Selling Out lyrics - Duncan Sheik
There's a race we're running
To the break time coming
We say
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
We try explaining
When the sky stops raining
But we don't know
Don't know, don't know
And this girl keeps singing
Till my ears are ringing
I say
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
She says her night begins
When the deejay spins
As if I don't know
Don't know, don't know
She wants it all
Oh the next distraction
Come on sell it out
She's the next attraction
Come on baby sell it out
Someone's standing
As the ice is melting
And it's
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
No one's saying
But we all keep praying
That we don't know
Don't know, don't know
And there's all this dying
From the guns you're buying
You say
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
When I say it
Some fools gonna hate it
So I don't know
Don't know, don't know
She wants it all
Oh the next distraction
Come on sell it out
She's the next attraction
Come on baby sell it out
The next distraction
Come on sell it out
She says from the heart
She does it for the art
But I don't know
Don't know, don't know
Cause everything
I'm telling you is a song
I'm selling you
Oh oh, oh oh, oh h
You bought it all
You bought it, bought it
Even when I was selling out
You bought it, bought it
Even when I was selling out
Whoa
You bought it, bought it
Even when I was selling out
You bought it, bought it
Even when I was selling out
Avalanche lyrics - Duncan Sheik
There's a wave of snow and it's coming down
From far below it seems as if it barely makes a sound
And it doesn't love, it doesn't hate
It stands to deliver it's inexorable fate
The world you know is ripping at the seams
No more days of dreaming easy dreams
There's no white flag, there is no olive branch
It's an avalanche
There's a dark blue sky and a pale white sun
When the ground beneath you shifts, it's too late to run
You might as well dive inside
And make a little room to breathe, and maybe you'll survive
The world you know is ripping at the seams
No more days of dreaming easy dreams
This is not love or lust, or sweet romance
It's an avalanche
It's an avalanche
It's an avalanche
She's a dark blue sky, she's a pale white sun
When the ground beneath you shifts, it's too late to run
Maybe she'll decide to let you live
A benefit of doubt that's hers to give
It's not just love or lust, or sweet romance
It's an avalanche
It's an avalanche
It's an avalanche
It's an avalanche
There's no white flag, there is no olive branch
It's an avalanche
Photograph lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I guess we'd hit the town
You could see we were a sight
We were taken up and taken down
Until we saw the light
There's no use in denying
We were pretty black and blue
The expression on your face says
Hey man what can you do
But then no one could tell
You know you wore it well
I'm pretty sure that camera
Tried to steal our soul
Were we really so elusive
Were we on a roll
Rolling in the starlight
It was everything we dreamed
Only later do we find
It was nothing like it seemed
How are we to know
We never would let go
A moment now passed
Some beauty it had
Somehow still lasts
A photograph
If you look at it closely
Here's what you will find
A boy who loses way
And a girl who will not mind
Would anyone have guessed
We'd fall in love
Even more, never last
How are we to know
We never would let go
Time that flew fast
A strange light now cast
Is captured at last
A photograph
Birmingham lyrics - Duncan Sheik
The sun has wound down on Birmingham
The day cleared up. It's pretty grand
I did a little job with a friend of mine
Emptied the pockets of the people in line
I could do a lot worse on a Saturday night
I could sit in my flat and think of maybes and mights
I've been a long time coming just to get to here
If it comes this easy, you don't shed a tear
We do what we can, in Birmingham
We stick to the plan, in Birmingham
We make a few grand, in Birmingham
We live off the land, in Birmingham
Maybe I should clarify:
I'm a bit complicated for such a simple guy
I don't need much, a few little things
Some illicit riches to live like a king
I never was one to really believe
All that talk about being where you're supposed to be
The truth is a joke, well it's just a cliche
Like: "Life's what you make it" or "Live for today"
We're taking a stand, in Birmingham
We stick it to the man, in Birmingham
We grow on the land, in Birmingham
We don't give a damn, in Birmingham
We do what we can, in Birmingham
We stick to the plan, in Birmingham
We make a few grand, in Birmingham
We live off the land, in Birmingham
Sometimes lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Here's a list of things gone wrong
Please don't worry
It won't take too long
You read it somewhere
But you're on the wrong track
You're calling someone
They don't call back
You trip you fall and everyone stares
You write a song and nobody cares
Nobody's there
It doesn't seem fair
Sometimes, sometimes
The dust the haze
Sometimes, sometimes
A brighter phase
Sometimes, sometimes
Time, it disappears into the blue
Here's a list of things gone right
Rest assured it won't take all night
You looked the wrong way
But you saw such sights
You fell
You fell to greater heights
You fell
You fell to greater heights
You fell, You fell to greater heights
You found her love letters in the mail
Every song you write is a fairy tail
