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B i o g r a p h y Born
in Sligo, Ireland, in 1970, Perry Blake released his eponymous debut album in
1998. It was to establish him as a massive cult artist across Europe. Critical
reaction in the UK was also raptutous, with magazines like "Q" and "Uncut"
shouting his praises from the rooftops. BBC Radio, Jo Wiley made his first two
releases her singles of the week. |
Perry
Blake
Little boys and Little girls
Tragic tenor sing to me
Of lust and deep depravity hello? hello?
Lock me up this time for good
Before i might be understood hello? how low...
So all of the worlds
Little boys and little girls
Can sleep peacefully
In their tiny beds
Tragic tenor kiss my ass
And give my filthy mouth a bath hello? hello?
Lock me up this time for sure
Before somebody finds a cure hello? hello?
So all of the worlds
Little boys and little girls
Can sleep peacefully
In their tiny beds
The Hunchback of San Francisco
Morning has broken the silence of night
Now you'll have to use kindness to fight
It's just like asbestos, it sticks to your skin
It burns within
Luck is a hunchback, travelling light
With rags and transistors to hold up the sky
Drink to the hearts that San Francisco stole
But drink slow
'Cause I'm a lonely Man
And you're a lonely Girl
And it's a lonely world
If you make Vegas, leave on the lights
I want to see your expression change
Hatred will take us to unknown heights
Drink slow
'Cause I'm a lonely Man
And you're a lonely Girl
And it's a lonely world
*** Thanx a lot to
Ciprian who corrected a mistake ***
1971
Throw away your suitcase
Come back to bed
There is nothing I wouldn't do
For a girl in distress
I've loaded my weapon
I'm wearing my best
There is nothing I couldn't stoop to
For a Girl in distress
Nothing I wouldn't stoop to
We are out in the hills now
looking over the sea
There is nothing she wouldn't do
To a man on his knees
Anouska
(I want to come home)
Moments come, moments go
There is nothing else
I will hide in this lifetime of ignorance
Nouska-Anouska I want to come home
Nouska-Anouska I feel so alone
Voice of God comforts some
When a love dissolves
Voice of God comforts none
When a child's stillborn
Nouska-Anouska I want to come home
Nouska-Anouska I feel so alone
I recall a thousand English hands
They were praying for an avalanche
Nouska-Anouska I've been so alone
Nouska-Anouska I want to come home
I belong to where the angels die
long before they even learn to fly
I recall a hundred summer days
Summer Girls I knew would never stay
I belong to where the angels die
long before they even learn to fly
Nouska-Anouska I want to come home
Nouska-Anouska I feel so alone
Broken Statue
She is wearing a complexion
Like the inside of a church
That has never seen two lovers
Just before they lose their thirst
She likes nature in spite of
What nature did to her
And she loves enough to jaywalk
Enough to get hurt
And if she falls in the path of the midday traffic
I will sleep by the bed of a broken statue
Radio for help now
She's gone missing again
Without a raincoat or a hairbrush
Without a witness or a trail
We like Nature in spite of
What Nature does to us
And we love to jaywalk
But not enough to get hurt
And if she walks in the path of the midday traffic
I will weep by the grave of a broken statue
If she walks in the path of the midday traffic
I will walk in the path of the midday traffic
And she falls in the path of the midday traffic
I will weep by the grave of a broken statue
*** Thanx a lot to
Ciprian who corrected a mistake ***
Genevieve
(the pilot of your thighs)
Genevieve, Genevieve
Dreaming of those castles in the sky
Genevieve, Genevieve
And clocks that couldn't wait to tell the time
That's why I'm the pilot of your thighs
The one who holds your hand
When you stare in those canals
The pilot of your thighs
Genevieve, Genevieve
Horoscopes were written in the snow
Genevieve, Genevieve
Sometimes the sun just gets too close
That's why I'm the pilot of your thighs
The one who holds your hand
When you stare in those canals
The pilot of your thighs
So long
Every night and every day
Comes a newly hatched decay
Nothing ever satisfies
Until you lose your appetite
So long, so long baby baby
So long, so long
A feeling that will never die
Kept a vigil by your side
Helpless as the melting snow
There are things that we will never know
So long, so long baby baby
So long, so long
Naked Man
Naked Man dreaming of a Naked God
Naked God dreaming of a clothed world
Hopeless dawn offers up it's tragedy
Fading sun washes out to Sea
And you know that's how it goes
When people steep themselves in Faith
You know that's how it goes
That's how it goes
Child of Prague, lying through it's broken teeth
Get a dog, at least they don't forget
And we know that's how it goes
When people steep themselves in Love
We know that's how it goes
That's how it goes
Valentine, Why should I remember you?
Valentine, Please let me forget.
Valentine, Why should I remember you?
Valentine, Please let me forget
Let me go.
Widows by the radio
Drink to our demolished home
Wher loss resides alone
Like a widow by the radio
Child, childhood is a place
Where sorrow comes of age
A widow by the radio
Try to understand
I couldn't hold your hand
I couldn't even hold a gun
Surely we could find
A reason or a sign
That everything's not gone for good
Autumn whispers through the trees
Cheap things to her and me
But patience wears a uniform
Nature take care of your sons
I think they have become
The Darlings of the universe
Try to understand
I couldn't hold your hand
I couldn't even hold a gun
Surely we could hide
A reason or a sigh
That everything is gone for good.
