[Intro:]
Black Street Music
Leviticus 20 Verse 13
Say any man weh lydung wid a next man
Hold on now
Dem a get too bright
Suh mi bun battyman and sodomite
A coulda Selassie-I
A coulda Christ
Me haffi swear pan mi bloodclaat life
Jamaica
[Chorus:]
Jamaica mi nah go fuck no man (Jah know)
Dem thing deh wrong
Cause if a man go lay dung wid anotha man
How di fuck di baby born
Send me every kind a gyyaaaal
Mi love dem all
Cause if a gyal go lay dung wid anotha gyal
How di fuck di baby born
[Verse 1:]
Hold on now
Dem a get too bright
How two man fi a play sword fight
None a dem cya walk inna Portmore
And dem run like dog if dem go a Standpipe
Sodomite gyal mi nuh like unu style
Do you ever think bout stiff cocky more while
Spaldin people bun out pedophile
How big rass man fi a fuck a little child
[Chorus:]
Jamaica mi nah go fuck no man (Jah know)
Dem thing deh wrong
Cah when a man go lay dung wid anotha man
How di fuck di baby born
Send me every kind a gyyaaaal
Fi love dem all
Cause if a gyal go lay dung wid anotha gyal
How di fuck di baby born
[Verse 2:]
Vannesa Bling seh
Batty business fi cease
Said it inna di west and it red inna di east
If a nuh gyal lay dung inna yuh bed
When time unu dead yuh cya rest in peace
And a buy dildo a buy batty grease
My son cya tun inna nuh catholic priest
Badmind a di wickedest sickness
But batty business a diwusses disease
Jamaica
[Chorus:]
Jamaica mi nah go fuck no man (Jah know)
Dem thing deh wrong
Cause if a man go lay dung wid anotha man
How di fuck di baby born
Send me every kind a gyyaaaal
Mi love dem all
Cause if a gyal go lay dung wid anotha gyal
How di fuck di baby born
[Bridge:]
Leviticus 20 verse 13
Say any man weh lydung wid a next man
Hold on now
Dem a get too bright
Suh mi bun battyman and sodomite
A coulda Selassie-I
A coulda Christ
Me haffi swear pan bloodclaat life
[Outro:]
Seh Jamaica mi nah go fuck no man
Neva will
Mi nah gih weh pussy fi no batty
Di words from Addi
Di Emprie seh
Black Street
Numba one song
Big up Don
Di ladies man
And Addi Di Teacha
Di Last Man Standing
[Chorus:]
Girl, the way you're shaking.,
It's money in my hands,
Telling me you want her, get my...
There's so many bottles,
Single the ladies with their friends,
You can come and pick it,
As long as you ain't got no man!
We... big three,
Now choose you're... south exotic heat.
We come with fire, we hold it down,
I know we had bring you back to the South.
You know...
It's been some... all we do is win.
Ain't gotta say nothing else,
Cause you already know,
Is Jacky Boyz and A.T.O.Z.Z.I.O.
[Chorus:]
Girl, the way you're shaking.,
It's money in my hands,
Telling me you want her, get my...
There's so many bottles,
Single the ladies with their friends,
You can come and pick it,
As long as you ain't got no man!
Money talks, Porsche it follows,
Girl you're thirsty,..
Au shit, we just close another...
... from smiling, happy...
I stay close to the money just like a bank guy,
The combination bitches you will never ever know!
You might hate me, but your girlfriend don't,
That's why she's back stage at every single show!
Oh! I got one black one white, I call it Orio,
I say... already know!
[Chorus:]
Girl, the way you're shaking.,
It's money in my hands,
Telling me you want her, get my...
There's so many bottles,
Single the ladies with their friends,
You can come and pick it,
As long as you ain't got no man!
... sexual healing,
Black Eyed Peas, bitch I got a feeling!
... the show, but you know we can,
... baby momma tricking me with no...
I run it in, like a...
I go along to my nigger, play...
... yeah we run show,
Ain't nothing funny nigger, what you're laughing for?
[Chorus:]
Girl, the way you're shaking.,
It's money in my hands,
Telling me you want her, get my...
There's so many bottles,
Single the ladies with their friends,
You can come and pick it,
self-defeat in sparkling eyes,
breaking up the family ties.
she smiles and tells another lie.
all you want to do is cry.
hopes drowning in the hurt -
song of the surf.
and as she takes the sun away,
she asks how you feel today.
the sky has turned pavement grey,
the remnants of her body spray
still lingers on your shirt.
song of the surf.
everytime you catch her eyes,
all you want to do is cry -
silence growing.
everytime you catch her eyes,
all you want to do is hide –
heartbeat slowing.
hopes drowning in the hurt.
song of the surf.
silence growing, heartbeat slowing -
you have climbed
and the climb left you blind.
too much to think about,
too little to do.
but you pull through,
you always pull through.
it goes slow,
answer questions you don't want to know.
too much to think about,
too little, it's true.
but you pull through,
you always pull through.
no defense against the pounds
and against the pence,
love it all.
no defense.
the voice that left the ladies moist
is running out of choice.
losing pace and losing poise,
losing out to some awful noise.
sleep awake,
sleep awake for now.
no defense against the pounds
and against the pence,
love it all.
no defense.
no disgrace
to close your eyes and to quit the chase.
love it all.
they came and went,
their mixtapes and their passion spent.
you stuck around,
and lost yourself in crowded worlds of sound.
you’d kill for that feeling once again,
afloat on the ocean, before the pain.
you pay the price averting eyes
in rooms where people go to die.
you’re scaling the mountains, crossing the plains
afloat on the ocean, avoiding the rain
dare to believe,
dare to believe in silence.
dare to believe,
dare to believe in noise.
you’d kill for that feeling once again,
afloat on the ocean, beyond the pain.
I see you struggle in the water,
A violent mess of motion.
I hear no screams,
I stand apart.
