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1. |
Me And The Moon
03:20
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ME AND THE MOON
Me and the moon
Are under a cloud
Moving silently
We're not allowed
To say what we think
Reflect on glass, on drink
We rise in the late afternoon
Me and the moon
Me and the rain
Wash away dirt
Cleaning the wounds
Repairing the hurt
Run from a storm
Shelter in the dry and the warm
Out here I feel no pain
Me and the rain
Me and the sun
Are over you, all right
Radiant
Reveal all in our sight
Till the shadows grow long
And we're not too strong
Darkness overcomes
Me and the sun
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2. |
Where We Were
03:09
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WHERE WE WERE
Have you ever gone too far
In a two-seater car
To find you can't get back
To where you began?
A dirt road country mile
No direction, view alien and vile
The battery's flat
And you've lost the map.
The road ahead is black
The road to paradise is a cul-de-sac
And there's no turning back
No turning back.
("Where were we?")
We were on a sunny day
Ice cream, wide-eyed laughter
Where we used to play
King and Queen happy ever after
We were in the pink
Now it hurts to think
Of where we were.
What lies ahead is black
The road to paradise is a cul-de-sac
And there's no turning back
No turning back
Did you ever have a doubt
The words would run out
Like rivers to the seas
That would suddenly freeze?
All the loving words once cute did
Turn self-consciously stupid
And silence is left
To fill the space.
Don't look down, don't look behind
Don't search for the key in the back of your mind
There's no way to find
There's no way to find...
What lies ahead is black
The road to paradise is a cul-de-sac
And there's no turning back
No turning back
("Where were we?")
We were in a magical room
Where we sang and played in
And it became a tomb
The memory is fading
Where we were could never last
It's long gone past
Where we were.
The road to paradise is a cul-de-sac
And there's no turning back
There's no turning back
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3. |
Girl On The Bookcase
02:37
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GIRL ON THE BOOKCASE
if the girl on the bookcase
sees the woman in the purse
would she recognise her future face?
would she think she'd been cursed?
would she ask what happened
a slow erosion or in a blink
from the angel to the dull-eyed sow
lost in a sea of drink?
girl on the bookcase
drinking lemonade polaroid exposure
your smile will never fade
girl on the bookcase sandcastles you made
sunny summer seaside
that's where she should have stayed
if the woman locked in the purse
could reach the bookcase girl
would she hit her like a stolen hearse
or treasure her like a pearl?
would she tell her about disillusion
and the world of lies
the joyless jobs pushing people
out the frame of their own lives?
girl on the bookcase
drinking lemonade
polaroid exposure
your smile will never fade
girl on the bookcase
sandcastles you made
sunny summer seaside
that's where she should have stayed
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4. |
There Were Tears
04:44
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THERE WERE TEARS
waiting for the truth to appear
in the words you breathe
in the words you say
in the words that float across the wind
in the truth you live
in the truth you say
there were tears
there were tears
there were tears for love
[spoken word:
"the cup of ignored tea has grown a skin, and the mountain of fag butts is threatening to avalanche, and i'm stuck in this no-time... is it two in the morning or three on a wednesday afternoon where nothing happens and no-one calls?... the paperback on my lap; i've read the same sentence five times but i can't take it in... i'm thinking about her again, wondering if she's thinking about me... and if she loved me... and what love is... and if i'll make the same mistakes again... i light another cigarette, begin the same sentence again, and sip the cold tea."]
a great man - a dead artist - once said
through the life he breathed
"the best way to know god
is to love many things"
there's a truth he lived
there's a truth he said
there were tears
there were tears
there were tears for love
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5. |
Sorry
03:44
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SORRY
i'm sorry
i couldn't carry you
i'm not that strong
i'm sorry
the words eluded me
they came out wrong
i'm sorry
i wasn't there for you
i was no use
i gave you the best years of my life
you wasted, you wasted mine
i'm sorry
i disappointed you
i couldn't satisfy
i'm sorry
you think i put you down
i didn't lift you up
i'm sorry
for the shit you dragged me through
in the name of love
i gave you the best years of my life
you wasted, you wasted mine
i'm sorry
i can't turn back the clock
for the squandered love
i'm sorry
i made a big mistake
what was i thinking of?
i'm sorry
i could not be someone else
i should've run
i gave you the best years of my life
you wasted, you wasted mine
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6. |
Where Did The Love Go?
03:48
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WHERE DID THE LOVE GO?
where did it go wrong?
when did you forget our song?
where did the love go?
how should i know?
where's all this pain from?
i'll wait but for how long?
where did the love go?
how should i know?
i want to hold you in my arms
until morning comes around
i want to hold you in my arms
forever
we reach out with both hands
i want to return to the promised land
where did the love go?
how should i know?
when will all this end?
what happened to my best friend?
where did the love go?
how should i know?
i want to hold you in my arms
until morning comes around
i want to hold you in my arms
forever
but the way things are looking now
i have no hope at all of saving us
no matter how much i think or try
i cannot make you love me
i say, no matter how much i think or try
i cannot make you love me
i want to hold you in my arms
until morning comes around
i want to hold you in my arms
forever
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7. |
Nobody Like You
03:46
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NOBODY LIKE YOU
i see old men cry and i hear your laughter
you jump the queue and i know who you're after
around your finger, i'm twisted for manipulation
we all gladly die for a slice of vacant situation
nobody like you
nobody like you
i'm not surprised
to find beauty lies
in a nobody like you
fill in the blank - the ladies' excuse me
i was just a quick fix and you had to use me
told me daddy's the rajah of zanzibar
but your letters from home were postmarked leamington spa
nobody like you
nobody like you
i'm not surprised
to find beauty lies
in a nobody like you
you're a model artist
and life is your medium
i'd see the exhibition you've made of yourself
if i could withstand the tedium
is this free love or is this extortion?
last night's baby is this morning's abortion
stumbling through the after-party party debris
skinning up on your catalogue of fucks that includes me
nobody like you
nobody like you
i'm not surprised
to find beauty lies
in a nobody like you
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8. |
Still Running
05:43
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STILL RUNNING
two boys growing in afghanistan
hopeful of the future is in your hands
different skin, different blood, you didn't know
where your love would take you, where you would go
i'm running
still running
i'm running
children swimming in amsterdam
fields of flowers, didn't know about the damned
could you have saved him from that evil that you saw?
you didn't know, you didn't know what you could do
i'm running
still running
could you have held his hand?
could you feel his pain?
it's all over in vietnam
peace is here, can you find redemption?
what's the cost of your tomorrow?
is it back through those mountains you must go?
i'm running
still running
i'm running
still running
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9. |
Shut Up Shop
03:15
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SHUT UP SHOP
shut up shop
"final reduction", "everything must go"
white painted on big window
shelves are bare, staff gone home
uniforms hanging all in a row
shut up shop
till rings stop
"clearance sale on all big names"
different store, message same
no refund on broken game
there's no business like no business to blame
shut up shop
till rings stop
doors are shut
high street once bustled with trade
crowds of shoppers disperse and fade
greedy dog has had his day
cocked his leg against the penny arcade
shut up shop
till rings stop
doors are shut
never to open up
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