Tell Me Ten Words

by Idlewild

From the album: The Remote Part

Track 9 of 11 on The Remote Part (2002).

Duration: 3:46

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Lyrics for Tell Me Ten Words

I have to stop saying to be honest It's not a real defeat To have to stop saying to be honest It's not a great defeat No no no not such a great defeat All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way Can you tell me ten words that you'd use To describe the world Tell me ten words that you'd use To describe the world to people Though people never seem to know To people though people never know The more I say the more I keep confusing things To make me feel complete So I keep lying to be honest And it's not a real defeat No no no not such a real defeat All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way Can you tell me ten words that you'd use To describe the world Tell me ten words that you'd use To describe the world to people Though people never seem to know To people though people never know It's what you thought you are It's what you thought you are It's what you thought you are It's what you thought you are It's what you thought you are It's what you thought you could be If you tried much harder All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way All these things that you don't know It seems so much better that way

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