Tryin' to capture the magic.
Are we moving too fast?
I think I'm seeing angels
In my photographs
But what does that mean?
In a world that cannot see beyond the tabloid fodder, cannon fodder. Is that all I am to You?
Scratch below the surface
And find another world.
In trying to be more human
My deeper hopes unfurled
But what does that mean?
Can reality be seen?
He moves to re-enchant us? Investigate us.
Fantastic news my friends
I've got a free gift for you all
But first take a moment
To listen. This isn't a free for all.
I'll tell you tall stories
There's giants and there's towers
But don't fall asleep at the back
This is my new story
This is my new song
Of love and thankyous piled high
Of short term memory loss.
It's brilliant stuff I know
I guess you want me now to show
What's underneath that sheet
Come now, my friends, slow down
In good time I'll say but now
There's more wonders to uncover
In this wilderness of splendour
Brightest diamonds in the rough
Stop looking at me
I'm just loading rocks into my pack
And the jokes getting old.
And it's still breaking my back
But that's what I like to do when
I don't know what else to do
I don't wanna hold things back
I know what's going on in me
I don't wanna hold things back now please
Should I shut me away?
Or shout convictions from the highest hill
Cos you should have known
I can never stand still
We're finding out we're not so sure, we
Sitting here
Wasting my time for you
And I'm not too crazy
About the idea
Having nothing to do
I'm tired of playing around
A girl in every town, oh
I wanna settle down
And stop fooling around
(Let's get married)
I've got to stop fooling around
(Let's get married)
Stop fooling around
(Let's get married)
You don't believe me
(Let's get married)
Let me say
I didn't mean to say
All the things I said
Oh, Lord
The way I felt in my heart
It came out that way
Let me tell you one thing
Don't wanna say anything
To drive you away
Let's get married today
(Let's get married)
Hey, hey, hey
(Let's get married)
(Let's get married)
All right
(Let's get married)
Let's get married today
Might as well
Might as well
Gonna take you
In my arms and hold you
Take you in my arms
And squeeze you
And take you in my arms
And love you every night
Just make everything
All right, all right
I wanna soothe you, baby
Let me soothe you, baby
I can soothe you, baby
I can wipe all your tears away
Uh huh, wipe all your tears away
Wipe all your tears away
Wipe all your tears away
Hey, hey, hey
You don't believe me
Where in the world did you go?
Without a clue, without a word
What on earth did I do wrong?
You won't believe how much I hurt
I can't believe the mess we're in
My sense of humour wearing thin
Gets away with murder every day
Can't you hear me?
Won't you make it go away?
An aftertaste of bitterness
Hits me in the face, someone else's lips
Here I lie awake, alone
Just wishing you'd come home
You leave me desolate and sore
Go and fight in someone else's war
And so you put us both to shame
Don't come near me
Won't you make it go away?
I can't believe the mess we're in
My sense of humour wearing thin
No-one's getting younger anyway
Can't you hear me?
Won't you make it go away?
I can't believe the mess that we're in
My sense of humour wearing thin
Gets away with murder every other day
Can't you hear me?
Won't you make it go away?
Won't you make it go away?
Ever since it started getting warm round here
Things have changed round here
That was the longest winter I have ever known
But things have changed round here
My bed is crawling with spiders and flies, spiders and flies
My bed is crawling with spiders and flies, spiders and flies
Waiting for my weakness to expose itself
Silent in the dark
Hatching plans, they spin out lies and left alone
Again I miss the mark
My bed is crawling with spiders and flies...
Catch me out and smother me 'til I'm bound
Hanging in the loft
Is freedom what I need?
Locked in captivity.
I'm tired of being trapped, I'm tired of being alone.
My home is calling me, yeah.
But I won't, I won't go, till everybody knows
That I won't, I won't go, I won't go...
Is freedom what I need?
I'm voiceless in my plea.
You don't even speak my language, I'm deaf to your words.
So will you stand for me? Yeah!
But I won't, I won't go, till everybody knows
That I won't, I won't go, till everybody knows
I wo-o-on't, I won't go, till everybody knows
That I won't, I won't go, I won't go-o!
But I won't, I won't go, till everybody knows
That I won't, I won't go, I won't go... Ha!
Yeah... yeah!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!
Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go!
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
Well, you can knock me down,
Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
Look look look look look look
Look into my eyes
My my my my my my goodness how do you do
I I I I I I think I recognise you
I think I'd to know you
How how how how how
How likely is that to be
See see see see see see
I'm not so sure we've got much
Much much much much
More to offer you here
So please take your time while you browse
Is there anything you like?
Does it fit? Count you in?
Does it feel right inside?
Should we put out the flags?
Or should we sing that funeral song?
