Emerald haunt in overdrive
Nightmare descent into Jericho city
Camel dust heralds our arrival
New Christ beneath the drumkit moon
Oh Lord we are threatened again
In the slipstream pull of the federal men
Plummeted in some seamless night
Down here to earth it's hopeless then
Apache gunman in the boiling crowd
Who never got to meet you last time
We're interrupted by the telephone
You didn't think they were invented then
Oh Lord we need miracles
We need more wine and gold
We need slaves and roads and personal favors
We need microphones and manifolds
How can you be so invisible
Give me the nerves to see
Privilege on privilege
An unwanted discovery
So now we're cruising down this shuddering highway
With a dead sun shining on my back
And we talk about the way people treat us back there
Their hollow laughter, the pain in their eyes
Oh my Lord I trust your intentions
But money strangles our love
Struggling like a fool with my junk and my jewels
You would have thought I'd had enough
Tristesse lyrics - The Church
Here in this desert, beneath the sun and stars
Still troubled by the rumbling of a million distant cars
Please be good to me tonight, let me find my way
The air has some command in it I cannot disobey
A gunfight in Dodge City, a murder in Bombay
All these deeds and worldly needs I must shrug off today
All my life spent searching for prowess
Left me lying here with you, Tristesse
I was working in an orchard that grew the strangest fruit
It wasn't Mother Nature that made those trees take root
Your children cannot hear you, they only want your loot
You hold on to their essence like a parachute
They never believed you were in distress
Now you've gone and left them with Tristesse
Oh, waters inflamed
Ah, fires burning out
Ah, ice melting down
Ah, fires burnt out
A hotel suite in a rich man's town, a hut in Botany Bay
A prisoner by my own device, a mountain in my way
I'm gonna have to alter my address
I can't stay much longer with Tristesse
And they call this carnival progress
Invited by our queen tonight, Tristesse
Still troubled by the rumbling of a million distant cars
Please be good to me tonight, let me find my way
The air has some command in it I cannot disobey
A gunfight in Dodge City, a murder in Bombay
All these deeds and worldly needs I must shrug off today
All my life spent searching for prowess
Left me lying here with you, Tristesse
I was working in an orchard that grew the strangest fruit
It wasn't Mother Nature that made those trees take root
Your children cannot hear you, they only want your loot
You hold on to their essence like a parachute
They never believed you were in distress
Now you've gone and left them with Tristesse
Oh, waters inflamed
Ah, fires burning out
Ah, ice melting down
Ah, fires burnt out
A hotel suite in a rich man's town, a hut in Botany Bay
A prisoner by my own device, a mountain in my way
I'm gonna have to alter my address
I can't stay much longer with Tristesse
And they call this carnival progress
Invited by our queen tonight, Tristesse
Already Yesterday lyrics - The Church
It's already yesterday
We're off the calendar
I heard the sirens play
Just like an orchestra
Mechanical bird of prey
Sing for your emperor
Last broken flash of love
Still in the camera
We don't feel those locks and chains
We won't listen to the lizard part of our brains
Giving the orders
Another morning we'll be gone
I start the car for Ten Mile Beach
Or maybe Avalon
Across the water
It's already yesterday
And nobody's answering
Disconnected, drift away
Nobody's questioning
Head of silver, feet of clay
Who is surrendering
They fall in our heyday
I am remembering
We can't feel those aches and pains
We won't listen to the voices in the city rain
Giving the orders
Another morning I'll be gone
I start the car for Violet Town
And then to Babylon
Over the border
We're off the calendar
I heard the sirens play
Just like an orchestra
Mechanical bird of prey
Sing for your emperor
Last broken flash of love
Still in the camera
We don't feel those locks and chains
We won't listen to the lizard part of our brains
Giving the orders
Another morning we'll be gone
I start the car for Ten Mile Beach
Or maybe Avalon
Across the water
It's already yesterday
And nobody's answering
Disconnected, drift away
Nobody's questioning
Head of silver, feet of clay
Who is surrendering
They fall in our heyday
I am remembering
We can't feel those aches and pains
We won't listen to the voices in the city rain
Giving the orders
Another morning I'll be gone
I start the car for Violet Town
And then to Babylon
Over the border
Columbus lyrics - The Church
The king had something changed within him
I should have told him no
Oh Columbus, I never should have let you go
Now aching wires, midnight fires
Things I could not know
Oh Columbus, I never should have let you go
You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I don't blame any of you
And I don't blame myself
Waiting for my small reward
It's going to come somehow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
We don't possess a single empty tear or furrowed brow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I can't change any of you
I can't change myself
The man had something strange about him
He should have let me know
Oh Columbus, I wish I'd never let you go
Columbus
I should have told him no
Oh Columbus, I never should have let you go
Now aching wires, midnight fires
Things I could not know
Oh Columbus, I never should have let you go
You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I don't blame any of you
And I don't blame myself
Waiting for my small reward
It's going to come somehow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
We don't possess a single empty tear or furrowed brow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I can't change any of you
I can't change myself
The man had something strange about him
He should have let me know
Oh Columbus, I wish I'd never let you go
Columbus
As You Will lyrics - The Church
Wake up late, day is still dawning
Get out on the road
Meet up with a man, his face well worn in
He's carrying a load
On the way to paradise
Summer rain falls, head for some shelter
Close to a wall
See the lady dressed in chance, you try to help her
She heeds your call
On the way to paradise
Find a hidden door that leads to a garden
And venture through
Sunshines bright, a witness to pardon
The world that you knew
On the way to paradise
Ornamental, or warm and gentle
On the way to paradise
As you will some day
All is well, the distant horizon, it's there in wait
Get so close, you're so much wiser, but wake up late
On the way to paradise
Ornamental, or warm and gentle
Can you tell heaven from hell
As you will some day
Get out on the road
Meet up with a man, his face well worn in
He's carrying a load
On the way to paradise
Summer rain falls, head for some shelter
Close to a wall
See the lady dressed in chance, you try to help her
She heeds your call
On the way to paradise
Find a hidden door that leads to a garden
And venture through
Sunshines bright, a witness to pardon
The world that you knew
On the way to paradise
Ornamental, or warm and gentle
On the way to paradise
As you will some day
All is well, the distant horizon, it's there in wait
Get so close, you're so much wiser, but wake up late
On the way to paradise
Ornamental, or warm and gentle
Can you tell heaven from hell
As you will some day
Tantalized lyrics - The Church
God I've been asleep so long, I've been away
Back from software limbo the natives call today
I let their promises bind me
The seductive logic blind me
I embraced a machine, I went through the routine
And I hid from the people who were trying to find me
Till the day comes when you realize
Otherwise you never care
Pandora's box reveals a new surprise
Can't wait to see your eyes
Now you've been tantalized
A hundred and one voluptuous days I broke the law
The labyrinth was closing so we panicked up a door
I let their wanton flesh obsess me
I felt their dreams and drugs assess me
I was hired and fired yet never inspired
Flattering, chattering words to impress me
All that glittered had me mesmerized
Otherwise I would have dared
Guess the nature of our enterprise
Can't stop to sympathize
Now you've been tantalized
I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane
I couldn't believe the room I got or the guests I entertained
I felt the dirty streets surround me
I let the buzzing swarm confound me
I gave money to ghosts, I insulted my hosts
I could never get off the stuff that spellbound me
Back from software limbo the natives call today
I let their promises bind me
The seductive logic blind me
I embraced a machine, I went through the routine
And I hid from the people who were trying to find me
Till the day comes when you realize
Otherwise you never care
Pandora's box reveals a new surprise
Can't wait to see your eyes
Now you've been tantalized
A hundred and one voluptuous days I broke the law
The labyrinth was closing so we panicked up a door
I let their wanton flesh obsess me
I felt their dreams and drugs assess me
I was hired and fired yet never inspired
Flattering, chattering words to impress me
All that glittered had me mesmerized
Otherwise I would have dared
Guess the nature of our enterprise
Can't stop to sympathize
Now you've been tantalized
I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane
I couldn't believe the room I got or the guests I entertained
I felt the dirty streets surround me
I let the buzzing swarm confound me
I gave money to ghosts, I insulted my hosts
I could never get off the stuff that spellbound me
Disenchanted lyrics - The Church
Well look at you,
Hands full of money you always wanted to have
Saying sweet life is a downright drag
Down to the very last seed in the bag
As if it's never gonna end
And the scene is through
Summer slipped under in this neighborhood
I'd like to hold onto you if I could
But now I'm gonna have to let you go for good
My disenchanted friend
They say that character you play is rising fast
So you get drunk, make a half second jump
And experience it as the past
But this is it, the closer you get
The deeper you go, the tighter the net looks to me
Do you enjoy the view
They say it makes you dizzy your first time up there
Till you get used to breathing rarefied air
Auditioning for the part of Mr. Despair
Well I know him personally
And this hotel's a zoo
You gotta be some creature to get a room in here
You can live like a king on a throne of tears
It's a mighty long way from the innocent years
And it waits inevitably
And I'm asking you
If you think that success is its own reward
Now then go and see what your persistence has scored
The voice is a'calling and it can't be ignored
You might be underground but you're overinsured
You used to be unknown now you're mapped and explored
You like to be untouched now you're handled and pawed
And it's never gonna end
Hands full of money you always wanted to have
Saying sweet life is a downright drag
Down to the very last seed in the bag
As if it's never gonna end
And the scene is through
Summer slipped under in this neighborhood
I'd like to hold onto you if I could
But now I'm gonna have to let you go for good
My disenchanted friend
They say that character you play is rising fast
So you get drunk, make a half second jump
And experience it as the past
But this is it, the closer you get
The deeper you go, the tighter the net looks to me
Do you enjoy the view
They say it makes you dizzy your first time up there
Till you get used to breathing rarefied air
Auditioning for the part of Mr. Despair
Well I know him personally
And this hotel's a zoo
You gotta be some creature to get a room in here
You can live like a king on a throne of tears
It's a mighty long way from the innocent years
And it waits inevitably
And I'm asking you
If you think that success is its own reward
Now then go and see what your persistence has scored
The voice is a'calling and it can't be ignored
You might be underground but you're overinsured
You used to be unknown now you're mapped and explored
You like to be untouched now you're handled and pawed
And it's never gonna end
Night Of Light lyrics - The Church
Dishwater cafe in a torn paper street
A rundown future let me down
Now everything's complete
Uncurling human tragedy
Apparently a parody
Send my love upstairs to me
She used to be a symphony
I let her go into the night
Night of light, satellite
Quite a sight to see
Dream importer's underling who answers to the boss
Can't afford a breakage
I'll pay for any loss
Uncurling human tragedy
There's definitely a remedy
Let her come and look for me
She used to be the enemy
Seaside town in winter
I'm trying to write my book
She's broken down, it's raining
I said I'd have a look
Uncurling human tragedy
Appropriately a mystery
She tells my story back to me
She said I'll live this chapter till eternity
A rundown future let me down
Now everything's complete
Uncurling human tragedy
Apparently a parody
Send my love upstairs to me
She used to be a symphony
I let her go into the night
Night of light, satellite
Quite a sight to see
Dream importer's underling who answers to the boss
Can't afford a breakage
I'll pay for any loss
Uncurling human tragedy
There's definitely a remedy
Let her come and look for me
She used to be the enemy
Seaside town in winter
I'm trying to write my book
She's broken down, it's raining
I said I'd have a look
Uncurling human tragedy
Appropriately a mystery
She tells my story back to me
She said I'll live this chapter till eternity
Youth Worshipper lyrics - The Church
Youth worshipper, goddess of ruin
Youth worshipper, like you know what you're doing
I'll bet the sun and rain never touch your face again
Race against the time
Youth worshipper, hope you know what you're worth now
Youth worshipper, like you're paying the earth now
You want the child back, want an aphrodisiac
To fill the crack with time
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones
Gonna stitch you up where you've come unsewn
Youth worshipper, wrapped in blue fox and ermine
Youth worshipper, got no pity for vermin
Your engines and machines
Drink your fuels and steal your scenes
They come between in time
Youth worshipper, like you know what you're doing
I'll bet the sun and rain never touch your face again
Race against the time
Youth worshipper, hope you know what you're worth now
Youth worshipper, like you're paying the earth now
You want the child back, want an aphrodisiac
To fill the crack with time
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones
Gonna stitch you up where you've come unsewn
Youth worshipper, wrapped in blue fox and ermine
Youth worshipper, got no pity for vermin
Your engines and machines
Drink your fuels and steal your scenes
They come between in time
Roman lyrics - The Church
Oh what a feeling baby, knowledge and brutality
Whose soul you stealing baby, lost your immortality
Another empty conquest, Venus set me free
Oh what a ritual father, father why you leaving me
They've found another martyr, rather it was him than me
They took away his language, then his memory
He said I'm never, never coming back again
Oh what a battle master, what a noble enemy
We have to kill them bastards, then compose an elegy
I thought I saw the leader fallen on his knees
He said I'm never, never coming back again
Oh what an ending baby, promise you'll remember me
I'm not pretending baby, your sweet and wicked treachery
Water all my orchids, save my dynasty
I said I'm never, never coming back again
Whose soul you stealing baby, lost your immortality
Another empty conquest, Venus set me free
Oh what a ritual father, father why you leaving me
They've found another martyr, rather it was him than me
They took away his language, then his memory
He said I'm never, never coming back again
Oh what a battle master, what a noble enemy
We have to kill them bastards, then compose an elegy
I thought I saw the leader fallen on his knees
He said I'm never, never coming back again
Oh what an ending baby, promise you'll remember me
I'm not pretending baby, your sweet and wicked treachery
Water all my orchids, save my dynasty
I said I'm never, never coming back again
The View lyrics - The Church
Someone fell across me
Regretting their honesty
Shook away the cautious care
Look right though me like I wasn't there
River came to meet me
Relationships can be like water
Deep but shallow, the popular bed
Springs to mind my undetected closure
You'll only scratch the surface
If you bounce around like an adult ball
Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's nice up there
Be a lighthouse, don't block out your view
Whispers in a cream cake
Sweet and quiet again tonight
Could the sun arrest it
Sometimes heavy living should be crushed
Now I search for hours
Rubble kills my finger's looks
I'll only stop when it hurts a lot
My heart is slender
My wooden tambourine is drenched in blues
Resign your answer
If you're the post, then prove you're tall
Oh yeah, oh yeah, we slid around
Polish your window, don't block out your view
Take this daring leap
Wake, you've been asleep
Go attack your life
The paint is peeling, scrape to save what's yours
Don't block out your view
Don't block out your view
Regretting their honesty
Shook away the cautious care
Look right though me like I wasn't there
River came to meet me
Relationships can be like water
Deep but shallow, the popular bed
Springs to mind my undetected closure
You'll only scratch the surface
If you bounce around like an adult ball
Oh yeah, oh yeah, it's nice up there
Be a lighthouse, don't block out your view
Whispers in a cream cake
Sweet and quiet again tonight
Could the sun arrest it
Sometimes heavy living should be crushed
Now I search for hours
Rubble kills my finger's looks
I'll only stop when it hurts a lot
My heart is slender
My wooden tambourine is drenched in blues
Resign your answer
If you're the post, then prove you're tall
Oh yeah, oh yeah, we slid around
Polish your window, don't block out your view
Take this daring leap
Wake, you've been asleep
Go attack your life
The paint is peeling, scrape to save what's yours
Don't block out your view
Don't block out your view
Trance Ending lyrics - The Church
Strange girl sing
Think all my life to me
Wild things you bring
Bring drums and bells to me
We dance and sway
Sway like the drunken priest
We dream all day
Day of the wedding feast
Dark hooded eyes
Eyes of a stallion
We roll the dice
One in a million
Bring drums and bells to me
Think all my life to me
Wild things you bring
Bring drums and bells to me
We dance and sway
Sway like the drunken priest
We dream all day
Day of the wedding feast
Dark hooded eyes
Eyes of a stallion
We roll the dice
One in a million
Bring drums and bells to me
Constant In Opal lyrics - The Church
Me and the puzzled travellers
We searched the ground for wealth
And scoured the dreaming valleys
On days where shadows melt
Digging for the blue and the green
Constant in opal or ultramarine
If you could only find yourself that way
And dust was my companion
And thirst caked all our words
Unearthing nearly nothing
We swarmed like carrion birds
Some for fortune, some for greed
Some for want, some for need
If you could only find yourself that way
In hearts suspicion flowers
In hands numb with jealousy
Sleepwalking lightning showers
Transform effortlessly
Thinking of all that I left behind
Down in the shaft when my mind was blind
But you couldn't even find yourself that way
We searched the ground for wealth
And scoured the dreaming valleys
On days where shadows melt
Digging for the blue and the green
Constant in opal or ultramarine
If you could only find yourself that way
And dust was my companion
And thirst caked all our words
Unearthing nearly nothing
We swarmed like carrion birds
Some for fortune, some for greed
Some for want, some for need
If you could only find yourself that way
In hearts suspicion flowers
In hands numb with jealousy
Sleepwalking lightning showers
Transform effortlessly
Thinking of all that I left behind
Down in the shaft when my mind was blind
But you couldn't even find yourself that way
Violet Town lyrics - The Church
Newspaper fades against the ground
Phantom bus pass through violet town
On its way through the yellow fields
Past the greying fences
When I'm here I have this feeling
I don't want to know
Inviolate town
Sad trees throw shade that falls around
The empty streets of violet town
Gardeners the houses stand
And eyes in windows, strange...
