THE FRAY – Why

How many times do I have to try to tell you?
That I’m sorry for the things I’ve done
But when I start to try to tell you
That’s when you have to tell me
Hey, this trouble only just begin
I tell myself too many times
Why don’t you learn to keep your mouth shut?
That’s why it hurts so bad to hear the words
Keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Tell me why
Why?
I may be mad
I may be glad
I may be viciously unkind
But I still can read what you are thinking
What you are thinking
What you thinking
I’ve heard it said too many times
You be better off
Besides, why can’t you see this boat is sinking?
This boat is sinking
Let’s go down to Waters Edge
We can cast away these stones
Some things are better left unsaid
They still turn me inside out
Turn me inside out
Turn me inside out
Tell me why
Tell me why
You tell me
This is a book I never read
The words I never said
The path I’ll never tread
The dreams I’ll dream instead
The drink I step and spilled
Tears that we shed
The fear, Madrid
The conscious inside my head
These are the years we spent
This is what they represent
This is how I feel
Do you even know I feel?
Cause if you know
I don’t think you know
How can you know?
You never ask me
Why

THE FRAY – Turn Me On

There’s a sentence on my father
On my sister, on my brother
There’s a terror in the corner
That will make your blood run cold

And it goes back in my bloodline
And we tried to walk away
But I want you as my lover
You are where I want to stay

And I don’t know what it is, what it is, what it is about you
What it is, what it is but ohhh
The way you movin’ohh
You turn me on, I want to touch you till we’re burning
Ohhhh you turn me on

I see you rising and you’re falling
And I try to look away
But I’m frozen in the darkness
You’re a burning cabaret

And I don’t know what it is, what it is, what it is about you
What it is, what it is but ohhh
The way you movin’ohhhh
You turn me on
I want to touch you till we’re burning, ohhhh
You turn me on, come and turn me on

Turning me on,
You’re turning me on, yeahhh

Ahhhh

The way you movin’
You turn me on
I want to touch you till we’re burning, ohhhh
You turn me on, come and turn me on

I want to feel, I want to feel you love
I want to feel ohhh I said I want to feel
The way you movin’
You turn me on
Come and turn me on

THE FRAY – The Wind

Oh, my God, I think I’m lost at sea
These silent waves are my company
And, I lost the line between the sky and sea
I’m wondering will the wind ever come for me.
Yeah.

‘Cause I don’t know, I don’t know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend?
Will the wind ever come again?

I feel the sun coming up, rising from the east
I see the empire falling to her knees
I lost the line between her and me
My troubles are gone if the wind ever comes for me.
Yeah.

‘Cause I don’t know, I don’t know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend?
Will the wind ever come again?

I dreamed I found the shoreline
You’re standing there
I dreamed I found you waiting.
You were waiting for me, waiting for me.

I try to kiss the emptiness,
I lost the line between the sky and sea
I feel the sun coming up, coming up, coming up, coming up

And I don’t know, I don’t know where I am
I will break or I will bend
Will the wind ever come again?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

THE FRAY -The Fighter

The lover held her love
She begged him not to go
The fighter wrapped his gloves
The fighter said I know, I know, I know
Just this one last time
I swear you’ll still be mine
But he can’t promise much
He goes for one last touch
One last touch

Maybe we were meant to be lonely, lonely
Maybe we were meant to be on our own
Loneliness has always been with me, with me
But maybe we don’t have to be all alone

The fighter goes inside
The doubt is creeping in
He swings with all his might
At all that might have been
And she’s in love with him
But lovers don’t always win
He never even saw the swing
She calls out his name, calls his name

Maybe we were meant to be lonely, lonely
Maybe we were meant to be on our own
Loneliness has always been with me, with me
But maybe we don’t have to be all alone

What breaks your bones
Is not the load you’re carrying
What breaks you down
Is all in how you carry

The lover held her love
She begged him not to go
She unwrapped his gloves
The lover said I know, I know, I know
Kissed his trembling lips
She touched his fingertips
But somehow they both know
He’s not coming home, coming home

Loneliness has always been with me, with me
Maybe we were meant to be on our own
But I got to try or it will destroy me
Cause maybe we don’t have to be all alone

THE FRAY – Streets Of Philadelphia

I was bruised and battered
And I couldn’t tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself

See my reflection in a window
And I don’t know my own face
Oh brother, please don’t leave me wastin’ away
On the streets of Philadelphia…