I am struggling to find a reason to stay
Like this I wih I ready right now
Now now now we'd be living again, living again
All these dis-trac-tions - like a building collapsing
Round my ears, hear the voices again, again again
Can we pay back our dues? So overdue
Again, again, we go around and again
It's not to late but we get delayed every day
Again, again, we go around and again
Hey you, I'm speaking to you
In your crisp white suit.
Are you really what you say you are?
Hey you, it seems to appear
That you're so in control
When I'm changing my mind hour by hour.
While I'm down here you're up there
And we're juxtaposed;
We're making sense of our lives, I suppose.
But I'm watching to see, I'm eager to ask
Spotting sponsorship deals as the credits fly past.
Hey you, are you the ones who run the show
Or am I a prize fool? Am I a prize fool!
Hy you, I know what you think you're doing
But I only believe in one God and he's not you.
While I'm down here you're up there
And we're juxtaposed;
We're making sense of our lives, I suppose.
But I'm watching to see, I'm eager to ask
Spotting sponsorship deals as the credits fly past.
(Knock 'em down pick 'em up) Oah-oah woah.
Knock 'em back down pick 'em back up.
Hey you, I'm speaking to you
In your crisp white suit.
Are you really what you say you are?
Hey you, it seems to appear
That you're so in control
When I'm changing my mind hour by hour.
While I'm down here you're up there
And we're juxtaposed;
We're making sense of our lives, I suppose.
But I'm watching to see, I'm eager to ask
Spotting sponsorship deals as the credits fly past.
Hey you x4 or 5
You're the shining light it needs
Stick around and now complete
And the praises that they'll heap upon your shoulders
Heap upon your shoulders
With possession in your spine
To the left but inner pride
It's gonna be all right each and only
Each and only
Sam go long, na na na, na na, na na na na x2
So we all go round together
So entirely of our friends
And got the 5+5 is 10
And the aisle goes round in the gears are progress
Gears are progress
To the hours will go along
And compromise with everyone
Until the 51% shareholder hostile takeover
Sam go long, na na na, na na, na na na na x2
Sam go long x2 (na na na, na na, na na na na)
Sam go long, na na na, na na, na na na na
To the hours will go along
Compromise with everyone
Until the 51% shareholder hostile takeover
Sam go long, na na na, na na, na na na na x2
I wanna drive at high speeds
I wanna push the boundaries
Of my existance here, of my existence here.
Don't wanna hear enough is enough
I'm desperate for that crazy rush
When I break out of here, when I break out of here.
And even though it's all been tried before
Isn't there a chance that we can make it more
Than it has ever been before, than it has ever been before?
Just hold tight to the truth
It's making old things new
We'll stand on giants renewed
Till we reach the top
It's my ancient-future faith
It's being honest with today
Cause me on to break new ground and win the race.
Ho yeah! Ho yeah!
Can't believe I'm just a Duracell
I'm no disciple of a Hollywood hell
We've got to keep it real, we've got to keep it real.
The opportunity is there every day
Lend a hand, don't get in the way
Diggin' deep and holding on, diggin' deep and holding on.
And even though it's all been tried before
Isn't there a chance that we can make it more
Than it has ever been before, than it has ever been before?
Just hold tight to the truth
It's making old things new
We'll stand on giants renewed
Till we reach the top
It's my ancient-future faith
It's being honest with today
Cause me on to break new ground and win the race.
Ho yeah! Ho yeah!
I break out of here x8
Just hold tight to the truth
It's making old things new
We'll stand on giants renewed
Till we reach the top
It's my ancient-future faith
It's being honest with today
Cause me on to break new ground and win the race.
Darling settle down. It won't take long,
We're only ever seeing where we came from.
Drifting through space but you know it will be ok
We've spent the long weekend piecing together.
We're tired and we're happy. It's all feeling better.
It's magic out there, you know, it's magic out there.
Now we travel this tunnel with photo and money
Only ever seeing where we've come from
Give me a moment, a true thought for to-day.
Magic is making me dream all the same
This morning was just echoing stardust.
Just dreams and magic and stardust and stories.
Just dreams and magic and stardust and stories.
There must be more than this? Than this...
Het you're persistent
I'll lock my cage.
What's that? You love me?
Tell me again. Ah.
Come reside in my nest
You're in need of a rest.
I will sing you to sleep
With tales of what could have been
Just a trick of the light
And a soft bag of dice
Gets them every time
You can nip, I am high.
Come reside in my nest
You're in need of a rest.
I will sing you to sleep
With tales of what could have been
Just a trick of the light
And a soft bag of dice
Gets them every time
You can nip
I am Jealousy (ooh ooh ooh)
You and me (ooh ooh ooh)
You'll retain me on.
Het you're persistent
I'll lock my cage.
What's that? You need me?
Tell me again. Ah.
Drinkin' all on your own
With a brick of a phone
Looking back at your life
And the lack of a wife.
