Better To Be Dead lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I present to you a story
Set upon a northern shore
The denizens of lighthouse
During times of war
The foolish things they did
The foolish things they said
I'm sure you will agree
They would be better off dead
Lily keeps the lighthouse
She's afraid of the unknown
She's no ray of sunshine
So mostly she's alone
And no one cares about her longing
Or the dreams on which she's fed
And though I'm sad to say it
She would be better off dead
Next we have a sheriff
Charles is his name
He's something of a sideshow
Every sheriff is the same
Will he stand for justice
Or something else instead?
Either way it hardly matters
'Cause he's better off dead
When everything is done
And everything is said
Life is naught but pain
It's better to be dead
Release your heavy heart
Rest your weary head
When all the world's at war
It's better, it's better
Witness Yasujiro
He hails from old Japan
He searches for redemption
In this strange and foreign land
And now he works for Lily
To earn his daily bread
But the most that one can say
Is that he's better off dead
Please, welcome young Christopher
He's come here on a train
His father flew to heaven
In a fiery aeroplane
He's come to live with Lily
He's got visions in his head
He may be our main attraction
But he's better off dead
When everything is done
And everything is said
Life is naught but pain
It's better to be dead
Release your heavy heart
Rest your weary head
When all the world's at war
It's better to be dead
Everything is done
All things have been said
It's good to be a ghost
It's better, it's better to be dead
It's good to be a ghost
It's better to be dead
We're Here To Tell You lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Indeed there's such a thing as ghosts
And more to cause you fear
You never know where or when
But surely they'll appear
Quiet men turn into wolves
During certain moons
And sirens sing their siren songs
Sweet and deadly tunes
We are here to tell you
All of this is real
If you are terrified today
It's how you're supposed to feel for real
We are here to tell you
Ghosts are here for good
If this doesn't terrify you
It should, it should
Don't you know the feeling
When blood has left your veins
And horsemen of apocalypse
Ride through poison rains
The devil's in the details
And in the grand design
And once he gets your number
He calls you all the time
We are here to tell you
That all of this is real
And if you're terrified today
It's how you're supposed to feel for real
We are here to tell you
Ghosts are here for good
If this doesn't terrify you
It should, it should
And Now We Sing lyrics - Duncan Sheik
And now we'll sing of drowning things
No wondering what might happen
Upon that ship we played the popular songs
Some sang along, now all that's gone
Thrown below the raging tides
We hope to rest, we were denied
So now we haunt the ocean side
Live this pale eternal life
And now you're here and so we'll pass the tide
Secret's ours and phantom wide
And now it seems so long ago
But once we lived, but didn't know
That every life is quite a show
If it answered prayers and tales of woe
The Tale Of Solomon Snell lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Listen if you will, I have a tale to tell
Of an unfortunate man, the name of Solomon Snell
And the philosophy he should have embraced
That says no matter what you do, you'll never be safe
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
Rightfully nervous, he took every precaution
He paid three armed men to drive him to Boston
But wouldn't you know it, he was broke on arrival
His own men robbed him and took off in style
So he wanted to marry a girl who was true
And on the basis of her name he would fidelity prove
She had a handsome cousin she would visit in Charlotte
Well, she said he was her cousin, the brazen harlot
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
He played it safe and it didn't end well
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
He caught yellow fever, down Charleston way
Before you knew it, they were digging his grave
But he was most terrified of being buried alive
And so to his finger a bell was tied
You see Snell had arranged for a man to be paid
To listen for the bell when he was buried in his grave
But the man got drunk and when the bell did sound
Solomon lived but he stayed in the ground
No one heard a sound
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
Too much trust is the road to hell
Ring the bell, ring the bell for Solomon Snell
You can play it safe but it won't end well
You can play it safe but it won't end well
You can play it safe but it won't end well
Earthbound Starlight lyrics - Duncan Sheik
What are you looking at, what do you see?
Is it the truth or a strange fantasy?
Whenever you're watching, changing the scene
The time is a place, this place is a song
Where mothers are distant and fathers are gone
He too may be watching but he's not letting on
Can't dry your eyes or say it's alright
Even though he might and she can't kiss your cheek
As the days become weeks, no rewind, no repeats
Days, nights, wrongs, rights, earthbound starlight
Hey, are you listening?
What is the sound of things that you lose
That you never have found?
You're finding the way or turning around
Dancer with destiny, tempter of fate
The life that you lived is only a taste
Sometimes the sweetest is the time that you waste
I won't dry your eyes or say it's alright
'Cause sometimes that's the lie even if she kissed your cheek
Still the days become weeks, no rewind, no repeats
Steal your heart, life is hard, never easy, believe me
There'll be no more questions, maybes or mights
Darkest descends, run out of light
When you go blind you get second sight
The deeper you dive the greater the heights
So don't dry your eyes or say it's alright
Life is hard, it's a fight even if she kissed your cheek
Still the days become weeks, no rewind, no repeats
As the days become weeks, no rewind, no repeats
Days, nights, wrongs, rights, earthbound starlight
Play Your Part lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Here are your lines, now stick to the page
Like the wise man said, "All the world's a stage"
And don't forget, you have a role to play
You can't improvise, and you can never stray
Play your part, you'll go far I can see it now
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, one of these star we can show you how it goes
Everyone knows, you can't stop the show
It's a treacherous business, it's hard to make a buck
If you don't like how the story ends, you may be out of luck
'Cause the writer's left the building, the script has been approved
You know who's gonna win this and who is gonna lose
Play your part, you'll go far I can see it now
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, one of these star we can show you how
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, you'll go far I can see it now
Play your part and never stray
Play your part, one of these star we can show you how it goes
Everyone knows, you can't stop the show
You've Really Gone And Done It Now lyrics - Duncan Sheik
You've really gone and done it now
You've hit the lowest low
You thought that you could handle this
But there's a lot that you don't know
You're just a child and haven't learned
The world is cold, the world is rough
And you're not strong and you're not tough
Your moves were just not good enough
That doesn't look good, it doesn't bode well, kid
You're a ship that's crashed on rocky ground
Sinking now, soon to drown
That doesn't look good, it doesn't bode well, kid
Things are broke, way past mending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending
You've really gone and done it now
They're sending you away
High time that you abandon hope
Get on your knees and pray
You're all loose lips and sinking ships
You never stood a chance
You tried to be a hero
But you're still in your short pants
That doesn't look good, it doesn't bode well, kid
Help is far beyond your reach
Shipwrecked on a barren beach
Oh yeah, you've really gone and done it now
Things are broke, way past mending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending
Don't look now, the world is ending soon
How It Feels lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Wind so restless, yearning breathless
Sons and daughters sometimes they do meet
I remember one September
How I felt a strange late summer heat
Distant oceans, wild notions
When you feel the touch of one you love
But they leave you or deceive you
All that you can do is cry to heaven above just like us, just like us
You'll learn how it feels
Hearts break and never heal
Secret places, stolen gazes, soft exchanges of you ever dream
It will change you how it pains you when it's cold
And all that you can do is plead, oh take heed, how we need
Can't you see how we need?
