Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry
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So lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Pockets full of stones
Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
’Cause they took your loved ones
But returned them in exchange for you
But would you have it any other way?
Would you have it any other way?
You couldn’t have it any other way
’Cause she’s a cruel mistress
And a bargain must be made
But oh, my love, don’t forsake me
When I let the water take me
So, lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Pockets full of stones
Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
Pockets full of stones
Lay me down
Let the only sound
Be the overflow
NEVER LET ME GO
Looking up from underneath
Fractured moonlight on the sea
Reflections still look the same to me
As before I went under
And it’s peaceful in the deep
Cathedral where you cannot breathe
No need to pray, no need to speak
Now I am under all
Oh, and it’s breaking over me
A thousand miles out to the seabed
Found the place to rest my head
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
And the arms of the ocean are carrying me
And all this devotion was rushing out of me
The crush is a heaven, for a sinner like me
But the arms of the ocean deliver me
Though the pressure’s hard to take
It’s the only way I can escape
It seems a heavy choice to make
But now I am under, oh
And it’s breaking over me
A thousand miles down to the seabed
I found the place to rest my head
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
And the arms of the ocean are carrying me
So cold and so sweet
And all this devotion was rushing out of me
And the crush is a heaven, for a sinner like me
But the arms of the ocean deliver me
And it’s over and I’m going under
But I’m not giving up
I’m just giving in
Oh, slipping underneath
So cold and so sweet
In the arms of the ocean, so sweet and so cold
And all this devotion, well, I never knew at all
The crush is a heaven, for a sinner like me
In the arms of the ocean, deliver me
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
Deliver me
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
Deliver me
Never let me go, never let me go
Never let me go, never let me go
Deliver me
Never let me go, never let me go
And it’s over
I’m going under
But I’m not giving up
I’m just giving in
Ah, slipping underneath
Oh, so cold, but so sweet
BREAKING DOWN
All along
It was always there you see
And even on my own
It was always standing next to me
I can see it coming from the edge of the room
Creeping in the streetlight
Holding my hand in the pale gloom
Can you see it coming now?
Oh, I think I’m breaking down again
Oh, I think I’m breaking down
All alone
Even when I was a child
I’ve always known
There was something to be frightened of
I can see you coming from the edge of the room
Creeping in the streetlight
Holding my hand in the pale gloom
Can you see it coming now?
Oh, I think I’m breaking down again
Oh, I think I’m breaking down
All alone
On the edge of sleep
My old familiar friend
Comes and lies down next to me
And I can see you coming from the edge of the room
Smiling in the streetlight
Even with my eyes shut tight
I still see him coming now
Oh, I think I’m breaking down again
Oh, I think I’m breaking down again
Oh, I think I’m breaking down again
Oh, I think I’m breaking down
LOVER TO LOVER
I’ve been losin’ sleep
I’ve been keepin’ myself awake
I’ve been wandering the streets
For days and days and days
Road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
And black to red
But I believe, I believe
There’s no salvation for me now
No space among the clouds
And I’ve seen I’m heading down
That’s alright, that’s alright
That’s alright, that’s alright
And I’ve been taking chances
I’ve been setting myself up for the fall
And I’ve been keeping secrets
From my heart and from my soul
Going from road to road
Bed to bed
Lover to lover
Black to red
But I believe, I believe
There’s no salvation for me now
No space among the clouds
And I feel that I’m heading down
But that’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
Road to road
Bed to bed
And lover to lover
And black to red
And road to road, bed to bed
And lover to lover
No space among the clouds
And I feel I’m heading down
But that’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
That’s alright
Road to road, bed to bed
And lover to lover
And black to red
And road to road, bed to bed
Lover to lover, to lover to lover
To lover to lover, to lover to lover
To lover to lover, to lover to lover
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
No salvation for me now
NO LIGHT, NO LIGHT
You are the hole in my head
You are the space in my bed
You are the silence in between
What I thought and what I said
You are the night-time fear
You are the morning when it’s clear
When it’s over you’ll start
You’re my head, you’re my heart
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can’t choose what stays and what fades away
And I’d do anything to make you stay
> No light, no light
Tell me what you want me to say
Through the crowd I was crying out and
In your place there were a thousand other faces
I was disappearing in plain sight
Heaven help me I need to make it right
You want a revelation
You want to get it right
And it’s a conversation
I just can’t have tonight