Big truth progress never to be found
I walk the corners straight to violet town
And I tell you sometimes when we're old
Of the useless boy and his dream
Phantom bus pass through violet town
On its way through the yellow fields
Past the greying fences
When I'm here I have this feeling
I don't want to know
Inviolate town
Sad trees throw shade that falls around
The empty streets of violet town
Gardeners the houses stand
And eyes in windows, strange...
Big truth progress never to be found
I walk the corners straight to violet town
And I tell you sometimes when we're old
Of the useless boy and his dream
No Explanation lyrics - The Church
You pull the sheets around your throat
Talking like a harpy again
I've got this heartache in my coat
Since I don't remember when
It's guaranteed to live and to bleed
And you feed it with your bitterest lies
Hope you can see what that's done to me
But I don't care to look into your eyes
There's no explanation
There's no complication
Dreamtongued man from the golden land
Standing with the keys to your door
I had to laugh as I shook his hand
Didn't know he'd been here before
I know him well but I never can tell
If he sees right through my futile disguise
Hope you can see what that's done to me
But I don't care to look into your eyes
There's no explanation
There's no complication
Walking alone down the path to your home
On a silent and sensual day
It almost could be my very own
Before I went and lost my way
Directions aren't clear when you're standing here
And you cheer me with your faithless surprise
Hope you can see what that's done to me
But I don't care to look into your eyes
There's no explanation
There's no complication
Talking like a harpy again
I've got this heartache in my coat
Since I don't remember when
It's guaranteed to live and to bleed
And you feed it with your bitterest lies
Hope you can see what that's done to me
But I don't care to look into your eyes
There's no explanation
There's no complication
Dreamtongued man from the golden land
Standing with the keys to your door
I had to laugh as I shook his hand
Didn't know he'd been here before
I know him well but I never can tell
If he sees right through my futile disguise
Hope you can see what that's done to me
But I don't care to look into your eyes
There's no explanation
There's no complication
Walking alone down the path to your home
On a silent and sensual day
It almost could be my very own
Before I went and lost my way
Directions aren't clear when you're standing here
And you cheer me with your faithless surprise
Hope you can see what that's done to me
But I don't care to look into your eyes
There's no explanation
There's no complication
10,000 Miles lyrics - The Church
Dark, small, so fragile
A treasure to your heart
Grace your fingers across the lacquer
Think of someone miles away
Piano sounds that bow in the distance
Bring me back to my room again
Ten thousand miles away
My memory is leaking
She lost a ruby ring
They're trying to focus, times in the past
The music has stopped and can't carry on
All of a sudden I start to remember
Summer, Germany, then it's gone
Ten thousand miles away
The dancers are sleepy
The keys are put away
The jewel on my jacket talking, talking
Telling stories everyone's heard
My box of ghosts bids me goodnight
Clockwork spirits have the last word
Ten thousand miles away
A treasure to your heart
Grace your fingers across the lacquer
Think of someone miles away
Piano sounds that bow in the distance
Bring me back to my room again
Ten thousand miles away
My memory is leaking
She lost a ruby ring
They're trying to focus, times in the past
The music has stopped and can't carry on
All of a sudden I start to remember
Summer, Germany, then it's gone
Ten thousand miles away
The dancers are sleepy
The keys are put away
The jewel on my jacket talking, talking
Telling stories everyone's heard
My box of ghosts bids me goodnight
Clockwork spirits have the last word
Ten thousand miles away
Maybe These Boys... lyrics - The Church
Framed up baby, know her place
Slippery salmon all over her face
Browsing down through the mirrored hall
See Arizona standing ten foot tall
Her father's smart, plays his part
Twirls his star and watch them start
Oh no no don't wander off the set
We haven't reached the borders yet
Then in town he rides in grim
All the mercenaries are following him
Ripped and raw, he lays his glove on the door
Walks in and tells the man on the floor
Maybe these boys want to do some talking
Well alright
Your room's a mess, it's ugliness
But I go on living in it till you say yes
The curtains are new, but the windows are old
All the stories passing through already been told
We live in a style where trust is a drag
To hold up your end means the middle will sag
Some blackhearted actors interfered in your scene
And you can't stand success or the place where it's been
The faders been placed, judgment passed down
Staying up all night till pure sleep drags you down
Ripped and raw, her voice at the door
Walks in, expecting him, finds something more
Says maybe these boys want to do some talking
Maybe these boys want to do some talking
Maybe these toys want to do some walking
Slippery salmon all over her face
Browsing down through the mirrored hall
See Arizona standing ten foot tall
Her father's smart, plays his part
Twirls his star and watch them start
Oh no no don't wander off the set
We haven't reached the borders yet
Then in town he rides in grim
All the mercenaries are following him
Ripped and raw, he lays his glove on the door
Walks in and tells the man on the floor
Maybe these boys want to do some talking
Well alright
Your room's a mess, it's ugliness
But I go on living in it till you say yes
The curtains are new, but the windows are old
All the stories passing through already been told
We live in a style where trust is a drag
To hold up your end means the middle will sag
Some blackhearted actors interfered in your scene
And you can't stand success or the place where it's been
The faders been placed, judgment passed down
Staying up all night till pure sleep drags you down
Ripped and raw, her voice at the door
Walks in, expecting him, finds something more
Says maybe these boys want to do some talking
Maybe these boys want to do some talking
Maybe these toys want to do some walking
Into My Hands lyric - The Church
I take love into my hands
Journey back to winterland
Cut my losses, grow my hair
See some man to take me there
As it gets so uncertain
When the girl gets too near
It's never as good as I hoped
Or as bad as I feared
Some seek sleek and slithering charms
Out of reach their grasping arms
Our skin like milk, our breath of words
Like happy, awful and absurd
You know it's always out here in my head
When stupid bloody things get said
Then drifting on a summer pond
I notice that my love has gone
Journey back to winterland
Cut my losses, grow my hair
See some man to take me there
As it gets so uncertain
When the girl gets too near
It's never as good as I hoped
Or as bad as I feared
Some seek sleek and slithering charms
Out of reach their grasping arms
Our skin like milk, our breath of words
Like happy, awful and absurd
You know it's always out here in my head
When stupid bloody things get said
Then drifting on a summer pond
I notice that my love has gone
A Month Of Sundays lyrics - The Church
Badman's woman with that look in her eye
You stop to wonder as she passes by
Something inside you is never the same
Something outside you is always to blame
Follow her home where she lives with some friends
They have some good things to add to the blend
The games expanded, invaded the place
You're the only one who's forgotten his face
You're saying no no no I must be on my way
But it really has been a pleasant night
And you go so slow hope they'll ask you to stay
And indifference gives you a fright
Walking outside you come to a door
You go inside and you wonder what for
At least it's good to be out of the wind
You turn around and the clocks all begin
Just like the winter your memory thaws
Just like the ocean your memory pours
So many pieces to match or to find
So many doubts to have in one mind
It's hard to see how the tables have turned
It's hard to see how the people have learned
It's hard to watch the past drizzling past
It's hard to watch them picking the cast
And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense
You sense that sensation is who's paying the rent
And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies
She says: can't you slice the price of your paradise
You stop to wonder as she passes by
Something inside you is never the same
Something outside you is always to blame
Follow her home where she lives with some friends
They have some good things to add to the blend
The games expanded, invaded the place
You're the only one who's forgotten his face
You're saying no no no I must be on my way
But it really has been a pleasant night
And you go so slow hope they'll ask you to stay
And indifference gives you a fright
Walking outside you come to a door
You go inside and you wonder what for
At least it's good to be out of the wind
You turn around and the clocks all begin
Just like the winter your memory thaws
Just like the ocean your memory pours
So many pieces to match or to find
So many doubts to have in one mind
It's hard to see how the tables have turned
It's hard to see how the people have learned
It's hard to watch the past drizzling past
It's hard to watch them picking the cast
And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense
You sense that sensation is who's paying the rent
And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies
She says: can't you slice the price of your paradise
Volumes lyrics - The Church
Borrowed grapes from stores of gold
Put plastic back where metal's sold
Men in quarries connect their bomb
One two three a new Saigon
Check the bottle is it full?
Have you found which pin to pull?
Boys in shirts get dirty hands
Smoke kills seagulls on the sands
They have pages, they take ages
To read and to learn they're heavy to carry
And easy to burn
Volumes have secrets, take them on holiday
Book them a room, save them a moment
Swallow their swoon
Pretty things all in a row
Flowers who can't seem to grow
Finding the pearls then finding the blood
Then finding the water is wood
The something I wanted has just flown by
It looked at me sideways and told me to try
I hope it's a message from someone obscure
I hope it's the man next door
Put plastic back where metal's sold
Men in quarries connect their bomb
One two three a new Saigon
Check the bottle is it full?
Have you found which pin to pull?
Boys in shirts get dirty hands
Smoke kills seagulls on the sands
They have pages, they take ages
To read and to learn they're heavy to carry
And easy to burn
Volumes have secrets, take them on holiday
Book them a room, save them a moment
Swallow their swoon
Pretty things all in a row
Flowers who can't seem to grow
Finding the pearls then finding the blood
Then finding the water is wood
The something I wanted has just flown by
It looked at me sideways and told me to try
I hope it's a message from someone obscure
I hope it's the man next door
Shadow Cabinet lyrics - The Church
Now chased by the shapes of your vowels
Look at the things she allows
Junction fever must have closed down the rail
The gluttonous wind keeps on nibbling the sail
Queuing in the ruins in the wake of the gale
It's harmony I say
Here the difference between close and near
The way oaths and oafs interfere
Bliss comes first as a jangling flood
Pillow from the old country arrives with a thud
That night she drinks ceremony and mud
It's happening I say
Must be thirsty, drink, drink, sink, forget
Must be empty inside the shadow cabinet
She offered her chaos to me
Proffered herself languidly
The eldritch bitch must have muddled her spells
Tinges of Persia, I hope that it sells
Chemical nuptials and ringing the bells
It's heavenly I say
Then one winter morning you walk through the trees
But they cut them all down for the factories
Made this pretty cabinet and gave you the keys
It's hardly used I think
Look at the things she allows
Junction fever must have closed down the rail
The gluttonous wind keeps on nibbling the sail
Queuing in the ruins in the wake of the gale
It's harmony I say
Here the difference between close and near
The way oaths and oafs interfere
Bliss comes first as a jangling flood
Pillow from the old country arrives with a thud
That night she drinks ceremony and mud
It's happening I say
Must be thirsty, drink, drink, sink, forget
Must be empty inside the shadow cabinet
She offered her chaos to me
Proffered herself languidly
The eldritch bitch must have muddled her spells
Tinges of Persia, I hope that it sells
Chemical nuptials and ringing the bells
It's heavenly I say
Then one winter morning you walk through the trees
But they cut them all down for the factories
Made this pretty cabinet and gave you the keys
It's hardly used I think
Fly lyrics - The Church
Baby smiled like a tiny child
She talks her head off, and the land lies wild
Tossed and turned on a teardrop sea
And all those dark clowns who are following me
And they fly
She pointed up into the sky
And you can't touch them if you try
And they fly
Baby left as she lost her breath
Hastens off to some unknown death
Trapped inside her painted eyes
Takes herself into a new sunrise
She talks her head off, and the land lies wild
Tossed and turned on a teardrop sea
And all those dark clowns who are following me
And they fly
She pointed up into the sky
And you can't touch them if you try
And they fly
Baby left as she lost her breath
Hastens off to some unknown death
Trapped inside her painted eyes
Takes herself into a new sunrise
One Day lyrics - The Church
Tell me, is everything unplanned?
Is all so unexpected that I just can't understand
We run so hard and always end up in the same place
"Glad that went so smoothly" - well that never is the case
One day - doubtless, cloudless, bright
We'll shake away the shadows of eternal night
It's just the storm before the calm
Like the life held in your palm - it's clay, one day
And you stand there, with ashes blowing past
Dipping into gilt-edged love that will be made at last
And the gold you spend and the hastening end
That you throw into the sea
Coming back a hundredfold, there's no guarantee
We'll walk and be like giants, we'll all be honest men
I go back to my blindness so that I may see again
A woman standing on a hill is gazing out to sea
Dreaming of a new age waiting there for me
I call her from a distance and she smiles into the sun
And men and gods begin their dance, for their time has begun
And holy wars extended and battlefields of pain
Are washed away, forgotten in the perfect rain
Princes, kings and humble things are well-worn and content
Messengers come everywhere, envoys have been sent
Na na na na, na na na na na
A palm tree nodded at me last night he said
"Hey you look so pale"
Is all so unexpected that I just can't understand
We run so hard and always end up in the same place
"Glad that went so smoothly" - well that never is the case
One day - doubtless, cloudless, bright
We'll shake away the shadows of eternal night
It's just the storm before the calm
Like the life held in your palm - it's clay, one day
And you stand there, with ashes blowing past
Dipping into gilt-edged love that will be made at last
And the gold you spend and the hastening end
That you throw into the sea
Coming back a hundredfold, there's no guarantee
We'll walk and be like giants, we'll all be honest men
I go back to my blindness so that I may see again
A woman standing on a hill is gazing out to sea
Dreaming of a new age waiting there for me
I call her from a distance and she smiles into the sun
And men and gods begin their dance, for their time has begun
And holy wars extended and battlefields of pain
Are washed away, forgotten in the perfect rain
Princes, kings and humble things are well-worn and content
Messengers come everywhere, envoys have been sent
Na na na na, na na na na na
A palm tree nodded at me last night he said
"Hey you look so pale"
Electric lyrics - The Church
Alone, at the end of the day
As I stand before the relics of what used to be you and me
You turn with the tears in your eyes
Not understanding that you are free, free of me
Like songs, our warmth fades away
Turns into coldness, like the words that we say, today
And as the city glows, electric people nobody knows
Electric dreams, nobody shows
When you touch my skin, the feeling is electric
I hoped that our destiny sloped
Ever upwards, now it curves away, and falls
Like rain, and the windows of children
I see the future, just sliding away, and false
As I stand before the relics of what used to be you and me
You turn with the tears in your eyes
Not understanding that you are free, free of me
Like songs, our warmth fades away
Turns into coldness, like the words that we say, today
And as the city glows, electric people nobody knows
Electric dreams, nobody shows
When you touch my skin, the feeling is electric
I hoped that our destiny sloped
Ever upwards, now it curves away, and falls
Like rain, and the windows of children
I see the future, just sliding away, and false
It's No Reason lyrics - The Church
Crocodile skin water, city shadows wait
Put your head into your hands, the ending is so great
Take a ride to sundown, buy a ticket home
Take all the things I've bought you, leave all the rest alone
Marble skins turn human, people fade to gray
Put your head into my hands we'll make them go away
As you're crying softly, you won't ever be disturbed
Red on pink, the sun will sink, have you even heard?
And the colors take me down
It's no reason to be sad
And you leave without a sound
It's no reason to be glad
Salty tears are wasted, children lie awake
Put your head into your hands, don't let your spirit break
Black smoke from the chimneys, white smoke from the hills
Everything is moving, but we're standing still
Celebrations fading, boats upon the waves
Put your head into my hands, trying to be brave
The carnival has packed up, the storm has left us peace
Poppies sleep undamaged, we drive into the east
Put your head into your hands, the ending is so great
Take a ride to sundown, buy a ticket home
Take all the things I've bought you, leave all the rest alone
Marble skins turn human, people fade to gray
Put your head into my hands we'll make them go away
As you're crying softly, you won't ever be disturbed
Red on pink, the sun will sink, have you even heard?
