Now you're cowering once more
In corrosive waste
And hesitate like paralysed
Tu run and to escape
Quietly endure
All this pain
Which quietly creeps
Through your veins
Quietly wear
All these chains
Don't fight the jail
Tooth and nail
Awaiting my uncoming faint
I stumble through the rain
In a godlike complacent grin
we hear the talk
we settle down
release the thought
we get along
i don't know which is better now, this
backwardness or my own imbalance, we can
stand each other when there's nothing else
there is no
way to compromise when
no one cars
when the action dies, the crowd awakes to the truth
this city was cut from your saga
so hold yourself for the first in line
or wait until the action dies
I disappear,
I lost control,
My body's moving,
All on it's own.
I watch myself,
Walk away,
A foreign spirit,
took my place.
And he's there,
Inside the door,
So my exit is riding my pulse.
Burst of black,
Breath of smoke.
I disappear,
I lost control.
I,
I disappear(x3)
I disappear,
I lost control,
My body's moving,
All on it's own.
I watch myself,
Walk away,
A foreign spirit,
took my place.
I,
I disappear(x3)
How could I resist,
It's all I've wan-
ted now I guess I've got it.
Why it had been back, don't know,
I hope this doesn't last forever.
I, disappear(x4)
(by McKinley Morganfield)
When the sun rose this morning, I didn't have my baby by my side.
When the sun rose this morning, I didn't have my baby by my side.
I don't know where she was, I know she's out with some another guy.
Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees?
Don't the sun look lonesome shading down behind the trees?
But don't your house look lonesome when your baby's packed to leave.
Blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me.
Blow wind, blow wind, blow my baby back to me.
Well you know if I don't soon find them, I will be in misery.
Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say.
Goodbye baby, that is all I have left to say.
But you have lost your good thing, go ahead and have your own way.
i checked in a room today
up above the downtown market bricks
right now a bot gets old
a boy gets bitter
a boy learns not to trust
someone inside his room
the door locks tight
you keep the door locked
months went by and doors got kicked in
two outlaws collecting what they loaned
in a room beside my walls
a girl gets choked
she can't pay back the loan
48 more hours to go
"48 more hours" that's all they say
in two more nights
i hear a sound
a shrill from one thin wall away
every place is the same
every day is the same
every place is the same
violent
there's a conflicting sound
hear the arguments loud
everyday, the sounds of the
violent violent violent
i moved uptown a bit
not much changed
conflict is never gone
but just as a calm sets in
a police line barricades
a place next door i asked
around the lot a store
clerk told me two young
kids were shot mother
was near the tracks dragged
to where a train would go past
i took two steps out of the door and i got two steps away and then i turned, the scream was calling. i could not resist. you could find a bead of light. one can cause the outside window to dull. pause until the evening turns and it's a.m. routine job or the pills. we're all on cable i.v. drips. let red cells pixelate us. constant help needed to unhook. call it "victim convenience." i took two steps out of the room and i stepped back toward the door and tried again, a conversation, and it went like this: i could talk for hours to you. i could watch your mouth and eyes until they shut. the controller's lost and i'd rather commit "power" than hear this out
delivery this morning
our clothes are hung to dry
we're visiting the selling's
on the shore of the puget sound
the scenery gets a hold of you like a bad record
there's something not as valid when the scenery's a postcard
and the view from the glass is just the glass upon the finish
and the conversations people have about the lush surroundings
are all tainted by the cards they got from travelling companions
olympia is shorter to the street than what i thought
the view from in the city
isn't scenery at all
but it gets a hold of you like a bad record
left eye spins in circles, passives line the rail. they get no satisfaction from the electro-static breaks. a beat can't cut the passives loose they're afraid what we will say. no harm is done when you try it then hide. parts moving - keep moving. a cool collected life is a safe move... you heard that. you're unsure but its clear to us. come to terms, you're alone here observing. every time you go out you observe. walk past collared passives. don't look toward their eyes. it adds to their discomfort, shows there's some confidence they miss.
confident with your back to the audience.
tremelo strings begin with your gesturing wrist.
start the orchestra slow with an elegant aire,
then a circular sweep crecendoing swell.
leo slatkin, dohnanyi, previne, depaur
your arms are calling out,
they wave like a swarm of sound.
you pull the sound from scores of notes,
you step the stage and take control.
you're conducting ver'ese in a moment of silence.
your body directs a pulse of wind.
von karajan, hampton, menuhin, levine
your arms are calling out,
they wave like a swarm of sound.
you pull the sound from scores of notes,
you step the stage and take control.
