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Slow down. Hold still.
It's not as if it's a matter of will. Someone's circling. Someone's moving A little lower than the angels. And it's got nothing to do with me. The wind blows through the trees, But if I look for it, it won't come. I tense up. My mind goes numb. There's nothing harder than learning how to receive. Calm down. Be still. We've got plenty of time to kill. No hand writing on the wall: Just the voice that's in us all. And you're whispering to me, Time to get up off my hands and knees, Cause if I beg for it, it won't come. I find nothing but table crumbs. My hands are empty. God I've been naive. All I need is everything. Inside, outside, feel new skin. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again. Slow down. Hold still. It's not as if it's a matter of will. Someone's circling. Someone's moving A little lower than the angels. This voice calling me to you: It's just barely coming through. Still, I clearly hear my name. I've been fingering the flame Like tomorrow's martyr. It gets harder to believe. All I need is everything. Inside, outside, feel new skin. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again. So from now till kingdom come, Taste the words on the tip of my tongue. Cause we can't run truth out of town, Only force it underground. The roots grow deeper In ways we can't conceive. All I need is everything. Inside, outside feel new skin. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again. All I need is all I need. |
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from Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog (2003)
Don't speak.
Words come out your eyes. You're wet with this nightmare. Like thorns you hold these secrets to your breast, Your slender fingers closing into fists. The wind blows through the trees, Trace your bruise Like a guilty streak. Hold the pain. You're a connoisseur. You think you have no other gift to give, But we have so much left to live. No hand writing on the wall: We don't need a lot of money. We'll be sleeping on the beach, Keeping oceans within reach. (Whatever private oceans we can conjure up for free.) I will stumble there with you And you'll be laughing close with me, Trying not to make a scene Etcetera. Whatever. I guess all I really mean Inside, outside, feel new skin. Is we're gonna be alright. Yeah, we're gonna be alright. You can close your eyes tonight, Cause we're gonna be alright. It's not as if it's a matter of will. So come on now, I can almost see That place On a distant shore. And courage is a weapon we must use To find some life you can't refuse. Like tomorrow's martyr. We don't need a lot of money. We'll be sleeping on the beach, Keeping oceans within reach. (Whatever private oceans we can conjure up for free.) I will stumble there with you And you'll be laughing close with me, Trying not to make a scene Etcetera. Whatever. I guess all I really mean Taste the words on the tip of my tongue. Is we're gonna be alright. Yeah, we're gonna be alright. You can close your eyes tonight, Cause we're gonna be alright. All that I can see is your eyes. Close your eyes. Close your eyes. All I need is everything. Feel the slip and the grip of grace again. All I need is all I need. |
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Your paint dries, the canvas smiles,
with two eyes you lift yourself up. Stroke your skin, there are teeth marks to be sure. Maybe we’re best close to the ground. Maybe angels drag us down. I wonder which part of this will leave the scar. Dip your hands in colours while the young night flutters in on you and finger paint me pictures of all you see. No matter what they say, you’ll always be faithfully dangerous, lost and lovely, so beautiful to me. I’m not too blind to see. Red is blood. Black is sky. White’s the dove that longs to fly. You set it free and it beats its wings in me. It leaves us at a loss for words. Is that me now in your arms? We cradle together and fall down on our knees. Let the whole world drift downstream. We’ll always be different. Swim the silent slipstream inside of me. No matter what they say, you’ll always be faithfully dangerous, lost and lovely, so beautiful to me. I’m not too blind to see. Red is blood. Black is sky. White’s the dove that longs to fly. You set it free and it beats its wings in me. It leaves us at a loss for words. Is that me now in your arms? We cradle together and fall down on our knees. The heart that beats is yours inside me. Red is love. Black is night. I’m drunk with angels taking flight. The heart that beats is yours inside me. The heart that beats is yours inside me. The heart that beats is yours. |
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from Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog (2003)
I thought I'd go up Poughkeepsie,
Look out o'er the Hudson, And I'd throw my body down on the river. And I'd know no more sorrow, I'd fly like the sparrow And I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I'd take to the sky with all my might. No more drowning in my sorrow, No more drowning in my fright, I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight. There are those who know sorrow And those who must borrow And those whose lot in life is sweet. Well I'm drunk on self-pity, Scorned all that's been given me, I would drink from a bottle labeled Sure Defeat. I'd ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I'd take to the sky with all my might. No more drowning in my sorrow, No more drowning in my fright, I'd just ride on the backs of the angels tonight. Then the skies, they fell open And my eyes were opened To a world of hope falling at my feet. Now I've no more or less Than anyone else has, What I have is a gift of life I can't repeat. So I go up Poughkeepsie, Look out o'er the Hudson And I cast my worries to the sky. Now I still know sorrow, But I can fly like the sparrow 'Cause I ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I ride on the backs of the angels tonight. I take to the sky with all their might. No more drowning in my sorrow, No more drowning in my fright, I'll just ride on the backs of the angels each night. |
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from Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog (2003)
Anything I say will be held against me,
So I won't say much or I'll spill it all. By the light of day it's an elusive feeling, But every single night that's immaterial. I know a love that will not let me go. My heart is bound and happy to be so. It's so happy to be so, Happy to be so, Happy, happy, happy to be so. If I try to pray, it's like a game of red rover. I take a real good run at it, but I can't break through. Don't matter anyway. I'm so redhanded. The game is over. I'll just tell the truth. I know a love that will not let me go. My heart is bound and gagged and on death row. It's so happy to be so, Happy to be so, Happy, happy, happy to be so. Ooh. |
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from Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog (2003)
Go down easy babe.
