Laura Marling

Stole my children, left my son
Of all of them, he's the only one who did not mean that much to me
I tip my cap to the raging sea

My daughter, she's the pretty one
I married her off to the reverend's son
Now she lives in a sin-free world
Tip your cap to the brave old girl

Now all my rage been gone
Now all my rage been gone
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun

Stole my children, left my son
Of all of them, he's the only one who did not mean that much to me
I tip my cap to the raging sea

Oh cover me up, I'm pale as night
With a mind so dark and skin so white
Is this the devil having fun?
I'd tip my cap to the raging sun

Now all my rage been gone
Now all my rage been gone
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun

Now all my rage been gone
Now all my rage been gone
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun

I choose to stay far away
From the ones that think
Money is money to share
Don't ask me why
And i'll tell you no lies

Sonny don't come here no more
He don't drink from this well
O he's done with the world
And done with the girl
And i don't ask him why
And he tells me no lies

Those of us who are lost and low
I know how you feel
I know it's not right but it's real
But it's real.

I don't ask for love
And i don't beg for money
I'm just asking for grace and forgiveness
Now honey don't ask me why
And i'll tell you no lies.

Been looking for answers
In unsavoury places
On the highest of mountains
And on the lowest of bases
And i still don't know why
I still don't know why.

Those of us who are lost and low
We know how you feel
We know it's not right but it's real
But it's real.

I took the wind from the sea
I took the blood from an arrow
I took the wisdom of spring
And i was thrown and blown and tossed and turned until
Time found its hand and called an end
Me and time we go way back when
I was a child
And i always knew why.

I knew my name
I knew my road
And i stayed away from heavy loads
I'm still, i'm low
O lord am i low

Those of us who are lost and low
We know how you feel
We know it's not right but it's real
But it's real.

I was just a card, caught up in the stars,
Looking down to Mars.
You know, you know
He knows, he knows something
About me that I don't want him to know.

Never found a solid hand till I found that man,
Till I found that man of mine.
You were looking at me, thinking,
"Who is she?"

Never knew the sky was white till I took that flight,
Till I took that flight to him,
Tonight.

I was just a card, caught up in the stars,
Looking down to Mars.
You know, you know
I know, I know something
About you that you don't want me to know.

Could've sworn I had that man when he took my hand,
When he took my hand down near you.
You were looking at me, thinking,
"Who am I?"

Didn't even see the night till I said goodbye,
Till I said goodbye to him,
Tonight.

My friends, my dear friends
And lovers, oh my lovers
I'd leave you for them

They got a hand on my back

Mama has money now and Mama has friends
She's making rags for some uptown hags
With their money in bags
And why are you so sad?

Why are you always so sad?
Why do I not understand?
Why don't I see what it is you see?
Why can I live and just be?

I'm full of guilt
I am full of guilt
You're very tall, you're very handsome
You have it all, your skin smells like man

And I, you never know how I ache
You will never know how I ache
Don't touch that in grace

Ever considered the sea?
I heard you had to be strong
Why not float around with me?
It won't take you so long

You can go where I'm at
You can hang around with me
And a few good men will go where they all
Where they all not be
And a few good mothers go for what they,
What they all not teach

And I long for a touch or reminder of us but,
But it must not be

And a few strong branches over water reach for what they all not reach

I hope your mother knows where it is you have been
I hope your mother knows what it is you have seen
She'd be so proud
She will never know how I ache

Darling I loved you
I long to become you
And know what it is that you feel
We dance the sorrow
Forgive me tomorrow
I pray
Night after night
Day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
My mind drift away?

Dear lover forsaken
Our love is taken away
You were my speaker
My innocence keeper
I don't
Night after night
Day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
And my mind drift away?

Dear lover forgiven
My love is driven by rage
O I should just leave you
Instead of deceive you
But I don't
Night after night
Day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
And my mind drift away?

I count as no one
Hold nobody's ear
I showed you my hand once
And you hit me in fear
I don't stand for the devil
I don't whisper in ears
I stand on the mountains
And call people to hear

Sudden bursts of light
It's a fate foretold
It is knowing
It is knowing

He longs for the answers
As all of us must
He longs for the woman
Who will conquer his lust
He screams in the night
I scream in the day
I weep in the evening
And lie naked and pray

Night after night
Day after day
Night after night
Day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
And my mind drift away?

A tempting communion
It's a fate foretold
It is knowing
It is knowing
What it is that you're told

There lies a man of my heart
A fine and complete work of art
Here I his woman
His home and his heart
And proud to be playing that part
And proud to be playing that part

Rest in the bed of my bones
All that I want is a home
And all you can do
Is promise me bold
That you won't let me grow dark
Or cold
As long as we both shall live.

