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Coping: Not Coping

by The Pristines

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And rain falls on pram roofs As they queue at Stafford Prison Gates. Lick spittle on tissue And wash the dirt from a grubby face. With 1 kid, 2 kids, 3 kids More kids on the way. 1 kid, more kids And their Social Workers to take them away. Away, away From their.. Young offenders. Young male offenders. Skinny roll-ups fill green Rizla. Brush the ash from tattoo skin. Can't tell you when it started She's not quite sure where she should begin. With 1 kid, 2 kids, 3 kids Fourth kid on the way. My kid, his kid Well that's what she tells him anyway. Today, today , anyway He's her .. Young offender. Young male offender.
2.
I cannot but help Feeling left out Feeling left out Where is the one? To sort me out? Nowhere I doubt (chorus) Coming home It’s not easy to do When I’m away I don’t have to Think about it Or talk about it I can be Anything Love? Heavens above What was I thinking of? Did I say “love”? She’s not the one Oh, what have I done? What have I done? (chorus – as above) She, she can see Through everything And right through me I’m a selfish fool I’m sorry too I don’t deserve you (chorus – as above)
3.
That girl’s in love with you So be careful what you do Don’t break her heart Or you’ll have, me to answer to. That girl’s in love with you I’d gladly swap with you But it’s not me that she wants She’s only wanting you. (chorus) Please don’t hurt her she breaks easily And I’ll be here to pick up the pieces And I always will. But every time she gets hurt I hurt too And (it seems) there’s nothing I can do I can do. I went and messed it up I went and said too much I thought it better to confess But I just increased the mess And now the friendship ends And never going to mend I let her down when she needed me I let her down so stupidly (chorus) That girl’s in love with you (repeat)
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He thinks he’s fallen In love with someone He’s written 2 songs In consecutive days He didn’t think this would happen But it has He didn’t want this to happen Not again. (chorus) Because they can’t be together (ooh-ooh) Not never, forever She’s already with someone And he is her loved one. He feels empty & hollow So quiet today Sitting at home with sorrow While she is away She’s something so special He wouldn’t change a thing Well maybe just something That she was with him. (chorus)
5.
It’s come to this Not even talking It’s come to this Not talking anymore I don’t believe That you no longer need me (around) But now I know Where I’m not welcome anymore Not welcome anymore. What happened there? What happened to the friendship? There was a time I’d trust you with my life You turn away Is that what you think of me (now)? Am I such a state To embarrass you this way? Embarrass you this way.
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And she said It’s alright, honey To be alone with me tonight. We fight You’re so right And sometimes I’m not really nice I know that too I need you. (chorus) Don’t leave me here Alone with me to think Don’t leave me Here to think. Here it comes All my thoughts here I haven’t written for so long What went wrong? I’ve no need There’s really nothing here to see And that’s me Leave me be. (chorus) Don’t let them see me I really must look a state Don’t let them see me In this way.
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I can’t shake this ill in me When it doesn’t want to leave I can’t fight it I bite my tongue Then the evil tongue, it bites me It will always be her It will always forever be her And I’m okay It’s okay Until I fall over... (chorus) She never let me down I just stood around It’s you, it’s always you It’s always been you (repeat) And I’m okay It’s okay Until I fall over... (chorus) to fade
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She sings of the sweetest things Summer lawns & hickory winds These things can only touch your life. It’s just a different world Sprung from the words of an imaginary girl And one day I could change your mind. (chorus) In Gram Parsons’ world There’s always a girl There’s always a song to sing. In Gram Parsons’ mind The drugs will make it fine There will be a place for him. With the hopes that she chooses to be To reflect their projections back at me Do you really think I could be like him? Cos you won’t find no Joshua Tree and Country Music’s not an entity Nothing chooses nothing, chooses him. (chorus) In Gram Parsons’ world There’s always a girl There’s always a song to sing. In Gram Parsons’ mind The drugs will pass the time They don’t mean a thing to him We don’t mean a thing to him.
