• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Bats - Tourniquet
• Bats - Will Haven
• Bats - Bronx
• Bats - The Bronx
• Bats - Scary Bitches
• The Old Ones - Bats
• Single File - Bats
• Simpletons - Bats
• North By North - Bats
• Mir - Bats
• Horizon - Bats
• Flowers & Trees - Bats
• Dancing As The Boat Goes Down - Bats
• Pre War Blues - Bats
• Western Isles - Bats
• Up To The Sky - Bats
• Things - Bats
• The Rays - Bats
• Bats - Paul Dempsey
• Bats - Joy Formidable

You think they'll hit you but they won't
You think they nest in your hair but they don't
You think that feathers is what they got
You think they are a bird, but they are not
The old adage Blind as a bat
The truth is they can see, but not as good as you and me
I used to think that God was always serious
And I could walk the fence, I must have been delirious
I wonder if he laughs
I guess that I'm just curious
The God Jehovah us not feathers, wood, or stone
The Word became flesh and ascended to the throne
He walked the Earth like you and me
And dwelling in our hearts is where we wants to be

Ducking through the wave
he's closing his eyes
cleansing his brain of a sensory
holding all his breath
collecting his thoughts
to focus on a goal
i'm under and going down
Fooled by the foam
setting himself free
but the saltwater chokes
robbing him of his feed
he's growling numb to this
or is this bliss
can he be blind to
whats he hiding from
his brain can't remember
that memories never fade
question never answered
what was the purpose
or his self inflicting pain

She liked my drugs, I liked her hair
She's like a God 'cuz she don't care
She had to watch her little brother die
What a great disguise, skies are falling
So, you paint your picture, well you can paint one thousand
Because it makes no difference vicariously we crave disease
I don't love you, you wish I did, skies are falling
So, you paint your pictures, well you can paint a thousand
Because it makes no difference, an overdose bleeding our your nose
My heart is lost, baptized in my hate bats
The way you make me chase belief you scream poem into my ear
So, insincere cut off my ears, skies are falling
So, you paint your pictures, you can paint one thousand

She liked my drugs i liked her hair she's like a god cuz she don't care she had to watch her little brother die what a great disguise skies are falling so you paint your picture well you can paint one thousand because it makes no difference vicariously we crave disease i don't love you you wish i did skies are falling so you paint your pictures well you can paint a thousand because it makes no difference an overdose bleeding our your nose my heaart is lost baptized in my hate bats! the way you make me chase belief you scream poem into my ear so insincere cut off my ears skies are falling so you paint your pictures you can paint one thousand it makes no difference

I met this bloke who looked like a ghost
I’ve soon find out that he was not
He was a genuine count from Transylvania
He said: “Marry me. That’s where I’ll take you
To a ruined castle on the top of a cliff
Where the air’s so cold it will freeze your tits”
And there he taught me how to fly
Two lovers together in the purple sky
And we had bats for dinner and bats for tea
Bats for him and bats for me
A big fat rat for Sunday roast
For breakfast we had bats on toast
And when the cooking became a chaw
We just chopped them up and eat them raw
Or opened the window facing south
And let them fly straight in our mouths
Bats for dinner, bats for tea
Bats for dinner, bats for tea
Bats for dinner, bats for tea
Bats for tea
Neighbours didn’t like us much
They seemed to bear some sort of a grudge
Attacked the castle with flaming torches,
Burned the stables and stole the Porshes
Then our local vicar, a miserable tart,
Stabbed a wooden stake through my boyfriend’s heart
I escaped, but I’m alone again
In a one-room flat in Sydenham
And there’s no bats for dinner, no bats for tea,
No bats from the graves or the belfry
It’s peas and cabbage or Sunday roast
And if I’m lucky – beans on toast
And when the cooking becomes a chaw
I’ll just chop them up and eat them raw
And think of how things used to be
When there was just my count and me
There’s no fairy-tale castles in the sky,
But the room’s so cold it would make you cry
And still sometimes at night I fly
Over London’s dark grey sky
And think of him in another world
And hope he’s waiting for his girl
And there united we will be
Together forever for eternity
And there’ll be bats for dinner and bats for tea
Bats for him and bats for me
A big fat rat for Sunday roast
For breakfast we’ll have bats on toast
And when the cooking becomes a chaw
We’ll just chop them up and eat them raw
Or open the window facing south
And let them fly straight in our mouths
Bats for dinner, bats for tea
Bats for dinner, bats for tea
Bats for dinner, bats for tea