And the colors take me down
It's no reason to be sad
And you leave without a sound
It's no reason to be glad
Salty tears are wasted, children lie awake
Put your head into your hands, don't let your spirit break
Black smoke from the chimneys, white smoke from the hills
Everything is moving, but we're standing still
Celebrations fading, boats upon the waves
Put your head into my hands, trying to be brave
The carnival has packed up, the storm has left us peace
Poppies sleep undamaged, we drive into the east
Travel By Thought lyrics - The Church
I know it was the wind that kept your door closed
The echo of another time, an age of beauty
She lived in the future, she lived in the past
She gave it all to me, she gave it all to me
Travel by thought
Don't think I've forgotten the thoughts of your room
It told unlikely tales, an age of beauty
Some nights I walk through the heat to your street
I lose my bearings, but then I can see clearly
Travel by thought
Where do you want to go? (Anywhere that you want)
Imagine the feeling before that last jump
Come back to mother earth, an age of beauty
Oh you just can't define, the sad things in your mind
Just give them all to me
Just give them to me
Just give them all to me
Travel by thought
Where do you want me?
Where do you want it?
What do you want to bring?
Where?
Where do you want it?
Who do you want?
Who do you want?
Where do you want it?
Where do you want it?
How you want it?
What do you want?
What do you want?
Who do you want?
Who do you want?
Who you want?
Who you want?
Why do you want to go anywhere that ignorant?
Travel by thought
Who do you want?
Where do you want to go?
Don't think I've forgotten
The stranger's arms
That scares the bird that carries home dinner
The eggshell arms of the eggshell earth
Don't think I've forgotten
As birds in the air do what they please
Don't think I'll keep that promise
I can feel the breeze coming on us
Don't think I've forgotten
Travel by thought
Travel by thought
Intercontinental intelligence
The echo of another time, an age of beauty
She lived in the future, she lived in the past
She gave it all to me, she gave it all to me
Travel by thought
Don't think I've forgotten the thoughts of your room
It told unlikely tales, an age of beauty
Some nights I walk through the heat to your street
I lose my bearings, but then I can see clearly
Travel by thought
Where do you want to go? (Anywhere that you want)
Imagine the feeling before that last jump
Come back to mother earth, an age of beauty
Oh you just can't define, the sad things in your mind
Just give them all to me
Just give them to me
Just give them all to me
Travel by thought
Where do you want me?
Where do you want it?
What do you want to bring?
Where?
Where do you want it?
Who do you want?
Who do you want?
Where do you want it?
Where do you want it?
How you want it?
What do you want?
What do you want?
Who do you want?
Who do you want?
Who you want?
Who you want?
Why do you want to go anywhere that ignorant?
Travel by thought
Who do you want?
Where do you want to go?
Don't think I've forgotten
The stranger's arms
That scares the bird that carries home dinner
The eggshell arms of the eggshell earth
Don't think I've forgotten
As birds in the air do what they please
Don't think I'll keep that promise
I can feel the breeze coming on us
Don't think I've forgotten
Travel by thought
Travel by thought
Intercontinental intelligence
Disappear? lyrics - The Church
Like a womb, the night was all around
Someone, somewhere must have talked some sense
I could feel it moving underground
So many things I still don't understand
The dream I was having took on an ugly face
I don't know if I was walking through heaven
It could have been any place
Skipping 'cross the water, wading through the sand
Awake to find you gone, emptiness is where you lay
Well I just had to smile for all the things you'll never hear me say
Oh, I know, I could never get that near
What do you expect me to do, disappear?
You and me, we're as free as we can be
Can't you see, like the trees so obviously...
The message disturbs me so I throw it to the wind
And after all those hellos, goodbyes, etc., etc.
We can't start this thing again
It's like the fog you walk towards, but never seem to reach
Every morning now I hear that same old song
And though the singer is long dead, his voice goes on and on
Ugliness you have to learn, beauty you can't teach
Awake to find you gone, a note pinned to my sleeve
Well It wasn't just the things you took
It was the things you had to leave
Now it seems you were never here
What do you expect me to do, disappear?
Someone, somewhere must have talked some sense
I could feel it moving underground
So many things I still don't understand
The dream I was having took on an ugly face
I don't know if I was walking through heaven
It could have been any place
Skipping 'cross the water, wading through the sand
Awake to find you gone, emptiness is where you lay
Well I just had to smile for all the things you'll never hear me say
Oh, I know, I could never get that near
What do you expect me to do, disappear?
You and me, we're as free as we can be
Can't you see, like the trees so obviously...
The message disturbs me so I throw it to the wind
And after all those hellos, goodbyes, etc., etc.
We can't start this thing again
It's like the fog you walk towards, but never seem to reach
Every morning now I hear that same old song
And though the singer is long dead, his voice goes on and on
Ugliness you have to learn, beauty you can't teach
Awake to find you gone, a note pinned to my sleeve
Well It wasn't just the things you took
It was the things you had to leave
Now it seems you were never here
What do you expect me to do, disappear?
Electric Lash lyrics - The Church
The electric lash of trees in the studio
Fills my head with light
Only the voice of the girl on the radio
Falling from a height
And I turn to leave as if in a cameo
It doesn't feel quite right
Only one thing you ever really know
If it's day or night
Our eyes meet and I love her
I suspect she already knows
How those eyes see me so very very clearly
Even when they're closed
The electric lash of trees in the studio
A bite then a caress
Only the voice of the girl on the radio
Drifting from the west
And I turn to leave as if in a cameo
A moon, a knot, a guess
Only one thing you ever really know
You might curse before you bless
Fills my head with light
Only the voice of the girl on the radio
Falling from a height
And I turn to leave as if in a cameo
It doesn't feel quite right
Only one thing you ever really know
If it's day or night
Our eyes meet and I love her
I suspect she already knows
How those eyes see me so very very clearly
Even when they're closed
The electric lash of trees in the studio
A bite then a caress
Only the voice of the girl on the radio
Drifting from the west
And I turn to leave as if in a cameo
A moon, a knot, a guess
Only one thing you ever really know
You might curse before you bless
Now I Wonder Why lyrics - The Church
In a moment of triumph, I find defeat uncontrolled
In the second of honor, a despair sharp and old
She gives me a taste, please show me some etiquette
I wasn't looking for you and I don't want to find you yet
At an uncurtained window, in a street full of rooms
Watching the gardens, and pursuing the blooms
This world is so white, they never see me anymore
But I trusted you then, and I'm trusting you still
It's just that I'm not quite sure
Now I wonder why, I thought I could ever lose
But the gain is hardly what I'd choose
Now I wonder why
It was somebody, a woman, it was a delicate crime
And I've been waiting for ages, yes I've been here all the time
There was this greed in my blood, she let me take the easy way
She helps me hide the vagabond, that was myself yesterday
And after the acting, I found that I couldn't sleep
And during my drifting, I found that I was too deep
By the virtue of faith I knew that I could be lost
Beyond this dark place
Unprepared to pay the cost
In the second of honor, a despair sharp and old
She gives me a taste, please show me some etiquette
I wasn't looking for you and I don't want to find you yet
At an uncurtained window, in a street full of rooms
Watching the gardens, and pursuing the blooms
This world is so white, they never see me anymore
But I trusted you then, and I'm trusting you still
It's just that I'm not quite sure
Now I wonder why, I thought I could ever lose
But the gain is hardly what I'd choose
Now I wonder why
It was somebody, a woman, it was a delicate crime
And I've been waiting for ages, yes I've been here all the time
There was this greed in my blood, she let me take the easy way
She helps me hide the vagabond, that was myself yesterday
And after the acting, I found that I couldn't sleep
And during my drifting, I found that I was too deep
By the virtue of faith I knew that I could be lost
Beyond this dark place
Unprepared to pay the cost
Dropping Names lyrics - The Church
I want to break to be beautiful
Seven long nights to think
A handful of words, a sleeveful of birds
Casually left on the sink
Crimson beads, cut out your needs
Leave you feeling more in the pink
Seven long nights at a pre-announced site
A head on my shoulders and I feel all right
Alter the courses, stand near my flames
Questionable sources, only dropping names
Dropping names
I taught her how to be hard or soft
She never really needed to learn
A trip into town, defenses are down
I never, ever need to return
She holds me by the stars, says look at these scars
Feel my longing burn
Seven long days but I can't change my ways
Look over my shoulder and I say hey hey
Seven long nights to think
A handful of words, a sleeveful of birds
Casually left on the sink
Crimson beads, cut out your needs
Leave you feeling more in the pink
Seven long nights at a pre-announced site
A head on my shoulders and I feel all right
Alter the courses, stand near my flames
Questionable sources, only dropping names
Dropping names
I taught her how to be hard or soft
She never really needed to learn
A trip into town, defenses are down
I never, ever need to return
She holds me by the stars, says look at these scars
Feel my longing burn
Seven long days but I can't change my ways
Look over my shoulder and I say hey hey
It Doesn't Change lyrics - The Church
Sinking silk, and burning gold
Touch you as the air is turning cold
(it doesn't change)
Another place I look for you
The heights above an almost perfect view
(it doesn't change)
Seeing things just rest a while
As the tide sweeps out another mile
(it doesn't change)
Inside the man, the pleasure dome
This is the world that I once called home
(it doesn't change)
Strangers in their naked skin
Waiting for their sweet oblivion
(it doesn't change)
Close to you, hear all you say
Even though you're continents away
(it doesn't change)
The perfumed air, the taste of fear
Shrug your shoulders and they disappear
(it doesn't change)
Take this gift and let it grow
Let it be all the hope you know
(it doesn't change)
Touch you as the air is turning cold
(it doesn't change)
Another place I look for you
The heights above an almost perfect view
(it doesn't change)
Seeing things just rest a while
As the tide sweeps out another mile
(it doesn't change)
Inside the man, the pleasure dome
This is the world that I once called home
(it doesn't change)
Strangers in their naked skin
Waiting for their sweet oblivion
(it doesn't change)
Close to you, hear all you say
Even though you're continents away
(it doesn't change)
The perfumed air, the taste of fear
Shrug your shoulders and they disappear
(it doesn't change)
Take this gift and let it grow
Let it be all the hope you know
(it doesn't change)
Almost With You lyrics - The Church
See the chains which bind the men
Can you taste their lonely arrogance
It's always too late
And your face is so cold
They struggled for this opulence
See the suns which blind the men
Burnt away so long before our time
Now their warmth is forgotten and gone
Pretty maids not far behind
Who you trying to get in touch with
I'm almost with you
I can sense it wait for me
I'm almost with you
Is this the taste of victory
I'm almost with you
See the dust which fills your sleep
Does it always feel this chill near the end
I never dreamed we'd meet here once more
This life reserved for a friend
Can you taste their lonely arrogance
It's always too late
And your face is so cold
They struggled for this opulence
See the suns which blind the men
Burnt away so long before our time
Now their warmth is forgotten and gone
Pretty maids not far behind
Who you trying to get in touch with
I'm almost with you
I can sense it wait for me
I'm almost with you
Is this the taste of victory
I'm almost with you
See the dust which fills your sleep
Does it always feel this chill near the end
I never dreamed we'd meet here once more
This life reserved for a friend
When You Were Mine lyrics - The Church
On a day like this, a hundred lifetimes ago
You on a shore, across the point
I looked through my hands and you drew me a line
When you were mine
On a world like this, a hundred turns left to go
Deep in a room, which I've never seen
Outside it's so cold but I'm waiting for time
When you were mine
Plenty of islands between now and then
Rocks break the boats of the painted face men
And they drown, and they're born
And they live once again
And this all happens
When you were mine
In a storm like this, a hundred kisses of snow
You with another so easily sleep
What's real and what's dreamt become close and entwine
When you were mine
You on a shore, across the point
I looked through my hands and you drew me a line
When you were mine
On a world like this, a hundred turns left to go
Deep in a room, which I've never seen
Outside it's so cold but I'm waiting for time
When you were mine
Plenty of islands between now and then
Rocks break the boats of the painted face men
And they drown, and they're born
And they live once again
And this all happens
When you were mine
In a storm like this, a hundred kisses of snow
You with another so easily sleep
What's real and what's dreamt become close and entwine
When you were mine
Field Of Mars lyrics - The Church
It's a long way home from the Field of Mars
Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars
And I turn to look, and I'm never any closer
Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder
All my life seems so far away
The air is soft in the Field of Mars
Tears and loss feed the overgrown grass
And I have to leave, but I never seem to go
Only more sad clouds where autumn winds will blow
All my dreams seem so long ago
Oh, Field of Mars
Time is past in the Field of Mars
Grief won't last in the departing cars
And I call her name, but she never, ever hears
And I call again to the cruelty of the years
Oh my love she's so far away
Oh, Field of Mars
Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars
And I turn to look, and I'm never any closer
Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder
All my life seems so far away
The air is soft in the Field of Mars
Tears and loss feed the overgrown grass
And I have to leave, but I never seem to go
Only more sad clouds where autumn winds will blow
All my dreams seem so long ago
Oh, Field of Mars
Time is past in the Field of Mars
Grief won't last in the departing cars
And I call her name, but she never, ever hears
And I call again to the cruelty of the years
Oh my love she's so far away
Oh, Field of Mars
An Interlude lyrics - The Church
"They're going to send you away" she said
Psychic angels spread on the top of her head
And in the compartments of my dread
The rush hour crush travels home to bed
"You never seem to hear" she smiled
Statues tiptoe for the glimpse of the child
The lawns are always lush and wild
Spacious floors bejeweled and tiled
"How are you getting home" she laughed
Mermaids drowned but I clung to the raft
It's just the water in the bath
An interlude for the busy staff
Psychic angels spread on the top of her head
And in the compartments of my dread
The rush hour crush travels home to bed
"You never seem to hear" she smiled
Statues tiptoe for the glimpse of the child
The lawns are always lush and wild
Spacious floors bejeweled and tiled
"How are you getting home" she laughed
Mermaids drowned but I clung to the raft
It's just the water in the bath
An interlude for the busy staff
Secret Corners lyrics - The Church
Lying alone, isn't that you
Drifting away
Is the only thing left to do
Such a sad place, such a lost world
But nothing is sadder
Than the tears of a make-believe girl
Who is this child, who is this man
Only two people
Who are doing all they can
Frost on the ground, the cruel winds of fate
Blow us forever
And I know there's just no escape
Run to the secret corners of your room
I'll still be waiting
I'll still be waiting
Drifting away
Is the only thing left to do
Such a sad place, such a lost world
But nothing is sadder
Than the tears of a make-believe girl
Who is this child, who is this man
Only two people
Who are doing all they can
Frost on the ground, the cruel winds of fate
Blow us forever
And I know there's just no escape
Run to the secret corners of your room
I'll still be waiting
I'll still be waiting
Just For You lyrics - The Church
Sometimes when the darkness loses its hold
I tread politely in the cold
Racking my brains
Pumping my veins
And taking the evening train from view
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
And it's so easy to hurt me now
And you've forgotten anyhow
That certain ideas
Have changed through the years
I purchased some tears just to see me through
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
One day I noticed the world at my feet
Next day comes and it rolls into the street
Gathering speed
Paying no heed
That made me bleed until I was blue
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
I tread politely in the cold
Racking my brains
Pumping my veins
And taking the evening train from view
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
And it's so easy to hurt me now
And you've forgotten anyhow
That certain ideas
Have changed through the years
I purchased some tears just to see me through
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
One day I noticed the world at my feet
Next day comes and it rolls into the street
Gathering speed
Paying no heed
That made me bleed until I was blue
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
A Fire Burns lyrics - The Chruch
The rusty stream of dawn completes
The scenes where cars once crawled these streets
A face against the moving sky
Brings back an alien hope
Just like they said to me
Keep your heart inside your coat
Well there's muddy shoes outside the door
Is anybody home I ask once more
A silver-plated jet comes home
But the map leads her astray
Just like they said to me
Find your heart and lose your way
A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind
Beside the wall the flowers grow
And down the sticky stems I go
Watching changing skies below
Your arms so far away
Just like they said to me
Life is worth another stay
The scenes where cars once crawled these streets
A face against the moving sky
Brings back an alien hope
Just like they said to me
Keep your heart inside your coat
Well there's muddy shoes outside the door
Is anybody home I ask once more
A silver-plated jet comes home
