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B i o g r a p h y Sarah
Blasko first began singing in the pews of a church, flanked on one side by her
tone-deaf mother, and on the other by an eighty-year-old soprano unafraid to
flaunt her vocal chops. Perhaps it was amongst these congregations that the
influence of music seeped into her subconscious. For Sarah Blasko was conceived
the youngest missionary in the French-speaking paradise of Reunion Island,
before her parents returned home to Sydney. Blasko developed a musical interest
without really thinking about it too much. Like many children growing up in the
1980's, she would spend hours in front of the television watching the music
videos of artists like Prince, David Bowie & Eurythmics. Her mum's Olivia
Newtown-John cassette was also a prized a possession, a taste reflected now only
in her choice of karaoke numbers. In contrast, her father - an English/History
Master - introduced her to the likes of Rachmaninov, Schubert, Bach and some of
the less acclaimed works of Paul McCartney. In her High School years, Blasko hid
a love for music as one who leads a double life, carrying with her the
impression that to make music one had to know a set of rules no more alluring
than those that govern geometry. Later in her teens, she started a band with her
sister, and, as other girls were sneaking out at night to indulge in the sins of
drinking and the company of boys, they began sneaking out to revel in the
devilish sounds of live jazz and blues. One sacrilegious intervention, perhaps,
in the eyes of her former fellow parishioners, and Sarah's songbook no longer
bore just hymns. In the years that followed, Sarah and her young band found
their musical feet by writing, recording and playing live. When the members went
their separate ways, Blasko decided to continue as a solo artist and,
eventually, set to work on her first EP, "Prelusive" - a six-track treasure of
beats, guitars and vocals all homespun on a yarn that overlooked a suburban
primary school. It was enough to get her signed to fresh-faced record label Dew
Process, who envisaged big things for Sarah, the first step of which would be
her debut album. But Sarah was miles ahead. She'd already left behind the quaint
charm of the bedside sampler and was busy working on a whole new sound. Her next
set of home recordings would form the basis of her debut album, "The Overture &
the Underscore", but she would venture far from home to fully realise them. |
The overture
and the underscore
All coming
back
Hopeful tonight you've found a disguise
You and I never lasted a goodbye
Light seems to fade, clings to mistakes
We remark on the way that things have changed
It's all coming back to me
All clothed in black
Images of you and me
Light up the skies, argue the night
To reveal one thing I did was right
Patterns are laid, fortunes are made
We remark on the way that things remain
It's all coming back to me
All clothed in black
Images of you and me
You're loosing sleep tonight
How could you want this so badly
What once was clothed in white
Bears the bruise of a burden
Beautiful
secrets
Beautiful secrets you guard them in your secret garden
You water and nurture them until they're bigger than life itself
But you can't always know what they will uncover on the news
And you can't be too sure that your secret life won’t show through
Beautiful speeches the lines that are preached here are only half-truth
Delicious like murder, one step and you're further than you could admit
But you can't always know what they will uncover on the news
And you can't be too sure that your secret life won’t show through
Always
worth it
Half forgotten things
In the depths of time they lie
With significance
Waiting for the simplest sign of life
See the evidence
That expense is part of life in time
Always worth it if only to realise
Not always perfect but somehow deserving of time
Disconnected things
You exist within a kind of truth
And the consequence
Is a consummated trial of fire
Always worth it if only to realise
Not always perfect but somehow deserving of time
You've no way out
No path in
Set on paper
Half in stone
You're on your own
Always worth it if only to realise
Not always perfect but somehow deserving of time
At your
best
It's you against the world, I don't think so
They wouldn't stand a chance now girl
And even when your back's on the ropes
I can tell, you'll get them by the final bell
If only you were at your best
Instead of fighting yourself as well
If only you were at your best
Instead of fighting yourself
You're high above the world, I don't think so
If you're hanging around me girl
And even when you try to call
I know you stall; you climb another storey tall
If only you were at your best
Instead of fighting yourself as well
If only you were at your best
Instead of fighting yourself
Don't let your mind change you this time
Don't let the tide turn you tonight
If only you were at your best
Instead of fighting yourself as well
If only you were at your best
Instead of fighting yourself
Don't u
eva
You've got a way with words
You've got a way that makes me feel so complicated
Your message meets the floor
The horizon meets your horse and you're deliberating
I'm only clearing my throat
Don't you ever wish for
Just one thing that you might never see
Don't you ever wish for
Just one thing that you might never know
You might never know
You've got a way with words
You've got a way that makes me feel so complicated
A wall keeps you from me
You'd raze the doors down
Just so you could find the key
The wolves are waiting
Don't you ever wish for
Just one thing that you might never see
Don't you ever wish for
Just one thing that you might never know
You might never know
I'm underground as the world's just spinning around
And you hunt them down try to pin them to the ground
There'll be no sound as the words just tumble out
And you won't be found by the time you've hit the ground
You've got a way with words
You've got a way with words
You've got a way with words...