Scarlet boots, the kiss of death
Patience and the end of it
Blended angels, whispered love
Countdown til it's gone, for long
Velvet voices, haunting slow
Darkened nooks, with bright decor
Georgian femmes are gone for weeks
Southern Belles in London Sing
I'm staring down the Eppley gate
Two more days before the plane arrives-
And you'll be standing here with your smile
Carving up the lobby seats
Pushing down the caffiene drinks
Checking the arrival screens for yours
A hundred feet above the landing
There's a girl gliding down
She's floating toward me now
Her sleeves are all stretching out
And the jet is following behind
London skids a grinding halt
Last night left to spend apart
Bags your packed but now for home
Stories of the tour unfold
Booking Agents
Broken Nose
Butting heads with creeping dolts
Georgian Femmes are gone for weeks
Southern Belles in London Sing
Southern Belles in London Sing
passenger leaves
i know, the pictures turned out too clearly
some felt blank
but still others emit true feeling
once he liked it
twice he needed
it was three until he stands believing
the reason he can't pursue it
the list goes on and on
so what went wrong
is your destination dwelling deep inside my all secluded loop
my lungs, will not push for ways to say
my arms are crossing just in case of you
but the difference i couldn't tell
his seams fall out of place when he agrees to pardon
he wakes beneath her glaring stare
he's not locked in anymore
with all these plans and separations
the two weren't burying stones
and what happens near the others,
there is still a shadow following him around
he's scarred by stalking through the wearied entrance to his sunburnt heart
her locking fists remind him who she wants
I'm caught in excitement
An unusual spell
It's pure in a sense
And abstract from our lives
And we talked a lot,
Abstraction came into focus
Her tales of the tour
And a hardcore life
Were unmatched by the
Pop sub-culture in mine
And we talked a lot
And soon it would come into focus
(I tried to focus, I tried to focus! woah!)
There's no time for fighting,
Any sex is personal
Information not appealing
To me in any sense at all
Is it wrong to think
I'm a traditional man?
I'd hope i'd be up
For an annexation of that.
Yea, a part of me
Can deal with this open relations
But "concept" to "do"
Is like "yes" to a "goal"...
It's unclear how it happens,
Maybe we'll act how we planned it
We sure talked a lot
And soon it came into focus
(I tried to focus, I tried to focus! woah!)
There's no time for fighting
Any sex is personal
Keep your head above the meaning
And devotion doesn't swell
Any sexual encounter
Adds an awful twisting touch
It's like scamming in the 90's
But getting used to this is hard
There's no time for fighting
Any sex is personal
Keep your head above the meaning
And devotion doesn't swell
Any sexual encounter
Adds an awful twisting touch, touch, touch, touch, touch
It's like scamming in the 90's
But getting used to this is hard
our eyes are moving
forward faster than
these tangled chords
i noticed that you want to leave
we've burned out fast
deciding who could complicate us and
what comes next
so here's my proposition: while our work gets started
we'll keep expected formula strong
but i guess i won't be with who i belong
and here's my job
but i miss something
my line of focus is centered on narrow thinking
and not from what i think is good on its own
it's fading out
well who can't do it
pop is based on the most intimate charge
but where it's at
the scene permits it
they're not concerned with technique
feeling is all
and when words spit out and i disintigrate
maybe i'm not in such control
maybe i needed enough to get me through this
and then into breaking up form
The news has got me paranoid,
papers and the news reports,
casualties of every war,
the anchor people keeping score.
The weapons now are chemicals,
in water and in air above,
in circulating envelopes,
in powder through the postal routes.
The threat of a disease is here,
we nipped it once without a cure.
It took forever €˜til it stopped,
through mandatory needle shots.
They gave us all a little dose,
to teach our bodies how to cope,
finally when we had it licked,
some terrorists are back with it.
The propaganda's working now,
I€™m falling for it hook and reel,
I€™m stocking up on medicine,
buying tape to seal us off in paranoia.