Weeping Tree
Weeping tree, shoulders to the sky
Never understood why
Weeping tree, should've let you go
How was I to know?
And if you find a clue
I hope you find it soon
Some people hold their breath forever
And if you find a house
Where you can live without the one you love
Weeping tree, fruitless, stands alone
where lovers long dead used to go
Weeping tree, should've let you go
But how was I to know?
And if you find a clue
I hope you find it soon
Some people hold their breath forever
And if you find a house
Where you can live without the one you love
House in the clouds
I left my house in the clouds
I walked into someone's afterlife
She kept a pill in her hand
To take when we were about to land
Did you try
To let it go on by?
Did you try?
The Needles and the Uniforms
A schoolgirl and a unicorn
Eclipse a love with a loss
I sought comfort in her underwear
I shaved my face twice a day
Those crazy lambs
They will suffocate
Did you cry
Or let it go on by?
Did you cry?
The aftertaste of something warmer
Of schoolgirls and of unicorns.
Did you try to let it go on by?
Did you try?
The schoolgirl and the unicorn
The Needles and the Uniforms;
I washed her face in the rain
I will return to that place again
Back to my house in the clouds
Back to my house in the clouds
Sandriam, leave on the lights
Sandriam, maybe tonight
Never win, never lose, never love, never listen to the wind
That I’ll fill every dream, every waking, every sleep,
Every taste, every graze
And these seasons in your hand
And the things that we’ll never understand
Never win, never lose, never ever understand
Understand
Sandriam, leave on the lights
Sandriam, maybe tonight
I was born to be loved, to be held
And those heroes in the sun will become nothing more
Than the shadows on your grave
Than the crossroads on your face. On your face
Sandriam, leave on the lights
Sandriam, maybe tonight
Where does it go? Why does it go?
I know now, I know you now
Sandriam, leave on the lights
Sandriam, maybe tonight
This Time It’s
Goodbye
They flew over the houses
Clipped the buildings wide
Flew over the rooftops
This time it’s goodbye
I watched the woman waiting
Teardrops in her eyes
I watched the woman waiting
This time it’s goodbye
Leave It All
Behind
Secrets in the shadows, it’s breaking day now
A night eclipsed by sadness makes it’s way now
Shine, shine, leave it all behind
Let it go
Shine, shine, leave it all behind
Let it go
Rising in the twilight, a missing face
Martha in her sorrow took it’s place
See them run, they’ll never find
See them fly, never knowing why
Shine, shine, leave it all behind
Let it go
Shine, shine, leave it all behind
Let it go
Let it go
No
Lullabies
North star shining on you
April pretends to be June
Calm seas swallowing Lives
Of those too young to die
No lullabies to sing you to sleep
As if he died, a soul they could keep
Awakening! Awakening!
Awakening! Awakening!
But no lullabies
Why no lullabies?
Lullaby Lullaby
Lullaby Lullaby
No lullabies to sing you to sleep
To sing you to sleep
If I Let You
In
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
Never let you out
Blessed are the few who live and die for love
I can see their footsteps in the sand
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
Never let you out
Winter watches over us as we decide
I can see the twilight in your eyes and mine
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
If I let you in. I’ll never let you out
Never let you out
Bury Me with Her
(Julia)
Never underestimate a girl - you are
Never underestimate a girl
You shine a little light upon the day that sees you through
Shine a little light upon the day
You went to catch a falling star
Too far to catch a falling star
Never underestimate a child - my love
Never underestimate a child
Shine a little light upon the day that sees you through
Shine a little light upon that day
You went to catch a falling star
Too far to catch a falling star
Tell us what you know
Tell us where you’ve been
Tell us what you’ve seen
‘Cause I just want to touch her skin
Tell us what you know
About the bloodstains in the snow
Tell us what you’ve seen
‘Cause I just want to touch her skin
Shine a little light upon the day that sees you through
Shine a little light upon the day
You want to catch a falling star
How far to catch a falling star?
Tell us what you know
Tell us where you’ve been
Tell us what you’ve seen
‘Cause I just want to touch her skin
Tell us what you found
And why she is in the ground
Tell us what you’ve seen
‘Cause I just want to touch her skin
Still Lives
Still life is ours now
Still life alone
Did you know that this could
Take a life time
What is his name?
Doesn’t have to have a happy ending
What is his name?
Doesn’t have to have a happy ending
What is his name?
Does it have to have a happy ending
No, no, no, no
I tried not to send the letter
Tried to remain calm
He doesn’t love you like I loved you
He doesn’t love you like you loved me
What is his name?
Doesn’t have to have a happy ending
What is his name?
Doesn’t have to have a happy ending
What is his name?
Does it have to have a happy ending
No
What is his name?
Baby I’m a happy shadow
What is his name?
Doesn’t have to have a happy ending
No, no, no, no
Friend
(You’ve Been Whispering
Again)
Why does it have to have a name?
Why does it have to have a name?
It’s you and I, you and I
Love walks a long and lonely road
Sticks to the breeze and what it knows
It’s you and I, you and I
Friend, you’ve been whispering again
Friend, you’ve been whispering again
Wildflowers grow and call your name
Under the moon it stays the same
It’s you and I, you and I
Jump through the fields and kiss the sky
Asking the Gods Forgiveness - why?
