Duncan Sheik

You've really gone and done it now
You've hit the lowest low
You thought that you could handle this
But there's a lot that you don't know

You're just a child and haven't learned
The world is cold, the world is rough
And you're not strong and you're not tough
Your moves were just not good enough

That doesn't look good, it doesn't bode well, kid
You're a ship that's crashed on rocky ground
Sinking now, soon to drown
That doesn't look good, it doesn't bode well, kid

Things are broke, way past mending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending

You've really gone and done it now
They're sending you away
High time that you abandon hope
Get on your knees and pray

You're all loose lips and sinking ships
You never stood a chance
You tried to be a hero
But you're still in your short pants

That doesn't look good, it doesn't bode well, kid
Help is far beyond your reach
Shipwrecked on a barren beach
Oh yeah, you've really gone and done it now

Things are broke, way past mending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending soon

listen to the waves
everything communicates
will it ever be
anything more than wishful thinking?

oh no there you go
looked away and missed the show
how much wasted time
will you survive?

feel the blades of grass
how it brings you back
it will always be
only as green as you can see

oh no there you go
looked away and missed the show
how much wasted time will you survive?
oh yeah fooled again
i don't know how and i don't know when
not much else to blame
but wishful thinking

little breakdowns
in coastal towns
they come suddenly
crashing over you
they come easily
i'm falling through the skies
and frozen places

oh no there you go
looked away and missed the show
how much wasted time
will you survive?
oh yeah fooled again
i don't know how and i don't know when
not much else to blame
but wishful thinking

and i try to realize that i needn't
look any further
the whole of the universe
is plain to see
and i try not to rely
on another world
or the future
the whole of the universe is a mystery

and it gets me over
yeah it gets me over

Listen to the ways,
everything communicates,
Will it ever be anything more than Wishful Thinking,
Oh no there you go,
Looked away and missed the show.
How much wasted time,
will you survive.
Feel the blades of grass,
how it brings you back.
It will always be,
only as green as you can see.
Oh no there you go,
Looked away and missed the show.
How much wasted time,
will you survive.
Oh yeah fooled again,
Don't know how and I don't know when.
Not much else to blame, but wishful thinking..
It'll break now, coastal towers
They come suddenly,
Crashing over you,
they come easily.
Oh no there you go,
Looked away and missed the show.
How much wasted time,
will you survive.
Oh yeah fooled again,
don't know how and I don't know when..
Not much else to blame but wishful thinking..
I try to realize that I didn't look any further..
Above the universe plain to see.
I try not to rely on another one..
the universe is a mystery
Gets me over,
Gets me over, yeah..
Gets me over,
Gets me over, yeah..

I guess they think it's what we want
A smooth and easy ride
Of constellations of ceiling lights
Hennessey and Naugahyde
America, America, this is our reward
Everything is boring, everyone is bored

Maybe a white
Maybe a white limousine
Maybe a white, white, white, white limousine

Who's the smart guy at the wheel
Runnin' out of gas
Likes to wear a flightsuit
and fly around for laughs

Maybe a white
Maybe a white limousine
Maybe a white, white, white, white limousine

I feel incentives for the pharmacy
Hey I'm feelin' better already
I don't want to be clear
It's too much for me
I'm makin' up
Oh, I'm makin' up
For lost time
For all the lost time

Maybe a white
Maybe a white limousine
Maybe a white, white, white, white limousine
Maybe a white
Maybe a white limousine
Maybe a white, white, white, white limousine

We have won the war
We have won the war

Indeed there's such a thing as ghosts
And more to cause you fear
You never know where or when
But surely they'll appear

Quiet men turn into wolves
During certain moons
And sirens sing their siren songs
Sweet and deadly tunes

We are here to tell you
All of this is real
If you are terrified today
It's how you're supposed to feel for real

We are here to tell you
Ghosts are here for good
If this doesn't terrify you
It should, it should

Don't you know the feeling
When blood has left your veins
And horsemen of apocalypse
Ride through poison rains

The devil's in the details
And in the grand design
And once he gets your number
He calls you all the time

We are here to tell you
That all of this is real
And if you're terrified today
It's how you're supposed to feel for real

We are here to tell you
Ghosts are here for good
If this doesn't terrify you
It should, it should

Drifter, what about her conversation?
Drifter, how about an explanation
Where you go, when you receive
And why you never let her feed
On all that truth you hold so dear
But never let another near

No one around
My, don't we love
No one around

No, to the quiet gazes
No, to the muttered phrases
No, to the utter waste of
Time and good fortune

Taster of the poetry
Of Pater, Prousi, and Socrates
What are you to do but sleep
And when are you to stop and weep
For all your inability
To mate with your own memory

No one around
My, don't we love
No one around

No, to the mindless gazes
No, to the splintered phrases
No, to the utter waste of
Time and good fortune

Singer, will the singing say it?
Singer, would such saying change it?
A whole long life spent tuning strings
And will it now mean anything
But empty chords that only bring
An endless, voiceless sorrowing

No one around
My, don't we love
No one around

No, to the frightened gazes
No, to the stuttered phrases
No, to the utter waste of
Time and good fortune

Time and good fortune

This is how my heart heard
That little thing in tears they call the truth -
It said, Be done with her, she's done with you.
This is how my heart heard.

This is how my arms burn,
That used to hold her tight until the dawn.
And now they weep to find that she is gone.
This is how my heart heard.

I forgot the taste of fears
And how they haunt the lips you're kissing;
And how the sould can waste its tears
On someone who is missing.

And how I shed such tears but never cry,
This is how I want her,
And how I kiss her lips and taste good-bye.
This is how I want her.

(Instrumental)

I forgot the taste of tears
And how they haunt the lips you're kisisng;
And how love's just a waste of tears
On someone who is missing.

This is how I want her.
And how I shed such tears but never cry.
And how I tasted lips that kissed good-bye.
This is how my heart heard.
This is how my heart heard.

This is how my heart heard.
This is how my heart heard...

All the shadows blue
In the winter moon
Stars within the darkness.
They remember you
And they sorrow too
With all the winds that blow.

Every book you'd read
In my evening breeze
Stars shown in the darkness.
Still it waits to see
Will you turn in sleeves
With all the winds that blow

See the window too,
That once you looked through,
Out on the stars, the darkness.
It remembers you in this empty room,
With all the winds so cold.

And that phantom moon
Is a window too,
Stars look through the darkness,
To some summer moon
Where our ghosts still move
Among the winds that blow.

Were my soul and my silence,
Were my hope, my lightness.
Were the sword at my side
Through all the winds that blow.

Now the children play
Through these shorter days
'Til stars show through the darkness.
Now the young men stray, nobody waves
Among the winds that blow.

All the shadows blue
In the winter moon.
Stars within the darkness.
They'll remember you,
They will sorrow too.
And all the winds will blow.

