THE CARDIGANS
Emmerdale (1994)
Sick, tired and homeless With no one here to sing for Tired of being weightless For all these looking good boys You can always say my attic has its charm You can always say you did no major harm You can always say that summer had its charm And that you did no major harm Oh, spare me if you please Sick, tired an sleepless With no one else to shine for Sick of all my distress But I won't show I'm still poor You can always say... Symptoms are so deep Something here's so wrong Nothing is complete Nowhere to belong Symptoms are so deep I think I'd better stay here on my own So spare me if you please
I did all that I should, well all that I could But will I be clean? I did all that I should, well all that I could But it isn't me All my strength is dead and gone Slept as long I could, as long as I should To find comfort here Slept as long I could, as long as I should But I still have fear All my strength is dead and gone Black letter day, all the fun has gone away Black letter day, all the joy has gone away Black letter day, all my strength has gone away Black letter day I drank all that I could, much more than I should In simple despair I drank all that I could, much more than I should To find someone there All my strength is dead and gone Black letter day... I hope Monday will be a better day
Winter came by my bedroom today Falling in rows and covering the lane Morning shone on my windows today Passing the time I slumber away To kill all the day Stumbling up at one and put the kettle on But where's the coffee gone In the afternoon I put the TV on But where's the drama gone In the afternoon, and time is all that passes Someone came by my bedroom today Swaying around, then silently away Someone left home and my bedroom today Left by the time I slumbered away To kill all the day Stumbling up at one... Some people don't hurry, don't you worry they say One day I'll be older, so much colder I say This fear won't appear if I keep Stumbling up at one...
Turn away and the collar 'cause the blowing is dry Walk away to the harbour before your ships will fly Slip away and the pillow 'cause it's falling of down Trot away and around because your ships are found Somewhere over the water, next to a harbour Someone's eager to listen Somewhere over the water, next to a harbour Someone, someone to be in
After all you were perfectly right But I'm scaring close to insanity And on a night like this Nothing stays the same Nothing looks the same After all you were perfectly right Our relation just split me in two And on a night like this Pieces fall apart Visions fall apart After all you were perfectly right I have never been happy before And on a night like this You can hear the words See behind the words After all you were perfectly wrong Though I thought I'd found love And on a night like this Nothing could be worse Nothing could be worse
I'd catch some stars for you, and just for you I'd paint the grey sky blue, and just for you So don't tell me you want the rain from a cloudy sky To wash away the pain that I've given you again I've always tried to find what satisfies your mind But I will never know where you are to go But I want you to know: Do you want a golden ring? I would buy you anything I'd read some poems for you, just for you And I hope they won't make you blue like they used to do So please tell me they're like the rain from this cloudy sky...
My dear, please see my dear How we invented the fear Inside that space no one could interfere My dear, please see my dear How we invented the tears Inside that space no one could interfere
Rise and shine, rise and shine I want to be alone for a while I want earth to breathe to me I want the waves to grow loud I want the sun to bleed down, to bleed down See the waves go down, see the moon alone I raise my head and whisper Rise and shine, rise and shine my sister (x3) Rise and shine, rise and shine I want to see the wounded moon I want the sea to break through I want it all to be gone tomorrow So I've come to say goodbye, say goodbye See the waves go down...
You don't want the sun to shine in So you turn the curtains down Your eyes still don't show me a thing And you don't feel it's sunny outside You don't want no joy for a while But you stay up late at night It hurts you that she's still alive So you'll raise flowerbeds inside But she, she will not get bothered at all She's just watching the water at fall So you should give them just what they need Water and poetry 'Cause she will not bother at all She's just watching the water at fall So you should give them just what they need 'Cause she will not bother at all But you won't say you're not adored by her beauty Celia inside You don't want to feel her at all But who's that fellowman of hers With who, your dear Celia moved And they'll sleep happily inside And she, she will not get bothered at all... But you won't say you're not adored by her beauty And her purity, and her lovely Celia inside
You've seen life through distorted eyes You know you had to learn The execution of your mind You really had to turn The race is run, the book is read The end begins to show The truth is out, the lies are old But you don't want to know Nobody will ever let you know When you ask the reasons why They just tell you that you're on your own Fill your head all full of lies The people who have crippled you You want to see them burn The gates of life have closed on you And now there's just no return Nobody will ever let you know...