You'll learn how it feels
Hearts break and never heal
Tell us how it feels
Hearts break and never heal
Remember September and how it feels
I Don't Believe In You lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Life is like a sinking ship and you are at the wheel
You see the hole is filling up, you know your fate is sealed
But still you keep on trying to steer the ship to shore
It's time to learn the lesson you should've known before
Well, there's nothing you can do
And we don't believe in you
No, there's nothing you can do
And we don't believe in you
No, we don't believe in you
Life is like a ship at sea, we fear of storms to strike
Though you are the captain you can't keep up the fight
The truth is there is much to fear and more to make us cry
The ship is not worth saving hard as you may try
So there's nothing you can do
'Cause we don't believe in you
No, there's nothing you can do
And we don't believe in you
Hate to say it, it's time to face the truth
And we don't believe in you
Try your hardest, you couldn't help but lose
And we don't believe in you
No, we don't believe in you
No, we don't believe in you
Take A Bow lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Lieutenant Brando, brave commando
We hardly know you rolling in one scene
Sheriff Charles, you're a marvel
You're better when you don't do anything
If you have a bell let it ring
You're alive, you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow
[?] hero, dear oh, dear oh
We liked you though you had to go away
Hey aunt Lily may sound silly
To try to wait, may come back someday
We won't say anything
We are ghosts, we just sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow
If you have a bell let it ring
You're alive, you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow
Christopher hears us, he used to fear us
Then decided, he dreamt us all alone
Here's a question for just a vision
Who's been singing all these ghostly songs?
If we learned anything
You should love, you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow
If you have a bell let it ring
While you live you should sing
But the show's over for now
Take a bow
Yeah, the show's over for now
Take a bow
Oh, the show's over for now
Take a bow
The Ghost In You lyrics - Duncan Sheik
A man in my shoes runs a liar
All the papers lie tonight,
That falling over you is the news of the day.
Aw angels fall like rain,
And your love, is all of heaven away.
Inside you the time moves and she don't fade,
The ghost in you, she don't fade.
The race is on i'm on your side,
But hearing you my engines die,
I'm in the mood for you, or for running away.
Oh the stars come down in you
And love, love, love, you can't give it away.
Inside you the time moves and she don't fade away
The ghost in you, she don't fade.
Inside you time moves and she don't fade away
Don't you know she don't fade away.
So don't you go, cause it makes no sense
That all these talking supermen
Just take away the time, just to get it away.
Ain't it just like the rain
Cause love, love, love, love, love, is only heaven away.
Inside you the time moves, and she don't fade
The ghost in you, she don't fade away.
Inside you time moves, and she don't fade
The ghost in you, she don't fade.
The man in my shoes runs a liar,
All the papers lie tonight
That falling over you is the news of the day.
And love, will not fade away.
And love, love, love, will not fade away.
Hey Casanova lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Hey Casanova
You don't look too good
But I know times are tough
You never found your paradise
Like you said you would
And it's all catching up
Maybe that will never change
You may never come to your promised land
And it's a gray morning
With all you have
Still you turn your back
You're given every chance
How can you ask more than that?
Still you have to ask
Hey tragic hero
Did you get passed by?
What do all those heathens know?
Have a seat, cup of wine
And have a good cry
And then it's time to go
'Cause you're living up to your own worst cases
Looking for hope in some pretty strange places
And it's a gray morning
With all you have
Still you turn your back
You're given every chance
How can you ask more than that?
Still you have to ask
I really need for you to ask
With all you have
Still you're turning, turning, oh
With all you have
Still you're turning, you're turning, oh
Hey you lone ranger
Is it cold tonight?
So far beneath the stars
Maybe the desert do you good
The Dawn's Request lyrics - Duncan Sheik
If I crack up
Lose my head
Try to hid beneath my bed
And leave the television on
So I don't think of what's gone wrong
I beg the dawn
Break through, save me
Rescue me
Wake me from the dead
My weary head in your embrace
If I spin out
And off the rails
Build myself a bed of nails
And take the whole world down with me
Into my dime-store tragedy
Where will you be?
Break through, heal me
Sing to me
Kneel beside my bed
My weary head in your embrace
Wake up, sunrise
I may be alone but I'm alive
And I will find a way to you
Sunrise, you saved me this time
You never even had to try
And you opened up my eyes
Sunrise, you treat me so kind
I was lost, I was blind
And you opened up my eyes
White Limousine lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I guess, they think it's what we want
A smooth and easy ride
Of constellations of ceiling lights
Hennessey and Naugahyde
America, America, this is our reward
Everything is boring, everyone is bored
Maybe a white
Maybe a white Limousine
Maybe a white, white
White, white Limousine
Who's the smart guy at the wheel
Runnin' out of gas
Likes to wear a flight suit
And fly around for laughs
Maybe a white
Maybe a white Limousine
Maybe a white, white
White, white Limousine
I feel incentives for the pharmacy
Hey, I'm feelin' better already
I don't want to be clear it's too much for me
I'm makin' up, oh, I'm makin' up
For lost time, for all the lost time
Maybe a white
Maybe a white Limousine
Maybe a white, white
White, white Limousine
Maybe a white
Maybe a white Limousine
Maybe a white, white
White, white Limousine
We have won the war
We have won the war
I Don't Believe In Ghosts lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Here and there
Haunting my closets and drawers
My evermore
Now and then
Forgetting that every thing's changed
I call her name
And I heard the stories
She tried to tell me
Don't believe in ghosts
I hear a sound
Maybe it's her coming home
But I'm alone
No, I've never seen one
I've never been one
I don't believe in ghosts
No, I won't think of her
I won't remember
I don't believe in ghosts
She knows
She knows
Nothing Fades lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Turning the wheel to emptiness
There when you breathe your final breath
No one to hold you anymore
Haven't they told you, baby
You're always alive
Always alive
Leaving the plane of time and space
Leaving the mask of every face
Just like the sun and every ray
Might as well smile 'cause baby
We all die one day
We all die one day
Not square, not round
The silence in the sound
Not short, not long
The quiet in the song
It carries you along
Some of the people here believe
Reading a book of prophesies
Some of you sigh and turn away
Nobody knows, so what's the play?
