Bernard Sumner

Come down from your throne leave your body alone
somebody must change you are the reason
I've been waiting for so long somebody holds
the key Well I'm near the end and
I just ain't got no time and I'm wasted
and I can't find my way home come down
on your own and leave your body alone
somebody must change you are the reason
that I've been waiting so long
somebody holds the key well
I'm near the end and
I just ain't got no time and
I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Can't find my way home can't find my way home
Can't find my way home Well I'm near the end and
I just ain't got no time and I'm wasted and
I can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home.

Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address,
Of every one I've ever known.
It's nothing I regret.
Save it for another day,
It's the school exam and the kids have run away.

I would like a place I could call my own.
Have a conversation on the telephone.
Wake up every day that would be a start.
I would not complain about my wounded heart.

I was upset you see,
almost all the time.
You used to be a stranger.
Now you are mine.

I wouldn't even trust you,
I've not got much to give.
We're dealing in the limits,
and we don't know who with.
You may think that I'm out of hand,
that I'm naive, I'll understand.
On this occasion, it's not true.
Look at me, I'm not you.

I would like a place I could call my own,
have a conversation on the telephone.
Wake up every day that would be a start.
I would not complain about my wounded heart.

I was a short fuse,
burning all the time.
You were a complete stranger.
Now you are mine.

I would like a place I could call my own,
have a conversation on the telephone.
Wake up every day that would be a start.
I would not complain about my wounded heart.

Just wait till tomorrow.
I guess that's what they all say,
just before they fall apart.

I turn sideways to the sun,
keep my thoughts from everyone.
It's a jungle, I'm a freak.
Hear me talk, but never speak.

So I'm stepping out of time,
because breaking is a crime.
And it may all be too late,
but I've no passion for this hate.

That's the price of love. (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it? (can you feel it?)
If we could buy it now, (that's the price of love)
how long would it last? (that's the price of love)

And when this building is on fire,
these flames can't burn any higher.
I turn sideways to the sun,
and in a moment I am gone.

(that's the price of love) That's the price of love.
(can you feel it) If we could buy it now,
How long would it last?

(that's the price of love
can you feel it?)
If we could buy it now,
How long will it last?

Listen,
I may be wrong but you'll listen.
There's something wrong you could say.
Ruined in a day.
You could be the lover of jade,
forever on your own in the shade.
Let's do it anyway.

Some people like to deceive you,
while others may feel that they need you.
While I do the best that I can,
keeping my life in my hands.

And if you feel,
your cradle rockin',
then take the wheel,
don't let me stop you.
(Hang around for awhile),
but stop acting like a child.
Every step we take is the one,
that's gonna undo what you've done.

It could take all day.

Some people like to deceive you,
while others may feel that they need you.
But I do the best that I can,
I keep my world in my hands.

Some people like to deceive you,
while others may feel that they need you.
But I do the best that I can,
keeping my world in my hands.

Once in a while I need a friend,
so why won't you let me recover?
It's just a moment in your life,
but sometimes we divide each other.

Maybe we could find the time.
Eliminate what's on your mind.
We'd do everything we could,
our presence in the neighbourhood.

We could break every rule,
anytime we wanted to.
Don't be afraid to live this way.
Let's defend the things we say.

I want to be up in the air.
I could be anywhere.
Tell me I'm wrong, at least till tomorrow.
Set me free and I will follow.

Maybe we could find the time,
to elevate what's on your mind.
Recreate for me and you,
a master plan just for two.

Elevate what's on your mind.
Eliminate what's on your mind.

At the end of the day,
there's no food on our plate.
So we beg and we steal,
for we know love is real.
And if we don't take a chance,
in a spare sideways glance.
These are all the chains I wanted,
to justify the things I do.

And when we kiss we speak as one,
and in a single breath this world is gone.
And when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.

It's a crisis I know,
at the end of the show.
People change but we don't falter,
'cause we know love is real.
This is no place to shiver,
so get up off the grass.
You were once the main attraction,
but all that's in the past.

How much is free,
for me and you?
I'm on my knees,
I am a fool.
But when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.
(this world is gone).

How could I fail to give her,
when she cried such a lot.
People change but we don't falter,
'cause we use what we've got.

And when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.
And when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.
(this world is gone)
(this world is gone)
(this world is gone)

Pictures of an image of a person who could not be blamed.
You are a color and you are a number.
We need sanctions to see one another.
If I keep my distance in the season of this slender hell.
It's because of the need to live off one another.
Go home young offender and stay undercover.

We're busy running out of time.
(Whatever it takes, I will make it mine)
I'll take the future from your hand.
(All the things I've never had, I'll commit the perfect crime)

We're strong, we do our thing,
let the world cry, watch the birds sing.
Give me the freedom, I need to recover.
Words cannot heal, when a line is your lover.

Wind howls in my chamber like an angel.
(like an angel)
You are a color and you are a number.
Go home young offender and stay undercover.

I haven't time to sympathise,
with all this nonsense and your lies.
You are the king of nothing,
but you shall hold me.
You've got your finger on the pulse,
and in my pocket, yes of course.
I am the voice of treason,
but you betrayed me.

I used up nearly all my luck.
I didn't have to try.
But yesterday is gone,
and now I need an alibi.
If this gets any stranger things are gonna change.
'Cause I can't stand the music, always stopping.
If that's what it takes, I'll do it (I'll do it).
I'll keep on right on through it (on through it).

So please believe me when I say,
I wouldn't give the time of day.
Because then I'd be faking,
when I could tell the truth.
Were you abandoned in your youth?
Because if not, you will be soon.
I'm growing tired of waiting,
for you to say goodbye.

Any kind of fool with the will to live.
Tries to get it right with the one they're with.
But even though I give you special treatment,
you keep getting high juvenile delinquent.

And this is how it feels to be,
on the payroll company.
Your every scene is in the round,
and all the men are falling down.

Constantly harrassed and misunderstood.
I'm the 'lost and found' of the neighbourhood.
And I am not a part of society.
So don't get off the ground just be with me.

I would brave a rainstorm in my car.
Maybe you can leave but you won't get far.
It wasn't just a dream it was much too good.
Just another day in the brotherhood.

And this is how it feels to be,
on the payroll company.
Your every scene is in the round,
and all the men are falling down.

And this is how it feels to be,
on the payroll company.
Your every scene is in the round,
we don't need to hang around.

In a manger like Christ I lay.
Yellow fever, yellow hay.
Feel the rhythm, the sweetest sound.
Making, breaking sacred ground.
I'll give you a piece of my love for free,
but whatever I say you will never see.
Acquire a taste for a different sound.
Make or break it this side of town.

Life will never be the same,
In Port-Royal town, I hear it coming.
The shaking of the ground,
they're stealing in the day,
In Port-Royal town, the children are running.

Ever strange are the lives we lead,
so detached from the things we need.
Signs of greed in everyone.
Instant addiction and the blood on a gun.
Just when you think you've found it,
spinning world won't spin around it.
What is wrong? This pain won't peel.
The fibres of my life won't heal.

It isn't what it used to be.
I wake up every night,
on the stairs,
waiting for the dawn to come.
Every drop of wine,
you can be my time.
Only tomorrow knows.
Why do we beg when we can borrow?
This time we knew.
No more or less,
there's nothing left.

It was always special,
it was like water down the drain.
I'm intoxicated,
every time I hear your name.
I try to remember,
but nothing is the same.

It wasn't that I didn't try.
It's not the kind of thing, that you buy.
Written in my destiny.
Life is but a dream,
covered by the sky.
Stop saying that you're calling time.
Look at your life before you start on mine.
I'm not the kind of person that you need.
I'm sick of trying.
I mean that, it's over.

It was always special,
it was like water down the drain.
I'm intoxicated,
every time I hear your name,
I try to remember,
but nothing is the same.
It was always special,
it was like water down the drain.

Patiently you wait for me.
You are so blind.
I thought it couldn't be,
then changed my mind.
Drowning in the endless sea.
Line all those lines.
The traces of your memory,
don't belong with mine.