It’s you and I, you and I
Friend, you’ve been whispering again
Friend, you’ve been whispering again
War In France
Have you heard about the war in France?
6000 reasons not to dance
Nothing could comfort him
Blue is the blue, the blue within
Have you heard about the fight for Spain?
300 villains on a train
Fearless, they drank their gin
Runs through our veins like Bethlehem
It’s all the same. people will laugh and cry again
It’s all the same, lovers will live and die again
Alone again, when will this stop,
when will it end?
Two moons but no sunrise
Never the twain for you and I
It’s all the same, people will laugh and cry again
It’s all the same, lovers will die and rise again
Home at last, she runs in too quickly, much too fast
High in the skies above, children unborn will dream this love
It’s all the same, people will laugh and cry again
It’s all the same, lovers will live and die again
It’s all a game, living the lie and you a saint
It’s all the same, the truer the blue, the less the gain
It’s all the same
All the same
Stop
Breathing
In my life something was wrong
In her arms I could be light
Like the breeze that blew the man across
The sea to take a love away
Life become laughter and sun
I was having too much fun
Like the breeze that blew the man across
The sea to take a love away
Stop breathing Stop breathing
Stop breathing Stop breathing
I was having too much fun
Like the breeze that blew the man across
The sea to take a love away
Driftwood
Passion rules the day
Passion rules the night
Passion rules the day
I will never learn
I will never learn to see you as his bride
To see you as his girl
To watch you with his child
To watch you with his child
Passion rules the day
Passion rules the night
Passion rules the day
I will never learn
And sifting through the Driftwood
I take what I can get
And sifting through the Driftwood
I take whatever’s left
I will never learn
I will never learn
I will never learn
I will never learn
Give Me Back My Childhood
An orchestra of women are out to get me
They have their reasons and I have many faults
An orchestra of women much like confetti
They stick around but not that long
Give me back my childhood
Give me back what I have lost
I walk along the shore and think of Mary Poppins
She knew then and she knows now
That confidence can make a cripple skip on rivers
She knew then, she knew then
Give me back my childhood
Give me back what I have lost
Wise Man Blues
Wise is the man sleeps with the breeze
Nothing will ever bring him to his knees
Cold are the nights, long are the days
But no one can ever take love away
And he kept a lock and key on it forever
And he took it out to make sure it was dead
And he held it in his hand
He held it in his hand
And he waited for the dawn for some relief
Calm is the girl, flames in her hair
Keeper of paths, mirth and despair
Cold winter day, warm summer night
That no one will ever bring back to life
And he kept a lock and key on it forever
And he took it out to make sure it was dead
And he held it in his hand
He held it in his hand
And he waited for the dawn for some release
Wise is the man sleeps with the breeze
Wise is the man sleeps with the breeze
*** Thanx a lot to Tasos for these lyrics ***
This life
It's a little device
It's a little device
Keeps you warm
Keeps you warm
It's a little surprise
Just a little surprise
To keep you calm
To keep you calm
Shadows and light
Shadows and light
I see your face on every single street
Got to get out of this place tonight
Got to get out of this way of life
Got to get out of this place tonight
It's a little device
It's a little device
Keeps you warm
Keeps you warm
Got to get out of this place tonight
Got to get out of this way of life
California
A new life is what we need
A new life is out of here
Little moments, don't you know?
Maybe go to California, where it's warm
Get some work, I can see
You and I breaking waves
In the sunshine
Don't start slipping away
Don't start slipping away
No sad refrains
They belong to yesterday
Don't start slipping away
Don't start slipping away
California, California
Pretty
Love Songs
Sing a pretty love song
Sing it straight from your heart
'Cause these pretty love songs
They're what keep us alive
And we know they lie
But we'll always try to
Sing pretty love songs
Sing them straight from the heart
'Cause these pretty love songs
They're what keep us alive
Yes we know they lie
But everyone likes that
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Don't speak of the truth
Just make an excuse
'Cause these pretty love songs
They're what keep us alive
Yes we know they're shit
But we like the hits
So sing a pretty love song
Sing it straight from your heart
'Cause these pretty love songs
They're what keep us alive
They're what keep us alive
Saying
Goodbye
Always dreaming, always dreaming of you
Always on my mind now
As you've always been
Some things are best forgotten
So you can sleep
The world was not enough love
And baby it'll never be
Just fall into the arms of
Someone who'll lie.
And if this is a way of saying goodbye
Goodbye.
And if this is a way of saying goodbye
Goodbye.
Always dreaming, always dreaming of you
Summer fills the canyon
California free
The blossoms and the birdsong
Are all I need
And if this is a way of saying goodbye
Goodbye.
And if this is a way of saying goodbye
Goodbye.
The Road
To Hollywood
It's a dirty little world
Full of dirty little complications
And I've been kneeling at your feet
I've been holding up the cross for us now
And it's a sad sad sad song
Yeah it's a sad sad sad song
We're all on the road to Hollywood
See you on the road to Hollywood
Hollywood
It's a situation lost in the midst
Of the bitch renaissance
And I've been burying the past
In a place that I can't locate now.
