Tadpole Filmography

• It's a Bash! (2010)
• 38th Annual New Zealand Music Awards (2001)

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Tadpole - Sesame Street
• Everything Comes Around - Tadpole
• For Me - Tadpole
• Worn And Weary - Tadpole
• World Without You - Tadpole
• Too Cruel - Tadpole
• Something Real (Na Na Song) - Tadpole
• Backdoor - Tadpole
• Music Box - Tadpole
• Now, Today, Forever - Tadpole
• Nothing New - Tadpole
• Kindred - Tadpole
• Just Not Rock N' Roll - Tadpole
• Frequency - Tadpole
• Always Be Mine - Tadpole
• Alright - Tadpole
• Better Days - Tadpole
• No Man - Tadpole
• Condition Chronic - Tadpole
• Blind - Tadpole
• Number One - Tadpole
• White Horsie - Tadpole
• You Know It - Tadpole
• Fast Stuff - Tadpole
• Set To Fade - Tadpole

Tadpole, wiggling in the water
Brand new world is there for you to see
Lots of time till you grow to be
A big frog like me
Tadpole, haven't got a worry
Biggest job is swimming peacefully
Wonder if you know you'll grow to be
A big frog like me
Changes happen as time passes by
Soon enough, you'll be grown
With a home on a lily pad
And some tadpoles of your own
Oh, little tadpole, wiggling in the water
Far from all responsibility
Take your time till you grow up to be
A big frog like me
Tadpole, take your time to be
A big, green grown-up frog like me

Love has a bitter face
It knocks on your door selling real estate
And love has a lot to say
Up on a soapbox and its here to stay
Love has no sense at all
Always assumes it can get to the ball
Love has a bitter face
My love has a bitter taste
Its just giving what its got
Everything comes around
Its inside you like it or not
Everything comes around
Love is a lot to take
Smiles like a card shark and its on the make
And loves looking like a fool
At the edge of the building and its lost its cool
Love is a lot to take
My love is a lot to take
What goes around comes around baby

I do not want to
I do not need to
I do not have to
What I did I did for
What I did I did for
What I did I did for me
I feel so lonely
Cause no one loves me
I feel so lonely
Full of self-pity
No one cares for me
I feel so ugly
(What I did I did for...)
Make a cut in yourself
A little opening for the pain to get in
And if you could be true
And if you loved me too
Then I would not have to
No love should come for free
What I do I do for
No love should come for...

So here I go again
Im caught up with no reason to be
And here we go again
Ive heard this tune before
Dont ask for much, just give me a little more
And time and time again
Weve fallen down and nothing changes
Ive heard it all before
Youre the one I adore
Dont ask for much, just give me a little more
Im worn and weary, Im desolated
My mind so frail, emaciated.
Im torn and tattered, Ive thought it over
I need a crutch dont leave me sober
So here I go again
Im making plans for starting over
And there you go again
Shaking me to the core
Dont ask for much, just give me a little more
I miss everything about you
I wake up to dream about you
Ask if Ive been holding up, holding up, holding up
So here I go again
It opens with the best intentions
This ending never ends
Ive seen it all before
Dont ask for much, just give me a little more
And now Im drunk
Im Rarely sober
Yet nows the time to make it over

I could not be in a world without you
I would not live in a world that did not Contain you
I never speak of it
I seldom think on it
But I would not live in a world without you
And now the rain comes down
Just like it always does
I never see the rain unless I am with you
Ive no desire for a world without you
I have no place in a world you do not Remain in
I seldom think on it
But Ive no desire for a world without you
Dont you know what it is to be
Happy with someone, are you happy with someone

I know you think youre funny dear
But I just want to disappear
When I find you turning the tables on me, on me.
You think youre so amusing.
Look what youre doing to me
Its all to cruel to be amusing
I know you think youre sorry dear
But when its time to reappear
I just keep on disappearing on you, on you
Youre sorry now its over
Look what youre doing to me
Its all too cruel to be amusing
Do you think its funny now
I built my world around you
Stupid but true
Whos sorry now its over
Look what youre doing to me
Its all to cruel to be amusing
Do you think Im laughing now

Well Im so sick of the bubblegum boys and lollypop girls
The mediocre taking on the world
You wanna sing along to their heartfelt songs
But they dont write a word that they say
Dont you want something thats real
Baby dont you need something thats real
Dont you want something thats for real
They go na na na na, na na na na na naŠ
Well Im so sick of the rock boys with their new tattoos
And of girl power in a boobie tube
They all look alike behind the mike
And you know it aint even turned on
Oh everybody knows
And oh, everybody knows
Who theyre fucking now.

