I fell into the street, poison in my veins
Clamber to my feet and into the night again
Back to my home, back to my owner
Who screams at my tardiness
Put his hands to the sky
And says, what can I do with a girl
If she refuses to be mine?
In his bed I am queen, unobtainable me
Sexual being, human with feelings
The two are not me
The two will not be mine
And what can you do with a girl
If she refuses to be mine?
Put his hand on my shirt
Hand on my face
Head to the wall
When you've broken your only doll
And what will you do with a girl
If she refuses to be alive?
And you've broken your only doll
And what will you do with a girl
If she's refusing to be alive?
There?s a house across the river
But alas I cannot swim
And a garden of such beauty
That the flower seem to grin
There?s a house across the river
But alas I cannot swim
I live my life regretting
That I never jumped in
There?s a boy across the river
With short black curly hair
He wants to be my lover
And I want to be his peer
There?s a boy across the river
But alas I cannot swim
Now I never will get to put
My arms around him
There's a life across the river
That was meant for me
Instead I live my life in constant misery
There's a life across the river
But I do not see
Why I should please those
Who will never be pleased
There is gold across the river
But I don't want none
There is gold across the river
But I don't want none
Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle
Gold is fun
Gold is fleeting, gold is fickle
Gold is fun
There is gold across the river
But I don't want none
I would rather be tried
Than held up by a golden gun
Saying work more, earn more
Live more, have more fun
Saying work more, earn more
Live more, have more fun
Saying work more, earn more
Oh na ve little me,
Asking what things you have seen,
And you're vulnerable in your head,
You'll scream and you'll wail 'till you're dead.
Creatures veiled by night,
Following things that aren't right,
And they're tired and they need to be led,
But you'll scream and wail 'till you're dead.
But give me to a rambling man,
Let it always be known that I was who I am.
Beaten battered cold,
My children will live just to grow old,
But if I sit here and weep,
I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze,
And the weak need to be led,
And the tender are carried to their bed,
And It's a cold and pale affair,
And I'll be dammed if I'll be found there.
But give me to a rambling man,
Let it always be known that I was who I am.
It's funny that the First chords that you come to,
Are the minor notes that come to serenade you,
And it's hard to accept yourself as someone, you don't desire,
As someone you don't want to be.
Oh give me to a rambling man,
Let it always be known that I was who I am,
Oh give me to the rambling man,
Forgive me, Hera, I cannot stay.
He cut out my tongue,
there is nothing to say.
Love me, oh Lord,
he threw me away.
He laughed at my sins,
in his arms I must stay.
He wrote,
I am broke,
please send for me.
But I am broken too,
and spoken for,
do not tempt me.
Her skin is white,
and I'm light as the sun,
so holy light shines on the things you have done.
So I asked him how he became this man,
how did he learn to hold fruit in his hands,
and where is the lamb that gave you your name,
he had to leave though I begged him to stay
Left me alone when I needed the light,
fell to my knees and I wept for my life.
If he had of stayed you might understand,
If he had of stayed you never would have taken my hand.
He wrote,
oh love, please send for me,
but I am broken too,
and spoken for,
do not tempt me.
And where is the lamb that gave you your name,
He had to leave though I begged him to stay.
Begged him to stay in my cold wooden grip,
begged him to stay by the light of this ship.
Me fighting him, fighting like fighting dawn,
and the waves came and stole him and took him to war.
He wrote,
I'm broke,
please send for me.
But I'm broken too,
and spoken for,
do not tempt me.
Forgive me here, I cannot stay,
cut out my tongue,
there is nothing to save.
Love me, oh Lord, he threw me away,
he laughed at my sins,
in his arms I must say.
We write,
that's alright,
I miss his smell.
We speak when spoken to,
and that suits us well
That suits us well.
Again I let jealousy blind me today.
My oldest friend and I blew her away.
Just a few kind words and all I could say was I've known you of ten years it feels like a day.
And oh I watched her cry, torn apart at the hands of a child.
And again I used arrogance as something to depend
and condemned all religion to pitiless end.
