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B i o g r a p h y
(by MacKenzie Wilson)

Singer/songwriter Tom McRae credits his upbringing for leading him to a career in music. While growing up in Chelmsford, near Suffolk, his parents were vicars in the Church of England and McRae sang in the choir. His mother played guitar and as a teen, he'd borrow it. When his sisters were listening to Kate Bush and U2, McRae followed and began buying records. He also started to become serious about music. At age 18, he went off to Guild Hall University to study music politics, soon forming bands and writing songs. A chance meeting with sound engineer Roger Bechirian (Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Carlene Carter) led him to a working relationship. He and Bechirian shaped McRae's soft-spoken sound, which later yanked him a deal with Mercury's db records. Tom McRae's confessional self-titled debut appeared in fall 2001 and earned him comparisons to Nick Drake and Bob Dylan. Critics raved and McRae also a gained Mercury Music Prize nomination the same year.

Tom McRae

You cut her hair

Time
Has coloured in
The black and white
Of your sin
So burn
Burn the flag
Rip it up
Bury the Rags

So live
Live long
See her face
In everyone
And turn
Turn the page
Start again
Change your name

But I will find you still
Move in for the kill
You cut her hair
You cut her hair
You cut her hair

End of the world news

You wake up to the sound of alarms and your
Driving your fabulous car
Listening to the music that reminds you
You used to be young you used to be young

And now you're searching, for a sign with your name
To define you the king of the game
What will you do when there's nothing left
For you to earn and for you to learn

So dose me up once is not enough
I can still see the ground
And from this high rise view looking down on you
I'm not the one wasting my time

And every culture has it's own magazine
And information takes the place of your dreams
Finding ways to fill up the silence
But it's all that you need turn on your TV

So dose me up once is not enough
I can still see the ground
And from this high rise view looking down on you
I'm not the one wasting my time

This is the end of the world news
This is the end of the world news sponsored by god

So dose me up once is not enough
I can still see the ground
And from this high rise view looking down on you
I'm not the one wasting my time

So dose me up once is not enough
I can still see the ground
And from this high rise view looking down on you
I'm not the one wasting my time

2nd law

Tell all my friends
I have gone to the moon
Tell all my friends
I will write them soon
And tell them
If you see them
That I am better left alone

'Cause I'm living up here where the air is thin
And where gravity don't bring you down
Yeah I'm living up here and I'm watching your universe cooling down

I spend my days beneath a perspex dome
I think that I have finally come home

So tell them
If you see them
That I am better left alone

'Cause I'm living up here where the air is thin
And where gravity don't bring you down
Yeah I'm living up here and I'm watching your universe cooling down

Yeah I'm living up here where the air is thin
And where gravity don't bring you down
I'm living up here and I'm watching your universe cooling down

Bloodless

This train don't stop at the stations of the cross
No reasons left to believe
Trying to stay awake gave yourself a caffeine headache
To hide the taste of sleep

In choosing to forget you cut away the safety net that holds your heart, holds your heart
And you go in search of youth touching up your empire roots
But these days we don't know how to march
Satisfied with a knife in your spine you're bloodless

So tell me again what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know

We think that we're the ones we're the bright unconquered suns
Wait a while we'll watch the light grow stale
And we smell so very clean but we're the
Oil in this machine and this machine
This machine is going wrong

So choose your sides when it comes to the fight you're bloodless
So tell me again what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know

You choose your side but in the fight I see your blood run white, your blood run white
And I've seen it all before and I see it again

And I see it again
So what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know

So tell me again now what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling

So tell me again now what am I feeling you know me so well
So what am I feeling and how can you tell
I've got a feeling you don't know

Draw down the stars

Coming back to the city
That I never quite leave
Picture you by the ocean
Picture me coughing into my sleeve

Like a snake-eating snake you confuse me
Who's killer, who's captive, who's free
In a city that kills by constriction
Throw your streets around me and squeeze

And draw down the stars
Draw down the stars
What's in your heart
Your heart

This fluorescent night will divide us
And dissolve to a flickering screen
And we all know each others secrets
Things seen but not seen

And draw down the stars
Draw down the stars
What's in your heart

*** Thanx a lot to Darren & Janneke for these lyrics ***

One more mile

I feel the night is on your side
Shadows wait you when you rise
You hold the weight of every moment
Move no distance in your stride

And while you wallow in your wounds
You let the devils draw near
One more mile is all we have
You got nothing to fear

I feel the night is on your side
And I don't recognise this road
We sleep all day and walk all night
You're leading me too far from home

And he says pour another drink
And take a good look around
One more mile is all we have
Until the lost become the found

And by the firelight I see footprints
Shadows circle on the floor
And everything is so familiar
We have come this way before

Take a good look around
Take a good look around

The boy with the bubblegun

Welcome to the second reel glad that you can make it
We thought your fate was sealed it's not what we expected
But you punch above your weight and you're stronger than you look
And the ending's not the same they changed it from the book

I'm the boy with the bubblegun
I'm taking aim
I cannot hit to hurt or cause you pain
If words could kill I'd spell out your name

It's time to kill the king it's written in the scripture
See what tomorrow brings got to get a bigger picture
So forgive me forgive me for I am born to be what I must be and I must be

The boy with the bubblegun I'm taking aim
I cannot hit to hurt or cause you pain
If words could kill I'd spell out your name
I'm the boy with the bubblegun
The boy with the bubblegun
I'm the boy with the bubblegun with work to do
If songs could kill this one's for you

Hidden camera show

If you won't
Carry a gun
And if you won't
Learn to run

And it's the cars on the highway
It's the drunks singing 'my way'
We're all caught in a hidden camera show
And it's the thrill of deception
It's the chill of rejection
In the faces of the people we don't know

If you love
Bury it deep
When you talk
Know that talk is cheap
Swallow your tounge
This is not your fight
It's braver sometimes just to run

And it's the cars on the highway
It's the drunks singing 'my way'
We're all caught in a hidden camera show

And it's the cars on the highway
It's the drunks singing 'my way'
We're all caught in a hidden camera show
And it's the blink of a shutter
It's the hitman in the gutter
We're all caught in a hidden camera show
And I close my eyes
Turn my face to the sky
I won't smile for your hidden camera show

