lyrics key
a dot of black
the longest night
time and place
come back
running out of reasons
more than good enough
too far, too fast
forgotten not forgiven
watch this space
obsolete
all the time
past perfect future tense
no one gets me but you
kryptonite
nothing here to hold you
a friend like me
little angels
2cu shine
you don't have to change
envelop me
never sweeter
perfect circle
take on me
love is reason
cry wolf
maybe maybe
stay on these roads
the blood that moves the body
touchy
hurry home
you are the one
celice
don't do me any favours
cosy prisons
birthright
fine blue line
summers of our youth
early morning
i call your name
slender frame
waiting for her
the way we talk
rolling thunder
move to menphis
lamb to the slaughter
minor earth major sky
little black heart
the company man
i wish i cared
lifelines
you wanted more
oranges on appletrees
turn the lights down
white canvas
dragonfly
solace
foot of the mountain
sunny mystery
about this site
An archive of information about the Norwegian artist, musician and poet, Magne Furuholmen.
a dot of black in the blue of your bliss
the cracked sandy surface of your kitchen floor;
a dry desert-plain that begs for more,
than mine and yours casual conversation.
the brown grassy hills of your wall to wall -
the fake ancient war-chest beats in the hall,
the prophetic words in the library all speak of isolation.
always forever but never like this.
there’s a dot of black in the blue of your bliss.
in white pregnant layers of linen clouds.
you’re hiding deep in their womblike shroud.
each stillborn morning seems extremely loud -
designed to smash your face in.
always forever but never like this.
there’s a dot of black in the blue of your bliss.
the cracked sandy surface of your kitchen floor;
a dry desert plain that begs for more than casual conversation.
you’re learning to live with his many faces
the rub is he’s hard in all the wrong places.
always forever but never like this.
there’s a dot of black in the blue of your bliss.
the longest night
keep your clever lines.
hold your easy rhymes.
silence everything.
silence always wins.
it’s a perfect alibi -
there’s no need to analyze.
it will be alright
through the longest night,
just silence everything.
as you know;
that’s how it all begins.
and you know;
they can’t touch what lies within.
so keep those clever lines,
so nice to hide behind,
away from me
through the longest night of our lives.
learn from my mistake;
leave what others take.
speak when spoken to.
and do what others do.
cuz silence always wins,
so silence everything.
it will be alright
in the morning light,
just silence everything.
as you know;
they can’t touch what lies within.
and you know;
that’s where it all begins.
so keep your clever lines,
hold your easy rhymes.
you were quick to judge.
quick to criticise.
but too slow to know
what I’ve realised;
it’s the longest night of our lives.
time and place
there’s a time and place for everything -
for the battles that you cannot win.
there’s plan in all the suffering -
thoughts behind the foolish grin.
there is something good in everyone.
hindsight tells us what we should should have done.
but there’s a line you cross you don’t come back.
where self-defence is self-attack.
well, maybe there is.
yeah, maybe there is.
if you believe it exists.
I just don’t see it.
these are the faces we will never know.
these are places we will never go.
as we sit and watch the world revolve
around the problems that we cannot solve.
there are so many things to hide behind.
like the answers we will never find.
you say the clues are everywhere.
you say there’s something in the air.
well maybe there is.
if you believe it exists,
then yeah, maybe there is.
I just don’t see it.
your hands are getting so old.
your heart does what it’s told.
I know what we’re being sold,
I just don’t see
come back
come back - all is forgiven.
come back - all is not lost.
come back - I know what you want now.
come back to me.
come down off your pedestal.
come down - off your high horse.
come get some dirt under your fingernails.
come sing for me.
plans change,
change is in their nature.
but I’ll be here come rain or come shine.
I wouldn’t care much if it’s dry or soaking wet
- we only miss what we don’t get.
so come now, time is a-wasting.
come out wherever you are.
come on back here
- you know what I want from you:
come sing with me.
get up and rise to the challenge.
get back here.
this time it’s alright.
get over here
- your point’s been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
come back,
come back to me.
running out of reasons
I’d like to bring the shoreline to the sea.
I’d like to think that you’ll come back to me.
I’d like to write a decent melody
to bring back your sweet tenderness to me.
but every time I try to write,
nothing springs to mind.
the only sound advice that I can find is
walk away.
you’re running out reasons you should stay.
turn away.
I’m running out of clever things to say,
but that’s ok.
I’d like to lead the ocean to the shore.
I’d like to think that you’ll be back for more.
and we could live some place with ocean-view:
lake como, california, somewhere new!
but every time I try to call well nothing springs to mind.
the only sound advice that I can find is;
walk away.
you’re running out of reasons you should stay.
turn away
- don’t hesitate now.
I’m running out of clever things to say.
more than good enough
we don’t need to see how this road bends.
don’t need to know how every story ends.
it wouldn’t be the same it was before,
and I don’t really need to know much more.
but you don’t have to hide your pretty face.
no you don’t have to hide those pretty eyes.
you shouldn’t have to phase out and pretend like you don’t understand.
we don’t have to learn from our mistakes,
just to know exactly what it takes.
you don’t have to listen to what I say - who am I to tell you anyway!
so you don’t have to hide your pretty face.
no, you don’t have to hide those pretty eyes.
you shouldn’t have to worry all that much - shouldn’t have to think about this stuff.
