Gotta be above it
Gotta be above it
And I know that I gotta be above it now
And I know that I can't let them bring me down
And I gotta bide my time as a face in the crowd
And I know that I gotta be above it now
And I know that I gotta be above it now
And I gotta bide my time as a face in the crowd
And I know that I gotta be above it now
And I cannot let them all just bring me down
This time I'm just gonna take it all
I'm never gonna shake it up
I'll just close my eyes and make so that all the things don't affect me now
I know that I gotta be above it now
And I cannot let them all just bring me down
This time I'm just gonna take or I'm never gonna shake it
I'll just close my eyes and make so that all the things don't affect me now
Gotta be above it
Gotta be above it
Tame Impala - Lonerism Album Lyrics
Tame Impala - Lonerism Lyrics
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Royalty Network
Endors Toi
Soothing repeat
I look down at my feet
It's a hypnotist's arm
And it works like a charm
But I won't be deprived
Real world, surreal life
Do or die
There is time
Go to sleep
You'll be fine
In the morning you'll find
Real life was such a grind
Off I go, day is done
Where a new one's just begun
I look down at my feet
It's a hypnotist's arm
And it works like a charm
But I won't be deprived
Real world, surreal life
Do or die
There is time
Go to sleep
You'll be fine
In the morning you'll find
Real life was such a grind
Off I go, day is done
Where a new one's just begun
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Apocalypse Dreams
This could be the day that we push through
It could be the day that all our dreams come true
For me and you
'Til we're at the end of just another day
Are you too terrified to try your best?
Just to end up with an educated guess
Like success
Like those times you wake up mystified
Oh it feels so real in my sleep
Never held something so close I couldn't keep
Into the day, the strangest feeling
Do you really live without the fear?
Everything is changing
And there's nothing I can do
My world is turning pages
While I am just sitting here
Well, am I getting closer?
Will I ever get there?
Does it even matter?
Do I really need it?
Wish that I'd remember
And I'm on the outcome
Push it out the window
On and on we all go
Into another morning
It was only yesterday
Didn't even know you
Now I'm gonna miss you
Nothing ever changes
No matter how long you do your hair
Looks the same to everyone else
Everything is changing
I guess I should warn my mum
But she'll just be excited
It could be the day that all our dreams come true
For me and you
'Til we're at the end of just another day
Are you too terrified to try your best?
Just to end up with an educated guess
Like success
Like those times you wake up mystified
Oh it feels so real in my sleep
Never held something so close I couldn't keep
Into the day, the strangest feeling
Do you really live without the fear?
Everything is changing
And there's nothing I can do
My world is turning pages
While I am just sitting here
Well, am I getting closer?
Will I ever get there?
Does it even matter?
Do I really need it?
Wish that I'd remember
And I'm on the outcome
Push it out the window
On and on we all go
Into another morning
It was only yesterday
Didn't even know you
Now I'm gonna miss you
Nothing ever changes
No matter how long you do your hair
Looks the same to everyone else
Everything is changing
I guess I should warn my mum
But she'll just be excited
Writer: Jay Watson, Kevin Parker
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Mind Mischief
Feels like my life is ready to blow
Me and my love, we'll take it slow
I hope she knows that I'll love her long
I just don't know where the hell I belong (oh, no)
How optimism led me astray
Two hundred things I took the wrong way
But I saw her love gauge runnin' low
I tried to fill, but it overflowed
Feels like my life is ready to blow
Me and my love, we're takin' it slow
I hope she knows that I'll love her long
I just don't know where the hell I belong (oh, no)
She remembers my name
Could be blown way out
It's all goin' to change
She remembers my name
But she was only messing around
Please, no more playing with my heart
Ooh, go Mr. Right just for once
(Then it all just came out) ooh
No more mischief with my mind (guess I'll hold in, next time)
No more gettin' it wrong
I'll be frozen, here on
If forever, we'll see
No more guessin' for me
Ooh, I was just so sure of everything
Ooh, that's what you get for dreamin' aloud
(Then it all just came out)
(Guess I'll hold in, now on)
(If forever, we'll see)
Ooh, the day that words are clearer for me (no more guessing for me)
Me and my love, we'll take it slow
I hope she knows that I'll love her long
I just don't know where the hell I belong (oh, no)
How optimism led me astray
Two hundred things I took the wrong way
