LYRICS
Here are all the lyrics to the tracks featured on this site, Soundcloud and Bandcamp. In fact I think it's pretty much every lyric I wrote from 1985 to 2020.
All lyrics (c) Paul Berry 1984-2020.
All lyrics (c) Paul Berry 1984-2020.
a stranger in your house
I think you should know
I'm a stranger in your house
You let me in
And the darkness surrounding you fades
I know you don't fear
The stranger in your house
When you close your eyes
There's no-one else watching but me
Is it me you feel when you lose yourself?
Am I someone else you keep to yourself?
I think you enjoy
The company of strangers
Your twisted smiles
As you slide into your own world
I'll always be
The stranger in your house
No need to pretend
With a stranger everything's real
Is it me you feel when you lose yourself?
Am I someone else when you touch yourself?
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angel
I see you
You don't see me
I'm just another passer by
You keep walking
I keep thinking
How one day I'll look you in the eye
It would be love
We could be unreal
But you can't see beyond today
My rejection
Will haunt you
If only you'd looked the other way
Now you're falling, Angel
All I wanted was your love
But you hurt me, Angel
So we will fall together
Dare you sleep
Dare you dream
For I'll be with you all the time
In your nightmares
It won't be love
There's nowhere to hide in your mind
And you'll remember
That 'no-one'
You'll regret every downward glance
You won't ignore me
When I surround you
Angel, you never stood a chance
Now you're falling, Angel
All I wanted was your love
But you hurt me, Angel
So we will fall together
And you're fallen, Angel
All I wanted was your love
But you killed me, Angel
So we will fall forever
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broken
I am falling and you’ll join me
In the descent you will hold me
And we will fear every moment
And we’ll breathe in every torment
We’ll be bleeding like a river
Like a dead saint reborn a sinner
And my nightmares will embrace you
All my demons will engulf you
I am drowning in a black sea forever.
We are broken
I am addiction in the darkness
I am the weak link in the fortress
A corruption of the clean mind
An oasis of the wrong kind
You’re stuck with me in this corner
Suffocating in the torture
And my nightmares will embrace you
All my demons will engulf you
We are comatose in the back seat forever
We are broken
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can you hear the waves?
Could this be the place where you fell in love?
Do you come here to remember?
Do you come here to forget?
Wait, can you hear the waves?
What do they say to you?
What do they mean to you?
Could this be the place where you fell in love?
Do you come here to remember?
Do you come here to forget?
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disconnected
Always watching for suitable spaces
With the ‘cafe army’, hiding their faces
I need somewhere to pause and breathe
And pick up all the pieces
Left of you and me
Working late and silent mornings
I was blind to the early warnings
Disconnected, once so complete
Now picking through the pieces
Left of you and me
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drive it fast
Driving along in a limousine
Just like the stars on the silver screen
Sarah tells me 'things get strange
When the hand goes off the dial
Don't be afraid, we'll do this in style'
Drive drive drive it fast
You know we like things fast
She makes love speed into overdrive
Romance and nerve keep us both alive
Sarah is the kind of girl who
Laughs at passers by
She could tell you stories
They'd make your mother cry
Drive drive drive it fast
You know we like things fast
Heaven upstairs is where she would like to go
What's going on inside you
We'll never know
Sarah dreams of making movies, making money fast
She is sure of one thing
'I'll never finish last'
Drive drive drive it fast
You know we like things fast
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eliza candy
I remember you
So beautiful, like an angel
I remember your eyes
Like blue diamonds in twilight focus
Seems just like yesterday
Said we'd stay together, we'd live forever
But the plans that we'd been making
Were not to be for you and me
All I wanted was you by my side
But all I have are dreams left in my mind.
I hope somewhere
Eliza Candy waits for me
I would hold your hand
In late September, fighting the tide
Such a carefree love
Our education was in hesitation
So where did we fall
Why did we give in to the world we live in
What were we thinking?
Why fool ourselves we couldn't be together
All I wanted was to share with you
All the stupid things that we planned to do.
I hope somewhere
Eliza Candy waits for me
I know somewhere
Eliza Candy remembers me
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falling down
The lights are bright
But I just can't look away
Voices crystal clear
But I can't hear what they say
Are these the signs
That I won't be coming back home
I feel so peaceful
Yet there's a tension inside
I care for nothing
But you know that's not what I'm like
I'm all confused
But the mystery's attractive somehow
And through the air
And through the night
I'm like a moth drawn to candlelight
Despite the magic of
The wires and machines
I keep on falling down
The lights are fading
The voices merging into one
I know they're trying hard
But they needn't carry on
Hope you paid attention
Keep it brief, enjoy the drinks.
I'm around you now
Can't see or hear you, I just know
Haven't seen my folks
Wouldn't know which way to go.
