September came real fast
Faster than the last
Are you alone?
Cause I'm alone

You got the key to our safe
Keep it secret for our sake
Or I'm gone
While I'm gone

You could hide it in your pillow
Or in an old doll's head
Underneath a tree somewhere
Or just swallow it instead

Cause Lord you know I've tried
Have I not?
And all these new friends stare and remind me
Of what I haven't got

Fifty thousand pounds
Stashed under the ground
I'll take you out
Now I can take you out

Secrets in the walls
Left there from before
They moved out
Why don't you come round?

And see my new reflection
In my brand new trophy room
We'll buy a ticket out of here
Maybe Rio de Janerio

Cause Lord you know I've tried
Have I not?
And all these new friends stare and remind me
Of what I haven't got

A brand new life in the sun
We'll go from beach to beach
It's just begun
It's just begun

What I thought was the start became the end
It turns out you just want to be my friend
You turn to me and say
'This was a nice holiday' (Nooooo)

And you can see my new reflection
As it crumbles to the floor
Another drink, oh, another chat
I've got friends in every port

Cause Lord you know I've tried
Have I not?
And all these new friends stare and remind me
Oh, but they do inspire me
Oh, will anybody take me home tonight?


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Trophy Room Lyrics as written by Rebecca Lucy Taylor Charles Richard Harrop Watson

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    I can't beieve no one has commented on this yet!! This is definitely in my top 5 favorite Slow Club songs.

    It's about how he left someone behind to take on new things, yet everything still remind him of that person. Even though they said they'd still be friends, he still focuses his life around what she meant to him, and nobody can replace her, no matter how he may change.

    lovemaggieabcon September 15, 2009   Link

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