But I saw her love gauge runnin' low
I tried to fill, but it overflowed
Feels like my life is ready to blow
Me and my love, we're takin' it slow
I hope she knows that I'll love her long
I just don't know where the hell I belong (oh, no)
She remembers my name
Could be blown way out
It's all goin' to change
She remembers my name
But she was only messing around
Please, no more playing with my heart
Ooh, go Mr. Right just for once
(Then it all just came out) ooh
No more mischief with my mind (guess I'll hold in, next time)
No more gettin' it wrong
I'll be frozen, here on
If forever, we'll see
No more guessin' for me
Ooh, I was just so sure of everything
Ooh, that's what you get for dreamin' aloud
(Then it all just came out)
(Guess I'll hold in, now on)
(If forever, we'll see)
Ooh, the day that words are clearer for me (no more guessing for me)
Writer: Kevin Richard Parker
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Music to Walk Home By
But that's only when I think of you
Some vision that I hold on to
You know it's everything I do
You know it's everything I do
Can almost stand competing with the others
Can almost hear the fun that I should be having
Instead of just dreaming
But it's only when I think of you
The mover I could turn into
There must be something I can do
Yeah, there must be something I can do
I just don't know
How to feel right
A beautiful girl
Is wasting my life
I'm playing a part
As somebody else
While trying so hard
To be myself
I just need to hear
Somebody say
That this will make sense one day
I guess I'm alright
But they're all doing so well
What I wouldn't give
To be under that spell
You'll know soon, you'll know soon
You'll know soon, you'll know soon
You'll know soon, you'll know soon, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
But you don't know the truth
I really love you
You just don't believe
Anything I do
In so many ways
I'm somebody else
While trying so hard
To be myself
I just need to hear
Somebody say
This will all make
Sense one day
Well it's getting late
I'd better go
I made it this far
As far as I know
Some vision that I hold on to
You know it's everything I do
You know it's everything I do
Can almost stand competing with the others
Can almost hear the fun that I should be having
Instead of just dreaming
But it's only when I think of you
The mover I could turn into
There must be something I can do
Yeah, there must be something I can do
I just don't know
How to feel right
A beautiful girl
Is wasting my life
I'm playing a part
As somebody else
While trying so hard
To be myself
I just need to hear
Somebody say
That this will make sense one day
I guess I'm alright
But they're all doing so well
What I wouldn't give
To be under that spell
You'll know soon, you'll know soon
You'll know soon, you'll know soon
You'll know soon, you'll know soon, yeah
Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
But you don't know the truth
I really love you
You just don't believe
Anything I do
In so many ways
I'm somebody else
While trying so hard
To be myself
I just need to hear
Somebody say
This will all make
Sense one day
Well it's getting late
I'd better go
I made it this far
As far as I know
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Why Wont They Talk to Me?
Out of the zone
Trying to see
I'm so alone
Nothing for me
I guess I'll go home
Try to be sane
Try to pretend
None of it happened
Oh this old tree
Lonely old me
Whoops-a-daisy
I thought I was happy, oh
Out of this zone
Now that I see
I don't need them
And they don't need me
I guess I'll go home
Try to be sane
Try to pretend
None of it happened
Destined to be
Lonely old me
Whoops-a-daisy
I thought I was happy, oh
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (Aaaah-aaaah)
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
But I don't even care about it anyway
I wouldn't listen to a word any of them say
They just talk about themselves all day
One day I'll be a star and they'll be sorry
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Trying to see
I'm so alone
Nothing for me
I guess I'll go home
Try to be sane
Try to pretend
None of it happened
Oh this old tree
Lonely old me
Whoops-a-daisy
I thought I was happy, oh
Out of this zone
Now that I see
I don't need them
And they don't need me
I guess I'll go home
Try to be sane
Try to pretend
None of it happened
Destined to be
Lonely old me
Whoops-a-daisy
I thought I was happy, oh
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)
Ah, why won't they talk to me? (Aaaah-aaaah)
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
But I don't even care about it anyway
I wouldn't listen to a word any of them say
They just talk about themselves all day
One day I'll be a star and they'll be sorry
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Ah, why won't they talk to me?
