Steve: 'All I want is basically a letter to my ex-girlfriend. It took me two years to actually write the song. I'm not one of those persons who easily gets over things. The song describes everthing I was going through in that time. Looking back: it happens to every one but in that time it felt like my world was over. The lyric 'our love was made for movie screens' goes about the movie '500 days of Summer' who I watched after the break-up.
About the video:
A good friend of ours called Stevie Russel came up with the idea for the video. He dreamed up this whole beauty and the beast storyline. We invited our friends over and were all extra's. We kinda pissed of the director (Stevie Russel) Who was still wairing the 'mask' because we were all ringing each other on the phones.
High hopes:
About the song:
The song used to call roulette.
Steve: 'I wrote this song just after dropping out of college and the break-up. Everything was going wrong and I was writing a depressing song. Then I remembered this book I've read called 'The secret' by Rhonda Byrne. It's about positive thinking and how it is the most important think in the world. I truly believe in that. The first person I played the song for was my dad.
About the video:
'It was also directed by Stevie Russel. When he told us about the video, Liam Cunningham was his example for some one who would be perfect for the video. We asked him and strangly enough he said yes. He must have loved the song, I guess. He's a big Irish Hero. The video is a modern Romeo and Julliet story, but in a dark way, even though the meaning behind it is also uplifting.
Love like this:
About the song:
Steve: 'Right after the relationship where 'All I want' was based on, I went into another relationship for safety, I guess. The song is about that relationship that isn't going anywhere and you know it isn't going anywhere but you just go along with it, for the fun of it.'
Mark: 'We were in Steve his sister's bedroom and found this mandolin. He just instantly playing the riff.'
About the video:
Steve; 'The idea behind the video is: I get slapped all the time for not taking the relationship seriously.'
Brand new day:
'The song is about wanting to leave your hometown to travel the world with your friends. We love our hometown but we were sick and tired of being in the same routine. When you meet the same people everyday and see the same places everyday.'
Steve did the vocals of this song outside because it was sunny and it sets the right mood.
One day:
'We found it the perfect way to open the album with. It was one of the last songs we recorded in the Rock A Field studio's. We rehearsed this song a couple of times and then recorded it twice and that was it. It's about losing some one but it's also a bit positive. A bit like High hopes, I guess.'
After the fall:
Mark came up with the riff for this song and it was stuck in his head for a while.
'It's probably our favorite song to open up a show or a festival because it's so energetic. It's about feeling a little bit lost but then finding some light and direction.'
Big bad world:
'The chorus of this song was actually written on the Iphone of one of Steve's friends, on an app called Garageband. We took the phone into the studio and used some sounds of the phone and put them on the track. It's about walking into a big bad world, trying to make ends meet. Kind of soul searching what you want to do.'
All comes down:
Steve: 'It's about the same girl I wrote 'All I want' about. The song stayed pretty much the same from how it used to be. It's the oldest song on the record. It starts with the sentence: 'I still hear that sound of that runaway train'. 'Runaway train' is a Tom Petty song. It was the song of that relationship.
Mark: 'I remember Steve just broke up with his girlfriend and we went into the studio 3 days later and the song just sort of happened. Instead of talking about it, he just went into the studio and wrote a song about it to get it off his chest.
'We wanted a choir section at the end of the song, so we invited some friends of ours and had a bit of a party. After a few beers we went into the studio and just recorded the end section.'
Talk:
Mark: 'It's about my ex-girlfriend. About being stuck in a relationship and you can't go back. We broke up, but for some reason I kept on going back to her, even when I knew it was no good.'
Pray:
'Pray is probably the darkest song of the album. It wasn't supposed to be on the album but we played it in almost every show we did. We just loved playing it live and thought it was a great song, so we made an exeption.'
Way back when:
'Mark: I wrote this song. It's basically about our youth and growing up in Swords. Looking back at your childhood memories and the freedom you have when you were a child. When we recorded the single, we each grabbed some drum sticks and start hitting them on the drums, the walls, the floor. Everything we could find, honestly, but it sounded great.
Lose your mind:
Steve: 'Mark and I sat down and had a few beers. It turned out to be a little to many beers and we start writing this song together and recorded it.
Jay: 'The next morning they heard it again. It sounded really bombastic and noisy. Very unlike kodaline, I guess. For weeks Steve and Mark were in this heated debate about who actually sang the song.'
