Lyrics
v1
somebody told me a story that I won't forget 
it's bold and it's burning but they both die at the end
cause what can you do when fates got you wrapped in a knot
but hold onto someone as equally destined to rot

chorus
but if we've got one more sunrise
to soothe our sore eyes
would you finally say what you mean
cause I think I love you 
but I'm not supposed to 
and I don't wanna fall asleep
cold as a corpse, alone for the bugs to eat

v2
maybe it's just a side effect of the clock ticking away
it sure makes a fear of commitment a whole lot easier to take
but what do we do when it all goes up in flames
I wanna do something stupid but only if you want the same

chorus

cause what can you do when fates got you wrapped in a knot
but hold onto someone, hope they wrote the ending wrong

they both die at the end

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music). Produced by Al Mobbs and Mixed by Dan Swift. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

the sky looked nice today

the sky looked nice today
no the wind didn't feel too cold
and for the first time in a long time
this battered body felt like home
I saw trees that the giants couldn't take
felt the seeds growing through my bones oh my
for the first time in a long time
this battered body felt like mine

so do you wanna go to the end of the world with me
to see the way the birds fall when they know that it may just be
the last time in a long time they'll ever get to feel the air

oh I stood up tall today
and sang to the ghosts let them float on by
cause for the first time in a long time
this battered body felt alive

so do you wanna go to the end of the world with me
to see the way the birds fall when they know that it may just be
the last time in a long time they'll ever get to feel the air

and do you ever wonder what the sun does when we're fast asleep
I think she's got a plan for us I guess we'll have to wait and see
I know these times are lonely but we're only getting older you see

and the sky looks nice today
no the wind doesn't feel too cold
and for the first time in a long time
I think I know where I belong

so do you wanna go to the end of the world with me
to see the way the birds fall when they know that it may just be
the last time in a long time they'll ever get to feel the air
bet the sky looks nice from there

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when the sun came up

the sky looked nice today

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Written by Alex Carroll (Copyright Control). Produced by Jamie Amos. Mixed by Dan Swift. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

familiar stranger

so you cut your hair
and i like it
and you know I can't say things I don't mean
didn't wanna stare
oh I tried it
but the playing it cool card skipped on me

but I hope you know
I made a start at letting go
and shaping up
something that sort of functions like a living heart

oh don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger now

oh I met your friends an I like them
and you know that don't come easily
wish I could tell you that I'm excited
but I'm still learning how to breathe

don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger 
call me a familiar stranger 
call me a familiar stranger now

but I hope you know
I made a start at letting go
and shaping up
something that sort of functions like a living heart

oh don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger now
don't say it oh I know oh I know oh I know
and I can take it but I don't no I don't no I don't
wanna have to go on hating all your bones all your bones all your bones now
so can you call me a familiar stranger

familiar stranger

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Written by Alex Carroll (Copyright Control). Produced and Mixed by Dan Swift. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

do you wanna leave this city
I can't bare the people here oh please
and I don't know where we're gonna go
guess we'll have to plan to wait and hope and see

and maybe I'm crazy maybe I got it wrong
so send me a signal come on now let me know

cause I've been falling
thrown it all in
got everything I've got pinned up on us
so send me a signal come on now let me know
lets go

man I wanna find an island
some place far where they won't find up
cause I wanna be yours
do you wanna be mine?
don't care what they say we ain’t got the time
oh no we don't
but maybe I'm crazy maybe I got it wrong
so send me a signal come on now let me know

cause I've been falling
thrown it all in
got everything I've got pinned up on us
so send me a signal come on now let me know
so send me a signal come on now let me know
lets go

do you wanna leave this city
I can't bare the people here oh please
oh please

do you wanna leave this city ?

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Written by Alex Carroll (Copyright Control). Produced by Al Mobbs and Mixed by Dan Swift. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

racing raindrops

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Written by Alex Carroll (Copyright). Produced and Mixed by Dan Swift. Mastered by Stuart Hawkes

I had this image in my head of a very movie-like scene of meeting someone at a party you don’t want to be at with people you don’t like and then heading outside to chat under the stars where it's quieter but still with the distant sounds of the party fading in and out of the background. It's about connecting with someone and it just being really easy to talk to them even though you've only just met. It's very exciting because you know there could be something really special happening and you don't have to be lonely anymore.

we're not lonely anymore

oh I met you in a room I didn't wanna be in
but nor did you, you took me out to the garden
and I didn't know why the hell you knew my name
but it sounds quite nice when you say it
won't you say it again
won't you say it again
but we, we talk for hours about the movies you like
and how you wish you could go back to a different time
when things were fine
cause it was so easy back then
and I would agree, oh I would agree

but we, no we're not lonely anymore
at least we don't have to because I don't know you but I know
we're getting along quite nicely

so I told you about my friends and how I don't know where they went
they took me out on a night I thought that I would regret
but now you're here I'm kinda glad we met
and you said that you're just as glad as me
I guess you're just as mad as me

but we, no we're not lonely anymore
at least we don't have to because I don't know you but I know
we're getting along quite nicely

but now I'm safe in your arms I don't care where we are
oh I think I'm in love no I can't trust my heart
but it feels like we could be anything

cause we're not lonely anymore
at least we don't have to because I don't know you but I know
we're getting along quite nicely

we're not lonely anymore

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music) and Mack Jamieson (Universal Music Publishing Ltd). Produced by Mack Jamieson. Mixed by Joe Hirst. Mastered by Robin Schmidt.