Now you're coming through the backdoor
How did you get there
Do I mind?
That's a question for the asking
How did you get there
Do I mind?
Will you linger a little longer
While I wonder
Watch me wear my ruse
Awake your world
And run with fools
Now I'm coming through the backdoor
How did I get here
Do I mind?
In an eerie sort of way
I sense you reaching
Do I mind
Will you linger a little longer

Music box won't you sing me a lullaby
I'll grind my ship upon your rocks, just keep singing that lullaby
I've wanted nothing more than this
Fingers blister from your kiss
This impatience burns within, within
I feel a pull
Irrational
It's just as if you planned it
I won't let go until I'm full
I'm locked inside your music box
(music box etc...)
For every hour I'm exposed the longing in me grows
The excitement builds within, within
And it is cruelty to hide all the mysteries inside
I've wanted nothing more than this, than this
I feel a pull, it's animal
Your smile is underhanded
I won't let go until I'm full
I'm locked inside your music box

I know youre hiding Œcause I can feel you breathing
Hear your heart beat
I know youre hiding Œcause I can feel your fear against my skin
I know youre lost and lonely
I know youre scared and tired
I know youre falling
But I will catch you
I will catch you keep you
You know Im close Œcause you can feel me breathin
Sense my heart beat
You know Im here Œcause you are paralysed, have lost your way
Now, today, forever never let you go
Today, Ill never ever let you goŠ
Something else is going on, still I dont care
First youre here and then your gone, still I dont care
When you think youre lost forever, I will find you
Even though youre hidden from me I will find you

And Im doing my best to ignore
The darkness that youve been waiting for
Doing my best to restrain,
And Im trying so hard to explain
The spaces between the words you say
Doing my best to ignore
So what you got thats worth waiting for
Promise me anything Ill want more
After all this is nothing new,
Nothing new
What you got thats worth leaving for
I gave you everything you want more
After all this is nothing new
No its nothing new Nothing new.
And Im doing my best to restrain
The clouds that have gathered over you
And the clouds they are bringing rain,
And Im trying so hard to explain
The twists that your logic turns me to
Doing my best to ignore

Save a dance for me,
I'll take the card that's free
You're my kindred, my kindred.
Everything you'll ever need,
I give to you for free,
You're my kindred, my kindred.
Now I bind you to me
Now I hold you to me
Now I keep you with me
Always.
If you should ever fall,
Don't be afraid at all
You're my kindred, my kindred.
Though you loose faith in me
Faithful I'll always be
You're my kindred, my kindred.
I sense the need in you
You see the need in me
You're my kindred, my kindred.
If you should fall from grace
I shall restore your place

V1 Let me tell you something
You think that you know me
Im just not what youd think
Theres no excusing me
Its just a little thing
Its there for all to see
When it comes down to it
Im just not rock n roll
I like the girly things
I like to feel pretty
Theyd say high maintenance
Theres no excusing me
And after every show I sleep the night away
Though its unfortunate
Its just not rock n roll
Just not rock n roll.

The air up there is crowded crazy static in the sky
With multitudes of voices flying swifter than the eye
Could ever see to speak, catch them up and reason with the din
And now at night when Im trying to sleep my head is caving inŠ
Give me your frequency
Right where I want to be
Its strange to feel resistance this compression of the air
The sounds that fill the silence are now floating everywhere
And I cant disconnect from this effect, the levels much too high
And now at night when Im trying to sleep my head is caving in.
Its automatic with you

Im sorry if I told you
That theres nothing left here for you
And Im sorry when I told you
That I do not love you its not true
Its not true, I love you
And Im sorry if I sold you
An ideal youd not bought into
And Im sorry if I hold you
Responsible for every little thing
Its not true, its not you
Its not true, and I still love you
Would you eat your words if I ate mine
Regret I ever was unkind
I just wanted some more of your time
And I wish you would always be mine, always be mine.
Im sorry if I left you
To make a point Ive risked all that weve been
And Im sorry I expect you
To be the one to break the ice between
Its not you, I love you
Its not you, you know I still love you
Wont you tell me that you love me
Wont you tell me that you need me
Wont you tell me you still want me
Wont you tell me anything. Anything at all

I can see it in your face
Don't think that I don't recognise it
I was adored once too
Soon you'll be bitter and old my dear
We'll see about these feelings you have
They'll be the death of you
Needy, wanting, guilty, laden...
There ain't enough to go 'round in this world
It's alright...
Take a good look around my dear
You'll see what everyone can see
You've been a fool for love
Wipe off those snivelling tears
And wean yourself from this dependency
It's just not pretty
Needy, wanting, guilty, laden...
There ain't enough to go 'round in this world

Sometimes I feel lonely and I crave human company
I miss sleep it's nice, haven't had much of it 'round here
Sometimes I feel sorrow and there's no way to release it
It wells up inside, don't have no one here with whom to share it,
Except you, you're nice
Sometimes I feel guilty and I wish I could absolve it
I miss peace it's nice, haven't had much of it 'round here lately
I miss peace, it's nice.
I've had better days...
There's no way to break through
I'm trying to break through
'cause I feel in slow-mo
And there's no way to break through
'cause I feel in slo-mo
Sometimes I feel joyous and there's no way to explain it
it burns me inside, never lasts long enough to become a custom
I miss this, it's nice
Sometimes I feel jealous and I'm not sure that I like it,
It hurts me inside, don't quite have the strength in me to remove it,
I miss you, you're nice.
I've had better days...
There's no way to breakthrough...
Sometimes I feel a burden and I wish I could remove me
Do you like me, that's nice
Haven't seen much of me 'round here lately
Do you miss me, that's nice
Sometimes I think I'm drowning and I wish someone would save me
That's not likely now
Don't quite have the strength in me to resist it,