Sixty-six never came
It's the bitter spell
But for years it's the same
Wish you came from Brazil.
You're a slob of a man
Not a-cheating in life.
Look at Dr Peacock
And his excellent wife.
You're a jack of all praise
You're a master of none
You're a joke, you're a slave, you're my son.
I am Jealousy (ooh ooh ooh)
You and me (ooh ooh ooh)
You'll retain me on.
Come to work with Daddy! x13
Jealousy (ooh ooh ooh)
You and me (ooh ooh ooh)
You'll retain me on.
Jealousy (ooh ooh ooh)
You and me (ooh ooh ooh)
You'll retain me on.
Paperweights and paper darts are shooting things down again
I'll smash the glass and bury the remnants underground
Best to see what can be done, and what still must happen too
Until these paper darts stop flying I'm overdue, overdue.
Still I crumble under the weight of me
My pulp slingshot doing damage again
Still firing, paperdarts cluster bombs
It's another aftermath
It's another fake blood bath
Can these paperdarts ever be stopped?
Ammunition getting stuck, stuck in my throat again
Patience is sweet and kindness sweeter still
Life improves, trusting we move on. Making things better now
Take my hand, I don't know the way,
Nor the way back.
I need a guide who knows, who's seen the edge of the world
And lived to tell the tale.
Once in a while
It's time to let go again
Everythings going to change
Life on Mars, as we've known it.
Yesterday and today, and forever is changed by Your love
Theories gone haywire, assumptions dismatled
As history unwinds and our future is changed, and our future is changed
"There's 8 colours in the rainbow, the moon's just a story,
Evolution got beaten by natural selection"
Now tell me the truth,
Now tell me the truth
Lazy days and motorways
Have left me reeling low.
So we say hooray for every day
Our feet can touch the ground with you-ou.
I catch a glimpse of Heaven
Another city flashes by.
The same eternal questions echo round my mind.
And in the quiet moments when I'm taking some time
Studying the street maps and I'm reading signs
My reflection is clear, my mind's made up
It's right and it's true.
All I want is to sing with you x2 to 4
I hold on to this wheel
Joining in to every song.
But just like bad sopranos
I can't hold the high notes long.
And in the quiet moments when I'm taking some time
Studying the street maps and I'm reading signs
My reflection is clear, my mind's made up
It's right and it's true.
All I want is to sing with you x2 to 4
All I want is to sing with you;
All this for you
Everything that you have given me returned
All this for you
I read you cover to cover
I read you back to front.
I read you chapter after chapter
And now I'm coming back for more-ore-ore-ore.
I want yopu to join my book club
Give you a library card.
You're like a Stephen King novel
Everything obviously black.
I read the ending before I read the introduction
But I'm still coming back now for more-ore-ore-ore.
I want you to join my book club
Give you a library card.
I'd love you to join my book club
It couldn't do any harm.
Yeah-eah!
I'm coming back now for more x6
I'm coming - yeah-eah!
Love you to join my book club
It couldn't do any harm.
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round
She told me her name was billie jean, as she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do cause the lie becomes the truth
Billie jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
For forty days and forty nights
The law was on her side
But who can stand when she's in demand
Her schemes and plans
Cause we danced on the floor in the round
So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice
(Do think twice)
She told my baby, we where dancing still 3:00
Then she looked at me, she show me a photo
My baby cried, cause his eyes were like mine
People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls hearts
She came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room
Billie jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
Billie jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
Billie jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, she says he is my son
She says I am the one
Billie jean is not my lover
Billie jean is not my lover
Billie jean is not my lover
Billie jean is not my lover
Billie jean is not my lover
[Verse 1: Twista]
I wish the way I was livin' could stop
Servin' rocks, knowin' the cops is hot when I'm on the block
And I - wish my brother would've made bail
So I won't have to travel six hours to see him in jail
And I - wish that my grandmother wasn't sick
Or that we would just come up on some stacks and hit a lick (I wish)
And I - wish my homies wouldn't have to suffer
When the streets get the upper hand understand we lose a brother
And I - wish I could go deep in the zone
And lift the spirits of the world with words within this song (I wish)
And I - wish I could teach us all to fly
Take away the pain out your hands and help you hold 'em high
And I - wish God had never gave the men power
To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers (I wish)
And I - wish God would've turned they hearts righteous
When they started to take innocent lives and become snipers
But uh - we will never break though they devastate
We shall motivate, and we gotta pray, all we got is faith
Instead of thinkin' about who gon' die today
The Lord is gon' help you feel better so you ain't gotta cry today
Sit at the light so long
And then we gotta move straight forward cause we bite so strong
So when right go wrong
Just say a lil' prayer, get your money man, life goes on... (Let's go)
[Chorus: Faith Evans]
Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
Take this music and use it, let it take you away
And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way
I know it ain't easy but - that's okay
Just be hopeful
[Verse 2: Twista]
I wish that you would show some love
Instead of hatin' so much when you see some other people comin' up (I wish)
I wish I could teach the world to sing
Write some music and have them trippin' off the joy I bring
Shit - I wish that we can hold hands
Listenin' instead of dissin', lessons from a grown man (I wish)
And I - wish the families that lack but got love
Get some stacks, brand new shack, and a 'Llac that's on dubs
And I - wish we could keep achieving wonders
See the vision of the world through the eyes of Stevie Wonder (I wish)
You feel me - and I hope all the kids eat
And don't nobody in my family see six feet - ya dig?