We're like crystal, we break easy
I'm a poor man, if you leave me
I'm applauded, then forgotten
It was summer, now it's autumn

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

We're like crystal, it's not easy
With your love, you could feed me
Every man, and every woman
Needs someone, So keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

There is a secret place
Underneath a tree
Where if you go and haste
You will find a key
The key will open doors
And you will look inside
The things that you will see
Will open up your eyes

At any given time
On every other street
The city comes to life
Though everyone's asleep
A man beats up his wife
He doesn't wanna keep
Behind closed doors
They're in retreat

I don't know what makes me stay
The city life just ain't the same
There's something wrong with kids today
I blame the parents anyway
There's no hope
No one to trust
I can't cope
It's obvious
Please don't take my drugs away
I'm gonna give them up someday

There is a place somewhere
That I could call a home
I'd live without a care
I'd never be alone
One day I will get there
I feel it in my bones
I check upon the scores
I listen to The Coors
Behind closed doors

Behind closed doors
Behind closed doors
Behind closed doors
They still want more
Behind closed doors

We're like crystal, we break easy
I'm a poor man, if you leave me
I'm applauded, then forgotten
It was summer, now it's autumn

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

We're like crystal, it's not easy
With your love, you could feed me
Every man, and every woman
Needs someone, So keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

We're like crystal, we break easy
I'm a poor man, if you leave me
I'm applauded, then forgotten
It was summer, now it's autumn

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

We're like crystal, it's not easy
With your love, you could feed me
Every man, and every woman
Needs someone, So keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

We're like crystal, we break easy
I'm a poor man, if you leave me
I'm applauded, then forgotten
It was summer, now it's autumn

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

We're like crystal, it's not easy
With your love, you could feed me
Every man, and every woman
Needs someone, So keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

We're like crystal, we break easy
I'm a poor man, if you leave me
I'm applauded, then forgotten
It was summer, now it's autumn

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

We're like crystal, it's not easy
With your love, you could feed me
Every man, and every woman
Needs someone, So keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

I don't know what to say, you don't care anyway
I'm a man in a rage (just tell me what I've got to do), with a girl I betrayed
Here comes love, it's like honey
You can't buy it with money, you're not alone anymore, (whenever you're here with me),
You shock me to the core, you shock me to the core

Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming
Keep it coming, keep it coming, keep it coming

Walk in silence,
Don't walk away, in silence.
See the danger,
Always danger,
Endless talking,
Life rebuilding,
Don't walk away.

Walk in silence,
Don't turn away, in silence.
Your confusion,
My illusion,
Worn like a mask of self-hate,
Confronts and then dies.
Don't walk away.

People like you find it easy,
Naked to see,
Walking on air.
Hunting by the rivers,
Through the streets,
Every corner abandoned too soon,
Set down with due care.
Don't walk away in silence,
Don't walk away.

Won't someone give me a gun?
Oh, well, it's for my brother
Well, he writes the line, wrote right down my spine
It says, "Oh, do you believe in love there?"

So slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir, we drown, stop taking me over

Won't someone give me some fun?
As the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners

So slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir, we drown, stop taking me over

Slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir, we drown, stop taking me over

You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over

Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over

Change of speed, a change of style
A change of scene, with no regrets
A chance to watch
admire the distance
Still occupied - though you forget
Different colours, different shades
Over each mistakes were made
I took the blame
Directionless, so plain to see
A loaded gun won't set you free
So you say

We'll share a drink and step outside
An angry voice and one who cried
We'll give you everything and more
The strain's too much,
can't take much more
Oh I've walked on water,
run through fire
Can't seem to feel it anymore
It was me - waiting for me
Hoping for something more
Me - see me in this time -
Hoping for something else

I've been looking for a driver
who is qualified
So if you
think that you're the one
step into my ride
I'm a fine cool supersonics
speed machine
Got a sunroof top
and a gangster lead
So if you feel it let me
know know know
Come on now what youre waiting
for for for
My engine's ready to explode
explode explode
So start me up and watch me
go go go
Get you where you wanna go
if you know what I mean
Got a ride that's
smoother than a limousine
Can you handle the curves
can you run all the lights
If you can baby boy
than we can go all night
Cause it's zero to sixty
in three point five
Baby you got the keys
Now shut up and
drive drive drive
Shut up and drive
I got class like a
fiftyseven Cadillac
Start over drive
with a whole lot of boom
in the back
You look like you can handle
what's under my hood
You keeping saying
that you will
boy I wish you would
So when you're ready let me
know know know
Come on
and what you're waiting
for for for
My engine's ready to explode
explode explode
So start me up and watch me
go go go
Get you where you wanna go
if you know what I mean
Got a ride that's
smoother than a limousine
Can you handle the curves
can you run all the lights
If you can baby boy
than we can go all night
Cause it's zero to sixty
in three point five
Baby you got the keys
Now shut up and
drive drive drive
Shut up and drive
You play that game
got what I got
Get it get it don't stop
It's a short shot
Ain't a Ferrar huh boy
I'm sorry
I ain't need to worry
so step inside
And ride ride ride
ride ride ride
ride ride ride
ride ride ride
ride ride ride
ride ride ride
So if you feel it let me
know know know
Come on and what you're waiting
for for for
My engine's ready to
explode explode explode
So start me up and watch me
go go go
Get you where you wanna go
if you know what I mean
Got a ride that's
smoother than a limousine
Can you handle the curves
can you run all the lights
If you can baby boy
than we can go all night
Cause it's zero to sixty
in three point five
Baby you got the keys
Now shut up and
drive drive drive
Shut up and drive
Shut up and drive
Shut up and drive
drive drive drive
drive drive drive
drive drive drive
drive drive drive
drive drive drive

Now, my head is spinning
At the back of my mind, I think I'm winning
I was somebody falling for one who was not
Somebody tired of dreaming
Now it's already dawning that this time I've got
Someone who won't leave me feeling...

Disappointed, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you're not disappointing at all

Disenchanted, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you're not disappointing at all

Listen, as you call my name
Just one syllable said, then spoken once again
From the sound of your voice, the promise you make
You're somebody I can believe in
Someone who won't leave me feeling...

Disappointed, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you're not disappointing at all

Disenchanted, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you're not disappointing at all

At the back of my head, I believe what you said
Dream...

Disappointed, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you're not disappointing at all

Disenchanted, once more
Disillusioned, encore
I could love you, for sure
So you're not disappointing at all

Disappointed...

Someone take these dreams away,
That point me to another day,
A duel of personalities,
That stretch all true realities.

That keep calling me,
They keep calling me,
Keep on calling me,
They keep calling me.

Where figures from the past stand tall,
And mocking voices ring the halls.
Imperialistic house of prayer,
Conquistadors who took their share.

That keep calling me,
They keep calling me,
Keep on calling me,
They keep calling me.

Calling me, calling me, calling me, calling me.

They keep calling me,
Keep on calling me,
They keep calling me,
They keep calling me.

Hearts fail, young hearts fail,
Any time, pressurized,
overheat, overtired.
Take it quick, take it neat,
Clasp your hands, touch your feet.
Take it quick, take it neat,
Take it quick, take it neat.

Hearts fail, young hearts fail,
Anytime, wearing down,
On the run, underground,
Put your hand where it's safe,
Leave your hand where it's safe.

Do it again,
Do it again and again and again.
Do it again and again and again.
Do it again and again and again.
Do it again and again and again.

Anytime, that's your right.
Don't you wish you do it again,
Overheat, overtire.
Don't you wish you do it again,
Don't you wish you do it again,
Don't you wish you do it again,
Anytime, that's your right,
Don't you wish you do it again,
Anytime, that's your right.
Don't you wish you do it again,
Don't you wish you do it again,
I bet you wish you do it again.
Do it again.
Do it again.
Do it again.