Go down slow. Take all the time you need. We've no place else to go. Gonna put on my favorite dress. Put my hair up too. Take me North, South, East or West. I guess I'll leave it up to you. You threw a noose around my shadow. Got me into all this mess. I would have dove in head first anyway For less, for a whole lot less. Go down easy babe. Go down slow. Take all the time you need. We've no place else to go. Say farewell to the confines of my own back yard. Weeds growin' 'round the flowers. Sometimes the only way to break the curse Is to leave it all behind. Find the slow curve of a back road, One hand on the wheel. Drive till I remember how it feels. So this is how it feels. Oh. Go down easy babe. Go down slow. If there's anything better than this I'd like to know. |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
You're makin' a mess
Somethin' I can't fix This time you're on your own I'd make it alright But I wouldn't get it right I'm leavin' it alone For cryin' outloud Cryin' outloud Cryin' out You're cryin' out Yeah Yeah Yeah You're makin' a mess Is that what you do best? Is madness just a hand-me-down? It's anyone's guess But I must confess The performance isn't that profound Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah I'm waiting for the end Waiting to begin again You're makin' a mess Somethin' you can't hide A slow suicide Just one bite at a time I should love you less But I can't I guess Only God can save us now Cryin' out Cryin' out Cryin' out Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
The saddest songs are the happiest
The hardest truths are the easiest Put us both to the test And tell me if you still need me And I will swallow these words And see if I can still believe The biggest lies are the little ones When the look in your eyes is the distant one Angel or demon You know that they can share the same bed I've laid awake so long I've got them both inside my head This is what I'll remember most about dying So many moments like ghosts Slipping through my hands in vain You were 80% angel 10% demon The rest was hard to explain This American dream may be poisonous Violence is contagious Crowded or empty I walk these city streets alone Whoever brought me here Is gonna have to take me home This is what I'll remember most about dying Loading these moments like a gun Hoping to kill the pain You were 80% angel 10% demon The rest was hard to explain This is what I'll remember most about dying So many moments like ghosts Slipping through my hands in vain You were 80% angel 10% demon The rest was hard to explain You were 80% angel 10% demon The rest was hard to explain |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
What she would like to do
Is get you out of her head She's tried every trick She's so sick of thinking about it What's so special about you You're an ache she's learned to crave You're a blade too dull to raise But she cuts herself On you every night She's just dying To lay down the knife What she would love to do Is get you out of her bed She's played it over and over and over In her head But she cuts herself On you every night She's just dying To lay down the knife She clings to what's familiar She thinks a change would kill her What she ought to do Is put a gun to your head For all the things you said and did But what she will not do Is let you go before you're gone It's everything that's ever been wrong But it's all she's ever known So she cuts herself on you every night She's just dying to lay down the knife What she would like to do Is get you out of her head |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
I've lost the words
It ain't my way Takes some a breath What takes me twenty-five years to say Baby you're my favorite rolling stone Elvis left the building I have never been so alone Come on and show me how it feels Come on and show me how it feels Can we make it last can we make it real Come on and show me how it feels It's only me in this flimsy dress I could spread this love from the east to the west The bed is made the world's a mess Maybe we've got it backwards Maybe we should just care less Come on and show me how it feels Come on and show me how it feels Can we make it last can we make it real Come on and show me how it feels I close my eyes I see your face Every inch of your skin I begin to retrace Let me be the voice inside your head Listen to me whisper We can sleep when we're dead Come on and show me how it feels Come on and show me how it feels Can we make it last can we make it real Come on and show me how it feels |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
I'm afraid I've lost the piece of me
I need the most you see This puzzle is really just about the need To be somebody I'm afraid I'm not all that you see All along the coast of me I'm camouflaged, a desert mirage A nobody But you came so close and I assumed You were looking For the piece of yourself that's lost It is the hiding place inside everybody And though we love to numb the pain We come to learn that it's in vain Pain is our mother She makes us recognize each other C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now child don't cry Let's give it one more try C'mon now child don't cry Sometimes I feel so all alone Here in this city I call my home They say, Hey, you're one of us Funny, I should feel so anonymous But I'm drawn to you And that still small voice is talking too And that's the voice that so seldom can get through C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now