But the map leads her astray
Just like they said to me
Find your heart and lose your way
A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind
Beside the wall the flowers grow
And down the sticky stems I go
Watching changing skies below
Your arms so far away
Just like they said to me
Life is worth another stay
To Be In Your Eyes lyrics - The Chruch
Night-time is so lonely
When you hear a sound
But it's only an empty heart
Beating on through the night
A sad, sad drum
And I'm lying here listening
And the raindrops are all glistening
In my dreams
And it seems
That the sun never comes
And I want my sad reflection
To go drifting through the skies
To be in your eyes
And I'm waking to this aching
And it's breaking me in two
All the space
All the waste
All the distance between me and you
And the people with their voices
Random choices will they ever learn
To really see
Really be on fire when their spirits burn
I want the person inside me
To be someone I'd recognize
If he was in your eyes
So I'm waiting, contemplating
Relocating a faded image in my thoughts
But the memories are like clouds
Try so hard
But they never can be caught
But I'm trying, yes I'm trying
But I'm only lying in the dark
So alone
On my own
No one home
And if love was worth a fortune
Then I'd need a rise
To be in your eyes
I want these words to be the things
I hoped you'd realized
To be in your eyes
When you hear a sound
But it's only an empty heart
Beating on through the night
A sad, sad drum
And I'm lying here listening
And the raindrops are all glistening
In my dreams
And it seems
That the sun never comes
And I want my sad reflection
To go drifting through the skies
To be in your eyes
And I'm waking to this aching
And it's breaking me in two
All the space
All the waste
All the distance between me and you
And the people with their voices
Random choices will they ever learn
To really see
Really be on fire when their spirits burn
I want the person inside me
To be someone I'd recognize
If he was in your eyes
So I'm waiting, contemplating
Relocating a faded image in my thoughts
But the memories are like clouds
Try so hard
But they never can be caught
But I'm trying, yes I'm trying
But I'm only lying in the dark
So alone
On my own
No one home
And if love was worth a fortune
Then I'd need a rise
To be in your eyes
I want these words to be the things
I hoped you'd realized
To be in your eyes
You Took lyrics - The Church
You took a piece of my heart
You took a piece of my heart
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It was clear in coming here
I must have put the horse before the cart
Before the cart
You took the lead from the start
You took the lead from the start
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It was clear in coming here
I must have put the skin before the heart
Before the heart
You took the rest of the day
You took the rest of the day
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
Now that it's all over
Now there's just some coldness in my way
It's in my way
You took the clubs and the spades
You took the clubs and the spades
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It's a shame it's not a game
We're playing in it's just the blurred crusade
The blurred crusade
You took a piece of my heart
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It was clear in coming here
I must have put the horse before the cart
Before the cart
You took the lead from the start
You took the lead from the start
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It was clear in coming here
I must have put the skin before the heart
Before the heart
You took the rest of the day
You took the rest of the day
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
Now that it's all over
Now there's just some coldness in my way
It's in my way
You took the clubs and the spades
You took the clubs and the spades
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It's a shame it's not a game
We're playing in it's just the blurred crusade
The blurred crusade
Don't Look Back lyrics - The Church
Sometime up here, watching a cloud
Funny how they shape your thoughts
Right out loud
Some days you laugh
Some days you cry
So deep in the night
It leaves you stranded high and dry
Keep to yourself, keep it in case
Keep it when you need it for a pretty smile
For your face
Walk out in the sun
Walk out in the rain
Keep on walking
And don't look back here again
Funny how they shape your thoughts
Right out loud
Some days you laugh
Some days you cry
So deep in the night
It leaves you stranded high and dry
Keep to yourself, keep it in case
Keep it when you need it for a pretty smile
For your face
Walk out in the sun
Walk out in the rain
Keep on walking
And don't look back here again
A Different Man lyrics - The Church
Inside himself
He runs to look in the mirror
And the face that stares right back
Has never been any clearer
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He's not the one to blame
It was a different man, you know he's never been here
You can be so close, you can be so near
It was a different man, playing different cards
You can be so soft, you can be so hard
Inside himself
He follows the wrong directions
Perfect English words all right
But with the wrong inflections
But look at the dust at his feet
He's not the one she loves
It was a different man, you know he's never been found
You can be so up, you can be so down
It was a different man, you know he's never been there
You can be halfway, you can be all there
Inside himself,
He thinks that he looks the same
And the mind that thinks it all out
Never noticed any change
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He's not the one to blame
He runs to look in the mirror
And the face that stares right back
Has never been any clearer
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He's not the one to blame
It was a different man, you know he's never been here
You can be so close, you can be so near
It was a different man, playing different cards
You can be so soft, you can be so hard
Inside himself
He follows the wrong directions
Perfect English words all right
But with the wrong inflections
But look at the dust at his feet
He's not the one she loves
It was a different man, you know he's never been found
You can be so up, you can be so down
It was a different man, you know he's never been there
You can be halfway, you can be all there
Inside himself,
He thinks that he looks the same
And the mind that thinks it all out
Never noticed any change
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He's not the one to blame
Ancient History
Sometimes I wonder how I got mixed up with you
You just cannot comprehend the things that I do
The truth is so fragile, the ties are so true
Lying in the nettles where the blossoms once grew
So now you're asking what is this mystery
And all these questions, ancient history
Sometimes I wonder what is left to be said
If I'm consumed and fading will the children be fed?
The roof is always creaking, the stone has been bled
You say I'm just existing and you leave me for dead
Sometimes I can see your love is a sled
Sliding down the slopes that will lead to your bed
Some of us are white, some of us are red
Some have got these visions going 'round in our heads
As you go just blow a kiss to me
And as it falls, ancient history
Sometimes a joke can get out of hand
Laughing like a conqueror in a new land
Convinced down to his buttons this was how it was planned
He turns his back on ruins, that were nothing but sand
Crossing your Alps the ice and cold blister me
And all the rest, ancient history
You just cannot comprehend the things that I do
The truth is so fragile, the ties are so true
Lying in the nettles where the blossoms once grew
So now you're asking what is this mystery
And all these questions, ancient history
Sometimes I wonder what is left to be said
If I'm consumed and fading will the children be fed?
The roof is always creaking, the stone has been bled
You say I'm just existing and you leave me for dead
Sometimes I can see your love is a sled
Sliding down the slopes that will lead to your bed
Some of us are white, some of us are red
Some have got these visions going 'round in our heads
As you go just blow a kiss to me
And as it falls, ancient history
Sometimes a joke can get out of hand
Laughing like a conqueror in a new land
Convinced down to his buttons this was how it was planned
He turns his back on ruins, that were nothing but sand
Crossing your Alps the ice and cold blister me
And all the rest, ancient history
The Night Is Very Soft lyrics - The Church
Tiny drops of water glistened on her black fur
Taillights in earshot, headlights shine through her, and on
Legs crossed on the red surge settee
I sat next to nothing and she looked right through me, and on
Inside the car sat a sulky blonde
And on her lap the road went on and on
As she dresses I look to the ground
Perhaps I know where the place can be found, and on
Outside, the night is very soft, but where does it end
We'd pile into the Buick, but you've got to have money for that
92 people taking it too fast
They never noticed where their lines are cast, and on
Legs crossed on the red surge settee
Sat next to nothing and she looked right past me, and on
I've got a milk white electric guitar
Walked in the shop and I peeled off the notes, oh yeah
As she dresses I look to the ground
Perhaps I know where the place can be found, and on
Taillights in earshot, headlights shine through her, and on
Legs crossed on the red surge settee
I sat next to nothing and she looked right through me, and on
Inside the car sat a sulky blonde
And on her lap the road went on and on
As she dresses I look to the ground
Perhaps I know where the place can be found, and on
Outside, the night is very soft, but where does it end
We'd pile into the Buick, but you've got to have money for that
92 people taking it too fast
They never noticed where their lines are cast, and on
Legs crossed on the red surge settee
Sat next to nothing and she looked right past me, and on
I've got a milk white electric guitar
Walked in the shop and I peeled off the notes, oh yeah
As she dresses I look to the ground
Perhaps I know where the place can be found, and on
In This Room lyrics - The Church
Oh the avenging angel
Shiver in the way of her stare
I will admit that she never loved me
But I admit that I didn't care
And it's too damned late to buy the gate
And why close it if your heart isn't there
And since you know it all
I could give you a call
I could give you something fine to compare yourself to
My eyes begin to ache in the cold electric light
There are no windows in this room
In which we've been sitting all our lives
Some incredible distance
Some incredible place
Sometimes I think, and sometimes I sink
In some incredible race
And it's too damned soon for a man of fortune
To have to run or lose his face
And since you know it all
I could give you a call
I could give you a lot more than a taste of yourself, too
Shiver in the way of her stare
I will admit that she never loved me
But I admit that I didn't care
And it's too damned late to buy the gate
And why close it if your heart isn't there
And since you know it all
I could give you a call
I could give you something fine to compare yourself to
My eyes begin to ache in the cold electric light
There are no windows in this room
In which we've been sitting all our lives
Some incredible distance
Some incredible place
Sometimes I think, and sometimes I sink
In some incredible race
And it's too damned soon for a man of fortune
To have to run or lose his face
And since you know it all
I could give you a call
I could give you a lot more than a taste of yourself, too
I Am A Rock lyrics - The Church
A winters day, in a deep and dark December
I am alone, gazing from my window into the streets below
On a freshly fallen, silent shroud of snow
I am a rock, I am an island
Don't talk of love, well I've heard the word before
It is sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried
I am a rock, I am an island
I have my books and my poetry to content me
I am shielded in my armor
Deep within my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock, I am an island
And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries
I am alone, gazing from my window into the streets below
On a freshly fallen, silent shroud of snow
I am a rock, I am an island
Don't talk of love, well I've heard the word before
It is sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried
I am a rock, I am an island
I have my books and my poetry to content me
I am shielded in my armor
Deep within my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock, I am an island
And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries
For A Moment We're Strangers lyrics - The Church
In the empty place the soul stripped bare
Of skins and heart and I come apart
In your icy hands
I forget my role, as I stare into your soul
In the empty place you change your mind
You change your clothes you change your pose
For a perfect fit
I forget the cast, as I stare into your past
For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second or always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say
In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats, and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case, as I stare into your face
Just one me one you
This world contains a few
Is it true, is it truly new
Are we through the stolen door once more
Of skins and heart and I come apart
In your icy hands
I forget my role, as I stare into your soul
In the empty place you change your mind
You change your clothes you change your pose
For a perfect fit
I forget the cast, as I stare into your past
For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second or always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say
In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats, and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case, as I stare into your face
Just one me one you
This world contains a few
Is it true, is it truly new
Are we through the stolen door once more
Chrome Injury lyrics - The Church
Cut your life into the steel
Take your place behind the wheel
Watch the metal scene just peel away
Don't forget me, don't regret me
Don't replace and don't upset me
But don't forget to come and get me someday
I was somewhere far away
But I knew I couldn't stay
German girls in an expose
Sitting on an empty train
Staring at the winter rain
Going through the scene again and again
Poor tormented automan
Giant pincers for a hand
Sinking slowly in the sands
Chrome injury on his cheek
Three days strong, four day weak
Listen as he tries to speak
If only I could feel
Falling down, standing still
Always there's more time to kill
Flamingos startled in a shrill display
Don't forget me, don't regret me
Don't replace and don't upset me
But don't forget to come and get me some day
If only I could feel
If I only wasn't steel
If only I could feel
Take your place behind the wheel
Watch the metal scene just peel away
Don't forget me, don't regret me
Don't replace and don't upset me
But don't forget to come and get me someday
I was somewhere far away
But I knew I couldn't stay
German girls in an expose
Sitting on an empty train
Staring at the winter rain
Going through the scene again and again
Poor tormented automan
Giant pincers for a hand
Sinking slowly in the sands
Chrome injury on his cheek
Three days strong, four day weak
Listen as he tries to speak
If only I could feel
Falling down, standing still
Always there's more time to kill
Flamingos startled in a shrill display
Don't forget me, don't regret me
Don't replace and don't upset me
But don't forget to come and get me some day
If only I could feel
If I only wasn't steel
If only I could feel
The Unguarded Moment lyrics - The Church
So hard finding inspiration
I knew you'd find me crying
Tell those girls with rifles for minds
That their jokes don't make me laugh
They only make me feel like dying
In an unguarded moment
So long, long between mirages
I knew you'd find me drinking
Tell those men with horses for hearts
That their jibes don't make me bleed
They only make me feel like shrinking
In an unguarded moment
So deep, deep without a meaning
I knew you'd find me leaving
Tell those friends with cameras for eyes
That their hands don't make me hang
They only make me feel like breathing
In an unguarded moment
I knew you'd find me crying
Tell those girls with rifles for minds
That their jokes don't make me laugh
They only make me feel like dying
In an unguarded moment
So long, long between mirages
I knew you'd find me drinking
Tell those men with horses for hearts
That their jibes don't make me bleed
They only make me feel like shrinking
In an unguarded moment
So deep, deep without a meaning
I knew you'd find me leaving
Tell those friends with cameras for eyes
That their hands don't make me hang
They only make me feel like breathing
In an unguarded moment
Memories In Future Tense lyrics - The Church
Last year today seemed a long way away
And ahead of me (the memory)
A new face and street, people who meet you
Instead of me (remember me)
They bring you, they take you
They own you, they make you
Last year today you turn and you say
Here's a dream for me (but it's a memory)
You close your eyes, the moon starts to rise
And you scream for me (do you remember me?)
I calm you, I'm with you
What did they ever give you
Memories in future tense
Memories don't make much sense
Last year today a radio plays
Such a simple song (a simple song)
The music's surreal and you almost could feel
That there's nothing wrong ('cause it's a simple song)
They bought you, they sold you
And all the things they told you
And ahead of me (the memory)
A new face and street, people who meet you
Instead of me (remember me)
They bring you, they take you
They own you, they make you
Last year today you turn and you say
Here's a dream for me (but it's a memory)
You close your eyes, the moon starts to rise
And you scream for me (do you remember me?)
I calm you, I'm with you
What did they ever give you
Memories in future tense
Memories don't make much sense
Last year today a radio plays
Such a simple song (a simple song)
The music's surreal and you almost could feel
That there's nothing wrong ('cause it's a simple song)
They bought you, they sold you
And all the things they told you
Bel-Air lyrics - The Church
A palm tree nodded at me last night
He said, "Hey, you look so pale."
I don't know if it was the air or the breeze in my hair
I had a feeling I had failed
So down to the beach just out of reach
The moon was being trailed
A girl and a sailor and a hot dog trailer
That's their holy grail
The sand whispered heat and burned the feet
Of gulls landing on the shore
In the motel pool the waitress cools
She doesn't ask for more
She makes a wish she takes a risk
She opens up her door
Through human eyes she's a dolphin in disguise
It's the last night of the war
Somewhere far away there's another day
And someone's getting out of bed
She puts on her face in the morning space
She doesn't know she's dead
Her ruby lips can't excite me anymore
And pain sprawls on the chair, it's always there
And he descends the stairs, he doesn't see
The sunburnt landlord glares, for all the people
He can never be
He said, "Hey, you look so pale."