All the winds will blow.
All the winds will blow.
All the winds will blow.
All the winds will blow

All the shadows blue
In the winter moon
Stars within the darkness.
They remember you
And they sorrow too
With all the winds that blow.

Every book you'd read
In my evening breeze
Stars shown in the darkness.
Still it waits to see
Will you turn in sleeves
With all the winds that blow

See the window too,
That once you looked through,
Out on the stars, the darkness.
It remembers you in this empty room,
With all the winds so cold.

And that phantom moon
Is a window too,
Stars look through the darkness,
To some summer moon
Where our ghosts still move
Among the winds that blow.

Were my soul and my silence,
Were my hope, my lightness.
Were the sword at my side
Through all the winds that blow.

Now the children play
Through these shorter days
'Til stars show through the darkness.
Now the young men stray, nobody waves
Among the winds that blow.

All the shadows blue
In the winter moon.
Stars within the darkness.
They'll remember you,
They will sorrow too.
And all the winds will blow.

All the winds will blow.
All the winds will blow.
All the winds will blow.
All the winds will blow

The word is told, now
The word is said
The word is old, now
And the stone is bread

The heart is bone, now
The heart is flesh
The heart is known, now
And the no is yes

And all we hold
Is only in the past

The song is cold, now
The song is spent
The song is sold, now
And the thought is rent

The bird is flown, now
The bird is fled
The bird is gone, now
And the wind is fed

And all we hold
Is only in the past

The word is told, now
The word is said
The word is old, now
And the stone is bread

The heart is bone, now
The heart is flesh
The heart is known, now
And the no is yes

And all we hold
Is only in the past

The song is cold, now
The song is spent
The song is sold, now
And the thought is rent

The bird is flown, now
The bird is fled
The bird is gone, now
And the wind is fed

And all we hold
Is only in the past

Should I say I'm sorry
For what I'm going to say
I guess it's way beyond me
To sleep with yesterday
I want to see my future
I want to know my past
The everlasting present
Is that so much to ask?

Does it make you wonder what's at the end of the outside

They say there's other vision
Deeper than the light
Maybe they 're just voices
Coming from my mind
A hundred million faces
Enlightened or afraid
What is going to save us
From all uncertain fate

Does it make you wonder what's at the end of the outside
I want to feel closer now to the stars in the sky

Tell me, sweetly, give me
The love of everyday
Human nature
I don't remember how to feel that way
Anyway...

Dropped inside the ocean
Covered by the sands of the time
Walk me through the seasons
Of every single life

Does it make you wonder what's at the end of the outside
I want to feel closer now to the stars in the sky...

If I crack up
Lose my head
Try to hid beneath my bed
And leave the television on
So I don't think of what's gone wrong
I beg the dawn

Break through, save me
Rescue me
Wake me from the dead
My weary head in your embrace

If I spin out
And off the rails
Build myself a bed of nails
And take the whole world down with me
Into my dime-store tragedy
Where will you be?


Break through, heal me
Sing to me
Kneel beside my bed
My weary head in your embrace

Wake up, sunrise
I may be alone but I'm alive
And I will find a way to you

Sunrise, you saved me this time
You never even had to try
And you opened up my eyes

Sunrise, you treat me so kind
I was lost, I was blind
And you opened up my eyes

Hit the town, still dressing down
Looking for some action
Mr. Jagger said it best
He knows you never get, no satisfaction
But Mr. Dylan knows
That everyone is more or less a rolling stone
And Mr. Lennon, so quiet, knows better or so I've been told

That says it all, doesn't it?
We always want what we never get
Well listen hear, my friend
I can't continue to pretend
That it's alright
Cause that ain't right
That ain't right

I hear you're gonna make it big,
Rake it in with your master plan,
Mr. Hendrix understood
Those are only castles made of sand
Mr. Wilson took some pills,
And I don't blame him
It's hard to be alive,
Mr. Page, how he played
Mr. Drake stayed up late and made me cry

That says it all, doesn't it?
We always want what we never get
Well listen hear, my friend
I can't continue to pretend
That it's alright

They've said it all haven't they?
But what I want, what I want to say
Is listen hear my friend
I can't continue to pretend
That it's alright
No matter what we get
We never find our happiness
Ain't that a crime? Maybe that's why I've been told
Since I was six years old to compromise
But that ain't right,
That ain't right

Hit the town, still dressing down
Looking for some action
Mr. Jagger said it best
He knows you never get, no satisfaction
But Mr. Dylan knows
That everyone is more or less a rolling stone
And Mr. Lennon, so quiet, knows better or so I've been told

That says it all, doesn't it?
We always want what we never get
Well listen hear, my friend
I can't continue to pretend
That it's alright
Cause that ain't right
That ain't right

I hear you're gonna make it big,
Rake it in with your master plan,
Mr. Hendrix understood
Those are only castles made of sand
Mr. Wilson took some pills,
And I don't blame him
It's hard to be alive,
Mr. Page, how he played
Mr. Drake stayed up late and made me cry

That says it all, doesn't it?
We always want what we never get
Well listen hear, my friend
I can't continue to pretend
That it's alright

They've said it all haven't they?
But what I want, what I want to say
Is listen hear my friend
I can't continue to pretend
That it's alright
No matter what we get
We never find our happiness
Ain't that a crime? Maybe that's why I've been told
Since I was six years old to compromise
But that ain't right,
That ain't right

Lieutenant Brando, brave commando
We hardly know you rolling in one scene
Sheriff Charles, you're a marvel
You're better when you don't do anything

If you have a bell let it ring
You're alive, you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow

[Incomprehensible] hero, dear oh, dear oh
We liked you though you had to go away
Hey aunt Lily may sound silly
To try to wait, may come back someday

We won't say anything
We are ghosts, we just sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow

If you have a bell let it ring
You're alive, you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow

Christopher hears us, he used to fear us
Then decided, he dreamt us all alone
Here's a question for just a vision
Who's been singing all these ghostly songs?