Only hearing
The crashing din
starving heart -
still beating, still breathing.
starving heart still breaking.
blazing youth -
turned careless, turned stupid.
blazing youth turned ugly.
chorus:
listen to me until I'm all talked away.
listen to me - scream wild, fall free.
distant fires -
like beauty, like boredom.
distant fires consume me.
falling free -
you catch me, you hold me
falling free, you touch me.
(chorus x 2)
kiss me stupid.
kiss me free.
(chorus x 2)
kiss me stupid.
jack the sax is scratching his head
in a makeshift bed of water and lead.
"he'd be better off dead,"
his only friend said.
in the rain and hurting again,
for the price of fame,
for a lover's stain,
for one more day to stay the same.
I'd ask you to love me,
but you'd never love me back.
I'd ask you to hold me,
just to feel the darkness crack.
jack the sax is clutching the phone,
but there's no-one home and he feels alone,
and his pale white flesh
has turned to stone.
I'd ask you to love me,
but you'd say it's just an act.
I'd ask you to hold me
the run-down streets, the civil wars,
you don't go there anymore -
it's how you used to live.
the trampled hopes, the made-up laws,
the itchy feet, the pub quiz bores -
it's so hard to forgive.
all sweet things,
all sweet things will come again.
weekend slimmers count their chains,
still wanting someone else to blame.
you watch them come and go.
empty nightclub escapades,
they tell you more than words can say -
that open doors get closed.
all sweet things,
all sweet things will come again.
the empty rooms, the empty house,
someday soon, you'll work it out -
still finding the way back home.
the schoolyard ghosts, the playtime fears,
you take your pills, they disappear -
the people that you've known.
all sweet things,
all sweet things will come again.
when the heartbeat slows.
the city in a hundred ways,
it wouldn't let you stay.
remember all the thankless days
and the lousy take home pay?
the photographs in black and white
that show you playing close to type -
your eyes against the midday light,
your eyes when they still had the fight.
they loved you
when you thought that no-one could.
they loved you
when you said that no-one should.
you talk so fast
to stop yourself from thinking.
you move so fast
so you'll never see you're sinking.
they love you
when you think that no-one can.
they love you
and they'll tell you that they understand.
they love you,
then they say you're much too,
much too bland.
spending days on the phone,
while the cold eats your bones.
how in the world do you make it right?
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never see the dawn.
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never face the sun.
the love goes by and the life runs dry,
pulls the tinsel from her hair.
she loses sight in the velvet night,
drops a tin can by the chair.
[chorus:]
through all the tiny victories and the big defeats,
it's carolina skeletons that keep her rooted to her seat.
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never read the signs.
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never have the time.
the love goes by and the life runs dry,
pulls the tinsel from her hair.
she dreams of flight in the velvet night,
throws a tin can in the air.
[chorus]
[chorus 2:]
through all the shitty obstacles and all the words so sweet,
I step out of the shadows
and into the bright day,
I cannot breathe
for the smoke and the city smells.
my head comes alive
with the humming of engines,
I cannot scream
for the dust in my throat.
I stare at the lovers
as they stand in the doorway,
I cannot dream
for the dirt on my hands.
I came to this place with
a lifetime of memories;
falling apart
like the shoes on my feet.
even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
your arms stretching out.
I remember the hot sand.
I remember the blue sky.
we sat side by side
and traded our names.
I remember the sweet air.
I remember the time when
I fell in love
only to cry in my sleep.
even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
your arms stretching out.
even now I sometimes call
even now I sometimes call
even now I sometimes call
your name in the night
in my dream
I feel you breathing
in my dream
I feel you breathe
in my dream
I feel you breathing
in my dream
talk slow, talk simple
talk to you about my life.
stand down, stand easy -
throw my flowers in the fire
[chorus:]
I need somebody to hold my hand
I need somebody who understands -
how to be crazy
and how to feel loved
and how to see the magic
in the streetlamps and the cars.
and how to be crazy
and how to feel love
and how to see the beauty
in the gutter and the stars.
[chorus]
lie down, lie easy
and forget this dying world.
we step outside
and face the poisoned weather.
you and I are something else together.
arm in arm,
we'd waste our charms forever.
drifting off, despite the cost,
afraid to ask for better.
Instrumental
let me quit the chase,
let me touch your face.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.
let me understand
all your secret plans,
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.
this is not my life,
this is not my pain,
but it kills me all the same.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.
let me hear your song,
let me do no wrong.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.
let me comfort you
when the world seems blue.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are
this is not my life,
this is not my pain,
but it kills me all the same.
let me take your hand
you make me cold,
you make me feel so old.
you've got me in your velvet hold.
[chorus:]
this loving is easy,
this loving is free,
this loving demands no part of me.
we talked for such a long time
that it seemed to mean a lot.
I was yours and you were mine,
and then the feeling stopped.
[chorus x2]
run away,
get down and pray,
become a part of something
anyway.
run away,
work hard and pay,
become a part of something
anyway.
[chorus]
you never know
how people grow,
become a part of something.
slow it all down, it always moves too fast.
slow it all down, it always moves too fast.
follow me down to where I'll always be.
follow me down to where I'll always be.
I don't want to stay a million miles away.
can you see me?
the radiant city CAN
the radiant country YOU HEAR ME?
the twilight of money CAN
the growth of your body YOU HEAR ME?
the radiant city CAN
the radiant country YOU HEAR ME?
the twilight of money CAN
the growth of your body YOU SEE ME?
feel the miracle every day,
count the numbers fill the cup.
every move in every way.
every move is built on blood.
[chorus 1:]
go find your brightest colors,
tear all your curtains down.
don't hide beneath the covers.
don't sit around, don't face the ground.
pretty genius.
you could lose your little mind
never knowing what to find.
you could lose your little mind
staring blind into the light.