You're here now
You're here for now
What does it matter anyway
Whatever I sing or what you say
Taking a chance, we place a bet
It ain't gonna get you to black or red
This time around
This time around
No cause, no condition
Who knows your position?
Not you, no other
What will you discover?
You never disappear
So tell me why you fear
Neither are you born
Sometimes still you mourn
Never do you arise
You're never low or high
No one acts, no one is made
Nothing glows, nothing fades
Nothing fades, nothing fades
Nothing fades, nothing fades
Fantastic Toys And Corduroys lyrics - Duncan Sheik
One day maybe
When I grow up
A son you will have found
When I change my ways
One of these days
I know I'll make you proud
What I never say
Because of busy days
Is all I want for you
I'm just not the best
At being friends
But that's what we should do
When I see you happy,
When you laugh
I'm never sad
Fantastic toys
And corduroys
Everything you gave
Took me to school
I tried to be cool
And you let me get away with it
What I want to say
A thing I pray
For you to shine inside
The fighting words
How they sound absurd
when it's you who gave me life
When I see you happy
When you laugh
I'm never sad
I don't want to be sad
And you shouldn't be sad
We shouldn't be sad
What I never say
Because of busy days
Is all I want for you
I want to love
Like a mother's son
To always see you through
When I see you happy
When you laugh
I'm never sad
We shouldn't be sad
Shopping lyrics - Duncan Sheik
So you wrote me a letter
Which I thought was really kind
I don't recall which song it was
But there is one you really liked
And you asked me so innocently
Of my inspiration
Why I write the songs I sing
The reasons why I make them
Nothing here is what it seems
Risk the wreckage of your dreams
So that you are always shopping
To steal away the cash you're dropping
Listen to me when I say
Fantasies are built to fade
There you are, you're always shopping
Even try, there is no stopping
Don't misunderstand me
It always makes me smile
When I can serenade you
As you're rolling down the aisles
On this journey of your soul's desire
The paradise of goods
You're doing just exactly
What I think you should
Nothing here is what it seems
Risk the wreckage of your dreams
So that you are always shopping
While you roll, you're really rocking
Listen to me when I say
Fantasies are built to fade
There you are, you're always wanting
You don't have is always haunting
Still one thing I have to say
My confession's not complete
I've made is sound as if all this
Has nothing to do with me
Surely is not anything
Further from the truth
When I have pretty things to gain
And only useless things to lose
Wish there were another way
I must keep the wolves at bay
I hope that you don't find it shocking
Rock and roll is built on shopping
If you?re searching for my soul
Come check out my chains of gold
Grab your purse and let's go shopping
For lingerie and silky stockings
Let's go shopping together
So that we can find ourselves
So that we can buy ourselves
Let's go shopping together
'Cause we are always by ourselves
We are always by ourselves
Let's go shopping together
So that we can find ourselves
Star-Field On Red Lines lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Playground, homeland
A countryside to save
Blue skies, airspace
Soldiers to raise
And sacrifice
Strong armed Christians
Oiled up and fed
Safe as houses
Aprons of lead
And sanctified
Omens and signs
A star-field on red lines
Turn those blind eyes
To fantasies
And white lies
How much longer
This empire of night
The smallest subjects
All begin to fight
And multiply
Omens and signs
A star-field on red lines
Turn those blind eyes
To fantasies
And white lies
Omens and signs
A star-field on red lines
Turn those blind eyes
To fantasies
And white lies
Head down
Brace yourself
Here it comes
Head down
Brace yourself
Here it comes
Head down
Brace yourself
Here it comes
Head down
Brace yourself
Here it comes
I Wouldn't Mind lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I wouldn't mind
if every day
was like the day
I had just yesterday
you and I
hanging on every kiss
on all of this
I wouldn't mind
if all of my nights
were like the nights
you held me so tight
your lips so close, so close
on the back of my neck
little sounds, little breaths
but these times
just won't stand still,
they slip away
and haunt me until
the next time
you take me
take me in again
and let me begin
I wouldn't mind
if all my big plans
fell apart
left me empty-handed
I'd start again, like new
if you're with me, how can I lose?
but these thoughts
are only just that
nice thoughts
and nothing like facts
and the facts as they are
are harder to take
cuz there's a part of me
that's ready to break
I'm afraid
yes I am afraid
that you will go
that you'll go away
and you'll leave
and I'll be ok
but I won't find
that I won't mind,
in time
I wouldn't mind
if things weren't as they are
I wouldn't care
if it weren't for my heart
that's why
still, I try
to give you every reason
Land lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I leave town, take a ride
Maybe see the countryside
All green and gold
I'll breathe a better air I'm told
The city life is fine
But is seems like all the time
It's and uphill climb
And I never draw the line
This land, this land
The soil turns to sand and stone
You could build a home
A little place to be alone
I'm worried about the world
I'm worried too about a girl
That's nothing new
And there's too much else to do
Take a man, any man
Then I start to understand
What he believes
Becomes the very land he sees
And it sets him free
Tranquility, a way to be
I'm gonna clear my head
Walk along the riverbed
I'm gonna play a song
And hope it finds her further on
I cleared my head
Heard just what the river said
I made a song
It'll find you further on
Now I'm far away
From the troubles of the day
Another way
Another way to pray
Take a man, any man
Then I start to understand
What he believes
Becomes the very land he sees
This land, this land
Here it is, I understand
What I believe
Becomes the very land I see
It sets me free
Heart of me, a way to be
So Gone lyrics - Duncan Sheik
How many times on this merry-go-round
Over and over again
Up on that horse was a weak foolish child
Never believed it would end
How many smokes till I'm satisfied
How many dreams till I'm happy
How much of the day will I watch fade away
Till there is no one to ask me
I was gone, so gone
Gone, so gone for a while
How many times will I sleep by your side
Turning and dreaming and scared
Of fair grounds that shut down
As you ride away, my horse won't go anywhere
I was gone, so gone
Gone, so gone for a while
I was wrong, so wrong
Wrong, so wrong for a while
How many songs will I try to write
All have the same thing to say
I've got two tickets left, won't you please stay with me
For the very last ride of the day?
Hymn lyrics - Duncan Sheik
All the storms and oceans
All the sheltering sky
All this earth and she and I
Wait, until it happens
Wait, the moment will come
Wait, but all those are already one
And she asks me, how many sunrises
Will we watch from start to finish
How many will we witness?
