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
Reasons For Living lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Everyone's looking, everyone hides
Everyone's telling everyone lies
We're changing the subject, we're turning away
Away from the heart of it all
You say you are happy, do you think this is fun?
Well, it's only a firefly to the light of the sun
You say this is living, you feel so alive
Well, you know everything dies
Even my wonder, even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm, it's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us
Welcome to another day
It don't seem that different 'cause nothing has changed
Try to remember, try to remember
When we were just running in place
Reasons for living, never come cheap
But even your best ones can put me to sleep
What I am saying or trying to say
Is that there must be a better way
Even my wonder, even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm, it's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us
It's already in you, it's already there
You may disagree but I don't really care
Did you ever find out, did you ever find out
What's at the heart of us?
Did you ever find out, did you ever find out
What's at the heart?
Tell me all your wildest dreams
You don't really care, you don't know what they mean
Raiding the closets, skeleton keys
You know it's easier than you think
Even my wonder, even my fear
Only amount to a couple of tears
There is a rhythm, it's near and it's far
It flows through the heart of us
Reasons for living are all very fine
Leaving me cold though they're not really mine
Did you ever find out, did you ever find out
What's at the heart of us?
I don't know, I don't know
Days Go By lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Well, I know it's not fashionable
To be this hopeful, laugh away
I didn't think it was possible
To be this grateful anyway
And I know it's not sensible
To be this passionate everyday
Days go by, I catch myself smile
More than you'd ever expect
It's been a long while
Since it's been okay to feel this way
In the volumes of history
Have you ever seen anything so pure?
In the wildest mythology
Were the gods and goddesses ever so in love?
In your own experience
Have you ever known tenderness like this?
Days go by, I catch myself smile
More than you'd ever expect
It's been a long while
Since it's been okay to feel this way
These are the most precious
Of all my days
Serena lyrics - Duncan Sheik
So what, life's rough
You should get over yourself
Like everyone else and enjoy
The girls and the boys
Everything in between
Serena
In an effort to avoid
The things that annoy you
You hide far, far away
And life just passes you by
Are you gonna give up? Are you gonna give out?
Ain't that a shame
You've got no one to blame
But your conscience
It doesn't make sense
I know that only too well
So tell me
Did it happen one day
When the day that you faced
Wasn't happening?
It just didn't bring
Anything more, anything more than despair
Serena, Serena
Serena
Do you remember?
Morning would come
Just like a child filled with the sun
And the hours never seemed long
Where have those days gone?
Beyond us or so you would believe
But I can't agree, those illusions
Will you ever get through them
And find the diamond
Find the diamond inside?
Serena, Serena
Serena, Serena
Out Of Order lyrics - Duncan Sheik
I hear what you're sayin'
I may seem out of order
Nothing's quite the same now
As it ever was before her
And you're lookin' at me
With one of those sideways glances
You say I'm givin' up too much
And takin' too many chances
But I won't believe you now
I've got to check this out
Nothin' you can say
Will convince me otherwise
You're just tryin' to be a friend
I know the message is well meant
But none of it does compare to her eyes
Just go easy on me
I'm feelin' out of order
I'm beaten and I'm wounded
Like I never was before her
And I know you're talkin' sense
But I can't forget about her
You say I'm good as dead
If I keep it up much longer
But I won't believe you now
I've got to check this out
Nothin' you can say
Will convince me otherwise
You're just tryin' to be a friend
I know the message is well meant
But none of it does compare to her eyes
It may be unwise, you may be right
But I don't mind, I just can't mind
It may be unwise, you may be right
But I don't mind, I just can't mind
November lyrics - Duncan Sheik
The past we seek some certainty
The seasons we remember
The light of May and darkest days
The month we call November
To leave behind the wasted time
And every bad decision
And harder still, what force of will
To feel we are forgiven
But something stays
So who am I to say
There's nothing more between us?
And I don't know the reasons
Nothing's clear
I've come to no conclusions
Said and done
Is it all said and done?
So here we are, not very far
From when we said forever
And all we have, this restless past
The month we call November
Home lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Don't get me wrong
I'm feeling okay
But when I'm without you
It's just not the same
Don't misunderstand me
I'm feeling alright
But when I'm without you
The day turns into night
Into night
I dream of a future
A possible place
We lie together
Face to face
And I'm looking forward
I will not deny
I dream of a future
Made for you and I
You and I
I'm with you
No longer alone
When I'm with you
Feels like I'm home
And you are with me
No longer alone
How can it be?
