Something about this is precious, Something about this is sad Something about this is better, Than I've ever had Hard and lean, You know what I mean? How do the roots become tangled? Why does the spirit grow tired? Where is the key to your kingdom? Yes that's my desire.
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There are those who live to count the cost And then those who count themselves content I see heaven wrapped up in a box It is you come back to love again, In a dream, This living dream.
Up in a heap I'm not bothered, Down in the dumps I'm okay Here in my heart you're the best road, That I'll ever take, I'm serene yeh.
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There are those who live to take the chance And then more who find themselves content I see heaven mapped out in advance It is you and that's my journeys end, In a dream, This living dream.
I'm trying to hang on to the essence, I'm feeling more faint by the day It took such a long time to get it, I don't want to see it erased
CHORUS:
There are those who live to count the cost And then more who count themselves content I see heaven wrapped up in a box It is you come back to love again, In a dream, This living dream This living dream.
Looking back Down that long road you have travelled And I see All the pain that you have suffered
A young girl walks on ancient sand Desert flower in her hand Barefoot on the red heartland Innocence makes few demands
Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love And deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free?
Here we are In this crazy, crazy world Circumstance Can lead you on to desperation Love can save the weary heart Or it can tear us all apart I would rather take that chance Than to never trust again
Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love and deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free?
Looking forward Down that long road we might travel And I see All the joy that is recovered See the young boy by the river side He throws a stick to the other side It carries with the rising tide Sometimes we might reach too high
Heart and soul My soul sister Got that special part of me Such sweet love and deep devotion Who would tame what's wild and free?
Loving heart so wild and free Who could chance what's wild and free?
I used to think joy, was the break between sorrow, Like peace was the break between wars, I'm still partly new now, but mostly older, And I can not say I'm so sure.
CHORUS
I never trusted happiness, as far as I could throw it, Always preparing for the worst, 'cause I would know it, All of that hammering in the dark, like a new Noah working on his ark, On his ark.
I may look back at today and feel foolish, My old view was right all along, I will rush in, where no angels are walking, And fight for the right to be wrong.
CHORUS
'Cause I never trusted happiness, as far as I could throw it, Always preparing for the worst, 'cause I would know it, of that hammering in the dark, like a new Noah working on his ark, On his ark.
Between my potential and the deep blue sea, There's a rock and a diamond either side of me, Between our potential and the break of day, There is nothing at all in our way, Nothing in our way.
CHORUS With your dark hair in the Donegal breeze, Bringing me softly and sweetly to the ground, But, there's madness in the sycamore trees, And there's no salvation to be found.
Right now the only thing that my mind ever holds, Are long dark silences or screaming that explodes, Burning rocking beds with visions of a land, Long dark tunnels, questions and calm, But, with you, you know I have no doubts, And fear will have no sting, With your brilliant eyes and your lost and broken wing, My head upon your shoulder as you take me in your arms, Continents will crumble, we will find no harm.
CHORUS
With your dark hair in the Donegal breeze, Bringing me softly and sweetly to the ground, But, there's madness in the sycamore trees, And there's no salvation to be found.
Well I'll brace myself against the dark, endeavour to go on, No matter how long it takes, and even though I might be wrong, And I will ask a little favour of whatever God I find, And I will come back for you darling, when I find some peace of mind.
Well I don't know about tomorrow, it will be here and gone, I don't know about tonight, it'll be too long, Sometimes I think I'm dying, and I don't care how, All I know is that I want you, and I want you here and now.
CHORUS
With your dark hair in the Donegal breeze, Bringing me softly and sweetly to the ground, But, there's madness in the sycamore trees, And there's no salvation to be found.
Phone calls and taxi-rides And somebody's leaving Misunderstandings get out of control And the right words get left And the wrong words get spoken He's gone but not your pride
Chorus
Not much can help The full heart that's breaking Can't find the words And you can't hide the feelings And it's down to the bone To the heart of the matter You're free free as stone
Look at you now You're the picture of sorrow Head in your hands Like a scene from a movie And all of the things That seemed so important Are leaves and are blowing away
Chorus
Nothing can help The full heart that's breaking You can't find the words And you can't hide the feelings And it's down to the bone To the heart of the matter You're free free as stone
Walk through this town On a cold Sunday morning Soldiers in uniforms Guns in their hands The world all caught up With barbed wire fences I'm free I'm free as stone
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Oh nothing can help The full heart that's breaking Won't find the words And you can't hide the feelings And it's down to bone To the heart of the matter You're free free as stone You're free free as stone
I never cared about the car I'd drive Or the room I'd sleep or the bus I'd ride Just as long as I could get somewhere And not get hurt I could breathe out there I knew I could be free out there ... could be me
I never cared about the word prestige About no inside track or no noblesse oblige Just as long as I could pay my way And pull my weight and say my say As long as I could pay my way ... I could say
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I never had no plans just dreams and vague directions I would not make my stand I the house of corrections Now I can see at last I see that everything is changing And if you want to hold on fast the future needs arranging
Chorus
Now I'm looking forward to you Now I'm looking forward to you My former view was backward My backward view as blue Now I'm looking forward to you
Love had a weight designed to bring me down My hands would sweat and my heart would pound Now I've learned it and I've turned around And I hanker for that anchor sound I hanker for that anchor sound Once designed to bring me down
Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Oh Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell
Heaven knows I love you And heaven knows how true I'd be for you
