Good days, bad days, I've had a few of those, Same old story-I know how this song goes, At least I did, but now I'm not so sure, Nothing's in its place, nothing's certain anymore, Birds fly, trees sway, why can't I be like that? Happy knowing what I am, in fact and leaving be? But truth has been obscured, I am only human and I'm always wanting more.
And the world is a place and they say it's on our side, But I wonder, is there comfort in those moments when we die? Now I see, Mr. King, this was in the books you gave me, Which I read, disbelieving, thinking poets are depressed, Oh, Mr. King, I have changed, I confess.
Oh, those good days I remember well, Tape on windows, wintertime was hell, But it was fun, and people there were kind, There was good work to be done, and I learnt to think my time.
And the world was a good place, and in days were where I lived, I imagined life had purpose and I'd something good to give, Mr. Cave played along on the battered hallway piano, Oh, every love song a secret to be shared, Hey, Mr. King, how I wish I was back there.
Now, I've got 10 things lined up on a shelf, Reasons to be cheerful for myself, I don't know why you're showing me the sky, You say you see heaven, I see hell, but want to try.
And the world is a place, and I pray it's on my side, But I'd find greater comfort if I just lay down and died, I don't know what's become of a girl who once knew sunshine, What's become of a girl who knew sorrow but was strong? Oh, Mr. King you were right, all along, Mr. King you were right, Oh, Mr. King, you were right-I was wrong.
In the race to get out of this place, I am checking my face in the back of a spoon, You're accusing, you say I'm not here, but I'm here, yes I'm here, I'm not on the moon, I'm leaving so soon, But don't presume to know shit about me, 'Cause I don't know myself from one day to the next, And I don't pose perplexities purposely, 'Cause it isn't a game, it isn't a test.
And now hey, you, could you give it a rest? Just take me home, c'mon and get me undressed, Put on a fire and make it enough, For we're geeks, but we know this is love.
Nine am to the beat of a drum, As we drive through the canyon, I'm feeling the hum of the engine, My head and my heart are a-swim, will your cat be ok? Your wife was she in? Your wife, is she in??? 'Cause I don't presume to know shit about you, When you won't really tell me until I beg you to, But I know that perplexity's a wonderful thing, It's a sudden found joy, the strangeness it brings...
And now hey, you, could you give it a rest? Just take me home, c'mon and get me undressed, Put on a fire and make it enough, For we're geeks, but we know this is love, this is love. Geeks, but we know this is love.
I like that we argue, But not everyday, Your scent in a room, And the way that you say 'color' not 'colour'. What colour today? It's grey, grey, it's grey.
Oh hey, you, could you give it a rest? Just take me home, c'mon and get me undressed, Put on a fire and make it enough, For we're geeks, but we know this is love, this is love.
Hey, you, could you give it a rest? Just take me home, c'mon and get me undressed, Put on a fire and make it enough, For we're geeks, but we know this is love, this is love, yeah.
5 o'clock and a fire escape symphony Spilling out across the road and the square. And the sky's the same as your own, do you think of me? Do the parks, and trees, and the leaves reach you, there? After the rain, in the lonely hours he haunts me, calling out. Again, and again.
Sophia, sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out. Sophia, sophia, I'm learning that some things I can't go without and one of them is him
now I walk these streets like a stranger in my home town. Learn the language, form the words when I speak But he changed me, I'm his ghost since he came around now I count the hours and the days and the weeks.
Passion and silence. Every word. Every line. A Measure. It's the science of the soul. And his books, they breathe a reason and now I, I wanna know...
Sophia, sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out. Sophia, sophia, I'm learning that some things I can't go without and one of them is him, and you, with your new born eyes, have you ever loved a man like I love him? Do you hurt but still feel alive, like never before? Oh, sophia. Sophia.
Sophia, sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out. Sophia, sophia, I'm learning that some things I can't go without. I can't go without him.
Hey was there something that you wanted to say? I don't know what to do when you look that way, Cigarettes and tequila at 6, And the sun going down on our life as it is, In the blue light oh, your face, it looks...so...pale, In the blue light, I can tell what you're going to say.
But all good people have a sense of themselves, They never worry, they know what tomorrow will bring, And all good people know the world is ok, Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
I heard that story, how you never went back, What your mouth will not say, your eyes do for you... A paper flower, and her pill in your drawer, And her ghost at the bar drinks tequila too, In the blue light, could we put this one to bed? In the blue light, will you think of me instead?
'Cause all good people have a sense of themselves, They never worry, they know what tomorrow will bring, And all good people know the world is ok, Why should we worry, when we can do anything?
In the blue light, could we put this one to bed? In the blue light, will you think of me instead?
'Cause all good people have a sense of themselves, They never worry, they know what tomorrow will bring, And all good people know the world is ok, Why should we worry, when we can do anything? All good people, all good people know good people.
In a little while, People and places will be so far behind, Out of my body, In a little while, I will play aces, And raise my glass in an act of defiance.
