Mary Black - The Holy Ground (2001) by Mary Black (보컬) on maniadb.com

When the morning comes
I gaze on you with desire
When the morning comes
my look will be perfectly plain
When the morning comes
my beloved one
When the morning comes
you'll know that we both feel the same

In the afternoon
misgivings will pale into nothing
In the afternoon
we'll know what it is to believe
When it's afternoon
and I covet you
In the afternoon
I'll give you no reason to leave

Done with time and patience
I moved with the crowd
Lonely in my silence
and being without
Then all in one instant
straight out of the blue
Out of all its goodness
The summer sent you

Now its evening time
and I reach for you lying beside me
Now its evening time
your kiss will be tender and sure
Now its evening time
just like every time
In the evening time
I love you as much as before

Done with time and patience
I moved with the crowd
Lonely in my silence
and being without
Then all in one instance
straight out of the blue
Out of all its goodness
The Summer sent you
All in one sweet instant
straight out of the blue
Out of all its goodness
The Summer sent you

If we leave here today
we could be a thousand miles away
Take to that road see how far it goes
And on that great ocean road
Oh the country's in our bones
All the trouble that you know
empties out as you go

Chorus:

Oh come on walk with me, talk with me,
tell me your stories
I'll do my best to understand you
You're flesh and blood, flesh and blood
Don't refuse me your love
More than words can express
More than wealth or success
Oh there's a thousand things to do
So let's start here with me and you
All the pain that you feel
All the hurt that seems so real

Oh come on walk with me, talk with me,
tell me your stories
I'll do my very best to understand you
You're flesh and blood
You can't go on holding back
the flooding river
Keeping all that fear inside
I understand how trouble haunts you
Yes and I do know how you feel

There's a thousand things to do
So let's start here with me and you
Gonna take a little time
Let's see what we can find
Oh come on walk with me.........

It reads like a fairytale
and that's what it was
Young man in his prime
young girl from the cross
The most perfect of strangers
and then the night closed in
and the holy ground took care of everything

Now she was a fine one
and he was a handsome man
One look was enough
and away they ran
They spend many happy hours
and then the night closed in
and the holy ground took care of everything

Oh what's the use in complaining
In for a penny in for a pound
I remember the loving time
and nothing else really counts

And I recall the promise they made
With a faith I can but admire
That she'd be the one he adored
and he'd be her hearts desire

It didn't come true in the end
they went their separate ways
He couldn't change what he was
she wasn't ready to wait
They couldn't live in the daylight
they let the night close in
and the holy ground took care of everything

I remember the loving time
and nothing else really counts

I looked into a mirror made of lines
With tiny symbols here and there to make the image mine
A woman stood and painted, and showed me what to find
The different parts, the fire, the air,
and where my life would climb:
and where it joins another, and what would always bind:

Chorus:

It's a golden thread to hold you all of my days,
Hold my head against you, now and for always,
Sewn me up, shown us a long, long time;
Makes you my life, makes you my life.

The moving finger writes and goes away;
I'm weighed upon a balance here
and I'm told that I can stay
The kettle heats, the water speaks up, says I'm not alone;
My whole life is a tapestry, and hanging in my home.
And here it joins another, by what will always bind:

Chorus

An when you looked your angel flew away
And what it meant was your protection's gone another day
And what has come to change you,
and have you come what may
Is fashioned by an old triangle, green as April haze,
And blue is just a colour, but blue is here to stay.

Chorus (2)

I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover
I was living in the grandeur
Of my father's land
Mmm...

By the side of the swirling sea
I spent the days of childish wonder
And the rocks I held in my young hands
I never felt them slip away

Well the sun shone bright upon the waves
And the wind blew high as I was leaving
And I sailed so far away
Looking for adventure
Mmm...

But I would not stay where the city streets
Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours
Though music is a pretty thing
In fine company
And the wilderness took my breath away
I felt I had to find my way
Where no-one ever goes
Mmm...

It was in the south that my new home lay
With a dark eyed boy and wild horses
With humming birds and roses there
In old Mexico

There the winds of change they blew so far
Of liberty and revolution
And it seemed that each man heard in his breast
The drumming of a nation
Mmm...

Repeat the first verse

O love is never easy
It's almost always out of your way
It's not the path of least resistance
It's not some words you get to say
It's a stream running up a mountain
It's a wave rolling out from the shore
Wish I could say I never felt that way before

I have a friend who's lonely
She is chasing after her dreams
And she is the one and only
One who knows how hard it could be

Chorus:

There's a treasure on her island
Buried in the city of news
Wish I could say we didn't have that much to lose

Yeh one friend tried to end it
He could not see the good in his life
In his mirror or his pocket
And his hopes had come down like a knife

It's a stream running up a mountain
It's a wave rolling out from the shore
Wish I could say I never felt that way before
There's a treasure on these islands

I was born on the holy ground
A running child in fields of clover
I was living in the grandeur
Of my father's land
Mmm...

