Heather Nova, (born Heather Allison Frith, July 6, 1967) is a Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet. She has released eight full-length albums and has found lasting success in Germany where two of her albums South and Storm have made their way into the Top-5 of German official album chart.
Heather Nova was born in Bermuda. Her mother is a Canadian from Nova Scotia, and her father is a native Bermudian. Her uncle, Michael K. Frith, worked for The Jim Henson Company, and was a creator of Miss Piggy, and of the television shows Fraggle Rock and Between the Lions. His son, Heather's first-cousin, is folk singer Johnathan Frith.
Nova spent most of her childhood with her family, including one sister, television reporter Susannah, and one brother, reggae singer Mishka, on a 40 ft (12 m) boat (named "Moon") built by her father, where the Friths spent most of 1970s and part of the 1980s, sailing throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean waters and coasts. Since her idyllic childhood, Heather has played over 600 concerts, sold over 2 million albums and has a career of 20 years in the music industry.
Dark lets me see too much
And i'm just groping
for anything to touch
Am I a seabird
I have the strangest cry
Am i just drifting
Am i too far inside
Everything's changing
Everything's changing my mind
I'm going backwards
Backwards to water from wine
I can hear thunder
But I am made of stone
I'm reaching out
I'm reaching out but I'm still alone
I look for my body
but it just disappears
Nodody knows me
Everything feels like years
Everything's changing
Everything's changing my mind
I'm going backwards
Backwards to water from wine
I look for joy
It's in the cracks sometimes
I can hear music
but it's been locked inside
Everything's changing
Everything's changing my mind
I'm going backwards
Backwards to water from wine
Everything's changing
Everything's changing my mind
I'm going backwards
Backwards to water from wine
Every night owns me, nothing is holy
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, darling
Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around
We talk about it all night long
We define our moral ground
But when I crawl into your arms
Everything comes tumbling down
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, darling
Every time you come around
Your face has fallen sad now
For you know the time is nigh
When I must remove your wings
And you, you must try to fly
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, darling
Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around
Where the silence falls
There the river runs deep
Where the shadow ends
So begins the dream
Where the hunger leads me
It's hard to believe
I'll be lost to you
It's the blood that ties
It's the hurt that heals
It's the face you hide
Hides the pain you feel
So hold me up now
Yeah, I'm afraid to breathe
An' I'm lost to you
Yeah, I'm lost to you
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
Hold me under
Let the river wash away my sins
Let me drown and you
Let the water and the love rush you
You can hear me whisper
When you're listenin'
And I'm lost to you
Yeah, lost to you
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
It's the blood that ties
It's the hurt that heals
It's the face you hide
Hides the pain you feel
So hold me up now
I long to believe
And I'm lost to you
Yeah, lost to you
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
Oh- through the city of angels
I'm sorry I just get worried sometimes
And it comes out like anger
And then I take myself by surprise
I find how I feel for you
With a little bit of time
I might come of nothing
With a little bit of time
You might feel the same
Cause you are my days and nights
You don't realize
You're my days
You're my nights
Each minute is a wide open space
There's too much I know for sure
Tonight I probably push you away
All I want is to feel you close
With a little bit of time
I might come of nothing
With a little bit of time
You might feel the same
Cause you are my days and nights
You don't realize
I don't wanna feel this strong if it makes me weak
I don't wanna hold on to what's killing me
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna know
Just like the moon and the tide
I'm strapped in my senses
These feelings are mountains sometimes
It's not good pretending
With a little bit of time
I might come of nothing
With a little bit of time
You might feel the pain
Cause you are my days and nights
You don't realize
Cause you are my days and nights
I don't wanna feel this strong if it makes me weak
I don't wanna hold on to what's killing me
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I'm looking through to what this all comes down to
I'm looking for just a little more, a taste of happiness
This world keeps spinning me around, I can't see clearly
I got no way to find the ground and I've gotta move on
But what if I fall?
What if I fail?
What if I find I'm out on a limb?
And what if I fly?
What if I sail?
What if I find that it's better than ever before?
Red sky at night, you tell me there's good yet to come
I think I might find a little more, a taste of happiness
I've built these walls around myself, I can't see over
And all these lines I tell myself, so I don't have to try
Cause what if I fall?
What if I fail?
What if I find I'm out on a limb?
And what if I fly?
What if I sail?
What if I find that it's better than ever before?
Cause what if I fall?
What if I fail?
What if I find I'm out on a limb?
And what if I fly?
What if I sail?
What if I find that it's better than ever, yeah
What if I fall?
What if I fail?
What if I find I'm out on a limb?
And what if I fly?
What if I sail?
What if I find that it's better than ever before?
Better than ever before
I'm looking for the spirit in life
I'm looking for the beautiful
I'm looking for the sweetness
Let my heart be full
I seen the face of Buddha
I seen the face of time
I've heard the words of Jesus
But I can't find mine
I'm looking for the light
I'm looking for the light
I'm looking for the light
To light my way
I wanna hold it to me
I wanna catch the glow
I think I'm getting higher
Then I fall below
I find it in the skies sometimes
I find it in the dark sometimes
I find it in my mind sometimes
But I can't hold on
I'm looking for the light
I'm looking for the light
I'm looking for the light
To light my way
I'm looking for the light
I'm looking for the light
I'm looking for the light
(Verse 1)
Dive in to a life
Fall in to the green
Out with my breath
Bursting unseen
(Verse 2)
Cradle you rock
Hold me in the deep
We all are lost
Searching and free
(Bridge)
And to the little hearts
Hardly spoken
And to the wild hearts
Always fierce
(Chorus)
Life, I don't know your ways
Life, follow me in grace
(Verse 3)
Crack in my voice
Where did you go?
We've got no choice
Chariots swing low
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
(Denouement)
Life, I don't know your ways
I will make mistakes
So follow me in grace
So follow me in grace
There is a light that catches my eye in the morning
And I see it now
There aren't any saints, it dreams like it paints
It's a beautiful storm, it comes with no warning at all
I walk the line, tripping each time, and I stumble
But now that I'm half gone
The world's on the table, I'm willing and able
This beautiful storm, it comes with no warning at all
And you stand in the shadows
The room, dark and narrow
I bloom down to the marrow
It's a beautiful storm
It comes with no warning at all
Into the flesh, into the sorrow I fall now
Waves coming on
And I'm soaked and I'm torn, I'm blissed out and worn
And this beautiful storm, it comes with no warning
And you stand in the shadows
The room, dark and narrow
I bloom down to the marrow
It's a beautiful storm
It comes with no warning
I... how will I ever tell you that I want you?
Oh, how will I ever touch you like I long to?
You just blow right through me
And you stand in the shadows
The room, dark and narrow
I bloom down to the marrow
It's a beautiful storm
It comes with no warning
And you stand in the shadows
The room, dark and narrow
I bloom down to the marrow
It's a beautiful storm
Eat your words, eat your heart out
Eat your words, eat your heart out
There's not much left, just my red dress
Just this feeling that I got
You made me a victim in your Christmas kitchen
It's my memory it's your loss
Blue black, maybe you got something but the flowers grew back
And was it familiar when you touched my sister
God, I don't think there's a word for that
Blue black, maybe you got something but the flowers grew black
I gave it away, whore for a day
It's so ugly, I'm still breathing
But you never got my virgin heart
It stayed locked up, it's still beating
Blue black, maybe you got something but the flowers grew black
Eat your words, eat your hat
Eat your words, eat your heart out
I never felt so clean, you did the sin supreme
You never had a clue, you can't take it with you
I never felt so clean, you did the sin supreme
One day in june, I slipped away
Called by desire, drawn to the flame
My virtues disappeared
Light on my feet
Whispers as sweet as honey calling to me
One day in june
One day in june
I felt the hunger, I ate the fruit
One day in june
So don't cry for me
I had my chance;
I took a risk - I asked the wind to dance
Don't try to save me; I'm already gone
Everything's over
But I'm burning on
One day in june
One day in june
I felt the hunger, I ate the fruit
One day in june
Oh and I don't like how it feels to tell all these little lies
Try to be the one you can count on, but it's a thin disguise
I kissed it all goodbye
I don't know if I love you
Or if it's all in my head
I don't know if I love you
Though I know it's what I said
Cuz love is something I don't understand
Can't explain, I can't hold in my hand
But I'll stay here tonight
And I'll keep the flame alight
But let's not talk about love
I don't know if I love you
Though I feel some pain
I don't know if I love you
Or if I'm playing the game
Cuz love is something I don't understand
Can't explain, I can't hold in my hand
But I'll stay here tonight
And I'll make you feel alright
Nothing's promised in this life
So I am thankful that we're here tonight
Take my hand and let's look up
At the stars - we can make them ours
I wanna be your light
Let me be your light, I'll light your way
Across the milky way
I wanna be your star
Let me be your star, I'll light your way
Across the milky way
I don't want to see you cry
All that pain you hold inside
Life is waiting don't forget
You are free - I'll help you see
I wanna be your light
Let me be your light, I'll light your way
Across the milky way
I wanna be your star,
Let me be your star, I'll light your way
Across the milky way
There's no time in life to judge
Only time enough for love
So as another night slips by
You came into my life, I don't think that you meant to
You were standing in a doorway I was trying to walk through
Like an angel or the devil, I could never quite say
It doesn't matter anyway
Cuz I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you
Open my heart and let the wind blow through
I'm a fool for you
Well you can tell me anything and I'll believe
Cuz when you keep me hanging it only feeds the dream
I'm never going to reach you - you're a distant shore
But you've still got me coming back for more
Cuz I'm a fool for you
I'm a fool for you
Open my heart and let the wind blow through
I'm a fool for you
Let the wind blow through
Now the snow is falling; all the roads are gone
The earth keeps moving but I am moving on
I had so much to tell you, but no words to say
Kiss me, kiss me under a glow-star sky;
If they're stuck on the ceiling I don't mind
It's a brittle world but it's soft inside
I'll make the milky way for you, only you,
You, only you.
And I will always ride far into the night with you,
And I will take my chances, far into the night with you.
Love me, love me, under a glow-star sky,
It's a galaxy when we get high
And sleep to the junkies' lullabies;
I close my eyes for you, only you,
You, only you.
And I will always ride far into the night with you,
And I will take my chances, far into the night with you.
I touch your face, I'm flying over fields,
I touch this moment - it's mine.
I'm an angel, I'm a parasite
I'm a vessel - I shine.
Kiss me, kiss me under a glow-star sky,
We'll be digging up soil someday, sometime,
So hold me now, hold me tight,
I'll make the milky way for you, only you,
You, only you.
And I will always ride far into the night with you,
Kiss your lashes, kiss you low
I'm driven to you like the driven snow
There's a place for us to lie
For every lover there's a piece of sky
To every life a light that shines
To every heart a beat that's true
Baby you're my yellow summer
You're my winterblue
You know that this was meant to be
Long ago a hundred years from now
Tossing on an open sea
Love so good it's easy to go down
Love you like a jungle fever
I'll never never never leave
Through every vein and every fibre
I'll never never never leave
To every life a light that shines
To every heart a beat that's true
You're my yellow summer
You're my winterblue
In your heart there are oceans.
In your heart there are flowering trees.
Look inside and live inside these walls.
Your body yearns.
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only wanna open wide the window and let sunlight through.
For you.
In your face, I see longing.
In your face, I see hopes and fears.
You've been locked for too long behind these walls.
Your body yearns.
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only wanna open wide the window and let sunlight through.
For you.
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What you're feeling.
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What you need.
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Everything.
Take my hand and I'll lead you.
Take my word that I'll not deceive you.
I only want to carry you on beyond these walls
Your body yearns.
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only wanna open wide the window and let sunlight through.
The leaves have turned and she has known.
And she tells me she can't let him go.
And she looks to the moon for answers.
And she looks inside and she knows.
She dresses by the window.
Finds reflection in the pane.
She looks towards the winter
And her hair falls around her like rain.
She's sighing with September.
She would like to run and hide.
She's wrapped up in confusion.
She unfolds like paper dolls
But she's flying as she falls.
The birds have gone and she has known,
For she follows the arc of their flight.
And the softness has gone from the daylight.
And the shadows have grown into night.
She's sighing with September.
She would like to run and hide.
She's wrapped up in confusion.
She unfolds like paper dolls
But she's flying as she falls.
Soon will come cool October.
It will rise all around her like fire.
And she gathers her courage like harvest.
And she gathers her thoughts and desires.
She's sighing with September.
She would like to run and hide.
She's wrapped up in confusion.
She unfolds like paper dolls
But she's flying as she falls.
She will not run and hide.
She will take it all in stride.
And she will...
She will...