If we learned anything
You should love, you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow

If you have a bell let it ring
While you live you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow

Yeah, the show's over for now
Take a bow
Oh, the show's over for now
Take a bow

you and I in the room with the balcony
you lie on the bed while I stare at the sea
I stare at the sea
on such reveries

and we're riding the ponies in Mexico.
the moonlight leaps through the palm tree groves
oh, wouldn't you know?
we're in Mexico

yes all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries

the oceans waves loomed as large as could be
they threw us below but you held onto me
yeah, you held onto me
oh such reveries

'cause you are my treasure, a love that astounds
the end of my searches, my looking around
no more looking around
a love that astounds.

yes all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries

but don't listen to me,
it's my imagination
I don't even know you
it never happened
just dreams in slow motion
they never happened
all that I told you
it never happened ever

'cause all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries
yes all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries

so many visions still to see
and many travails before I may sleep
but then when I sleep
oh such reveries

Peace has lost its meaning
now we've hit the ceiling
all is said and all is done
here goes start again

You're better than you think so
something I hold onto
I'm better too holding on to you
start again

[CHORUS:]

(So meet me and we'll drive this car away
we can leave right now what do you say
we'll head out for the wide and open spaces
if we can clear the way)

Save yourself don't save me
save the one you may be
let it be the best that it can be
start again

[CHORUS (X2)]

Playground
Home-land
A countryside to save

Blue skies
Air-space
Soldiers to raise

And sacrifice

Strong armed
Christians
Oiled up and fed

Safe as
Houses
In aprons of lead

And sanctified

Omens and Signs
A star-field
On red lines
Turn those blind eyes
To fantasies
And white lies



How much
Longer
This empire of night

The smallest
Subjects
All begin to fight

And multiply

Omens and Signs
A star-field
On red lines
Turn those blind eyes
To fantasies
And white lies

Omens and Signs
A star-field
On red lines
Turn those blind eyes
To fantasies
And white lies

Head down
Brace yourself
Here it comes

For you, there will be no more crying
For you, the sun will be shining
I feel that when I'm with you it's alright
I know it's right

To you, I'll give the world
To you, I'll never be cold
Cause I feel that when I'm with you it's alright
I know it's right

And the songbirds are singing
They know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before

And I wish you all the love in the world
But most of all I wish you for myself

And the song birds are singing
They know the score
I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before

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Written By GORELICK, KENNY
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How many times on this merry-go-round
Over and over again
Up on the horse was a weak, foolish child
Who never believed it would end

How many smokes 'til I'm satisfied
How many drinks 'til I'm happy
How much of the day will I watch fade away
until there is no one to ask me

I was gone, so gone
Gone, so gone
For a while

How many times will I sleep by your side
Turning and dreaming and scared


Of fair grounds that shut down as you ride away
And my horse won't go anywhere

I was gone, so gone
Gone, so gone
For a while

I was wrong, so wrong
Wrong, so wrong
For a while

How many songs will I try to write
All with the same thing to say
I've got two tickets left, won't you please stay with me
For the very last ride of the day

So you wrote me a letter which I thought was really kind
I don't recall which song it was but there was one you really liked
And you asked me, so innocently,
of my inspiration
Why I write the songs I sing, the reasons why I make them

Well nothing here is what it seems
I'll risk the wreckage of your dreams
It's so that you are always shopping
To steal away the cash your dropping
Listen to me when I say
Your fantasies are built to fade
So there you are, you're always shopping
Don't even try, there is no stopping

Don't misunderstand me, it always makes me smile
When I can serenade you as you're rollin' down the aisles
On this journey of your souls desires, the paradise of goods
You're doing just exactly what I think you should

Well nothing here is what it seems
I'll risk the wreckage of your dreams
It's so that you are always shopping
So while you roll you're really rocking

Listen to me when I say
Your fantasies are built to fade
So there you are, you're always wanting


What you don't have is always haunting

There's still one thing I have to say - my confession's not complete
I've made is sound as if all this has nothing to do with me
There surely is not anything further from the truth
When I have pretty things to gain and only useless things to loose

I wish there were another way
But I must keep the wolves at bay
I hope that you don't find it shocking
Rock and Roll is built on shopping

If you're searching for my soul
Come check out my chains of gold
Grab your purse and let's go shopping
For lingerie and silky stockings

Lets go shopping together
So that we can find ourselves
So that we can buy ourselves

Let's go shopping together
'Cause We are always by ourselves
'Cause We are always by ourselves

Lets go shopping together
So that we can find ourselves

Are you aware? when you just stare,
for hours, into the sky
what do you see? can you show it to me
the beauty...

I can see you shine inside
I want to see the world - see it in a new light
I can feel your spirit rise
I want to see the world through your eyes

I watch you breathe, sitting under the tree
the peace that you find
you take my hand, waves crash on the sand
what's done - left behind

I can see you shine inside
I want to see the world - see it in a new light
I can feel your spirit rise
how it shines

scene changes, rearranges
oh nature's song
the river is fire the river is water
the river is sweet sweet wine

is it the time? is there a sign?
how do I find your state of mind

I can see you shine inside
I want to see the world - see it in a new light
I can feel your spirit rise
how it shines

scene changes, rearranges
oh nature's song
I'm seeing, I'm believing
I'm feeling strong
the river is fire, the river is water
the river is sweet, sweet wine
the river is moving, moving through me
the river it shines inside

You may not see the end of it
But luckily she comes around
It isn't what she talks about
It's just the way she is

[Chorus]
(and she says)
Oh darlin' don't you know
The darkness comes and the darkness goes
Oh babe why don't you let it go?
Happiness ain't never how you think it should be so

I mystified the simple life
I covered up with consciousness
I saw myself and broke it down
'Til nothing more was left
She saw the symptoms right away
And spoke to me in poetry
"Sometimes the more you wonder why
The worse it seems to get"

[Chorus]

But she runs away
She runs away

And then you know there comes a time
You need her more than anything
You may believe yours are the wounds
That only she can heal
Then everything will turn around
And she becomes so serious
What she chose to offer you
Was all that you could have

[Chorus]

But she runs away
She runs away [Repeat: x3]

You may not see the end of it
But luckily she comes around
It isn't what she talks about
It's just the way she is

[Chorus]
(and she says)
Oh darlin' don't you know
The darkness comes and the darkness goes
Oh babe why don't you let it go?
Happiness ain't never how you think it should be so

I mystified the simple life
I covered up with consciousness
I saw myself and broke it down
'Til nothing more was left
She saw the symptoms right away
And spoke to me in poetry
"Sometimes the more you wonder why
The worse it seems to get"

[Chorus]

But she runs away
She runs away

And then you know there comes a time
You need her more than anything
You may believe yours are the wounds
That only she can heal
Then everything will turn around
And she becomes so serious
What she chose to offer you
Was all that you could have

[Chorus]

But she runs away
She runs away [Repeat: x3]

So what, life's rough
You should get over yourself
Like everyone else and enjoy
The girls and the boys
And everything in between
Serena, in an effort to aviod
The things that annoy you
You hide-far, far away
And life just passes you by

Theme (Serena) x 1

Are you gonna give up
Are you gonna give out
Ain't that a shame
You've got no one to blame
But your conscience
If it doesn't make sense
I know that only to well
So tell me
Did it happen one day
When the day that you faced
Wasn't happening
It just didn't bring
Anything more
Anything more than despair

Theme (Serena) x 2

Do you remember, the morning would come
And just like a child filled with the sun
And the hours never seemed long
Where have those days gone?
Beyond us...
Or so you would believe
But I can't agree, those illusions
Will you ever get through them
And find the diamond,
Find the diamond inside

Theme (Serena) x ad inf

And there were mermaids, weren't there?
Sweet, silver mermaids
All through that gray Trafalgar square
Such silver mermaids

And they were young and they were fair
They brushed their bronze and dusky hair
And whispered, "Come, sad Stephen
Come and play here"

"You will love, you will be loved
You will grow up and do so much
You will be strong, you will be sung
By all the mermaids, silver mermaids"

And once they'd sung their satin song
They beckoned to me from the fog
They spread their arms and lifted
Pale portrait faces, I was taken

To their coral cavern halls
To rooms with oyster shells for walls
To sandy nooks, pearly books and ivory dolls
In ivory stalls, in ivory stalls

And there were mermaids, weren't there?
Sweet, silver mermaids
All through that wan, forgotten square
Silver mermaids

They were young and they were fair
And they brushed their bronze and dusky hair
And whispered, "Come, sad Stephen, come"
And I was taken

Was I wrong? Should I have run?
I wanted all, I wanted young
And portrait faces, I was taken

Did I love? I didn't care
Did I grow up? Well, unaware
And was I strong? And was I sung?
How do I haunt Trafalgar fog?