I walk this avenue
’til my legs feel like stone
I hear the voices of friends vanished and gone

At night I can hear the blood
Runnin’ through my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia…
Philadelphia…

Ain’t no angel gonna greet me
It’s just you and I, my friend
These clothes, they don’t fit me anymore
I’ve walked a thousand miles and I wanna slip this skin

Night has fallen
And I’m lyin’ awake
I can feel myself fading away

So receive me brother
With your faithful kiss
Or we will leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia…
Philadelphia…

THE FRAY – Run For Your Life

Seventeen years by her side
Broke the same bread
Wore the same clothes and we said
We’re sisters with nothing between
If one of us fall
The other will soon be following

Both of you fell the same day
You don’t know why
One of you never woke up
And you laid your body down on the floor
You’re desperate to hear her footsteps again
But this house is on fire, we need to go

Oh, you don’t have to go it alone, go it alone

Run for your life, my love
Run and you don’t give up
It’s all that you are
All that you want
I will be close behind
Run for your life

She had a fire inside
And that terrified you
You swore that you’d never lose your control
Baby, let yourself go
’cause part of you hides
And I know the hunger inside of you’s strong
You can only hold back the river so long

Oh, you don’t have to go it alone
Oh, you don’t have to go it alone, go it alone

Run for your life, my love
Run and you don’t give up
All that you are
All that you want
Run for your life right now
And if you don’t know how
I’ll come back with you and take all that’s true
And leave all that’s burned behind
Run for your life

Oh, you don’t have to go it alone
Go it alone, go it alone,

Run for your life, my love
Run and you don’t give up
All that you are
All that you want
Run for your life right now
And if you don’t know how
I’ll come back with you and take all that’s true
Leave all that’s burned behind

So run for your life
Run for your life

THE FRAY – Ready Or Not

[Chorus: Lauryn Hill]
Ready or not, Here I come, You can’t hide
Gonna find you, and take it slowly
Ready or not, Here I come, You can’t hide
Gonna find you, and make you want me

[erse One: Wyclef]
Now that I escape sleep walk away
those who convolate knows the world they hate
Jails bars ain’t golden gates
those who fake they brake when they meet they four hundred pound mate if I could rule the world
Everyone who have a gun and together of course we’d get the up in our their horse
I kick a rhyme drinking moon shine
I poor sip on the concrete, for the deceased
but no don’t weep, Wyclef in a state of sleep
thinking about the robbe-RY that I did last WEEK
Money in the bag, bank a look like a drag
I wanna play with pelicans from here to Bagdad
Gun blast, think fast I think I’m hit
My girl pinch’s my hips to see if I still exist
I think not, I send a letter to my friends
A born again, hooligan only to be king again

[Chorus]

[Verse Two: Lauryn Hill]

yo, I play my enemies like a game of chess
where I rest no stress if you don’t smoke cess, less
I must confess my destany’s manifest
to some gortex and sweats I make tracks like I’m homeless
Rap orgies with Porgie and Bess
capture your bounty like Eliot Ness YES!
Bless you if you represent the FU
but I hex you, with some witches vu if you do-do
Voodo, I could what you do, EASY!
Believe me, frontin’ niggaz
gives me heebe-geebes
so why you imitatin’ Al Capone
I be Nina Symone and defacating on your microphone

[Chorus]

[Interlude: Lauryn Hill]
You can’t run away from these styles I got
Oh baby, hey baby cause I got a lot oh yeah…
Anywhere you go, my whole crew gonna know
Oh baby, hey baby you can’t hide from the black gold no…

[Verse Three: Pras]
Ready or not, refugees taking over
The buffalo soldier, dread like rasta
On the twelve hour flyby in my bomber
crews went for cover now they under pushin’ up flowers
Superfly, true lies do or dies
toss me high only profile with my crew from Lacaille
I refugee from Guatanamo Bay,
dance around the border like I’m Cassius Clay

[Chorus]

THE FRAY – Rainy Zurich

In midair and floating off to space,
I’m moving in,
Your hair is falling all around my face,
Like a parachute,
I’m breathing in,
You’re breathing out the same,
We give and take,
And let the water fall on the flame,
It’s not burning out

I’ll keep you warm,
Dancing in a downpour,
And I will hold your body slowly turning,
I’ll keep you warm,
Dancing in a downpour,
Breathe it in,
We’ll take it off and soak our skin

