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The Start Of Us

by noughts and exes

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1.
the crime 03:10
When you touch my hand, the racing world stands And everything’s still And I can’t hold my breath, but forget to breathe when looking at you Albeit so brief, moments they seem the sweetest with you And then all of these things are likened to dreams And fade will you too It’s a crime to have loved you When in time you would go Oh such a crime to have loved you of which I’m found guilty of I’m tried and convicted When I close my eyes, the looking glass lies And tells me you’re near Yet comfort is mine, the crime’s worth the time To have had you here
2.
everything 04:39
I’m trying to forget the times I never called The slipping of my mind, the lines that you abhor I’m starting to regret the words I never said And keeping constant score, a foot out of the door Is this everything to me I’m wishing on a star and pray it ain’t a plane But love is not as far as it once seemed to be I’m adding up my loss and ponder why it is You never know the cost until you’ve squandered it Is this everything to me And the push to shove has sent me tumbling Longing for the greener grass is it worth it Though repeat mistakes are often spiraling Still you never let me go You never let me go Is this everything to me
3.
An ego bruised and you’re hurting, a flippant word to bleed And the wound is setting in Slip of the tongue and you’re gutted Are you set to scream when your walls are closing in This is the time for love The pain is anticipated when the grief is near But a remedy is here The is a call for the broken, for the ones who fear If you have them listen hear This is the time for love This must be the only way to go now
4.
Where a chapter ends and a page begins to fall Where the song you sing is a solo for no more Can you hear the harmonies? Can you hear the second string? Where the strong in us finds the courage to be weak And in giving up find you’re gaining everything Would you gladly lose it all only to be found again? This is the start of us This is the start of us I’ll gladly fall apart Because this is the start of us Is the falling down worth the height from which you fall Is there solace found when yourself is all you’ve sought This is where I start to die for our story to begin This is the start of us This is the start of us I’ll gladly fall apart Because this is the start of us Oh, take it all This is it, here we stand on the edge of reason and remember if we abandon our fear of falling In the hope that it might result in some frequent flying So we poise for it Here we go Here we go and we go on, to find.. to long for.. to seek.. This is the start of us This is the start of us I’ll gladly fall apart Because this is the start of us
5.
the war 04:01
You look both ways before you cross then you go jump in front of cars Your broken bones oh they do mend but that was fun let’s do it again You take your time and then rush in, breaking any and everything And taking aim you then retreat, fire once you admit defeat The war between you and yourself The endless song you sing The fight is fought within You show no signs of giving in You call your bluff and fold your deck and then reveal that the game is chess And this your rouse has you unraveling, spinning around your neck You’re wearing out and wearing thin, wondering when the end begins And then without even a blink you’re back, back up against the ring The war between you and yourself The endless song you sing The fight is fought within You show no signs of giving in You say it’s fine coz everybody does it And all your crimes are more of choice than habit You sew your stripes and bury all your scars under a chuckle and a smile Convince yourself the war is ok it happens all the time Time to fold your flag has flown And now you’re giving in And that’s how you win
6.
Cellophane smiles and plastic happiness Bury your cries in choked up sentences Weathering heights, despite your vertigo Stifling sighs, now let’s not make a show The Glassing of eyes, the sorrow that you sing All you deny is all their worrying “Don’t worry I’m fine” your broken record plays The storm is inside, you brave it everyday The storm is building, this boat will not go down All the roaring, this boat will not go down Tide is over though the swell overwhelms, it will not blow you over Cellophane smiles and plastic happiness Bury your cries to hide your brokenness
7.
second best 05:15
taking your time you forget the race, forfeit the feast for an idle taste steeped in distraction, you’re easily drawn from the line and you find that you go for second best take what you want, don’t forget to pay, the charges are steep though collected late do what you please if it puts you at ease, for a time, then you find that it goes this is where it falls apart Tracing your lines you recall regrets. Gentle’s your fall though a steep descent A slave to your sorrow, you long for tomorrow but all that you find is today this is where you fall apart this is where I call you out I said I’d never leave your side In the darkness, from my sight you hide if you fall, I’ll fall to pick you up I’d gladly take it all I’d gladly take it all this is where I fall apart
8.
you and I we’re the same dear, both alike in our pain here as to who takes the blame we fight lightning strikes the same place here, tired of living the same shit though the cover looks great, it’s not. Find me love this is falling apart we seem to tear at the heart here why is something I’d die for killing me keep your chin up it’s ok, people say just be happy how can love find a way when I’m way off Find me love Hide me love and the call of my name in the darkness where I hide away cries aloud begs me near, lulling me from the madness I make Where the warmth of my woes keeps me company as they corrode I’m, in time, torn asunder, left to gather myself and repose All the lines that I’ve flavoured with my fiction have me now entwined And the depths that I sank to, didn’t seem very deep at the time Now my lack becomes clearer in the light of the love that draws near I am my own deceiver, sick of all of the shit that I’m in save me love and the call of my name in the darkness where I hide away cries aloud begs me near, lulling me from the madness I make
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surrounded 07:16
hello I miss you is what my eyes betray I go to kiss you as you walk away I spoke of roses where you complained of thorns I spoke of summers while you weathered storms you were surrounded at the time our flight turns to falling, and falling to plummeting the ground it comes rushing up to welcome me so this is broken but when was it breaking down and was I blinded or simply shut my eyes because you were surrounded at the time
11.
This is not the time for us This is not the time for us to be giving in Never mind the start of us How we finish is all we’ll be remembering Your seasons swell, you hold your breath How long… All that you’d held to is bound to bend Hold on This is not the time for us to be breaking down All the bridges we’ve once built needn’t be the ones we smell burning Oh Your seasons swell, you hold your breath How long… All that you’d held to is bound to bend Hold on Chasing lights We are chasing lights

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'The Start Of Us' is the second album from Hong Kong indie-folk pop band, Noughts & Exes.

Visit www.noughtsandexes.com for more info.

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released November 6, 2010

Joshua Wong: vocals, guitars
Gideon So: piano, keyboards, melodica, glockenspiel
Kerrie-Anne Butler: vocals, glockenspiel, percussion
Alex Bedwell: drums, percussion, vocals, typewriter
Marianne Bunton: cello, vocals
Winnie Lau: bass

All songs written by Noughts and Exes
Produced by Martijn Groeneveld and Noughts and Exes
Mixed and mastered at Mailmen Studios, Utrecht, Netherlands

Album artwork design by Joshua Wong
Cover photography by Michal Garcia

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Noughts and Exes are an indie folk pop band based in Hong Kong. With an international line-up of musicians, a mish-mash of inspiration and creative instrumentation, the band has become one of the most unique sounds in the city, earning a strong reputation and cult following. ... more

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