Sometimes you sail
Through the wind and the gale
Sometimes, sometimes
The dust the haze
Sometimes, sometimes
A brighter phase
Sometimes, sometimes
Time, it disappears into the blue
Sometimes, sometimes
The dust the haze
Sometimes, sometimes
A brighter phase
Sometimes, sometimes
Time, it disappears into the blue
Sometimes, sometimes
You turn away
Sometimes, sometimes
I catch your gaze
Time, it disappears for me, for you
Hey You lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Hey you
I wanna surrender
I don't wanna remember
I want you to hurt me
Hey you
You cannot harm me
You won't alarm me
I want you to hurt me
Don't stop
Take me into those islands
Show me how to find them
Put me on a ship
To cross the sea of suffering
Pins drop
Take me to the silence
Even if there's violence
Even if it's just a paradise of nothing
Hey you
I want you to control me
Don't want you to hold me
I want you to hurt me
Hey you
Don't be so timid
You're nowhere near my limit
I want you to hurt me
Don't stop
Take me into those islands
Show me how to find them
Put me on a ship
To cross the sea of suffering
Pins drop
Take me to the silence
Even if there's violence
Even if it's just a paradise of nothing
Hey you
Cut me if you need to
You know I need to cut through
Cut through myself
Don't stop
Why are you so timid
You're nowhere near my limit
Take me to a place
Somewhere that's worth discovering
Pins drop
Take me to the silence
Even if there's violence
Even if it's just a paradise of nothing
Hey you
Take me to those islands
Show me how to find them
Put me on a ship
To cross the sea of suffering
Warning Light lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I've never felt water like this
A soft, a liquid kiss
I'm drowning in the bliss
Another thing I'll miss
I've never felt sun like this
A deep, a burning kiss
I'm melting in the bliss
Another thing I'll miss
Do I really need to tell you
The reasons why
You need to make it right
And you see the warning light
I've never breathed air like this
A sweet, a silver kiss
Filling me with bliss
Another thing I'll miss
I've never seen green like this
A pure, a heady kiss
Blowing with such bliss
Another thing I'll miss
Do I really need to tell you
The reasons why
You need to make it right
When you see the warning light
The warning light
Can't compel you
To fight this fight
It's pretty black and white
You don't see the warning light
I'm not trying to sell you
You don't need second sight
You need to make it right
And you see the warning light
The warning light
Distant Lovers lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Oh, the things you say
Can ruin a day
We are distant lovers
Such distant lovers
The sky's an angry grey
But we can't look away
We try to break one another
We try to break one another
Landing in some turquoise town
Best not sleep around
There's whispering
They're listening
Then talking
The world is watching
Oh! Don't stay so far away
My distant lover, my distant lover
Oh! The things you say
We try to break one another
We try to break one another
It's there in black and white
We fuss and we fight
I'm a difficult boy
With a difficult mother
So let's chalk it up to that
The unavoidable fact
It's a difficult world
We try to break one another
Some attractions take you down
Best not mess around
Keep walking
There will be talking
So much talking
The world is watching
Oh! Don't stay so far away
My distant lover, my distant lover
Oh! The things you say
We try to break one another
We try to break one another
Oh! Why are you so far away?
My distant lover, my distant lover
No I won't hear a word they say
I don't want to lose another
I don't want to lose another
Bicycle Thief lyrics - Duncan Sheik
So I'm gliding down the street
Passing by all you people
I suppose I'll never meet
Some of you glare at me
Some of you stare at me
But I am no bicycle thief
Try not to lie
Try not to cheat
A feeling I'll try not to repeat
Say some things beggars believe
But I am no bicycle thief
All of your little crimes
Can you leave them all behind
I'm just an accomplice
Where do you draw the line
I draw it all the time
I am just an accomplice
When I ride by
What do you see
Just some guy
Looking for a quick release
Sometimes you frown
You try and stare me down
But I am no bicycle thief
And all is said and done
Always hurt someone
You're at least an accomplice
Get it if you can
Never kill a man
But you're still an accomplice
Somewhere there underneath
I know the ride
Is gonna be too brief
Hope for another
Then you may discover
That I am no bicycle thief
All of your little crimes
Can you leave them all behind
Are you just an accomplice
Where do you draw the line
You draw it all the time
Are you just an accomplice
And all is said and done
Always hurt someone
You're at least an accomplice
Get it if you can
But never kill a man
Acquaintance lyrics - Duncan Sheik
So by the by
In the neighbourhood of demons
Where I spent my time
Because it was convenient
I spied a friend
Who'd had a wedding day
Who used to conjure spirits
So I avert my gaze
Please, cries of please
Wrecked my summer acquaintance
Last time I checked
None of us were sainted
So much love was tainted
By time
So many years ago
So many years ago
So many years ago
Oh
So to you and yours
Let's chuck it up to auld lang syne
And remember however it suits you
Or not, either way is fine
Yes we ran the slopes
And picked the pretty flowers
And yes we know the ropes
Up and down the towers
