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Beth Orton is a famously good singer, as evidenced by the three albums that have so conspicuously built her worldwide reputation over the past decade. Not even that illustrious body of work, however, can properly prepare you for the extraordinarily personal, almost naked and most certainly honest emotional qualities of 'Comfort of Strangers', Beth Orton's new album released in February 2006. Its production values are deceptively uncomplicated. Deceptive, because the album's stripped-down sonics allow the emotional complexities of Beth Orton's performances - and particularly her premiership talents as a songwriter - to flourish; at times sad, funny, playful and poignant, romantic, always lyrical and on occasion even a touch sentimental. Indeed, coming after her opening trilogy of albums, 'Comfort of Strangers' represents a total sense of reinvention, a fabulous alchemy resulting from a set of simple rules that Beth Orton decided for the new CD. In 2004, when she was contemplating the direction for her next album, Orton determined it would be an analog recording with sparse arrangements and a spontaneous, almost live, feel. It would be also recorded quickly with minimal overdubs; an intimate new route map for her music. These rules coincided with a remembered guitar sound from a few years before. Beth Orton recalled the dexterous fingerpicking style of American guitar virtuoso Jim O'Rourke on his 1999 recording, 'Halfway to a Threeway', a sound and ambiance that demonstrated many of the qualities she had in mind for her own album. Since the time of the 'Halfway' EP, O'Rourke had joined the legendary Sonic Youth and, in addition to his own acclaimed solo albums, worked on recordings by such diverse groups as Wilco, Stereolab, Smog as well as the noted American guitarist John Fahey - a career trajectory that curiously complemented Orton's own history of restless experimentation and eclectic tastes in collaborators. Orton and O'Rourke met in January 2005, listening to all the songs she had lined up for the album. Instead of being simply a hired gun guitarist on the album O'Rourke volunteered to produce 'Comfort of Strangers, insisting he required only five days in the studio. In the event, it took two weeks to finish the recordings, created in the immediacy of the moment. It's mostly a one take CD - two takes maximum, with minimal overdubs. Nothing has been second-guessed and everything complies with Beth Orton's self-imposed rules for the album. Recorded at New York's Sear Sound studio in the spring of 2005, 'Comfort of Strangers' comprises 14 songs all composed by Beth Orton with the title track written in partnership with O'Rourke and singer-songwriter M. Ward. Perhaps it's ironical, but Jim O'Rourke plays very little guitar on the album. 'Comfort of Strangers' features Beth Orton on guitar, piano and harmonica with O'Rourke on bass, piano and marimba and the American percussionist Tim Barnes - whose credits include work with Wilco, the Silver Jews and Neil Hagerty - on drums. The album is completed with occasional overdubs from the Tin Hat Trio's pianist, Rob Burger. Orton's debut came as one half of the duo Spill, a one-off project with Orbit recording a cover version of John Martyn's 'Don't Wanna Know About Evil'. She also worked with Orbit on his 1993 'Strange Cargo' project, co-writing and singing 'Water From a Vine Leaf'. Beth's path towards a solo career was further signposted when Orbit produced 'Superpinkymandy', a rare recording released only in Japan. As a consequence of her rising reputation Beth Orton was asked to sing 'Alive Alone', a stand out track on the Chemical Brothers' astonishing1995 debut album, 'Exit Planet Dust'. She also worked with the freak-beat jazz combo Red Snapper, providing the vocals for their first singles, 'Snapper' and 'In Deep', before setting about the serious business of recording her own worldwide debut album. 'Trailer Park', released in October 1996, was an intriguing step forward, blending Beth Orton's guitars with samples and beats on an album of starkly personal and sensual songs. Produced by Victor Van Vugt (of Tindersticks and Nick Cave fame) and Andrew Weatherall (responsible for Primal Scream's classic 'Screamadelica', an album that Beth Orton claims introduced her to dance music), 'Trailer Park' suggested the emergence of a new kind of rhythm-fuelled folk - a significance recognised when it was shortlisted for the UK's prestigious Mercury Music Prize in 1997, with the judges claiming Beth to be the "queen of the heartbreak vocal". The album also marked the start of Beth Orton's long musical partnership with guitarist Ted Barnes. The year 1997 proved very productive for Beth. She toured incessantly, supporting the likes of John Martyn, Tindersticks, John Cale, Mark Eitzel and Everything But The Girl before selling out her own headline tours and playing her first Glastonbury Festival. Beth Orton also made her American debut, playing with Sheryl Crow and Emmylou Harris on the Lilith Fair tour before headlining her own dates in the autumn, the overwhelmingly favourable response to which saw the start of her enduring reputation in the United States. Back in the studio, Orton collaborated with the Chemical Brothers once again, contributing a vocal to their smash hit number one album, 'Dig Your Own Hole', before recording her own 'Best Bit' EP, its soulful sound highlighted by Orton's two duets with the folk-jazz legend, Terry Callier. Beth's second album, 'Central Reservation', was released in the spring of 1999. Terry Callier was again featured together with guest appearances from the likes of Dr. John, Ben Harper, Mazzy Star's David Roback and Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl. The album was far more reflective than 'Trailer Park', with dance beats exchanged for a purer folk sound. The result, however, was equally captivating. 'Central Reservation' was a popular and critical hit, with Beth Orton again being shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize. The following year, 2000, Beth Orton won the Best British Female accolade at the UK's Brit Awards. In 1999 she returned to America for the annual Lilith Fair tour, followed by such prestigious dates as the Newport Folk Festival and, in 2000, her own headlining concert series, all of which came as she was riding a wave of commercial and critical success - indeed, 'Stolen Car' from 'Central Reservation' was Beth's first American hit. It was to take another two years for Orton to release her third album, which came in July 2002. 'Daybreaker' was epic in its scope and ambition with a massive soundscape ranging from the Chemical Brothers-produced title track to the country inflections of 'God Song', a tune that featured guest vocalist Emmylou Harris. 'Daybreaker' was distinguished by an impressive array of producers, mixers and musicians. In addition to the Chemical Brothers, Beth Orton invited old friends and new conspirators William Orbit, Ben Watt, Johnny Marr, Jim Keltner, Ryan Adams and Victor Van Vugt to help shape the album's widescreen qualities. It was an immediate success on both sides of the Atlantic, the accolades complemented by the applause for Beth Orton's powerful live show that toured Europe - including a sell out concert at London's Royal Albert Hall - and America in the wake of the album's release. By this time Beth Orton's reputation as both a songwriter and performer was such that her place in modern music was assured. Just as significantly, however, for Beth Orton 'Daybreaker' came as the closing statement, the final chapter, in her opening trilogy of albums. Her next recording would be very different indeed.
