In a pearl grey room one afternoon In one afternoon what are you going to do? I hang on your words but there′s nothing new
You took a beautiful thing Pull off a wing, pull off a wing A safety pin They never shine quite as bright again
But you haven′t told me anything That I didn′t already know No you haven′t said a single thing That I didn′t already know
Everything I love is stuck in the mud Stuck in the mud, stuck in a rut Not a piece in your puzzle or a paper cut
So same time next week A kiss on the cheek, kiss on the cheek And say after me Everything′s tied up nice and neat
But you haven′t told me anything That I didn′t already know No you haven′t sold me anything That I didn′t already own
I feel for you I really do Nothing turns out like you want it too No words can mend This fix I′m in Hearing those words That I′ll never play Right between the eyes I don′t feel a thing
But you haven′t told me anything That I didn′t already know No you haven′t said a single thing That I didn′t already know
No you haven′t told me anything No you haven′t told me anything No you haven′t told me anything No you haven′t told me anything
I noticed tonight that the world has been turning While I′ve been stuck here dithering around Though I know I said I′d wait around till you need me But I have to go, I hate to let you down But I can′t stop now I′ve got troubles of my own Cause I′m short on time I′m lonely And I′m too tired to talk
I noticed tonight that the world has been turning While I′ve been stuck here withering away Though I know I said I wouldn′t leave you behind But I have to go, it breaks my heart to say
That I can′t stop now I′ve got troubles of my own Cause I′m short on time I′m lonely And I′m too tired to talk
To no one back home I′ve got troubles of my own And I can′t slow down For no one in town And I can′t stop now
And I can′t slow down For no one in town And I can′t stop now For no one
The motion keeps my heart running The motion keeps my heart running The motion keeps my heart running The motion keeps my heart running
We are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees We are blisters on the earth We are not the flowers, we′re the strangling weeds In the meadow
And love is just our way of looking out for ourselves When we don′t want to live alone So step into the vacuum, tear off your clothes And be born again
Pretend that you′re alone now And everything′s gone Just animal reflex There′s noone looking on Forget about fashion Forget about the law Pretend that you′re alone now
I wonder what I′d do, if I could wake up every morning With a clean slate I′d burn through the cities, I′d tear through the towns Cos there′s no deals to make So break out of the cages, the delicate structures We cling to all our lives Cos we are just the monkeys, who fell out of the trees When we were trying to fly
Pretend that you′re alone now And everything′s gone Just primal desire No right and no wrong Forget about the future Forget about blame Pretend that you′re alone now Pretend that you′re alone now
She′s not waiting for tomorrow And she has no love in her eyes Oh no, I wanna come down right now But oh no(?), I wanna get out right now
Oh oh!
Pretend that you′re alone now And everything′s gone Just animal reflex There′s noone looking on Forget about religion Forget about shame Pretend that you′re alone now
No numbers in your phone now There′s nothing going on Just primal desire No right and no wrong Forget about fashion Forget about fame Pretend that you′re alone now Pretend that you′re alone now Pretend that you′re alone now
I′m waiting for my moment to come I′m waiting for the movie to begin I′m waiting for a revelation I′m waiting for someone to count me in
Because now I only see my dreams in everything I touch Feel their cold hands on everything that I love Cold like some magnificent skyline Out of my reach but always in my eye line
Now we′re tumbling down We′re spiralling Tied up to the ground We′re spiralling
I fashioned you from jewels and stone I made you in the image of myself I gave you everything you wanted So you would never know anything else
But every time I reach for you, you slip through my fingers Into cold sunlight, laughing at the things that I had planned The map of my world gets smaller as I sit here Pulling at the loose threads
Now we′re tumbling down We′re spiralling Tied up to the ground We′re spiralling When we fall in love We′re just falling In love with ourselves We′re spiralling
Did you want to be a winner? Did you want to be an icon? Did you want to be famous? Did you want to be the president? Did you want to start a war? Did you want to have a family? Did you want to be in love? Did you want to be in love?
