But it never makes sense to me at all
And it talks to me in tiptoes
And sings to me inside
It cries out in the darkest night
And breaks in the morning light
But with all my education
I can’t seem to commend it
And the words are all escaping
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
But it never makes sense to me at all
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
But it never makes sense to me at all
Oh, poor language
It doesn’t deserve such treatment
And all my stumbling phrases
Never amounted to anything worth this feeling
Oh words were never so useful
So I was screaming out a language
That I never knew existed before
LEAVE MY BODY
I’m gonna be released from behind these eyes
And don’t care whether I live or die
And I’m losing blood, I’m gonna leave my bones
And I don’t want your heart, it leaves me cold
I don’t want your future
I don’t need your past
One grand moment is all I ask
I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
Said I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
I don’t need a husband, don’t need no wife
And I don’t need the day, I don’t need the night
And I don’t need the birds, let them fly away
And I don’t want the clouds, they never seem to stay
I don’t want no future (Want your future)
I don’t need no past (Need no past)
(One grand moment) is all I ask
I don’t want no future (Want your future)
I don’t need no past (Need no past)
(One grand moment) is all I ask
I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
Said I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I’m gonna lose my, lose my mind (History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
Pulling me down (And it’s pulling me down)
Pulling me down (And it’s pulling me down)
Pulling me down (And it’s pulling me down)
Pulling me down, pulling me, pulling me down
I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
Said I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
Said I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
Gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
Moving up to higher ground, history keeps pulling me, pulling me down
SHIP TO WRECK
Don’t touch the sleeping pills
They mess with my head
Dredging up great white sharks
Swimming in the bed
Here comes a killer whale
To sing me to sleep
Thrashing the covers off
Has me by its teeth
And oh
My love remind me
What was it that I said
I can’t help but pull the earth around me
To make my bed
And oh my love remind me
What was it that I did
I can’t help but pull the earth around me
To make my bed
And oh my love remind me
What was it that I said
Did I drink too much
Am I losing touch
Did I build a ship to wreck
What’s with the long face
Do you want more
Thousands of red-eyed mice
Scratching at the door
Don’t let the curtain catch you
’Cause you’ve been here before
The chair is an island, darling
You can’t touch the floor
And oh my love remind me
What was it that I did
I can’t help but pull the earth around me
To make my bed
And oh my love remind me
What was it that I said
Did I drink too much
Am I losing touch
Did I build a ship to wreck
And good God
Under starless sky we are lost
And into the breach we got tossed
And the waters coming in fast
And oh my love remind me
What was it that I did
I can’t help but pull the earth around me
To make my bed
And oh my love remind me
What was it that I said
Did I drink too much
Am I losing touch
Did I build a ship to wreck
WHAT KIND OF MAN
I was on a heavy tip
Trying to cross the canyon with a broken limb
You were on the other side like always
Wondering what to do with life
I’d already had a sip
So I reasoned I was drunk enough to deal with it
You were on the other side like always
You could never make your mind
And with one kiss
You inspired a fire of devotion
That lasts for twenty years
What kind of man loves like this
To let me dangle
At a cruel angle
My feet don’t touch the floor
Sometimes you’re half in
And then you’re half out
But you never close the door
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
You holy fool
All coloured blue
Red feet upon the floor
You do such damage
How do you manage
To have me crawling back for more
And with one kiss
You inspired a fire of devotion
That lasts for twenty years
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
But I can’t beat ya
’Cause I’m still with ya
Oh mercy, I implore
How do you do it
I think I’m through it
Then I’m back back back against the wall
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
What kind of man loves like this
What kind of man
HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL
Between a crucifix and the Hollywood sign
We decided to get hurt
Now there’s a few things we have to burn
Set our
hearts ablaze
And every city was a gift
And every skyline was like a kiss upon the lips
And I was making you a wish
In every skyline
And meanwhile a man was falling from space
And every day I wore your face
Like an atmosphere around me
A satellite beside me
And meanwhile a man was falling from space
As he hit the earth I left this place
Let the atmosphere surround me
A satellite beside me
What are we gonna do?
We’ve opened the door and now it’s all coming through
Tell me you see it too
We’ve opened our eyes and it’s changing the view
How big
How blue
How beautiful
And meanwhile a man was falling from space
And every day I wore your face
Like an atmosphere around me
A satellite beside me
And meanwhile a man was falling from space
As he hit the earth I left this place
Let the atmosphere surround me
A satellite beside me
What are we gonna do?