You wear it like a skin
This impatience burns within
You've lit the fires well
Time waits for no man
You think you're getting in
You've invested everything
Your patience knows not how
Time waits for no man nor me,
Baby, time waits for no man nor me
Your reach has grown long
Lines are stretched and skin is drawn
you never could see why
time waits for no man
With skin no longer thin
Become accustomed to the din
Of those you've stood upon
Time waits for no man.
Time waits for no man
Waits for no man, baby
Time waits for no man
Waits for no man, nor me.
Salvation lurks within
If you could hold it in your hand
But you're a leper now
Time waits for no man
You wear it like a skin
Disease has taken everything
You've learned your lessons well
Time waits for no man nor me, baby,
time waits for no man nor me, baby

And you turn your head and look right past me
As you do
It seems impossible to me to ignore melody
As you do, as you do
As you walk on past you seem to hesitate but you don't respond to my smile
and you cut my heart in ribbons round me
As you do
And when you forget my name tomorrow
As you do
You have no idea how much you cause me sorrow
As you do, as you do
As this moment passes you will regret it always, in the dark of your mind
And you turn your head and look right past me
As you do
Ooh... I'm enamoured of you
Ooh... My condition is chronic
Ooh... I'm enamoured of you
Ooh... My condition is chronic
Oooohh...(x2)
Ooh... I'm enamoured of you
Ooh... My condition is chronic
Ooh... I'm enamoured of you
Ooh... My condition is chronic
Oooohh...
Ooh... I'm enamoured of you
Ooh... My condition is chronic
Ooh... I'm enamoured of you
Release me
Release me

I've got the strangest feeling that I've seen all this before
It all looks so familiar as I'm walking to the door
And I've got the weirdest feeling that I've walked this path before
It's becoming more familiar but I cannot quite be sure
It's a definite sensation that I've done all this before
And I'm feeling most peculiar still I'm coming back for more
I begin to see the light as I go crashing to the floor
I must be blind
I had the strange sensation all I had to do was ask
I won't give in to temptation I will fight it to the last
Though the walls look quite unstable still I'm sure this thing will pass
I will not admit confusion as I have done in the past
I must be blind
I recognize this situation now I know it all too well
It's true that I've been up here and it's true that I once fell
I won't give in so easy I will fight it to the last
I have been sucked into the game plan as I have done in the past
I must be blind

You'd like to know you'd like to know you'd like to know you
You'd like to say you like to say you like to say you
You like to think you like to think you like to think you
You'd like to know you'd like to know you'd like to know
Who do you think you're fooling
You're number one, number one
My number one
You're on your own you're on your own you're on your own you
You're pulling through you're pulling through you're pulling through you
You think you can you think you can you think you can you

In solitary devilment
We find solace, but bring me hearts content
With masochistic tendencies
Put on my lipstick,
Deliver me...
Deliver me
With predatory resonance
Regularly begin this dark descent
With realistic urgency
We dance ballistic,
Deliver me...
Deliver me
Cast off monastic liveries
Although weary greedily relent
In light fantastic lay me down
I can't resist it

You know it,
You know it
And you like it that way
You know it
You know it.
You follow her down
Whenever she's around
And you cling to the safety
Of her shelter
This house is not a home
But your need for her has grown
It's a leash but you like it
Come to need it.
(You know it?
She kicks you when you're down,
But still you hang around
There's a strange kind of longing
Ties you to her.
For her sake you're on your knees
You'll do anything to please
It's no life but you'll live it,

In the fast lane on the fast stuff
Dont stop till you get enough
Restless, cant sit still
Im aimless Cant find a thing of consequence.
And in spite of all the danger Im still here
And in spite of all the danger Im still
Seamless are the days
Theyre wasted
Without a thought they run together
And in spite of all the danger
Im still here
And in spite of all the danger
Im still
There are days that I have held
And there are days that I have lost
Who counts the cost, who counts the cost, who counts the cost
And in spite of all the danger Im still here
And in spite of all the danger Im still

I don't want deception, had enough of that before
And I don't need protection, I'll find my own way around
But thank you so much for your concern,
You live, you breathe and I'll learn.
Surrender the game
Your tactics are known
Just surrender the game
You big pretender, you big pretender.
Your charming smile is bloodless
I can handle this and more, fast as you dream pretences
I'll bring them crumbling down
But thank you so much for your concern
You fake you scheme and I'll learn
(Surrender the game...)
My weapon is leveled and set to fade
and while I scan the surroundings it's set to fade
let this serve as your warning, your game is played out
I'll just, I'll just fade you out.
Now I have turned the tables, failure never tasted sweet
The pride that's yours to swallow will choke you in defeat
But thank you so much for your concern