This Life Album Lyrics by Take That

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Keep Your Head Up

Heavy
All uphill
Never easy
No standing still
All caught up
Being held back
Manifest your defense
And watch it pass

So keep your head up
Your wings wide
Find fire
That keeps your soul alive
So keep your head up
Your mind strong
Let go
Instead of holding on

So keep your head up
Your wings wide
Find fire
That keeps your soul alive
So keep your head up
Your mind strong
Let go
Instead of holding on

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Windows

I've been through a year of madness
Replaced my hope with sadness
Found waking up the hardest
And every day, it felt the longest
All blessings were unwanted
Constantly haunted

Then you opened up
Opened up my windows
Yeah, you opened up
Opened up my windows
Like fire in the sky
You know what it's like
Was so glad to feel the sunlight in my eyes

I've been through a year of hurting (badly)
Bad guesses and wrong turnings (sadly)
The memory still burning (inside)
And the lights are all at red
Should I leave or stay in bed?
Didn't practice what I preached
So I just shouted, "Help me, help me"

Then you opened up
Opened up my windows
Yeah, you opened up
Opened up my windows
Like fire in the sky
You know what it's like
Was so glad to feel the sunlight in my eyes

Ready now to start this climb
See the beacon way up high
If I fall or lose my way
Please come and get me, get me
Ooh-ooh
Ah-ah

You opened up
Opened up my windows
Yeah, you opened up
Opened up my windows
Then you opened up
Opened up my windows
Yeah, you opened up
Opened up my windows
Like fire in the sky
You know what it's like
Was so glad to feel the sunlight in my eyes

You opened up
Opened up my windows
Yeah, you opened up
Opened up my windows

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This Life

In this life, you can try
But it won't stop challenging you
It won't stop challenging you
Rainy days, big mistakes
Losing love and singing the blues
When you can't stop singing the blues

When you make plans they never work
They never work
It feels so good until it hurts
But when it hurts
It's time to tell you, baby

This life ain't no bed of roses
This life will take everything that you've got
In this life, there's no second chances
Make this life yours

Stormy seas, thinkin' you found your feet
Then you lose your way
When you can't stop losing your way
Hoping for second chances, bracing for bumpy landings
Always the hardest race
You can't stop running that race

When you make plans, God laughs at you
God laughs at you
You sing but you can't hear the tune
When you can't hear the tune
It's time to tell you, baby

This life ain't no bed of roses
This life will take everything that you've got
In this life, there's no second chances
Make this life yours
No way tomorrow is golden (tomorrow is golden)
A new day can be anything that you want
'Cause this life belongs to no other
Make this life yours

But while we're here on this Earth
We need to make it all work
Just try 'cause I can help you find
Your place in this life

This life ain't no bed of roses (this life)
This life will take everything that you've got
In this life, there's no second chances
Make this life yours
There's no way tomorrow is golden (tomorrow is golden)
A new day can be anything that you want
'Cause this life belongs to no other
Make this life yours

Yeah
(This life, this life)
(This life) will take everything that you've got
In this life, there's no second chances
(Make this life yours) make this life yours
There's no way tomorrow is golden
A new day can be everything that you want
'Cause this life belongs to no other
Make this life yours

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Brand New Sun

Where do we start on a love that we know so well?
How do we even begin to explain ourselves?
Moments we swore on our lives that we won't forget

Number one
I couldn't do this for anyone
Hold out my hands in front of everyone
You are the reason that I'm holding on
'Cause you're my number one

And away from this whole crowd
When new waves come and tides move on
Every day you'll ever know
Is followed by a brand new sun

Hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey

Keeping the faith in a place that we hope won't pass
Taking a second to stop if we go too fast
Grass always grows in the garden and through the cracks

Holding on (holding on)
You're still the reason that I'm holding on (holding on)
Maybe it's something in the chemistry (chemistry)
Am I part of you or are you part of me?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

And away from this whole crowd
When new waves come and tides move on
Every day you'll ever know
Is followed by a brand new sun
And the nights won't feel so long
As long as we've got our eyes on each other

Hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey

My eyes are bigger than your eyes
And your eyes are bigger than mine
Bigger than mine

Hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey

And away from this whole crowd
When new waves come and tides move on
Every day you'll ever know
Is followed by a brand new sun

Hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey

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March of the Hopeful

Remember why we started out
The memory is just a cloud
It only takes a drop to make it rain
You said I was an optimist
The hope in every goodbye kiss
The sun that creeps along the window pane

And what we learn along the way
We win together, lose when we're apart
Saying what you need to say
Don't change a single thing about my heart
And I don't wanna start again
I don't wanna start again
I don't wanna start again

You see it all in black-and-white
Where there's only your side and mine
I wanna put the color in your eyes
Skipping over middle ground
Always up until you're down
We've gotta find a way to compromise