I feel no sadness
Strange but I feel nothing at all
And through the air
And through the night
I'm like a moth drawn to candlelight
Despite the magic of
The wires and machines
I keep on falling down
And your love, though it warms my soul
Counts for little as my skin grows cold
Despite the prayers that echo in your head
I keep on falling down
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find a way
Never thought I'd see your face again
Never thought I'd hear you call my name
I thought that we were lost
But somehow love always finds a way
All around us, passers by
Desperate to collide
All about us, lonely hearts
Look for a brand new start
We had been there for too long
Now it's time to right the wrongs
All I hoped for every day
Was that love always finds a way
Never thought our stars would realign
Never thought there'd be a second time
I thought we'd chosen different roads
But somehow love always finds a way
All around us, passers by
Desperate to collide
All about us, lonely hearts
Look for a brand new start
We had been there for too long
Now it's time to right the wrongs
All I hoped for every day
Was that love always finds a way
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forbidden world
So innocent
She’s so beautiful
Look in her eyes
And you will lose yourself
But she will give it all away
She will give it, give it all away
I see her cry
But I don’t see the tears
Behind the smiles are tradition’s fears
She wants to reach out
And touch the world
Fall in love
In the forbidden world
I see a ruby painted in the sand
I see a star above a foreign land
You want to reach up
And touch the sky
Wrap your arms around
Wrap your arms around the night
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forever
Time leaves us behind
We are just passengers booked on a mystery tour
Tears must surely fall
We would be fools to think
That nothing hurts us at all
Love can live or die
Love can fade away
Love can be so cruel
Yet it brings us all together
Love can make you scream
Love can make you cry
Love will hold no fears
If we make it last forever
Memories, like a picture book
Sometimes they make you laugh
Sometimes it breaks your heart to look
Dreams are all we are
And as I live and breathe
I'll carry yours with me
Love can live or die
Love can fade away
Love can be so cruel
Yet it brings us all together
Love can make you scream
Love can make you cry
Love will hold no fears
If we make it last forever
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i will be with you
When I look to the sea
I don’t see you bleeding
When the sun starts to fade
I don’t feel you slipping
When the stars pierce the dark
I wonder where you are
I don’t live
I just breathe
Without you I’m not free
But in my dreams
I can see that
I will be with you
When I walk with the crowd
I feel so lonely
All the talk and conversation
I’d much rather not be here
Past the park
The streets are empty
I wonder where you are
Watch the leaves
They fly like angels
But I don’t see you falling
Watch the trees and the breeze play
That should be you and I
When the night becomes morning
I wonder where you are
I don’t live
I just breathe
Without you I’m not free
But in my dreams
I can see that
I will be with you
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inside
I was lost like a kite broke free
No sense of control
No-one would rescue me
I was drifting far from the shore
Needed a good samaritan
To open their front door
All I needed was a real love
Full of good intentions
Someone to screw up
All I needed was sanctuary
I was your disciple and you came for me
You know, I need to be deep inside you
I want to reach into your soul
And be part of you
Feel what you feel
I could share you
Bleed when you bleed
loving with you
I was cold, like a ghost with skin
A one man exhibition of
Every living sin
I’m forgiven, so I’m led to believe
Strange how history’s twisted
When a family grieves
All I needed was you by my side
You’ve given me a chance
Somewhere to run and hide
You are my sanctuary
You know nothing of the monster
That you have set free
You know, I need to be deep inside you
I want to reach into your soul
And be part of you
Feel what you feel
I could share you
Bleed when you bleed
Loving with you
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invisible wars
Are you feeling sorry for yourself again?
Do you feel today becoming yesterday again?
'You could be someone,' they tell you
But they say that to everyone.
'You've got your whole life ahead of you'
But they are wrong, it's all but gone.
There's no such thing as good advice
It's always lies made to sound nice.
There's nothing wrong inside my head
Just invisible wars to fight instead.
Are you sensing your whole world caving in again?
Are your memories starting to play tricks on you again?
When you watch the sunset
Is it like a part of your life has died?
So, tomorrow's another day
To remember everything that you've sacrificed.
There's no such thing as good advice
It's always lies made to sound nice.
There's nothing wrong inside my head
Just invisible wars to fight instead.
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it's all over
All those sleepless nights
I would reach for you always knowing you weren't there
Knowing you were far away
I would lie awake
I would call your name
Always wishing you could hear me
Wishing we were side by side
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over
I'm not lonely now
We began to change
I could feel November slowly fade away
A message left in history
I don't mind the waiting
In the meantime, I'll be caring for a young boy
He loves you as much as I do
Any fool can see
No one in the world
Has done so much for my heart
You must have a gift inside
Look into my eyes
Can you see the love that was never there before
I don't mind if you come closer
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over
I'm not lonely now
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kaleidoscope life
And there’s a pretty face on the screen
I wish her eyes were open
And there’s a vaguely familiar voice
Though there’s few words being spoken
Look at the way she turns her head
Is that a scar on her shoulder?
With every dark coincidence
My skin grows colder
And my skin grows colder
There is a world of pain
In this kaleidoscope life
I swim against the tide
In my kaleidoscope life
Forever broken dreams for me
Forever breaking down
That’s me
What did I do that was so wrong
To make you hurt so badly?
What have I done to let you down
To make your hate surround me?
You were everything to me
Now everything is failing
If there’s a window to the soul
I think that mine needs breaking
And my heart is breaking
There is a world of pain
In this kaleidoscope life
I swim against the tide
In my kaleidoscope life
Forever broken dreams for me
Forever breaking down
That’s me
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kiss the night
Hollow words
No need to write them down
I’ve nothing to say
You’ve heard it all before
My world’s gone dark
You were the shaft of light
I’ve got no tears left
Maybe you’ll give me yours?
I‘m reaching out
I can’t reach in
There’s no escape
The air is thin
I cannot fix
What I can’t see
Everything is fractured with me
With me
A single page
To summarise my life
I’ve left it blank
I feel that says it all
My apologies
if my actions break your heart
But it would be
for the final time
I’m falling down
I can’t fight
Embrace cold air
And kiss the night
I’ll be fixed
When I bleed
And everything is healed with me
With me
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lost and found
Like a passer-by
I remain unseen
I’m a lifetime guest
Of the in-between
Neither here nor there
You’ll be unaware
Like a messenger
Who lost track of time
I’m an old friend’s name
That escapes your mind
Someone you’re thinking of
Who you cannot love
Look in the lost and found
Filed under silence and the sound
Always the one that disappears
The smile that pre-empts a child’s tears
I am the lost and found
I’m the memory
Where you take a breath
I’m the second hand
Twitching to the left
When you search for sense
I’ll plead indifference
I’m a shadow cast
Where there is no light
I’m a teenage heart
Broken in the night
I belong with me
For eternity
Look in the lost and found
Filed under silence and the sound
Always the one that disappears
The smile that pre-empts a child’s tears
I am the lost and found
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one day soon
One day soon
Things will seem to fall apart
One day soon
Your world is going to change forever
I wish I could tell you more
Of a world not far away
Where the fortunate explore
One of these days
Things will all fit into place
Bittersweet dreams
Where confusion and elation play
I wish I could hold your hand
And walk you through the storm
But you wouldn't learn a thing
You wouldn't learn a thing
One day soon
I will lose you forever
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parallel
All the things that I want
You don't help me with them
All the dreams in my head
They escape your attention
All the plans that I've made
You simply greet them with silence
All the secrets I've shared
I get no response from you
Why don't you hear me?
