Two weeks late like a surplus reprieve I found a hair the length of yours on my sleeve I wound it round and round my finger so tight It turned to purple and a pulse formed inside
And I knew the beat since it matched your own beat I still remember it from our chest to chest and feet to feet The easy silence then was a sweet relief to this hush Of ovens, aeroplanes and distant car horns
A fire a fire, you can only take what you can carry A pulse your pulse, it′s the only thing I can remember I break you don′t, I was always set to self destruct though The fire the fire, it cracks and barks like primal music
I said I knew the beat ′cause it matched your own beat It′s become my engine my own source of heat The sea between us only amplifies the sound waves Every hum and echo and crash paints my cave.
I want something That′s purer than the water Like we were
It′s not there now Ineloquence and anger Are all we have
Like Saturn′s rings An icy loop around me Too hard to hold
Lash out first At all the things we don′t like Or understand
And it′s beginning to get to me That I know more of the stars and sea Than I do of what′s in your head Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point They′re always fighting with aching joints It′s doing nothing but tire us out No one knows what this fight′s about
The answer phone The lonely sound of your voice Frozen in time
I only need The compass that you gave me To guide me on
And it′s beginning to get to me That I know more of the stars and sea Than I do of what′s in your head Barely touching in our cold bed
Are you beginning to get get my point They′re always fighting with aching joints It′s doing nothing but tire us out No one knows what this fight′s about
It′s so thrilling but also wrong Don′t have to prove that you are so strong Cos I can carry you on my back After our enemies attack
I tried to tell you before I left But I was screaming under my breath You are the only thing that makes sense Just ignore all this present tense
We need to feel breathless with love And not collapse under its weight I′m gasping for the air to fill My lungs with everything I′ve lost
We need to feel breathless with love And not collapse under its weight I′m gasping for the air to fill My lungs with everything I′ve lost
Hold on, hold on, let me get the words out before I burst There′s no truth at all, poking at the giant eyes of ancient gods Cool hats have failed, now it′s time for me to have my turn Kiss me, kiss me, life is far too short to scream and shout
Flashed up in my wildest dreams, like red blood streams, stretch up like vast skies The veins of you, the veins of me, like gold forest trees Pushing through and on and in Gliding like a satellite in the broken night And when I wake you′re there I′m saved Your love is life piled tight and high set against the sky That seems to balance on its own
Sing out sing out the silence only eats us from the inside up I meant no harm but I only get to say these words too late Wake up wake up dreaming only leads to more and more nightmares Snap out of it you said it in a wy that showed you really cared.
Sworn to secrecy I might go after school She was an angel I saw her swimming there I am in such a mess I can′t cope without this She just teases me pretends she can′t see me here
So let me go out there I can breathe fresh air Stay with you all night Just let me love you Just for a while want to Be with you all night Be with you all night
Until I fall asleep Just let me be here I won′t tell anyone
Don′t want to wake up
The blind lead the blind so why can′t I find my way This could be heaven but I don′t know where I am I am too scared to come out from behind here My body is aching it feels like it′s wearing me
I couldn′t believe what I was seeing Faces all screwed up like what I′d done I didn′t mean to hurt you so much I knew it would hurt you but not like this We all make a mess from time to time dear But it′ll take me a lifetime to get this cleared Somebody muttered something under their breath But I let on like I was a little deaf
Nobody′s perfect that′s what I say No one has hurt me so much you say I′m sorry
Running away seemed like the easy Thing to do because I wanted time To put a smile back on my dour face For once nothing′s missing and I feel fine I was afraid to tell you some things But some things all find a way to get told Hearing it from the lips of somebody else Must have knocked the wind out of your sweet face
Only the faintest only the faintest glance buries you buries me So fire your engine see if I give a damn we′ll be dust instantly Caught in a jet stream caught in a gorgeous howl all the world lost in noise Use me forever use as rocket fuel I′ll be air I′ll be fire
You say you love me like the silence of the turning earth You say you love me like the endless roar of modern of life You say you love me like the laughter and the kissed back tears You say you love me like the past the now the coming years
What will you remember what will you think of me after I say goodbye Returning in bodies, plants and the sand you′ll squeeze between shoeless feet
