Shelter Album Lyrics by Alice Phoebe Lou

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Shelter

Underneath the armor that I wear
There's something sweet and full of care
In the morning picking flowers
In my head I was giving them to you

You showed me things I've only seen in dreams
And there's something magic about this whole thing
Open your door and let the air in
Nothing's set in stone, my love, but you can't change everything

I'd forgotten how to pray
It can be so hopeful to give in that way
I was chasing ghosts into dark alleys
I wasn't making the most of everything surrounding me

Gonna take shelter, gonna run for cover, yeah
With only myself looking out for me
I'm done seeing what everyone else sees in me
I just have to feel it for myself
I'm done putting everyone in front of me, yeah
I just have to look out for myself

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Angel

Nothing that I see is real
It's all floating unpredictable
Reality became strange
And I wanted to share it with you
And there's somethin' in the air tonight
And I'm walkin' back into the light
And you're on my mind
That's where I always find you
Oh, you're on my mind
Even when I'm not lookin' for you

Is it safe to go outside?
I've been hiding for quite some time
I don't have to have a purpose
I just wanna play
Turn yourself back on
Show me how you've longed for me
For me
I should've seen it coming
But there was an angel lookin' out for me

Twistin' and turnin' alone at night
Is my baby awake?
I just wanna reach out
But will he take the bait?
But in the fading light
It's another inner fight
It's another lonely night without you
But in the fading light
It's another inner fight
It's another lonely night without you

Is it safe to go outside?
I've been hiding for quite some time
I don't have to have a purpose
I just wanna play
Turn yourself back on
Show me how you've longed for me
Only
I should've seen it coming
But there was an angel lookin' out for me

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Open My Door

I used to open my door
To pretty much anyone who was trying to look for
A place to feel safe
But I made my whole world safer for everyone but me

So I took my bones and I called them my own
And I found a place inside
That's safe for me
And now I wander the world alone but alive
And smiling on the inside

I'm taking back all the pieces of me
That were taken unwillingly
I'm offering myself up to the heavens
I'm ready to love what I've been given
I'm getting back to my own rhythm
It's such a new kind of living
I'm picking myself up off the carpet
I'm running my hands over my body
I'm back on land welcome to your life, Alice

I used to open my door
To pretty much anyone who was trying to look for
A place to feel safe
But I made my whole world safer for everyone but me

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Lately

I find it hard to let myself be
Been tryin' far too hard to make you see
What I've got goin' on
So you can make your mind up
If you show me your cards
I'll stop being the fool

'Cause lately
It feels like I'm driving you crazy
And I'm not sure that it's the good kind
Do you wanna let me in on what it feels like
To look at me

I wanna believe that I'm more than you seem to see
Surely I could be so much more to you, baby
But lately
I've been driving you crazy
But will I always?

And sometimes
I wonder how you speak of me when I'm not there
And you can say whatever you please
Do you say anything 'bout how I make you feel
'Cause I'd love to know

'Cause lately
It feels like I'm driving you crazy
And I'm not sure that it's the good kind
Do you wanna let me in on what it feels like
To look at me

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Lose My Head

I don't wanna lose my head just yet
I haven't even started coming, uh, uh
I'm not ready to set my bet
I don't wanna be any more involved than I am, uh, uh

Do you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna stay?
Do you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna go away?
Do you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna play?
Do you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna go away?

Come over here
Don't miss this chance
Oh, life's just sitting there
But love isn't always
Come over here
Don't miss this chance
Oh, life's just sitting there
But love isn't always

Come, come over here
It's worth it, it's worth it
It's already there
It feels so perfect
Come on, would you just ride with me
You've earned it, you've earned it
Come on, would you just shake with me?
We both deserve it

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Halo

I see the sunlight drippin', it touches my skin
Oh, all the shapes and colours I'm swimmin' in

The summer's finally here and orange trees are smiling
I've got my eyes to the sky, the day is calling
Couldn't wipe the grin off of my face if I tried

Don't have a sense of purpose today, I'm a little nervous
But sometimes you gotta find that sense of mission for yourself
No one around to tell me what not to do
No one to motivate me

Oh, how the wheel is turning
Fortune is spinning 'round my halo
And I don't need anybody

I'll go out walking, clear my head
Haven't done much talking since I landed in this funny heaven
It's a little lonely but I don't mind

It's quite a contrast, I'm not used to this life
I'm always caring for everybody else
But if I put that care in me
How easy it could be

I thought that I was escaping my reality
But I took it along with me
I thought that I was escaping my reality
But I took it along with me

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Shine

Isn't it so lovely to be
in each others' dreams
We're in each others' future too

Take me to a new home
I'd like nothing more
Than to make it with you
Let's go inside and close our door
And stay in bed all morning

I have had a vision of paradise
And you're playing the piano there
A little boy with curly hair

You take me in your arms
with that look in your eyes
That tells me
that you're coming to me
Tells me that you're staying
That it's not only a dream we're in
Tells me that we're under no spell
That this is just the way we feel
This is just the way
This is just the way we feel

Seeing you in the morning
is a motivation
It really gets me going
It makes me wanna shine
Makes me wanna be yours
Makes me wanna be mine

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My Girl

My girl, my girl
My girl, my girl
My girl, my girl

It's a man's world, my girl, my girl, my girl
We gotta poke it, haunt it, stir it and flaunt it
As the dirt falls from the mouths of hounds
That bite as you fight for your body to be nobody's but yours
Your body's nobody's but yours

Sharpen your claws, my girl
Learn to love your flaws, my girl
Don't listen to the laws that make you feel small
You're a waterfall and we fall and we fall and we fall
But I'd rather fall than never try at all

Take with you the bravest moves
Of soothsayers, bridgemakers, world shakers
'Cause I'm shakin'
But let's shake together
Let's shake as one
And when we stop shaking
A new world's begun

Shake for my baby, shake for me
I wanna see you shakin'
Heave for me honey, let's heave before you're leavin'
I wanna watch your heart beatin'
Dream for me sonny, if there's anything worth dreamin'
I'll tell you all the meanings
Tell you all the meanings

But let's shake together
Let's shake as one
And when we stop shakin'
A new world's begun
A new world's begun

My girl, my girl
My girl, my girl
My girl, my girl

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Hammer

As I try to exist
Without caring 'bout the voices in my head, analysing
You would know, your head gets full too
I see it in the cloud that you carry
We could go and try to build a life
Without these worries bringin' us down
Just hold me close and be yourself
I want it, I want it all
I'm all I need, but oh, how I want you

She's lookin' back from the mirror
With wide eyes, guilty
Painting a picture
Half the time, I feel like mine
But the other half is wrapped up in you
I'm giving in, I'm checking out
I'm on a mission and that mission concerns you
I would like to wrap my world up with you
Make our lives two times the sweeter
It's sweeter to be in your corner
It's never been any clearer
Just wake me up in that way
And nothing else matters
I'm not afraid anymore
Like I was when you first looked at me that way
I'm not afraid like I was
The first time that you looked at me that way

I didn't know it yet
But there was somethin' in the words you said
There was a motion in my heart
And I didn't see it coming
But it was comin' for so long
Now as it washes over me
I can see how it took so long
I'm standin' at the altar and the world is singin' at me
And as I whisper to myself
This is the moment and I'm melting into it
Now's all I need when moments with you are so infinite

And there's moments that take me higher, help me see
Here I go playin' with fire but that's just me
Don't bring me down, bring me down
I just wanna breathe easily
Just lift me up, lift me up
So I can see more
See over the walls that I built with my own hands
I'll get the hammer, you put on the music
Let's break them down
I'll get the hammer, you play the music
And let's dance