Trailer Park - 1996-10-19 - She cries your name Tangent Don't need a reason Live as you dream Sugar boy Touch me with your love Whenever How far Someone's daughter I wish I never saw the sunshine Galaxy of emptiness
Paris train Concrete sky Mount Washington Anywhere Daybreaker Carmella God song This One's Gonna Bruise Ted's Waltz Thinking About Tomorrow
Worms Conceived Comfort of Strangers Heartland Truckstop Shadow of a Doubt Safe in Your Arms Countenance Rectify Feral Children Shopping Trolley A Place Aside Absinthe Heart of Soul Pieces of Sky
*** Thanx a lot to Lo Bastido for correcting almost all the lyrics I have ! ***
Superpinkymandy
Don't Wanna Know 'Bout Evil (Knowledge is power) Sometimes it gets so hard to listen Hard for me to use my eyes And all around the gold is glistening Making sure it keeps me down to size I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know a thing about evil Only wanna know about love (Knowledge is power) I'm waitin' for the planes to tumble Waitin' for the towns to fall I'm waitin' for the cities to crumble Waitin' till I see you crawl I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know a thing about evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love And yes it's getting hard to listen Hard for me to use my eyes And all around the gold is glistening Making sure it keeps us hyp-n-o-tized I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know a thing about evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know a thing about evil Only wanna know about love I don't wanna know 'bout evil Only wanna know about love... Faith Will Carry You touched my hand Said, "Follow me I'll be your eyes when you cannot see" Now the only blindness that I'm gonna choose Is ignorance to all your misuse There was a time when you held all the cards And you delt them all evenly 'cause I couldn't see You read my mind Left yourself so hard to find I thought you knew me better than I knew myself Spend your time cutting me down When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down [you touched my hand] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down [I'll be your eyes] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry I could try talkin' to you but I already learned all I need to Spend your time cutting me down Don't listen to a word then you throw me a frown To catch the eye of a stranger is nothing new I was just waitin' for something to do It was a twisted pair but now I'm through Spend your time cutting me down [you touched my hand] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry [said it's faith that will carry] Spend your time cutting me down [I'll be your eyes] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down [you read my mind] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry [left yourself so hard to find] Spend your time cutting me down [I thought you knew me better] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry [than I knew myself] You touched my hand Said, "Follow me I'll be your eyes when you cannot see" Now the only blindness that I'm gonna choose Is ignorance to all your misuse It's faith that will carry It's faith that will carry You read my mind Left yourself so hard to find I thought you knew me better than I knew myself Spend your time cutting me down When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down [you touched my hand] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry [said, "Follow me] Spend your time cutting me down [I'll be your eyes"] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry Spend your time cutting me down [you read my mind] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry [left yourself so hard to find] Spend your time cutting me down [I thought you knew me better] When it's plain to see it's faith that will carry [than I knew myself] You touched my hand Said, "Follow me I'll be your eyes when it's plain to see it's faith that will carry" Yesterday's Gone Look at the priest and the blood and the fire Weighted down with metal, I wonder why? Haven't we moved further in time Haven't we advanced along the line Yesterday is gone Yesterday is gone Let it fade away Blind chances of destiny Yesterday is gone Yesterday is gone Let it fade away Blind chances of destiny Isn't it the scheme of love to take Wouldn't my life remain the same Wonder if my God could take the blame Time's the only voodoo dreams can change Yesterday is gone Yesterday is gone Let it fade away Blind chances of destiny Yesterday is gone Yesterday is gone Let it fade away Blind chances of destiny Let your mind go free Yesterday is gone Yesterday is gone Let it fade away Blind chances of destiny Yesterday is gone Yesterday is gone Let it fade away Blind chances of destiny She cries your name Falling from the western selves To find yourself alone again Wonderin' where you have been Your lonely voice Calls across the star lit coast Reaching out to be seen She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? Scratch beneath the surface screen Of what we say and what we seem Is there truth to be seen? She's cryin' out your name But her scream sounds the same How fickle fate can be She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? Birds which scream for territory Can learn to sing euphorically Given time that is revealed?? There's a wasteland in his soul The burned out trees will leave you cold Living out beside the hill She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? She cries your name Twelve times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? When you wake When you wake in the morning ?? blue See the sun replace the moon It isn't hard to do When the light shines Everything you are And the light shines It's there for you my love Doo-dah-doo... When you wake in the morning Leave the shadows where they lie Make the changes right away Tomorrow is today When the light shines Everything you are And the light shines It's there for you my love Doo-dah-doo... Roll the dice She said I put a spell on you He said there's nothin' I could do And I wouldn't love the way I do if I didn't know that it was true And I'd never love the way I do since I began losing you And nothing can compare to when you roll the dice and you swear your loves for me And she don't know if she can keep it together forever She said I only want to possess you, it's dangerous He said I only try to impress you, it's strangeness And I wouldn't love the way I do if I didn't know that it was true And I'd never love the way I do since I began losing you Nothing can compare to when you roll the dice and you swear your loves for me And she don't know if she can keep it together forever And nothing can compare to when you roll the dice and you swear your loves for me And she don't know if she can keep it together forever City blue It was the sound of the city that was making me blue I kept hearing it and I'd think of you Wherever you go and whatever you do I'll be with you I'll be with you It was the sound of the city that was making me blue I kept hearing it and I'd think of you Wherever you go and whatever you do I'll be with you I'll be with you The prisoner Summer's burning (up inside) Left alone (to gag then tie) Here comes the rain Just when you never thought you'd lose your way again When it's so wrong It has to be, nobody has won We will soon be free The prisoner is history We will soon be free The prisoner is history Yeah... You've been lost and you've been found This time you've gotta stand your ground Here comes your train Just when you never thought you'd catch that ride again When it's so wrong It has to be, everybody's gone We will soon be free The prisoner is history We will soon be free The prisoner is history Yeah... Where do you go Now when I need you You're nowhere around Just when I'm going then You're taking a trip down town How do you fly so far With the world in disguise Do the people around you Put you to where they need you Where do you go When the wind doesn't blow Are you still like the trees Only bend with a breeze I long to smell you To feel you within I need you near to me Just the touch of your skin I want to hear you And tell you again But so much can happen Makes it harder to explain Where do you go When the wind doesn't blow Are you still like the trees Only bend with a breeze You think I need no one You're always around Turning on a sixpence Locked in the crowd Now when I need you You're nowhere around Just when I'm going down You're takin' a trip down town Where do you go When the wind doesn't blow Are you still like the trees Only bend with a breeze Release me That we must fly is a ?? thing And nothin' can stay forever locked in I'll take your blame like a ball and a chain I'll wear it 'round my neck I won't feel no shame Breakin' waves on the shore It turned then fade once more Release me from this love If it's ours it'll come Release me from this love If it's ours it'll come Release me Release me from this love Don't want no sympathy Draggin' me down Makin' me sorry When we can wake up and see All that we never knew to be Breakin' waves on the shore It turned then fade once more Release me from this love (Release me from this love) If it's ours it'll come Release me from this love (Set me free with your love) If it's ours it'll come Release me Release me from this love Breakin' waves on the shore It turned then fade once more Release me from this love (Release me from this love) If it's ours it'll come Release me from this love (Set me free with your love) If it's ours it'll come Release me from this love (Release me from this love) If it's ours it'll come (Release me from this love) (Set me free with your love) If it's ours it'll come Release me Release me from this love Release me Set me free with your love Yeah...
