NO-MAN


Letras

 

A-D

 

ALL THAT YOU ARE
let me quit the chase,
let me touch your face.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.

let me understand
all your secret plans,
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.

this is not my life,
this is not my pain,
but it kills me all the same.

let me take your hand
and love all that you are.

let me hear your song,
let me do no wrong.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are.

let me comfort you
when the world seems blue.
let me take your hand
and love all that you are

this is not my life,
this is not my pain,
but it kills me all the same.

let me take your hand
and love all that you are.
ALL THE BLUE CHANGES
all the blue changes,
all the blue chains.
all the blue changes rearranged.

giving up on beautiful
and making peace with strange,
all the blue changes rearranged. all the blue changes,
all the blue chains.
all the blue changes rearranged. giving up on beautiful
and giving up on pain.
all the blue changes rearranged. all the things we were -
rearranged. the city in a hundred ways,
it wouldn't let you stay.

the city in a hundred ways
would never let you stray.
ALL THE REASONS
I swallowed you picture perfect,
I wallowed in perfect pictures -
truth reflected in your eye.

I followed the road to treason,
I tried to explain my reason,
fit my words to your disguise. chorus: all the reasons in the world can't make me make-believe it - (MAYBE IN TIME)
all the reasons in the world.
after you heard it, you asked, "is it worth it?" - (MAYBE IN TIME)
all the reasons in the world. in the open air, it's hard.
with the clothes we wear, it's hard.
in the end, there's only us. in the rooms we share, it's hard.
with your constant stare, it's hard.
in the end, there's nothing much. (chorus repeat)

throw it all away, don't throw it all away,
don't throw it all away...
AMATEURWAHWAH
and what if you should fall?
and what if you should follow?
and flame goes out,
and heart grows wild with sorrow?
and what if you should give?
and what if you should suffer?
and time gets tight,
and damp sheets are your lovers?

earth is moving, heat is rising.
sun is calling, calling you to the dream. chorus: the sky was never so blue,
the air was never so sweet,
the world was never so new,
you feared the loss of fear. you hear their laughter,
their stupid laughter.
you shake with boredom,
shake your boredom away.

(chorus repeat x 2)

ANGEL GETS CAUGHT IN THE BEAUTY TRAP
I step out of the shadows
and into the bright day,
I cannot breathe
for the smoke and the city smells.

my head comes alive
with the humming of engines,
I cannot scream
for the dust in my throat.

I stare at the lovers
as they stand in the doorway,
I cannot dream
for the dirt on my hands.

I came to this place with
a lifetime of memories;
falling apart
like the shoes on my feet.

even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
your arms stretching out.

I remember the hot sand.
I remember the blue sky.
we sat side by side
and traded our names.

I remember the sweet air.
I remember the time when
I fell in love
only to cry in my sleep.

even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
even now I see you fall -
your arms stretching out.

even now I sometimes call
even now I sometimes call
even now I sometimes call
your name in the night

in my dream
I feel you breathing
in my dream
I feel you breathe
in my dream
I feel you breathing
in my dream
I feel you breathe
ANIMAL GHOST
it's too late to go now
it's too late to know
there's food on the table
there's dust on your soul

and the fire in your breath
and the fire in your head
turning inside chorus: animal ghost - silence your eyes
animal ghost - sleepwalk in the light. it's too hard to dream here
it's too hard to think
there's growth in the garden
there's dirt in the sink and the love in your mouth
and the love in your heart
drifting away (chorus) and the fire in your breath
and the fire in your head
turning inside and the love in your mouth
and the love in your heart
drifting away

(chorus)
BABYSHIP BLUE
I ran to the water before I could swim,
lost in your hair.
I saw the dawn, I saw the dawn.
I touched the shining gown.

it's all I can do not to scream for you
BACK WHEN YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL
singing songs
they'll never understand.
tempo drifts
in half-cut wonderlands.

back when you were beautiful,
they'd smile and shake your hand. friendship comes,
but it mostly goes.
you mark the time
with your fading clothes. back when you were beautiful,
you'd pass it off as pose. you walk for hours,
your feet like lead.
you keep your secrets
locked inside your heads.

back when you were beautiful,
the needle pushed the red.
BEAUTIFUL AND CRUEL
the night was dark.
no moon in the coal-black sky.
you travelled the highway.
you felt the storm inside.

you looked into his eyes
and only saw perfection.
he looked into your eyes
and only saw reflections. chorus: now you wake up crying in the morning,
staring out through the clouded pane. now he takes to screaming without warning. (OH SO CRUEL)
beautiful and cruel. (repeat) the blinding light;
the dirt on your pale white feet.
you walked in the garden,
life spinning on your heels. (chorus) chorus 2: now you wake up crying in the morning,
staring out through the clouded pane. now he takes to screaming without warning. (OH SO CRUEL)
like bullets, he leaves wounds. you wake up crying in the morning.
you wake up crying in the morning light. (chorus 1) (chorus 2) (chorus 1)

beautiful and cruel. (SO BEAUTIFUL)
so beautiful.
oh, so cruel.
BLEED

(i) BLEED
tell the truth
and tell it 'til it makes me bleed.
stretch your mouth
and let your words fall over me.
no fight, no blame. talk to me;
I'll bleed a little more for you.
take the chance
to watch the red rise
from the white of my wide, wide eyes.
no fight, no blame. going nowhere, moving fast.
saying nothing, nothing lasts. no fight, no blame.
no search, no pain.
no dream, no gain.
no try, no fame. no fight, no blame. blame.

