Young teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him so badly Knows what she wants to be Inside her, there's longing This girl's an open page Bookmarking, she's so close now This girl is half his age Don't stand so Close to me Don't stand so Close to me Her friends are so jealous You know how bad girls get Sometimes it's not so easy To be the teacher's pet Temptation, frustration So bad it makes him cry Wet bus stop, she's waiting His car is warm and dry (Please don't stand) don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me (Please don't stand) don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me (Please don't stand) don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me (Please don't stand) don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me

Ooh, ooh, pain is so close to pleasure Oh, yeah Sunshine and rainy weather Go hand in hand together, all your life Ooh, ooh, pain is so close to pleasure Everybody knows One day we loving each other Then we're fighting one another, all the time When I was young and just getting started And people talked to me, they sounded broken hearted Then I grew up and got my imagination And all I wanted was to start a new relation So in love, but love had a bad reaction I was looking for some good old satisfaction But pain is all I got, when all I needed was some love and affection Ooh, ooh, pain is so close to pleasure, yeah, yeah Sunshine and rainy weather Go hand in hand together, all your life Pain and pleasure Ooh, ooh, pain and pleasure When your plans go wrong And you turn out the light But inside of your mind You put up a fight Where are the answers that we're all searching for? There's nothing in this world to be sure of, anymore Some days, you're feeling good Some days, you're feeling bad But if you're feeling happy Someone else is always sad Let the sweetness of love wipe the tears from your face For better, for worse So, let's make the best of the rest of our years Ooh, ooh, pain is so close to pleasure I told you so Sunshine and rainy weather Go hand in hand together, all your life Pain and pleasure Ooh, ooh, pain is so close to pleasure, yeah, yeah Sunshine and rainy weather Go hand in hand together, all your life All your life (Pain, pleasure) (Pain, pleasure) (Pain, pleasure) (Pain, pleasure)

Young teacher The subject Of schoolgirl fantasy She wants him So badly Knows what she wants to be Inside her There's longing This girl's an open page Book marking She's so close now This girl is half his age Don't stand, don't stand Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand Don't stand so close to me Her friends are so jealous You know how bad girls get Sometimes it's not so easy To be the teacher's pet Temptation, frustration So bad it makes him cry Wet bus stop She's waiting His car is warm and dry Don't stand, don't stand Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand Don't stand so close to me Loose talk in the classroom To hurt they try and try Strong words in the staffroom The accusations fly It's no use He sees her He starts to shake He starts to cough Just like the old man in that famous book by Nabakov He says Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Don't stand, don't stand so Don't stand so close to me Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away Don't stand so close to me Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away Gotta get away Don't stand so close to me To me-e (Don't stand) don't stand (don't stand) Don't stand so close to me (don't stand) Close to me Close to me Close to me Don't stand Don't stand Don't stand So close to me

Stood at the cold face Stood with our backs to the sun I can't remember being nothing but fearless and young We've become echoes But echoes they fade away We fall into the dark as we dive under the way (I heard you say) Devil's on your shoulder Strangers in your head As if you don't remember As if you can't forget It's only been a moment It's only been a lifetime But tonight you're a stranger Some silhouette Let's go out in flames So everyone knows who we are 'Cause these city walls never knew That we'd make it this far We've become echoes But echoes are fadin' away So, let's dance like two shadows Burning out the glory days Devil's on your shoulder Strangers in your head As if you don't remember As if you can't forget It's only been a moment It's only been a lifetime But tonight you're a stranger Some silhouette Just hold me Just hold me Just hold me Just hold me Devil's on your shoulder Strangers in your head As if you don't remember As if you can't forget It's only been a moment It's only been a lifetime But tonight you're a stranger Some silhouette It's only been a moment It's only been a lifetime But tonight you're a stranger Some silhouette But tonight you're a stranger Some silhouette (Silhouette, oh-oh) (Silhouette, oh-oh) (Silhouette, oh-oh) (Silhouette, oh-oh)

You've been talking, talking, telling everybody And times like this will never, never go away Laying on my back, I don't mean anything Expressing what you think you can't say I'm not cold, I'm not easily offended There's never enough of me for you to spin it round And 'cause I know that you've been here before I know that you've been here before It's all on you in a way I've always done what you say You were young, and you were so God damn excited Telling lies, you never thought would come to bite you But darling, blood is thicker than you think it is Take it on the chin and turn around And something tells me you've been waiting way too long Fighting off the demons from another song You're held to the floor with your own thoughts I never asked you to stay 'Cause I know that you've been here before I know that you've been here before It's all on you in a way I've always done what you say Bright-eyed sunshine Running round my head again It's running round my head again This white-eyed snakebite Running round my head again It's running round my head 'Cause I know that you've been here before I know that you've been here before It's all on you in a way I've always done what you say 'Cause I know that you've been here before I know that you've been here before It's all on you in a way I've always done what you say 'Cause I know that you've been here before I know that you've been here before It's all on you in a way I've always done what you say

You there You better off here You there You better off here Funny it takes no time Don't fall back down Funny it takes a time To get back on Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh You there You better off here You there You better off here Funny it takes no time Don't fall back down Funny it takes a time To get back on Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Cover your eyes, cover your eyes There's no sun, where is your direction? Cover your eyes, cover your eyes Ask yourself, "Where is my reflection?" Cover your eyes, cover your eyes There's no sun, where is your direction? Cover your eyes, cover your eyes Ask yourself, "Where is my reflection?"

For all you know we're broken pieces I'm finding it hard to live With something that won't last For all you know You're still my weakness I'm finding it hard to Fake a smile that I don't have Hold on I've got a feeling like this is almost over Hold on I've got a feeling like we're almost done We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore We're both waiting for the moment When one or the other Cuts the light and locks the door But in this limbo where we're frozen We're not going anywhere We're not who we were before Hold on I've got a feeling like it's almost over Hold on I've got a feeling like we're almost done We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore I've given everything I've given everything I've given everything And it's over I've given everything I've given everything I've given everything And it's gone Hold on I've got a feeling like it's almost over Hold on I've got a feeling like we're almost done We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore We don't need this anymore Hold on I've got a feeling like this is almost over

Our bones turn to stone And our smiles all look the same What a safe place to be Look at me in a big bad dream I have only me to blame How the hell did it get this way And the story starts the same We're just teachers in a learning game So tell me it's okay to hurt like it hasn't been said I've been quietly dancing around with the words in my head It's a waste of time In this waiting line But I guess that's fine What a long way to go They say it's the science that keeps us down And there's no place to go I got to do a little running to get back home So tell me it's okay to hurt like it hasn't been said I've been quietly dancing around with the words in my head It's a waste of time In this waiting line But I guess that's fine

Don't look so concerned You can paint a bigger picture when you're so far off the ground Well, it's okay if you're another one to learn You've been smoking in the kitchen, drinking wine that's not your own Oh, we saw it coming You've been dancing on your own too long The joker of the night You know we're all not here for nothing Like a fire in the distance, I can see, but I can't help So nothing's changed You've been lying through your teeth again The lion's lost its mane You've been cornered into something you can't win What's the point in having something if that something makes you thin? Oh, we saw it coming You've been dancing on your own too long The joker of the night You know we're all not here for nothing Like a fire in the distance, I can see, but I can't help We know you, you're not yourself Fed up now, we'll get there soon Take a bow, take a bow Take a bow, take a bow We know you, you're not yourself Fed up now, we'll get there soon Take a bow, take a bow Take a bow, take a bow