Trailer Park She cries your name Falling from the western sun to find yourselves alone again Wondering where you have been Your lonely voice calls across the starlit coast Reaching out to be seen She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain Cut beneath the surface screen Of what we say and what we seem Is a truth to be seen She keeps crying out your name But her scream sound the same How fickle fate can be She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? Birds that scream for territory Can learn to sing euphorically Given in time that is real And there's a wasteland in your soul The burned out trees will leave you cold Living out an ideal She cries your name Three times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? She cries your name Twelve times again She cries your name How long can this love remain? Tangent Lost myself in a tangent of words Can't decide what I've seen or heard Cannot sleep for counting sheep How long does this river run deep? How long does this river run deep? Building a map in order to find What's not lost but left behind My instinct got bruised But I still see I was a victim I'll be no casualty Just like coming home Just like coming home Just like coming home It was just like coming home It was just like coming home He said that you weave deadly tricks Conjure it up to the worldly hicks Stare it cold in dull surprise Spread evil to hell in every tear you cried Every tear you cried Building a map in order to find What's not lost but left behind I was a victim I'll be no casualty Just like coming home Just like coming home Just like coming home Could be just like coming home Coming home Cut off my toes to spite my feet Drank your poison, It didn't taste too sweet Saw that heaven's in my mind And it's there for me to find It's there for me to find Don't need a reason Have you ever seen a sign That upon a right time There were angels? We all lose track 'Cause upon our backs, Feel the weight of them Why they fall is hard tell, But some things you can't buy or sell Yeah, we all hurt the ones we love And we don't need a reason We only give what we think we deserve And that's something to believe in I think I've seen a sign But its a very fine line If you want it all And don't lose track For upon our backs There's no weight of wings When they shine is hard to say But some things never fade away We only hurt the ones we love Why, we don't need a reason We only give what we think we deserve And that's something to believe in So I've been calling angels down to Earth And I don't need a reason Calling angels down to Earth Because I believe we need them We only hurt the ones we love Why, we don't need a reason You're gonna get all that you deserve And all that you believe in Do you believe in? Do you need them? If you need them Do you know? Do you need them? If you need them Do you know? Do you need them? If you need them Live as you dream If there's something you wanna do You'll know when you've seen it through Yeah, we live as we dream alone But that's not all you've ever known Stop, look, listen I can find you I've been standing right beside you You don't have to remind me I know and I won't let go And if you've taken me for someone who cares, Then there's a dream I know we both have shared, If I talked to you after all's been done, I know we'll find home where ever we've gone, You're not the only one. But there's something I wanna show, Though not sure that I should do, So while we live all our dreams for free, But that's not all they ever could be. Stop look listen I can find you, I've been standing right beside you, You don't have to remind me I know and I won't let go And as I've taken you for someone who cares Then there's a dream I know we both have shared If you talk to me after what's been said Then I know there's a home where ever we live You're not the only one You're not the only one And if you've taken me for someone who cares Then there's a dream I hope we both can share If I talk to you after what's been said Well you'll admit there's home where ever we live You're not the only one You're not the only one We live as we dream alone But that's not all we've shown We live as we dream alone And that's not all we've known We live as we dream alone That's not all you've shown Sugar boy Sugar boy its all over now Sugar boy its all over now Ain't your loving But the things that you do Listen boy I'm getting tired of you Sugar boy, what you trying to do Well, I told you I loved you Now what more can I do? Told you I loved you You beat my heart black and blue I told you I loved you Now what more can I do? Do you want me to lay down And die for you? Sugar boy its all over now Sugar boy its all over now Went to the doctor Told me something was wrong, "Listen girl, you shouldn't feel so alone" Sugar boy what you trying to do, Well I told you I loved you, Now what more can I do, Told you I loved you, You beat my heart black and blue, I told you I loved you, Now what more can I do, Do you want me to lay down And die for you. Lay down and die, Lay down and die, Well I'm not gonna lay down and die, No I'm not gonna lay down and die, Oh no I won't lay down and die, Never gonna lay down and die, Oh no I'm never gonna lay down and die for you, Oh no I'm never gonna lay down and die for you, I'm never gonna lay down and die.