The sirens come
Feel your call as a sound as I
Believe in you

The first deal's the hardest I'm sure
Where our shadows come to the shore
Know that it's you and I till the end
And all I want from life is to
Hold your hand

All that I have are these bones
And all that I want is a home
And all you can do
Is promise me bold
That you won't let me grow dark
Or cold
As long as we both shall live.

The sirens come
They always will
But the dart between my heart and his
Is as good as a diamond chain

Rest in the bed of my bones
All that I want is a home
And all you can do
Is promise me bold
That you won't let me grow dark
Or cold
As long as we both shall live.

I am from Salinas
Where the women go forever
And they never ever stop to ask why
My mother was a saviour
Of six foot of bad behaviour
Long blonde curly hair down to her thigh
O my mother
O my friends
Ask the angels
Will I ever see heaven again?

Late into the evening
They would take each other screaming
Looking back into the back of her eyes
A careless beast was bleating
That the air behind was breathing
That they musn't ever look up to the sky
There no answers
There are found
Ask the angels
Am I heaven bound?

Mmmm put it down to me
I, who speak awkwardly
Any word if it is heard is not intended to be
Not for him and not for her
And not for them and not for me
O and that gun would turn
Before the sun starts to burn
Understand

Mmmm when the clouds roll in
And we start to pay for our sins
With a gun in my hand
And my son at my shoulder
I believe I will run
Before that boy gets older
O when that gun will turn
Befor the sun starts to burn
Understand
O when that gun will turn
Befor the sun starts to burn
Understand

I am from Salinas
Where the women go forever
And they never ever stop to ask why
My mother was a saviour
Of six foot of bad behaviour
With long dark curly hair down to her thigh
O my mother
O My friends
Ask the angels
Will I ever see heaven again?
Will I ever see heaven again?
Will I ever see heaven again?

Punish them all for they speak too much
Hate the world what it did to us
Will I ever see heaven again?

Oh I have been wondering where I have been pondering
Where I've been lately is no concern of yours
Who's been touching my skin
Who have I been letting
Shy and tired eyed am I today

I'm wounded by dust
All I have been wondering where I have been pondering
Where I've been lately is no concern of yours
Who's been touching my skin
Who have I been letting
Tried and tired eyed am I today

Sometimes I sit, sometimes I stare
Sometimes they look and sometimes I don't care
Rarely I weep, sometimes I must
I'm wounded by dust

When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime
You better call for your woman up high
And when the bell tolls for your last day,
You'll be getting down on your knees to pray
I'm a good woman and I never did say whatever it was that you did that day
I'm not a woman that is going to place claim but you said that it was coming on judgement day

Now Sophia
I'm wounded by dust

When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime
You better call for your woman up high
And when the bell tolls for your last day,
You'll be getting down on your knees to pray
I'm a good woman and I never did say whatever it was that you did that day
I'm not a woman that is going to place claim but you said that it was coming on judgement day

Now Sophia
I'm wounded by dust
Now Sophia

Where did our love go
You will never know
How did you get home
You will never know

Did you catch yourself in the mirror?
It's a sight i understand
You considered it all for a second
And put it down to slight of hand

You know i've been running 'round for hours
Calling my egyptian blood to bear me flowers
Calling sophia, goddess of power

Instead i got the beast
And tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes to beast

You're okay now, i suppose
You're not pulled by the rope
I'm pulled by the pull on my throat
I'm pulled by the rope
I swing from the trees into the slope
Hold my head high, just by the tip of my toes
And he lies, he lies so sweet that i choke

Tonight i choose the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast

Put your eyes away
If you can't bear to see your old lady laying
Down next to the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast

Look at yourself in the mirror
It's a sight i understand
You consider it all for a second
And put it down to slight of hand
I give you the best, the best that i can

I suggest that you be grateful
That it's your blood on my hands
And assume yourself weaker, the fall of man
And look out for the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast

Put your eyes away
If you can't bear to see your old lady laying
Down next to the beast
Tonight he lies with me
Tonight he lies with me
And here comes the beast

God's work is plans
I stand here with a man that talked to me so candidly
More than you need to.

My lips once roosed
I feel again the blues of longing, ever longing, to be confused

He wrote me a letter
Saying he would love me better
When my poor sons begetter the rules

Spoke of love like hunger
He at once was younger, ever younger, in my hunger for a muse

Finest man that I've seen ever since my eyes have been
But his honesty did gleam me blind

Keep those thoughts from sight
Follow me into the night
And you can call on me when you need the light

Don't you be scared of me
I'm nothing but the beast
And I'll call on you when I need to feast

You know what I need
Why won't you giveth me?
Must I fall down at your feet and plead?