A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind
We were the better kind
Two the same - set free too
I always looked to you --

This is the first verse on the Bains Douches live album:
A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Secret trials - the judges warn
Check like we've never borne
Win the right to set free
What you will be reprieved
I put my trust in you --

We fought for good - stood side by side
Our friendship never died
On stranger waves - the lows and highs
Our vision touched the skies
Immortalists with points to prove
[or in the Bains Douches live version:
Captive souls - depleted soon]
[and in the Still live version:
Immortalists depart too soon]
I put my trust in you --

A house somewhere on foreign soil
Where ageing lovers call
Is this your goal - your final needs?
[or in the Bains Douches live version:
Is this your goal - your final round?]
[and in the Still live version:
It's come to this - your final goal]
Where dogs and vultures eat
Committed still, I turn to go
I put my trust in you --

In you, in you, in you
Put my trust in you, in you

So this is permanence, love's shattered pride
What once was innocence, turned on its side
Grey cloud hangs over me, marks every move
Deep in the memory, what once was love

Oh, how I realized? How I wanted time?
Put into perspective, tried so hard to find
Just for one moment, I thought I'd found my way
Destiny unfolded, I watched it slip away

Excessive flash points, beyond all reach
Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep
Let's take a ride out, see what we can find
Valueless collection of hopes and past desires

I never realized the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment I heard somebody call
Looked beyond the day in hand, there's nothing there at all

Now that I've realized how it's all gone wrong
Got to find some therapy, this treatment takes too long
Deep in the heart of where sympathy held sway
Got to find my destiny before it gets too late

This is a crisis, I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting, unsettling and turning around
Wondering what will come next

Is this the role that you wanted to live?
I was foolish to ask for so much
Without the protection and infancy's guard
It all falls apart at first touch

Watching the reel as it comes to a close
Brutally taking it's time
People who change for no reason at all
Happening all of the time

Can I go on with this train of events?
Disturbing and purging my mind
Back out of my duties when all's said and done
I know that I'll lose every time

Moving along in our God given ways
Safety is sat by the fire
Sanctuary from these feverish smiles
Left with a mark on the door

Is this the gift that I wanted to give?
Forgive and forget's what they teach
Or pass through the deserts and wastelands once more
And watch as they drop by the beach

This is the crisis I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Turning around to the next set of lives
Wondering what will come next

Guess you dreams always end.
They don't rise up, just descend,
But I don't care anymore,
I've lost the will to want more,
I'm not afraid not at all,
I watch them all as they fall,
But I remember when we were young.

Those with habits of waste,
Their sense of style and good taste,
Of making sure you were right,
Hey don't you know you were right?
I'm not afraid anymore,
I keep my eyes on the door,
But I remember....

Tears of sadness for you,
More upheaval for you,
Reflects a moment in time,
A special moment in time,
Yeah we wasted our time,
We didn't really have time,
But we remember when we were young.

And all God's angels beware,
And all you judges beware,
Sons of chance, take good care,
For all the people not there,
I'm not afraid anymore,
I'm not afraid anymore,
I'm not afraid anymore,
Oh, I'm not afraid anymore.

A cry for help, a hint of anesthesia,
The sound from broken homes,
We used to always meet here.
As he lays asleep, she takes him in her arms,
Some things I have to do, but I don't mean you harm.

A worried parent's glance, a kiss, a last goodbye,
Hands him the bag she packed, the tears she tries to hide,
A cruel wind that blows down to our lunacy
And leaves him standing cold here in this colony.

I can't see why all these confrontations,
I can't see why all these dislocations,
No family life, this makes me feel uneasy,
Stood alone here in this colony.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

Dear God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.

God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

Won't someone give me a gun?
Oh, well, it's for my brother
Well, he writes the line, wrote right down my spine
It says, "Oh, do you believe in love there?"

So slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir, we drown, stop taking me over

Won't someone give me some fun?
As the skin flies all around us
We kiss in his room to a popular tune
Oh, real drowners

So slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir, we drown, stop taking me over

Slow down, slow down, you're taking me over
And so we drown, sir, we drown, stop taking me over

You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over

Stop taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over
You're taking me over

When the routine bites hard
and ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
but emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways,
taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart
again (4)

Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through
our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again (4)

Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings expose?
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just can't function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart
again (4)

In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love

Surrendered to self preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else

Isolation, isolation, isolation

Mother, I tried please belief me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am

Isolation, isolation, isolation

But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
This is my one lucky prize
This is my one lucky prize

Isolation, isolation, isolation
Isolation

Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain

Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside

Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
A burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse, an unlucky deal

Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

Feel it closing in,
Feel it closing in,
The fear of whom I call,
Every time I call,
I feel it closing in,
I feel it closing in,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out.

I feel it closing in,
As patterns seem to form.
I feel it cold and warm.
The shadows start to fall.
I feel it closing in,
I feel it closing in,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out.

I'd have the world around,
To see just whatever happens,
Stood by the door alone,
And then it's fade away.
I see you fade away.
Don't ever fade away.
I need you here today.
Don't ever fade away.
Don't ever fade away.
Don't ever fade away.
Don't ever fade away.
Fade away. Fade away.
Fade away. Fade away.
Fade away. Fade away.
Fade away.

Instincts that can still betray us,
A journey that leads to the sun,
Soulless and bent on destruction,
A struggle between right and wrong.

You take my place in the showdown,
I'll observe witha pitiful eye,
I'll humbly ask for forgiveness,
A request well beyond you and I.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

An abyss that laughs at creation,
A circus complete with all fools,
Foundations that lasted the ages,
Then ripped apart at their roots.

Beyond all this goo's is the terror,
The grip of a mercenary hand,
When savagery turns all good reason,
There's no turning back, no last stand.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

Existence well what does it matter?
I exist on the best terms I can.
The past is now part of my future,
The present is well out of hand.
The present is well out of hand.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.
One will burn, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

So this is permanence, love's shattered pride
What once was innocence, turned on its side
Grey cloud hangs over me, marks every move
Deep in the memory, what once was love

Oh, how I realized? How I wanted time?
Put into perspective, tried so hard to find
Just for one moment, I thought I'd found my way
Destiny unfolded, I watched it slip away

Excessive flash points, beyond all reach
Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep
Let's take a ride out, see what we can find
Valueless collection of hopes and past desires

I never realized the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment I heard somebody call
Looked beyond the day in hand, there's nothing there at all

Now that I've realized how it's all gone wrong
Got to find some therapy, this treatment takes too long
Deep in the heart of where sympathy held sway
Got to find my destiny before it gets too late

Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain

Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside

Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
A burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse, an unlucky deal

Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men - well where have they been?
We knocked on doors of Hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits, we dragged ourselves in

Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered and never were free
Where have they been --

Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever
Can't replace the fear or the thrill of the chase
These rituals showed up the door for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed in our face
Where have they been --

Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'

This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

In arenas he kills for a prize,
Wins a minute to add to his life.
But the sickness is drowned by cries for more,
Pray to God, make it quick, watch him fall.

This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

This is the way.
This is the way.
This is the way.
This is the way.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

You'll see the horrors of a faraway place,
Meet the architects of law face to face.
See mass murder on a scale you've never seen,
And all the ones who try hard to succeed.

This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

And I picked on the whims of a thousand or more,
Still pursuing the path that's been buried for years,
All the dead wood from jungles and cities on fire,
Can't replace or relate, can't release or repair,
Take my hand and I'll show you what was and will be.

In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love

Surrendered to self preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else

Isolation, isolation, isolation

Mother, I tried please belief me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am

Isolation, isolation, isolation

But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
This is my one lucky prize
This is my one lucky prize

Isolation, isolation, isolation
Isolation

This is a crisis, I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting, unsettling and turning around
Wondering what will come next

Is this the role that you wanted to live?
I was foolish to ask for so much
Without the protection and infancy's guard
It all falls apart at first touch

Watching the reel as it comes to a close
Brutally taking it's time
People who change for no reason at all
Happening all of the time

Can I go on with this train of events?
Disturbing and purging my mind
Back out of my duties when all's said and done
I know that I'll lose every time

Moving along in our God given ways
Safety is sat by the fire
Sanctuary from these feverish smiles
Left with a mark on the door

Is this the gift that I wanted to give?
Forgive and forget's what they teach
Or pass through the deserts and wastelands once more
And watch as they drop by the beach

This is the crisis I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Turning around to the next set of lives
Wondering what will come next

A cry for help, a hint of anesthesia,
The sound from broken homes,
We used to always meet here.
As he lays asleep, she takes him in her arms,
Some things I have to do, but I don't mean you harm.

A worried parent's glance, a kiss, a last goodbye,
Hands him the bag she packed, the tears she tries to hide,
A cruel wind that blows down to our lunacy
And leaves him standing cold here in this colony.