I don't know if it was the air or the breeze in my hair
I had a feeling I had failed
So down to the beach just out of reach
The moon was being trailed
A girl and a sailor and a hot dog trailer
That's their holy grail
The sand whispered heat and burned the feet
Of gulls landing on the shore
In the motel pool the waitress cools
She doesn't ask for more
She makes a wish she takes a risk
She opens up her door
Through human eyes she's a dolphin in disguise
It's the last night of the war
Somewhere far away there's another day
And someone's getting out of bed
She puts on her face in the morning space
She doesn't know she's dead
Her ruby lips can't excite me anymore
And pain sprawls on the chair, it's always there
And he descends the stairs, he doesn't see
The sunburnt landlord glares, for all the people
He can never be
Is This Where You Live lyrics - The Church
Oceanic lights are cleverly dim
Bluish features in the lower reaches
We raise our traffic flares to him
Fishnet, girlish the red ones spark
Holy arcs tracked in the dark
The more I see the less I look
Here's another name I took
Glisten in the early morning air
The remnants of their evening wear
Branching off, the road winds east
Deluxe locations just near completion
Come dine with wine and oyster feast
The pearls are real, have one for free
They're washed up by the foam-waved sea
The more I look the less I smile
Never mind, let's stay awhile
The fans blow secrets on the night
Out of mind but not out of sight
Is this where you live
Is this where you live
Broken voices the nylon choir
Nothing left to stoke that fire
All they own is on their tongues
They never see or wonder if
Is this where you live
Thin dog's don't vie for bones
Why desert just to be alone
All they own is on their backs
They can't believe it's you I'm with
Is this where you live
Don't blush when I brush your touch
No need for any speed or rush
All you own is on the floor
I'm buying all you're gonna give
Is this where you live
Coffee stories, the lying truth
Electric lights don't help my youth
All I owned is on this face
Urbane mirror, anger myth
Is this where you live
Bluish features in the lower reaches
We raise our traffic flares to him
Fishnet, girlish the red ones spark
Holy arcs tracked in the dark
The more I see the less I look
Here's another name I took
Glisten in the early morning air
The remnants of their evening wear
Branching off, the road winds east
Deluxe locations just near completion
Come dine with wine and oyster feast
The pearls are real, have one for free
They're washed up by the foam-waved sea
The more I look the less I smile
Never mind, let's stay awhile
The fans blow secrets on the night
Out of mind but not out of sight
Is this where you live
Is this where you live
Broken voices the nylon choir
Nothing left to stoke that fire
All they own is on their tongues
They never see or wonder if
Is this where you live
Thin dog's don't vie for bones
Why desert just to be alone
All they own is on their backs
They can't believe it's you I'm with
Is this where you live
Don't blush when I brush your touch
No need for any speed or rush
All you own is on the floor
I'm buying all you're gonna give
Is this where you live
Coffee stories, the lying truth
Electric lights don't help my youth
All I owned is on this face
Urbane mirror, anger myth
Is this where you live
She Never Said lyrics - The Church
I'm not exact but I'm not insane
I clutched at someone in the dark again
It's so hard to remember her name she never said
It was in a story that I wanted to write
The details weren't important, the plot was slight
No one asked what happened that night, she never said
Get out of bed, lets pull on a shoe
I've got a notion what we ought to do
Here's a number you can try to ring
But I'm still thinking about all the things she never said
I parked my car by some memories
And told my story to the laughing trees
They don't know what's wrong with me, she never said
All the letters had the wrong address
Did you notice who cleaned up the mess
What the date was is anybody's guess, she never said
I clutched at someone in the dark again
It's so hard to remember her name she never said
It was in a story that I wanted to write
The details weren't important, the plot was slight
No one asked what happened that night, she never said
Get out of bed, lets pull on a shoe
I've got a notion what we ought to do
Here's a number you can try to ring
But I'm still thinking about all the things she never said
I parked my car by some memories
And told my story to the laughing trees
They don't know what's wrong with me, she never said
All the letters had the wrong address
Did you notice who cleaned up the mess
What the date was is anybody's guess, she never said
Fighter Pilot... Korean War lyrics - The Church
A thousand powdered parts
Past the sun and moon
The hint of timelessness splashed
On this afternoon
And they tell me I'm inside (you're only human)
But when I run, when I hide
I want to touch you
I think my courage must
Never leave this room
It's like the history that
Hides in the monsoon
And they tell me I'm alive (you're only human)
But when I lean into a dive
I want to touch you
At home they think we must be fools
The sky or street, they're both as cruel
When you're running low on fuel
And I ran out books ago
Last night I overheard your prayers
It's emptiness that scares
Disappearing in thin air
To a lost place down below
Once upon a time
In a distant land
I felt the rising sun
Focused through my hand
And they tell me I'm so changed (you're only human)
But if I ever was the same
I want to touch you
The action calls me away
Past the sun and moon
The hint of timelessness splashed
On this afternoon
And they tell me I'm inside (you're only human)
But when I run, when I hide
I want to touch you
I think my courage must
Never leave this room
It's like the history that
Hides in the monsoon
And they tell me I'm alive (you're only human)
But when I lean into a dive
I want to touch you
At home they think we must be fools
The sky or street, they're both as cruel
When you're running low on fuel
And I ran out books ago
Last night I overheard your prayers
It's emptiness that scares
Disappearing in thin air
To a lost place down below
Once upon a time
In a distant land
I felt the rising sun
Focused through my hand
And they tell me I'm so changed (you're only human)
But if I ever was the same
I want to touch you
The action calls me away
Don't Open The Door To Strangers lyrics - The Church
Don't open the door to strangers
Don't let them in to your heart
They only want to take you far from me
Don't open the door tonight
Don't trust the man in the windows
Don't let him buy all your dreams
He only wants to make them all his own
Don't open the door tonight
See the angry sea, it's a sign for me
There's another shore, what we waiting for
Feel the wind is sad, all the things I had
Blown away and falling around me
Don't leave your thoughts unguarded
Don't let them float where they will
They never tell me what I want to know
Don't open the door tonight
Don't let them in to your heart
They only want to take you far from me
Don't open the door tonight
Don't trust the man in the windows
Don't let him buy all your dreams
He only wants to make them all his own
Don't open the door tonight
See the angry sea, it's a sign for me
There's another shore, what we waiting for
Feel the wind is sad, all the things I had
Blown away and falling around me
Don't leave your thoughts unguarded
Don't let them float where they will
They never tell me what I want to know
Don't open the door tonight
Too Fast For You lyrics - The Church
Come down, another day
Morning streaked on a perspex screen
The screaming beaked blackbirds peck
The wrecked eyes of last week's lies
The sandman gets shallow sleep
He tries to weep for the grown-up things
One last peep for policemen
A'resting in the woodland side so steep
Oh and I hope I'm not going too fast for you
And don't believe it when they say it's over
It's not over
There's an ice age due on Wednesday
Overcast sky, blocks of fortune
The bridges sigh, the sweethearts are blank
They never thank, no, they never even try
Winking paperboy
Paperwork, overloaded portrait
Let it jerk you back to yesterday
That's where the curtains start to fray
Too fast for you
Too fast for you
Morning streaked on a perspex screen
The screaming beaked blackbirds peck
The wrecked eyes of last week's lies
The sandman gets shallow sleep
He tries to weep for the grown-up things
One last peep for policemen
A'resting in the woodland side so steep
Oh and I hope I'm not going too fast for you
And don't believe it when they say it's over
It's not over
There's an ice age due on Wednesday
Overcast sky, blocks of fortune
The bridges sigh, the sweethearts are blank
They never thank, no, they never even try
Winking paperboy
Paperwork, overloaded portrait
Let it jerk you back to yesterday
That's where the curtains start to fray
Too fast for you
Too fast for you
Tear It All Away lyrics - The Church
People say to see is to believe
Then they just believe in that they can perceive
What they see is not the total view
Filtered between the me and you
But I'm trying so hard just to tell you I care
And I've wanted so long, to tear it all away
Tear it all away
People say well you just had to be there
And all the time you know they've never been there
And it makes me sad to sit and think
All those empty souls are nearly at the brink
But I'm trying so hard just to open my eyes
To seeing some things that tear it all away
Tear it all away
People grow up and learn to drive some car
But I did that and it doesn't get you far
The things you want are never to be found
And in the end it's all some run around
But I'm trying so hard just to keep to myself
The things that I hope will tear it all away
Tear it all away
I thought you would know
Oh, I thought you would know
People say they think that they are sure
But they turn away and don't go back no more
What they saw was not the perfect sight
Just their own face reflected in the night
But I'm trying so hard just to tell you it's now
And I'm gonna keep on trying
To tear it all away
Then they just believe in that they can perceive
What they see is not the total view
Filtered between the me and you
But I'm trying so hard just to tell you I care
And I've wanted so long, to tear it all away
Tear it all away
People say well you just had to be there
And all the time you know they've never been there
And it makes me sad to sit and think
All those empty souls are nearly at the brink
But I'm trying so hard just to open my eyes
To seeing some things that tear it all away
Tear it all away
People grow up and learn to drive some car
But I did that and it doesn't get you far
The things you want are never to be found
And in the end it's all some run around
But I'm trying so hard just to keep to myself
The things that I hope will tear it all away
Tear it all away
I thought you would know
Oh, I thought you would know
People say they think that they are sure
But they turn away and don't go back no more
What they saw was not the perfect sight
Just their own face reflected in the night
But I'm trying so hard just to tell you it's now
And I'm gonna keep on trying
To tear it all away
Sisters lyrics - The Church
Anna sits beside her research
Silence in the dappled moonlight
Sleeping cat and dying fire
Embers of the past conspire
All her books are closed and scatters
And she feels that nothing matters to her
Outside this dream her sister frequents
Like a cobweb catching fragments
She approaches like a vision
She says "Anna, do you hear me?"
But the picture's always shuttered
All the distant thoughts that flutter to her
I can see them all, I can hear them call
And as she falls I lean to say good-bye
Breathing all the wasted hours
Talking to the dying flowers
Dwarfed by spires and tangled towers
We don't ask the reason why
Anna comes and goes in shadows
Paintings of the open windows
Her photograph is always faded
Her sister's eyes are blank and shaded
Don't you understand her science
Merging in a strange alliance to her
We're together in the future
You and I and her together
All our fates are intermingled
We are plural, we are single
We are leaving for a meeting
And last seen the weather sleeting for her
Silence in the dappled moonlight
Sleeping cat and dying fire
Embers of the past conspire
All her books are closed and scatters
And she feels that nothing matters to her
Outside this dream her sister frequents
Like a cobweb catching fragments
She approaches like a vision
She says "Anna, do you hear me?"
But the picture's always shuttered
All the distant thoughts that flutter to her
I can see them all, I can hear them call
And as she falls I lean to say good-bye
Breathing all the wasted hours
Talking to the dying flowers
Dwarfed by spires and tangled towers
We don't ask the reason why
Anna comes and goes in shadows
Paintings of the open windows
Her photograph is always faded
Her sister's eyes are blank and shaded
Don't you understand her science
Merging in a strange alliance to her
We're together in the future
You and I and her together
All our fates are intermingled
We are plural, we are single
We are leaving for a meeting
And last seen the weather sleeting for her
0408 lyrics - The Church
And we frittered the time that we had on our hands
And we measured the time that elapsed
And we stumbled around like madmen unbound
And I said, "look out boys, these are traps"
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
And we followed a path till we slipped up and laughed
And I lived half a life in that state
And we got our release in everything but peace
And peace of a record second rate
And I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
Like a stranger, always strangest at home
Well I like what you do
But you will never break through
You can try if you want
But you'll fail
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
Like a stranger, always strangest at home
And we measured the time that elapsed
And we stumbled around like madmen unbound
And I said, "look out boys, these are traps"
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
And we followed a path till we slipped up and laughed
And I lived half a life in that state
And we got our release in everything but peace
And peace of a record second rate
And I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
Like a stranger, always strangest at home
Well I like what you do
But you will never break through
You can try if you want
But you'll fail
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
Like a stranger, always strangest at home
All I Know lyrics - The church
All I know, could be written in this letter
All I know, if I only knew you better
All I know, could be taken down in shorthand
All I know, I forgot it at the news stand
Just like you I am a wanderer
Wandering, wondering
Outrunning all my previous lives
So cleave to me just like a tiny storm
A raining and a thundering
Coming out of clear blue skies
All I know, I wish I'd done my lessons
All I know, it's the flesh that needs suppressing
All I know, I know I got it in me somewhere
All I know, I coulda lost it elsewhere
Just like you I am a pilgrim here
Dusty and alone
Outside a thousand bolted doors
So cleave to me just like a lover, dear
Before you must go home
Before all this is no more
Just like you I am a wanderer
Wandering, wondering
Outrunning all my previous lives
So cleave to me just like a tiny storm
A raining and a thundering
Coming out of clear blue skies
That's all I know
That's all I know
That's all I know
All I know, if I only knew you better
All I know, could be taken down in shorthand
All I know, I forgot it at the news stand
Just like you I am a wanderer
Wandering, wondering
Outrunning all my previous lives
So cleave to me just like a tiny storm
A raining and a thundering
Coming out of clear blue skies
All I know, I wish I'd done my lessons
All I know, it's the flesh that needs suppressing
All I know, I know I got it in me somewhere
All I know, I coulda lost it elsewhere
Just like you I am a pilgrim here
Dusty and alone
Outside a thousand bolted doors
So cleave to me just like a lover, dear
Before you must go home
Before all this is no more
Just like you I am a wanderer
Wandering, wondering
Outrunning all my previous lives
So cleave to me just like a tiny storm
A raining and a thundering
Coming out of clear blue skies
That's all I know
That's all I know
That's all I know
Antenna (Acoustic) lyrics - The Church
Why do you always wrongly assume
That you're so well aware of what's happening there
Right here in this room?
You're just an antenna, you're just a wire
There's a thousand tongues wagging in your ears tonight
And you turn around and you call me a liar
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "out my way, that's the pulse I am aligned to"
Everything you say, you'll need that breath one day
Well, you're just an antenna, you're just a code
You translate like a book, the fuses all cook
You eat humble pie and it tastes of the road
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "that's the way, that's the fate I am resigned to"
And everything you say, you'll need that breath one day
You're just an antenna, you're just a gauge
You disturb my slumber, round up the numbers
And put them inside your velvety cage
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "make my day, and the sunlight will not blind you"
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
I may never pray to the fortune that's behind you
That you're so well aware of what's happening there
Right here in this room?
You're just an antenna, you're just a wire
There's a thousand tongues wagging in your ears tonight
And you turn around and you call me a liar
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "out my way, that's the pulse I am aligned to"
Everything you say, you'll need that breath one day
Well, you're just an antenna, you're just a code
You translate like a book, the fuses all cook
You eat humble pie and it tastes of the road
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "that's the way, that's the fate I am resigned to"
And everything you say, you'll need that breath one day
You're just an antenna, you're just a gauge
You disturb my slumber, round up the numbers
And put them inside your velvety cage
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "make my day, and the sunlight will not blind you"
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
I may never pray to the fortune that's behind you
Anyway lyrics - The Church
Empires crumble in the distance
Violet crumble in my bowl
Conspiracy theory, Timothy Leary
None of this is good for my soul
Salamander extravaganza
What if I sing like Mario Lanza?
Anyway, in my own way
I don't make sense any more
It's so hard to fake
One lucky break
Champagne and cake
Young Master Morris has a closet in the forest
But where were the bears when he let down his hair
Pieces of ice dragging over the windscreen
Look out Wonderland we're bursting through the black screen
Anyway, in my own way
I don't make sense any more
It's so hard to fake
One lucky break
Cocaine and cake
Millions of consumers are lost in the rumors
Overhead the weather sparked lava on their leathers
Fighting real fires with the rabbis and the friars
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
You know that all of them are users
None of them are takers
Making Sunday music with their tom-toms and their shakers
Anyway in my own way
I don't make sense any more
It's so hard to fake
One lucky break
Champagne and cake
Anyway in my own way
I don't make sense any more
Violet crumble in my bowl
Conspiracy theory, Timothy Leary
None of this is good for my soul
Salamander extravaganza
What if I sing like Mario Lanza?
Anyway, in my own way
I don't make sense any more
It's so hard to fake
One lucky break
Champagne and cake
Young Master Morris has a closet in the forest
But where were the bears when he let down his hair
Pieces of ice dragging over the windscreen
Look out Wonderland we're bursting through the black screen
Anyway, in my own way
I don't make sense any more
It's so hard to fake
One lucky break
Cocaine and cake
Millions of consumers are lost in the rumors
Overhead the weather sparked lava on their leathers
Fighting real fires with the rabbis and the friars
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
You know that all of them are users
None of them are takers
Making Sunday music with their tom-toms and their shakers
Anyway in my own way
I don't make sense any more
It's so hard to fake
One lucky break
Champagne and cake
Anyway in my own way
I don't make sense any more
Autumn Soon lyrics - The Church
The puppetmaster understands the need
The jury needs to feel the greed
And seeds revolve and grow and bleed
Daytime sees a newer breed
The underlife tick tocks
Pushing through my safe ideas
Goodbye heroica you overdosed on years
And I ask you for a midnight, you give me a high noon
When winter puts her hands on you
It must be autumn soon
Whatever happened to the leaves that used to fall
And where's the candle I left spluttering in the hall
And what's the meaning of the siren's call
I blame it on you all
The underlife tick tocks
And chimes away between
Goodbye heroica, you're not needed for this scene
And the flaming dying sunset has collapsed like a balloon
When winter puts her hands on you
It must be autumn soon
I thought I heard her voice upon the tide
It was only the shells and the stones that sighed
Old Neptune tosses in the deep and scalds his mermaid bride
And you know, I really tried
The underlife tick tocks
And changes into ash
Goodbye heroica we only accept cash
I'm here to give you everything, do I have to stoop or croon
When winter puts her hands on you
It must be autumn soon
The jury needs to feel the greed
And seeds revolve and grow and bleed
Daytime sees a newer breed
The underlife tick tocks
Pushing through my safe ideas
Goodbye heroica you overdosed on years
And I ask you for a midnight, you give me a high noon
When winter puts her hands on you
It must be autumn soon
Whatever happened to the leaves that used to fall
And where's the candle I left spluttering in the hall
And what's the meaning of the siren's call
I blame it on you all
The underlife tick tocks
And chimes away between
Goodbye heroica, you're not needed for this scene
And the flaming dying sunset has collapsed like a balloon
When winter puts her hands on you
It must be autumn soon
I thought I heard her voice upon the tide
It was only the shells and the stones that sighed
Old Neptune tosses in the deep and scalds his mermaid bride
And you know, I really tried
The underlife tick tocks
And changes into ash
Goodbye heroica we only accept cash
I'm here to give you everything, do I have to stoop or croon
When winter puts her hands on you
It must be autumn soon
Bordello lyrics - The Church
Mmmm...