And a politician's resonance rang through my mind.
Patriotic in one sense the other just blind.
Oh so many died, torn apart at the hands of a child
And I'll keep on going I've got nothing to lose.
I gave up morals when I took up you
and it's boring to hear of another young truth
and what typically shit thing to do.
I was so shallow to the one man'd stuck around
sunk so low that I nearly drowned
and I screamed of his heart when he wasn't around
Consoled him recklessly, I knew you were down.
Oh I watched him cry, a broken heart at the hands of a child.
And I'll keep on going I've got nothing to lose
I gave up morals when I took up you
and its boring to hear, of another young truth
and what a typically shit thing to do.
I have felt heartbreak too and I know what it feels like.
I have felt heartbreak now you can leave me alone right.
I have felt loneliness and I know what it feels like.
But I kept on going I had nothing to lose,
and I gave up morals when I took up booze.
And it's boring to hear of another young truth
God's work is planned.
I stand here with a man that talked to me so candidly,
more than I'd choose.
My lips once rouged,
I feel again the blues of longing, ever longing, to be
confused.
He wrote me a letter,
saying he would love me better.
Then my poor sons begetter the rules.
Spoke of love like hunger;
he at once was younger. Younger, ever younger, in my
hunger for a muse.
Finest man that I've seen ever since my eyes have been,
but his honesty did gleam me blind.
Keep those thoughts from sight.
Follow me into the night.
You can call on me when you need the light.
You know what I need.
Why won't you give it me?
Must I fall down at your feet and plead?
Don't you be scared of me.
I'm nothing but the beast.
now you've got to kick the guy.
You sat alone,
under bellowing sky.
If I feel God judging me,
I fell into the water,
And now I'm free.
My friends they don't really get me,
think I'm the only one.
Well I sold my soul to Jesus,
and since then I've had no fun.
Behind every tree is a cutting machine,
and a kite fallen from grace,
Inside every man is a heart of sand,
you can see it in his face.
And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
The wind and I we speak the same but he don't hear so well,
If you gonna have to curse him,
well you're gonna have to yell.
And the sky and I we've had our fights but I'm coming round to rain,
If the rain come out,
and I don't go out,
I don't ever have to speak again.
I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
The captain's got his boots on and he's heading out the door,
Leaving his lady alone thinking,
'He don't love me no more.'
He's done with all his bullshit,
he's going back to war,
If heaven is as heaven does,
then this is hell for sure
And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
You kicked the blow,
now you've got to kick the guy.
You sat alone,
under bellowing sky.
If I feel God judging me,
I fell into the water,
Where does my lover lie? I don't love I just lie.
Pray, Pray for me.
And where you run I run in toe,
And where you're from I long to know.
How does a child know, where mother weakness goes?
And where? And where the trouble grows?
We'll you will speak, and it shall be sown.
And what you say will be all I know?
There was a time of weeks, I thought dogs barked at me.
And I, and I had lost my mind.
And the devil had put his mark on me,
and called his branches shake the trees?
That wasn't me for my trying, that was the devil and his lying.
Trying to make me loose his mind.
Pray, Pray for me.
So you got my letter late, from when where I permanently etched my name.
Write, Oh write into your soul.
I cannot love I want to be alone,
I will not love I want to be alone.
That's not love for its trying, that is god and his lying.
Trying to make me when I'm trying to be good.
Oh Pray, Pray for me.
And where you run I run in toe,
And where he's from I long to know?
And you shall speak and it shall be sown.
Where did our love go, you will never know
How did you get home, you will never know
Did you catch yourself in the mirror?
It's a sight I understand
You considered it all for a second
And put it down to slight of hand
You know I've been running 'round for hours
Calling my egyptian(?) blood to bear me flowers
Calling sophia, goddess of power
Instead I got the beast
And tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes to beast
You're okay now, I suppose
You're not pulled by the rope
I'm pulled by the pull on my throat
I'm pulled by the rope
I swing from the trees into the slope
Hold my head high, just by the tip of my toes
And he lies, he lies so sweet that I choke
Tonight I choose the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast
Put your eyes away
If you can't bear to see your (the?) old lady
Laying down next to the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast
Look at yourself in the mirror
It's a sight I understand
You consider it all for a second
And put it down to slight of hand
I give you the best, the best that I can
I suggest that you be grateful
That it's your blood on my hands?