Touch me with your love I dreamed of you last night You had a different face Or maybe just a haircut You were older and wiser Yet more like a child I was amazed to still find you There at the back of my mind This dream was short, but This dream was happy This dream was short, but This dream was happy Put your loving on a slow burner, If you want to keep your loving warmer Put your loving on a slow simmer If it helps to keep a light from growing dimmer Now hold on, hold out You're still thrown against that wall Never looking to be picked up Or left alone to fall Can you touch me with your love? Would I feel it if I trust enough? Could it almost be a lust for life? Would I feel it if I'd not known it by sight? You could put it on a cold burner Deception never kept it any warmer The truth is cooking on a slow simmer A light still shining even when it's dimmer Hold on, hold out You're still thrown against that wall Never looking to be picked up Or left alone to fall Can you touch me with your love? Would I feel it if I trust enough? Could it almost be a lust for life? Would I feel it if I'd not known it by sight? Troubled waters locked so far down below, Will have to find another place to go If the truth in my heart gets put aside Just let me go and wait for the next tide Hold on, hold out, I've been thrown against that wall Never wanted to be picked up And left alone to fall Then it touched me just like love, Still feel it when I trust enough, Could almost be a lust for life I can feel it though I'd not know it by sight I can feel it 'cause I know it's all right It's all right Whenever Whenever I need a friend It's you I come round to see again You know that I'll always be near You're flesh and blood and you're my memory Live on in my memory I send you nothing but love Just wait and see I send you nothing but love Just wait for me Wait and see Wait and see Great words, You know all the right words to say You don't always lean in my way You don't always mean what you say Whenever I need a friend It's you I come 'round to see again And everything that you do Is everything I will ask of you You could ask me too I send you nothing but love Just wait and see I send you nothing but love Just wait for me Wait and see Wait and see Great words, You know all the right words to say, You don't have to lean in my way, We don't have to mean what we say How far I heard you saying, rightly so, Turn our backs on what we most need to know, Give in too fast then give in to know Once they've got you where they want you They don't wanna know I could leave or I could stay It doesn't make a bit of difference any more anyway With each and every circumstance I lose knowledge and gain innocence You won't find me grieving There's no regret in leaving When I had to come here Like I know I had to come here I can see I had to come here For my view to be clear For my view to be clear It's easy to forget how far we've come How near I feel to where we first begun Pushed it too far, I won't pull it too slow 'Cause where this story ends Depends on how far we go. I could leave or I could stay It doesn't make a bit of difference any more anyway With each and every circumstance I lose knowledge and gain innocence You won't find me grieving There's no regret in leaving When I had to come here Like I know I had to come here Oh I know I had to come here For my view to be clear You know I see I had to be here Oh I know I had to be here I can see I had to be here For my view is now clear So roll on blue skies Roll on grey Just roll away So roll on blue skies Roll on grey Just roll away Come on blue skies Come on grey Then roll away Just roll away Just roll away
*** Thanx a lot to Laurent who corrected this one ***
Someone's daughter I wanna sit and talk and laugh with you as the day ends I wanna see your smiling face before the new day begins You'll never know what it means To see the sunlight in your hair and dancing everywhere I wanna shout about it But I keep quiet about it I wanna laugh about it But I don't joke about it I wanna live without it But I can't do without it I'm someone's daughter Are your somebody's son? Can I ease your pain till the morning comes I'm no one's daughter I belong to the sun Gonna ease your pain till the morning comes Keep looking for the reason High and low to let it go Keep losing my mind Looking for the peace that I'll never find I wanna know what it feels like To be the sunlight in your hair and dancing everywhere I wanna shout about it But I keep quiet about it I wanna laugh about it But I don't joke about it I wanna live without it But I can't do without it I'm someone's daughter Are your somebody's son? Can I ease your pain till the morning comes I'm no one's daughter I belong to the sun Gonna ease your pain 'til the morning comes I wish I never saw the sunshine Baby do you know what you did today Baby do you know what you took away You took the blue out of the sky My whole life changed when you said goodbye An' I keep crying, crying Ooooh baby Ooooh baby I wish I never saw the sunshine I wish I never saw the sunshine An' if I never saw the sunshine baby Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain Every day is just like the day before All alone a million miles from shore All of my dreams I dreamed with you Now they will die and never come true An' I keep crying, crying Ooooh baby Ooooh baby I wish I never saw the sunshine I wish I never saw the sunshine An' if I never saw the sunshine baby Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain Ooooh this pain And I know there would not be This cloud that's over me Everywhere I go Ooooh baby Ooooh baby I wish I never saw the sunshine I wish I never saw the sunshine An' if I never saw the sunshine baby Then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain Ooooh this pain I wouldn't mind the rain There wouldn't be this pain I wouldn't mind the rain I wouldn't mind the rain
*** Thanx a lot to Aurelia who updated this one ***
Galaxy of emptiness The stars light a sky On a galaxy of emptiness tonight Though I'm happiest When there's no reason for me to be With no one's expectation to weigh heavy on my heart And so much hope it sometimes tears me all apart Won't you please Knock me off my feet for a while? Could you please Knock me off my feet for a while? 'Cause there's a galaxy of emptiness tonight A whole galaxy of emptiness tonight A galaxy of emptiness tonight The stars light a sky On a gutter full of broken dreams tonight Though I'm not content, that's the way it seems to be Still, I've been fighting all week Though I don't know what for Hoping someone else, somewhere near knows the score Won't you please Knock me off my feet for a while? Could you please Knock me off my feet for a while? And there's a galaxy of emptiness tonight There's a galaxy of emptiness tonight A whole galaxy of emptiness tonight Monkey see, monkey do I spent my whole life surrounded by people like you With all that expectation to weigh heavy on your heart But no ideas to later tear it all apart Won't you please Knock me off my feet for a while? Could you please Knock me off my feet for a while? 'Cause there's a galaxy of emptiness tonight A whole wide galaxy of emptiness tonight Beware the galaxy of emptiness tonight 'Cause there's a galaxy of emptiness tonight A whole wide galaxy of emptiness tonight Yeah, there's a galaxy of emptiness A whole wide galaxy of emptiness tonight Beware the galaxy of emptiness tonight (A galaxy of emptiness) (A whole galaxy of stars)
Central Reservation
Stolen car You walked into my house last night I couldn't help but notice A light that was long gone still burning strong You were sitting Your fingers like fuses Your eyes were cinnamon You said you stand for every known abuse That was ever threatened to anyone but you And why should I know better by now When I'm old enough not to? While every line speaks the language of love It never held the meaning I was thinking of And I can't decide over right or wrong I guess sometimes you need the place where you belong Some may sing the wrong words to the wrong melodies It's little things like this that matter to me Others feel that you should stand For every known abuse to hand And all the things that they could never see You said you stood for every known abuse That was ever promised to anyone like you Don't you wish you knew better by now When you're old enough not to? When every line speaks the language of love It never held the meaning I was thinking of And I can't decide over right or wrong You left the feeling that I just do not belong (Do not belong, do not belong, do not belong) One drink too many And a joke gone too far I see a face drive like a stolen car Gets harder to hide When you're hitching your ride Harder to hide what you really saw Oh yeah, you stand for every known abuse That I've ever seen my way through Don't I wish I knew better by now? Well I think I'm starting to When every line speaks the language of love It never held the meaning I was thinking of And I've lost the line between right or wrong I just want to find the place where I belong Why should you know better by now When you're old enough not to? I wish I knew better by now When I'm old enough not to