child don't cry Let's give it one more try C'mon now child don't cry You can't put no bandaid on this cancer Like a twenty-dollar bill For a topless dancer You need questions Forget about the answers Do you really wanna die this way That's the trouble with you and me We always hit the bottom 'fore we get set free I'm so far down I'm beginning to breathe C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now child don't cry Let's give it one more try C'mon now child don't cry Cuz we're just too young to die C'mon now child don't cry Let's give it one more try C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now, c'mon now C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now child C'mon now, c'mon now C'mon now, c'mon now C'mon now, c'mon now C'mon now child don't cry C'mon now child don't cry |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
The last time I saw Jesus
I was drinking bloody mary's in the South In a barroom in New Orleans Rinsin' out the bad taste in my mouth She wore a dark and faded blazer With a little of the lining hanging out When the jukebox played Miss Dorothy Moore I knew that it was him without a doubt I said the road is my redeemer I never know just what on earth I'll find In the faces of a stranger In the dark and weary corners of a mind She said, The last highway is only As far away as you are from yourself And no matter just how bad it gets It does no good to blame somebody else Ain't it crazy What's revealed when you’re not looking all that close Ain't it crazy How we put to death the ones we need the most I know I'm not a martyr I've never died for anyone but me The last frontier is only The stranger in the mirror that I see But when I least expect it Here and there I see my savior's face He's still my favorite loser Falling for the entire human race Ain't it crazy What's revealed when you’re not looking all that close Ain't it crazy How we put to death the ones we need the most The last time I saw Jesus I was drinking bloody mary's in the South In a barroom in New Orleans Ain't it crazy What's revealed when you’re not looking all that close Ain't it crazy How we put to death the ones we need the most |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
He woke
He knew that he was dying He spoke And found that he was flying Upstairs High above the city Through the ceiling of the stars So cruel and pretty Arms spread across the dark river The night air causing him to shiver Like the fluorescent lights in the Seven Eleven Meet me in the backstreets of heaven I don't wanna kiss you goodbye I don't wanna kiss you goodbye Hello, hello, hello, how the time flies I don't wanna kiss you goodbye He woke He knew that he was dying He spoke And found that he was flying Upstairs High above the city Through the ceiling of the stars So cruel and pretty Electric lines and wispy jet contrails Ships at sea and B&O train rails A tunnel of light like the Seven Eleven Meet me in the backstreets of heaven I don't wanna kiss you goodbye, no I don't wanna kiss you goodbye Hello, hello, hello, how the time flies I don't wanna kiss you goodbye Upstairs Meet me in the backstreets of heaven Meet me in the backstreets of heaven Meet me in the backstreets of heaven |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio
J'ai le moral à zero J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio J'approche peu à peu du Nevada J'ai envie de m'évader D'passer les frontières et de m'extrader J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio J'ai le moral à zero J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio Je me suis perdue dans l'Colorado On m'a laissée en radeau J'imaginais trouver l'Eldorado J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio J'ai le moral à zero J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio Je marche forcée dans l'Massachustts A côté de mes chaussettes J'ai un p'tit scarabée d'or dans le tête J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio J'ai le moral à zero J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio Et dans quel état serai-je en Utah Je n'en ferai pas état état second J'suis dans tous mes états J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio J'ai le moral à zero J'suis dans un état proche de l'Ohio |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
I don't know where this is going
I'm taking a ride on a wing and a prayer Follow me there We'll both be surprised If we forget anything Hopefully nobody will remind us Can't bear the news in the evening We're going to bed and we're going to war All of this for Anyone's guess If we forget anything Heaven forbid someone would remind us Sinners and saints, priests and kings Are we just using God for our own gain What's in a name Open your eyes If we forget everything There will be no one left to remind us I don't know where this is going I'm taking a ride on a wing and a prayer Follow me there We'll both be surprised |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
Whatcha doin' with a suitcase
