BRIGHT BLACK SKY
I am dust
upon your wings
butterfly, I’ve heard you sing
I’ve seen you dance, I never knew
sometimes I think about it but there’s nothing I can do
To see but not to touch
couldn’t be so frightening
as having touched but never seen
the tender love, the silent dream
{CHORUS}
The world’s reforming in my eyes
I’m falling through the bright black sky
upon a butterfly
I wont let this moment be
another link along the chain
that ties my hands and weighs me down
and wastes my days in bitter pain
I’m ready now to leave the ground
take my soul, deliver me
I wont fight or make a sound
drive me home and bring me round
{Chorus
x 2 then verse 1 then alternate melody chorus/outro}
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THE COOL
POLICE
Looking
down the barrel at the cool police
will the torture never cease
my mind is walking tall
my heart is on it’s knees
I passed
you on the street
you stared and growled and snarled at me
I just wish that you could see
I am not your enemy
(CHORUS}
It’s a lonely path I’ll walk
destructions aftermath dont leave much room
for shallow smiles and petty talk
out of the shadows I will walk...
Looking out
my window at the golden sky
what will the sunset bring
my eyes cant clearly see the world
but I am feeling everything
Looking
down the barrel at a world gone mad
grateful for my piece of pie
just dont assume to tell me lies
we sleep beneath a common sky
CHORUS
X 2
VERSE 1 then CHORUS X 2 to end
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LIGHT SLEEPER
As I wake
in the morn’ a new life is born
and although I’m not driving it I’m surviving and arriving at a new destination
and to think I ever underestimated the power and love related to me
by the powers that be you see, its all good its all love and it’s coming for free
So I’m
looking through the eye of a new sunrise
and I’m seeing things & people and I never realised
that we’re walking hand in hand whether we like it or not
upon a beautiful land and it’s the only thing we’ve got
So this
feeling I’m gonna channel straight into a track, and get back
back before the days of ganga and smack
back before the days of losing myself to the void
I’m coming back from the chasm with a lyrical orgasm
‘Cause
I’m living in a dream with a lyrical machine
pumping out a steady stream if you know what I mean
well do you know what I mean, I’ve just gotta get up and speak it
I dont feel the need to scream, just gotta speak before I freak it
I’m a
light sleeper. Deep dreamer
No rest for
the wicked, at least that’s what they say
I just cant seem to shut out the thoughts of the day
or the days gone by or the days to come for everyone
You know the drill, youre born, you reform
you learn to love and trust, you learn to hate and kill
and still you desire to build an empire
or self destruct at will
But time is short, time is runnning out
in the blink of an eye your whole life’s blown by
and every idea is like a new career
spinning out of control with no way to steer yourself
out of the confusion and fear
I’m a
light sleeper. Deep dreamer
Light sleeper. Deep dreams
I want to
know the thing I knew the day I was born
when I was just an angel spawn waking up in the morn’
like you know we’re always greater then the some of our parts
one love one blood one truth one heart
and you know I dont go in for any sentimentality
I’ve just got to give thanks to the power and the gravity
of the words I heard before succumbing to depravity
get up, stand up and face your reality
Light
sleeper. Deep
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LIVE
BEFORE.....
Dont say you’ll throw away your soul
dont throw your soul away
dont play, dont play that game I dont know
I dont know how to play
and I do not want to play
You’ve got to live before you
die
Before you live before die....
If I die before I wake
pray the lord, pray the lord my soul wont break
and if I wake before I die
pray the lord, pray the lord my soul to fly
Pray the lord my soul..... to fly
You’ve got to live before you
die
Before you live before you die.....