I can't see why all these confrontations,
I can't see why all these dislocations,
No family life, this makes me feel uneasy,
Stood alone here in this colony.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

Dear God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.

God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind
We were the better kind
Two the same - set free too
I always looked to you --

This is the first verse on the Bains Douches live album:
A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Secret trials - the judges warn
Check like we've never borne
Win the right to set free
What you will be reprieved
I put my trust in you --

We fought for good - stood side by side
Our friendship never died
On stranger waves - the lows and highs
Our vision touched the skies
Immortalists with points to prove
[or in the Bains Douches live version:
Captive souls - depleted soon]
[and in the Still live version:
Immortalists depart too soon]
I put my trust in you --

A house somewhere on foreign soil
Where ageing lovers call
Is this your goal - your final needs?
[or in the Bains Douches live version:
Is this your goal - your final round?]
[and in the Still live version:
It's come to this - your final goal]
Where dogs and vultures eat
Committed still, I turn to go
I put my trust in you --

In you, in you, in you
Put my trust in you, in you

My name is not important, it's a signal, a sign
It means I'm doing what I do because I do it all the time
I get a lot of fun emotion, I get none if I use ya
I would crawl across the ocean so I could not abuse ya

My life's deteriorating at a quarter to eight
Because I wrote myself a letter and I mailed it too late
I got a knock on the door, I got a nail on the floor
I got a nail in my head, but it don't hurt me no more

It's an open act of defiance, and it's aimed direct with you
We could form some kind of alliance, we could do what we wanted to do
And the young would live forever
And the sun would shine through the blue
If we got our hands on this nation, we could do what we wanted to do

With all the time I'm sweatin' I've got you on my mind
You're gonna lead me into trouble, you will leave me behind
Well I am not coming to ya, I'll only confuse ya
There's a label on you, I'm gonna rip it in two

You keep calling but I'm not at home'
To give me your explanation
I'm not waiting by the telephone
With a feeling of frustration
I always thought that if you understood
You'd clean up this mess and you'd do me some good

I don't need you anymore
I'm not the man you're looking for

Can't you see there's nothing in your head
And your body's on vacation
I keep hearing what I never said
You got me in your conversation
Now it's too late and you get what you see
I don't like this hatred, it just isn't me

It's never too late I heard you say
How can you turn and go away
I'm staking my claim to some degree
Don't bring the secret home to me
Better to live than to know
Better the noise that we love than hate
Remember the moments we've got
Whenever I feel like I'm in a state

There used to be a way but there ain't no more
Tell me why because we need it
I used to run away but I can't no more
'Cause I feel that I can beat it
There used to be a way but there ain't no more

How can we be free? We both need each other like
Sister and brother. You mean that much to me
Better to live than to know
Better the noise that we love than hate
Remember the moments we've left
Whenever I feel like I'm in a state

I'm never gonna do what you want me to

Talking of my attributes, the things I do so well
As anyone who's in cahoots with me will readily tell
I've lived up here, I've been down there, I've bought so I could sell
And if I drove a faster car, I'd drive it bloody well
How can I change? I live without restraint

And I would try the patience of a saint

Thinking of my attitudes, talking one on one
I may disagree with you, but look where you've come from
And all that you've got, I thought that I would faint

But I would try the patience of a saint
And I would try the patience of a saint
I would try the patience of a saint

I'm talking to myself (to myself)
I'm talking to the one that I know best

Bury me with gratitude, you can go to hell
Why should I care? I'd rather watch drying paint

But I would try the patience of a saint
And I would try the patience of a saint
I would try the patience of a saint
And I would try the patience...
...of a saint

I've been walking in the rain just to get wet on purpose
I've been forcing myself not to forget just to feel worse
I've been getting away with it all my life (getting away)

However I look it's clear to see
That I love you more than you love me

I hate that mirror, it makes me feel so worthless
I'm an original sinner but when I'm with you I couldn't care less
I've been getting away with it all my life
Getting away with it all my life

I thought I gave up falling in love a long long time ago
I guess I like it but I can't tell you, you shouldn't really know
And it's been true all my life
Yes, it's been true all my life

I've been talking to myself just to suggest that I'm selfish
(Getting ahead)
I've been trying to impress that more is less and I'm repressed
(I should do what he said)

Getting away with it...

It's not the way that you would listen
Or the way you comb your hair
It's the fact that you are missing
How I feel when you're not there
I went through all the months of January
Locked up in this cell
I'd like to be at home, but on my own
I didn't do too well

Look at me, I always get the blame
But I can't even learn to spell my name
I like to read, I like to write
But where I live I learn to fight
So don't you ever say that we're the same

I don't need a doctor telling me I'm full of juice
It's not a statement that I'm making, but the plain and simple truth
I went through all the months of January
Locked up in my cell
I'd like to think of home, when I'm alone
It doesn't work too well

Is it any wonder how the world spins its lonely days for me,
like a record with its bruises skips a beat of history.
In between the grooves is where I lie, wondering where this lover hides.

To the girl with the marble eyes, can it be that you've taken me by surprise,
the wind and rain have carried your fame to my front door in spite of my heart's refrain.
Capulet and Montegue, never even heard of me and you.
I'll keep this secret of how I adore, this passion girl that I was looking for.

Somehow here we are standing i the rain again,
If we could only run away, take this train to better days.

To the girl with the marble eyes, can it be that you've taken me by surprise,
the wind and rain have carried your fame to my front door in spite of my heart's refrain.
Capulet and Montegue, never even heard of me and you.
I'll keep this secret of how I adore, this passion girl that I was looking for.

Can I feel that it's all around, in your eyes there lies this perfect sound.
Ummm... I digress.

To the girl with the marble eyes, can it be that you've taken me by surprise,
The wind and rain have carried your fame to my front door in spite of my heart's refrain.
Capulet and Montegue, never even heard of me and you.
I'll keep this secret of how I adore, this passion girl that I was looking for.

I've always thought of you as my brick wall
Built like an angel, six feet tall
Six feet tall
And when you go away, I start to weep
You're too expensive girl to keep
Isn't it sweet?

I don't know where to begin, living in sin
How can we talk? Look where you've been
I've counted the nights of living in sin
How can we talk? Look where we've been

Take my independent point of view
I've loosened my wallet, thanks to you
Don't do me any favors
Hark, the herald angels sting
Please repair my broken wing
Why won't you look at me? I live and breathe

(We can make it all the time, to live or die)

Blame it on appearance
It might seem
A shame that we're
Not you or me

It's the perfect situation
I'm trying hard to understand
You make my life a celebration
And then you never let me down

If you want to go, I just can't say no

You've got me hanging on a string
I find it hard to turn the other cheek
You know it doesn't mean a thing
I could be through with you within a week
It's the perfect situation
I'm trying hard to understand
Is it still infatuation
Between a woman and a man?

There never was a minute on my own
I never felt I needed anyone
It's the perfect situation
I can't hope to understand

I don't know
If we could get lost in a city this size if we wanted to
And I don't know
If I could survive without seeing you
And every time I see your face
I feel out of place

It's so easy, why are you leaving?
Is it just because I've grown afraid of you?
I wish we were at the beginning
It would be so good to be with you

See that girl? She's over there
I don't need her, she don't care
I could be one in a million
It would be so good to start again

Have you ever been a victim in a violent fight
When you know it's not true and you know it's not right
Got not one ounce, inch of control
You got lust for blood runnin' in your soul
You know if every person upon this earth
Became the image of the mother in a violent birth
We could sow the seed, toss up the sand
And heal this brutal beat-up land

If there's a place to be why don't you come with me
Listen to your father, listen to your brother
Take every chance that comes, maybe you'll find someone
We don't need to argue, we just need each other

There's a mirror on the table, if you feel you could use it
Don't be ashamed, go ahead just do it
Protect your cranium, let it explode
Put your faith in the mother lode
Now if all this seems to be eccentric
Be aware be sure I meant it
The tunnel of love has got no end
I'm well received, but I don't send

Sometimes we find ourselves looking for something new we stand outside ourselves not knowing quite what we should do I am in debt to you I owe respect to you but you've got to learn it's gonna turn, into neglect for you and though you caught me naked I didn't enjoy it in fact I regret it let's make it happen why can't you understand I am a fraction a part of a broken man I hope you understand it's part of my action plan to bury you in the sand the tide's gonna turn when will you learn to stop hiding inside yourself I bet you wish you were someone else tell me when will you learn the day's getting longer and you're getting common sense so get right down off that fence ain't it time that you turned and though you got me thinking you could be faking your ego's inflated and I'm sick of waiting let's make it happen why can't you understand I am a fraction I am a broken man let's make it happen why can't you understand I am a fraction part of a broken man my soul is in rapture if only we could both hold on let's cause a reaction just like you know we should.

