The Mutton Birds |
Salty |
Envy Of Angels |
Rain, Steam & Speed |
Too Hard Basket |
B-sides and unreleased |
Dominion Road
Dominion Road is bending,
Under it's own weight,
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate,
'Cause it's just been raining.
Jane had reached the point when she knew
What he meant before he'd opened his mouth,
He counldn't say the same,
Or he'd have guessed she was moving south,
With one of his friends.
But it's getting better now.
He found it in him to forgive.
He walked the city,
And he found a place to live,
In a half-way house,
Half-way down Dominion Road.
When he watched Jane's brother sell the house,
He felt no sense of loss,
More like a mountain climber,
Looking back, having made it across
The steepest face.
And he's still climbing,
See him trying to cross the street,
He tests his footing,
Like he was up 10,000 feet,
Above the clouds,
Half-way down Dominion Road.
But it's getting better now,
He rests his head on the window sill,
He watches the city,
He can see the antennas in the hills
From the half-way house,
Half-way down Dominion Road,
Half-way down,
Half-way down,
Half-way down Dominion Road.
Your Window
I run by the petrol station,
The dawn is almost breaking,
The trees hang low above the road,
And Forest hill is waking from sleep.
The birds are singing in the willow trees,
By the creek thats flowing,
Down around the town where all the street lights are still
Glowing from last night
When you left your window open for me.
When you left your window open for me.
Open for me.
White light comes from a kitchen doorway,
Orange juice comes from a packet.
I see a womam getting dressed behind yellow blinds,
Reminds me I left my jacket with you
When you left your window open for me.
When you left your window open for me.
Open for me.
Big car comes out of the shadows
With somewhere big to go
A great big man with big sounds
On his stereo
He knows each corner like he knows
The face of a loved one
I wave at him and he waves back
Grinning at me, thinking
"There's a keen one"
I run by a string of houses,
Laid out like a string of pearls,
In each house there's a room,
And in each room there's a girl that I don't know,
It's as if they've left their windows open for me,
'Cause you left your window open for me.
'Cause you left your window open for me.
Open for me.
She's Like A City
She's like a city, like a city I come to.
She's like a city, like a city I drive through.
There is a down town
Where advertisements shout enticements and threats.
There are a suburbs
Where nothing much grows and the paint's still wet.
There are places that I run to, 'cause they're safe,
And there are places I won't go.
She's like a city, like a city I come from.
She's like a city, like a city where I belong.
Sometimes I'll walk past a doorway
Where there's a freak show going on.
Or I'll stand on a bridge above a highway,
And below me a stream of engines and they're singing:
We can't take this place,
But we take this place,
And we love this place,
But we hate it here, let's go away.
But we don't go away,
We think we'll stay,
Will she let us stay?
Will she take us in?
Like a city, like a city, like a city.
She's like a city, like a city, like a city.
She's like a city, like a city, like a city.
She's like a city, like a city, like a city.
She's like a city.
No Plans For Later
I came home
To find my sink was leaking,
I had no plans for later.
It struck me
That the evening might pass
With no-one but me knowing
About the dripping sound,
And the black stain growing on the floor.
It struck me again, harder this time,
I turned off the kitchen light,
I ran
I ran a bath.
Later I wished I hadn't.
There seemed so much of me to dry.
I thought about you,
And the two pillows on your bed,
And the two corners of your mouth.
And the two pillows on your bed,
And the two corners of your mouth.
Before The Breakthrough
The lady who reads the news
Turned to face the camera,
Said, "Heres an item that's just come to hand".
I waited for her to speak,
But she just sat smiled,
And stared at me as if I'd understand.
I found the remote control,
It was underneath the sofa.
I wanted to know if anything else had changed.
The programs were no different,
Except that no-one's lips were moving.
And every single channel was the same.
We used to talk
Before the Breakthrough.
Before the Breakthrough.
Before the Breakthrough.
I should have know that it would happen,
That some day they'd find a method.
I needed to run to someone and have them hold me.
Michelle brought in some coffee,
I was too messed up to drink it.
You'd think that someone somewhere would have told me.
I haven't been keeping up,
I guess I've missed the bulletin.
Thou think that somewhere I'd have heard the warning.
I'll go to bed I might as well.
And I'll lie next to Michelle.
And I'll pray that she will greet me in the morning.
We used to talk
Before the Breakthrough.
Before the Breakthrough.
Before the Breakthrough.
White Valiant
You're from the family that moved in up the valley
It's lucky I picked you up and not somebody else
We'll have to turn inland, there's a landslide at the quarry
And though I say it myself, you couldn't have better help
If you found yourself losing your way through here
You can still see the moon
Though it's the middle of the morning
You can smell the clay.
Like I said, you can count youself lucky.
Not many people know this way
Let's turn off for a minute, I've seen something - let's take a look now
But hold on tight, this strech has needed fixing for years
Over there, I knew it. You read these roads like a book now
If you drive them every day
In the last half-hour a lot of cars have been through here.
You can still see the moon
Though it's the middle of the morning
You can smell the clay
Like I said, you can count youself lucky
Not many people know this way
Here we are - on that hill over there
See all the cars parked in the field
And the crowd walking down the fenceline?
You can still see the moon
Though it's the middle of the morning
You can smell the clay
Like I said, you can count youself lucky.
Not many people know this way.
Remember where we left the car
Remember where we left the car
Remember it's a white Valiant
Remember it's a white Valiant
Giant Friend
You say you've got a giant friend that no-one else can see.
Could you introduce your giant friend to me?
I would not scare your giant friend away
I'm in no hurry, I could stay all day.
Can I play with your giant friend?
Can I play with your giant friend?
I want to be friends with your giant friend.
Your giant friend.
Some say they're scared of what your friend could do.
And I think by now you know that I'm scared too.
Since I saw you a light's been flashing in my mind,
If I can't see you're giant friend I might as well go blind.
Can I play with your giant friend?
Can I play with your giant friend?
I want to be friends with your giant friend.
Your giant friend.
Round the back and up the stairs,
There's a big green door,
With a key in the lock,
And the hinges creek as I look inside,
And someone is calling me,
Someone is calling my name,
And I'm not supposed to be here.