I know you think you must, I know you think you should.
I know you’re doubting if you could but I know you would.
I see it every time I watch your face my friend:
how there will come a time when you will rise again!
so you don’t have to hang your head in shame.
you are more than good enough for them.
you shouldn’t have to think about this stuff,
cuz you’re more than good enough.
more than good enough.
too far, too fast
nights I lie awake,
your voice inside me.
strange how much it aches.
strange how long it takes.
we played a different game.
we were younger.
and something we could feel
was something that was real.
too far too fast,
and too good to last.
too good to last for long.
so take a day off
from your life
and spend it here with me.
drop your guard
just one more time,
and then I’ll set you free.
take a look inside yourself
and tell me what you see;
by now I thought you’d realized
I’m perfect company.
too far too fast
and too good to last,
too good to last for long.
like the days rush to greet you.
like the stars fall to meet you.
like the sunshine that heats you.
like the rain when it beats you
and cheats you,
again and again.
too far too fast,
and too good to last.
too good to last for long.
too high too soon
and too much to swallow.
too tough an act to follow.
forgotten not forgiven
we made a vow that
we would live and learn.
but test your wings
you’re gonna crash and burn.
and by these words we’re driven:
forgotten not forgiven -
some day we’ll say
that’s who we were.
we couldn’t know how
it would twist and turn.
at first it wasn’t cause
for much concern.
and with these words we’re even:
forgotten not forgiven.
some day you’ll see
that’s not all we were.
your head upon my shoulder
makes me a little bolder.
what doesn’t break you
only makes you stronger.
the room‘s a little colder,
and we’re a little older.
so rest your weary head
upon my pillow,
and let your hair flow down
like weeping willows.
with these words we’re even;
forgotten not forgiven.
some day we’ll see
that’s not all we were.
yeah, with these words we’re even -
forgotten not forgiven.
some day we’ll see
just what we were.
watch this space
what’s your game?
what do you say?
here tomorrow,
gone today?
who to blame?
it’s all the same:
so much effort
and all in vain.
but watch this space!
one of these days
I will make sense of it,
and put things
in their right place.
if you hesitate
it may be too late.
the same mistake,
again and again.
force of habit
pulls the weight.
such a shame when
things go to waste.
but watch this space!
cuz one of these days
I’ll make it up to you
and put everything
back into place.
so watch this space.
yeah one of these days
I’ll come down
from off your wall...
and get right into your face.
past perfect future tense lyrics
obsolete
The cellar’s full of wine
you can no longer drink
your head is full of thoughts
you don’t allow yourself to think
The cupboard’s full of canned fruit,
vegetables & meat
Everything is damaged goods,
Like sour grapes gone sweet
The drawer’s full of letters
overdue to be sent
Stamps no longer valid
and words no longer meant
You saved them for a rainy day
You waited for too long
You thought that saving memories
was the thing that made me strong
Obsolete
Like the autumn leaves on the street
They’re obsolete
Like the morning dew beneath your feet
The closet’s bursting at the seams
with clothes you do not wear
You need to get your life fixed
but a part of you don’t care
You’ve done everything so right
but now it seems all wrong
You played so damn hard
That it turned to a song
You saved it for a rainy day
You waited far too long
You thought that having memories
was the thing that made you strong
But the years are filling out
with the chances you don’t take
Your heart is pounding
and you cannot stand the ache
You’re obsolete
Like the autumn leaves on the street
Obsolete
Like the morning dew beneath your feet
all the time
You say something’s got a hold on you
You don’t know what to say or do
You say; you never saw the best of me
You never saw what I could be, did you
And everything you've learned is shit
You don’t know what to do with it
Well, don’t be such a Philistine
Let’s eat the food and drink the wine
You wanted my ambition, you wanted my drive
I needed someplace I could rest
I needed somewhere I could hide
All the time
I say: Something’s got a hold on me
I rarely know where I will be
I say; You never see what I can be
You only see what you will see, don’t you
I don’t know what to do or say
It wouldn’t matter anyway
Cuz now we know that love is lost
It came at much too high a cost
I needed your attention, I needed your mind
You wanted someone you could love
You wanted someone by your side
All the time
And everything is too much real
That isn’t how it makes you feel
And now we know that love is lost
It came at much too high a cost
You wanted to ask me, you needed to know
If I just came along for the ride
Or needed someplace I could go
All the time
You never saw the best of me, did you?