God's work is plans
I stand here with a man that talked to me so candidly
More than you need to.

My lips once roosed
I feel again the blues of longing, ever longing, to be confused

He wrote me a letter
Saying he would love me better
When my poor sons begetter the rules

Spoke of love like hunger
He at once was younger, ever younger, in my hunger for a muse

Finest man that I've seen ever since my eyes have been
But his honesty did gleam me blind

Keep those thoughts from sight
Follow me into the night
And you can call on me when you need the light

Don't you be scared of me
I'm nothing but the beast
And I'll call on you when I need to feast

You know what I need
Why won't you giveth me?
Must I fall down at your feet and plead?

Oh I have been wondering where I have been pondering
Where I've been lately is no concern of yours
Who's been touching my skin
Who have I been letting
Shy and tired eyed am I today

I'm wounded by dust
All I have been wondering where I have been pondering
Where I've been lately is no concern of yours
Who's been touching my skin
Who have I been letting
Tried and tired eyed am I today

Sometimes I sit, sometimes I stare
Sometimes they look and sometimes I don't care
Rarely I weep, sometimes I must
I'm wounded by dust

When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime
You better call for your woman up high
And when the bell tolls for your last day,
You'll be getting down on your knees to pray
I'm a good woman and I never did say whatever it was that you did that day
I'm not a woman that is going to place claim but you said that it was coming on judgement day

Now Sophia
I'm wounded by dust

When the bell toll, when the bell gon' chime
You better call for your woman up high
And when the bell tolls for your last day,
You'll be getting down on your knees to pray
I'm a good woman and I never did say whatever it was that you did that day
I'm not a woman that is going to place claim but you said that it was coming on judgement day

Now Sophia
I'm wounded by dust
Now Sophia

He could fall and she can weep but as holy are my feet
And hard with mention but dear, they may not speak
We fell tight when there is tension
And our eyes could make us weak

And his heart was full of fire at the man he had become
And his soul was seldom higher with the falsities of fun
He could embrace sweet desire as in moments as they pass
But he feared it evermore, he saw it didn't last

We walk up Holland Avenue and watch the rich as they consume
Their product made our hearts exude, emptiness unrivaled
By the hunger that I could control and he'd pray up to his God
That he might save his soul

But the gray in this city is too much to bear
The gray in this city is too much to bear
And I believe you are meant to be seen
But not to be understood

And I want to be held by those eyes
I want to be held by those eyes

You'll work your thumbs till they're sore
And you'll work my heart till it's raw
And you'll call and you'll call but you'll never be told
And I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall

We are basic lies
We are basic lies

Well I, own this field
And I wrote this sky
And I have no reason, to reason with you

I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd understand that I'd never let it go
I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd understand that the world does what it does

And you never did learn to let the little things go
And you never did learn to let me be
And you never did learn to let little people grow
And you never did learn how to see

But I whisper that I love this man, now and for forever to your soul as it floats out off the window
To the world that you turned your back on,
To the world that never really let you be,

And I am Laura now, and Laura still,
And you did always say that one day I would suffer.
You did always say that people get their pay.
You did always say that I was going places,
And that you wouldn't have it any other way.

But I couldn't turn my back on a world, for what I like wouldn't let me
But I couldn't turn my back on a world for And I couldn't turn my back on sweet smelling Blackberry stone

You're holding bits of Styrofoam
With your face painted on to your friends
You listen to them whine and moan
About everything you can't understand

Can I just say I don't fear the light?
But darkness descends once more into my life

And suddenly we're all alone in silence
So I take a step away
I look up to the falling snow
As it makes its home upon my face

Well, I wouldn't want to ruin
Something I couldn't save
The gap will keep us safe, the gap will keep us safe
Step away, get me when I'm down

And suddenly I'm five I've years old
And I'm just so cold I want to cry
I haul up on my gentlemen
Who have always been there in hard times

They're just not like that man of mine
Who visit me from time to time
My love, I treasure you

I hear that summer's coming back
So I stretch out my back and travel a long
The winter though it darkens me
It is pure and clean and all I want

I'll apologize to the ones I love
For leaving them when the sun comes up
Too bright for me, darkness descends

Oh well, I'm not well again
And once more darkness it descends
The ground is falling under me
And I can't find the means to leave

Convinced that I am going mad
Oh, I bury my head into his hands
So sure that I'm losing faith
Oh, I clear a space in his father's land

You deal with God far too young
Before you know it your life has run away

I might be a part of this
Ripple on water from a lonesome drip
A fallen tree that witness me
I'm alone,
Him and me.