Give your giant friend this sign for me.
And say if I must wait I will wait patiently.
If you think me false I don't mind if my life ends,
Maybe then I'll get to meet your giant friend.
Can I play with your giant friend?
Can I play with your giant friend?
I want to be friends with your giant friend.
Your giant friend.
Big Fish
Jenny came home from her trip away last winter.
No-one knew what had got into her.
Soon you could not go two steps without getting word of her.
And there were a lot who wished they never heard of her.
It was a big fish that caught her,
Just under the water,
And out here the tide it runs so strong,
When you turn round the fish has gone.
She danced in the fires that we lit for her returning,
Even when her suitcases started burning.
You're mad if you go back her friends had all said,
They were right in ways they had not expected.
It was a big fish that caught her,
Just under the water,
And out here the wind it blows so strong,
When you turn round the fish has gone.
Now she's flying high above Australia,
With a new job and a house of her own.
Whatever it was that had her, she has left here.
It comes to the surface now and then to show us we're not alone.
It was a big fish that caught her,
Just under the water,
And out here we swim between the sea and the air,
Though we don't look down, we know it's there.
The big fish.
A Thing Well Made
One of those AK47's
She's wearing her "Don't talk to me" face as she makes the kids' lunches
I oblige and softly shut the front door as I leave
I drive into town before the fog lifts
I sell sporting goods - I've got a shop not far from Cathedral Square
I like to open up early so fellas can come in on their way to work
And daydream around the rods and reels while their breakfast's still warm inside them
Why don't you take a look. I'm proud of my shop.
Almost everything's from overseas - you won't find a better selection
Look at the way this gun fits in the crook of your arm
To make a thing like that you'd need to know what you were about
You'd have to know where you were going and go there in a straight line
And everything else you'd have to shut right out
Can you see the man who made that?
Can you see him putting it down and standing back?
Can you see the moment when he said "That's it. That's perfect ?"
At a time like that you wouldn't care about your job
Or your mortgage - or the fight you had with your wife
'Cause when a man holds a thing well made
There's connection
There's completeness when a man holds a thing well made
It's Wednesday so I do the mail orders
Nothing much, some oilskins and a 303 for a hunter over in Westland
And... oh yes.
For some collector down the line.
Nature
Through falling leaves I pick my way slowly.
Talking aloud - eases my mind.
Sunlight filters through - I feel my head is drifting,
So full of thoughts - I thought.
I need some thoughts that are new.
Nature - enter me.
Up in a tree a bird sing so sweetly.
Natures own voice - I hear.
Rustling whistling leaves turning breeze to speech,
Call to me now - ease my mind.
I'll turn something new.
My mind's laid with dew.
Nature - enter me.
I'll turn something new.
My mind's laid with dew.
Nature - enter me.
The Heater
Frank bought a heater
An electric heater
The elements were made of wire and clay
He reached out to touch and he heard a voice say
And he heard it say
"Come on and plug me in
I want to feel that heat begin
Don't move till the morning comes
And you can fly up to the sun
So come on and plug me in
Plug me in
Plug me in"
Frank liked his heater
His electric heater
Upstairs alone with the elements
He dreamed of gold and frankinscense
And he heard it say
"Come on and plug me in
I want to feel that heat begin
Come close and listen while I sing
I won't melt your precious wings
So come on and plug me in
Plug me in
Plug me in"
"Come on and plug me in
I want to feel that heat begin
Although my body is rusting through
I have carried this song for you...
It's from the Sphinx and the Serpent too
So plug me in"
Ngaire
The plane touches down
The lounge fills up again
With retired couples from the midwestern USA
They blink in the foreign light
And admire each other's shoes
I've seen a lot of new shoes today
You should have let me know
That you weren't getting on your flight
You should have called so I wouldn't be calling you now
On this line you sound so strange
And I'm running out of change
I'm standing, but it feels like falling...
Ngaire, I'm not lying to you
Ngaire, I've been trying to do right from the very start
And if you doubt what's in my heart you can break it open
But be careful when you do
'cause inside there's a girl who looks like you
You knew I had to come here
You knew there was no work at home
You said you'd join me when the coast was clear
Now I take the escalator down,
I get the bus back into town
I'm as free as the planes up in the air
Is that the sun
That's rising on you now?
And did it shine
The day you changed your mind?
Oh Ngaire, oh Ngaire
Ngaire, I'm not lying to you
Ngaire, I've been trying to do right from the very start
And if you doubt what's in my heart you can break it open
But be careful when you do
'cause inside there's a girl who looks like you
Inside there's a girl who looks like you.
Inside there's a girl who looks like you.
Looks like you.
Looks like you.
You Will Return
It's a big flat land
And it's right next door
Strong strong coffee
Pimps and whores
The heat comes down
Like a hundred suns
Girls with tans
Cops with guns
Oh Susannah
Don't you cry for me
Just come on home now
Across the cold green sea
Just come on home now
You look so pale
As the light is fading
I'll tell you my tale
The darkness gathers
Under the eaves
Listen while I tell you
That even if you leave
You will return
You will return, you will return
I had a soft white rope
Around your back
You took the weight
I took the slack
The rain still falls here
It holds me so
The way I held you
So long ago
I see the hot winds shake you
Like a leafless tree
Why can't you let them burn
And return to me
You will return.
You will return, You will return.
Wellington
I wish I was in Wellington, the weathers not so good.
The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should.
But I'd be there tomorrow, if I only could,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
I wish I was in Wellington, the bureaucracy,
The suits and the breifcases along Lampton Quay.
The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
It just isn't practical, with you down in the capital,
And me at the other end of the island.
The problem is the gap between us on the map,
And there's no easy way to reconcile it.
I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars.
The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car,
And you can walk everywhere, 'cause nowhere's very far,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
Oh I wish...
I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through,
I wish I was in Wellington, there's so much more to do,
I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you.
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you.