She’s in a town that holds a lonely road,
And the night is falling,
There’s a road that follows to a home,
And the sky is heavy,
In the home she’s in a lonely room,
With music playing,
Can she hear my heart coming through,
On the door between

I’ll keep you warm,
Dancing in a downpour,
And I will hold your body slowly turning,
I’ll keep you warm,
Dancing in a downpour,
Breathe it in,
We’ll take it off and soak

Maybe I’ll find you,
Maybe I won’t,
Baby I’ll try to,
Even if I don’t,
You are what I never knew I needed,
What I never knew I needed,
What I never knew I needed,
Almost there

I’ll keep you warm,
Dancing in a downpour,
And I will hold your body slowly turning,
I’ll keep you warm,
Dancing in a downpour,
Breathe it in,
We’ll take it off and soak our skin

The Fray – Never Say Never

Some things we don’t talk about
Rather do without
And just hold the smile
Falling in and out of love
Ashamed and proud of
Together all the while

You can never say never
While we don’t know when
But time and time again
Younger now than we were before

Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
[x2]

Picture, you’re the queen of everything
As far as the eye can see
Under your command
I will be your guardian
When all is crumbling
To steady your hand

You can never say never
While we don’t know when
Time, time, time again
Younger now than we were before

Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
[x2]

We’re pulling apart and coming together again and again
We’re growing apart but we pull it together, pull it together, together again

Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
[x4]

THE FRAY – Munich

Take all you know
And you let it go
Inside the snow
Begins to fall

Step to the edge
You and I
And we fall below
Take a breath
Hold my hand
And now you’re not alone

Girl you know
It terrifies me
And I don’t know why
There you go
You paralyze me
And I don’t know why

Everything
Is black and white and grey
Walls are shaking
When you’re touching me
Changes everything
When you’re close to me

Back to back
Hand to hand
Face to face again
Lovers and enemies
Then we’re back to friends

Something left
Holding us
Pulls me closer in
Take a breath
And the color will return again

Girl you know
It terrifies me
And I don’t know why
There you go
You paralyze me
And I don’t know why

Everything
Is black and white and grey
Walls are shaking
When you’re touching me
Changes everything
Changes everything

Walls are shaking
Changes everything
When you’re close to me

THE FRAY – Maps

Pack up
I’m straight
Enough

Oh say
Oh say say
Oh say
Oh say say say
Oh say say say and

Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Maps, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you

Lay off
Don’t stray
Well my kind’s your kind
I’ll stay the same
Pack up
Do not stray
Oh say say say
Oh say say say and

Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Maps, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
They don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you

Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Maps, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you
They don’t love you
Wait, they don’t love you like I love you

THE FRAY – Here We Are

Twenty years ago I found a window
Got away from here, far as I could go
Goodbye, hello to all the madness
7 billion ways to bury sadness

Going back and forth
But you’re pulling me in
I’m going back and forth
Show me where to begin

Here we are, here we are
Will you lay your body down?
Here we are, here we are
Two lovers in the dark
Here we are, here we are
Will you lay your body, lay your body down?
Who’s it gonna be, cause I’m divided
Who you gonna see, haven’t decided
Goodbye, hello to all the pressure
7 billion hands upon my shoulders goin’

Here we are, here we are
Will you lay your body down?
Here we are, here we are
Two lovers in the dark
Here we are, here we are
Will you lay your body, lay your body down?

I’m going back and forth
But you’re pulling me in
I’m going back and forth
Show me where to begin

Here we are, here we are
Will you lay your body down?
Here we are, here we are
Two lovers in the dark

Goodbye, hello to all the madness
7 billion hands upon my shoulders goin’

Here we are, here we are
Will you lay your body, lay your body down?

The Fray – Heartbeat

We’re on an open bed truck on the highway
The rain is coming down and we’re on the run
Think I can feel the breath in your body
We gotta keep on running ’til we see the sun

Oh you got a fire and it’s burning in the rain
Thought that it went out, but it’s burning just the same
And you don’t look back, not for anything
‘Cause if you love someone, you love them all the same
If you love someone, you love them all the same

Oh, I feel your heartbeat
And you’re coming around, coming around, coming around
If you can love somebody, love them all the same
You gotta love somebody, love them all the same
Singing, oh, I feel your heartbeat

I’m trying to put it all back together.
I’ve got a story and I’m trying to tell it right.
I got the kerosene and a desire.
I’m trying to start a flame in the heart of the night