People have their failings And I know that I've got mine I know I've been ungrateful I know I've been unkind
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Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Oh come on Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell
Down into the valleys And out across the sea Our dreams go Caught up in a loving So much stronger than we knew That could tear our world apart Or with some fate just pull us through
Chorus
Gabriel oh Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell
Time will wait for no one And time will take it's toll And we'll grow old Weary from the fighting Worn out from a war Where no one can surrender Or wants to fight anymore
Chorus
Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Gabriel Gabriel Save this heart from hell
Gabriel Gabriel Open you heart and mine as well Oh Gabriel Gabriel This heart's in hell
Chorus In darkness we do what we can In daylight we're oblivion Our hearts so raw and clear Are turning away, turning away from here On water we have walked like the fearless child What was fastened we've unlocked revealing wondrous wild And in search for confirmation We have jumped into the fire And scrambled with our burning feet through uncontrolled desire Chorus There's a well upon the hill from our ancient past Where an age is standing still holding strong and fast And there's those that try to tame it And the carve it into stone Ah but words cannot extinguish it However hard they're thrown Chorus On Racherie they have worked with their island dreams By Lough Cleggan they have nourished in the mountain streams And in searching for acceptance They have given it away Only the children of our children Know the price they had to pay Chorus
The letter stopped in a minor key A Christmas card that you drew for me Done by the hand that I knew so well Disguised the message that you could not tell I see you bent above your potter's wheel The piece you've throwing is the piece you feel The softest colour and an eye so true For cups and bowls that are shaped like you Chorus You work in porcelain cut by wire Now as ever lovers walk through fire When we were breaking we made no sound The pieces almost touching on the ground And now your silence says there's someone there She stands behind you as she strokes your hair How does she hold you like a long lost friend Or are you like me on your own again And so I write you in a minor key Wondering if there's something left for me I'm only writing so that I can sleep I never found another love as deep Chorus
I'm giving up on TV it's not making sense Gotta trust ourselves it's the last line of defence Spinning into space running out of time Gathering together all the useful things we find Chorus So don't say okay and be half-hearted I'm afraid that this feeling goes on Sacrifice the world face a killing sun You gotta get it all together it'll bring us all undone We're running up hills that we already climbed Over the top and falling down the other side Chorus The ghosts are at the window they're again tonight Looking in on us so we have got to get it right We've walking on their bones everywhere we go Spirits in the wind and the memories in the stones Chorus How we gonna get the healing done?
Remember when we walked on hills of heather Singing weaving mystical rings Now in a while my precious child You wil unfurl your wings And I'll have lost what I believed Had promised everything But before you go my friend, my kind companion Listen to this song I sing Then go in peace and grow in grace and goodness Know that you have nothing to fear And dry your eyes my little one And let there be no tears Send me a dream from away beyond I promise I shall hear Oh beautifull beloved soul companion Thank you for those beautifull years And heaven hold and watch your way forever May your every dream com true Forgive all wrong, always be strong And do what you must do You stand before this open door And you must now go through My precious friend, my own my sweet companion Bless the road that carries you My precious friend, myu own my sweet companion Bless the road that carries you
A tall tree turn and face the west Oh we're running with the wind A high clifftop we're waiting with the rest For this journey to begin Chorus But these broken wings won't fly These broken wings won't fly These broken wings won't fly at all And Oh how we laugh but maybe we should crawl And ask to be excused We shout loudly, have answers to it all Oh but we have been refused Chorus Girl child You're dancing with the stream Growing with the silver trees Your young questions You ask me what it means Oh but I am not at ease Chorus
I'm really close tonight I feel like I'm moving inside him Lying in the dark I think that I'm beginning to know him Let it go I'll be there when you call Chorus And whenever I fall at your feet Won't you let your tears rain down one me Whenever I touch your slow turning pain Don't hide it from me now There's something in the way that you're talking Words don't sound right I hear them all moving inside you You know - I'll be waiting when you call Chorus The finger of blame has turning upon itself And I'm more than willing to offer myself Do you want my presence or need my help? Who knows where that might lead I fall, I fall Chorus
Chorus A message of love, right to your heart Comes from above, to make a new start To spark a new flame, that will ring the world round Playing destiny's game And creating her sound in a message of love Tell all your friends, our time is here We're on our way, the message is clear We're an act of creation, now and forever We're a river of nations We're coming together in a message of love Chorus Spirits of love, spirits of life Help us be strong, help us to do right Here is our chance, to heal the old scars Learn a new way to dance to the song of the stars With a message of love Chorus I hear the butterflies dreaming, in the shimmering air I feel the power of life, a flowering fire everywhere I sing the tree, and the dove the eagle, fox and the hare The right to exist is our right, we all share It's a message of love Chorus When evening falls, focus your mind When spirits call let your body unwind And open your heart, and do it today And do what is right, and do not delay Because a message of love Chorus
These are the moments that we love so well Precious moments caught within a spell All too soon our lives thay fade away These are the moments that we wish would stay If I had my life to live again I would choose to be with you my friend Time moves slowly and it goes so fast And who knows how long the days will last So cherish deep within you The love you get today Let the moment linger Cause tomorrow steals that away Yes tomorrow steals that away These are the memories that we made so well Lives like stories that we long to tell When we're old with not too much to say We'll have the memories that we made today We'll have the memories that we made today