Tryin' to hit the ground with both feet runnin' Aren't you trippin' on your shoelace You're stealin' away on a sunny day Well aren't you ashamed at all Funny but I feel like I'm fallin' I wanna beg you to stay You're stealin' away on a sunny day Why'd you love me in the first place You were always closer than a brother I can barely look at your face You're stealin' away on a sunny day Well aren't you ashamed at all Funny but I feel like I'm fallin' I wanna beg you to stay You're stealin' away on a sunny day I've said my I've said my I've said my piece I'm on my I'm on my Down on my knees Whatcha doin' with a suitcase Whatcha doin' with a suitcase You're stealin' away on a sunny day Well aren't you ashamed at all Funny but I feel like I'm fallin' I wanna beg you to stay You're stealin' away on a sunny day Whatcha doin' with a suitcase |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
What's it like to be the only somebody in the room
Tell us all what does it cost you to be you Takin' out Daddy's trash now ain't it a drag Trippin' on Papa's brand new body bag How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned Places Everybody places Embrace it It's the way it has to be Wasted Is everybody wasted Complacent Is anybody free How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned How long have you been stoned |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
I follow you from town to town
I need it I'm better off when you're around I mean it Sooner or later Things will all come around again Sooner or later I won't need anything Anything at all I walk these streets alone at night When it hurts me A perfect life's an oversight You curse me Should've known better Than this esoteric love Down to the letter It don't mean anything Anything at all Anything, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Anything at all You and I You and I, yeah I wrestle with these guilty thoughts And I'm losing You're all I am I'm what you're not Confusing Sooner or later Things will all come around for good Sooner or later I won't need anything Anything at all Anything, yeah, yeah, yeah Anything at all |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
I'm thinking of a word that has been
Knocked up and overused You could say it's lost all meaning From so much abuse But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH Most everything I ever wanted Doesn't really have a name But baby you're as close as I've come and I know that it sounds strange But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH So open up my heart-shaped box It's full of combination locks I've swallowed all my love-sick pills To keep from getting chills Look at all the books I've read In my lonely single bed But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH But when you say love, OH |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
Part of me
You are a part of me I never want to lose Hard for me This is too hard Maybe I can't get through What will I miss the most Pray that I'm haunted by your ghost Listening You're always listening I don't know what to say Why don't you turn and run at break-neck speed Just to get away And when you catch your breath Pray I said every word I meant Alright it's alright now Alright it's alright Broken down We're all so broken down Bandages on our wings I know I don't have to tell you Only broken hearts can sing I'm hoping for a sign Pray that I'm anything but fine Alright it's alright now Alright it's alright Alright it's alright Some things are never gonna change You ought to know by now You ought to know by now Alright it's alright now Alright it's alright Alright it's alright Alright it's alright |
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Fool
Fool me I'm just a sentimental fool It happened again When I remembered you And all that we've been through Fool Truly I know this world it can be so cruel I won't let you go Fool Use me This is the part that I can't refuse Just do what you do My heart's becoming true It aches to make room for you Fool pursue me To heaven above or to hell below Just don't let go Fool me I'm just a sentimental fool I can't let you go |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
The moon blind-sided the sky again
As we grabbed loose ends of the tide and then The slippery slide You know I can't say when I ever took a ride that could slap me this silly With roiling joy Lazy as sin Lyin' up in heaven with my special friend And the space he's in It can make a girl grin In the beginning of a lifelong fling I wrote down a dream Folded the note Slipped it in the pocket of my tattered coat I wrote down a dream In invisible ink It never was mine I'm beginning to think I wrote down a dream What more could I do I drew myself a picture and the picture was you I wrote myself a riddle I said, What I wouldn't do To give something good To a love like you The moon blind-sided the sky again As we grabbed loose ends of the tide and then The slippery slide You know I can't say when I ever took a ride that could slap me this silly With roiling joy Lazy as sin Lyin' up in heaven with my special friend And the space he's in It can make a girl grin In the beginning of a lifelong fling I wrote down a dream Folded the note Passed it to you we stepped in our boat Sailed ‘round the world We were hoping to find More than the sum of all we left behind I wrote down a dream But what was it now And why does it all feel so distant somehow Did I take too long Did I get it wrong You're still the missing line in my favorite song The moon blind-sided the sky again As we grabbed loose ends of the tide and then The slippery slide You know I can't say when I ever took a ride that could slap me this silly With roiling joy Lazy as sin Lyin' up in heaven with my special friend And the space he's in It can make a girl sing |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
Hey love