Mark: 'When our voices go higher, they sound a little bit similar to each other.'
Steve: 'It turned out I sang the song. The funny thing is: I can't remember at all singing this song. Even when you listen to it now, you can hear that I wasn't really there (laughs).'
The answer:
Steve: 'I unintentionally recorded it because we were in the studio and our producer left because he was heving a kid. He left for two days and we set up a mic and throw it down. It's one of my favorite songs, but sadly it's not on the album.
The covers (latch, digital love, same love, ..):
Steve: 'I love the idea of taking a song that already exists and change it around. We try to choose songs that people wouldn't associate with our music. When it works, it's great.
All my friends:
Steve: 'A friend of us passed away and his favorite song was an LCD System song called 'All my friends.' I had actually never heard that song before, but this was his favorite song so we recorded it and changed it a bit. We got all of our friends in to sing on the end of it. Our manager heard it, loved it and wanted to put it out there. Our idea was just to give it to his family. His voice is in the track. He and Mark used to make some joke video's together and there's one where he counts 1, 2, 3, 4. We took that for the beginning. It was exactly the same rhythm. It was meant to be, I guess.
04-01-2014 om 00:00
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So you're standing in the parkinglot of life And you're trying to figure out your face tonight And you hear a sound coming out of the car radio Saying 'Son, if you don't learn, you never know' So you try to drag your feet down to the bar When you starting to forget just who you are And they told you it was written in the stars But you never had a chance to look that far
Yeah that's just the way it goes Maybe you die young before your old Yeah, that's just the way it is Nobody's gonna tell you how to live
In a world that changes everyday It's easy to get lost along the way In a world that's never as it seems Where people try to buy and sell their dreams Where people try to buy and sell their dreams
Yeah, it just the way it goes Maybe you die young before you're old Yeah, that's just the way it is Nobody's gonna tell you how to live Nobody's gonna tell you how to live
Nobody's gonna tell you how to live Nobody's gonna tell you how to live Cause nobody understands just what it is
22-07-2013 om 17:06
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We never had that much to do so we just lay around in some one's house Someday I'll have it all again, just like way back when Back then we sleep until the afternoon, then we just get up and get outside Open up a window, let the summer blow in, forget everything
Those will be the days that I'll be missing When I'm old, when I'm grey and when I stop working I hope that I can say when all my days are done We were just having fun
Well, we go drinking in the afternoon, lie into the grass and fall asleep Will I ever see that girl again, the girl from way back when We used to share a cigarette, throw together everything we had And then go driving in my parents car, we never strayed too far
Those will be the days that I'll be missing When I'm old, when I'm grey and when I stop working I hope that I can say when all my days are done That I had my fun
Yeah Time can move so fast, Some things aren't made to last So here's to you, my dear old friend from way back when
Those will be the days that I'll be missing When I'm old, when I'm grey and when I stop working I hope that I can say when all my days are done That I had my fun
22-07-2013 om 16:58
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Watch your step or you might fall You act like you're a know it all Yeah I used to do that I used to be like that I'm still a bit like that
You might think you found the one untill your heart gets ripped and torned Yeah I used to feel bad I used to feel like that Still feel a bit like that
But I'm not searching for the answer I'm not looking for the truth I'm just talking through a speaker Because that's all that I have ever learned to do
Use your mind and make it talk Cause in this world it's all you've got And we all fall down from the highest cloud to the lowest ground
Loneliness is worst of all When you got no one else to call Feeling kind of sad when the times are bad, times are getting bad
But I'm not searching for the answer I'm not looking for the truth I'm just talking through a speaker Because that's all that I have ever learned to do
What about you What about you What about you What about you What about you What about you What about you What about you
So watch your step or you might fall You act like you're a know it all Yeah I used to do that I used the be like that I'm still a bit like that
22-07-2013 om 16:51
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I can remember the good old days When you and me we used to hide away Where the stars were shining and the sun was burning our eyes You filled up my glass With promises that would never last And I still find pieces of me in the back of my mind
And all of the things that we ones said Are not in my heart, there in my head That was the time to say goodbye Let's put it to rest, yeah let it die
Cause we don't, we don't need to talk about this now We've been down that road before But that was then and this is now The crowds in my heart they've been calling out your name But it just don't feel the same I guess it's over, yeah we're done