A say's he's glad to be here
B's chasing storms in the lightning state
Where everyday above ground is a good day
And life is great
A's got cocaine body
B's got a benylin brain
A knows he's gonna be some body
B don't believe in fame

And all
Our time
Slips away

And all
Our time
Slips away

A's got a girl for each season
B's got a mail order bride
A knows he's headed for salvation
B's afraid to die
If hell is in the detail
Babe I'm a microscope
I know i'll live to see you swinging
Given enough rope

And all
Our time
Slips away

And all
Our time
Slips away

A's growing tired of conversation
He's ready for his final scene
B's whistling hotel california
And still living out the dream
Here we are together
Let's roll the dice just one more time
Odd number says we walk away now
Even says we die...don't wanna die

And all
Our time
Slips away

I cannot use this language of fools to communicate with you
The things that you say to mark the time of the day are calculated to bemuse
And hey yeah...hey hey yeah

Won't you hide me, won't you hold my life, let me have this time
And lie here while i close my eyes, hold me through this night

One good day will lead the way for another, my love
Living here things are never so clear you discover my love
And hey yeah...hey hey yeah

Won't you hide me, won't you hold my life, let me have this time
And lie here while i close my eyes, hold me through this night
Hide me, won't you hold my weight, hold me through this night

Get me out, get me out, get me out of this room, let me see
Cut it out, cut it out, rip it out from this wound, let me bleed
But wait now, wait now for me...won't you...

Shut it out, shut it out, black it out with the night, to put me at ease won't you...
Talk it out, talk it out, yell out to the ghosts that stalk the street
But wait now, wait now for me...

And we'll sail on the high tide, drift on the open sea
I've been waiting for so long

Take my hand, take my hand, kiss me softly, then take your leave..won't you..
Sit down, sit down, take the weight of me, let me grieve
But wait now, wait now for me

And we'll sail on the high tide, drift on the open sea
I've been waiting for so long

But wait now, wait now for me

And we'll sail on the high tide, drift on the open sea
I've been waiting for so long

There's always a party on funeral row
Where the cross flashes red to the street
And gasoline dreams of girls in blue jeans
He's grazing the surface of sleep

The vultures on main street are eyeing you up
Calculating the wait of your bones
And midnight graffiti appears on your door
So we all can sleep safe in our homes

And the storms in the distance hold no rain
And i feel my resistance giving way
Shelter me from this sky
Dance wiht me one last time
Sao paulo rain
Sao paulo rain

Do not disturb this blood red earth
There's giants sleeping beneath
And carnival queens on their deathbed scenes
All go through the motions of grief
Take another hit
Let the bottle slip through your fingers and
Break like a promise made
The day i remember
My heart i will keep
My voice i surrender
And i will not speak to lie

We were so alive
We were so alive
Shelter me from this sky
Dance with me one last time
Sao paulo rain
Sao paulo rain

I ain't scared of lightning

I aint scared of lightning
Come on and do your worst
If they gave degrees
For cheating destiny
Then man
I got a first

No I aint scared of lightning
It's the same old empty threat
I've been standing proud
Beneath the gathering cloud
And man
I ain't dead yet
No I ain't scared of lightning
And thunder never killed
I was born in a summer storm
I live there still
Yeah I was born in a summer storm
I live there still

*** Thanx a lot to Luca for these lyrics !

A Day Like Today

Welcome back
Says the voice on the radio
But I never left
I was always right here

In your hand all the colours
You thought were kings
At the turn of a card
Can just disappear

I wish I could comfort you
If love is our defence
It's alright I can comfort you
If you let me I could love you to death

I can't get today
Out of my mind
Need to say need to call
To love someone beautiful
A day like today
Has stained my eyes

All I ever say
And all i ever do
Is just a message to you
And all i ever play
Are the cards you gave me
It's just my version of the truth

I wish I could comfort you
If love is our defence
It's alright I can comfort you
If you let me I could love you to death
If you let me I could love you to death

You only disappear

Close my eyes I'm moving still
Magazines and dollar bills
And you wake up to a fall of snow
Your telephone your radio

Baby I'll call up a storm
Keep you safe from harm
But you only you only disappear
You only you only disappear

I can live with my regrets
Still raise a smile, still raise my head
And a stranger God can be so cruel
And a holy fool is still a fool

But this is all I can say
I have lost my way
But you only you only disappear
You only you only disappear

With a word with a line
With a smile that says goodbye
Baby says goodbye
Baby says goodbye

It's raining now
On Royal Street
And I'd walk to you
If I could trust my feet

Ghost of a Shark

I'm gonna leave any minute
See the skyline disappear
Head out of the city
Burn my clothes bury my fears

Oh you will never know I was here

Tell me now is there difference
Between a shark and the ghost of a shark
'Cause all I have are secrets and memories of the dark
Oh rip away the skin burn my heart

I'm gonna leave any minute
Another skyline disappears
Sunlight in the mirror
Blinding me all these years
Oh am I coming back
I'll never leave
Oh am I coming back
I'll never leave

Stronger than Dirt

Somebody wake me up
The dream is growing cold
And the night is all we have
Left to hold

Somebody sail this ship
Navigate this crowd
For what I once saw as land
I see as cloud

But I am stronger than you
And I am braver than you
And I will still be here
When the dust has cleared

Sometimes nothing is
The better hand
And you throw it all for this
I understand

But I am stronger than you
And I am braver than you
And I will still be here
When the dust has cleared will you
Will you, will you, will you

And I will still be here
When the dust has cleared
And I will still be here
When the dust has cleared
Will you

You will never get close to me
You will never get close to me
This is who we are
This is who we are
You will never get close to me
Who we are...
You will never get close to me
Who we are...

Overthrown

We fall
Through water
Unsung unseen
And days
Thought endless
Lose more
Light and heat

So let the dead bury the dead
I should leave

For I am
For I am overhtrown
Confess to me now
Confess to me now

Half in sunlight
And half in shade
Words in collision
I bend to your shape
I see the skull beneath the skin
I see it all

For I am
For I am overhtrown
Confess to me now
Confess to me now

For I am
For I am overhtrown
Confess to me now
Confess to me now
Confess to me now

Walking 2 hawaii

Falling feels like flying
Until you hit the ground
And everything is beautiful
'Till you take a look around
So let it go

Turn the bow into the wave boys
I feel a storm coming in
And every bridge we build we burn
And never learn to swim
No we never learn to swim
So let it go

Lead me to the edge and watch
See how far we both can drop
Let it all just slip away
Let it fade

We'll walk to Hawaii
A final sunset on the waves
The perfect girl the perfect place
To watch the world go down in flames
Wouldn't that be a shame
So let it go

Lead me to the edge don't stop
Beauty always had a cost
And as the air slips from our lungs
We'll sing songs of love
Oh love, oh love...

