"Back To Scratch" (2010)




Back To Scratch lyrics - Charlotte Church

Down on my luck once more, out on a limb 
Over things I thought I knew for sure and you 
Yeah you were fundamentally too flawed to give 
what you received and you believed 
that I was yours to keep 

And I tell myself "hold on, slow down, 
girl is this me going back to scratch, again 
And oh you'll know it in the dead of night 
you're back to scratch, right back to scratch" 

Here in the heading days, love on a whim 
It's only a thing I'm sure, his daunting gaze will fade 
Then I am left on my lonesome & I'm not as young as I'd like 
My heart is slipping thru my fingers 
Though the hope of love still lingers 
I just pray that he will find me now, today 

And wait a minute, "hold on, slow down, 
girl is this me going back to scratch, again 
and oh you'll know it in the dead of night 
you're back to scratch" 

Now he's gone, I guess I'll carry on 
There's nothing else that I can do 
Suns will rise and set and rains will fall 
But when they fall on me, they won't on you 

I can't hold on to this love 
I'm going back to scratch, again 
and here I'm laying in this lonely night 
I'm back to scratch, again, again, again, again 

And I can't hold on to this love, 
I'm going back to scratch, again 
and here I'm laying in this lonely night 
I'm back to scratch, right back to scratch

We Were Young lyrics - Charlotte Church

We were young
We had plans
That we wrote
On the back of our hands
So the ink could wash off
If we found that the plans had to stop

In the spring, 
In the night
I would hide
And give you
Such a fright
When I jumped
From behind
Our couch
We spent months
Trying to buy
And you held me so tightly
That I couldn't breathe
And you whispered assurance
That you'd never leave
And we talked through the night
Of what we could achieve
We were young

There were times
When I felt
That there just
Couldn't be anyone else
In the world
But ourselves
And then times
When we put each other
Through hell

And I lay all the blame I could find onto you
'Cause nearly nothing of what you had said was the truth
And our only excuse was the one we had used
We were young

I don't wanna leave, but I'll go now
No matter how hard I'll rub you, you won't come out
My blues hit your browns by the door
And I could hit the floor
But the plan on my palm says I'm leaving

We had burnt
All the songs
That we thought
Could make us millions
And the time
That was left
Meant we only had
Seconds to live

And I cried to my family and cried to my friends
And I promised my people that this was the end
But the thing that hurts most is I won't kiss you again
We were young

Ruby lyrics - Charlotte Church

Ruby, what am I gonna do with you
Baby you choose what you wanna do
Don't walk my Ruby in the dust
Lost and lonely baby then you must
Understand that I'm here
And you come to me
My Ruby

Ruby, what a life you choose
Baby you loose what you wanna do
Don't walk my Ruby in the dust
Lost and lonely baby then you must
Understand that I'm here
And you can come to me
Understand that I'm near
And you belong to me
My Ruby, my Ruby

Unravelling lyrics - Charlotte Church

Don’t dismay, it’s ok.
If you’re spinning shaken stumbling in a daze.
I’m the same
Oh no, oh no, don’t wanna let it show
Oh no, oh no, but when I turn to go

Humility it’s everlasting, please stay is all you’re asking.
Heart's resolve is crumbling, here I stand unravelling.
Don’t fade into the midnight,
Unafraid of how the thread might
Hold our hearts entwined.
Yet, I'm unravelling

Lost myself in the wealth
Of your subtle smile the way your shadow felt
So leave me here
Oh no, oh no, I’m falling like a cannonball
Oh no, oh no, I lose you then I lose it all

Humility it’s everlasting, please stay is all you’re asking.
Heart's resolve is crumbling, here I stand unravelling.
Don’t fade into the midnight,
Unafraid of how the thread might
Hold our hearts entwined.
Yet, I'm unravelling

Ooohh… I'm unravelling

Oh no, oh no, I’m falling like a cannonball
Oh no, oh no, I lose you then I lose it all

You say it’s everlasting, please stay is all you’re asking.
Heart's resolve is crumbling, here I stand unravelling.
Don’t fade into the midnight,
Unafraid of how the thread might
Heart's resolve is crumbling, here I stand unravelling.
You say it’s everlasting, please stay is all you’re asking.
Heart's resolve is crumbling, here I stand unravelling.
Don’t fade into the midnight,
Unafraid of how the thread might
Hold our hearts entwined.
Yet, I'm unravelling

Logical World lyrics - Charlotte Church

You got the wrong shoes, honey, the wrong size
You wear the left foot on the right side
You got a sad laugh, honey, when you cry
You know the answer still you ask why, you ask why

Walking in the sunshine in the middle of the night
Painting pictures with the rain
Been dreaming a real life and living at a dream
I'm a mixed up girl, in a logical world