[chorus 2:]
go find your brightest colors,
tear all your curtains down.
take heed of diet mothers.
don't sit around, don't face the ground
pretty genius.
pretty genius,
libertine libretto
screaming from the heat of the ghetto
valerie aims for the heart
with brian and beverley from prospect park
libertine libretto,
screaming from the heat of the ghetto.
arthur sheds his pheromones
in fifteen thousand mobile homes
libertine libretto,
screaming from the heat of the ghetto.
in the grip of grand emotion,
julia drowns in tanning lotion.
libertine libretto,
screaming from the heat of the ghetto.
jenny holds a nasty surprise -
you can see it in her eyes.
libertine libretto,
screaming from the heat of the ghetto.
it's the end of the road in goma,
but joe's eyes are glazing over.
libertine libretto,
screaming from the heat of the ghetto.
david lost his little mind,
hungry glitter
without a hope in hell.
the infant phenomenon
she dances so well.
the infant phenomenon
she dances so well.
sickening sensation of love,
sickening sensation of love.
sickening sensation of love -
still fearful.
sickening sensation.
it wasn't the fact
but the clothes on her back.
the infant phenomenon
put her legs in the sack.
the infant phenomenon
put her legs in the sack.
sickening sensation of love,
sickening sensation of love.
sickening sensation of love -
still fearful.
sickening sensation.
the infant phenomenon
Instrumental
why the noise
and why the protest?
why try to talk
when it's all been said?
why the dream
and why the dreaming?
why try to get away
when there's no place ahead?
feel the way teardrops fall.
feel the weight
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.
why the rage
and why the anger?
why try to fight
when you've got no defense?
why the hope
and why the hoping?
why try to understand
when it never made sense?
shut your mouth
close your eyes.
don't try to answer,
don't try to try.
feel the way teardrops fall.
feel the weight
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.
shut your mouth
close your eyes.
ah, don't try to answer,
don't try to try.
feel the way teardrops fall.
feel the weight
teardrop fall.
teardrop fall.
sometimes I see you
stand by your window
staring at the sky
your laughter stolen
your spirit unwoken
life in search of life
can you feel my heat?
can you hear my words
echo in your room?
I hear your breathing
those nights of needing
hold onto something wild
so sick of fighting
so tired of writing
you break down like a child
can you taste my dream?
can you see my light
sparkle through the gloom?
can you taste my dream?
can you see my light?
can you taste my dream?
can you see my light?
her life is sinking,
drinking up this stinking pain.
she gets to thinking,
"there's nothing now could ever change."
she lies for hours,
crashed upon the concrete floor -
remembers flowers
and looks that left her sweet heart raw.
[chorus:]
sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart,
sweetheart raw -
no hope, no fear;
no hope, no fear, no more.
the drunken fumbling,
the shaking hands and shaken head.
the constant stumbling.
the ghosts of what she should have said.
she sees her children
crushed beneath her coward feet.
still not forgiven,
she's broken by her heart's sweet beat.
[chorus x2]
the more I move,
the worse it gets;
the more I move,
the more I sweat.
it's getting harder
to face the light.
it's getting harder
to fight the fight.
so many big ideas,
so many big mistakes.
I should shake my fear -
erase my face.
[chorus:]
all I see -
soft shoulders rising.
all I see -
soft shoulders fall.
it's getting harder
to seem that easy.
it's getting harder
to feel that free.
[chorus]
it's getting harder
to face the light.
it's getting harder
to fight the fight.
deep,
deep in the heat,
fallen and weak...
sometimes we meet.
feet
sending out beats
on dirty streets...
sometimes we speak.
Wendy got it in the throat.
Linda died in Alan's coat.
you read it all in Brian's note.
(you're never going home.)
bone
covered by stone,
feeling alone,
and never going home
Robert lost the plot in Greece.
the Jesus army stole your niece.
but all you ever do is eat.
(you're never going home)
you're never going home
you're never going home
you're never going home
with the sun
on your lips,
you turn around
and spit.
you spit the moon right out of your mouth
for me,
you touch the sky and start to shout
removing all my doubts
[chorus:]
I could really love you,
I could give my heart away.
I could really love you,
it's so simple,
it's so simple.
I picture
my ideal.
how it looks,
and how it feels.
no more dreams turning to armchairs
again.
no more plans turning to blank stares,
as long as you are there.
[chorus]
it's so simple, simple, simple...
I could really love you,
roll me over on my right side,
roll me over slow.
roll me over on my right side,
my left side hurts me so.
I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.
I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.
there are things I want to tell you
I no longer tell you.
ways I want to hold you gone to waste.
it's harder in the evenings,
waiting for the phone rings
(the hollow thump of life that has no taste).
I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.
I'm what you left behind,
I'm fading from your mind.
you got so clever
you're leaving me behind you.
you say you're better
(you're leaving me behind).
I remember
when heaven's lips kissed your every word,
I pretended
nothing you said could ever hurt.
you're leaving me behind you-
leaving me behind.
you're leaving me behind you - THINGS CHANGE
leaving me behind. THINGS CHANGE
you walk upon the dirt
and chocolate wrappers,
you're leaving me behind you.
you move across the bridge
over the river-
leaving me behind.
"wherever you don't go,
I'll be by your side," you lied.
I hate the way things change.
you're leaving me behind you - THINGS CHANGE
Instrumental
the songs that moved you
don't make a sound.
the light that saved you
now gone to ground.
you pull all the pictures down
from your crumbling walls.
you take all the faith you've found
and knock it down and watch it crawl.
[chorus:]
sometimes you listen to love cry.
sometimes you question why.
the dull white faces
of dull white friends
can't find the words that
will heal or mend.
you fall to the bathroom floor
on your bended knees,
your fist hits against the door -
you're staring at the way it bleeds.
[chorus]
sometimes you laugh like the water.
sometimes you lie and die.
sometimes you question why.
sometimes you question why.
you question why,
love, love me.
love me clean,
love me new.
love, love me.
understand I live for you
[chorus:]
when the storm is spoken,
the silence is broken.
won't you be my only baby?
when the doubt is over
and I move in closer,
move for me, my only baby.
love, love me.
love me fresh,
love me free.
love, love me.
take this heat and die for me.
