Stars

Trapped on the terraces
I looked at you and knew
You were the only thing
that mattered
There was no one
for me but you
In Harmony Street
we beat a man
Just for standing there
I held my breath
as I watched you swing
Then run your fingers
through your hair
Oh, how could anyone not love
the terrible things you do
Oh, how could anyone
not want to try and help you
In Bermondsey in Burberry,
you held me at the barricade,
the pigs arrived with tear gas
And I wept at the mistakes we made
We stalked the streets
like animals
And danced as windows shattered
For our island
for the thrill of it
for everything that mattered
Oh, how could anyone
not want to rip it all apart
Oh, how could anyone
not love your cold, black heart
I found you on a Saturday,
and that was where I lost you
You had finally walk away
because of what it cost you
years later when I saw your face
In line to catch the morning train
you looked like
you'd been softened
Like you never really
loved the pain
Oh, how could anyone
not finally diminish
The thrill of blood
comes instantly
There's only darkness
at the finish
Meet me at the barricade
I'll be at the barricade
Meet me at the barricade
the love died,
but the hate can't fade
I'll be at the barricade
the love died,
but the hate won't fade

First time, in the backyard
Underneath the plastic sheeting
Outside, it was pouring
And we were drunk as shit

Next time, at a party
When all our friends were there
There's nothing like their mattresses
Underneath the stairs

Third time, in the doorway
With the lights all on around us
And the audience beside us
And the old man watching from the trees

Fourth time, I said that's that
You've agreed to give me everything
Now I've got to ask you one more thing
Keep doing that forever

Fifth time in your bedroom
And finally, we rested
And you leaned upon your elbow
And began to speak to me

But you stopped yourself and kissed me
And I grabbed your wrist and told you
I know, I know, I know
I feel the same as you

And everyday, it's changed since then
In every way, I've changed since then
And everyday, it's changed since then
In every way, I've changed since then

Driven outside
I've driven you
Driven outside
I've driven you

What gives you the right?
To fuck with our lives?
A devil born in paradise
A liar loves to lie
Keep watching your back
Killers always have killers on their track
Keep watching the sky
'cause you might get lucky again
I hope your drunken daughters are gay!
You are the shadow of fear!
Yoou scare the love out of here
Like an ape in a cage
Small white man in a rage
Mellow suit, mellow smile
Limousines down murder mile...
Watch the devil's at play!
Drain the bottle empty
California today
Tomorrow it's you and me...

And so tomorrow there will be another number
For the one who had a name
Desert wind and a perverse desire to win
History buried in shame

(Chorus:)
All the beating drums
Celebration guns
The thunder and the laughter
The last thing they remember

(Chorus)

And then the next day
How will you know your enemy
By their color or your fear
One by one you can cage them
In your freedom
Make them all disappear

Six hundred sixty-six hundred sixty days
Two guards for one uncharged
This morning's papers, ink stains my fingers
My hands grow darker everyday

(Chorus x4)

Goodnight, sleep light, stranger (repeat x3)

The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name, forget your fear
The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name, forget your fear
The pleasure part, the afterthought, the missing stone in the graveyard
The time we have, the task at hand, the love it takes to become a man
The dust at dawn is rained upon, attaches itself to everyone
No one is spared, no one is clean
It travels places you've never been or seen before
The night starts here, forget your name, forget your fear
You drop a coin into the sea, and shout out ""Please come back to me""
You name your child after your fear, and tell them ""I have brought you here""
The scary part, the aftershock, the moment it takes to fall apart
The time we have, the task at hand, the love it takes to destroy a man
The ecstasy, the being free, the big black cloud over you and me
And after that, the upwards fall, and were we angels after all?
I don't know, I don't know...
The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name, forget your fear
The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name, forget your fear
You drop a coin into the sea, and shout out ""Please come back to me""
You name your child after your fear, and tell them ""I have brought you here""
The night starts here...