I'm here alone all by myself with no-one else I need someone to share these thoughts about myself I don't know who I can trust this picture's starting to rust and as I press upon myself a form of torture I write these words for someone else just like an author I don't know who I can trust I don't know who I can trust everybody won't you come with me we'll take a ride across the sea when we get there if we don't drown I'll turn your whole world upside down And later on with each illegal breath I take I lose resistance for an instant to my fate How I'll miss you when you're gone I'm a number lower than one I'm on my own I think this stuff is getting stronger I'm wide awake and I can't take it any longer How I'll miss you when you are gone I'm a number lower than one everybody won't you come with me help me find what I can't see I'm sick of crawling along the ground help me turn my world around everybody won't you come with me everybody come with me if I don't find what I've come for you won't see me anymore Sometimes Its hard just to find some piece of mind it feels like I am going crazy almost all of the time and if we can't live this way then what will I do like my father and my mother I'm depending on you You've got to fight just to keep your piece of mind you've got to hold on tight don't cross that line Sometimes I cry like a baby when I look outside I'm on a losing streak driving through Moss Side Like the river deep or the ocean wide like the river deep or the ocean wide like the river deep or the ocean wide There's a crack in the wall but I just can't hide.

My imagination wants to see
The vivid colours of reality
There's a place out there beyond my grasp
A revolution in a looking glass
I've got to get this problem off my chest
I'm sick and tired of being second best
I'll rearrange my credibility
A fundraiser for a restless sea

Don't ever doubt me
What's come over you?
Won't you forgive me?
What are you gonna do?
Don't ever doubt me
What's come over you?
Won't you forgive me?
What are you gonna do?
What will you do?

I can't contain what's inside my head
I'm using words that I must have read
Do you remember the time we spent?
It seems that we were the main event
Have you a reason to behave like this?
Maybe you need a psychoanalyst
If you keep pushing me out of the door, for sure
You'll never see me again

No one to talk to
What am I gonna do?
You're never there
Right when I need you
Give me a cause
Give me a reason
For your applause
I'll commit treason

And in my mind
I know I'm right
It's the same thing every night
You're not to blame
So don't you cry
You don't need me
So hurt my pride
And all the time
I know we tried
Line by line and side by side
And still I pray
That we'll get by
But it don't seem real
And I don't know why

And in my mind
I know I'm right
It's the same thing every night
You're not to blame
So don't you cry
You don't need me
So hurt my pride
And in my mind
I know I'm right
It's the same thing every night
Why do you cry?
You're not to blame
When will you change this sad refrain?

This sad refrain...
Oh, when will you change
This sad refrain?
When will you change this sad refrain

I'm gonna leave you baby so far behind cause you're upset and twisted and you're out of your mind and you know I don't love you and we're wasting our time come on give me a reason help me make up my mind There are cold days in this winter but it's not my design I'm a victim of your misfortune in a terminal decline breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, I'm gonna leave you baby so far behind cause you're fucked up and twisted and you're out of your mind and you know I don't love you and we're wasting our time come on give me a reason help me make up my mind I don't know what lies in the future I don't know how long it will last you could lose yourself in the task My heart is on fire but its burning low I can't get much higher there's no where to go breakdown breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown, breakdown Repeat to fade.

Come down from your throne leave your body alone
somebody must change you are the reason
I've been waiting for so long somebody holds
the key Well I'm near the end and
I just ain't got no time and I'm wasted
and I can't find my way home come down
on your own and leave your body alone
somebody must change you are the reason
that I've been waiting so long
somebody holds the key well
I'm near the end and
I just ain't got no time and
I'm wasted and I can't find my way home
Can't find my way home can't find my way home
Can't find my way home Well I'm near the end and
I just ain't got no time and I'm wasted and
I can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home
Can't find my way home.

You must think that I'm a fool this twisted tenderness just leaves me cool You've got me in a mess you know it's true out in the wilderness here without you Right outside it's a cruel world something happening it's distracting you're just bad news girl Never let that feeling die all you've got to do is tell a little lie don't you know it's true I will never let you down spread this message all around that I hope and that I pray you can turn my life around Take a look out there we're under house arrest and you don't care We could always be friends but you were careless right till the end I feel guilty oh it's such a shame it's frustrating it's a sad thing and there's no one else to blame Never let that feeling die all you've got to do is tell a little lie don't you know it's true I won't ever let you down spread this message all around that I hope and that I pray you won't take my love to town Tell a little lie tell a little lie that's all you have to do is tell a little lie tell a little lie tell a little lie Don't you know it's true Right outside It's a cruel world something happening it's distracting you're just bad news girl Never let that feeling die all you've got to do is tell a little lie don't you know it's true I will never let you down spread this message all around That I hope and that I pray you won't take my love to town Tell a little lie tell a little lie that's all you have to do is tell a little lie tell a little lie tell a little lie don't you know it's true don't you know it's true don't you it's true don't you know it's true.

An ordinary man was not much in demand he lives a quiet life his wife don't understand But underneath it all this is suburban hell he's up against the wall you know he's obviously unwell She didn't like the things he did he said that he couldn't live without her he made her cry just like a kid I think this prayer needs a transfer It's a fragile situation will he lose his head or make a change in his location and just go back to bed I'll catch you when you fall and if you stumble call this driving rain has got to end just call me when you need a friend Your life is down and out the flame is burning out and when you're down it makes me suffer you're a girl just like no other Sometimes he feels so small he turns to alcohol she doesn't like the taste but then it's better than his face This connection will not mend how I pray that you'll be happy but you're in a downward trend leave this place and make it snappy Just undo this combination you know it is up to you it's time you saved your reputation I think it's overdue People throwing lives around don't you think it's sad while half the world is getting on the other's getting mad people taking lives away don't you think it's sad while the world is having fun the other half is bad Chorus

I don't plan or conspire I don't want to get no higher it's your lack of ambition well they tell me, that's what it's missing All the guns out on the western front are quiet now well it's nice to hear the world breath a sigh It's like the colour of your skin you know it doesn't mean a thing nor do the clothes that we're wrapped in it doesn't matter if you're thin and though I lay awake at night I know your arms will hold me tight and I thank God we got it right here in this city late at night We are each like no other we are unique to our mother we are foals in the stable but we leave home when we're able but we all need someone like the earth needs the sun and our fate will be found in this life in the ground Don't you get it wrong It's like the colour of your skin you know it doesn't mean a thing nor do the clothes that we're wrapped in It doesn't matter if you're thin and though I lay awake at night I know your arms will hold me tight and I thank God we got it right here in this city late at night.

You may be a star in your own mind but you're greatly deluded in my mine I heard reports that you drink and you take drugs most of the time and that your life is in danger And that you were involved in a crime Is it over is it over will you come home now is it over is it over don't you let me down you're the architect of your own excess join the queue At the start of the line In a wilderness with an empty sky the clouds are gone and the dessert is dry the prodigal son is returning he shouldn't be walking the streets they tell me that children are starving He's got everything that he needs is it over is it over will you come home now is it over is it over is it over is it over now Won't you come home now won't you come home now won't you come home now won't you come won't you come home won't you come home now Won't you come home now won't you come home now won't you come won't you come home

I'm shaking like a leaf on a tree do you understand, will you come with me don't make a sound don't even breathe they'll understand why don't we leave We can steal a ride on a bus drive down a road all covered in dust head north by north west till we reach the coast we'll find an address that don't get the post When she's gone even though she won't be long it just tears my world apart puts a hole right through my heart She let me see her new tattoo it was my name written in blue a mark of pain across her chest I was the lover on her breast So come with me and don't be afraid we could be free out of the shade your life has begun come on lets run over the ground in an air raid we've got the gun don't be afraid When she's gone even though she won't be long it just tears my world apart puts a hole right through my heart Only when this girl has gone will I know if I am wrong who would choose a life of one I can't carry on when she's gone.