fall for anything 

I dont wanna talk about the weather
You’re asking stupid questions like you give a shit
You know I wanna know you’re doing better
But don’t say it for the sake of it

whats going on why are you being quiet?
Don’t wanna put a downer on the evening
Whats going on and don’t just say you’re tired
Well maybe I should leave then 

We can do this dance til we fall down 
Or am I not the one you want around 
Oh am I a fool, fall for anything
You make the call and I’ll take it 

We can do this dance til we fall down 
Or I could be the one you don’t shut out 
Oh am I a fool, fall for anything 
You make the call and I’ll take it

I know that you’re slow at texting first but 
It’s starting to feel like you don’t give a shit
And I don’t wanna jump to think the worst but 
You’ve gotta give me something, give me anything 

whats going on why are you being quiet?
Don’t wanna put a downer on the evening
Whats going on and don’t just say you’re tired
Well maybe I should leave then 

We can do this dance til we fall down 
Or am I not the one you want around 
Oh am I a fool, fall for anything
You make the call and I’ll take it 

We can do this dance til we fall down 
Or I could be the one you don’t shut out 
Oh am I a fool, fall for anything 
You make the call and I’ll take it


Da da da da da da 
Da da da da da da da 

We can do this dance til we fall down 
Or am I not the one you want around 
Oh am I a fool, fall for anything
You make the call and I’ll take it 

We can do this dance til we fall down 
Or I could be the one you don’t shut out 
Oh am I a fool, fall for anything 
You make the call and I’ll take it

fall for anything

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music, Jack Hardman (Raygun Publishing Ltd). Produced  by Jack Hardman. Mixed by Adrian Breakspear. Mastered by Robin Schmidt. Strings by Maria Grigoryeva.

if i built my home from paper

If I built my home from paper
You’d say I’d done my best 
And when the wolf comes round to blow it down
You’d build it back again
If I lost myself in longing 
In the forest of my head 
Oh your hands are at the ready 
To take me home again

When I feel too big for my own bones 
To small for life's affairs
It's a trouble living in this world
But it’s home when you are there
Oh it’s home when you are there 

It's a terrifying feeling 
It's the fear of letting go
Free falling in slow motion 
Into the arms of the unknown
If you catch me running backwards
Getting tangled in the change
Will you promise, tell me honest
If I’m lost along the way

Cause I may be getting older
But maybe I’m still scared
It's a trouble living in this world
But it’s home when you are there
Oh it’s home when you are there 

If I built my home from paper
You’d say I’d done my best 
And when the wolf comes round to blow it down
You’d build it back again

When I feel too big for my own bones 
To small for life's affairs
It's a trouble living in this world
But it’s home when you are there
Oh it’s home when you are there

if i built my home from paper

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music) & Alex O'Shaughnessy (Copyright Control). Produced by Alex O'Shaughnessy & Luz. Mixed by Daniel Moyler. Mastered by Robin Schmidt.


Another year, another photo
We’re all here but we look older
Dad still wears the same old jumper
that he bought ten years ago
Another year goes in the folder

When nothing feels the same 
The snow all turns to rain
Small talk with your sister
oh I’ve missed her and it’s strange
But nothing’s ever changed 
Here on christmas day 

Mum still saves the wrapping paper 
She’ll talk about when we were young
she’ll make you sift through all of the old albums
whilst sipping cups of tea
But god I’d never want to change her

When nothing feels the same 
The snow all turns to rain
We’ll make plans to catch up soon 
And they’ll fall through it’s strange
But nothing’s ever changed 
Here on christmas day 
Here on christmas day

When nothing feels the same 
The snow all turns to rain
We’ll say goodbye again with all the 
moments that we’ve saved
But nothing’s ever changed 
Here on christmas day

christmas day

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music). Produced by Hugo M. Hardy and Lexie Carroll. Mixed by Joe Hirst. Mastered by Robin Schmidt.

annual birthday cry

I don’t want to cry on my birthday
I hate how the mood changes 
Everytime I do
But it’s tradition, the annual panic
Another year on this planet 
And I haven’t got a clue

But all I want this time
Is to learn how to live in my own damn mind
I’ll be alright tonight
I’ll be alright

I don’t wanna watch my mum getting older
And this house is getting colder 
What if nowhere feels like home 
And it’s a terrifying time to be somebody’s daughter 
Oh there's bodies in the water
And there’s children in the sky

But all I want this time
Is to learn how to live in my own damn mind
I’ll be alright tonight
I’ll be alright 
I’ll be alright

But I don’t want to cry on my birthday
I hate how everything’s changed 
But I’ve not moved at all

annual birthday cry

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music) Josef Page (Thirteen-24 / B-Unique) Produced by Josef Page. Mixed by Philippe Weiss. Mastered by Robin Schmidt.