In My Room
In my room I can keep everything within reach
All the switches and fittings are new
I have tapped on the walls and I've paced out the floor
And I know every inch of the ceiling too
But I keep seeing you
Yes I keep seeing you
In my room I have built a religion of a kind
I've found virtue in things that stay the same
In my room I measure time by the things I use up
And just like my shopping list i will never change
But I keep seeing you
Yes I keep seeing you
And I don't recognise where I am
All the shapes and the shadows start to spin
Because you're the one that finally let me in
To my room
In my room a river runs along the wall above my bed
In my room a mountain stands behind the door
There is nothing I'm denied, I don't need to go outside
Because in my room I cannot ask for more
And I don't recognise where I am
All the shapes and the shadows start to spin
Because you're the one that finally showed me...
That I've never been here before
No I don't think that I've been here before,
No I don't think that I've been here before,
No I don't think that I've been here before
And I don't recognise where I am
All the shapes and the shadows start to spin
Because you're the one that finally let me in
To my room
When The Wind Comes Round
and you write them down
You wake up
You've been dreaming
Words fly round your head
Get yourself a drink
All around you waters rise
You'd be surprised to see
How you're hanging on
If you stopped to think
You think that the sun and moon revolve around you
You think that you lost me years ago
But I've got news for you
I found you
I found you
Remember we were friends
Our histories and secrets were entwined
You were not above me
People said we could be twins
Two sets of arms and legs
And a single mind
So why'd you let them have me?
You think that you know all that you need to know now
But when we get to where we're going to
You'll understand
Let's go now
Let's go now
When the wind comes round
When the wind comes round
Little boy don't cry
It'll take all your fancy things
Suck them up into the sky
If you so much as open your eyes
When the wind comes round
When the wind comes round
You're asleep now
You can keep your balance a little while
It's all the same to me
I'll wait by your bed
You want to give up
You want to get out now
I can see your fear
Hanging over your head
Some day in a month of Sundays
You'll be driving by
Some place that you think is no place
We'll come face to face
And I will shake you
One of these days
I'll wake you
When the wind comes round
When the wind comes round
Little boy don't cry
It'll take all your fancy things
Suck them up into the sky
If you so much as open your eyes
When the wind comes round
When the wind comes round
For all that never was
And all that will never be
'Cause you'll know what it's like to be me
When the wind comes round
When the wind comes round
Queen's English
On a West Coast station
there was aUS Congressman, he was a
Guest on a talk show on the
Subject of language
And he said
And he said
"I'm a great one
For giving people their due,
But you have to draw the line some times
And when I look up ahead
I can only see one world
And it's a world without interpreters and phrase-books because...
The Queen's English was
Good enough for
Jesus Christ
And it's good enough for me
The Queen's English was
Good enough for
Jesus Christ
And it's good enough for me"
Julius Caeser when he
Stepped onto the shore he
Didn't do some rain dance he just
Said it plain, he said:
"I came, I saw, and I conquered"
So don't try to make me
Feel like a fool
I know what I stand for
And I know what they want
They just want to feel special
But they're wrong, they're wrong, they're wrong, they're so wrong because
The Queen's English was
Good enough for Jesus Christ
And it's good enough for me
The Queen's English was
Good enough for Jesus Christ
And it's good enough for me
Some people want to
Go back to living in caves they
Bend over backwards and the
Thin end of the wedge goes in
All you little countries
All you towers of Babel
Well you better wake up, and shape up, and earn your place on the team
And if you don't know
Please and Thank you
Well you better learn, you better learn, you better learn, you better learn, because
The Queen's English was
Good enough for Jesus Christ
And it's good enough for me
The Queen's English was
Good enough for Jesus Christ
And it's good enough for me
There's A Limit
You can tell tall stories till the cows come home
In a way that makes people believe them
What you lack in honesty is made up in charisma
And no one notices as you deceive them
You can make excuses till the cows come home,
Reel them off one after the other
You can take my sympathy, milk it for all it's worth
But there'll come a time when you'll discover
There's a limit
There's a limit
There's only so far you can go
There's a limit
There's a limit
You can take advantage till the cows come home
Of whoever happens to be near
And when it's convenient, your memory is foggy
At the same time your consience is clear
But there's a limit
There's a limit
It's been going on so long now
Since I introduced you
To people who are getting used
Or else they're getting used to
You
You can charm the birds out of the trees
Till the cows come home
But my patience is sure put to the test
When I return and in return for trying to help out
Find someone else is shitting in my nest
There's a limit
There's a limit
There's only so far you can go
There's a limit
There's a limit
It's been going on so long now
Since I introduced you
To people who are getting used
Or else they're getting used to
You
Esther
Esther's been reading books
She's changed the way that she talks and the way that she looks
Her coffee is black now and so are her clothes
She's shaved off her hair and put a ring through her nose
Esther's been watching movies
She must have seen someone that she'd like to be
With looks like hers she could be on the screen
But she's the worst actor that I've ever seen
Esther I've known you for ages
And I've watched you through all the changes
Esther, we used to be the best of friends
But now we're becoming strangers
Esther's been burning bridges
I remember the time when she turned religious
But soon she turned her back on the church
And brushed it aside to continue the search
Because Esther's been looking for something,
She doesn't quite know what it is
Yes Esther's been searching for something
Maybe something that doesn't exist
Esther's been getting lonely
After she cut herself off from the only
People on whom she could depend
People who were happy to call her their friend
Esther I've known you for ages
And I've watched you through all the stages
Esther, we used to be the best of friends
But now we're becoming strangers
Oh Esther
Oh Esther
No Telling When
Are these the hands of a man? I suppose so
I recall them shaking the hands of other men
Now all they seem to do is write in this log book
That's all they've done since I can't remember when
And there's
No telling when
I'm going to be
Carried in
But in my mind
I see the land
There's a footprint in the sand, and it's going to be...
Mine... It's going to be
Mine... It's going to be mine
Is that a human face in the mirror?
It looks just like a piece of the sea.
I've been staring at the waves so very long now
My eyes are playing tricks on me
And there's
No telling when
I'm going to be
Carried in
But in my mind
I see the land
There's a footprint in the sand, and it's going to be....
Mine... It's going to be
Mine... It's going to be mine
I had a friend who said "Don't read these papers,
The writing inside is always so small"
But in the end it was him who started shrinking
In the end you couldn't see him at all
And there's
No telling when
I'm going to be
Carried in.
