H O W D I D W E G E T S O D A R K ?

L I G H T S O U T

I O N LY L I E W H E N I L O V E Y O U

S H E ’ S C R E E P I N G

L O O K L I K E Y O U K N O W

W H E R E A R E Y O U N O W ?

D O N ’ T T E L L

H O O K , L I N E & S I N K E R

H O L E I N Y O U R H E A R T

S L E E P
HOW DID WE GET SO DARK?
I saw it coming
Like the shadow on the wall
You starting running
When everything turned cold
How did I become a lookalike
Of someone you used to love?
Someone you used to love
So dark
How did something so sweet tear us apart?
Oh, on a sinking ship with a heavy heart
How did we get so dark?
Nobody warned you
The tables would turn
I could have told you
Everything you’ve learnt
Would burn to dust
Now there’s no one you can trust
Just someone you used to love
Someone you used to love
So dark
How did something so sweet tear us apart?
Oh, on a sinking ship with a heavy heart
How did we get so dark?
How’d we get so dark?
- Go ahead muck about
LIGHTS OUT
Every time I’m with it alone
It picks me up
You just send me down
I can feel it rushing under my skin
You’re a cage won’t you let me in?
On my toes
Lock the door
Pretty face
Through the walls
Don’t know if I’d be so sure again
I think I’ve found it my only friend
My eyes are still burning red
So turn the lights out
You’re not so hard to forget
With all the lights out
Every time I’m stuck in the ground
Spin me round, won’t you spin me round
You’re a void, a crack in the mirror
See me now, if you could see me now
You slipped through
The night
Then walked out
Skin tight
But you don’t matter that much to me
No you don’t matter that much to me
My eyes are still burning red
So turn the lights out
You’re not so hard to forget
With all the lights out
So turn the lights out
Just turn the lights out
My eyes are still burning red
So turn the lights out
You’re not so hard to forget
With all the lights out
-
I ONLY LIE WHEN I LOVE YOU
I only lie when I love you
I only crawl when I hit the ground
You only cry when I love you
I only lie when I make a sound
I got my conscience twisted
Pull your hair
Make me shout
It’s just that you insisted
I was good for nothing
Like you were onto something
I only lie when I love you
I only crawl when I hit the ground
You only cry when I love you
I only lie when I make a sound
I only lie when I
I only lie when I love you
I only crawl when I hit the ground
You only cry when I love you
I only lie when I make a sound
Go ahead pull the plug
Broken finger, sticky finger to a question that I already know
Now I can’t get it off my chest I’ll let you down
And now I’m wishing you were someone else Words are so cheap
You know I’m up to something But lately I’ve been feeling
Diagnosed, no disease like I’m always living in your shadow
Got a suspicion When you’re not around
But you just can’t find it up your sleeve
And now I beg the truth be told I’ve stopped listening
From someone else I’m just waiting for an answer
All of that fuss for nothing. to a question that I already know
I’ll let you down
I only lie when I love you Words are so cheap
I only crawl when I hit the ground But lately I’ve been feeling
You only cry when I love you like I’m always living in your shadow
I only lie when I make a sound When you’re not around
I only lie when I Yeah she’s creeping
Into my bloodstream
I only lie when I love you Yeah she’s creeping
I only crawl when I hit the ground
Into my bloodstream
You only cry when I love you
Now you’re not around
I only lie when I make a sound
-
SHE’S CREEPING
She’s creeping
Into my blood stream
Then crawling
Out dead as a battery
Then it sinks in
I’m not where I’m supposed to be
It’s so boring
Being what you want me to be
Cos I’ve stopped listening
I’m just waiting for an answer
To a question that I already know
I’ll let you down
Words are so cheap
But lately I’ve been feeling
Like I’m always living in your shadow
When you’re not around
So don’t miss what
Makes you so miserable
Did my message send?
God knows I’ll send it again
Cos I’ve stopped listening
I’m just waiting for an answer
LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW Cos that look on your face Where are you now? Don’t tell
Say’s baby I never knew Where are you now? I swear I won’t
Say my prayers Just look like you know Tell on you, on you
Every night - Don’t tell
Look like you know something I should
I swear I won’t tell
But no one’s there, to make it right I think I should go DON’T TELL
Holding on I really feel like you want me to -
Nothing’s changed Don’t say that you want me Everybody saw you get your coat
Same old love, just rearranged And everybody heard your bad excuse for HOOK, LINE & SINKER
Don’t pray the wish you can’t make come true
Can I be replaced? leaving
No it’s not better Say I’m going out for a smoke She’s got the devil on one shoulder
Cos that look on your face
No it’s not better No one has to know And the other’s getting colder
Say’s baby I never knew
No it’s not better no About our little secret She looks so good
No it’s not better Meet you there But it’s not feeling nearly like it’s supposed to
- In the dark Going sold
No it’s not better
I won’t say anything Going sold
No its not better so
WHERE ARE YOU NOW? If you don’t Going gone

