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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
James
James
Performer
Timothy Booth
Timothy Booth
Vocals
James Patrick Glennie
James Patrick Glennie
Bass Guitar
James Lawrence Gott
James Lawrence Gott
Guitar
Saul Davies
Saul Davies
Guitar
Andy (Diagram) Perkins
Andy (Diagram) Perkins
Trumpet
David Baynton-Power
David Baynton-Power
Drums
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Timothy Booth
Timothy Booth
Composer
James Patrick Glennie
James Patrick Glennie
Composer
James Lawrence Gott
James Lawrence Gott
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Youth
Youth
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
All this frustration
I can't meet all my desires
Strange conversation
Self control has just expired
All an illusion
Only in my head you don't exist
Who are you foolin'?
Don't need a shrink or an exorcist
[Chorus]
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
[Verse 2]
Show me the movie
Of who you are and where you're from
Born of frustration
Caught upon the webs you spun
Where's the confusion?
A vision of what life is like
Show me the movie
That doesn't deal in black and white
[Bridge]
Stop, stop, talkin' 'bout who's to blame
When all that counts is how to change
Stop, stop, talkin' 'bout who's to blame
When all that counts is how to change
[Chorus]
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
[Verse 3]
All this frustration
All this frustration
Who put brown owl eyes on a butterfly's wings?
All this frustration
All this frustration
Who gave the leopard spots and taught the birds to sing?
Born of frustration
Born of frustration
[Verse 4]
I'm living in the weirdest dream
Where nothing is the way it seems
Where no one's who they need to be
Where nothing seems that real to me
'Bout time we filled our lives
Upon the walls of gold, no solid ground
The world is spinnin' endlessly
We're clinging to our own beliefs
[Outro]
Born of frustration
Born of frustration
Written by: James Lawrence Gott, James Patrick Glennie, Timothy Booth

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