We knew the date before we started
You had a flight I had a lease
Everybody told us not to do it
So we did it anyway

Four weeks is not a lifetime
But it isn't nothing either

Give me August anyway
Give me the ending on the first day
I would rather hold a thing that goes
Than never hold a thing at all
Give me August anyway

(anyway anyway)

Now it's cold and I still know
The exact sound your car made in the drive
People ask me if I'd take it back
And I laugh and I say

Give me August anyway
Give me the ending on the first day
I would rather hold a thing that goes
Than never hold a thing at all
Give me August anyway

Some things are not meant to be kept
Some things are meant to be spent
And I spent it every hour of it
And I would spend it again

Give me August anyway
Give me the ending on the first day
I would rather hold a thing that goes
Than never hold a thing at all
Give me August anyway

Give me August anyway
(anyway anyway)

You walk in slow
Like you own the room
Cheap little grin
With a silver spoon

Say my name twice
Like it makes you tall
I don’t look up
I just let you fall

You talk too loud
For a little spark
I count your lies
Like cards in the dark

I don’t bite
I just smile real mean
Keep my hands clean
On the crime scene

You act tough
But you bow back down
I look cute
With a plastic crown

Yeah yeah
Plastic crown
Yeah yeah
[Vocal Tremolo Effect]
Bow back down

Don’t call me sweet
I’m a bad excuse
For the kind of girl
That would wait on you

Got red shoes on
And a bored little face
I don’t run fast
I just change the race

You talk too much
For a silent room
I cut the fuse
Then I blame the moon

I don’t bite
I just smile real mean
Keep my hands clean
On the crime scene

You act tough
But you bow back down
I look cute
With a plastic crown

Yeah yeah
Plastic crown
Yeah yeah
[Vocal Tremolo Effect]
Bow back down

Ha
Look at you
Trying hard
That’s adorable

Ha
Move along
You were never
That important

[Final Chorus]
I don’t bite
I just smile real mean
Keep my hands clean
On the crime scene

You act tough
But you bow back down
I look cute
With a plastic crown

Yeah yeah
Plastic crown
Yeah yeah
Bow back down

Tiny king
Tiny throne
Tiny crown
All alone

There's a place where I can go
When I feel the world closing in
Take me to the Land of No Tomorrow
Where no one's ever been

I know I could stay here for the rest of my life
So take me to the Land of No Tomorrow
I'll go there tonight

And it feels like I'm falling
But you tell me I'm flying
I was feeling so low
Now you got me high

I know I could stay here for the rest of my life
So take me to the Land of No Tomorrow
I'll go there tonight

'Cause when I am with you
There's no sadness or sorrow
I could stay here for the rest of my life
So take me to the Land of No Tomorrow
I'll go there tonight

Prompt

You say we’re good
I say we’re fine
Funny how those two
Don’t mean the same thing tonight

We still order for each other
Still know how the other takes it
Still laugh before the punchline lands
Still know when the other fakes it

But lately every little question
Gets answered with another one
Like we’re both trying to protect
Something neither wants undone

I don’t need perfect
I don’t need easy
I just need you
To say what you mean to me

Don’t love me halfway honest
Don’t give me almost true
If there’s something you’re not saying
I’d rather hear it from you

Don’t keep me close for comfort
Then pull away on cue
I can handle any answer
I just can’t guess what’s true

You still reach across the table
Like your hand remembers mine
Then you go quiet for a minute
And I pretend that it’s all fine

Maybe we got too good at knowing
How to leave the hard parts out
Maybe love can keep on working
But only if we talk it out

I don’t need perfect
I don’t need easy
I just need you
To say what you mean to me

Don’t love me halfway honest
Don’t give me almost true
If there’s something you’re not saying
I’d rather hear it from you

Don’t keep me close for comfort
Then pull away on cue
I can handle any answer
I just can’t guess what’s true

Say it wrong
Say it late
Say the thing
You think I’ll hate

I’d rather lose
A perfect night
Than keep pretending
We’re alright

Don’t love me halfway honest
Don’t give me almost true
If there’s something you’re not saying
I’d rather hear it from you

Don’t keep me close for comfort
Then pull away on cue
I can handle any answer
I just can’t guess what’s true

No halfway honest
No almost true
Just tell me where I stand
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Lyrics

Flip it flip it come alive
Turn the dial feel the vibe
City’s pulse jumping high
We don’t stop—we multiply

Smoke in the air bass hits the ground
Feet in the crowd hearts pound around
Spotlight flicks beat rides the sound
Hands in the air lost then found

Shout with me let the rhythm ride
No more still—in this groove we hide
Flip the night on its neon edge
On our mark—pledge to the ledge

Flip that city flip it higher (Hey!)
Flip that city beat the fire (Hey!)
Flip that city where we belong (Yeah!)
Flip that city dance along (Yeah!)

Streetlight jumps when the bass drops low
Crowd moves as the speakers blow
Every step locks into sky-high flow
One more wave—ready set go

Shout with me let the rhythm ride
No more still—in this groove we hide
Flip the night on its neon edge
On our mark—pledge to the ledge

Flip that city flip it higher (Hey!)
Flip that city beat the fire (Hey!)
Flip that city where we belong (Yeah!)
Flip that city dance along (Yeah!)

Flip it—turn around
Flip it—sound the ground
Flip it—up the heat
Flip it—feel the beat

Flip that city flip it higher (Hey!)
Flip that city beat the fire (Hey!)
Flip that city where we belong (Yeah!)
Flip that city dance along (Yeah!)