And then life it's self can not aspire
To have someone be so admired
I threw creation to my king
Have the silence broken by a whispered wind.

All of this can be broken
All of this can be broken
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.

And root to root and tip to tip
I look at him my country gip
Let it up I own his fears
But someone brought you close to tears.

Many trains and many miles
Like you to me on this sunny isle
What of which you wish to speak
Have you come here to rescue me?

All of this can be broken
All of this can be broken
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.

But the love of your life
Lives but lies no more
And where she lay
A flower grows.

The arms are fed
The babes have wed
And the backs have bled,
Keeping her in tow.

But I am keeper
And I hold your face away from light
I am yours till they come
I am yours till they come.

Eye to eye
Nose to nose
Ripping off each others clothes
In the most peculiar way.

Eye to eye
Nose to nose
Ripping off each others clothes
In the most peculiar way.

You were so smart then, in your jacket and coat
My softest red scarf was warming your throat
Winter was on us at the end of my nose
But I never love England more than when covered in snow

But a friend of mine says it's good to hear
That you believe in love even if set in fear
Well, I'll hold you there brother and set you straight
I won't make believe true love is frail and willing to break

I will come back here, bring me back when I'm old
I want to lay here forever in the cold
I might be cold but I'm just skin and bones
And I never love England more than when covered in snow

I wrote my name in your book, only God knows why
And I bet you that he cracked a smile
And I'm clearing all the crap out of my room
Trying desperately to figure out what it is that makes me blue

And I wrote an epic letter to you
And it's 22 pages front and back but it's too good to be used
Then I tried to be a girl who likes to be used
I'm too good for that, there's a mind under this hat
And I called them all and told them I've got to move

I'm out man, it's too hard, I'm out man, it's too hard
Feel like running, feel like running, running off
And we will keep you, we will keep you, little one
Safe from harm like an extra arm you are part of us

You were so smart then in your jacket and coat
My softest red scarf was warming your throat
Winter will leave us, left the end of my nose
Goodbye old England till next year's snow

there is a man that I know
for seventeen years, he never spoke
guessed he had nothing to say
he opened his mouth on judgement day
I listened with all of my might
but was scared by the look in his eyes
like he'd already lost the fight
and there was no hope ever in sight
no hope in the air
no hope in the water
not even for me
your last serving daughter
why fear death
be scared of living
oh, hearts are small and ever thinning
there is no hope ever of winning
oh, why fear death
be scared of living
I have seen men provoked
and I have seen lives revoked
and I looked at my life and I choked
from there no more ever I spoke
I can't give up that quick
my life is a candle and a wick
you can put it out, but you can't break it down
in the end we are waiting to be lit
there's hope in the air
there's hope in the water
but sadly, not me
your last serving daughter
a friend is a friend forever
and a good one will never leave, never
but you've never been south of what blows off your mouth
you will never understand that ever
you speak minds handed down to you
by the lies handed down by your children
and your angels that dance at your will
will mask your scrambling fail
I forgave you your shortcomings
and ignored your childish behavior
laid a kiss on your head
and before I left said, ""stay away from fleeting failure.""
there's hope in the air
there's hope in the water
but sadly, not me
your last serving daughter
pick up your rope, Lord
sling it to me
if we are to battle, I must not be weak
and give us your strength, Lord
our food and your water
oh, I am your savior
your last serving daughter
there's hope in the air
there's hope in the water
but sadly, not me
your last serving daughter
there's hoping in the air
there's hope in the water
but no hope for me
your last serving daughter

My husband left me last night
Left me a poor and lonely wife
I cooked the meals and he got the life
And now I'm just out for the rest of my time
For me
For he
For my

I speak because I can
To anyone I trust enough to listen.
You speak because you can
To anyone who'll hear what you say.
I swear it was not my choice
I used to be so kind.

Never road my bike down to the sea
Never finished that letter I was writing.
Never got up and shared anything
For me
For he
For my

Oh graceful sleeper
Midnight dreamer
I'm flawed by your sound.
I'm flawed by your sound.

I swear it was not my choice.
To reach out for someone wise.
I used to be so kind.
I used to be so kind.

In the breaking of the morning you'll be dancing on the soft lawn
You'll be sinking at the anchor that stopped you from taking my gold
You'll be running up the highway singing "I'm the king the king of you all!"
When you look back to where you started I'll be there waving you on.