Mermaid Blues

Ice has formed
And there's snow between the tracks
And I have seen the surface tear and
I can't look back

And cool low sun
Has blinded you for days
From horizon to horizon
Can I dream this all away

But over the water
Over the water
Over the sea
There's you shining bright
In a sea of fools
Oh I can sing you out of this
Can shake your mermaids blues

Come with me
For alone I fear the tide
It's calling me and dragging me
And I think it's time

But over the water
Over the water
Over the water
Over the sea

Shape your mouth
To fit these words of war
I see the arrows falling backwards
Burning for a cause

I'll swim with you
Until my lungs give out
Oh I can raise you from the deep
Or drown with you in doubt

But over the water
Over the water
Over the water with you
With you, with you ...

Karaoke Song

Pull me close look into my eyes
Smile at me when you stick in the knife
We're bleeding into a cup when we've got enough
We'll just paint the walls
And we don't care how much it hurts
You think you're cursed it's what you deserve

'Cause you're talking rock and roll
Walking karaoke soul
I can see you desperate to please
Let me treat you for your disease

Between angels and ropes babe what would you chose?
As you kick the dust from your perfect shoes
Your wolf suit is wearing thin and your real skin looks like it never bleeds
And you're playing to the crowd as the ship goes down comforting me

'Cause you're talking rock and roll
Walking karaoke soul
If you see me falling sleep
Please don't wake me from this dream

Yeah you're talking rock and roll
Walking karaoke soul
If you see me falling sleep
Please don't wake me from this dream

Yeah you're talking rock and roll
Walking karaoke soul
I can see you desperate to please
Let me treat you for your disease

Faith is gone and love is gone
Your disease
And fear is stronger now
Your disease...

Line of Fire

I confess
I confess I was wrong
Tasted blood tasted blood and was gone
Suddenly suddenly you were warned
Shooting stars in flight from the dawn

I'm the breath on your face
You think you are safe
I am watching you
I'm the voice that you hear
When no one is near
I am watching you
'Cause you're in the line
Line of fire

Southern skies
Southern skies shrink my world
This should end but I can't let you go
I'm the breath on your face
You think you are safe
I am watching you
I'm the voice that you hear
When no one is near
I am watching you
'Cause you're in the line
The line of fire
'Cause you're in the line
The line of fire

Faded away you have faded away
You watch and you stil don't know
And I've fallen alone
You can't feel it alone
You know you can't say
You can't say

I'm the breath on your face
You think you are safe
I am watching you
I'm the face that you see
You wake from your dreams
I am watching you

Faded away you have faded away
You watch and you still don't know
And I've fallen alone
You can't feel it alone
You have said you don't know
You can't know

Human Remains

The picture is burned at the edge
And you're looking away
Looking for what's next
And strange how through time we look the same
Your eyes and mine looking away
Too scared to see human remains

And soon enough soon enough
This will all be a memory
And soon enough soon enough
This will fade like the photograph
Of you and me

Our history is just in our blood
And history like love is never enough
And I recognise so much of you
In these eyes always so blue
Why always so blue

And soon enough soon enough
This will all be a memory
And soon enough soon enough
This will fade like a photograph

Those things that I've lost and things that I've sold
This case is now closed the trail has gone cold
And your sticks all are snakes i throw them aside
They twist 'til they break but they never die
This is not enough this is not enough
This is not enough this is not enough for me
This is not enough this is not enough
This is not enough for any of us to be

The picture is burned at the edge
And you're looking away looking for what's next
Tell me what's next

She comes to me in dreams
A train wreck beauty queen
But I don't remember her
On a wall of white and blue
I wrote my name and thought of you
But you would not have known
Through a window of a car
A cigarette's a fallen star
A dream within a trail of sparks
And conversation turns to sleep
And I wait for you to speak
I'm waiting still

So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you

And I keep my secrets well
Move on and never tell
Some day they'll show
And you raised me to be cruel
You raised me like a bruise
I'm bleeding still

So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you

She comes to me in dreams
A train wreck beauty queen
Now I remember her
And everything you love will break
You're running out of things to make you
Feel alive
Alive
Alive
Alive

So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
It's for you
It's for you
It's for you
It's just for you

Hummingbird Song

Sunlight beats down hard here
Count the cracks in the ground
And we sleep through days of flood and fire
At night we fly above this town

Now we're coming down
Now we're coming down
We're coming down

At night I dream of the hummingbird
Feel the beatings of its wings
And if you only had one choice my dear
Would you fly or would you sing

Now we're coming down
Now we're coming down
We're coming down

And in a year of new beginnings dear
How do we write the end?

Here she comes
Here she comes
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The hummingbird

The Girl Who Falls Downstairs

She says
I know your face
But something's strange
In your eyes

Your voice I know so well
Your words I don't
Recognise

And darkness creeps
Borne on cold winds
Blows my footprints away

And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground

The girl who falls down stairs
She calls my name
Through the air

She says I loved you once
I'd love you again
If you dare

So wipe the sleep from tiger eyes
And put this moment aside

And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground

Needles buzz like
Neon light and
I am stained by
This town

And all my faith gone
All maps welcome
The stairs have twisted around

And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground

Pull me out
Pull me out
Pull me out

How The West Was Won

Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a story
Of how the west was won
Flew over diamonds
East river shining
A city sinking in the mud

And in a second
A life-long second
I knew what we'd become

We use up people, use up time
Use up places, we say goodbye
Searching for the crowded hour

Now there's a buzzing in the wires
Look for lightning in your eyes
And I see it there

Hey hey Rockstar
Let's play happy
This could be our final hour

I'll take your picture
But who needs pictures?
They only strip you of your power

Don't lose your nerve now
Feel the curve of the earth now
Rising up to meet your feet

