Puressence

Every day I sit at home and sharpen up the knives

but it's alright, it's alright.
Today is the tomorrow that I dreamed about last night,
so shine a light, shine a light, but I...
Just wanna feel what I felt before, but I
I want you to know that I need it more.

Well the blind lead the blind
are the saints still alive since the last time?
At the end of the line
was I cruel to be kind in a past life?
Sharpen up your knives.

Every day I chip at stone while you are on your way,
up to the stars, up to the stars.
I don't know where I'm going to,
I don't know where you are,
but it's a start, but it's a start, and I'm...
Just gonna say what I, said before but I,
I want you to know that I need it more.



Well the blind lead the blind
are the saints still alive since the last time?
And I don't wanna stay,
don't wanna go away in a past life.
It's not alright

I've given up on horses hooves,
And I'm feelin more,
than just blue ribband blues.
And his advice,
before I dropped
Was be sincere,
whether you mean it or not,
It's alright.

Forgive me,
give me one more try.
You're not the only one that can make me sigh.
Why don't you lift me
lift me from the mire?
Too busy staring cold at your magic eye.

Well I get this feeling
I get this feeling
jumbled around, around, around inside my mind

Its easy to crease me like a page
Why do I think this way at such a tender age?

You just released me
I'm let out of a cage
I'm staring at the back from a battered cage

Well I get these feelings
I get these feelings
rolling around, around, around inside my mind

I take another pill to make me feel better
take another pill to make me feel better
Slow down

I'm gonna take another pill to make me feel better,
Neck another pill to make me feel better,
Well I get these feelings, I get these feelings
jumbled around, around, around inside my mind
yeah you might find, a special kind, inside my mind
(another pill to make you feel better)

Well you started by yourself,
and then you lived with someone else-
but you can't go back the way it was before.

And I can see it in the eyes
I just know when things aren't right,
and now nothing seems to matter anymore.

It doesn't matter anymore.
It doesn't matter anymore.
It doesn't matter anymore.
It doesn't matter anymore.

Well, how does it feel when you're out on your own back now?
how does it feel when I 'm on my own terms now?
I'm going all the way yeaha.
I don't care what you say,
no way, no way, no way.

Well you started out as one,
-another one made twice the fun,
but you tried to do some digging and got buried.

Well its happened twice before,
and you know it'll happen more,
and now I can't feel my legs like i'm being caried.

It doesn't matter if I try counting out on all my five fingers
where I'm supposed to go?
I try hanging around with all the dead ringers,
people I used to know.

Tell me how does it feel when your out on your own back now.
How does it feel when I'm on my own terms now?

I'm going all the way,
I don't care what you say,
cause don't you know that oh-oh

I'm starting again, I've started again
and if I didn't have you-oh,
I'd have to pretend, I'd have to pretend.

When nothing is right, where do I go?
And what do I say?
and who do I know?

It doesn't matter anymore
(try counting out on all my five fingers) repeat to fade

High time for nothing, there's a clock in the prison cell.

Superfly sells me something, made me come out of my shell.
Now I don't even have to tell you, you already know.
Any map in any station, pick a line and go !

You've always got the street lights,
Shining on your hard times,
Don't it make your shoes shine,
Starin at the street lights.

Hey street lights wont you save me?
Bringing down aircraft with your eyes don't amaze me.
The former number one contender
Squealing on a spike,
You keep screaming no surrender, go and ride your bike.

You've always got the street lights,


Shining on your hard times,
When the top one hundred earner's coffins have been nailed.
When you stop the lovely sisters opening your mail,
And when the reason you're drinking isn't solely to get wrecked.
It'll be hard times for something
wouldn't hold my breath.

You've always got the street lights,
Shining on your hard times,
Don't it make your shoes shine,
Starin at the street lights.