Don't you ever wish for
Just one thing that you might never see
Don't you ever wish for
Just one thing that you might never know
You might never know...
Counting
sheep
If it's all the same to you, I’ve decided that I’m lacking proof
A basic thread of unbelief could unravel your attempt at truth
You could blame it on her, you could pin it on him - that'd be a lie
'Cause there's no subtle dispute or selfless pursuit
Those thing are marked by what they hide
No surprise that you've found yourself in too deep
Blame your chequered past for your lack of sleep
But make sure you count your blessings while
You're counting, while you're counting sheep.
If nothing more remains for you, it's decided that you leave confused
A simple case of hit or miss, you're offered something more than you can give
Oh you could blame it on her, you could pin it on him - but you don't want a
fight
'Cause there's no subtle dispute or selfless pursuit
Those things are marked by what they hide
No surprise that you've found yourself in too deep
Blame your chequered past for your lack of sleep
But make sure you count your blessings while
You're counting, while you're counting sheep.
Asleep in your uncertain future no one else
Can tell you what you came here for or read your thoughts
If confidence is open-ended there's no guarantee you'll be protected now; when
There's no safety house you can't just stay and rest here in my regard for you
It's no surprise that you've found yourself in too deep
Blame your chequered past for your lack of sleep
But make sure you count your blessings while
You're counting, while you're counting sheep.
Perfect
now
Everything is perfect now
I don't want to make a movement
I'm too scared to breathe
I might do something wrong
As you're sleeping silently
Perfect beauty laid before me
I feel every second is a lifetime long
It's a place I’ve been before
A place some say I should go more
But every journey just leads me too far away
When I just wanted to stay
I just wanted to stay
So that's why I won't wake you where you lie
If I could now I’d freeze time
I can't find forever in your eyes
I should leave you while they're dry
Living underneath this guilt
I can't leave a house that I’ve built
Though I feel it sinking further every time
And the weight of my mistakes
Means that everything I touch breaks
I don't want to see you as the next in line
So that's why I won't wake you where you lie
If I could now I’d freeze time
I can't find forever in your eyes
I should leave you while they're dry
Sweet
november
I thought about it tonight, I’m lucky to be alive
I never thought these city lights would ever shine so bright
Floating on the surface, threatened to be dragged down
I thought I was lost forever, it turns out I'm alright
Sweetest november, winter wasn't here forever
Time to rest your weary head in the sun
The sweetest november, the world's renewed its colour
Only just in time to welcome the summer
I thought about you tonight, I’m glad that you're alive
And even in these uncertain times, you'll make it through the night
You were floating on the surface, threatened to be dragged down
I thought you were gone forever, it turns out you've been found
Sweetest november, winter wasn't here forever
Time to rest your weary head in the sun
The sweetest november, the world's renewed its colour
Only just in time to welcome the summer
Captured in this light beauty will survive
And purified by fire you've made it to the sea
Sweetest november, winter wasn't here forever
Time to rest your weary head in the sun
The sweetest november, the world's renewed its splendour
Only just in time to welcome the summer
Sweetest november, sweetest november
Cinders
Slow falling whispers on pricked up ears
Slow burning cinders, three long years between
When we lit them in so much haste
High hazard seasons, houses laid to waste
Did you forget it all
Do you listen when I call
These fire trails lead north
And slowly back in time
Slowly back in time
Slowly back in time
Time has it's reasons for letting go
Comes as it pleases. This new growth beneath
Where the branches are cracked and bowed
Cover the feelings these old scars still show
Did you forget it all
Do you listen when I call
These fire trails lead north
And slowly back in time
Slowly back in time
If only I could have escaped
Without turning back to take
Things that I could have replaced
You just can't return to these days
Did you forget it all
Do you listen when I call
These fire trails lead north
And slowly back in time
Slowly back in time
Slowly back in time
True
intentions
Between love we make
Divide, navigate
Confusion translates
What you can't explain
Though lines are not the face
Are your eyes not ashamed
Of past now to drink
If tired and wandering
In circles that spin
Down spiralled towards sin
It's all very clear
This time I will travel all alone
Don't let me in I’ll shut you out
Take control of the wheel and now