Grey skies and light fading
headlamps making patterns
on the wall
Uptown it's dead now but,
out here no one seems
to care at all
Slick girls and sick boys and
each one lining up to take it home
They hold tight their coin and
they pray no one
has to see the fall
I'm there, yeah I serve them,
the one with the empty
looking eyes
Come closer, you'll see me
the face that is used to telling lies
Saturday nights in neon lights
Sunday in the cell
Pills enough
to make me feel ill,
cash enough to make me well
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me
You sprung me, I'm grateful
I love when you tell me
not to speak
I owe you but I know you
you'll have me back
but it's gonna take a week
What now kid
which way love
Will we ever make up
and be friends
Good news is my shoes is
lined with all my nickels
and my tens
Let's do them
Just feed me I hate
when I have to go to sleep
You despise me and I love you
It's not much but
it's just enough to keep
Saturday nights in neon lights
Sunday in the cell
Pills enough to
make me feel ill
cash enough to make me well
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
And let me stay
And let me stay

I was always late
you never afraid
that we could be falling
All our friends would say,
maybe we should wait
they can't see what's coming
And to this day
when everything breaks
you are the anchor that holds me
And that is why
we'll always make it
How I know your face
all the ways you move
you come in I can read you
You're my favourite book
All the things you say
the way you shift your eyes
I never knew there was someone,
to make me come alive
How I know your face
all the ways you move
you come in I can read you
You're my favourite book
When the days are long
and the thunder with the storm
can always get you crying
You can make my bed
I'll fall into it, shattered
but not lonely
Because I never knew a home,
until I found your hands
when I'm weathered
you're always my best friend
And that is why
we'll always make it
How I know your face, all the
ways you move, you come in
I can read you
You're my favourite book
All the things you say
the way you shift your eyes
I never knew there was someone,
to make me come alive
And when we're making love
I'd give up everything
for your touch
How I know your face,
all the ways you move,
you come in, I can read you
You're my favourite book
All the things you say,
the way you shift your eyes
I never knew there was someone
to make me come alive
When you go to work
all the day I wait
For you to come back
recount our time,
in our little place
our little place our little place
our little place our little place

Sweetness, sweetness
never suits me,
when I get up to take you home
Maybe it's love, love
at first slightly drunk
Now I'm walking with the sun
in my mouth
Worry, worry is a well,
going to let it fall tonight
from where we stand
What can't be decided
In the morning
it will bring itself to you
I can see what's coming
but I'm not saying it
Sickness, weakness
at the thought
of how you're going to play
How long should I stay
Promises, promises
never cease to assist it
now I'm back on my back
bite your words
Hurry, hurry to believe
I can always trust,
as much as you deceive
What can't be decided
In the morning it will bring
itself to you
I can see what's coming
but I'm not saying it
What's your middle name
How do you play the game
I'll be the first to leave
When did I grow up
I don't want to say too much
I'll be the first to leave
What can't be decided
In the morning
it will bring itself to you
What can't be decided
Can fool you into thinking
never wanna be
I can see what's coming
I can see what's coming
I can see what's coming
But I'm not saying it

He hoped to be remembered
as the one
who told his men to turn back
And go where he'd begun
Roses are the flower
he would prefer
Scatter all his ashes on the pier
Genova Heights, Genova Heights
Are hard to leave
are hard to leave
Genova Heights, Genova Heights
Are hard to leave
are hard to leave
You did wrong
As you thought was good
and now you're back in
the neighbourhood
I see you when I never should
now you're back
in the neighbourhood
You did wrong
that you thought was good,
and now you're back
in the neighbourhood
I always see you
when I never should
now you're back now you're back
in the neighbourhood
He taps upon the glass
when I'm asleep
so now I keep my window
closed at night
He said you didn't know that
when I leave
he is waiting for
his moment to be right
Genova Heights, Genova Heights
Are hard to leave,
so hard to leave
Genova Heights, Genova Heights
are hard to leave
are hard to leave
You did wrong that
you thought was good,
and now you're back
in the neighbourhood
I always see you
when I never should
now you're back
in the neighbourhood
You you did wrong that
you thought was good,
and now you're back
in the neighbourhood
I always see you
when I never should
now you're back now you're back
in the neighbourhood

