Digital Booklet - La Roux

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We can fight our desires

Oooh but when we start making fires We get ever so hot

Oooh whether we like it or not They say we can love who we trust Oooh but what is love without lust? Two hearts with accurate devotions Oooh but what are feelings without emotions? I’m going in for the kill I’m doing it for a thrill I’m hoping you’ll understand And not let go of my hand (x2)

I hang my hopes out on the line Oooh they’d be ready for you in time If you leave them out too long Oooh they’ll be withered by the sun Full stops and exclamation marks Oooh my words stumble before I start How far can you send emotions? Oooh can this bridge cross the ocean? I’m going in for the kill

I’m doing it for a thrill I’m hoping you’ll understand And not let go of my hand (x2) Let’s go to war To make peace Let’s be cold To create heat I hope in darkness We can see And you’re not blinded By the light from me I’m going in for the kill I’m doing it for a thrill I’m hoping you’ll understand And not let go of my hand

Tonight out on the streets I’m gonna follow you Tell you all about a scene That you would kill for You’re gonna love what’s Burning right in front of you But you won’t see it By the light of the sun Come out Tigerlily You’re caressing me I’ll take you up I’ll turn you on I’ll take your apathy I wouldn’t lie to you Blossom Won’t you let it go

I’m gonna give you all you want And don’t you know That you

I know you better than this I could be here when you call I’ll make you top of the list And in the crush of the dark I’ll be your light in the mist I can see you burning with desire For a kiss

Psychobabble all upon your lips They can sell it all they want But you cannot agree I don’t like the taste Of their morality

You’ll find your bread and your butter Where you fake it

And put your face in the gutter Of a snake pit

But our communication Is telepathy

What you give is what you get Out of us naturally

And we can wait til the shadow grows long And turn the page of a story

That has long since found a home I know you better than this I could be here when you call I’ll make you top of the list And in the crush of the dark I’ll be your light in the mist I can see you burning with desire For a kiss

Psychobabble all upon your lips Have you ever felt

Like you’re being followed?

Or watched the ones that held your stare? Turned around to see who’s behind you To find there’s no one there? Lurking in the dark There’s someone

who breathes you night and day There’s a friend who wants so much more And if they can’t have you

They’ll never let you walk away And in the crush of the dark I’ll be your light in the mist I can see you burning with desire For a kiss

And in the crush of the dark I’ll be your light in the mist I can see you burning with desire For a kiss

Psychobabble all upon your lips

Oooh Oooh Ooooh Ooooh I’m the obsessor Holding your hand Seems you have forgotten About your man Alone in the darkness My bed’s a different land Your touch intensifies And I’m in the Quicksand I’m in the Quicksand I’m in the Quicksand You’re the upsetter Stroking my hand What’s my position? I don’t understand Am I your possession? Am I in demand? Oh when you turn to me I’m in the Quicksand I’m in the Quicksand I’m in the Quicksand

You, you moved into my mind again You, walking around rent free Oooh Oh and I could let you stay

But I’m walking on broken ground again Oh oh when will I learn?

All you do is push me back in the dirt I’m in the Quicksand

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Been there done that messed around I’m having fun don’t put me down I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet I won’t let you in again

The messages I tried to send My information’s just not going in Burning bridges shore to shore I break away from something more I’m not turned on to love Until it’s cheap

Been there done that messed around I’m having fun don’t put me down I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet This time baby

I’ll be bulletproof This time baby I’ll be bulletproof I won’t let you turn around And tell me now I’m much too proud To walk away from something when it’s dead

Do do do your dirty words Come out to play When you are hurt? There’s certain things That should be left unsaid Tick tick tick tick On the watch And life’s too short For me to stop Oh baby

Your time is running out I won’t let you turn around And tell me now I’m much too proud All you do is fill me up with doubt This time baby

I’ll be bulletproof x5 This time I’ll be Bulletproof This time I’ll be Bulletproof This time baby I’ll be bulletproof x4

You say it’s coming But I can’t see it at all You know me well But I don’t you at all No I don’t know you at all It’s always just on the horizon So my hopes rise and fall You know me well But I don’t know you at all No I don’t know you at all Early nineties décor It was a day for We wanted to play

But we had nothing left to play for Colourless Colour

Once in fashion And soon to be seen Early nineties décor It was a day for We wanted to play

Once in fashion And soon to be seen Been dreaming of blue skies New horizons and sights for my eyes The discovery of the unknown Something to tell the folks back home I want to get away

To feel the sun on my skin To feel it really sinking in Early nineties décor It was a day for We wanted to play

Once in fashion Soon to be seen Early nineties décor It was a day for We wanted to play

Once in fashion

And soon to be rediscovered

Love, love is like a stubborn youth That you’d rather just deny I’m walking on a broken roof While I’m looking at the sky It’s all false love and affection You don’t want me You just like the attention Yes it’s all false love and affection You don’t like me

