Lonerism Tame Impala Written mostly by Kevin Parker, and Jay Watson Compiled by Will Klausler with own images and Tame Impala’s

Be Above It

Gotta be above it Gotta be above it

And I know that I gotta be above it now And I know that I can't let them bring me down

And I gotta bide my time as a face in the crowd And I know that I gotta be above it now And I know that I gotta be above it now And I gotta bide my time as a face in the crowd

And I know that I gotta be above it now And I cannot let them all just bring me down This time I'm just gonna take it all I'm never gonna shake it up

I'll just close my eyes and make so that all the things don't affect me now I know that I gotta be above it now And I cannot let them all just bring me down This time I'm just gonna take or I'm never gonna shake it

I'll just close my eyes and make so that all the things don't affect me now Gotta be above it Gotta be above it

Endors Toi

Soothing repeat, I look down at my feet, It's a hypnotist's arm, And it works like a charm. But I won't be deprived, Real worlds, surreal life, Do or die, There is time, Go to sleep, You'll be fine

In the morning you'll find, Real life was such a grind Off I go, day is done Where a new one's just begun

Apocalypse Dreams

This could be the day that we push through It could be the day that all our dreams come true For me and you 'Til we're at the end of just another day

Are you too terrified to try your best? Just to end up with an educated guess Like success Like those times you wake up mystified

Oh it feels so real in my sleep Never felt so good, so close I do with you Into the day, the strangest feeling Do you really live without the fear?

Everything is changing And there's nothing I can do My world is turning pages While I am just sitting here

Well, am I getting closer? Will I ever get there? Does it even matter? Do I really need it? Wish that I'd remember And I'm on the outcome

Push it out the window On and on we all go Into another morning It was only yesterday Didn't even know you Now I'm gonna miss you

Nothing ever changes No matter how long you do your hair Looks the same to everyone else Everything is changing I guess I should warn my mum But she'll just be excited

Mind Mischief

Feels like my life is ready to blow Me and my love we'll take it slow I hope she knows that I'll love her long I just don't know where the hell I belong

How optimism led me astray Two hundred things I took the wrong way But I saw her love gauge running low I tried to fill but it overflowed

Feels like my life is ready to blow Me and my love we'll take it slow I hope she knows that I'll love her long I just don't know where the hell I belong

She remembers my name Could be blown way out, way out It's all going to change She remembers my name

But she was only messing around Please, no more playing with my heart Ooh, go with Mr. Right just for once Ooh, no more mischief with my mind

Then it all just came out Guess I'll hold it in next time

No more getting it wrong I'll be frozen here on If forever we'll see But no more guessing for me

Oh, I was just so sure of everything Ooh, that's what you get for dreaming aloud Oh, the day that words are clearer to me

Music to Walk Home By

But that's only when I think of you But they're all doing so well Some vision that I hold on to What I would give You know it's everything I do To be under that spell You know it's everything I do You'll know soon, you'll know soon Can almost stand competing with the others You'll know soon, you'll know soon Can almost hear the fun that I should be having You'll know soon, you'll know soon, Instead of all this dreaming yeah Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah But it's only when I think of you But you don’t know the truth The mover I could turn into I’m in love with you There must be something I can do You just don’t believe There must be something I can do Anything I do But I just don't know How to feel right In so many ways A beautiful girl I'm somebody else Is wasting my life I'm trying so hard I'm playing a part To be myself As somebody else I just need to hear While trying so hard Somebody say To be myself That this will all make I just need to hear Sense one day Somebody say Well it's getting late That this will make sense one day I'd better go I guess I'm alright I made it this far As far as I know

Why Won’t They Talk to Me?

Out of the zone Trying to see I'm so alone Nothing for me I guess I'll go home Try to be sane Try to pretend None of it happened Oh this old tree Lonely old me Whoops -a- daisy I thought I was happy

Out of the zone Now that I see I don't need them And they don't need me I guess I'll go home Try to be sane Try to pretend None of it happened Destined to be Lonely old me Whoops -a- daisy I thought I was happy

Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy) Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy) Ah, why won't they talk to me? (I thought I was happy)

Ah, why won't they talk to me? Aaah-aaah Ah, why won't they talk to me?