past perfect future tense
Tell me a story of how it began
show me the point of departure
There was a road we could have gone down
To avoid our recent disasters
I remember so well what you said to me:
We are who we were always going to be
We were always going to be who we are you
and me
I know the words, they just make no sense
In past perfect future tense
Show me the place where things fell apart
Hand me a map of our actions
Give a clue where about I should start
Recording unholy transactions
I remember so well what you said to me;
We are who we were always going to be
We are always going to be who we are
don’t you see
I know the words,
they just make no sense
In past perfect future tense
I remember so well how you set me free;
We are who we were always going to be
We are always going to be who we are
don’t you see
I hear you now,
And it makes much more sense
In a past perfect future tense
It’s hard to explain,
But it makes much more sense
In past perfect future tense
no one gets me but you
Everybody says I’m too tightly wired
Everyone thinks I’m too high strung
Everyone knows what I should do
but no one gets me
Everyone’s afraid of missing the action
Everybody wants their lives to be touched
Everybody wants to get it together
but no one gets me
Everybody has you over for dinner
but no-one really stays in touch
Everyone knows that less is more
but we all want it too much
Everybody says what’s on their mind
but no-one really thinks it through
Everyone feels they know what I need
but no one gets me but U
Everybody knows the game is rigged
Everyone say it’s a curse
Everyone the asking price
but never what it’s worth
Everyone has too much on their plate
Everyone argues their fate
Everyone knows it’s worth their while
but no one wants to wait
Everybody’s taking it to the streets
but no one brings it home
Everybody needs a helping hand
cuz nobody walks it alone
Everybody plays to win
cuz nobody likes to lose
Everyone knows what I must to do
but no one gets me but U
Every dreamer needs a doer to get things
Done
Every Paul needs a Yoko to be a John
No one gets me
No one gets but you
kryptonite
Words find ways back to bite you
Things you say come to spite you
You can close your eyes if you have to
but life goes go on without you
Easy on the kryptonite
Easy on the black and white
Easy on the kryptonite
There’s no need for us to fight
I will find ways without you
You’ll find new ways to doubt me
That’s how you’ll get on without me
You can keep your guard up if need be
Just remember this when you see me:
Go easy on the kryptonite
Easy on the black and white
Just try to be civilized
No one wants to compromise
Cuz my I’m way to tired to fight you
but I will find ways without you
Well time flies by if we let it
Time is yours don’t you get it?
Don’t you want it?
Say you want it
Friends make sure to remind you
of things you thought were behind you
You can kick and scream all you want to
but this words will come back to haunt you:
Easy on the kryptonite
Easy on the black and white
Just try to be civilized
No one likes to compromise
If you don’t like the way it sounds
Well, bite me
Cuz I will find ways without you
Yes I will find ways without you
nothing here to hold you
Learning to breathe
as walls close in around you
Learning to see
the things that surround you
Once you believed
in every word he sold you
there’s nothing here to hold you
Learning to fly
while things fall down around you
You’re wasting your time
With the people that surround you
Don’t ask me why,
But once you’re on your own
You will soon realize –
It’s true what I told you
Real love is all
It takes to walk away from comfort
Real pain to know;
Nothing scares you now
Real life will show the naked truth
In what I told you:
There’s nothing here to hold you
Learning to hide
from memories you’ve built a life on
They’ll wonder why
the sudden change of mind?
But just passing time
no longer is an option
- you must re-organize,
and feed the fire in your belly
Real love is all
it took to bring you back from sleep
Real pain to know
you are still alive
Real life has shown
the truth in everything I told you
There’s nothing here to hold you
You have come to despise
everyone who adores you
so you wave your goodbyes
to everything that bores you
There’s a whole world outside,
and you know you shouldn’t buy it
but you just have to try it
- cuz there’s nothing here to hold you
Real love was all
it took to raise you from the dead
Real pain to know
you’re still inside your head
Real life is all
- to see the truth in what I told you:
There’s nothing here to hold you.
Learning to fly
A pair of broken wings
but still you’re willing to try
cuz there’s nothing here to hold you
a friend like me
I’d bring you down when things were good
I’d never listen when I should
I’d sit and tend my aching heart
while making sure that we’re apart
I’ll think of you when I’m alone
but never tell on the phone
Forget to show me who you are
Don’t forget it – I’m the star!
Hey, can’t you see
You better believe
You will never find a friend like me
And every time you raise your voice
I’ll be the one who thinks he knows
Exactly what you’re gonna say
And when you do, I’ll walk away
Oh, can’t you see
You better believe
You will never find a friend like me
It doesn’t feel wrong when I miss you
It defines who I am
It doesn’t fell wrong when I kiss you
To kiss someone, to miss someone
can make you feel like you belong somewhere
You will never find a friend like me
little angels
Silently the morning glides
into places where we hide
Suddenly I’m wide awake
from these dreams that I must shake
Little angels on my shoulder
Little angels by my side
And wherever I will be
little angels follow me
You will wake up late on night
losing sleep but that’s alright
Stare into the summer sky
Decisions they can wait awhile
You feel better knowing you will
always be a welcome guest
You feel better, tell you why:
Little angels by your side
Little angels everywhere
Little angels in your hair
Little angels in your bed
Little angels in your head
You feel better knowing all the
the things we said are laid to rest
You feel better knowing this:
There’s no prize for second best
2CU shine
All I wanted was 2cU shine
and to be there when U did
All I wanted was a hand in mine
I had a place where it would fit
I always wondered what was in your head
the way U read my mind
Always wondered what was never said
each and every time
a-ha
In every word we wrote, in every line
there was a desperate note
We had a contract but never signed
I couldn’t get your vote
U saw the sadness in these eyes
that no one ever sees
The bruises hidden here behind the smile
a kind of stiff unease
a-ha
Just when I couldn’t get you out of my mind
you start to back away
I always wondered baby, one more time…
it wouldn’t hurt, would it?