You got blue hair honey and... blond eyes
Shocks are boring but the day today is a surprise
You go a real no, honey, when you get high
You give a warm welcome with a goodbye
When you say goodbye

Walking in the sunshine in the middle of the night
Painting pictures with the rain
Been dreaming a real life and living at a dream
It's me with the wrong size, me with the blond eyes

I laugh when I cry I'm the one who's asking why
I get high when I get low and I just want to show
I'm a logical girl in a mixed up world, mixed up world

Walking in the sunshine in the middle of the night
Painting pictures with the rain
Been dreaming a real life and living at a dream
I'm a mixed up girl in a logical world

I've been walking in sunshine in the middle of the night
I've been watching my pictures fade away in the rain
I've been dreaming a real life and living at a dream
I'm a mixed up girl in a logical world
I'm a mixed up girl, I'm a mixed up girl...

Suitcase lyrics - Charlotte Church

Here I go I’m handing my heart out like communion
I pour it out in rhythm and rhyme
Sticks and stone throws won’t change my lines
Tell me how to sing what everyone is feeling
When oh so many others have tried
Tears on the paper, love in my mind

Heavy the heartaches, we carry the suitcase
And you can tell it to the weather it won’t get any better
Until you learn to live with your scars
It's all in the suitcase, that holds who you are

Glory days and bad times are all here in my baggage
They’re folded up and kept here like clothes
Throw out the hurtful to lighten the load

Heavy the heartaches, we carry the suitcase
And you can tell it to the weather it won’t get any better
Until you learn to live with your scars
Heavy the suitcase

Hidden in the pocket space
The hope you lost in younger days
And the few you thought you couldn’t face
They’re travelling today, you’re throwing them away

Heavy the heartaches, we carry the suitcase
And you can tell it to the weather it won’t get any better
Until you learn to live with your scars
It's all in your suitcase, that holds who you are
That holds who you are

The Actors lyrics - Charlotte Church

A silhouette of cigarette smoke crescents the wall
In purple pearl for the curtain call
I'm resigned to the fact that I'm alone in life
Lonely life, lonely life

I'm in the wings
The chorus sings on my own pretending
But here it is ceaseless and unbending
Life's to rest on my happiness
My constant trying
Lonely life, lonely life

Where did the actors go?
Backed out renounced the show
And left me stumbling on the stage
With just a rhyme left on the page
With just one act left of the play
And one more line for me to say
Lonely life, lonely life

Could it be that I'm the one caring and not cared for
Or is it there something I've not dared to comprehend
I'm content to just pretend they want me
Lonely life, lonely life

Where did the actors go?
Backed out renounced the show
And left me stumbling on the stage
With just a rhyme left on the page
With just one act left of the play
And one more line for me to say, to say, to say, to say

Where did the actors go?
Backed out renounced the show
And left me stumbling on the stage
With just a rhyme left on the page
With just one act left of the play
And one more line for me to say, to say, to say, to say

The Story Of Us lyrics - Charlotte Church

Take what you need
Insatiable world
You'll never bleed on my colors for me
Rage in your words scream out in fear
They just get lost in the cold night sky

And oh you could break all my summer sunshine
Throw me your waves
Let me drown my eyes in the tears that you've cried

I hold you in my arms
But you can't feel this warm embrace
You can't see the steady love from everyone
That's all around
But never enough
That's the story of us
That's the story of us

Salt of the earth,
Is all in your heart,
You gamble your trust
And it always burns you
One misplaced word
Walking on shells
The girl with the curl is rucking my shoe
You don't know what you've got
But you feel what it's not 
And I wonder what you find
Your comforting pain
You could ride out the storm
Make weather change

I hold you in my arms
But you can't feel this warm embrace
You can't see the steady love from everyone
That's all around
But never enough
That's the story of us

I hold you in my arms
But you can't feel this warm embrace
You can't see the steady love from everyone
That's all around
But never enough
That's the story of us
That's the story of us
That's the story of us
That's the story of us

Don't Think About It lyrics - Charlotte Church

Lonely man
Looks like me when I'm out walking
Lonely man
Looks like us when we're through talking
Lonely man
Looks like her in a dress and stockings
Lonely man
Looks like me but it's not worth stopping

So don't pay no mind
Don't even think about it
He's just another mad man
Trying to get at it
You're so fine
You don't have to think about it
You've already got me under your spell
And I admit it I don't even know you well

Hey, hey, hey

Teacher man
His head hurts, his brow needs moppin'
Teacher man
Interestin' but not worth stopping
Teacher man
Looks like her when she looks shocking
Teacher man
Tellin' all but learning nothing

So don't pay no mind
Don't even think about it
He's just another mad man
Trying to get at it
You're so fine
You don't have to think about it
You've already got me under
You don't have to think about it
You've already got me under
You don't have to think about it
You've already got me under your spell
And I admit it I don't even know you well

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