ASH

Official Tumblr account for Northern Irish band Ash. www.ash-official.com | www.facebook.com/ash | twitter.com/ashofficial

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LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS

Somebody save our souls  We can't afford to lose  You end up hurting me  I end up hurting you  Lay down your arms  Give in to me  You no longer are my enemy  Yeah  Drop your defences and come in peace  Oh, the only way to win is to surrender to me  Here comes another storm  You should be close to me  When you are in my arms  It feels like victory yeah  Lay down your arms  Give in to me  You no longer are my enemy  Yeah  Drop your defences and come in peace  Oh, the only way to win is to surrender  So forget this code of honour  Can't take this any longer  You're not here fighting a war alone  I am here on your side  I am not bulletproof  You're gonna take me down  just let me in your heart  Come on let's work it out yeah  Lay down your arms  Give in to me  You no longer are my enemy  Yeah  Drop your defences and come in peace  Oh, the only way to win is to surrender  The way to win is to surrender  The only way to win is to surrender to me LAY DOWN YOUR ARMS www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/lay-down-your-arms

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THE SWEETNESS OF DEATH BY THE OBSIDIAN KNIFE

I've got a flight and it's leaving tonight Lord help me and I'm feeling blue I'm leaving my life behind me When I go I'm leaving you I've got a flight and it's leaving tonight In slipstream, I will find my space Make my way to Tijuana Beneath the stars I will escape The vast ocean of emotions are dead to me My mind is cold and my heart is numb Lack of sleep and no melatonin There's no shelter on the run You opened my arms to million stars Took my heart and you tore it apart No regrets, now the pain remains Turned away and I can't stay London rain will remain a memory Locked away in a blood red box Your voice only an echo inside me Don't look back in my thoughts You opened my arms to million stars You took my heart and you tore it apart No regrets, now the pain remains I've turned away and I can't stay The sun will rise and the tides will ebb and flow The days will come and the days will go I live only for what's ahead of me Life is short is all that I know The sun will rise tomorrow Of all things that is certain Though nothing in my life Is certain anymore

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WHAT EVER HAPPENED?

I want to be forgotten, and I don't want to be reminded. You say "please don't make this harder." No, I won't yet. I wanna be beside her. She wanna be admired. You say "please don't make this harder." No, I won't yet. Oh dear, is it really all true? Did they offend us and they want it to sound new? Top ten ideas for countdown shows... Whose culture is this and does anybody know? I wait and tell myself "life ain't chess," But no one comes in and yes, you're alone... You don't miss me, I know. Oh Tennessee, what did you write? I come together in the middle of the night. Oh that's an ending that I can't write, 'cause I've got you to let me down. I want to be forgotten, and I don't want to be reminded. You say "please don't make this harder." No, I won't yet. I want to be beside her. She wanna be admired. You say "please don't make this harder." No, I won't yet... www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/what-ever-happened

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CHANGE YOUR NAME

If you ever feel afraid You can always change your name It might help you rearrange Your hopes and dreams for a better future You know there'll always be a place For you right here under my doorway Rise up You will get stronger In time you'll no longer feel the pain Will it ever go away? Will it ever go away? You know it feels like such a shame To let you go, see you walk away I don't know if you're the same girl that I knew Or are you a stranger? You know there'll always be a place For you right here under my doorway Rise up You will get stronger In time you'll no longer feel the pain Will it ever go away? Will it ever go away? If you ever feel afraid You can always change your name Rise up You will get stronger We break and all you feel is pain Will it ever go away? Rise up You will get stronger We break and all is doubt and pain Will it ever go away? Will it ever go away?

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COASTING

The curtain's dropping I stand in the fading lights of my summer My heart is breaking 'Coz the happiest time of my life is ending Never laughing, only forgetting As I lose my memory The sun is for the last time setting All the time it takes My whole life could never last that long It's sad but it's true so I must get on With my short life meandering on and on Into inexistence Now I'm dreaming Of someone so precious The world's too cruel to Hold her in its arms and hatefully break her Now I'm leaving I'm standing at the front door for the last time I was coasting in a dream world Smiling faces are no more All the time it takes My whole life could never last that long It's sad but it's true so I must get on With my short life meandering on and on Into inexistence If you're coasting, if you're sailing If you're dreaming You can be my friend, we can dream together If you're coasting, if you're smiling If you're nowhere Hide your face till no one's looking All the time it takes My whole life could never last that long It's sad but it's true so I must get on With my short life meandering on and on Into inexistence I try so hard But I can never have her back again I lost it all, she heard me cry And she knows so well That it's sad but it's true so I must get on With my short life meandering on and on Into inexistence If you like me, if you're like me If you're coasting I will dream with you

