Erika

Kingdom

Did you ever stop to think how it feels
To be me, wanting you
But no, you’d never stop to think
Cos it’s not what you do
Have you ever cared about anyone in your life?
Someone else
Tell me what it is you want
Is it us, or yourself?

It’s cold out here where I am
I’ve been waiting with open arms
Waiting for a sign
That you could let me inside

Oh, oh
Open the door to your kingdom
Let in the light that I bring you
Why do you sit in the dark?
(sit in the dark)
Oh, oh
What does it take to be near you
I’m fighting so hard to be with you
Trying to get to your heart

Do you ever stop to look from your cloud
at the world down below?
No you’d never stop to look, you’re too proud
And it shows
Could you ever open up someone?
Even once in a while
How does someone get to talk to the one in your smile?

It’s cold down here where I am
I’m tired of being on my own
Waiting for a sign
That you could let me inside

Which door leads to you?
Tried every one but they’re locked so tight
Which door leads to you?
Is it the one you tried to hide
Which door leads to you?
I have the key but I can’t get through
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh
Oh, oh

Bullet

Don’t mess me around
Now that I’m here
And you got what you want Mm.
I don’t suffer fools
Or boys on the run
So don’t come the cowboy with me

You’ve got the feeling like
I’m all in love
You’ve got the feeling like
You’re dangerous
Something along the lines of insecure
That’s how you make me feel

There’s a bullet in my heart
With you name on it
And it hit me like a hurricane
Just when I thought that I
Could get over you
There’s a bullet in my heart again
Boom boom
Theres a bullet in my heart again

You give me that smile
Boy you could charm
Anyone that you want Mm.
I’m so in denial
Thinking I’m strong
When I’m weak for you touch

You’ve got the feeling like
I’m all in love
You’ve got the feeling like
You’re dangerous
Something along the lines of insecure
That’s how you make me feel

There’s a bullet in my heart
With you name on it
And it hit me like a hurricane
Just when I thought that I
Could get over you
There’s a bullet in my heart again
Boom boom
There’s a bullet in my heart again
Boom Boom

You don’t want to mess with me boy
Boy
You don’t want to mess with me boy
Boy

All That You Wish For

I wish you
Days that never end
Warm sun
No fair weather friends
Where the thrill of something new
Is always with you

I want to hear
Later down the line
To yourself
You chose to be kind
And those regrets you had
Don’t see the light

Our timing wasn’t perfect
But the moments that were worth it
Don’t lose their shine
In my mind

So leave no stone unturned
Get every lesson learnt
Once you try it (try it)
I know you’re gonna like it
Give everything but don’t give up
And if you gotta fall, fall in love
I hope you get what you want and more
I wish you
All that you wish for
All that you wish for

Bittersweet, you know what the twist is?
Your life’s no longer my business
The killer is somehow
I could love you better now
I could tell you just to be yourself
There’s no one like you
No one else
But that way madness lies
I realise

There’s no such thing as perfect
You can bless your life or curse it
When your memories
Won’t let you be

So leave no stone unturned
Get every lesson learnt
Once you try it (try it)
I know you’re gonna like it
Give everything but don’t give up
And if you gotta fall, fall in love
I hope you get what you want and more
I wish you
All that you wish for
All that you wish for

So don’t you leave no stone unturned
Get every lesson learnt
Once you try it (try it)
I know you’re gonna like it
Give everything but don’t give up
And if you gotta fall, fall in love
I hope you get what you want and more
I wish you
All that you wish for

Leave no stone unturned
Get every lesson learnt
Once you try it (try it)
I know you’re gonna like it
Give everything but don’t give up
And if you gotta fall, fall in love
I hope you get what you want and more
I wish you
All that you wish for
All that you wish for
All that you WISH for
All that you wish for

Give The Game Away

It’s always, and it’s never fair
I don’t wanna move you
So push quietly away
While you’re sleeping unaware
I say things around you
Never kindness in the day

I hold the moments in
Under the surface
Don't disturb
The only time we’re close

As long as you’re happy baby
all we have is beautiful
Though it’s never quite as easy as it seems
As long as we’re smiling baby
There’s no need for them to know
Unless I give the game away

I fold these thoughts in neatly and
It's all very simple
It's so easily maintained
Should a careful plan come undone
And cause a ripple
We can't have us out of place

I hold the moments in
Under the surface
Don't disturb
The only time we’re close

As long as you’re happy baby
all we have is beautiful
Though it’s never quite as easy as it seems
As long as we’re smiling baby
There’s no need for them to know
Unless I give the game away

M 8
Got all of this trouble
To tip toe around
Heartache covered up has to find a way out
Baby look at me, listen to me,
Tell me how long
How long can we keep this up
until it all falls down

As long as you’re happy

As long as you’re happy baby
all we have is beautiful
Though it’s never quite as easy as it seems
As long as we’re smiling baby
There’s no need for them to know
Unless I give the game away

Glass Breaks

There are pieces of me everywhere
Memories and ghosts scattered here and there
Seems every place I go
I leave a souvenir
A little part of me
In the atmosphere