[chorus]
breathe for me.
be for me
only.
[chorus]
help me through
help me through
help me through
help me through
these bitter days.
only baby.
long day beneath an angry sky;
we talk about the life we share.
I pour myself into you,
you drain the day's wild energy.
falling, falling, falling into you.
falling, falling, falling into you.
falling, falling, falling into you.
I never meant this,
I never meant anything like this.
and that's the story,
I never met anyone like you.
come to me
and make it special.
come to me
and make it real.
come to me and make it special.
come to me and make me feel.
shine your bright light over me
and help me see.
I walked on water.
I came through slaughter just for you.
come to me
and make it special.
come to me
and make it real.
come to me and make it special.
come to me and make me feel.
shine your bright light over me,
lay your dreaming at my feet.
I look at your face,
you take me to the place
where I don't know anything,
anything at all.
you flutter and dance,
I ramble and rant.
I don't know anything
but I feel that if I fall
you'll be
watching over me,
watching over me,
watching over me.
I feel that if I fall
you'll be
watching over me,
watching over me,
watching over me,
singing angel songs to right my wrongs.
the world leaves no trace
on my stainless face,
my days are clearer now
my nights are right.
I can never retreat.
I can never repeat
this hope for all the things
I know I'll never know.
I feel you
watching over me
watching over me
watching over me
and I can dream of love again
I feel you
watching over me
watching over me
I'm tired, I'm cold.
untied and feeling old.
you're all lit up like catherine wheels.
you're all lit up, but you're not real.
I don't need you,
not like I used to do.
I don't need you,
not like I did.
hate confusion, need advice.
love illusion, need advice.
what does it mean to be a part of you?
how does it feel inside the heart of you?
I don't need you,
not like I used to do.
I don't need you,
not like I did.
outside the machine,
left alone with my dreams.
outside the machine,
all lit up, somebody screams.
what does it mean to be a part of you?
Instrumental
maybe there's more to life
than just writing songs.
maybe not.
maybe there's more to life
than just righting wrongs
maybe not.
I grow so cold, you reach for gold
I fail to hold your attention.
[chorus:]
their pretty boy ways
always take you away,
take you away.
my revenge on seattle -
I retreat from the battle.
won't you stay?
maybe there's more to life
than just biting tongues.
maybe not.
out of the sky
and left to die -
believing the lie of protection.
[chorus x2]
maybe there's more to life
than just writing songs.
singing songs
they'll never understand.
tempo drifts
in half-cut wonderlands.
back when you were beautiful,
they'd smile and shake your hand.
friendship comes,
but it mostly goes.
you mark the time
with your fading clothes.
back when you were beautiful,
you'd pass it off as pose.
you walk for hours,
your feet like lead.
you keep your secrets
locked inside your heads.
back when you were beautiful,
I ran to the water before I could swim,
lost in your hair.
I saw the dawn, I saw the dawn.
I touched the shining gown.
Instrumental
your head on my shoulder,
your fist in my hand.
now the heartache is over
but I'm too weak to stand
too frightened to leave you,
too frightened to breathe.
too frightened to question,
to question belief.
[chorus:]
break heaven.
make heaven here.
I want you to take me
and make everything clear.
oh, let me guide you back
across the broken glass.
oh let me lay you down
upon the burning grass.
[chorus x2]
I want you to take me here.
I want you to take me clear.
it's too late to go now
it's too late to know
there's food on the table
there's dust on your soul
and the fire in your breath
and the fire in your head
turning inside
[chorus:]
animal ghost - silence your eyes
animal ghost - sleepwalk in the light.
it's too hard to dream here
it's too hard to think
there's growth in the garden
there's dirt in the sink
and the love in your mouth
and the love in your heart
drifting away
[chorus]
and the fire in your breath
and the fire in your head
turning inside
and the love in your mouth
and the love in your heart
drifting away
all the blue changes,
all the blue chains.
all the blue changes rearranged.
giving up on beautiful
and making peace with strange,
all the blue changes rearranged.
all the blue changes,
all the blue chains.
all the blue changes rearranged.
giving up on beautiful
and giving up on pain.
all the blue changes rearranged.
all the things we were -
rearranged.
the city in a hundred ways,
it wouldn't let you stay.
the city in a hundred ways
all I can remember:
a blow to my head
and then there was darkness
and then there was pain
all I can remember:
that noise in my ear -
and then there was silence,
and then there was fear.
time travel in texas
see where it gets us
time travel in texas
see where it gets us
time travel in texas
see where it gets us
time travel in texas
see where it gets us
all I can remember
they banged the drum to quiet the child
and then there was laughter
laughter running wild
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
see where it gets us THAT FAIL RAN THROUGH ME
time travel in texas FAIL THE RAIN
thought so fast, I ran out of thought.
chased the wind, and found myself bought.
music sounds with echoes of youth,
loaded up with visions of truth
(the more I felt, the less that I knew).
chorus:
the night sky, the sweet earth.
the night sky, the sweet air.
I never knew what hit me.
fragrance clings like smoke to my clothes.
autumn trees shed leaves over me.
colours bring new life to the earth.
chorus 2:
the night sky, the sweet earth.
the night sky, the sweet air.
I tasted heaven, and it hurt like hell -
the higher I climbed, the further I fell.
among the trees -
smell the damp from the branches,
listen to the river.
I take the leaves,
scrape this sin off my skin,
breathe in the sweet air.
(chorus 2 repeat)
(chorus 1 repeat)
I never knew what hit me.
I thought of your perfect limbs.
I thought of your mind;
I woke up hungry,
I woke up blind.
I thought of your flaming lips,
I thought of your smell;
I woke up choking,
drowning in hell.