Every time I watch TV on the news is something major I'm a prisoner, set me free Turn this atoll into vapor Genocide put on the side it's always new Politicians want to share their point of view united nations are demanding foreign troops have made a landing city dealers at an auction shares are falling fast suicide is not an option waiting for the crash I walk this wild road can you tell me will I reach the end This endless night goes on But I still can't find my way home Misguided youth are mixing juice with alcohol desert states are praying for the rains to fall peace in Ireland is an issue goodbye bombs we're gonna miss you The southern ice has almost gone the silly fools just carry on I walk this wild road can you tell me will I reach the end this endless night goes on But I still can't find my way home I walk this wild road can you tell me will I reach the end this endless night goes on But I still carry on This world's out of reach but I don't want it the people are creeps that live here on it it's always the same it's not gonna change when we go to school with Sadam Hussein I'd cry all night if I could change it ask Jesus Christ could he arrange it Is there anyone out there who cares if a child can run free can a girl walk the street will united get beat.

Forbidden City


There's not a hope
While you're in this kind of mood
Too much to drink
But not enough to lose
You tore me apart
Now I've got to suffer
I wish I'd been around when you started this

Give me a chance
I'd show you what I could do
You're in a trance
And I'm not so fond of you
You may be a friend
But you're not my relation
But you're the only person
I ever knew

And it's too late to wash my hands
We're caught in a trap set for a man

There is a wind
That blows in the northern sky
Holdin' me back
No matter how hard I try
If I had the sense
I'd leave here tomorrow
I wouldn't even bother
To say goodbye

But it's too late to wash my hands
We're caught in a trap set for a man
..

Would you lie to me
You thought I was wrong
You deserted me
When it all went wrong
Would you lie to me
Would you lie to me

Would you lie to me
You thought I was wrong
You deserted me
When it all went wrong

And it's too late to wash my hands
We're caught in a trap set for a man

And it's too late to wash my hands
(Would you lie to me)
We're caught in a trap set for a man
(Would you lie to me)
We're caught in a trap set for a man
We're caught in a trap set for a man

For You


Can we meet on the street
Maybe tomorrow
See the world at our feet
Naked and hollow
I'll even the climb crystal and fine
For you to see
With every step that I take
Every move that you make

Stay with me
In this foreign land
Just long enough for me
To make you understand
You could be my guiding light
The darkest of them all
You'd be the rise before my fall

And yet we'd both get along fine
Better than most some of the time
When I'm with you I am on fire
You are the chill and my desire
*
Can we meet on the street
Maybe tomorrow
See the world at our feet
Naked and hollow
I'll even the climb crystal and fine
For you to see
With every step that I take
Every move that you make

What do you crave
What I can't possess
You always ask for more
Until there's nothing left
These hollow words
Make a wrong arrest
They beat upon my door
A spirit haunts forever more

But still I hope and sometimes I pray
It won't be hard, We'll find a way
Color my dream, show me I'm real
Turn on the light, then let me feel

(* Repeat 2 times)

La la la... (Repeat)

Dark Angel_


You don't want me
But I don't care
I'm independent, when (and) there's no one there
I'm not a substitute and it's wearing thin
Why can't you see that I won't give in
There's a rumor
How can it be true
The way that people talk
It's as if they knew
(but if they only knew)
And thought I try
I hope you understand
If I'm alone with you
It could get out of hand

Please don't make me wait
In front of you
Love comes too late
We're in a spin
Confused within
It must be fate
Love comes too late
Love comes too late

I believe it was meant to be
But when you threw me out
I guess it made me see
It could be a drag
From my point of view
But that's the kind of thing
That I expect from you
What can I do I'll never be the same
Another day without you
Would drive me insane
It's a real life drama
That I can't work out
Don't think about it
Let me take you out

Please don't make me wait
In front of you
Love comes too late
We're in a spin
Confused within
It must be fate
Love comes too late
Love comes too late.....
.......................

One Day

We're in danger, so I'm told
It's the end of time and the world is old
You meet a stranger you don't want to see
Dance to the sound
Of his pen making history

One day and it won't be long
We'll stand in this place
Undercover
Licensed to be wrong
One day and it won't be long
We'll stand in this place
And discover

I'm not ashamed to tell you
But you know it's over
Naked is the beauty
Crying on my shoulder
It's hard to face rejection
What use to be affection
I thought was my duty
Like I was a soldier
..

I'd like to pay you but my funds are thin
I'm so in move with my shirt
But I'll throw it in
Why can't you
Understand what I'm going through
It's a bad situation what can I do
You know that

On day and it won't be long
We'll stand in this place undercover
Licensed to be wrong
One day and it won't be long
We'll stand in this place
And discover
...

I'm not ashamed to tell you
But you know it's over
Naked is the beauty
Crying on my shoulder
It's hard to face rejection
What use to be affection
I thought was my duty
Like I was a soldier
Like I was a soldier ........
Oh
One day and it won't be long

Oh
One day and it won't be long......................

Until The End Of Time


Not a trace of emotion remains inside
Two hearts broken lay down by the riverside
Single handed they tried to escape from me
With a turn of the wheel It was wrong with me

Drivin' me crazy, oh baby
You're driving me crazy, oh baby
You're driving me crazy, oh baby
You're driving me crazy, oh baby

**This love was born instead of hate
Celebrate our love (celebrate)
Let me feel the right vibration
Celebrate our love (celebrate)
And until the end of time
Celebrate what's mine
Make it good and let it shine
Celebrate our love

Revelation
A fate that you can't decide
They lay drown in the flow of the rising tide
There's a side of your life that you never see
It is real this I feel
And drivin' me-

Drivin' me crazy, oh baby
You're driving me crazy, oh baby
You're driving me crazy, oh baby
You're driving me crazy, oh baby

***Gotta find, gotta find, some peace within our time
Until the end of time, until the end of time
(celebrate)
Gotta find, gotta find, some peace within our time
Until the end of time, until the end of time
(celebrate)
..

(**Repeat with***)
(**Repeat)

Second Nature


I used to think that I was lonely
When I was a young boy
Doin' what they told me
Too many lessons in the school class
Stated my allegiance
Mixing with the wrong class

I lived at home with all my family
Even had my own key
It was given to me
I like to be alone
There was never any friction
Starring in my own film
It was my addiction

*You don't have to wait
The world will carry on
They stare in your face
But it won't stay for long
Blessed be our nation
And sit upon her throne
(But) Don't ever hesitate
Just carry on

(*Repeat)

Your older boys were rather surly
Livin' in the wrong place
Made me grow up early
But it was my home
As I complete my own existence
Staring at my own life
Fading in the distance
Down I stand in time

Smiling faces of the neighbors
Proud of their endeavors
Gonna play forever
Watch tv at home

(*Repeat)

You don't have to wait
The world will carry on
They stare in your face
But it won't stay for long
Blessed be our nation
And sit upon our throne
(But) Don't ever hesitate
Don't get it wrong

Don't ever wait
Don't hesitate
Don't ever wait
Don't hesitate..

You don't have to wait
The world will carry on
They stare in your face
But it won't stay for long
Blessed be our nation
And sit upon our throne
(But) Don't ever hesitate
Don't get it wrong....

Don't wait just carry on
Don't wait we'll get along
Blessed be our nation
And sit upon her throne
Don't ever hesitate
Just carry on

Na na na na na na
(Repeat and fade)

You are the only one I need
And you mean everything to me
I can't get you out of my mind
You've got the face I want to see
(Yours is a)
Your never in when I'm around
(I come round)
When I turn up you turn (tie) me down
If you lie to me I believe you
Yes I have to believe you

Stop if you've got love
Take all your faith and make it good
Bow down surrender
Follow love
And make it yours
For ever more
Why don't you
Stop if you've got love
Don't lose this race it's just too good
I hope it's me you're thinking of
Because I feel the need

You never know what's going on
But you tell me that I am wrong
If it was up to me I would leave you
But it isn't, I believe you

I would do anything I could
Just to make sure you understood
(It seems to me you understood)
That I wouldn't ever deceive you
Though I'd want to, I could not do

Stop if you've got love
Take all your faith and make it good
Bow down surrender
Follow love
And make it yours
For ever more
Why don't you
Stop if you've got love
Don't lose this race it's just too good
I hope it's me you're thinking of
Because I feel the need

Out Of My League


I'm always late but I caught you in time
To escape from the scene of the crime
Louder than cymbals, all out of rhyme
I give up 'cause I don't know the time

I can't decide
Won't you rescue my pride
Tell me the truth
I have a picture of you
You have a picture of me

We could steal away every night
Or catch the earliest flight
We're fallen in, so let's swim

You're out of my league
But I'm depending on you
You're all that I need
So why don't you say that it's true
You're out of my league
But I'm depending on you
You're all that I need
So why don't you say that it's true

You're out of my league
..

