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When someone close is always on your mind
A memory of a place, another day and time
Some would say you died and left your heart behind
But it's with your heart you're searching all the time
I want you with me
I need you near me
I want so much from you anew
The dreams we had were rather common line
And in their wake there came the fear you'd changed your mind
Spinning me Spinning me round Spinning me
Spinning me, Spinning me, Spinning me round
I want you with me
I need you near me
I want so much from you anew
And if you lose your mind
Never leave your heart behind
To find yourself is worth the waiting
Finding, then really living
Spinning me Spinning me round Spinning me
Spinning me, Spinning me, Spinning me round
I want you with me
I need you near me
I want so much from you anew
Long days and stormy weather
The same old road today
There's only one way up or down
Be free was all they said to me
And now I'm breathing in again
Breaking away run run run away
Just here and gone another day
Nothing much to say
There's only one way in or out
Be free was all they said to me
And now I'm breathing in again
Here it comes again for all to see
Make way for old hypocrisy
There's only way right or wrong
Be free was how you're meant to be
And now I'm breathing again
You know it (x4)
Breaking Away (run run run away)
you didn't know how much I wanted you
you didn't know how much I needed you
shadows on the wall, staring from the bags
pent-up frustration, failed to explode
got a tear in the eye --
you didn't want me
you didn't know how much I wanted you
you didn't know how much I needed you
how much I longed for you
and from my head to my heart to the space above the door
you didn't know how much I wanted you
you didn't know how much I needed you
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
you didn't know?
Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(You should know better?)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(You should see why)
Dropped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better?)
I made a pilgrimage to save this human race
(You should see why)
Never comprehending the race was long, long lost
(I'll stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(I'll stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
There's many things in this whole world,
That everyone should care about,
The way you look into my eyes,
It means everything to me,
If I could tell you how I feel,
But I don't know where to start,
Close to my conscience,
Is where to rest your weary head.
I, I, I care about you,
There's something you just have to know,
I care about you,
I, I, I care about you.
Incredible as it may seem,
You came and filled me up again,
With every possible emotion,
Reach the corners of my mind,
If I could tell you how I feel,
But I don't know where to start,
You are the concentration,
Of my better parts.
I, I, I care about you x6
There's something you just have to know x3
I care about you,
I, I, I care about you (to fade)
slipping through the sand and the sand through your fingertips
silence was the fear and the fear knew me all too well
waiting at the edge of the sea
gazing at horizons quite naturally
there's something in the air but I know it can't carry me
you know I won't believe you
you know I won't believe in time for now
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
the grains of sand which grace the land, warm against the sun
the calming sea holds mystery
pushing down and down
riding with the tide
the sun ? me
there's something in the air but I know it can't carry me
you know I won't believe you
you know I won't believe in time for now
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
carry me down
carry me down
questions left unsaid but instead turn their backs on me
silence was the key and the sea learned its lesson well
waiting on the edge of time
the world is on my doorstep
there's something in the air but I know it can't carry me
you know I won't believe you
you know I won't believe in time for now
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
there's something in the air but I know it can't carry me
you know I won't believe you
you know I won't believe in time for now
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
(you know I can't I won't I can't I won't)
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
(you know I can't believe it)
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
(you know I can't I won't I can't I won't)
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
(you know I can't believe it)
there's something in the air but I know it won't carry me down
(you know I can't I won't I can't I won't)
Sometimes I just want to scream
There's so many
Many crazy things
On the killing screens
Outside its nearly time
This human scene
Its image gleams
On the killing screens
Inside
The scream is live
Its part of me
And what I see
On the killing screens
(I REALLY screwed these up....sorry Rob...)
Have the past
the past is long ago
you know you want to go
it's time to leave
That's right
I won't give you
No time
No tomorrow
And if you want to see
Even if you wanted to
I would ask you
I'd want to know its true
That's right, I won't give you no time No tomorrow
That's right, I won't give you no time No tomorrow
You're a mine of information,
I'm your whore of paradise,
You're the train that's late at the station,
I'm breathing fire and ice,
You keep me from falling over,
You keep me from going under,
It was cold on that morning,
When my knowledge came to stay.