I never saw the light I never saw the light I waited up all night But I never saw the light
When we fall in love We′re just falling In love with ourselves We′re spiralling We′re tumbling down We′re spiralling Tied up to the ground We′re spiralling
I dreamed I was drowning In the river Thames I dreamed I had nothing at all Nothing but my own skin
(I dreamed I was drifting On the howling wind I dreamed I had nothing at all Nothing but my own skin)
Slipped away from your open hands Into river Saw your face looking back at me I saw my past, and I saw my future
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have Cos you don′t like the way they seem to be going You cut them up and spread them out on the floor You′re full of hope as you begin rearranging Put it all back together But any way you look at this Looks like The lovers are losing
I dreamed I was watching The young lovers dance I reached out to touch your hair But I was watching from a distance
We cling to love like a skidding car Clings to a corner I tried to hold onto what we are The more I squeeze, the quicker we′re over
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have Cos you don′t like the way they seem to be going You cut them up and spread them out on the floor You′re full of hope as you begin rearranging Put it all back together But any way you look at this Looks like The lovers are losing
I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing but my own skin (I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing but my own skin I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing but my own skin) I dreamed I had nothing at all; Nothing at all
(You take the pieces of the dreams that you have Cos you don′t like the way they seem to be going You cut them up and spread them out on the floor You′re full of hope as you begin rearranging Put it all back together But any way you look at this Looks like The lovers are losing)
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have Cos you don′t like the way they seem to be going You cut them up and spread them out on the floor You′re full of hope as you begin rearranging Put it all back together But in the final reckoning Looks like The lovers are losing
Is this what you meant? Is this What you dreamed of? When you were making Your plans Shaking the dirt off? Do you feel like you And I belong? (Oh, ah, oh) Just keep your eyes On the road And nothing can go wrong
You could do so much Better than this You could do so much Better than this
I′ve been checking my sums Oh where did the time go? Holding my photograph up To the window Through the paper A refracted sun (Oh, ah, oh) I can see all the things I wish that I′d done
You can hang your hopes On the bedsits masses You can put your faith In the foreign You can tell yourself You can do your best You could do so much Better than this
Get a grip on yourself Get a grip on yourself Could have been something But you′re too late And you Wouldn′t want it anyway
Just a photograph From the wrong time ′Cause there Is no soap star Holding your hand You can see yourself In a freeze-frame Must be someone else Using your name
And everyone Will be the same And everyone will __ And everywhere You′ll see your name In every shop window
It′s better than this You could do so much Better than this You could do so much Better than this You could do so much Better than this
I wish that I could be In the cellars of the sea And disappear in them Never to be seen again
Leave this life Its unrelenting appetite For feeding off the weak Who never had their turn to speak
The sky will be my shroud A monument of cloud
If we could turn back You can paper over the crack But it will return now And your heart will burn black
Give me your hand Cut the skin, let me in The molecules of us Bleeding into one again
The sky will be my shroud A cenotaph of cloud
If we could turn back You can paper over the crack But it will return now And your heart will burn black
Forgotten my way home Forgotten everything that I know Every day a false start And it burns my heart
I know everything you said was right and I suppose Everything is here forever till it goes You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself Just a picture on the shelf
Je souhaiterai m′immerger dans les profondeurs des mers Y disparaоtre pour ne plus jamais кtre vu
Burning up Now I′m racing down a road I don′t recognise I realise I′ve forgotten my way home Forgotten everything that I know Every day a false start And it burns my heart Turn back
A turning tide Lovers at a great divide why d′you lie When I know that you hurt inside?
And why′d you say It′s just another day, nothing in my way I don′t wanna go, I don′t wanna stay So there′s nothing left to say? And why′d you lie When you wanna die, when you hurt inside Don′t know what you lie for anyway Now there′s nothing left to say
A tell-tale sign You don′t know where to draw the line
And why′d you say It′s just another day, nothing in my way I don′t wanna go, I don′t wanna stay So there′s nothing left to say And why′d you lie When you wanna die, when you hurt inside Don′t know what you lie for anyway Now there′s nothing left to say
Well for a lonely soul, you′re having such a nice time For a lonely soul, you′re having such a nice time For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you′re having such a nice time You′re having such a nice time
For a lonely soul, you′re having such a nice time For a lonely soul, you′re having such a nice time For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you′re having such a nice time You′re having such a nice time
At the start of the news day, the fires begin In words and in pictures, but I′m not listening I′m not taking it in I′m going to go to the country, where nothing goes on Going to bury my head, where I can′t hear the sound of bombs Playing along
Me, I′m just playing along You and I, so many good people all Just playing along
I′m going to go to a bar, where is the jukebox is on Going to shut out the noise, with a rock′n′roll song Playing along
I′m going to turn up the volume I′m going to turn up the volume I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think
Tell us a tale of the proud and the free Sing us a swingtime American melody From ′Follow The Fleet′
Me, I′m just playing along You and I, a billion people all Just playing along
I′m going to turn up the volume I′m going to turn up the volume I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think I′m going to turn up the volume I′m going to turn up the volume I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think
I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think
I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think I′m going to turn up the volume Till I can′t even think
Singing a song with your feet on the dashboard The cigarette streaming into the night These are the things that I want to remember I want to remember you by
It won′t come again Cos love is the end Oh no, my friend Love is the end
I took off my clothes and I ran to the ocean Looking for somewhere to start anew And when I was drowning in that lonely water All I could think of was you
Woah, my friend Love is the end So lets not pretend Cos love is the end
Take it back, don′t let it die Or raise again the fallen night Cos I still do, depend on you So don′t say those words, you wrung me through
Woah, oh oh Love is the end So lets not pretend Cos love is the end
So I tread the only road The only road I know Nowhere to go, but home Nowhere to go Maybe our time is up But still you can′t look back But all the principles of love Don′t save us Don′t save us
It′s time to make a start to get to know your heart time to show your face, time to take your place
In every speck of dust In every universe, When you feel most alone, you will not be alone
Just shine a light on me, shine a light I′ll shine a light on you, shine a light and you will see my shadow on every wall and you will see my footprint on every floor
It only takes a spark to tear the world apart these tiny little things that make it all begin
Just shine a light on me, shine a light I′ll shine a light on you, shine a light and you will see my shadow on every wall and you′ll see my reflection in your free fall
Ooh, Oh Ooh, Ooh, Oh Ooh!