Written by Bruce Springsteen
Hey little boy, is your mother home
Did she go and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire.
Tell me now baby is she good to you
Do she do to you the things that I don't do
I can take you higher
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire.
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my soul.
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
Oh oh oh, I'm on fire
The streets are all busy
And we're still in bed
We should be up working
But we're lying here instead
I look outside, the weather's fine
For playing music, and drinking wine
I could waste the day with you
I could slip away
Into another dimension
What a perfect way, to spend the day, with you
Let's walk to the cafe
And sit in the sun
And read all the papers
And watch everyone
Cause life is short, and life is sweet
And sometimes you've just got to set yourself free
I could waste the day with you
I could slip away
Into another dimension
What a perfect way, to spend the day, with you
I could waste the day with you
I could slip away
Into another dimension
What a perfect way, to spend the day
The streets are all busy
And we're still in bed
We should be up working
But we're lying here instead
I look outside, the weather's fine
For playing music, and drinking wine
I could waste the day with you
I could slip away
Into another dimension
What a perfect way, to spend the day, with you
Let's walk to the cafe
And sit in the sun
And read all the papers
And watch everyone
Cause life is short, and life is sweet
And sometimes you've just got to set yourself free
I could waste the day with you
I could slip away
Into another dimension
What a perfect way, to spend the day, with you
I could waste the day with you
I could slip away
Into another dimension
What a perfect way, to spend the day
Lately I've been slipping down
Thinking I'm the only one
Drifting in and out of blue
But destiny's a state of mind
And today I'm doing fine
Just rolling through the afternoon with you
And it's a widescreen world around me
And I'm lying on the backseat of my mind
And it's a widescreen, got you beside me
We're just riding on the backseat feeling fine
I will be your misfit queen
I'll take you where the grass is green
Past the littered sidewalk to the sun
I hear the traffic move outside
Yeah but if I close my eyes
I can make it sound like waves rolling on
And it's a widescreen world around me
And I'm lying on the backseat of my mind
And it's a widescreen, got you beside me
We're just riding on the backseat feeling fine
And if we lie still can you feel the room
Can you feel the city, can you feel it move?
Can you tell your body, your body from mine?
Can you hear me
Am I loud enough
Could you see it coming
Like an avalanche
I only felt the need
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
Were you waiting, were you waiting
When you took my hand
Were you aching with me
Did you understand
I only felt the heat
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
When I know this is real
I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I feel
You eyes go straight to my soul
And I know this is good
It goes deep like I know it should yeah
We've just got to let love grow
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
Can you hear me
Am I loud enough
Could you see it coming
Like an avalanche
I only felt the need
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
Were you waiting, were you waiting
When you took my hand
Were you aching with me
Did you understand
I only felt the heat
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
When I know this is real
I know, 'cause I know, 'cause I feel
You eyes go straight to my soul
And I know this is good
It goes deep like I know it should yeah
We've just got to let love grow
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you're waited
So long
When somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
When somebody turns you on, when somebody turns you on
Now's the time whwn this will turn to fruit
All the Poppies gonna push up through
And I can see the ground below
The places that I know, disappearing
And I can see the winter fade
I don't feel so afraid it's clearing
(chorus)
What a feeling, what a feeling
What a feeling
Life is only half way in our hands
Years have passed while I was making plans
And I could never find the words
I always felt absurd, and always outside
But now I know I shouldn't care
There's a song already there
Waiting inside
(chorus)
And I can feel the clock unwind
The parts of me I tied are running
And all the birds are in my head
The laughter that was dead is coming
What a feeling, what a feeling
I carry you with me,
A ghost inside
And in these shattered arms
You're still alive.
I carry you with me,
A holy shrine
And dogs and angels follow
Right behind.
And could I be walking higher,
Could I be right beside her ?
The bones they buried
Will feed the trees
But every word you ever spoke
Is still in me.
And could I be walking higher,
Could I be right beside her ?
And I will feel for you in the music.
And I will send that river home.
And I will cry for you sometimes
When the night is down.
And I raise my head up to the mountains,
Talk to the birds and I fly
'cause the spirit lives on,
When the body dies
And could I be walking higher,
Could I be right beside her?
Could I be walking higher
I have slept beside the winter and the green is growing slow
I have watched you find the places hidden by the snow
I have tripped into a valley that is blue till you can see
I want you to come walk this world with me
CHORUS:
with the light in our eyes it’s hard to see
holding on and on to what we believe
with the light in our eyes it’s hard to see
I’m not touched but I’m aching to be
I want you to come walk this world with me
And I’m sucked in by the wonder and I’m fucked up by the lies
and I dig a hole to lie in and I build some wings to fly
and I think that I could love you ‘cause you know how to be free
I want you to come walk this world with me
CHORUS:
With the light in our eyes it’s hard to see
holding on and on ‘til we believe
with the light in our eyes it’s hard to see
I’m not touched but I’m aching to be
I want you to come, I want you to come
I want you to come walk this world with me
And it’s burning in our fingers and it’s burning on the road
And I like the way you’re broken and I’ll like you when you’re old
And I see you in the garden and I feel you plant the seed
I want you to come walk this world with me
While I was watching this talk show the other day
And on it there was this guy
And he was saying "When you let other people tell you what's right
when you leave your instinct and your own truth behind he said
that's a virus of the mind,
that's a virus of the mind"
Well I guess it's kinda like loosing your sight
For a second you think that they might be right
And it feeds the doubts that you have inside
It almost starts to feels like a crime
To follow your own rhythm and rhyme
I'm pretty happy, living in my
My own sweet time, living in my
I'm pretty happy, and I don't need your
Virus of the mind
Your virus of the mind
Well I went to this party thing last night
A lot of people I hadn't seen in a long long time
And they wanted to know about my life
But making me feel like it wasn't quite right
Like "Where's is your kids?" and "Where is you car?"
I said "I don't have either but I have a guitar"
And I ended up feeling like I was a freak
So I found some wine and something to eat
I talked to the dog to pass the time
I told myself "I'm doing just fine"
It's just a virus of the mind
It's just a virus of the mind
I'm pretty happy, living in my
My own sweet time, living in my
Yeah I'm pretty happy, and I don't need your
Virus of the mind
Your virus of the mind
It's in the deep of your soul, it's on the tip of your tongue
It's the feeling you get, when you feel young
It's in the sound of a beat, it's in the base of your spine
It's in your gut reaction, yeah every time
But they tell you what you should have, they tell you who you should be
It's in the pictures and ads and in the magazines
I'm kicking it off like a bug in the breeze
Cause is anyone out there inside me
I say "Is anyone out there inside me?"
I say "Is anyone?"
I'm pretty happy, living in my
My own sweet time, living in my
Yeah I'm pretty happy, and I don't need your
Virus of the mind
I'm pretty happy, living in my
My own sweet time, living in my
Yeah I'm pretty happy, and I don't need your
Virus of the mind
It gets inside you like the sun,
It makes you wet just like the rain
It makes you sound so sentimental,
It's a lovely kind of pain.
I used to dream,
I used to dream about Verona.
I used to dream, dream,
I used to dream about Verona.
And if there ever was an earthquake,
I'd go down in the earth with you.
And if there ever was an avalanche,
I'd landslide down with you.
I used to dream,
I used to dream about Verona.
I used to dream.
I used to lean over the side of the boat
And get hypnotized by the water and dream.
It's up in the trees it's up to me.
It's out of the blue, out to you.
I used to dream,
I used to dream about Verona.
Yeah Romeo you are priceless, lifeless,
Skipping star to scar to star.
I used to dream you'd be slipping, slipping from me.
Burning, breathing, breathing, sleeping, in me.
I used to lean over the side of the boat
And get hypnotized by the water and dream.
Slipping, slipping, slipping,
Slipping from me.
Burning, burning, breathing,
Sometimes I can feel you breathing into me.
And these hands I can feel them tugging at my sleeve,
I move through the day in the rhythm that I've known.
I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone.
All of it, all of it, all of it stripped down.
All of it, all of it, all of it, to truth and bone.
My mouth is full of secrets I'm too afraid to tell.
My body's full of longing for you to know me well.
I move through the day in the rhythms that I've known.
I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone.
All of it, all of it, all of it stripped down.
All of it, all of it, all of it, to truth and bone.
I think of sinking in way over my shoulders, let the water, the water take me in and I need you to cut through to where I'm hidden, I'm awkward and I'm too polite and I want two stars for arms like orion I could breathe in and breathe in and breathe out.
If I could only lose myself
I would lose myself in you,
I move trough the day in the rhythms that I've known.
I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone.
All of it, all of it, all of it stripped down.
written by Nick Cave
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, darling
Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around
We talk about it all night long
We define our moral ground
But when I crawl into your arms
Everything comes tumbling down
Your face has fallen sad now
For you know the time is nigh
When I must remove your wings
And you, you must try to fly
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, darling
Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down
You are a little mystery to me
I think of Venus sinking down into the sea.
And what it is to be alone and have nothing.
I don't know why you want to leave this space between.
Is it easier to be alone and have nothing ?
You and me and everyone.
Throwing fire at the sun.
I put my hands up, lay my weapons down.
I know that I was stupid, I was wrong.
You and me and everyone.
Throwing fire at the sun.
If I listen there's something deeper that speaks.
If we reach out maybe we could make a little peace.
You and me and everyone.
Throwing fire at the sun.
Remember stealing oranges and how they bled.
And you're the one who showed me how to touch myself.
You and me and everyone.
Throwing fire at the sun.
Blood is a river, ties you to me.
Blood is a river, ties everyone.
Blood is a river, ties you to me.
In your heart there are oceans
In your heart there are flowering trees
Look inside and live inside these walls
Your body yearns
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only want to open wide the window and let sunlight through
For you
In your face I see longing
In your face I see hopes and fears
You've been locked for too long behind these walls
Your body yearns
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only want to open wide the window and let sunlight through
For you
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What you're feeling
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What you need
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Everything
Take my hand and I'll lead you
Take my word that I'll not deceive you
I only want to carry you on beyond these walls
Your body yearns
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only want to open wide the window and let sunlight through
In your heart there are oceans
In your heart there are flowering trees
Look inside and live inside these walls
Your body yearns
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only want to open wide the window and let sunlight through
For you
In your face I see longing
In your face I see hopes and fears
You've been locked for too long behind these walls
Your body yearns
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only want to open wide the window and let sunlight through
For you
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What you're feeling
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
What you need
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Everything
Take my hand and I'll lead you
Take my word that I'll not deceive you
I only want to carry you on beyond these walls
Your body yearns
I'm not one to say I know what you go through
I only want to open wide the window and let sunlight through
Simplicity, is what we need
And I know it in my heart
So many choices make us think we need
What we haven't got
I've been blessed, by you
I've been tested, by an angel
I've been blessed, by you
And I know and I believe
There's a way out to the sea of happiness
And if I knew what Buddha taught
And would my wings unfold
And if I had all that I want
Could I let it go
I've been blessed, by you
I've been tested, by an angel
I've been blessed, by you
And I know and I believe
There's a way out to the sea of happiness
And sometimes I feel I'm learning to crawl
Like I'm still learning how to love
And sometimes I feel like I'm losing it all
But I know there must be some way we can rise above
I've been blessed, by you
I've been tested, by an angel
I've been blessed, by you
And I know and I believe
There's a way out to the sea of happiness
And I know and I believe
And I know and I believe
Talk to, talk to me
Like you used to darling
I know it's cold, I know it's late
But let's go out walking
Cause we haven't heard each other in a long time
And we have been treading water living side by side
You take my breath away
Yeah you still do even though we've been down
So come on talk to me
Yeah come on, even though we've been down
So long, so long, long long long long
Come to me, come to me
Like you used to darling
Every day, every way, we've been losing something
Cause we haven't held each other in a long time
And I need to feel you body close to mine
You take my breath away
Yeah you still do even though we've been down
So come on, talk to me
Yeah yeah, even though we've been down
So long, long, long long long long
Cause it's still inside you and it's still inside me
Still in our blood, in our memory
I'm still longing for you, are you longing for me
A long, long long long long
You take my breath away
Yeah you still do even though we've been down
You take my breath away
Yeah you still do even though we've been so down
You give me the feeling and I love to feel
A long, long long long
You give me it all, before we'll ever take around
A long, long long long
It's a long long
Talk to me, talk to me, yeah
It's a long long
Talk to me, talk to me
On the Vermont Transit Bus I leaned my arm into a little chink of sun, going somewhere older than I was, strapped into something tight, keeping me small. I dug into you like rock climbing; too scared of coming down, too scared of going up, too scared of rockface. I should've split my sides or spilled my guts or hit you or something, but I was good. And your father's little pancakes so round and perfect and me sitting up too straight, laughing in wrong places, kissing you, kissing up, kissing too soon.