And assume yourself weaker, the fall of man (?)
And look out for the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast
Put your eyes away
If you can't bear to see your (the?) old lady
Laying down next to the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
Oh I have been wondering where I have been pondering
Where I've been lately is no concern of yours
Who's been touching my skin
Who have I been letting
Shy and tired I?
I'm wounded by dust
All I have been wondering where I have been pondering
Where I've been lately is no concern of yours
Who's been touching my skin
Who have I been letting
Shy and tired I?
Sometimes I sit, sometimes I stare
Sometimes they look and I don't care
Rarely I weep, sometimes I must
I'm wounded by dust
When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime
You better call for your woman up high
And when the bell tolls for your last day,
You'll be getting down on your knees to pray
I'm a good woman and I never did say whatever it was that you did that day
I'm not a woman that? but you said that it was coming on judgement day
Now Sophia
I'm wounded by dust
When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime
You better call for your woman up high
And when the bell tolls for your last day,
You'll be getting down on your knees to pray
I'm a good woman and I never did say whatever it was that you did that day
I'm not a woman that? but you said that it was coming on judgement day
Now Sophia
I'm wounded by dust
I have traveled past your window many times
I find your face too hard to define
I can touch you, hollow thing, you plague my mind
I can never go outside
I will never go back to being blind
I have wondered what you're doing
Everyday since last I asked
Are your cheeks hollow?
I don't like your eyes dark
I need shine, I need shine, I need shine
Step away from my light, I need shine
I am honest, no, not a shouter
I am reformed, reborn, and forgiven
And you've been busy but you've missed me
And I've plagued your mind
You will never go outside
You will never go back to being blind
I need shine, I need shine, I need shine
Step away from my light, I need shine
I need shine, I need shine, I need shine
I am from Salinas
where the women go forever,
and they never ever stop to ask why.
My mother was a saviour
of six foot of bad behaviour,
with long blonde curly hair down to her thigh.
Oh my mother!
Oh my friends!
Ask the angels
"Will I ever see heaven again"?
Late into the evening
they would take each other screaming,
looking darkly to the back of her eyes.
A careless beast was bleating
that the air behind was dreaming,
that they musn't ever look up to the sky.
There no answers.
There are found.
Ask the angels
"Am I heaven-bound"?
Mmmm put it down to me:
I, who speak awkwardly.
Any word if it is heard is not intended to be,
not for him, not for her
and not for them and not for me.
Oh and that gun will turn
before the sun starts to burn.
Understand!
Mmmm when the clouds roll in
and we start paying for our sins,
with a gun in my hand
and the son at my shoulder,
believe I will run
before that boy gets older.
Oh and that gun will turn
before the sun starts to burn.
Understand!
O and that gun will turn
before the sun starts to burn.
Understand!
I am from Salinas
where the women go forever,
and they never ever stop to ask why.
My mother she's a saviour
of six foot of bad behaviour,
with long blonde curly hair down to her thigh.
Oh my mother!
Oh my friends!
Ask the angels
"Will I ever see heaven again"?
"Will I ever see heaven again"?
"Will I ever see heaven again"?
Punish them all for they speak too much.
Hate the world what it did to us.
There lies a man of my heart
A fine and complete work of art
Here, I his woman, his home and his heart
And proud to be playing that part
And proud to be playing that part
Rest in the bed of my bones
All that I want is a home
And all you can do is promise me bold
That you won't let me grow dark or cold
As long as we both shall live
The sirens come
Feel your call as a sound
As I believe in you
The first deal's the hardest, I'm sure
Where our shadows come to the shore
Know that it's you and I till the end
And all I want from life is to hold your hand
All that I have are these bones
And all that I want is a home
And all you can do is promise me bold
That you won't let me grow dark or cold
As long as we both shall live
The sirens come, they always will
But the dart between my heart and his
Is as good as a diamond chain
All that I have are these bones
And all that I want is a home
And all you can do is promise me bold
That you won't let me grow dark or cold
I woke up and he was screaming, I'd left him dreaming
I roll over and shake him tightly and whisper
If they want you, oh, they're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me
I woke up on a bench on Shepherd's Bush Green
Oh, a candle at my chest and a hand on his knee
I got up it was dark, there's no one in the park at this hour
How do I keep finding myself here?