It'll lead me on to a sense of my true intentions
My true intentions
No time to forsake
To turn and run away
‘Cause these answers you bring
Are symptoms of things
You try to forget
But your mind is betrayed
Don't let me in I’ll shut you out
Take control of the wheel and now
It'll lead me on to a sense of my true intentions
My true intentions
Have a listen
Do you hear them
Have a listen, have a listen, to my, oh to my
True intentions, oh to my true intentions
Remorse
There is a wailing girl at your feet
Tears overflowing burnt like the rest
Don't waste your time, she's a weapon tonight
With no direction, bound to start a fight
Her love is only wasted on remorse
True or two-timing faker
Her only choice
There's a relation, but they are not the same
She is fire, him embers, one cannot put the other out
New worn or discarded, are we all not the same
Funny how it happened, now there’s no where to put the blame
Their love is only wasted on remorse
True or two-timing fakers
Their only choice
Their love is only wasted on remorse
True for two diamond fakers
There's only choice
Speeches to learn
Secrets to burn
Fate is a debt
Silence is overspent
Their love is only wasted on remorse
True for two diamond fakers
There's only choice
Their love is only wasted on remorse
True for two diamond fakers
There's only choice
Long time
You like an army
Occupy my mind
The quietness of time
And I wish I could ignore you
And the impression that you made in my life
‘Cause it's been a long time
A long time coming around
And whether its the right time
Or the wrong time, the time is now
But you say it's important
Oh to focus on yourself
And no one else
But if this makes me happy
Oh I ask you then do I have a choice
‘Cause it's been a long time
A long time coming around
And whether it’s the right time
Or the wrong time, the time is now
And you say who's gonna bring me water now, you say who
And you say who's gonna bring me water now
Oh you will work it out, somehow
‘Cause it's been a long time
A long time coming around
And whether its the right time
Or the wrong time, the time is now
‘Cause maybe the right time
Has just come around
What the sea wants, the sea will have
For you
I’ve learnt a lot about you
In turn much about me too
I travelled across the sea
I wept for you
Emotions run deep
Between us friend
The time will come
For us again
We’re tired, we’re tired now
This ship almost ran a ground
We’ll lie and rest now
I’ll dream of you
Emotions run deep
Between good friends
But I do believe
In us again
I’ve heard, I’ve heard it said
That love, real love has no end
A cup overflowing now
I will believe, I must believe
The
garden's end
Oh I can hear you breathing
You’re picking up my scent
You’re trying to hunt me down
In the hope that I’ll give in
But I know these tracks
Better than I know you ever could
You’re breathing down my neck
But it will only make me win
Nobody wanted this
Not after all these years
Still the darkness draws us deeper
In just like a trap
But now I’ve got you here
I’ll never lead you back
For the garden’s end
Is where wilderness begins
You dug a hole for me
That I’ll bury you in
And if you raise the dead now
I might lead you back
And if you cut your hair
I might leave a map
Nobody wanted this
Not after all these years
Nobody noticed you
But now they’re on to you
You say you’ll have the last laugh
But the winters coming
And the snow will cover tracks
And I’ll be watching
Because I’m hunting you
And nobody’s buying it
Not after all these years
But somebody’s noticed you
And now I’m on to you
[explain]
Oh. There’s a funny light, in the stars tonight
You and I were right
All the factories, all the memories have changed
Will you work it out
Will you see that I’m going no where else
I don’t know where you think you’ll start again
But I, I know in all we’ve said, I finally
Know how it began
It’s nothing I can even explain
Do we begin tonight
Is it a righteous fight
The sentiments not right
Will you work it out
Will you sell it all
To find me
All the weapons are finally coming out
Now you see that I only wanted to have it out with you
Remember our love
Warm in the coldest light you see
You see what you want
And you break it off
Find it somewhere else
You say that our love
Can’t be a pattern in your palm
You say that our love
You say that our love
Is only mapped
Oh look above you now
There’s a heavy cloud, hanging over us
All the factories, all infirmaries, are closed
Do you wake at night
Wishing you’d relied on someone else
I don’t know what you think you’ll find again
Well i, I know in all we’ve said
I’ve finally found where I’ll begin
It’s something I can’t even explain
The
albatross
Fear lies beside me
A vessel, an army
That threatens the night
The wind is whispering
Howling and hissing
“be unafraid”
Tragic this moment of kindness
Touches my eyes in their blindness
Come lie beside me
Say I won’t be lonely
As we kiss goodnight