And it's the season of love
Yeah it’s the season of love
We're all on the road to Hollywood
See you on the road to Hollywood
Hollywood
I got my teenage kicks
From a middle aged man in slacks
So forgive me if it takes a while
For me to laugh.
We're all on the road to Hollywood
See you on the road to Hollywood
Hollywood
How Can
The Knower Be Known?
How can the knower be known John John?
How can the knower be known?
If it rains everyday
If it rains everyday
If it rains everyday
Will you sink?
Will you swim?
Will you sink?
Will you swim?
Will you sing like a bird in jail?
How can the knower be known John John?
How can the knower be known?
If it rains everyday
If it rains everyday
If it rains.
Ordinary
Day
I need you wa ba da ba da
I need you wa ba da ba da
I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Who loves you wa ba da ba da?
Who loves you wa ba da ba da?
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
It's an ordinary day
It's just an ordinary day
Nothing much to laugh about
Nothing much to cry about
I love you wa ba da ba da
I love you wa ba da ba da
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
It's an ordinary day
It's just an ordinary day
Nothing much to laugh about
Nothing much to cry about
It's just an ordinary day.
A Face In
The Crowd
Does it hurt that much to love?
I sing myself a lullaby
To take me through the darkest night
Does it hurt to love that much?
I have found and I have lost
Everything I ever wanted in you.
A face in the crowd
Such a pretty one
A face in the crowd
Oh my little one
A face in the crowd
I have lost you now.
So was he the better man?
Did he sing you lullabies
To take you through the starry skies above?
Wipe the blackspots from your hands?
As the night falls into day
I wish you could've stayed that way
A face in the crowd
Such a pretty one
A face in the crowd
Oh my little love
A face in the crowd
I have lost you now.
Morning
Song
I'm free now, I'm free
Good morning, good morning
Blue sky, blue sky
I'm free now, good morning
Good morning blue sky
Blue sky, it's so blue
Pick up the papers, put on your clothes
Everything seems just like it used to be,
Used to be.
And all that wasted time
I just waited for a smile
All my wasted time
And all I needed was a smile
'Cause you're free
And you're alive
You're free and you're alive
You're free
Pick up the papers, put on your clothes
Everything seems just like it used to be,
Used to be.
Pick up the papers, put on your clothes
Everything seems just like it used to be,
Used to be.
Venus Of
The Canyon
Venus, here's your answer
Venus, this girl's not for you
And it's true she's your alibi
She's your golden child.
I had it all
I had it all
I gave it up
Solitude
Solitude
Solitude
Silent night
Silent night
Silent night.
Seamless, seamless as the days roll by
Venus, she's your alibi
And it's true
She will never cry for you
I had it all
I had it all
I gave it up
Solitude
Solitude
Solitude
Silent night
Silent night
Silent night
Where are you?
Wake up!
Where are your solitude?
Where are you?
Wake up...
As the years roll by
Venus, she's your golden child
And it's true
She will never cry...
I had it all
I had it all
I gave it up
Solitude
Solitude
Solitude
Silent night
Silent night
Silent night.
*** Thanx a lot to Jean-Frédéric who sent me these lyrics ***
I could kill a hundred times a day
Just to find something that I would want to save
Don't you know who owns the stars ?
Controls the sea ?
When i stop to catch it all, it passes me.
We are not stars
We’re nothing but descendants
Of butlers and attendants
We are like cars
Rusting in a graveyard
With some forgotten saviours.
I could host a funeral tonight
Lift her dress and kiss her while she's still alive
She who kept a swallow in her mouth
Just to make it think that it was flying south.
We are not stars
We’re nothing but descendants
Of butlers and attendants
We are like cars
Rusting in a graveyard
With some forgotten saviours.
When i'm over you
And when you are over me
As we go on this journey apart and alone
Just another daydream
Just another daydream
Just another day
Just another day to dream
You can now unlock the sadness
If you ever feel the need
Don't you know what turns the planet ?
Sends those shipwrecks back to sea ?
Healing begins when the wounds have been closed
Caution the flowers, these beds may not show
Just another daydream
Just another daydream
When i'm over you
And when you are over me
Will our ghosts be together ?
So peaceful… so free...
Just another daydream
Just another day dream
Fading in the moonlight
Fading in the moonlight
I don't see the wind through cold blue eyes.
Uptown i'm walking the streets with my dreams in a
body bag
Don’t try to tell me you can't me you can't really miss what you never had
It's ok, because it's not true
It's a lie that get you by
A place full of fakes on a strange, very strange, strange odyssey
And silly little words that you know will never mean a thing to me
It's not right i tell you, it's not true
It's a lie to get you by
Lies lies lies
In the cold of your room
In the warmth of the womb
Sing, celebrate… celebrate with a handcuffed melody
But on that cold and lonely afternoon
Will you fade or will you bloom ?
Lies lies lies
Uptown i'm walking the streets with my dreams in a body bag
Don’t try to tell me you can't me you can’t really miss what you never had
It's not true i tell you
It's not true
It's not true
It's not true
She was my anchor,
We spoke of marriage
And i was her lid
The fox in winter
Will sleep 'till spring
In cold blue mountains
I don’t dream anymore
For there is a silence
When two rivers meet
How can this world have a place there for me and you ?
We'll weep for elvis
As we drive through the hills
The fox in winter
Is sleeping still
How can this world have a place there for me and you ?