But in my mind
I see the land
There's a footprint in the sand, and it's going to be...
Mine... It's going to be
Mine... It's going to be mine.
Anchor Me
Full fathom five
Someday I'll lie
Singing songs that come
from dead men's tongues
Anchor me, anchor me
As the compass turns
And the glass it falls
When the storm clouds roll
And the gulls they call
Anchor me, anchor me,
anchor me
Anchor me
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me
Anchor me
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me
Anchor me, anchor me
Let the salt spray lash
The shivering skin
Where the green waves crash
And the whirlpools spin
Anchor me, anchor me, anchor me
Anchor me
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me
Anchor me
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me
Anchor me, anchor me
Where the Banshees cry
And the bells they sound
When you lift me high
When you pull me down
When you pull me down
When you pull me down
Anchor me
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me
Anchor me
In the middle of your deep blue sea, anchor me
Anchor me, anchor me
Too Close To The Sun
It's so dry here
One spark and the whole place could go up
Think I'll stop and get a drink here
Something like the picture on the poster I saw a few miles back
A green can on a nest of ice
Like the egg of some Antarctic bird
And I've seen this town in a dream
I was running away
From something that I didn't want to see
It was a day like today
I watched the sky melt over Highway One
And I felt too close to the sun
Neighbour of mine
Got out of his car somewhere down country in weather like this
Just disappeared
Left the engine running
Police came to talk to his wife
I watched them from my window
She was shaking her head
The cops were standing, with their big hands hanging down
And I've seen this town in a dream
I was running away
From something that I didn't want to see
It was a day like today
I watched the sky melt over Highway One
And I felt too close to the sun
Who's that yonder dressed in white?
(An old man kneeling on a bowling green
Shiny with gin and brilliantine)
He might as well have stepped from a satellite
(He looks at me and gets up slowly
Smiles and waves as if he knows me)
And I've seen this town in a dream
I was running away
From something that I didn't want to see
It was a day like today
I watched the sky melt over Highway One
And I felt too close to the sun
Don't Fight It Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both Of Us
It's been some time now, a year or so
If you weren't coping you'd have let me know
My friends say I do too much, I've got a lot on my plate
But if there was something, I wouldn't hesitate
There's five blue figures
On a white circle
They're making agreements
They're keeping each other in line
And I want you
To be happy
But I'd rather
That you were still with me
Perhaps we can arrange something
Arrange something
I took pride in my even hand
When I took control I thought you'd understand
If all things were equal I could be your friend
I could turn around and take it again
There's five blue figures
On a white circle
And I want you
To be happy
But I'd rather
That you were still with me
Perhaps we can arrange something
Arrange something
Straight To Your Head
There's a river flowing up into the sky
To the sky, to the sky
There are trees with human heads parading by
Saling by, sailing by
And the hands of giants hold the gates in the clouds
In the clouds
Up there where the dragons fly
Round and round, round and round
Straight to your head
You stop me from growing up, you show me
Straight to your head
You keep me from shutting down, believe me
I'll never leave you, It doesn't matter what you do
'Cause I can go straight to your head
To be close to you
Outside in the night the burglar creeps
Oh he creeps, yeah he creeps
In the flowers behind the house the princess sleeps
Oh she sleeps, yeah she sleeps
In the land between the lamp-posts everything is black
And here we come a-stepping on the cracks
On the cracks
Straight to your head
You stop me from growing up, you show me
Straight to your head
You keep me from shutting down, believe me
I'll never leave you, It doesn't matter what you do
'Cause I can go straight to your head
To be close to you
I - used to only see
What I was looking for
And I - used to only hear
What I'd heard before
Now I'm looking all around
And now I'm walking
Walking downtown
Straight to your head
You stop me from growing up, you show me
Straight to your head
You keep me from shutting down, believe me
I'll never leave you, It doesn't matter what you do
'Cause I can go straight to your head
I can go straight to your head
I can go straight to your head
To be close to you
She's Been Talking
At the high tide line
Drift-wood and shells
That's where she said we could leave our clothes
Where the moonlight dissolves on the wet sand
There's no-one here tonight
The whole town's still at the show
She said she'd seen me come alone
And did I need a lift back home, 'cause she was leaving
Well some people you can see right through
But I never, never guessed how much she knew
And that she'd been talking
She's been talking
She's been talking to my friends
I hated it tonight
I hate her precious scene
The way they all compete
And the way they wipe their feet on each other
But she is not like them
She holds herself away
And she laughs behind their backs
And I like it when she does that
But I'd never let her see
No I never, never wanted charity
But now she's been talking
She's been talking
She's been talking to my friends
Car headlights creep
Across the sea
Now she's swimming
Close to me
And she
And she
She
She's been talking
She's been talking
She's been talking to my friends
Trouble With You
There's trouble with you
And I'm going under again
I'm going under again
Seems like this night won't end
There's trouble with you
And I can't stand myself
I can't stand myself
Wish I was someone else
Me, I'd like to stand in the rain
Feel it washing me down
Find some place I can stand
Forever, ever, on and on
But there's trouble with you
It's growing out of the ground
Roots spreading in the ground
Wish I could tear it down
Me, I'd like to stand in the rain
Feel it washing me down
Find some place I can stand
Forever, ever, on and on
And on and on until the rain
Washes me away
But there's trouble with you
And my skin's burning up
Oh it's burning up
Wish I could make it stop
Wish I could make it stop
April
Joey said that you'd been calling
I guess that means we're through our falling out, April
But don't begrudge my being wary
Of the hatchet you'd like to bury
I've still got the scars, April
April you tied yourself to the railroad track
April you fell into the fire and I pulled you back
I don't know why I'm trying to reach you
If I caught you it just might teach you
Not to do it again, April
You made me feel as if I counted
Then you had me stuffed and mounted
I won't do that again, April
Oh April
Oh I'd love to be back in April
All the month of May
I'd ask myself are you OK? and I would lie
June I put my life together
But i've no way of knowning whether I
Can face July
Oh April
Oh I'd love to be back
Oh I'd love to be back
Oh I'd love to be back in April
Like This Train
I never thought that it would come to this
To watch myself leaving you behind
But you went to great lengths to clear my way
And like this train, you'll take a long, long time
To reach the end of the line
Like I did
Like I did
The farms and the rivers slide away out there
These towns all look like our home town
No-one could blame you for getting out of there
But like this train you'll take a long, long time
To reach the end of the line
Like I did
Like I did
You say they'll change in time
We won't feel so strange, but I
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
The power lines are dancing overhead
The wind is shaking up the trees
I wish I'd known how I could have made you see
But like this train you'll take a long, long time
To reach the end of the line
Like I did
Like I did
But like this train you'll take a long, long time
To reach the end of the line
Like I did
Like I did
Like this train
Like this train
Like this train
Another Morning
She turns her face to the wall
She won't let anybody see her
The winter comes and sits
Where the window doesn't fit
And she cries herself awake another morning
Across the street a café
And the sound of people laughing
Her heart it wants to go
But the rest of her says no
And she lies under the weight of another morning
Another morning
She might have flown away with the day
With her sorrow circling below her
Another morning could see her swinging high above the crowds
With the feeling that they all want to know her
But the truth is that she
Don't know who she'll be tomorrow
Just what face to wear
Or the way she'll do her hair
And that's why she's so afraid of another morning
But the truth is that she
Don't know who she'll be tomorrow
Just what face to wear
Or the way she'll do her hair
And that's why she's so afraid of another morning
Why's she so afraid of another morning?