When the cock crows
When the morning comes where will I go?
When the cock crows
When the love is gone where will I go?
And when you got me pregnant I stopped the party and I stopped the typewriter and I stopped your dumb ball game in the red barn and I stopped your father and bled instead. And I felt the lie - something sticky on the inside; a bitter wind in my throat, stopping me wanting, in my stomach, in my head and you said
Sugar sugar, you couldn't come come
Sugar sugar, without your mother
Sugar sugar, you couldn't taste it
Sugar sugar, in my throat.
When the cock crows
When the morning comes where will I go?
When the cock crows
Under your skin there's something beckoning;
There's something that makes me believe in you.
Behind your eyes, that's where the sacred lies;
You know I need to get through.
Oh here I go again.
Through the undergrowth again;
Feel the earth move, the planets spin
But I can't get through.
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
That I want to find.
I've seen your face; the one your mother made.
Now let me see what makes you really move.
I know you're sacred, I know it's tender there,
Just let me closer let me get through.
Oh here I go again.
Through the undergrowth again;
Feel the earth move, the planets spin
But I can't get through.
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
That I want to find.
And when you make me feel
When you make me bleed,
My lucky stars fall down on me.
You know I need to know you,
I need to see,
I need to take ahold of what's underneath.
So close your eyes, unlock your mind,
Throw off the fear, and let us fly.
Oh here I go again.
Through the undergrowth again;
Feel the earth move, the planets spin
But I can't get through.
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
It's the spirit in you,
Look at me I'm smooth like a shell,
Put your head down
You can hear the ocean.
Hold my body - feel it roll,
So much inside and it's all been broken.
You know it's just one step out it could all be over
You know this could rip us out at the seams.
I'm falling; it's all in your hands,
Don't let it wash away.
I'm aching; don't take it all away,
Breaking the shell again.
Look at me I'm out on the edge,
Put your hand here
See I'm bleeding.
I can't get it, get the light out -
I can't seem to tear out the feeling.
You know it's just one step out it could all be over
You know this could rip us out at the seams.
I'm falling; it's all in your hands,
Don't let it wash away.
I'm aching; don't take it all away,
Breaking the shell again.
I am a box, I am a fish, I am a trail, I keep you warm,
And I remember stripping down to meet the water,
Wading out to where the sky turns under,
My insides smooth like a shell,
Look at me I'm smooth like a shell,
Put your head down
You can hear the ocean.
Hold my body - feel it roll,
So much inside and it's all been broken.
You know it's just one step and it could all be over,
You know this could rip us out at the seams.
I'm falling, it's all in your hands,
Don't let it wash away.
I'm aching, don't take it all away,
Breaking the shell again.
Look at me I'm out on the edge,
Put your hand here
See I'm bleeding.
I can't get it, get the light out -
I can't seem to tear out the feeling.
You know it's just one step and it could all be over,
You know this could rip us out at the seams.
I'm falling, it's all in your hands,
Don't let it wash away.
I'm aching, don't take it all away,
Breaking the shell again.
I am a box, I am a fish, I am a trail, I keep you warm
And I remember stripping down to meet the water,
Wading out to where the sky turns under
my insides smooth like a shell,
Oh I won't be your pretty baby;
I won't eat from your hand again.
And the man in the white says it's alright,
He says, come on girl give up the fight.
You'll go to sleep, there will be no pain.
Well I want to live with myself again.
Well, where we lived there was a lighthouse,
Throwing a white beam into our house,
Over my body when I was sleeping,
Over the secrets I was keeping,
I could tell myself there would be no pain,
But I have to live with myself again.
I'm digging up, I'm digging up,
I'm digging up, I'm digging up,
I'm digging up, I'm digging up,
I'm digging in the earth.
I'm looking for signs
And I'm shaking the dolls
And the fairy-tales lied
And somewhere, back there
I didn't understand;
Man and woman and woman and man.
And I'm shaking the dolls
I'm shaking the dolls.
Ooh, the dream isn't coming through;
I can't feel for you.
Well somewhere, back there
I didn't understand;
Man and woman and woman and man,
And I'm shaking the dolls
I'm shaking the dolls.
Ooh I have to live with myself again,
I want to be with my body again,
You can't make me hollow again.
Ooh, the dream isn't coming through;
I can't feel for you.
Love, shooting up, through my veins -
I wanted to feel like a bird on the wings of time
But it was not our time
I wanted to lie for a while in the fields and dream
But it was not to be
Cuz sometimes you've gotta let love go
Even though it's hurting, even though
And sometimes you've got to let love slide
Out with the river, the river of life
I wanted to hold you so long in the dark till dawn
But I could feel you go
I wanted to sing; in my head I could hear a song
But it was not our song
Cuz sometimes you've gotta let love go
Even though it's hurting, even though
Sometimes you've gotta let love slide
Wishful thinking I might be yours
Drifting on every step
I'm always drawn to the dark horse
Sweet sweet nothing's said
And every dream is just a dream after all
And everything stands so still when you dance
Everything spins so fast
And the night's in a paper cup
When you want it to last
Wishful thinking you might be mine
Every shiver sends
One breath under the bridge of sighs
Bending where the river bends
And every dream is just a dream, after all
And everything stands so still when you dance
Everything spins so fast
And the night's in a paper cup
Love
I used to think that I knew what we needed
I just assumed we would always be fine
Now I don't think that we lost the feeling
But we, let everything build up inside
It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
What a challenge, honesty
What a struggle to learn to speak
Who would've thought that pretending was easier
It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
It tears at my heart
Only love
And it's all an eternity
Hoping to learn
Only love
Love
There's a part of you I'm trying to reach
Still a part I don't know
Tell me, is devotion a gift or a thief
Do you wish I'd let go
It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
It tears at my heart
Only love
And it's all, eternity
Hoping to learn
Only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love, only love, only
Only love, only love, only love, only love
Morning is almost here - let it wait
I just want to lie here awhile, tempting fate
I don't think I could breathe now with you gone
But it's not weakness it's just something I've begun
Maybe there's a light that's always on
Maybe we're not only human
Maybe there's a light that's always on
And we're not only human
When you're sleeping your ceramic
You're surrounded by little stars
Every shimmer is a searchlight
Every planet is ours
Change the street change the decade
Still the longing's left inside
But why am I too small to carry you?
Why does twilight make me cry?
When all the weight is gone
When all is said and done
We're not only human
Life is something set to music
I can hear it when I'm sad
There's a chord in every muscle
Every kiss you ever had
There's a power when you're near me
In our heads or in our bones
I know nothing but I'm guessing
Is it something ritual
I'm caught in, can't break the spell?
Is it moving in my body
Is it biological?
I gotta hand it to you
You've got one heart ten times divided
Did you cut yourself in pieces
To get them all inside?
You dream about her, can't you see?
She's only shining bright
'cause she's so out of reach.
You dream about the seven seas
While I'm staying home each night
making love to my fidelity.
I'm rocking in my bed
I can't talk can't think can't sleep.
And nothing's jumping fences,
I only count what I cannot keep...
I lick my wounds,
I chase my instinct like a cat.
I don't know how I got so good
Or why my heart's a trap
Why I love you, why I love you
Why I love you, I don't know,
Why I love you, why I love you, why.
Taking sides with my enemy
Making love to my fidelity
I'm landlocked, stuck in here,
I don't want to take my freedom.
I can't change what makes me high
And I can't change what I believe in.
I'm not pleasing no guru
I'm not out to look for Jesus.
I'm not afraid to break the rules
It's just, one love keeps me breathing.
Why I love you, why I love you
Why I love you, I don't know
Why I love you, why I love you, why.
Taking sides with my enemy
I got my daddy's eyes
but you gave me your double vision,
I got my daddy's stride
Now I'm walking blind with double vision.
And I can almost see your face now, in me.
And I can almost feel the weight you carried.
You had to break the skin
To put the blood between us,
You did the dirty work
To put the blood between us.
And I can almost see your face now, in me.
And I can almost feel the weight you carried.
Oooh rocking the seed in me
learning to speak the mothertongue.
Sometimes between the lines
I crashed, I could've killed you
I tried to go too fast -
I crashed, I could've killed you.
And I can almost see your face now, in me.
And I can almost feel the weight you carried.
Ooh-rocking the seed in me
I put my hands where your wings should be,
I put my feet where the earth should be
And I can't see very far
And when you said that you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been.
I've got this light hangs over me
I've got this fear cuts into me
And I can't see very far
And when you said that you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been
See how they run
And nobody said you would go
See how they fall
And I can't see very far
And when you said you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been
See how they run
See how they run
All the same, all the same
Something out here
I put my hands where your wings should be,
I put my feet where the earth should be
And I can't see very far
And when you said that you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been.
I've got this light hangs over me
I've got this fear cuts into me
And I can't see very far
And when you said that you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been
See how they run
And nobody said you would go
See how they fall
And I can't see very far
And when you said you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been
See how they run
See how they run
All the same, all the same
Something out here
written by Jimmy Cliff
Many rivers to cross
But I can`t seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it`s only my will
That keeps me alive
I`ve been licked, washed up for years and,
I merely survive because of my pride.
And this loneliness won`t leave me alone
It`s such a drag to be on your own
My woman left and she did`nt say why
Well I guess, I gotta try.
Many rivers to cross but where to begin,
I`m playing for time
There`ll be times when I find myself thinking
Of committing some dreadful crime.
I`ve got many rivers to cross
But I can`t seem to find my way over
Wandering I am lost as I travel along
The white cliffs of Dover
Many rivers to cross and it`s only my will
That keeps me alive
I`ve been licked, washed up for years and,
You're the one I think about time after time
You're the one that comes to me,
Visions in the night
I want to complicate your feelings
I want to heat you up inside
Yeah, I wanna make you mine
I'll be your sun coming up
I'll be your dog days
I'll be your new morning
Kiss you baby
I'll be the bluebird singing
I'll keep you warm
I'll take you deep in
Gonna make my bed beside you
In the bluebells of your soul
Gonna slip into your river, linger in your shoals
And when the stars are bright like fireflies
And the night is black as coal
I'm gonna make you mine
On another side of time
Before the sea runs dry
On another side of time
Where the love runs high
I'm gonna make you mine
There is a paradise that can be found
A better life to bring us round
And all we really need to do
Is see the world like lovers do
I want to take it easy, take it slow
To catch a fire and let it go
I wanna give myself to you
So we can live like lovers do
Like lovers do
I wanna feel that way
Yeah like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
And I need to feel, I need to feel that way
I can hear you thinking what I feel
I know that what we've got is real
And all we need to get us through
Is just to live like lovers do
Just like lovers do
I wanna feel that way
Yeah like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
Yeah I need to feel, I need to feel that way
Like lovers do
Give me the strength
To give myself to you
Like lovers lovers do
Yeah all we really need to do
Is see the world like lovers do
Like lovers do
I wanna feel that way
Yeah like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
Lovers do
I wanna feel that way
Like lovers do
They loose themselves for days
Yeah I need to feel, I need to feel that way
Written by Neil Young
Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
Somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I get so blown away.
I am just a dreamer, and you are just a dream,
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That moment when time just slips away,
Between us on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but I get so blown away.
Yeah yeah, hi hi, yeah, blown away
Yeah yeah, hi hi, yeah.
I am just a dreamer, and you are just a dream,
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That moment when time just slips away,
Between us on our foggy trip.
You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer where the feeling stays.
You found me drifting,
Big motion like a bird,
Strangest song I ever heard.
Now, now that you're here
Stay with me light years,
Light years, light years.
No paper, no ring
In the trees where frogs sing.
I brought lilies for you,
Think of all the things were gonna do.
Now, now that you're here,
Stay with me light years.
I give you a thousand hours,
Making love in the tall sunflowers.
I give you a thousand feet
Down where the water's deep.
Sleepy storm, sleepy head,
Limb for limb on my bed,
Now, now that you're here,
Stay with me light years,
Light years, light years,
Light years, stay with me,
My heart opened, like an oyster shell
I drank salt water, from your lips
And just below the equator
I swallowed the pearl
And I feel, and I feel, and I feel like I've just been born
And the sea rolled in
And rose around us
Your face above me
Darkening the stars
And as the waves are breaking out along the reef
I dived for your heart
And I feel, and I feel, and I feel like I've just been born
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Want you yeah
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Want you
My heart opened, like an oyster shell
I drink salt water, from your lips
And just below the equator
I swallowed the pearl
And I feel, and I feel, and I feel like I've just been born
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
want you yeah
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah I want you
Honey honey, yeah
Honey honey, yeah
Honey honey
Honey honey, yeah
Honey honey, yeah
There are parts of me he'll never know, my wild horses and my river beds, and in my throat voices he'll never hear.