There I was, just standing in your shadow
Just standing in your pool of shade veneer
Here I am, still yellowed by the summer
Still suffering in silence loud and clear
Well I catch the train, it takes me back
We leave the rails and the carriage snaps

There I was, just lying in the kitchen
Just listening to voices through the tiles
And they said the one thing you can count on
Is you can count on nothing here my child

Well you dig my grave and slap my back
And I turn grey on the beaten track

But you hardly notice
You hardly notice

What do you say when they roll a grenade
And it almost takes your breath away?
Talking to Joe with the head of a crow
And it's all gone pear-shaped

There I was, just standing in your shadow
Just suffering in silence loud and clear

Standing in your shadow (Standing in your shadow) x2
Something's not right (Standing in your shadow)

Self dissintergrating not worth educating
All I want to do is drag you down,
I climb out of my fox hole
my own sweet chicken pox hole,
All I want to do is snuff you out

Tell me if I could be like I was last night again,
trying to convince you that black was white again,
oh you say you know
I know you don't

I've got a picture in my mind,
sat on a chair near a broken blind with you,
A little scene left way behind,
sat in the church of the broken spine with you.

Lay back watching football with no interest at all,
why can't I just never see it through,



Tell me if I could be like I was last night again,
you could be wrong and be oh so right again,
oh you say you know I know you don't (x2)

I've got a picture in my mind,
sat on a chair near a broken blind with you,
A little scene left way behind,
sat in the church of the broken spine with you.

Behind the man

Behind the tree
Behind the man
Behind the fence
Behind the way of pure deceit
Behind the way I take offence
Behind the face
Behind the glass
Behind the first
Behind the last

I only ever want to see you
When someone tells me that I need to
Supposed to be your resurrection
You should have left it on reflection

Well there's something I'd like to say
Ooh hooo ho
To you

You'll never be the same again
Standing in the rain again
You're feeling lots of pain again
December 28 again
Your famous boxing day again
You'll never be the same again

So you just tell the same old story (you just tell the same old story)
And strike another England's Glory

Well there's something I'd like to say
Ooh hooo ho
Yo you

You'll never be the same again
Standing in the rain again
You're feeling lots of pain again
You're pushed out of the frame again
December 28 again
You'll never be the same again

I saw you standing in the rain again
I saw you feeling all your pain again
I bet you want to go where people go
You're gonna leave a stain again
I saw you standing in the rain again
I saw you feeling all that pain again
Never be the same again
Never be the same again

Hey hey, good times
You're in so many lives
Why don't you walk into mine?
I've waited here for a lifetime
But you never showed your face
I'm sorry if I've been wasting my time
I lied to myself
I lie and I know
I can't figure out how my story goes
But, I lie to myself
And there's no Holy Grail
So why don't you come and lay your body down
On my bed of nails?

Hey hey I'm down
Well I'm stuck in a hole and I can't see
Any way out

Remember when we were younger
And I showed you what to say
And now it seems I've lost that hunger

Why don't you lay
Why don't you lay
Why don't you come and lay your body down?

I thought it would last a lifetime
It only lasts a day
You've started wasting my time
Why don't you come and change the way
I lie to myself
I lie and I know
I can't figure out
How my story goes
I lie to myself
I lie all the time
I can't figure out why what's yours ain't mine

Hear me out (Hear me out)
Hear me out (Why don't you hear me out?)
Hear me now (Hear me now)
Hear me now

Let me relate the tale of how I evened up the score.

I said I can't take anymore without my baby.
And let me relate the tale of how I barricade my door,
So I just can't hear a word of what you're saying.

You send a message through my soul,
I don't believe a word you said,
You say you'd like to take control
of all the feelings in my head,
You know I won't stop breathing
not untill I'm past believing now.

I'll take you beyond the pale while I end up on the floor,
If you could pass me up that score that you still owe me,
And let me try and make the sale, of all the things I owned before,
I said I'd like to eat my meat with vodka gravy.