And my answers are only ever surmises
Maybe a handful of times
Before the next life, before the next life
Here, we stop beneath the leaves
Here, a moment to stay
Here, a gift of pale green color, here above her
And she asks me, how many sunrises
Will we watch from start to finish
How many will we witness?
And my answers are only ever surmises
Maybe a handful of times
Before the next life
A kiss, a prayer, a laugh, a song
She won't try to tell me, what's right from wrong
A song, a laugh, a prayer, a kiss
She won't try to tell me, I need more than this
All my answers, all my surmises
Will never do it justice
She'll just have to trust it
Wait here, 'til the sun rises
Watch from start to finish
No one as our witness
With no one as our witness
Genius (Never Came Through) lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Clearly I'm a genius
If she only knew it
but somewhere in her radius
I really blew it
I know, I know what I said to her
and I know what I did
What I don't know is how I could ever be
so incredibly stupid
[CHORUS:]
(you don't really need to know every last detail.
Its hardly worth telling
suffice to say I said that I would be there
i never came through)
Maybe I'm a genius and
she just don't see it
I fronted,
I should have admitted,
she saw right through it
I never thought that I could be
so underhanded.
somehow I've cornered the market on
the double standard
[CHORUS]
For this act of genius
and so many others
I know I should apologize
and see how it goes
what am I waiting for?
come on, come on, come on, come on
sha la la la la la sha la la la la la la la
to all of the geniuses...
[CHORUS]
Half-life lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I'm awake in the afternoon
I fell asleep in the living room
and it's one of those moments
when everything is so clear
before the truth goes back into hiding
I want to decide 'cause it's worth deciding
to work on finding something more than this fear
It takes so much out of me to pretend
tell me now, tell me how to make amends
maybe, I need to see the daylight
to leave behind this half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down
lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind
I keep trying to understand
this thing and that thing, my fellow man
I guess I'll let you know
when i figure it out
but I don't mind a few mysteries
they can stay that way it's fine by me
and you are another mystery i am missing
It takes so much out of me to pretend
maybe, I need to see the daylight
to leave behind this half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down
Lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind
come on lets fall in love
come on lets fall in love
come on lets fall in love
again
'cause lately something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life,
without you I am breaking down
wake me, let me see the daylight
save me from this half-life
let's you and I escape
escape from time
come on lets fall in love
come on lets fall in love
come on lets fall in love
again
Start Again lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Peace has lost its meaning
now we've hit the ceiling
all is said and all is done
here goes start again
You're better than you think so
something I hold onto
I'm better too holding on to you
start again
[CHORUS:]
(So meet me and we'll drive this car away
we can leave right now what do you say
we'll head out for the wide and open spaces
if we can clear the way)
Save yourself don't save me
save the one you may be
let it be the best that it can be
start again
[CHORUS (X2)]
On Her Mind lyrics - Duncan Sheik
She's wearing the tee-shirt
of a band I really like
maybe that's coincidence
maybe that's alright
I keep thinking about the way
she said "I'll see you soon"
was it more than words?
I'm just tryin' to find
what's on her mind?
I don't know when I'll see her
but I'm sure that I will
its just another matter of time
some more time to kill
I can imagine so many things
her and I sometime in the spring
...something's happening
I'm just tryin' to find
what's on her mind?
[CHORUS:]
(I want peace but I don't make it
I want love but I don't give it
i want hope but I can't find it
and I want her to heal me)
she's wearing the tee-shirt
of my favorite band
I should've told her
that I was a fan
people say I should just leave it be
leave it up to destiny
but that ain't for me
I'm just trying to find
what's on her mind?
[CHORUS and outros]
Such Reveries lyrics - Duncan Sheik
you and I in the room with the balcony
you lie on the bed while I stare at the sea
I stare at the sea
on such reveries
and we're riding the ponies in Mexico.
the moonlight leaps through the palm tree groves
oh, wouldn't you know?
we're in Mexico
yes all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries
the oceans waves loomed as large as could be
they threw us below but you held onto me
yeah, you held onto me
oh such reveries
'cause you are my treasure, a love that astounds
the end of my searches, my looking around
no more looking around
a love that astounds.
yes all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are such reveries
but don't listen to me,
it's my imagination
I don't even know you
it never happened
just dreams in slow motion
they never happened
all that I told you
it never happened ever
'cause all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries
yes all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries, ohh
all of these things, all of these things
they are just reveries
so many visions still to see
and many travails before I may sleep
but then when I sleep
oh such reveries
On A High lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I'm on a high, I'm on a high
there's nothing more to it.
We are the sea and the sky
and the blue that runs through it, yeah.
and there are some who say there are so many things I need
so I run or I fight and I crawl or I scream and I bleed
I bleed, I bleed
well, it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.
I'm on a high I'm on a high
and there's nothing more to it
I have the sun, it's a star
why should I refuse it
and there are so many reasons I could give you why I should be down
there's not enough money or time and my love you're not around
around, around
but it's a lie it's a lie - don't you believe it.
if you're fine then you're fine - it's all how you see it.
oh, there never will be no conspiracy of happiness.
you're alive you're alive - how else could you hear me?
you are fine, you are fine - there's nothing worth fearing
'cause there never will be no conspiracy of happiness
I'm on a high, on a high
we are the sea and the sky
I'm on a high, on a high
I'm on a high
It's a lie, It's a lie don't you believe it
'Cause I've tried and I've tried, and I can't really see it
Yeah, I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
said I was yours, you were mine but I didn't really mean it
and I lied and I lied
and I wish you hadn't seen it
'cause I'm trapped inside my conspiracy of happiness
I'm on a high, on a high, there's nothing more to it, yeah.
Magazines lyrics - Duncan Sheik
you see them everywhere
you know those magazines
yeah I've bought a few
they show you everything
so many news stands
as I'm passing by
but rows and rows of you
are bound to catch my eye
now everyone can gaze upon your body
its good for you - I guess you have no shame
I never knew if how I acted
would make you seek revenge
and now I know
and you're in magazines
but is it really you
in the empty world
I shouldn't be surprised
you're an ambitious girl
with all that naked skin as sweet as honey
Maybe you just really needed money
I wondered if I would be punished for
my voyeuristic pleasure
and now I know
and you're in magazines
and now I know
and you're in magazines
now I know
I tear through pages
of every kind of pose
but its not really you I see
when I look real close
no you're a little bit different
you're a little bit different
you're a little bit different
and now I know
and you're in magazines
now I know
and you're in magazines
I'm alone
and you're in magazines
so it never was you
no, it never was you
it never was you
in magazines
For You lyrics - Duncan Sheik
For you I want to sing a happier song
for you I'm gonna try to right all my wrongs
for you I'm gonna break my bad habits
there's a golden ring and I want you to have it
there's a golden ring and I want you
For you I'm gonna sit and patiently wait
it's great if you're early but if its fine if you're late
for you I feel love and I just want to show it
you're a beautiful girl and want you to know it
you're a beautiful girl and want you to know it
you're a beautiful girl and want you to know it
it's an infinite world and I want you
Once again I am opened
Once again I am opened
Once again I am opened
Once again I am opened
For you I'm waiting on the ticket line
I gotta get back I don't wanna waste time
but the people are tired and the line is so long
so all I can do is sing this song
Good Morning lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I awake to find the devil
sitting near my bed.