There are people who know when’s it’s time to walk
And people who know the right way to fall
Seems everybody’s got some kind of sense or defence
But me, not me

I’m always the last to walk away
I’m always the first to trust in fate
I’m always a moment just too late
And that’s how glass breaks
But I won’t keep a heart that’s made of stone
And I don’t think I’m better of alone
I know it’ a chance I’ve got to take
Cos that’s how glass breaks

Verse 2
You never know when someone’s gonna give in or up
You can see the edge, but you just can’t stop
And I love the risk, and I love the rush
I love the way you believe in us
You say you’ll stay when I think you’ll go
There’s nothing about me you don’t want to know
What you’ve seen is what I’ve always been
Always

I’m always the last to walk away
I’m always the first to trust in fate
I’m always a moment just too late
And that’s how glass breaks
But I won’t keep a heart that’s made of stone
And I don’t think I’m better of alone
I know it’ a chance I’ve got to take
Cos that’s how glass breaks

Cos that’s how glass can break and fall
Like a heart that gives it all
I’ll give you everything

I’m always the last to walk away
I’m always the first to trust in fate
I’m always a moment just too late
And that’s how glass breaks
But I won’t keep a heart that’s made of stone
And I don’t think I’m better of alone
I know it’ a chance I’ve got to take
Cos that’s how glass breaks

Holding on

Trying not to fall
Getting the rhythm right
Growing tougher skin
Gets harder the more
That it sinks in
I’m takin bigger steps
And through it all I find
How do I keep my balance
Now you’re not by my side?
Oh Now this plays on my mind
Trying hold myself together
But I just want to fall apart
I wish I had a way to end it
Oh I wish that we were at the start
Tryin to find a way without you
There’s nowhere else I wanna know
So I’ve been holding on
Holding on to letting go

Drowning out the noise
Just want to focus on
The detail in your voice
That plays around inside my head
Cos when I hear it I
Can trick myself into
Believing you’re alive
It makes it
Easy for a while
Only for while

Trying hold myself together
But I just want to fall apart
I wish I had a way to end it
Oh I wish that we were at the start
Tryin to find a way without you
There’s nowhere else I wanna know
So I’ve been holding on
Holding on to letting go
Oo oo Oo oo Oo oo
Oo oo Oo oo Oo oo

Just give me back the time
I need to hold ya
If I could take you to before
O-Oh I would show you
Everything I am
Everything I feel
Tell me how to find

Just tell me how to stay together
When I just want to fall apart
I wish I had a way to end it
Oh I wish that we were at the start
Tryin to find a way without you
There’s nowhere else I wanna know
So I’ve been holding on,
Yeah, to letting go
I’ve been holding on
Holding on
to letting go

I Can't

I’m drifting in a moment
The memory of you comes alive
Sunk like a treasure in my chest
Deep regret that never fades from my mind
Ahh
You never left me
In my mind

And I cant
No I can’t
I can’t
I want to let go
I need/I got/ to let go
But I can’t

Verse 2
Hanging onto something
you must have told me as a child
And while words are never clear, I
Remember what was unsaid, in your eyes
Ahh
You’ll never leave me
Say your eyes

And I cant
No I can’t
I can’t
I want to let go
I’ve got to let go
But I can’t

No never
No never
You’ll never leave me
You’ll never leave me, no
But I’ve got to let go
But I can’t

You fill me like
Water fills up a lung and
Yours is a love that I can’t overcome I’m
Through with the past
But It’s not through me
I want to let go
I’ve got to let go
But I can’t

I Didn't Want you

If you let me down and you will, if you make me cry
Even if the truth is gonna hurt, pro-mise you wont lie
Cos If we never come undone, cos if we never come untied
…We’re only chasing sunshine

I didn’t want you make me happy
You didn’t want to me to be polite
I’m not gonna try to make you love me
If I was sweet you’d be suspicious
If we stopped fighting I would miss it

I don’t want you to be nice

If every time I asked for your reply, everything was fine
Said what you thought I wanted - to hear, every single time
I’d find a way to make you snap,
I’d wanna push till you pushed back
Oh I would rather live with that

I didn’t want you make me happy
You didn’t want to me to be polite
I’m not gonna try to make you love me
If I was sweet you’d be suspicious
If we stopped fighting I would miss it

I don’t want you to be nice

I don’t want you to get comfortable
I don’t care for being sensible

I’d rather break
I’d rather burst
I’d rather burn

I didn’t want you make me happy
You didn’t want to me to be polite
I’m not gonna try to make you love me
If I was sweet you’d be suspicious
If we stopped fighting I would miss it

I don’t want you to be nice
I don’t want you to be nice
I don’t want you to be nice

I Don't Want To Wait

So far away
I only see you in my mind
I hear your voice
But it’s not a never ending sound
Cos someone comes and hangs you up
Rushes me away from love
Tomorrow I can call you once again