Why don't you hear me?
Give something back to me
For the love that I crave
You show me nothing but emptiness
All the voices I hear
But not one of them belongs to you
All this fear inside
You do nothing to comfort me
I reach out to the light
But you just feed me darkness
Why don't you hear me?
Why don't you hear me?
Give something back to me
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radio america
And I can hear you
Calling out my name
I guess I didn't think you'd
Waste your time.
All the messages you've
Made me send
And all the broken hearts that
You have to mend
Radio America
Like a drug
We can't get enough
Radio America
The only way
To fall in love
And there are people
Dancing in the streets
FM junkies with
A place to meet
A generation that you ought to know
A generation with nowhere to go
Call in America
Radio America
Like a drug
We can't get enough
Radio America
The only way
To fall in love
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satellites
Just like satellites
Travelling in circles
Round and round
Wandering in the dark
Picking up a signal here and there
Just like satellites
We watch the world just pass us by
Witnesses to war
Powerless to bring about a change
The same journey every day
You keep watching me
Watching you
The same time and the same place
You keep watching me
Watching you
The same dreams, same fantasies
You keep watching me
Watching you
The same simple frailties
I keep dreaming of being you
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she's gone to london town
Walking 'round the streets at night
In a forest with no trees
I'm going to keep on searching for you
Until I'm on my hands and knees.
In this foreign and frightening place
Won't you tell me what makes you stay
I never thought you were in love with the noise
Or have you thrown our dreams away?
If you want to meet the stars
Then watch them on TV
Cause back here where the sheets are cold
Is where you ought to be.
You're playing a game with me
But I won't let you break my heart
It's going to take more than a thousand miles
To tear my whole life apart.
She wanted to dance all night
To the city lights and sounds
Now I'm trying to get her back
Cause she's gone to London town
Love works in the strangest ways
It can turn boys into fools
It lets them fall then makes us crawl
As she rewrites all the rules
I've done all I can for you
But you're a daydream renegade
I'm going to keep on falling for you
Until the lights of London fade
She wanted to dance all night
To the city lights and sounds
Now I'm trying to get her back
Cause she's gone to London town
She's gone to London
London town
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shoreline
In the beginning
Our love was raw
In our young dreams
We'd die a thousand times
In our seclusion
We'd reconstruct the world
All to fit our innocent designs
Only for you
My blood would flow
Only for you
My heart would slow
Only for you
I would stop time
On the shoreline
On the shoreline
We would ‘shelter’ by steel in the sand
Hear the waves whisper
As they came to land
Watch the flames
Like them, we were free
And it all feels like yesterday to me
Only for you
My blood would flow
Only for you
My heart would slow
Only for you
I would stop time
On the shoreline
On the shoreline
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sleeping
Do we all regret
The things we never say
Everything is too late
When you’re sleeping
You can’t hear my words
In your forever dream
But I know the stars are shining
As you're sleeping
Wish I could talk to you
On a summer’s day
But I’m sure there is a garden
Where you’re sleeping
Thank you
For every day
You’re never far away
Only sleeping
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slow motion pictures
When you walk into the room
I’m walking in the mist
But I’m taking in every moment
When you hold my hand
I’m on the shore at dusk
I’m on the edge of the world
You could’ve stopped the story
Could’ve ripped out the pages
But you have faith in something
'Please don’t let him feel your tears
These slow motion pictures
Let the boy run free'
When I feel your breathing
It’s an autumn evening
Far away from the machines
And I don’t want to be here
But I don’t want to lose you
I’m on the edge of my world
We will live forever
In slow motion pictures
We’ll stand on the shore together
'Please don’t let him feel your tears
These slow motion pictures
Let the boy run free.'
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small world
Let's go find the storm
Search for dark skies
Fly into the clouds that are shrouding you
Break into the cage
Face the monsters
You can set them free
And end the heartbreak
Behind those eyes
A thousand stories lie
Unfolding in your own
Small world
Your life betrays
The plans that you once made
Headlines in your own
Small world
The camera always lies
Always false smiles
An image of your life where emotions die
History is blind
To your patience
It just hears romance in your silence
Behind those eyes
A thousand stories lie
Unfolding in your own
Small world
Your life betrays
The plans that you once made
Headlines in your own
Small world
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sweet little demons
Sweet little demons
It's time for you to say goodbye
Our journey has been something else
While you made me stronger
You made me want to die
Jumping
Falling
Been in and out of love with you
Bleeding
Praying
Was so in awe of you
Fading
Slipping
Like drowning on dry land
Losing
Grieving
Like no one takes your hand
Sweet little demons
If memory serves me well
You promised me eternity
But your deal with heaven
Was a passport into hell
Sweet little demons
Stop talking behind my back
Your twisted mind's run out of time
I don't need your attention
The red has turned to black.