By the side of the swirling sea
I spent the days of childish wonder
And the rocks I held in my young hands
I never felt them slip away

Well the sun shone bright upon the waves
And the wind blew high as I was leaving
And I sailed so far away
Looking for adventure
Mmm...

But I would not stay where the city streets
Proclaimed so loudly man's endeavours
Though music is a pretty thing
In fine company
And the wilderness took my breath away
I felt I had to find my way
Where no-one ever goes
Mmm...

It was in the south that my new home lay
With a dark eyed boy and wild horses
With humming birds and roses there
In old Mexico

There the winds of change they blew so far
Of liberty and revolution
And it seemed that each man heard in his breast
The drumming of a nation
Mmm...

Repeat the first verse

There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
swaying me in both directions
One is the right one, the other for fools
How do I make my selection?
The city lies silent in the warm morning light
The sand is as golden as saffron
Oasis of love sweet water of life
God bless the poor ones who have none though they've tried

Someone is drowning down there in the flood
But this river will dry by tomorrow
Is its ocean or stream this love in my blood?
Bringer of joy and sorrow?
The end of the journey must soon be in sight
Birth is the start of the swansong
Oasis of love sweet water of life
God bless the poor ones who want some by are denied

No one is given the map to their dreams
All we can do is to trace it
See where we go to
Know where we've been
Build up the courage to face it
While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light
Roaming the land of the ancients
Oasis of love sweet water of life
God bless the poor ones whose patience never died
While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight
Searching for trees in the forest
Oasis of love sweet water of life
God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried
God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied
God bless the poor ones whose patience never died
God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride

Late glow on an early winter evening in Dockland
with my ship of dreams moving easily across the sound
Reminiscence is weighting me down with a vengeance
tide water so deep I think I'm going to drown

But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction
In the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold
I don't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice
gone out of Dockland without a care in the world

It didn't hit me when I met you coming out of the shambles
It didn't hit me when you took me to the summer field
I didn't flinch when you told me that you'd get what you wanted
I never had what it takes to have a heart of steel

But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction
in the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold
I didn't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice
I'm gone out Dockland without a care in the world
gone out of Dockland

And yes I loved you the time that is was
and yes you may rip me whenever you want

So it goes on a crystal clear morning in Dockland
and heaven knows if I'll ever live to love again
Struck down by the kiss of an angel in limbo
laid low by the act of the going

But in the wink of an eye I am rising above the affliction
in the wink of an eye I am come back in from the cold
I didn't even have to try and I'm gone out of here without notice
gone out of Dockland without a care in the world
I'm gone out of Dockland without a care in world

It's a cold old world that we're walking through
They ought to tell you at the start
But it's warm as toast walkin' two by two
Lay down the burden of your heart

Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you'll never miss it
Just show me, angel, where it hurts
And let your mammy kiss it

It's a fine fine line between love and hate
It's hard to tell the two apart
But what strength I have I offer you
Lay down the burden of your heart

Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you'll never miss it
Just show me, angel, where it hurts
And let your mammy kiss it

Lay down the burden of your heart
I know you'll never miss it
Just show me, angel, where it hurts
And let your mammy kiss it

They sent you down a paper friend I hear
and you went back on all the vows you once held so dear
There you stretched so calm and quiet
and things looked good now don't deny it
You walked on air for fifteen minutes
and after that there was nothing in it
You don't need those paper friends at all
no you don't need those kind of friends

You say you've lost your sense of time again
well you've been using that excuse since who knows when
You went the way of all young rebels
ignore the Gods embrace the Devils
But they're no good for you in your state
so why not drive them right out of your gates
‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all
you don't need those type of friends

No one knows what you're feeling
and life goes on in its own sweet time
Your passions flame for no reason
you haunt the city for something that shines
even one thing to rhyme

And if I meet you on the rounds today
I hope you won't turn on your heel or walk away
Yes I know it takes so much effort
but facing up can be so much better
So what if dreams they all come to nothing
just blow your nose and keep on looking
‘Cos you don't need those paper friends at all
you don't need those kind of friends
Yes you don't need those paper friends at all
you don't need those paper friends

I remember when we were sweethearts
I was safe with you, you were my protector
Those days are over, now I need someone
Someone to keep me safe from you

Love was all we had, we were young and sure
Who'd expect their love would turn to war
I don't know who to pity more
How much pain can love endure?

I should leave you but I can't seem to
You say I'm sorry dear and I believe you
Though the next time may be the worst yet
How easily I forgive, how quickly you forget

The poison words, the ugliness
When low on hope and deep into debt
The promises that bring regret
For loving you is this all I get?

The poison words, the ugliness
the cold remains of married bliss
to all our dreams a fatal kiss
Oh what kind of love is this?