Dont say
you’ll throw away my heart
before we even start
dont play, dont play that game again
because I don't know how to play
and I do not want to play
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LONELY
What’s
the point in asking why
when after all you’re just some guy
and what’s with all these sorry tears
cried for all the wasted years
you spent pretending to be real
you spent forgetting how to feel
how to feel
Down is
down you smiling clown
your lonely friend is coming round
Lonely x4
On a
crowded city train
the only sound that I can hear
is the humming of the peoples brains
churning and burning in all their fear
fear of what the day may hold
fear of the lies that they’ve been told
they cant remember who they are
Down is
down you smiling clowns
your lonely friend is coming round
Lonely x 4
then Bridge then Lonely x 8
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MADE OF GLASS
Deciever,
retriever
undercover believer
tell me have you seen her
with the lusty bloodsucker demeanour
She said come and drink from the river"
deliver
dont put me in a coma"
just leave me with a shiver
{CHORUS}
You are made of glass
through which I do not want to see
I am made of bricks
just keep on building me
Transparency
is blinding me
and stopping me from finding me
you’re shaking, looking close to breaking
just dont you shatter close to me
{Chorus then
bridge then extended “Building” chorus}
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SHADOW OF A
MAN
Dancing on
my own grave
how strange a thing to be saved
a boy with little understanding
walking in the shadow of a man
Waiting for
a break in the rain
to walk into the sunny street again
a boy who’s feet are unacustomed
to walking in the shoes of a man
Praying for
one more sweet breath
weighing up the price of forgiveness
laying in one more sweet mess
weighing up a slice of forgiveness
(CHORUS}
Oh my god
what have I done
oh my sweet lord
what have I become
Dancing on
my own grave
with strangers and the things we’ve saved
trying to find a little understanding
working on a subtle kind of plan
waiting for
a crack in the door
to find out what the hell we came here for
a boy who’s spirit’s unacustomed
to waking in the life of a man
Praying for
loving sweetness
weighing up a move towards forgiveness
laying in one more sweet mess
weighing up a slice of forgiveness
Chorus X 2 and
1st verse to end
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SOUL TRADER
I spoke to
the money man
said how much have you got for me
can you teach me how to play this game
but he left me on my knees
I spoke to
the music man
said can you teach me how to feel
can you teach me how to sing my soul
can you teach me how to heal
(CHORUS}
I spoke to the darkness from the edge of the abyss
I said teach me how to see
can you teach me how to see the light
‘cause I am ready to be free
I spoke to
the man of god
I told him I had lost my way
well what goes in, son, must come out
and that’s all he had to say
CHORUS then
HEAVY CHORUS X 2
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STAND &
DELIVER
Stand and
deliver
one liner man
you shake and quiver
how much can you stand
(PRE CHORUS}
I cook it
up for a month
‘till I’m down on my luck
I’m ‘a eatcha for lunch
(CHORUS)
What did I
do
with just one look I ran you through
Blood on the ground
with just one line I shot you down
Like a
bullet
straight to your heart
right from the start
it’s getting bigger and bigger
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then chorus x 2 then verse 1 then chorus x 2 to end}
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TAKE YOU HOME
Wait till
the morning
I’ll meet you there
by the fountain in the warm november air
I’ll take you home
I’m
open wide
like the blotting paper mind of a child
walking through polluted streams
recycling a world of strangers dreams
love take me home
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Dont sail
away my darling
please dont sail away
Dont go away my darling
please dont sail away
I’ve
seen the night
I’ve seen the light
distorted haze of self fullfilling shame
I’ve kissed the lips of lady lost and long ago
I dont want to remember anymore
love take me home
I’m
spinning out
destined to spill
the words you need to hear
to see the pain you need to feel
to be the friend that knows the deal
I’ll take you home
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then verse 1}
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TOLD YOU SO
I knew a
girl, 15 years old
had a baby to a friend of mine
it didn’t meen that much to me
they made me godfather
we used to
party pretty hard
got into trouble with a friend of mine
it didn’t meen that much to me
16 years old I was feeling fine
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Old friends
dont say I told you so
old friends
I’ve got to let you go
I knew a
girl just 17
she gave life to my first born son
I said she was my only one
but I was just a child
I guess I
lost it pretty bad
I cant remember all the fun I had
it didn’t meen that much to me
I was just trying to be free
CHORUS
I knew a
girl that disappeared
she had a baby to a friend of mine
it didn’t meen that much to me
but now I feel it all the time
I had a
friend that went away
I never got to speak my mind
wanted to know that she was ok
wanted to tell her I was doing fine
CHORUS x 2
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