Seems hard to understand, I think no one can Not anyone I know No, wait I think I know one who does At least that's what he says And what I mean is what I say But I've got thoughts left anyway Seems hard to understand, I'm not sure myself Sure of what to think I know I should trust myself At least that's what he says And what I mean is what I say But I've got thoughts left anyway Seems hard to understand, I think no one did Not anyone I knew Well, I thought I knew, one who did It was only as he said
The night she died in the rented room As the whole town was sleeping She held her breath like a star in bloom Could burn down tomorrow The summer breeze was caressing me As I walked through the market The golden light of a friend beside Had died out for good Now nothing can amaze me As everything's behind me No, nothing else can please me Since all I had has been set free The night before in the dining room I recall it now She said "I fear for you my friend 'Cause I'll soon be leaving" The autumn comes just like other years But I won't see the signs The sun above's sowing magic seeds But it wants someone back...
Life (1995)
I will never know 'cause you will never show Come on and love me now, come on and love me now I will never know 'cause you will never show Come on and love me now, come on and love me now Come on and love me now Carnival came by my town today Bright lights from giantwheels, fall on the alleyways And I'm here by my door, waiting for you I will never know... I here sounds of lovers, barrel organs, mothers I would like to take you down there Just to make you mine in a merry-go-round
You in brown checked suit said my dress was very cute I found you found me Dancing in this melody, heavenly We were swinging on so nice Bubbly pink champagne on ice Nancy, Jacques Closeau and Claire I believe they all were there Having the time of their lives You had Rose's lime mixed with vodka, I had wine People having fun Cocktails in the evening sun, give me one We were swinging on so nice... La, la, la, do-be-do-be-do
We took off that sunny day, packed our things and went away Me and friends in daddy's car to find out how summers are Found a card to send from wherever we went From Luxembourg to Rome, from Berlin to the moon From Paris to Lausanne, from Athens to the sun Our car became a spacecraft, flashing through the world Crashed down in Amsterdam We'll take off some rainy day, pack our things and go away Families and hotelbars to find out how summers are Find a card to send to some really old friends From Luxembourg to Rome...
Sick, tired and homeless With no one here to sing for Tired of being weightless For all these looking good boys You can always say my attic has its charm You can always say you did no major harm You can always say that summer had its charm And that you did no major harm Oh, spare me if you please Sick, tired an sleepless With no one else to shine for Sick of all my distress But I won't show I'm still poor You can always say... Symptoms are so deep Something here's so wrong Nothing is complete Nowhere to belong Symptoms are so deep I think I'd better stay here on my own So spare me if you please
Tomorrow, tomorrow Tomorrow Someone's thinking of her, a fifteen hour trip away Life is so much slower, than a charter trip delay Tomorrow, she won't feel half of this Tomorrow, morning is a sugar kiss Tomorrow, heavenly no sorrow She will lose gravity, tomorrow Someone's thinking of the her trough the hazy scenery Life is blue as water when you're missing somebody Tomorrow...
Rise and shine, rise and shine I want to be alone for a while I want earth to breathe to me I want the waves to grow loud I want the sun to bleed down, to bleed down See the waves go down, see the moon alone I raise my head and whisper Rise and shine, rise and shine my sister (x3) Rise and shine, rise and shine I want to see the wounded moon I want the sea to break through I want it all to be gone tomorrow So I've come to say goodbye, say goodbye See the waves go down...