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like we only go backwards, darling
I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name
But I hear it inside my head all day
When I realize I'm just holding on to the hope that maybe
Your feelings don't show
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like we only go backwards, darling
The seed of all this indecision isn't me, oh no
'Cause I decided long ago
But that's the way it seems to go
When tryin' so hard to get to something real
It feels
It feels like I only go backwards, darling
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like we only go backwards, darling
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
Feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like we only go backwards, darling
I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name
But I hear it inside my head all day
When I realize I'm just holding on to the hope that maybe
Your feelings don't show
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like we only go backwards, darling
The seed of all this indecision isn't me, oh no
'Cause I decided long ago
But that's the way it seems to go
When tryin' so hard to get to something real
It feels
It feels like I only go backwards, darling
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
It feels like we only go backwards, darling
It feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
Feels like I only go backwards, baby
Every part of me says, "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again
Feels like we only go backwards, darling
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Keep on Lying
All I give are little clues
Maybe one day I'll get through
There is nothing I can do
I'll just keep on lying to you
I only need to say its true
Your poor little heart already knew
But there is nothing you can do
I'll just keep on lying to you
Should my cover ever blow
Would you ever let it go?
There is something you should know
But hell if I'd ever let it show
So here I am, trying to be strong
It was noon, now my shadow's long
I guess I'll go and tell you just as soon as I
Get to the end of this song
To the end of this song, to the end of this song
To the end of this song, to the end of this song
The curse has won again
Soon I'll be alone
Take all you can
But please understand
It never really was love
All I give are little clues
Maybe one day I'll get through
But there is nothing you can do
I'll just keep on lying to you
Maybe one day I'll get through
There is nothing I can do
I'll just keep on lying to you
I only need to say its true
Your poor little heart already knew
But there is nothing you can do
I'll just keep on lying to you
Should my cover ever blow
Would you ever let it go?
There is something you should know
But hell if I'd ever let it show
So here I am, trying to be strong
It was noon, now my shadow's long
I guess I'll go and tell you just as soon as I
Get to the end of this song
To the end of this song, to the end of this song
To the end of this song, to the end of this song
The curse has won again
Soon I'll be alone
Take all you can
But please understand
It never really was love
All I give are little clues
Maybe one day I'll get through
But there is nothing you can do
I'll just keep on lying to you
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Elephant
Well, he feels like an elephant
Shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it
He knows that you're dreaming about being over him
Too bad your chances are slim
And it's not like mister shook to get shy when they ask him who is under
There must be something deep down in the middle down there
He's not too easily scared
He's got friends but they have fear
Who don't care too much if he just disappeared
Oh, look there he is now coming down the stairs
Here it comes
He pulled the mirrors off his Cadillac
'Cause he doesn't like it looking like he looks back
He talks like his opinion is a simple fact
Somebody grabbed his collar
He cried the whole way home
He won't remember a thing 'til they start again
That's how it is 'til the end
Yeah
Shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it
He knows that you're dreaming about being over him
Too bad your chances are slim
And it's not like mister shook to get shy when they ask him who is under
There must be something deep down in the middle down there
He's not too easily scared
He's got friends but they have fear
Who don't care too much if he just disappeared
Oh, look there he is now coming down the stairs
Here it comes
He pulled the mirrors off his Cadillac
'Cause he doesn't like it looking like he looks back
He talks like his opinion is a simple fact
Somebody grabbed his collar
He cried the whole way home
He won't remember a thing 'til they start again
That's how it is 'til the end
Yeah
Writer: Jay Watson, Kevin Parker
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She Just Won't Believe Me
But she just won't believe me
She just won't believe me
I'd never be deceiving
But she just won't believe me
She just won't believe me
I'd never be deceiving
But she just won't believe me
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
Nothing that has happened so far has
Been anything we could control.
I have just been waiting for the perfect
Time to tell you I don't know.
Maybe I'm just reading into it a
Little deeper than I should.
We would make it easy we would take
It slowly if only we could.
Elodie,
Look at me,
Unless you're trying to hurt me
Heavy blow,
Down I go
Now I just want to let go.
Is it right?
Is it wrong?
I don't know,
It's not the cause I'm fighting for
Anymore
But it sucks to keep on running.
Eventually,
There will be
A time for clearer thinking
For now I weep
Can't get to sleep
I try to hold a good feeling.
I just get one,
Here it comes,
There it goes,
And we just might,
Lose the fight, yeah
But it's alright
It wasn't our decision.
Nothing that has happened so far
Has been anything we could control.