we have a conversation
...........he says:
Good Morning Mr. Cut-throat
these are most exciting times
we are surrounded by fools and crooks,
strangers that give us dirty looks,
so many different people to despise
it's tearing you apart / you haven't got the heart
I don't mean to complain, but it seems a little strange
good evening Mr. Turncoat!
well done!
you've been watching the so-called news
(and now yo see it)
that no news is good news,
we don't want to confuse
the popular pursuit
of absolute truth
and who has time for such remote endeavors
you wanna disappear,
how did you end up here?
I don't mean to complain
but it seems a little strange
take me to your leader
I sure could use a laugh
(I hear) he's made a new birdfeeder
and he sleeps in a birdbath
who needs to join the circus
come on, just look around
we are surrounded
by a bunch of f**king clowns!
they sing la la la la la la la la
they all sing la la la la la la la
we all sing la la la la la la la la
everybody sing, la la la la la la la la
its tearing you apart / you haven't got the heart
you sit there and complain, it seems a little lame.
good morning, Mr. Misanthrope
I sure do hope you remember our terms
Memento lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I'm threading through the evening
it's later than I thought
a friend of mine is waiting
for cigarettes I brought
she smiles she seems so tired
so nothing is required
I reach into my pocket
some things she left behind
nothing really happens
in ways I can't define
loose talk of hearts and heads
of sleep in other beds
it's better left unsaid
she says that she is cold
I wish that I could hold
but no,
how can you hold a soul?
you just can't hold a soul
that shines like gold
she shines like gold
I will, I won't, I would
I've said more than I should
she leaves she goes uptown
she may not come back down
she may not come back down
she may not turn around
she may not make a sound
she may not come back down
Shine Inside lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Are you aware? when you just stare,
for hours, into the sky
what do you see? can you show it to me
the beauty...
I can see you shine inside
I want to see the world - see it in a new light
I can feel your spirit rise
I want to see the world through your eyes
I watch you breathe, sitting under the tree
the peace that you find
you take my hand, waves crash on the sand
what's done - left behind
I can see you shine inside
I want to see the world - see it in a new light
I can feel your spirit rise
how it shines
scene changes, rearranges
oh nature's song
the river is fire the river is water
the river is sweet sweet wine
is it the time? is there a sign?
how do I find your state of mind
I can see you shine inside
I want to see the world - see it in a new light
I can feel your spirit rise
how it shines
scene changes, rearranges
oh nature's song
I'm seeing, I'm believing
I'm feeling strong
the river is fire, the river is water
the river is sweet, sweet wine
the river is moving, moving through me
the river it shines inside
The Wilderness (Prelude) lyrics - Duncan Sheik
The word is told, now
The word is said
The word is old, now
And the stone is bread
The heart is born, now
The heart is flesh
The heart is known, now
And the no is yes
Longing Town lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Oh, so cold
Evening gray consumed in dark
No more day to hold me
Sounds won't stay to play their part
Only what strangers told me
Why is the ghost who listens so cold and alone?
Wind, tell her lightly
All that we might be
While I sit nightly
Watching the shadows and drifting down
Twilight descends so blue, so brown
And longing begins in this longing town
When the haze falls through my heart
When its arms enfold me
Oh, my song won't go that far
I can't sing how lonely
Home is a note of distance, a word for gone
Wind, tell her lightly
All that we might be
While I sit nightly
Watching the shadows and drifting down
Twilight descends so blue, so brown
And longing begins in this longing town
Oh, so cold, no one home
All of the notes, a word for gone
Mr. Chess lyrics - Duncan Sheik
So good to meet you, Mr. Chess
I've always heard that you're the best
At housing knights
And castles high up in the air
So I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep inside your bed
And would you sleep too
Would you sleep too in the chair?
You see, I dream of many things
Of floating solitary kings
Of pawns and people
With blue sequins through their hair
The jesters sings
The bishop brings the queen
A hollow following
And all the pawns and people stop
And people stare
So I too stop
At three o'clock
I stumble to your door
And knock
And ask to see you
Ask to be you, Mr. Chess
Oh, Mr. Chess
Now, I beseech you, Mr. Chess
To let me sleep, to let me rest
To let me dream, to let me sing without a care
And I will dream you things so fair
I'll sing you castles in the air
And I will sleep too
I will sleep too, well, I will rest
Oh, Mr. Chess
My Mr. Chess
The Winds That Blow lyrics - Duncan Sheik
All the shadows blue, in the winter moon
The stars within the darkness
They remember you and they sorrow too
With all the winds that blow
Every book you'd read, in the evening breeze
As stars shone in the darkness
Still it waits to see, will you turn its leaves
With all the winds that blow
See, the window too that once you looked through
Out on the stars, the darkness
It remembers you, in this empty room
With all the wind so cold
And that phantom moon is a window too
The stars look through the darkness
To some summer noon, where our ghosts still move
Among the winds that blow
You were my soul and my silence
You were my hope, my lightness
You were the sword at my side
Through all the winds that blow
Now, the children play, through these shorter days
Till stars show through the darkness
Now, the young men stray and nobody waits
Among the winds that blow
All the shadows blue, in the winter moon
The stars within the darkness
They'll remember you, they will sorrow too
And all the winds will blow
All the winds will blow
All the winds will blow
All the winds will blow
All the winds will blow
Mouth On Fire lyrics - Duncan Sheik
There the bones do sleep
And there the soul is soul
And there the Gods do weep
When the angels fall
But here the thoughts won't keep
And here the blood runs cold
And here the grave is deep
And the devil calls
Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?
I brought my voice, just noise to poor old silence
A clanging toy, a clanging toy, empty strident
I brought my eyes, in utter ruin sightless
The tears I cried, the tears I cried still so frightened
Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?
Where the silver streets? Where the blossoming?
Where sounds so sweet? Where songs of spring?
Where words for things? Where golden memories?
Where quiet seas? Where certainty?