And find I want so much, still want
And no more mermaids
No more mermaids
And no more mermaids

And there were mermaids, weren't there?
Sweet, silver mermaids
All through that gray Trafalgar square
Such silver mermaids

And they were young and they were fair
They brushed their bronze and dusky hair
And whispered, "Come, sad Stephen
Come and play here"

"You will love, you will be loved
You will grow up and do so much
You will be strong, you will be sung
By all the mermaids, silver mermaids"

And once they'd sung their satin song
They beckoned to me from the fog
They spread their arms and lifted
Pale portrait faces, I was taken

To their coral cavern halls
To rooms with oyster shells for walls
To sandy nooks, pearly books and ivory dolls
In ivory stalls, in ivory stalls

And there were mermaids, weren't there?
Sweet, silver mermaids
All through that wan, forgotten square
Silver mermaids

They were young and they were fair
And they brushed their bronze and dusky hair
And whispered, "Come, sad Stephen, come"
And I was taken

Was I wrong? Should I have run?
I wanted all, I wanted young
And portrait faces, I was taken

Did I love? I didn't care
Did I grow up? Well, unaware
And was I strong? And was I sung?
How do I haunt Trafalgar fog?

And find I want so much, still want
And no more mermaids
No more mermaids
And no more mermaids

She justified it then
She may well justify forever
She figures it's the only way
To keep herself together
Something about hotel rooms and horses
And losing all here friends
And hearing all their voices
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's stronger by far, than a war-torn soldier
She rubs it out

She makes a little money
And sneds it to her mother
She's living with some guy
Who's fighting off the sharks
She hopes some day
She'll get some kind of letter
Well you don't hold much
If you haven't got the heart
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's harder by far, than a war-torn solider
She rubs it out

Some time ago, I thought that she was trying to move on
I thought wrong
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's harder by far, than a war-torn soldier
I'd die for her gladly
Lord knows I've told her
But she rubs it out
I justified it then
I may justify, forever

She justified it then
She may well justify forever
She figures it's the only way
To keep herself together
Something about hotel rooms and horses
And losing all here friends
And hearing all their voices
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's stronger by far, than a war-torn soldier
She rubs it out

She makes a little money
And sneds it to her mother
She's living with some guy
Who's fighting off the sharks
She hopes some day
She'll get some kind of letter
Well you don't hold much
If you haven't got the heart
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's harder by far, than a war-torn solider
She rubs it out

Some time ago, I thought that she was trying to move on
I thought wrong
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's harder by far, than a war-torn soldier
I'd die for her gladly
Lord knows I've told her
But she rubs it out
I justified it then
I may justify, forever

And there was gone, and there was evermore
And there was wherefore hast thou
And what heretofore
But not for evermore
Not for evermore, now

O Lord, went away
O Lord, wellaway
O Lord, that ye may keep her warm
Requiescat

A sorrow borne, and borne for evermore
A sorrow borne with a howl
Thou'll come no more
No more for evermore
No more for evermore, now...

O Lord, she's gone away
O Lord, wellaway
O Lord, that ye may keep her warm
Requiescat

And there was gone, and there was evermore
And there was wherefore hast thou
And what heretofore
But not for evermore
Not for evermore, now

O Lord, went away
O Lord, wellaway
O Lord, that ye may keep her warm
Requiescat

A sorrow borne, and borne for evermore
A sorrow borne with a howl
Thou'll come no more
No more for evermore
No more for evermore, now...

O Lord, she's gone away
O Lord, wellaway
O Lord, that ye may keep her warm
Requiescat

Everyone's looking
Everyone hides
Everyone's telling, but everyone lies
They're changing the subject
They're turning away
Away from the heart of it all

You say you are happy,
That you think this is fun
But it's only a firefly to the light of the sun
You say this is living
You feel so alive,
Well, you know, everything dies

(chorus)
Even my wonder
Even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm
It's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us

Welcome to another day
It don't seem that different 'cuz nothing has changed
Try to remember
Try to remember
When weren't just running in place

Reasons for living
Never come cheap
And even your best ones can put me to sleep
What I am saying,
Trying to say
Is that there must be a better way

(repeat chorus)

It's already in you
It's already there
You may disagree, but I don't really care

Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart of us?
Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart?

Tell me all your wildest dreams
I don't really care you don't know what they mean
Raiding the closets
The skeleton keys
You know, it's easier than you think

(repeat chorus)

Your reasons for living
Are all very fine
They're leaving me cold, though they're not really mine
Did you ever find out,
Did you ever find out
What's at the heart of us?

I don't know
I don't know, oh, oh

Everyone's looking
Everyone hides
Everyone's telling, but everyone lies
They're changing the subject
They're turning away
Away from the heart of it all

You say you are happy,
That you think this is fun
But it's only a firefly to the light of the sun
You say this is living
You feel so alive,
Well, you know, everything dies

(chorus)
Even my wonder
Even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm
It's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us

Welcome to another day
It don't seem that different 'cuz nothing has changed
Try to remember
Try to remember
When weren't just running in place

Reasons for living
Never come cheap
And even your best ones can put me to sleep
What I am saying,
Trying to say
Is that there must be a better way

(repeat chorus)

It's already in you
It's already there
You may disagree, but I don't really care

Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart of us?
Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart?

Tell me all your wildest dreams
I don't really care you don't know what they mean
Raiding the closets
The skeleton keys
You know, it's easier than you think

(repeat chorus)

Your reasons for living
Are all very fine
They're leaving me cold, though they're not really mine
Did you ever find out,
Did you ever find out
What's at the heart of us?

I don't know
I don't know, oh, oh

Everyone's looking
Everyone hides
Everyone's telling, but everyone lies
They're changing the subject
They're turning away
Away from the heart of it all

You say you are happy,
That you think this is fun
But it's only a firefly to the light of the sun
You say this is living
You feel so alive,
Well, you know, everything dies

(chorus)
Even my wonder
Even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm
It's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us

Welcome to another day
It don't seem that different 'cuz nothing has changed
Try to remember
Try to remember
When weren't just running in place

Reasons for living
Never come cheap
And even your best ones can put me to sleep
What I am saying,
Trying to say
Is that there must be a better way

(repeat chorus)

It's already in you
It's already there
You may disagree, but I don't really care

Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart of us?
Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart?