He pulls at me like a cherry tree, and I can still move but I don't speak about it.
Pretend I'm crazy, pretend I'm dead. He's to scared to hit me now - he'll bring flowers istead
I need an island, somewhere to sink a stone
I need an island, somewhere to bury you,
Somewhere to go
And the dogwoods shimmer in October sun, "oh sweet thing", he sings to me,
"You're the only one."
I need an island, somewhere to sink a stone
I need an island somewhere to bury you,
Somewhere
I need an island, somewhere to sink a stone
I need an island, somewhere to bury you,
Somewhere to go.
And I don't know why I can't tell my sister, He spat in my face again, and I don't want to die here. You know that dream when your feet won't move, you want to come but your body won't let you. He steals it from me.He steals it from me. It shines like sweat, like jewels, like something that has died to soon. He fucks with the beauty. A kiss, a kick, a kiss, a kick, a kiss kiss kick. He steals it from me. It's out of my hands again.
I need an island, somewhere to sink a stone
I need an island, somewhere to bury you,
Sweet, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
I got an e-mail from you today
With a poem that you wrote
I was touched because you felt it
And 'cause I nearly let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
This long distance has me outta my mind
But it gives me time to think
And it gives me room to see you
In another live
Sweet, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
And I know if I saw you in a movie
And I know, doing all the things you do, for me
And I know if I saw you in a movie
Doing all the things you do
I would fall in love with you
Sweet, won't let you go, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
And I know if I saw you in a movie
And I know, doing all the things you do, for me
And I know if I saw you in a movie
Doing all the things you do
I would fall in love with you
Sweet, won't let you go, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go
Sweet, won't let you go, won't let you go
I've got a memory a thousand years old
And I know secrets I've never been told
And I've got jewels I haven't found
And they'll return me to the ground
I'm the girl, I'm the girl, I'm the girl
You know me
I'm the girl, I'm the girl, I'm the girl
And I'm a siren; I'll wreck you on my shores
And I'm godiva; I'll call you back for more
And I'm medusa; and I'm your favourite doll
And I'm a georgia o'keefe
Hanging on your wall
I'm Joan of Arc, I'm the girl next door
I'm the mother and the daughter
Of the mother and the daughter before
And I remember being born just
Sound and light and sound and light
And I remember the first time,
Skin on skin in the arms of the night.
Well how many times have we looked
Up into the starry skies, and how many
Times have we felt the passion rise.
Every ruby-lipped girl baby, old lady, squaw junkie,
Girl after girl after girl, every muse, whore,
Good witch, princess, back arching, year after year after year
I'm Joan of Arc, I'm the girl next door
I'm the mother and the daughter
Are you ready
For me to be stronger
I'm keeping my distance
My voice to a whisper
Are you ready
For me to surrender
Cause I find in my return
There's no need to hide these words
Cause maybe, maybe, I'm no angel, I'm no angel
But I feel, like I could fly
And maybe, maybe, there's no rainbow, there's no rainbow
But my love for you still shines
And I want to, I wanna be endless
I wanna be helpless
I want to be true
Like a sunbeam, like a sunbeam
The shadow's behind me, the shadow's behind me
Sliding out of view
Let me bring it home to you
Maybe, maybe, I'm no angel, I'm no angel
But I feel, like I could fly
Maybe, maybe, there's no rainbow, there's no rainbow
But my love for you still shines
Cause here I am, here I am
I've been running, long enough to know
Here I am, here I stand
All this rung's got me longing in my soul
Longing in my soul
Cause maybe, maybe, I'm no angel, I'm no angel
But I feel, like I could fly
Maybe, maybe, there's no rainbow, there's no rainbow
But my love for you still shines
Yeah maybe, maybe, I'm no angel, I'm no angel
Angel feel, feel like I could fly
Yeah, maybe, maybe, there's no rainbow, there's no rainbow
But my love, love for you still shines
Take me home
Send me on a ship
My life leaves me
Homesick
Home
I forget myself
Home
I can't let myself
Let myself go
Miss my baby bones
I know the way they felt
I've been aching
For mother's milk
Home
I forget myself
Home
I can't let myself
Let myself go
And I wanna be only bereft
And I wanna get smartest in my heart
Somebody to cut what I can't chew
Fill me up like it fills the room
Got my big girl
Body and shoes
Sometimes lately
Its hard to choose
Home (can't let myself go)
I forget myself
Home (can't let myself go)
I can't let myself go
Home (can't let myself go)
I forget myself
Home (can't let myself go)
I can't let myself
let myself
let myself
let myself
The time I like is the rush hour, 'cause I like the rush
The pushing of the people - I like it ever so much
Such a mass of motion - I do not know where it goes
I move with the movement and ... I have the touch
I'm waiting for ignition, I'm looking for a spark
Any chance collision and I light up in the dark
There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair
Oh, do I dare ... I have the touch
Only, only wanting contact
I'm only, only wanting contact
I'm only, only wanting contact with you
Shake those hands, shake those hands
And give me the thing I understand
Shake those hands, shake those hands
Shake hands, shake hands
Any social occasion, it's hello, how do you do
All those introductions, I never miss my cue
So before the question, so before the doubt
My hand moves out and ... I have the touch
Only, only wanting contact
I'm only, only wanting contact
I'm only, only wanting contact with you
Shake those hands, shake those hands
And give me the thing I understand
Shake those hands, shake those hands
Shake hands, shake hands
Pull my chin, stroke my hair, scratch my nose, hug my knees
Try drink, food, cigarette, the tension will not ease
I tap my fingers, fold my arms, breathe in deep, cross my legs
Shrug my shoulders, stretch my back - but nothing seems to please
I need contact
I need contact
Nothing seems to please
"Sometimes you remember the exact moment you wrote a song and this is one of them. I really was sitting in the light of late afternoon at the edge of the water, and the sentiment hit me. It seemed like such a simple line, I couldn't believe someone else hadn't written it already!"
Here in the light of late afternoon
Sun on the water, I'm thinking of you
How we've come too far
To be drifting apart
All this distance we're losing
I know it's my fault
But I think that I love you
I know that I do
I just need you
To help me, help me be good to you
Help me, help me be good to you
Help me, help me be good to you
I don't know why
I can't settle down
Something from my childhood
I still haven't found
And I don't wanna hurt you
With all my longings and my doubts
Just the way I need to feel free
I can see how it brings you down
Well I think that I love you
I know that I do
I just need you
To help me, help me be good to you
Help me, help me be good to you
Help me, please help me dad
Help me be good to you
Help me be good to you
Help me, help me be good to you
Help me, help me, help me, help me
Help me be good to you
Help me be good to you
Help me, help me be good to you
Got the lights down low, the street below
The world inside is spinning
All my memories, my doubts about the ways that I've been living
You come on like the sun
And blow it all away
And I guess, heaven sent you, cause I'm heaven high
And I'm heading into what I can't describe
It's all I ever wanted, but I'm terrified
You're in my head, in my veins, in my world
And you're here to stay
Every day I wake, I hesitate
I feel you're in my sky
All my melodies, my dreams it seems
You're always on my mind
If you come on like a tide you turn me
And I can't turn away
I guess, heaven sent you, cause I'm heaven high
And I'm heading into what I can't describe
You're all I ever wanted, but I'm terrified
In my head, in my veins, in my world
And you're here to stay
I guess, heaven sent you, cause I'm heaven high
And I'm heading into, what I can't describe
You're all I ever wanted, but I'm terrified
In my head
Heaven sent you, cause I'm heaven high
Heading into, what I can't describe
You're all I ever wanted, but I'm terrified
In my head, in my veins, in my world, yeah
In my head, in my veins, in my world, yeah
In my head, in my veins, in my world
Wanna cry for you
Would it do any good?
If I rained for you
It would just be water
And the night's with you
And the storm's in your hand
And you're down and you're down
And I can't lift you
I'm powerless to change your world
I'm powerless to stop the hurt
Refrain:I'll give you my heart, give you my shoulder
Give you my heart, give you my shoulder
Wanna run for you
Would it do any good?
If I flew for you
You would still be standing
And it's hard watching
Cause I'm part of you
And it's hard not to
Not to know what I can do
I'm powerless to change your world
I'm powerless to stop the hurt
I'm trying hard to be your tower of strength
I'm trying hard to bring you back to joy
Refrain
When the night just cuts you through
And the dream is lost to you
When you're worried and confused
Sunday is Gloomy,
My hours are slumberless,
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you
Gloomy Sunday
Sunday is gloomy
with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be flowers and prayers that are sad,
I know, let them not weep,
Let them know that I'm glad to go
Death is no dream,
For in death I'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you
Gloomy Sunday
Dreaming
I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you
Asleep in the deep of
My heart
Dear
Darling I hope that my dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you
Sometimes I'm an indian
Caught only by the sky,
I can't go further -
I'm going inside.
See it's like a ride
It turns you out in the night;
You're far from the road now,
But it's getting brighter.
If you don't believe it
Then lose yourself and feel it;
This is the bright frontier
Right now, right here;
This is the bright frontier
Right now, right here.
Taking hold of what we have,
It's easy now;
We're splitting it open
To eat the seeds.
Looking in at what we've found,
It's easy now;
This big horizon,
It's you and me.
If you don't believe it
Then lose yourself and feel it;
This is the bright frontier
Where the love runs free;
This is the bright frontier
The sky is the limit for you and me.
When you get to the top of something
Do you get that feeling?
Do you get that high?
When you get to the top of something
Do you get there, you want to jump off?
Oh - we're going to keep on stretching out
How many days are left
And what to spend them on?
Should I keep working
Or sit and marvel at the sky?
I think about your skin, your fragile skin
The heaven of life we're living in
Drink it in, drink it deep
I pray to life your soul to keep
Drink it in, drink it in
Pink clouds scatter
My heart beats clear
For all the hearts that I hold dear
Drink it in, drink it deep
I pray to life, your soul to keep
Drink it in, drink it in
Eat your words, eat your heart out
Eat your words, eat your heart out
There's not much left, just my red dress
Just this feeling that I got
You made me a victim in your Christmas kitchen
It's my memory it's your loss
Blue black, maybe you got something but the flowers grew back
And was it familiar when you touched my sister
God, I don't think there's a word for that
Blue black, maybe you got something but the flowers grew black
I gave it away, whore for a day
It's so ugly, I'm still breathing
But you never got my virgin heart
It stayed locked up, it's still beating
Blue black, maybe you got something but the flowers grew black
Eat your words, eat your hat
Eat your words, eat your heart out
I never felt so clean, you did the sin supreme
You never had a clue, you can't take it with you
I never felt so clean, you did the sin supreme
Big ring around the moon
Gonna rain hard soon
I know you're gonna leave
It's like a storm inside
You're the blood of me
You're the truth that hurts
You're the memory
You're the drug that works
Why do people change
When hearts still beat the same ?
I don't believe you when you tell me
I don't believe you when you hold me
I don't believe you.You're my medicine
I don't believe you when you fuck me
Big ring around the moon
I've been searching for the answers
I've been diving in the sea
I've been haunted by the shadows
Of what we could have been
And its not that I'm broken
And it isn't that I bleed
But when you pulled the stars from the heavens
It got so hard to see
And where would I put my hands now?
Its over now, we had our time
Its over now, we had our time
But you leave me, blind
Will you leave me, blind
Dove for the treasures
We went deep down for the pearls
And we could have cracked it open
Yeah, it could have been so good
And where would I put my hands now?
Its over now, we had our time
Its over now, we had our time
I feel this pain, I know I'm alive
If love is wrong, then I'm doing time
I feel myself, small like a child
My love has gone, how will I survive
It's everywhere, it's in the trees
All those stars and I can't see
I'm blind, I'm blind, I'm blind
And how will you think of us
A crease along your hand
Lying at these temple doors
Beautiful and sad
And where would I put my hands now?