All I wanted was 2cU you shine
you don't have to change
You
don’t think
you can
be what I want
But hey
you should know this;
You don’t have to change
Don’t change
Your face
is white
and your eyes
they are pale
But hey
it’s alright
You don’t have to change
Everything’s allright
nothing stays the same
It comes and goes in waves
no one is to blame
You don’t have to change
Don’t change
envelop me
Envelop me darling
bring me in
I am too centered on myself
you are in everything
Envelop me sweetheart
bring me home
You live like time is precious
I spend too much alone
Envelop me honey
set me free
Your weakness is a gift
my strength my enemy
Envelop me honey
make me safe
Meet me anywhere
take me any place
Every word is a book unwritten
Every sound is a song unsung
Every moment is a picture taken
Then it’s gone
Envelop me darling
would you please
The days are growing shorter
and with it come unease
Envelop me sweetheart
make me whole
You say I’m innocent
I wouldn’t really know
Envelop me honey
please don’t wait
We’ll go away somewhere
We’ll start some other place
Envelop me honey
don’t let go
Just give me one more chance
Give me one more go
Every word is book unwritten
Every sound is a song unsung
Every moment is a picture taken
Then it’s gone
never sweeter
You were never sweeter
than right before you broke
I was never smarter
than just before I spoke
Nothing ever happens
just the way we plan
All of us unfolding
any way we can
A hand that hits across the face
reads better on the news, but
the hand can strokes you tenderly
can leave a bigger bruise
and nothing I can say now
will be of any use
You were never sweeter
than right before you broke
I was never smarter
than just before I spoke
perfect circle
Some lives form a perfect circle
Some take shapes you can't predict
If everything seems cut and dried
Then you don't know the half of it
Some people read like open books
Some will take a second glance
Some lives have a sense of purpose
Some seen ruled by circumstance
Some lives form a perfect circle
Some take shapes you can't predict
If everything seems cut and dried
Well, you don't know the half of it
Some settle for what they get
Some are never satisfied
You see things in black and white
And all I see is the color of your eyes
a-ha song lyrics written/co-written by magne
take on me
We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just to play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
love is reason
My breath was coming fast
And as i make a start
You turn to go
oh, oh
I'll do what you want me to
I'll cry at the thought of the loss of a heart
Love is reason
Love is reason
Love is reason
Love is reason enough
My morals are changing fast
I told you it wouldn't last
You turn and go
oh, oh
I'll be what you want me to be
I'd die at the thought of the loss of your heart
Love is reason
Love is reason
Love is reason
Love is reason enough
cry wolf
"Night I left the city,
I dreamt of a wolf..."
He came from where the winds are cold
And truth is seen through keyholes
...strange longings never sleep
Now he's come where no hearts beat
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
You can start, but you cannot stop
You give in, but you can't give up
You can tell all your desperate jokes
To a world that puts your
Love on hold
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
...the sunken-in eyes
And the pain in his cries
A shape in the dark...
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
maybe maybe
Maybe you were joking
When you said that you were walking out on me
Maybe, maybe
Maybe I was joking
When I said that I was running out on you
Maybe, maybe
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong
I don't know, but it's been said
Decisions travel far from heart to head
Maybe, maybe
Maybe it was over
When you chucked me out the
Rover at full speed
Maybe, maybe oh baby
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong, so wrong
I could be wrong, so wrong
stay on these roads
The cold has a voice
It talks to me
Stillborn, by choice
It airs no need
To hold
Old man feels the cold...
Oh baby don't
'cause I've been told:
Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on...my love
We shall meet, I know
I know
Where joy should reign
These skies restrain
‘Shadow your love...'
The voice trails off again
Old man feels the cold
Oh baby don't
'cause I've been told
Stay on these roads
We shall meet, I know
Stay on...my love
You feel so weak, be strong
Stay on, stay on
We shall meet, I know
I know
I know, my love, I know
the blood that moves the body
It's the way we feel
Tonight
As if it's all unreal
All right
My love, won't you come back to
Our love, you know I'll react to
The blood that moves my body
Now covers the ground
The blood that moves the body
The blood that moves the body
There's nowhere to go
Tonight
Lend some warmth to our cold
And lonely lives
Red stains on 'Eyes Of A Blue Dog'
My pains fade as the interiors fog
The blood that moves my body
Now colours the ground
The blood that moves the body
The blood that moves the body
Not long ago
It hurt us so
A tremble through our lives
The love and care...
The way we were
Lost its way at nights
It's the way we feel
Tonight
Lend some warmth to our cold
And lonely lives
My love, won't you come back to
Our love, you know we'll react to
The blood that moved our bodies
Now covers the ground...
Now covers the ground
The blood that moves the body
The blood that moves the body
touchy!