Oh, fight me
If I look back and he is screaming, I'd left him dreaming
The dangers fade
And I'll run back and shake him tightly and scream
If they want him, oh, they're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me
But if I wake up on a bench on Shepherd's Bush Green
Oh, a candle at my chest and a hand on his knee
I'll roll over and hold him tightly and scream
If you want him, oh, you're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me
I know i said i love you but i'm thinking i was wrong,
I'm the first to admit that i'm still pretty young,
And i never meant to hurt you when i wrote you 10 love songs.
But a guy that i could never get cause his girlfriend was pretty fit
And everyone who knew her loved her so.
And i made you leave her for me and now i'm feeling pretty mean,
But my mind has fucked me over more times than any man could ever know.
Maybe i should give up, give in.
Give up trying to be thin.
Give up and turn into my mother,
God knows i love her.
And i'm sorry to which ever man should meet my sorry state.
Watch my steady lonesome gait and beware
I will never love a man cause love and pain go hand in hand
And i can't do it, again.
So we stayed up late one night to try and get our problems right,
But i couldnt get into his head just what was going through my mind,
And i think he knew where i was going, he put bryan adams on
I think he thinks it makes me weak but it only ever makes me strong,
I've got this friend and he sounds just like him,
And he's the man I'd leave you for, the man that i just adore like you.
The same man he turns to me, says 'i've got to tell you how i feel,
If god could make the perfect girl for me it would be you'
And my god told me not tell about how much do you love your fella.
I don't know more every day
Not in this new romantic way.
I'll always be your first love, you'll always be my first love.
But i'm sorry to which ever man should meet my sorry state
Watch my steady lonesome gait and beware,
I will never love a man cause love and pain go hand in hand, and i can't do it again.
I will never love a man cause i could never hurt a man, not in this new romantic
I caught you knocking
at my cellar door
I love you, baby
can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done
I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done
I sing the song
because I love the man
I know that some
of you don't understand
Milk-blood to keep from running out
I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it
in everyone
Every junkie's like a setting sun
I've seen the needle
and the damage done
A little part of it
in everyone
i am a master hunter i cured my skin, now nothing gets in
nothing not as hard as it tries
you want a woman because you want to be saved
well i'll tell you that i got a little lot on my plate
well if you want a woman who can call your name it ain't me babe
no, no, no, it ain't me babe
i don't stare at water anymore,
water doesn't do what it did before,
it took me in into the edge of insane when i only meant to swim,
i nearly put a bullet in my brain when the water took me in
i am a master hunter i cured my skin, nothing gets in
nothing not as hard as it tries
you let men into your bed
they don't know you well
they can't get into my head
oh they don't have a hope in hell
see the thing is that we're so alone
there's nothing we can share
you can get me on the telephone but you won't keep me there
no, no, no, you won't keep me there
take me somewhere i don't know give me something let me go
tell me something i can grow
cause, i have some news
wrestle in the rope from darkness is no fucking life that i would choose
take me somewhere i can grow
give me something let me go tell me something i don't know
i had some news
wrestling with the rope from darkness is no fucking life that i would choose
i am a master hunter i cured my skin, now nothing gets in
They dance like sirens, hoping the sun would come out again
And I was born in the fog of that day
Can they hear a babe over all the faith,
Or have they forgot what it was that they made
Crawled out of the fog, found a river,
Found a log and floated away
Didn't think I'd be coming back this way
But my feet are resolute;
Found their root and brought me back to it's place
And on the hill where I was born,
There is no rose but just a thorn;
They cut it off each year and give it away
But can they hear a babe after all these days,
Or have they forgot what it was that they made
So left to wander blind, I find myself in cautious times,
And they say, Love's labor is never lost; labor on to this very day.