Tell me all your wildest dreams
I don't really care you don't know what they mean
Raiding the closets
The skeleton keys
You know, it's easier than you think

(repeat chorus)

Your reasons for living
Are all very fine
They're leaving me cold, though they're not really mine
Did you ever find out,
Did you ever find out
What's at the heart of us?

I don't know
I don't know, oh, oh

Everyone's looking
Everyone hides
Everyone's telling, but everyone lies
They're changing the subject
They're turning away
Away from the heart of it all

You say you are happy,
That you think this is fun
But it's only a firefly to the light of the sun
You say this is living
You feel so alive,
Well, you know, everything dies

(chorus)
Even my wonder
Even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm
It's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us

Welcome to another day
It don't seem that different 'cuz nothing has changed
Try to remember
Try to remember
When weren't just running in place

Reasons for living
Never come cheap
And even your best ones can put me to sleep
What I am saying,
Trying to say
Is that there must be a better way

(repeat chorus)

It's already in you
It's already there
You may disagree, but I don't really care

Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart of us?
Did you ever find out,
You ever find out
What's at the heart?

Tell me all your wildest dreams
I don't really care you don't know what they mean
Raiding the closets
The skeleton keys
You know, it's easier than you think

(repeat chorus)

Your reasons for living
Are all very fine
They're leaving me cold, though they're not really mine
Did you ever find out,
Did you ever find out
What's at the heart of us?

I don't know
I don't know, oh, oh

Here are your lines, now stick to the page
Like the wise man said, "All the world's a stage"
And don't forget, you have a role to play
You can't improvise, and you can never stray

Play your part, you'll go far I can see it now
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, one of these star we can show you how it goes
Everyone knows, you can't stop the show

It's a treacherous business, it's hard to make a buck
If you don't like how the story ends, you may be out of luck
'Cause the writer's left the building, the script has been approved
You know who's gonna win this and who is gonna lose

Play your part, you'll go far I can see it now
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, one of these star we can show you how
Play your part and never stray

Play your part, you'll go far I can see it now
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, one of these star we can show you how it goes
Everyone knows, you can't stop the show

I hear what you're sayin'
I may seem out of order
Nothing's quite the same now
As it ever was before her
And you're looking at me
With one of those sideways glances
You say I'm giving up too much
Taking too many chances

But I won't believe you now
I've got to check this out
And nothing you can do
Will convince me otherwise
You're just trying to be a friend
I know the message is well meant
But none of it does compare to her eyes

Just go easy on me
I'm feeling out of order
I'm beaten and I'm wounded
Like I never was before her
And I know you're talking sense
But I can't forget about her
You say I'm good as dead
If I keep it up much longer

But I won't believe you now
I've got to check this out
And nothing you can say
Will convince me otherwise
You're just trying to be a friend
I know the message is well meant
But none of it does compare to her eyes

It may be unwise
You may be right
I don't mind
I just came by
It may be unwise
You may be right
But I don't mind
I just came by

She's wearing the tee-shirt
of a band I really like
maybe that's coincidence
maybe that's alright

I keep thinking about the way
she said "I'll see you soon"
was it more than words?

I'm just tryin' to find
what's on her mind?

I don't know when I'll see her
but I'm sure that I will
its just another matter of time
some more time to kill

I can imagine so many things
her and I sometime in the spring
...something's happening

I'm just tryin' to find
what's on her mind?

[CHORUS:]

(I want peace but I don't make it
I want love but I don't give it
i want hope but I can't find it
and I want her to heal me)

she's wearing the tee-shirt
of my favorite band
I should've told her
that I was a fan

people say I should just leave it be
leave it up to destiny
but that ain't for me

I'm just trying to find
what's on her mind?

[CHORUS and outros]

I'm on a high, I'm on a high
there's nothing more to it.
We are the sea and the sky
and the blue that runs through it, yeah.

and there are some who say there are so many things I need
so I run or I fight and I crawl or I scream and I bleed
I bleed, I bleed

well, it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.

I'm on a high I'm on a high
and there's nothing more to it
I have the sun, it's a star
why should I refuse it

and there are so many reasons I could give you why I should be down
there's not enough money or time and my love you're not around
around, around

but it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.

you're alive you're alive - how else could you hear me?
you are fine, you are fine - there's nothing worth fearing
'cause there never will be no conspiracy of happiness

I'm on a high, on a high
we are the sea and the sky
I'm on a high, on a high
I'm on a high

It's a lie, It's a lie don't you believe it
'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I can't really see it
Yeah, I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
said I was yours, you were mine but I didn't really mean it
and I lied and I lied
and I wish you hadn't seen it
'cause I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
I'm on a high, on a high, there's nothing more to it, yeah.

I'm on a high, I'm on a high
there's nothing more to it.
We are the sea and the sky
and the blue that runs through it, yeah.

and there are some who say there are so many things I need
so I run or I fight and I crawl or I scream and I bleed
I bleed, I bleed

well, it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.

I'm on a high I'm on a high
and there's nothing more to it
I have the sun, it's a star
why should I refuse it

and there are so many reasons I could give you why I should be down
there's not enough money or time and my love you're not around
around, around

but it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.

you're alive you're alive - how else could you hear me?
you are fine, you are fine - there's nothing worth fearing
'cause there never will be no conspiracy of happiness

I'm on a high, on a high
we are the sea and the sky
I'm on a high, on a high
I'm on a high

It's a lie, It's a lie don't you believe it
'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I can't really see it
Yeah, I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
said I was yours, you were mine but I didn't really mean it
and I lied and I lied
and I wish you hadn't seen it
'cause I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
I'm on a high, on a high, there's nothing more to it, yeah.

I'm on a high, I'm on a high
there's nothing more to it.
We are the sea and the sky
and the blue that runs through it, yeah.

and there are some who say there are so many things I need
so I run or I fight and I crawl or I scream and I bleed
I bleed, I bleed

well, it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.

I'm on a high I'm on a high
and there's nothing more to it
I have the sun, it's a star
why should I refuse it

and there are so many reasons I could give you why I should be down
there's not enough money or time and my love you're not around
around, around

but it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.

you're alive you're alive - how else could you hear me?
you are fine, you are fine - there's nothing worth fearing
'cause there never will be no conspiracy of happiness

I'm on a high, on a high
we are the sea and the sky
I'm on a high, on a high
I'm on a high

It's a lie, It's a lie don't you believe it
'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I can't really see it
Yeah, I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
said I was yours, you were mine but I didn't really mean it
and I lied and I lied
and I wish you hadn't seen it
'cause I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
I'm on a high, on a high, there's nothing more to it, yeah.

