By Larissa Tandy and Sophie Klein


It happens every night


You fall asleep in the soft lamplight

All you gotta do is close your eyes


I’m not the jealous kind


I know it’ll happen when the moment’s right

Let go every matter on my mind

I could sleep tonight


My heart beats quicker than a heart beat should


One day you’re gonna feel the same thing too


Life is tricky even when it’s good


But don’t worry now

I’ll never let you down


I’ll never let you down


I’ll never let you down


There’s a lot that you don’t know about

There’s a lot of shit you’re gonna find out

But you just sleep for now


I’ll tell you when the time is right

My heart beats quicker than a heart beat should


One day you’re gonna feel the same thing too


Life is tricky even when it’s good


But don’t worry now

I’ll never let you down


I’ll never let you down


I’ll never let you down

My heart beats quicker than a heart beat should

One day you’re gonna feel the same thing too

Life is tricky even when it’s good


But don’t worry now


I’ll never let you down


My heart keeps beating like a heart beat should

One day you are gonna feel that too


Life is tricky even when it’s good


But don’t worry now


I’ll never let you down

I’ll never let you down


I’ll never let you down


I’ll never let you down

Verse 1

I am sitting staring

Pulled up in the drive

Inside the car’s quiet

A tear rolls from my eye

I want to be around you

I miss you when I’m not

I want to be without you

I feel guilty at the thought

Chorus

And the hardest part is leaving

When you’re clinging to my arms

I know I’m needing

Time now for my heart

And that’s the hardest part

Verse 2

There’s sickness in the longing

For a simple life

When your heart has ideas stirring

And dreams taking to flight

I question my decisions

That take me away from you

Am I giving up my meaning

Or am I being true

Chorus

And the hardest part is leaving

When you’re clinging to my arms

I know I’m needing

Time now for my heart

And that’s the hardest part

Verse 3 / Bridge

There’s a storm inside that’s raging

When I cannot find the light

And I’ve nothing to hold onto

I’m reaching around blind

But I grab onto your love

I’m holding on so tight

I am grasping for your touch

And I’m reaching for your light

Chorus

And the hardest part is leaving

When you’re clinging to my arms

I know I’m needing

Time now for my heart

And that’s the hardest part

And that’s the hardest part

And that’s the hardest part

Verse 1

I’ve been a shitty friend

One day starts

And the next one ends

Rolling around in my mind

All the time

It’s not where I should be

I’m not gonna lie

You haven’t been on my mind

But you’re part of my body

In my cells

Deep down inside

Chorus

And in my dreams

We’re all seventeen

And in my heart

That’s where I want to be

Verse 2

We opened a window

In your parents house

Smoking a cigarette

Think we wouldn’t be caught out

Hanging in parks

Chasing friends in the dark

I’m always running

I don’t know what from

And in my dreams

We’re all seventeen

And in my heart

That’s where I want to be

And in my dreams

You’re here with me

Here in my heart

That’s where I want you to be

Bridge

I don’t know if we’ll ever get back

But it’s always something I’ll lack

Chorus

And in my dreams

We’re all seventeen

And in my heart

That’s where I long to be

And in my dreams

You’re here with me

Here by my side

That’s where I want you to be

Verse 1

We started with Janet Jackson

Martika, Madonna and Prince

Moved onto The Fugees

Peter Gabriel and Stevie Nicks

Girly Man, what a cool name for a band

I wish I thought of that, I wish I thought of that

And I wonder how the pop-gods felt

When they listened back, when they listened back

Chorus

You were driving

Driving through the night

And we were driving

Driving through the night

Verse 2

I remember when I was sixteen

And we didn’t hold the world in our hands

Listen to radio, press “play-record”