Like a picture hung on a wall
Not a word to speak, lost for a cause
You could give me so many things
But without your love, all of it stinks

My only crime
Is the state of my mind
Hold on to you
I have a picture of you
You have a picture of me

We could steal away every night
Or catch the very first flight
We're fallen in, so let's swim

You're out of my league
But I'm depending on you
You're all that I need
So why don't you say that it's true
You're out of my league
But I'm depending on you
You're all that I need
So why don't you say that it's true
..........

Freefall

Close your lips
We shouldn't speak of this
I'm not the first person to know
It's only me
Out in the cold
Let me feel joy
I really need it
rush in my blood
I want to feel it
And I'm sure
When it's begun
One into two
Always leaves one

Look at the rain
Look at it falling
Into my world
Why are you calling
Won't you come home
I will not hurt you
Will not deserve you
Will not desert you
Look at the rain

Can't you see
you were so indiscreet
Stole all the change off me
How could I know that you would cheat?
Is it what I've done,
I could be, I could become?
I don't need someone else
This is me, beside myself

Look at the rain
Look at it falling
Into my world
Why are you calling
Won't you come home
I will not hurt you
Will not deserve you
Will not desert you
Look at the rain
....

Look at the rain
Look at it falling
Into my world
Why are you calling
Won't you come home
I will not hurt you
Will not deserve you
Will not desert you
Look at the rain
.....................

Visit Me_


Early morning
With a sigh
She opens both her eyes
Praying for a safe return
Lost in the darkest night
This day the jury has adjourned
Her love has taken flight
She is coming home
To visit me tonight
She is coming home
To visit me tonight

Taken from the arms of another
Woken from the deepest dream
Patiently she waits for her lover
Perhaps her life is not what it seems

Come to me and see my endeavor
Like a leaf she falls to the ground
In the dust that gathers forever
We are spirits
Making no sound
She is coming home
To visit me tonight
She is coming home
To visit me tonight

Taken from the arms of another
Woken from the deepest dream
Patiently she waits for her lover
Perhaps her life is not what it seems
..

Taken from the arms of another
Woken from the deepest dream
Patiently she waits for her lover
Perhaps her life is not what it seems..

How Long


Satisfy your every wish
I can be a part of this
You'll never forgive me
But what do I care
I'd like to stay but it can't be
It's kind of juvenile of me
There's something I'm missing
Why can't we agree

I heard this sound for a thousand years
Such a sad song, it goes forever on
I heard this sound for a thousand years
Such a sad song, it goes forever on

I know I tried to change my mind
So much of you I can't define
Whenever you're near me
Whatever you do
I fall apart if you're not there
I couldn't leave I wouldn't dare
You're always within me
Whatever you do

I heard this sound for a thousand years
Such a sad song, it goes forever on
I heard this sound for a thousand years
Such a sad song, it goes forever on
..

I lied to you it was a sin
So please forgive me once again
I'll never betray you
As long as you're there

I heard this sound for a thousand years
Such a sad song it goes forever on
I heard this sound for a thousand years
Such a sad song, it goes forever on
...........

Time Can Tell

You're voice is breaking up
Get off the phone
Come and see me
These times are hard enough
To be alone, I want you with me
And much to my regret
It's you i can't forget
Tears on your shoulder
Don't look too far
Surrender me my heart
Then come with me

*Will we still be together
In a year from now
Or do we hate each other
We're gonna get through somehow
Has it turned the world
Into a nightmare
Will it be farewell
Only time can tell

(*Repeat)
..

You'd make the angels wait
And stop the sun if I let you
What good is two
When its reduced by one
How will you value your love
You'd better save your breathe
Give us both a rest until tomorrow
This second you want me
You know I'll come
You are the one

(*Repeat )

I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand,
Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man?
These sensations barely interest me for another day,
I've got the spirit, lose the feeling, take the shock away.

It's getting faster, moving faster now, it's getting out of hand,
On the tenth floor, down the back stairs, it's a no man's land,
Lights are flashing, cars are crashing, getting frequent now,
I've got the spirit, lose the feeling, let it out somehow.

What means to you, what means to me, and we will meet again,
I'm watching you, I'm watching her, I'll take no pity from you friends,
Who is right, who can tell, and who gives a damn right now,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know,
Until the spirit new sensation takes hold, then you know,
I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling,
I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling,
Feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling, feeling.

This is the room, the start of it all,
No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall,
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain,
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

These are your friends from childhood, through youth,
Who goaded you on, demanded more proof,
Withdrawal pain is hard, it can do you right in,
So distorted and thin, distorted and thin.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

This is the car at the edge of the road,
There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed,
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat,
There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak,

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

This is the room, the start of it all,
Through childhood, thorugh youth, I remember it all,
Oh, I've seen the nights filled with bloodsport and pain.
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained.

Where will it end? Where will it end?
Where will it end? Where will it end?

Forced by the pressure,
The territories marked,
No longer the pleasure,
Oh, I've since lost the heart.

Corrupted from memory,
No longer the power,
It's creeping up slowly,
The last fatal hour.

Oh, I don't what made me,
What gave me the right,
To mess with your values,
And change wrong to right.

Please keep your distance,
The trail leads to here,
There's blood on your fingers,
Brought on by fear.

I campaigned for nothing,
I worked hard for this,
I tried to get to you,
You treat me like this.

It's just second nature,
It's what we've been shown,
We're living by your rules,
That's all that we know.

I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you,
I tried to get to you.
I tried to get to you.

Guess you dreams always end.
They don't rise up, just descend,
But I don't care anymore,
I've lost the will to want more,
I'm not afraid not at all,
I watch them all as they fall,
But I remember when we were young.

Those with habits of waste,
Their sense of style and good taste,
Of making sure you were right,
Hey don't you know you were right?
I'm not afraid anymore,
I keep my eyes on the door,
But I remember....

Tears of sadness for you,
More upheaval for you,
Reflects a moment in time,
A special moment in time,
Yeah we wasted our time,
We didn't really have time,
But we remember when we were young.

And all God's angels beware,
And all you judges beware,
Sons of chance, take good care,
For all the people not there,
I'm not afraid anymore,
I'm not afraid anymore,
I'm not afraid anymore,
Oh, I'm not afraid anymore.

Change of speed, a change of style
A change of scene, with no regrets
A chance to watch
admire the distance
Still occupied - though you forget
Different colours, different shades
Over each mistakes were made
I took the blame
Directionless, so plain to see
A loaded gun won't set you free
So you say

We'll share a drink and step outside
An angry voice and one who cried
We'll give you everything and more
The strain's too much,
can't take much more
Oh I've walked on water,
run through fire
Can't seem to feel it anymore
It was me - waiting for me
Hoping for something more
Me - see me in this time -
Hoping for something else

Confusion in her eyes that says it all.
She's lost control.
And she's clinging to the nearest passer by,
She's lost control.
And she gave away the secrets of her past,
And said I've lost control again,
And a voice that told her when and where to act,
She said I've lost control again.

And she turned to me and took me by the hand and said,
I've lost control again.
And how I'll never know just why or understand,
She said I've lost control again.
And she screamed out kicking on her side and said,
I've lost control again.
And seized up on the floor, I thought she'd die.
She said I've lost control again.
She's lost control again.
She's lost control.
She's lost control again.
She's lost control.

