Communication
For twenty seven years I've been trying
To believe and confide in
Different people I found...
Some of them got closer than others,
And some wouldn't even bother,
And then you came around.
I didn't really know what to call you,
You didn't know me at all,
But I was happy to explain.
I never really knew how I'd move you,
So I tried to intrude through
The little holes in your veins.
And I saw you.
But that's not an invitation,
That's all I get,
If this is communication,
I disconnect...
I've seen you, I know you,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect...
You always seem to know where to find me,
And I'm still here behind you,
In the corner of your eye.
I never really learnt how to love you,
But I know that I love you,
Through the hole in the sky,
Where I see you
And that's not an invitation,
That's all I get.
If this is communication,
I disconnect...
I've seen you, I know you,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect...
Well, this is an invitation,
It's not a threat,
If you want communication,
That's what you get.
I'm talking and talking,
But I don't know how to connect.
And I hold... a record for being patient
With your kind of hesitation.
I need you, you want me,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect,
I disconnect...
You're The Storm
Oh, it's healing bang, bang, bang,
I can hear your cannons call.
You've been aiming at my land,
Your hungry hammers falling...
And if you want me, I'm your country.
I'm an angel bored like hell
And you're a devil meaning well,
You steal my lines and you strike me down
Come raise your flag upon me.
And if you want me, I'm your country,
If you win me, I'm forever,
Oh yeah!
'Cause you're the storm that I believed in,
And all this peace I spent deceiving,
I liked the sweet line and the silence,
But it's the storm that I believe in!
Come and conquer and drop your bones,
Cross my borders and kill the calm,
Bear your thanks the and burn my wings,
I hear bullets singing…
And if you want me, I'm your country,
If you win me, I'm forever...
Oh yeah,
'Cause you're the storm that I believed in,
And all this peace has been deceiving,
I need some wind to get me sailing
So it's the storm that I believe in!
You feed my heart, you keep me breathing,
'Cause you're the storm that I believe in...
And if you want me, I'm your country...
A Good Horse
It takes no match to give me a spark,
Now I'm trying out another heart,
I've been whining 'bout a fresh start
I found myself a good horse!
Hey!
I spurred it on the quicksand
And I rolled it through the hollow lands
I fed you with a shaky hand
I found myself a strong horse
These are the promises I can keep,
These are the promises I can keep,
To live like I'm must
And ride with the dust in my face
In race (?)
I found myself a good horse
Yes, I found myself a strong horse
But things remain no different than before
oh These are the promises I can keep
yes, These are the promises I can keep
To live like I'm must
And ride with the dust in my face
These are the promises I can keep
oh These are the promises I can keep
These are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
In grace
In grace
In grace
And Then You Kissed Me
Men I've had a few,
But they wouldn't quite blow me like you...
You gave me your name and signed
With a halo around my eye...
And it hits me like never before,
That love is a powerful force
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more
Love, you're newest to me,
You're a little bit more that I thought you'd be,
A mole in my well-fed lawn
You're a nightmare beating the dawn
And it hits me like never before,
That love is a powerful force
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more
Blue, blue, black and blue,
Red blood sticks like glue,
True love is cruel love,
Red blood say power fuel
Sweet love, tasty blood,
My heart overfloods
Oh, you hit me...
Yeah, you hit me really hard.
Man you hit me,
Yeah, you hit me right in the heart...
Lord I've had my deal,
But I never quite knew how it feels,
When love makes you wake up sore,
With fists that are ready for more.
And it hits me that love is a game
Like in war, no one can be blamed,
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more
Oh, blue, blue, black and blue,
Red blood sticks like glue,
True love is cruel love,
Red blood says power fuel.
Sweet love, tasty blood,
My heart overfloods,
Man, you hit me...
Yeah, you hit me really hard.
Baby, you hit me,
Yeah, you punched me right in the heart...
...and then you kissed me...
...and then you hit me...
...and then you kissed me...
...and then you hit me...
Oh you haunt me with your violent heartbeat at night
Oh you strike me with your silence baby tonight
Oh you haunt me with your violence baby forgive me
you haunt me with your violent heartbeat
Couldn't care less
Oh, my heart can't carry much more,
It's really, really aching and sore,
My heart don't care anymore,
I really can't bear more…
My hands don't work like before,
I shiver and I scrape at your door,
My heart can't carry much more...
But you couldn't care less, could you?
Your face don't look like before,
It's really not like yours anymore,
Your eyes don't like me no more,
They quiver and they shift to the floor,
My heart don't beat like before,
It's never been this slow, no,
My blood don't flow anymore...
And you couldn't care less, could you?
Could we stop and sleep for a spell?
We could turn this ditch into a well
And send that old devil back to hell...
But we really don't care, do we?
Baby, let's stop and sleep for a spell!
We could turn this ditch into a well
And send that old devil back to hell,
Your back's not straight like before,
You really shouldn't carry me no more,
I'm much too heavy for you,
I'm really quite a mess,
Yes, we just don't care anymore,
We're crooked and we're cut to the core,
We're just not there anymore,
But we really don't care, do we?
No, we couldn't care less...
We couldn't care less...
Could we?
Please Sister
With the sampled heart beat and the stolen soul
I sold my songs to have my fortune told
And it said:
"You should know that love will never die,
Let's see how it kills you in the blink of an eye..."
I know of love as hot white light
That knocks you down and than leaves you dry
Oh, how can it be, sweet mamma tell me why?
Why all Love's disciples have to wither and die?
Please sister, help me, come on, do what you should,
Please give me something, I'm not doing so good!
I'm good, I'm wrong, is there nothing you can say?
Please sister help me, I'm not feeling OK...