Donna found us in her slow and dreamy way
I can't hear a word the waiter says
She's looking older now...the color of her hair
She walks into the room too pleased to find me there
Me I'm touchy
Touchy you
Me I'm touchy
And you know what to do
Me I'm touchy
Touchy, touchy you
Me I'm touchy and you know what to do
Both of us together in a room by ourselves
I sneeze to look around, but there's no escape
What can I do, what can I say
She's waiting for this moment to explain itself
Me I'm touchy
Touchy you
Me I'm touchy
And you know what to do
Me I'm touchy
Touchy, touchy you
Touching love is the best I can do
Hey, this time you´ve gone too far
You know how touchy we are
Donna found me in her slow and dreamy way
Now she reads me what the papers say
The way she laughs at what I do
I'm waiting for this moment to explain itself through
Me I'm touchy.....
hurry home
Hurry home
Freight train running
I've been gone
Too long, honey
Why did I waste away
the only good thing left to save me
Hurry home
Freight train running
She's alone
Got no money
(She's alone...she got no money
Coming home, I've done my running)
I´m coming home
No more running
Why now should I deny
the only true thing left inside me
Hurry home
No more running
I'm doing right
For once in my life
(He's doing right!)
No more running...
(Rolling countries... fields unfolding
I swear the winds are calling)
So I hurry home
No more running
She's all alone
Got no money
(She's alone...she got no money
coming home, I've done my running)
Why should I go and hide
The only true thing left inside me
Hurry home
Freight train running
you are the one
You are the one who has done me in
Guess you knew from the start
I call again, but there's no one in
Don't know where, with whom you´ve been
But I do
Love you
Anyway you want me to
You are the one...now the state I'm in!
Catching you was so hard
I fought for you, did you let me win!?
Don't even care, you don't care
Where I've been
But I do
Love you
Anyway you want me to
I’ve done all I can do
All the letters...I've sent through
Put my life in the palms of your hands
Maybe now you can see
That it's got to be me
But if you leave me
I'll understand, yeah
If you leave me, I'll understand
You are the one who has done me in
Guess you knew from the start
I call your friends, but there's no one in
Catching you is so hard
You are the one!
celice
Celice
it's in the way you hurt me
Celice
I know that I'm alive
open up inside
make me want you
make me want to
wrap yourself around me
hold me tighter
hold me tight as you can
Celice
it's in the way you hurt me
Celice
you sharpened all my senses
I know you're on my side
Celice
it's in the way you teach me
Celice
to chase the thoughts away
you opened up my eyes
made me want you
made me want to
you know it feels so nice
hold me tight now
hold me tight as can be
Celice
it's in the way you hurt me
Celice
I know that I'm alive
Celice
you sharpen all my senses
I know you're on my side
don't do me any favors
you offer your assistance
but you won't accept my help
you draw your own conclusions
and there's room for little else
your own participation's
based on how much you can lose
I cannot help but feel that this
won't be of any use
don't give me any credit
cuz I do not want the blame
don't do me any favors
I don't want to play that game
I do not want to see myself
as someone that you saved
I'd rather be your adversary
than to be your slave
cuz every friendly gesture
turns my stomach inside out
don't do me any favours
I am better off without
don't offer me a credit
cuz I do not want the blame
don't do me any favors
I don't want to know your name
but it's alright
yes it's alright
ooh - don't offer me any credit
cuz I do not want the blame
don't do me any favors
I don't want to see your face
but it's alright
yes, it's alright
cozy prisons
take a moment if you dare
catch yourself a breath of air
there's another life out there
and you should try it
dead-ends hide on every street
look before you place your feet
cracks and fissures keep the beat
and you're inside it
every thought you never dared to think
every mood you always knew would sink
every line you spoke out loud in a jest
all the time you took to be your best is soon forgotten
the sun must never touch your skin
it could expose the dark within
you're paranoid about the paranoia
and panic hits without a sign
you worry ‘bout it all the time
every perfect moment is a hidden warning
cuz everything makes your pretty head spin
nagging thoughts are starting to sink in
with everything this way it's better to forget
than end up in a place with something to regret
your transatlantic shopping sprees
your health forever guarantees
organic-bio-life's a breeze in cozy prisons
but hiding out in the salad bar
isn't gonna get you far
and bottled wine is vinegar tomorrow
and everything around here makes your pretty head spin
it’s piling up high - you're back where you begin
moments you try so hard to forget
are promising to’ve been the best ones yet
yeah, everytime you shut your eyes it appears
everytime you trace your steps back here
none of your convictions have the same old ring
but no doubt you will find a place for everything
in cozy prisons
so if you're careful
you won't get hurt
but if you’re careful all the time
then what’s it worth?
birthright
you don’t wanna hang around
said you were leaving town for the summer
at least til sundown
cuz time ain't gonna grind you down,
ain't gonna waste your life
chasing rainbows like some clown
but who’s gonna come with you tonight
who’s gonna tell you it’s alright?
everything changes over time
just like wine
time ain't gonna hold you up,
ain't gonna make it stop
long enough to ease your mind
ain’t gonna make it last forever
and you...
whatcha gonna do?
