The xx - Say Something Loving

Before it slips away

Say something loving

I just don't remember the thrill of affection

I just don't remember

Say something loving

I need a reminder, the feeling's escaped me

I went looking for it

Could have been anyone's kiss

Throwing my arms at no one

When I gave up, I found love

The thought flows through my mind

And it's growing all the time

I do myself a disservice

To feel this weak, to be this nervous

You say something loving

It's so overwhelming, the thrill of affection

Feels so unfamiliar

You say something loving

Without hesitation it hits me, hits me

It feels so unfamiliar

Before it slips away

Your touch stays on my skin

I feel it start sinking in

Here come my insecurities

I almost expect you to leave

Were you really looking for me?

Try your best to reassure me

I wasn't patient to meet you

Am I too needy, am I too eager?

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

I don't know what this is, but it doesn't feel wrong

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

I don't know what this is, but it doesn't feel wrong

Did you hear me say it?

Say it

Did you hear me say?

I say something loving

I can't hold it inside, the thrill of affection

Is only getting stronger

I say something loving

All my hesitations are fading, fading

I feel it taking over

Before it slips away

Don't let it slip away

Before it slips away

Don't let it slip away

The xx - Performance

If I scream at the top of my lungs
Will you hear what I don't say?
If I dance like I'm on a stage
Will you see I seem out of place?
If I put on a disguise
Will you think everything's alright?
If I leave before the end
Will you forget that I was there?

When you saw me leaving
Did you think I had a place to go?
Since you stopped believing
I've had to put on my own show

I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a show
It is a performance
I do it all so
You won't see me hurting
When my heart it breaks
I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a brave face

Even when I was hiding
You could always find me
Now you've stopped looking for me
But I'm still playing hide and seek
I want you to notice
But you just don't see
The show is wasted on you
So I perform for me

When you saw me leaving
Did you think I had a place to go?
Since you stopped believing
I've had to put on my own show

I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a show
It is a performance
I do it all so
You won't see me hurting
When my heart it breaks
I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a brave face

The xx - Brave For You

In all I know
And all I've done
I take you along
Though you're not here
I can feel you there
I take you along

And when I'm scared
I imagine you there
Telling me to be brave

So I will be brave for you
Stand on a stage for you
Do the things that I'm afraid to do
I know you'd want me to

I will be brave
I know you'd want me to

I see things change
And now watch them grow
And I know you do too

When the things don't make sense
I have courage
Because of you

And when I'm scared
I imagine you're there
Telling me to be brave

So I will be brave for you
Stand on a stage for you
Do the things that I'm afraid to do
I know you'd want me to

I will be brave
I will be brave
Do the things that I'm afraid to do
I know you'd want me to

Oh, there are things I wish I didn't know
I'll try my best to let them go

The xx - A Violent Noise

If I'm beating every hand away
No one stays
I've got so cautious
And now I trip on every move I make
Let one play
To be that careless

With every kiss from a friend
With everything I pretend not to feel
Am I too high? Am I too proud?
Is the music too loud for me to hear?

Now I go out
But every beat is a violent noise
Dries my eye
With every beat comes a violent noise
The melody sung
And I don't know the voice
Now I go out
But every beat is a violent noise

You've been staying out late
Trying your best to escape
I hope you find what you're looking for
Let a moment take place
Without running away
I hope you silence the noise

How could eyes this wide
Lose sight of a world outside?
I've looked away, cowardice
With every kiss from a friend
With everything I pretend not to feel
Am I too high? Am I too proud?
Is the music too loud for me to hear?

Now I go out
But every beat is a violent noise
Dries my eye
With every beat comes a violent noise
The melody sung
And I don't know the voice
Now I go out
But every beat is a violent noise