We’ve opened the door and now it’s all coming through
Tell me you see it too
We’ve opened our eyes and it’s changing the view
How big
How blue
How beautiful
So much time on the other side
Waiting for you to wake up
So much time on the other side
Maybe I’ll see you in another life
If this one wasn’t enough
So much time on the other side
How big
How blue
How beautiful
QUEEN OF PEACE
Oh the king, gone mad within his suffering
Called out for release
Someone cure him of his grief
His only son, cut down but the battle won
Oh what is it worth
When all that’s left is hurt
Like the stars chase the sun
Over the glowing hill I will conquer
Blood is running deep
Some things never sleep
Suddenly I’m overcome
Dissolving like the setting sun
Like a boat into oblivion
’Cause you’re driving me away
Now you have me on the run
The damage is already done
Come on is this what you want
’Cause you’re driving me away
Oh the queen of peace
Always does her best to please
It isn’t any use
Somebody’s gotta lose
Like a long scream
Out there always echoing
Oh what is it worth
When all that’s left is hurt
Like the stars chase the sun
Over the glowing hill I will conquer
Love is running deep
Some things never sleep
Suddenly I’m overcome
Dissolving like the setting sun
Like a boat into oblivion
’Cause you’re driving me away
Now you have me on the run
The damage is already done
Come on is this what you want
’Cause you’re driving me away
And my love is no good
Against the fortress that it made of you
Blood is running deep
The sorrow that you keep
Suddenly I’m overcome
Dissolving like the setting sun
Like a boat into oblivion
’Cause you’re driving me away
Now you have me on the run
The damage is already done
Come on is this what you want
’Cause you’re driving me away
VARIOUS STORMS & SAINTS
And the air was full of various storms and saints
Parading in the street
As the banks begin to break
And I’m in the throes of it
Somewhere in the belly of the beast
But you took your toll on me
So I gave myself over willingly
You got a hold on me
I don’t know how I don’t just stand outside and scream
I am teaching myself how to be free
The monument of the memory
You tear it down in your head
Don’t make the mountain your enemy
Get out, get up there instead
You saw the stars out in front of you
Too tempting not to touch
But even though it shocked you
Something’s electric in your blood
Can people just untie themselves
Uncurling like flowers
If you could just forgive yourself
But still you stumble, your feet give way
Outside the world seems a violent place
You had to have him and so you did
Some things you let go in order to live
While all around you the buildings sway
Singing out loud, who made us this way?
I know you’re bleeding but you’ll be OK
Hold on to your heart, you’ll keep it safe
Hold on to your heart, don’t give it away
Now find a rooftop to sing from
Now find a hallway to dance
You don’t need no edge to cling from
Your heart is there, it’s in your hands
I know it seems like forever
I know it seems like an age
But one day this will be over
I swear it’s not so far away
Can people just untie themselves
Uncurling like flowers
If you could just forgive yourself
And so you stumble, your feet give way
Outside the world seems a violent place
You had to have him and so you did
Some things you let go in order to live
While all around you the buildings sway
Singing out loud, who made us this way?
I know you’re bleeding but you’ll be OK
Hold on to your heart, you’ll keep it safe
Hold on to your heart
DELILAH
Drifting through the hall with the sunrise
Holding on for your call
Climbing up the walls for that flashing light
I can never let go
’Cause I’m gonna be free and I’m gonna be fine
But maybe not tonight
It’s a different kind of danger
And the bells are ringing out
And I’m calling for my mother
As I pull the pillars down
It’s a different kind of danger
And my feet are spinning round
Never knew I was a dancer
Till Delilah showed me how
Too fast for freedom
Sometimes it all falls down
These chains never leave me
I keep dragging them around
Now it’s one more boy and it’s one more line
Taking the pills just to pass the time
I can never say no
’Cause I’m gonna be free and I’m gonna be fine
But maybe not tonight
Now I’m dancing with Delilah and her vision is mine
Holding on for your call
A different kind of danger in the daylight
I can never let go
Take anything to cut you I can find
Holding on for your call
A different kind of da
nger in the daylight
I’m strung up, strung out for your love
Hanging, hung up
It’s so rough
I’m wrung and wringing out
Why can’t you let me know
Strung up, strung out for your love
Hanging, hung up
It’s so rough
Why can’t you let me know
It’s a different kind of danger
And the bells are ringing out
And I’m calling for my mother
As I pull the pillars down
It’s a different kind of danger
And my feet are spinning round
Never knew I was a dancer
Till Delilah showed me how
Too fast for freedom
Sometimes it all falls down
These chains never leave me
I keep dragging them around
LONG AND LOST
Lost in the fog, these hollow hills
Blood running hot, night chills
Without your love I’ll be
So long and lost, are you missing me
It’s too late to come on home
All those bridges now old stones
It’s too late to come on home
Can the city forgive,
I hear its sad song
I need the clouds to cover me
Pulling them down, surround me
Without your love I’ll be
So long and lost, are you missing me
It’s too late to come on home
All those bridges now old stones
It’s too late to come on home
Can the city forgive, I hear its sad song
It’s been so long between the words we spoke
Will you be there upon the shore, I hope
You wonder why it is that I came home
I figured out where I belonged
And it’s too late to come on home
All those bridges now old stones
But it’s too late to come on home
Can the city forgive, I hear its sad song
CAUGHT
It’s the hardest thing I ever had to do
To try and keep from calling you
Well, can my dreams keep coming true
How can they, ’cause when I sleep
I never dream of you
As if the dream of you, it sleeps too
But it never slips away
It just gains its strength and digs its hooks
To drag me through the day
And I’m caught
I forget all that I’ve been taught
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