Wanted Single f, under 33
must enjoy the sun,
must enjoy the sea
Sought by single m Mrs.Destiny,
send photo to address,
is it you and me
Reply to single m
My name is Caroline
cell phone number here
call if you have the time
28 and bored, grieving over loss
 sorry to be heavy
but heavy is the cost,
heavy is the cost
Reply to Caroline
Thanks so much for response
these things can be scary
Not always what you want
How about a drink
The St. Jude club at noon
I'll phone you first I guess
I hope I see you soon
I never got your name,
I assume you're 33
Your voice it sounded kind
I hope that you like me
When you see my face
I hope that you don't laugh
I'm not a film-star beauty
I sent a photograph
I hope that you don't laugh
Note to single m
Why did you not show up
I waited for an hour
and finally gave up
I thought once that I saw you
I thought that you saw me
I guess we'll never meet now
It wasn't meant to be
It wasn't meant to be
I was sure that you saw me
but it wasn't meant to be
Wanted single f, under 33
must enjoy the sun,
must enjoy the sea
Sought by single m
nothing too heavy,
send photo to address
is it you or me
is it you or me
is it you or me
is it you or me
is it you or me
is it you or me

We don't want to sleep tonight
Still young like that I count the lines
Beside your mouth that smiles now
My arms reach up as you go down
With buried heads we both forget
All of the past and its regret
Wind picks up, the window shakes
We won't hear the morning break

You will cry
And I will cry
'Cause all the love's
Alive tonight

Neighborhoods will try to dream
While you and me we hold and lean
Onto bodies slick and charged
Together just one beating heart
All around us quiet now
We hear the leaves fall to the ground
Morning light upon our bed
An ally while I catch your breath

You will cry
And I will cry
'Cause all the love's
Alive tonight
You will cry (repeat)

Stuck on the wall
the note that you left
I wait and stall for the moment
Your reckless heart
you know you got it
I crawl to bed, I try to sort it
sort it sort it sort it
sort it sort it sort it
Out of the fog, a colder morning
I wanted to call for nothing
Your careless heart
you know you got it
Into the past, I try to forget
forget forget forget
forget forget forget
When we go down
your loss of courage
When we go down
you're so ferocious
When we go down
your loss of courage
When we go down
you're so ferocious
Blanket of cloud, the sky hovering
The winter is long and forgiving
You melt your doubt
and fall into me
I find your mouth
and try to hold it
hold it hold it hold it
hold it hold it hold it
blame your love
you know is harmless
We're both wise for falling
The summer arrives
the gardens alive
With the mud and mortar
we're going to save it
save it save it save it
save it save it save it
save it save it save it
save it save it save it
save it save it
When we go down
your loss of courage
When we go down
you're so ferocious
When we go down
your loss of courage
When we go down
you're so ferocious
When we go down
your loss of courage
When we go down
you're so ferocious
When we go down
your loss of courage
When we go down
you're so ferocious

You can write my place out
Of the life you make
And all then things that mattered
When you knew my face
Cross off all the ways
I failed you
Because I failed you
But I'm still in your blood
I'm still in your blood
The time when
all our mistakes made sense
You needed it
The time when all the lying
You sympathized with sin
All this sabotage and blame
Well I can take it
Because I just want you back
I just want you back
Temporary battles
Can take up half your life
How you dig your bed
Will it help you sleep at night
Forgiveness like a blanket
That you want to forget
But you still crumble at my name
You still crumble at my name
The time when
all our mistakes made sense
You needed it
The time when all the lying
You sympathized with sin
All this sabotage and blame
Well I can take it
Because I just want you back
I just want you back
The time when
all our mistakes made sense
You needed it
The time when all the lying
You sympathized with sin
All this sabotage and blame
Well I can take it
Because I just want you back
I just want you back
The time when
all our mistakes made sense
You needed it
The time when all the lying
You sympathized with sin
All this sabotage and blame
Well I can take it
Because I just want you back
I just want you back