The past we seek
Some certainly
The seasons we remember
The light of May, and darkest days
The month we call, November
To leave behind
The wasted time
And every bad decision

And harder still
Some force of will
To feel we are forgiven
But something stays
So who am I to say
There's nothing more between us

And I don't know the reasons
Nothing clear
Ive come to no conclusions
Said and done
Is it all said and done?
So here we are
Not very far
From when we said
Forever

And all we have
This restless past
The month we call
November

The past we seek
Some certainly
The seasons we remember
The light of May, and darkest days
The month we call, November
To leave behind
The wasted time
And every bad decision

And harder still
Some force of will
To feel we are forgiven
But something stays
So who am I to say
There's nothing more between us

And I don't know the reasons
Nothing clear
Ive come to no conclusions
Said and done
Is it all said and done?
So here we are
Not very far
From when we said
Forever

And all we have
This restless past
The month we call
November

The past we seek
Some certainly
The seasons we remember
The light of May, and darkest days
The month we call, November
To leave behind
The wasted time
And every bad decision

And harder still
Some force of will
To feel we are forgiven
But something stays
So who am I to say
There's nothing more between us

And I don't know the reasons
Nothing clear
Ive come to no conclusions
Said and done
Is it all said and done?
So here we are
Not very far
From when we said
Forever

And all we have
This restless past
The month we call
November

You play guitar for perfect strangers
You write some words they try to sell
And then you sing these things in public sometimes not very well
You get paid to go to parties
Drinking colors...talking trash...
You get laid because you're 'arty'
And you wonder why it never lasts

Maybe these are wonders...more than we may know
Well I hate to steal your thunder
You ain't nothing special
You're no more celestial than anyone else
As far as I can tell
Call it mythology, we see what we want to see
And everyone wants their distant dreams

So sure enough they want your picture
And your deepest point of view
Well you should know you're not that pretty
And you haven't got a clue
But how you love the adoration
You believe your 'in-house' press
And half the critics always hate you
So you get horribly depressed
Maybe these are wonders, more than we may know
Well, I hate to steal your thunder

And I am the snake who bites his own tail

Turning the wheel to emptiness
They're when you breathe your final breath
No one will hold you anymore
Haven't they told you baby,
You're always alive
Always alive

Leaving the plane of time and space
Leaving the mask of every face
Just like the Sun and every ray
Might as well smile 'cause baby
We all die one day
We all die one day

Not square, not round
The silence in the sound
Not short, not long
The quiet in the song
(It carries you along)

Some of the people here believe
Reading a book of prophesies
Some of you sigh and turn away
Nobody knows, so what's the play?
You're here now
You're here for now


And what does it matter anyway
Whatever I sing or what you say
Taking a chance we place a bet
But it ain't gonna get you
to black or red
This time around
This time around

No cause, no condition
Who knows your position?
Not you, no other
What will you discover?

You never disappear
So tell me why you fear
Neither are you born
Sometimes still you mourn
Never do you arise,
You're never low or high
No one acts, no one is made
Nothing glows, nothing fades

Nothing fades.........

He beat the drum and lit the fires
He sent the messages in vain
But the sound of his philosophy
Rose above the falling rain

And to you who find it difficult
To believe in anything
I praise you for the outrage
At the horror you have seen

So I'm trying to remember
I try to understand
Every holocaust has meaning
Not set in stone but drawn in sand

And in some cold and barren place
He spoke the phrase and thus I heard
With every small decision
You change a heart
You change the world

So good to meet you, Mr. Chess
I've always heard that you're the best
At housing knights
And castles high up in the air

So I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep inside your bed
And would you sleep, too
Would you sleep, too, in the chair?

You see, I dream of many things
Of floating, solitary kings
Of pawns and people with
Blue sequins through their hair

A jester sings
The bishop brings the queen
A hollow following...
And all the pawns

And people stop
And people stare
So, I, too, stop
At 3 o'clock
I stumble to your door and knock
And ask to see you
And ask to be you

Mr. Chess.. Oh, Mr. Chess..

Now I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep, to let me rest
To let me dream
To let me sing without a care

And I will dream you things so fair
I sing your castles in the air
And I will sleep, too
I will sleep, too
I will rest... Oh, Mr. Chess,.. My Mr. Chess

So good to meet you, Mr. Chess
I've always heard that you're the best
At housing knights
And castles high up in the air

So I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep inside your bed
And would you sleep, too
Would you sleep, too, in the chair?

You see, I dream of many things
Of floating, solitary kings
Of pawns and people with
Blue sequins through their hair

A jester sings
The bishop brings the queen
A hollow following...
And all the pawns

And people stop
And people stare
So, I, too, stop
At 3 o'clock
I stumble to your door and knock
And ask to see you
And ask to be you

Mr. Chess.. Oh, Mr. Chess..

Now I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep, to let me rest
To let me dream
To let me sing without a care

And I will dream you things so fair
I sing your castles in the air
And I will sleep, too
I will sleep, too
I will rest... Oh, Mr. Chess,.. My Mr. Chess

And there, the bones do sleep
And there the soul is soul
And there the gods do weep
When the angels fall

But here the thoughts won't keep
And here the blood runs cold
And here the grave is deep
And the devil calls

Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?

Brought my voice, just noise to poor old Silence
A clanging toy, a clanging toy
Empty, strident
Brought my eyes, in utter ruin, sightless
The tears I cried, the tears I cried
Still so frightened

Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?

Where the silver streets? Where the blossoming?
Where sounds so sweet?
Where songs of spring?
Where words for things?
Where golden memories?
Where quiet seas?
Where certainty?

Where all might cease, the talk, the want, the posturing?

Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?

Where poetry?
Where mystic harmonies?

Where love that frees?
Where security?

Where sympathy?
Where tranquility?
Where rest in peace?

In the dream? Or in the fire?

Mouth on fire
Mouth on fire

And there, the bones do sleep
And there the soul is soul
And there the gods do weep
When the angels fall

But here the thoughts won't keep
And here the blood runs cold
And here the grave is deep
And the devil calls

Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?

Brought my voice, just noise to poor old Silence
A clanging toy, a clanging toy
Empty, strident
Brought my eyes, in utter ruin, sightless
The tears I cried, the tears I cried
Still so frightened

Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?

Where the silver streets? Where the blossoming?
Where sounds so sweet?
Where songs of spring?
Where words for things?
Where golden memories?
Where quiet seas?
Where certainty?

Where all might cease, the talk, the want, the posturing?

Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?

Where poetry?
Where mystic harmonies?

Where love that frees?
Where security?

Where sympathy?
Where tranquility?
Where rest in peace?

In the dream? Or in the fire?