Give me belief when my time will come
And a toll free helpline if I find some one.
But she said: "You give away what you never really had,
And now your purse is empty, I can see why you're sad..."
Oh, please sister, help me, come on, do what you should,
Please give me something, I'm not doing so good!
I'm good, I'm wrong, is there nothing you can say?
Please sister help me, can you make me feel OK?
So if it's true that love will never die,
Than why do the lovers work so hard to stay alive?
Please...
Oh, please sister, help me...
Please, give me something...
Oh... Please sister, you know I do what I can!
Oh, sweet mamma please just send me a man,
'Cause I'm gone, gone, is there nothing you can give?
Please sister, help me, I just need some love to live!
Just a little love to live...
And a little love to sail...
For What It's Worth
(one, two, three, four)
Hey baby, come around,
Keep holding me down,
And I'll be keeping you up tonight…
The four-letter word got stuck in my head,
The dirtiest word that I've ever said
It's making me feel all right.
For what it's worth, I love you,
And what it's worse, I really do!
For what it's worth, I'm gonna run, run, run,
'Till the sweetness gets to you,
And what it's worse, I love you!
Hey please baby, come back,
There'll be no more loving attacks
And I'll be keeping it cool tonight.
The four-letter word is out of my head,
Come on around, get back in my bed,
Keep making me feeling all right...
For what it's worth, I like you,
And what it's worse, I really do!
Things happened worse
And we had fun, fun, fun,
'Till I said I love you,
And what it's worse, I really do!
For what is worth, I love you!
And what is worse, I really do!
Oh...
For what it's worth, I love you,
And what it's worse, I really do, oh,
For what it's worth, I love you,
And what it's worse, I really do…
Lead me into the night
I went too far, yes I came too close,
I drove away the one that I loved the most...
Now I ride the tide on a boat made of sand,
I'm sailing for another to guide me to land…
And lead me into the night,
Please drive away the light,
'Cause I've been blinded by glittering gold,
My eyes need to rest from this light
And sleep well at night.
I traveled east and I traveled west
And I found a boy with a heart on his chest.
I ran a ground, my ship left to rust,
Yes, I found a guide in the city of lost...
To lead me into the night.
Oh, please drive away the light!
Although my mother will never understand,
I walk with him away from the light
And into the night...
Oh, you, you, you, it's gotta be you!
You, oh you, it's gotta be you!
True, true, it's true, it's gotta be you,
You, oh you, it's gotta be you!
...To lead me into the night... :)
Well I went too far and I came too close,
I drove away the first one and now he's the coast.
And I went a drift on a boat made of sand,
It was leaking like a sieve, but I made it to land.
He leads me into the night,
He drives away the light,
He makes the darkness in bright
And walks with me into the night
Away from he light...
Live And Learn
I came home in the morning
And everything was gone!
Oh, what have I done?
I dropped dead in the hallway
Cursing the dawn
Oh come on sun
Why must I burn
I'm just trying to learn
I stare into the light
To kill some of my pain.
It was all in vain,
'Cause no senses remain.
But an ache in my body
And regret on my mind
But I'll be fine
'Cause I live and I learn,
Yes, I live and I learn,
If you live you will learn
And I live and I learn.
God kicked you in the head
So I started a fight,
Cause I knew I was right
But I learned I was wrong,
I remember a slaughter
I remember I fought
Fought for the money I brought
I got blistered and burned
And lost what I earned
But I lived and I learned
Yes, I lived and I learned
I got, I got it now.
I got, I got it now.
(She's got, she's got it now!)
I got, I got it now. / She's got it now!
I got, I got it now.
(She's got, she's got it now!)
I came to on a corner,
Want some help from a man
God damn I don't seem to have learned
That a lady in need
Is guilty indeed,
So I paid and got laid in return
And I don't know what I've learned...
Well... you get what you give!
And hell, yes, I'll live
But if you live as you learn,
I don't think I can learn
All with the sun in my eyes
Surprise, I'm living a life.
But I don't seem to learn,
No, I don't think I can learn...
Feathers And Doom
So you're trying to do what they did,
Your friends that turned to liquid,
And got lost in a sea...
Now you're drowning me
With your talk of four-leaf clovers
You turn to rock the no-man
To be the ambient heart
That is bruising your karma
Oh, I wish my arms were wider,
I wish that I could hide you,
So you can rest and repair
Without the blanket of sorrow...
The thick and the gray,
Your blanket of woe
Is so heavy and stained
And it only waste you down
Oh...
So you've thought that getting sober
Will mean your life was over...
I don't think it's that bad,
I don't think it's that sad.
Just you sleep a little baby,
Live the world alone and later,
If you wake up alive,
That old blanket of sorrow
Could be feathers and doom
Your blanket of woe
Would leave you alone
And I can only tell you to drown
Come to me, let's drown,
Come baby, let's drown
In feathers and down.
03:45 No Sleep
It's way too late to think of
Someone I would call now,
The neon signs got tired.
Red-eyed flights help the stars south,
I'm safe in a corner,
Just hours before me...
I'm waking with the roaches
The world has surrendered,
I'm dating ancient ghosts,
The ones I made friend with.
The comfort of fireflies,
Long gone before daylight...
And if I had one wish fulfilled tonight,
I'd ask for the sun to never arise.
If God lend His voice to me to speak...
I'd say: "Go to bed World!" :)
I've always been to lame
To see what's before me
And I know nothing's sweeter than
Champaign from last New Years,
Sweet music in my ears
And a night full of no fear.
But If I had one wish fulfilled tonight,
I'd ask for the sun to never arise.
If God pass the might to me to speak...
I'd say: "Stay in bed, World... Sleep in peace!"
