Arco

first to leave the party; last one off the train
take a deep breath as you start your life again
the discord on the doorstep; a tune in borrowed keys
and the long wait for release
five to two
and i can't let this stupid night go
it's nothing new
familiar as any feeling i know
quietly
empty failure's staring at me
there must be
better ways to be unhappy
back when i was younger, before the world stepped in
i was what i might be one day. now i'm only what i've been
and the things undone that keep you living the same old way
keep tomorrow from today

At Least


so he lied and now your doubt burns like a flame
and you're crying wondering
if your love can ever be the same
and you're tearing up inside at all the heartlessness
he's shown
but at least you're not alone

so she needed more than you'd thought you would give
and you're empty like a shell and wondering what it means to live
and you're tearing up inside at all the chances that
you've blown
but at least you're not alone

so it's evening and I'm staring at the wall
and I start to wonder if my friends are ever gonna call
and I'm tearing up inside at all the silence I'm scared of
but at least I'm not in love

come so far that i can barely see
how i got to where i'm standing
thought that i'd be strong and i'd be free
but it's not the way i planned it

doubts remain....something's missing
didn't change and i thought it would
doubts remain....something's missing
i don't know if i understood

and all the crazy things i can't explain
always thought one day i'd find a book
and on page one it would be written down
really simple if you care to look

but doubts remain....something's missing
didn't change and i thought it would
doubts remain....something's missing
i don't know if i understood

but you can look and never find all the little pieces
or step back and admire whatever remains

so get your coat and step outside your door
lean your head right back and breathe the sky
let your heart be what it wants to be
kiss the ones you love and wave goodbye

doubts remain....something's missing
doesn't hurt like i thought it would
doubts remain....something's missing
i don't care if i understood

words worn down to nothing
used too many times
on an empty stage
and i don't know my lines
and i don't hear a whisper
coming from the wings
all i see's the darkness
isolation brings

people are always too polite
mirrors flatten out, reverse your left and right
hard to find out what you are
self-delusion of eyewitness from afar
the old still think they're young
the sad still think they're happy
the damned still think that they're the ones who're free
give me eyes to see
got no markers to live by
no commitments that i have to satisfy
tell myself it's all ok
but everybody's living life some other way
the old still think they're young...
try to keep my vision clear
trace it as i find, open and sincere
seems the right thing till i lie
down at night and hear a little voice reply
the old still think they're young
the sad still think they're happy
delusion or despair is facing me
give me ecstasy

the endless night is beautiful
makes me feel like i was still a child
so much has changed but this remains
fear and wonder hard to reconcile
and i thought there'd come a time when i would go
bravely out into a world that i would know
now i know
there's too many stars in the sky
too many questions why
too much to change, and not enough to be changed by
too many stars
when your tired mind can't be sure
what's standing right before your eyes
from a distance there's a scene
an open heart might recognise
years of trying to understand have blinded me
more you really know the less you need to see
to be free

falling in love's like falling asleep
just got to turn your mind off
should be enough to know you'll be free
from all that you're terrified of
and i think i understand the cause of this confusion
to want something so bad but know it's all
delusion
if only love's gonna bring relief
does happiness justify belief?
only one way out of the game
a weatherman doesn't feel the rain
falling in love's a meeting of needs
attraction and then collision
should be a pull everyone heeds
not all this indecision
and i think i understand the cause of this confusion
to want something so pure but know it's all
collusion
if only love's gonna bring relief
does happiness just defy belief?
only one way out of the game
a weatherman doesn't feel the rain

conclusions all unsure
questions still unheard
confusion we endure
restless on this earth
and we dream of some long-lost state
careless as we were
but it's the future we must face
restless on this earth
what doesn't kill you only makes you weaker
till you don't know how much you can stand
if there's a lesson time's a hopeless teacher
don't understand
fortune favours not the brave
heedlessly they turn
to others hoping to be saved
one by one they burn
so if there's caution in our gaze
this at least we've learned
unknown we trace our days
restless on this earth