Jumping
Falling
Been in and out of love with you
Bleeding
Praying
Was so in awe of you
Fading
Slipping
Like drowning on dry land
Losing
Grieving
Like no one takes your hand
Sweet little demons
It's time for you to say goodbye
Sweet little demons
It's time for you to say goodbye
Say goodbye
Please, say goodbye
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the echo of your voice
And I still feel the pain
Of watching you slip away
Just like I’d died
But was still alive
There’s a void within my soul
A void that I cannot bridge
No teacher in the classroom now
And though the world
Keeps turning round
I wish that I could
Hear the sound again that is
The echo of your voice
I know our lives must carry on
But there’ll always be your song
Within my heart
That is the echo of your voice
There’s so much left untold
So much that I couldn’t say
The children that you’d
Never hold
I held your hand and cried
But I chose not to say goodbye
For you will always
Walk with me
And though the world
Keeps turning round
I wish that I could
Hear the sound again that is
The echo of your voice
I know our lives must carry on
But there’ll always be your song
Within my heart
That is the echo of your voice
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the end of your world
No more blood on your hands
No tears in your eyes
No life to regret
No more ears for your lies
No weapons to build
No voters to con
No stories to spin
Now the people are gone
It's taken too long
For the end of your world
No more choking the skies
No more drowning the seas
No more genocide wars
In the name of your greed
Stick a pin through your heart
And mount behind glass
Label ‘suicide race,
They belong in the past’
The waves are running clear
For the end of your world
The skies are filled with song
For the end of your world
There’s a new moon rising
It marks the end of your world
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the place to cry
Forgive me being here
But I need some silence
The world outside
Just won't leave me be
I'm a stranger in this room
I just don't belong here
Sad songs and crosses
I'll leave to you
I don't believe in this
I'm not looking for reasons
It's just the place to cry
I'm not here to pray
I've heard all your stories
It's just the place to cry
I close my tired eyes
And I'm in her garden
The grass is green
And the children laugh
And for those moments
I could fall for heaven
And for a moment
I walked with her
I don't believe in this
I'm not looking for reasons
It's just the place to cry
I'm not here to pray
I've heard all your stories
It's just the place to cry
And for a moment
I walked with you
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the village
It'll be so strange
When there is nothing after this
I can see it now
There'll be saints and sinners
Looking for someone to blame
We never learn
Why build a bridge when you can
Break a thousand hearts?
We will fall down
Just as long as we're
The predator and the prey
I close my eyes
But all I see
Is a world of broken dreams
I look outside
But all I've found
Is paradise burned to the ground
I look for light
There's only shame
Planes are falling in its name
I look around
And all I see
Is the village where l once lived
Left to bleed
Do you kiss the girl
Or do you sit her down and
Look into her eyes?
Do you reach for stars
Or reconsider everything
Back on the ground?
The sky is blue
It looks like heaven because it's far away
Away from here
From the village
Where the people 'play'
I close my eyes
But all I see
Is a world of broken dreams
I look outside
But all I've found
Is paradise burned to the ground
I look for light
There's only shame
Planes are falling in its name
I look around
And all I see
Is the village where l once lived
Left to bleed
And we will fall down
We will fall down
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this is how you feel
Love, this is how you feel
You're broken wings that fly
Love, this is how you feel
An ocean, deep and clear
And when I touch your face
And kiss your lips
It's like time standing still
And when the world moves on
And the heart slows down
We'll remember here and now
Love, this is how you feel
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waiting for eden
There'll be a day when the cold wind blows
And there's a day when my words will slow
Will you remember?
Will you remember this?
No-one knows what the future holds
Only that it's where your dreams unfold
And I don't want to...…
...don't want to hold you back
Like a leaf on the ground that's turning
Like a stream in the winter that's freezing
Like candlelight that fights but is fading
I won't fight tomorrow
I'll be waiting for Eden
It might seem so far away
And I'm planning for a distant day
But if the rules change
Please don't hesitate
Your journey will be wonderful
Your passengers will be beautiful
And I will be there
Always part of you
Like a leaf on the ground that's turning
Like a stream in the winter that's freezing
Like candlelight that fights but is fading
I won't fight tomorrow
I'll be waiting for Eden
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we fall in love
Are there memories
You wish you could wipe from your mind?
Are there things you regret
You thought you'd left behind?
Well, these things will stay with you
Is there dark in your soul
Where ghosts walk on your grave?
A long lost love in your heart
Someone you thought you could save?
Well, they're not planning to save you
Forget the demons deep inside your mind
And we fall in love
Forget the reasons why you hate yourself
And we fall in love
Is there something inside you feel
That you've got to share?
Would you feel forgiven
If you made me aware?
Well, there's no-one to forgive you
Take a picture of the person
That you have become
You can look back and smile
At when your world was undone
If you want to look back at all
Forget the demons deep inside your mind
And we fall in love
Forget the reasons why you hate yourself
And we fall in love
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we'll be there
An end to pain
An end to law
An end to rules and the third world war
An end to everyone's common sense
And we'll be there
We'll buy a car
To drive us to the sea
We'll find the place
Where lovers can make up their minds.
Well I know that it's there cause
I've been before
I've run there in tears
And knocked on the door.
We'll take a chance
And hope the ghost has died for good.
An end to pain
An end to law
An end to rules and the third world war
An end to everyone's common sense
And we'll be there
We bought the car
And drove down to the shore
We got a room
But I forget what name I signed
Because we've had enough
Of the nine to five
And cash is the drug
That keeps greed alive
So we won't play
Our characters in life's charade.
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you can cry now
I looked into your eyes
But no-one looked back at me
And I realised
Our love was paralysed
I put my hand to your heart
But its beat was not for me
It must be time to close the door
Nothing here for us anymore
I will make do with just the memories
So, you can cry now
You can cry now.
Your touch and your kiss
Are now history
So, you can cry now
I wish you'd cry now.
I walk into the night
But the stars don't shine for me
Like they'd always shine for you
Now the night is just an empty room
Walked this path so many times
Should know the way by now
With love there's seldom compromise
Only sacrifice.