Eight-oh-five by Saint Michel
Kola had a cake box under one arm
one red shoe in the other hand
He said “My aunt turns sixty”

I heard “aunt” “cake” and “Saturday”
and supplied the missing cinema myself
At Idris’ barbershop I said
“Maybe the man is getting married”

Idris did not repeat my sentence
He gave it catering witnesses
and a cousin arriving from Marseille
with three phones and firm opinions

By nine-fifteen the taxi rank knew the venue
By ten the tailor had chosen gold
By eleven Auntie Binta had named two children
Kola was still looking for candles

Who told you?
No be me
Who confirmed it?
Nobody

Radio trottoir radio trottoir
one little “maybe” took a motorbike
Dem don carry am go dem don add pepper
by lunch that man was married twice

At one he had married the mayor’s niece
At two he had bought a flat in Lisbon
At three he had left her for a singer
whose name nobody could pronounce

At four the church committee wanted answers
about a generator no one had lost
At five I tried to stop the story
That became “He knows more than he is saying”

At six my mother called me:
“Wear something decent
Apparently you are giving the speech
And bring your own chair”

I found Kola beside the pharmacy
still carrying the same red shoe
The cake was for Aunt Mariam
The shoe had fallen from her shopping bag

He stared at me for seven quiet seconds
then asked who I planned to marry
I laughed exactly once
That was my second mistake

Who told you?
No be me
Who confirmed it?
Nobody

Radio trottoir radio trottoir
one little “maybe” took a motorbike
Dem don carry am go dem don add pepper
by lunch that man was married twice

I went home to hide from the bulletin
My neighbour had prepared rice
My sister said a woman named Celeste
had accepted me on my behalf

Who is Celeste? Nobody knows
She may be a dentist
She may be in Dakar
She may have started at Idris’ second chair

My mother likes her already
She says Celeste sounds responsible
There are now two cakes in the kitchen
Neither one belongs to Kola

Wetin happen?
Ask the barber
Who start am?
No be me
Where proof dey?
It left by taxi
Can you stop am?
You fit try

Radio trottoir radio trottoir
no antenna no editor no brakes
By sunset Kola ran the ministry
by midnight I was cutting a second cake

Radio trottoir radio trottoir
every correction opens another branch
I only said “Maybe he is getting married”
Now Celeste is discussing curtains with my aunt

Kola brought the candles
My mother served the rice
Idris arrived with invitations

No be me

First step in
No need to rush
Heartbeat syncs
With every hush

I forgot how the sky looked at noon
How my name feels in an empty room
I gave my light to borrowed hands
Now I’m done with second plans

No more echo
No delay
I found my voice
It wants to stay

I came back to me
Like sun through a cloud
Not asking for space
Just dancing out loud
No more halfway
No more maybe
I came back to me
And I’m not leaving lately

Mirror smiles without the doubt
I learned how to move without burning out
No more waiting to feel free
I don’t need permission to be

No more shadows
I don't bend
This is where
I start again

I came back to me
Like sun through a cloud
Not asking for space
Just dancing out loud
No more halfway
No more maybe
I came back to me
And I’m not leaving lately

I was never gone
Just out of range
But now I’m tuned
To my own change

I came back to me
Where I always begin
This time I stay
This time I win
No more waiting
No more maybe
I came back to me
And I’m not leaving lately

[Intro]
(Clock ticks loud when you're not calling
Nights taste dry can't fake stalling)

Tried cold coffee just to feel something
Streetlight flicker — not a sign just buzzing
You left shoes under my old desk
I stepped around 'em like we never met

Told my friends I’m feeling fine
(They don’t ask much anymore)
Scroll your name don’t hit “reply”
Still stuck knocking at a closed door

No right time to fall apart (ahh yeah)
Even wrong love leaves a mark (mm-mm)
Say I’m done but I rewind
(yeah yeah yeah)
Tried to lose you but you hide
inside my lines
Ohhh ooooh na-na

Keys in the bowl still turn for yours
Voicemail full I still record

You liked silence I liked shows
Talked through credits missed the lows
Now your jacket's in a bag I keep
Next to sweaters I don’t wear to sleep

Lied to strangers I don’t know
(Said I’ve burned your old photos)
Truth is folded in my coat
Every plan comes back to “almost”

No right time to fall apart (ahh yeah)
Even wrong love leaves a mark (whoa-oh)
Say I’m done but I rewind
(yeah yeah)
Tried to lose you but you hide
inside my lines
Ooooh you stay—na-na

Nothing broke at once it peeled
Like paint left out too long revealed
I didn’t cry but I still feel
Your side cold when nights turn real

No right time to fall apart (yeah yeah)
Even wrong love leaves a mark (mmh)
Say I’m done but I rewind
(can’t lie)
Tried to lose you but you hide
inside my lines
Ooooh (stay gone) na-na-na

Ya no me tiembla la taza del té
cuando tu nombre se cruza en mi piel
La casa cruje igual que ayer
pero mi sombra ya no te ve

Dejé tus cartas en el alfeizar
el viento sabrá si las quiere llevar
Mis manos no piden no quieren cerrar
lo que no abraza… no vuelve a entrar

Ya no me duele
ni tu voz ni tu eco
El silencio en mi mesa
es mejor que tu juego

Ya no me duele
ni la flor ni el invierno
Yo me quedo de pie
y tú te vas con el viento

Me dolió
pero no me rompió

Ya no me duele
ni el reloj ni el destino
Mis pasos no buscan
ya tienen su camino