two overpowering years
one broken heart to heart
no warning of retreat
no clue of what would be so hard
faced the show with an outside indecision
you alone were worth the price of admission
hidden as the stakes were then
burning time and never knew
wouldn't feel that way again
vain search for a substitute
faced the show with an outside indecision
you alone were worth the price of admission
aces low, but love's no way of living
come to know you've got the hand you were given
but they're right the science books
you're not there till someone looks
the fading pulse of what might be
a sigh spread to infinity

out of myself again
hours flash by like trains
wondering where i've been
happily playing the game
you are my oldest friend
you took this day and buried it
so let's just call this love
or as close as i can get
turn on the light that blinds
open your eyes and forget
out of myself again
under an empty sky
no need to feel the pain
no need to wonder why
you are my oldest friend
you took these dreams and buried them
so let's just call this love
or as close as i can get
turn on the light that blinds
open your eyes and forget
back in myself again
fear comes down like rain

michael say - what did you see
when your two friends made history
they played for all the world below
alone backstage, you missed the show
gave all your life to live one dream
for someone else to steal the scene
and while they found tranquility
michael say - what did you see
a world as one in sympathy
connected as they'd ever be
and while they found humanity
michael say - what did you see

everything i say
feels like a foreign language
even my name
is just a pseudonym
don't know what i feel
just what i think i should be feeling
the world i see and hear
is not the world i'm in

when despair is revealed
as the night that you face
there's a light it conceals
you're not alone
our dreams are all down
burned themselves out
we're all lonely now
distant lies this deceit
heroes death can deny
take a breath and repeat
you're not alone
our dreams are all down
burned themselves out
we're all lonely now
out of control
wondering how
we let ourselves down
it's all over now
all over now

They said there'll be snow
at Christmas
They said there'll be peace
on earth
But instead it just kept
on raining
A veil of tears for
the virgin's birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winter's light
and distant choir
And the peal of a bell
and that Christmas tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel
and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a silent night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in father Christmas
And I looked at the sky
with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn
in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through
his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart
and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow
at Christmas
They said there'll be peace
on earth
Hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell
The Christmas you get you deserve

january sky like a slate wiped clean
and stillness of air
where nothing has been
wait for your word as if to say
another last chance lives from today
happy new year the world
just keeps turning
day into night night into day
holding on tight
millions all hoping
something like love
will light up the way

dying for change
but the feeling won't last
summer will come
and be over too fast
grow into sun fade into rain
a miniature life to live over again
happy new year
the world just keeps going
tumbling round
screaming through space
holding on tight
millions all hoping
something like love
will light up their face
happy new year to everyone hurting
praying this time
it all becomes clear
here when the light is
pale and uncertain
happy new year
happy new year

thought life was like a diary
begun the day you're born
filled with crazy writing
up to the latest dawn
and reaching out from there
towards the page you'd never turn
the empty days
the fate you'd still to learn
thought life was like a diary
begun the day you're born
but nothing this confusing
could be so clearly drawn
and today i saw it in a different light
and my heart sank
the days to come were filled
the days gone, blank

sometimes a word emerges
out of the silent stream
that runs beneath opinion
illusion of the waking dream
we are not what we seem

something prevents me looking
it must be for the best
but still the half-heard whisper
reminds me that i've failed the test
to know your own unrest

i know a choice is coming
for peace or honesty
pour concrete on the footprints
from everything that you might be
love will set you free

sorry I didn't like your point of view
didn't mean to upset you or hurt you
find it hard to tell those sweet little lies
always finding fault when i could compromise

i just want a perfect world

sorry i don't see life the way you do
if i could i'd be just the same as you
every day parade the things i feel inside
not be frightened by the doubt that i can't hide

i just want a perfect world
something beautiful preserved
and to take what we've been given's
a trick i've never learned

so the world falls off around you
you're standing on the edge
know you'll fall it just hasn't happened yet
and there's no-one left to catch you
and even if there were
you're not sure you could repay such a debt

but i just can't seem to shake
the old pursuits of youth
simple need to be
the seeker after truth

i just want a perfect world
dumbest thing you ever heard
but to take what we've been given's
a trick i've never learned