The
Gate
Over land, I traveled
time and space and quicksand
And for sixty days I
knew no other road
And through the maelstrom,
which turned in time with the kick drum
I was swallowed and twisted
and spit out on a coast
And in this place there
stands a gate that leads to the heart of the city
And I've spent seven
years and a sea of fears in this broken mirror of a city
Listen to the streets
there's a heartbeat missing in the city
Sweet sunlight, I can
see it in my mind's eye
And I remember feeling
alright
And I saw black clouds
and Turin shrouds and it smelled of a faded empire
It's all concrete and
steel, we're asleep at the wheel, and the mayor's just a gun for hire
Listen to the streets
there's a heartbeat missing in the city
Listen to the sound there's
a time bomb ticking in the city
I've heard the song the
morning sings
Outside the gate is everything
Let in the light! Let
in the light!
Streetwalker said to
me she has no need for history
She has the key she has
the key
Sweet sunlight, I can
see it in my mind's eye
Let in the light! Let
in the light!
Waking up from a dream
where I was the stone and you were the stream
Chemical City isn't all
that you need but it's all that you're getting and they've hidden the key
Listen to the streets
there's a heartbeat missing in the city
Listen to the sound there's
a time bomb ticking in the city
I said this place is
an unnatural disaster
And I'm a visitor here
so I asked her:
Where are the trees,
where are the trees?
And she said free yourself
from history
That is the key! That
is the key!
Sweet sunlight, I can
see it in my mind's eye
I see the light! I see
the light!
The gate is gone now,
you better run
Can you feel it? There's
a heartbeat missing in the city
When all the fat cats
are hissing at your pity
You better run, run run
run...
With A Bullet
Our love is dark thoughts
as it is bright lights
It's the sound of a teardrop
falling down from a great height
So don't let go, let
waters flow
And babe you have nothing
to fear for
This is as real as the
rain
My love for you is as
deep as a coalmine
You move like moonshine
straight to my head
This is a storyline we
write from the same bed
You had for sale a holy
grail
And babe you have nothing
to fear for
This is as real as the
rain
My love for you is as
deep as a coalmine
And our love is dark
thoughts as it is bright lights
And it's the sound of
a teardrop falling down from a great height
And babe you have nothing
to fear for
This is as real as the
rain
My love for you is as
deep as a coalmine
No, babe you have nothing
to fear for
This is as real as the
rain
My love for you is as
deep as a coalmine
If you were marked with
a bullet
I'd jump in front of
it
I'd rather die for love
than die for the want of it
Forever alive, forever
forward
I have no use at all
for any more words
I'll take on all of your
sorrows for mine my dear, till the days run clear, until they start to
shine, coming through your window, head on your pillow, the sight is honey
for my mind girl and I've been digging, ever deeper, this love gets easier
the more it's sung to, the more it rings true, the more I find the breath
to help sing with these miner's lungs...
Uprising Down Under
You feel the weight of
the weight on your shoulders
Cuz everyday gets shorter
and colder
And hand in hand we walk
through leather fire
The mountains bleed red
as the sun gets higher
All the things that you
are I provide
'Til your footprint is
swept away by the tide
I can wait for awhile
I don't mind
Yeah I can wait for awhile
cuz I got time
Wish you was less of
a way his
With it were more of
the way you could be
And you could put your
faith in me for a while
In the end I hope you're
free cuz I'll be out of style
All the things that you
are I provide
'Til your footprint is
swept away by the tide
And I can wait for awhile
I don't mind
Yeah I can wait for awhile
I got time (I got time)
Whoever said you can't
be saved by a song
Whoever said that is
stringing you along
We're all afraid to be
dead and gone
This will live on it
will live on it will live on
And all the things that
you are I provide
Til your footprint is
swept away by the tide
And I can wait for awhile
I don't mind
Yeah I can wait for awhile
I got time
And all the things you're
looking for I hope you'll find
Before your footprint
is swept away by the tide
And I can wait for awhile
I don't mind
Yeah I can wait for awhile
I got time
And I can wait for awhile
I don't mind
Yeah I can wait for awhile
I got time (I got time) |
Bridge
To Nowhere
Another day breaks and
the last one's gone
You dig deep just to
carry on
Your debt's paid off
but it don't feel gone
So you slip out the back
and you're moving on
I can never figure out
how to make a case
That this don't amount
to a fall from grace
She wants to know can
I replace
This tired wool with
satin lace
She says you're on a
bridge to nowhere and you're gettin' there fast
Put it in the past, put
it in the past
If this is a race then
I hope you come last
You're on a bridge to
nowhere and you're gettin' there fast
Pressure builds till
it breaks the dome
You can build a house
you can't build a home
And it's a fool who believes
love is bred in the bone
And there're no guarantees
that you won't get stoned
Yeah, I'm a fool who
believed love is bred in the bone
And there're no guarantees
that I won't get stoned
Says you're on a bridge
to nowhere and you're gettin' there fast
Put it in the past, put
it in the past
If this is a race then
I hope you come last
You're on a bridge to
nowhere and you're gettin' there fast
I don't know where it
leads, oh no
All I know is that I
don't wanna breathe this chemical breeze no more
So another day breaks
and the last one's gone
You dig deep just to
carry on
Your debt's paid off
but it don't feel gone
So you slip out the back
and you're moving on
Says you're on a bridge
to nowhere and you're gettin' there fast
Put it in the past, put
it in the past
If this is a race then
I hope you come last
You're on a bridge to
nowhere and you're gettin' there fast
Mind Flood
When it comes calling,
will you heed the call?
When it gets heavy now,
will you let it fall?
And as the loon cries
it opens minds
The stream reflects these
Northern climes
Through these days we
walk the line
Sixteen dollars and a
couple of dimes
There've been a number
of times
Took a step back, couldn't
read the signs
Cross the plains till
they start to climb
Down to the valley where
the river winds
Sing it for me, sing
it for me
When the water comes
down, get yourself up high...
Grey skies, the waters
rise
Mind flood's gonna break
the bank
Will it wash us away
now? Will it wash us away now?
Blue skies, the river
dries
A light goes out before
your eyes
Till the break of day
now, till the break of day now
Sing it for me, sing
it for me
When the water comes
down, get yourself up high...
Goin' down to the river
now, mind flood's got my head in the gutter
Will it wash us all away?
You come to with a shiver
now,
Flash back eighth grade
with a stutter
Will it wash us all away?
If love is a cult we
are all believers
Cruel, passionate underachievers
Fools lashing out at
the dreamers
Kiss the enemy and kill
the redeemer
We are indeed a dying
breed
We are the people of
the sky
So when the river floods
and you're made from mud
Get yourself up high....
Sing it for me, sing
it for me
When the water comes
down, get yourself up high...
Goin' down to the river
now, mind flood's got my head in the gutter
Will it wash us all away?
You come to with a shiver
now,
Flash back eighth grade
with a stutter
Will it wash it all away?
Goin' down to the river
now, mind flood's got my head in the gutter
Will it wash us all away?
Whoa, come and wash it
all away, all away...
Get yourself up high...
The wolf's eyes have
found their prize
And you have found your
place in it all.... |