[chorus:]
too weak to make the stand;
just taking it like a man.
I thought of your breathing head,
I thought of your voice;
I lost my reason,
I lost my choice.
I thought of your beating heart,
I thought of your touch.
I thought of screaming.
I thought too much.
[chorus]
too late to heal the madness,
the road to hell is paved
with the souls of old failed singers
the wild, wild eyes, the non stop whys -
the dreadful songs they bring us.
their get up and go
makes me lie down and die.
their pug ugly row
makes the little ones cry.
sweetside silver night
sheds her skin in the cold spotlight.
sweetside silver night -
it's in the colour of her hair.
tired of losing face
and lost in summer thunder,
casual attire with no spare tyre,
you sit at home and wonder.
sweetside silver night
spills her gin in the pale moonlight.
sweetside silver night -
You're still to near it to feel it..
you're still to near it to fear it.
Something is falling on you...
something is falling on me.
Just listen to the tree sing...
just listen to the tree.
I'd fall down on the forest groves
and kneel and pray for you.
I'd fall down on the autumn leaves
I'd cry and die for you.
Something is falling on you...
something is falling on me.
Just listen to the tree sing...
just listen to the tree.
You're still to near it to feel it..
I dream of changes.
I change my dreams.
I feel so restless,
sometimes I get so mean.
why should I bother
finding the will,
when every movement I make
just seems like I'm standing still?
[chorus:]
the shell of a fighter,
the shell of a man,
the weight of a lifetime -
waiting for your healing hands.
and still I rise,
and still I dream,
and still I feel,
and I wait.
[chorus 1 repeat]
[chorus 2:]
why don't you hold me
when I need you to?
why don't you touch me
when I reach for you?
[chorus 3:]
why don't you hurt for me
like I do for you?
why don't you dream of me -
dream like I'm dreaming of you?
[chorus 1 x2]
the shell of a fighter
and still I rise,
and still I dream,
and still I feel,
and I wait.
you can say the sun is shining if you want to;
I can see the moon and it looks so clear.
you can take the road that leads you to the stars now;
I can take a road that'll see me through.
I can take a road that'll see me through.
see me through...
come with me, run with me,
feel the heat of morning sun.
come with me, run with me,
see the way the river runs.
come to me, come to me
now.
come to me, come to me
now.
oh, the waters flow
over rock and stone.
over the waters blow
windy winds so cold.
oh, the rivers flow
oh, the rivers flow
over the rivers fly
stately kingfishers.
through the waters swim
stickleback fishes.
oh, the waters flow
oh, the rivers flow
oh, the waters flow
over rock and stone.
through the waters swim
stickleback fishes.
oh, the rivers flow
oh, the rivers flow
oh, the rivers flow
I saw it written and I saw it say
"pink moon is on its way,
and none of you who stand so tall -
pink moon's gonna get you all".
it's a pink moon.
yeah, it's a pink moon -
pink, pink, pink,
the background buzz, the lo-fi hum,
the fallen saviours beat their ritual drums.
their eyes alive with destiny -
sweet delusions, which serve to set us free.
the bar room bids for tarts with hearts,
the dumbed down kids in souped up cars.
the clapped out lovers on their guard -
smaller details written large.
her sun-kissed skin caught in your frame,
you know you'll never pass this way again.
you wash the dirt out of your hair.
you find the words you need when no-one's there.
---------
the moments lost.
moving closer to the harbor,
rusted boats line the frozen dock.
moving closer to my freedom,
moving further from your touch.
moving closer to the city,
see smoke signals and hear loud drums.
feel the weight of life inside me,
clear the dead dreams from my head.
[chorus:]
and she said, "oh,
speak low when you speak love."
and she said, "oh,
speak low when you speak love."
traffic sounds and senseless sirens,
acts of love and facts of violence.
screaming voices lost to silence,
hands stretched up to distant stars.
[chorus]
painting paradise.
painting paradise.
painting paradise.
painting, painting paradise.
show me your hands, (SHOW ME)
lift up your eyes, (LIFT UP)
give me the strength
to see through the lies.
[chorus]
speak low when you speak love.
what can you say?
a million ways to stay the same.
day after day,
a million ways to pass the blame
you catch me and hold me.
at night you just crawl through the wreckage
while the sky's fading light steals your sight.
it seems so easy to think a moment means forever.
chorus 1:
too frightened to fly my ocean, you hit the ground.
too frightened to fly my ocean, you hit the ground.
it seems so easy to think a feeling lasts a lifetime.
it got too dark to see the dirt beneath your feet.
chorus 2:
too frightened to fly my ocean, you hit the ground
fragrance clings like smoke to my clothes.
autumn trees shed leaves over me.
colours bring new life to the earth.
I swear I can smell the sea.
I swear I believe in love.
I swear I can smell the sea.
I swear I believe in love again.
lamplight sucks the town into view -
paper cups, and drunks against walls.
ripped and torn, their hell doesn't burn.
I swear that I'll never fall.
I swear I won't ever turn.
I swear that I'll never fall.
I swear I won't ever turn.
I swear I can smell the sea.
I swear I believe in love.
I swear I can smell the sea.
I swear I believe in love.
out here where wind is howling,
I watch the rising flames.
out here where leaves are burning,
I smell the sea again.
the night sky, the sweet earth;
the night sky, the sweet earth.
I talk to you, but you cannot hear;
my rival trevor
couldn't keep it together
lost his life to the never
running wild, running blind.
my rival trevor
couldn't keep it together
never asking me whether
he'd been wasting his time
[chorus:]
(my rival trevor) bids for beauty unknown,
(my rival trevor) kills the seeds he has sown,
(my rival trevor) always ends up alone.
(my rival trevor) always ends up alone.
my rival trevor
thought he'd hold up forever.
his hands gripped the leather
while his sex blew your mind.
[chorus]
I didn't recognize your touch.
I said "it's all become too much
because of him."