(Chorus)
Take me away,
Somewhere far away,
Take me away.
Now the door stands open,
Paints me a different colour today,
I'm blind and you see,
Your wisdom's killing me,
Believe me.
Chorus
Your wisdom is killing me.
Chorus
Believe me x4
constantly moving, countryside lives
idle chatter, ?ing lips
lean your head back, light it up again
another watch another stage
another building and another grave
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
the secret's come out, the ? stay in
? against lucid skin
another beer another grin
talking turns to empty faces
don't forget and light it up again
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
more ?
more laughs more frowns
dawn to dark
moving
move in light, reach out and see
feel the moon touch, what shall it be?
move in light, reach out and see
feel the moon touch, what shall it be?
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
exuberance leads to exhaustion
Dreaming in a chair, contemplating
The times gone by, exhilarating, entertaining
Reaching out with tenderness
Scenes of laughter framed in reminiscence
Catch a smile for stormy days and sad occasions
Moving targets and camera shy
The moon is dark and shadowed
The sun keeps ticking by
Silence and solitude
No one left to cry
No one left to cry
Standing in front a mirror
I draw and pinch my skin
Tired eyes portray reality
A face of lines which melt in the world
I am oak
I am oak
I am oak
I will push you
Then I'll pull you
If I twist you then
I'll turn you
When you stretch me
Reinvent me
Upside down
And inside out
Like Elastic
We're expanding
It's never ending
It can hurt you
You could kill me
Is it inside
Could it be
I will push in
You will break me
Like elastic
There's no way out
I have to cum
I've lost my way
I cannot run
I want to cum
There's no way out
there's no way through
I want to push right into you }
I have to cum
I've sold my wife
I 'I've sold my car
I should be going very far
I want to cum
There's no way out
I have to cum
I've lost my way
I cannot run
I have to cum
And when I cum its like the waves...
Is it something in the water
Did it fall from out the sky
I've never known a feeling like it
I wonder why
I've got the power to stop the race
That way I'm winning and it helps me through the night
It means so much for me to
I've got the power to stop the race
Why do I feel so peculiar
Do I look a little strange
Who's that smiling in the mirror, it's me
Hey there what's your name
I feel that I should talk to you
Hey there what's your name
I've never seen the sky so blue
In you, I've found
The love I dive to drown
With the lips that are so hard to please
You are my only remedy
You're too much, yeah, and I like it
You're too much and I need it
Let's stay this way for a while
And watch the world go round again
You're too much
Across your face
The thoughts I'd like to taste
When two minds meet and act as one
This life, I'd like to lead
You're too much, yeah, and I like it
You're too much and I need it
Let's stay this way for a while
And watch the world go round again
Too much
It's too much, too much, too much
Let's stay this way for a while
And watch the world go 'round again
Watch the world go round again
It's too much
Watching, waiting, anticipating
The way you touch just leaves me shaking
When you get so close to me
You are my only remedy
Take me high
Take me high
It goes round again
It goes round again
Let's stay this way for a while
And watch the world go round again
This is how I want to feel
Only Heaven knows
Take me high
Take me high
Watching, waiting, anticipating
The way you touch just leaves me shaking
When you get so close to me
You are my only remedy
It goes round again
It goes round again
Take me high
Reflection (B-side)
'Twas a new kind of morning
All reflection and rain
But the horizon interrupted my drawing
Feeling low low low low low
And the fire
Now's the turnaround
Here's the warning
Have you seen too much today
Coming going from the world again
Have you seen the book today
It's full of lies again
Your name stands out so clear
The signature is there
It's always true
This book they write for you
They'll never let you be yourself today
Have you seen the book today
It'll be the same tomorrow
Yesterday I stole a look
It always seems the same
It's always true
This book they write for you
They'll never let you be yourself today
The page they're on is never clear
Teaching all the way
Chapter 12 is quite sincere
Even though it's yesterday
It's always true
It's always true
It's always true
This book they write for you
It's always true
This book they write for you
They'll never let you be yourself today
I have to ask you
Do you want this to be true?