What do you say We get outta here today You ain't found your footing yet But someday you're going to fly My hometown boy Cars up on blocks The neighborhood's gone to hell You wonder if the whole world's breakin' down But you feel somethin', feel somethin' You feel the need to run But you don't know why My hometown boy No love No sloe gin backporch nights for you We've got work to do White trash blowin' down the street Just pipe dreams on paper But starting tomorrow We've gotta try Me and my hometown boy Me and my hometown boy Me and my, my hometown boy Me and my Hey love What do you say We get outta here today |
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from Over The Rhine - Ohio (2003)
Changes come
Turn my world around Changes come Turn my world around I have my father's hand I have my mother's tongue I look for redemption in everyone I wanna wear your ring I have a song to sing It ain't over babe In fact it's just begun Changes come Turn my world around Changes come Bring the whole thing down I wanna have our baby Somedays I think that maybe This ol' world's too fucked up For any firstborn son There is all this untouched beauty The light the dark both running through me Is there still redemption for anyone Changes come Turn my world around Changes come Bring the whole thing down Jesus come Turn the world around Jesus come Lay my burden down Jesus come Turn this world around Jesus come Bring the whole thing down Jesus come Turn this world around Jesus come Bring the whole thing down Bring the whole thing down Bring the whole thing down Bring it down |
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I thought that we'd be
Further along by now I can't remember how We stumbled to this place I loved you like a long lost brother On a bad day maybe I thought why bother I've seldom seen so much anger In a face I wanna do better I wanna try harder I wanna believe Down to the letter Jesus and Mary Can you carry us Across this ocean Into the arms of forgiveness I don't mean to laugh out loud I'm trying to come clean Trying to shed my doubt Maybe I should just keep My big mouth shut More often than not When it comes to you You want whatever's not in front of you Deep down I know this includes me too I wanna do better I wanna try harder I wanna believe Down to the letter Jesus and Mary Can you carry us Across this ocean Into the arms of forgiveness So tell me your troubles Let your pain rain down I know my job I've been around I invest in the mess I'm a low cost dumping ground Trouble is I'm so exhausted The plot, you see, I think I've lost it I need the grace to find what can't be found I wanna do better I wanna try harder I wanna believe Down to the letter Jesus and Mary Can you carry us Across this ocean Into the arms of forgiveness Jesus and Mary Come and carry us Across this ocean Into the arms of forgiveness |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
I'm so tired in the mornings
I try to go back I try to remember The light appearing Without warning Tying up my hands Like I'm good for nothing If nothing else I can dream I can dream I'll never tell never tell All I've seen Right in front of me Like the ghost of every thing that I could be For the night sky is an ocean Black distant sea Washing up to my window All the stray dog night owl junkies Orphans vagabonds Angels who lost their halos If nothing else I can dream I can dream I'll never tell never tell All I've seen Right in front of me, Like the ghost of every thing that I could be In the cool and callous grip of reality Words in my head Like misfits after midnight Begging for a light Words left unsaid They may never see the light of day And that may be okay If nothing else I can dream |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
Sitting in the rain alone
Looking at a place that's gone Boarded up my memories But something's drawn me here again and I I cannot leave the past alone Hoped that I would never find All the shit I left behind Now I find the child in me Is going to remind me that I I can't forget my past for long So take a look outside yourself And tell me what you see I can't believe That you won't see the change in me Give me strength to find the road that's lost in me Give me time to heal and build myself a dream Give me eyes to see the world surrounding me Give me strength to be only me I don't want to hear the things You say you know all you've redeemed 'Cause I can't change what's come before Build myself some better dreams And cast off the fear that holds me here So take a look outside yourself And tell me what you see 'Cause I can't believe That you won't see the change in me Give me strength to find the road that's lost in me Give me time to heal and build myself a dream Give me eyes to see the world surrounding me Give me strength to be only me |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
I can't see my hands in front of my
Face on a night like this I just look back on my life And think of all I've missed I grew up south of here in towns They tore apart for coal As if to excavate the darkest Secrets of my soul So it seems Life is just a troubled sea That we sail for free Don't let me drown If the rest of the world's goin' down You've got to breathe your breath in me Everybody's story is more Interesting than mine It took me twenty-some-odd-years To see I'd been born blind So I just feel my way to you I try to keep you close I'm never very good at getting What I need the most So it seems Life is just a troubled sea That we sail for free Don't let me drown If the rest of the world's goin' down You've got to breathe your breath in me The darkest part of every night Is just before the dawn The sun begins to rise When we admit that we were wrong So here I stumble home to you To find the words to use It seems the voices in my head I seldom get to choose So it seems Life is just a troubled sea That we sail for free Don't let me drown |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