Sweetest decline She weaves secrets in her hair Her whispers are not hers to share She's deep as a well She's deep as a well Another day wastes away And my heart sinks with the sun A new day's dawning And a new day has not yet begun So, anyway There I was Just sitting on your porch Drinking in The sweetest decline The sweetest decline Sober mind What's the use in regrets? They're just things we haven't done yet What are regrets? They're just lessons we haven't learned yet Another day draws away And my heart sinks with the sun It's like catching snow on my tongue It's like catching snow on my tongue So, anyway There I was Just sitting on your porch Drinking in The sweetest decline The sweetest decline Sober mind What are regrets? What are regrets? They're just lessons we haven't learned yet It's like catching snow on your tongue You can't pin this butterfly down Can't pin this butterfly down
*** Thanx a lot to Joe who helped me with this one *** Couldn't cause me harm Oh yeah, you know You couldn't cause me any harm Although at times I may get startled I'm not alarmed I can see your eyes I know when they're telling me a truth I can feel the heart Especially when it's on the roof Of my mouth There's no right or wrong This isn't a test And I won't lose my experience I won't try To put it aside But it's all right You know that it's all right 's all right It's gonna be all right 's gonna be all right And if I told you, Would you never know to guess? Sure, what's the point When little often means so much less I can see for miles I know when you're telling me a truth I can feel my heart, Especially now, it's on the roof Of my mouth There's no right or wrong This isn't a gesture And I don't use my experience. I don't try To let it go by But it's all right You know that it's all right It's all right It's gonna be all right Ba da da ba Ba da da ba So much more It's another cold London night I wrap his head around my shoulders tight Please excuse me Seems there's someone at my door I wouldn't leave But the need is so much more So much more So much more It's another cold London day And I'm always walking down the escalator The up way Please excuse me I can't seem to get inside I only wanted to know If you're alive You're alive If you're alive (I don't know how to live) (I just don't know how to live) I can't see there's a day There's a feeling up there But I don't know what it is Don't know what it means Don't know what it means So now I'm turning Into the light It always seems the further When the end's in sight Please excuse me I just need to be outside Only looking for air to breathe Air to breathe Air to breathe I feel alive (I feel so alive, it's cold tonight) I don't know how to live (Don't know how to live) (Just don't know how to live)
*** Thanx a lot to Joe who helped me with this one *** Pass in time Beth Orton : So much stays unknown till the time has come. Did you imagine you could ever be so strong, Then watch your fear just turn into relief? Your sea of doubt become your own belief? Though tears don't come to cry some grief away, The tears will help to keep your need at bay. So come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. Come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. A mother told me just before she died -(mmmm) My mother told me just before she died, (mmmm) "Oh darling, darling, don't you be like me. You will fall in love with the very first man you meet." But mama, mama, some will never know; The love that you have is still holding my soul. Beth Orton & Terry Callier : So come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a little while. Come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. Beth Orton : You're here just a while... Terry Callier : Here just a while.... Beth Orton : So much stays unknown till the time you are strong. Did you imagine you could ever feel so strong, And all your pain just turns into relief? (mmmm) All your doubt becomes your own belief? (mmmm) Though tears don't come to cry some grief away, The years will help to keep your need at bay. Beth Orton & Terry Callier : So come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. Come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. So come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. Come on now, come on now, child. You're here just a while. Beth Orton : You're here just a while.... Terry Callier : Here just a while.... Beth Orton : You're here just a while You might as well smile, You might as well smile, 'Cause tomorrow, you just don't know. It will pass. It's gonna pass. Beth Orton & Terry Callier : It will pass in time. It will pass in time. It will pass. It will pass in time. It will pass in time. It will pass. Beth Orton : It's gonna pass It's gonna pass It's gonna pass in time. Beth Orton & Terry Callier : It will pass in time It will pass. Beth Orton : It's gonna pass... Terry Callier : It will pass in time. Beth and Terry: It's gonna pass Beth Orton : It's gonna pass
** Thanx a lot to Joe who helped me with this one **
Central reservation Running down to a central reservation In last night's red dress And I can still smell you on my fingers And taste you on my breath Stepping through brilliant shades Of the color you bring But this time, this time, this time Is whatever I want it to mean If this is where memories are made I'm gonna like what I see And everything I ever took for granted I'm gonna let it be I step through every shade Of the color you bring But this time, this time, this time Is whatever I want it to mean And everything and nothing is As sacred as we want it to be When it's real Make it real Compared to what? Oh, yeah Oh, yeah It's like living in the middle of the ocean With no future, no past And everything that's good about now Might just glide right past I'm stepping through brilliant shades Of the color you bring But this time, this time, this time Is fine just as it is And everything is sacred here, And nothing is as sacred as I want it to be When it's real Compared to what? Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Ba da ba Ba da ba Yeah yeah
*** Thanx a lot to Steve who corrected a mistake *** Stars all seem to weep Stayed true to the things I knew when I was younger And food and love was all but left to hunger 'Cause when I stray from my truth as I grow older Too much leaves an empty hollow hunger I think about you on a moonlit night And the stars all seem to weep When there's so much to lose There's never any time for sleep Look at me doing all these things without you We always laughed, and you were untrue Where was it we tried hard not to go to? I think that's how I finally came through All the things we took for granted The words still live on in my head All the times I took for granted All the words I never said I think about you in the moonlit night And the stars all seem to weep When there's so much love to give There's never any time for sleep, yeah. So I stayed true to the things I knew when I was younger And human life was all but left to hunger 'Cause when I stray from the truth as I grow older Too much leaves an empty hollow hunger Too much leaves an empty hollow hunger Living without you Living without you Living without you, oh oh
*** Thanx a lot to Yotam who corrected this one *** Love like laughter Some of the worst wrongs Get righted on three chords Like a promise Or a kiss goodbye When the sneer on your lips Is the liveliest thing, Just alive enough to die I open my heart In my heart there's something telling me To open my heart Open my heart Yeah, I've been blind, And all that's been lost Is a short loop running round my mind Love is like laughter See it happen by chance Like a promise Be a kiss goodbye When the smile on your lips Is the liveliest