I didn't recognize your voice.
you said "it's hard to make a choice
when no-one wins"
my rival trevor
[chorus]
bids for beauty unknown,
always ends up alone.
She was awoken by the stinging feel of his fists pounding against her naked back.
She turned to look at him, but before she could say anything
he smashed the base of her jaw with his elbow.
In the confusion of pain and flailing hands that followed,
she was barely aware of the sound of splintering teeth
rattling in the bloody agony of her broken mouth.
He pushed her out of the bed and onto the floor.
Her head hit off the bedside table,
bringing the lamp down upon her shoulder.
He stood above her as she lay in the mess of bedsheets and broken glass and blood.
He stood above her and stared at her startled face,
which was swollen and black with bruising and wet with sudden tears.
He bent down slowly, kneeled beside her, and lay down parallel with her body.
He pushed strands of hair back from the side of her face,
pulled his torso up with his arm and leaned towards her.
He placed his lips against her ear.
dry cleaning ray,
at the end of the day,
always knows what to say,
always knows what to play
it's the same old song
with the same old bits
thirty years without a hit.
dry cleaning ray
says he's wasting away,
feeling red turn to grey,
watching overcoats fray.
it's the same old thing
it's the same old shit
if I close my eyes,
I might look at it differently.
I'll just crawl beside you
and forget about everything.
But that drunk's still howling
in the alleyway,
and that old man's
fallen on his face again.
chorus:
feel the arrow pierce my heart.
feel the daylight scorch my skin.
retreat into beauty -
can't stand the light.
retreat into beauty -
can't stand the day.
with my hand in yours
I can pretend that I'm not afraid.
our warm bodies shine
and I believe .
I believe in eternity.
but that young girl's screaming
"I don't want you back",
and the walls are cracking
in our living room,
and that young girl wishes
that her man were dead
as he drums his fists
into her broken head.
(chorus repeat)
a man is staring at the cold white stars,
he has drawn the head of Jesus
on the paving stone.
And you and I walk through our furnished rooms -
we drink the blood of Judas
from our silver spoons.
(chorus repeat x 2)
if I close my eyes,
I might look at it differently.
you thought that you’d recovered,
you thought you’d been reborn.
you thought you’d never sell your love so cheaply.
like a joke that fell to silence,
a gesture never made -
death was California,
standing in the shade,
feeling you’d been played.
when nothing else remains,
take your pain and make it beautiful.
the hot September mornings,
the coffee counter smells.
the words that shook your world completely.
when nothing else remains,
all boys are snakes, all girls eat cakes,
their stupid noise keeps you awake,
like visions of those bowie fakes
your evil parents love to hate.
he looks at you and you can't speak -
and all you see are mysteries,
and images from history
of greedy men from sicily.
chorus:
on days like these,
you just can't breathe.
on days like these,
when love deceives.
Jane's boyfriend's still a crashing bore,
Tom's wife became the village whore.
the prices in his corner store
just make you want to smash the door.
the gift he sent you wasn't new,
the love he gave you wasn't true.
he said "forever" - now you're through.
you need to find some things to do.
the rain fell soft
on the green and distant fields.
I saw you run
to the shelter of the trees.
I stood alone
with weeds and broken bricks -
my pale fingers curled
round blades of autumn grass.
[chorus:]
I heard your feet crack earth and branch
but you were covered by the leaves.
I shouted out and called your name
but you were hiding in the trees.
days in the trees.
You rubbed the sleep from my tired eyes
and let the real taste of God
change the color of my thoughts.
I was draining the heaven
from the warmth of your breasts;
lighting fire on the stone.
I tore at the seams
of my smooth and laundered clothes
and ran to the trees
racing naked against the day.
[chorus]
days in the trees.
the ascent to your heaven,
spending days in the trees.
the night was dark.
no moon in the coal-black sky.
you traveled the highway.
you felt the storm inside.
you looked into his eyes
and only saw perfection.
he looked into your eyes
and only saw reflections.
[chorus 1:]
now you wake up crying in the morning,
staring out through the clouded pane.
now he takes to screaming without warning. (OH SO CRUEL)
beautiful and cruel.
[repeat]
the blinding light;
the dirt on your pale white feet.
you walked in the garden,
life spinning on your heels.
[chorus 1]
[chorus 2:]
now you wake up crying in the morning,
staring out through the clouded pane.
now he takes to screaming without warning. (OH SO CRUEL)
like bullets, he leaves wounds.
you wake up crying in the morning.
you wake up crying in the morning light.
[chorus 1]
[chorus 2]
[chorus 1]
beautiful and cruel. (SO BEAUTIFUL)
so beautiful.
Jane passes through the crowd
Outside the mercury lounge.
She loves the city sounds.
She feels that she's been found.
Wherever there is light,
She follows.
Wherever there is light,
She follows.
The bats are out again,
Kids shout in Summer rain -
For real, imagined, shame,
For things they cannot name.
She thinks of all their bright
Tomorrows.
Wherever there is light,
She follows.
--------------------
Walk in and out of rooms.
Fall in and out...
You are vile,
You are vague,
You are vain.
You are sick,
You are sad,
You're insane.
You are cruel,
You are crass,
You don't care.
You are coy,
You are cold,
You're unfair.
Chorus 1:
Evelyn, don't say it.
Evelyn, i pray to thee.
Evelyn, you love me, don't you see?
You are far,
You are false,
You're a fink.
You are frail,
You are fey,
You're a pig.
You are low,
You are lost,
Too far gone.
You are deaf,
You are dumb,
Always wrong.
Chorus 2:
Evelyn, don't say it.
Evelyn, it's just not true.
Evelyn, you see, you love me too.
Why the noise
And why the protest?
Why try to talk
When it's all been said?
Why the dream
And why the dreaming?
Why try to get away
When there's no place ahead?
Feel the way teardrops fall.
Feel the weight
Teardrop fall.
Teardrop fall.
