SONG LYRICS FOR 'LASTING IMPRESSION'
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LASTING IMPRESSION
Melody by Yiannis © March 2007
Lyrics by Lee Gunther © March 2007
HOOK:
Lasting impression lasting impression
My only lasting impression REPEAT
Using me up and turning me out was my only lasting impression
When the rage came up and the mood backed down and you were teaching me a lesson
You’d yell and hurl and scream at me for my heart you’d try to break
But your bladed words don’t hurt no more
It’s the empty ones that ache
CHORUS:
You sank me high low and I never said no
‘Cause I thought you were the one
You’d love me more if I tried to ignore
And let you have your fun
You’ve reached your goal and broken my soul
And I’ve got no more to give
But I’ve lost all sight of what’s wrong and what’s right
Now you’ve left me alone to live
REPEAT HOOK
Needing you more was my only vice you were every drug to me
Now I’ve come down and the high’s long and I finally start to see
You won me done me spat me out did I leave a bitter taste
And you’ve taken those long years from me but the rest won’t go to waste
REPEAT CHORUS
MIDDLE EIGHT:
I miss your closed fisted fucked up twisted
Bruising kind of love
The kind you’d show that nobody knows but fits you like a glove
That red-eyed, hard to hide passion fuelled aggression
And it’s becoming clear how I’m feeling here
In my little too late confession
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © 2003/2007
Perfect that little stare while you’re standing over there
‘Cause she won’t take you back
Never
I always wondered why she gave you one more try
‘Cause I can see through you
Oh yer I always do
CHORUS:
She didn’t ask much just a little honesty
The way that you touch was enough for you to play your game
She trusted you but I saw the truth
So just look inside and you’ll see that you can’t deny
That you wanted the best of both worlds
Perfect that little gaze promise her it’s a mistake
But she won’t take it on
Never
I often wonder why you feel the need lie
I’ve always seen through you
Oh yer you know it’s true
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
MIDDLE EIGHT:
You can try but it’s much too late
You did your own thing
Did you think that’d be ok?
I know that you were never true
She deserves far more that
And in time she won’t look back
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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CRAZY SENSATION (ON FIRE)
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © October 2007
HOOK:
Do it use it feel it, do it use it feel it, do it use it feel it now
REPEAT
Swinging round the poll
Gleaming in the lights
You’re on fire
On fire tonight
Inhibition free
You’re who you wanna be
You’re on fire
On fire tonight
BRIDGE:
Some hate you some love you now
Take it or leave it
Take it or leave it
Some hate you some love you now
Take it leave it
Take it or leave it
CHORUS:
Crazy sensation, crazy sensation, crazy sensation ah ah oh oh oh oh
REPEAT
REPEAT HOOK
Escaping from the world
A law unto yourself
You’re on fire
On fire tonight
They see what they see
I see you and me
We’re on fire
On fire tonight
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS
MIDDLE EIGHT:
Lost in your own space
Lost without a trace
Feeling numb again
REPEAT
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT HOOK
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WHY
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis June 2003
HOOK:
Hurt me hurt me hurt me why would you wanna hurt me
REPEAT
I’m sick of hearing his name
And I think it’s a great shame
That I've got myself to blame
‘Cause I ask too many questions baby
I know you feel the same way
As I do about you
So why would you wanna hurt me
Why would you wanna hurt me
CHORUS:
Frustrating ‘cause you don’t wanna know oh baby
I’m waiting for the pain I feel to go I hate it
I try so hard not to let it show
But why would you wanna hurt me
Why would you wanna hurt me
REPEAT HOOK
I’m sick of playing this game
And I think it’s a great shame
That I've got myself to blame
‘Cause I cannot just accept it baby
I know you feel the same way
As I do about you
So why would you wanna hurt me
Why would you wanna hurt me
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
MIDDLE EIGHT:
This game we play
All night and day
Just can’t go on
Why would you wanna hurt me
Why would you wanna hurt me
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT HOOK
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BREAKING THE HABIT
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © March 2007
You’ve been without it now for eight whole weeks
The thing you reach out to the thing you need
You won’t pretend it’s been an easy ride
But if you give up now you’ll lose your pride
CHORUS:
Take a look and see see what you’ve done
This awful mess can still still be undone
Open up your eyes and breathe in free air
Trust yourself and truly believe you’ll get there
Breaking the habit
Breaking the habit oh oh oh
Breaking the habit oh oh oh oh oh
Breaking the habit
This is the hardest thing you’ve ever done
Some days you feel as though your fight has gone
The fear that things will always be this way
Consumes your mind for hours night and day
REPEAT CHORUS
MIDDLE EIGHT:
Can you learn the lesson
Can you learn the lesson
You must believe
That it can be done
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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BESOTTED
Lyrics & melody by Yiannis September 2003/Dec 2007
I’ve forgotten what it’s like
To feel that overwhelming glow
Where just one look, one single touch
Fuels the spark that only lovers know
BRIDGE:
I get so close, I feel the rush, I remember what it’s like
To be in love, to feel the heat, in dreams it comes to life
CHORUS:
Oh oh
It’s more than physical attraction
Yer, yer, yer
There’s really so much going on
I crave it
That chemical connection where you’re out of your mind
Besotted
My mind’s eye seems preoccupied
It may well be a phase I’m going through
I seem to think of little else
I need so much attention that’s the truth
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
CODA:
When I’m asleep
That’s when you visit me
I don’t know who you are
But you’re so right for me
When I’m awake
I seem to have no luck
Perhaps you don’t exist
Or I just ask too much
REPEAT
Ad libs by Stephen Blackie until the end
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TRAPPED (THAT PLACE)
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © February 2007
You wake up every week day morning dreading to go there
