1. |
Lose Yr Love
02:38
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I wasn’t thinking right
Wasn’t thinking of a step ahead
Let you out of sight
Upon the waters edge, upon the water
Take me to last night
When in my arms you slept, up in my arms
I didn’t need the signs;
Didn’t need you on the edge of the water
How’s an ocean part- just split in two?
Guess there’s more to this than I ever knew
To the ones keeping the dream alive;
To the shipwright and the polar ice
I’m calling out red light,
Guess I’m calling out to your reflection
Call on the the moon and her tides
Don’t you wish you knew the ways of water?
As you walk toward her
Can’t you spare a thought for these old bones?
For all the breaks and burns;
Returning to the world of water
How’s an ocean part- just split in two?
Guess there’s more to this than I ever knew
To the ones keeping the dream alive;
To the shipwright and the polar ice
You slip into the night
Such a quiet way to lose your love
No final fever fight;
It’s such a quiet way to lose your love
lose your love, lose your love
lose your love you lose you love…
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2. |
Visions
04:28
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Driving home & a raven’s on the sign on your exit
Just drive right on,
leave it alone, go on, forget it
How’d we get here tonight-
Searching for meaning in natural forces?
I’m calling fear and boredom
You’re calling names I’m not repeating
When you speak the sound is sunlight on a mirror
So bright and full of light it’s hard to hear ya
But when it calls it calls your name
When it calls it calls in strange ways
Like a flash in the dark
Locking eyes with a passing car, o boy;
Was a vision only
You were right, it was hard
Now it’s lights, now it’s passing on me;
Was a vision only
I heard you’re seeing him again
This time in dreams and his claws are in your back
Now you’re thinking in generations
And I’m saying, maybe don’t worry bout all of that
Here we are again tonight-
Searching for meaning in natural forces?
Recalling fear and boredom
Re-calling names I’m not repeating
When you speak the sound is sunlight on a mirror
So bright and full of light it’s hard to hear ya
when it calls it calls your name
When it calls it calls in strange ways
Like a flash in the dark
Locking eyes with a passing car, o boy;
Was a vision only
You were right, it was hard
Now it’s lights, now it’s passing on me;
Was a vision only
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3. |
Comeback
03:11
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I always come back to you;
I always come back to you;
Seen it in a thousand faces
I always come back to you
Even when I’m gone for days
Following some strange way
the midnight maze I wander &
I stray farther, father, from ya
well
I return babe, I always cave in
Im a child again &
you are waiting
I always come back to you;
I always come back to you;
Seen it in a thousand faces-
I always do
Damn my indecision;
Damn this double vision;
Damn the line, damn the reeling
Damn the flailing fall to fear and feeling
I always come back to you
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4. |
Patient
04:30
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There’s an understanding; I am there for you
In darkest night when all your worst dreams are passing thru
You crawl into my bed with guilt and guile and innocence and, all the while,I am waiting
I am waiting, I am patient
You’re a dreamer, you’re a doctor, you’re some kind of visionary
You got a secret language; I understand it
You’re creation; I am patient
Won’t you come back baby, don’t you know?
Like a spider sheds it’s skin, you just left clothes,
Oh that’s cold.
Cold and calling; come on, child
Come on, come in, come down, calm down, comfort style
Cue the balance; cue the bind
Cue the questions;
Here’s to figuring it all out sometime
Won’t you come back baby, don’t you know?
Like a spider sheds it’s skin, you just left clothes,
Oh that’s cold.
When you wanted alive, you know I wanted it
Watch you falling in place & now in front of it
Was on the back of the ropes, so glad I followed you
When you wanted alive, you know I wanted you
Seen the face of the world and felt the hands of pressure
Came out of the void just to press against her
Seen the stars burst and, bird, I got to something new
When you wanted alive, you know I wanted you, too.
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5. |
Spiders
02:57
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Spiders in mind
Drop down thru mouths & fingertips sometimes
Spiders making little trips
Out mouths and fingertips
I know it scares you;
it scares me
Spiders making little webs
Catching on the airs unrest
Spiders making little nets
Making trouble, making mess
I know it scares you;
it scares me
Spiders in mind
Come down thru mouths and fingertips sometimes
Spiders making little trips
Out mouths and fingertips
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6. |
Plaster
02:10
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Violent is yr method
I choose romance as my weapon
Love is good and kind
Leaves a stain behind
That no cop can ever find
Court is now in session
As a victim, as confession
I would write it down
But my hands they are now bound
Left to tell to you by mouth:
I take the oath
On God’s honor I boast
Of those I killed, so willing
It’s not much, but it’s a living
Now for every failure
My heart it is my jailor
Sending me back to Australia
See all I got going;
The darkness is your not knowing.
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7. |
Wrong
02:50
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I was wrong about you; wrong to let you go
Wrong to doubt you; wrong to wring you down to sorrow
I was wrong- Bout everything you said & then a few
I was wrong- Wrong about you
I was wrong too; I was much older then
Holding on to all mystery & manner of pretend
I was wrong- in thinking you’d be there when I came too
I was wrong- Wrong about you
So, so-long to L.I.C.N.E.N.U,
I belong to the siren song of falling ever-new
I know it’s late
But darlin this one’s going out to you
My mistake; I was wrong about you
My mistake; I was wrong about you
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8. |
Semper Tigris
03:17
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Out waiting on the west coast, babe
I’m Waiting for a plane to come,
Thinking on my east coast, babe
Oh lord, won’t you come n take me home;
I made my baby cry
I’m thinking bout the other day, babe
I’m thinking of my home town
Thinking of that aeroplane,
Oh lord, won’t you come n take me now;
I made my my baby cry
Low, low lier,
Wild & wilder,
All all-nighters,
Always a tiger
I’m heading for the big decisions
I’m headed for a double-cross
Fixing for a big collision
Oh lord, how’d I go and get so lost
To make my baby cry?
Low, low lier,
Wild & wilder,
All all-nighters,
Always a tiger
When I’m down & when in doubt
I want you around,
Know im round about
it’s been a long time
It’s been a long time
It’s been a long, long time.
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9. |
Altar
05:21
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When the flame goes out
& the candle burns into the sand
the smoke rises
it’s still warm but you’re not there anymore
I’m afraid & there’s such shame in my heart;
7 years it was a long time
One down-
Two to go
To my old friends
Carpenters & technicians,
Mechanics, botanical demolition crew
I been around sometime
But I never met anyone like you
When the church goes dark & the ghosts come out
I’ll be there too
Meet you on the old line,
I know you know-
This one’s getting low
In the final scene
It was sunset & new years eve
But you know I don’t believe in those things
I don’t mean that;
I never have been good at explaining,
fighting,
singing,
or being in love
Never did see a star falling that way
How could you say the things you say to me, babe?
Never did see the colors start to fade
Tho after all it’s just an altar I made
Just candles and sand and smoke rising
It’s still warm but yr not there anymore
It’s still warm but yr not there
It’s still warm but yr not
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