walk it solitary
so unnecessary
but it’s alright
it’s your birthright
everything’s different down the line
everything changes over time
time ain't gonna make it worse
it’s gonna make you start
feeling better
just like wine
we’re gonna make it last forever
hey you...
whatcha gonna do?
just the ordinary?
so unnecessary
but it’s all right
it’s your birthright
a fine blue line
take a look and see
what's become of me
remember how it used to be
people that we'd meet
were falling at your feet
you didn't even see it
time marches on ahead - enough said
there's only one way through it
time marches on ahead - one day we'll see it
how there's a fine blue line
running through it
we read each other's books
we gave each other looks
like we couldn't trust ourselves
and we knew it
so tell me where you've been
and I'll show you where you're going
you can shout, you can scream
your way through it
well time rushes on ahead - enough said
that's just the way we blew it
time marches on ahead - one day you'll see it
love is a fine blue line
time races on ahead - enough said
that's just the way we blew it
time marches on ahead - one day you'll see it
love is the fine blue line
running through it
the summers of our youth
there's nothing you can say
to make me change my mind
it happens all the time
just let the plot unwind
as we look back and see
our yesterdays entwine
the beauty and the truth
the summers of our youth
and you can go there anytime
the movies of your mind
and you can see it clearly
where we overstepped the line
what are you gonna do when lights go out
what are you gonna think it's all about
what are you gonna do when time is up
what are you gonna do to make it
change the way you feel
how life's a precious gift;
you've felt it once or twice
how everything comes once
but once a million times
but you can find it anywhere
you know I speak the truth
I wish there was a way back
to the summers of our youth
what are you gonnna do when time is up
what are you gonna do to make it stop
what are you gonna do when lights go out
what are you gonna think it's all about
early morning
Early morning
Eight o'clock precise
I see the lonely August sun arise
Say you know
You will
Move me like you do
Out on the fields...
I'm waiting the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah
Ran the whole way
Down to the tracks
Through the doorway
then a last look back
Say you know
You will
Save me like you do
Out on the fields...
I've waited the whole night through
Early morning, early morning, yeah
I climbed all the stairways
To find the rooftop clear
Got the shotgun lying with me here
Say you know
You will
Move me like you do
Out on the fields...
You know how it feels, yeah
Early morning, early morning, yeah
Early morning
Eight o'clock precise
i call your name
We got married on a cold mid-winter's morning
We said our lines
Then kissed
And it was over
Those pronouncements had such weight
I guess they made us hesitate
Hesitate
When she moved her hips
And swayed in my direction
I thought we could make it yet
And beat the isolation
But in that gentle dark
Man, we tore ourselves apart
Through the fire and rain
Through the wilderness and pain
Through the losses, through the gains
On love's roller coaster train
I call your name
Oh God... we used to laugh
Is the fire dying, babe
It hurts to ask
Let me hold you for awhile.
slender frame
Your coat is hanging loosely
On your slender frame
There's many roads to leave by
But few come back again
I don't believe it
I believe it
Take a look around and see
What's stopping you is stopping me
One moonless night we'll make it right
And vanish in the dark of night
Pack up your things and go
Run down the road, don't take it slow
Pack up your things today and run away
Yeah, run away
You say it's useless crying
Never got you far
You claim there's none as lonely
Lonely as you are
I don't believe it
I believe it
Take a look around and see
What's breaking you is breaking me
One moonless night we'll make it right
And vanish in the dark of night
waiting for her
Waiting for her
That's all I ever do
Waiting for her
So why didn't I
Take the measures justified
Our love has always been the same
She comes, then goes away again
Oh yeah
She used to say
We never have the breaks we should've had
Coming our way
But why didn't I take that time and put it right
Our love has always been the same
She leaves me standing out in the rain -
Oh yeah
Send her my love
She's all I'm thinking of
Oh yeah
I'm telling you
And when she's sleeping by my side
Eyes closed, all knowledge trapped inside
- Oh yeah
So why didn't I
Take the measures justified
Send her my love
She's all I'm thinking of...
Oh yeah
I'm telling you
the way we talk
Sometimes the way we talk isn't all that good
We can't change though we know we should
Baby, these fights we have aren't always fair
Was this problem always there
If I could, I'd change, I swear
I I could, I would, I swear
rolling thunder
It's the weight below us
And our fate before us
Like a rolling thunder
Rolling up from under
Don't ever leave this way
I know it's getting harder, but hey
If your world should crumble, yeah
And the rain gets in
Running through your skin
Soaking you outside in
The rain ... see it falling
But I don't know how long it will be
Until the storm is over
I'll wait
I will
Like the years of silence
To the growing violence
Like a rolling thunder
Rolling up from under
Don't ever leave me this way
Wait a little longer, yeah, stay
Through all the night I tumble, yeah
When the rain comes in
I will shed my skin
Losing it from within
See the rain ... it's falling
But I won't be leaving your side
Until all is over
I'll wait
I will
So many lifetimes you've been waiting for it
All through the good times
When you tried to ignore it
You hesitate
It's come too late
You hear the sound
Of when wheels engage
When the rain comes in
I will shed my skin
Losing it from within
move to memphis
Walked around no one around
You were the one who taught me better
This old town brings me down
You were the one who told me
You've got to
Move to Memphis
That's what I'll do
Gonna move to Memphis and follow you
Trace that highway
Down to your doorway
Gonna move to Memphis and be with you
On the day you walked away
I was the one who said
You'd better stick around stay in town
You were the one who told me
You've got to
Move to Memphis
That's what I'll do
Chase the shadow that follows you
Trace that highway
Down to your doorway
Gonna move to Memphis
And be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
Gonna move to Memphis
Move to Memphis
That's what I'll do
Move to Memphis to be with you
I'm gonna be with you
I'm gonna be with you
Gonna move to Memphis!