You send a message through my soul,
I don't believe a word you said,


You say you'd like to take control
of all the feelings in my head,
You know I won't stop breathing
not untill I'm past believing.

You send a message through my soul,
I don't believe a word you said,
You say you'd like to take control
of all the feelings in my head,
You know I won't stop breathing
not untill I'm past believing.

Lie, I had to lie, I had to say

What I felt inside.
I can't sleep, I just can't sleep,
I walk for miles but I see no trees.

Don't you know that they don't understand?
All the days are similar in plan

They'll turn the lights out when I die.
They'll turn the lights out when I die.
And it's good to know you're with somebody half as good as me.
They'll put a statue up outside,
And I can watch with pharaohs eye's,
And then they'll all know I was somebody.

Kate, you're all washed out,
you've had your time now it's just about,
That time to give it in, cos someone's waiting to step right in.
Don't you know your shoes are out of style?


It's good to spit it out before you smile.

They'll turn the lights out when I die.
They'll turn the lights out when I die.
And it's good to know you're with somebody half as good as me.
They'll put a statue up outside,
Just like the pharaohs did a high,
And then they'll all know I was somebody.

All I really know is all I see, I'm half the way,
And all I really see is half I know.
So what is it that makes me loath the way I am?
So what is it, what does it mean?
When you're half the way I am.

Gazing down on rows of houses where my body's laid.

Floating over hills and mountains, airbone renegade.

I don't know why I don't even hesitate,
I don't know why I don't.

First communion tainded union,
Burn them down everyone.
Scribbled scriptures,
What's the point my son.

I don't know why I don't even feel afraid,
I don't know why I don't even hesitate.



The room slows down,
soon I'll be coming round.

Gazing down on rows of houses, guess who pulls the strings?
Keep the money, feelings, everything.
But I don't know why I don't even hesitate
I don't know why I don't even hesitate.

Been around for ages so it won't change now,
Pleasing shallow faces and I don't care how,
Some little starry young thing robs me blind,
All the time, I try

My finger leaves an imprint in your wet intent,
You keep receiving flowers that were never sent, yeah,
Some little scabby young thing sucks me dry,
Friday night, she's got to slow down

And the pavement's alive on Sunday,
In my feet keep the time, stop me falling,
This one,
You're the only one,
You're the only thing,
When your change goes right...

She's ringing in the changes and she feels quite sure,
Be closer to the distance than I been before,
Some little scabby young thing sucks me dry,
Friday night, she's got to slow down,

And the saints are alive on Sunday,
And my feet keep the time that stopped me falling,
Well let me talk about this one,
You're the only one,
You're the only thing,
When your change goes right...
Let's talk about this one,
You're the only one,
You're the only thing,
You're the only one,
(Lets talk about the way you cut yourself,
And it was just tomato sauce,
All the times, I can't get inside)
Been around for ages so it won't change now.

I suppose that I'm all right now,
When all you ever gave was nothing,
I suppose you taught me well now,
When all I ever learned was something,

I suppose that I'm all right now,
I'm all right now and I suppose it,
They suppose they taught me well now,
You taught me hell now and no one knows it,

All right now, all right now, all right now,

There's no horses left to bet on,
And all your pretty purse is blown away,
Someone shows me I've been stepped on,
And now I'm left with nothing more to say,

And I propose we're not all right now,
But I'm all right now, and I propose it,
They suppose they taught me well now,
You taught me hell now and no one knows it,

You're getting sucked in little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now, all right now, don't feel,
You're getting shot down a little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now and no one knows it,

( I've got nothing and I feel fine)
(I'm right now, I'm right now)
Have you lost your feeling?
Have you lost your sense of breathing?
Have you gained that tainted feeling?
So, so cold,
Someone poisoned what you're eating,

You're getting shot down, you're getting pushed in, a little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now, all right now, don't feel,
You're getting shot down a little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now, all right now, don't feel,
You're getting pushed in a little by little,
And I'm all right now and no one knows it,

And no one knows it, and no one knows it,
And no one knows it, and no one knows it.