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SHOCKWAVE

Gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love, love Dead boys, fantasists, creeps, critics, communists Freaks, whores, imbeciles, death squads, masochists Hippies, gypsies, cannibals, headshrinkers, amazons Rebels, pagans, cynics, martyrs, raiders, pirates, animals Gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love, love Barbarians, vampires, Catholics, Protestants Scum, prophets, outcasts, satanists, warriors Infidels, thugs, nymphomaniacs, prodigals Pimps, psychos, angels, perverts, suffragettes, zombies Gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love, love Calling all, we're rising to the call I say hey, hey, we're never gonna fall Calling all rising to the call I say hey, hey, we're never gonna fall Love, love Love, love Love, love Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a shockwave Shockwave, hit you like a Gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love Gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love, love Gimme love, gimme, gimme, gimme love, love I wanna love, wanna, wanna, wanna love, love So gimme love, gimme, gimme love

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DIFFERENT TODAY

He spent the week at his friend's house It had been ages since they'd been in touch The weekend passed in a drunken haze It felt good, like the old days I lied you're not so different today Don't go so far away And without you my life is boring anyway They went down to the station on Sunday He felt sad as the train pulled away He wished that it would never end He knew he'd never see him again I lied you're not so different today Don't go so far away And without you my life is boring anyway I lied you're not so different today Don't go so far away I lied you're not so different today Don't go so far away DIFFERENT TODAY www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/different-today

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PHYSICAL WORLD

Come back to the physical world Come back to the physical world You're lost in the digital world You're lost in the digital world Let's make a real connection New love, true perfection Something so meaningful Face to face So... Come back to the physical world Come back to the physical world You're lost in the digital world You're lost in the digital world Something so mesmerising Our two hearts colliding That you can't emulate On your own So... Come back to the physical world Come back to the physical world You're lost in the digital world You're lost in the digital world Come back to the physical world Come back to the physical world You're lost in the digital world Come back to the physical world

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INSTINCT

I-N-S-T-I-N-C-T Shock Reaction, a lightning bolt Shaken senses, a violent jolt It's called instinct Yeah, it's called instinct This desire I'm thinking of I need to feel the heat of love It's called instinct Yeah, it's called instinct The second my eyes set on you I fell without a fight You left an imprint on my heart Overthrew my mind Before the wolves descend on us We'll vanish in the night I'm animal, I'm not machine I live my life just how I feel It's called instinct Yeah, it's called instinct A sudden impulse I can't ignore You're the one I've been waiting for It's called instinct Yeah, it's called instinct The second my eyes set on you I fell without a fight You left an imprint on my heart Overthrew my mind Before the wolves descend on us We'll vanish in the night The second my eyes set on you I fell without a fight You left an imprint on my heart Overthrew my mind Before the wolves descend on us We'll vanish in the night It's called instinct Yeah, it's called instinct It's called instinct Yeah, it's called instinct www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/instinct

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THE SCREAM

"I reserve myself for after."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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COMMAND

Waking up and fearing that I'll never get back into my sleeping Haunted by the darker, hidden sides of the family The silence and repression and unspoken old secrets come a-creeping The oh so clean, golden dream is not what it used to be Oh no no Lying in a darkened room the first time I hear my voice speaking You are next in line the golden child, try to remind him "keep breathing" Scared to hell, the pressure, conform to common sense Cut off from your past, you're disconnected from yourself Reach beneath the surface, it's time that you started believing In the shadow of the mountains, in a graveyard, the ancestors are sleeping I used to feel that everything I knew here could fit in my hand Linoleum and empty rooms, suburbian dreams were running deeper So naive that I believed the kingdom was at my command Oh no no Lying in a darkened room the first time I hear my voice speaking You are next in line the golden child, try to remind him "keep breathing" Scared to hell, the pressure, conform to common sense Cut off from your past, you're disconnected from yourself Reach beneath the surface, it's time that you started believing Lying in a darkened room the first time I hear my voice speaking You are next in line the golden child, try to remind him "keep breathing" Scared to hell, the pressure, conform to common sense Cut off from your past, you're disconnected from yourself Reach beneath the surface, it's time that you started revealing

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STORMY WATERS

Can't seem to turn aside These thoughts are yours or mine I stayed up all night to see the dawn The air was cold, the sky was grey With shades of light I stayed up all night to see the dawn She takes me under stormy waters Cradles my head as sleep comes on I'll drown in her eyes, dream in daylight Wakes again in her twilight She left to write more silly words She doesn't know I stayed up all night to see the dawn Awake too long my skin will crawl It's serpentine I've been up all night to see her dawn She takes me under stormy waters Cradles my head as sleep comes on I'll drown in her eyes, dream in daylight Wake again in her twilight Alarm bells ring, it's nearly nine I'm too alive I've been up all night to see the dawn Defenses dropped, I'm so aware Of passing time I been up all night to see the dawn I'll be submerged in passing tides as senses Fade into the night I stayed to see her dawn She takes me under stormy waters Cradles my head as sleep comes on I'll drown in her eyes, dream in daylight Wake again in her twilight She takes me under stormy waters Cradles my head as sleep comes on I'll drown in her eyes, dream in daylight Wake again in her twilight www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/stormy-waters