We use up people, use up time
Use up places, we say goodbye
Never find the crowded hour

It's time to move the saints again
Curse the sun to kill the rain
I wish I knew just how

We should have driven
Out to the ocean
Our hands tied to the wheel

Now something's broken
Don't know what's broken
Or if I want it healed

We use up people, use up time
Use up places, we say goodbye
Where the hell's the crowded hour

Scattered thoughts and promises
Let the wind take all that's left
There's nothing for you here

So take a card and put it back
Hide the faces cut the pack
The future's not that clear

Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a stroy
Of how the west was won

You wanted glory
Well here's your glory
Just look what we've become

Packing For The Crash

I'm packing for the crash

Solid walls will crack tonight
Solid walls are gonna fall down
And this is not any golden age we've lost
Any golden age we lost
We broke it here

I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash

Another day and another scar will fade
But another scar will take this ones place

I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash

Sudden preasure
We fall through the floor
And kill this moment before it takes hold

I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash

It Ain't You

I'm walking on a wire
Twisting in the wind
And something here is dying
And I could use a friend

But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you

Another car crash sunrise
Is burning up my street
Above the call of sirens
Someone sings to me

But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you

Tonight I'll walk on water
Tonight I'll leap through flame
And sing it to the corner
And still the blood in your veins
'Til something flickers in me
I feel the motion of light
And slip into the distance
And someone lips in my life

But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you

Strangest Land

Another dead dog highway
The road to paradise
Is littered with your saviours
The lines are growing faint
Another paper saint has put us all in danger

So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark

I catch you in my lights
I'm reaching for a knife
For halo girls and dreamers
A statue comes to life
Another roadside shrine
For hypocrites and bleeders

So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark

A bullet from a stolen gun
How much I'll miss you when you're gone
But now I think it's time you went away

So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
In the dark
In the dark

My Vampire Heart

Darling I'm lost
Adrift in the dark
I'm clutching your words
To my vampire heart once more
So let in the light
Turn me to dust
If it don't end in Bloodshed dear
It's probably not love

Here we are
In the darkest place
My reflection
Shows only your face

Something is found
Something is lost
Went looking for clues
On the streets of old New York
And I spilled someone's blood
I broke someone's heart again
Someone you know
You're looking at him my friend

And the people in our lives
We all leave behind
Leave behind

Here we are
In the darkest place
To keep from forgetting
I picture your face
And I wonder
While we count the cost
Which is sweeter
Love or it's loss

So I curse you
My vampire heart
For letting me you love you
Love you
For letting me love you
From the start

Silent Boulevard

Low light
Framed in red
Sing out
Until your last Breath
'Til the cats in this town
Scream another night down to the bone
You count under your breath
Wonder which step comes next
But you can't set a course
When you've lost yourself
Your love
And your north

No I'm not anybody's good son
Shoot the lights out all over this town
'Til we're out on the silent boulevard
With our way lit only by stars

Red hand
Voice like a knife
Warns me
No good goodbyes
And seen from the sky
The city tonight is on fire

No I'm not anybody's good son
Shoot the lights out all over this town
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard

Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard

Still Lost

So my love I
Left this world for a while
For a while

I float through strange days
Search the one way to
Bring me back to you

So don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
From here

'Cos I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
When you come
When will you come
To look for me

If I was to
Call you
Would you come
And if I was to
Call you
Would you come
Oh my love
When will you come to look for me

'Cos I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
When you come
Why don't you come
To look for me?

Border Song

She lies still
Her eyes on fire
Undressed to kill
And untethered in time
And in the arms of a stranger
You search for someone like her

People like you
They come and they go
What’s left to say
We already know
And we’ve danced these shoes to pieces
And we stood where no one has stood

And I guess I’ve said it all
And I guess I’ve said it all
You can climb but you will fall
And I guess I’ve said it all

*** Thanx a lot to Adena, Kate & Maiken who transcribed these lyrics from the webcast ***

Set the Story Straight

Daylight splits the room
You sleep while I watch you
How the light shines on you now

Breathless, I’m playing tricks
But you rise to my fingertips.
How the light shines on you now.

I’ll be the one
To set the story straight and
I’ll be the one
To take your hand and say

Now, we’ll run
What’s done is done
Let time heal time
Your hand in mine

Sundance my friend
Truth is the city’s dead
It’s been dying since you left

Don’t look for me here
These waters will never clear
Even light dies through the years

I’ll be the one
To set the story straight and
I’ll be the one
To take your hand and say

Now we’ll run
What’s done is done
We slip through the wires
Fight fire with fire

And we search for a sign
Through white lines, white lies

Daylight leaves the room
You sleep while I watch you
How the light shines on you now

Bright Lights

Baby I went back to funeral row
Kicking through the old streets
In a place I once called home
Not long ago

Searching for an omen
Looking for a sign
Looking for the place I swore
An oath of love undying
Of love undying

But I’m tired of this dull ache
This endless and fake parade
I’m gonna torch my name and my trade

Run into the bright lights
Run into the bright lights
Run into the bright lights
Run into the bright lights

Brother don’t go back to funeral row
The streets have fallen silent,
And the cross no longer glows
On funeral row

And I’m tired of this dark place
Where hope dies and hope fades
I’m gonna leave these shadows behind

Head into the bright lights
Head into the bright lights
Run into the bright lights
Run into the bright lights

So come on let get your guitar
Burn it to the bright lights
Feed the flames and feed the fire.
Wishing things won’t make them so
Run into the bright lights
The truth is I refuse to go
Shadows where the best things hide
Run into the bright lights
You could keep the brightest light
You could keep the brightest light
You can keep the blinding light

Got a Suitcase, Got Regrets

Change the locks on the door.
Put out the light in the hall.
I do not live here anymore

Put the world in a box.
Turn the sign to the street.
Aim for where horizon and blue skies, meet

But all I know is
I’m not ready yet
For the light to dim
Got a suitcase, got regrets
But I’m hopeful yet

I’ve been a gifted thief
Stole everything for the cause
I never had fingers as light as yours

So wake up pretty girl
See the hope in small things
Disappointment can wear you thin

