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Passenger - Things To Stop You Dreaming

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Album: All The Little Lights
Released: 2012

Things To Stop You Dreaming Lyrics

Things To Stop You Dreaming

Mike Rosenberg is a British singer-songwriter and indie Pop/Folk/Rock singer who records under the moniker of Passenger. This is the opening track of his third album, All The Little Lights. Rosenberg explained to VH1: "It's a song about how difficult it is to remain positive and keep on pursuing what you love. You have to be grateful for what you have, and not always striving towards what's over there."

Passenger - All The Little Lights

Passenger - All The Little Lights Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: All The Little Lights
Released: 2012

All The Little Lights Lyrics

One went out at a bus-stop in Edinburgh
One went out in an English park
One went out in a night club, when I was fifteen
Little lights in my heart

One went out when I lied to my mother
Said the cigarettes she found were not mine
One went out within me
Now I smoke like a chimney
It's getting dark in this heart of mine
It's getting dark in this heart of mine

We're born with millions
Of little lights shining in the dark
And they show us the way
One lights up, every time you feel love in your heart
One dies when it moves away

One went out in the back streets of Manchester
One went out in an airport in Spain
One went out, have no doubt
When I grew up and moved out
Of the place where the boy used to play

One went out when uncle Ben got his tumor
We used to fish and I fish no more
Though we will not return
I know one still burns
On a fishing boat of the New Jersey Shore
On a fishing boat of the New Jersey Shore

We're born with millions
Of little lights shining in the dark
And they show us the way
One lights up every time we feel love in our hearts
One dies when it moves away

We're born with millions
Of little lights shining in our hearts
And they die along the way
Till we're old and we're cold
And we're lying in the dark
'Cause they'll all burn out one day
They'll all burn out one day
Oh oh, they'll all burn out one day
They'll all burn out one day
Yeah, no

Writer/s: MICHAEL DAVID ROSENBERG
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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All The Little Lights

This is the title track of the third studio album by singer Mike Rosenberg who records under the moniker of Passenger. Born and bred in the United Kingdom, Rosenberg first took his act in October 2009 to Australia where he has earned a big following. All but one of the All The Little Lights tracks were recorded at Sydney's Linear Recording studio. He was joined by a core Australian band that included Boy & Bear drummer Tim Hart, jazz bassist Cameron Undy, and keyboards player Stu Hunter, from Katie Noonan & The Captains.

Passenger told VH1 that it is difficult to explain this song's meaning "without sounding a bit like a hippie." He added: "I think it's important with songwriting that you're honest, and you're vulnerable. There's a balance, because you don't want to specifically talk about yourself the whole time. You want to relate to people, and you want to give them the opportunity to put their own emotions into these songs — but every now and again, I like to put something specific and personal into them."

Passenger - Circles

Passenger - Circles Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: All The Little Lights
Released: 2012

Circles Lyrics

It’s been years
Since we carved our names
On a clocktower door
Before everything changed
We were big eyed boys
With the salt on our skin
And we’d throw our kites to the wind

And they’d fly on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on
On and on and on and on

It’s been years
Since we whispered soft
With the torch light on
And the big light off
We were tired boys
With the soap on our skin
And we'd fall asleep to the wind

And we’d dream on and on and on and on
On and on and on and on
On and on and on and on

Cos we’re Circles
We’re circles you see
We go round round the sun
In and out like the sea
I’ll circle round you
You will circle round me

And in years
When the torch light thins
And the clock tower’s gone
And the big light dims
We’ll no longer be boys
We’ll have lines on our skin
And they’ll throw our dust to the wind

Writer/s: DOUGLAS ALLAN OTT, BILL JENKINS, SEAN E. FLANEGAN, ED PLATT
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Circles

Mike Rosenberg (aka Passenger) wrote this song about his best friend. He explained to VH1: "We grew up together, we did everything together until we were about 16. I dropped out of school to become a musician, and he went to university. When we meet up, on one level, I know everything about him, but on another level, we're kind of like strangers because we've spent so little time together over the last 10 years."