Mouth on fire
Mouth on fire

I'm threading through the evening
It's later than I thought
A friend of mine is waiting
For cigarettes I brought

She smiles, she seems so tired
So nothing is required

I reach into my pocket
Some things she left behind
Nothing really happens
In ways I can't define

Loose talk of hearts and heads
Of sleep in other beds
It's better left unsaid

She says that she is cold
I wish that I could hold

But no
How can you hold a soul?
You just can't hold a soul
That shines like gold
She shines like gold

I will, I won't, I would
I've said more than I should

She leaves, she goes uptown
She may not come back down
She may not come back down
She may not turn around
She may not make a sound
She may not come back down

I'm threading through the evening
It's later than I thought
A friend of mine is waiting
For cigarettes I brought

She smiles, she seems so tired
So nothing is required

I reach into my pocket
Some things she left behind
Nothing really happens
In ways I can't define

Loose talk of hearts and heads
Of sleep in other beds
It's better left unsaid

She says that she is cold
I wish that I could hold

But no
How can you hold a soul?
You just can't hold a soul
That shines like gold
She shines like gold

I will, I won't, I would
I've said more than I should

She leaves, she goes uptown
She may not come back down
She may not come back down
She may not turn around
She may not make a sound
She may not come back down

you see them everywhere
you know those magazines
yeah I've bought a few
they show you everything

so many news stands
as I'm passing by
but rows and rows of you
are bound to catch my eye

now everyone can gaze upon your body
its good for you - I guess you have no shame
I never knew if how I acted
would make you seek revenge
and now I know
and you're in magazines

but is it really you
in the empty world
I shouldn't be surprised
you're an ambitious girl

with all that naked skin as sweet as honey
Maybe you just really needed money
I wondered if I would be punished for
my voyeuristic pleasure

and now I know
and you're in magazines
and now I know
and you're in magazines
now I know

I tear through pages
of every kind of pose
but its not really you I see
when I look real close
no you're a little bit different
you're a little bit different
you're a little bit different

and now I know
and you're in magazines
now I know
and you're in magazines
I'm alone
and you're in magazines
so it never was you
no, it never was you
it never was you
in magazines

Here the world is desert gray
Never do I see the day
Here there is different light
There's only night, only night

Just a trace of gravity
Nothing to hold on to me
Sometimes there are passing ships
Away they slip, away they slip
If you hear me let me know
And away we go

I walk across the rocky ground
And hear the stars with timely sound
Here there is no atmosphere
You are not here, you are not here
Somewhere above, fears and heights, and satellites

[Chorus]
Without you
I'm lost on the moon!
Without you
I'm lost on the moon!
Without you

How I dream of sweet return
To fall so fast and feel the burn
Confetti flies, the grass band plays, a small parade, a small parade

[Chorus]

Oh so cold
Evening grey consumed in dark
No more day to hold me
sounds won't stay to play their part
Only what strangers told me
Why is the ghost who listens
So cold and so alone
Wind, tell her lightly
All that we might be
While I sit, nightly
Watching the shadows drifting down
Twilight descends so blue, so brown
And longing begins in this longing town
When the haze falls through my heart
When its arms enfold me
O, my song won't go that far
I can't sing how lonely
Home is a note of distance, a word for gone
Wind, tell her lightly
All that we might be
While I sit, nightly
Watching the shadows drifting down
Twilight descends so blue, so brown
And longing begins in this longing town
O, so cold
No one home
All of the notes, a word for gone

Oh so cold
Evening grey consumed in dark
No more day to hold me
sounds won't stay to play their part
Only what strangers told me
Why is the ghost who listens
So cold and so alone
Wind, tell her lightly
All that we might be
While I sit, nightly
Watching the shadows drifting down
Twilight descends so blue, so brown
And longing begins in this longing town
When the haze falls through my heart
When its arms enfold me
O, my song won't go that far
I can't sing how lonely
Home is a note of distance, a word for gone
Wind, tell her lightly
All that we might be
While I sit, nightly
Watching the shadows drifting down
Twilight descends so blue, so brown
And longing begins in this longing town
O, so cold
No one home
All of the notes, a word for gone

Simeon, he was a man
Held his heart out in his hand
A hollow land of autumn breeze
Evenings in the brittle rain
Leaves that fill the barren plain
With simple pain embroideries
In the temple yesterday
Was a man, who came to pray
Who couldn't stay and couldn't leave
So, he feel down on his knees
Sued for grace and sued for peace
A little ease, and not to grieve
Marion, she met a man
Took her to Jerusalem
To take a stand, escape a scene
To wander in the honey sea
Drink the milk of Memory
And never be herself again
In the temple yesterday
Was a woman came to pray
Who couldn't say, and couldn't see
So, she fell down on her knees
Sued for grace and sued for peace
Sued the priest to set her free
Lo, lo and behold
Lo, lo and behold

Simeon, he was a man
Held his heart out in his hand
A hollow land of autumn breeze
Evenings in the brittle rain
Leaves that fill the barren plain
With simple pain embroideries
In the temple yesterday
Was a man, who came to pray
Who couldn't stay and couldn't leave
So, he feel down on his knees
Sued for grace and sued for peace
A little ease, and not to grieve
Marion, she met a man
Took her to Jerusalem
To take a stand, escape a scene
To wander in the honey sea
Drink the milk of Memory
And never be herself again
In the temple yesterday
Was a woman came to pray
Who couldn't say, and couldn't see
So, she fell down on her knees
Sued for grace and sued for peace
Sued the priest to set her free
Lo, lo and behold
Lo, lo and behold

Some sweet perversion
On the telephone line
I've been waiting for such a very long time
For her to be free
The evening was nice
But there were too many people
And all my thoughts so depraved and evil
Oh lord what would she say

(she says)
I'm afraid it's not to be
You're a sweet guy but you ain't for me
I live my life in a different way
You know those things you're thinking
Are a big mistake

We stayed out late 'til morning came
I said "I'll take you home
If its all the same"
Her indifference fills the room
Some weak seduction on the morning after
How it slays me every time I touch her
But she just wants to sleep

(she says:) How long 'til you understand
The last thing that I need is another man
Didn't you promise to give it a rest
Right now I need a lover
Like a hole, like a hole in the head

Oh well, can't blame a guy for tryin'
And I'm smiling even though I'm dying
To know the love she says will never be

One last conversation in the crowded bar
And even thought the music is louder by far
I hear every word she says

(she says)
Don't take it bad don't worry about it
You're a friend of mine and there's no way around it
Sometimes you there early sometimes you get there late
But even if you had a chance you never knew the game

Little hands, open smile
I'm glad we got to talk for a while
I feel O.K. yeah I'm feeling better
I'll let it go but I'll never say never
It's O.K. yeah, it's O.K.