I know I love you like the silvered gold of dying days I know I love you like an ancient history brought to life I know I love you like the sunlit water on your skin I know I love you like the million times I never said
I know you love me like the silence of the turning earth I know you love me like the endless roar of modern of life I know you love me like the laughter and the kissed back tears I know you love me like the past the now the coming years
Take back the city for yourself tonight Or I’ll take back the city for me Take back the city for yourself tonight Whoa
God knows you put your life in two a times And it’s both cradled you and crushed But now it’s time to make your own demands Whoa
All these years later and it’s killing me Your broken records and words Ten thousand craters where it all should be Whoa
No need to put your words into my mouth Don’t need convincing at all I love this place enough to have no doubt Whoa
It’s a mess It’s a start It’s a flawed work of art Your city, your call Every crack, every wall Pick a side, pick a fight Get your epitaph right You can sing ‘til you drop Cause the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight I love this city always It bears it’s teeth like a light And spits me out after days But we’re all gluttons for it We know what’s wrong and it’s right For every time it’s been hit Take back the city tonight
Tell me you never wanted more from this And I will stop talking now One perfect partner, one eternal kiss Whoa
Take back the city for yourself tonight Or I’ll take back the city for me Take back the city for yourself tonight Whoa
It’s a mess It’s a start It’s a flawed work of art Your city, your call Every crack, every wall Pick a side, pick a fight Get your epitaph right You can sing ‘til you drop Cause the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight I love this city always It bears it’s teeth like a light And spits me out after days But we’re all gluttons for it We know what’s wrong and it’s right For every time it’s been hit Take back the city tonight
I love this city tonight I love this city always It bears it’s teeth like a light And spits me out after days But we’re all gluttons for it We know what’s wrong and it’s right For every time it’s been hit Take back the city tonight
I love this city tonight I love this city always I love this city tonight I love this city always
The yellowed page of the books and books I′d forgotten that I had These paperbacks they know their age they smell of weight and time that′s resting warm The opened box beside the endless box parade that haunts my house Is fit to split with photographs that tell the wanderlust of years smashed on to years
When all this actual life played out Where the hell on Earth was I? I rack my brains but it won′t come
Through water damaged bloodshot eyes The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies All seem to mingle into one
I read your name under words in your elegant hand you probably don′t mean now I fold the letter and think of a million and one things that I could have done different
When all this actual life played out Where the hell on Earth was I? I rack my brains but it won′t come
Through water damaged bloodshot eyes The fleeting triumphs, brazen lies All seem to mingle into one
One gigantic fairy tale Of friends I haven′t seen in years Drinking ′til the daylight hurts
You seem friendly who are you? That′s a lot of wine that we got through We′ve made playtime look like work
This could be the very minute I′m aware I′m alive All these places feel like home
With a name I′d never chosen I can make my first steps As a child of 25
This is the straw, final straw in the Roof of my mouth as I lie to you Just because I′m sorry doesn′t mean I didn′t enjoy it at the time
You′re the only thing that I love It scares me more every day On my knees I think clearer
Goodness I saw it coming Or at least I′ll claim I did But in truth I′m lost for words
What have I done it′s too late for that What have become truth is nothing yet A simple mistake starts the hardest time I promise I′ll do anything you ask...this time
Please don′t go crazy if I tell you the truth No, you don′t know what happened and you never will If you don′t listen to me while I talk to the wall This blanket is freezing it′s been out in the hall Where you′ve had me for hours til I′m sure what I want But darling I want the same thing that I wanted before So sweetheart tell me what′s up I won′t stop. No way.
Please keep your hands and stop raising your voice It′s hardly what I′d be doing if you gave me the choice It′s a simple suggestion, won′t you give me some time? So just say yes or no, why can′t you shoulder the blame? Cuz both my shoulders are heavy from the weight of us both You′re a big boy now so let′s not talk about growth You′ve not heard a single word I have said. Oh my God.
Please take it easy it can′t all be my fault I haven′t made half the mistakes that you′ve listed so far Baby, let me explain something, it′s all down to drugs. At least I remember taking them and not alot else. It′s seems I′ve stepped over lines you′ve drawn again and again But if the ecstacy′s in, the rest is definately out Doctor Jeckyll is wresting Hyde, for my pride.