Rise in the morning, shine 'til the dawning Smooth dreams in leaves, raised in teacup Sticked down to sleep, like an envelope Filled up with words for you Wrapped up in curls, sweet as the summer Cheek soft as a fur, grace in a slumber Beautiful wonderboy Soft beams from an early sun On my truly beautiful one Shimmer from a Saturday sun On my truly beautiful one Rise in the morning, shine 'til the dawning Bright up from sleep, lost in the blankets Chased in like salt, roses and candybars Coffee and old cigars Stretched out to breathe, down from the rooftops Sticked down to sleep, like an envelope Filled up with words for you Soft beams from an early sun... Rise in the morning, beautiful wonderboy
Once he gets a mystic call Jump into his motorcar Once we're rolling down the road He's forgotten where to go Travelling with Charley My detective darling My agent hasn't solved a case My agent never finds a trace But Charley has always style Charley is always nice Poor Charley He would be nothing without me Once I clear his memory Bet he'll crash into a tree Once we're getting to the place Someone else has solved the case Travelling with Charley My detective darling My agent hasn't solved a case... Poor little Charley He would be nothing without me But I do love him
On a roof below the moon Nearby a park-bench in the sun Upon the stairway to your room Why won't you wrap your life around? Those certain words I just found I wear your golden ring inside, suits me very fine I wear your golden heart in mine, suits me very fine I wear your golden ring inside, suits me very fine A backseat sofa in the dark Upon a viewpoint in our town Nearby a fountain in a park Why won't you wrap your life around? those certain words I just found I wear your golden ring inside, suits me very fine I wear your golden heart in mine, suits me very fine I wear your golden ring inside I wear your golden heart in mine I wear your golden ring inside and life is very fine
You don't want the sun to shine in So you turn the curtains down Your eyes still don't show me a thing And you don't feel it's sunny outside You don't want no joy for a while But you stay up late at night It hurts you that she's still alive So you'll raise flowerbeds inside But she, she will not get bothered at all She's just watching the water at fall So you should give them just what they need Water and poetry 'Cause she will not bother at all She's just watching the water at fall So you should give them just what they need 'Cause she will not bother at all But you won't say you're not adored by her beauty Celia inside You don't want to feel her at all But who's that fellowman of hers With who, your dear Celia moved And they'll sleep happily inside And she, she will not get bothered at all... But you won't say you're not adored by her beauty And her purity, and her lovely Celia inside
Listen baby, thoughts has crossed my mind And it's clear now, you are not my kind And I have tried, boy, better ways to say What I feel now it seems your plan to stay But I won't waste a day So I say hey, get out of my way Hey-hey-hey-hey, you've always been in my way And I say hey, get out of my way Hey-hey-hey-hey, you've always been in my way Hear now honey, I'll be good to you If you stay gone far out of my view I'm sick and tired of your dramatic ways And when I think of all those wasted days I shake loose of your laces And say hey, get out of my way Hey-hey-hey-hey, you've always been in my way This is all that I will say, this is all that I will do I am not in love with you
After all you were perfectly right But I'm scaring close to insanity And on a night like this Nothing stays the same Nothing looks the same After all you were perfectly right Our relation just split me in two And on a night like this Pieces fall apart Visions fall apart After all you were perfectly right I have never been happy before And on a night like this You can hear the words See behind the words After all you were perfectly wrong Though I thought I'd found love And on a night like this Nothing could be worse Nothing could be worse
You've seen life through distorted eyes You know you had to learn The execution of your mind You really had to turn The race is run, the book is read The end begins to show The truth is out, the lies are old But you don't want to know Nobody will ever let you know When you ask the reasons why They just tell you that you're on your own Fill your head all full of lies The people who have crippled you You want to see them burn The gates of life have closed on you And now there's just no return Nobody will ever let you know...