Paranoia (x12)
Paranoiattack,
paranoiawar,
paranoia sinks like a bomb.
Paranoiathreat,
paranoiaffects,
paranoia drops bombs.
Bombs
Paranoia
they were confused
they were in luck
they figured it out
who had all made it up
the man in the sky is angry tonight
and the kid's don't care anymore
some people get bit from the inside
when they talk it's cold and sour
and no, there's nothing they can do now
they've had their way too many times
if you glare to get what you want
it'll become your look
if there's dirt you've got on someone
you let it loose without a thought
just let the poison spill.
spurt from your throat
hiss like steam
cause the pressure is unreal
i'm not saying that it's not
you're causing a scene
you're wearing out that note
you scream until it's gone
you scream until it's gone, gone, gone
no government check can reverse it
you'd need a royal eclipse of the tongue
or is the pain that you endure now
something you need
well, you know how to get it now
there's no climbing up that list
you just move down it one by one
you hate this and love that it shows
you're insecure, but that's no excuse
just tell them they lie
you tell them the truth
the things you won't take are coming in groups
the people abused the trust you had
and now you don't want it back.
you sit outside in the dark and get nicked by the strobe light while we're playing indoors. we play in a bar, we play in a basement. we play in a room where the mix isn't right. the help at the door, the age to get in, the artist is smug, they don't sound like they did. we're ready to move, the crowd is a stare. if you've got things on your mind, shake them off. that's why we have come to collect you bodies from your lovers, and pause all the suffering... at least start pacing. you're not on the list, you paid to get in. your boyfriend is mad, it was something you did. in concert tonight, the bass drum is quick. if you've got things on your mind, shake them off.
introverted boy
you are not interesting, boy
you think you're intellectual
but no one's talking to you now
I might be an introvert
to you, a shallow fashionista
deep as any paper plate
dressed just like the girl beside you
how could I forget
a waste of cloth
of course, I do remember
on the back deck drunk and awkward
I think we accidently met
I know you've got some place to get to
and I really got to get somewhere
remember when I said
that Vincent had some tickets for me there
how could I forget
a waste of breath
of course, I do remember
all the things you said were pointless
now you go on dropping names
It's a scene from the movie.
It's an isle at the store.
It's the view of a canyon.
The sound of a sword.
It's an orchard peaches.
Your wife in the shower.
While you wait for appointments.
Or as you walk through the park.
Oh. uh oh. Erection.
You know it's not only love dear.
That can flip the switch up.
You know it probably should be.
Maybe god fucked it up.
Oh uh oh. Erection.
It boiled up like a tower.
A monument in the park.
It's the cock of a rifle.
A memory in the dark.
You tried to keep it a secret.
But now the world's gonna know.
You tried for perfection.
But then oh uh oh. erection.
oh uh oh. erection.
eins, zwei, drei, vier, fnf, sechs, sieben, acht,
visciouscounterpoperosionrevolution101.
drop kick the punks.
we want a change.
blaspheme the pop.
call out the freaks.
pay off the jockeys,
then call the cops.
queue up the news reporting cccccompany trucks.
hoist the antenna €" pirate the waves.
dust off the tables and broadcast the plates.
amp the fly trap plant called venus and jab a cold fork in the spppppspeaker.
ah were force fed pop cultures shit.
we€™re staying up late thinking €œwhat the fuck is this?€?.
eins, zwei, drei, vier, fnf, sechs, sieben, acht,
visciouscounterpoperosionrevolution101.
our training's almost done
the graduation's near
the experience of loosing the diversion of my memory
has led to no conclusion
other than i motion silently
when an instance i recall {or should recall, i mean} arises, i can't delay
i cannot get caught; defy the ailments
i wonder where they come from
i wonder where they come from
i wonder what the hell they'll do with me when i'm older
i'll stumble through the market forgetting what the hell i've come there for
defy the ailments
all the doctor talk
of all the doctor trouble
all the time payed off
but there's a night to remember, when the quarters stopped
diving in the cup
dr. back to work stumbling through the hall
he made it to a room
a lady old and calloused
is staring back at him
he doesn't think that she notices
as the dr. talks
his slurring causes trouble
they breath a bit of breath
once the surgery's over
hey daniel eckerson
where's your sadness
your apathy has mothers crying
but it's nothing 'til it comes to a court who finds a hold in the defense
he stays when the cannot prove beyond a doubt
a word of what was said
and the dr. choked
his hearing started monday
all his time ran out
since the media ran it
hey daniel eckerson
where's your sadness
your apathy has left a knife in her gut.