I heard you made your way downtown To the place I've been hanging around I was searching for your face in the crowd But trying to keep my head down Over time our wires crossed But you changed and the truth got lost All the things I could change if we could only rewind
You were a moment in life that comes and goes A riddle, a rhyme and no one knows A change in the heart, A twist of fate Couldn't fix it, it's too late
Cause we don't, we don't need to talk about this now We've been down that road before But that was then and this is now The crowds in my heart they've been calling out your name But it just don't feel the same I guess it's over, yeah we're done
We don't, we don't need to talk about this now We don't, we don't need to talk about this now
22-07-2013 om 16:44
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How many nights do you lie dreaming I'm counting the days since you went away When I lost my heart, life lost all meaning What I would give to see you again
I'll pray for you Will you pray for me I'll pray for you
And you slipped away from me without talking The look in your eyes was stronger than this I drink alone to stop me from weeping What's left of my heart is forever yours Forever yours
I'll pray for you Do you pray for me I'll pray for you
22-07-2013 om 16:34
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touch gloves yeah it'll be alright I Always knew you had a heavy heart Brother, Brother You're taking me back to the start I saw your face in a photograph Painting a picture of a better time Brother, brother You'll Always be on my mind
In a perfect world In a perfect world In a perfect world A perfect world
Touchdown to reality It's not exactly what you had in mind Brother, brother Was it ony a matter of time Maybe you got to let it be maybe time will tell you Maybe you will see Brother, brother You really shouldn't take it too hard
In a perfect world In a perfect world In a perfect world singing
Oh
It'll be okay It wouldn't have to be this way In a perfect, a perfect world
22-07-2013 om 16:27
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One day it's there and then it's gone How are you still holding on How are you still holding on You've felt this way for way to long Waiting for a change to come You know you're not the only one
Yeah Life passes you by So don't waste your time on your own
You Always try to see yourself Through the eyes of some one else Through the eyes of some one else To shy to say that you need help You and everybody else You and everybody else
Yeah Life passes you by So don't waste your time on your own
Yeah Life passes you by So don't be waisting your time all alone
As your heart gets bigger As you try to figure out Whats it all about And your skin gets thicker As you try to figure out What's it all about
Yeah Life passes you by So don't waste your time on your own How are you still holding on Why are you still holding on
22-07-2013 om 16:20
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Running through the heat heart beat You shine like silver in the sunlight You light up my cold heart It feels right, in the sun, the sun We're running round and round Like nothing else could matter in our lives But wait, but wait, but wait The sun will stop shining soon And you'll be gone out of my life Yeah you'll be gone It's as simple as a change of heart But I'm not gonna think about the future
A love like this won't last forever I know that a love like this won't last forever But I, I don't really mind, I don't really mind at all
Step into the night life It goes dark but you don't mind Hiding in the back streets Yeah, you'll never notice me All that I was thinking about Was cleaning up my conscience Lost in the memories As is shakes up the corners of my heart Was it my mistake Or maybe it was just as simple as a change in your heart Yeah, just as simple as a change in your heart
A love like this won't last forever I know that a love like this won't last forever But I, I don't really mind, I don't really mind at all
22-07-2013 om 16:10
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Loosen up and lose you mind You never know what you could find on the other side A houndred Thousand butterflies Foating in the orange skies above my head I wander lonely as a cloud Floating high above the ground like aeroplanes I hear the sound of humming birds The sweetest sound I've ever heard, I can't describe
Oh, Oh, Oh I'm dreaming of a world with you Oh, Oh, Oh And all the things that we can do
Feeling like a plastic bag Spinning round but slowly going nowhere fast Waterfalls inside my eyes Am I on the other side, am I dreaming Holding on to a dolphin's fin He helps me swim where I can't swim, he's friendly Loosen up and lose your mind you never know what you could find on the other side
Oh, Oh, Oh I'm dreaming of a world with you Oh, Oh, Oh And all the things that we can do
Waking on a tightrope wire Dropping poison pills of fire Hypnotised Euphornia will be here soon Turn the lights down, Let the answers fill the room
Oh, Oh, Oh I'm dreaming of a world with you Oh, Oh, Oh And all the things that we can do
A hundred Thousand butterflies floating in the orange skies above my head Loosen up and lose your mind you never know what you could find on the other side
All the things that make you feel better you should write it all down and put it in a letter
All of the things that make you feel better you should write it all down and put it in a letter
22-07-2013 om 15:59