And any time you go away
Reality is catching me off guard
Say what you need to say
Don't change a single thing about my heart

But I don't wanna start again
I don't wanna start again
I don't wanna start again
But we can do it all again (we can do it all again)
We can do it all again (we can do it all again)
We can do it all again

We fight, we try
Don't wait around for perfect weather
Fix the holes in the roof together
Take a heart and make it better
Give me hope to fight the daze
For your love, yeah, I'll be waiting
Just because it's hard to see it
Doesn't mean we can't believe it

Do it all again
Do it all again
Do it all again
Do it all
Do it all again
Do it all again
Do it all again
Do it all

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Days I Hate Myself

Just another night feeling lost
Peace is hard to find but never forgot
Just lying underneath the stars
My feet stand on Earth, but my head's on Mars

Just day dreaming
To find your heart took way too long
All of the pain leaving
Counting my blessings one by one

You pick me up
You hold me high
Show me the ladder
Up to the sky
Forever strong
Always a shoulder
My call for help
The days I hate myself
You speak the words
I need to hear
Yeah, it always works
You lift me up
But catch me falling
Save me from Hell
The days I hate my, hate my, hate myself

Just another wave of feeling scared
I've tried to breathe it out but got nowhere
Looking out, the horizon's clear
Thought we were in a crowd, but there's only us here

My mind's racing
Imagining a different view
As we watch the sun fading
It all comes down, comes down to you

You pick me up
You hold me high
Show me the ladder
Up to the sky
Forever strong
Always a shoulder
My call for help
The days I hate myself
You speak the words
I need to hear
Yeah, it always works
You lift me up
But catch me falling
Save me from Hell
The days I hate my, hate my, hate myself

No, you never give up
Or fall to the ground
But you make me believe
When I don't like what I see

You pick me up
You hold me high
Show me the ladder
Up to the sky
Forever strong
Always a shoulder
My call for help
The days I hate myself
The days I need some help
When I can't stand my reflection
You save me from that Hell
The days I hate my, hate my, hate myself

You pick me up
You hold me high
Show me the ladder
Up to the sky
Forever strong
Always a shoulder
My call for help
The days I hate myself
You speak the words
I need to hear
Yeah, it always works
You lift me up
But catch me falling
Save me from Hell
The days I hate my, hate my, hate myself

Just another night
Feeling lost
Peace is hard to find
Never forgot

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The Champion

Champagne from a fast-food restaurant paper cup
Candle conversations in a power cut
Sometimes broken plans can end up
Better than when they're not breaking up
So, I won't settle down
No, I won't settle down
For a while

And it feels like
It's been a long time
Coming

I'm a light-headed dreamer
I am a little bit yesterday
I'm a nice try
I'm a little bit broken
I'm a last chance flying high
I'm a patched-up champion
Of the world
Feeling like a king
But I'm still broken
Yeah, I'm still broken

Headlights shine like diamonds in the pouring rain
Wrapped around the city making silver chains
Sometimes things look better when you're looking from
Far away
Oh, yeah

And it feels like
It's been a long time
Coming

I'm a light-headed dreamer
I am a little bit yesterday
I'm a nice try
I'm a little bit broken
I'm a last chance flying high
I'm a patched-up champion
Of the world
Feeling like a king
But I'm still broken
Yeah, I'm still broken
Yeah, I'm still broken

Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm a patched-up champion of the world
I'm a light-headed dreamer
I'm a little bit yesterday
I'm a champion of the world
I'm a champion of the world
I'm a champion of the world
I'm a champion of the world

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We Got All Day

Let's take our time
We got all day
Sit back and watch
Everyone chase
Just meditate
Breathe it all out
The whole world can wait
'Til they work it out

Nowhere
But now
No rush
Slow down

'Cause we got all day
We got all day
We got all day
We got all day

Take aim and wait (wait, wait)
Commit to drop out
Yeah, we're doing okay (it will be just fine)
When you don't work it out
Lie back, close your eyes (lie back, close your eyes)
In silence, no sound (silence, no sound)

Nowhere (nowhere)
But now (but now)
No rush (no rush)
Slow down

'Cause we got all day
We got all day
'Cause we got all day
We got all day

Kick back, relaxing
Nobody asking
No one to be but yourself
Just going nowhere
Stood still but don't care
If we need to be somewhere else

Then we got all day
We got all day

We got all day
We got all day
We got all day
We got all day

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Mind Full of Madness

Static white noise
Submerged, no choice
And never asked, just given
All day, all year
Too close, too near
And never wanting to listen

I don't look for congratulations
Or to hear the crowd applaud
It's just this reckless mind wasting time
Lost every time that I've fought