i'd sleep on the white tile lobby floor
and pace until the time to visit starts.
the bright lights are on but i'm away...
how nervous a voice sounds on the phone.
you agree when you check in at the desk .
permission and trust in every move.
i'd be beside you when they're done
but i'll have to wait until i can call.
the blood kept you home while i was gone.
they left you a note when you woke up
"don't be alarmed by wooden splints."
there won't be a need for you to call.
excuses for careless doctor errors.
acceptance by all past patients have
allowed for a cold disclaiming note.
the warning is there, no need to call.
In the beginning there was semen,
In a deep mound of flesh,
And a crest that traveled,
On a wave of their own mess.
Through a tunnel of mucus,
And toward a vault,
With tourists and traffic,
I just paced myself.
Not I as my whole self,
Just the half that I had,
Before greeting the rest,
Of my better half.
A connection was made,
Through the shared love of science,
And vows were taken,
A seed was hired.
A cavern of fluid,
Brought shape to my hide,
In the months that remain,
To the time of my life.
Add thrashed for the reason,
Was spilling from the crack,
To the palms of the doctor,
To a towel full of scraps.
My brains wouldn't fit,
Through her organ sets,
An incision was made,
With a scalpel and mask.
I should have noticed the beauty,
And not how it hurt,
Wet like a cherry,
In the bloodbath of birth.
her brow: pensive
her knees: away
i stand beside her
but i look straight ahead
and dissolve
before the night began herring st.
a book from school kept me wandering
this may take a while
i might never see this through
they said that chapter four repeats itself
along with three so far
...where are you tonight?
it's crowded at the sokol club
and tonight will be the same
i want her walk to scream her confidence above me
i try to hide my thoughts
i stare blankly through her face
this seems so senseless
she sees me breathing
my hands are crippled cla
this could have been different
i hear myself saying again again agian
they were partners in crime
when the wife admits
that her son had been taking what the neighbors have missed
there's a law in the city
and it's clear as a nail
you don't blame who you have
you just take who you steal
but nobody told him that "it's up to you deciding
you're getting the lock
or giving it"
his family moans in disapproval
it's damaging but not threatening
the partners in crime
were ahead at the finish
the p.i. started detecting where the family had lived
and his jaw started to squeak
and the kid started to spill
he attached to the manila
that he had hired them all
the lieutenant underestimated his need for notoriety
he spilled when they told him
it was "up to you deciding, you're getting the lock or giving it"
his family moaned
Reflex in the sky warn you you're gonna die
Storm coming, you'd better hide from the atomic tide
Flashes in the sky turns houses into sties
Turns people into clay, radiation minds decay
Robot minds of robot slaves lead them to atomic rage
plastic flowers, melting sun, fading moon falls upon
dying world of radiation, victims of mad frustration
Burning globe of oxy'n fire, like electric funeral pyre
Buildings crashing down to a cracking ground
Rivers turn to wood, ice melting to flood
Earth lies in death bed, clouds cry water dead
Tearing life away, here's the burning pay
Electric Funeral
Electric Funeral
Electric Funeral
Electric Funeral
And so in the sky shines the electric eye
supernatural king takes earth under his wing
Heaven's golden chorus sings, Hell's angels flap their wings
Evil souls fall to Hell, ever trapped in burning cells!
i've been
typing for hours while he waits
alone in the bushes
there's a guy on the back lawn
he can look under mats but he won't get in
he scales the walls with almost no sound
i'm sitting dead still with the light on
i'm sending off my resignation
before he gets to all i got
i'm staring at nothing
my frozen joints all broke away
i'm sending off to find them
recovering slowly, a torso fell
from a beat up truck by a rural motel.
the manager seen how the truck bed bounced
while dust flew up with a rolling sound.