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Broken bottles in the hotel lobby Seems to me like I'm just scared of never feeling it again I know it's crazy to believe in silly things But it's not that easy I remember it now it takes me back to when it all first started And I only got myself to blame for it and I accept it now It's time to let it go, go out and start again But it's not that easy
But I've got high hopes It takes me back to where we started High hopes when you Let it go, go out and start again That the world keep spinning around
And in my dreams I meet the ghosts of all the people who've come and gone Memories they seem to show up so quick but they leave you far to soon Naïve, I was just staring at the barrel of a gun and I do believe that
But I've got high hopes It takes me back to where we started High hopes when you Let it go, go out and start again That the world keep spinning around
High hopes It takes me back to where we started High hopes when you Let it go, go out and start again That the world keep spinning around
That the world keeps spinning Oh that the world keeps spinning Around
22-07-2013 om 15:47
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This here hometown, I've think I've outgrown I want to travel the world but I, I just can't do it alone So I'm just waiting on faith to come and wrap around me think about all the foreign places we could be
I'll be flicking stones at your window I'll be waiting outside 'till you're ready to go Won't you come down, come away with me Just think of all the places we could be I'll be waiting, waiting on a brand new day
Riding on waves, walking on sand Digging in caves to find the treasures of the land And if we'll find gold, we'll just trow it away We can write stories 'bout the journeys that we made (We could be big in Japan)
I'll be flicking stones at your window I'll be waiting outside 'till you're ready to go Won't you come down, come away with me Just think of all the places we could be I'll be waiting, waiting on a brand new day
They said they'd keep me here But I couldn't do another year I said I see you soon Because I whistle to a different tune
Think of all the places we could be Think of all the people we could meet
I'll be flicking stones at your window I'll be waiting outside 'till your ready to go Won't you come down, come away with me just think of all the places we could be I'll be waiting, waiting on a brand new day
22-07-2013 om 15:40
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All I want is nothing more Then to hear you knocking at my door Cause if I could see your face once more I could die a happy man I'm sure When you said your last goodbye I died a little bit inside I lay in tears in bad all night Alone without you by my side
But if you loved me, why'd you leave me Take my body, take my body All I want is, and all I need it To find somebody, I'll find somebody like you!
See you brought out the best of me A part of me I've never seen You took my soul and wiped it clean Our love was made for movie screens
But if you loved me, why'd you leave me Take my body, take my body All I want is, and all I need it To find somebody, I'll find somebody like you!
22-07-2013 om 15:15
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I still hear the sound of that runaway train Roll through my heart as that lovers refrain But I know in my heart we can never go back To the way that we were on that runaway track I see in your soul and I know you were lying to me I loose control, oh, why didn't I know Was I just to you? But why do I feel so old? Cause I'm still so yound!
Yeah but it all comes down to What it all comes down to It all comes down to Yeah it all comes down to It all comes down to it all comes down to you
If you see it, why couldn't you do it And you're so alone tonight And it's heartbreaking the road you choosing God wouldn't save you Love is a battle, and everybody cries
Yeah but it all comes down to What it all comes down to It all comes down to Yeah it all comes down to It all comes down to it all comes down to you
Of all the people in my heart You where the vision in my soul And I feel so alone Like I'm loosing control Am I just too young? Cause why do I feel so old? Cause I'm still so young!
But it all comes down to, what if all comes down to It all comes down to, yeah it all comes down to It all comes down to, it all comes down to you All comes down to you
But I all comes down to, what it all comes down to It all comes down to, yeah it all comes down to you
It all comes down to you
22-07-2013 om 14:59
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People keep talking, but I can't hear a word they say Life just keeps moving, the world gets stranger everyday Yeah, time is on your side, that's what people tell you But I got to let you go
My head is saying that this is for the better I just want you to know I can't hold on forever when all I wanna do is let go All I wanna do is let go
Sirens are screaming, but I can't hear a single sound And I'm feeling uneasy So I wait and I wait for the change to come around
I get the feeling that this is for the better I just want you to know I can't hold on forever When all I wanna do is let go All I wanna do is let go
Are you searching for an answer Or just peace of mind When your life has lost it's meaning Maybe you need a little time Are you searching for an answer Or just peace of mind When your life has lost it's meaning Maybe you need a little time
22-07-2013 om 14:49
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