Passenger - Patient Love

Passenger - Patient Love Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: All The Little Lights
Released: 2012

Patient Love Lyrics

Got a pinch of tobacco in my pocket
I’m not gonna roll it no I’m not gonna smoke it
'Till we’re staring at the stars and the rockets
Twinkling in the silvery night

Two sips of whiskey in the flask but I’m not gonna drink them
I swear I’ll make it last
'Till we’re drinking out of the same glass again

And though the sand may be washed by the sea
And the old will be lost in the new
Well four will not wait for three
For three never waited for two
And though you will not wait for me
I’ll wait for you

Got a Polaroid picture in my wallet
I’m not going to tear it no I’m not gonna spoil it
It’s an unspoken heartbreak
A heartbroken handshake I’ll take with me where I go

And three words on the tip of my tongue
Not to be spoken nor sung
Or whispered to anyone
'Till I scream them at the top of my lungs again

And though the sand may be washed by the sea
And the old will be lost in the new
Well four will not wait for three
For three never waited for two
And though you will not wait for me
I’ll wait for you
I’ll wait for you
And I’ll wait for you

Got a pinch of tobacco in my pocket
I’m not gonna roll it no I’m not gonna smoke it
'Till we’re staring at the stars and the rockets
Twinkling in the silvery night

Writer/s: MICHAEL DAVID ROSENBERG
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Patient Love

Mike Rosenberg (aka Passenger) wrote this sad song about an ex-girlfriend. He told VH1: "There's a line in the chorus, 'Four will not wait for three, for three never waited for two,' and I guess it's saying there's an inevitability (to breaking up)."

Passenger - Holes

Passenger - Holes Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: All The Little Lights
Released: 2012

Holes Lyrics

I know a man with nothing in his hands, nothing but a rolling stone
He told me about when his house burnt down, he lost everything he owned
He lay asleep for six hole weeks, they were gonna ask his mother to choose
When he woke up with nothing he said I'll tell you something
When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose
Now I've got a hole in my pocket, a hole in my shirt, a whole lot of trouble, he said
But now the money's gone, life carries on and I miss it like a hole in the head

I know a woman with kids around her ankles an a baby on her lap
She said one day her husband went to get a paper and the mother fucker never came back
Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise, keeping the wolf from the door
She said the wolf's just a puppy and the door's double locked so why you gottaworry me for
Now he left a hole in my heart a hole in a promise a hole on the side of my bed
Oh but now that he's gone well life carries on and I miss him like a hole in the head

Well sometimes you can't change and you can't choose
And sometimes it seems you gain less than you lose
Now we've got Holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Well we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on

Well we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Well we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Well we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on

Said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives
We've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on

Said we've got holes in our hearts, we've got holes in our lives
We've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on
Said we've got holes in our hearts, yeah we've got holes in our lives
Well we've got holes, we've got holes but we carry on.

Writer/s: MICHAEL DAVID ROSENBERG
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Holes

This was released as the third single from British singer-songwriter Passenger's All the Little Lights album. He told VH1: "It's a really hopeful song, I think. Some of the album is pretty sad, pretty dark, and I think 'Holes' is a really nice song to put at the end of a concert to bring the mood up."

After the breakup of his band Passenger in 2009, Mike Rosenberg kept the group's name for himself and took to busking for a solo music career. This song's music video is a film of a busking session in his home town of Brighton, England.

Passenger - I Hate

Passenger - I Hate Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: All The Little Lights
Released: 2012

I Hate Lyrics

I Hate

This is a recording of a live performance by Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) at The Borderline in London. He told VH1: "'I Hate' is one of those songs I wrote in a bad mood, about all the stuff that annoys me. But it's a lighthearted moment in an album that's quite heavy. I'm not depressed, I'm not a sad guy - I'm really quite happy most of the time, and I want to get that side of myself into the music as well."

Rosenberg takes digs at X-Factor, Facebook, fussy eaters and even festival toilets in this song, and even says that Cher's face "looks like it's been hit by a truck." According to the singer, he was just getting out his frustrations, referring to this vitriol as "just harmless piss-taking." Rosenberg was on a bus in Australia when he wrote it, and quite uncomfortable, as it was very hot and there were crying babies onboard.

Passenger - Hearts On Fire

Passenger - Hearts On Fire Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Whispers
Released: 2014

Hearts On Fire Lyrics

Well I don’t know how and I don’t know why
But when something’s living well you can’t say die
You feel like laughing but you start to cry
I don’t know how and I don’t know why

Well I don’t have many and I don’t have much
In fact I don’t have any but I’ve got enough
‘cos I know those eyes and I know that touch
I don’t have many and I don’t have much

But oh darling my Hearts On Fire
Oh darling my hearts on fire
Oh darling my hearts on fire
For you

Well I don’t know where and I don’t know when
But I know we’ll be lovers again
I’ll see you some day before the end
I don’t know where and I don’t know when

Oh darling my hearts on fire

You know those love songs will break your heart

Oh darling my hearts on fire

For you
For you oh

Writer/s: ROSENBERG, MICHAEL DAVID
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Hearts On Fire

Speaking about the song's meaning, Passenger said: "'Hearts on Fire' is a nostalgic song. It's about when the timing with someone isn't right, even though the person might be. And although you're not with that person at the time, there may be a moment in the future where the relationship makes more sense."