Why the rage
And why the anger?
Why try to fight
When you've got no defence?
Why the hope
And why the hoping?
Why try to understand
When it never made sense?
Shut your mouth
Close your eyes.
Don't try to answer,
Don't try to try.
Feel the way teardrops fall.
Feel the weight
Teardrop fall.
Teardrop fall.
Teardrop fall.
Shut your mouth
Close your eyes.
Ah, don't try to answer,
Don't try to try.
Feel the way teardrops fall.
Feel the weight
Teardrop fall.
Teardrop fall.
you want to tell your story,
you want to have your say -
but every time you try to speak,
more life gets in the way.
some children died today,
you're troubled by your face -
but everything's OK,
jason pulled on saturday.
jason pulled on saturday.
you wonder what's inside of you.
you keep yourself well-fed -
but every time you try to think,
more life gets in the way.
some people burned to death
while alex smoked his cigarette,
but you don't hold your breath,
'cause jason's had success.
jason pulled on saturday.
a burning plane had crashed
the time your father asked,
"whatever happened to the past?
whatever happened to the past?"
you survived another winter.
you survived where nothing grew.
the days felt cold and never changing,
so you just slept the whole way through.
when you think about the future,
it’s like the past, but hard and small.
an old idea you stole from someone.
a borrowed dream that’s born to fall.
----------------------------
take a taxi through the snow
tell them you love them,
don’t let go.
through the tunnel moving slow,
tonight’s there’s nowhere
you won’t go.
you survived yourself.
you survived inside the lost world.
the dreams of love repeat.
subways sing with heated calls –
the g-string sirens walking tall.
summer fires turn winter dreams.
an old romantic’s hotshot schemes.
you survived yourself.
you survived inside the lost world.
the ghosts of harm retreat.
----------------------------
sweet surrender to the night.
sweet surrender to the light.
and so I sing to you
another song of leaving.
it's not a question of love,
just a question of believing.
where I'm calling from,
you don't want to know;
where I'm calling from,
you don't want to go.
how does it fall when it falls?
how does it feel when it falls?
where I'm calling from;
the deeper part of me,
it could see right through you.
the deeper part of me,
could see right through to you.
stumble in the heat,
fail to find the new beat -
it's always out of reach,
it's always out of reach.
you and me, me and you
left with nothing else to do
but stare at dirty underwear
and cease to care, and cut our hair.
sleepwalk through the day,
find new ways to pay.
chorus:
I'll love you til you love me,
I'll love you til you love me,
I'll love you til you love me again.
(repeat)
Rita Hayworth, love goddess,
slips into her favourite dress.
I look at you, you're such a mess -
but that's the way I like you.
crumble in the rising heat,
fail to find the perfect beat -
it's always somewhere out of reach,
but what the hell can I do?
falling to the kitchen floor,
wishing that you loved me more.
my legs too weak, my eyes too sore.
my back against the broken drawer.
the letter never came.
the days all felt the same.
(chorus x 2)
until it kills you...
broken in two, I'll see you through.
broken for you,
until it kills you.
not even housewives hooked on heroin
could understand the awful mess I'm in.
I don't know where my real life begins,
but I'm sure that I'll be there.
I paid to see some aging pop star sing
about the universe and cosmic things.
he sang of perfect girls with perfect skin,
but I really couldn't care
[chorus:]
not even housewives hooked on heroin
could match my constant appetite for sin.
I met this guy who lives in big hotels,
his paradise became his living hell.
he looked at things he knew he couldn't sell,
and he felt like he would die.
[chorus]
not even housewives hooked on heroin
could match my appetite for sin.
[chorus]
not even housewives hooked on heroin
sit on the floor,
broken like clouds.
you scratch your knees 'til they crack and bleed.
walk out of the door,
naked and bored,
and raise my head to the weeping sky.
[chorus:]
you call my name but I can't answer.
you call my name but I can't say anything.
looked at the sea,
sat on the edge.
I gripped your hand until my fingers hurt.
now,
somebody screams on the same dirty beach;
he throws down his arms
and he falls to the sand.
she would stare into the sun,
screaming loud in summer heat.
she would fly away from him,
solid melting into sky.
mirror cracked,
her day won't shine.
love has stripped her body tame.
and love still reaching out
is softness touching stone.
"awake me.
heaven break me."
"awake me.
heaven break me."
you didn't believe that
you didn't believe that
you didn't believe that I could love you.
you didn't believe that
you didn't believe that
I see him break your body,
I see him steal your mind.
I see him lie beside you,
I see you close your eyes.
I feel the tension rise,
I see you crucified.
(I WANT YOU) - to break me.
(I WANT YOU) - to blow me away.
chorus:
(I WANT YOU) - heartcheat pop.
(I WANT YOU) - heartcheat.
(I WANT YOU) - heartcheat pop.
(I WANT YOU) - heartcheat.
as if you kissed and never said a word;
as if you bled and never said a word;
as if you laughed and never said a word;
as if you left and never said a word.
(I WANT YOU) - to break me.
(I WANT YOU) - to blow me away.
(chorus)
(I WANT YOU) - heartcheat pop.
(I WANT YOU) - heartcheat.
(flower in your mouth...)
you swallowed your pride,
moved back to the town you knew -
the place where you'd hide,
when it all seemed too much for you.
when you're up,
you long to see real faces. (counting)
when you're down,
you wish the world would run aground. (counting)
closing the door,
you pull down the dusty blinds.
rubbing your eyes,
you find ways to kill the time.
it's seven-o-clock, then it's quarter to eight,
you'd get out of the house,
but you've left it too late again.
when you're up,
you want to hear real voices. (counting)
when you're down,
you wish the world would make no sound. (counting)
when you're up,
you try to find real love again. (counting)
when you're down,
yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best.
green is the colour of the sparkling corn
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best.
blue is the colour of the sky
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best.
freedom's a word I rarely use
without thinking (oh yeah),
without thinking (oh yeah)
of the time, of the time
when I've been loved.
yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
his hands were hard,
your face was soft.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength.
now, nothing shows.
you're empty now.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost it.
