Is This It Can't you see I'm trying, I don't even like it I just lie to get to your apartment Now I'm staying there just for a while I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired Is this it Is this it Is this it Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted When they lied I knew they were just stable Children trying hard not to realise I was sitting right behind Dear can't you see, it's them it's not me We're not enimies, we just disagree If I was like him, all dissing his Pa He changes his mind, says I went too far We all disagree I think we should disagree, yeah Is this it Is this it Is this it Can't you see I'm trying, I don't even like it I just lie to get to your apartment Now I'm staying there just for a while I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired The Strokes Index The Modern Age Up on a hill, here's where we begin This little story, a long time ago Start to pretend, start pretending It seems this game is simply neverending Oh in the sun sun having fun, it's in my blood I just can't help it, don't want you here right now Let me go Let me go go go go go go go go Leaving just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So I'll pretend i'm leaving I feel so different now We trained at AVA I wish you hadn't stayed My visions clearer now but I'm unafraid Flyin' over seas, no time to feel the breeze I took too many varieties Oh in the sun sun having fun, it's in my blood I just can't help it, don't want you here right now Let me go, wooooooooo Darling let me go go go go go go go go Leaving just in time Stay there for a while Rolling in the ocean Trying to catch her eye Work hard and say it's easy Do it just to please me Tomorrow will be different So this is why I'm leaving The Strokes Index Soma Soma is what they would take when hard times opened their eyes Saw pain in a new way High stakes for a few names Racing with the sunbeams Loosing against their dreams In our eyes I am Stop And go In your eyes, Said I am Stop And go In your eyes Let's go When I saw her for the first time Lips moved as her eyes closed Heard something in his voice "And I'll be there" he says And he walks out Somehow he was trying too hard To be like them I am Stop And go In your eyes And I am Stop Oh darling let me go Try it once and they liked it (They) Try to hide it Said I've been doing this twenty five years Well I'm not listening no more And his friends they keep asking for more Oh yeah Oh but that's it The Strokes Index Barely Legal I didn't take no shortcuts I spent the money that I saved up Aw mama runnin' out of luck Well like my sister don't give a fuck I wanna steal your innocence To me my life it don't make sense Your strange manners, I love you so Why won't you wear your new trench coat I should've worked much harder I should have just not bothered I never show up on weekdays Somethin' that you learned yesterday Drive you to work, you'll be on time Your little problems, they're not yours they're mine Come on listen to what I say I've got some secrets that'll make you stay I just want to turn you down I just want a turn you around You ain't never had nothin' I wanted but I want it all, I just can't figure out Nothin' And all together it went well We made pretend we were best friends Then she said "Oh you're a freak" They ordered me to make mistakes Together again, like the beginnin' It all works somehow in the end The things we did the thing you hide But for the record it's between you and I I didn't take no shortcuts I spent the money that I saved up Aw mama runnin' out of luck Well like my sister don't give a fuck I wanna steal your innocence To me my life it just don't make any sense Your strange manners I love them so Why won't you wear your new trench coat I just want to misbehave I just want to be your slave You ain't never had nothin' I wanted but I want it all, I just can't figure out Nothin' And all together it went well We made pretend we were best friends Then she said "Oh I can wait" They ordered me to make mistakes Together again, like the beginnin' It all works somehow in the end The things we did the thing you hide But for the record it's between you and I The Strokes Index Someday In many ways they'll miss the good old days Someday, someday Yeah it hurts to say but I want you to stay Sometimes, sometimes When we was young oh man did we have fun Always, always Promises they break before they're made Sometimes, sometimes Oh, my ex says i'm lacking in depth I will do my best You say you wanna stay by my side Darling your head's not right I see alone we stand together we fall apart Yeah, I think I'll be alright I'm working so I won't have to try so hard Tables they turn sometimes. Oh someday. I ain't wasting no more time. Trying, trying. And now my fears, they come to me in threes So I, sometimes They fade my friend, you say the strangest things I find, sometimes Oh, my ex says i'm lacking in depth Say I will try my best You say you wanna stay by my side Darling your head's not right I see alone we stand together we fall apart Yeah, I think I'll be alright I'm working so I won't have to try so hard Tables they turn sometimes. Oh someday I ain't wasting no more time The Strokes Index Alone, Together No choice now, it's too late Let him go, he gave up Don't give up Lisa said "Take time for me" Dropping him down to his knees Oh just go Take me away, see I've got to explain Things they are changing such a permanent way Life seems unreal, can we go back to your place Ah you drink too much, makes me drink just the same People try, felt so right Giving themselves good advice Looking down sometimes felt