The fox in winter
The fox in winter
Solitaire, solitaire
Catch the moment that i had you near
Solitude, solitude
Will good fortune make a path for you ?
Ava ava
Spending my days without you
Ava ava
Ending my days without you
Celebrate, celebrate
Cut the bows and watch this all sail away
Fear is fine, fear is mine
But when it's gone will that morning be mine?
Ava ava
Spending my days without you
Ava ava
Ending my days without you
This is a song for someone
I have yet to meet
She could be riding on the subway
Or sleeping in the street
This is a song for someone
I may never know she could be dead
In someone’s memory
But how am i to know ?
This is the song for no one
I have ever known
And i don’t need these old photographs
To tell me that i'm alone
This song is for someone
This song is for someone
I'll take a train that travels far
That takes me near to where you are
I'll take no radio for company
I'll take no baggage
Just a photograph
This is a song for someone
I may never know
You could be riding on the subway
You could be driving through the snow
This is a song for someone
This is a song for someone
You're not alone
Not alone
Not alone in this world
If there is fire on the water
There are silhouettes in blue
There are sails that change direction in our lives
And if you ever touch her skin
When she's sleeping next to him
Remind me if i've forgotten what it's like
You're not alone
Not alone
Not alone in this world
There is silence in the evening
There is numbness in the dawn
Where the swallows seem to hover in the sky
Ah but the flowers have not died
And though long enough i'll cry
Her laughter will stay with me 'till the end
You're not alone
Not alone
Not alone in this world
When you take him for the first time
When he has you in his arms
When his caress seems to wipe me from your mind
I will be watching from the wings
And the angels will applaud
That i stayed as i said i would
By your side…
You're not alone
Not alone
Not alone in this world
If there is fire on the water
There are silhouettes in blue
There are sails that change direction in our lives.
Twilight was to my life
What the daylight was to yours
And in hindsight it was twilight
That took you from me
But you're a native new yorker
You should know it all by now
You're a native new yorker
There'll be sunshine in spring
No more heartache
Though the skyline has changed
Love is on it's way
But you're a native new yorker
You should know it all by now
You're a native new yorker
Twilight was to my life
What the daylight was to yours
And in hindsight it was twilight
That took you from me
Sing that song that no one wants to hear
Sing that song so loud and sing it clear
Sing that song that no one seems to know
Sing it to me slow
Bring me back to when i was a boy
Full of life and love and full of joy
Bring me back to when i was a child
Baby make me smile
Tropic of cancer
You win and you lose
Get so high and so low
And so blue
Limping to the finish with my pride
Next time it won’t be somebody’s bride
Yin and yang discreetly by my side
How was it for you
Tropic et cancer
You win and you lose
Get so high and so low
And so blue
Tropic of cancer
You win and you lose
Get so high and so low
And so blue
Travelling
It's been so long since i've seen your face
Since i've seen the one that i loved
There are no songs that tell it as it is
Tell it as it is as it was
Because i've been trying for what seems like a lifetime
I've been rolling through the years alone
And i've been travelling so long i’m getting tired
I've been travelling too long my love
It would be so good holding you again
Holding you again for a while
There are no words to tell it as it was
Tell it as it was for a time
And when your beauty starts to fade in time
And only artifice remains untouched
You'll be listening to bob getting high
You'll be listening to songs of love
It's alright it's alright it's alright it's alright
I've been trying for what seems like a lifetime
I've been rolling through the years alone
And i've been travelling so long i'm getting tired
I've been travelling too long my love
It's only moments ain't that what you said
Well, ain't that what you said my love
We couldn't decide
I couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Moments of weakness
Long goodbyes
How long must lovers try ?
You couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
And how the seasons changed
But our love remained the same
We couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Now that the feeling is gone
These moments preserved in song
We couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
We couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
Couldn't decide
The end of the affair
If it's the end of the affair
Then it's the end of the affair
And only time will let us know
Only time will let us know
Two hearts for the price of one
Truth will be the death of us
And only time will let it show
And no one else will ever know
That i loved you well
I loved you well
The many times when we laughed
Were the times i could cry
Amongst all at the stinking shit
Always thought i'd keep my grip
Only time has let me knew
That i can never let you go
I loved you well
I loved you well
The many times when we laughed
Were the times i could cry
If it's the end of the affair
Then it's the end of the affair.
Coming home
Coming home
I'm coming home
Coming home
I'm coming home
You don’t have to hide
Living in someone else’s dream
You don't have to lie
Living in someone else’s dream
I don't want to die
Living in someone else’s dream
Coming home
I'm coming home
Coming home
I'm coming home
You don’t have to try
Living in someone else’s dream
You don't want to die
Living in someone else’s dream
Coming home
I'm coming home
Let me take you to the crying room
Let me lake you to the crying room
Covering our footprints in the sand
Covering our footprints in the sand
Let me take you to a quiet place
Let me take you to a quiet place
Wash away the merories that we have
Wash away the merories that we have
I gave you everything I had
I told you everything I knew
When you came to the crying room
When you came to the crying room
I was just looking for that sense
of fun
I was just looking for that sense of fun
That you had, that you had in your eyes
I was just waiting for a friend of mine
I was just waiting for a friend of mine
That I knew, that I knew, that I knew
In my past life
My past life
What you'll find if you come is forgiveness
What you'll find if you come is forgiveness
And if you ever come to claim your prize
And if you ever come to claim your prize
Will you look me in the eye?