(ii) SAY BABY SAY GOODBYE
I want you near me.
I want to feel free
to forget my history.
I want you near me.
I want to feel free
to destroy my memory.
I want you near me.
I want to feel free;
to forget my history,
to destroy my memory
BLEED ("Swagger" version)
tell the truth
and tell it 'til it makes me bleed.
the man that is
will dwarf the man that pretends to be.
no fight, no blame.

talk to me;
I'll bleed a little more for you.
take the chance
to watch the red rise
from the white of my wide, wide eyes.
no fight, no blame. no search, no pain.
no dream, no gain.
no fight, no blame. going nowhere, moving fast.
saying nothing, nothing lasts. no fight, no blame.
no search, no pain.
no dream, no gain.
no fight, no blame. empty me,
I'll bleed a little more for you. (repeat)

are you watching me?
BREAK HEAVEN
your head on my shoulder,
your fist in my hand.
now the heartache is over
but I'm too weak to stand

too frightened to leave you,
too frightened to breathe.
too frightened to question,
to question belief. chorus: break heaven.
make heaven here.
I want you to take me
and make everything clear. oh, let me guide you back
across the broken glass.
oh let me lay you down
upon the burning grass. (chorus x 2) I want you to take me here.
I want you to take me clear.

(chorus x 2)
CAROLINA SKELETONS
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never see the dawn.
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never face the sun.

the love goes by and the life runs dry,
pulls the tinsel from her hair.
she loses sight in the velvet night,
drops a tin can by the chair. chorus: through all the tiny victories and the big defeats,
it's carolina skeletons that keep her rooted to her seat. cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never read the signs.
cowboy kate came too late,
she'll never have the time. the love goes by and the life runs dry,
pulls the tinsel from her hair.
she dreams of flight in the velvet night,
throws a tin can in the air. (chorus) chorus 2:

through all the shitty obstacles and all the words so sweet,
it's carolina skeletons that make her stranger when she eats.
CHELSEA CAP
last time that you smiled like that,
you looked good in your chelsea cap.
your face was thin, but your legs were fat.
you questioned where all our lives were at.

wasting time with some ageing lad,
still good looking though your eyes were sad.
you sold your books and you sold your flat,
and ran to where your illusions sat. chorus: no-one but me to hear it
no-one but me to fear it.
no big deal,
no big deal.
no-one but you to be with,
no-one but you to see with.
no big deal,
no big deal. not wanting to know what I know
or needing to do what I do,
every time I close my eyes,
all I see is you,
all I see. (chorus x 2) chorus 2:

no-one but you to be with,
no-one but you to see with.
no big deal,
no big deal.
CLOSE YOUR EYES
his hands were hard,
your face was soft.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength.

now, nothing shows.
you're empty now.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost it. chorus: close your eyes to the world,
close your eyes.
dive in deep for the pearl. you shine your torch
into the sky.
you watch the darkness grow,
it makes you want to cry. (chorus x 2) his hands were hard,
your face was soft.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength. you break like a child,
like a child you break,
you swim alone

like a child
COLOURS
(Donovan Leitch)
yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best.

green is the colour of the sparkling corn
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best. blue is the colour of the sky
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best. freedom's a word I rarely use
without thinking (oh yeah),
without thinking (oh yeah)
of the time, of the time
when I've been loved.

yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
in the morning when we rise,
in the morning when we rise.
that's the time, that's the time
I love the best
COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER
I'll tell you why I did what I did.
I'll tell you why I lied and I hid.
I wasted lifetimes in the heat of machines.
I gave my mind up to the stars in my dreams.

why try to walk when the roots are shaken?
why try to talk when your vision is breaking? (repeat) chorus: coming through slaughter,
coming for you. I'll tell you why I said what I said,
I'll tell you why the feeling is dead.
your desperation left a shadow on me -
your blank expression shaped my true destiny. why try to walk when the roots are shaken?
why try to talk when your vision is breaking? (repeat) (chorus x 2) coming through slaughter (taken in by the taste of you)
coming through slaughter (taken in by you)

(chorus)
CURTAIN DREAM
at the end of the day,
in the cold of the night,
when the branch breaks I fall
to the floor of the world.

I scream like a child,
I scream for my wings.
I scream at the words
making cheap what I feel.
I walk through my room
and I kick down the walls.
I lie on the bed
and feel there's nothing left but doubt.

in the cold of the night
I will show you my wounds.
only then can I say to you
"spread your dreams under me, my love".
I dream of this bridge,
I dream of these trees,
I burn in these flames,
that I'll never understand.
I walk through my room
and I kick down the chairs.
I've opened my eyes
and seen there's nothing left but doubt
DARKROOM
destiny -
an orange toothbrush.
destiny -
your best friend's tie.
destiny -
a tired old love song.
destiny -
a green, green eye.

destiny -
a swollen ego.
destiny -
a broken chin.
destiny -
a fucked-up small town.
destiny -
no-one wins. chorus: under the earth we go -
can't see, can't feel.
deep in the ground you go -
don't know what's real. count on me
for fresh excuses.
count on me
to kick the lame.
count on me
for choosing nowhere.
count on me
to pass the blame.