I will make do with just the memories
So, you can cry now
You can cry now.
Your touch and your kiss are now history
So, you can cry now
I wish you'd cry now
I think you should know
I'm a stranger in your house
You let me in
And the darkness surrounding you fades
I know you don't fear
The stranger in your house
When you close your eyes
There's no-one else watching but me
Is it me you feel when you lose yourself?
Am I someone else you keep to yourself?
I think you enjoy
The company of strangers
Your twisted smiles
As you slide into your own world
I'll always be
The stranger in your house
No need to pretend
With a stranger everything's real
Is it me you feel when you lose yourself?
Am I someone else when you touch yourself?
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angel
I see you
You don't see me
I'm just another passer by
You keep walking
I keep thinking
How one day I'll look you in the eye
It would be love
We could be unreal
But you can't see beyond today
My rejection
Will haunt you
If only you'd looked the other way
Now you're falling, Angel
All I wanted was your love
But you hurt me, Angel
So we will fall together
Dare you sleep
Dare you dream
For I'll be with you all the time
In your nightmares
It won't be love
There's nowhere to hide in your mind
And you'll remember
That 'no-one'
You'll regret every downward glance
You won't ignore me
When I surround you
Angel, you never stood a chance
Now you're falling, Angel
All I wanted was your love
But you hurt me, Angel
So we will fall together
And you're fallen, Angel
All I wanted was your love
But you killed me, Angel
So we will fall forever
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broken
I am falling and you’ll join me
In the descent you will hold me
And we will fear every moment
And we’ll breathe in every torment
We’ll be bleeding like a river
Like a dead saint reborn a sinner
And my nightmares will embrace you
All my demons will engulf you
I am drowning in a black sea forever.
We are broken
I am addiction in the darkness
I am the weak link in the fortress
A corruption of the clean mind
An oasis of the wrong kind
You’re stuck with me in this corner
Suffocating in the torture
And my nightmares will embrace you
All my demons will engulf you
We are comatose in the back seat forever
We are broken
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can you hear the waves?
Could this be the place where you fell in love?
Do you come here to remember?
Do you come here to forget?
Wait, can you hear the waves?
What do they say to you?
What do they mean to you?
Could this be the place where you fell in love?
Do you come here to remember?
Do you come here to forget?
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disconnected
Always watching for suitable spaces
With the ‘cafe army’, hiding their faces
I need somewhere to pause and breathe
And pick up all the pieces
Left of you and me
Working late and silent mornings
I was blind to the early warnings
Disconnected, once so complete
Now picking through the pieces
Left of you and me
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drive it fast
Driving along in a limousine
Just like the stars on the silver screen
Sarah tells me 'things get strange
When the hand goes off the dial
Don't be afraid, we'll do this in style'
Drive drive drive it fast
You know we like things fast
She makes love speed into overdrive
Romance and nerve keep us both alive
Sarah is the kind of girl who
Laughs at passers by
She could tell you stories
They'd make your mother cry
Drive drive drive it fast
You know we like things fast
Heaven upstairs is where she would like to go
What's going on inside you
We'll never know
Sarah dreams of making movies, making money fast
She is sure of one thing
'I'll never finish last'
Drive drive drive it fast
You know we like things fast
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eliza candy
I remember you
So beautiful, like an angel
I remember your eyes
Like blue diamonds in twilight focus
Seems just like yesterday
Said we'd stay together, we'd live forever
But the plans that we'd been making
Were not to be for you and me
All I wanted was you by my side
But all I have are dreams left in my mind.
I hope somewhere
Eliza Candy waits for me
I would hold your hand
In late September, fighting the tide
Such a carefree love
Our education was in hesitation
So where did we fall
Why did we give in to the world we live in
What were we thinking?
Why fool ourselves we couldn't be together
All I wanted was to share with you
All the stupid things that we planned to do.
I hope somewhere
Eliza Candy waits for me
I know somewhere
Eliza Candy remembers me
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falling down
The lights are bright
But I just can't look away
Voices crystal clear
But I can't hear what they say
Are these the signs
That I won't be coming back home
I feel so peaceful
Yet there's a tension inside
I care for nothing
But you know that's not what I'm like
I'm all confused
But the mystery's attractive somehow
And through the air
And through the night
I'm like a moth drawn to candlelight
Despite the magic of
The wires and machines
I keep on falling down
The lights are fading
The voices merging into one
I know they're trying hard
But they needn't carry on
Hope you paid attention
Keep it brief, enjoy the drinks.
I'm around you now
Can't see or hear you, I just know
Haven't seen my folks
Wouldn't know which way to go.
