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
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