Feels like I'm home
I look through the darkness
Into the sky
The moon up above me
Brilliantly shines
I've never been happier
Watching it glow
Here by myself
But I know I'm not alone
I'm not alone
I look through the brightness
Into the sky
The sun up above me
Spitting out fire
Call me a child
Call me naive
The world is much brighter
Than it ever used to be
Used to be
I'm with you
No longer alone
When I'm with you
Feels like I'm home
And you are with me
No longer alone
How can it be?
Feels like I'm home
Feels like I'm home
Feels like I'm home
Feels like I'm home
Feels like I'm home
The End Of Outside lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Should I say I'm sorry
For what I'm going to say?
I guess it's way beyond me
To sleep with yesterday
I want to see my future
I want to know my past
The everlasting present
Is that so much to ask?
Does it make you wonder
What's at the end of outside?
They say there's other vision
Deeper than the light
Maybe they're just voices
Coming from my mind
A hundred million faces
Enlightened or afraid
What is going to save us
From all uncertain fate?
Does it make you wonder
What's at the end of outside?
I want to feel closer now
To the stars in the sky
Tell me sweetly, give me
The love of everyday
Human nature
I don't remember how to feel that way
Anyway
Dropped inside the ocean
Covered by the sands of time
Walk me through the seasons
Of every single life
Does it make you wonder
What's at the end of outside?
I want to feel closer now
To the stars in the sky
Little Hands lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Some sweet perversion on the telephone line
I've been waiting for such a very long time
For her to be free
The evening was nice but there were too many people
And all my thoughts, so depraved and evil
Oh Lord, what would she say?
She says, "Well, I'm afraid, it's not to be
You're a sweet guy but you ain't for me
I live my life in a different way
You know those things you're thinking are a big mistake"
We stayed out late 'til morning came
I said, "I'll take you home if it's all the same"
Her indifference fills the room
Some weak seduction on the morning after
How it slays me every time I touch her
But she just wants to sleep
She says, "How long 'til you understand
The last thing that I need is another man
Didn't you promise to give it a rest?
Right now I need a lover like a hole, like a hole in the chest"
Oh well, can't blame a guy for tryin'
And I'm smiling even though I'm dying
To know the love she says will never be
One last conversation at the crowded bar
And even though the music is louder by far
I hear every word she says
She says, "Don't take it bad, don't worry about it
You're friend of mine and there's no way around it
Sometimes you get there early, sometimes you get there late
But even if you had a chance you never, never knew the game"
Little hands, open smile, I'm glad we got to talk for a while
I feel okay, yeah I'm feeling better, I'll let it go but I'll never say never
It's okay, yeah it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
Better Things For Better Living lyrics - Simon Kafka & Duncan Sheik
Common
Common mistakes
There's plenty of time
There's plenty of time
Isn't this something?
Hidden, hidden nearby
A sense of déjà vu
Rooted to the spot
Isn't this something?
Hidden nearby, hidden nearby
Hidden nearby, hidden nearby
Hidden nearby, hidden nearby
Chimera lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Born Scorpio boy
Chased by storms
Always safe
Rush out of bed
Tornado is dead
In its wake, sunlight
The land in uproot
Taken down south
To a hurricane town
Fallen down bombs
Wishing for snowbound home
Robbed by time
The shadows of birds
Fortune's won and lost
And still, I'm wandering
Wandering
Wandering
Fake Plastic Trees lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Green plastic watering can
Fake Chinese rubber plan
In the fake plastic earth
She bought from a rubber man
Town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself
Wears her out
Wears her out
Wears her out
Wears her out
She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
Used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins
Wears him out
Wears him out
Wears him out
Wears...
She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
I can't fight the feeling, no
I could blow through the ceiling, yeah
If I just turn and run
Wears me out
Wears me out
Wears me out
Wears me out
If I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time, all the time...