But all I know is
I’m not ready yet
For the light to dim
Got a suitcase, got regrets
But I’m hopeful yet
And I’ll raise this glass of wine
And I’ll say your name

So let’s be killers babe
Make the great escape
From all the bitter words
Of every crowded street and empty heart
It’s Christmas day, Brooklyn in the rain
But I am safe inside a better world of hope and memory
Drunk on velvet wine, southern cross for light
Deal your cards and hope that I can play a better hand this time

Keep Your Picture Clear

Here I go, back again
Sliding off the ceiling
Was I gone for long
Did I just flick the switch

Across the street away from me
A man is singing ‘Sympathy for the Devil’,
And he's getting all the words wrong.
His newspaper flies desperately
But words aren't wings like gravity
They'll keep you here
It's a theory to subscribe to
But you know you're being lied to

So keep your picture clear
Keep your picture clear

Stay awake, the lines are drawn.
You're never right until you’re wrong
In the eyes of the world

And a picture tells a thousand lies
Little dots in black and white.
You've no idea
The strongest will survive
But its the scum that always rises

So keep your picture clear
Keep your picture clear
Keep your picture clear

And you talk just like a diplomat,
But hide the gun behind your back
The leaders need a bloody war
Congratulations, this is yours
Looking through the history books
Of liars, cheats, and petty crooks

They'll print your picture clear
Print your picture clear
Keep your picture clear

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Keep your picture clear
Keep your picture clear
Keep your picture clear
Keep your picture clear

Houdini and the Girl

Look here comes Houdini
Handcuffed, blind, and bound
Here comes a girl now
Slips a key into his mouth

He says I’ve been under the water
I’ve been under the ground
And honey one thing’s certain
There’s no escaping now

‘Cause it’s a long way down
Yeah it’s a long way down
From here, from here

Look here comes Houdini
Triumphant after all.
But where’s the girl now
Did she not survive the fall

She says I’ve been under the water
I’ve been under the ground
And honey one thing’s certain
I’ll never take that bow

‘Cause it’s a long way down
Yeah it’s a long way down
From here, from here

Yeah it’s a long way down
It’s a long way down
From here, from here

Sound of the City

So baby there you stand
The bottle in your hand
Shouting to the night
While the city sleeps

Caught in the light of a car
While a subway station sparks
I see your face again
Guess it’s time to leave

And I watched you fall from a great height
You watched me fail night after night

Still the sound
Still the sound of the city tonight
Who keeps my dreams and my demons alive
Baby I, I’m still alive

I hear the city breathe
I dream the city’s dreams
And she’s in still my arms
For another year

So bring the broken hearts
Call in the king of cards
I’ll make them disappear
With a sleight of hand

And I watched you fall from a great height
And you watched me fail night after night

Still the sound
Still the sound of the city tonight
Keeps my dreams and my demons alive
Baby I, I’m still alive

Still you don't come
You won't come
Your fever has broken
And daylight is blinding your eyes
And still you don't come
You won't come
The city she's not done
She's calling, she's calling your name
Your name

The sound of the city
The sound of the city tonight

On and On

So Lord, I’ll wait for your reply
But I won’t hold my breath tonight
You’re so much empty sky

And it’s too late
The damage has been done
You gave a child a gun
Then turned around and run

And it goes on and on and on
It goes on and on and on
You know that it goes on
We were here long before
And we’ll be here when you’re gone
It goes on and on and on
You know that it goes on

Believe it if you dare
Still he’ll vanish in thin air
As useless as a prayer

And it’s too late
The river has been crossed
The war’s been fought and lost
Your words have turned to dust

And it goes on and on and on
It goes on and on and on
You know that it goes on
We were here long before
And we’ll be here when you’re gone
It goes on and on and on
You know that it goes on

And you know you had your chance
And still you won’t show your hand
It’s not a thing that I call love

It goes on and on and on
You know that it goes on
It goes on and on and on
You know that it goes on and on

Deliver Me

So Mr. Heartbreak you’re back,
Is the dream showing cracks
Come back older, come back changed
But still chasing the rain

With a lightning tattoo
Proof I once was struck down by you
Like hot rain on hard earth
Are you a gift or a curse
From this place, darling, please deliver me

In a small motel room
History and hearts break in two
Cut your losses, cut your ties
And I’ll drink the shine from my life

But I’ve given up sleep
And chasing you in my dreams
And outside the cars
Throw light on the walls and scars
From this place, darling, please deliver me

And if you believe
That what’s done is done
How history repeats, from father to son
And on, and on

Hey Mr. Heartbreak you’re back
Pour a drink for the man
Come back older, come back changed
But still chasing the rain
Still chasing the rain
Here comes the rain

One Mississippi

Got no gloves, and I don’t wear a hat
And these streets are cold and I
Forgot the reasons I came.

Walk a mile and I cross a bridge to where
Theh heat of inner stream meets cold river air
And I wonder if I will survive the wave
That’ll drown this place

It’s a clockwork planet
And I’ve broken every key
Trying to keep the time from twisting
Out of reach

And it’s one Mississippi
It is two times grip is slipping
It is three Mississippi
Time stands still

Got no home, and I made no plans
And this city holds me in the palm of its hand
And it sings ‘This is where you catch your breath.’

Well I’m thinking of you
And I can hear your words
When you said, ‘flying away is for the birds
And by the way, genius,
You ain’t walking south.’

It’s a clockwork planet
And I’ve broken every key,
Trying to keep the time from twisting
Out of reach

And it’s one Mississippi
It is two times grip is slipping
It is three Mississippi
Time stands still

It is four Mississippi
Can we stop the clocks from ticking
It is five Mississippi
Time stands still

Can we spin the world on its axis
Can we make the clocks run backwards
Can I only change your history for a day

And can I fix you in this movie
See us both in slow motion
Is that sunrise or sunset
Well who can say

Yeah it’s one Mississippi
It is two times grip is slipping
It is three Mississippi
Time stands still

Yeah it’s one Mississippi
It is two times grip is slipping
It is three Mississippi
Time stands still

Yeah it’s one Mississippi
It is two times grip is slipping
It is three Mississippi
Time stands still

The Ballad of Amelia Earhart

Here there Amelia Earhart
Queen of all the skies
When you gonna fly that plane of yours
Back through time