[chorus:]
close your eyes to the world,
close your eyes.
dive in deep for the pearl.
you shine your torch
into the sky.
you watch the darkness grow,
it makes you want to cry.
[chorus x2]
his hands were hard,
your face was soft.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength.
you break like a child,
like a child you break,
you swim alone
tell the truth
and tell it 'til it makes me bleed.
stretch your mouth
and let your words fall over me.
no fight, no blame.
talk to me;
I'll bleed a little more for you.
take the chance
to watch the red rise
from the white of my wide, wide eyes.
no fight, no blame.
going nowhere, moving fast.
saying nothing, nothing lasts.
no fight, no blame.
no search, no pain.
no dream, no gain.
no try, no fame.
no fight, no blame.
blame.
[Say Baby Say Goodbye]
I want you near me.
I want to feel free
to forget my history.
I want you near me.
I want to feel free
to destroy my memory.
I want you near me.
I want to feel free;
to forget my history,
at the end of the day,
in the cold of the night,
when the branch breaks I fall
to the floor of the world.
I scream like a child,
I scream for my wings.
I scream at the words
making cheap what I feel.
I walk through my room
and I kick down the walls.
I lie on the bed
and feel there's nothing left but doubt.
in the cold of the night
I will show you my wounds.
only then can I say to you
"spread your dreams under me, my love".
I dream of this bridge,
I dream of these trees,
I burn in these flames,
that I'll never understand.
I walk through my room
and I kick down the chairs.
I've opened my eyes
chelsea cap
last time that you smiled like that,
you looked good in your chelsea cap.
your face was thin, but your legs were fat.
you questioned where all our lives were at.
wasting time with some ageing lad,
still good looking though your eyes were sad.
you sold your books and you sold your flat,
and ran to where your illusions sat.
chorus:
no-one but me to hear it
no-one but me to fear it.
no big deal,
no big deal.
no-one but you to be with,
no-one but you to see with.
no big deal,
no big deal.
not wanting to know what I know
or needing to do what I do,
every time I close my eyes,
all I see is you,
all I see.
(chorus x 2)
chorus 2:
no-one but you to be with,
no-one but you to see with.
no big deal,
I want to play you
all the beautiful songs you should know.
I want to save you.
with the beautiful songs we can grow.
I breathe in the light.
I breathe in the life.
loving arms and cowboy guns,
mothers holding wayward sons.
breathe in the light,
breathe in the life.
I want to give you
all the beautiful dreams you can bear,
I want to show you
all the possible ways we could care.
open the door,
breathe in the light.
opening eyes
breathe in the life.
morning sunshine on the leaves
cancels out the city freeze.
loving arms and cowboy guns,
mothers holding wayward sons.
I don't know what you want from me,
I don't know what you want me to be.
In my dreams it's so easy to see,
in my dreams it's so clear.
[chorus:]
I look for my face in the patterns on the wall,
I look for my shape in the way the flowers fall.
I look for my faith in you -
you grow more beautiful
as I fade away.
I don't know what you want me to say,
I don't know if you want me to stay.
in my dreams I find a way -
in my dreams I seize the day.
[chorus]
you grow more beautiful...
[chorus]
I look for my faith in you -
you grow more beautiful
as I fade away.
I look for my faith in you -
you grow more beautiful
come with me, run with me,
feel the heat of morning sun.
come with me, run with me,
see the way the river runs.
come to me, come to me
now.
come to me, come to me
now.
the music’s changed,
it’s getting louder.
by next weekend,
you’ll be gone.
the summer days
are nearly over now,
the DJ plays
a summer song.
the good-time crowd
is looking older,
their cartoon laugher
seems unkind.
the summer days
are nearly over now,
the summer rave
counts the hours and marks your time.
the summer rays
are streaming through the evening sky.
the summer says,
Go back and see the folks,
They're always glad to see you.
Trot out the same old jokes,
Avoid the things that seem new.
No talk about the wife
She lives with someone else now.
Forget your former life,
Warm love became a cold cow.
Driving to the coast,
It's hard to know what hurts the most.
Learning how to feel,
It's the break-up for real.
Go out to see some friends,
You hope that you won't lose it.
You sit there and pretend -
Play adolescent music.
Singing to the sea,
You sing the songs that set you free.
Learning how to feel,
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
I'm nowhere man
I come from nowhere to you
Just like a thunderstorm
I'm the last one
Fuckin' thorn in your brain
I'm not a man
I come from nowhere to you
Just like a rain cloud
I'm the last one
Fuckin' tear in your blind eye
And never
You don't try to runaway from me
And never
You don't try to hide before me
Becouse you know
I'm your friend
I'm the last
In your deserted home
I don't need no man and I don't need no lovin' I don't need no man and I don't need no lovin' I don't need no man and I don't need no lovin' I don't need no man and I don't need no lovin' I don't need no man and I don't need no lovin' and no man and no lovin' and no man don't need no man to hold me through the night and I don't need no man to tell me its all right and I don't need no man to help me be strong and I don't need no man to string me right along cause he'll mess with your mind and he'll mess with your heart then he'll tell you he loves you right before he departs Oh I don't need no man to call me "Honey Pie" and I don't need no man to look at me and lie and I don't need no man to promise me the world and I don't need no man to call me his "Little Girl" cause he'll flash you his smile pouring on all his charm then he'll get up and leave you while your hand is still warm Oh I can sacrifice another broken promise I think that I can tolerate someone being honest I know it would be difficult but I think that I could cope cause the truth is much more worthy than a lot of empty hope I suppose that I am worthy but there's no way to be sure if I don't drain myself of this poison I will never find a cure So in yourself keep your pride from those men do not hide your mind is your power do not let it divide Oh I don't need no man.
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