Good evening
Well this house looks like a bordello
And your mind it looks like a garage
And your garter looks like nothing
And you blew it, blew it large, yeah
Don't give me no trouble
Don't give me no strife
I'm tired of these shadows keep following me
All my _kin' life
And your mind looks like a bordello
And your treehouse looks like a suite
I'm looking up to the silver stars
And I'm looking down at your feet
Don't tell me no lies, baby
I know just where you've been
Walking around St. Petersburg singing a hymn
Walking around St. Petersburg singing a hymn, like this
Please God help me out of this mess
Please God help me out of this mess
Fifteen long days and I need to confess
Mind looks like a bordello
This bordello looks like a shop
I'm skipping all over the silver streets
And when I run I stop
Do you hear me now?
Ahh, yeah
One for the crooked grocer
Two for his stupid wife
Three for the dark that bit me
Five, yeah
Ah, don't give me no trouble
Don't give me no lip
I'm gonna get a replacement
Because I'm so hip
Now listen...
Your mind looks like a bordello
Mmmm, yeah
Now you remember that time
We were walking down Cleveland Street, yeah
Huh!
Mmmm, I saw the way you're looking at the men passing by
'Cause your mind is a bordello, baby
And I'm a nasty fellow, baby
And I was all turning yellow, baby
I said 'Hello baby!'
Ahh, don't give me no trouble
Please don't give me no lip
I know you've got a martini
I just want a little sip
Before I jump off of this ship [?]
Your mind looks like a bordello
Your head looks like a tree
I look like you, baby
But you don't look like me, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Ahh, sweet angel
Can't you numb anymore
Home time, hey hey
I'm sliding under your door
With the midnight ghosts
With my claws of steel....
Good evening
Well this house looks like a bordello
And your mind it looks like a garage
And your garter looks like nothing
And you blew it, blew it large, yeah
Don't give me no trouble
Don't give me no strife
I'm tired of these shadows keep following me
All my _kin' life
And your mind looks like a bordello
And your treehouse looks like a suite
I'm looking up to the silver stars
And I'm looking down at your feet
Don't tell me no lies, baby
I know just where you've been
Walking around St. Petersburg singing a hymn
Walking around St. Petersburg singing a hymn, like this
Please God help me out of this mess
Please God help me out of this mess
Fifteen long days and I need to confess
Mind looks like a bordello
This bordello looks like a shop
I'm skipping all over the silver streets
And when I run I stop
Do you hear me now?
Ahh, yeah
One for the crooked grocer
Two for his stupid wife
Three for the dark that bit me
Five, yeah
Ah, don't give me no trouble
Don't give me no lip
I'm gonna get a replacement
Because I'm so hip
Now listen...
Your mind looks like a bordello
Mmmm, yeah
Now you remember that time
We were walking down Cleveland Street, yeah
Huh!
Mmmm, I saw the way you're looking at the men passing by
'Cause your mind is a bordello, baby
And I'm a nasty fellow, baby
And I was all turning yellow, baby
I said 'Hello baby!'
Ahh, don't give me no trouble
Please don't give me no lip
I know you've got a martini
I just want a little sip
Before I jump off of this ship [?]
Your mind looks like a bordello
Your head looks like a tree
I look like you, baby
But you don't look like me, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Ahh, sweet angel
Can't you numb anymore
Home time, hey hey
I'm sliding under your door
With the midnight ghosts
With my claws of steel....
Busdriver lyrics - The Church
Busdriver, busdriver you have taken me too far
And I feel that I've been lost
And I don't know where we are
Busdriver, busdriver I never saw your eyes
When we left the sun was up
Now, moons are in the sky
I woke up this morning
But I don't remember how
There was nothing left to care about
Oh busdriver where are we now
Busdriver, busdriver I don't recognize this town
Someone called me miles ago
You must have heard the sound
Busdriver, busdriver there's no one else but us
And I can't picture any time
When I wasn't on the bus
I was late this morning
It was early I was sure
There was nothing left to think about
Oh busdriver there just must be more
Busdriver, busdriver there's no one else but us
And I can't picture any time
When I wasn't on the bus
I woke up this morning
But I don't remember how
There was nothing left to talk about
There was nothing left to think about
Now there's nothing left to care about
Oh busdriver where are we now
And I feel that I've been lost
And I don't know where we are
Busdriver, busdriver I never saw your eyes
When we left the sun was up
Now, moons are in the sky
I woke up this morning
But I don't remember how
There was nothing left to care about
Oh busdriver where are we now
Busdriver, busdriver I don't recognize this town
Someone called me miles ago
You must have heard the sound
Busdriver, busdriver there's no one else but us
And I can't picture any time
When I wasn't on the bus
I was late this morning
It was early I was sure
There was nothing left to think about
Oh busdriver there just must be more
Busdriver, busdriver there's no one else but us
And I can't picture any time
When I wasn't on the bus
I woke up this morning
But I don't remember how
There was nothing left to talk about
There was nothing left to think about
Now there's nothing left to care about
Oh busdriver where are we now
Fog lyrics - The Church
Don't even try reading my mind again
It's the second time I've caught you
Rummaging around in my head
I know what you're after yeah
And I've hidden it where you will never look
I know you like to remember things that never happened
I don't like driving in this fog
I don't like struggling in this web
And if I ever wake up
As if you'll ever wake up
The people in here are getting hungry again
They hunger for something intangible
Something even you can't provide
It hurts to think that in a hundred years
We'll all just be microfiche
Our names and the names of our songs
Cataloged and filed away
I don't like driving in this fog
I don't like struggling in this web
And if I ever wake up
As if you'll ever wake up
Didn't think I felt so empty
Emptiness can feel so good
I see the perfect life is the life of a tree
Yeah the life of a tree is the life for me
But you chop me up for wood
It's the second time I've caught you
Rummaging around in my head
I know what you're after yeah
And I've hidden it where you will never look
I know you like to remember things that never happened
I don't like driving in this fog
I don't like struggling in this web
And if I ever wake up
As if you'll ever wake up
The people in here are getting hungry again
They hunger for something intangible
Something even you can't provide
It hurts to think that in a hundred years
We'll all just be microfiche
Our names and the names of our songs
Cataloged and filed away
I don't like driving in this fog
I don't like struggling in this web
And if I ever wake up
As if you'll ever wake up
Didn't think I felt so empty
Emptiness can feel so good
I see the perfect life is the life of a tree
Yeah the life of a tree is the life for me
But you chop me up for wood
Fraulein lyrics - The Church
One night I saw all this
The ship that drifted in
And from that afternoon you changed
Some fallen leaves were in the drive
A stranger's voice above the wind
The difference was the color of Lorraine
She said that mourning almost tasted blue
Oh Fraulein, that was you
Your phone would ring and ring and ring
The shadows on the beat
A car abandoned long before, when I was free
A message crumpled said something
Yet the language was unknown
Are old mistakes forgotten just like me
She said she's leaving with the crowds
She wants to throw this all away
She said I'm thinking this out loud
But that's what I thought you'd say
One night I saw all this
The man who paid the bill
A glance along the noise
Hey baby that's our song
The seagulls all flew away
And when I turned to ask you where
And when I turned to ask you why
You've gone
The ship that drifted in
And from that afternoon you changed
Some fallen leaves were in the drive
A stranger's voice above the wind
The difference was the color of Lorraine
She said that mourning almost tasted blue
Oh Fraulein, that was you
Your phone would ring and ring and ring
The shadows on the beat
A car abandoned long before, when I was free
A message crumpled said something
Yet the language was unknown
Are old mistakes forgotten just like me
She said she's leaving with the crowds
She wants to throw this all away
She said I'm thinking this out loud
But that's what I thought you'd say
One night I saw all this
The man who paid the bill
A glance along the noise
Hey baby that's our song
The seagulls all flew away
And when I turned to ask you where
And when I turned to ask you why
You've gone
Grind (Acoustic Version) lyrics - The Church
The whine in your hand is worth two at the bar
And everybody knows what you've been drinking
Disgraceful night flecked in a nightmare of stars
And everybody knows how you've been syncing
Long distance century buzzes and fades
I wonder why you've not resigned
Previews, processions and parades
We've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
Line up the arrows, push off the top
This can cause sustain forever
And once it's started up, it cannot be stopped
At least it's holding us together
Long distance century buzzes and fades
An automatic charge on your mind
The glittering minutes, jangled decades
We've got to grind, grind it out
I've got to grind, grind it out
A vortex appears, unleashed by the crash
A moment marred by hesitation
Bedazzled surgeon chases the gash
And we don't need that operation
Long distance century buzzes and fades
Elysian Fields not far behind
Now find me a witness amongst these shades
They've got to grind, grind it out
They've got to grind, grind it out
Long distance century buzzes and fades
I hope the deaf can lead the blind
Lift me up into those whirling blades
I've got to grind, grind it out
I've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
And everybody knows what you've been drinking
Disgraceful night flecked in a nightmare of stars
And everybody knows how you've been syncing
Long distance century buzzes and fades
I wonder why you've not resigned
Previews, processions and parades
We've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
Line up the arrows, push off the top
This can cause sustain forever
And once it's started up, it cannot be stopped
At least it's holding us together
Long distance century buzzes and fades
An automatic charge on your mind
The glittering minutes, jangled decades
We've got to grind, grind it out
I've got to grind, grind it out
A vortex appears, unleashed by the crash
A moment marred by hesitation
Bedazzled surgeon chases the gash
And we don't need that operation
Long distance century buzzes and fades
Elysian Fields not far behind
Now find me a witness amongst these shades
They've got to grind, grind it out
They've got to grind, grind it out
Long distance century buzzes and fades
I hope the deaf can lead the blind
Lift me up into those whirling blades
I've got to grind, grind it out
I've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
We've got to grind, grind it out
Gypsy Stomp lyrics - The Church
According to my calculations
It ought to be around here somewhere
Despite all human limitation
My estimation is it's out there
And don't get cute with me
It's nothing new to me
Here is the object
Here is the logic
This is the subject
Is that what you wanted?
Listen to me
I'll do what you want
Never mind your reputation
Just get in fast and get out faster
What we need is concentration
Or the creation of disaster
And don't get close to me
It ain't necessary
This is the limit
This is the finish
This is the limit
The modules diminish
Listen to me
I'll do what you want
Here is the object
Here is the logic
This is the subject
Is that what you wanted?
Postpone all the celebration
Get on quick and get off quicker
Listen for your information
This situation, we must not bicker
Don't put the blame on me
It's the same for me
This is the limit
This is the finish
This is the limit
The modules diminish
Listen to me
I'll do what you want
Here is the object
Here is the logic
Here is the subject
Is that what you wanted?
According to my calculations
It ought to be around here somewhere...
It ought to be around here somewhere
Despite all human limitation
My estimation is it's out there
And don't get cute with me
It's nothing new to me
Here is the object
Here is the logic
This is the subject
Is that what you wanted?
Listen to me
I'll do what you want
Never mind your reputation
Just get in fast and get out faster
What we need is concentration
Or the creation of disaster
And don't get close to me
It ain't necessary
This is the limit
This is the finish
This is the limit
The modules diminish
Listen to me
I'll do what you want
Here is the object
Here is the logic
This is the subject
Is that what you wanted?
Postpone all the celebration
Get on quick and get off quicker
Listen for your information
This situation, we must not bicker
Don't put the blame on me
It's the same for me
This is the limit
This is the finish
This is the limit
The modules diminish
Listen to me
I'll do what you want
Here is the object
Here is the logic
Here is the subject
Is that what you wanted?
According to my calculations
It ought to be around here somewhere...