I never road my bike down to the sea
Never quite figured out what I believe
Never got up and shared anything
For me
For he
For my

They dance like sirens, hoping the sun would come out again
And I was born in the fog of that day
Can they hear a babe over all the faith,
Or have they forgot what it was that they made

Crawled out of the fog, found a river,
Found a log and floated away
Didn't think I'd be coming back this way
But my feet are resolute;
Found their root and brought me back to its place

And on the hill where I was born,
There is no rose but just a thorn;
They cut it off each year and give it away

But can they hear a babe after all these days,
Or have they forgot what it was that they made

So left to wander blind, I find myself in cautious times,
And they say, Love's labor is never lost; labor on to this very day.
So I walk into the fog, found a babe atop a log and all alone
Took him under, took him on,
Taught him everything about the world I'd come to know

And he blames me for every wrong ever he made
I am blamed for every wrong ever he made
Forgive me I am only a maid
Forgive me I am only a maid

But I can see a babe under all that blame
And I am forgot from the day I am laid

oh naive little me
asking what things you have seen
you're vulnerable in your head
you'll scream and you'll wail
till you're dead
creatures fade by night
following things that aren't right
and they're tired and they need
to be lead
they'll scream and they'll wail
till they're dead
but give me to a rambling man
let it always be known
that i was who i am
beaten battered and cold
my children will live just
to grow old
but if i sit here and weep
i'll be blown over
by the slightest of breeze
and the weak need to be lead
and the tender
i'll carry to their bed
and its a pale and cold affair
i'll be damned if i'll be found there
oh give me to a rambling man
let it always be known
that i was who i am

by someone you don't want to be
oh give me to a rambling man
let it always be known
that i was who i am
oh give me to a rambling man
let it always be known
that i was who i am

Forgive me Dear,
I cannot stay.
He cut out my tongue,
there is nothing to say.
Love me? oh no, he threw me away,
he laughed at my sins, in his arms i must
stay.
He wrote, I'm broke.
Please send for me.
I'm broken too,
and spoken for.
Do not, tempt me.
Her skin is fun, and I'm light as the
sun,
so holy light shines, on the things, you have done.
So I asked him,
how he became this man?
How that he learned,
to hold fruit in his hands?
and where is the lamb, that gave you your
name?
He had to leave, though i begged HIM to
stay.
Left you alone, when you needed the
light.
Fell to your knees, and you wept for your
life!
If he had of stayed, you might
understand.
If he had of stayed, you never would've
taken my hand.
He wrote,
I'm alone.
Please send for me.
but I'm broken too,
and spoken for.
Do not, tempt me.
and where is the lamb, that gave you your
name?
He had to flee, though I begged him to
stay.
Begged him to stay, in my cold wooden
grip.
Begged him to stay, by the light of my
ship.
Me fighting him,
fighting light,
fighting dawn.
The waves came,
and stole him,
and took him toward.
He wrote,
I'm broke.
Please send for me.
but I'm broken too,
and spoken for.
Do not, tempt me.
Forgive me, dear, I cannot stay.
He cut out my tongue, there is nothing to
say
Love me or not, he threw me away.
He laughed at my sins, in his arms i must
stay.
We write.
That's alright.
I miss his smell.
and we speak,
when spoken to.
That suits us well.
We write.
and that's alright.
but I miss his smell.
and i speak, when spoken to,
'cause that suits me well.
That suits me well.

Oh you crawled out of the sea,
Straight into my arms, straight into my arms.

Oh you crawled out of the sea,
Straight into my arms, straight into my arms.

Oh you crawled out of the sea,
Straight into my arms, straight into my arms.

Oh you crawled out of the sea,
Straight into my arms, straight into my arms.

Look down on the body that you have grown
Mountains stand around you they're not your own.
When white squares and bodies are all you see

Since you broke down
Since I broke down
Since we broke down

[Chorus]
Now I jump into your grave and die
Now my word you'll give up your whole life for me
And you'll be reborn bigger and stronger and less alive

Cross your fingers hold your toes
We're all gonna die when the building blows
Cross your fingers hold your toes
We're all gonna die when the building blows

And the house you were born in
Is crumbling at the corners
Sagging skin and feet of crows
Feet of crows

[Chorus]

He used to be a singer in a rock and roll band
He would write the songs and I'd tremble at his hand but oh la la
He lost my word to get the girl
And his songs were pathetic
And hes a failure now

He used to be the life and soul of everyone around
You'd never catch him looking up I'd never see him down
But oh la la
He couldn't raise a smile
No not for a while
And he's a failure now.