Until then, I'll scream until I'm hollow, I'll carve it in my skin, save it for tomorrow.
I'm gonna bang my drum, I'm gonna make it come yeah, I'm gonna bring it on, It's a heart attack a heart attack, I'm bringing it bringing it back i'm bringing it back to me.
In a little while, It will be perfect, I'll have a perfect style, Soon you will see, Not a cloud in sight, No cumulus nimbus, Just ninety-three percent degrees humidity.
But until then, I'll scream until I'm hollow, I'll carve it in my skin, save it for tomorrow.
I'm gonna bang my drum, I'm gonna make it come yeah, I'm gonna bring it on, It's a heart attack a heart attack, I'm bringing it bringing it back i'm bringing it back.
I'm Gonna Bring it On, In Just a little while I'll make the good things come
I'm gonna bang my drum, I'm gonna make it come yeah, I'm gonna bring it on, It's a heart attack a heart attack, I'm bringing it bringing it back i'm bringing it back to me. To me To me
Here is my story- A little sad of soul, a little weary Maybe I am that? Will nobody love me? Is an empty heart and a conscience all I have? If i die tonight, if I give up the fight Will you do something for me? Tell them my story, tell them well Tell them everything you know
I was born in the springtime Born of love and cradled in a misfit history Of blind faith and pantomime Oh, I know what I am but I don't see So if I die tomight, if I give up the fight Will you do something for me? Tell them my story, tell them well Tell them everything you know
So if I die tonight, if I give up the fight Will you do something for me? So if I die toniight Won't you do something for me? Tell them my story, tell them well Tell them everything you know Won't you tell them my story? Won't you tell them, tell them Tell them everything about me About me when I'm gone When we're dead and gone What will still be here? What will carry on? When we're dead and gone When there's nothing left What will still be here?
I stand in the distance, I view from afar Should I offer some assistance Should it matter who you are We all get hurt by love, and we all have our cross to bear But in the name of understanding, now Our problems should be shared Confide in me, confide in me
I can keep a secret and throw away the key But sometimes to release it is to set our children free We all get hurt by love, and we all have our cross to bear But in the name of understanding, now Our problems should be shared Confide in me, confide in...
Stick or twist, the choice is yours Hit or miss, what's mine is yours
We all get hurt by love, and we all have our cross to bear But in the name of understanding, now Our problems should be shared Confide in me, confide in me Confide in me, confide in me
Oh, this road is long, this road is wide, It takes more than luck to last the ride, It takes strength and it takes courage to survive, And did someone ever say to you, "There's nothing bound in thought you cannot do?" Well, I've seen some things but not all of them came true.
So I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first, Don't want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow, And I don't want to be afraid, don't want to look away, I'm learning to breathe, No I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first, I just need a hope and a light to follow, Like sailors look to stars to find their way home, I'm learning to breathe on my own.
And I know a man who lost his wife, This is the way he chooses to describe his life, He says, "If I think too much, I find there's just a hole," But before she went, she left a son, He says, "Dad, you're not the only one, Maybe love is just a requiem for the soul..."
So I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first, Don't want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow, And I don't want to be afraid, don't want to look away, I'm learning to breathe, No I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first, I just need a hope and a light to follow, Like sailors look to stars to find their way home, I'm learning to breathe on my own.
Oh, do you still feel small? Just a speck of life on an ocean wave, Does it pull us all? Does it pull us all?
So I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first, Don't want to be alone with my thoughts tomorrow, And I don't want to be afraid, don't want to look away, I'm learning to breathe, No I don't want to be the last, I don't want to be the first, I just need a hope and a light to follow, Like sailors look to stars to find their way home, I'm learning to breathe on my own.
Years ago, you said to me, "I think I'm losing the fight, Or the fight's losing me, I'm not certain," And here we are-the closing scenes, And all the house lights come up, Oh, the falling of our final curtain... I've played a role for so long that I've forgotten myself, But I said I'd be there and I'm keeping my word, You've played yourself so well, And now I want to be you, A great imitation of losing my nerve.
Oh, it's over, And everything is wrong, everything has gone, And I know that everything means nothing, Oh, it's over, But I don't want to fight, I don't want to be right, I know that everything means nothing, On the road to Damascus they fell.
I saw the light-I saw the light! But hey, it never saw me, Oh, conversion has just left me heathen, And we could wait a thousand years, Perhaps a million or more, If it's worth waiting for, but I'm leaving, So on to a mecca of earthly delights, Depression is only desire deprived, Once more unto the breach and fuck my getting it right, We've died for so long, let's just get out alive.
'Cause it's over, And everything is wrong, everything has gone, And I know that everything means nothing, Oh, it's over, But I don't want to fight, I don't want to be right, I know that everything means nothing, On the road to Damascus they fell, Well I've been to Damascuc.
It's hell, hell is where I'm gonna be, The devil my intimate friend, And hell is other people's hearts, And knowing that everything must end.