nice He knows it's just a fact to kill to survive He's earning dollars when you're giving your life Let someone poor soul work 3 hours a day The world is over and I don't care coz I am with you, now I've got to explain Things they are changing such a permanent way Life seems unreal, can we go back to your place You drink too much, makes me drink just the same On the first time that I met your friends A second time I thought it would last We all like it a little different The Strokes Index Last Nite Last nite she said Oh baby I feel so down When you turn me off When I feel left out So I, I turned round Oh baby don't care no more I know this for sure I'm walking out that door Well I've been in town for just about fifteen minutes now And baby I feel so down And I don't know why I've been walking for miles And people they don't understand Your girlfriends they can't understand Your grandsons they won't understand On top of this I ain't ever gonna understand Last nite she said Oh baby don't feel so down When you turn me off When I feel left out So I, I turned round, Oh baby gonna be alright It was a great big lie Coz I left that night Yeah Oh people they don't understand No girlfriends they don't understand In spaceships they won't understand And me I ain't ever gonna understand Last nite she said Oh baby I feel so down She could turn me off When I feel left out So I turned round Oh little girl I don't care no more I know it's for sure I'm walking out that door, yeah The Strokes Index Hard To Explain Was an honest man Asked me for the phone Tried to take control Oh I don't see it that way I don't see it that way We shared some ideas All obsessed with fame Says we're all the same I don't see it that way I don't see it that way Raised in Carolina I'm not like that Tryin' to remind her When we go back I missed the last bus I'll take the next train I try, but you see It's hard to explain I said the right things But act the wrong way I like it right here But I cannot stay I watched the TV Forget what I'm told Well I am too young And they are too old The joke is on you This place is a zoo You're right, it's true He said he can't decide I shake my head to say Everythings just great Oh I just can't remember I just can't remember Raised in Carolina (she says) I'm not like that Trying to remind her When we go back I say the right things But act the wrong way I like it right here But I cannot stay I watched the TV Forget what I'm told I am too young And they are too old I'll make it you see I'm ever so pleased Pretend to be nice So I can be mean I missed the last bus I'll take the next train I try, but you see It's hard to explain The Strokes Index When It Started Won't decide, but he won't debate Said, "Thanks my friend," but he was too late Oh why, oh why I don't know So you think things move pretty fast down here Well just wait my dear 'til you look up there Oh maybe someday you'll know Had his second kid, was an early night Got to be well dressed coz he hates to fly Oh loves his job, takes it home Anything they wanted They could have it, have it Didn't even notice I don't mind it, mind it Won't decide, but he won't debate Said, "Thanks my friend, thought that we was dead." Oh why, oh why I don't know Think things move pretty fast down here But just wait my dear 'til we get up there Oh maybe someday they'll know Come on tell me does she wander Roam when he comes Or does he just know how to leave When it gets cold Well I don't care, I don't care Coz it's free The Strokes Index Trying Your Luck You said you couldn't stay You've seen it all before, I know And sold you on their way Oh honey that's ok No harm, he's armed Settin' off all your alarms When I find out I hope it's you who set this trap And stuffers rarely change At least I'm on my own again instead of Anywhere with you Oh tell me it's all the same And I've lost my place again I know this is surreal But I'll try my luck with you This life is on my side Oh I am your one Believe me, this is a chance Oh, oh Let's see what is for sale He's trying not to give his job a chance It's never gonna be It's sad, but I agree The signals don't seem right It lasts for just one night, and then I'm sorry that I said That we were just good friends No harm, he's armed Set it off all your alarms Entranced, I can't Be here in time I'll think about that And I've lost my page again I know this is surreal But I'll try my luck with you This life is on my side Well I am your one Believe me, this is a chance Oh, oh The Strokes Index Take It Or Leave It Leave me alone I'm in control I'm in control And girls act too much And boys act too tough Enough is enough Were on the minds of other men I know she was I said just take it or leave it And take it or leave it And take it or leave it And take it or leave it Oh just take it or leave it And take it or leave it Oh take it I say, he's gonna let you down He's gonna let you down He's gonna let you down And gonna break your back, for a chance And gonna steal your friends, if he can He's gonna win someday I fell off the track Now I can't go back I'm not like that Boys act too much Girls act too tough Enough is enough. Well on the minds of other girls I know he was. I said just take it or leave it And take it or leave it And take it or leave it And take it or leave it Oh just take it or leave it And take it or leave it Oh take it I say, he's gonna let you down He's gonna let you down He's gonna let you down. And gonna break your back, for a chance And gonna steal your friends, if he can He's gonna win someday Oh he The Strokes Index

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