The winters mar the Earth It′s floor was frozen glass You slip into my arms And you quickly correct yourself Your freezing speech bubbles Seem to hold your words aloft I want the smoky clouds of laughter To swim about me forever more
I will race you to the waterside And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud So they could hear it in America It′s all for you
The shells crack under our shoes Like punctuation points The planets bend between us A hundred million suns and stars The sea filled in this silence Before you sank those words And now even in the darkness I can see how happy you are
I will race you to the waterside And from the edge of Ireland shout out loud So they could hear it in a America It′s all for you
Please don′t let this turn into something it′s not I can only give you everything I′ve got I can′t be as sorry as you think I should But I still love you more than anyone else could
All that I keep thinking throughout this whole flight Is it could take my whole damn life to make this right This splintered mast I′m holding on won′t save me long Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss in your first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final seconds you ever learned to me was love
We have got through so much worse than this before What′s so different this time that you can′t ignore You say it is much more than just my last mistake And we should spend some time apart for both our sakes
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss in your first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final seconds you ever learned to me was love
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could First kiss in your first time that I felt connected to anything The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned The final word in the final seconds you ever learned to me was love
And I don′t know where to look My words just break and melt Please just save me from this darkness [x2]
And I don′t know where to look My words just break and melt Please just save me from this darkness [x2]
What if this storm ends? And I don′t see you As you are now Ever again
The perfect halo Of gold hair and lightning Sets you off against The planet′s last dance
Just for a minute The silver forked sky Lit you up like a star That I will follow
Now it′s found us Like I have found you I don′t want to run Just overwhelm me
What if this storm ends? And leaves us nothing Except a memory A distant echo
I want pinned down I want unsettled Rattle cage after cage Until my blood boils
I want to see you As you are now Every single day That I am living
Painted in flames All peeling thunder Be the lightning in me That strikes relentless
[II - The Sunlight Through The Flags]
From here the caravans are kids toys And I can hold them all in my palm I watch the sea creep round the corner It connects the dots from here to you The sunlight burning through the loose flags Painted high on white church walls I chase my blood from brain to thumped heart Until I′m out of breath for trying
Worry not everything is sound This is the safest place you′ve found The only noise beating out is ours Lacing our tea from honey jars
These accidents of faith and nature They tend to stick in the spokes of you But every now and then the trend bucks And you′re repaired by more than glue
Worry not everything is sound This is the safest place you′ve found The only noise beating out is ours Lacing our tea from honey jars
Why don′t you rest your fragile bones A minute ago you looked alone Stop waving your arms you′re safe and dry Breathe in and drink up the winter sky
[III - Daybreak]
Slowly the day breaks apart in our hands And soft hallelujahs flow in from the church The one on the corner you said frightened you It was too dark and too large to find your soul in
Something was bound to go right sometime today All these broken pieces fit together to make a perfect picture of us It got cold and then dark so suddenly and rained It rained so hard the two of us were the only thing That we could see for miles and miles
And in the middle of the flood I felt my worth When you held onto me like I was your little life raft Please know that you were mine as well Drops of water hit the ground like God′s own tears And spread out into shapes like Salad bowls and basins and buckets for bailing out the flood
As motionless cars rust on driveways and curbs You take off your raincoat and stretch out your arms We both laugh out loud and surrender to it The sheer force of sky and the cold magnet Earth
All this feels strange and untrue And I won′t waste a minute without you My bones ache, my skin feels cold And I′m getting so tired and so old
The anger swells in my guts And I won′t feel these slices and cuts I want so much to open your eyes Cos I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you′ll open your eyes [x4]
Get up, get out, get away from these liars Cos they don′t get your soul or your fire Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine And we′ll walk from this dark room for the last time
Every minute from this minute now We can do what we like anywhere I want so much to open your eyes Cos I need you to look into mine
Tell me that you′ll open your eyes [x8]
All this feels strange and untrue And I won′t waste a minute without you
I′m running out of ways to make you see I want you to stay here beside me I won′t be ok and I won′t pretend I am So just tell me today and take my hand Please take my hand Please take my hand Please take my hand Please take my hand
Just say yes, just say there′s nothing holding you back It′s not a test, nor a trick of the mind Only love
It′s so simple and you know it is You know it is, yeah We can′t be to and fro like this All our lives You′re the only way to me The path is clear What do I have to say to you For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear For Gods sake, dear
Just say yes, just say there′s nothing holding you back It′s not a test, nor a trick of the mind Only love
Just say yes, coz I′m aching and I know you are too For the touch of your warm skin As I breathe you in
I can feel your heart beat through my shirt This was all I wanted, all I want Its all I want Its all I want Its all I want Its all I want
Just say yes, just say there′s nothing holding you back It′s not a test, nor a trick of the mind Only love
Just say yes, coz I′m aching and I know you are too For the touch of your warm skin As I breathe you in