Or carry it round in a disc man

Now we got jukeboxes at our fingertips

And we’ve lost a bit of the romance

And we got tiny TVs and whatever we need

To keep us in a trance

Chorus

You were driving

Driving through the night

And we were driving

Driving through the night

Bridge

But all the kids I know

Just get it

And they give me hope

For where we’re headed

Chorus

You were driving

Driving through the night

And we were driving

Driving through the night

Verse 1

“This doesn’t get old” you said

As you descended the stairs

And I know, I know, I know

The feeling is still there

It could be cosmic

It could be broken

It could be heart ache

It might be worth it

Chorus

Oh and our shitty cars are just getting older

And out hair it keeps getting longer

But not a lot’s changed

The magic’s still the same

We got bad habits we’re trying to get over

Some things get easier as we get older

But not a lot’s changed

The magic’s still the same

Verse 2

I know I can’t help myself

I just can’t stay away

I don’t think that you’re good for me

You’re just something I crave

This fascination

Oh, the exhaustion

Baby we could break free

Or we could break down

Verse 1

I didn’t know

You were my boyfriend

Next day at school

Said they saw us holding hands

I knew I loved you

But it wasn’t like that

I knew I loved you

You were my friend

I didn’t know

It was a date

I just thought

We shared the same music taste

Went to a show

We saw Sufjan Stevens

I said goodbye

But I never kissed you

Now every five years

It’s awkward when I see you

Chorus

I’m sorry

It’s not about our bodies

I’m sorry

It’s not about our bodies

Verse 2

We took the train down South of France

like in the movies except for the romance

Missed my ex girlfriend all the time

I didn’t tell you and I don’t know why

Chorus

I’m sorry

It’s not about our bodies

I’m sorry

It’s not about our bodies

Bridge

But if you wanna be friends

I could really use some more of them

Chorus

I’m sorry (I didn’t know it was a date)

It’s not about our bodies

I’m sorry (I really liked your mixtape)

It’s not about our bodies

Verse 1

I’ve never really been one to pray

But my heart’s alive with music

And that’s how my love makes way

I’ve never really been one to say

When I feel hard done by

I just hide it all away

Pre Chorus

I let it fester

I let it seep

Down to my bones

To the deepest part of me

Chorus

But I got my hands in the soil

I got my feet on the ground

I look up at the sky

And know I’m both tiny and profound

I’ve been searching for a heart of gold

Or the heart of the matter

The deeper the well

The further we scatter

Verse 2

I have a history of holding on

To mistakes that I’ve made

And all my doing wrong

Disappointment weighs heavy like a stone

I can’t look you in the eye

I’ve got a long way home

Chorus

But I got my hands in the soil

I got my feet on the ground

I look up at the sky

And know I’m both tiny and profound

I’ve been searching for a heart of gold

Or the heart of the matter

The deeper the well

The further we scatter Item description

Go easy on me now honey

Don’t know why

But this ain’t funny

Tonight

Tonight

Go easy on me now darling

I need a break

I feel it comin’

Tonight

Tonight

Go easy on me now brother

I need your shelter

I need your cover

Tonight

Tonight

Go easy on me now sister

This world feels dark

The end feels nearer

Tonight

Tonight

Chorus:

Tonight

I’m gonna lay it out on the line

I’m gonna make something real this time

I’m gonna let a little bit of light shine

Tonight

I’m gonna bury my fears alive

And let go for the hundredth time

It never started

It never ends

It’s a cosmic jungle

A weary friend

And I

And I

The work is never over

The day ain’t done

You think you’ve done it

But you haven’t won

Oh my

Oh my

Chorus:

Tonight

I’m gonna lay it out on the line

I’m gonna make something real this time

I’m gonna let a little bit of light shine

Tonight

I’m gonna bury my fears alive

And let go for the hundredth time

Part I

I used to strum on my guitar

Late in the evenings

Quietly when everyone was asleep

Now I drag my aching bones off the couch

And fall into my bed

And all I ever want to do is sleep

Between the bedtimes and the laundry

The clanging of pots and pans

I barely get a moment to myself

But every now and then

Late on the evening

The oppressive heat receding

I go out on the porch and smell the summer rain

And I find myself back strumming

Taken by the feeling

Just me and my guitar

I guess some things never change

Part II

These days I barely recognise

When I catch my own reflection

In the shopfront windows when I’m passing by

But then I see my mother’s figure

And my father’s complexion

And understand a little more about their life

I used to question their decisions

Their suburban existence

It seemed and unambitious, meandering life

But when I look back on it now

It all seems so appealing

As I fall into their dreaming

Carving out my own imperfect slice

I don’t have all the answers

I go off feelings, take my chances

Repeating age old patterns

I guess some things never change

Refrain

Some things never change

Some things never change

Some things never change

Some things never change

And I don’t have all the answers

I go off feelings, take my chances

Repeating age old patterns

I guess some things never change