Hounds Of Love lyrics - The Church
(originally by Kate Bush)
When I was a child
Running in the night
Afraid of what might be
Hiding in the dark
Hiding in the street
And of what was following me
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
The hounds of love are hunting me
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
I feel your arms surrounding me
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
I've always been the coward
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
And I don't know what's good for me
Now here I go
It's coming for me through the trees
Oh help me someone
Help me please
I take my shoes off
Throw them in the lake
And I'll be
Two steps on the water
I found a fox
Caught by dogs
He let me hold him in my hand
His little heart
It beat so fast
And I'm ashamed of running away
And nothing's real
I just can't deal with this
I'm still afraid to be
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Among your hounds of love
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I feel your arms surrounding me
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I've always been some coward
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I don't know what's good for me
Now here I go
It's coming for me through the trees
Oh help me darling
Help me please
Can take my shoes off
Throw them in the lake
And I'll be
Two steps on the water
I don't know what's good for me
Don't know what's good for me
I need love love love love
I don't know what's good for me
Don't know what's good for me
I need love love love
I don't know what's good for me (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I don't know what's good for me
I need love love love love
I don't know what's good for me (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I don't know what's good for me
I need love love love
Take my shoes off (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Throw them in the lake (Hounds of love)
And I'll be
Two steps on the water (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
(Hounds of love)
When I was a child
Running in the night
Afraid of what might be
Hiding in the dark
Hiding in the street
And of what was following me
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
The hounds of love are hunting me
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
I feel your arms surrounding me
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
I've always been the coward
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
And I don't know what's good for me
Now here I go
It's coming for me through the trees
Oh help me someone
Help me please
I take my shoes off
Throw them in the lake
And I'll be
Two steps on the water
I found a fox
Caught by dogs
He let me hold him in my hand
His little heart
It beat so fast
And I'm ashamed of running away
And nothing's real
I just can't deal with this
I'm still afraid to be
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Among your hounds of love
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I feel your arms surrounding me
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I've always been some coward
(Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I don't know what's good for me
Now here I go
It's coming for me through the trees
Oh help me darling
Help me please
Can take my shoes off
Throw them in the lake
And I'll be
Two steps on the water
I don't know what's good for me
Don't know what's good for me
I need love love love love
I don't know what's good for me
Don't know what's good for me
I need love love love
I don't know what's good for me (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I don't know what's good for me
I need love love love love
I don't know what's good for me (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
I don't know what's good for me
I need love love love
Take my shoes off (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
Throw them in the lake (Hounds of love)
And I'll be
Two steps on the water (Doo doo doo doo doo doo)
(Hounds of love)
In A Heartbeat lyrics - The Church
Your room is damp, your love's turning cold
Where is the meaning that I thought we could hold
I can't believe what has happened to you
I stand back and watch, 'cause there's nothing I can do
What poetry, a delicious joke
All your flame going up in smoke
Just once more, just once again
If I ever get caught here, they know who to blame
In a heartbeat
And a heartbeat's all that it takes
In a heartbeat
In a heartbeat, see your heartbreak
You can see your heartbreak
That's all that it takes
I play some records but the words are too strange
I call you sometimes but your number's been changed
I will remember every smile and tear
But when I listen to you I just don't want to hear
Where is the meaning that I thought we could hold
I can't believe what has happened to you
I stand back and watch, 'cause there's nothing I can do
What poetry, a delicious joke
All your flame going up in smoke
Just once more, just once again
If I ever get caught here, they know who to blame
In a heartbeat
And a heartbeat's all that it takes
In a heartbeat
In a heartbeat, see your heartbreak
You can see your heartbreak
That's all that it takes
I play some records but the words are too strange
I call you sometimes but your number's been changed
I will remember every smile and tear
But when I listen to you I just don't want to hear
Life Speeds Up lyrics - The Church
The clouds in the sky are all rushing by
A stare's just a backwards glance
The years and the days are all melting away
Yet you still won't take a chance
But life speeds up, don't you know, don't you know
Life speeds up, then it goes away
The push and the throb, the threat of the mob
The crack's not a secret this time
The mouths and the doors, but I can't shut anymore
Keep running, 'cause you're falling behind
The world spins alone, and the weight of it groans
I'm dizzy just turning the page
The air holds us down and we're stuck on the ground
And we're trying to slip off our age
Come to the window, come to the door
Given under my hand, given under the law
I gave you everything and you still want more
They gave you some mad forgotten war
Now it's time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up
Tell me how it happened, did you hurt, did you cry
Did you ever feel yourself falling out of the sky
Did you ever lie awake and wonder why
Did you ever fall asleep and dream that you died
We grind to a halt and we start again
We come to a corner but it's only a bend
And all those broken promises they never meant
Who cares if it's mad when it's only pretend
A stare's just a backwards glance
The years and the days are all melting away
Yet you still won't take a chance
But life speeds up, don't you know, don't you know
Life speeds up, then it goes away
The push and the throb, the threat of the mob
The crack's not a secret this time
The mouths and the doors, but I can't shut anymore
Keep running, 'cause you're falling behind
The world spins alone, and the weight of it groans
I'm dizzy just turning the page
The air holds us down and we're stuck on the ground
And we're trying to slip off our age
Come to the window, come to the door
Given under my hand, given under the law
I gave you everything and you still want more
They gave you some mad forgotten war
Now it's time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up
Tell me how it happened, did you hurt, did you cry
Did you ever feel yourself falling out of the sky
Did you ever lie awake and wonder why
Did you ever fall asleep and dream that you died
We grind to a halt and we start again
We come to a corner but it's only a bend
And all those broken promises they never meant
Who cares if it's mad when it's only pretend
Lizard lyrics - The Church
Lizard, lizard
Still want near darkness, black summer
Evil drifting beyond
Somewhere a plane leaves
You're skin's strange
You always make it so hard
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
Morning comes prismed
Your eyes multi-faceted
Dreaming of islands out there
You always make it so hard
Lizard
It's always worked so far
Lizard
And you burn so cold
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
Black storms
White stars
That air rushes past your eyes
Crystalline baby, maybe
You always make it so hard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
It's always worked so far
Lizard
And it burnt so cold
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Still want near darkness, black summer
Evil drifting beyond
Somewhere a plane leaves
You're skin's strange
You always make it so hard
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
Morning comes prismed
Your eyes multi-faceted
Dreaming of islands out there
You always make it so hard
Lizard
It's always worked so far
Lizard
And you burn so cold
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
Black storms
White stars
That air rushes past your eyes
Crystalline baby, maybe
You always make it so hard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
It's always worked so far
Lizard
And it burnt so cold
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Lizard
You always make it so hard
Man lyrics - The Church
We press on and on
Funny how the future's always waiting for you
When the day has gone
We hide away
Shadows that stalk you
The wind that calls your name
Voices in the thunder
Don't understand what they're saying
We build monuments
To celebrate our glorious dead now
Iron and cement
Above their tombs
We cast out our nets
Drag up the struggling contents surely
We must not forget
That hunger looms
Shadows that stalk you
The wind that calls your name (shadows that stalk you)
Shadows that stalk you
Child cries and he learns
And doubt returns
In the darkest hours
We wrestle with our ancestors
We will resist their power
The powers that be
In the coldest night
Huddled 'round the dying embers
Praying for the light
Might set us free
Fingers that soothe you
Shadows that stalk you (the drugs that make you sleep)
Intricate harness
Shadows that stalk you (the harvest that you reap)
Man stalls, he flowers
Man falls and he rise
We press on and on
Funny how the future's always waiting for you
When the day has gone
We hide away
Funny how the future's always waiting for you
When the day has gone
We hide away
Shadows that stalk you
The wind that calls your name
Voices in the thunder
Don't understand what they're saying
We build monuments
To celebrate our glorious dead now
Iron and cement
Above their tombs
We cast out our nets
Drag up the struggling contents surely
We must not forget
That hunger looms
Shadows that stalk you
The wind that calls your name (shadows that stalk you)
Shadows that stalk you
Child cries and he learns
And doubt returns
In the darkest hours
We wrestle with our ancestors
We will resist their power
The powers that be
In the coldest night
Huddled 'round the dying embers
Praying for the light
Might set us free
Fingers that soothe you
Shadows that stalk you (the drugs that make you sleep)
Intricate harness
Shadows that stalk you (the harvest that you reap)
Man stalls, he flowers
Man falls and he rise
We press on and on
Funny how the future's always waiting for you
When the day has gone
We hide away
Metropolis (Acoustic Version) lyrics - The Church
There'll never be another quite like you
I'm so involved with everything you do
Don't say nothing good will ever come of this
Don't say the damage is worse than it is
Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze
And when you fell they fell down on their knees
And when you broke they scrambled for a piece
And when you spoke I felt their anger freeze
Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
And back in Metropolis the weather is ridiculous
What's it all leading to
And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You could sleep along the way
Dream in black and white
I'm so involved with everything you do
Don't say nothing good will ever come of this
Don't say the damage is worse than it is
Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze
And when you fell they fell down on their knees
And when you broke they scrambled for a piece
And when you spoke I felt their anger freeze
Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
And back in Metropolis the weather is ridiculous
What's it all leading to
And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You could sleep along the way
Dream in black and white
Nightmare lyrics - The Church
I wanna consume, I wanna eat up a mountain
Drink up an ocean, dream of a world
I wanna consume, I wanna smoke up a forest
Shoot up a river, run up the bill
I want women and men
And when the whole damn thing is over
I want it all back again
Yeah maybe I'll be happy then
We'll ride the nightmare every night
Riskin' our dreams
And then we'll fall from such a height
We'll split our seams
I wanna devour
I wanna suck up your power
I wanna smell all the flowers
I wanna use up my useless hours
I wanna absorb, I wanna absorb your spirit
Feed off your soul, drain out your youth
I wanna absorb, I wanna become your lover
Erase your master, live out your life
I want your time, and your thoughts
I want the things your sugar daddy bought you
What the alchemists and magicians sought
I want starboard, I want port
Drink up an ocean, dream of a world
I wanna consume, I wanna smoke up a forest
Shoot up a river, run up the bill
I want women and men
And when the whole damn thing is over
I want it all back again
Yeah maybe I'll be happy then
We'll ride the nightmare every night
Riskin' our dreams
And then we'll fall from such a height
We'll split our seams
I wanna devour
I wanna suck up your power
I wanna smell all the flowers
I wanna use up my useless hours
I wanna absorb, I wanna absorb your spirit
Feed off your soul, drain out your youth
I wanna absorb, I wanna become your lover
Erase your master, live out your life
I want your time, and your thoughts
I want the things your sugar daddy bought you
What the alchemists and magicians sought
I want starboard, I want port
November lyrics - The Church
I am the first son
And I am the only one
I live among the brambles
Where the black river rambles
I eat only flowers
Then I retain their powers
I love my belladonna
I love to lose your honour
And I am the second son
And I am the radiant one
I live among the olden folk
Where the poppies and the thorns choke
And I eat only morsels
That I steal from the mortals
And I love my little arrow
And I love her to the marrow
I am the third son
I am the forgotten one
I live among the aerials
Where the birds have their burials
I eat only pure amnesia
So my memory can't freesia
And I love my tiny maiden
And I love to put the blade in
And I am the only one
I live among the brambles
Where the black river rambles
I eat only flowers
Then I retain their powers
I love my belladonna
I love to lose your honour
And I am the second son
And I am the radiant one
I live among the olden folk
Where the poppies and the thorns choke
And I eat only morsels
That I steal from the mortals
And I love my little arrow
And I love her to the marrow
I am the third son
I am the forgotten one
I live among the aerials
Where the birds have their burials
I eat only pure amnesia
So my memory can't freesia
And I love my tiny maiden
And I love to put the blade in
Nsew lyrics - The Church
A war's being waged and the world's just a stage (in this city)
Wear a gun and be proud, but bare breasts aren't allowed (liquidity)
Dream up a scam and then rake in the clams (in this city)
Have a quick throw or host your own show (liquidity)
(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
(North and south and east and west)
(Oughta to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
(North and south and east and west)
I take my payment, I catch my flight
Don't wait up for me tonight
(You might find me there) you might find me there
To a wolf from a lamb for just half a gram (in this city)
The face of today is a scalpel away (liquidity)
The guys with the brains are all bitter and vain (in this city)
Ah, the guys with the luck got the bimbos and bucks (liquidity)
(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
(North and south and east and west)
(It oughta to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
(North and south and east and west)
I take my payment, I catch my flight
And don't wait up for me tonight
(You might find me there) you might find me there
(North and south and east and west)
Wear a gun and be proud, but bare breasts aren't allowed (liquidity)
Dream up a scam and then rake in the clams (in this city)
Have a quick throw or host your own show (liquidity)
(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
(North and south and east and west)
(Oughta to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
(North and south and east and west)
I take my payment, I catch my flight
Don't wait up for me tonight
(You might find me there) you might find me there
To a wolf from a lamb for just half a gram (in this city)
The face of today is a scalpel away (liquidity)
The guys with the brains are all bitter and vain (in this city)
Ah, the guys with the luck got the bimbos and bucks (liquidity)
(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
(North and south and east and west)
(It oughta to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
(North and south and east and west)
I take my payment, I catch my flight
And don't wait up for me tonight
(You might find me there) you might find me there
(North and south and east and west)
Oxydental lyrics - The Church
Sixteen spirit voices in a menal melange
The disembodied chorus in a bucket of flange
Baby serpents dreaming at the bottom of their eggs
Occidental drone driving their legs
Somebody somewhere must have figured it out
Leaving it open for apostles of doubt
Banging on a tabla till the kingdom comes
Feel it in my fingers and my thimbles and thumbs
Einstein sent a cruiser to another dimension
Strange little beasties on the surface tension
A plague of maharishis in a post-ecstatic haze
Is this the way you've been wasting your days
The disembodied chorus in a bucket of flange
Baby serpents dreaming at the bottom of their eggs
Occidental drone driving their legs
Somebody somewhere must have figured it out
Leaving it open for apostles of doubt
Banging on a tabla till the kingdom comes
Feel it in my fingers and my thimbles and thumbs
Einstein sent a cruiser to another dimension
Strange little beasties on the surface tension
A plague of maharishis in a post-ecstatic haze
Is this the way you've been wasting your days
Room Full Of Diamonds lyrics - The Church
Standing in a room full of diamonds
I don't know which way to turn
Girlfriend's in the next room with her boyfriend
She's handing out the keys
Silence to the underdog
The one who don't get a job
She talks about the boys in her life
I don't believe a single word she says
And she's lying and crying, lying and crying
What am I supposed to do
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Why did she have to leave so soon
I used to be in love though not the first time
It was the daughter of a man
She talks about the men in her life
I don't believe a word
'Cause she's lying, crying, lying, crying, lying, crying, lying, crying
She's lying and crying, and crying
What am I supposed to do
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Why did she have to leave so soon
Standing in a room full of diamonds
I don't know which way to turn
Girlfriend's in the next room with her boyfriend
She's handing out the keys
She's lying and crying, crying, lying and crying
Room full of diamonds
I don't know which way to turn
Girlfriend's in the next room with her boyfriend
She's handing out the keys
Silence to the underdog
The one who don't get a job
She talks about the boys in her life
I don't believe a single word she says
And she's lying and crying, lying and crying
What am I supposed to do
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Why did she have to leave so soon
I used to be in love though not the first time
It was the daughter of a man
She talks about the men in her life
I don't believe a word
'Cause she's lying, crying, lying, crying, lying, crying, lying, crying
She's lying and crying, and crying
What am I supposed to do
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Why did she have to leave so soon
Standing in a room full of diamonds
I don't know which way to turn
Girlfriend's in the next room with her boyfriend
She's handing out the keys
She's lying and crying, crying, lying and crying
Room full of diamonds
Sads lyrics - The Church
He never should have been in your home
You never should have left them alone
You should have recognized the ice in his eyes
And nothing would be bad enough
And no one would be glad enough
If he was thrown to the jackals and flies
Now there can be no compromise
But the Earth cannot recoil
If only the oceans would boil
If only the sky could cry black rain
If only it would never happen again
I want you to feel that baby's pain
Hate guides him, hate inside him
Hate multiplies and divides him
Suffer killing, suffocate
Suffer children, suffer hate
To never feel the daylight again
Or see the stars at night again
All the little things we take for granted
These deeds are the seeds that have been planted
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
He never should have been in your home
You never should have left them alone
You should have recognized the ice in his eyes
And nothing would be bad enough
And no one would be glad enough
If he was thrown to the jackals and flies
Now there can be no compromise
But the Earth cannot recoil
If only the oceans would boil
If only the sky could cry black rain
If only it would never happen again
I want you to feel that baby's pain
Hate guides him, hate inside him
Hate multiplies and divides him
Suffer killing, suffocate
Suffer children, suffer hate
To never feel the daylight again
Or see the stars at night again
All the little things we take for granted
These deeds are the seeds that have been planted
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
He never should have been in your home
Someone Special lyrics - The Church
I said I've had visions of weeping
She said I've had the same about you
They come to me sometimes when I'm sleeping
I said that's the way for me too
Now it's been a long time and I don't have the mind
To justify what we've been through
Logic is fine and science can be kind
But it can't define me and you
And yet I had something special to say
But this nightmarish world
Makes you throw your thoughts away
As though I was someone special today
We say why are the innocent bleeding
Is there not a thing we can do
They say please swallow this trust we are feeding
And don't worry, it's bad for you
Now it's been a long show and I thought you should know
It's time for us to play our hands
But words are much too slow they lost meaning years ago
And isn't that how this began
Some say now the truth is before you
Others say oh no this is not real
Some say be cruel then they'll adore you
Others say you can't touch till you feel
Now its been a long trip and its only the tip
Of the iceberg I'm trying to melt
Our tickets have been ripped and you've got to bite your lip
When you think about the way that felt
She said I've had the same about you
They come to me sometimes when I'm sleeping
I said that's the way for me too
Now it's been a long time and I don't have the mind
To justify what we've been through
Logic is fine and science can be kind
But it can't define me and you
And yet I had something special to say
But this nightmarish world
Makes you throw your thoughts away
As though I was someone special today
We say why are the innocent bleeding
Is there not a thing we can do
They say please swallow this trust we are feeding
And don't worry, it's bad for you
Now it's been a long show and I thought you should know
It's time for us to play our hands
But words are much too slow they lost meaning years ago
And isn't that how this began
Some say now the truth is before you
Others say oh no this is not real
Some say be cruel then they'll adore you
Others say you can't touch till you feel
Now its been a long trip and its only the tip
Of the iceberg I'm trying to melt
Our tickets have been ripped and you've got to bite your lip
When you think about the way that felt
Song In The Afternoon lyrics - The Church
In the afternoon
Sitting on a carpet
Sipping cold tea from a spoon
Waiting for a darkness
And the meaning of the rain
That I tried to explain
And the distant train
And the busted main
Cause I got a little song and dance right here
I don't wanna go, no, no
Here we go, turn that corner
Here we go, lift that seam
Here we go baby, here we go now
I gotta get away from all your dreams
Now here we go
Here we go, here we go
In the afternoon
I'm lying in a stupor
Dripping then jewelled by the silvery moon
Swearing like a trooper
And the forgotten drone
When you leave me alone
And the sobs and the moans
When you have a few colds
Cause I got a little show biz routine right here
I don't wanna go, no, no, no
But here we go, turn that corner
Here we go, lift that seam
Here we go baby, here we go now
I gotta get away from all your dreams
Here we go
Here we go
Here we go, here we go
Here we go
Here we go (ah, yeah)
Here we go (ah, yeah)
Here we go (ah, baby)
Sitting on a carpet
Sipping cold tea from a spoon
Waiting for a darkness
And the meaning of the rain
That I tried to explain
And the distant train
And the busted main
Cause I got a little song and dance right here
I don't wanna go, no, no
Here we go, turn that corner
Here we go, lift that seam
Here we go baby, here we go now
I gotta get away from all your dreams
Now here we go
Here we go, here we go
In the afternoon
I'm lying in a stupor
Dripping then jewelled by the silvery moon
Swearing like a trooper
And the forgotten drone
When you leave me alone
And the sobs and the moans
When you have a few colds
Cause I got a little show biz routine right here
I don't wanna go, no, no, no
But here we go, turn that corner
Here we go, lift that seam
Here we go baby, here we go now
I gotta get away from all your dreams
Here we go
Here we go
Here we go, here we go
Here we go
Here we go (ah, yeah)
Here we go (ah, yeah)
Here we go (ah, baby)
Spark (Acoustic) lyrics - The Church
I'm saturated
I'm wet with your tears
You spill so easily
But in reflection I see you again
Approach me, soak me
Faith, faith, breathe!