But I don't even care about it anyway I wouldn't listen to a word any of them say They just talk about themselves all day One day I'll be a star and they'll be sorry

Ah, why won't they talk to me? Ah, why won't they talk to me? Ah, why won't they talk to me? Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

It feels like I only go backwards baby, Every part of me says go ahead, I've got my hopes up again, oh no, not again. It feels like we only go backwards, darlin'

I know that you think you've set sail when you call my name But I get it inside my head all day When I realize I'm just hopin' onto the hope that Maybe, your feelings don't show

It feels like I only go backwards, baby, Every part of me says go ahead, I've got my hopes up again, oh no, not again It feels like we only go backwards, darlin'

The seed of all this indecision isn't me, oh no 'Cause I decided long ago But that's the way it seems to go, When trying so hard to get to something real, it feels

It feels like I only go backwards, darlin', Every part of me says go ahead, I've got my hopes up again, oh no, not again It feels like we only go backwards, darlin'

It feels like I only go backwards, baby, Every part of me says go ahead, I've got my hopes up again, oh no, not again It feels like we only go backwards, darlin' Keep On Lying

All I give are little clues Maybe one day I'll get through But there is nothing I can do I'll just keep on lying to you

I only need to say it’s true Your poor little heart already knew But there is nothing you can do I'll just keep on lying to you

Should my cover ever blow Would you ever let it go? There is something you should know But hell if I'd ever let it show

So here I am, trying to be strong It was noon, now my shadow's long I guess I'll go and tell you just as soon as I get to the end of this song To the end of this song, to the end of this song To the end of this song, to the end of this song

The curse has won again Soon I'll be alone Take all you can But please understand It never really was love

All I give are little clues Maybe one day I'll get through But there is nothing I can do I'll just keep on lying to you

Elephant Bet he feels like an elephant Shaking his big grey trunk for the hell of it You know that you're dreaming about being loved by him Too bad your chances are slim

And it's not like Mr. Shock To get shy when I ask who always is on top? There must be something deep down in the middle down there He's not too easily scared

He's got friends but they got the feeling Wouldn't care too much if he just disappeared Oh, look, see there he is now coming down the stairs (Here he comes)

He pulled the mirrors off his Cadillac (yeah) 'Cause he doesn't like it looking like he looks back He talks like his opinion is a simple fact Somebody grabbed his collar He cried the whole way home He won't remember a thing 'til it starts again That's how it is 'til the end (yeah)

She Just Won’t Believe Me

But she just won't believe me, She just won't believe me I never meant to see him But she just won't believe me

Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control

Nothing that has happened so far has Eventually Been anything we could control There will be I have just been waiting for the perfect A time for clearer thinking Time to tell you I don't know For now I weep Maybe I'm just reading into it a Can't get to sleep Little deeper than I should I try to hold a good feeling. We would make it easy we would take I just get one, It slowly if only we could Here it comes, There it goes, (Hey, what are you doing out here? You’re And we just might, thinking about everything aren’t you? Look, I Lose the fight, yeah know it sounds crazy, but nothing has to But it's alright mean anything. Come on, come back inside) It wasn't our decision

Elodie, Nothing that has happened so far Look at me, Has been anything we could control Unless you're trying to hurt me I have just been waiting for the perfect Heavy blow Time to tell you that I know Down I go Every man is happy until Now I just want to let go Happiness is suddenly a goal. I'll just be here waiting till the Is it right? Doctor calls and then I'll let you know Is it wrong? I don't know It's not the cause I'm fighting for Anymore It sucks to keep on running

Sun’s Coming Up

All those things I ever thought Would never end To think they're now all memories Sends me round the bend

To watch her airplane swaying Coming in to land There my world is hanging In someone else's hands

And if I have done something And you have to let me go Think of me as someone Someone that you know

But if I don't hear something Pretty soon from now I'll disconnect completely See how that works out

I wasn't daring Not much a chancer Oh my darling Why won't you answer?

Seven a.m. Midnight in Dover Sun's coming up now I guess it's over

Playing his guitar While he's dying of cancer Oh my father Why won't you answer?

Seven a.m. Midnight in Dover Sun's coming up now I guess it's over