But I don’t want to wait
For another day
I just want to open up my eyes
And turn to see your perfect face
I don’t want to wait
I just want you next to me
Cos baby I’m tired

Out on the road
The world’s such a lonely place to be
When you’re at home
Right now that’s where I wanna be
Every town just one more night
Another show another light
But I don’t feel alright when you’re not here

And I don’t want to wait
For another day
I just want to open up my eyes
And turn to see your perfect face
I don’t want to wait
I just want you next to me
Cos baby I’m tired
I don’t want to wait
I can’t last another day
Baby I’m tired
….
Baby I’m tired

Sometimes I want to walk away
Stay with you more than a day
Though this is all that I have ever known

I don’t want to wait
For another day

I just want to open up my eyes
And turn to see your perfect face
I don’t want to wait
I just want you next to me
Cos baby I’m tired Oh
I don’t want to wait
For another day
I just want to open up my eyes
And turn to see your perfect face
I don’t want to wait
I can’t last another day
Baby I’m tired
Baby I’m tired
Baby I’m tired

Officially In Love

I know I tell you all the time
It’s always on my mind
So understand when I
Try to find the words to say
Don’t want to be cliché
A cheesy serenade

Don’t you know you’ve been the only one who matters to me
Don’t you know you’ve been the only one who truly believes in me

Don’t let me down, I’m officially in love with you now
I got everything to lose
Times they may change, but if you would be my steady baby
Promise I’ll do right by you

People think they understand, but they don’t stand a chance
They couldn’t if they tried
You’re neurotic just like me
Making sure I eat
You hardly save a dime

Don’t you know I’ve been alone with the exception of you
And if anything that’s true

Don’t let me down, I’m officially in love with you now
I got everything to lose
Times they may change, but if you would be my steady baby
Promise I’ll do right by you

Da dad a dad a

Don’t let me down, I’m officially in love with you now
I got everything to lose
Times they may change, but if you would be my steady baby
Promise I’ll do right by you

Slide

I love our silences more,
More than the things we say
Might have our differences but
Deep down we’re one and the same

But I’ve been burnt so bad can’t help it if I pull away

When the world’s on fire you kiss me
and you say you’ll be alright
oh then the more I try to resist you
the more I seem to slide in to the fire.

I’m tired of my trust in me
or trying to trust in you
it must be so exhausting for you
questioning all that you do

But I’ve been burnt so bad can’t help it if I pull away.

When the world’s on fire you kiss me
and you say you’ll be alright
oh then the more I try to resist you
the more I seem to slide in to the fire.

You’re dealing with it well
Considering how,
How crazy it is,
To carry on like this,
When everything’s so perfect,

X 2
When the world’s on fire you kiss me
and you say you’ll be alright (alright)
oh then the more I try to resist you
the more I seem to slide
When the world’s on fire you kiss me
and you say you’ll be alright (alright)
oh then the more I try to resist you
the more I seem to slide
into the fire.

The Best

So, here I go
Classic case, same old scenario
All I expect,
Is all I’ll ever be
And Why,
The doors are always closed
There has to be a way to push them open
And everybody else but me must know!

I think that I can’t have it all
So why reveal a hand so easy to fold?

This is half what I ask for
Half of what I deserve
It’s an uphill battle
Not a learning curve
And it’s what I get
For expecting less
Than the best

If I aim for the moon
And shoot for my feet
Things will get better
Later not sooner
This is what I get
For expecting less
Than the best

I’m always so close
The perfect timing seems to come and go
Before I ever notice that it’s gone
And I’m ready for the strom
When it’s not even raining
Why run a race you have already lost?

I think that I can’t have it all
So why reveal a hand so easy to fold?

All the great ideas I’ve bottled up
Safer kept inside
There’s every chance they’ll fade away
Keeping them inside

Sweeter Side

Ask another question
and soon enough
You’ll start to plot the path of
where I’ve been
The stories that I tell
they may not be
The same as the life I’ve lived

I skim over details
and I forget the part
Where I gave someone license
To tear me apart
Once there’s room for doubt
To come on in
Hmm…what happens then?
Hmm…what happens then?

It’s easier to leave
Than hang around to see
Where it’s gonna go
Once it gets started
Better that I keep
A hold, that’s what I need
It takes a lot of work
To stay this guarded
That’s why I’m
Scared to let you see
That sweeter side of me

Unravel me
from the end back to the start
Watch a perfect picture
Disappear into the dark
See a world so cleverly coloured in
Ask am I the girl you can believe in?

You were never meant to
Get close enough to see through
Whats the worst thing?
You could figure out the missing pieces?
Takes some getting used to
Trust enough to be true
And I want to I do
I want you, I do

But It’s easier to leave
Than hang around to see
Where it’s gonna go
Once it gets started
Better that I keep
A hold, that’s what I need
It takes a lot of work
To stay this guarded

It’s easier to leave
Than hang around to see
Where it’s gonna go
Once it gets started
Better that I keep
A hold, that’s what I need
It takes a lot of work
To stay this guarded
That’s why I’m
Scared to let you see
That sweeter side of me