Just look like you know Don’t tell Then she drags me by one finer
Look like you know something I should I was an honest boy yeah,
I swear I won’t To her lips
I think I should go I was brought up right Tell on you, on you Hook, line & sinker
I really feel like you want me to Fell for an honest girl yeah, Don’t tell Honey I’m a sucker when you linger
Don’t say that you want me We were so tight I swear I won’t tell Give me everything I want
Don’t pray the wish you can’t make come true If only luck was on our side Cos you know
Can I be replaced? Used to have a heart of gold I won’t go
Now I’m staying up at night Till I’m gone
Cos that look on your face You gave in all your secrets
Your dirty little dreamer
Say’s baby I never knew Didn’t give in mine Always ready to reload Say my name again
Nowhere left to run At your command Tell me your caught in the middle
Happiness No way left to shine Wish I could keep you Caught in the middle
On a drip If only love was on your side Synchronised on demand And you’re begging for me to stay
To total bliss running down the drain As we fantasise Cos every now and then
Now it’s just a stranger passing by
Losing count of the days What they can’t know My love calls like a whistle
Now every kiss just feels the same It calls like a whistle
You saw me driving my car Don’t tell And it’s blowing your mind again
Like a dog running wild I swear I won’t
No it’s not better
Oh my hands were shaking Tell on you, on you Got you crawling in the shadows
No it’s not better
Singing ‘Where Are You Now?’ Don’t tell To the smoke of the tobacco
No it’s not better no
I wish I could go back somehow I swear I won’t tell Burning slowly out the window
No it’s not better And which every way it blows
No it’s not better Just to tell me baby, where are you now?
I know it’s hard to bear There you go
No its not better so Where are you now? Hiding everywhere There you go
Trying to forget There you go
Just look like you know I’ve tasted every potion Keeping it on the down low
Look like you know something I should They don’t taste like you, I wish we’d skip a beat I’m a slave to your addiction
I think I should go You’re a teardrop in an ocean Give up this hide and seek Your affection
Think I just changed my mind And your friction
I really feel like you want me to I’m still drinking through,
Let’s just let everybody know I’ve got all the money to buy exactly what I want
Don’t say that you want me I still wonder where you are,
Don’t tell But you’re not for sale
Don’t pray the wish you can’t make come true And who you’re talking to I swear I won’t Honey no second chances
Can I be replaced? When I think about it I get blue, Tell on you, on you Oh no
HOLE IN YOUR HEART
Every time I think about it, I shiver
Like I’ve never shook
All the while we talk about it, it never
Feels exactly like it should
Even if we turned it around
It would only do no good
So baby don’t fake it
When you already know
You can’t shake it
And it’s starting to show
I can’t fill that hole in your heart
Like I could at the start
I felt a fire burning long before
I even saw the smoke
A tragedy just looming over the horizon
Still there’s a part of me that hopes
We could just turn it around
But it would only do no good
Just remember there’s nobody else
That could love you like I could
So baby don’t fake it
When you already know
You can’t shake it
And it’s starting to show
I can’t fill that hole in your heart
Like I could at the start
Yeah baby don’t fake it
When you already know
You can’t shake it
And it’s starting to show