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(chorus) Look at you! Here on your own You’ll never be well You’re going to be like this forever, forever! Look at you! Nobody’s called Nobody cares You’re going to be alone forever, forever! It can only get better If you see it through You have to stay positive and LOVE life. You’ll have a better time If you stick it through Believe your friends if they miss you. You only get ONE chance, ONE life, ONE mind Don’t waste a single day (chorus) as above And there’s people who are worse That never complain Nobody likes a big mouth moaner. Just look at the world It’s a beautiful place Criminal to waste a moment. There’s always tomorrow Write off today If the day you’re having’s a bad one. Learn to be loved And learn to be saved There won’t be another one.
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She looks cool Looks through me like a swimming pool If somebody dropped her Better get me a doctor When she’s talking Eyes are walking Get caught stalking Who? What she sends.. Here my obsession ends Do you feel used? Do you feel true?
11.
Johnny Cash 02:00
And I build myself a dream So I can watch it burn It’s the hardest thing to do And sometimes I never learn. (chorus) I could, could you? Could you choose? ..but you never helped at all. And everybody leaves They get tired of what I am And if I choose to go Remember me as a different man. (chorus) as above
12.
When I’m feeling down I pick up this tune to play The song I wrote For sorry days. You can share it too I wrote this song for all of you You’ll thank me For sorry days. (chorus) I didn’t mean a thing And if I never choose to sing I never did anything more true. I didn’t mean a thing And if I never choose to sing I always did Everything for you. So when you’re feeling down I can’t bring a bottle round I drink these words For sorry days. Don’t worry you’re not alone You won’t go through this on your own We’ll be here through all your sorry days. (chorus)
13.
Wise Up 03:42
It can’t get better until you make it It won’t get better until you make it If you can’t, what can you? If you can’t, what can you do? (chorus) It’s not gonna stop x3 Until you wise up So give in. If it’s hurting, it’s working If it’s hurting, it’s worth it Here comes the light After the dark Here comes the light Here comes the dark. (chorus)
14.
Everything just seems to be The same as yesterday Fear & loathing in lost terrace house I don’t think I like it that much now Do the readers care though? (chorus) I never wanted to Paraphrase you But everything you do Is so predictable And I’m not stupid, but I’m not stupid But you make me feel so Every time I try to write It’s something I can’t say Maybe it will always be so I can’t hide myself forever now She’ll have to see soon (chorus)
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Found a boy In a Brazilian slum town With the strangest sense of self. The power he had In frightening amount Of good & evil in equal. He scared the town He scared the church They prayed for him. And for themselves And spread the word Here is the Second Coming. It’s just like The Shadow Trees It’s just like the Shadow Trees In Galilea. Two trees cast the same shadow Good & Evil in equal. Two trees One shadow Good & evil together. Just like the boy The Second Coming Good & Evil in equal part. It’s just like The Shadow Trees
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Coping 02:16
I think I’m just about coping these days I’ve taken a step back safety from the edge. But it’s not too far And it won’t take much For me to topple over again. I wish it could be like the film Open Your Eyes And I could exist in a dream of reality made for me. And you can wake me up when You can make me well And I can live a life instead of coping. (chorus) What do you think? (Well, he’s still here) Oh well, at least I’m coping. What can you say? (You’re looking well) Why lie? I hope I’m coping Why lie? I hope I’m coping You know I’m only coping.
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Fitting In 03:32
Found another liar Watching me Easily Sees the point in trying To each his own But all alone She likes the look of others Doesn’t bother me Like you think My eyes betray the liar I still believe But not in me (bridge) (outro) No longer fitting into people’s lives Just gets easier (I don’t want to be alone)

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Special 10 year anniversary re-release of rare self-produced 17-track album from 2005

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released July 1, 2005

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The Pristines coventry, UK

The Pristines,Coventry, England.
Indie lo-fi guitar pop with psychedelic shoegaze (gazedelia)
Have released singles & albums in the early 90s most notably on Sunday Records (US)
Self-released 3 albums in the 2000s before returning to labels with singles for Cloudberry (US) and Edition-59 (Ger), and an album for Series Two (US).
Recently collaborated with Japanese shoegazer Hideka for "Mayflower"
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