Where all might cease
The talk, the want, the posturing?
Brought my heart to feed, but my mouth was fire
Brought the earth my seed, but it would not flower
Where the jeweled stream? Where the eased desire?
In some fool's dream? In the ending hour?
Where poetry?
Where mystic harmonies?
Where love that frees?
Where security?
Where sympathy?
Where tranquility?
Where rest in peace?
In the dream or in the fire?
Mouth on fire
Mouth on fire
Sad Stephen's Song lyrics - Duncan Sheik
And there were mermaids, weren't there?
Sweet, silver mermaids
All through that gray Trafalgar square
Such silver mermaids
And they were young and they were fair
They brushed their bronze and dusky hair
And whispered, "Come, sad Stephen
Come and play here"
"You will love, you will be loved
You will grow up and do so much
You will be strong, you will be sung
By all the mermaids, silver mermaids"
And once they'd sung their satin song
They beckoned to me from the fog
They spread their arms and lifted
Pale portrait faces, I was taken
To their coral cavern halls
To rooms with oyster shells for walls
To sandy nooks, pearly books and ivory dolls
In ivory stalls, in ivory stalls
And there were mermaids, weren't there?
Sweet, silver mermaids
All through that wan, forgotten square
Silver mermaids
They were young and they were fair
And they brushed their bronze and dusky hair
And whispered, "Come, sad Stephen, come"
And I was taken
Was I wrong? Should I have run?
I wanted all, I wanted young
And portrait faces, I was taken
Did I love? I didn't care
Did I grow up? Well, unaware
And was I strong? And was I sung?
How do I haunt Trafalgar fog?
And find I want so much, still want
And no more mermaids
No more mermaids
And no more mermaids
Time And Good Fortune lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Drifter, what about her conversation?
Drifter, how about an explanation?
Where you go when you receive?
And why you never let her feed?
On all that truth you hold so dear
But never let another near
No one around
My, don't we love?
No one around
No, to the quiet gazes
No, to the muttered phrases
No, to the utter waste of
Time and good fortune
Taster of the poetry
Of Pater, Proust and Socrates
What are you to do but sleep
When are you to stop and weep?
For all your inability
To mate with your own memory
No one around
My, don't we love?
No one around
No, to the mindless gazes
No, to the splintered phrases
No, to the utter waste of
Time and good fortune
Singer, will the singing say it?
Singer, would such saying change it?
A whole long life spent tuning strings
And will it now mean anything?
But empty chords that only bring
An endless, voiceless sorrowing
No one around
My, don't we love?
No one around
No, to the frightened gazes
No, to the stuttered phrases
No, to the utter waste of
Time and good fortune
Time and good fortune
Time and good fortune
Far Away lyrics - Duncan Sheik
If, again, you wander
If, too soon again, you wander
Far away, far away
Let this, too, be with you
An old tune somewhere within you
Far away, far away
Falling through the autumn evening
Every darkened street, calling to forgotten feeling
The passing ghosts and scattered leaves
If, again, you love him
If, too soon again, you love him
Far away, far away
Let this, too, be with him
Humming smoothly when you kiss him
Far away, far away
Haunting all the talk, and stalling
Every hope of sleep
Calling to some distant longing
Another soul within your sheets
If, some day, you love me
If, in truth, some day, you love me
Far away, far away
Let the words within you
Whisper to you how I miss you
Far away, far away
For if, some day, I wander
Then, too soon, I too will wander
Far away, far away
Far away, far away, far away
Calling to your heart and stealing
All the want away
This Is How My Heart Heard lyrics - Duncan Sheik
This is how my heart heard
That little thing in tears, they call the truth
It said, "Be done with her, she's done with you"
This is how my heart heard
This is how my arms burn
That used to hold her tight until the dawn
And now they weep to find that she is gone
This is how my heart heard
I forgot the taste of fears
And how they haunt the lips you're kissing
And how the song could waste its tears
On someone who is missing
And how I shed such tears but never cry
This is how I want her
And how I kiss her lips and taste goodbye
This is how I want her
I forgot the taste of fears
And how they haunt the lips you're kissing
And how love's just a waste of tears
On someone who is missing
This is how I want her
And how I shed such tears but never cry
And how I tasted lips that kissed goodbye
This is how my heart heard
This is how my heart heard
This is how my heart heard
A Mirror In The Heart lyrics - Duncan Sheik
There is a swan-white curtain
Somewhere within the sky
It's known of every sermon
Every anguished cry
The howls of hopeless people
Frightened and alone
There is a spotless silver mirror
That hangs within the moon
It's witnessed every winter
The cities charred and ruined
The herds of homeless people
Filling all the roads
Some may pray to their mirrors
Some may kneel before the sun
Me, I say there's a mirror
In the heart of everyone
Bullets paint the blue distance
The mirror's stained from every gun
Still I say that it glistens
In the heart of everyone
And there are golden whispers
Within the afternoon
They've held the brothers, sisters
Felt the mothers' wounds
The broken-hearted people
Burying their own
Some may pray to their mirrors
Some may kneel before the sun
Me, I say there's a mirror
In the heart of everyone
Strike the bell and we listen
Light the candle and we're shown
The Gods themselves throwing incense
As all the world begins to glow
Such a flame, such a mirror
In the heart of everyone
Such a flame, such a mirror
In the heart of everyone
Of everyone, of everyone, of everyone
Lo And Behold lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Simon, he was a man
Held his heart out in his hand
A hollow land of autumn breeze
Evenings in the brittle rain
Leaves that fill the barren plain
With simple pain, embroideries
In the temple yesterday
Was a man, who came to pray
Who couldn't stay and couldn't leave
So, he fell down on his knees
Sued for grace and sued for peace
A little ease and not to grieve
Marion, she met a man
Took her to Jerusalem
To take a stand, escape a scene
To wander in the honey sea
Drink the milk of memory
And never be herself again
In the temple yesterday
Was a woman came to pray
Who couldn't say and couldn't see
So, she fell down on her knees
Sued for grace and sued for peace
Sued the priest to set her free
Lo, lo and behold
Lo, lo and behold
Lo, lo and behold
Lo, lo and behold
Requiescat lyrics - Duncan Sheik
And there was gone and there was ever more
And there was wheretofore hast thou
And what heretofore but not for ever more
Not for evermore, now
O Lord, went away
O Lord, well away
O Lord, that ye may keep her warm
Requiescat
A sorrow borne and borne for evermore
A sorrow borne with a howl
Thou'll come no more, no more for ever more
No more for ever more, now
O Lord, she's gone away
O Lord, well away
O Lord, that ye may keep her warm
Requiescat
The Wilderness lyrics - Duncan Sheik
The word is told, now
Word is said
Word is old, now
And the stone is bread
Heart is bone, now
The heart is flesh
The heart is known, now
And the no is yes
And all we hold
Is only in the past
Song is cold, now
The song is spent
The song is sold, now
And the thought is rent
Bird is flown, now
The bird is fled
The bird is gone, now
And the wind is fed
And all we hold
Is only in the past
In Between lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Hold the light up to me, get underneath my skin
I feel a little undefined, I want to let you in
And I listen to the messages, the endless train of thought
Now it feels like I'm returning, most everything I've bought
Some say it's all coming to an end
Some fool themselves with thoughts of new beginnings
Makes me wonder what they believe
We're in between
Sometimes it's just better to get on with it
Sometimes Lord knows you gotta get off
No use holding on to what I mean
'Cause I'm in between
There's no use wondering what I mean
Saints and sinners, losers, winners, masters and their slaves
The more you hide one or the other the earlier your grave
Oh the triumph and the tragedy, the endless bright parade
I know that most of us are innocent but some should be afraid
'Cause they say we're all coming to an end
They fool themselves with thoughts of new beginnings
Well I don't buy it, it's just too clean
'Cause we're in between
Sometimes it's just better to get on with it
Sometimes Lord knows you gotta get off
No use holding on to what I mean
'Cause I'm in between
There's no use wondering what I mean
'Cause I'm in between
Are you still wondering what I mean?