Will you look?
And I don't see it as a place on earth
No I don't see it as a place on earth
Anymore. Anymore. Anymore. Anymore.
My past life
My past life
What you'll find if you come is forgiveness
What you lost, what you lost was your witness
What did you find?
What did you find in my
My past life
My past life
What you'll find if you come is forgiveness
What you ll find if you come is you're forgiven
Freedom
Freedom, freedom
Is this freedom?
Is it freedom?
Because I've been fighting wars I'll never win
Been losing all my life
Is this freedom?
Is this freedom?
Too high, too low
Too young to know
Too high, too low
Too quick, too slow
All my life, all my life
Freedom, freedom
Is this freedom?
Is it freedom?
Because I've been searching for that harvest moon
Been searching all my life
Is that freedom?
Is that freedom?
Too high, too low
Too young to know
Too high, too low
Too quick, too slow
All my life, all my life
These young dudes
People are strange
People are strange
All of these young dudes
They're getting old now
Silence in the rooms
Where they played
People are strange
People are strange
As the world stops turning to
People are strange
People are strange
As the world stops listening to
All of these young dudes
You're getting old now
Silence in the rooms
Where we played
People are scared
People are scared
As the times start moving on
People are scarred
People are scarred
But they don't like showing wounds
All of these young dudes
They're getting old now
Silence in the rooms
Where they played
People despair
People despair
As their locks start turning grey
People have seen
People have seen
That the sky's not all that blue
All of these young dudes
All of these young dudes
People are scared
People are scared
Getting old
People are scared
People are scared
All of these young dudes
All of these young dudes
Getting old
I got what
I wanted
You don't seem like the type
To settle down
You don't seem like the type
To settle in
And outside it's colder
But the night is clear
Outside it's colder
But I like it here
It's what I wanted
It's what I wanted
Years pass and we become like the rest
Weddings and Funerals and Sunday best
And everyone has a choice so don't complain
Everyone has a chance
We're all the same
It's what you wanted
It's what you wanted
From life
From life
Evenings I stow away upon the wreck
As people get drunk upstairs on the deck
Outside I hear the call of the wind
Outside the life I knew is with me still
It's what you wanted
It's what you wanted
From life
From life
If you
don't want me
Clueless we soldiered on
Stillborn to worlds unknown
People who've never been
They cry no tears at all
If you don't want me
Let me know
If you don't need me
Then let me go
If you don't love me anymore
Then you don't love me any less
Clear skies were never mine
Dark clouds are all I've known
That people who've never seen
True love could only know
If you don't want me
Let me know
If you don't need me
Then tell me so
If you don't love me anymore
Then you don't love me any less
If you don't want me
Let me know
If you don't need me
Then let me go
If you don't love me anymore
Then you don't love me any less
You don't love me any less
New year's wish
Streets are full of people
Laughter echoes through the halls
Christmas makes me dizzy
I have many friends to call
And pockets full of promises
I tried to keep them all
Calling out for someone
To replace the one that's gone
Sparkles like the diamond
That you've hidden in your room
I look into this night sky
And I wondor, where are you?
And winter's full of memories
That summer leaves behind
A new year's wish, an offering
To give another try
And pockets full of promises
I tried to keep them all
Calling out for someone
To replace the one that's gone
Storms
If you have an answer
Write it in the sky
And turn this grey to amber
And we'll give another try
And if you have a feeling
Love is there for good
Write it on the gravestones
Of the misunderstood
Ride out the storm
Ride out the storm
Come with me
Ride out the storm
Ride out the storm
If you believe
If you believe
Everlasting, is that what you want?
Never demanding a soul's release
And if I knew the meaning
Or what it is to love
I would've known that feeling
Running through my blood
Ride out the storm
Ride out the storm
Come with me
Ride out the storm
Ride out the storm
If you believe
If you believe
That it's gone for good
Blue sky calling
Bring me to a place
To a place that I love
Bring me to a town
To a town that I know
Where the blue sky calls me
Blue sky calls me home
Home
Sing me a lullaby
That will keep me from harm
And in that lullaby
May I always find calm
There's a blue sky calling
Blue sky calling me home
There's a blue sky calling
Blue sky calling me home
Home.... Home.... Home.
Gemini
Gemini you're no friend of mine
Thought that I should be satisfied
And I loved you
Yes I loved you
I loved you for a while
Call me the breeze
Call me the wind
Call me the sky
I'm waving goodbye
Call me the breeze
Call me the wind
Call me the sky
Gemini, Gemini
Thought that I could be astisfied
You slept all day and you drank all night
But I loved you
Yes I loved you
I loved you for a while
Call me the breeze
Call me the wind
Call me the sky
I'm waving goodbye
Call me the breeze
Call me the wind
Call me the sky
Gemini, Gemini
I'm waving goodbye
I'm waving goodbye
You are no friend of mine
The Ballad of Billy Bob
Billy Bob was chicken raised
And highly strung
He was so young
To get away he stole a car and took a bride
She was beautiful
I don't know why
I loved her
I don't know why
I did
I don't know why
I loved her
I don't know why
Billy Bob got out of jail he was afraid
Of life in the slums
To celebrate he fixed his smile and bought a gun
Told everyone...