I feel no sadness
Strange but I feel nothing at all
And through the air
And through the night
I'm like a moth drawn to candlelight
Despite the magic of
The wires and machines
I keep on falling down
And your love, though it warms my soul
Counts for little as my skin grows cold
Despite the prayers that echo in your head
I keep on falling down
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find a way
Never thought I'd see your face again
Never thought I'd hear you call my name
I thought that we were lost
But somehow love always finds a way
All around us, passers by
Desperate to collide
All about us, lonely hearts
Look for a brand new start
We had been there for too long
Now it's time to right the wrongs
All I hoped for every day
Was that love always finds a way
Never thought our stars would realign
Never thought there'd be a second time
I thought we'd chosen different roads
But somehow love always finds a way
All around us, passers by
Desperate to collide
All about us, lonely hearts
Look for a brand new start
We had been there for too long
Now it's time to right the wrongs
All I hoped for every day
Was that love always finds a way
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forbidden world
So innocent
She’s so beautiful
Look in her eyes
And you will lose yourself
But she will give it all away
She will give it, give it all away
I see her cry
But I don’t see the tears
Behind the smiles are tradition’s fears
She wants to reach out
And touch the world
Fall in love
In the forbidden world
I see a ruby painted in the sand
I see a star above a foreign land
You want to reach up
And touch the sky
Wrap your arms around
Wrap your arms around the night
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forever
Time leaves us behind
We are just passengers booked on a mystery tour
Tears must surely fall
We would be fools to think
That nothing hurts us at all
Love can live or die
Love can fade away
Love can be so cruel
Yet it brings us all together
Love can make you scream
Love can make you cry
Love will hold no fears
If we make it last forever
Memories, like a picture book
Sometimes they make you laugh
Sometimes it breaks your heart to look
Dreams are all we are
And as I live and breathe
I'll carry yours with me
Love can live or die
Love can fade away
Love can be so cruel
Yet it brings us all together
Love can make you scream
Love can make you cry
Love will hold no fears
If we make it last forever
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i will be with you
When I look to the sea
I don’t see you bleeding
When the sun starts to fade
I don’t feel you slipping
When the stars pierce the dark
I wonder where you are
I don’t live
I just breathe
Without you I’m not free
But in my dreams
I can see that
I will be with you
When I walk with the crowd
I feel so lonely
All the talk and conversation
I’d much rather not be here
Past the park
The streets are empty
I wonder where you are
Watch the leaves
They fly like angels
But I don’t see you falling
Watch the trees and the breeze play
That should be you and I
When the night becomes morning
I wonder where you are
I don’t live
I just breathe
Without you I’m not free
But in my dreams
I can see that
I will be with you
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inside
I was lost like a kite broke free
No sense of control
No-one would rescue me
I was drifting far from the shore
Needed a good samaritan
To open their front door
All I needed was a real love
Full of good intentions
Someone to screw up
All I needed was sanctuary
I was your disciple and you came for me
You know, I need to be deep inside you
I want to reach into your soul
And be part of you
Feel what you feel
I could share you
Bleed when you bleed
loving with you
I was cold, like a ghost with skin
A one man exhibition of
Every living sin
I’m forgiven, so I’m led to believe
Strange how history’s twisted
When a family grieves
All I needed was you by my side
You’ve given me a chance
Somewhere to run and hide
You are my sanctuary
You know nothing of the monster
That you have set free
You know, I need to be deep inside you
I want to reach into your soul
And be part of you
Feel what you feel
I could share you
Bleed when you bleed
Loving with you
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invisible wars
Are you feeling sorry for yourself again?
Do you feel today becoming yesterday again?
'You could be someone,' they tell you
But they say that to everyone.
'You've got your whole life ahead of you'
But they are wrong, it's all but gone.
There's no such thing as good advice
It's always lies made to sound nice.
There's nothing wrong inside my head
Just invisible wars to fight instead.
Are you sensing your whole world caving in again?
Are your memories starting to play tricks on you again?
When you watch the sunset
Is it like a part of your life has died?
So, tomorrow's another day
To remember everything that you've sacrificed.
There's no such thing as good advice
It's always lies made to sound nice.
There's nothing wrong inside my head
Just invisible wars to fight instead.
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it's all over
All those sleepless nights
I would reach for you always knowing you weren't there
Knowing you were far away
I would lie awake
I would call your name
Always wishing you could hear me
Wishing we were side by side
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over
I'm not lonely now
We began to change
I could feel November slowly fade away
A message left in history
I don't mind the waiting
In the meantime, I'll be caring for a young boy
He loves you as much as I do
Any fool can see
No one in the world
Has done so much for my heart
You must have a gift inside
Look into my eyes
Can you see the love that was never there before
I don't mind if you come closer
It's all over, it's all over
It's all over
I'm not lonely now
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kaleidoscope life
And there’s a pretty face on the screen
I wish her eyes were open
And there’s a vaguely familiar voice
Though there’s few words being spoken
Look at the way she turns her head
Is that a scar on her shoulder?
With every dark coincidence
My skin grows colder
And my skin grows colder
There is a world of pain
In this kaleidoscope life
I swim against the tide
In my kaleidoscope life
Forever broken dreams for me
Forever breaking down
That’s me
What did I do that was so wrong
To make you hurt so badly?
What have I done to let you down
To make your hate surround me?
You were everything to me
Now everything is failing
If there’s a window to the soul
I think that mine needs breaking
And my heart is breaking
There is a world of pain
In this kaleidoscope life
I swim against the tide
In my kaleidoscope life
Forever broken dreams for me
Forever breaking down
That’s me
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kiss the night
Hollow words
No need to write them down
I’ve nothing to say
You’ve heard it all before
My world’s gone dark
You were the shaft of light
I’ve got no tears left
Maybe you’ll give me yours?
I‘m reaching out
I can’t reach in
There’s no escape
The air is thin
I cannot fix
What I can’t see
Everything is fractured with me
With me
A single page
To summarise my life
I’ve left it blank
I feel that says it all
My apologies
if my actions break your heart
But it would be
for the final time
I’m falling down
I can’t fight
Embrace cold air
And kiss the night
I’ll be fixed
When I bleed
And everything is healed with me
With me
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lost and found
Like a passer-by
I remain unseen
I’m a lifetime guest
Of the in-between
Neither here nor there
You’ll be unaware
Like a messenger
Who lost track of time
I’m an old friend’s name
That escapes your mind
Someone you’re thinking of
Who you cannot love
Look in the lost and found
Filed under silence and the sound
Always the one that disappears
The smile that pre-empts a child’s tears
I am the lost and found
I’m the memory
Where you take a breath
I’m the second hand
Twitching to the left
When you search for sense
I’ll plead indifference
I’m a shadow cast
Where there is no light
I’m a teenage heart
Broken in the night
I belong with me
For eternity
Look in the lost and found
Filed under silence and the sound
Always the one that disappears
The smile that pre-empts a child’s tears
I am the lost and found
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one day soon
One day soon
Things will seem to fall apart
One day soon
Your world is going to change forever
I wish I could tell you more
Of a world not far away
Where the fortunate explore
One of these days
Things will all fit into place
Bittersweet dreams
Where confusion and elation play
I wish I could hold your hand
And walk you through the storm
But you wouldn't learn a thing
You wouldn't learn a thing
One day soon
I will lose you forever
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parallel
All the things that I want
You don't help me with them
All the dreams in my head
They escape your attention
All the plans that I've made
You simply greet them with silence
All the secrets I've shared
I get no response from you
Why don't you hear me?