Don't cry child
You've got so much more to live for
Don't cry child
You've got something I would die for
And if it comes to the rain
Just be glad you'll smile again
Because so many don't and so many go unnamed

People push right pass me shouting their disclaims
A preacher pushes me a side and asks to wash my sins I said no la la
If he made me in his image then he's a failure too.

I used to need a couple people keep my head down
Now I need a whole lot more to keep me on the ground.
But oh la la
I gave up something and I gave it up for nothing and I'm a failure now.

Don't cry child
You've got so much more to live for
Don't cry child
You've got something I would die for
And if it comes to the rain just be glad you'll smile again
Because so many don't and so many go un named

He walked down a busy street
Staring solely at his feet
Clutching pictures of past lovers at his side
Stood at the table where she sat
And removed his hat
In respect of her presence
Presents her with the pictures and says
"These are just ghosts that broke my heart before I met you.
These are just ghosts that broke my heart before I met you"

Opened up his little heart
Unlocked the lock that kept it dark
And read a written warning
Saying I'm still mourning
Over ghosts
Over ghosts
Over ghosts
Over ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

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Lover, please do not
Fall to your knees
It's not
Like I believe in
Everlasting love

He went crazy at nineteen
Said he'd lost all his self esteem
And couldn't understand why he was cry, cry, crying, crying.

He would stare at empty chairs
Think of the ghosts that once sat there
The ghosts who broke his heart.
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts that broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts,
The ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

[Chorus]

He says "I'm so lost,
Not at all well"
Do as though there is nothing left to be
Turned out I'd been following him and he'd been following me
Do as though after it was over
We were just two lovers crying on each others shoulders
And I said

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He wants to die in a lake in Geneva
the mountains can cover the shape of his house
he wants to die were nobody can see him
but the beauty of his death will carry on so

i dont believe him

he greets me with kisses when good days deceive him
and sometimes wit scorn and sometimes i believe him
and sometimes I'm convinced my friends think I'm crazy
get scared and call him but he's usually hazy
at one in the morning the day has not ended
by two he is scared that sleep is no friend
and four he will drink but he can not feel it
sleep will not come because sleep does not will it
and i dont believe him
morning is mocking me

ill wonder the streets avoiding the meets
as the ring onn my finger slips to the ground
a gift to the gutter a gift to the city
the veins of which have broken me down
and i dont believe him
morning is mocking me

oh the gods that he believes
never fail to amaze me
he believes in the love of his god of all things
but i find him wrapped up in manner of sins
the drugs that decive him and the girls that believe him
i cant control you i dont know you well
these are the reasons i think that your ill
i cant control you i dont know you well
these are the reasons i think that your ill

and since last that we parted
last time i saw him
down by a river
scilent and hardened
morning was mocking us
blood hit the sky
i was just happy my mannequin and i
he couldnt see me the sun was in his eyes
and birds where singing to calm us down
and birds were singing to calm us down

and im sorry young man i cannot be your friend
i dont believe in a fairytail end
i dont keep my head up all of the time
i find it dull when my heart meets my mind
and i hardly know you i think i can tell
these are the reasons i think that we're ill
and i hardly know you i think i can tell
these are the reasons i think that I'm ill

and the gods that he believes never fail to disapoint me
the gods that he believes never ail to dis appoint me
my mess, my happy-man, my manic and i have no plans to move on
but birds are singing to calm us down
and birds are singing to calm us down

I woke up and he was screaming, I'd left him dreaming
I roll over and shake him tightly and whisper
If they want you, oh, they're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me

I woke up on a bench on Shepherd's Bush Green
Oh, a candle at my chest and a hand on his knee
I got up it was dark, there's no one in the park at this hour
How do I keep finding myself here?
Oh, fight me

If I look back and he is screaming, I'd left him dreaming
The dangers fade
And I'll run back and shake him tightly and scream
If they want him, oh, they're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me

But if I wake up on a bench on Shepherd's Bush Green
Oh, a candle at my chest and a hand on his knee
I'll roll over and hold him tightly and scream
If you want him, oh, you're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me

Don't fight me

He chased me through the rain
Honey, I'm going your way, I don't think so
You can chase me through the rain
And scream my name, a childish game
But I love to be young

And honey, I was never gonna change
And honey, you are never gonna change
But you love, don't you love it that way

Old stone
Ten thousand years and you're still on your own
Don't you love
Don't you love me that way

And if you swear that you're alright
I'm not gonna try and change your mind
'Cause the same night I dream that I lose you
I'll fall in love

