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One True Soul

by The Urbane Decay

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1.
Your voice smells like ice cream It tastes like sunshine It feels like music and joy Except for this bitter aftertaste in my mouth Because I found out You already have a boy Is it gonna get weird between is now? It would have eventually anyhow This always get weird This always get weird This always get weird Around me anyhow At least you like boys At least you're not queer I usually fall for lesbians Who are looking for a beard This always get weird This always get weird This always get weird Around me
2.
Chinese astrology says I'd be no good for you My calculating, dictatorial and possessive ways Will break your free spirit Though Rats and Horses will attract each other Like no other We'll always bring out the worst in each other In each other But I always bring out the worst in people No mater what their sign And I always break their spirit No mater what their sign...
3.
I just wanna hang out And if we fall in love Then we fall in love That's natural, right? I just wanna hang out And if we don't fall in love That's okay too It's alright with me, is it alright with you? Take it slow Let's take it slow I don't wanna hold your hand Or look in your eyes Or kiss you goodnight Is that alright? I don't wanna hold your hand Until we can't help it Until there's no choice I lose my nerve, you lose your voice Take it slow Let's take it slow I don't think our hearts Should have to bang themselves apart For it to be love at first sight I should dislike you a little bit And have no idea why Until I realize it's because You make me feel lonely inside You're the one I've been waiting for You're the one who makes me whole You're the missing puzzle piece In the jigsaw of my soul Take it slow Let's take it slow
4.
Sometimes these things Grind to a halt Like broken machines It’s nobody’s fault It just works out that way... Sometimes people Find what they thought Was all that they needed To discover it’s not It just works out that way... Sometimes these things Grind to a halt Like broken machines It’s nobody’s fault It just works out that way... It's no big deal, just works out that way One of those things, just works out that way It just works out that way...
5.
There's no romance Left in our lives It's all been eaten By widowed wives I could write a poem I could write this song But the rhymes, you'd know 'em They've been around too long Since the first boy Met the first girl In the olden days In the olden world And he compared her eyes To moonlight in the water On a windless night And that's how he got her I could write a poem I could write this song But the rhymes, you'd know 'em They've been around too long I could play this tune Outside your door With a mariachi band But it's been done before Since the first boy Met the third girl In the olden days In the olden world He compared her lips To a sunset sky Like clouds full and red And then she said goodbye I could write a poem I could write this song But the rhymes, you'd know 'em They've been around too long There's no romance Left in our lives It's all been eaten By widowed wives I could be a poet I could write this song But you'd never know it Because you'd be long gone You'd be long gone...
6.
Ever since they invented the phone Someone has sat there waiting alone In a darkened room In a streetlight's beam Feeling disappointed It didn't ring You said you would call — Why did you lie? I knew in the morning There would not be An email from you An apology You got in too late You will call me soon Maybe sometime This afternoon You said you would call — I knew you would not Ever since they invented email People too easily Express how they feel In the morning they regret Things they had written late in the night You said you would call — Why did you lie? I'm not gonna check to see if you're online Every ten minutes as if you were mine I see you're online I'm not saying "hi" It's up to you I've still got my pride Hi, hi, hi, hi...
7.
We can talk about kittens We can talk about art We can talk about movies But it just doesn't start We can talk about indie rock Graphic novelists you think are good We can talk all night But it doesn't feel like it should I just don't feel it... I can look in your green eyes You can look in my grey But I'm only hearing the syllable Of the words you say They're not stirring up A panicked nervous flock In my guts Making it too hard to talk I just don't feel it...
8.
Everybody has little has little bits that get broken Or fall asleep and can't be woken There's nothing wrong with that I'm just saying off the bat I'm done with crazy and I'm not going back I'm just saying I'm done with crazy Please, don't take it personally I just figured out your roommate is your ex You're trying to make each other jealous with sex I applaud your goals Find people to fill those roles But I won't be one of them, no no, no no I'm just saying I'm done with crazy Please, don't take it personally If what you wanted was a third wheel in your heart You could have said from the very start Please don't be confused I would not have refused I don't mind being a whore I just don't care for being used I'm just saying I'm done with crazy Please, don't take it personally I'm just saying I've already paid my dues I don't think you're a bad person I just think you're bad news
9.
Don't place too much hope in this Third date and first kiss Could be good, could be bad Could be the best thing we ever had Could be better, could be worse Call the doctor, call the nurse Cause broken hearts aren't broken legs They heal no better than broken eggs Broken hearts aren't broken wings They heal no better than broken strings Call the doctor Call the priest I'm breathing But my heart's deceased Call the nuns, call the nurse Now that I've confessed Put me in a hearse Call the lawyers Call the cops The alarm bells never stop Call the ambulance and fire truck I'm burning from the worst of luck Cause broken hearts aren't broken legs They heal no better than broken eggs Broken hearts aren't broken wings They heal no better than broken strings
10.
Now listen Someone out there really wants to love you but here's the thing There's a really good chance you'll never, ever meet them In fact it's pretty much definite that you probably won't But that doesn't mean you should stop looking for them Because they're not going to just vanish or appear if you do Or because you don't They're not just going to vanish or appear Because you're looking for them or because you don't So you might ask, "Where is this tender love tonight?" Well, they're probably in somebody's sweaty arms In their sweaty bed And they're having sweaty sex But I bet you that they feel alone inside Just like you I bet you they just as lonely as you do tonight Maybe as if their lover were dead Hey, why don't you try this? Get some paper and a typewriter And you could type out some random names and hit upon a list Of true loves you've never met Of true loves you've never kissed Of people you've never met before Of true loves you've never kissed And most likely never will True loves you never can That one true soul who's already with another man That one true soul in the entire world Who's already with another girl That one true soul who's with another man That one true soul who's already with another girl That one true soul in this entire world I was watching a movie Where this woman died in her husband's arms And I thought, "I have no one to die in my arms and I have no arms to die in when I'm old. I'm nobody's one true soul in this entire world. I'm nobody's one true soul."
11.
If I won several million dollars I'd buy the old polytechnic And I'd live in it alone But not quite alone I'd rent the classrooms out to friends We'd share the cafeteria kitchen And fill it up with other people With cats and goldfish and children Yet I'd still be living there alone But not quite alone We'd put on plays We'd make art We'd hold concerts And turn the soccer field into a garden And all our neighbours would be amazed How well we got along together Living together But living alone But not quite Alone Not quite Alone Not quite Alone Not quite Alone

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Songs about a break-up, living alone in Toronto, the trials of online dating and finally finding the one true soul you will spend your life with, despite your Chinese astrological signs being at odds. Events which would leave the singer with nothing left to sing about. Originally released on CD-R, presented here with the bonus track "Broken Strings".

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released January 1, 2009

Jakob Rehlinger: Vocals, instruments.
Jacqueline Noire: Vocals (Chinese Astrology)

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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