I can’t fill that hole in your heart
Like I could at the start
So baby don’t fake it
When you already know
You can’t shake it
And it’s starting to show
I can’t fill that hole in your heart
Like I could at the start
I can’t fill that hole in your heart
Like I could at the start
SLEEP I can’t switch it off
Think I’ve had enough
I don’t wanna sleep I can’t switch it off
Cos I’ve had enough I think I’ve had enough
Of the same ugly dream
I just can’t switch it off I just can’t help myself
Now I don’t wanna know Thinking you’re with someone else
Cos I’m sick of the sound Sick to the bone
Misery’s on repeat I don’t wanna sleep
Now you’re hanging around I read the warning sign
You said I’d be alright
But I need some medication Left on my own
Tell me you got what I need I don’t wanna sleep
I know you’ve got the cure
Antidote hidden up your sleeve
I just can’t help myself
Thinking you’re with someone else
Sick to the bone
I don’t wanna sleep
I read the warning sign
You said I’d be alright
Left on my own
I don’t wanna sleep
I’ve waited so long
Forever counting down
Thinking of all the ways
I could get you back around
But I need some medication
Tell me you go what I need
I know you’ve got the cure
Antidote hidden up your sleeve
I just can’t help myself
Thinking you’re with someone else
Sick to the bone
I don’t wanna sleep
I read the warning sign
You said I’d be alright
Left on my own
I don’t wanna sleep
I don’t wanna sleep
I don’t wanna sleep ROYA L B LO O D BA N D . C O M
We’d both like to sincerely thank the
fans of our band. Without your
continued support we could not have
made this album
A very special thank you to all who
helped make this album possible
Ian McAndrew : Murray Curnow
Emma Greengrass : Everyone at Wildlife
Jolyon Thomas : Tom Dalgety
Drew Bang : John Barrett : Patrick Berger
Josh Harrison. Phil Christie : Ben Durling
Jen Ivory. Everyone at Warner Bros.
Charlie Myatt & all at 13 Artists
Robby Fraser & all at WME
Brighton Electric : ICP Studios
RAK Studios
John, John John, Bill
Bob & Angie Kerr
David & Heather Thatcher
Management : Wildlife Entertainment Ltd.
Pascal & Roman. Art Direction : Pascal Teixeira
Design : Richard Welland
Photography : Adrian Samson
Tiger design : We Three Club
Royal Blood are : Mike Kerr (Bass, Keyboards, Additional production on track 10 by Tom Dalgety
Vocals) & Ben Thatcher (Drums, Percussion, Additional recording on tracks 5 & 9 by Tom Dalgety
Steinway D) Additional recording on track 6 by Tom Dalgety
& Justin Smith
Words by Mike Kerr. Music by Royal Blood, All tracks mixed by Tom Dalgety at Psalm Studios, Wiltshire
published by Warner/Chappell Music except;
‘Lights Out’ & ‘Don’t Tell’ Words by Mike Kerr Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden
& John Barrett. Music by Royal Blood & Mastering, Los Angeles
John Barrett, published by Warner/Chappell
Music & John Barrett Publishing Designee P & C 2017 Imperial Galactic Limited
administered by Spirit One Music (BMI), ‘Sleep’ t/a Black Mammoth under exclusive licence
Words by Mike Kerr. Music by Royal Blood & to Warner Music UK Limited., a Warner Music
Patrik Berger, published by Warner/Chappell Group Company. All Rights Reserved
Music & Indiscipline AB (administered by
Kobalt Music Group Ltd).
Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 produced by
Jolyon Thomas & Royal Blood, engineered by
Drew Bang & Jolyon Thomas, recorded at
ICP Studios, Brussels. ICP Studios Assistant:
Paul-Edouard Laurendeau
Tracks 1 & 8 produced & recorded by
Tom Dalgety. Assistants at RAK : Rob Brinkman
& Connor Panayi