thing More alive than any sky I've seen I open my heart In my heart is there's something telling me To open my heart I open my heart See I've been blind And all that's been cut Is a short loop running round my mind I open my heart In my heart there's something telling me To open my heart I open my heart See I've been blind And all that's been cut Is a short loop running round my mind It's just running round my mind Running all the time Running all the time It's a short loop A short loop Running round my mind
Blood red river Took a friend I found Across some blood red river Never did find my way home In time to forgive her Why must people always want what they can't have? Why must people always grab what they'd never grasp? How did we get so far? How do we move so fast away From the lilac-lilied lake I'm sure we used to play Is it only a dream away? Took a raft I found Across some blood red river Never did find my way home In time for my dinner Why must people always want what they never have? Why is it a crime to miss a part of you that's bled? How did we get so far? How do we move so fast away From the lilac-lilied lake I'm sure we used to play Is it only a dream away? Only a dream away Lost a friend I found Down some blood red river Never did find my way home In time to forget her Why must people always want what they can't have? Why must people always take, but forget to ask? How do we get so far? How do we move so fast away From the lilac lilied lake Where I'm sure where we used to play Is it only a dream away? Only a dream away
*** Thanx a lot to Albert who updated this one ***
Devil song When the devil comes blowing through your door You'll know there's trouble And he's coming back for more You better keep what is precious Hidden under the floor Or you better treat it so good It will never want for more But looking back in retrospect Did you ever really get what you'd expect? Trying to rectify Got lost a little further Well, you've been trying to justify Find out how and from where it came Devil was your angel But it's not no more The devil was your angel When you weren't sure Do I tempt trouble to break through all these doors Just to put a face to the voice which always haunts? To fight for what is precious, to know what's under the floor If I could treat it so good I swear I'd never want for more When I found my peace There were still mistakes However painfully your wearing every step I take Trying to rectify Got lost a little further Well, I've been trying to justify Find out how and from where it came The devil was my angel, now I'm just not sure. To travel as my angel there's always my whore (?) Gonna take it back down And I won't feel no shame Till my dreams are my own again Gonna take it right down And I'll take the blame Till my dreams are my own again Here I am again The devil was my angel, now I'm just not sure To travel as my angel there's always my whore (?) (To trouble is my angel, there's always more) Maybe you're an angel Try to remember you're an angel Remember you're an angel If you're not sure Feel to believe You lose it Just to find it And as you walk right by it You forget how you got there And why you never meant to stay And I won't watch you waste away And I won't fake another day And if one truth leads you to five I still don't believe in your reasons why I just don't believe in why You love her You need her To feel is to believe her You know it You want it You just can't believe you've got it And I can't watch you waste away And I won't beg you still to stay And if one truth leads you to five I still don't believe in your reasons why I just don't believe in why Just don't believe in why I couldn't watch you walk away And not forget it I couldn't watch you turn to stone And just regret a single day Not a single day Not a single day Not a single day If I lose you Could you find me? Or would you walk right by me? The soul and the spirit Each have got their own limit And I can't waste another second Living in hell like it's some kind of heaven And if one truth leads to another Then isn't there one I can uncover? But there isn't one that I will not discover It's the right time It's my time It's the right time It's my time It's my turn to discover And I won't waste a single second Living in hell as an nadir of heaven And if one truth leads you to five I still don't believe in your reasons why And if one truth leads to another Isn't there one we can uncover? But there isn't one that we cannot discover It's the right time It's our time It's our turn to discover Central reservation (The then again version) Went down to a central reservation In last night's red dress And I can still smell you on my fingers And taste you on my breath I'm stepping through brilliant shades Of the color you bring This time, this time, this time Is fine just as it is Today is whatever I want it to mean Today is whatever I want it to mean If this is where memories are made, well, Dreams do come true Everything I ever took for granted I want to see it through I step through every shade And the color you bring This time, this time, this time Is fine just as it is Today is whatever I want it to mean Today is whatever I want it to mean It's like It's like It's like Living in the middle of the ocean With no future, no past And everything that's good right now Well, I don't wish for it to last I'll step through brilliant shades, Every color you bring This time, this time, this time Is fine just as it is And today is whatever I want it to mean And today is whatever I want it to mean Today, today is whatever I want it to mean Today is whatever I want it to mean
Daybreaker
Paris Train Now you're sitting on a Paris train Laughin' at your own jokes again Sun splits the trees into beautiful broken light Never cry more tears than you could hold in your hands When all the world's airbrushed It's a sacred bond of trust Sometimes Sometimes I see right through the scenery The first place that's on my mind The last place I find each time Sometimes I swim beyond the scenery The last place that's on my mind The first place I find each time Now I'm sitting on a Paris train Molten ash falls like rain Fire burns the trees It's a beautiful fatality I love the way you stand your ground Sea moves as mercury To break its perfect skin To dare to die from within Sometimes Sometimes I see much more than's good for me The first thing that's on my mind The last place I look each time Sometimes I slip inside imagery And the last thing that's on my mind's The first thing I'll do each time Each time Each time Stars racing to burn out Just stars racing to burn out A storm waiting to break Trees standing black against the sky This was inevitable This was inevitable Sometimes Sometimes We can see beyond our history The last place you hope to find The one that's been there all the time Sometimes Sometimes We can swim beyond the scenery The first place that's on your mind The first place you'd find each time Each time Each time Each time Each time Stars racing to burn out A storm waiting to break This was inevitable This was inevitable Inevitable
*** Thanx a lot to Laurent who corrected this one *** Concrete Sky Faith has a good side Still, everyone she ever loved, They all turned bad Constance has his own way of breathing You know you couldn't will him to survive Couldn't will him if you if you tried There's a concrete sky Falling from the trees again And I know now why It's not coming round too soon It's harder than a heartbreak too I've seen your good side But I still don't know just what it is that you might want See, you got your own way of moving And you know you could save it Save my soul Save some for you Hold my soul I feel like I'm falling I feel like I'm falling And there's a concrete sky Falling from the trees again And I know now why It's not coming 'round too soon It's harder than a heartbreak too It's tough enough what love will do So much time Got lost in my mind But I know now what I must rely on It's a sound, forgetting, And the worst thing I've been out walking, Don't do too much talking Don't take too much time Wouldn't take all your time 'Cause it's as precious as mine Save my soul Save some for you Save your soul I feel like I'm falling I feel like I'm falling And there's a concrete sky Falling from the trees again And you know now why It's not coming 'round too soon It's harder than a heartbreak too It's tough enough what love will do And you're as precious as mine And you're as precious