It’s the place that makes your life not your own
It serves its purpose you should really be grateful
You just resent it you’ve got plans of your own
BRIDGE:
And that place doesn’t feature in them
That place doesn’t even come close to them
That place isn’t where you want to be
Yet that place gives you something you need
CHORUS:
Trapped by the money that it brings in
Trapped by the time that you can take off
Trapped by the hours that you can dictate
Yet you’re trapped doing something that is so wrong
You’re not the kind of person who can cope with the mundane
You crave the glamour the riches and fame
You need to live a life where you are the leader
It’s all too easy to find something to blame
BRIDGE 2:
And that place is the first on the list
That place wouldn’t even be slightly missed
That place isn’t where you want to be
Yet that place gives you something you need
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
MIDDLE EIGHT:
Too many questions not enough answers
Brain doing overtime
Too many questions not enough answers
That I know you’re trying to find
REPEAT
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE WITH TWO BRIDGES OVERLAPPING
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ALL ABOUT
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © August 2007
If it’s not all about you you’re not interested
If it’s not all about you
REPEAT
I’ve never met someone who loves themselves as much as you do
I’ve never met someone so self-indulgent
You really do believe the whole world revolves around you
I may as well just stand here and say
CHORUS:
If it’s not all about you you’re not interested
If it’s not all about you ho oh oh
If it’s not all about you you’re not interested
If it’s not all about you
Not all about you
I’ve never met someone who rates themselves as much as you do
The sound of your own voice excites you
I’ve seen it all before you’re really bringing nothing that new
I may as well just stand here and say
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Don’t you get that feeling
Don’t you get that feeling tell me
Don’t you get that feeling that you’re being far too much
REPEAT
MIDDLE EIGHT:
All the things that you’ve done
And all the things that you’ve said about you
They would all have been fine
If you’d had a sense of fun
I’ve never known a time when you would say enough is enough
I doubt the notion has even crossed your mind
You’re always first to judge and yet you hate when people are tough
I may as well just stand here and say
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT MIDDLE EIGHT
REPEAT BRIDGE
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TORTURED SOUL
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © November 2007
I don’t seem able to rely on my frame of mind
It changes without warning from bliss to despair
And when despair takes over it’s all consuming
It tarnishes the good and fills me with dread
CHORUS:
Up and down round and round
It’s a cliché I’m bound
By the drama of a tortured soul
Up and down round and round
It’s a cliché I’m bound
By the trauma of a tortured soul
So many days I’m armed with a painted smile
While inside I’m dying and drowning in pain
My expectations far too high so much pressure
Sheer panic at the thought of my life being mundane
REPEAT CHORUS
MIDDLE EIGHT:
Then suddenly suddenly suddenly I feel better
The world hasn’t changed but the way that I see it has
Yer suddenly suddenly suddenly life is brighter
Being single is great; all my dreams lie in wait
I make the best of each day and live in the moment…
But the temporary highs with which I fill my life
Simply seem to mask the problem within
A fundamental absence of contentment
Ensures I can’t stay grateful for all that I have
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
CODA:
I give I take
I sleep I wake
I fill my time
I fear it passing by
REPEAT
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YOU….JUST GLOSSIER
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © October 2007
Rose tinted
Blurred vision
Aware of your faults
Yet unable to see them
So gifted
I’m lifted
There’s nobody else
Despite what they say
BRIDGE:
I can see you
They can see you
And it’s clear that you’re no no angel
When I hear you
And I feel you
I know I’m seeing what isn’t real
CHORUS:
‘Cause they see you the real you
And I see you you…just glossier
They disapprove, they so disapprove
And I see you you…just glossier
Fantasy
Illusions
Aware of your faults
You assume I don’t see them
You think that
You’ve got me
But I’m in control
I just choose what I see
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
MIDDLE EIGHT:
This isn’t forever ‘cause you’re not the one that I need
Just some fun while it lasts ‘cause I know you won’t be there for me
REPEAT
For me
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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THIEF
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © March/April 2007
CHORUS:
Nothing much had changed
Nothing had changed until now
REPEAT
BRIDGE:
‘Cause you were a thief
You’d wanna have your quick fix
Secret little sneaky kicks
Yer you were a thief
You’d wanna have your quick fix
Secret little sneaky kicks
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE:
Why did you do it
Why was it such a joy
Why does it excite you
You’re still that hurting little boy
Who’s breaking free
And cutting loose
No longer tightening the noose
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
REPEAT VERSE
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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SHINE
Lyrics & Melody by Yiannis © October 2007
She’s always been there I feel as though we grew
Grew together the icon I’ve looked up to
Since I was just a little boy
She’s always been an inspiration
Glittering throughout my life
I have seen her fall and yet survive
CHORUS:
She’s a winner, she’s a fighter
And she’ll fight ‘til the end
No she won’t give up, she’ll never stop
I’ve always believed in her
She’s a winner, she is a fighter
And she’ll fight ‘til the end
I hope it’s always enough
To see our faces light up
She will always shine
She’s always been there for two thirds of my life
And I’ve been inspired by the journey over time
Since I was just a little boy
She’s always been a revelation
Shimmering throughout my life
Riding every high and every low
REPEAT CHORUS
MIDDLE EIGHT:
She’ll always shine, she’ll always shine
She’ll always shine
Yer yer yer yer yer yer
She’ll always shine
She’ll always shine
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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