With the timing of a comet
You’ll be back around
We’ll make bright light of it
Like you never left the ground

And I’ll be waiting
With my eyes on the clouds
And I’ll be waiting
For you to come down

I gave you a silver angel,
From this place in Amsterdam.
And the days they fly so quickly
I can’t hold them in my head

And Ill be waiting
With my eyes on the clouds
And I’ll be waiting,
For you to come down
For you to come down

(I'll be waiting with my eyes on the clouds)
For you to come down
(And I'll be waiting for you to come down)

Amelia, now I’m still waiting
With my eyes on the clouds
And I’m still waiting
For you to come down
Why don’t you come down

Lord, How Long

Silent, broken
Bruised and cloaked
In this desert night
I wait for you

My eyes wide open
I face this moment
And picture you
By my side

Funny how the things of this world
Quickly fall away
And everything is equal to me
In this final place

So how long, Lord, how long
And how long, Lord, how long

Stars above me
The earth beneath me
And this sinner’s place in between.

My god
My country
My blood
My enemy
My reason
Desert me now

Funny how the things of this world
Quickly fall away
And everything is equal to me
In this final place

So how long, Lord, how long
And how long, Lord, how long
And how long, Lord, how long
And how long Lord, how long

Alphabet of hurricanes

Caught in a whirlwind of
Broken sticks and bones
An alphabet of hurricanes
Can't blow this drifter home

And the train kicks up snow across
This cold New Mexico
And as I cross the Rio Grande
I finally let you go

To fall into the icy stream
Of different lives and different dreams

And we go lightly on our way
Yes you go lightly on the same

Woke up in Kansas from a
Dream of burning ships
And I still taste the ocean, girl
And you on my lips

But I can't seem to change the way
This story wants to play
Life is in the living
Not the telling anyway

Press myself into the glass
Silver moon lights up my path

As I go lightly on my way
And you will go lightly on the same
Yes we go lightly on our way

Shaken by a broken rail in
Princeton, Illinois
With time to kill I drank my fill
And gave the jukebox all my coins

This one's for the friends I’ve lost
The one I’ve left behind
No, this one's not for you, I take it back
I’ve changed my mind

The music drifts into the night
Calls to me and says it's time

To go lightly on my way
And I will lightly on the same
Yes you go lightly on your way

Sunset on the Hudson turns this city into gold
This stolen El Dorado it ain't mine, it sure ain't yours
I've been here for every season
Somehow you forget
You claim this city for yourself
Well take it, it's my gift
There's nothing left to divide
You take the days, I’ll take the nights

And I’ll go lightly on my way
And you will go lightly on the same
Yes we go lightly on our way

Caught in a whirlwind of
Broken sticks and bones
An alphabet of hurricanes

Can’t blow this drifter home
Can’t blow this drifter home
Can’t blow this drifter home
Can’t blow this drifter home

She said "feed me feathers"
'Cause I long to smile
I have fallen far from grace
And grace was built by lies

And through this confusion
You fall on your sword
Call a name as you hope to be saved but
This is not your God

It’s time to let go
Give up the black heart rodeo and
Turn in your star
You’re not who you think you are

She said "feed me flowers"
So I glow in the sun
Everyday I learn what to say and
What not to have done

And I taste of ashes
Of a fire long since gone
But I want to be around to see
Who lost and then who won

It’s time to let go
Give up the black heart rodeo and
Turn in your star
You’re not who you think you are
You’re not who you think you are

Let go
Let go
Let go

Election Day

She will be all over you
Like dust, like rain
Smoke and mirrors are miracles
She'll steal your flame
Your flame

Roll the bones for the candidate
So what's your big idea
Thought I was running out of hate
But no, not this year

And how will you feel
When the searchlight reveals
You to be just another fake
And the words that you sing
Well they don't mean a thing
They're just noises on your tongue
Your tongue

Now, every day's election day
No one's on the streets
We've all sang our lost (love?) songs
Of liberation and defeat

And how will you feel
When the searchlight reveals
You to be just another fake
And the words that you sing
Well they don't mean a thing
They're just noises on your tongue
And all the money you make
Robbing some suckers grave
It's you that you defy
You defy

Every generation
Fails the next in line
And I'm always a step ahead
I'm busy failing mine

And I know how it feels
When the searchlight reveals
You to be just another fake
And the words that you sing
Well they don't mean a thing
They're just noises on your tongue

And all the money you make
Robbing some suckers grave
It's you that you defy

Yeah, how does it feel
When the searchlight reveals
You to be just another fake
And the words that you're saying
Well they don't mean a thing
They're just noises on your tongue
Your tongue

Solace
Shut your mouth
And hold your tongue or cut it out
I don't feel well
I don't feel well

So I
Taste of dirt
I could conjure dust
From this good earth

I don't feel well
I don't feel well
I didn't feel you slipping in
Feel you slip beneath the skin

When the moment comes
Give in x4

When the moment comes, give in

Hear me now

How I wish
You could hear me now
I drew my blue world
Turn it upside down
Now I'm a long way down
A long way from your arms

How I wish
None of this was true
You can blame the cards
Rip the deck in two
Now I'm a long way back
A long way from the start

She said
I'm coming down fast
I'm coming down hard
I'm shattering like a glass
I am coming apart
I'm losing heart
I fall into your arms
To your arms

Baby I
Went back the funeral row
Gave the dogs on the street
My heart and bone
Now it's a long way back
A long way to the start

She said
I'm coming down fast
I'm coming down hard
I'm shattering like a glass
I am coming apart
I'm losing heart
I fall into your arms
If I can't come for you, run for you
I'd save you from the dark, from the dark
And if I can't feel my way
If I can't feel my way
If I can't feel my way
Through the dark

She said
I'm coming down fast
I'm coming down hard
I'm shattering like a glass
I am coming apart
I'm losing heart
I fall into the dark
If I can't come for you, run for you
I'd save you from the dark, from the dark
If I can't come for you, run for you
I fall into your arms, to your arms

So I can dream of you
So I can dream of you
As I lay with you
And feel you shake
I know love can die
And memories fade

So let me dream of you
So let me dream of you
Let me live with this memory
So I can dream
So I can dream

I don't think of you
I don't dream
I don't see those airport eyes
Vanilla and green

And I don't dream of you
I don't dream of you
I only live with this memory
But I don't dream
I don't dream
I don't dream
I don't dream

Jet engine lullaby

I read your name in the vapour trail
I set myself aflame to hear you say
Anything at all
Anything at all

I raised a glass
And drank to life and
We live like prey, we still
Are scared of something
Falling from the sky
What's falling from the sky?