Where we found amazing powers
To forget
Those many years ago
So many years ago
So many years ago
Oh
Brutalized lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Those men now gone who we admire
They sing of fallen leaves
And they never sing of summer wind
Or evening breeze
They never found a promised land or even peace
They had a broken hearted walk until they were released
Brutalized by time
And the waste and the wine
So surprised to find the cooler heads prevailed
Brutalized by love
Never did find find love, never could rise above
Now that ship has sailed
Ships do sail
I walk along a rocky edge, a precipice
I look inside and see no end to it
Wonder how it all turns out because of this
Because of this, because of this
Brutalized by time
And the waste and the wine
So surprised to find the cooler heads prevailed
Brutalized by love
Never did find find love, never could rise above
Now that ship has sailed
Ships do sail
Circling lyrics - Duncan Sheik
The sky today is
Bloody gray
I'm surprised
To look so blue
I'm here playing on
A bigger stage
It's no surprise
It cut right through
You heard the questions
You heard the dodge
A made up name
Is not a sin
The water from the great mirage
Can taste like dust
And burning skin
Did you think it was a straight line
Were you surprised to find it circling
But you were having such a great time
The gravity was working
To bring you down
Then you were lost
'Til you were found
If you were found
When you're in a well-lit place
It can be hard to force a smile
You may find a smooth escape
You may have to wait awhile
When I think about it now
I know I saw it all along
I don't feel bad, don't feel let down
It just feels like something's wrong
I thought it was a straight line
So surprised to find it circling
I was having such a great time
Gravity was working
To bring me down
Then I was lost
'Til I was found
If I was found
Summer Mourning lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Summer mourning
I resolved to slip away
There is nothing, there is no one
Who would have a word to say
I venture off down some suburban London lane
There is nothing, there is no one
To whom I need explain
I turn, I turn and the houses fall behind
Who would have thought
That I'd be one who would so hope to find
These pale green fields
Their vibrating repetition
The slight change from the morning
To the afternoon edition
So long, so long
Moving on, moving on
The road it narrows and head high flowers appear
Thick with some toxicity
A solved but certain fear
And in this grove a channel cuts its small divide
I expect to find Ophelia drifting calmly by
So long, so long
Moving on, moving on
So I continue, I alight upon the town
Admiring the people moving purposely around
In the market there's a woman
So elegantly veiled
Perfect darkness of her fabric
At description, I would fail
Do I imagine or do I catch her gaze
Does she smile for a moment within the summer haze
It hardly matters. Did I forget to say
I'm a spectre
I'm a shadow across a perfect summer day
Moving on, for leaving off
Away, away, away
No Happy End lyrics - Duncan Sheik
She said that life was not enough
Some of it's alright but most of it's too rough
Cause we're not thoughts reeled off the cuffs
They were etched in hidden glass
Well as per usual an inside job
One less person left to raid, to run
One less body in a pointless mug
I guess it's best to make it fast
And I will show things up
With a line and another cup
And of course I wish you luck
But there will be no happy end
The question is not why but when
You can deny again and again
But there will be no happy end
So just one thing before you go
You left your words, you may not care to know
When you have left me here or there
All that I'd have left is quiet prayer
And I will show things up
With a thousand lines and an endless cup
And I wish you every kind of luck
But there will be no happy end
The question is not why but when
You can deny again and again
But there will be no happy end
Half A Room lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Here in half a room
Half the things we do
Don't turn out as planned
Our supply, our demand for love
Always best to play for laughs
Than faced with half hearted
The quest for autographs
Left with half my time
I'll make do with half rhymes
Some will find those faults
While I do somersaults for them
No, it's not half bad
But could've been quite tragic
It's just a little sad
Losing half my hopes
Half of which were jokes anyway
All my billion grand designs
Were surely victims of their times
Still I've had more than my share
Of pleasure from profit
And losses I must bear
And losses I must bear
Stay for half a drink
Tonight is just the blink of an eye
And I can say I bare my soul
Never nurtures never hold
And if I made one last request
Understand the half a man
Can only do his best
To love
To love you
To love you more
So There lyrics - Duncan Sheik
So there is a flare of pinkish light
Of clean blue sky, a morning sight
A line so fine and another same
Now I see their aeroplanes
The paths approach to cross, collide
But still more distant than lost love's eyes
So there it is or seems to me
I wish to think of all things free
But some still hold trajectory
They're not so free, not you, nor me
Even here in this immensity
So there, so there, so there, so there
So there, so there, so there
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
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