You just want the attention I’m not your toy

This isn’t another girl meets boy x2 Love, love hides in a smoky light I can never find the truth

Boy, your touches leave me mystified I wish I could believe in you Yes it’s all false love and affection You don’t want me

You just like the attention Yes it’s all false love and affection You don’t like me

This isn’t another girl meets boy x3 It’s all false love and affection You don’t want me You just like the attention Yes it’s all false love and affection You don’t like me

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No wonder I’m scared To look in your eyes You’ve turned me away So many times You can take it away At any given moment It’s hard to believe While you’re in this disguise So would you hold me please I’m trying hard to breathe I’m just surviving

So would you hold me please I’m trying hard to breathe Stop me from crying When I see you walking with her I have to cover my eyes (I have to cover my eyes) Every time you leave with her Something inside me dies (Something inside of me dies) No wonder it hurts To sit by your side

(Turn me away so many times) There’s a different song I can play you tonight

(We don’t have to sit here in silence) We can break the pattern We can change the colour (It’s just a little sacrifice)

You don’t need to worry about the others (It’s all in your mind)

So would you hold me please I’m trying hard to breathe I’m just surviving

So would you hold me please I’m trying hard to breathe Stop me from crying When I see you walking with her I have to cover my eyes (I have to cover my eyes) Every time you leave with her Something inside me dies (Something inside of me dies) x3

Emerging from my world Imagine living in a box And I won’t come out Until I’ve broken all the locks Slurring all my words Until something sticks But in this smoky universe My mind keeps playing tricks And although

You’re the only home I know As if by Magic

Thoughts of you are gone And now I’m keeping My head in the clouds And it’s not so tragic If I don’t look down Submerging from your world And back into my bliss A day rolled into one Is burning on my lips Blurring all your words Until they don’t exist And in a parallel universe It’s me you can’t resist And although

You’re the only home I’ll ever know As if by Magic

Thoughts of you are gone And now I’m keeping My head in the clouds And it’s not so tragic If I don’t look down

You say you’re a rose tinted lover come on You know I’ll never love another I won’t stay a lonely lover for long (x2)

You pull on your Armour And put up defences Why do you want to? Because I’m here to protect you So take it easy

I’ll make it so easy You can lay your head down And we’ll leave it til tomorrow You seem to believe you Belong to somebody else

When you leave me alone in this world You know that I’m in hell

When you know what it’s like To be lonely and by yourself When your life is tangled You wear your disguises But why do you need to When I’m standing here beside you? You can lay your head down And we’ll leave it til tomorrow You seem to believe you Belong to somebody else

When you leave me alone in this world You know that I’m in hell

When you know what it’s like To be lonely and by yourself Slipping through my fingers And into another’s

Tell me why won’t you turn back? You seem to believe you Belong to somebody else (You know what it’s like you shouldn’t have to be told) When you leave me alone in this world You know that I’m in hell

(It’s hard enough when you’re alone in the world) When you know what it’s like To be lonely and by yourself (x2)

My heart it melts like plastic I fell through the hole yesterday Your smile pulled me in like elastic I felt my mind detonate O I make mistakes

And you just say it’s growing pains When I feel ashamed

You tell me it’s just growing pains We broke in two like a matchstick It burns in my soul every day Every day

Your world was to me so fantastic And hell seemed so far away Far away

O I’ve made mistakes And you just say it’s growing pains When I feel ashamed

You tell me it’s just growing pains When I’m crying out for change You tell me it’s just growing pains And O I’ve made mistakes And yes I know it’s growing pains The truth it feels like concrete I drove into its walls yesterday I wish I could be realistic But like children My dreams run away I know I’ve made mistakes You say it’s growing pains And when I feel ashamed You say it’s growing pains When I’m crying out for change You say it’s growing pains I know I made mistakes I know it’s growing pains O I’ve made mistakes And you just say it’s growing pains When I feel ashamed

You tell me it’s just growing pains When I’m crying out for change And O I’ve made mistakes And yes I know it’s growing pains It’s been seven hours long

And your shadow still hangs on You’ve been two weeks gone So tonight I followed you home There are so many different ways Of collecting all the strays The ones that get away Old fascinations we crave New sensations Old fascination It’s feeding my frustrations It’s feeding my frustrations And I haven’t got the patience These sheets are still warm This bed is our only home

We make arrangements over the phone Where has all the conversation gone? There are so many different ways Of collecting all the strays The ones that get away Old fascinations we crave New sensations Old fascination It’s feeding my frustrations It’s feeding my frustrations And I haven’t got the patience Frustrations Sensations Fascinations Fascinations (x2) Old fascinations New sensations Old fascinations New sensations Old fascinations we crave New sensations Old fascinations It’s feeding my frustrations

Leaves, please be my light filter Shine, make me a shelter to hide Cos love makes you lose your sight Now the search party’s on its way And the floodlight’s on my face All the shadows that I walk in Are just my volatile second skin My reflections are protection They will keep me from destruction My directions are distractions When you’re ready come in to the light Lines, design a pathway

Shine, cut out the dark shapes to find Although I’ve really tried

Only time is a lover’s guide And now the railings fall away And the stencils draw a face Our outlines in the sunset Are just a fragile silhouette My reflections are protection They will keep me from destruction My directions are distractions When you’re ready come in to the light My reflections are protection They will keep me from destruction My directions are distractions If you leave me I’ll go back to hide (x2)

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ELLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK

My parents but a special thanks to my Dad for all he’s taught me, my sister Jessica, Celia Campbell, Becky and Ed, Emily Burrett, Ria Hylton, Cherry Byron Withers, Jay North, Katie Macaulay, Stuart Hopson Jones.