Well I had to 'phone her friend to state her case,
And say she's lost control again.
And she showed up all the errors and mistakes,
And said I've lost control again.
But she expressed herself in many different ways,
Until she lost control again.
And walked upon the edge of no escape,
And laughed I've lost control again.
She's lost control again.
She's lost control.
She's lost control again.
She's lost control.

I could live a little better with permissible (the miserable?) lies,
When the darkness broke in, I just broke down and cried.
I could live a little in a wider line,
When the change is done, when the dare is gone,
To lose control. When the dare is gone...

To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you,
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you,
I was moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you,
In a room with a window in the corner I found truth.

In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more,
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor,
And with cold streel, odour on their bodies mad a move to connect,
But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left.

I did everything, everything I wanted to,
I let them use you for their own ends,
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.

I travelled far and wide through many different times,
What did you see there?
I saw the saints with their toys,
What did you see there?
I saw all knowledge destroyed.
I travelled far and wide through many different times.

I travelled far and wide through prisons of the cross,
What did you see there?
The power and glory of sin,
What did you see there?
The blood of Christ on their skins,
I travelled far and wide thorugh many different times.

I travelled far and wide and unknown martyrs died,
What did you see there?
I saw the one sided trials,
What did you see there?
I saw the tears as they cried,
They had tears in their eyes,
Tears in their eyes,
Tears in their eyes,
Tears in their eye.

I walked through the city limits,
Someone talked me in to do it,
Attracted by some force within it,
Had to close my eyes to get close to it,
Around a corner where a prophet lay,
Saw the place where she'd had a room to stay,
A wire fence where the children played
Saw the bed where the body lay,
And I was looking for some friends of mine.
And I had no time to waste.
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine.

The cars screeched hear the sound on dust,
Heard a noise just a car outside,
Metallic blue turned red with rust,
Pulled in close by the building's side,
In a group all forgotten youth,
Had to think, collect my senses now,
Are turned on to a knife edged view
Find some places where my friends don't know,
And I was looking for a friend of mine,
And had no time to waste.
Yeah, looking for some friends of mine.

Down the dark streets, the houses looked the same,
Getting darker now, faces look the same,
And I walked round and round.
No stomach, torn apart,
Nail me to a train.
Had to think again,
trying to find a clue, trying to find a way to get out!
Trying to move away, had to move away and keep out.

We were strangers.
We were strangers, for way too long, for way too long,
We were strangers, for way too long.
Violent, violent,
Were strangers.

Get weak all the time, may just pass the time,
Me in my own world, yeah you there beside,
The gaps are enormous, we stare from each side,
We were strangers for way too long.

Violent, more violent, his hand cracks the chair,
Moves on reaction, then slumps in despair,
Trapped in a cage and surrendered too soon,
Me in my own world, the one that you knew,
For way too long.
We were strangers, for way too long.
We were strangers,
We were strangers, for way too long.
For way too long.

Asylums with doors open wide,
Where people had paid to see inside,
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says, 'I still exist.'

This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

In arenas he kills for a prize,
Wins a minute to add to his life.
But the sickness is drowned by cries for more,
Pray to God, make it quick, watch him fall.

This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

This is the way.
This is the way.
This is the way.
This is the way.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

You'll see the horrors of a faraway place,
Meet the architects of law face to face.
See mass murder on a scale you've never seen,
And all the ones who try hard to succeed.

This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.
This is the way, step inside.

And I picked on the whims of a thousand or more,
Still pursuing the path that's been buried for years,
All the dead wood from jungles and cities on fire,
Can't replace or relate, can't release or repair,
Take my hand and I'll show you what was and will be.

In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love

Surrendered to self preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else

Isolation, isolation, isolation

Mother, I tried please belief me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am

Isolation, isolation, isolation

But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
This is my one lucky prize
This is my one lucky prize

Isolation, isolation, isolation
Isolation

This is a crisis, I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting, unsettling and turning around
Wondering what will come next

Is this the role that you wanted to live?
I was foolish to ask for so much
Without the protection and infancy's guard
It all falls apart at first touch

Watching the reel as it comes to a close
Brutally taking it's time
People who change for no reason at all
Happening all of the time

Can I go on with this train of events?
Disturbing and purging my mind
Back out of my duties when all's said and done
I know that I'll lose every time

Moving along in our God given ways
Safety is sat by the fire
Sanctuary from these feverish smiles
Left with a mark on the door

Is this the gift that I wanted to give?
Forgive and forget's what they teach
Or pass through the deserts and wastelands once more
And watch as they drop by the beach

This is the crisis I knew had to come
Destroying the balance I'd kept
Turning around to the next set of lives
Wondering what will come next

A cry for help, a hint of anesthesia,
The sound from broken homes,
We used to always meet here.
As he lays asleep, she takes him in her arms,
Some things I have to do, but I don't mean you harm.

A worried parent's glance, a kiss, a last goodbye,
Hands him the bag she packed, the tears she tries to hide,
A cruel wind that blows down to our lunacy
And leaves him standing cold here in this colony.

I can't see why all these confrontations,
I can't see why all these dislocations,
No family life, this makes me feel uneasy,
Stood alone here in this colony.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

Dear God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.

God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
God in his wisdom took you by the hand,
God in his wisdom made you understand.
In this colony, in this colony, in this colony, in this colony.

A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind
We were the better kind
Two the same - set free too
I always looked to you --

This is the first verse on the Bains Douches live album:
A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Secret trials - the judges warn
Check like we've never borne
Win the right to set free
What you will be reprieved
I put my trust in you --

We fought for good - stood side by side
Our friendship never died
On stranger waves - the lows and highs
Our vision touched the skies
Immortalists with points to prove
[or in the Bains Douches live version:
Captive souls - depleted soon]
[and in the Still live version:
Immortalists depart too soon]
I put my trust in you --

A house somewhere on foreign soil
Where ageing lovers call
Is this your goal - your final needs?
[or in the Bains Douches live version:
Is this your goal - your final round?]
[and in the Still live version:
It's come to this - your final goal]
Where dogs and vultures eat
Committed still, I turn to go
I put my trust in you --

In you, in you, in you
Put my trust in you, in you

Instincts that can still betray us,
A journey that leads to the sun,
Soulless and bent on destruction,
A struggle between right and wrong.

You take my place in the showdown,
I'll observe witha pitiful eye,
I'll humbly ask for forgiveness,
A request well beyond you and I.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

An abyss that laughs at creation,
A circus complete with all fools,
Foundations that lasted the ages,
Then ripped apart at their roots.

Beyond all this goo's is the terror,
The grip of a mercenary hand,
When savagery turns all good reason,
There's no turning back, no last stand.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

Existence well what does it matter?
I exist on the best terms I can.
The past is now part of my future,
The present is well out of hand.
The present is well out of hand.

Heart and soul, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.
One will burn, one will burn.
Heart and soul, one will burn.

So this is permanence, love's shattered pride
What once was innocence, turned on its side
Grey cloud hangs over me, marks every move
Deep in the memory, what once was love

Oh, how I realized? How I wanted time?
Put into perspective, tried so hard to find
Just for one moment, I thought I'd found my way
Destiny unfolded, I watched it slip away

Excessive flash points, beyond all reach
Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep
Let's take a ride out, see what we can find
Valueless collection of hopes and past desires

I never realized the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment I heard somebody call
Looked beyond the day in hand, there's nothing there at all

Now that I've realized how it's all gone wrong
Got to find some therapy, this treatment takes too long
Deep in the heart of where sympathy held sway
Got to find my destiny before it gets too late

Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain

Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside

Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
A burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse, an unlucky deal

Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall

Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men - well where have they been?
We knocked on doors of Hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits, we dragged ourselves in

Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered and never were free
Where have they been --

Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever
Can't replace the fear or the thrill of the chase
These rituals showed up the door for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed in our face
Where have they been --

I stood there beside myself,
Thinking hard about the weather,
Then came by a friend of mine,
Suggested we go out together
Then I knew it from the start:
This friend of mine would fall apart
Pretending not to see his guilt,
I said "let's go out and have some fun"
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love

I have always thought about
Staying here and going out
Tonight I should have stayed at home,
Playing with my pleasure zone
He has always been so strange,
I'd often thought he was deranged
Pretending not to see his gun,
I said "let's go out and have some fun"
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love