Why's she so afraid of another morning?
Ten Feet Tall
Too hot to sleep I'm walking round
I hear your music spilling out
Of open doorways and I stand
Outside the loom of your light
Just out of the light where you
You don't know me at all
You don't know me at all
You don't know that I'm
Ten feet tall
When I came to this town I was a letter
With the seal unbroken, like
Those TV shows where no-one knows
The word until it's spoken
But even then I knew that all of you
You don't know me at all
You don't know me at all
You don't know that I'm
Ten feet tall
And when you look right through me
Ten feet tall
I count the days till you see
Ten feet tall
Darling I know you're the one for me
You're not the same as all the rest
I want to kiss your cheek and take away
The taste of everybody else
So come on and tell me that
You don't know me at all
You don't know me at all
But you see that I'm
Ten feet tall
Come Around
If you have a better offer
Or if you have reservations
On the road to my house
There are so many temptations
And far be it from me
To have any expectations
But time is marching on
And I'm running out of patience
Come around, come around
Come around, come around
I cannot remember
The last time I saw you smile
And I won't wait forever
But I'll wait a while
And far be it from me
To test the strength of your will
But when you finally make it round
I hope I'll be here still
Come around, come around
It's only walking distance
Come around, come around
Take the path of least resistance
Come around, come around
Stop this heart from sinking
Come around, come around
Come around to my way of thinking
I'm not asking you
To come to your senses
And I'm not asking you
To come clean - that's not what I mean
And if you're on your high horse
I won't ask you to come down
All I want is you to come around
(chorus)
Along The Boundary
High up on the hill watching the sea
Splinters in my hand from climbing the tree
To the place that you said was so easy to get to
But you were much older, you never thought I could get
Such a long way up, but I look straight ahead
Silver blue the sea like sheets on a bed
At the edge of the world a ferry boat crawls away like a snail
Leaving it all to me
I feel the branches move around me
I see the thistles along the boundary
Up along the boundary
I move patches of wind round the bay of glass
I move shadows of clouds over the grass
I'm at the controls, there isn't a shelf or a rock on the beach
That I couldn't reach
And I feel the branches move around me
I see the thistles along the boundary
Up along the boundary
The sun pulls the hills the way the tide pulls on the sea
Waves and waves of grass are breaking, rolling over to me
And the sky's like a wheel
Like a wheel
I feel the branches move around me
I see the thistles along the boundary
Up along the boundary
While You Sleep
While you sleep
Coiled up like a spring
I remember everything from the first day
Summer flowers
Shimmering in the street
Plastic sandals on your feet in the doorway
You looked so hungry
You couldn't stand still
You made everything in the flat look so cheap
I showed you round
Forgetting when to breathe
And that's still the way I feel when I watch you while you sleep
While you sleep
The Earth revolves in space
Ships and planes they race towards tomorrow
You took the room
And pretty soon I knew
That we all would fly to you like little arrows
Fancy dressers
Queens and jesters
Throwing glances your way
In the street
Never worries me
'Cause I'm the one that gets to be beside you while you sleep
Once on a still, grey, motorway day
We jumped the green fence and we lay
Watching all the expensive people speeding away
Just before the sun's up
The wallpaper lights up
And another car climbs the hill
They will keep
Whatever plans I've made
They'll wait for another day
When I will tell you things that now I only tell you while you sleep
Inside My Skin
You will find me breathing
Slowly I won't leap in
Days go by the long way
Giving time its own say
But can't you see
It's moving just inside my skin?
Cold outside this evening
Feel my hands they're freezing
But can't you see
It's moving just inside my skin
How can skin so thin
Keep all that blood in?