You always seem to me, to be so understanding,
Now you go away and leave me empty-handed,
Your fashions changed and now you know,
I'm way outside my only home,
Wanna go outside so I can keep my clothes on,
I've seen it all a million times, I wanna keep my clothes on,

If I can change your mind now,
If I can make you climb down,
Then I'll feel such a fool,

You always seem to me to have the right perception,
I'm in a different place, I'm at the wrong reception,
Your fashion changed and now you fold,
You leave me standing in the hope,
Wanna go outside so I can keep my clothes on,
I've seen it all a million times, I wanna keep my clothes on,

If I can change your mind now,
And if I can make you climb down,
If can change your mind now,
Then I'll feel so secure,

If I can change your mind now,
And if I can make you climb down,
If can change your mind now,
I'll feel so secure.

Get my clothes to her,
And the only thing I wanted her to take,
But I never said a word,
I'll explain myself so nothing else remains,

I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
Burning her down,

It's typical of her,
If there's something wrong, she makes it worse again,
But I'm free as a cage bird,
I'll explain myself so nothing else remains,

I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
There's a long way to go,

You're so down 'cause you can't get out,
And you never get born again,
Because you feel so down,

I've never said a word,
I'll never try to explain,

That you feel the same thing for her,
So I'll never call your name,

I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
I'm on fire, well I let go,
I find it hard to explain.

Sometimes I just don't know where I'm going to,
Yeah, will you help me pass away my time,
And sometimes I just can't see any reason to,
I have never been that wise,

So cast your eyes but it's over,
Saturday's, the day now,
You got it all wrong,
There's a traffic jam in memory lane,
I'm gonna try to trick myself out,
You got it all wrong,

and I find it hard to find my eccentricity,
Yeah, will you help me throw away my time,
You fire the cars that give you electricity,
I think you know it,
Hardly exercise its minds,

I just can't believe we're down this far,
I just can't believe we slipped this far,
I just can't believe I'm down this far,
In this memory lane, traffic jam,

So cast your eyes but it's over,
Cause Saturday's a day now, you got it all wrong,
And there's a traffic jam in memory lane,
I'll never try to trick myself out, you got it all wrong,
I'll never try to trick myself out, you got it all wrong.

Casting lazy shadows

Looking through my window,
I can see a thin glow,
I don't get depressed though,
I'm casting lazy shadows,
It's all I need to stop me thinking,

Every single day though,
I throw myself away though,
It's all I need to stop me thinking,

Get my head-straight, get my head-straight, get it straight,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,
You take it all back, take it back, take your money back,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,
All I need's to stop me thinking,

Looking through this window,
I need a change of view though,
Looking through last year though,
But all I saw was you, though,
You're all I need to stop me thinking,

Get my head-straight, get my head-straight, get it straight,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,
You take it all back, take it back, take your money back,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,

All I wanted was to chicken out,
And simmer down,
You've got your head gear on again,
And you feel like you've been left out,

Don't you ever, don't you, don't you ever, don't you,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't you ever, don't you,

I've gotta get my head-straight, get my head-straight, get it straight,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't you never, don't, let go,
And that is all right,
Get my head-straight, get my head-straight, get my head,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,
And that is all right,
Get my head-straight, get my head-straight, get my head,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,
And that is all right,
You take it all back, take it back, take your money back,
Don't you ever, don't you, don't, don't you ever let go,

All it need's to stop me thinking.