For two ships are sailing
The wind is wailing
“An ocean awaits”
Captured this moment inspires us
To unlock the latches that bind us
And we will leave behind these fallen tears
For two will sail tonight
And here in this humble ship
I will make my home
Planet new
year
Do you want another try
Rewrite some lines
Do you want to spend some time
If your hands are open like mine
Underneath a setting sun
Your hands are open like a child’s like mine
Feeling like the first to have wasted all gods time
Waking with the birds, they’re falling from the sky
Do you think that I’d forget about you and I
Well I know that I was shy
But the time has hardly been unkind
Underneath this gentle light
And by the time that midnight strikes this time
Feeling like the first to have wasted all gods time
Waking with the birds, they’re falling from the sky
So under-rehearsed, we never even tried
It’s a delightful curse to have wasted so much time
Amazing
things
Fallen like a soldier, tragically you are at war
You think you’re not caught within a fragment of yourself
Do you think you’re something you are not
You look like a lover
You feel like a nervous wreck
It cuts in the night
It hurts like an oversight
You long to feel the most amazing things
But you’ve come undone ‘cause you have held it in
Your eyes have seen the most amazing things
Falling like a rock into an ocean
There is something you forgot
Only you decided that you had to go and fight until you lost
You look like a fighter
You couldn’t recognise yourself
Now you’re cursing the night
You’re watching the seconds die
You long to feel the most amazing things
But you’ve come undone ‘cause you have held it in
And your eyes have seen the most amazing things
And this love you fear is such a precious thing
Always on
this line
As the day turns to night
Under these suburban skies
Think of all willing lies, of cutting ties
The emptiness
At first light, first sight
The world seems like a miracle
But try to hold it in your hands
And watch it get away
Oh the ugliness of fate
When you're always on this line
When you're always on this line
You could've crossed a million times
But you're always on this line
Oh, put your hands up
Claim your crime
'Cause you never had the time
You still get to work just fine
When you're always on this line
But it's alright, it's okay
When there's excuses in your way
You can try, just make it up
Settle down but don't look up
At first bite, first lie
The world seems like it serves you well
But try to catch it in your hands
Treating it like a slave of the emptiness you crave
When you're always on this line
When you're always on this line
You could've crossed a million times
But you're always on this line
Oh, put your hands up
Claim your crime
'Cause you never had the time
You still get to work just fine
When you're always on this line
Oh, it might be unkind of me to make you feel bad
It might be a shame of me to treat you like that
When there's everything you've worked for in your life
On this line
When you're always on this line
When you're always on this line
You could've crossed a million times
But you're always on this line
Oh, put your hands up
Claim your crime
'Cause you never had the time
You still get to work just fine
When you're always on this line
The woman
by the well
Lately I find that you know me
Better than I know myself
Like a woman who's lost herself
By the water's edge
Her reflection was taken by the tide
I just want you around
I want you around
Seconds and hours pass slowly
I move them all by myself
I can feel that I’m aging
My hair is turning black
There's a rhythm behind it
That you can't know
Still, I want you around
'Cause I’m more lost than found
Shine a light on my misery
Wake the child from her sleep
Wipe the eyes of the dewy morning
The waters so deep
Hammer
There's a hole in the roof
And the dust that's pouring through
Means you want to build the world again from scratch
'Cause nothing moved means nothing found
But there's a sadness in the sound
As the walls crack and the scenes change so fast
If you had a hammer you would knock the whole thing down
But tell me how you'll build again
With what is left of all you've spent
Beware the time in your life
When you feel you have to be right
And you know your words no longer mean enough
There's not a whisper to be found
As you're marching to sound
Of the wheels turn, and the walls tumble down
If you had a hammer you would knock the whole thing down
But tell me, will you build again
When all is lost, and all is spent
Knock things down to start again
So you tear it up to find escape
You'd do anything just to bring this down
Call it a sinking ship
You set the sun
You want a way out
You're begging for it
There's no chance of your escape
You'd buy your way out
Sell everything
But there's nothing left of all we've built
If you had a hammer you would knock the whole thing down,