Its over now, we had our time
Its over now , we had our time
But you leave me, blind
Will you leave me, blind
Its in the trees
All those stars and I can't see
Oh, you leave me, you leave
You leave me, blind, blind
Ooh, you leave me, you leave me
Its in the trees
You leave me, you leave me
Where the silence falls
There the river runs deep
Where the shadow ends
So begins the dream
Where the hunger leads me
It's hard to believe
I'll be lost to you
It's the blood that ties
It's the hurt that heals
It's the face you hide
Hides the pain you feel
So hold me up now
Yeah, I'm afraid to breathe
An' I'm lost to you
Yeah, I'm lost to you
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
Hold me under
Let the river wash away my sins
Let me drown and you
Let the water and the love rush you
You can hear me whisper
When you're listenin'
And I'm lost to you
Yeah, lost to you
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
It's the blood that ties
It's the hurt that heals
It's the face you hide
Hides the pain you feel
So hold me up now
I long to believe
And I'm lost to you
Yeah, lost to you
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
I believe in a heaven
I believe in the night
I believe there's a path to follow
I believe in the light
Part of you is the devil
Part of you is the light
I'm gonna fly
Through the city of angels
I want to live where the sky is big
Simple and free
That's where I want to be
Simple and free
That's where I gotta be
Take my clothes off
Be the one I am
In my own rhythm
Like the water
Just living day to day to day to day
Just living day to day to day to day
Like a cherry seed
Let me learn to bleed
Breaking open
Like the sun
Just living day to day to day to day
I lie in a field, in the trailer-park of my dreams
Saving up for someday.
But what does someday mean?
And I'm young but I let it stip on by
I'm co-dependent and I'm lost inside
And you, you look like freedom
You look like the avalanche I need
The avalanche I need
And there's a road, leads away from here
And every day I stand in place and watch it disappear
And there's a bird, circles in my mind
Security's the whore in me that never lets me fly
And you, you look like freedom
You look like change
You look like the avalanche I need
The avalanche I need
With your sunburned soul
And your hunger for the road
I'm snowblind and I'm crying after
Like nothing matters
When you go down take me
When you go down, yeah, make me
I got a hunger you could feed
And I know it's a fine line divides
The place I'm looking for and what's inside
And I know it's a long, long way
Through the outskirts of everyday
And you, you took like freedom,
You look like change
You look like the avalanche I need
The avalanche I need
Aquamarine
All that glitters lies beneath
Deep blue, shallow green
I won't let it go
Aquamarine
You're my sexy little daydream
Deep blue, shallow green
Gotta make it so
Aquamarine
Send it up into the gulf stream
Deep blue, shallow green
I won't let it go
Now is the dream
Now is the dream
When birds fly they navigate by stars,
These nights the walls come down,
These nights are ours.
This love is life - I want to stay,
I'll be beside you all the way.
All the way, All the way, All the way,
I lie in a field, in the trailer-park of my dreams
Saving up for someday.
But what does someday mean?
And I'm young but I let it stip on by
I'm co-dependent and I'm lost inside
And you, you look like freedom
You look like the avalanche I need
The avalanche I need
And there's a road, leads away from here
And every day I stand in place and watch it disappear
And there's a bird, circles in my mind
Security's the whore in me that never lets me fly
And you, you look like freedom
You look like change
You look like the avalanche I need
The avalanche I need
With your sunburned soul
And your hunger for the road
I'm snowblind and I'm crying after
Like nothing matters
When you go down take me
When you go down, yeah, make me
I got a hunger you could feed
And I know it's a fine line divides
The place I'm looking for and what's inside
And I know it's a long, long way
Through the outskirts of everyday
And you, you took like freedom,
You look like change
You look like the avalanche I need
The avalanche I need
I'm talking to strangers
To see what I feel;
Your face is changing now
And nothing seems real.
These things I know
Are like a baby how they grow in me;
I pull them out
Just like a baby for you to see them all
I'm talking to strangers
To see what I need;
This love between us now,
How it's twisting in me.
I want to get it out,
I want to feel the breathing,
I want to really love,
I want to know the meaning,
I want to share all these things.
These things I know
Are like a baby how they grow in me
I pull them out
The bullet's deep, I'm not dreaming,
The blood I keep, while you're healing.
Have you found your second skin, your second wind?
Have you found your second skin, second wind?
You're riding high,
you won't be falling
Don't look behind; I'm still crawling.
Have you found your second skin, your second wind?
Have you found your second skin, second wind?
Ooh you could have been born to swim,
You could have been born to camouflage.
Does it pull? A ring around your finger?
Does it hurt? And does it linger on?
Have you found your second skin, your second wind?
Can you hear me? am I loud enough?
Could you see it coming like an avalanche?
I only felt the need
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you waited so
Long
When somebody turns you on.
Were you waiting when you took my hand?
Were you aching with me? did you understand?
I only felt the heat
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you waited so
Long
When somebody turns you on.
Now I know this is real
I know 'cause I know 'cause I feel
Your eyes go straight to my soul
And I know this is good
It goes deep like I know it should
We've just got to let love grow
When somebody turns you on
It's like a light in the dark goes on
It's like you've waited for rain, you waited so
Long
When somebody turns you on.
Sometime I can feel you breathing into me.
And these hands I can feel them tugging at my sleeve,
I move through the day in the rhythms that I've known.
I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone.
All of it, all of it, all of it stripped down.
All of it, all of it, all of it, to truth and bone.
My mouth is full of secrets I'm too afraid to tell.
My body's full of longing for you to know me well.
I move through the day in the rhythms that I've known.
I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to thruth and bone.
All of it, all of it, all of it stripped down
All of it, all of it, all of it, to truth and bone.
I think of sinking in way over my shoulders,
Let the water, the water take me in and I
Need you to cut through to where I'm hidden,
I'm awkward and I'm too polite and I want
Two stars for arms like orion I could
Breathe in and breathe in and breathe out.
If I could only lose myself
I would lose myself in you,
I move trough the day in the rhythms that I've known.
I've got this crazy dream of stripping down to truth and bone.
All of it, all of it, all of it stripped down
All of it, all of it, all of it, to truth and bone.
Move me
Don't try
Let the music reach me tonight
Push me into something new
I've been riding all day on a bus
Just to listen to you
I love, I love, I love the look
In your trespassed eyes
I love, I love, I love the way
You can make me cry
Sink me into stirred-up sea
Something I can drown in
Only you can do this to me
I love, I love, I love the look
In your trespassed eyes
I love, I love, I love the way
You can make me cry
Fill me up
And drop me down
Now I'm alive in the valley of sound
In the valley of sound
Fall for me, my southern cross, my star
Shine for me when love has gone too far
I've got you belly deep in me
Just a little breath on the water is all we need
Just a little strenght in our hearts
Enough to heal
Enough to heal
Dig me out, can't leave this love for dead
Hand to mouth we're picking up the thread
I've got you belly deep in me
Just a little breath on the water now is all we need
Just a little strenght in our hearts
Enough to heal
Enough to heal
And the sea glistens
And the waves pull us in
There's something rising up and up
Just a little breath on the water now
Just a little strenght in our hearts,
Enough to heal
Storm's out on the water,
I watch it getting closer,
Are you coming home?
All these years we've wandered
Trying to break the cycle
All these years of hope
And my heart feels the strain,
But it makes me feel like I'm alive again
Well sometimes in our lives
We need the pain
So I find some candles,
Put out all the anchors
Pull the shutters down
It makes me think about us
All those things that got lost
Still we're holding on
And the storm rushes in
But it makes me feel like I'm alive again
Well sometimes, in our lives we need the pain
The wind, the rain, the storm will wash us clean again
The wind, the rain, the storm will make us think again
The wind, the rain, the storm will shake us up again
The wind
And maybe we can start again
Storm's out on the water,
Sea and sky become one
I've got a ruby red desire
Like a virus like my last hope
I've got a ruby red desire
I've got to hear the red bird sing
I've got to rip this cord
And rinse this lazy blood
Clear a path and walk away
I've been waiting for the sky to fall
I've been thinking I could lose it all
I've been waiting for the safety net
Tell myself that I'm not ready yet
And every memory's a dream
And each uncertainty reminds me why
I saw a kid outside playing by a moongate
Making paper things that fly
I've been waiting for the sky to fall
I've been worried I could lose it all
I've been waiting for the safety net
Tell myself that I'm not ready yet
I want to live
I want to live
Wishful thinking I might be yours
Drifting on every step
I'm always drawn to the dark horse
Sweet sweet nothing's said
And every dream is just a dream after all
And everything stands so still when you dance
Everything spins so fast
And the night's in a paper cup
When you want it to last
Wishful thinking you might be mine
Every shiver sends
One breath under the bridge of sighs
Bending where the river bends
And every dream is just a dream, after all
And everything stands so still when you dance
Everything spins so fast
And the night's in a paper cup
There's a barge going by on the river.
Yellow against the blue.
There's a bus driving up along the bridge
And it's red like the color of new love.
And I need new love
And I need true love.
And I need to be held.
And I need to be told
There's more to come.
There's a woman beside a window.
Quiet against the street.
There's a man beside a magazine stand.
Looks like he's waiting to meet some one.
And I need new love
And I need true love.
And I need to be held.
And I need to be told
There's more to come.
And everything reminds me of you.
And everything reminds me of things we used to do.
Even though I miss you, I know we're through.
And I need to find something new.
And I need new love
And I need true love.
And I need to be held.
And I need to be told
There's more to come.
There's a man playing guitar in the subway.
Gentle against the crowd.
There's a kid in the upstairs apartment.
Plays his recorder, wakes me up from above.
And I need new love
And I need true love.
And I need to be held.
And I need to be told
Come to wind, carry it from the sun.
Come to rain, turns up the corners of my mouth.
And I like this wide open view
But I'm not looking further than you
Come to stranger, wants to know my name.
Come tomorrow, I still feel the same.
And I like this wide open view
But I'm not looking further than you
Oh, on a day like this you can see forever but that's okay.
And I like this wide open view
But I'm not looking further than you
Come to moon, floating like a fish.
Come to first star, who'd have thought it'd come to this.
And I like this wide open view
But I'm not looking further than you
And I like this wide open view
I'm coming home to you
I'm alive, I'm amess
I can't wait to get home to you
To get warm and undressed
Ther've been changes beyond my dreams
Everybody wants me to sing
Ther've been changes beyond my grasp
Things I'm sinking in
(chorus)
So keep me in your bed all day
Nothing heals me like you do
And when somebody knows you well
Well there's no comfort like that
And when somebody needs you
Well there's no drug like that
(chorus)
And when I'm home, curled in your arms
And I'm safe again
I'll close my eyes and sleep
To the sound of London rain
(chorus)
Nothing falls like London Rain
Nothing heals me like you do
I'm coming i'm coming home to you
I'm alive I'm a mess
I can't wait to get home to you
To get warm warm and undressed
There've been changes beyond my dreams
Everybody wants me to sing
There've been changes beyond my grasp
Things I'm sinking in
So keep me keep me
In your bed all day all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do
And when somebody knows you well
Well there's no comfort like that
And when somebody needs you
Well there's no drug Iike that
So keep me, keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Keep me keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
And where l'm home, curled in your arms
And I'm safe again
I'll close my eyes and sleep, sleep
To the sound of London Rain
So keep me, keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Keep me keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like London Rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like London Rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like London Rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Your hands were covered in paint
The pillow smothered my cry
You were half charmer half snake
I lived in dreamtime
But I'm alive; I survived you
And the bitter taste, the years I wasted
All the hate is gone
'Cause I'm Alive
Some nights I'd sleep in the car
Just to escape you
You drove devotion too far
No-one could save you
But I'm alive; I survived you
And the bitter taste, the years I wasted
All the hate is gone
'Cause I'm Alive
I still have visions of you
I still have nights to get through
And when the trust isn't true
I have these visions of you, visions of you
But I'm alive; I survived you
And the bitter taste, the years I wasted
All the hate is gone cause I'm alive
Ride on and fade away
There's nothing more to say
Ride on and fade away
See the lights go by
Streaks against the sky
You've been by my side
You've been on this ride
All the times I've cried
All the nights beside
You have brought me round
Yours the thorny crown
Where the sea grass grows
Dark among the stones
You have thrown the line
I've been wandering,
Waiting for something to give;
I won't be a heroine -
I'm just looking for something to live by.
And there are lesions in the soil
And there are pockets of pain where the shadows lie,
And there are voices in the ocean,
And there is something in the sky.
A mother should say,
A father should say,
Look up, look down,
Keep your ear to the ground.
It's washing over me
It's spinning under me
And am I looking up at angels
Or am I really looking up at clouds passing by?
And when I say I'm listening
Why is it I only hear you when you cry?
A mother should say,
A father should say,
Look up, look down,
Keep your ear to the ground.
Keep your ear to the ground.
I've been wondering,
Waiting for something to give,
I won't be a heroine,
I'm just looking for something to live by.
And there are lesions in the soil
And there pockets of pain where the shadows lie,
And there are voices in the ocean,
And there is something in the sky.
A mother should say,
A father should say,
Oh you,
Look up, Look down,
Keep your ear to the ground.
It's washing over me,
It's spinning, it's spinning under me
And am I looking up at the angels
Or am I really looking up at the clouds floating by ?