So we went down later that night,
over the hill so far away
Down in the dark hallows we found,
some of our friends stumbling around.
Bringing back the old ones who are waiting
You try to hide the truth from us,
we know you do, you lie to us
You tell us lies all the time you know,
oh oh bringing back the old ones
Oh oh bringing back them all.
Take us away over the hill.
We will be back later than noon
You try to hide the truth from us,
we know you do, you lie to us
You tell us lies all the time you know,
oh oh bringing back the old ones

walkin' down walkin' past all the houses
lookin' up and seein' the faces
putting one foot in front of the other
as I make my way to the city
As I float along I seem to be feeling
I could never be part of this city
gazing into the eyes of the locals
then I drift off into a daydream
Funny how all of our lives are entwined now
I know you and you know me now
we play along with the pretension
we don't wanna cause any apprehension
I can't make myself understand now
I could be in another country
I can't clear my head to think now
I must be in another country....
And I don't know this song I can't remember
but I know I sang it to you in September
and I'm sure I must have been somewhere else
and I know I spent some time over there
And I don't know this song I can't remember

Simpletons cross my path, I don't know this anymore
Looking after me, I don't hear them anymore
The writer send the words, I don't read them anymore
I will wait for you, until the day
Yes I will wait for you, if I may
The day's a longer time for you
And it will all be fine for you
Giants and dragons fight, I don't feel them anymore
Apples and oranges, I can't taste them like before
The simple things again, I don't feel them anymore
I will wait for you, until the day
Yes I will wait for you, if I may
The day's a longer time for you

Some people are happy most of the time
But they don't know they're in line
I don't know what to do with you
I don't know how to deal with you
North by north
I'm still following home
North by north
I know your name
North by north
I'm still wondering why
I find out what you're meaning now
Your term is darkness anyhow
I can't find out what it is with you
If there is one thing I can't get through
North by north
I'm still following home
North by north
I know your name
North by north
I'm still wondering why
Absolve the waiting that you've done
Take away those moments of fun
There won't be much left there for you
I'm taught we've a choice in what we do
North by north
I'm still following home
North by north
I know your name
North by north

There were words on the wall but you had to be tall
So you lifted me high and I opened my eyes
Then the words disappeared and I couldn't quite hear
through the crowd in the square
what you wanted to share
But I wouldn't want to see your face round here
And I wouldn't want to see the beast you fear
Oh but I didn't like it when you cried
No I didn't like it when you cried
So we moved to the back
cos we'd finished with that
And I looked at the scene
and I knew what you mean
But I wouldn't want to see your face round here
And I wouldn't want to see the beast you fear
Oh but I didn't like it when you cried

I see something in the distance
where the sky meets the land
it might just be a shadow
it could be a bird
I know if I go over
It won't be the same
across the burning distance
across the burning plains
I'd love to make it over
where the sky meets the land
I'm aware of the distance
I'm aware of the time.
They say it's all about the journey
not your destination
I don't know how I'll get there
I'll have to use my imagination.
But still we go on searching
for something we can't see
but still we go lookin'
for something we'll never be.
Now the sky is growing darker
the time ain't on our side
soon we'll hear the creatures of the night
then it will be time to hide.
The Bells are Ringing.
We try for the summit
and hope for care again
hear me when I say it
and hope for treasure there.
Hey Now, Aah believe me when I say
aah you're in for higher praise.
We cry for the people
that have gone before
we could learn so much
if we only stopped to think
Ah believe me when I say
ah you're in for higher praise.
We think we know it all
but we don't even know ourselves
it's time to ask those questions
and seek the knowledge out
Ah believe me when I say
ah we're in for higher praise.