First Band On The Moon (1996)
La-la-la-la-la-la (x3) I saw you there, I stopped and stared The curly girlie smiled You really were too close to her And people just went by I saw your face and her embrace Your whisper in her ear I know the score 'cause I’ve heard it before I read your lips with fear Your words were clear, you said: La-la-la-la-la-la - Let's say forever, let's say it's true La-la-la-la-la-la - Let's come together, me and you La-la-la-la-la-la - Your new cuckoo
Baby boy, your face is pretty and your life's a toy Master man, I’m never better than your latest plan Poor donee, what are you gonna try to be? Where are you gonna go without me now? I’ve been you mother, I’ve been your father Who can ask me for more? I’ve been your sister, I’ve been your mistress Maybe I was your whore Who can ask me for more? Superstar, I’ve tried to educate your childish heart Made your bed and I was in it when your faith was dead Poor donee, what are you gonna try to be? Where are you gonna go without me now? I’ve been you mother... Sweetiepie, I’m you personal pro, you know You know what number to try, when to cry I’ve been you mother...
No, not again - Oh, what a man Just who I thought that I wanted to have Oh, don't do that, don't use that bat That's all it takes to make me falling flat No, not again, a loser I am I love you tonight, you are my knight Cure and assure and make me feel all right Tomorrow you'll find I’m not around But don't be uptight 'cause I loved you last night Vacant and free, yeah, that is me Just tell me how and I’ll please you for free Tell me I’m good, I know I’m bad Lies make me feel fine although it is sad No, not again, not one more man I love you tonight, you are my knight Cure and assure and make me feel all right Tomorrow you'll find I’m not around But don't be uptight 'cause I loved you last night
Arrange my books in order Make up some nice stories to amuse you Make things look smart and easy Shape up the place, hungry for the meeting The dinner we'll be eating Wine that we'll be drinking And kinky thoughts I’m thinking All because of you And now I’ve found a partner No one can be happier than I am And now I’ve found a new friend No one can be happier than me Prepare a meal with candles Sweet wine and strings chosen for the purpose Then take a bath with bubbles Shape up my face, eager for the meeting
How I always memorize every single misery And I seem to glorify everything inside of me And the hero never dies if the lover hides between the sheets There's no escape ’cause you can't sleep And then you'll see, you’re just like me That's what you called waste of time I’ll be waiting down the line That's what you called waste of time Waiting for your Valentine That's what you called waste of time I know where your hero hides That's why you don't sleep tonight That's what I call, that's what you call, that's what I call life With a hero in the past you hang on to history Such a lost will always last and there's no recovery And the hero never dies if the lover hides between the sheets There's no escape ’cause you can't sleep And then you'll see, you’re just like me That's what you called waste of time...
Oh, I think you're standing on my left foot It's hurting, but that's OK ‘cause I’m in your way You'll break that foot that you're standing on I’ll walk with the other one Do what you want to do, what you want to Be what you want to be, what you want to Go on and step on me You're free to have everything you can see All that you want for me Free to be all that you want to be Do what you want with me Oh, I think you're spinning inside my head I think of you all the day ‘cause you're in my way Oh, I think you're holding the heart of mine Squeeze it apart, that's fine
Dear, I fear we're facing a problem You love me no longer, I know and maybe there is nothing that I can do to make you do Mama tells me I shouldn't bother That I ought to stick to another man A man that surely deserves me, but I think you do So I cry and I pray and I beg Love me, love me, say that you love me Fool me, fool me, go on and fool me Love me, love me, pretend that you love me Leave me, leave me, just say that you need me So I cry and I beg for you to Love me, love me, say that you love me Leave me, leave me, just say that you need me I can’t care 'bout anything but you Lately I have desperately pondered Spent my nights awake and I wonder What I could do have done in another way to make you stay? Reason will not lead to solution I will end up lost in confusion I don't care if you really care as long as you don't go So I cry and I pray and I beg Love me, love me... Anything but you Love me, love me, say that you love me Fool me, fool me, go on and fool me Love me, love me, I know that you need me I can’t care 'bout anything but you
Close your eyes Look at all these losers, you find them everywhere They're fucked up and annoying but somehow you seem to care It's easier to laugh but something makes you stick around You can't watch from above and keep your ten toes in the sand You wish that you were special - I’m just like you Close your eyes, that'll be the day you'll find those lies Fold your ears, that'll be the day that you will hear Close your eyes, that'll be the day you'll find those lies That'll be the day you get back home It's lonely to be strange and you would never tell That you're one of these itches, you know it much too well Losers are your weakness, they will always touch your heart You're touching me as well 'cause I have always been a part You wish that you were special - I’m just like you You’re just like me - We’re just like them - They’re just like us Close your eyes...