I radio heaven
I get mixed signals I move the antenna I switch the channels I lie in this bed My satellite dish Is there room in the universe For one last wish (i say) Do you read me Over You wanna come Over I guess I never told you Bout this life I'm livin' It's heaven versus hell In a split decision This secret religion is The best that I've found I radio heaven When no one's around (i say) Do you need me Over You wanna come Over This song is grinning Go on and undress it It's just the beginning Go on and possess it You're no longer a child now Don't let them molest it The wound is deep I'm just trying to confess it The truth is I bleed you When these frequencies cut me I'm a slut with a mission A singular vision I radio heaven I get mixed signals I move the antenna I switch the channels I radio heaven I get mixed signals I move the antenna I switch the channels I lie in this bed My satellite dish Is there room in the universe For one last wish |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
Roll me over the little blue river
Church child Roll me over the little blue river Now church child Silence and dumb tongues It's a different kind of ghetto Carry the weight (it's heavy) Of a disreputed fellow Roll me over the little blue river Church child Roll me over the little blue river Now church child Every step that you've been taking Is straying a little further south As for me I am so tired of living (babe) So hand-to-mouth Roll me over the little blue river Church child Roll me over the little blue river Now church child Hey you wanna steady that cue card Make it a billboard today Everybody's saying they want their money back Ah well baby just roll me away Out of the mouth of them babies How they can talk Best be saving your pennies Put 'em back for a very long walk Roll me over the little blue river Now church child Roll me |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
In this dream
It is as easy as it seems I put you away at the end of the day In this dream There are two hands untangling The knots in my throat But they won't go away So what about you Whatever you say Why can't it be true Whatever you say But this is no dream You are the deaf ear listening I know what it means to be seen And not heard It's no dream You are the blinded eye observing Open my mouth You can finger your way to the words I'm talkin' 'bout you Whatever you say Why can't it be true Whatever you say There are some things I must let go I must let go I must let them go Just keep on tellin' me I told you so I know I know I know I know Whatever you say I fall into bed The whole horizon's turning red Writing our names with a needle and a thread Stitching the clouds As if the wounded sky had bled All of these words that will never be said Without you Whatever you say Why can't it be true Whatever you say |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
Same old question
Without words So familiar Seldom heard If I answer I confess I am only Just a guess And with my eyes It's hard to see With my ears It's hard to believe that If I ever lose my will to live It was me that I could not forgive There's no savior hanging on this cross It isn't suffering we fear but loss This is closer than I ever came Just a burning moth without a flame Isaac's knife can Cut away All the poisoned Yesterdays And the anger Ease it down Into the ocean Let it drown As far as east is From the west I let you go I know it's best And my answer to the years of strife Is the way I choose to live my life There's no savior hanging on this cross It isn't suffering you fear but loss When there's no one else around to blame You're a burning moth without a flame Maybe I should take your face tonight Let you see yourself in a different light If I were to take your place tonight Wouldn't Jesus be surprised There's no savior hanging on this cross It isn't suffering we fear but loss This is closer than I ever came Just a burning moth without a flame It's an offer that you can't refuse It's a trophy that you'll want to lose But you'll do anything You're a burning moth without a flame |
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from Over The Rhine - Films For Radio (2001)
It makes a difference
When you walk through a room With that worrisome smile Road weary perfume But this isn't the place And it isn't the time For this beautiful delusion That is robbing me blind I want to know I want to know Will it make a difference When I go It makes a difference That I'm feeling this way With plenty to think about And so little to say Except for this confession That is poised on my lips I'm not letting go of God I'm just losing my grip I want to know I want to know Will it keep you guessing When I go What is a love If the love's not my own This is not my home This is lonely But never alone I just want to hold you In my gaze for awhile So I can remember Every line around your smile Then I want to know I want to know Will it make a difference When I go |
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