The first single from Passenger's Whispers album, this was released on April 14, 2014.

Passenger - Rolling Stone

Passenger - Rolling Stone Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Whispers
Released: 2014

Rolling Stone Lyrics

Sometimes I feel I’m going nowhere
Sometimes I’m sure I never will
She said it’s ‘cause I’m always moving
I never notice ‘cause I never stand still

Sometimes I feel like I’m falling
Falling fast and falling free
She said "My darling you’re not falling,
Always looked like you were flying to me."

But I fear I’ve grown a Rolling Stone inside of me
She said "Oh don’t you know
The rolling stones stop at the sea,
And that’s where I’ll be."

Sometimes I’m sure I know no one
A thousand faces but no names
She said "My love you do know someone,
Oh and I know you back just the same."

"But I’m scared," I said, "what if this stone don’t slow down?"
"Oh just be aware," she said
"What goes up will come down
And when you do I’ll be around."

Oh when I’ve dragged this rolling stone across this land
I’ll make sure I leave this stone in her hand
For we both know too well, the rolling stones turn into sand
If they don’t find a place to stand

Writer/s: ROSENBERG, MICHAEL DAVID
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Rolling Stone

Passenger explained the song's meaning to The Sun. "I'm away ten or 11 months of the year and to hold down a relationship or miss weddings gets to you after a while," he said. "So it's about the ups and downs of that."

Passenger - Scare Away The Dark

Passenger - Scare Away The Dark Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Whispers
Released: 2014

Scare Away The Dark Lyrics

Well, sing, sing at the top of your voice
Love without fear in your heart
Feel, feel like you still have a choice
If we all light up we can Scare Away The Dark

We wish our weekdays away
Spend our weekends in bed
Drink ourselves stupid
And work ourselves dead
And all just because that's what mom and dad said we should do

We should run through the forest
We should swim in the streams
We should laugh, we should cry
We should love, we should dream
We should stare at the stars and not just the screens
You should hear what I'm saying and know what it means

To sing, sing at the top of your voice
Love without fear in your heart
Feel, feel like you still have a choice
If we all light up we can scare away the dark

Well, we wish we were happier, thinner and fitter
We wish we weren't losers and liars and quitters
We want something more not just nasty and bitter
We want something real not just hash tags and Twitter

It's the meaning of life and it's streamed live on YouTube
But I bet Gangnam Style will still get more views
We're scared of drowning, flying and shooters
But we're all slowly dying in front of fucking computers

So sing, sing at the top of your voice
Oh, love without fear in your heart
Can you feel, feel like you still have a choice
If we all light up we can scare away the dark

Writer/s: ROSENBERG, MICHAEL DAVID
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Scare Away The Dark

This song hones in on modern society's obsession with the internet and technology and features anti-technology lines like "we're all slowly dying in front of fu---ng computers."

A regular song in Mike Passenger Rosenberg's live sets the singer performed the song on television for the first time on the March 28, 2014 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The video was directed by James Lee (OneRepublic's "Counting Stars"). The clip features a drab office coming to life with plants and animals. Passenger said: "We had so much fun making it – massive thank you to everybody involved (especially the actors that ran around like naked lunatics in a field in the middle of nowhere on a Monday morning …. LEGENDS !!)"

Passenger - Start A Fire

Passenger - Start A Fire Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Whispers
Released: 2014

Start A Fire Lyrics

I was born a baby boy a long time ago
Back when the hillsides were green and the water would flow
But nights they fall and settle like snow
I watched as the hillsides turned white with nowhere to go

Oh, think I’m gonna Start A Fire
Oh, think I’m gonna start a fire

Now my heart’s a frozen lake where streams used to flow
Down to the forest of my mind where memory would grow
Now I walk amongst the trees where the last sun glows
The leaves are all golden and brown with nowhere to go

Oh think I’m gonna start a fire
And oh think I’m gonna start a fire now

My skin like these boulders
Is cracking and older
With each passing year that goes
My cliff face is crumbling
Silently tumbling
Down to the water below
And if I light a match I’ll be able to catch
The last sun before it goes

And oh well, I think I’m gonna start a fire
Oh think I’m gonna start a fire
And oh, think I’m gonna start a fire now

Writer/s: ROSENBERG, MICHAEL DAVID
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Start A Fire

Mellow brass and flutes adorn this tune about coming of age. "[Growing older] seems to be this kind of very subconscious theme running through it [Whispers]," Passenger told American Songwriter of tracks like this one and "Golden Leaves." "Maybe it's because I just turned 30. Maybe I'm freaking out [laughs]. I'm getting a few gray hairs."