Is there method in all my madness
Or as we flower will we die in full bloom
You're the only thing that keeps me going
With your pillow lips, pillow lips
As we move through cruel waters
Give me strength to be by your side
It's so difficult sometimes to be human
The years they leave us your side
You're the only thing that keeps me going
With your pillow lips, pillow lips
You know I won't give in
You know I won't give in
Pillow lips, pillow lips
reckless I feel, reckless I feel
it's something ideal, it's something ideal
space between the thoughts and acts
a mind ? see us ? pay the way
who knowingly mowed us
who seemingly owed us
? cast aside
from the wreckage to the tide
feel the touch of excitement while
adrenaline ?
oh ?
they were too young
they were too young
use your knowledge
use your knowledge
feel the words
feel the words
a time to act now
a time to ?
now relax boys
now relax
just a thought, just a thought
just a thought, just a thought
just a thought, just a thought
just a thought, just a thought
just a thought, just a thought
for you to face
just a thought, just a thought
for you to face
just a thought, just a thought
for you to face
just a thought
? cast aside
from the wreckage to the tide
feel the touch of excitement while
adrenaline ?
oh ?
they were too young
they were too young
they were too young
they were too young
life in the gladhouse is never dull
humdrum days still flying out the window
it's wrought (wild) with overgrown people
broken engagements and twisted faith
growing up and then just growing older
oh me, oh my
an Easter parade for the innocent
a fugitive's ? to pray for awhile
oh me, oh my
oh me, oh my
my shadow weaves me ?
but sometimes leaves love ?
oh me, oh my
oh me, oh my
?
?
oh me, oh my
oh me, oh my
so let's all dance in time
so let's all dance in time
(life in the gladhouse is never dull)
so let's all dance in time
(life in the gladhouse is never dull)
so let's all dance in time
(life in the gladhouse is never dull)
so let's all dance in time
(life in the gladhouse is never dull)
When summer returns to its warm green fields
the sun fading, pastel in the breeze
the swallow swooping, migrating home
the dawning days morning with a sigh
opening windows with a wounding cry
the rainbow's lost its dreams of gold
and everything slows
when summer returns to its warm green fields
the sun fading, pastel in the breeze
the swallow swooping, migrating home
and everything slows
the ______ vacuum draws you in
strange visions are loose on white ______
a wall of sound with flutes and strings
rising on a wave of voices
surrounded by your humble faith
morning's there to wake us in time
rain and sky
the world is breathing, living, but turning in its rage
when summer returns to its warm green fields
everything slows
the sun fading, pastel in the breeze
everything slows
the swallow swooping, migrating home
everything slows
I've read your books
And seen your films
I've lived this life
And tried everything
But I don't know anything
Concentrated
Anticipated
Confirmation of inspiration
And I don't know anything
I've seen your face
Your state of Grace
I've watched this world
And how it turns
And I don't know anything
Concentrated
Anticipated
Confirmation of inspiration
And I don't know anything
I can't see anymore
Don't want to breathe anymore
What can I say
What can I do
There's no air in this world without you
I can't believe anymore
No room to please anymore
How will I know
What will I see
To bring this whole world back to me
I can't see anymore
Don't want to breathe anymore
What can I say
What can I do
There's no air in this world without you
Heaven
I'm in heaven
When I close my eyes
I'm in heaven
The conversation's dead
There's someone in my head
In and out of time
In and out of time
Heaven
I'm in heaven
When I close my mind
I'm in heaven
Everything is mad
The best I've ever had
In and out of time
In and out of time
Heaven
I'm in heaven
When I close my eyes
I'm in heaven
[Instrumental]
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
Da, da, die, chop, chop
A calf in Paris
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
Raise the blind
My eyes are wondering
Focus form of fighting slowly
Move [unverified], a big smile
The [unverified]
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A calf in Paris sitting comfortably
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
A viable commercial
If you know how I'm feeling
You'll hear just what I say
About the world outside your window
Let's take it all the way
Beautiful people, flowers in your hair
Far too caring for the world out there
I love your voice, beautiful people
Love, love, love, beautiful people
It came to me this morning
On a wing and a prayer
These words are for the people
There's so much we can share
Beautiful people, flowers in your hair
Far too caring for the world out there
I love your voice, beautiful people
Love, love, love, beautiful people
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
I want to know
Will these thoughts ever go?