Oh honey, don't let me walk away from this
If I'm trying to fuck up my own life
Then until I figure out why
I think it's best you keep your distance
Lest I fall in love

Old stone
Ten thousand years and you're still on your own
Don't you love
Don't you love me that way

He chased me through the rain
Honey, I'm going your way, I don't think so
You can chase me through the rain
And scream my name, a childish game
But I love to be young

I have traveled past your window many times
I find your face too hard to define
I can touch you, hollow thing, you plague my mind
I can never go outside
I will never go back to being blind

I have wondered what you're doing
Everyday since last I asked
Are your cheeks hollow?
I don't like your eyes dark

I need shine, I need shine, I need shine
Step away from my light, I need shine

I am honest, no, not a shouter
I am reformed, reborn, and forgiven
And you've been busy but you've missed me
And I've plagued your mind
You will never go outside
You will never go back to being blind

I need shine, I need shine, I need shine
Step away from my light, I need shine
I need shine, I need shine, I need shine
Step away from my light, I need shine

He taps at my window
Willing that I let him in
I don't think I will though
My heart's taken, I won't tell him again.
Maybe I'll write him a story
And maybe I'll fall asleep in his arms.
Maybe I'll wake up lonely and fall unawake again.

And until you calm me down
Race around this town
Trying to find, oh, an emotion you cannot deny.
I will not have him treat me this way.

And Mother, I blame you.
Therein trying to be you again
For I have become you,
And I know every part of the game

And Father, I love you
But how can you watch as I push her away?
I cannot forgive you for bringing me up this way.

Maybe I'll write them a story
And maybe I'll fall asleep in his arms.
Maybe I'll wake up lonely and fall un-awake again.

And until you calm me down
I race around this town
Until you calm me down
I race around this town
Trying to find, oh, an emotion you cannot deny
I will not have them treat me this way.

So tap at my window,
Maybe I might let you in.
I don't think I will though,
My heart's taken, I won't tell you again

You kicked the blow, now you've got to kick the guy.
You sat alone, under bellowing sky.
If I feel God judging me, I fell into the water,
And now I'm free.

My friends they don't really get me, think I'm the only one.
Well I sold my soul to Jesus and since then I've had no fun.
Behind every tree is a cutting machine and a kite fallen from grace,
Inside every man is a heart of sand, you can see it in his face.

And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.

The wind and I we speak the same but he don't hear so well,
If you gonna have to curse him well you're gonna have to yell.
And the sky and I we've had our fights but I'm coming round to rain,
If the rain come out and I don't go out I don't ever have to speak again.

I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
I can tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.

The captain's got his boots on and he's heading out the door,
Leaving his lady alone thinking, 'He don't love me no more.'
He's done with all his bullshit, he's going back to war,
If heaven is as heaven does then this is hell for sure.

And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.
And he'll tick tick tick tick tick tick tick away,
Another second lost with every fallen grain.

You kicked the blow, now you've got to kick the guy.
You sat alone, under bellowing sky.
If I feel God judging me, I fell into the water,
And now I'm free.

> Mom thinks that you're sadAnd that you're living aloneAnd your friends think if you're sadYou should call them moreBut the truth is that you never needed someoneTo comfort youOh, you've never needed someoneTo comfort youYou're no god, you're no godAnd you will never leave this placeAnd you will always feel aloneAnd you will never feel quite cleanIn this new skin that you have grownUntil your old and broken bonesAre laid into their resting placeJust like the rest of human race?Til I fall into my placeJust like the rest of human raceUntil I'm laid into my final resting placeJust like the rest of human raceWho've done it without complaining all the wayYou're no god, you're no godAs long as you promiseThat you will never leaveI need only worry about you and meWe will never leave this placeWe need never feel aloneWe will learn to feel quite cleanIn this new skin that we have grownBecause our young and healthy bonesWould never lead us astrayWe will learn to feel quite cleanIn this new skin that we haveWe will learn to feel quite cleanIn this new skin that we haveWe will learn to feel quite cleanIn this new skin that we have grownBecause our young and healthy bonesWould never lead us astray