Oh, it's over... And everything is wrong, everything has gone, And I know that everything means nothing, Oh, it's over, But I don't want to fight, I don't want to be right, I know that everything means nothing, On the road to Damascus they fell, Well, I've been to Damascus as well.
Been good, been bad, got worse, got better I feel I know myself when I'm looking in the mirror Been hurt, been loved - I'm scarred, I'm not bitter I'm an angel with knowledge of a sinner But what do I do and how should I be? When I look at myself I can only be me
I need a little patience...
Been hard, been soft, been both, been neither Above it all I am only a survivor Been down, been low, got up, got higher We are only human, all just liars So I wait for the day when I open my eyes And I look to myself but it's no big surprise
I need a little patience...
Well I'm sitting here and sinking And I'm on the 18th floor And I'm thinking do I jump? Or should I stay around for more? I watch my friends get bigger and get better and get richer But I'm not bitter Time I ticking ticking ticking ticking ticking on With a vengeance I want it all I want it all
Guess it's true - I only ever wanted to be with you. And now I find I've lost my way to go... I always mess it up You should have known I'm not reliable. And now, when I'm tired, I can't get to sleep. My thoughts won't desert me And I cannot dream. The colors have changed, only grey in my life Now my sense of belonging has gone with my smile...
But I know someday soon I will get home And I know someday soon I won't be alone Yes I know someday soon I will get home
Is this my life? Is this the product of the years I've tried So very hard yet I can't make a choice And when I find the words, I've lost my voice - I'm still a quiet one... But you know my river And it still runs deep A hundred and thousand more secrets to keep... I'm waiting for answers I know are inside Now my teacher is here I can open my eyes...
But I know someday soon I will get home And I know someday soon I won't be alone Yes I know someday soon I will get home
But you know my river And it still runs deep A hundred and thousand more secrets to keep... I'm waiting for answers I know are inside Now my teacher is here I can open my eyes...
And my confession would have you on the floor - if you knew the truth But that's the way they want you - Everyone's a sucker for the haze of youth We're all prairie children, brought up on the lies of the past So it's no surprise then - you will have to ask....
Watch out Billie 'fore you go to fast You say it couldn't hurt, but then it couldn't last You get fifteen minutes while they're watching you You better hold your breath and hope your dreams come true. Watch out girl you'll never be the same If it's a cruel world you gotta play the game You get fifteen minutes while they know your face You'd better pray to God you win the human race.
I'm like the weather, burning up to fire, burning up to ice. But i'm deathly certain the little things we love shouldn't be denied We get fed something, but we don't want it, We won't live our life with lies You want your own heaven that you'll make better, You just want your own life.
Watch out Billie 'fore you go too fast You say it couldn't hurt, but then it couldn't last You get fifteen miute while they're watching you You better hold your breath and hope your dreams come true. Watch out girl you'll never be the same If it's a cruel world you gotta play the game You get fifteen minutes while they know your face You'd better pray to God you win the human race.
Love is the one thing to rely on And as long as we all have today, we'll be okay.
Six o'clock, so you feed the kids And you pack them off to school Take a drive through your secret life It's a mystery to you. It's not the way you thought that it would be....
But love is the stuff that we depend on As we make our daily bread Love is the one thing to rely on And as long as we all have today, we'll be okay.
I got my yearbook and I found my picture - For a moment I pretend I'm starting over and the road is open Optimistic to the end. But I do not want what I do not have We all get what we need. It's just a sadness and I can't explain it - Oh the world just gets to me. But every star above will show the way....
And love is the stuff that we depend on As we make our daily bread Love is the one thing to rely on And as long as we all have today We'll be okay We'll be okay
I don't know where I go wrong - Everything I do just takes so long. I don't know what's up with me I'm swinging from a branch of my family tree... So give me some of yours then, if you think it might get better If you're sure you've got the answer, you know I'm going to let you...
Oh, you know it, you're shining like the rainbow And the birds and bees all know your name I could be black, I could be blue, I could be anything for you If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow.
I don't want your sympathy - Just for you to worship me. I just want to be adored, every day of every year. So this is good, and this is bad, and I'm the only God you'll have... Oh, do you dare to disagree? So give me some of yours then, if you don't I'm gonna thieve it. If you thought I was a good girl, you'd better not believe it.
Oh, you know it, you're shining like the rainbow And the birds and bees all know your name I could be black, I could be blue, I could be anything for you If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow. I could be pink, I could be blue, I will be everything for you If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow...
Oh..you'd make me burn for you boy, why should I burn? Why should I burn for you boy, why should I burn? I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl... I'm just a girl, I'm just a girl!
Oh, you know it, you're shining like the rainbow And the birds and bees all know your name I could be black, I could be blue, I could be anything for you If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow. I will be pink, I will be blue, I will be everything for you If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow... If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow... If you'd just shine your color like the rainbow...