Some sweet perversion
On the telephone line
I've been waiting for such a very long time
For her to be free
The evening was nice
But there were too many people
And all my thoughts so depraved and evil
Oh lord what would she say

(she says)
I'm afraid it's not to be
You're a sweet guy but you ain't for me
I live my life in a different way
You know those things you're thinking
Are a big mistake

We stayed out late 'til morning came
I said "I'll take you home
If its all the same"
Her indifference fills the room
Some weak seduction on the morning after
How it slays me every time I touch her
But she just wants to sleep

(she says:) How long 'til you understand
The last thing that I need is another man
Didn't you promise to give it a rest
Right now I need a lover
Like a hole, like a hole in the head

Oh well, can't blame a guy for tryin'
And I'm smiling even though I'm dying
To know the love she says will never be

One last conversation in the crowded bar
And even thought the music is louder by far
I hear every word she says

(she says)
Don't take it bad don't worry about it
You're a friend of mine and there's no way around it
Sometimes you there early sometimes you get there late
But even if you had a chance you never knew the game

Little hands, open smile
I'm glad we got to talk for a while
I feel O.K. yeah I'm feeling better
I'll let it go but I'll never say never
It's O.K. yeah, it's O.K.

I present to you a story
Set upon a northern shore
The denizens of lighthouse
During times of war

The foolish things they did
The foolish things they said
Im sure you will agree
They would be better off dead

Lilly keeps the lighthouse
She's afraid the unknown
She's no ray of sunshine
So mostly she's alone

And no one cares about her longing
Or the dreams on which she fed
And though im sad to say it
She would be better off dead

Next we have a sheriff
Charles is his name
Hes something of a sideshow
Every sheriff is the same

Will he stand for justice
Or something else instead
Either way it hardly matters
Hes better off dead

When everything is done
And everything is said
Life is naught but pain
Its better to be dead

Release your heavy heart
Rest your weary head
When all the world's at war
It's better, it's better

Witness yasujiro
He hails from old japan
He searches for redemption
In this strange and foreign land

And now he works for lilly
To earn his daily bread
But the most that one can say
Is that hes better off dead

Please welcome young christopher
Hes come here on a train
His father flew to heaven
On a fiery aeroplane

Hes come to live with lilly
And hes got visions in his head
He may be our main attraction
But hes better off dead

When everything is done
And everything is said
Life is naught but pain
Its better to be dead

Release your heavy heart
Rest your weary head
When all the world's at war
It's better to be dead

Everything is done
All things are said
Its good to be a ghost
Its better, its better to be dead

Its good to be a ghost
Its better to be dead

For all the good you say it does
It feels no better when you've had your say
You may believe it's just because
The words get colder when you've gone away

I thought I understood
What I was to you

I don't want to feel this way
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
'Cos you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves

Some may fear committed lives
I sure am one of them without you
Does it come to you as some surprise
I laid the ground beneath to doubt you

Was it ever girl
Something you could hold...

I don't want to feel this way
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
'Cos you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves

I don't want to look away
I don't want to be the one denied
It ain't no fault of mine
Someone, somewhere told you lies
But we don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves

For all the good you say it does
It feels no better when you've had your say
You may believe it's just because
The words get colder when you've gone away

I thought I understood
What I was to you

I don't want to feel this way
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
'Cos you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves

Some may fear committed lives
I sure am one of them without you
Does it come to you as some surprise
I laid the ground beneath to doubt you

Was it ever girl
Something you could hold...

I don't want to feel this way
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
'Cos you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves

I don't want to look away
I don't want to be the one denied
It ain't no fault of mine
Someone, somewhere told you lies
But we don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves

Hold the light up to me
Get underneath my skin
I feel a little undefined
But I want to let you in
And I listen to the messages
The endless train of thought
But now it feels like I'm returning
Most everything I've bought

Some say, it's all coming to an end
Some fool themselves with thoughts of new beginnings
It makes me wonder what they believe
Cause we're in between
Sometimes it's just better to get on with it
Sometimes lord knows you gotta get off
There's no use holding on to what I mean
Cause I'm in between, no use wondering what I mean

Saints and sinners, losers, winners
Masters and their slaves
The more you hide one or the other
The earlier your grave
The triumph and the tragedy
The endless bright parade
I know that most of us are innocent
But some should be afraid

'Cause they say we're all coming to an end
They fool themselves with thoughts of new beginnings
Well I don't buy it, it's just too clean
Cause we're in between
Sometimes it's just better to get on with it
Sometimes lord knows you gotta get off
No use holding on to what I mean
Cause I'm in between
No use wondering what I mean
Cause I'm in between
Are you still wondering what I mean

Hold the light up to me, get underneath my skin
Humming like the wind
I feel a little undefined, I'm sorry if I seem,
So in between
It's so much better when you run your fingers through my hair
Humming like the air
I wish that I could hold you, I'm sorry if I seem
So in between

Hold the light up to me
Get underneath my skin
I feel a little undefined
But I want to let you in
And I listen to the messages
The endless train of thought
But now it feels like I'm returning
Most everything I've bought

Some say, it's all coming to an end
Some fool themselves with thoughts of new beginnings
It makes me wonder what they believe
Cause we're in between
Sometimes it's just better to get on with it
Sometimes lord knows you gotta get off
There's no use holding on to what I mean
Cause I'm in between, no use wondering what I mean

Saints and sinners, losers, winners
Masters and their slaves
The more you hide one or the other
The earlier your grave
The triumph and the tragedy
The endless bright parade
I know that most of us are innocent
But some should be afraid

'Cause they say we're all coming to an end
They fool themselves with thoughts of new beginnings
Well I don't buy it, it's just too clean
Cause we're in between
Sometimes it's just better to get on with it
Sometimes lord knows you gotta get off
No use holding on to what I mean
Cause I'm in between
No use wondering what I mean
Cause I'm in between
Are you still wondering what I mean

Hold the light up to me, get underneath my skin
Humming like the wind
I feel a little undefined, I'm sorry if I seem,
So in between
It's so much better when you run your fingers through my hair
Humming like the air
I wish that I could hold you, I'm sorry if I seem
So in between

Life is like a sinking ship
And you are at the wheel
I see the hull, it's filling up
You know your fate is sealed

Still you keep on trying
To steer the ship to shore
It's time to learn the lesson
You have known before

Well there's nothing you can do
And we don't believe you
No there's nothing you can ever do
And we don't believe in you
No we don't believe in you

Life is like a ship at see
Where fears storms do strike
Though you are the captain
You can't keep up the fight

The truth is there is much to fear
More to make us cry
This ship is not worth saving
Hard as you may try

So there's nothing you can do
'Cause we don't believe you
No, there's nothing you can do
And we don't believe in you

I hate to say it
But it's to face the truth
And we don't believe in you

Tried your hardest
You couldn't help but lose
And we don't believe in you
No we don't believe in you
No we don't believe in you

Here and there
Haunting my closets and drawers
My evermore

Now and then
Forgetting that everything's changed
I call her name

And I heard the stories
She tried to tell me
(But) I don't believe in ghosts

I hear a sound


Maybe it's her coming home
But I'm alone

No, I've never seen one
I've never been one
I don't believe in ghosts

So I won't think of her
I won't remember
I don't believe in ghosts

She knows...
She knows...