(I am Iron Man) Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Can he walk at all? Or if he moves will he fall? Is he alive or dead? Has he thoughts within his head? We'll just pass him there, why should we even care? Oh, Iron Man He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field When he traveled time for the future of mankind Now the time is here for Iron Man to spread fear Vengeance from the grave, kills the people he once saved Nobody wants him, he just stares at the world Planning his vengeance, that he will soon unfurl No, nobody wants him, they just turn their heads And nobody helps him, now he has his revenge Heavy boots of lead, fills his victims full of dread Running as fast as they can, Iron Man lives again Oh, Iron Man
There's a monster growing in our heads Raised up on the wicked things we've said A great divide between us now Something we should know There's something to remember And something to forget As long as we remember There's something to regret Something we should know There's a mountain higher than we knew It's high but such a bitter view A great divide between us now Something we should know There's something to remember... A great divide between us now On different sides of a great divide There's something to remember...
A common line, I close my eyes But couldn't let it go The perfect time, I dropped my guard And lost but won somehow It's rather sad, it feels like we've never Made it together since One word ahead and you'd be dead I held you in my throat I stumble by, attached to you I couldn't let it go It's rather sad, it feels like we've never Made it together since It's rather sad, it’s really sad It feels like we've never made it together since We'll never have the guts to discover We'll choke on it and die
Gran Turismo (1998)
This is where your sanity gives in and love begins Never lose your grip, don't trip, don't fall, you'll lose it all The sweetest way to die It lies deep inside, you can not hide It's the meanest fire Oh, it's a strange desire you can not lie That's a needless fight This is where your sanity gives in... When your blood runs dry you're paralyzed It will eat your mind Did you hold it back? It comes to you in slow attacks It's the meanest fire
Hey, what did you hear me say? You know the difference it makes What did you hear me say? Yes, I said it's fine before But I don't think so no more I said it's fine before I've changed my mind, I take it back Erase and rewind 'Cause I've been changing my mind Erase and rewind 'Cause I've been changing my mind I've changed my mind So, where did you see me go? It's not the right way, you know Where did you see me go? No, it's not that I don't know I just don't want it to grow It's not that I don't know I've changed my mind...
Ease your trouble, we'll pay them double Not to look at you for a while And you rely on what you get high on And you last just as long as it serves you Explode or implode, explode or implode We will take care of it Explode or implode, explode or implode Yes, we will carry you 'Cause you're deserted. What's good, you hurt it And it kills you, it keeps you alive So give it up / in a world of puppets It's a shame what they do to us all Explode or implode... Can we do anything for you now?
This is a start that I know I'll believe in So I'm leaving everything behind Keeping the parts that I know I'll be needing And I breed to be a better kind And I'm leavin' everyone behind This is the age when my past should be gone But it's just stronger than the aims I have Turning the pages / I used to hang on to I was young and I have changed my mind And I'm leaving everything behind New beginning again - A bit closer New beginning again - A little bit closer New beginning again - A bit closer to the end This is the time, it's a delicate line To the beginning of what's yet to come Lifetimes of changes, a strange generation Explanations never come in time So I'm leaving everything behind New beginning again...