And when I say I'm listening
Why is it I only hear you when you cry ?
A mother should say,
A father should say,
Oh you
Look up, look down,
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
A mother should say,
A father should say,
Oh you
Look up, look down,
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
Keep your ear to the ground
Tonight my life is moving fast
I sit and watch the demons pass
A world I know but never seen
A fear that ripped the colour from me
I lit a candle for the day
Saw the light around your head
Walked where angels never go
Saw them shining from below
It's easy when you're blessed
With money, love and sex
You're not like all the rest
It's easy when you're blessed
And did your mother lie to you?
You got God and death confused
I can't blame it on your soul
There was nowhere else it could go
It's easy when you're blessed
With money, love and sex
You're not like all the rest
It's easy when you're blessed
Out of the glitter and the shine,
Out of the corner of my eye,
Saw you walk in, I freezed the frame,
My luck again.
We could have been strangers if we tried
Moved to the rhythm side by side,
Maybe a glance across the room,
Blue moon
Why do the hours burn so long?
Sunset and shadows call,
I hear the music playing on
I know you're gone but you
You left me a song
Under the skylight after dark,
Crept in to find you, what a lark
We were like children stripping down,
The joy we found.
But even the lights that turn me on
Make it so hard to see beyond;
Make it a rainbow in my mind
- This borrowed time
Why do the hours burn so long?
Sunset and shadows call
I hear the music playing on
I know you're gone, but you
You left me a song
You left me a song
Kiss your lashes, kiss you low
I'm driven to you like the driven snow
There's a place for us to lie
For every lover there's a piece of sky
To every life a light that shines
To every heart a beat that's true
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
You know this was meant to be
Long ago, a hundred years from now
Tossin' on an open sea
Love so good, it's easy to go down
To every life a light that shines
To every heart a beat that's true
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
To every life a light that shines
To every heart a beat that's true
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
I love you like a jungle fever
I'll never, never, never, I'll never leave
Through every vein and every fiber
I'll never, never, never, I'll never leave
To every life a light that shines
To every heart a beat that's true
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
Baby, you're my yellow summer
Baby, you're my winterblue
Winterblue, winterblue, winterblue
My winterblue
My my, my my, my my
My my winterblue
(My yellow summer)
Winterblue
(My yellow summer)
Winterblue
Love
I used to think that I knew what we needed
I just assumed we would always be fine
Now I don't think that we lost the feeling
But we, let everything build up inside
It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
What a challenge, honesty
What a struggle to learn to speak
Who would've thought that pretending was easier
It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
It tears at my heart
Only love
And it's all an eternity
Hoping to learn
Only love
Love
There's a part of you I'm trying to reach
Still a part I don't know
Tell me, is devotion a gift or a thief
Do you wish I'd let go
It's only love
But love, should make us strong
It's only love
But love, has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
It tears at my heart
Only love
And it's all, eternity
Hoping to learn
Only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love, only love, only
Only love, only love, only love, only love
I put my hands where your wings should be,
I put my feet where the earth should be
And I can't see very far
And when you said that you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been.
I've got this light hangs over me
I've got this fear cuts into me
And I can't see very far
And when you said that you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been
See how they run
And nobody said you would go
See how they fall
And I can't see very far
And when you said you were dead I hung on
Something I feel
You are an angel, or maybe you could've been
Something out here
You are an angel or maybe you could've been
See how they run
See how they run
All the same, all the same
Something out here
Your hands were covered in paint
The pillow smothered my cry
You were half charmer half snake
I lived in dreamtime
But I'm alive; I survived you
And the bitter taste, the years I wasted
All the hate is gone
'Cause I'm Alive
Some nights I'd sleep in the car
Just to escape you
You drove devotion too far
No-one could save you
But I'm alive; I survived you
And the bitter taste, the years I wasted
All the hate is gone
'Cause I'm Alive
I still have visions of you
I still have nights to get through
And when the trust isn't true
I have these visions of you, visions of you
But I'm alive; I survived you
And the bitter taste, the years I wasted
All the hate is gone cause I'm alive
Ride on and fade away
There's nothing more to say
Ride on and fade away
I saw a mountain from higher above.
I held your hand and I was doubled up in love.
Big sky above me, a river inside me
And I'm doubled up in love.
You're watching your step but you fall as you're walking.
You take it in stride but still you fall as you're walking.
Big sky above me, a river inside me
And I'm doubled up in love.
Feels good, it feels like poetry,
Don't ask me to explain it just feels good, like poetry,
I'm doubled up again.
Look at the sky,
Lift off like an aeroplane,
Watch the ground come up to meet you.
Big sky above me, a river inside me
And I'm doubled up in love.
Feels good, it feels like poetry,
Don't ask me to explain it just feels good, like poetry,
Can we love each other?
And respect each other?
Find some joy together?
That's all I need
All I need
That's all I need
I don't want your money
Or all your time
Just a heart that's beating
With mine
That's all I need
All I need
That's all I need
And when you've got the world on your shoulders, you'll see
I'll be there for you like you'll be there for me
Can we love each other
and respect each other
find some joy together
that's all i need
all, all i need
that's all i need
all, all i need
i don't want your money
or your time
just a heart that's beating
with mine
that's all i need
all, all i need
that's all i need
all, all i need
here
and when you've got to look
on your shoulders
you'll see i'll be there for you
like you'll be there for me
cause that's all i need
all, all i need
that's all i need
all, all i need
that's all i need
all, all i need
all, all i need
all i need
that's all i need
i need
so simple
we can move
we can just give it up
give it up, give it up
feel heart now that you're all i need
all i need
all i need
I keep a light in the window
Dark band on my heart
Some days are better than others
Mostly I'm falling apart
I keep his picture beside me
I see the dream in his eyes
I watch the light disappearing
Into unsettled skies
You say the world will be a better place
After this war is won
You say no sacrifice too great
But every soldier is a mother's son
I know he can't take the killing
And how it messes with his soul
I know the days are unending
When you're so far from home
You say the world will be a better place
After this war is won
You say no sacrifice too great
But every soldier is a mother's son
You say the world will be a better place
After this war is won
You say no sacrifice too great
But every soldier is a mother's son
No war that can be won
When every soldier is a mother's son
No war that can be won
When every soldier is a mother's son
I keep a light in the window
I keep a vigil inside
I say a prayer for those mothers
Across the enemy lines
You say the world will be a better place
After this war is won
You say no sacrifice too great
But every soldier is a mother's son
You say the world will be a better place
After this war is won
You say no sacrifice too great
But every soldier is a mother's son
Every soldier is a mother's son
It's like a chain reaction
Misunderstanding every word
It's like a train to nowhere
And everyone gets hurt
And maybe if I paint the world. black
And maybe if I paint the world. white
Cause you don't seem to see it quite like I do
And we don't seem to see it eye to eye
We never go the distance
We just [.] in the dirt
And I could say I'm sorry
But I want you to say it first
And maybe if I paint the world. black
And maybe if I paint the world. white
Cause you don't seem to see it quite like I do
And we don't seem to see it eye to eye
This is so stupid
This is all so lame
This is so stupid
Playing these games
Everything is unfocused
Everything is stained
This is so stupid
Playing these games
Well I could learn to fake it
And you could learn to bruise
And maybe we can make it
But then it's easier to lose
And maybe if I paint the world. black
And maybe if I paint the world. white
Cause you don't seem to see it quite like I do
And we don't seem to see it eye to eye
This is so stupid
This is all so lame
This is so stupid
Playing these games
Everything is unfocused
Everything's in pain
This is so stupid
Maybe if I paint the world. black
And maybe if I paint the world. white
Cause you don't seem to feel it quite like I do
so much going on outside my life
so much happen round the world
there's alot on everyones plat
not many people see it really
everytime i talk tto u
u dont understand
everytime i want a moment with you
you walk away
outside my school life i
seem to be so special at home
i'm so inportent to everyon at school
i'm not the cool one
they are they all like to say nasty comments
so they feel better
some girls they just hate me cuz i got everything they all want
you know what i mean dont ya
seems only at home i belong there
seems only with friends and family are my soul mates
i'mm not the one to convince
this is getting way out of hand
nmy life is changing
can-not control myself over you!
everytime i try to talk to you
you seem to walk awaay
is there something you're hinding from me
whats going on
i wish i had a moment with you
(moment with you)
ohh everytime i try to talk
you seem to walk away
like you dont want to listen
you bad mouth
the days we have gone so qickly
( On ATB / Two worlds LP )
Ooh, listen
Let it go
Hmm let it go
Everything
I believe it's all inside you
All the answers
Stripped it down
And see the light cut
Through the cry
I believe it takes a moment
Just to know it
Listen to the wind
Let go of the fear
Let go of everything
Let go of what's real
Love will find you
There you go, you're down again
Disbeliever
Hoping for a way to get through
Desire
Everything in life has shown you
It's so easy
Listen to the wind
Let go of the fear
Let go of everything
Let go of what's real
Love will find you
Let go of the fear
Let go of everything
Let go of what's real
Love will find you
I believe it's all inside inside you
All the answers
Stripped it down and see the light cut
Through the cry
I believe it takes a moment,
Just to know it
Listen to the wind
Let go of the fear
Let go of everything
Let go of what's real
Love will find you
Let go of the fear
Let go of everything
Let go of what's real
Love will find you
Love, let go, let go, let go, let go
Say something, let it fly
Darkness is here and so am I
Say something, I don't care
Just let the words spill everywhere
And I'll just lie awake and watch the stars
There is no one can take this night of ours
Except for you, so get it through to me
Say something, I believe
There's still a chance for this to breathe
Say something, make it real
And risk it all, for what you feel
And I'll just lie awake and watch the stars
There is no one can take this night of ours
Except for you, so get it through to me
Your silence is not golden, o-oh
Your words have not been stolen, o-oh
No matter, in my head
I hear the words you never said
And I'll just lie awake and watch the stars
There is no one can take this night of ours
These walls around me and the days are long
I fill my lungs with a widow's song
I'm looking for a reason, feel the spirit rise
I see my life before me when I close my eyes
I picture a road out in New Mexico
Red earth and mountains and sky
I picture my soul out in New Mexico
With all that space rolling by
Sometimes I feel, in a world between
Everything I touch and everything I dream
Sometimes I long for the rose to bleed
For the spark to light in the depths of me
I picture a road out in New Mexico
Red earth and mountains and sky
I picture my soul out in New Mexico
With all that space rolling by
I'm so scared of what I'll find
If I let it go, if I look inside
I'm so scared of what I feel
If I let it go, if I make it real
I picture a road out in New Mexico
Red earth and mountains and sky
I picture my soul out in New Mexico
With all that space rolling by
With all that earth rolling by
With all these dreams rolling by
This is a song for the man who went down
This is a song for the man in the ocean
This is a heartbeat
This is a part of me
Everyone's reading in, in the papers
Feeling the fear and forgetting it later
This is a heartbeat
This is a part of me
This is the first step learning to fall
These are the wings, this is the call
This is the first kiss, bringing it home
This is the breath and the sex and the bones
And my hands, are full of life
And the rhythm in you, is the rhythm in me
And my hands, are full of life
Oooh, you make me feel
And this is the curse to the wave, that threw you
This is the shame of the years I slept
This is the glory, these are the tears
This is the longing in your belly
This is the siren in your veins
This is the light in the eyes of angels
This is the dark in the heart of danger
And my hands, are full of life
And the rhythm in you, is the rhythm in me
And my hands, are full of life
Oooh, you make me feel
We live forever our minds
A bit still we know there's never time
Enough to share the ones we loved
Enough to have to care to live above
I feel the chain that brings to time
I feel the way you left behind
I feel, this is a part of me
And my hands, are full of life
And the rhythm in you, is the rhythm in me
And my hands, are full of life
Oooh, you make me feel
And I know how loud a heart can beat
And the rhythm in you, is the rhythm in me
And I know, I know
Cause I've heard them scream
This is a heartbeat, this is a part of me
This is a heartbeat, this is a part of me
This is a heartbeat, this is a part of me
When you touch me, I feel lonely
I don't know how to let you into me
It's been coming now for a long time
It's been coming now for a long time
Is there some way to reach my Hebrides?