For the rest of my life
Will I feel these words are right?
When you use your voice
Everyone can hear it
Beautiful people, flowers in your hair
Far too caring for the world out there
I love your voice, beautiful people
Love, love, love, beautiful people
Beautiful people, flowers in your hair
Far too caring for the world out there
I love your voice, beautiful people
Love, love, love, beautiful people
Beautiful people, yeah
Beautiful people
All we need is love, love, love
(I want to know)
All we need is love, love, love
(Will these thoughts ever go?)
All we need is love, love, love
(For the rest of my life)
All we need is love, love, love
(Will I feel these words are right?)
All we need is love, love, love
(I want to know)
All we need is love, love, love
(Will these thoughts ever go?)
All we need is love, love, love
Turning 'round as if in flight
I sense your breath cut like a knife
A thousand shadows all in pain
What they fear must be the same
The tension is mounted with the tide
I see the heat rise to the sky
I search the faces for a clue
A thousand hates, some laughter too
I start to think, I start to cry
The choice is always mine
But I'm too scared to judge
But I'm too scared to judge
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
The flames were dancing as the people shouted
The streets, they were alive as the stage was mounted
A thousand cries of jubilation
From the throes of this great people's nation
And as our bridges burned to dust
A useless theme was quite enough
I felt as you one with the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
I start to think, I start to cry
The choice is always mine
But I'm too scared to judge
But I'm too scared to judge
But I'm too scared to judge
But I'm too scared to judge
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
Someone's calling in the nights
Woven from a very pretty mouth oh yeah
All across the world the skin and landscape
I need to quench this thirst 'cause I'm dry oh, so dry
Come on and lead me to the water
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And what it gives to me
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And all it takes from me
Could it be a saint or just a sin
Something to lose yourself in, yeah
The clothes that you wear
Or the cross that you bear oh, Lord
A chance to feel a part of life
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And what it gives to me
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And all it takes from me
With a heart that hangs oh so low
The half moon glow
Tonight, today in so many ways
Here we go
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And what it gives to me
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And all it takes from me
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And what it gives to me
I believe in life's rich tapestry
And all it takes from me
Takes from me
Takes from me
Well there it is in black and white
No need to read between the lines
You made it clear to the letter
You're breaking off the chains that bind
I want to tell you but I'm drawing a blank
Ink and Paper -
were quite enough to make it clear
Ink and Paper -
and the words keep ringing in my ears
Ink and Paper -
a broken heart in black and white
So many miles separate us
And they've come between us in the end
Once upon a time you said forever
But this is now and that was then
I want to tell you but I'm drawing a blank
Ink and Paper -
can't seem to put it down tonight
Ink and Paper -
can't find the words to write
Ink and Paper -
how can I make them change your mind
I want to tell you but I'm drawing a blank
Ink and Paper -
not quite enough to make it clear
Ink and Paper -
and her words keep ringing in my ears
Ink and Paper -
Here we go again
London is insane
Confusion in my brain
Here we go again
Pleasure turns to pain
A disposable refrain
It's feeling very strange
Here we go again
Here we go again
It's always the same
Nothing seems to change
Here we go again
As the television fades
The cloud it turns to rain
Money to be made
Here we go again
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch what greets you there
Reaching out
Stretch your hands across the sea
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch what meets you there
Reaching out
Stretch your hands across the sea
Sitting in my room, nothing much to say
I heard you calling a thousand miles away
I did not mean to hurt you, you took me by surprise
There is still a chance if we just close our eyes
Oooooh lady... Oooooh lady...
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch what greets you there
Reaching out
Stretch your hands across the sea
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch what meets you there
Reaching out
Stretch your hands across the sea
I can't explain this feeling
I won't begin to try
There is still a chance if we just close our eyes
Oooooh lady... Oooooh lady...