I'm learnin' a lot, I'm learnin' a lot tonight
'bout the birds and the bees the flowers and the trees tonight
I'm learnin' a lot, I'm learnin' a lot tonight. (x2)
We walk o'er the hill, we walk o'er the dale tonight,
we're searching for that special place tonight
and I know we will, I know we will tonight
we'll find that special place tonight I know.
We're learnin' a lot, we're learnin' a lot tonight

At first we knew the sight
brimming with gleaming golden light
As soon as we got there
I knew it would end in a great big fight
There was dancing and singing, crying and ringing
Dancing as the boat goes down
dancing as the boat goes down
By now they were lost for words,
they were following us in great big herds
As soon as we made the bay
swimming away from the circling birds
There was dancing and singing, crying and ringing Dancing as the boat goes down
dancing as the boat goes down
It was never said what they really did
But we all knew when they ran and hid
There was dancing and singing
Crying and ringing, dancing as the boat goes down dancing as the boat goes down
Dancing and singing, crying and ringing,
They were moving below the waves

I got the pre-war blues
I just wanna see the world through different eyes
I got the pre-war blues
I just wanna see the world through different eyes
I got the pre-war blues
here's to those who wait and want it all
here's to those who fake and steal it all

Live in Western isles
learn to love the wind
as it forces you to bend
love those western smiles
and the time is gotta run
when you feel your day is done
cultivate those hours
the spray gets in your hair
love that bracing air
as the cloud above you towers
and the time is gotta run
when you feel your day is done
Hide those spies away
they're talking too
the other side today
they're comin' thru.
Dancin' on the shore
runnin' thru the stones
love these island homes
and the warmth behind the door
and the time is gotta run

Why the long face love
where is that pick me up
I know I haven't tried
but I will - this time
and I still trust in you.
And is there hope in your heart
well I'm sure there was at the start
and see the shadows flickerin' by
and as you find it you hide it
as it warms you you fall into.
I turn to listen now
to what you have to say
Rome wasn't built this way
but I will listen now
and it's you who showed me how.
And is there hope in your heart
well I'm sure there was at the start
and see the shadows flickerin' by
well now they're nearly up to the sky
and as you find it you hide it

You say
this time we have it love
we have it all now
we found the answer love...
All my time and effort to
find the answers just for you
The thoughts I have in my mind
The things I can't leave behind
Now the sun is hanging low in the sky
It's shining red love,
it's time to call it a day
we are forced to face our demons
and I've been meaning

You're poked you're lost you're tired again
it's the cold it’s the frost
I'm lying my friend
Actually I'm warm lyin in my bed
in the best of form just restin' my head
The rays now will fall - onto us all
these forms of life that surround us now
the sweetness the strife the short and the tall
the bitter and the sweet the stuff that makes us tick..

Come rebuild your memory with a small mountain of burning leaves
And a swinging wire door that slams shut like a guillotine
Strum a note up in the wires
To send bats down the river, seagulls around spires
And shred all the twilight, scatter it city-wide
Those average angels
The drunken saints with heavy heads
They can keep dreaming,
Dreaming of sleep down the end of the bed
But nobody's ever gonna break your heart again...
And the high-pitched, crooked thoughts
That ricocheted off the walls
She just set them down quiet, safe in her dresser drawer
She laid me out on the laundromat floor
And said you'll be not nearly who you were anymore

The idea is the fuel for a spirited life
An idea, just a thought if its wrong or right
Pull us in, pull us close and the pull ahead
Don't be told, don't let it go, don't say its something he said
We'll simmer down like grey coals on a dying pit
I'll look at you and we'll roll our eyes, expected
Torrential waves bringing wishy washy in their boats,
Here they come, you let them in, now enjoy the flood
It's not me.
It's them.
The hunger rays have turned to a different mark
The devils thrill, make me full with a beautiful wife
I want to be just like her when I die
I want to be, I want to be but i don't want to trie
It's me
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on, oh
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on, oh
I've got a voice but the question keeps holding be back
I've got a voice but the mess is drowning us out
I've got a choice but the choices are getting weaker
I had a reason but the reason went away
I had a reason but the reason went away
I had a reason but the reason went away
I had a reason but the reason went away
I had a reason but the reason went away
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on, oh
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on, oh
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on
We keep hanging on