Burn a light on the headland, lonely seas
We've been rolling on for a long time
We've been rolling on for a long time
Oo, maybe tomorrow the sun will shine
Oo, maybe the wild rose will be all mine to give you
Oo, maybe soon
I've been out on the birdland, got no wings
I've been calling the nighthawk, hope she sings
It's been coming now for a long time
It's been coming now for a long time
Oo, maybe tomorrow the sun will shine
Oo, maybe the wild rose will be all mine to give you
Oo, maybe tomorrow the sun will shine
Oo, maybe the wild rose will be all mine to give you
Oo, maybe soon
I'm coming, I'm coming home to you
I'm alive, I'm a mess
I can't wait to get home to you
To get warm, warm and undressed
There've been changes beyond my dreams
Everybody wants me to sing
There've been changes beyond my grasp
Things I'm sinking in
So keep me, keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do
And when somebody knows you well
Well there's no comfort like that
And when somebody needs you
Well there's no drug like that
So keep me, keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Keep me keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
And where l'm home, curled in your arms
And I'm safe again
I'll close my eyes and sleep, sleep
To the sound of London Rain
So keep me, keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Keep me keep me
In your bed all day, all day
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like London Rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like London Rain
Nothing heals me like you do
Nothing falls like London Rain
(Duet with Eskobar on their new LP)
Eskobar:
So is it goodbye?
Is it time to set you free?
Heather Nova:
Is it time to let it fly?
Heather nova & Eskobar:
Is it time to let it bleed
Eskobar:
We used to take turns
To cover up the pain
Heather Nova:
Deep below it burns
And the fellin' still remains
Eskobar:
You're gonna find someone new
I really hope you do
'Cause I love you
And the sun will come on thru,
It's gonna shine for you
'Cause I adore you
Eskobar:
Yes we gave it a try
Heather nova & Eskobar:
But maybe for too long
Out of every sorrow
Another day will dawn
Eskobar:
You're gonna find someone new
I really hope you do
'Cause I love you
And the sun will come on thru,
It's gonna shine for you
'Cause I adore you
Heather Nova:
And the road travels on
But I'm still near you
In my life, like a song
I will still hear you
Still
Eskobar:
You're gonna find someone new
I really hope you do
'Cause I love you
You're gonna find someone new
I really hope you do
'Cause I love you
And the sun will come on thru,
It's gonna shine for you
Heather nova & Eskobar:
'Cause I adore you
Eskobar:
You're gonna find someone new
I really hope you do
'Cause I love you
And the sun will come on thru,
It's gonna shine for you
Heather nova & Eskobar:
'Cause I adore you
Heather nova & Eskobar:
Sun will shine for you
'Cause I adore you
Sun will shine for you
'Cause I adore you
Sun will shine for you
'Cause I adore you
Sun will shine for you
Sun will shine for you
What do you need to be high, to be here?
I catch your eye, now I'm lost in the tears
And it's hollow, but it's beautiful too
In the shadows, with the light coming through
Lay me down, lay me down
Lay me down, lay me down
What do you need to be warm, to be real?
I found a photograph of how we used to feel
And I'm drifting, but I'm riding it too
In the silence, with your voice coming through
Lay me down, lay me down
Lay me down, lay me down
Lay me down, lay me down
Lay me down
I wanna feel, wanna find what you are
Now that it's dark, we can see by the stars
And it's hollow, but it's beautiful too
In the shadows, with the light coming through
Lay me down, lay me down
Lay me down, lay me down
Lay me down, lay me down
In the garden, was it peaceful
Did he show you how the marigolds grew
When he gave you, ...
With the thing he only shared with you
I don't remember, what it feels like
I only know that I don't wanna give it away
I don't remember, all the details
I only know that I don't wanna feel it today
In the garden, in the orange grove
Did he play the games you liked to play
By the fishpond
And the dragon-flies
With the things you swore you never say
I don't remember, what it feels like
I only know that I don't wanna give it away
I don't remember, all the details
I only know that I don't wanna feel it today
So turn the sun around
Turn the sun around
I don't want my body now
I don't want my body now
So turn the sun around
Around, around, around
I don't remember, what it feels like
I only know that I don't wanna give it away
I don't remember, all the details
I only know that I don't wanna feel it today
Turn the sun around
Turn the sun around
I don't want my body now
I don't want my body now
So turn the sun around
Turn the sun around
Turn the sun around
Turn the sun around
Sitting here on the water's edge
Now that the storm is gone
First time in years it feels like
Nothing's wrong
There've been a lot of changes
I was so lost for a while
Sitting here I remember
How it's easy to smile
Oh let me grow young
Like a brand new day
Like I've just begun
Like a shiver like a rush
Like a soul I might touch
Let me grow young
Nobody to tell me where to go
Nobody to call
Just me and the kiskedees
And my guitar
Oh let me grow young
Like a brand new day
Like I've just begun
Like a shiver like a rush
Like a soul I might touch
Let me grow young
Gotta try to remember this feeling
Gotta store it up inside
Bring it out when it's cold in the city
And I'm worried and tired
Oh let me grow young
Like a brand new day
Like I've just begun
Like a shiver like a rush
Like a soul I might touch
I don't know if I took a wrong turn
'Cause the birds don't fly low like they used to
The water's rising but I'm bone dry
And I don't come for you like I used to
And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And ride
Well sometimes I'm hungry for the warmth of a body
Like a flame that could feed me or keep me alive
I done the right thing but I'm incomplete
I need something to explode inside
And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
And ride
Onto Georgia O'Keeffe's skies
Over red earth plains
Where the desert raven flies
Where the truth remains
Let me ride
Yeah
Ride, ride
'Cause I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Hold onto nothing
Yeah, I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and nothing and nothing
Yeah, hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
And ride
Nothing
The truth comes over me
like wine, like summer heat
The world it moves too fast
I miss my simple past
And I can't see
for all the things I think I need
Brother take me out to where the reef ands
where there's only only green sea
Brother take me out to where the reef ands
I only want to want nothing
Child she knows it's good
She plays the way she should
And her days they taste like lime
She moves in perfect time
And I can't see
for all the things I think I need
Brother take me out to where the reef ands
where there's only only green sea
Brother take me out to where the reef ands
I only want to want nothing
Nothing
There's no promises
Today is all there is
And I can't see
for all the things I think I need
Brother take me out to where the reef ands
where there's only only green sea
Brother take me out to where the reef ands
I only want to want nothing
Nothing
Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out
Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night
We can work it out
We can work it out
Life is very short
And there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out
Life is very short
And there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
If you can play on the fiddle
How's about a british reel?
Speaking in quotation
As railhead towns feel the steel
Water froze
Clear as winter ice
This is your paradise
There ain't no need for you
There ain't no need for you
Go straight to hell boys
Straight to hell boys
You wanna join in a chorus
Of the amerasian blues
When it's christmas in ho chi minh
Oh poppa san take me home
See me got a photograph of you mamma-san
Oh poppa san take me home
Oh take me home
Straight to hell
Go straight to hell
Go straight to hell boys
Straight to hell
Can you cough it up loud and strong
The immigrants
Wanna sing all night long
It could be anywhere
Could be any hemisphere
And no man's land
And there ain't no asylum here
King solomon he never lived 'round here
Go straight to hell boys
Go straight to hell boys
Straight to hell
Heather Nova ( Christine ) :
In sleep he sang to me
In dreams he came
That voice which calls to me
And speaks my name
And do I dream again?
For now I find
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside my mind
Midge Ure ( The Phantom ) :
SING ONCE again with me
Our strange duet
My power over you
Grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me
To glance behind
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside your mind
Heather Nova :
Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear
Midge Ure :
It's me they hear
Midge Ure / Heather Nova :
Your/my spirit and your/my voice,
In one combined
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside your/my mind
Offstage voices:
He's there, the Phantom of the Opera
Beware the Phantom of the Opera
Midge Ure :
In all your fantasies,
You always knew
That man and mystery
Heather Nova :
Were both in you
Midge Ure / Heather Nova :
And in this labyrinth
Where night is blind
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Here inside your/my mind
Midge Ure :
Sing for me
Heather Nova :
He's there, the Phantom of the Opera
Midge Ure :
Sing for me
Heather Nova :
Sweet november
You stole my heart
And let it go
With all the fear and doubt
Sweet november
You opened my mind
With all the sweetness that you left behind
And I'm living
with a vision of you
All the days grow colder but I know
It's not the way I'm holding on
but how I'm letting go
And how I will remember
Sweet november
Now you're with me
You're with me in the sun
I'm a baby in a world that's just begun
Now you're with me
You're with me in the rain
I'm so glad that I will never be the same
'Cause I'm living
With vision of you
All the leaves are falling
They're falling down like snow
It's not the way I'm holding on
It's how I'm letting go
And how I will remember you
Sweet november
I don't know if I took a wrong turn
Cause the birds don't fly low like they used to
The water's rising but I'm bone dry
And I don't come for you like I used to
And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And ride
Well sometimes I'm hungry for the warmth of a body
Like a flame that could feed me or keep me alive
I done the right thing but I'm incomplete
I need something to explode inside
And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
And ride
Onto Georgia O'Keeffe's skies
Over red earth plains
Where the desert raven flies
Where the truth remains
Let me ride
Yeah
Ride, ride
Cause I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Just hold onto nothing
And I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and ride
Like the cinnamon girl
Like a butterfly
Hold onto nothing
Yeah, I need a stranger to tell me I'm beautiful
I wanna hold onto nothing and nothing and nothing
Yeah, hold onto nothing
And ride
Hold onto nothing
And ride
I'm sorry I just get worried sometimes
And it comes out like anger
And then I take myself by surprise
I find how I feel for you
With a little bit of time
I might come of nothing
With a little bit of time
You might feel the same
Cause you are my days and nights
You don't realize
You're my days
You're my nights
Each minute is a wide open space
There's too much I know for sure
Tonight I probably push you away
All I want is to feel you close
With a little bit of time
I might come of nothing
With a little bit of time
You might feel the same
Cause you are my days and nights
You don't realize
I don't wanna feel this strong if it makes me weak
I don't wanna hold on to what's killing me
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna know
Just like the moon and the tide
I'm strapped in my senses
These feelings are mountains sometimes
It's not good pretending
With a little bit of time
I might come of nothing
With a little bit of time
You might feel the pain
Cause you are my days and nights
You don't realize
Cause you are my days and nights
I don't wanna feel this strong if it makes me weak
I don't wanna hold on to what's killing me
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
Christmas is coming
Like a road I'm running
All the lights reminding me there's something more I've got to give
Bells are ringing
In my head, I'm singing
Still I can't begin to feel the light that I was meant to live
All of the places that I used to know
The million faces passing by
And you and I, we still have far to go
It's always, it's always, it's always Christmas
When I feel this way
It's always, it's always, it's always Christmas
When I feel this way
The night is silent
How the stars are vibrant
And I wish the world was peaceful as it seems it is tonight
So hang the mistletoe
And kiss the one below
But pray the angels come and bring this world a little light
All of the places that I used to know
The million faces passing by
And you and I, we still have far to go
It's always, it's always, it's always Christmas
When I feel this way
It's always, it's always, always Christmas
When I feel this way
O-oh
All of the places that I used to know
The million faces passing by
And you and I, we still have far to go
It's always, it's always, it's always Christmas
When I feel this way
It's always, it's always, always Christmas
When I feel this way
It's always, it's always, always Christmas
If I should die and leave you here, just disappear
I know the sun will still shine
The day I'm gone, you'll carry on and on and on
And I know the sun will still shine
And if you wanna reach me
Just feel the sun in your face
And if you wanna hear me
Just sing out with your own voice
Life in each hour is delicate as a jasmine flower in my hands
Just for this time
To kiss your face, to hold you now, to feel this grace
Just for this time
And if you wanna reach me
Just feel the sun in your face
And if you wanna hear me
Just sing out with your own voice
Cause I will always, I will always, I will always be a part of you
And love will always, love will always love will always, love will get you through
Yeah, I will always, I will always, I will always be a part of you
And love will always, love will always love will always, love will get you through
Oo oo-oo-oo
Love
I used to think that I knew what we needed
I just assumed we would always be fine
Now I don't think that we lost the feeling
But we, let everything build up inside
It's only love
But love should make us strong
It's only love
But love has been hurting so long
What a challenge, honesty?
What a struggle to learn to speak?
Who would've thought that pretending was easier
It's only love
But love should make us strong
It's only love
But love has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
Tearin' my heart only love
And it's all, eternity
Hoping to learn only love, love
There's a part of you, I'm trying to reach
Still a part I don't know
Tell me, is devotion a gift or a thief
Do you wish I'd let go
It's only love
But love should make us strong
It's only love
But love has been hurting so long
And it's all, a part of me
Tearin' my heart only love
And it's all, eternity
Hoping to learn only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love
Only love, only love
( On ATB / Two worlds LP )
I could feel you're across the miles of my body
Almost physical, spiritual
Like there was no separation
Like you were right beside me
Like a river
I can feel forever in my mind
I can always reach for you inside
We can stay together in our minds
Feel you like a river,
Never die
Ooh ooh ooh ...