voices appear from the staff outside
in bulbous text in a western style
his mannequin neck spun to turn his face
the bars spills drunks out frame by frame
girls pushed girls side to side
to hear a suction sound as limbs relign
the crowd just seemed to multiply
they hear his plastic jaw as the news drops hard:
"your retro career melted"
they couldn't have agreed with the manniquin less
they didn't understand what the manniquin meant
the sound of a barrelled gun held to the back
some plastic clicks as the shell parts pass.
fleshtone shards fly by wild
they fill a plastic bag with the parts inside
the bag got dumped, a town nearby
they reassembled fast as his voice droped hard:
"your retro career melted"
don't admit you're sick
let your fit body bury it
the faintness that you feel
is nothing permanent
don't buy the sickness on T.V.
you want your health they want the fee
you see the ads and start to think
"i feel it coming on"
no no target
market television
telepharmavangelism
sympton finger
i'm gonna shut it off
gonna down all the power
i'm a doctor today
i'm curing viewers by the thousands
don't admit your sick
let your fit body bury it
the faintness that you feel
is nothing permanent
you open up and let them in
it's nothing conscious what is this
i feel a burning in my eye
it's from the television lights
slow slow it down
wait now decide
okay i'm gonna shut if off
down all the power
i'm a doctor today
i'm curing viewers by thousands
don't admit your sick
let your fit body bury it
the faintness that you feel
is nothing permanent
do you have to get the shit they sell
the pills that fix the way to feel
now they've shown you what to get
you feel it coming on
low low lowdown
high paid primtime capsule maker
sickness lover
i'm gonna shut if off
down all the power
i'm a doctor today
i'm curing viewers by the thousands
the body dances to the beat of the noises from the street. as patterns grids and schedules go, we took a subway to the show. so give us this day our daily commute. on the bus in three piece suits. say goodbye, kiss and ride. on the way to the club, look outside. the movement kills in several ways, although we see it as delay. the steering wheel; a guillotine. the body dances to the beat. wife: "take the subway, fuck the street". the flesh twists between the gap and passengers are also trapped. inertia pushed them all along, but they wont make it to their next stop. patrons complain about the wait, while the man outside cant feel his legs. men: "just pull me out, save my life" but all the cops can do is phone his wife. she drives as fast as she can, and gets caught up in a traffic jam.
i've seen you a while now
long enough to be close
there's some things about you
that i should know
(i still don't)
with all the questions we didn't ask
our conversations could never last
our moments alone were scarce and few
it was just easier to hide the truth
if all of our secrets were exposed
would we be sharing the same bed
how 'bout if i broke the silence first
did i hear what you're thinking in your head
i need to be talked to, i need to be touched
i need you to hold me, i need to feel loved
and if i could open up to you
maybe i could open you up
but instead i got the phone call
just thought i'd call to let you know
i wanna be alone all night again
...phone call
just thought i'd call to let you know
i wanna be alone all night again
with all the questions we didn't ask
our conversations could never last
i need to be talked to, i need to be touched
i need you to hold me, i need to feel loved
and if i could open up to you
maybe you could open up to me
we'd do all the things that lovers do
i've been meaning to tell you how i feel...
but instead i got the phone call
just thought i'd call to let you know
i wanna be alone all night again
...phone call
just thought i'd call to let you know
i wanna be alone all night again
pressure fried the coldest head
bent to the side wishing he was dead
and i would still defend
i would still defend
i give up on it all
i give up on the greed
i give up on the ones
who give up on me
held up by the poor somewhere
there're unaware but i know we are scared
if i was to give in
the fight would soon begin
so i give up on it all
i give up on the greed
i'll give up on the ones
who'll give up on me
sometimes sunshines
sunshine
sometimes the sun shines
sunshine
did you give up on it all
did you give up on the greed
did you give up on the ones
who gave up on me
Whoooo-oo
Whoooo-oo
Guilty train,
don't whistle my way again
Guilty train,
don't whistle my way again
Guilty train,
don't whistle my way a-gain
Hello Josephine
How do you do
Do you remember me baby?
Like i remember you
You used to laugh at me and holler: Woo Woo Woo
i used to walk you home
i used to hold your hand
You used to use my umbrella
Every time it rained
You used to cry so much..it was a cryin' shame
You used to live over yonder
By the railroad track
When it rained you couldn't walk..i used to tote you on my back
Now you try to make believe..it was a thrill at that
Hello Josephine
How do you do
Do you remember me baby?