I wonder what it's like seeing through your eyes You've offered me to have a try but I was always late The filters that I use give me an excuse I take away what's real I feel it and it blows my fuse I hang around for another round I'm hanging around for another round I'm hanging on to the same old song I hang around for another round Until something stops me I wonder what it's like walking by your side To think before I talk and to move at the same speed as you walk I want to have a weight to keep me in your state I'm watching from above, I love it but it's not for me I hang around for another round...
I'm glad you came around today I sure need a good companion I'm losing it but you're the same Without you I move at random Abusing you 'cause you're a friend And there's no Jesus here to explain And take me higher, come take me higher Come take me high above our time Take me higher, oh take me higher Come take me high above our time We'll make it out of here, oh yeah
You justify, you're not afraid And I won't feel like this forever You wait with me, because you know There's so much more than this before we go To take us higher, come take us higher Come take us high above our time Take us higher, oh take us higher Come take us high above our time We'll make it out of here Come take us out of here Take us anywhere, oh yeah Strange to be on Marvel Hill I've walked some years to find I know there is a piece to fill the gap I have in mind No, nothing's here, I close my eyes It's on the other side And what I've worked so hard to gain I'd gladly give away 'Cause I don't need this I don't need it, I need more A postcard from where life is a thrill On top of Marvel Hill But I don't need this I don't need it, I need more No, I don' t need this Too good to be true, too good to ignore I don't need this I need so much more, it's too much to ask for
I don't know what you're looking for You haven't found it baby, that's for sure You rip me up and spread me all around In the dust of the deed of time And this is not a case of lust, you see It's not a matter of you versus of me It's fine the way you want me on your own But in the end it's always me alone And I'm losing my favourite game You're losing your mind again I'm losing my baby, losing my favourite game I only know what I've been working for Another you so I could love you more I really thought that I could take you there But my experiment is not getting us anywhere I had a vision I could turn you right A stupid mission and a lethal fight I should have seen it when my hope was new My heart is black and my body is blue And I'm losing my favourite game You're losing your mind again I'm losing my favourite game I've tried but you're still the same I'm losing my baby, you're losing a saviour and a saint
Do you really think that love is gonna save the world? Well I don't think so, I just dont think so And do you really think that love is gonna save your soul? Well I sure hope so, oh I really really hope so But I don't think so
We never chose to part in this stupid play I never felt by heart that I could behave the way the roles were made I know that I've done you wrong, but you're hard to please When your faith is gone and when you can't believe I'm on my hands and knees The junk of the hearts, the junk of the hearts I've given all of me, and you crave for more Weird how this makes us feel insecure That's what friends are for
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Long Gone Before Daylight (2003)
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 to 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'll never really learn 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
Oh it's healing bang bang bang I can hear your cannons call You've been aiming at my land Your hungry hammer is falling And if you want me I'm your country I'm an angel bored liked hell And you're a devil meaning well You steal my lines and you strike me dumb 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've been needing and all this peace has been deceiving I like the sweet life and the silence But it's the storm that I believe in Come and conquer and drop your bombs Cross my borders and kill the calm Bear your fangs 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 'Cos 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 'Cos you're the storm that I believed in And if you want me I'm your country
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 over 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 grace 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
Man, 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 news 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's a power fuel Sweet love, tasty blood, My heart overfloods And it 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's a 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
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?
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...
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 is 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 have been 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…
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 glitter and 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 lust 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 a ghost 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 the light
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. Got kicked 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, With 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
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 rocks and omen To beat the ambient harm 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 weighs you down Oh... So you thought that getting sober Would 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 down Your blanket of woe Would leave you alone And I could love you 'til you drown Come to me, let's drown, Come baby, let's drown In feathers and down
It's way too late to think of Someone I would call now, The neon signs got tired. Red eye flights help the stars out, 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 friends 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 lent 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 sweeter than Champagne from last new year's, 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 passed the mike to me to speak I'd say: "Stay in bed, World... Sleep in peace!"