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch what greets you there
Reaching out
Stretch your hands across the sea
Come with me
Close your eyes and touch what meets you there
Reaching out
No-one wants to lose
All the magic that's inside
All the colors of the rainbow
And the treasures that we hide
If you want to keep it
Then tears just aren't enough
Don't live off all your memories
Start drowning in your love
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
Somewhere bellow the surface
Is the deepness of the sea
When the heart still fills with wonder
And happiness is free
Just continue on your journey
'Cause wisdom's not enough
Don't let the waves erode you
Stop drowning in your love
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
The air smells good
The air smells fine
Release the pressure
On my mind
The air smells good
The air smells fine
Release the pressure
On my mind
No-one wants to lose
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Coming up for air
Breathing in deeply
The first time that I saw you
There was sunshine in your eyes
All the people stared in wonder
You sent shivers down my spine
With your skin so soft and tender
And your hair just like the sea
I lost control of all my feelings
And these words came out of me
Beauty came to town today, yeah
The last time that I saw you
Your lips curved in a smile
Made the day seem more inviting
Made my life seem more worthwhile
Then beauty shot it's arrow
And it pierced right through my heart
On it's tip there was a message
Yes, I will read it from the start
Beauty came to town today
Why she didn't stay, I don't know
Why she didn't stay, I don't know
Why she didn't stay, I don't know
Why she didn't stay, I don't know
Beauty came to town today
Words cannot explain it's so worthwhile
Beauty came to town today
Why she didn't stay, I don't know
Beauty came to town today
Words cannot explain it's so worthwhile
Beauty came to town today
Why she didn't stay, I don't know
The rhythm of the rain gives an off beat on the window pane
Like an angel crying from the sky
I can see its beauty
After the snow
I can see its beauty
After the snow
The temperature's dropping rapidly
Normal service will shortly be resumed
I can see its beauty
After the snow
I can see its beauty
After the snow
After the snow
I stood and watched the dark sky rise
With glaring sunlights in my eyes
I thought of all the times gone by
And laughed aloud at the crimson sky
After the snow
After the snow
After the snow
After the snow
After the snow
There's something born
After the snow
There's something born
After the snow
There's something born
After the snow
There's something born
After the snow
After the snow
The rhythm of the rain gives an offbeat on the window pane
Like an angel crying from the sky
I can see its beauty
After the snow
What do you feel when you see
The token man in passing crowds?
A rush of thought and imagery
Do you turn your eyes away?
Does it leave you all full of options
Or is there nothing to think about?
Another lost man to join the millions
Fill him up, he will respond
Fill him up, he will respond
Fill him up, he will respond
Cuts him down, catch the clown
Catch the clown drag him down
Dragged him down
Who is he to want to think?
Who is he to want to want?
He's no sensation, he must be wrong
Drag him down no place to think, no time to act
You can, you can
Fill him up, he will respond
What do you feel when you see
The token man in passing crowds?
A rush of thought and imagery?
The bells are tolling for me and my love
Discreet horizon's fading, but fading from my trust
All the walls are falling 'round my ears
I can see the writing's on the wall
Can't you tell me what's the use?
I always place my trust in you
Reaching out for what is mine
Pulling down the miserable blinds
Empty beds for an empty mind
Something difficult to describe
Content but not quite safe
I stood and watched you fade away
Can't you tell me what's the use?
I always placed my trust in you
Reaching out for what is mine
Pulling down the miserable blinds
Can't you tell me what's the use?
I always place my trust in you
People flying into the blinds
How can we be so kind?
Help yourself to another bite
Everything will be alright
The table's turning 'round to you
[Unverified] it well before the silver cracks in two
Can't you tell me what's the use?
(The bells are tolling)
For me and my life
Can't you tell me what's the use?
(Horizon's fading)
For me and my life
Can't you tell me what's the use?
(The walls are falling)
For me and my life
Can't you tell me what's the use?