Why don't you hear me?
Give something back to me
For the love that I crave
You show me nothing but emptiness
All the voices I hear
But not one of them belongs to you
All this fear inside
You do nothing to comfort me
I reach out to the light
But you just feed me darkness
Why don't you hear me?
Why don't you hear me?
Give something back to me
-
radio america
And I can hear you
Calling out my name
I guess I didn't think you'd
Waste your time.
All the messages you've
Made me send
And all the broken hearts that
You have to mend
Radio America
Like a drug
We can't get enough
Radio America
The only way
To fall in love
And there are people
Dancing in the streets
FM junkies with
A place to meet
A generation that you ought to know
A generation with nowhere to go
Call in America
Radio America
Like a drug
We can't get enough
Radio America
The only way
To fall in love
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satellites
Just like satellites
Travelling in circles
Round and round
Wandering in the dark
Picking up a signal here and there
Just like satellites
We watch the world just pass us by
Witnesses to war
Powerless to bring about a change
The same journey every day
You keep watching me
Watching you
The same time and the same place
You keep watching me
Watching you
The same dreams, same fantasies
You keep watching me
Watching you
The same simple frailties
I keep dreaming of being you
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she's gone to london town
Walking 'round the streets at night
In a forest with no trees
I'm going to keep on searching for you
Until I'm on my hands and knees.
In this foreign and frightening place
Won't you tell me what makes you stay
I never thought you were in love with the noise
Or have you thrown our dreams away?
If you want to meet the stars
Then watch them on TV
Cause back here where the sheets are cold
Is where you ought to be.
You're playing a game with me
But I won't let you break my heart
It's going to take more than a thousand miles
To tear my whole life apart.
She wanted to dance all night
To the city lights and sounds
Now I'm trying to get her back
Cause she's gone to London town
Love works in the strangest ways
It can turn boys into fools
It lets them fall then makes us crawl
As she rewrites all the rules
I've done all I can for you
But you're a daydream renegade
I'm going to keep on falling for you
Until the lights of London fade
She wanted to dance all night
To the city lights and sounds
Now I'm trying to get her back
Cause she's gone to London town
She's gone to London
London town
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shoreline
In the beginning
Our love was raw
In our young dreams
We'd die a thousand times
In our seclusion
We'd reconstruct the world
All to fit our innocent designs
Only for you
My blood would flow
Only for you
My heart would slow
Only for you
I would stop time
On the shoreline
On the shoreline
We would ‘shelter’ by steel in the sand
Hear the waves whisper
As they came to land
Watch the flames
Like them, we were free
And it all feels like yesterday to me
Only for you
My blood would flow
Only for you
My heart would slow
Only for you
I would stop time
On the shoreline
On the shoreline
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sleeping
Do we all regret
The things we never say
Everything is too late
When you’re sleeping
You can’t hear my words
In your forever dream
But I know the stars are shining
As you're sleeping
Wish I could talk to you
On a summer’s day
But I’m sure there is a garden
Where you’re sleeping
Thank you
For every day
You’re never far away
Only sleeping
-
slow motion pictures
When you walk into the room
I’m walking in the mist
But I’m taking in every moment
When you hold my hand
I’m on the shore at dusk
I’m on the edge of the world
You could’ve stopped the story
Could’ve ripped out the pages
But you have faith in something
'Please don’t let him feel your tears
These slow motion pictures
Let the boy run free'
When I feel your breathing
It’s an autumn evening
Far away from the machines
And I don’t want to be here
But I don’t want to lose you
I’m on the edge of my world
We will live forever
In slow motion pictures
We’ll stand on the shore together
'Please don’t let him feel your tears
These slow motion pictures
Let the boy run free.'
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small world
Let's go find the storm
Search for dark skies
Fly into the clouds that are shrouding you
Break into the cage
Face the monsters
You can set them free
And end the heartbreak
Behind those eyes
A thousand stories lie
Unfolding in your own
Small world
Your life betrays
The plans that you once made
Headlines in your own
Small world
The camera always lies
Always false smiles
An image of your life where emotions die
History is blind
To your patience
It just hears romance in your silence
Behind those eyes
A thousand stories lie
Unfolding in your own
Small world
Your life betrays
The plans that you once made
Headlines in your own
Small world
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sweet little demons
Sweet little demons
It's time for you to say goodbye
Our journey has been something else
While you made me stronger
You made me want to die
Jumping
Falling
Been in and out of love with you
Bleeding
Praying
Was so in awe of you
Fading
Slipping
Like drowning on dry land
Losing
Grieving
Like no one takes your hand
Sweet little demons
If memory serves me well
You promised me eternity
But your deal with heaven
Was a passport into hell
Sweet little demons
Stop talking behind my back
Your twisted mind's run out of time
I don't need your attention
The red has turned to black.