Violet

i don’t know what happened between 
playing in your mothers kitchen 
now everybody’s asking where you are 
and heaven knows i hate the ghosts 
that wore you down and took you over 
promise it won’t feel like this for long 

and i know its difficult to talk about it 
i know it’s difficult to talk 

cause violet, violet 
i know that you’re tired, tired
but oh you can fight it, fight it 
you can fight it, violet 
and it’s oh so frightening building back up 
when i know your mind is telling you off 
oh violet, violet 
violet violet 

the things that hide beneath your bed 
the creepy crawlies in your head 
the weight that’s sat upon your aching lungs 
its not the way you’re supposed to wake up 
fighting fires with a dish cloth
i promise it won’t feel like this for long

cause violet, violet 
i know that you’re tired, tired
but oh you can fight it, fight it 
you can fight it, violet 
and it’s oh so frightening building back up 
when i know your mind is telling you off 
oh violet, violet 
violet violet 

it’s difficult to talk about it 
it’s difficult to talk about it 
it’s difficult to talk about it 
it’s difficult to talk 

violet, violet
i know that you’re tired, tired 
but oh you can fight it, fight it 
you can fight it
violet

violet

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music) & Alex O'Shaughnessy (Copyright Control). Produced by Alex O'Shaughnessy & Luz. Mixed by JMAC (Jamie Macneal). Mastered by Robin Schmidt.

Tomorrow 

Tomorrow feels like it might never come 
Keep me here my head against your lungs
And I wouldn’t mind if the world stopped turning 
And I wouldn’t mind if we just did nothing 

I would sit here in this living room
With only you to keep, keep me company 
I’m convinced we could live on the moon 
We don’t need any air, I’d go about anywhere
With you

Tomorrow feels like it might never come 
Bare our skin under the setting sun
And I wouldn’t mind if the sky kept burning 
No I wouldn’t mind I’d just close the curtains 

I would sit here in this living room
With only you to keep, keep me company 
I’m convinced we could live on the moon 
We don’t need any air, I’d go about anywhere
With you

I would go anywhere 
I would go anywhere 
I know that this worlds not fair 
But we could go anywhere
I would go anywhere 
I would go anywhere 
I know that this worlds not fair 
But we could go anywhere

Tomorrow feels like it might never come 
Just keep me here it’s safe within your arms

tomorrow

it's difficult to talk

growing pains

central line

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Written by Alex Carroll (Sentric Music) Josef Page (Thirteen-24 / B-Unique). Produced by Josef Page. Mixed by Philippe Weiss. Mastered by Robin Schmidt. Remixed by kissounds aka (keeta imani smit)

violet

i don’t know what happened between 
playing in your mothers kitchen 
now everybody’s asking where you are 
and heaven knows i hate the ghosts 
that wore you down and took you over 
promise it won’t feel like this for long 

and i know its difficult to talk about it 
i know it’s difficult to talk 

cause violet, violet 
i know that you’re tired, tired
but oh you can fight it, fight it 
you can fight it, violet 
and it’s oh so frightening building back up 
when i know your mind is telling you off 
oh violet, violet 
violet violet 

the things that hide beneath your bed 
the creepy crawlies in your head 
the weight that’s sat upon your aching lungs 
its not the way you’re supposed to wake up 
fighting fires with a dish cloth
i promise it won’t feel like this for long

cause violet, violet 
i know that you’re tired, tired
but oh you can fight it, fight it 
you can fight it, violet 
and it’s oh so frightening building back up 
when i know your mind is telling you off 
oh violet, violet 
violet violet 

it’s difficult to talk about it 
it’s difficult to talk about it 
it’s difficult to talk about it 
it’s difficult to talk 

violet, violet
i know that you’re tired, tired 
but oh you can fight it, fight it 
you can fight it
violet

violet (sped up version)

violet - sped up

it's been a while

winter's coat

evelyn

laundry detergent

sunflood

you look lovely when you're living

we never made it to glasgow

if you were a ghost

florist

god loves a trier

birthday cake

birthday cake by Alex Carroll 
lyrics

V1
I'm sure I used to like birthday cake
and going out at half past two
now I don't know where all my friends have gone
was I supposed to tend to them too

Chorus
and oh I should've stayed at home tonight
cause that's what I've been built to do
and I know the doctors said that I should try
but mum can you pick me up soon

V2
now my best friend is diet lemonade
and crying on the kitchen floor
mum can you tell them we've got plans that day
cause I'm not sure that I can say no anymore

Chorus

Bridge
before I 
lose my mind
another night I'd like to tear into my thighs
oh why 
could the people in my head 
could you please just go to bed
no I can't take it anymore

Chorus

V3
I'm sure I used to like birthday cake
now it just tastes like giving up
I still don't know where all my friends have gone
but what would I give to be enough

you look lovely when you're living EP out june 19th

Lexie Carroll

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