But tell me, how you'll build when all is lost and all is spent
Oh, if you had a dollar you would hide yourself away
But in your silence find some sense that there is no one else to blame
I found you out
You set the sun
Fall in fire
I found you out
You set the sun
There's no way out
I found you out
And inside the sun
I found you out
Queen of
apology
Truth, truth everywhere
But not a drop to drink
You can think what you like
But it's not like what you think
Talk, talk everywhere
Banished you can tell
A thousand ears to turn away
Not one mouth to stay closed
Bride for the king of blame
I'm queen of apology
You see we take all care
But no responsibility
Return this where you found it
Eyes, eyes everywhere
And two more that now hold
The pallor of your face
When all your palest lies are told
Hands, hands tethered fast
To bonds you'd wish they'd hold
To forgive completely only serves to let them go
Bride for the king of blame
I'm queen of apology
You see we take all care
But no responsibility
Return this where you found it
A bed we built
Milk crates and guilt
Well I will lay you down
On sheets of blame
I'll lay you down with me again
Truth, truth
Hand it down
And we'll swallow it whole
To avoid the taste
But what's inside
We'll never know
Bride for the king of blame
I'm queen of apology
You see we take all care
But no responsibility
Return me where you found me.
Showstopper
Find me, oh find me
When this birthright was blackened
When lightning struck
And the storm clouds came over
The cracks were appearing
Before things turned
In a moment, I’d forgotten
I feel the trial, it's mine
I burn in this ire
All this pride, bid goodbye
Only matchwood
Still so unsure why this path was chosen
It's harder and further
Than first calculations
When you know it's not over yet
I feel the trial, it's mine
I burn in this ire
All this pride, bid goodbye
Only matchwood
Oh, it's a trial and a fight
Hear me cry: "it's yours and it's mine!"
"oh this fight!"
"it's yours,"
"it's mine"
"yours and mine, yours and mine!"
Find me
Oh find this birthright
It's cursed
Oh the lightning struck
And the storm hit its target
I could
never belong to you
Love is something of an art
When we are led by such divided hearts
Painted black, their centre red
Beating now
They're loaded with regret
Full of memories that you can't neglect
Of all the things that you've yet to prove
Oh the times I’ve thought this whole thing through
Lived whole lifetimes in disguise from you
How can I hold to a pale idea
When you've given everything you can
And by everything you feel, you stand
But I could never belong to you
For all the troubles of an onward path
The confusion lacks a tragic punch
When we take the desired turns
All we have is all we can find
No-one else can make this mine
I could never belong to you
Pictures in the family ark
Faces faded, stories gone
One sure light from eras dark
Two by two they all marched on
But I could never belong to you
( Prelusive EP )
Darling, cover me with your palms
Feel the warmth feel the way to my heart
I have no secrets, nothing I’ll deny, tonight
Say you’ve had enough of strength
And I just want to lead a good life
I’m scarred, don’t leave me to the lions, tonight
So darling don’t sail away
Your love is all I have
And don’t believe what they say
Just be tonight
This life is ours tonight
Darling, capture me with your charms
Leave the wealth of wait in my arms
I have no comfort without you
This world is not my home
Say you’ve had enough of strength
And I just want to lead a good life
I’m scarred, don’t leave me to the lions, tonight
So darling don’t sail away
Your love is all I have
And don’t believe what they say
Just be tonight
This life is ours tonight
So darling don’t sail away
Your love is all I have
And don’t believe what they say
Just be tonight
This life is ours tonight
Just be tonight
Just be tonight
Just be tonight
Just be tonight
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight
Tonight
(
She will have her way : songs of Neil & Tim
Finn )
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're travelling with me
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I’m towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the TV page
Now I’m walking again to the beat of a drum
And I’m counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
Don't ever let them win
( Don't u eva EP )
Long are the days
And the nights of dismay
They’re back again
Just like they never ended
I wonder around in the days
Circle around your grave
Just like you never left it
I watch it all fall down
It all falls down
I fall down from helpless feet
And blistered knees
That are cut, and bleed
To find some release
Blood makes your sound
A drop of life
When it can’t be found
You can’t be found
The sound denial
I watch it all fall down
It all falls down
Is there something else
One thing I barely recognise
The closer to being revealed
The harder I fall to my knees