Envy Of Angels
Look over there, you used to say
The shape of the land beneath the street
Ridges and valleys and underground streams
You have to know what's under your feet
So you can make things strong enough
To take the weight
The weight of all the people
That haven't been born
That's what you said to me
And it's the envy of angels
Listen to that, you used to say
Can you hear someone drawing plans
Can you hear someone cutting wood
Can you hear someone walking the land
And all the time I wanted to be
Somewhere that wasn't so new
Where you didn't have to dig yourself out
A place to stand
Far away
From the envy of angels
Driving to your place after dark
The lights of the town behind these hills
I'm wanting so much to see you again
I can almost touch the new tarseal
In front of my wheels
They're painting the signs
Measuring the land
Marking the lines
Pouring foundations
Making it strong
For all of those people
That haven't been born
Just like you said
And it's the envy of angels
Don't Fear The Reaper
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain... we can be like they are
Come on baby... don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand... don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly... don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity... Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday... Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday... Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday... We can be like they are
Come on baby... don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand... don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly... don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared... saying don't be afraid
Come on baby... and she had no fear
And she ran to him... then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye... she had become like they are
She had taken his hand... she had become like they are
Come on baby... don't fear the reaper
AsCloseAs This
You drew some kind of circle
Three times round the house
Some kind of line in the sand
That no one else but I could cross
No one saw me coming
No one said my name
But if I had died in that house
It would have taken some time to explain
Helplessly watching
While you put on your stockings
AsCloseAs This
AsCloseAs This
We went to the hot springs
Where the tourists flock
The heat pushing out from the centre of the earth
Held back by a few feet of rock
Endlessly growing
The red rock flowing
AsCloseAs This
AsCloseAs This
As close to me as you are standing now
Brighter than Times Square
And the noise was everywhere
I have no habits
As I always say
But I reached for you
Like the first cigarette of the very first day
Of the dawning of the world
After the longest kiss
But I escaped through ten back yards
Before I knew that I'd be missed
Rowing my boat
Across the lake of fire
AsCloseAs This
That was AsCloseAs This
Winning Numbers
On a Belgian Airways plane
Here comes an ad for credit cards
Just what language are those happy children singing?
I'm supposed to feel like joining in
And I would throw the winning numbers away
And someone else can be drunk on Page One
'Cause I'm not changing places
I'm not changing places
I'm not changing places with anyone
The strip of light under your door
The night buses going by
Both of us thinking about turning on the light
But we're not saying anything
ch.
And all the people that I've dreamed of being
They can go back to sleep
Their appointments can keep for another year
I don't care
Thought I was travelling in a line
But it looks more like a circle
I see the muscles moving underneath your skin
As you turn to me again
You make me feel like joining in
ch.
Small Mercies
When the chariot won't swing low enough
When the chariot won't swing low enough
When the dust has cleared there stands my love
Small mercies
Big list hanging in letters of flame
Big list hanging in letters of flame
What if I can't find my name
Small mercies
When she walks she
Walks with her feet on the ground
She won't let me down
She won't let me down
And
Every time I walk through that door
Every time I walk through that door
Every time I do I'm thankful for
Small mercies
inst.
When she walks she
Walks with her feet on the ground
She won't let me down
She won't let me down
And
Every time I walk through that door
Every time I walk through that door
Every time I do I'm thankful for
Small mercies
Green Lantern
So glad you came
I wouldn't change
You for the world
You're breathing fire
So much desire
In every word
There you go
Up to the sky
I'm living by
Your bad example
You pulled me up
Stretched your tight-rope
Across my table
The night you came
You're still the Green Lantern
The Green Lantern
You're still the Green Lantern
To Me
You're free again
Now you've thrown in
Your job at the circus
But you know the tricks
You can keep your
Pictures out of focus
Colours bleed
ch.
The Falls
We used to live next to the Falls
A long time ago, so they say
Someone pointed to the mist
And turned to his sister to say
There must be story behind all that
And soon there was:
Demons and demigods
One day when I was small
I saw the lights, turning on
In the town across the bay
I turned to my sister to say
There must be story behind all that
And soon there was
Electrons, wire and glass
On the news the other day
I saw a crowd at the top of the Falls
I saw a man save someone else's child
Lifted her up out of harm's way
It started me thinking
Since we moved away from the Falls
My days don't seem to work out right
Nothing I can put my finger on
But just before I get to sleep at night
I think I can hear the water rushing
And these stories aren't ones I know
I don't want to let them go
Last Year's Shoes
There's a thin strand of winter inside
This long summer hillside
No matter how hot it gets
Even when the leaves are hissing static
Somewhere there's a cold heart beating
Beating slow and measureless
Is this how it feels?
Is this how it feels?
Is this how it feels to find love?
You had a strange year didn't you
People only too happy to take
What was there for the taking
While you traveled into every State
Except the obvious
Whatever were you thinking
ch.
Now when the old feelings roll
You won't get caught in the under-tow
You're going to stand
In the sand
And watch them go
Lace up last year's shoes and
See how they feel
You're not the same person anymore
There's something new about you
A thin strand of winter in you
Something that wasn't there before
ch.
Jackie's Song
A fine mess we're in, Jackie
A clearing in the bush
The trees are all tangled up, and they're the wrong shade of green
And the sap never stops running
The leaves they never fall
And the birds laugh like drunken garrison girls
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing
Dancing bright and strong
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing to your song
Silver medals shining
And the dust from a foreign road in your hair
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing everywhere
We were told there was a dozen of them
Runaways and injured men
They weren't supposed to put up such a fight
Now who'd have thought blood would have so many colours
Soaking the grass beneath you like all the others
A spreading stain on the swampy ground
Till the next rain comes down
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing ...
Those old men singing back at home
I'd like to bring them here
Show them around, let them see what they have done
Where the sap never stops running
The leaves they never fall
And the birds laugh like drunken garrison girls
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing
Dancing bright and strong
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing to your song
With silver medals shining
And the dust from a foreign road in your hair
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing everywhere
Pulled Along By Love
Down on the platform
Shapes in a sandstorm
Lines of faces
Keeping their secrets
They're thinking about the weekend
They're thinking about new clothes
They're thinking about touching
But everyone's watching
They're buttoned up against it
And all of the King's horses
And all of the five senses
And dreams so fleeting
Where the carpets are deep
And the ends are all meeting
And they're pulled along by love
They're pulled along by love
And they're pulled along by love
Pulled along by love
Maybe he's a good son
Maybe he has bad dreams
Maybe she's staying
But she thought about leaving
And maybe those two have been
Together for ages
Or maybe they're strangers
From different stations
ch.
The sun comes up on you and me
We fall out of bed and we work all day
And we're thinking about the weekend
We're thinking about new clothes
We're thinking about touching
But everyone's watching
We're buttoned up against it
We wrap ourselves round it
Like fire in a blanket
And dreams so fleeting
Where the carpets are deep
And the ends are all meeting
ch.