lamb to the slaughter
I went down to the water
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Didn't know
What was waiting for me there
Nobody warned me
Nobody told me
My excuse is I wasn't prepared
I drank deep from the river
And sealed up my fate
I should have seen the trap, baby
Before it was too late
We go down
We go down
Go down is the only way out
Who is this fool
Who believed all the stories
I wish I could say
It's not me
You polluted my head
With all the things you said
I became what you wanted to see
All of these years
I've built up this hate
I had my chance coming
But now it's too late
We go down
We go down
Go down -is the only way out
minor earth major sky
I can't see me in this empty place
Just another lonely face
I can't see me here in outer space
It's so hard to leave a trace
And I try and I try and I try
But it never comes out right
Yes I try and I try and I try
But I never get it right
It's a
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
I can't see me in this lonely town
Not a friendly face around
Can you hear me when I speak out loud
Hear my voice above the crowd
And I try and I try and I try
But it never comes out right
Yes I try and I try and I try
But I never get it right
It's a
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
But I try and I try and I try
But it never comes out right
Yes I try and I try and I try
But I never get it right
It's a
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky
little black heart
I never saw sunlight
Burn as bright
I never felt darkness
The way I feel it tonight
You say it's getting better
You say it's allright
But I never felt darkness
Like I feel it tonight
Little black heart
Raindrops on my window
I can't tell them apart
Like the few things forgiven
In my little black heart
You say it's getting better
We just never got it right
But I never felt darkness
The way I feel it tonight
Little black heart
Some day we will shine
Like the moon in the morning
Like the sun when it's dawning
Yes the sun when it's dawning
The sun
Some day we will shine
Like the moon in the morning
Like the sun when it's dawning
Yes the sun when it's dawning
The sun
Raindrops on my window
I can't tell them apart
Like a few things forgotten
And a few things ignored
You say it's getting better
You say it's allright
But I never felt darkness
The way I feel it tonight
Little black heart
My little black heart
the company man
Andy was the company man
Responsible for signing the band
Songs came out of our mouths
And into his hands
Oh yeah
Legal help, yes we had plenty
Bank-accounts are easy to empty
Everybody's trying to help
Everyone is so friendly
Oh yeah
And we all come down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Yes we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Give us something easy to sing to
Give us something simple to cling to
Something we can all understand
Said the company man
Oh yeah
We sing
And we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Yes we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Yes we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
May we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
i wish i cared
To hold me closer or set me free
To trust completely or let it be
You don't know my destiny
You can't see what I can see
Hey - I wish I cared
Hey - I wish I cared
To love me truely or let me go
Inbetween I don't want to know
This is how it has to be
No more us and no more we
Hey - I wish I cared
Hey - I wish I cared
Once again, on the station
See your face in a crowd
Comes again the sensation
You can't hear yourself think
With their voices inside your head
Hey - I wish I cared
Hey - I wish I cared
I wish I cared
Yes I really do
I wish I cared
(Hey) I wish I cared
Yes I really do
I wish I cared
(Hey) I wish I cared
I wish I cared
(Hey)
lifelines
one time
to know that it’s real
one time
to know how it feels
that’s all
one call
your voice on the phone
one place
a moment alone
that’s all
what do you see, what do you know?
one sign; what do we do?
just follow your lifeline through
what if it hurts, what then?
one sign, what do you say?
don’t throw your lifelines away
one time
just once in my life
yeah one time
to know it can happen twice
one shot
of a clear blue sky
one look
I see no reasons why
we can’t
one chance
to go back to the point where everything starts
one chance
to keep it together when things fall apart
just one sign
to make us believe it’s true
what do you see, where do we go
one sign; how do we grow?
by letting your lifelines show
what if we do, what then?
one sign- how will I know?