BEN WOULD LIKE TO THANK

Mary-Anne Morel, Roy Langmaid, Amber Du Platel, Jeff Patterson, Darren Berry, Jason Bacon, Claire Munnelly, The Sheen Massive!...Ashley and Katta Bateson, Lenny, dD, Rhidian Brooke, Ben Burrows, Melanie Brett, Grippa, Rachel Wright, Little Joe, Hani @ Mimmos, John Francis, Tom, Nelly, John, Philippe Herzsaft (thanks for all your advice and support), Paul Kettle (couldn’t have got to the finish line

without your help). All at Elfin Lodge, Kim, Laye, Nicky Bould, Terry, Stormin’ Norman, Chris and Lizzie Brewer (sorry about the noise!), Chris and Louisa Mann, Bic, Jason, Diane Shapton, Max Ellis, Jo Jo Doolan, Ian Gavan....Anyone I’ve forgotten, my apologies, you know who you are!

LA ROUX WOULD LIKE TO THANK

Tony Beard, Lois Newcombe, Jazz Summers, Tim Parry and all at Big Life. Nick Shymansky, Seb Chew, Orla Lee, Hannah Neaves, Lucian Grainge, Ferdy Unger-Hamilton, David Joseph, Ben Parmar (special thanks from TB for the tip!), Ruth Thompson, Sam Sissons, Susie Lucas, The Hughes Brothers, Nicki Ross, Ross Anderson and Emily Tedrake, Aaron Bogucki, Adrian Read, Gareth Evans and all at Polydor. Siobhan McCarthy, Jim Birkett, Ben Hirst, Dawn Hood; Martin Kierszenbaum, Matt La Motte and all at Cherry Tree, Chloe and all at Press Here, Mike Mayer. Alex Brown and Stuart Hardie, Al, Rich, Stuart and Dexter of AJPR, Ruth Drake, Natasha Mann and the team at TOAST, Warren Chuff, James Pitt, Serban Ghanea, Ian Sher win, Dan Carey, Mickey and Mikey and the lovely James... not forgetting his Hero,

my jIggle sister, Nova Dando, Myles Johnson, Dr Risso, Stoney, Matt Johnson.

ALL TRACKS WRITTEN BY

ELLY JACKSON / BEN LANGMAID

EXCEPT TRACKS 2 & 11 WRITTEN BY

ELLY JACKSON / BEN LANGMAID / DARREN BERRY

AND TRACK 5 WRITTEN BY

ELLY JACKSON / BEN HIRST

AND TRACK 12 WRITTEN BY

ELLY JACKSON / BEN LANGMAID / JEFF PATTERSON

ALL TRACKS PRODUCED BY

BEN LANGMAID / ELLY JACKSON

EXCEPT TRACK 5 PRODUCED BY

BEN HIRST / BEN LANGMAID / ELLY JACKSON

ALL TRACKS PUBLISHED BY

BIG LIFE MUSIC LTD

EXCEPT TRACKS 2, 5 & 11 PUBLISHED BY

BIG LIFE MUSIC LTD / COPYRIGHT CONTROL

AND TRACK 12 PUBLISHED BY

BIG LIFE MUSIC LTD / ALL ZAK ATEK LTD

ALL TRACKS MIXED BY

SERBAN GHENEA

. MIX ENGINEER

JOHN HANES

, ASSISTED BY

TIM ROBERTS

. EXCEPT TRACK 3 MIXED BY

DAN CAREY

TRACKS 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 ENGINEERED BY

IAN SHERWIN

. BACKING VOCALS ON TRACK 7 BY

THE LONDON COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR

TRACKS 1, 3, 4, & 6 RECORDED AT

ELFIN STUDIOS

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TEDDINGTON

. TRACKS 2, 9 & 10 RECORDED AT

ELFIN STUDIOS

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TEDDINGTON

AND

WESTPOINT STUDIOS

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LONDON

TRACKS 5, 7, 8, 11 & 12 RECORDED AT

ELFIN STUDIOS

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TEDDINGTON

AND

RAK STUDIOS

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LONDON

. ALL TRACKS MIXED AT

MIXSTAR STUDIOS

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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

EXCEPT TRACK 3 MIXED AT

MR DAN’S

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LONDON

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