Just shine a light on me, shine a light I′ll shine a light on you, shine a light ′Cause when your back′s against the wall that′s when you show no fear at all and when you′re running out of time that′s when your hit tune start to rhyme
We won′t be leaving by the same road that we came by We won′t be leaving by the same road that we came by We won′t be leaving by the same road that we came by We won′t be leaving by the same road that we came by
I shake through the wreckage for signs of life Scrolling through the paragraphs Clicking through the photographs
I wish I could make sense of what we do Burning down the capitols Wisest of the animals
Who are you, what are you living for Tooth for tooth, maybe we′ll go one more
This life, is lived in perfect symmetry What I do, that will be done to me
Write page after page of analysis Looking for the final score We′re no closer than we were before
Who are you, what are you fighting for Holy truth, brother I chose this mortal life lived in perfect symmetry
What I do, that will be done to me As the needle, slips into the run out groove Love, maybe you feel it too
And maybe you find, life is unkind and over so soon There is no golden gate There′s no heaven waiting for you
Oh boy you otta leave this town get out while you can the needle′s running out The voices in the streets you love everything is better when you hear that shout woooaohhh woooaohhh woooaohhh
spineless dreamers, hide in churches pieces of pieces of rush hour buses I dream in emails, worn out phrases mile after mile of just empty pages
wrap yourself around me wrap yourself around me
as the needle, slips into the run out groove maybe i′ll feel it too maybe you′ll feel it too maybe you′ll feel it too maybe you′ll feel it too
I dream in emails, worn out phrases mile after mile of just empty pages
Up in the old town When my mind was wallowing Down empty hallways When will I be one again? You′re just Making it harder for yourself Making it easy for everyone else Making it easy for me
In the old time You′ll never be in and you get never get out You′ll learn from my family You′ll never be in and you get never get out To run to the end of the earth
Under the archways Where my mind is wallowing Down to the country Where will I be well again
You′re just Making it harder for yourself Making it easy for everyone else Making it easy for me
In the old time You′ll never be in and you get never get out You′ll learn from my family You′ll never be in and you get never get out To run to the end of the earth To the end of the earth and run To the end of the earth
Build me a home underground Free from light and sound Build me a home in the air I will run, to the end To the end of the earth And run to the end of the earth
You′re just Making it harder for yourself Making it easy for everyone else Making it easy for me
In the old time You′ll never be in and you get never get out You′ll learn from your family You′ll never be in and you get never get out To run to the end of the earth To the end of the earth and run To the end of the earth To the end of the earth and run To the end of the earth
Was it all in real time or was it just in my mind? Was I just a ghost passing through you Clinging to the wreckage, till I got the message? Hanging at the edge of the room
Give me something that′s real Give me half of your bitterest pill Something from under the surface you actually feel
We say these words again and again But they still sound the same It was in your eyes, in your eyes They were just easy lies
The little words are heavy and promises are easy And no one′s ever happy or sad for very long Well just because I said it, it doesn′t mean I meant it I guess that was the way all along
I′m just shaping the sound I′m just turning the syllables round Dipping my toe in the water and watching you drown
We say these words again and again But they still sound the same It was in my eyes, in my eyes They were just easy lies
And we′ve been a long time waiting And it′s been a lifetime in the making
We said "When you are alone and afraid I will come to your aid" Well was it just a dream, just a dream? Because it was real to me
We say these words again and again But they still sound the same We say these words again and again And again and again