(The tables turning)
Sixteen days no bread and water
Sixteen days no light of day
Sixteen days without liquid on my stomach
Sixteen days without sun on my back
Sixteen days without ideas in my head
Come on down with me
I'll show you sights you've never seen
The end is near for you and for me
Come inside and feel
There's so much here and something tells me it's for real
Hiding behind the walls and window
Keeping away from the questions on your tongue
In a room, in a house, in a dream
No one's too sure whose dream it is we're living in
If it's real, that's a brand new deal
Ricochet days, welcome to reality
In a room, in a house, in a dream
No one's too sure whose dream it is we're living in
If it's real, that's a brand new deal
Ricochet days, welcome to reality
Radio holds your confidences
You're never quite on your own
A secret kept in silhouettes
Something eats you deep inside
In a room, in a house, in a dream
No one's too sure whose dream it is we're living in
If it's real, that's a brand new deal
Ricochet days, welcome to reality
In a room, in a house, in a dream
No one's too sure whose dream it is we're living in
If it's real, that's a brand new deal
Ricochet days, welcome to reality
The walls move in and cramp your comforts
Windows aren't for looking through
Someone calls your name
But your name was a stranger to you
It doesn't matter, doesn't matter
Take me by the hand, this is all I can offer you
Someone calls your name
But your name was a stranger to you
It doesn't matter, doesn't matter
Take me by the hand, this is all I can offer you
Someone calls your name
But your name was a stranger to you
It doesn't matter, doesn't matter
Take me by the hand, this is all I can offer you
Someone calls your name
But your name was a stranger to you
It doesn't matter, doesn't matter
Take me by the hand, this is all I can offer you
Someone calls your name
But your name was a stranger to you
It doesn't matter, doesn't matter
Are you sleeping with the stars tonight
Or are you blue with cold?
Leaving imprints on your forehead
The floor is cracked and old
Nice and easy, see the city
The boys are clothed in threads of gold
Rainbow's end and fill those souls
Rooms to let in rainbow end
There's always some
Rooms to let in rainbow end
There's always more than one
Wake up to another high day
(Wake up it's a high day)
Open front or quick in the back
Just like seeing your hips way
(Just like your hips way)
It's over don't look back
Rooms to let in rainbow end
There's always some
Rooms to let in rainbow end
There's always more than one
Rooms to let in rainbow end
There's always some
Rooms to let in rainbow end
There's always more than one
Are you sleeping with the stars tonight
Or are you blue with cold?
Leaving imprints on your forehead
The floor is cracked and old
Nice and easy, see the city
(Nice and easy, see the city)
The boys are clothed in threads of gold
(The boys are clothed in threads of gold)
Rainbow's end and fill those souls
Rooms to let in rainbow end
Rooms to let in rainbow end
Rooms to let in rainbow end
(Rooms to let in rainbow end)
There's always some
Rooms to let in rainbow end
(Rooms to let in rainbow end)
There's always more than one
Rooms to let in rainbow end
(Rooms to let in rainbow end)
There's always some
Rooms to let in rainbow end
(Rooms to let in rainbow end)
There's always more than one
Rooms to let in rainbow end
(Rooms to let in rainbow end)
There's always some
Rooms to let in rainbow end
(Rooms to let in rainbow end)
Old machinery's broken down
There's no new past, there's no new sound
What would you do if they crumbled to the ground
Wake up, you must be dreaming
Changes in our lives
We'll make it in the end
Machinery's broken in two
What are we to do?
Where were you when the day caved in
It seems the streets were the place to be
Something quite disturbing filled the air
Wake up, you must be dreaming, what an uneasy feeling
Machine fell down and smashed the ground
People cried for miles around
Well, that's what someone said
Wake up, you must be dreaming, a quite uneasy feeling
Changes in our lives
We'll make it in the end
Machinery's broken in two
What are we to do?
Changes in our lives
We'll make it in the end
Machinery's broken in two
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
Changes in our lives
We'll make it in the end
Machinery's broken in two
What are we to do?
When the day came by, I looked about
You were nowhere to be found
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
What are we to do?
What are we to do?