So I walk into the fog, found a babe atop a log and all alone
Took him under, took him on,
Taught him everything about the world I'd come to know
And he blames me for every wrong ever he made
I am blamed for every wrong ever he made
Forgive me I am only a maid
Forgive me I am only a maid
But I can see a babe under all that blame
I was just a card, caught up in the stars,
Looking down to Mars.
You know, you know
I know, I know something
About you that you don't want me to know.
Never found a solid hand till I found that man,
Till I found that man of mine.
You were looking at me, thinking,
"Who am I?"
Never knew the sky was white till I took that flight,
Till I took that flight to him,
Tonight.
I was just a card, caught up in the stars,
Looking down to Mars.
You know, you know
He knows, he knows something
About me that I don't want him to know.
Could've sworn I had that man when he took my hand,
When he took my hand down near you.
You were looking at me, thinking,
"Who is she?"
Didn't even see the night till I said goodbye,
Till I said goodbye to him,
My husband left me last night,
Left me a poor and lonely wife,
I cook the meals and he got the life,
Now I'm just old for the rest of my time.
For he, Oh he, oh my
I speak because I can,
To anyone I trust enough to listen,
You speak because you can,
To anyone who'll hear what you say,
I swear it was not my choice,
I used to be so kind.
Never rode my bike down to the sea,
Never finished that letter I was writing,
Never got up and said anything,
Worthy, for he, for my.
Graceful sleeper,
You midnight dreamer,
I'm floored by your sound,
I'm floored by your sound.
I swear it was not my choice,
To reach out for someone wise,
I used to be so kind,
I used to be so kind.
In the breaking of the morning we'll be dancing on my soft lawn.
When you're shaking out the anger that stops you from taking my call.
When you're running up the highway,
Singing I'm the king, the king of you all.
When you look back to where it started,
I'll be there waving you on.
Never rode my bike down to the sea,
Never quite figured out what I believe,
Never got up and said anything,
There is a man that I know
Seventeen years he never spoke
Guess he had nothing to say
He opened his mouth on judgement day
I listened with all of my might
I was scared by the look in his eyes
Like he'd already lost the fight
And there was no hope ever in sight
No hope in the air
No hope in the water
Not even for me, your last serving daughter.
Why fear death, be scared of living
Oh hearts are small and ever thinning
There is no hope ever of winning
Why fear death, be scared of living
I have seen men provoked
And I have seen lives revoked
And I looked at my life and I choked
From there no more ever I spoke
I can't give up that quick
My life is a candle and a wick
You can put it out but you can't break it down
In the end we are waiting to be lit
There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly not me, your last serving daughter.
A friend is a friend forever,
And a good one will never leave, never.
But you've never been south and what rolls off your mouth
You will never understand the ever.
You speak minds handed down to you
By the lies handed down by your truth
And your angels that dance at your wail
Will mask your scrabbling youth
I forgave you your shortcomings
And ignored your childish behaviour
Laid a kiss on your head and before I left said
Stay away from fleeting favour
There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly not me, your last serving daughter.
Pick up your rope lord, sling it to me
If we are to battle I must not be weak.
And give us your strength world, and your food and your water
Oh I am your saviour, your last serving daughter.
There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly not me, your last serving daughter.
There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
You were so smart then,
in your jacket and coat.
My softest red scarf was warming your throat.
Winter was on us,
at the end my nose,
and I'll never love England more than when covered in snow.
But a friend of mine says it good to hear,
that you believe in love even if set in fear.
Well I'll hold you there brother and set you straight
I don't really believe true love is frail and willing to break.
I will come back here, bring me back when I'm old.
I want to lay here forever in the cold.
I might be cold but I'm just skin and bones,
and I'll never love England more than when covered in snow.
I wrote my name in your book,
only God knows why,
and I bet you that he cracked a smile.