don’t let your lifeline go
you’re letting your lifeline go
don’t let your lifeline go
you wanted more
you know the way, you’ve been before
I’ve seen the signs outside your door
you’ve set the rules
their bitter taste can’t be ignored
it just the same, just like before;
you wanted more
I loved the sun, I loved the rain
I gave it up, but all in vain
I loved the way it was before
so bittersweet to be adored
we had it all, you let it go
you wanted more
but in the end, what is a friend
if not someone, to help pretend
remember me
you know my name, I’m still the same
but not for you, that’s not enough
you wanted more
I loved the sun, I loved the rain
I gave it up, but all in vain
we couldn’t change, you know the score
so bittersweet to be adored
we had it all, you gave it up
you wanted more
just say it:
you loved the way it used to be
the way it was with you and me
it came to late and left too soon
just like the rings around the moon
we had it all, you let it go
you wanted more
we had it all
you gave it up
you wanted more
oranges on appletrees
oranges on appletrees
bugs that mate with bumblebees
oranges on appletrees
water comes and water goes
where it ends up no-one knows for sure
water rises, waterfalls
where it comes from no-one knows for sure
it seeps from every pore
we have seen the rain before
but not like this, it’s flooding every shore
people come and people go
I can hear their laughter through my door
but no-one’s keeping score;
oranges on appletrees
bugs that mate with bumblebees
one big happy family
endless possibilities
oranges on appletrees – and more
I see your face in front of me
you believed what no-one else could see
I feel it deep inside of me
everything we know shall be renewed
and everyone will see
oranges on appletrees – and more
I used to be the only one
not now since you have come
’cause you and I have seen the signs
that’s why we’re running blind
oranges on appletrees
birds that mate with bumblebees
endless possibilities
oranges on appletrees
all the things that we can see
multigender wannabes
oranges on appletrees
bugs that make with bumblebees
one big happy family
endless possibilities
turn the lights down
turn the lights on, the night is too long
keep yourself warm, I’m coming home
I cannot help you, you yourself must see
decide now what you want to be
turn the lights down, the lights are too strong
when you’re down and out, just hold on
realize that nothing lasts long
we must believe the things we cannot see
everything’s allright with me
turn the lights down, the lights are too strong
I just want to sleep by your side
it makes me feel so alive
I just want to sleep for awhile
turn around, the night is still young
realize that things can go wrong
you must decide now where you want to be
you’re the one that said to me:
realize that nothing lasts long
I just wanna sleep by your side
it makes me feel so alive
so easy to love from a distance
hard to be near when you can
impossible now to get back to
where we began
I just wanna sleep by your side
it makes me feel so alive
I just wanna sleep by your side
I just wanna sleep through the night
white canvas
stories are painted
in lines on your face
misunderstandings and little mistakes
a chance to start over
is all that it takes – you know if you do;
your life is a canvas, the colours are you
follow me out, follow me round
let’s make the road up as we go along
just as we planned
you want to believe it, you know that it’s true;
your life is a canvas, the colours are you
you cannot erase them;
the words that were said -
just paint them over inside of your head
all that is needed;
you know you must make just one leap of faith
everything else will fall into place
follow me out, follow me round
let’s make it up and go back
to where we began
all that is needed is one leap of faith -
everything else will fall into place
anywhere you’ll ever go
everyone you’ll ever know
you may never find it
everyone you’ll ever see
anyone you choose to be
how you look will decide
what you see
follow the moon
follow the sun
let’s make a deal this time
to stay with the plan
all that is needed is one leap of faith
everything else will fall into place
stories are painted
in the lines of your face
dragonfly
I will never let you down
I will always be around
I will never raise my voice
I will keep this tender poise
in the time we are here
we'll see love disappear
in the time that we're here
we'll be lost in our fear
lost in our fear
I will never bring you down
I will always stick around
I will heat you when you're cold
I will nurse you when you're old
in the time we have left
we'll raise eyes to the sky
don't ask how don't ask why
just fly dragonfly
fly, dragonfly
solace
some sign of forgiveness
some form of relief
is all that she asks for
is all that she needs
she waits for the day when
she’ll feel more at ease
some time to be cared for
some time left in peace
cold stars of the future
they burned bright in the past
but these moments of solace
they won’t last
they don’t last
you’re wasting the moment
biding your time
no-one got ahead
standing in line
so something is over
before it’s begun
so close she could taste it
but now it is gone;
cold stars of the future
they burned bright in the past
but these moments of solace
they won’t last
they cannot last
you’re hoping for solace
well just look around
everyone here is
standing in line
solace now
foot of the mountain
Keep your clever lines
Hold your easy rhymes
Silence everything
Silence always winds
It’s a perfect alibi
There’s no need to analyze
It will be alright through the longest night
Just silence everything
But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could clear us yard in the back
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and never come back
Learn from my mistake
Leave what others take
Speak when spoken to
And do what others do
Silence always wins
So silence everything
It will be alright in the morning light
Just silence everything
But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could clear us yard in the back
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and never come back
We could stay there and never come back
You know it
We could leave tonight
But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could make us a white picket fence
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and see how it ends
We could stay there and see how it ends
We could stay there and see how it ends
sunny mystery
You can run through every forest
You can sail in the seven seas
You can climb the highest mountain
To try and dissolve these memories
In case you never knew it
You can’t undo it
You can jump off the edge of the world
Hide out in some monastery
Lose your mind in meditation
And never put your mind at ease
You think you’re running to it
But you are wading through it
A sunny mystery
Life is the dream that you wake up to
Dreams are the life from which you wake
Everybody makes the extra effort
Never knowing what to do
But you know the answer
Yeah, you know the score
It feels just like before
It’s a sunny mystery
That’s how it’s got to be
Because no one knows for sure
The outcome of this
Sunny mystery