When they say they want you,
They never really want you, no,
When they say they need you,
They never really need you, no,
I'm at a bus stop waiting,
And you're just devastating,

You stay at home with Rachel,
You know it's simulating,
You sit at home with Rachel,
And let her set you straight yeah,

You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,

And if they say they need you,
They never really need you, no,
And you should stop complaining,
And organise a chaining,

You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,
You're only trying to twist my arm,

It's like I said,
You're just trying to twist my arm,
Don't lose my head,
It's the cold that keeps me warm,
How many times,
Have I sat in a car park waiting,
To hear the way you're saying,
I've sat in a car park waiting,
To hear the way you're saying, (To eat away your pain)
It's the cold that keeps you warm,
I dont know what it's like I said,
You're just trying to twist my arm.

Can anybody possibly,
Try to show me how we're connected,
The best of you's the worst of me,
Then you pull me down like a dead weight,
When every house on every street,
Seems to call my name as I walk on by,

It's a crazy world, I know,
When you're going down,
It's a crazy world, I know,
But I'm sticking round,

I try to find a decent place,
Where I can lay my head, but I can't stay,
There's nothing left for me to say,
But you turn me round, now I'm facing the wrong way,
And as for all your stupid lies,
It can put yourself with the muse and mice,

It's a crazy world, I know,
When you're going down,
It's a crazy world, I know,
But I'm sticking round,

All I should say,
All I should say,
All I should say,
We said yesterday,
We said yesterday,
We said yesterday,
And the sun's gonna say it all,

Roll on yesterday,
Because you're a lonely man,
Roll on yesterday,

When every house on every street,
Seems to call my name, walking by,
The best of you's the worst of me,
And you call my name and you're in my arms,
It's a crazy world, I know,
But I'm sticking round, round,
It's a crazy world, I know,
But I'm sticking round.

India

I used to feel I had it all in my hands,
It all came crashing down on me, yeah,
With lipstick on my overall,
And it makes me feel so over awed,
I'm sinking fast,

La, la, la, la, la, la, la India yeah,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la India yeah,

Well, there's just something that I wanna say,
And that I wanna say,
You always feel so beautiful,
I wish there's somewhere I could away,
That I could get away,
To somewhere warm and beautiful,

Hey, everybody here I am,
I'm the only man, who's ever had a problem,
In the whole world, again,
And lately I've no time for friends as I was before,
I'll be again, don't think too fast,

Well, there's just something that I wanna say,
And that I wanna say,
You always feel so beautiful,
I wish there's somewhere I could get away,
That I could get away,
To somewhere warm and beautiful,

Oh, you're so jealous of the things that I've become,
You know, that you can't come back this time,
You know, that you can't come back this time,

Well, there's just something that I wanna say,
And that I wanna say,
You always feel so beautiful,
I wish there's somewhere I could get away,
That I could get away,
To somewhere warm and beautiful,

Oh, you're so jealous of the things that I've become,
You know, that you can't come back this time,
You know, that you can't come back this time.

(Don't you know that you can't come back this time)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la India yeah)

I suppose that I'm all right now,
When all you ever gave was nothing,
I suppose you taught me well now,
When all I ever learned was something,

I suppose that I'm all right now,
I'm all right now and I suppose it,
They suppose they taught me well now,
You taught me hell now and no one knows it,

All right now, all right now, all right now,

There's no horses left to bet on,
And all your pretty purse is blown away,
Someone shows me I've been stepped on,
And now I'm left with nothing more to say,

And I propose we're not all right now,
But I'm all right now, and I propose it,
They suppose they taught me well now,
You taught me hell now and no one knows it,

You're getting sucked in little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now, all right now, don't feel,
You're getting shot down a little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now and no one knows it,

( I've got nothing and I feel fine)
(I'm right now, I'm right now)
Have you lost your feeling?
Have you lost your sense of breathing?
Have you gained that tainted feeling?
So, so cold,
Someone poisoned what you're eating,

You're getting shot down, you're getting pushed in, a little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now, all right now, don't feel,
You're getting shot down a little by little,
And I suppose you feel all right now, all right now, don't feel,
You're getting pushed in a little by little,
And I'm all right now and no one knows it,

And no one knows it, and no one knows it,
And no one knows it, and no one knows it.