I have just been waiting for the perfect
Time to tell you that I know
Every man is happy until
Happiness is suddenly a goal.
I'll just be here waiting till the
Doctor calls and then I'll let you know.
Been anything we could control.
I have just been waiting for the perfect
Time to tell you I don't know.
Maybe I'm just reading into it a
Little deeper than I should.
We would make it easy we would take
It slowly if only we could.
Elodie,
Look at me,
Unless you're trying to hurt me
Heavy blow,
Down I go
Now I just want to let go.
Is it right?
Is it wrong?
I don't know,
It's not the cause I'm fighting for
Anymore
But it sucks to keep on running.
Eventually,
There will be
A time for clearer thinking
For now I weep
Can't get to sleep
I try to hold a good feeling.
I just get one,
Here it comes,
There it goes,
And we just might,
Lose the fight, yeah
But it's alright
It wasn't our decision.
Nothing that has happened so far
Has been anything we could control.
I have just been waiting for the perfect
Time to tell you that I know
Every man is happy until
Happiness is suddenly a goal.
I'll just be here waiting till the
Doctor calls and then I'll let you know.
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Sun's Coming Up
All those things I ever thought
Would never end
To think they're now all memories
Sends me round the bend
To watch her airplane swaying
Coming in to land
There my world is hanging
In someone else's hands
And if I have done something
And you have to let me go
Think of me as someone
Someone that you know
But if I don't hear something
Pretty soon from now
I'll disconnect completely
See how that works out
I wasn't daring
Not much a chancer
Oh my darling
Why won't you answer?
Seven a.m.
Midnight in Dover
Sun's coming up now
I guess it's over
Playing his guitar
While he's dying of cancer
Oh my father
Why won't you answer?
Seven a.m.
Midnight in Dover
Sun's coming up now
I guess it's over
Would never end
To think they're now all memories
Sends me round the bend
To watch her airplane swaying
Coming in to land
There my world is hanging
In someone else's hands
And if I have done something
And you have to let me go
Think of me as someone
Someone that you know
But if I don't hear something
Pretty soon from now
I'll disconnect completely
See how that works out
I wasn't daring
Not much a chancer
Oh my darling
Why won't you answer?
Seven a.m.
Midnight in Dover
Sun's coming up now
I guess it's over
Playing his guitar
While he's dying of cancer
Oh my father
Why won't you answer?
Seven a.m.
Midnight in Dover
Sun's coming up now
I guess it's over
Writer: Kevin Parker
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Lonerism is the second studio album by Australian musical project Tame Impala, released on 5 October 2012 by Modular Recordings. Like the band's debut studio album, Innerspeaker (2010), Lonerism was written, recorded, performed, and produced by Kevin Parker, with live member Jay Watson contributing on two tracks. Recorded mostly in Perth, Australia, and Paris, France, Lonerism builds on the psychedelic sound of its predecessor and features fewer guitars and more synthesisers and samples. Parker attempted to incorporate his love for pop music into his songwriting for the record through catchier melodies. Many tracks feature ambient sounds recorded by Parker with a dictaphone. The album's theme of isolation is reflected in the album cover, featuring an image of a fenced-off Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.
Lonerism received critical acclaim, and many critics ranked it among the best albums of 2012. It reached number four on the charts in Australia, number 14 in the United Kingdom, and number 34 in the United States. It has sold over 210,000 copies in the United States, and is certified platinum in Australia and silver in the UK.
At the 2013 ARIA Awards, Lonerism won Best Rock Album and Album of the Year, while at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album. Three singles were released, including "Elephant" and "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", which charted in several countries. At the J Awards of 2012, the album won Australian Album of the Year.
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Tame ImpalaLonerism received critical acclaim, and many critics ranked it among the best albums of 2012. It reached number four on the charts in Australia, number 14 in the United Kingdom, and number 34 in the United States. It has sold over 210,000 copies in the United States, and is certified platinum in Australia and silver in the UK.
At the 2013 ARIA Awards, Lonerism won Best Rock Album and Album of the Year, while at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album. Three singles were released, including "Elephant" and "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards", which charted in several countries. At the J Awards of 2012, the album won Australian Album of the Year.
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Genre(s): Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop, neo-psychedelia
Producer(s): Kevin Parker
Length: 51:53
Released: October 5th, 2012
Year: 2012