Hold the light up to me, get underneath my skin
Humming like the wind
I feel a little undefined, I'm sorry if I seem
So in between
It's so much better when you run your fingers through my hair
Humming like the air
I wish that I could hold you, I'm sorry if I seem
So in between
Rubbed Out lyrics - Duncan Sheik
She justified it then
She may well justify forever
She figures it's the only way
To keep herself together
Something about hotel rooms and horses
And losing all her friends
And hearing all their voices
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's stronger by far, than a war-torn soldier
She rubs it out
She makes a little money
And sends it to the mother
She's living with some guy
Who's fighting off the sharks
She hopes some day
She'll get some kind of letter
Well you don't hold much
If you haven't got the heart
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's harder by far, than a war-torn soldier
She rubs it out
Some time ago, I thought that she was trying to move on
I thought wrong
She rubs it out, she covers it over
She's harder by far, than a war-torn soldier
I'd die for her gladly
Lord knows I've told her
But she rubs it out
I justified it then
I may well justify forever
Bite Your Tongue lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Such an annoying conversation
I'm sorry but I'm tired of trying
To be some picture of compassion
And anyway it sounds like I'm lying
And yes I've heard the world has conspired
To steal away your God-given right
To a happy home and comfortable children
Next you'll sue them for abandoning you
So bite your tongue
You're not the only one
Who's been let down
Bite your tongue
Maybe it's good for you
To hit the ground
Oh Christ, it's gonna sound like I'm agreeing
With the most ultra-boring ideas
Of pops psychological western gurus
Who haven't gotten lucky in years
And so you see, I have no intention
Of giving you the easy way out
And yes I'll smile as I burn
The self-help section of my local bookstore
So bite your tongue
You're not the only one
Who's been let down
Bite your tongue
Maybe it's good for you
Hit the ground
Blame the shapes and blame the angles
Blame it on your own dark planes
If you blame on something other
The victim's song remains, remains
So bite your tongue
You're not the only one
Who's been let down
Bite your tongue
Maybe it's good for you
To hit the ground
Alibi lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Did you come down to give me
Or take me away
I had so many things to tell you
But now I don't have much to say
This feeling like we're hiding out
Is getting in the way
Let's quit the town just look around
There's nothing here to keep us alive
If they try to run us down
You know I'm on your side
And I want you to be my alibi
So they won't find me
And they won't find you
And we may tell lies
But we may be true
Did you come down to take me
Or give me away
I had so many things to ask you
Now you don't have much to say
And these alcoholic afternoons
Are getting in the way
Let's quit the town just look around
There's nothing here to keep us alive
If they try to run us down
You know I''m on your side
And I want you to be my alibi
So they won't find me
And they won't find you
And we may tell lies
But we may be true
So they won't find me
And they won't find you
And we may tell lies
But we may be true
I want to be your alibi
Till the day we die
Varying Degrees Of Con-artistry lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Promised cures for everyman
Snake oil and circuses
You can get to Heaven, yes you can
So judge the books by their surfaces
And someone's taking care of business
The market place is doing fine
As long as there's no witness
How can there be a crime
The illusion is lasting, such beautiful masking
We hold it in our arms
It's all just varying degrees of con-artistry
But no one seems alarmed, no one seems alarmed
I'll promise love without end
I'll believe myself, if I can
And like a baby soft and helpless
I won't ask questions
The illusion is lasting, such beautiful masking
We see it all the time
It's all just varying degrees of con-artistry
But no one seems to mind, no one seems to mind
That Says It All lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Hit the town, still dressing down
Looking for some action, Mr. Jagger said it best
He knows you never get, no satisfaction
But Mr. Dylan knows, that everyone is more or less a Rolling Stone
And Mr. Lennon, so quiet, knows better, so I've been told
That says it all, doesn't it?
We always want what we never get
Well listen hear, my friend
I can't continue to pretend that it's alright
'Cause that ain't right, and that ain't right
I hear you're gonna make it big, rake it in
With your master plan, Mr. Hendrix understood
Those are only, a castles made of sand
And Mr. Wilson took some pills and I don't blame him
It's hard to be alive and Mr. Page how he played
Mr. Drake stayed up late and made me cry
That says it all, doesn't it?
We always want what we never get
Well listen hear my friend
I can't continue to pretend that it's alright
They've said it all haven't they?