He wants to die in a lake in Geneva
the mountains can cover the shape of his house
he wants to die were nobody can see him
but the beauty of his death will carry on so

i dont believe him

he greets me with kisses when good days deceive him
and sometimes wit scorn and sometimes i believe him
and sometimes I'm convinced my friends think I'm crazy
get scared and call him but he's usually hazy
at one in the morning the day has not ended
by two he is scared that sleep is no friend
and four he will drink but he can not feel it
sleep will not come because sleep does not will it
and i dont believe him
morning is mocking me

ill wonder the streets avoiding the meets
as the ring onn my finger slips to the ground
a gift to the gutter a gift to the city
the veins of which have broken me down
and i dont believe him
morning is mocking me

oh the gods that he believes
never fail to amaze me
he believes in the love of his god of all things
but i find him wrapped up in manner of sins
the drugs that decive him and the girls that believe him
i cant control you i dont know you well
these are the reasons i think that your ill
i cant control you i dont know you well
these are the reasons i think that your ill

and since last that we parted
last time i saw him
down by a river
scilent and hardened
morning was mocking us
blood hit the sky
i was just happy my mannequin and i
he couldnt see me the sun was in his eyes
and birds where singing to calm us down
and birds were singing to calm us down

and im sorry young man i cannot be your friend
i dont believe in a fairytail end
i dont keep my head up all of the time
i find it dull when my heart meets my mind
and i hardly know you i think i can tell
these are the reasons i think that we're ill
and i hardly know you i think i can tell
these are the reasons i think that I'm ill

and the gods that he believes never fail to disapoint me
the gods that he believes never ail to dis appoint me
my mess, my happy-man, my manic and i have no plans to move on
but birds are singing to calm us down
and birds are singing to calm us down

> I know I said I love you
But I'm thinking I was wrong
I'm the first to admit that
I'm still pretty young
And I never meant to hurt you
And I wrote you ten love songs
That guy that I could never get
Coz his girlfriend was pretty fit
And everyone who knew her loved her so
And I made you leave her for me
And now I'm feeling pretty mean
But my mind has thrown me over
More times than any man could ever know
Maybe I should give up giving
Give up trying to be thin
Give up and turn into my mother
God knows I love her
And I'm sorry to which ever man
Should meet my sorry state
Watch my steady lonesome gait
And be aware
I will never love a man
Coz love and pain go hand in hand
And I can't do it again
So we stay up late one night
To try and get our problems right
But I couldn't get into his head
Just what was going through my mind
And I think he knew where I was going
Coz he put Bryan Adams on
Coz I think he thinks it makes me weak
But it only ever makes me strong
I've got this friend who sounds just like him
And he's the man I'd leave you for
The man that I just adore like you
The same night he turns to me
Says I've got to tell you how I feel
If God could make the perfect girl for me
It would be you
And Michael told me not to tell her
And how much do you love your fella
I don't know, more everyday
Not in this new romantic way
I'll always be your first love
You'll always be my first love
And I'm sorry to which ever man
Should meet my sorry state
Watch my steady lonesome gait
And be aware
I will never love a man
Coz I can never hurt a man in this way
I will never love a man
Coz I can never hurt a man
Not in this new romantic way

I woke up and he was screaming, I'd left him dreaming
I roll over and shake him tightly and whisper
If they want you, oh, they're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me

I woke up on a bench on Shepherd's Bush Green
Oh, a candle at my chest and a hand on his knee
I got up it was dark, there's no one in the park at this hour
How do I keep finding myself here?
Oh, fight me

If I look back and he is screaming, I'd left him dreaming
The dangers fade
And I'll run back and shake him tightly and scream
If they want him, oh, they're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me

But if I wake up on a bench on Shepherd's Bush Green
Oh, a candle at my chest and a hand on his knee
I'll roll over and hold him tightly and scream
If you want him, oh, you're gonna have to fight me
Oh, fight me

Don't fight me

Again I let jealousy blind me today.
My oldest friend and I blew her away.
Just a few kind words and all I could say
was I've known you of ten years it feels like a day.
And oh I watched her cry, torn apart at the hands of a child.

And again I used arrogance as something to depend
and condemned all religion to pitiless end.
And a politician's resonance rang through my mind.
Patriotic in one sense the other just blind.
Oh so many died, torn apart at the hands of a child

And I'll keep on going I've got nothing to lose.
I gave up morals when I took up you
and it's boring to hear of another young truth
and what a typically shit thing to do.

I was so shallow to the one man that'd stuck around
sunk so low that I nearly drowned
and I screamed of his heart when he wasn't around
Consoled him recklessly, I knew you were down.
Oh I watched him cry, a broken heart at the hands of a child.

And I'll keep on going I've got nothing to lose
I gave up morals when I took up you
and its boring to hear of another young truth
and what a typically shit thing to do.

I have felt heartbreak too and I know what it feels like.
I have felt heartbreak now you can leave me alone right.
I have felt loneliness and I know what it feels like.

But I kept on going I had nothing to lose,
and I gave up morals when I took up booze.
And it's boring to hear of another young truth
and what a typically shit thing to do.