Like i remember you
You used to laugh at me and holler: Woo Woo Woo
(fade out)
Was it more than attraction and a physical lust?
Her loins, my imagination, that first inconceivable touch,
That I was planning, uh, I mean wishing, uh..
How embarassed I€™d been if you knew what I was thinking.
And whoa, when it started, my first thought was love,
Not just lust, because when I heard you speak, I felt warm.
In the evening I saw you, you were warming the bass up.
Your hair covered your face up,
I was acting indifferent at the merch booth, putting on makeup.
We met up at a party in a swamp on a yacht.
I spun the helm, but we were docked.
I crossed my fingers, but I didn€™t beg,
Cause I knew you knew,
Cause I knew you knew I liked you.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it,
But I figured desperate guys,
Never had a chance with you.
I figured desperate guys,
Never had a chance with you.
Close to you, wishing we€™re conjoined at the tongue.
Can you hear me thinking? I should stop...
I crossed my fingers, but I didn€™t beg,
Cause I knew you knew,
Cause I knew you knew I liked you.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it,
But I figured desperate guys,
Never had a chance.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it,
But I figured desperate guys,
Never had a chance with you.
I figured desperate guys,
Never had a chance with you.
I knew that desperate guys,
Would never have a chance with you.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it.
I knew you knew I liked you,
I knew you knew it.
there's a fire in the road where a frame is burnt and other automobiles are slowing down around the fire. lanes are backed up and people get all anxious inside. they've got a schedule to keep and don't want life to slip by. the siren and cube are coming up from behind. 1981 stereo is drowned from the sound. i see a car with an urge and a driver to control it. he's carried away because what he does is more important. cars pass in cold blood. i hold back, it's hard to; because i really want to block but realize it's a bad time for that. i try to stay calm and watch the ambulance pass, but as the car with the schedule pulled out of their lane, i had a terrible urge, but no driver to control it. don't get carried away because what he does is not important.
I'm paralysed and things could change for you as well
you're not so bad off now, you can move anything you need.
I'm not this way because of an emergency I caused
at seventeen a guard perched above the chlorine floor
when I saw a hand raise up from just beneath the air,
a frantic move for help, I made an instant judgment call.
dive- I arced my feet to dive, I broke the elemental line
to save a child. dive- into the shallow floor
the bottom scraped my palms and compressed my spine.
now i'm paralysed while they just hope to make amends
the family and the kid who faked the drowning incident,
i've felt the hand of god and that's the last thing that I felt
at all below my back, i've lost the faith I thought I had
dive- I arced my feet to dive, I broke the elemental line
to save a child. dive- into the shallow floor
the bottom scraped my palms and compressed my spine.
loud for a reason
the reason wasn't what was heard
the traffic had died down
the road congestion has moved to the bars
where a lot arrived in makeup
one is standkng with her back against the wall
one shot, an allusion passes through her sunken eyes
while he waits
on some kind of tragic dose before he moves in
and i don't know why this feeling caused me to leave
but i do know why he's lining up
distant raise, no commitment at all
i want the standard of coupling introduced to myself
a key for a companion
i need to move away
all i do is watch
i wish i could battle it or care
the rest arrive in makeup
they're assertive in a bar where no one cares
and i don't know why seeing this caused me to leave
and i don't care how
but repeating this forms my belief
one shot a day
one chance for penance
free will is calling me closer to the grave
no one saves us
we stint the appraisals
campus is getting bigger they are working on it all the time
Acting on the tv
i can see their faces
red alert, the siren's loud, the drafted are all coming back
this job takes dedication
when things start with no beginning
it doesn't mean that they aren't true
as the current through the atlas
nips the wrist with a fork through it
half the battles fueled with hate
"many loathsome fights were sacred!"
shout the crew who hold their swatches
they paint on the set and cry
ice is plastic enough to try to sculpt wiht it
the color curdles and waves drip down
and i'm still thinking about the time a scene takes them
the dormitories are awful quiet
acting on the tv
and he's not pretending
i'm convinced that there's not someone else beneath
the pixeled screen
an army edit
the set was finished last
ice is plastic enough
to try to sculpt with it
color curdles and waves drip down
i'm still thinking about the time a scene takes up
the dormitories are awful quiet
and these swollen eyes
and static lens
they blink when there's nothing but tv
we beg for it
to calm us down
and believe that it's real what they're doing
these swollen eyes
and static lenses
they blink on and off and off and on
I opened the door and I found I was looking at danger;
It's been too many years but we're hiding our faces like strangers;
She says that she's got to gobut there ain't no way;
I'm letting her walk while there's something to say;
It's been too many years,
to watch our hearts die in this way.