And I'm clearing all the crap out of my room,
trying desperately to figure out what it is that makes me blue,
and I wrote in a big letter to you,
and it's 22 pages front and back but it's too good to be used.
And I tried to be a girl who likes to be used,
I'm too good for that, there's a mind under this hat.
And I called them all and told them I've got to move
And I'm out on my own,
It's too hard
I'm out on my own
It's too hard
Feel like running,
feel like running,
running off.
And we will keep you,
we will keep you little one,
safe from harm,
like an extra arm you are a part of us.
You were so smart then,
in your jacket and coat.
My softest red scarf was warming your throat.
Winter will leave us,
left the end of my nose.
He walked down a busy street
Staring solely at his feet
Clutching pictures of past lovers at his side
Stood at the table where she sat
And removed his hat
In respect of her presence
Presents her with the pictures and says
These are just ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
These are just ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
Opened up his little heart
Unlocked the lock that kept it dark
And read a written warning
Saying I?m still mourning
Over ghosts, over ghosts
Over ghosts, over ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
Lover, please do not fall to your knees it?s not
Like I believe in everlasting love
He went crazy at nineteen
Said he?d lost all his self esteem
And couldn?t understand why he was crying
Cry, crying, crying
He would stare at empty chairs
Think of the ghosts that once sat there
The ghosts who broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts that broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts that broke my heart before I met you
Lover, please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love
He says I?m so lost, not at all well
Do as though there is nothing left to be
Well, it turned out I?d been following him
And he?d been following me
Do as though after it was over
We were just two lovers crying
On each other's shoulders
And I said, lover please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love
Lover, please do not fall to your knees
He used to be a singer in a rock and roll band
He would write the songs and I'd tremble at his hand
But oh, la, la, he lost poetic ethic
And his songs were pathetic, he's a failure now
And he used to be the life and soul of everyone around
You'd never catch him looking up and never see him down
But oh, la la, he couldn't raise a smile
No, not for a while and he's a failure now
Don't cry, child, you've got so much more to live for
Don't cry, child, you've got something I would die for
And if it comes to the rain, just be glad you'll smile again
'Cause so many don't and so many go unnamed
People push right past me shouting their exclaims
A preacher pushes me aside and asked to wash my sins
I said no, la, la, if he made me in his image
Then he?s a failure too
And I used to need a couple o? people keep my head down
Now I need a whole lot more to keep me on the ground
But oh, la, la, I gave up something and I gave it up for nothing
And I am a failure now
Don?t cry, child, you've got so much more to live for
Don?t cry, child, you've got something I would die for
And if it comes to the rain, just be glad you'll smile again
I choose to stay far away
from the ones that think
money is money to share.
Don't ask me why
and I'll tell you no lies.
Sonny don't come here no more.
He don't drink from this well;
oh he's done with the world,
and done with a girl,
and I don't ask him why,
and he tells me no lies.
Those of us who are lost in woe,
I know how you feel.
I know it's not right but it's real.
But it's real.
I don't ask for love
and I don't beg for money.
I'm just asking for grace and forgiveness now honey.
Don't ask me why
and I'll tell you no lies.
Been looking for answers
in unsavoury places;
on the highest of mountains,
and on the lowest of bases.
And I still don't know why,
I still don't know why.
Those of us who are lost and low,
we know how you feel.
We know it's not right but it's real.
But it's real.
I took the wind from a sea.
I took the blood from an arrow.
I took the wisdom of spring,
and I was thrown and blown and tossed and turned
until time found its hand and called it an end.
Me and time we go way back when
I was a child and I always knew why.
I knew my name, I knew my road,
and I stayed away from heavy loads.
And still I'm low, oh Lord am I low.
Those of us who are lost and low,
we know how you feel.
We know it's not right but it's real.
That I might be a part of this,
Ripple on water from a lonesome drip,
A fallen tree that witnessed me,
Him alone, him and me.
And that life itself could not aspire,
To have someone be so admired,
I threw creation to my kin,
With a silence broken by a whispered wind.