But what I want, what I want to say
Is listen hear my friend
I can't continue to pretend that it's alright
No matter what we get, we never find our happiness
Ain't that a crime?, Maybe that's why I've been told
Since I was six years old to compromise
But that ain't right, well that ain't right
Everyone, Everywhere lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Faded longing, tired of wanting
Can't explain the fear that's haunting you
Should I go or I could be wrong
So wrong
Hear me calling from eagle mountain
One of millions of suns
Perfect nature, deepest wisdom
Lies within everyone, everyone
And everywhere the brilliant horizon
Some say sacred, some profane
There are no distinctions, then again yes
But I may be wrong, but it feels right
So right
Hear me calling from eagle mountain
One of millions of suns
Perfect nature, deepest wisdom
Lies within everyone, everyone
And everywhere the brilliant horizon
Everywhere lies within everyone
A Body Goes Down lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Once in a while a man comes along
Even his failures were favorite songs
Oh to have made something so unsurpassed
As certain things fall away some certain things last
A body goes down in the Mississippi waters
Weighted by a beauty, afraid of its light
Notify your holy men, console your sons and daughters
And tell me one more time, what is just, what is right
Chances are good we spread blasphemous lies
Safe to say nobody knew what was inside
Of course there is grace and those halos of pain
Maybe he sang what he came here to sing
A body goes down in the Mississippi waters
Weighted by a beauty, afraid of its light
Notify your holy men, console your sons and daughters
And tell me one more time, what is just, what is right
Speed on to the next world, speed on to the next life
Better I'm sure by far
Orpheus driven, treasures given
Heal the most broken of hearts
Speed on, speed on, speed on
Nothing Special lyrics - Duncan Sheik
You play guitar for perfect strangers
You write some words they try to sell
And then you sing these things in public
Sometimes not very well
You get paid to go to parties
Drinking colors talking trash
You get laid because you're arty
And you wonder why it never lasts
Maybe these are wonders more than we may know
Well I hate to steal your thunder
You ain't nothing special
You're no more celestial than anyone else
As far as I can tell I call it mythology
We see what we want to see
And everyone wants their distant dreams
So sure enough they want your picture
And your deepest point of view
Well you should know you ain't not that pretty
And you haven't got a clue
But how you love the adoration
You believe you're in-house press
And half the critics always hate you
So you get horribly depressed
Maybe these are wonders, more than we may know
Well, I hate to steal your thunder
You ain't nothing special
You're no more celestial than anyone else
As far as I can tell I call it mythology
We see what we want to see
You ain't nothing special
You're no more celestial than anyone else
As far as I can tell I call it mythology
We see what we want to see
And I am the snake who bites his own tail
House Full Of Riches lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Had a house full of riches
Threw it all away
I'm not a worthy man
No matter what you say
I promise forever
And left without a word
I'm not a worthy man
No matter what you've heard
My mind and my spirit
Were sharp and strong
I threw it all away
Tell me where did I go wrong
But the purest of those moments
Pierce me through and through
Wistful and hopeless
No matter what I do
Somewhere within this heart of mine
Demons are working overtime
Would that I ruled by sweet, sweet fate
Never facing the choice I made
I had a love of such beauty
I just can't describe
I threw it all away
I could not tell you why
But I remember her laughing
Drenched in summer sun
I'm not a worthy man
But I could have been one
Somewhere within this heart of mine
Demons are working overtime
Would that I ruled by sweet, sweet fate
Never facing the choice I made
I threw it all away
I threw it all away
I threw it all away
Threw it all away
Threw it all away
Threw it all, threw it all, threw it all away
She comes to me only in the hours before I wake
Nichiren lyrics - Duncan Sheik
He beat the drum and lit the fires
He sent the messages in vain
But the sound of his philosophy
Rose above the falling rain
And to you who find it difficult
To believe in anything
I praise you for the outrage
At the horror you have seen
So I'm trying to remember
I try to understand
Every holocaust has meaning
Not set in stone but drawn in sand
And in some cold and barren place
He spoke the phrase and thus I heard
With every small decision
You change a heart, you change the world
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She Runs Away lyrics - Duncan Sheik
You may not see the end of it
But luckily she comes around
It isn't what she talks about
It's just the way she is
And she says, "Ooh darlin' don't you know
The darkness comes and the darkness goes?"
And she says, "Ooh babe, why don't you let it go?
Happiness ain't never how you think it should be so"
I mystified the simple life
I covered up with consciousness
I saw myself and broke it down
'Til nothing more was left
She saw the symptoms right away
And spoke to me in poetry
"Sometimes the more you wonder why
The worse it seems to get"
And she says, "Ooh darlin' don't you know
The darkness comes and the darkness goes?"
And she says, "Ooh babe, why don't you let it go?
Happiness ain't never how you think it should be so"
She runs away, she runs away
And then you know there comes a time
You need her more than anything
You may believe yours are the wounds
That only she can heal
Then everything will turn around
She becomes so serious
What she chose to offer you
Was all that you could have
And she says, "Ooh darlin' don't you know
The darkness comes and the darkness goes?"
And she says, "Ooh babe, why don't you let it go?
Happiness ain't never how you think it should be so"
She runs away, she runs away
She runs away, she runs away
In The Absence Of The Sun lyrics - Duncan Sheik
For all the good you say it does
It seems no better when you had your say
You may believe its just because
Words get colder when you've gone away
I thought I understood
What I was to you
I don't want to feel this way no
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
Cause you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves
Some may fear committed lives
I sure am one of them without you
Does it come to you as some surprise
I lay the ground beneath to doubt you
Was it ever, girl, something you could hold
I don't want to feel this way no
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
Cause you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves
I don't want to look away
I don't want to be the one denied
It ain't no fault of mine
Someone somewhere told you lies
We don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves
We don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves
I don't want to feel this way no
I don't want to say I'm just a friend
I don't want to wait around here
Cause you don't want to feel no pain again
We just lie about it
As we become shadows of ourselves
I don't want to look away
I don't want to be the one denied
It ain't no fault of mine
Someone somewhere told you lies
We don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves
We don't talk about it
We just become shadows of ourselves
Barely Breathing lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I know what you're doing
I see it all too clear
I only taste the saline
When I kiss away your tears
You really had me going
Wishing on a star
The black holes that surround you
Are heavier by far
I believed in your confusion
So completely torn
Must have been that yesterday
Was the day that I was born
There's not much to examine
There's nothing left to hide
You really can't be serious
If you have to ask me why
I say goodbye
'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
Don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
I don't suppose it's worth the price
It's worth the price, the price
That I would pay, yeah yeah, yeah
Everyone keeps asking
What's it all about?
I used to be so certain
Now I can't figure out
What is this attraction?
I only feel the pain
There's nothing left to reason
And only you to blame
Will it ever change?
'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
Don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
I don't suppose it's worth the price
It's worth the price, the price
That I would pay, yeah yeah, yeah
But I'm thinking it over anyway
I'm thinking it over anyway
I've come to find
I may never know
Your changing mind
Is it friend or foe?
I rise above or sink below
With every time
You come and go
Please don't come and go
'Cause I am barely breathing
And I can't find the air
Don't know who I'm kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don't suppose it's worth the price
It's worth the price, the price
That I would pay, yeah yeah, yeah
But I'm thinking it over anyway
I'm thinking it over anyway
Well, I know what you're doing
I see it all too clear
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