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No one will reason the earth’s here to last
No one knows the reason why
Please show me meaning you know I’m obsessed
I don’t know the reason why
Keep out the demons and get out of bed
No one has a reason why
All I will ever want to be is the best
Go on have no fear but time
No one enters through the door of chance
You know there’s a reason now come on can’t you dance
No one seems real you are honest at best
No one knows the reason why
There is more fear than there’s thoughts in your head
No one cares for reasons why
I got drunk and she drove me back
She don’t need a reason why
Give me a reason at all to get dressed
Cause their one makes me sick inside
You ease me again but you don’t have a reason why
I wish I could tell you I’ve never once told a lie
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Is This All We Know
03:52
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The world is in an awful state
And it serves you right that it’s raining now
Well smile away
When the rain starts pouring down
You call me up from his place
You wait a while and tell me that it’s not your day
Is this all we know
Is this song enough
Does it hurt you now just to know that you were wrong
Is this all we know
Is this song enough
If I don’t leave you now
But I won’t leave you now
The world is in an awful state
And it serves me right that it’s raining now
But I'll smile away
When the rain starts pouring in
You call me up from his place
You wait a while and tell me that it’s not OK
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Life Of Promise
03:42
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I still find notes and letters
You haven’t left behind
I act as if it matters
I’ve been cleaning up
You’ve got a life of promise
I’ve made a mess of mine
But I respect your choices
I’ve been cruel enough
I’m never done complaining
And therefore I am known
But though my feet are aching
I’m standing on my own
Let me turn your life around
I know where you want to be
Let me turn my life around
I’m where I want to be
Let me turn your life around
I know where I want to be
Let me turn your life around
You’re where I want to be
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Going Home
03:10
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If I’d live a million years
I’d do away with all my fears
I would understand the wind
Is blowing home
If I’d live a hundred days
I wouldn’t run outside to play
Doing nothing ain’t a sin
I’d stay home
I’m fine where I am
Yet I don’t understand
I’m high when I’m low
And I don’t wanna go
If I could go back in time
I’d go back just a couple years
To the time you were still here
Please come home
If I could go anywhere
I think I’d rather stay right here
Think a change would do me good?
I don’t know
Things will be OK
But you still should have stayed
Nothing you can learn
If you don’t wanna burn
Oh no you know all my dirty secrets
And how I feel when I die inside
You don’t owe me anything
I just want to go home
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Josephine
04:14
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If you start talking now
I think I’ll fall in love
I’ve been waiting for you
And if you’re still around
After the haze wears off
Could be dating for good
We went camping and had shadow fights
And we saw the same colours in the afternoon light
I lifted purple weight and she had them too
I’m like Josephine, Josephine rules
I have to leave you now
I think I’ve had enough
I can’t do this with you
I’m just not ready now
I guess I don’t want to have to get over you
I stayed over and she gave me a new name
I liked it and I told her straight away
Her name in sparkler letters still on my eye
I’m like Josephine, Josephine’s cool
She stayed on my radar for quite a very long time
You know I love her still I cannot find my way
She liked the city and she always said come on
Let’s go out and get some good times on
I guess I should have known it always ends like this
There’s no time to get dressed for it
So now I’m leaving got my blue raincoat on
And I’m like Josephine cause Josephine’s gone
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You Do It To Yourself
04:44
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What’s on your mind
You’re a rare find
Not in a good way
Can’t I make you stay?
I’ll be fine when you are long gone
Hard work has never been my style
Keeping promises is no fun
But now I know it’s all worthwile
Keep it to yourself
You do it for yourself and that’s enough
So keep it up
Leave the stage now
Time to take a bow
Read it out loud
What’s this song about?
Still I’ll be fine when you are long gone
I’ll just pretend it’s still allright
It takes some time to realize how
But now I know it’s all inside
I’ll keep it to myself
Cause I do it to myself and that’s bad enough
Who am I fooling
I don’t know what I’m doing
But ooh it’s still for you
My heart has been split
And your name is being written in glue
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Today I'm A Drunk
03:56
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Today I’m a drunk
It’s something to be
And nothing to worry about
Today I’m a slob
Got nothing to do
And no one can see me slide
Today I’m allright
Got something to do
A reason to stay inside
Tonight I’m in love
But what does it mean
It’s only the hundredth time
I signed up for a war
That no one else believes has started
Time to get in the car
That no one else can see
And drive away
Today I’m a drunk
It’s something to be
And nothing to worry about
You say it’s not right
Find something to be
Real life is a compromise
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Your Mind's Other Side
04:40
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I want to be inside
And emotions are fine
But as long as you are mine
I live on the other side
I’ll inhabit the other side
Of a place you call your mind
It’s a world where you can hide
But the end is that you die
You can stay over on your side
Where the sun can shine a light
In the darkness I’ll seem bright
But the end is that we die
I’ll live on the dark side with all of your fears
And try to prevent you from ever coming near
We come out at night and we try to appear
The only place where our lives meet is in tears
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The Answer
03:53
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If someone were to ask me who I really am
If someone were to ask me what the trouble is
If someone were to ask me what I really want
If someone were to ask me what I really miss
If someone were to ask me what I needed most
If someone were to ask me what I’m sure of
If someone were to ask me if I believe in ghosts
If someone were to ask me what about love
If someone were to ask me real or fantasy
If someone were to ask me if I’m happy as it is
If someone were to ask me what do you think of me
If someone were to ask me what’s the point in this
If someone were to ask me what I like the most
If someone were to ask me did I do it right
If someone were to ask me a gun or overdose
If someone were to ask me day or night
If someone were to ask me to name my favourite one
If someone were to ask me if I understand
If someone were to ask me where we’re coming from
If someone were to ask me does it ever end
If someone were to ask me are people good or bad
If someone were to ask me flee or fight
If someone were to ask me are normal people mad
If someone were to ask me stay with me tonight
If someone were to ask me who would you like to have been
If someone were to ask me where the story goes
If someone were to ask me red or green
If someone were to ask me do you like my clothes
If someone were to ask me does God play dice
If someone were to ask me what do you do for work
If someone were to ask me how can you be so nice
If someone were to ask me how can you be a jerk
If someone were to ask me body or mind
If someone were to ask me lazy rich or broke
If someone were to ask me search or find
If someone were to ask me are you wiseman or a joke
If someone were to ask me the extent of my belief
If someone were to ask me what I am about
If someone were to ask me loneliness or grief
If someone were to ask me what to do in doubt
If someone were to ask me where my heart lies
If someone were to ask me fucking or a kiss
If someone were to ask me what if someone dies
If someone were to ask me is this all there is
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Sir Ian Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sir Ian is a songwriting alter-ego of musician and singer Bart Hoevenaars from Rotterdam, Netherlands. After having released two albums with Dutch indie-rockband MONO, Hoevenaars started working on more personal, introspective and melancholic songs as Sir Ian. Debut album 'Apathology' was released in february 2010. Second album "II" was released on the 18th of january 2014. ... more
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