I'm not gonna cry
Jet engine lullaby
Sing our souls to sleep
I'm not gonna cry
Baby that's not me

Hey you, what's wrong?
This feeling's blameless
Cross a thousand skies
Something changes
So walk out, I'm going
Baby you just sleep

I'm not gonna cry
Jet engine lullaby
Will sing our souls to sleep
I'm not gonna cry
Baby, that's not me

I'm not gonna slip
I'm not gonna give this away
I'm not gonna stop
Until we drop
Into the waves

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

I'm not gonna cry
Jet engine lullaby
Will sing our souls to sleep
I'm not gonna cry
Be alright
Until you leave

The party's over
Morning has yawned
A nurofen Breakfast
Ashtray thoughts
Head on a cushen
Breathe like a stone
And three dead men
Button their coats
And they're gone

And i'm on my own
Hands in my sleeves
Here are balloons
Bags of old breath
Sad little lungs
Small purses of light
Sharpen a knife

Remember the rabbit girl who drowned
All that she left an inflatable moon
Remember the boy breathing her in
Day after day after day after the boat went down
The show's over, the house lights are up
Lipstick smushed on a plastic cup
Tickets dropped on the stairs and the street
Three black taxis circle the square and leave

And i'm on my own
Hands in my sleeves
Here are balloons
Bags of old breath
Sad little lungs
Small purses of light
Sharpen a knife

On m'a vu dans le Vercors
Sauter ą l'élastique
Voleur d'amphores
Au fond des criques
J'ai fait la cour ą des murčnes
J'ai fait l'amour
J'ai fait le mort
T'étais pas née
A la station balnéaire
Tu t'es pas fait prier
J'étais gant de crin, geyser
Pour un peu, je trempais
Histoire d'eau

La nuit je mens
Je prends des trains
A travers la plaine
La nuit je mens
Je m'en lave les mains.
J'ai dans les bottes
Des montagnes de questions
Oł subsiste encore ton écho
Oł subsiste encore ton écho.

J'ai fait la saison
Dans cette boite crānienne
Tes pensées, je les faisais miennes
T'accaparer, seulement t'accaparer
D'estrade en estrade
J'ai fait danser tant de malentendus
Des kilomčtres de vie en rose
Un jour au cirque
Un autre a chercher a te plaire
Dresseur de loulous
Dynamiteur d'aqueducs

La nuit je mens
Je prends des trains
A travers la plaine
La nuit je mens
Effrontément
J'ai dans les bottes
Des montagnes de questions
Ou subsiste encore ton écho
Ou subsiste encore ton écho

On m'a vu dans le Vercors
Sauter ą l'élastique
Voleur d'amphores
Au fond des criques
J'ai fait la cour ą des murčnes
J'ai fait l'amour
J'ai fait le mort
T'étais pas née

La nuit je mens
Je prends des trains
A travers la plaine
La nuit je mens
Je m'en lave les mains
J'ai dans les bottes
Des montagnes de questions
Oł subsiste encore ton écho
Oł subsiste encore ton écho.

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
And she’s gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
And you’re gone

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle
The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes

Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Lucy in the sky with diamonds...

Watch the man fall beneath the train
Wipe the pieces of his shattered brain from your new suit
And don't look back

Sister slide down beside your man
This brother doesn't love her she'll get what she can
And not look back
Don't look back

Slip yourself into the slot
Takin' aim for the money shot
To make you whole
To make you whole

They'll tie your feet, they'll tie your hands
This town of fat white Christians will bind your soul
Will bind your soul

Don't want to deal in stolen gold
These daily disappointments keep you growin' old
But that's not me
That's not me

Sold your dreams of buffaloes
To dream of death soldier doesn't know
He don't wake up
Don't wake up

Watch the man
Watch the man
Watch the man
Watch the man

Watch the man fall beneath the train
Wipe the pieces of his shattered brain from your new suit
And don't look back
Don't look back
Don't look back

*** Thanx a lot to Martin for this one ***

Out of This

Watch the planes as they slide
Across the city's dark night
But I'm chained to the ground
There's no escaping this town

Must be you that I love
Must be gold in this dust
Oh, the city's in bloom
But I'm blind to the view

Out of this
Comes something, out of this
Comes something, out if this
Something will come

I've been building the flame
Keeping out of the game
Kicking stones through the street where we meet
But I know something will change

Out of this
Comes something, out of this
Comes something, out of this
Something will come

Out of this
Comes something, out of this
Comes something, out of this
Something will come

It's the light, it's the day
It's the dawn that she breaks
It's the moment you know
That your dreams still escape
The cold, it's amiss
But you know it don't come later
The girl that you kiss
Hopes to stay still a stranger

It's the light, it's the love
It's the cracks in the pavement
The signs from above
And the great constellations
The lines in your hand
And the dice that you're rolling
Your hopeless belief that you're flying
Not falling in love

Oh yeah (on the radio)

( Live / Roxy Music - Brian Ferry Cover )

Some expression in your eyes
Overtook me by surprise
Where was I ?
How was I to know ?

How we can drive to a movie show
When the music is here in my car

There's a band playing on the radio
With a rhythm of rhyming guitars
They're playing oh yeah on the radio

And so it came to be our song
And so on through all summer long
Day and night drifting on into love

Driving you home from a movie show
So in tune to the sounds in my car

There's a band playing on the radio
With a rhythm of rhyming guitars
They're playing oh yeah on the radio

It's some time since we said goodbye
And now we lead our separate lives
But where am I ?
Where can I go ?