Jumping
Falling
Been in and out of love with you
Bleeding
Praying
Was so in awe of you
Fading
Slipping
Like drowning on dry land
Losing
Grieving
Like no one takes your hand
Sweet little demons
It's time for you to say goodbye
Sweet little demons
It's time for you to say goodbye
Say goodbye
Please, say goodbye
-
the echo of your voice
And I still feel the pain
Of watching you slip away
Just like I’d died
But was still alive
There’s a void within my soul
A void that I cannot bridge
No teacher in the classroom now
And though the world
Keeps turning round
I wish that I could
Hear the sound again that is
The echo of your voice
I know our lives must carry on
But there’ll always be your song
Within my heart
That is the echo of your voice
There’s so much left untold
So much that I couldn’t say
The children that you’d
Never hold
I held your hand and cried
But I chose not to say goodbye
For you will always
Walk with me
And though the world
Keeps turning round
I wish that I could
Hear the sound again that is
The echo of your voice
I know our lives must carry on
But there’ll always be your song
Within my heart
That is the echo of your voice
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the end of your world
No more blood on your hands
No tears in your eyes
No life to regret
No more ears for your lies
No weapons to build
No voters to con
No stories to spin
Now the people are gone
It's taken too long
For the end of your world
No more choking the skies
No more drowning the seas
No more genocide wars
In the name of your greed
Stick a pin through your heart
And mount behind glass
Label ‘suicide race,
They belong in the past’
The waves are running clear
For the end of your world
The skies are filled with song
For the end of your world
There’s a new moon rising
It marks the end of your world
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the place to cry
Forgive me being here
But I need some silence
The world outside
Just won't leave me be
I'm a stranger in this room
I just don't belong here
Sad songs and crosses
I'll leave to you
I don't believe in this
I'm not looking for reasons
It's just the place to cry
I'm not here to pray
I've heard all your stories
It's just the place to cry
I close my tired eyes
And I'm in her garden
The grass is green
And the children laugh
And for those moments
I could fall for heaven
And for a moment
I walked with her
I don't believe in this
I'm not looking for reasons
It's just the place to cry
I'm not here to pray
I've heard all your stories
It's just the place to cry
And for a moment
I walked with you
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the village
It'll be so strange
When there is nothing after this
I can see it now
There'll be saints and sinners
Looking for someone to blame
We never learn
Why build a bridge when you can
Break a thousand hearts?
We will fall down
Just as long as we're
The predator and the prey
I close my eyes
But all I see
Is a world of broken dreams
I look outside
But all I've found
Is paradise burned to the ground
I look for light
There's only shame
Planes are falling in its name
I look around
And all I see
Is the village where l once lived
Left to bleed
Do you kiss the girl
Or do you sit her down and
Look into her eyes?
Do you reach for stars
Or reconsider everything
Back on the ground?
The sky is blue
It looks like heaven because it's far away
Away from here
From the village
Where the people 'play'
I close my eyes
But all I see
Is a world of broken dreams
I look outside
But all I've found
Is paradise burned to the ground
I look for light
There's only shame
Planes are falling in its name
I look around
And all I see
Is the village where l once lived
Left to bleed
And we will fall down
We will fall down
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this is how you feel
Love, this is how you feel
You're broken wings that fly
Love, this is how you feel
An ocean, deep and clear
And when I touch your face
And kiss your lips
It's like time standing still
And when the world moves on
And the heart slows down
We'll remember here and now
Love, this is how you feel
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waiting for eden
There'll be a day when the cold wind blows
And there's a day when my words will slow
Will you remember?
Will you remember this?
No-one knows what the future holds
Only that it's where your dreams unfold
And I don't want to...…
...don't want to hold you back
Like a leaf on the ground that's turning
Like a stream in the winter that's freezing
Like candlelight that fights but is fading
I won't fight tomorrow
I'll be waiting for Eden
It might seem so far away
And I'm planning for a distant day
But if the rules change
Please don't hesitate
Your journey will be wonderful
Your passengers will be beautiful
And I will be there
Always part of you
Like a leaf on the ground that's turning
Like a stream in the winter that's freezing
Like candlelight that fights but is fading
I won't fight tomorrow
I'll be waiting for Eden
-
we fall in love
Are there memories
You wish you could wipe from your mind?
Are there things you regret
You thought you'd left behind?
Well, these things will stay with you
Is there dark in your soul
Where ghosts walk on your grave?
A long lost love in your heart
Someone you thought you could save?
Well, they're not planning to save you
Forget the demons deep inside your mind
And we fall in love
Forget the reasons why you hate yourself
And we fall in love
Is there something inside you feel
That you've got to share?
Would you feel forgiven
If you made me aware?
Well, there's no-one to forgive you
Take a picture of the person
That you have become
You can look back and smile
At when your world was undone
If you want to look back at all
Forget the demons deep inside your mind
And we fall in love
Forget the reasons why you hate yourself
And we fall in love
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we'll be there
An end to pain
An end to law
An end to rules and the third world war
An end to everyone's common sense
And we'll be there
We'll buy a car
To drive us to the sea
We'll find the place
Where lovers can make up their minds.
Well I know that it's there cause
I've been before
I've run there in tears
And knocked on the door.
We'll take a chance
And hope the ghost has died for good.
An end to pain
An end to law
An end to rules and the third world war
An end to everyone's common sense
And we'll be there
We bought the car
And drove down to the shore
We got a room
But I forget what name I signed
Because we've had enough
Of the nine to five
And cash is the drug
That keeps greed alive
So we won't play
Our characters in life's charade.
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you can cry now
I looked into your eyes
But no-one looked back at me
And I realised
Our love was paralysed
I put my hand to your heart
But its beat was not for me
It must be time to close the door
Nothing here for us anymore
I will make do with just the memories
So, you can cry now
You can cry now.
Your touch and your kiss
Are now history
So, you can cry now
I wish you'd cry now.
I walk into the night
But the stars don't shine for me
Like they'd always shine for you
Now the night is just an empty room
Walked this path so many times
Should know the way by now
With love there's seldom compromise
Only sacrifice.
I will make do with just the memories
So, you can cry now
You can cry now.
Your touch and your kiss are now history
So, you can cry now
I wish you'd cry now