as mine Mount Washington Watching the sun coming up above Mount Washington Forever testing your intention Watching the sun going down over some distant town And why you sing you never could say Hate causes any question To do it to before it's done unto you Hate causes any question Your love out of frame And nobody can keep you from the one you know you are Nobody to steer the way you sway, the way you walk May there never be a time That you don't live through May there never be a time That you don't walk through Be a star Be an altar And I will hang it on you Watching the sun coming up above St. Jude Street Forever testing your invention Watching the sun going down over Mount Zion And once awake you never sleep on Hate causes every question To do unto as you'd have done by you It ain't 'cause you ever question Your love out of view And nobody can keep you from the ones you know you love Nobody to steer the way you sway, the way you walk May there never be a time that you don't live through May there never be a time that you don't walk through Be a star Be an altar And I will hang it on you You are, you are Belonging to the unknown You are, you are Belonging into the unknown May there never be a time that I don't love you May there never be a time that you don't pull through Be a star Be an altar And I will hang it on you Be a star Be an altar And I will hang it on you
*** Thanx a lot to Laurent who corrected this one *** Anywhere Paint what you know, not what you see Hope blinds reason, thankfully Know how it is when something fits There's just a question of being it I'd do anything to see you smile again And I'd go anywhere so as not to feel your pain I wanna live and the fear is all gone I wanna protect and I know what it's from I wasn't made for secrets like these Chinese whispers, memories Nothing is done without effect There's nothing done that won't reflect Pull one brick from an endless wall Would it drown us all? 'Cause I'd do anything to see you smile again And I'd go anywhere so as not to feel your pain 'Cause I wanna live and the fear is all gone I wanna protect, and I know what it's from I wasn't made for secrets like these Chinese whispers and memories You just need love like you say you do And there may never be a time when it won't get through Yeah, you know how it is when something fits Now there's just a question of being it And I'd do anything to see you smile again But I'd go anywhere so as not to feel your pain 'Cause I wanna live and the fear is all gone I wanna protect, and I know what it's from Yeah I wasn't made for secrets like these Chinese whispers, memories Nothing is done without effect There's nothing done that won't reflect Pull one brick from an endless wall Would it drown us all? Daybreaker We Lay on our backs in the grass Silently watching the rain clouds Move by far too fast You said it was a night where Anything could happen But nothing was gonna last We're doing fine now Yeah we do We don't feel sad or bad or blue And you know We're never defeated Or broken inside All that is fine All that is fine We We burn our boats each new year Silently watching the flames And an old life disappear We're burning a new sunrise into Yesterday's skies An ashen fingerprint Melts into the sea We're doing fine now Yeah we do We don't feel sad or bad or blue And you know We're never defeated Or broken inside All that is fine Yeah, all that is fine We're doing fine now Of course we do We don't feel sad or bad or blue And now you know We're never defeated Or broken inside All that is fine All that is fine Anything to feel Anything inside Anything Carmella There's nothing very funny About a man making money Off a blonde haired blue eyed girl He's got a child at home Who he loves to leave alone For his blonde haired blue eyed girl Well, Carmell Where you gonna run to When the sky comes crashing in on you? Slow down Who you gonna turn to When there's nothing left for you to prove? And I can't Control myself And I won't Be no one else No I can't Control myself And I wouldn't want to Be anywhere else It's true What they say about you Is true What they say about you Is true You know it too There's nothing very funny About a man spending money On a blonde haired blue eyed girl He's got a child at home Who he loves to leave alone For his blonde haired blue eyed girl Carmell, Where you gonna run to If the sky comes crashing in on you? Slow down Who're you gonna turn to When there's nothing left for you to prove? And I can't Control myself And I won't Be no one else And I can't control myself And I wouldn't want to Be anywhere else It's true What they say about you Is true What they say about you Is true You know it too No I can't Control myself And I won't Be anyone else No I can't Control myself And I wouldn't want to Be anyone else It's true What they say about you Is true What they say about you Is true You know it too You know it too You know it too God Song My house was built for loving not a theatre of war I take the poison for the cure But he's my man and I've been doing him wrong Yeah he's my man and I've been doing him wrong And I'm praying for the strength not to carry on I've watched and learnt to lead a decent life But meanwhile I'm dying inside Cos he's my man and I keep doing him wrong Yeah he's my man and I've been doing him wrong But I'm praying for the strength not to carry on I was built for loving not playing at war And I leave justice in the good hands of the law But he's my man and I've been doing him wrong Yeah he's my man and I've done him wrong But I'm praying for the strength not to carry on
This One's Gonna Bruise Do you even know what goes on in a heart anymore? Constellations turned into little polaroids in a cardboard box And I wanted so desperately to prove You were still breathing But you wouldn't move Okay Okay What a thing to choose This one's gonna bruise You'll learn one day, won't you? What you want's bad for the souls Lost out in the rain Afraid of the dark Still in pain Still in pain Did you even notice how the wind Didn't change that much? Fluctuations on these sheets That you moved to be sure it was us And I wanted so desperately to say That you could trust me, but I was lying anyway Okay Okay What a thing to lose Left out in the rain Misused You'll learn one day, won't you? You'll learn some day, won't you? What you had Was good for a while Then it changed Got too intense And that is strange And I feel bad for you I feel bad for you And I don't know why I don't know why 'Cause I'm as dead as you Ted's Waltz If we should meet again on some darkened street Pack in it all and heed to the call Beat a drum to decide on a sketch for design Can you see to the light of bare winter night Wipe out the sun form your eyes that vicious sky Wipe out the sun from your eyes cos some sleep to lie See the way you are fell the way you move So deep, so cool the sum of it all So deep so sweet I see you again See you again Once you fell something real let me know let it show I could be your your honey and let it go there you go And if you should need me through someone else's eyes And if into me you see more than disguise I come down to your knees and if ears could speak I like to think what they'd say to inspire Your sweetest desire Since I first met you I found the love I lost It's just like you, just like you You move so sweet so cool the sum of it all So sweet so deep I see you again See you again If we should meet again in some darkened room I hope to my soul it could be soon Beat a path to my side a sketch for design Can you see to the light to bare winter night And wipe out the sun form your eye the vicious sky Wipe out the sun form your eyes some sleep to lie See the way you are feel the way you move so deep So cool you burn through it all it's the shape of your hand A tone I understand and since I first met you I found the love I lost It's just like you, just like you You move see you again, see you again Again, again, again, again See you again