Foreshadowing lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Maybe I'll just whisper
Neither humble, neither proud
Listen if you care to
But I will not sing too loud
No, not tonight
Just before I'm over and out
I want to sing of better times
I want to sing of hope
But you've heard those empty promises
They sound like such a joke
So I stumble
So hard to say, so difficult
Sometimes I am not able
To separate my dreams from forced cliche
But more and more I hear it
I feel the spirit rise
The people here are talking 'bout
The oneness of all life
Maybe I will turn away
Maybe you will run
But it just may be a foreshadowing of what's to come
So anything can happen
I don't believe in fate
I won't try to convince you
'Cause it's getting kind of late
But there it is
Just before I'm over and out
My parting shot
Is just to say you hold the reins
But more and more I hear it
I feel the spirit rise
The people here are talking 'bout
The oneness of all life
Maybe I will turn away
Maybe you will run
But it just may be a foreshadowing of what's to come
And if you struggle to realize
This earthly paradise is just so far
above us to put away the poisonous ideas
You know it's just ideas
We're the only enemies around here
I see your eyes are closing
I didn't mean to keep you up
There's more that I can say now
But I guess I've said enough
So sleep well
Just before I'm over and out
Yeah, sleep well
Just before I'm over and out
But more and more I hear it
I feel the spirit rise
The people here are talking 'bout
The oneness of all life
Maybe I will turn away
Maybe you will run
But it just may be a foreshadowing of what's to come
I Am A Pilgrim lyrics - Duncan Sheik
(from "TransAmerica" soundtrack)
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
Traveling through this wearisome land
I have a home in that yonder city, good Lord
And it's not, not made by hand
I've got a mother, a sister and a brother
Who all have gone this way before
I am determined to go and meet them, good Lord
Over on, on that other shore
I'm goin' down to the river of Jordan
Just to bathe my, my weary soul
If I could just touch the hem of his garment, good Lord
Then I know he would make me whole
I am a pilgrim and a stranger
Traveling through this wearisome land
I've got a home in that yonder city, good Lord
But it's not, not made by hand
Lost On The Moon lyrics - Duncan Sheik
Without you
Lost on the moon
Without you
Here the world is desert gray
Never do I see the day
Here there is a different light
There?s only night, only night
Just a trace of gravity
Nothing to hold on to me
Sometimes there are passing ships
Away they slip, away they slip
If you hear me let me know
Radio
I walk across the rocky ground
Up here the stars make tiny sound
But still there is no atmosphere
You are not here, you are not here
Somewhere above the fearsome heights
Satellites
Without you
Lost on the moon, yeah
Without you
Lost on the moon
Without you
How I dream of sweet return
To fall so fast and feel the burn
Confetti flies, the brass band plays
A small parade, a small parade
Will I ever be found
Will I ever be homeward bound?
Without you
Lost on the moon, yeah
Without you
Lost on the moon
Without you
Lost on the moon, yeah
Without you
Lost on the moon
Not A Common Man lyrics - Duncan Sheik
(from "American Psycho" soundtrack)
Look at history, open the books,
There are statues with great looks,
There are gods, there are kings,
I'm pretty sure I'm the same thing.
Beyond boundaries, beyond rules,
I've been taught in the best schools,
There is little I won't do,
Is the same thing true of you?
I am needing so much more,
Every pleasure is a bore,
I am something other than a common man,
I'm not a common man.
I do suspect I'm one of few,
I can show you something new,
All the constraints, they are all gone,
I'll confess no interest in right and wrong.
I am needing so much more,
Every pleasure is a bore,
I am something other than a common man,
I'm not a common man.
I am greedy, you're a whore,
What's the difference? Who's keeping score?
There's no reason to be fair,
Doesn't matter if you're not there.
Are you losing too much blood?
Let it flow, let it flood,
Just keep breathing, if you can
And you will see I'm not a common man.
I am needing so much more,
Every pleasure is a bore,
I am something other than a common man,
I'm not a common man.
There Once Was A Pirate lyrics - Duncan Sheik
(from "Spring Awakening" soundtrack)
There once was a pirate
Who put out to sea
His mates all around him
No maiden on his knee
Oh, sail for a little
A little little little
Oh, sail for a little
'Til she finds him
There once was a maiden
Who wandered the mead
To gather blue violets
Her mama would need
A wail through the willows
All hollow through the willows
She'll wail through the willows
'Til she finds him
The sea was so violent
The crew went below
They begged him to join them
But he would not go
Oh, sail a little little
For just a little little
Oh, sail for a little
'Til she finds him
Her heart was so laden
She fell by a tree
Sang of some pirate
Who haunted the sea
A wail through the willows
All hollow through the willows
She'll wail through the willows
'Til she finds him
A wail through the willows
(Sail for a little)
All hollow through the willows
(The willow willows)
She'll wail through the willows
(Sail for a little)
'Til she finds him
He'll sail for a little
A little little little
He'll sail for a little
'Til she finds him
He'll sail for a little 'til she finds him
This Is Not An Exit lyrics - Duncan Sheik (feat. Ben Aldridge, Matt Smith)
(from "American Psycho" soundtrack)
Maybe this schism is just a symptom
Of late capitalism
A Savior's died and risen
Of worlds that wouldn't listen
To their own collapse
Even if this story
Is overwrought and gory
It's not a fable, it's not an allegory
No cautionary tale, no memento mori
Or a vague perhaps
Maybe you've been slaughtered
Maybe you've been kissed
Either way means nothing
I simply don't exist
Look at what's been done here
Judge it how you wish
I am all alone here
I am a solipsist
This is what we've come to
What we have become
I am not a person
Known to anyone
All the doors are tried and tested
Know that this is not an exit
Am I just a version of the end of days?