Oh I fall, we fall, one by one
But we only make a sound
Flame trees
(
Little fish soundtrack - Cold Chisel )
Kids out driving Saturday afternoon pass me by
I'm just savouring familiar sights
We share some history, this town and I
And I can't stop that long forgotten feeling of her
Try to book a room to stay tonight
Number one is to find some friends to say "you're doing well
After all this time you boys look just the same"
Number two is the happy hour at one of two hotels
Settle in to play "do you remember so and so"
Number three is never say her name
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
But ah! Who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway
Takes more than just a memory to make me cry
I'm happy just to sit here round a table with old friends
And see which one of us can tell the biggest lies
There's a girl falling in love near where the Pianola stands
With her young local factory out-of-worker, holding hands
And I’m wondering if he'll go or if he'll stay
Do you remember, nothing stopped us on the field in our day
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she won't be around
Oh the flame trees will blind the weary driver
And there's nothing else could set fire to this town
There's no change, there's no pace
Everything within its place
Just makes it harder to believe that she
Won't be around, won't be around
( Prelusive EP )
Never wanted it to be that way
I always wanted you to see the sun
Never wanted it to be that way
I always wanted you to see the sun
But she was on the outside fading away from you
And seems that somehow she had finally found the truth
Felt life forever haunted eyes face the floor
Feeling somehow life had been here before
I somehow misunderstood what I should be
And wanted it the way that you’d rescue me
She is on the outside looking on me
She’s like the sun I follow, oh
Waiting for the rain again
Watching as the storm begins
Feeling like I’ve done in times before
This time a thousand lost regrets washed up on this shore
I somehow misunderstood what I should be
And wanted it the way that you’d rescue me
She is on the outside looking on me
She’s like the sun I follow, oh
Never wanted it to be that way
I always wanted you to see the sun
Never wanted it to be that way
I always wanted you to see the sun
Never wanted it to be that way
I always wanted you to see the sun
Never wanted it to be that way
I always wanted you to see the sun
So you don’t want egressions anymore
I know a way of letting go
‘Cause I can’t rely on what I’ve learnt
Yeah, yeah, yeah oh
I somehow misunderstood what I should be
And wanted it the way that you’d rescue me
She is on the outside looking on me
She’s like the sun I follow, ooh
She is on the outside looking on me
(never wanted it to be that way, always
Wanted you to see the sun)
She’s like the sun I follow, oh
(never wanted it to be that way, always
Wanted you to see the sun)
She is on the outside looking on me
(never wanted it to be that way, always
Wanted you to see the sun)
She’s like the sun I follow, ooh
(never wanted it to be that way, always
Wanted you to see the sun)
Never wanted it to be that way
( Like a version vol.2 - Elton John )
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 with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant 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
What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set 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
Into the great wide open
( Don't u eva EP - Tom Petty )
Eddie waited till he finished high school
He went to Hollywood, got a tattoo
He met a girl out there with a tattoo too
The future was wide open
They moved into a place they both could afford
He found a nightclub, he could work at the door
She had a guitar and she taught him some chords
The sky was the limit
Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue
The papers said it always played from the heart
He got an agent and a roadie named Bart
They made a record and it went in the charts
The sky was the limit
His leather jacket had chains that would jingle
They both met movie stars, partied and mingled
Their A&R man said “I don’t hear a single”
The future was wide open
Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue
Into the great wide open
Under them skies of blue
Out in the great wide open
A rebel without a clue
( Prelusive EP )
In my new religion
I escape the tension
In my true confessions
You’re worth a mention
In my new religion
I’ll forgive no transgressions
In my confrontations
In my legislations
But you don’t know me
That well
But you follow me
I can tell
Take one step forward into the light and say
In my new religion
Forgive my obsessions
Go back before it all began
Go back before it all began
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
But you don’t know me
That well
But you follow me
I can tell
Take one step forward into the light and say