Scene one
Late at night interior,
we find ourselves inside the car
Our hero has just gone too far,
his lover bleeding in the back
He removes the Lucky
from the pack,
he knows now that
he can't turn back
Cut to
The cherry lights in the rearview
He realizes that he's through
Whispers Darling let's have fun
Hits the exit doing 91
drives until he's in the woods
If he loses them
he's gone for good
Life was supposed to be a film
was supposed to be a thriller
was supposed to end in tears
But life, could be nothing
but a joke
a sentimental little con
Where's my unhappy ending gone
Life was supposed to be a film
was supposed to be a thriller
was supposed to end in blood
But life could be nothing
but a joke
could be nothing but a con
Where's my unhappy ending gone
Where's my unhappy ending
Here is the part
where you save me
here is the scene
where you save the day
Why can't the ending be happy
Why must it always
resolve this way
Fade in
A cabin in the woods somewhere
Our hero strokes his lover's hair
Says Don't worry love
we're almost done
Says I could have
really been someone
Outside, they surround the house
with pistols drawn
It's a waiting game until dawn
Sergeant says
He can't go on, we know now
that he can't go on
Life was supposed to be a film
was supposed to be a thriller
Was supposed to end in fire
But life turns out
it's nothing but a dream
a sentimental little con
Where's my unhappy ending gone
Life was supposed to be a film
was supposed to be a thriller
Was supposed to end in blood
But life turns out
it's nothing but a dream
And that I'll miss it
when it's gone
I want the story to go on
and on and on and on and on
and on and on and on and on
and on and on and on
but it can't go on

When you can't get up
to the cold morning light
But you don't get to sleep in
still dreaming
And everybody only wants to fight
You're up against
never being right
When the worries of the world
hold your feet
And there's nothing left to believe in
Today today
is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong
Today today
is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong
There's nothing more to take in
going wrong
Old pale memories of
someone you knew
Keep crawling through the back
of your mind stealing time
In the daylight
you're crossing all your wires
You never knew just
how to put out a fire
The closet's been shaking
with bones
Little reminders that
you're out on your own
Today Today
is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
going wrong
Today Today
is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong
Today Today
is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong
Today Today
is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong

Wake up Say good morning to
that sleepy person
lying next to you
If there's no one there,
then there's no one there,
but at least the war is over
It's us yes, we're back again
here to see you through,
'til the days end
And if the night comes,
and the night will come,
well at least the war is over
Lift your head
and look out the window
Stay that way for the rest of
the day and watch the time go
Listen The birds sing
Listen The bells ring
All the living are dead
and the dead are all living
The war is over and
we are beginning
Gridlock on the parkway now
the television man is
here to show you how
The channel fades to snow
it's off to work you go
but at least the war is over
She's gone,
she left before you woke
as you ate last night
neither of you spoke
Dishes, tv, bed
the darkness filled with dread
but at least the war is over
Lift your head and
look out the window
Stay that way for the rest of
the day and watch the time go
Listen The birds sing
Listen The bells ring
All the living are dead
and the dead are all living
The war is over and
we are beginning
We won, or we think we did
when you went away
you were just a kid
And if you lost it all
and you lost it,
well at least the war is over
Lift your head and
look out the window
Stay that way
for the rest of the day
and watch the time go
Listen The birds sing
Listen The bells ring
All the living are dead
and the dead are all living
The war is over and
we are beginning
Here it comes
Here comes the first day
Here it comes
Here comes the first day
It starts up in our bedroom
after the war
It starts up in our bedroom
After the war After the war
After the war After the war
After the war After the war
After the war After the war

The basement's filled with cold
And the lamp's burning on the floor
Lost you today, forgot to say
That you can ask for more

The wind has shifted faces
And the water level's low
All these crops,
My body's yours
As the summer falls

(chorus)
Tumble through,
Burning through the fire
Could I, see you leave?--Y'see,
Make me feel always,
For always,
It's you, that I see(k)

Lunatics get lucky
And everybody knows
The willows will hang their heads
And the bittersweet row
From where I sit,
With your back turned--
Here it's just begun!

(chorus 2x)

It's getting much too late
On the bus back to the city
The day is ending, ending dark
And maybe so are we

When the final summer ends,
If I could come back down to earth
I would only live my life again
What would that be worth?

If I can only kiss you once again
What would that be worth?

If I could fly back down to earth
What would that be worth?