I don't know why
I shot her
I don't know why
I did
I don't know why
I loved her
I don't know why
I don't know why
I shot her
I don't know why
I did
I don't know why
I killed her
I don't know why
I don't know why
I don't know why
Do we only fall in love in lovesongs
What's a guy to do
What's a guy to do
What's a guy to do
What's a guy to do
Do we only fall in love
In lovesongs
Do we only fall in love
In song
Strangers in the night
Can be strangers in the day
When love has lost it's fight
When love has lost it's taste
What's a girl to do
What's a girl to do
What's a girl to do
What's a girl to do
Do we only fall in love
In lovesongs
Do we only fall in love
In song
Strangers in the night
Can be strangers in the day
When love has lost it's fight
When love has lost it's way
Do we only fall in love
In lovesongs
Do we only fall in love
In song
Do we only fall in love
In lovesongs
Do we only fall in love
In song
There's a songbird sings to those
who've had enough
There's a song that shines on those who've never loved
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
There is a wind that blows us far from anyone
When the seasons change then we'll meet up again
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
I was the youngest son
It's a cold, cold heart that beats in all of us
Where the cold hands come and streets are mean again
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know why
I was the youngest son...
*** Thanx a lot to Grumbletrout for this one ***
The letter
If I burn the letter
Will that make me free
If I burn the letter
What will that make me
Canyon girl, canyon girl
Canyon girl, canyon girl
If the spring came early
Would that make you stay
Pretty fields of flowers
To dance for you each day
All my life
All my life
All my life
I will pay the ???
If I burn the letter
Will that make me free
If I burn the letter
What will that make me
Canyon girl, canyon girl
Canyon girl, canyon girl
If you see Mary
I've gone solo for too long
Special moments I've had so
If you see Mary please tell her to call
Put back the phone on the hook
If you see Mary please tell her to call
She will be understood
Lonely sidewalks take me home
Simple pleasures I have known
If you see Mary please tell her to call
Put back the phone on the hook
If you see Mary just tell her to call
She can always come home
Home, home...
I've been drifting for too long
Losing friends as I moved on
If you see Mary please tell her to call
Put back the phone on the hook
If you see Mary just tell her to call
She will be understood
If you see Mary please tell her to call
Put back the phone on the hook
If you see Mary please tell her to call
She will be understood
If you see Mary please tell her to call
Put back the phone on the hook
If you see Mary please tell her to call
She can always come home
She will be understood
She will be understood
She will be understood
She will be understood
Something still reminds you
Something still reminds you
Something still reminds you
Something still reminds you of the loss
Love may come, love may go
Leaving footprints in time
Moving on, moving up
Getting on with our lives
Then something will remind you
Something will remind you
Something will remind you of her love
Looking back, with regret
Never brought someone home
Brave new goals, bring no blue skies
Please get on with your life
Yet something still reminds you
Something still reminds you
Something still reminds you of her love
Something still reminds you
Something still reminds you
Something still reminds you of her love
Have I let you down
O my lover
Have I let you down
I really didn't mean to
O my lover
I've been underground
I needed just to be alone
But the past is not the future and the future's not the past
And a love that hurt like ours did can't be good
If the past is not the future and the future's not the past
Can a love that last some moments still be true
O my brothers, O my sisters too
I think that you should know
I've been drinking, I've been feeling blue
Thought that you should know that
But the past is not the future and the future's not the past
Could a love that last a lifetime is this blue
If the past is not the future and the future's not the past
Can a love that last some moments still be true
The past is not the future and the future's not the past
And a love that last forever isn't due
If the past is not the future and the future's not the past
Can a love that last some moments still be true
Still be true
O my lover
Have I let you down
O my lover
Have I let you down
Sometimes
Now that you've taken your place in the world, love
And all of the fragments are cast in the sand
The nights that I slept with the moon in my memories
I was holding my breath as I gave them all back
Sometimes love is not enough
Sometimes love is not enough
Sometimes love is not enough
Calling the winds you were there to protect me
I was walking the rooftops in search of a friend
of all of the things that are there to remind me
there is something that we should never forget
Sometimes love is not enough
Sometimes love is not enough
Sometimes love is not enough
And all of these love songs keep telling me
the best thing I ever had
Sleep by the phone wait jealously
someone might take it back
Sometimes love is not enough
Sometimes love is not enough
Sometimes love is not enough
*** Thanx a lot to Grumbletrout for this one ***
( Presque Rien EP )
It’s the end of the year
And everyone’s wise
It's the end of those tears
It's too late to cry
My love
My love
My love
My love
It was almost nothing
Nobody noticed but me
Almost nothing
It was almost nothing
All I ever wanted was you
Almost nothing
It’s the end of affairs
And I’m staying here
It’s the end of affairs
I’m staying here
One love
One love
One love
One love
It was almost nothing
Nobody noticed but me
Almost nothing
Almost nothing
All I ever wanted was you
Almost nothing
( Elton John cover )
When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up for you
Not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
Goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't chart me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