(chorus)
DAYS IN THE TREES - MAHLER
the rain fell soft
on the green and distant fields.
I saw you run
to the shelter of the trees.

I stood alone
with weeds and broken bricks -
my pale fingers curled
round blades of autumn grass. chorus: I heard your feet crack earth and branch
but you were covered by the leaves.
I shouted out and called your name
but you were hiding in the trees. days in the trees. You rubbed the sleep from my tired eyes
and let the real taste of God
change the colour of my thoughts. I was draining the heaven
from the warmth of your breasts;
lighting fire on the stone. I tore at the seams
of my smooth and laundered clothes
and ran to the trees
racing naked against the day. (chorus repeat) days in the trees. the ascent to your heaven,
spending days in the trees.

(I can't stand him laughing at us)
DAYS IN THE TREES - REICH
(Harley Peyton / Mark Frost, arr. Wilson)
"Uh... this is from a long time ago, is that OK?
I was thirteen years old... fourteen maybe.
(lyrics in preparation)
DAYS LIKE THESE
all boys are snakes, all girls eat cakes,
their stupid noise keeps you awake,
like visions of those Bowie fakes
your evil parents love to hate.
he looks at you and you can't speak -
and all you see are mysteries,
and images from history
of greedy men from Sicily.

chorus: on days like these,
you just can't breathe.
on days like these,
when love deceives. Jane's boyfriend's still a crashing bore,
Tom's wife became the village whore.
the prices in his corner store
just make you want to smash the door.
the gift he sent you wasn't new,
the love he gave you wasn't true.
he said "forever" - now you're through.
you need to find some things to do.

(chorus x 2)
DEATH AND DODGSON'S DREAMCHILD
alone by the window, looking out -
that's how I see you.
always reaching,
(reaching out).
always searching,
(reaching out).
always reaching,
(reaching out).
always searching
blindly.
always waiting for the new dawn,
always waiting for the new dawn
DESERT HEART
his hands were hard,
your face was soft.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength.
now nothing's sure.
you're empty now.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength.

from the garden to the desert SKY
from the green fields BREAK ME
to the dust.> NOW

you have fallen from the branches SKY
you are face-deep BREAK ME
in the mud. NOW

you will climb higher
higher than this charmless sky.
you will climb higher
far above his sad ghost.

from the garden to the desert SKY
from the green fields BREAK ME
to the dust. NOW

you have fallen from the branches SKY
you are face-deep BREAK ME
in the mud. NOW

climb high...

sky comes to the desert SKY
from the green fields BREAK ME
to the dust. NOW

where?
it's here.

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deep inside your desert heart,
deep inside of me.

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his hands were hard,
your face was soft.
he kissed your heavy head
and then you lost your strength.

you break
like a child,
like a child...
you break, you swim alone
like a child...

here...

DRINK JUDAS
if I close my eyes,
I might look at it differently.
I'll just crawl beside you
and forget about everything.
But that drunk's still howling
in the alleyway,
and that old man's
fallen on his face again.

chorus: feel the arrow pierce my heart.
feel the daylight scorch my skin.
retreat into beauty -
can't stand the light.
retreat into beauty -
can't stand the day. with my hand in yours
I can pretend that I'm not afraid.
our warm bodies shine
and I believe .
I believe in eternity. but that young girl's screaming
"I don't want you back",
and the walls are cracking
in our living room,
and that young girl wishes
that her man were dead
as he drums his fists
into her broken head. (chorus repeat) a man is staring at the cold white stars,
he has drawn the head of Jesus
on the paving stone.
And you and I walk through our furnished rooms -
we drink the blood of Judas
from our silver spoons. (chorus repeat x 2)

if I close my eyes,
I might look at it differently.
I'll just crawl beside you...
DRUG ME
take the short cut and take it slow,
to the place where we always go.
take the short cut and take it slow,
and cover the land like buffalo.

chorus: it feels so real,
it feels so true
(endless days with nothing left to do).
it feels so real,
it feels so right
(it's hard to fight when you're as high as a kite).
like a ship of light
in my sea of night,
with a lover's might
you drug me. no uglier place than this.
do you know how hard it is
on the century's super list
of all the sick and the pissed? (chorus repeat) it feels so real,
it feels so right
(it's hard to fight when you're high as a kite) (repeat)

like a ship of light
in my sea of night,
with a lover's might
you drug me
DRY CLEANING RAY
dry cleaning ray,
at the end of the day,
always knows what to say,
always knows what to play

it's the same old song
with the same old bits thirty years without a hit. dry cleaning ray
says he's wasting away,
feeling red turn to grey,
watching overcoats fray. it's the same old thing
it's the same old shit

thirty years without a hit


 

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