You want a revelation
Some kind of resolution
You want a revelation
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can’t choose what stays and what fades away
And I’d do anything to, to make you stay
No light, no light
Tell me what you want me to say
But would you leave me
If I told you what I’ve done
And would you leave me
If I told you what I’ve become
’Cause it’s so easy
To say it to a crowd
But it’s so hard, my love
To say it to you out loud
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can’t choose what stays and what fades away
And I’d do anything to make you stay
No light, no light
Tell me what you want me to say
You want a revelation
You want to get it right
But it’s a conversation
I just can’t have tonight
You want a revelation
Some kind of resolution
You want a revelation
You want a revelation
You want to get it right
But it’s a conversation
I just can’t have tonight
You want a revelation
Some kind of resolution
Tell me what you want me to say
SEVEN DEVILS
Holy water cannot help you now
Thousand armies couldn’t keep me out
I don’t want your money
I don’t want your crown
See I’ve come to burn your kingdom down
Holy water cannot help you now
See I’ve come to burn your kingdom down
And no rivers and no lakes can put the fire out
I’m gonna raise the stakes, I’m gonna smoke you out
Seven devils all around me!
Seven devils in my house!
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I’ll be dead before the day is done
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I’ll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done
And now all your love will be exorcized
And we will find new saints to be canonized
It’s an evensong
It’s a litany
It’s a battle cry
It’s a symphony
Seven devils all around me
Seven devils in my house
See they were there when I woke up this morning
I’ll be dead before the day is done
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I’ll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done
Before the day is done
Before the day is done
You can’t keep it out
It’s coming through the walls
To devastate your heart
And to take your soul
For what has been done
Cannot be undone
In the eagle’s eye
In the evensong
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I’ll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done
HEARTLINES
Oh the river, oh the river, it’s running free
And oh the joy, oh the joy it brings to me
But I know it’ll have to drown me
Before it can breathe easy
And I’ve seen it in the flights of birds
I’ve seen it in you, in the entrails of the animals
The blood running through, but in order to get to the heart of things
Sometimes you have to cut through
Keep it up
I know you can
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
Keep it up, I know you can
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
’Cause I am
Odyssey on odyssey and land over land
Creeping and crawling like the sea over sand
Still I follow heartlines on your hand
This fantasy, this fallacy, this tumbling stone
Echoes of a city that’s long overgrown
Your heart is the only place that I call home
How can I be returned, you can
Keep it up, I know you can
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
Keep it up, I know you can
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
What a thing to do
What a thing to choose
But know, in some way, I’m there with you
Up against the wall
On a Wednesday afternoon
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
Keep it up, I know you can
Just keep following
The heartlines on your hand
’Cause I am
SPECTRUM
When we first came here
We were cold and we were clear
With no colours in our skin
We were light and paper-thin
And when we first came here
We were cold and we were clear
With no colours in our skin
’Till we let the spectrum in
Say my name
And every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
And when we come for you
We’ll be dressed up all in blue
With the ocean in our arms
Kiss your eyes and kiss your palms
And when it’s time to pray
We’ll be dressed up all in grey
With metal on our tongues
And silver in our lungs
Say my name
And every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will n
ever be afraid again
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
And when we come back we’ll be dressed in black
And you’ll scream my name aloud
And we won’t eat and we won’t sleep
We’ll drag bodies from the ground
So say my name
And every colour illuminates
And we are shining
And we’ll never be afraid again
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
Say my name
As every colour illuminates
We are shining
And we will never be afraid again
Say my name
We are shining
Say my name
Say my name
And we will never be afraid again
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO
And the heart is hard to translate
It has a language of its own
It talks in tongues and quiet sighs
And prayers and proclamations, in the grand deeds
Of great men and the smallest of gestures
In short shallow gasps
But with all my education
I can’t seem to commend it
And the words are all escaping me
And coming back all damaged
And I would put them back in poetry
If I only knew how, I can’t seem to understand it
And I would give all this and heaven too
I would give it all if only for a moment
That I could just understand
The meaning of the word you see
’Cause I’ve been scrawling it forever