Goodbye Drug
Goodbye was a drug I used to like
It keeps you up most of the night
Makes you sing and dance around
Makes you throw up on the ground
But you know it doesn't last too long
Another one comes when this one's gone
I drove out to the airport today
I thought I'd help you to get away
On the belt your bags were gliding
I felt like a spare prick at a wedding
Another goodbye coming down
I guess this one's gonna knock me around
Goodbye, good luck, goodbye, good luck
Goodbye I think I've had too much
Of the goodbye thing
I got you coffee from the machine
It was grey and it smelt like kerosene
But you took it and you left town
Along with everything that wasn't nailed down
What made you think you would need to
Go on and bite the hand that feeds you
ch.
Overhead the big jets climb away
Right about now you'll be on your way
In a garden in Northwest London
The principles that you abandoned
Are alive and well somehow
And nothing you did can hurt me now
Goodbye was a drug I used to like
It keeps you up most of the night
Makes you sing and dance around
Makes you throw up on the ground
Steam rises from my plastic cup
I look up in the sky and I wish you luck
ch.
Hands Full
When he asked if she'd mind saying
What they were doing she said no at first
But in a while she found herself warming
To the task of putting it into words
Before long she had her hands full
Before long she had her hands full
Like Houston she was listening
To the satellite that was circling in
And every hair on his neck was shivering
As the afternoon sun came out again
Before long she had her hands full
Before long they were both listening hard
But the words weren't coming
The words weren't coming at all
Not coming at all
Ray
Ray, come out of the dark
Close your mouth, it's my turn to talk
Oh
Ray don't be so cool
That you can't - let yourself just fall
Oh
Ray, hope comes in strange shapes
When you don't expect it to
Ray, hope comes in strange shapes
Wouldn't you say it's time for you?
You say that all the good has gone
If you stay, I'll try to prove you wrong
Oh
And when it hurts too much, to stand in the queue
Go on, Ray, I'll save a place for you
Oh
ch.
Dead leaves in the wind are burning
Like a dial on a radio you're turning
Ray, wouldn't you say?
ch.
It Happened One Night
[instrumental]
He Turned Around
He turned around, and he
Looked at his life.
He saw the way he talked
The way he ate,
And slept and walked,
He said wait,
He turned people on and off
While at the same time adding them
To his private kingdom.
In his kingdom, all the people spoke well of him,
He never needed to explain himself to them,
He turned around and around.
He turned around and around.
He turned around and thought,
How did I get so cold.
He turned around and he thought,
When did it get so cold in here
Somebody open the door,
Let some of that sun in.
Somebody open the door,
Let that big yellow sun
Get him in here.
Get him shining his light.
Get him shining his light.
Get him shining his light.
He turned around and around and around and around and around and around.
He turned around and around and around and around and around and around.
He turned around and around.
He turned around.
He turned around.
The Ballad Of Kelvin
In a town in the north where the sky is filled with tears
There lived a young man known as Kelvin
He was burdened and bent beyond his tender years
With a secret that you don't want to devil with
In a place filled with life, he once longed for a girl
He loved her above any other
Then the black flag of fate began slowly to unfurl
'Cause he didn't know that girl was his mother
Where the hills meet the sea
That's where I want to be
Where the hills meet the sea
Well no one could see what went on inside his head
No one took account of his dreaming
When the woman that he loved said she could never be his
He ran outside, but inside he was screaming
Where the hills meet the sea
That's where I want to be
Where the hills meet the sea
There's a shadow that crosses the yard every day
As the sun drags us slowly through time
But the shadow that stood by the barn as dusk fell
Was a young man with a poisoned mind
As he torched the house on the cliff above the swamp
As he shielded his face from the brightness
His hand held a photo of a mother and child
But the flames soon covered his likeness
Where the hills meet the sea
That's where I want to be
Where the hills meet the sea
Where the hills meet the sea
That's where I want to be
Where the hills meet the sea
Where the hills meet the sea
Three Minutes
Off Saint Johns Head the sun is coming up,
And in New York the dollar's starting to fall,
In Jerusalem a soldier puts his rifle down,
To scratch his lovers name on the wall.
In London town they're clearing up the breakfast plates,
In Atlantic City it's still dark before the dawn,
All this happened in the last three minutes,
Taken a flag and pinning it on the map
if it makes make you feel better
to tell me about these places you dont know.
But in the next three minutes,
Where you going to be,
In the next three minutes
Here and now and you and me.
All your opinions come from someones press release,
All of your jokes are out of magazines,
If the tree falls in a forest,
And there's no one there to hear,
You're convinced that hidden cameras are on the scene.
When you get like this I really wish you were somewhere else,
In a street cafe in a distant time zone,
Where the bill is never mentioned,
And you're the centre of attention,
Sometime you might find you need some ideas of your own.
Like in the next three minutes,
Where you going to be?
In the next three minutes,
Here and now and you and me,
The first three minutes of your life is when you're most at risk,
From the doctors knife, from your mothers kiss,
But all the needles and the pills help you survive,
But what's the point if you're still only have alive?
In the next three minutes,
where you going to be?
In the next three minutes
Here and now and you and me,
The next three minutes,
Where you going to be,
In the next three minutes
Here and now and you and me,
Where you going to be,
In the next three minutes
So Long
Let's cut out the crap and get down to the facts
Sharpen your teeth and grind your axe
I may be thick skinned but my bones show through
And I've got a bone I want to pick with you
Haven't you seen I've had enough?
How many times can you call my bluff
Aren't you tired of being tough?
I walked the line and I've run the risk
And I've taken in in my stride
I've taken it with a grain of salt
And I've swallowed it with my pride
Why am I feeling like this again
You're my fair-weather friend and it always rains
You never call me just call me names
I don't want to hurt you
But I'm going to desert you
Patience is a virtue
But I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting
So long so long so long
Every time I think of leaving, my heart starts to speed up
But you know I'll take any port, in a storm, in a teacup
I don't want to hurt you
But I'm going to desert you
Patience is a virtue
But I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting so long
I've been waiting
So long so long so long
Cinema Of unease - credit music
[instrumental]
Ash Wednesday
At the nit and grit
Your talk is so small
It disappears into thin air between the sandwiches
Behind your eyes
There's a hundred voice choir
Telling you what you can't do in fifteen languages
She could say what you wanted to say
But she won't play that game today
Get out of this house hope she'll be here when you get back
Don't put on a show for her
She knows you know her better than that
She didn't come thins far with you to hear you talk this way
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through your ash wednesday
After the show
Your currency is weak
While everyone else is trading talk of better nights
And your friends
Are only hanging around
Cause they overslept and all the lifeboards are out of sight
She could do what you wanted to do
But she doesn't like this side of you
Get out of this house hope she'll be here when you get back
Don't put on a show for her
She knows you know her better than that
She didn't come thins far with you to hear you talk this way
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through your ash wednesday
You say you hate them
She hates them too
She hates to see what they're doing to you
You could have let them
Twist in the breeze
Nothing matters
Except that she's......