She's feeling a time for a seasonal change and she's yearning;
To shake the trees of our love in the streets where the leaves are for
burning;
All things on this earth were made for the dying;
One look in my soul says there just ain't no use trying;
It's been too many years,
to watch our hearts die in this way.
In an unwritten time I thought that life was for sharing;
And living together was simply a matter of caring;
But things did not work out like I planned;
and alienation has left me here damned;
It's been too many years,
to watch our hearts die in this way
1984 Relix Records Inc.
Well I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good
Well I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
To taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadow
CHORUS:
Showers washed
All my cares away
I'd wake up to a sunny day
'Cause I love a rainy night
Yes I love a rainy night
Well I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
Well I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good
Well I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
To taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadow
Puts a song
In this heart of mine
Puts a smile on my face every time
'Cause I love a rainy night
Yeah I love a rainy night
Ooh I love a rainy night
Yeah I love a rainy night
CHORUS
You can't hide it from me
Admit it baby
'Cause I'm wise to your disguise
I've seen you love me with your eyes
Even if you think I'm a fool and I just can't tell
Then you don't know me well
Won't you come over here and break the ice
It would be so nice
It's what you want when you're around me
You're a little bit shy, and I feel the need
And I can tell that you're happy you found me
Just give it up...
Chorus:
Why wait around when you know what you're feeling (give it up)
I look through your eyes
I can see that you want somebody (give it up)
It could feel so good to get into it.
Give it up! Give it up! You want it baby.
Give it up! Give it up! You know you got me.
Come on, come on, come on and give it up.
I can't, I can't lie to you
Now we can all tell stories so come over here and love me. Uh-huh
Even if you think I'm a fool and I just can't tell
Sorry I know you well.
And I know you will
Come over here and love me
It's what you want when you're around me
You're a little bit shy, and I feel the need
And I can tell that you're happy you found me
Just give it up...
(Chorus)
So dream your way into my life
'Cause baby I'll give you tonight
I'll bring all your pictures to life
Give it up! Give it up! Give it up! Give it up!
Give it up... (ooh God) Give it up... Just give it up...Give it up
Give it up! Give it up (Yeah!)
Give it up! Give it up!
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, give it up
Give it up! Won't you give it up baby tonight?
Fade
Set my sails out on a sunny day
Pretty soon I was on my way
Though what for sure it was
I could not say
Two thousand reasons
Maybe more
Eight hundred chances on faraway shores
Searching for something
Searching for more
Deep down inside me burning
Reasons for the learning
Now you can pick up reasons so easily
Where you've been and where you've got to be
And when the truth don't show you'll always see
Lots of reasons
And pretty soon you've got a heavy load
Dragging those reasons down an endless road
I got to thinking and I got to see
So many reasons coming at me
The one that leaves you high and dry
He says you still owe him, there's a reason why
He'll leave you crying till the tears run dry
He's the one, always the one with all the reasons
So many reasons the come and they go
The reasons for them I'll never know
I've seen so many, they've come and they've gone
I've turned all mine in and I'm happy with one
So don't talk of friendship, do it to me
Make me an offer and make it for free
Don't give me reasons 'cos I wrote that song
I only want love now so I'll just take the one
Your mouth is wide open
Spit out hurried words
Fade in rapid motion
Before they were heard
Your fingertips are numb
Touch the cold of stone
Speechless they're roaming
Covering the unknown
Your ears are never closed
Hear the silence, the noise
Cheerless they're receiving
It's no question of choice
The rebels got quiet
They silently died
The moon won the battle
For the brighter light
There is nothing for sure
Just nothing that hurts
You can keep fighting
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