Driving alone to a movie show
So I turn to the sounds in my car

There's a band playing on the radio
With a rhythm of rhyming guitars
There's a band playing on the radio
And it's drowning the sounds of my tears
They're playing oh yeah on the radio

Sometimes I feel so happy,
Sometimes I feel so sad.
Sometimes I feel so happy,
But mostly you just make me mad.
Baby, you just make me mad.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

Thought of you as my mountain top,
Thought of you as my peak.
Thought of you as everything,
I've had but couldn't keep.
I've had but couldn't keep.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

If I could make the world as pure,
And strange as what I see,
I'd put you in the mirror,
I put in front of me.
I put in front of me.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

Skip a life completely.
Stuff it in a cup.
She said, Money is like us in time,
It lies, but can't stand up.
It lies, but can't stand up.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

It was good what we did yesterday.
And I'd do it once again.
The fact that you are married,
Only proves, you're my best friend.
But it's truly, truly a sin.

Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

Breathe deep my angel
Close your eyes and slip away
Breathe deep my angel
Save you from another day

Breathe deep my angel
We can sleep away this world
Breathe deep my angel
Daddy loves his little girl

Breathe deep my angel
Close your eyes and slip away
Breathe deep my angel
I can save you from this day

You will, you will never forgive this
Still on the edge of war
So alone, so alone a vision of heaven
You’re right on the edge

( A day like today promo single )

One of these days I'll outrun myself
One of these days I will lose myself

One of these days I'll outrun myself
One of these days I will lose myself

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One of these days I'll outrun myself

From the very first day that you were born
To the very last time you waved and honked your horn
Had no chance at all to watch you grow
Up so sadly, beautiful
Up so sadly, beautiful

Baby needs a brand new pair of eyes
'Cause the ones you got now see only goodbyes
Had no chance at all to let you know
You're so sadly, beautiful
You're so sadly, beautiful
You're so sadly oh so sadly, beautiful

Well you got your father's hair
And you got your father's nose
But you got my soul
Sadly, beautiful
You're so sadly, beautiful
You're so sadly oh so sadly, beautiful

From the very last time you waved and honked your horn
To a face that turned away pale and worn
Had no chance at all to let you know
You left me sadly, beautiful
You left me sadly, beautiful
You're so sadly oh so sadly, beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

Rest your eyes
I’ll be your guide
And this soldier’s song
Will bring us home
Let down your guard
The battle’s done
And all the shame,
Will fall away
And I will
I will
Be here
I will be here

Through this rain
I feel the heat
And trumpet’s sound
In my sleep
Memories, call to us
And all I hear
Are soldier’s songs

I wish, I wish
You were here
I wish you were here

So burn all your photographs
Your images of war
Blindfold to history
You fall against, fall against
You fall against the wall

And I’ve burned all your photographs
And your images of war
And I’m blindfold to history
And I fall against the wall

( Early demo )

Here I stand
My hour at hand
Waitin' for the night
I need to change
Cannot stay the same
I can't keep up this fight

Though I stand here on my own
I know I am not alone
I'm possessed by spirits
Forces you can't see
Tonight they walk inside of me
Inside of me
Oh yeah
Inside of me

The man I see cannot be me
My mirror must have cracked
A thousand lines cannot mark the time
You know you can't get back

Though I stand here on my own
I know I am not alone
I'm possessed by spirits
Forces you can't see
Tonight they walk inside of me
Inside of me
Oh yeah
Inside of me

Inside of me
O yeah
Inside of me
Inside of me
Inside of me
In spite of me
Inside of me
Inside of me

She's a street light in the evening rain,
An empty seat on the rush hour train.
She's a polaroid lying on the street,
She's the lover I may never meet.

Every night I breathe her in,
Feel her sink into my skin.
Still I feel,
That I am envious and obvious and desperate for your love,
I am shouted by and criticised,
Still I crave your touch.
And I know the time you're killing is mine,
But I... I don't mind.

She's a phone call in the dead of night,
A stranger's voice I recognize.
She's a radio playing in the dark,
She's the name you'll find written on my heart.

Every night I breathe her in,
Feel her sink into my skin.
Still I feel
That I am envious and obvious and desperate for your love,
I am shouted by and criticised,
Still I crave your touch.
And I know the time you're killing is mine,
But I... I don't mind.

The Only Thing I Know

Jesus Christ
Was that my tongue or a knife
The Things I say, Leave me ashamed
My skin burns from the flames
I’ve got gasoline in my veins
I’ve got the sun at my back
The world in my sights
So strike up the band
I’ll put the flames out with my own hands

For you
Go on, go on, go on
Take all of me
Don’t let this be the only thing I know
Don’t ever let go
Oh don’t ever let go

Ashes fall from your lips
And I’m counting the ways, the counterfeit
And if I know your disguise, well it used to be mine
I’ll carry you through this burning land
And when the water’s gone
We’ll drink the sand
You know I’ve got nothing left
For the journey home
And I’ve run out of gods to burn
So this fever will return

For you
Go on, go on, go on
Take all of me
Don’t let this be the only thing I know
Don’t ever let go
No, don’t ever let go
Oh, don’t ever let go

This distance run
This smoking gun
There’s failure in your eyes
Things fall apart this stone I carved
Has fallen to the floor
Still so easily ignored
Still so easily ignored

Still so easily ignored

This is all of me
This is all of me
This is all of me
This is all of me

The moon is right
The spirits up
We're here tonight
And that's enough
Simply having
A wonderful christmastime

The party's on
The feelin's here
That only comes
This time of year

Simply having
A wonderful christmastime

The choir of children sing their song
Ding dong, ding dong
Ding dong, ding

Simply having
A wonderful christmastime

The word is out
About the town
To lift a glass
Don't look down

Simply having
A wonderful christmastime

The choir of children sing their song
They practiced all year long

The party's on
The spirits up
We're here tonight
And that's enough

Simply having
A wonderful christmastime

The moon is right
The spirits up
We're here tonight
And that's enough

You will rise

I see the city lights shine
I feel the night on me
And I stay and watch the cars drive
Their lights shine through me

Maybe soon, maybe now, when this town shakes to the ground
Maybe then you and I will rise
Maybe now, maybe soon, when the waters cover you
Maybe then you will rise

I heard that you were broken
Blue skies helped you decide
You gave yourself to the ocean
You walk into the tide

Maybe soon, maybe now, when this town shakes to the ground
Maybe then you and I will rise
Maybe now, maybe soon, when the waters cover you
Maybe then you will rise

You will rise
You will rise
You will rise
You will rise

Maybe soon, maybe now, when this town shakes to the ground
Maybe then you and I will rise