'Cause it's here, it's where the air is clear
Where far off things could be quite near
No repairs are needed
Just a spark!
I'm interested
You've always been a subject
That I could learn
Splendid hills, unconquerable mountains
Climb, don't ever turn back
Seed, seed, grow!
I'm wet with your tears
You spill so easily
But in reflection I see you again
Approach me, soak me
Faith, faith, breathe!
'Cause it's here, it's where the air is clear
Where far off things could be quite near
No repairs are needed
Just a spark!
I'm interested
You've always been a subject
That I could learn
Splendid hills, unconquerable mountains
Climb, don't ever turn back
Seed, seed, grow!
The Coffee Song lyrics - The Church
I hear you coming baby
As the caffeine hits its stride
(And we're wowed) at how easy it all is
(And we're wowed)
(And we're wowed) at the deep, deep walls, so deep inside
I hear you talking baby
Both of us with clearer head
(And we cry) at how easy it all is
(And we cry)
(And we cry) at the deep, deep walls, so deep inside
Oh why don't you fall in my lap
Oh why don't you drip
Oh why don't you fall in my lap
Oh why don't you drip
...at how easy it all is
As the caffeine hits its stride
(And we're wowed) at how easy it all is
(And we're wowed)
(And we're wowed) at the deep, deep walls, so deep inside
I hear you talking baby
Both of us with clearer head
(And we cry) at how easy it all is
(And we cry)
(And we cry) at the deep, deep walls, so deep inside
Oh why don't you fall in my lap
Oh why don't you drip
Oh why don't you fall in my lap
Oh why don't you drip
...at how easy it all is
Till The Cows Come Home lyrics - The Church
Well I'm walking through town as the evening comes down
And it's easy to hope that you're here
In my fine linen suit and my smouldering cheroot
Well disposed to a night of good cheer
The candles and lamps and the losers and champs
Horses all covered in foam
If you don't show then I just do not know
If I'll wait till the cows come home
I remember the day that you first came my way
Yes it stays in my mind like a song
I remember the night when you first caught my sight
And in spite of all that's gone wrong
The moon and the stars and the gentle guitars
You stepped to the microphone
You sang like a lark in the warm fragrant dark
I could listen till the cows come home
When it's raining and cold and love's losing its hold
And you feel like you just want to sleep
And the friends that you trusted, left you all busted
And the hills that you climb are all steep
Yeah your lovers and cronies have all turned out phonies
Sold you a bag full of bones
I'll keep waiting there still on that last final hill
And I will till the cows come home
Though I'm in this valley
I'll fear no evil if you will walk by my side
Though danger's around us, strangers all hound us
Your light will still be my guide
The villains and freaks with their vulgar antiques
And critiques that simper and moan
Oh they twist and they turn
But I'm just standing firm
And I will till the cows come home
And it's easy to hope that you're here
In my fine linen suit and my smouldering cheroot
Well disposed to a night of good cheer
The candles and lamps and the losers and champs
Horses all covered in foam
If you don't show then I just do not know
If I'll wait till the cows come home
I remember the day that you first came my way
Yes it stays in my mind like a song
I remember the night when you first caught my sight
And in spite of all that's gone wrong
The moon and the stars and the gentle guitars
You stepped to the microphone
You sang like a lark in the warm fragrant dark
I could listen till the cows come home
When it's raining and cold and love's losing its hold
And you feel like you just want to sleep
And the friends that you trusted, left you all busted
And the hills that you climb are all steep
Yeah your lovers and cronies have all turned out phonies
Sold you a bag full of bones
I'll keep waiting there still on that last final hill
And I will till the cows come home
Though I'm in this valley
I'll fear no evil if you will walk by my side
Though danger's around us, strangers all hound us
Your light will still be my guide
The villains and freaks with their vulgar antiques
And critiques that simper and moan
Oh they twist and they turn
But I'm just standing firm
And I will till the cows come home
Undo lyrics - The Church
God it's so high, God it's so high
Why don't I fly, why don't I fly
Don't say goodbye, don't say goodbye
Elegant god, elegant sigh
Why don't you try, little advice
Don't say goodbye, don't say goodbye
Just you and I, just you and I
Sweeter than pie, down in Bondi
Don't say goodbye, don't say goodbye
Summer seaside town in motion
Holiday girl down by the ocean
Evenings are warm, just before the storm
You don't understand that it's all in your hands
And the graphs and the charts are pulling us further apart
Ace/Eight floors/stores with their CDs online
Crashing in our field, wasting our time
And I don't care a bit of a fiddle-de-dee
What the phantom power is doing to me
It's tracking in the black, such audacity
We're not going back and that's that and that's all it can be
Lionized cats with their mirrors intact
Clawing our sides, tearing our back
I never took a potshot at a wounded beast
But I guess you never really met the deceased
I told all your enemies to come to the feast
If it comes to the crunch we'll do lunch with the bunch from the east
Cultures holding at the rockets controls
Slippery and when ready like this great country scrolls
If you're fucking with your enemies, you're killing your friends
This is where your reign of terror/pleasure ends
I know you'll understand that's a message he sends
But it's bad and it's sad and it's mad and I've had to give a dent
Why don't I fly, why don't I fly
Don't say goodbye, don't say goodbye
Elegant god, elegant sigh
Why don't you try, little advice
Don't say goodbye, don't say goodbye
Just you and I, just you and I
Sweeter than pie, down in Bondi
Don't say goodbye, don't say goodbye
Summer seaside town in motion
Holiday girl down by the ocean
Evenings are warm, just before the storm
You don't understand that it's all in your hands
And the graphs and the charts are pulling us further apart
Ace/Eight floors/stores with their CDs online
Crashing in our field, wasting our time
And I don't care a bit of a fiddle-de-dee
What the phantom power is doing to me
It's tracking in the black, such audacity
We're not going back and that's that and that's all it can be
Lionized cats with their mirrors intact
Clawing our sides, tearing our back
I never took a potshot at a wounded beast
But I guess you never really met the deceased
I told all your enemies to come to the feast
If it comes to the crunch we'll do lunch with the bunch from the east
Cultures holding at the rockets controls
Slippery and when ready like this great country scrolls
If you're fucking with your enemies, you're killing your friends
This is where your reign of terror/pleasure ends
I know you'll understand that's a message he sends
But it's bad and it's sad and it's mad and I've had to give a dent
White Star Line lyrics - The Church
You wake up in the suffocating Arabic darkness
Dragging the river of your very soul
You emerge from troubled dreams with your head held very gently
Thick like clotted blood in a golden bowl
Who promised you that?
Who's paying for it?
What's waiting out there?
The soldiers in the village were sleeping in the sun
The White Star Line comes steaming in upon its midnight run
You're standing in the mirror, that reflection is insane
My love is the peace which takes away the pain
You know that you must fly out, out of this life of nightmares
Whose spirit breath surrounds you in the blackened night
The horses are uneasy, the weapon is untried
You'll have to go on guessing 'til you reach the other side
Who promised you that?
Who's paying for it?
What's waiting out there?
The monkeys in the jungle are playing with a gun
The White Star Line comes steaming in upon its midnight run
You're reaching for the light, boy, which the night has neatly slain
My love is the peace which takes away the pain
Up you go, you're drifting, up you go, you're floating
Over Tunisia, over Spain
Over Germany, over Poland
Over Scandinavia and back again
Who promised you that?
Who's paying for it?
What's waiting out there?
The notices and frescoes have faded in the sun
The White Star Line comes steaming in upon its midnight run
You can't believe it's over with no loss or gain
My love is the peace which takes away the pain
Dragging the river of your very soul
You emerge from troubled dreams with your head held very gently
Thick like clotted blood in a golden bowl
Who promised you that?
Who's paying for it?
What's waiting out there?
The soldiers in the village were sleeping in the sun
The White Star Line comes steaming in upon its midnight run
You're standing in the mirror, that reflection is insane
My love is the peace which takes away the pain
You know that you must fly out, out of this life of nightmares
Whose spirit breath surrounds you in the blackened night
The horses are uneasy, the weapon is untried
You'll have to go on guessing 'til you reach the other side
Who promised you that?
Who's paying for it?
What's waiting out there?
The monkeys in the jungle are playing with a gun
The White Star Line comes steaming in upon its midnight run
You're reaching for the light, boy, which the night has neatly slain
My love is the peace which takes away the pain
Up you go, you're drifting, up you go, you're floating
Over Tunisia, over Spain
Over Germany, over Poland
Over Scandinavia and back again
Who promised you that?
Who's paying for it?
What's waiting out there?
The notices and frescoes have faded in the sun
The White Star Line comes steaming in upon its midnight run
You can't believe it's over with no loss or gain
My love is the peace which takes away the pain
Why Don't You Love Me lyrics - The Church
Sometimes you're dressed in Castillian vogue
Othertimes you speak with a full Scottish brogue
Ruthless, relentless, pursuing your defenseless quarry
Now you say you've been following me through my lives and deaths
From the very first tears to the last failing breaths
You clean up the mess, you say "I must confess" you say "I'm sorry"
Some say they've seen you outside of my door
During dark, rainy nights when the light is so poor
Maybe they're mistaken, or maybe you're just faking evidence
They think you're a man with the body of a libertine
Skin that's so white, clean daylight has never seen
I wonder if you're punishment, or prison or just providence
You say "Why, why, why
Why, why, why
Why, why, why
Don't you love me?"
How you danced with the outlaws in the old, wild west
Carried a derringer under your vest
I know with a sneer you claim to have been Guinevere
But I am not Lancelot, I was never King Arthur
I say once again "I'm not the man that you're after"
That was a different man, he ain't been here
You were there in Florence as I painted the ceiling
On that old river boat, saw the hands I was dealing
Were you there the night I discovered LSD?
You held my hand through the Straits of Magellan
At the medicine shore, snake-oil you were selling
Wasn't that you? Wasn't that me?
On the brink of the moon, at the foot of the Andes
The mouth of the river, as we washed in the Ganges
Pulled the arrow out my eye at Hastings
You washed my brow as I lay in a fever
You were the fulcrum, I was the lever
I'm not a believer, it's just all your time you are wasting
You're a prisoner in a tower, a damsel in distress
Love hold us in thrall, my eternal mistress
You've been wife, my lover, my sister, my mother, my maid
My partner, my consort, my bit on the side
My darling, my sweetheart, my hope and my pride
And all because of some stupid lyrics on "The Blurred Crusade"
Othertimes you speak with a full Scottish brogue
Ruthless, relentless, pursuing your defenseless quarry
Now you say you've been following me through my lives and deaths
From the very first tears to the last failing breaths
You clean up the mess, you say "I must confess" you say "I'm sorry"
Some say they've seen you outside of my door
During dark, rainy nights when the light is so poor
Maybe they're mistaken, or maybe you're just faking evidence
They think you're a man with the body of a libertine
Skin that's so white, clean daylight has never seen
I wonder if you're punishment, or prison or just providence
You say "Why, why, why
Why, why, why
Why, why, why
Don't you love me?"
How you danced with the outlaws in the old, wild west
Carried a derringer under your vest
I know with a sneer you claim to have been Guinevere
But I am not Lancelot, I was never King Arthur
I say once again "I'm not the man that you're after"
That was a different man, he ain't been here
You were there in Florence as I painted the ceiling
On that old river boat, saw the hands I was dealing
Were you there the night I discovered LSD?
You held my hand through the Straits of Magellan
At the medicine shore, snake-oil you were selling
Wasn't that you? Wasn't that me?
On the brink of the moon, at the foot of the Andes
The mouth of the river, as we washed in the Ganges
Pulled the arrow out my eye at Hastings
You washed my brow as I lay in a fever
You were the fulcrum, I was the lever
I'm not a believer, it's just all your time you are wasting
You're a prisoner in a tower, a damsel in distress
Love hold us in thrall, my eternal mistress
You've been wife, my lover, my sister, my mother, my maid
My partner, my consort, my bit on the side
My darling, my sweetheart, my hope and my pride
And all because of some stupid lyrics on "The Blurred Crusade"
Wide Open Road lyrics - The Church
Well the drums rolled off in my forehead
And the guns went off in my chest
Remember carrying the baby just for you
Crying in the wilderness
I lost track of my friends, I lost my kin
I cut them off as limbs
I drove out over the flatlands
Hunting down you and him
The sky was big and empty
My chest filled to explode
I yelled my insides out at the sun
The wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
How do you think it feels
Sleeping by yourself?
And the one you love, the one you love
Is with someone else
Then it's a wide open road
Then it's a wide open road
Now you can go anywhere
That you want to go
I wake up in the morning
Thinking you're still by my side
I reach out just to touch you
Then I realise
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
Now you can go anywhere
That you want to go
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
And the guns went off in my chest
Remember carrying the baby just for you
Crying in the wilderness
I lost track of my friends, I lost my kin
I cut them off as limbs
I drove out over the flatlands
Hunting down you and him
The sky was big and empty
My chest filled to explode
I yelled my insides out at the sun
The wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
How do you think it feels
Sleeping by yourself?
And the one you love, the one you love
Is with someone else
Then it's a wide open road
Then it's a wide open road
Now you can go anywhere
That you want to go
I wake up in the morning
Thinking you're still by my side
I reach out just to touch you
Then I realise
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
Now you can go anywhere
That you want to go
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
It's a wide open road
Won't Let You Sleep lyrics - The Church
Lying face down in the dust
Your body crippled with mistrust
I wonder if you'll ever rise
Too much of nothing wears you out
There's a lot of that about
I see it lingering in your eyes
If you change the arrow's course
Or feel the punch with all its force
Remember passion never dies
I'll see you there
Should you come through
Patience sits
Her face all blackened up with soot
Ragged clothes won't interrupt
The precious gem that is your life
The lover spurned and then replaced
There's just forgiveness not disgrace
And I say passion never dies
And we'll return
Our candles burn
Patience sits
I won't let you sleep when there's fear in your blood
I won't let you sleep when there's fear in your blood
And if you think that holding on
Is already far too long
Who's to be the judge of time?
It won't seep out through your toes
It only grows and grows and grows
'cause passion never ever dies
When you return
On your own terms
Patience sits
Your body crippled with mistrust
I wonder if you'll ever rise
Too much of nothing wears you out
There's a lot of that about
I see it lingering in your eyes
If you change the arrow's course
Or feel the punch with all its force
Remember passion never dies
I'll see you there
Should you come through
Patience sits
Her face all blackened up with soot
Ragged clothes won't interrupt
The precious gem that is your life
The lover spurned and then replaced
There's just forgiveness not disgrace
And I say passion never dies
And we'll return
Our candles burn
Patience sits
I won't let you sleep when there's fear in your blood
I won't let you sleep when there's fear in your blood
And if you think that holding on
Is already far too long
Who's to be the judge of time?
It won't seep out through your toes
It only grows and grows and grows
'cause passion never ever dies
When you return
On your own terms
Patience sits
You've Got To Go lyrics - the church
There's a distant light shining over you tonight
You've been transformed, you'll always be my storm
Out in the Tuscan dusk you're swooning under moons of musk
You touch the texture of the tiles and miles away
A visitor waits for you to show
You've got to go
In the plum sun dunes rippling to a frail tune
You've been conveyed, you'll always be my lifetimes blade
Along the alpine drive uncertain how to be alive
You love the fragments of a smile and miles away
A courier invokes your name you know
You've got to go
And another heart breaks, you're wasting all the time it takes
You've been assigned, you'll never be too far behind
Wait for a bus to come, you know another verse to hum
You thrust the windows for a while and miles away
Your servants searching high and low
You've got to go
You better go
You've been transformed, you'll always be my storm
Out in the Tuscan dusk you're swooning under moons of musk
You touch the texture of the tiles and miles away
A visitor waits for you to show
You've got to go
In the plum sun dunes rippling to a frail tune
You've been conveyed, you'll always be my lifetimes blade
Along the alpine drive uncertain how to be alive
You love the fragments of a smile and miles away
A courier invokes your name you know
You've got to go
And another heart breaks, you're wasting all the time it takes
You've been assigned, you'll never be too far behind
Wait for a bus to come, you know another verse to hum
You thrust the windows for a while and miles away
Your servants searching high and low
You've got to go
You better go
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