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through your ash wednesday
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through
She'll see you when you're through your ash wednesday
Ranchslider
Streets are wide
As the wagon wheels
Under the lucky horseshoe
I'm a ranchslider
Burn rubber
To the supermarket
See the shingle fly
I'm a ranchslider
Answerphone
I look away, just as you say, another time.
Another day, I wait this way for your reply.
But things can change, and rearrange,
And just when you think it's safe,
They change again.
Are you alone? Your answerphone, should I say Hi?
Call me at home, after the tone, should I drop by?
But things can change, and rearrange,
And just when you think it's safe,
They change again.
Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone?
Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone?
I say your name, it sounds the same as in my mind.
It's such a shame you never came, I've been so blind.
But things can change, and rearrange,
And just when you think it's safe,
They change again.
Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone?
Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone?
(repeat to fade)
Face In The Paper
The afternoon left without me
So I sat down in a park
The newsagents are closing
Pretty soon it will be dark
Face in paper
Take me home
Into your forgetful valley
Keep me warm
Must sell a lot of something
'Cause I see you all the time
And somehow you look familiar
Maybe we met along the line
Face in paper
Take me home
Into your forgetful valley
Keep me warm
Down by the oily river
Where the blackberries grow
I'll stay with you forever
And no one needs to know
No one needs to know
I will lay down beside you
Up by the railway
Wrap me in your words and pictures
We'll watch the town get up to meet the day
Inbetween Man
You say she gone again,
But it's not your fault,
She let you fall,
'Cause you bought it all with no guarentee.
Pick youself off the ground,
Doesn't bear talking about.
Don't think twice would be your advice if it happened to me.
I've always thought it natural to be guided by you,
So correct me if I'm wrong,
This is something I would never do.
Why don't you say to her what you just said to me?
Why don't you help her understand?
I wouldn't dream of telling you what you already know,
Even if I was the inbetween man.
The inbetween man
Guess I might have seen her, she might said some things,
And I've had reason to be where she be happened to be,
She might of mentioned you.
I think she's taken in by your wayword words,
She might suspect it's all an act and you're not so cool.
I could go on and on about the way I saw her then,
The way she moved her hands,
The way the sunlight moved her head.
Why don't you say to her what you just said to me?
Why don't you help her understand?
I wouldn't dream of telling you what you already know,
Even if I was the inbetween man.
I was the inbetween man.
Why don't you say to her what you just said to me?
I dont beleive I understand.
If you want to have have pride and joy
Together in your hand,
Don't ask me anymore, I'm not the inbetween man
Don't ask me anymore, I'm not the inbetween man
Inbetween Man.
Inbetween Man.
Eugene said they'd be driving up last night
But the car's not there - that's strange
Why dont we take these things around the back
Maybe drop in later to thank him
You really should meet him
Look, there's a window open
Look, there's a curtain blowing
I wonder who left it like that
Wait a minute
A man and a woman
A woman and a man,
Look at them lying there
Sleeping in each other's arms
Don't wake them up, leave them sleeping
Don't wake them up, don't let them know we've seen them
Don't say a word to anyone
'Cause that's Sarah there, that's Eugene's wife
But that's not Eugene
Look, it's none of our business
Look, sometimes people just have to tangle up their lives
A man and a woman
A woman and a man
Look at them lying there
Sleeping in each other's arms
Don't wake them up, leave them sleeping
Don't wake them up, they look just like a picture
Don't try to tell me that it's wrong
Sure Eugene's my friend but he's never going to know
So let's just go now
You'll be the water and I'll dive in
You'll be the paper and I'll be the pen
You'll be the piston and I'll be the spark
You'll be the farmer and I'll be the farm
You'll be the doctor and I'll be the nurse
You'll be the chorus and I'll be the verse
You'll take seven and I'll take three
You'll be the axe and I'll be the tree
You can stand over me
You can stand beside me
But I say
Better not find you
Better not find you
Better not find you
Standing in the way
You'll be the hot sun and I'll be the well
You'll be the virus and I'll be the pill
You'll be fireman and I'll be the fire
You'll be the nail and I'll be the tyre
You can stand over me
You can stand beside me
But I say
Better not find you
Better not find you
Better not find you
Standing in the way
You'll be the bride and I'll be the priest
You'll be the black ice and I'll be the street
You'll be the scissors and I'll be the cloth
You'll be the windscreen and I'll be the wash
You'll be the whistle and I'll be the game
You'll be the lights of the first morning train
You'll be the sextant and I'll be the stars
You'll be the blind man and I'll be the car
You can stand over me
You can stand beside me
But I say
Better not find you
Better not find you
Better not find you
Better not find you
Better not find you
Standing in the way
Standing in the way (repeat)
Long Black Veil
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me
The judge said son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word, thou it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Oh, the scaffold is high and eternity's near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But late at night, when the north wind blows
In a long black veil, she cries ov're my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Not To Take Sides
You always want to be so cool
You hurt me whenever you're cruel
But I'm never ever sure
Whether you mean to be that way
It's just that we've grown so far away
From each other
Time was when people thought we were brothers ahh
You're so strong you overpower me
With your words I wonder if you're hiding
Always try to defend you
Always try
Not to take sides
It's so hard to speak without lying
I though we knew someone was hiding
But I'm never ever sure
Whether it's you or if it's me
Maybe it always was the same
Maybe nothing's really changed
But I'm scared inside I'm dying
And noone else is crying anymore
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Inst.
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