Oh you got a fire and it’s burning in the rain
Thought that it went out, but it’s burning just the same
And you don’t look back, not for anything
‘Cause if you love someone, you love them all the same
If you love someone, you love them all the same

Oh, I feel your heartbeat
And you’re coming around, coming around, coming around
If you can love somebody, love them all the same
You gotta love somebody, love them all the same
Singing, oh, I feel your heartbeat

Ooh, ooh
I know the memories are rushing into mind
I wanna kiss your scars tonight, baby
‘Cause you gotta try
You gotta let me in
Let me in

Oh, I feel your heartbeat
And you’re coming around, coming around, coming around
You gotta love somebody
You got, you gotta love somebody
You got, you got
Oh, I feel your heartbeat

Oh yeah, oh yeah
Heartbeat

THE FRAY – Boulder To Birmingham

I don’t want to hear a love song
I got on this airplane just to fly
And I know there’s life below
But all that it can show me
Is the prairie and the sky

And I don’t want to hear a sad story
Full of heartbreak and desire
The last time I felt like this
It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire

And I stood on the mountain
In the night and I watched it burn
I watched it burn, I watched it burn.

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face

Well your really got me this time
And the hardest part is knowing I’ll survive
I have come to listen for the sound
Of the trucks as they move down
Out of ninety five
And pretend that it’s the ocean
Coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean
Baby do you know what I mean

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see you face.

THE FRAY – 1961

Two brothers in 1961
On a road 90 miles too long
Someone don’t want us together but
We just keep on walking cause we’re one, we’re one

I got a voice and you got a reason
For the glory we sing our broken song
Take a side and I’ll take the other one
Two brothers under one nation

Wanna feel your love right now
Wanna see the night and feel the day
Ever try to touch somebody
90 miles away

But it won’t be the same again
No, it won’t be the same again
Yeah

Third brother, 1989
Got me through it, opened up the line
Stand tall, I’ll follow you this time
We’re all just waiting on a sign
Wanna feel your love right now
Wanna see the night and feel the day
Ever try to touch somebody
90 miles away

But it won’t be the same again (you and I now, you and I)
No, it won’t be the same again (to the ending, to the end)
I’ll be with you until the end (you and I now, you and I)
But it won’t be the same (won’t be the same)

We’re broken, we’re battered
We’re torn up and we’re shattered
We turn back on each other
The moment that it mattered
The curtain is shaking
It’s bending and it’s breaking
And I’ll be with you in the end (until the end)

But it won’t be the same again (you and I now, you and I)
Can’t go back to the way it was (to the ending, to the end)
I’ll be with you until the end (you and I now, you and I)
But it won’t be the same, won’t be the same again.

THE FRAY – 48 To Go

From Denver to California,
By way of Mexico,
We’re lost and we’re finding each other,
And we may never see the west coast,
We may never see the west coast

We’re taking it slow,
But for now we’re 2 down and 48 to go

Missed an exit in Albuquerque,
We don’t seem to mind at all,
We pull over,
The sun is burning,
And we lay down to feel the rain fall

We’re taking it slow,
But for now we’re 2 down and 48 to go

Desert winds blow your hair back,
Window down,
Town after town,
Where will be in half a century,
2 down and 48 to go

The sun rises in Bernardino,
Some time after 6 am,
We could take 27 up old canyon road,
Sometimes you win before you run,
Sometimes you win before,
We got 48, 48 to go
48 to go,
48, 48

Come on baby,
Come on darling,
48 to go

THE FRAY – I Can Barely Say

I said I told you everything I left something out
Underneath the stairwell.
That I’m under lock and key, but you can probably tell
A powder keg in a prison cell.

I wanna return but all you will do is turn to leave
If I can find my way home, will you take hold of me?
I’ve been gone so long
I can barely say
All I know is now I want to stay
Has it been too long since I went away?
Cause I’m trying to find the words but I can barely say

Well I used to be the sun
Waiting silently but they barely noticed me
But I’ve been talking in my sleep when anybody sees they turn and run from me

I want to return but all you will do is turn to leave
If I can find my way home will you take hold of me?
Cause I’ve been gone so long
I can barely say
All I know is now I want to stay
Has it been too long since I went away?
Cause I’m trying to find the words but I can barely say

I wanted to run
I wanted to love and be loved in return
But will I ever get back, do I know too much to return.

I’ve been gone so long, I can barely say
All I know is now I wanna stay
Has it been too long since I went away?
Cause I’m trying to find the words but I can barely say.