Am I just an effect of a modern phase?
Am I just the end point of the grand parade?
Should we be afraid?
Maybe you've been slaughtered
Maybe you've been kissed
Either way means nothing
I simply don't exist
Look at what's been done here
Judge it how you wish
I am all alone here
I am a solipsist
This is what we've come to
What we have become
I am not a person
Known to anyone
All the doors are tried and tested
Know that this is not an exit
None of this exists for me
This is all a fantasy
There is no future here
There is no history
None of this is real
It's not reality
None of this exists for me
There is no consistency
There's only entropy
And even though I've tried and tested
I know that this is not an exit
Now
Touch Me lyrics - Duncan Sheik & Kathryn Gallagher
Where I go, when I go there
No more memory anymore
Only men on distant ships
The women with them swimming with them to shore
Where I go, when I go there
No more whispering anymore
Only hymns upon your lips
A mystic wisdom, rising with them to shore
Touch me, just like that
And that, oh yeah
Now, that's heaven
Now, that I like
God, that's so nice
Now lower down
Where the figs lie
Where I go, when I go there
No more shadows anymore
Only men with golden fins
The rhythm in them, rocking with them to shore
Where I go, when I go there
No more weeping anymore
Only in and out your lips
The broken wishes, washing with them to shore
Touch me
All silent
Tell me, please
"All is forgiven"
Consume my wine
Consume my mind
I'll tell you how, how the winds sigh
Touch me, just like that
Now, there, that's it
Oh God, that's heaven
I'll love you right
I'll love you right
We'll wander down
Where the sins cry
Touch me, just like that
Now lower down, where the sins cry
Love me, just for a bit
We'll wander down, where the winds sigh
Where the winds sigh
Where the winds sigh
Where the winds sigh...
Wishful Thinking lyrics - Duncan Sheik
[from "Great Expectations" soundtrack]
Listen to the waves
Everything communicates
Will it ever be
Anything more than wishful thinking?
Oh no, there you go
Looked away and missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Feel the blades of grass
How it brings you back
It will always be
Only as green as you can see
Oh no, there you go
Looked away and missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Oh yeah, fooled again
I don't know how and I don't know when
Not much else to blame
But wishful thinking
Little breakdowns
In coastal town
They come suddenly
Crashing over you
They come easily
I'm falling through the skies
And frozen places
Oh no, there you go
Looked away and missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Oh yeah, fooled again
I don't know how and I don't know when
Not much else to blame
But wishful thinking
And I try to realize
That I needn't look any further
The whole of the universe is plain to see
And I try not to rely
On another world or the future
The whole of the universe is a mystery
Gets me over
It gets me over, yeah, oh
It gets me over
It gets me over, yeah
Listen to the waves
Everything communicates
Will it ever be
Anything more than wishful thinking?
Oh no, there you go
Looked away and missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Feel the blades of grass
How it brings you back
It will always be
Only as green as you can see
Oh no, there you go
Looked away and missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Oh yeah, fooled again
I don't know how and I don't know when
Not much else to blame
But wishful thinking
Little breakdowns
In coastal town
They come suddenly
Crashing over you
They come easily
I'm falling through the skies
And frozen places
Oh no, there you go
Looked away and missed the show
How much wasted time
Will you survive?
Oh yeah, fooled again
I don't know how and I don't know when
Not much else to blame
But wishful thinking
And I try to realize
That I needn't look any further
The whole of the universe is plain to see
And I try not to rely
On another world or the future
The whole of the universe is a mystery
Gets me over
It gets me over, yeah, oh
It gets me over
It gets me over, yeah
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