Lookaway is track seven on the 2010 James mini-album The Morning After. An alternative version features as an i-Tunes only bonus track.
It was the lead radio track from the mini-album and also featured extensively on the band’s 2011 orchestra tour.
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I pretend that I know where I'm going
I pretend I know where I came from
Or the fear will engulf me completely
I chose to waltz this bridge of sighs
Act my age in an age of indifference
I'm as big as I can dream
I forget in the truth of my nature
I forget to forgive, so I look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
I can't stop, so I carry on
I don't trust God is on my side
Indirect as the gaze of a geisha
I'm still that lost and lonely child
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
All mirrors shattered
Poor plastic clown
All that really matters
You weren't in the building when the walls came crashing down
All mirrors shattered
Poor plastic clown
All that really matters
You weren't in the building when the walls came crashing down
All mirrors shattered
Poor plastic clown
All that really matters
I pretend I know where I came from
Or the fear will engulf me completely
I chose to waltz this bridge of sighs
Act my age in an age of indifference
I'm as big as I can dream
I forget in the truth of my nature
I forget to forgive, so I look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
I can't stop, so I carry on
I don't trust God is on my side
Indirect as the gaze of a geisha
I'm still that lost and lonely child
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
Look away
All mirrors shattered
Poor plastic clown
All that really matters
You weren't in the building when the walls came crashing down
All mirrors shattered
Poor plastic clown
All that really matters
You weren't in the building when the walls came crashing down
All mirrors shattered
Poor plastic clown
All that really matters
Song: | Lookaway |
Released: | 6th September 2010 |
Main Associated Album (or Single): | The Morning After |
First Heard Live: | London Camden Proud Galleries – 7th December 2008 |
- Look Away :Single, 2010
- The Morning After / The Night Before (UK promo) :Album, 2010
- The Morning After The Night Before (US Advance) :Album, 2010
- The Night Before EP And The Morning After EP (plus Instrumentals) :Album, 2010
- Lookaway CDR promo :Single, 2010
- The Morning After :Album, 2010
- The Morning After The Night Before (USA) :Album, 2010
- Hey Ma / The Morning After (Australia) :Album, 2011
- The Gathering Sound (full promo) :Box Set, 2012
- The Gathering Sound :Box Set, 2012
- Be Opened By The Wonderful :Album, 2023
- Manchester Apollo – 10th May 2023
- Newcastle City Hall – 2nd May 2023
- Cardiff St David’s Hall – 26th April 2023
- Brighton The Dome – 25th April 2023
- London Royal Albert Hall – 4th November 2011
- Manchester Bridgewater Hall – 31st October 2011
- Liverpool Philharmonic – 29th October 2011
- Liverpool Philharmonic – 28th October 2011
- Nottingham Royal Centre – 27th October 2011
- Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – 25th October 2011
- Birmingham Symphony Hall – 24th October 2011
- Cardiff Millennium Centre – 23rd October 2011
- Manchester MEN Arena – 18th December 2010
- Glasgow SECC – 17th December 2010
- Leicester De Montfort Hall – 15th December 2010
- Los Angeles Music Box At The Henry Fonda Theatre – 13th October 2010
- San Francisco Regency Ballroom – 11th October 2010
- Seattle KEXP – 9th October 2010
- Atlanta Variety Playhouse Theatre – 22nd September 2010
- Bingley Music Live – 4th September 2010
- Solfest, Cumbria – 28th August 2010
- Beautiful Days Festival – 20th August 2010
- Salford University Robert Powell Theatre – 12th July 2010
- Oxford O2 Academy 2 – 12th June 2010
- London Camden Proud Galleries – 7th December 2008
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