But you don’t know me
That well
But you follow me
I can tell
Take one step forward into the light and say
Sweet surrender
( Prelusive EP )
There’s only one way that I’m walking
Only one thing that I’m talking about
And it’s all surrounding you
I feel so light me head is dreaming
So light my eyes are beaming
And I light the way for you
Sweet surrender, soul inviting
I could fall straight into your arms
Sweet surrender, has its price
I would risk it all for you
Sweet surrender, soul inviting
I could fall straight into your arms
Sweet surrender, has its price
I would risk it all for your love
Stating that, and to leave me to its morning
Only part when day is dawning
And the sky awakens you
Come lies beneath your skin, a storm
‘Cause within your eyes are mountains
As the ground disappears
Sweet surrender, soul inviting
I could fall straight into your arms
Sweet surrender, has its price
I would risk it all for you
Sweet surrender, soul inviting
(sweet surrender, soul inviting)
I could fall straight into your arms
Sweet surrender, has its price
(sweet surrender)
I would risk it all for your love
For your love
Say you’d risk it all for your love
I would risk it all for your love
Sweetness comes from heaven above
My love, oh my, oh my
Sweet surrender, soul inviting
(sweet surrender, soul inviting)
I could fall straight into your arms
Sweet surrender, has its price
(sweet surrender)
I would risk it all for you
Sweet surrender, soul inviting
(sweet surrender, soul inviting)
I could fall straight into your arms
(i’d fall in)
Sweet surrender, has its price
(sweet surrender)
I would risk it all for your love
( Prelusive EP )
The time has come to turn and run
When there seems there’s no room to fall
And what’s the point of kneeling down, just
To hit the ground and crawl
Too many tears to try and swim when alone
Against the floor
Too many thoughts to think too hard when
There’s no absolutes anymore
‘Cause you fly us in the deepest paths
And faith deserves an open heart
Will you ever know
You ever know
You ever know
What this world could be
Is not just illusive fantasy
Will you ever know
You ever know
You ever know
What this world would mean
If you knew your place in history
The time has come to make the change: either
Seek the truth or run
Ooh the truth is this ignorance is bliss when
Your inanity is like a gun
‘Cause you fly us in the deepest paths
Not nestled in your cheap remarks
‘Cause you fly us in the deepest paths
Will you ever know
You ever know
You ever know
Why this world would be
Is not just illusive fantasy
Will you ever know
You ever know
You ever know
(you ever know, you ever know, you ever, you ever know)
What this world would mean
(you ever know, you ever know, you ever )
If you knew your place in history
(you ever know, you ever know, you ever )
Will you ever know
You ever know
You ever know
(you ever know, you ever know, you ever)
What this world would mean
(you ever know, you ever know, you ever)
If you knew your place in history
(you ever know, you ever know, you ever)
( Prelusive EP )
You’ve got a way that makes the darkness
Light the earth seem holy
Spark in your eye ignites the fire in my hart
My fever is high, my throat is dry whenever
You’re around me
It’s in your way, my love, that always inbounds
It’s in the way move me darling (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way you come and go (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way the colours are drifting
Slowly (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way, it’s in the way (it’s in the way)
Right when I thought my life was mine
My heart was working for me
I realised this blood was flowing for you
‘Cause your ways have made the seasons fade
Into an endless summer
The coldness of winter, only felt when you’re gone
It’s in the way move me darling (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way you come and go (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way the colours are drifting
Slowly (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way, it’s in the way (it’s in the way)
‘Cause hours seem to disappear when we are together
‘Cause when you’re are near, words seem clear,
And I am brought to life, life, life
It’s in the way move me darling (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way you come and go (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way the colours are drifting
Slowly (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way, it’s in the way (it’s in the way)
It’s in the way move me darling (it’s in the way)
(it’s in the way move me darling)
It’s in the way you come and go (it’s in the way)
(it’s in the way you come and go)
It’s in the way the colours are drifting
Slowly (it’s in the way)
(it’s in the way the colours are drifting slowly)
It’s in the way, it’s in the way (it’s in the way)
(it’s in the way, it’s in the way)
(it’s in the way move me darling)