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SOLACE

Yeah I find solace in your eyes Can't face the silence from your side The sky is starless, ease the darkness Through the night till the morning light I will glorify your name I will watch over your flame I will keep on the track of my aim This I'll undertake For I'm suddenly awake There's no way back Yeah I find solace in your eyes Can't face the silence from your side The sky is starless, ease the darkness Through the night till the morning light I was lost and I was found Was a shadow under ground Never knew where I was found Until you came around Tender is the night As you sing a lullaby To the darkness Yeah I find solace in your eyes Can't face the silence from your side The sky is starless, ease the darkness Through the night till the morning light I find solace in your eyes Can't face the silence from your side The sky is starless, ease the darkness Through the night till morning light. www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/solace

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MIDNIGHT MILLITIA

We're the midnight militia  The cold revenants  We're the midnight militia  No-one's innocent  In our hollow, vacant eyes  You'll see the mirror of your unlived life  We're the midnight militia  Your last hope is gone  Yeah, the midnight militia  You're where you belong  There's no bargain to be made  You had your chances now it's way too late  We've come for your bones  We've come for your bones  We've come for your bones  We've come for your soul  We've come for your soul  We've come for your soul  The midnight militia  The sleepwalking dead  We're the midnight militia  The voices in your head  If you've restrained your desire  Then it was weak enough to be restrained  We've come for your bones  We've come for your bones  We've come for your bones  We've come for your soul  We've come for your soul  We've come for your soul www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/midnight-militia

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GET READY

I never met a girl who makes me feel the way that you do (You're alright) Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real, I say that you do (You're outta sight) So fee fi, fo fum Look out baby, 'cause here I come And I'm bringing you a love that's true So get ready, so get ready I'm gonna try to make you love me too So get ready, so get ready, 'cause here I come (Get ready, 'cause here I come) I'm on my way (Get ready, 'cause here I come) If you wanna play hide and seek with love, let me remind you (It's alright) Lovin' you're gonna miss, and the time it takes to find you (It's outta sight) So fiddley dee, fiddley dum Look out baby, 'cause here I come And I'm bringing you a love that's true So get ready, so get ready I'm gonna try to make you love me too So get ready, so get ready, 'cause here I come (Get ready, 'cause here I come) I'm on my way (Get ready, 'cause here I come) (Get ready)  All my friends should want you too, I understand it (Be alright) I hope I get to you before they do, the way I planned it (Be outta sight) So twiddley dee, twiddley dum Look out baby 'cause here I come And I'm bringing you a love that's true So get ready, so get ready I'm gonna try to make you love me too So get ready, so get ready, 'cause here I come (Get ready, 'cause here I come) I'm on my way (Get ready, 'cause here I come) www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/get-ready

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TRACERS

It's better to have sweet dreams about her and forget it all in the morning It's better to have sweet dreams about her and forget it all in the morning Dreams They fade, disappear in the light They're lost when you open your eyes She's somewhere out there Out of reach and out of sight It's sweeter to stay true to what we knew and to live in the world without her It's sweeter to stay true to what we knew and to live in the world without her Dreams When you wake, disappear in the light They're lost when you open your eyes She's somewhere out there Out of reach and out of sight Somewhere out there Walking round this neighbourhood Leading parallel, never-touching lives Lives that seem as ephemeral and fleeting as our dreams Dreams They fade, disappear in the light They're lost when you open your eyes She's somewhere out there Out of reach and out of sight It's better to have sweet dreams about her and forget it all in the morning It's better to have sweet dreams about her and forget it all in the morning TRACERS www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/tracers

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COOL IT DOWN

Hot as hell, under the spell Head spinning 'round on a carousel Burning concrete under your feet Radical heat, stop your heartbeat Temper, temper don't blow a fuse When you break down, no you ain't no use If you screw up, yeah you know it's true Everybody gonna just step on you You gotta try to work it out Gotta cool it down Oh yeah, Oh yeah Going down the drain Gotta learn to tame your monkey brain Gotta cool it down Oh yeah, oh yeah Electric shot, delinquent rock At the guillotine with your head on the block You're getting so high that you don't even know Pretty soon you're gonna get vertigo Ya alienate as you deviate All the people that used to relate Creating the hate as you circulate As you orchestrate, it's the truth I state You gotta try to work it out Gotta find out find out what it's all about Gotta cool it down Oh yeah, oh yeah Going down the drain Gotta learn to tame your monkey brain Gotta coll it down Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah From the dirty South, with your dirty mouth Bad attitude, gotta knock it out Boiling point, gonna torch the joint And no one'll hear you shout Hazy horizon, temperature rising Hotter every day Getting high on your own supply Gonna throw it all away You gotta try to work it out Gotta find out find out what it's all about Gotta cool it down Oh yeah, oh yeah Going down the drain Gotta learn to tame your monkey brain Gotta cool it down Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah Oh yeah, oh yeah.... Cool it down Don't Blow a fuse Don't Blow a fuse Don't Blow a fuse COOL IT DOWN www.ashofficial.com https://soundcloud.com/ash/cool-it-down