(Wake up, you must be dreaming)
Let's all dream of a crazy scene
Where the whole world's smiling and it's painted green
The air is cleaner than you've ever seen
And it's good to be alive
Inside your mind is a beautiful place
Let's all dream, let's all dream
Let's all dream, that art is king
A sense of humor is the next best thing
Life is larger than everything
And there's poetry within
Inside your mind is a beautiful place
Let's all dream, let's all dream
Inside your mind
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, back, back
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, get back to being human
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, back, back
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, get back to being human
Inside your mind is a beautiful place
Let's all dream, let's all dream
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, back, back
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, get back to being human
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, back, back
Get back, get back, get back
Get back, get back to being human
Inside your mind is a beautiful place
Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and
It's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(You should know better)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(You should see why)
Dropped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this human race
(You should see why)
Never comprehending a race that long gone by
(I'll stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(I'll stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
Here's the news for the special day
He's lost his love the warm feeling has gone away
It leaves him colder than the night
No rhyme or reasoning will help tonight
And though he's staring at the wall again
He knows that it's not over
Heart in him, he'll feel it
Heart in him, he'll need it
To find the words to say when love comes 'round again
Something stirred in his heart today
Felt the need to hold her in his arms again
It seems to make no sense at all
Just when the ice was melting
And though he's staring at the wall again
He knows it's far from over
Heart in him, he'll feel it
Heart in him, he'll need it
To find the words to say when love comes 'round again
Love is all that, love is all that we deserve
Love is all that, love is all that we deserve
Love is all that, love is all that we deserve
Love is all that, love is all that we deserve
They necked and talked all night
Candlelight and accusations
Mistakes, misunderstandings, stupid human failures
It doesn't matter when you're bored with love
And though he's feeling rather small again
He knows that it's far from over
He's not just leaning on that wall again
This time he'll push it over
Heart in him, he'll feel it
Heart in him, he'll need it
To find the words to say when love comes 'round again
Ohh, heart in him, he'll feel it
Heart in him, he'll need it
To find the words to say when love comes 'round again
Love is all that we deserve
Love comes around, around, around, around, around
Love is all that we deserve
Love comes around, around, around, around, around
Love is all that we deserve
Love comes around, around, around, around, around
Love is all that we deserve
Love comes around, around, around, around, around
Love is all that we deserve
Love comes around, around, around, around, around
Love is all that we deserve
Tears are moving down your face
Etching lines across your skin
Clutching [unverified] warm and dry
An ice cold grip is on my mind
Why do you do this to me?
Watching from a distance
I'm so helpless, what do I say?
How should I act?
Tears are moving down my face
Why do you do this to me?
The pressure?s on, no time to lose
The pressure?s on, no time to lose
The pressure?s on, no time to lose
The pressure?s on, no time to lose
Inspiring dreams, all shattered and blown away
Gathering dust, the band played on again
Personal reasons, are problems in the way
Waking up with just enough time to spare
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Searching out thoughts, we set ourselves a sight
Power and death are always on our minds
The cause is laid out, no looking back for me
The future holds the key for us to see
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Sunday morning, the sun is shining peacefully
Ball games in the park, joyfully
The cars being cleaned again, the grass is mowed
A sudden feeling, the wind is building, the clouds are forming
I tried to move, I tried to think, I tried to live
The formats changing, the colors different, breathing in
Concentrated, [unverified], touch my skin
Turned the tap off, stumbled backwards, my mind exploded
A distant rumbling, my body?s aching, my eyes are burning
I tried to move, I tried to think, I tried to live
White houses last longer
They go in the end
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Go to the baby in a black house
Read all about it, read all about it
Read all about it, read all about it
Move to the coast
Keep to your community, keep to your community
Keep to your community, keep to your community
You can?t take it with you
Religion can?t help, religion can?t help
Religion can?t help, religion can?t help
Sunday morning, the sun is shining peacefully
Ball games in the park, joyfully
The cars being cleaned again, the grass is mowed
A sudden feeling, the wind is building, the clouds are forming
Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world crashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(You should know better)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hates
(You should see why)
Trapped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
(You should see why)
Never comprehending the race has long gone bye
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world) You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
The future's open wide
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world) I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future's open wide
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm
hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm
I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world) You've seen some changes and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world) There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world) I'll stop the world and melt with you