I hope the mothers stand strong
You can make it whether you with him or your man's gone (I wish)
And I - wish I could give every celly some commissary
And no popo bring the heat on our peace like they did R. Kelly
And I - wish that D.O.C. could scream again
And bullets could reverse and Pac and Biggie breathe again
Shit - and one day they can speak again
I wish that we only saw good news every time we look at CNN
I wish that enemies could talk
And that Super-homie Christopher Reeve could still walk (I wish)
I wish that we could walk the path stay doin' the right thing
Hustle hard so them kids maintain up in the game (Let's go)
[Chorus: Faith Evans]
Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
Take this music and use it, let it take you away
And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way
I know it ain't easy but - that's okay
Just be hopeful
[Verse 3: Twista]
Wish the earth wasn't so apocaliptic
I try to spread my message to the world the best way that I can give it
We can make it, always so optimistic
If you don't listen, gotta live my life the best way that I can live it
I pray for justice when we go to court
Wish it was all good so the country wouldn't have to go to war
Why can't we kick it and just 'em on
And in the famous words of Mister King, 'why can't we all just get along?'
Hope we can find a better way to shop in peace
And I - hope we find a better way to cop for keys
And I - wish everybody would just stop and freeze
And ask - why are fulfilling these downfalls and these prophecies
You can be wrong if it's you doubtin'
With the faith of a mustard seed, you can move mountains
And only the heavenly father can ease the hurt
Just let it go and keep prayin' on your knees in church (Let's go)
[Chorus: Faith Evans]
Cause I'm hopeful, yes I am, hopeful for today
Take this music and use it, let it take you away
And be hopeful, hopeful, and He'll make a way
I know it ain't easy but - that's okay
Just be hopeful
(Repeat)
Na na na na na na na na na
Just be hopeful
(Repeat)
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
He's walking home all alone
It's the second time this week
And it's been getting him down
Turns on the TV to BBC3
Maybe Newsround will drown out the sound
Of taunting kids at school.
They see him, they don't like him
Ted Talmeer he's coming home
Ted Talmeer he's all alone
Heading on down to Stanley Road,
Walking down the Sunnyside,
But wherever he goes, everybody knows
He's a kid who's made up his mind
Feeling he's failed. Leaving the rails.
Finish off that can of coke and see the fountain spray drift
'Someone rescue me! I've just turned fifteen
But it feels like all the weight of this world pressing down on me'
They watch him, no-one helps him
Ted Talmeer is coming home
Ted Talmeer is all alone
Heading on down to Stanley Road,
Walking down the Sunnyside,
But wherever he goes, everybody knows
He's a kid who's made up his mind
The only way to make the pain go away
(Maybe now... listen now... someone please... hear me)
You gotta know it's not a cry in the dark.
(Maybe now... listen now... someone please...)
Take my life and let it be
So unsure; my lethargy
Kicks in again at the eleventh hour
I'm back to square one again.
Half the time I'm lost at sea
The other half I'm Steve McQueen.
I'm trailblazing but currently
I am stuck on barbed wire.
If I'm going to grow in
I must throw in everything.
Take broken me, can't believe that
You would use me.
Take broken me, can't believe that
You would use me.
I'm broken down and I need repair
But I'm freewheeling, it feels like I'm almost there.
These are the strangest days we've ever lived
And the best is yet to come.
How do I know? The Bible tells me so
I'm scared, I'll trust, I'll fail but I must
If I'm going to grow into you.
Take broken me, can't believe that
You would use me.
Take broken me, can't believe that
You would use me.
How do I know? The Bible tells me so
I'm scared, I'll trust, I'll fail but I must
Find me a place to live in Athens,
Some place that's not too big for two, that's all.
It's peace and love, it's love not war, now live it out
Love and me and her are meant for each other, that's all.
Sweep me away
Into Your love
Hawk, these old English shores, we've landed,
Home again, at least for now. Renewed... that's all.
It's life or death, we've chosen life, now live it out
Find-ing love again, it's all just making sense... that's all.
Speak to me through the watches of the night
Let me hear your voice