Remember the bridge we crossed
Leaning out over the water,
With the sun streamin' in
Through the leaves
We can keep it alive,
It's just energy
I can feel forever in my mind
I can always reach for you inside
We can stay together in our minds
Feel you like a river,
Never die
Ooh ooh ooh ...
And I feel I feel I feel you
Like a river
And I feel I feel I feel you,
Like a river
I can feel forever in my mind
I can always reach for you inside
We can stay together in our minds
Feel you like a river,
Never die
Ooh ooh ooh ...
And I feel I feel I feel you,
Like a river
And I feel I feel I feel you,
Like a river
And I feel I feel I feel you,
( Bee Gees Cover / Live song 2001 )
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a woman's man no time to talk
Music loud and women warm
I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right. It's OK
And you may look the other way
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive
Well now, I get low and I get high,
And if I can't get either, I really try
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose
You know it's all right. It's Ok
I'll live to see another day
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin' nowhere
Somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I'm a woman's man no time to talk
Music loud and women warm
I've been kicked around since I was born
And now it's all right. It's Ok
And you may look the other way
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive
I've made my way, I've walked this world
I've tried to be a better girl
I've held my head up, held my own
Now all I wanna be is home
We sailed east in summer on the Azores High
For days I felt a silence in my soul
We headed south in winter to the trade winds
Like a heart beat, I could feel the ocean roll
My mother taught me how to be strong
My father showed me how to carry on
Now I turn the compass round
And head out on the ocean
I turn the compass round
And head out on the sea
'Cause I've made my way, I've walked this world
I've tried to be a better girl
I've held my head up, held my own
Now all I wanna be is home
Sometimes I think I'm never gonna find
A sweetness that I knew when I was young
And in this faded photograph it seems
Like everything is shining in the sun
My mother taught me how to be free
My father showed me how to live the dream
Now I turn the compass round
And head out on the ocean
I turn the compass round
And head out on the sea
'Cause I've made my way, I've walked this world
I've tried to be a better girl
I've held my head up, held my own
Now all I wanna be is home
Is home, is home
I've made my way, I've walked this world
I've tried to be a better girl
I've held my head up, held my own
Now all I wanna be is home
I've made my way, I've walked this world
I've tried to be a better girl
I've held my head up, held my own
Now all I wanna be is home
This is our reason to be
Alone on an island at sea
Watching the tide roll away
It makes me wanna stay
Sweet is the oleander breeze
Calling the bluebirds in the trees
Soft are the clouds when evening comes
To calm the burning sun down
And are you gonna stay with me
Are you gonna stay
Throw the anchor out with me
To the shore
Are you gonna stay
And when you wake, you dive below
Scatter the seeds and watch them grow
Living in touch and out of time
We leave the world behind
And are you gonna stay with me
Are you gonna stay
And throw the anchor out with me
To the shore
‘Cause this is where I wanna be
Surrounded by the sky and sea
And this is what I want
Nothing more
Living in touch and out of time
We leave the world behind
And are you gonna stay with me
Are you gonna stay
And throw the anchor out with me
To the shore
‘Cause this is where I want to be, I want to be
Surrounded by the sky and sea
So honey, take a chance on this, take a chance on me
And throw the anchor out
“Cause this is where I wanna be
Beside you on this shore
This is what I want
Last time you were here, I lost a baby
Nothing was clear, everything maybe
Songs I have sung deep in the silence
Nobody finds hope in defiance
Everything changes, changes for the good
Even the pain hurts like it should
Everything moves, shadows to light
Heart becomes whole when you give up the fight
Once a long time ago, you were a girl
Path undecided, sails unfurled
I could have known you then, followed you here
Swam in the lake with you, making it clear
Everything changes, changes for the good
Even the pain hurts like it should
Everything moves, shadows to light
Heart becomes whole when you give up the fight
I feel no hate
I feel no weight
I feel the truth
Of what it takes
I feel no hate
I feel no weight
I feel the truth
Of what it takes
You're lost in the silence now, deep in my heart
I'm starting again but I don't know how to start
Look out to the ocean, the green turns to blue
Crack in the sadness, the light filters through
Everything changes, changes for the good
Even the pain hurts like it should
Everything moves, shadows to light
Heart becomes whole when you give up the fight
Everything changes, changes for the good
Even the pain hurts like it should
Everything moves, shadows to light
Yesterday, I walked outside
Out into a sea of dust, arid and dry
And so hot and so unbelievably radiant
And unforgiving
And I watched myself go under
And I felt energy rising
And then I saw this woman coming towards me
All heat and haze
But with a smile like a river that swept me up
And I took my hand and I put it in hers
And I said, "Will you be my spirit guide?"
And she said, "You don't need a spirit guide
All you gotta do is ride
You just close your eyes and then open them wide"
She said
Do something that scares you
Do something that scares you
And I washed my hands in the clear green water
Rushing from the mountain like some kind of absolution
Like a resurrection
I put my whole body into the water
Like I was transforming, a chrysalis
I could taste the dirt
The red earth on my tongue
And I felt like I was just a girl,
Seventeen, looking for something, edgy and green
And bursting and beautiful and undecipherable
With the reins held tight
And I felt like I was just holding onto a thread
Taking off, ready for joy, on a bird's wing, fragile
And I heard that voice
Do something that scares you
Do something that scares you
Do something that makes you feel
Do something that makes you feel
And I stood on the edge of that cliff
And I realized I was all alone
With no way up or down
And I was scared
And I started to climb
Up, up, up
And I could suddenly feel
And I could feel rain on my skin, sweet and cold
And I could feel all the pain from all the years
All the sweat and all the untold passions and the tears
Like rain flowering in me so strong
Like jasmine, and releasing me
And I fell onto the sand and I put up my hands
And I put up my body arms
And I cried with the rain
And I felt myself becoming myself
Like I was freed from the beliefs that I'd been handed as a child
Like I could see the world from above
Like I could live pure
And I took off that red ribbon from around my head
And I buried it under the yellow earth, scratching at the sand
Burying it deeper and deeper
Into the heat, into the core
I said
I did something that scares me
I did something that scares me
I did something that makes me feel
I did something that makes me feel
I did something that makes me feel
I'd rather be warm than tough and cool
I'd rather be warm than tough and cool
I'd rather be true
I'd rather by soft than hard as steel
I'd rather be real
I'd rather live close to the ground
Than fly at the speed of sound
I'd rather free fall and feel it all
And if you want me, you gotta take me
As I am
There's no one like me, so celebrate me
As I am
As I am
I'd rather see life with open eyes
Than wear some know-it-all disguise
I'd rather be small, observe it all
A little unsure
I'd rather speak truth with every word
Or hold my tongue and not be heard
I'd rather live full and feel the fear
And if you want me, you gotta take me
As I am
There's no one like me, so celebrate me
As I am
As I am
‘Cause we win and we lose
And we feel and we bruise
And we're not perfect
But that's how I'd rather be
And we give and we take
And we fall and we break
And we're not perfect
But that's how I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
Let my hair down, make a big sound, let it all around
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
I'd rather be
I'd rather be loved than held above
And if you want me, you gotta take me
As I am
There's no one like me, so celebrate me
As I am
As I am
‘Cause we win and we lose
And we feel and we bruise
And we're not perfect
But that's how I'd rather be
And we give and we take
And we fall and we break
And we're not perfect
But that's how I'd rather be
And we laugh and we cry
And we love and we die
And we're not perfect
But that's how I'd rather be
And we climb and we fall
And we mess with it all
We're not perfect
Not perfect, but that's how I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be, I'd rather be
I'd rather be, I'd rather be
No words to describe
This ocean inside
I'm tired and I'm afraid
And I can't find my way
I've been hiding for days
Caught up in these waves
Of hope and sorrow
I gotta find my strength
And I know I'm gonna make it
If my heart can take it
And if I don't, I know I'm gonna go out fighting
And I know I'm gonna get through
Cause I got the will to
And if I don't, I know I'm gonna go out trying
Could I rise up above
And be healed by love
And dream about the mountains that I've yet to climb
Can I touch what I feel
Can I make it all real
Just dream another dream to take me high
And I know I'm gonna make it
If my heart can take it
And if I don't, I know I'm gonna go out fighting
And I know I'm gonna get through
Cause I got the will to
And if I don't, you know I'm gonna go out trying
I will be strong
I will hold on
I will keep winning until the race is run
I will be strong
I will hold on
I will keep winning until the race is run
It's a beautiful day
If I could just walk away
From everything that keeps me from the truth I know
‘Cause I know I'm gonna make it, make it
If my heart can take it
And if I don't, I know I'm gonna go out fighting
I know I'm gonna get through
‘Cause I got the will to, got the will to
And if I don't, you know I'm gonna go out trying
I will be strong
I will hold on, I will hold on
I will keep winning until the race is run
I will be strong
I will hold on
I will keep winning until the race is run
I will be strong
I will hold on
I will keep winning until the race is run
I will be strong
I will hold on
I will keep winning until the race is run
I will be strong
I will hold on
Until the race is run
I saw the young man standing, arms across his chest
He was afraid to speak the words that put his coolness to the test
But then he rose above and spoke of love and all that he had found
And he brought us all to tears like bringing rain back to he ground
‘Cause we're all burning, we're burning to love
We're burning, we're burning to love
We're learning that all we want and all we need
Is love
We're burning to love
I felt the mother's loss, her sadness and her pain
As she stood beneath the cedars, she was whispering his name
The life that breathes us is fleeting as a song
When we fly, we leave each other with empty, aching arms
That leaves us burning, burning to love
We're burning, burning to love
We're learning that all we want and all we need
Is love
We're burning to love
Love
So will you help me wear my heart out on my sleeve
Bring the alter to my doorstep, I'm already on my knees
Yeah
Yeah, I'm burning, burning to love
I'm burning, burning to love
I'm learning that all I want and all I need
Is love
I'm burning to love
Oh yeah, I'm burning, burning to love
I'm burning, burning to love
I'm learning, I'm learning that all we need
Is love
Love
Fire
So this is what it's coming to
Divided by the things we do
I see a light in the distance shining
I see your eyes and the pain that you bring
So this is just a rich girl's dream
No way to know the things you've seen
We're worlds apart but both flesh and blood
A change of heart could do us all some good
And we can the stop the fire
Yeah, we can turn this around
We got a long way to go
This much I know
But we can stop the fire
I'll listen if you speak to me
If you speak to me
And fly it for the world to see
If you speak to me
I don't pretend that I know how you feel
Easy for me but for you it's so real
And we can the stop the fire
Yeah, we can turn this around
Yeah, we can stop the fire, mm-mm
Yeah, we can turn this around
We got a long way to go
This much I know
But we can stop the fire
Fire
Fire
We got a long way to go
This much I know
But we can stop the fire
Fire
We got a long way to go
Stop it now
We got a long way to go
We can stop the fire, fire
We can stop the fire
Fire, fire, fire, fire
Why do I
Follow this heart of mine
Risk my life
Follow it every time
Ride the waves
Into the wild beyond
To bring you hope
That's what I'm riding on
It's what I see inside
I see in your eyes
I can pull you from the wreckage
I can save your life
I can bring you what you need
I can make it alright
But it's you who lifts me to higher ground
It's you who lifts me to higher ground
Why do I
Follow the call again
No one hears
But I can feel your pain
Worlds away
Everyone's looking through
Glory fades
But it's what I am to you
It's what I see inside
I see in your eyes
I can pull you from the wreckage
I can save your life
I can bring you what you need
I can make it alright
But it's you who lifts me to higher ground, yeah
It's you who lifts me to higher ground
It's you who
It's you who
It's you
I can pull you from the wreckage
I can save your life
I can bring you what you need
I can make it alright
But it's you who lifts me to higher ground, yeah
It's you who lifts me to higher ground
I can pull you from the wreckage
From the wreckage
I can save your life
I can bring you what you need
What you need
I can make it alright
But it's you who lifts me to higher ground, yeah you
It's you who lifts me to higher ground
I'm swimming over rooftops
I'm looking through sea
This home I used to live in
The way things used to be
I'm breathing underwater
I hear my mother's voice
I'm back there in the blue swing
Back when there was a choice
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, child
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, child
I'll carry this weight
I'm floating through the silence,
The shadows, and the sand
We held it like an hourglass
The world was in our hands
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, child
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, child
I'll carry this weight on my shoulders
I'll carry this weight on my conscience
I'll carry this weight
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, child
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, child
I'll carry this weight on my shoulders
I'll carry this weight on my conscience
I'll carry this weight, oh
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
For you, Child
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
I'll save a little piece of tomorrow
Oh, yeah yeah yeah