So what do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
And it'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To catch you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground
Goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't chart me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
*** Thanx a lot to Corqsan for these lyrics ***
( With Emilie Simon )
Pour un peu de toi je pars sans hésiter
Tout au bout du monde sur le toit au sommet
Au sommet
Marks your path with scattered seeds beneath the opal stars,
Sur ton chemin
But in the crowd there's only one beneath the opal stars,
Sur ton chemin
Le long de tes reins
Juste un peu de voix, un souffle pour suggérer
Te laisser imaginer la chute
J'ai parsemé, j'ai déposé, des graines d'étoiles opales
Sur ton chemin
J'ai parsemé, j'ai déposé, des graines d'étoiles opales
Sur ton chemin
Le long de tes reins
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for this one ***
My love
What must the earth look like as it is feed from above
Know all of the people inside who are hungry for love
Didn't want to make a thing of it
I really didn't want to make a thing of it no
And anything I've ever done
I have tried to do it for love, for love
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, my love
People in places are new as a child I gave up
Most of the faces I see on the street are lonesome
Didn't want to make a thing of it
I really didn't want to make a thing of it no
And anything I've ever done
I have tried to do it for us, for us
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, my love
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, my love
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, my love
*** Thanx a lot to Corqsan for these lyrics ***
Ordinary Day
(Un jour comme les
autre)
Je rêve de toi (I dream about you)
Plus près de moi (closer to you)
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you
Who loves you
Who loves you
Nos histoires (our stories)
Nous séparent (keep us apart)
Je regrette ce temps qui passe. (i long for the time passing)
It's an ordinary day
Just an ordinary day
Nothing much to laugh about
Nothing much to cry about
C'est comme ça du soir au matin ( (it’s like that from evening to morning or/
that’s how it goes from evening to morning)
Y penser n'y changera rien (to think about won’t change a thing)
Bien malgré moi, (even though i wish not)
Tu vis en moi (you live inside me)
I need you, I need you
I need you, I need you
Chaque jour se ressemble (everyday seems the same)
A s'imaginer ensemble (thinking of us being together)
On se manque et l'on se retient (we miss each other and we won’t tell)
L'avenir semble si lointain (our future seems so far..)
I need you pa ba da ba da
I need you pa ba da ba da
Tant d'espace (so much space)
Nous sépare (tears us up)
Et si tu perdais ma trace (and if you were losing my track)
It's an ordinary day
Just an ordinary day
Les jours se suivent et se ressemblent (days follow and remain the same)
Separés mais toujours ensemble (apart but still together)
Stealer of wives
( Live Black Session 98 )
Stealer of wives
Stealer of skin
Listen to her
Listen to him
Holding her kind
Sending her love
I used to be in love
I used to be in love
Better afraid
Stealer of life
Spending those days
Changing back time
Lover of loves
Killer of sex
I used to be in love
I used to be in love
And if he ever comes around here
With his toothache and his gloves
Just remember it hurts much less than heartache
For those who’ve been in love
For those who’ve been in love
Funny your word
Funny your place
If it doesn’t hurt
It doesn’t taste
A sparring of hands
Dolphins of love (?)
I used to be your love
I used to be
And if he ever comes around here
With his toothache and gloves
Just remember it hurts much less than heartache
For those who’ve been in love
For those who’ve been in love
if he ever comes around here
With his toothache and gloves
Just remember it hurts much less than heartache
For those who’ve been in love
For those who’ve been in love
( Presque Rien EP )
They flew over the houses
Clipped the buildings wide
Flew over the rooftops
This time it’s goodbye
I watched the woman waiting
Teardrops in her eyes
I watched the woman waiting
This time it’s goodbye
*** Thanx a lot to Nagui for this one ***
Ulysses
( Self Titled CD Bonus Track )
I was on the verge of love
When I discovered drugs
Lucy had a way with words
Especially goodbye
She opens wide and says it's nothing much
Those girls in tights
Those girls you'll never touch
You don't need them
I stood on the edge of a cliff
And I couldn't smell the sea
Standing on the edge of bliss
Where melancholy breeds
She closed her eyes and said it's nothing new
Just fills a space and then it rots like fruit
You don't need them
She opens wide and says it's nothing much
Those girls in tights
Those girls you'll never trust
You don't need them
I was on the verge of love
When I discovered drugs
Lucy had a way with words
Especially goodbye
She closed her eyes and said it's nothing new
Just fills a space and then it rots like fruit
We don't need it
She opens wide and says it's nothing much
I saved her twice and then I helped her jump
I don't need her
She closed her eyes and said it's nothing new
Just fills a space and then it rots like fruit
Nothing new
Just fills a space
Rots like fruit
Nothing new
( Presque Rien EP )
Wise is the man sleeps with the breeze
Nothing will ever bring him to his knees
Cold are the nights, long are the days
But no one can ever take love away
And he kept a lock and key on it forever
And he took it out to make sure it was dead
And he held it in his hand
He held it in his hand
And he waited for the dawn for some relief
Calm is the girl, flames in her hair
Keeper of paths, mirth and despair
Cold winter day, warm summer night
That no one will ever bring back to life
And he kept a lock and key on it forever
And he took it out to make sure it was dead
And he held it in his hand
He held it in his hand
And he waited for the dawn for some release
Wise is the man sleeps with the breeze
Wise is the man sleeps with the breeze
*** Thanx a lot to
Nagui for this one ***