With a mind full of madness
And a heart full of sadness
I'll go wherever you lead
With a head full of misses
All I've never finished
That person I'll never be

All chaos, bends
No rhymes, no sense
All waves, no clear blue ocean
Just stones, inclines
Weigh hard on this mind
Pushing on doors that won't open

I drowned out any meditation
I've breathed in 'til the air ran out
It's just this mixed-up mind wasting time
Putting my decisions in doubt

With a mind full of madness
And a heart full of sadness
I'll go wherever you lead
With a head full of misses
All I've never finished
That person I'll never be
With a mind full of madness
And a heart full of sadness
I'll go wherever you lead
With a head full of misses
All I've never finished
That person I'll never be

I don't look for congratulations
Or to hear the crowd applaud
It's just this reckless mind wasting time
Lost every time that I've fought

With a mind full of madness
With a heart full of sadness
With a mind full of madness
With a heart full of sadness

With a mind full of madness

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Time and Time Again

I get up
Time and time again
Time and time again
Time and time again

When I'm on my back looking at the stars
Everything up in the air
And the same old ground keeps pulling me down
Gravity gets everywhere

When I lose my grip, roll up a cigarette
Smoke blows back into my face
And the lemons leave me with a bittersweet taste
Tryin' to keep the tears away

'Til the world stops turning
My heart stops beating
My mind stops dreaming
The line gets cut

I get up
Time and time again
Time and time again
Time and time again
I get up (yeah)
Time and time again
Time and time again
Time and time again

It's an up and down road and it's a long one
But someone's gotta walk on it
And the words don't sound the same to everyone
But someone's gonna write about it

And I fall in love like Niagara Falls
Drown before I learn to swim
And there's no life vest when you're out of your depth
Trying to keep yourself afloat, gonna need a bigger boat

Wipe my face
I tie my laces
Say my prayers
I dust myself off

I get up (I get up)
Time and time again
Time and time again
Time and time again
I get up (yeah)
Time and time again (time and time again)
Time and time again (time and time again)
Time and time again

I lay down every evening, I wake up every day
I lay down every evening, I wake up every day
I lay down every evening, I wake up every day
I get up, I get down
I get up
I get down

I get up
(Yeah) time and time again
Time and time again
(Yeah) time and time again
I get up (I get up, yeah)
(Time and time again) time and time again
(Time and time again) time and time again
(Time and time again) time and time again

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One More Word

I was watching you fall down for the first time
I knew what I had to do
I tried to hold your hand to stop you being scared
All the while in the waiting room

I wish I could be everywhere
Be present when you need me there
Sometimes I'm not at home
The only time you realize
You're holding on so tightly
Is when you're letting go

You've got friends and you won't need so much from me
And only heaven knows the things you're gonna see
But while I've got you here, just sit and talk to me
I want to, 'cause I love you

One more word while we're together
'Cause one day we will have to be apart
One more song that lasts forever
You'll hear it in your heart
You'll hear it in your heart

I kept a book of everything you ever did
You're the story of my life
Little things that only we could understand
Let's remember them tonight

You drink my beer, I drink your wine
I take your points and you take mine
We're learning every day
The sound of voices echo 'round
In every home in ever town
And never fade away

Turn your world until it's where you wanna be
Every corner, every island, every sea
But while I've got you here, just sit and talk to me
I want to, 'cause I love you

One more word while we're together
'Cause one day we will have to be apart
One more song that lasts forever
You'll hear it in your heart
You'll hear it in your heart

One more word while we're together
You'll hear it in your heart
You'll hear it in your heart

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Where We Are

We raised the bar
Turned and started following the brightest star
And maybe on that road ahead we'd find out
Who we really are

Made sacrifices (sacrifices)
Never put our weapons down, just kept on fighting (kept on fighting)
When everyone said no, that's when we'd start to go
How did we know?

Just look at where we are
The years behind us
We've come so far
Oh, above the universe
Standing here, looking back at Earth

We heard the call
The day arrived, we had to build a higher wall
The nights we all came knocking but no one was home
(No one was home) no one's at home

We could have stayed in bed
Not real and just pretend
But that was never enough
We wanted to see the sunset

Just look at where we are
The years behind us
We've come so far
Oh, above the universe
Standing here, looking back at Earth
Whoa, run out of luck sometimes
We're only human
We walked the line and seen it all
Filled up our beating hearts
We're only human, we're where we are
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa

Is it a place or a state of mind?
I took a step and decided to climb
Looking out into space, let the moon light your face
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Whoa

Just look at where we are
The years behind us
We've come so far
Oh, above the universe
Standing here, looking back at Earth
Whoa, run out of luck sometimes
We're only human
We walked the line and seen it all
Filled up our beating hearts
We're only human, we're where we are
We're where we are, oh
We're where we are, oh

We're where we are
Where we are