All of this can be broken,
All of this can be broken,
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.
Root to root and tip to tip,
I look at him my country drip,
Leathered up by all his fears,
But someone brought you close to tears.
Many trains and many miles,
Brought you to me on this sunny isle
And what of which you wish to speak,
Have you come here to rescue me?
All of this can be broken,
All of this can be broken,
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.
But the love of your life lives, but lies no more
Than where she lay your f lowers grows,
The arms that fed and the babes that wed,
The backs that bled keeping her in tow,
But I am your keeper,
And I hold your face away from light,
I am yours 'till they come,
I am yours 'till they come.
Eye to eye, nose to nose,
Ripping off each others clothes in a most peculiar way.
Eye to eye, nose to nose,
You're holding bits of styrofoam
With your face painted on to your friends,
You listen to them whine and moan
About everything you can't understand.
Can I just say I don't fear the light,
But darkness descends once more into my life.
And suddenly we're all alone in silence,
So I take a step away.
I look up to the falling snow
As it makes its home upon my face.
Well I wouldn't want to ruin something I couldn't save,
The gap will keep us safe,
The gap will keep us safe.
Step away, get me when I'm down.
And suddenly I'm five years old
And I'm just so cold I want to cry.
I haul up on my gentlemen,
Who have always been there in hard times.
They're just not like that man of mine,
Who visit me from time to time.
My love, I treasure you.
I hear that summer's coming back
So I stretch out my back and travel a long,
The winter though it darkens me
It is pure and clean and all I want.
I'll apologize to the ones I love,
For leaving them when the sun comes up.
Too bright for me, darkness descends.
Oh well I'm not well again,
And once more darkness it descends.
The ground is falling under me,
And I can't find the means to leave.
Convinced that I am going mad,
Oh I bury my head into his hands
So sure that I'm loosing faith,
Oh I clear a space in his fathers land.
You deal with God far too young,
Look down on the body that you have grown
Four mountains stand around you, they're not your own
And light squares and bodies are all you see
Since you broke down, since I broke down
Since we broke down
Oh, I jumped into your grave and died
And on my word you'll give up your whole life for me
And you'll be reborn, bigger and stronger unless I lie
Cross your fingers, hold your toes
We're all going to die when the building blows
Cross your fingers, hold your toes
We're all going to die when the building blows
And the house that you were born in
Is crumbling at the corner
Sagging skin and feet of crows, feet of crows
Oh, I'll jump into your grave and die
And on my word you'll give up your whole life for me
And you'll be reborn, bigger and stronger unless I lie
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Well I, own this field,
And I, wrote this sky,
And I, have no reason to reason with you.
I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd
understand that I'd never let it go.
I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd
understand that the world does what it does.
And you never did learn to let the little things go,
And you never did learn to let me be,
And you never did learn to let little people grow,
And you never did learn how to see.
But I'd whisper that I love this night now and for forever,
To your soul as it floats out the window,
To the world that you turned your back on,
To the world that never really let you be.
And I am Laura now and Laura still,
And you did always say that I would suffer,
Did always say that people get their pay.
You did always say that I was going places,
And that you wouldn't have it any other way.
But I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, wouldn't let me.
But I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, I needed.
And I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, wouldn't let me
And I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, I needed.
He could fall and she can weep
But as holy are my feet and hard with mention
That dear they may not speak
We feel tight when there is tension
And our eyes can make us weak
And his heart was full of fire at the man he had become
And his soul seldom higher with the falsities of fun
Could embrace sweet desires and moments as they passed
But he feared it ever more, when he saw it didn't last
We walk up Holland Avenue
And watch the rich as they consume
Their product made our hearts exhume an emptiness unrivalled by
A hunger that I could control, he'd pray up to his God
That he might save their soul
The grey in this city is too much to bare
The grey in this city is too much to bare
And I believe we are meant to be seen and not to be understood
And I want to be held by those arms
I want to be held by those arms
You'll work your thumbs they are sore
And you'll work my heart till it's raw
And you'll call and you'll call but you'll never be told
And I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall
We are basic lives
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