*** Thanx a lot to Laurent who corrected this one *** Thinking About Tomorrow Tired, but I ain't sleepin' Thinking about some sad affair And why I should be leavin' 'Cause some of these thoughts Only seem to take me out of here Yeah, these habits are so hard to break They're the most easy to make These habits are so hard to break And the most easy to make Thinking about tomorrow Tired from all the time I spared On what I still believe in When none of my talk Ever seems to get me anywhere Yeah, these habits are so hard to break Are the most easy to make These habits are so hard to break Are the most easy to make So easy to make So long Bye my friend, so long So long Will it ever happen again? You know that I've been waiting for you I've been created for you So long You know the light ain't fading from you Nothing could save me from you So long Tired, but I ain't dreamin' Falling into solid earth And why I must be leaving 'Cause one of these days I'm gonna pull out all my hair Yeah, these habits are so hard to break And there's so easy to make Well, these habits are so hard to make And there's easy to make So easy So long Bye my friend, so long So long Will it ever happen again? You know that I've been waitin' for you I've been created for you So long You know the light ain't fading from you now And nothing could save me from you So long
Comfort of strangers
Worms Worms don’t dance they haven’t got the balls No matter how do you do It’s just you do that’s all You got what it takes to knock at my door You wanna get all excited Never been here before And now i’m your apple eating heathen The original sin Well you ain’t got my faith So best keep your belief I had waited forever to love someone I swear i heard you thank your god this time For having me come along Chickens don’t fly but they have got the wings No matter how hard they try They bump into things They’re all running around Like they’re heads on the ground They got a wish bone where their backbone should’ve grown And now i’m your apple eating heathen Any old rib stealing eve Well you don’t have my faith So best keep your belief I had waited forever to love someone I swear i heard you thank your god that time For having me come along Intimacy reduced to cruelty Had you believe like this was meant to be And i look for the magic But you got away with it That’s all Conceived Want to keep your dream alive Can i keep it with mine But i’m no good for you i suppose When you get a cold bath You still hold me close at night Never liked you any less And the world’s not such A friendly place, is it? Can go very cold very quickly And for a very long time If the sun by some twist of fate Stops giving out its shine Some of the time the future Comes right round to haunt me Some of the time the future Comes round just to see That all is as it could be Like it’s there to remind me We’ve got to wait and see Didn’t ask to be conceived In a loveless embrace Still we learn to be a warm sun Around a very cold galaxy It’s just like you said it could be Oh it’s like you said it would be Some of the time the future Comes right round to haunt me Some of the time the future Comes round just to see That all is as it should be Like it’s there to remind me We’ve got to wait and see Got to let it be Wait and see Do do doop... Comfort of Strangers I know the stars that shine on me Are brighter than you and i may ever be I know there’s an answer to your question But i don’t know that i could word it right Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be I’m not sure, should i just say it out loud? Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be Alright this time i’m gonna keep that in mind One love is better than not enough I’d rather have no love Than messing with the wrong stuff It’s just the comfort of strangers Always the comfort of strangers... Yeah yeah yeah I know the sun that shines on me On better terms than you and i may ever be I know there’s an answer to the question But i’m not sure that i should word it right Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be Everytime you’re gonna set me free Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be Alright this time let’s take it right home to see One love is better than not enough I’d rather have no love Than messing with the wrong stuff It’s just the comfort of strangers Always the comfort of strangers Well some of those are like best friends Best friends! Ones that keep you coming round again Heartland Truckstop There’s a bridge cross my stream Never seems to get broken Never could never would Never clouds up my day See i wanted to give Then i just couldn’t take it I wanted to love And i turned ‘round and hated it If i ever knew i tried to tell Give of my heart but i never sell Supermarket of the soul Heartland truckstop global mall Taking flights of indifference ‘cross a wide screen sky Could feel so alive You might think that you had...died? I’m not skating on ice See i’m walking on water And silence is finest Don’t give me your word Yes silence speaks louder C’mon give me a word And don’t want nobody knowing How the hurt in me works If they ever knew they might just sell Give of my heart then never tell Supermarket of the soul Heartland truckstop global mall And the one thing that is certain Is the one uncertainty If we keep doing the same thing Nothing will work out differently We’re all bridge builders daughters With incestuous dreams Confidentially speaking All is as it seems Confidentially speaking All is as it seems Shadow of a Doubt It’s true your love has been a lesson And it’s taught me more than any other blessing You’re the one that can wrestle me C’mon hold me down now one, two, three I get too weak to fight from all this laughing And i am not even yours to run to And you are not even mine to cry to And we are not even here to speak of You go your way my love You go your way It’s true that i have got a head full Of voices saying the first thing that’s in their heart And i go to throw a ball with my best intention And it gets caught up and carried away In completely the opposite direction And then you’re not really mine to run to I am not even mine to cry to And i am not even here to speak of You go your way my love You go your way You are not even mine to run to You were never quite mine to cry to And we are not really here to speak of You go your way my love You go your way With not one shadow of a doubt You go your way Safe In Your Arms Home is where the heartbreak Wraps cold around my bones Forgives me if i promise To forget what i have known Ignores and never mentions I just came waltzing in With stones tied together With broken bits of string Time moves so sure Runs rings around the trees Its silence mocking In the wind against the leaves For all your loss and gain The soul defines the suffering An illusion is hope born from fear And now you’re right back here Safe in my arms my dear All is as i left it Never more so what it seems My bed is as i made it Just not what went between And i still feel alive In what is no longer there The shadows slide behind Drawing clouds across the air Time moves so sure Runs rings around the trees Its silence whispers In the wind against the leaves For all your loss and gain The soul defines the suffering An illusion is hope born from fear But now i’m right back here Safe in your arms my dear Countenance For those who preach forgiveness Whilst they’re practicing revenge Man will do to man But nature’s got it all in hand It ain’t free It ain’t fooled you’ll see There are no rights for the many The ones already damned The fear born into grace They’re gonna get the helping hand It ain’t free It ain’t fooling me And there’s nothing to hide And there’s nothing to save And there’ll always be something Your countenance to give it away Not much more to say Not much more to say For those who are obsessed With his reflection as he is Nature has a cause You know you ain’t never Gonna be that blessed It ain’t free It ain’t fooled you’ll see And there’s nothing to hide And there’s nothing to save And they’ll always be something Your countenance to give it away Not much more to say Not much more to say...
Rectify Well love love love is a one way train Comes on gentle as a hurricane It’s got p.a.i.n. Written all the way through From where i’m set looking over at you And it takes all my might And it’ll take all my day And if it wants me to come Well i know i’m gonna stay Nothing can save me from my life But for love my mistakes i would rectify... if i could And it’s all we’ve got to leave And if you take a drop of water from a bucket Would not know Does not show Love is all that remains Love’s gonna fill it again Well love love love will make truth from a lie And i don’t want to live how i don’t want to die So give me one kiss to build a dream on Gonna stay with me through the changing seasons And it’s all we’ve got to bring And if you take a drop of water... Feral Children Feral children in the pouring rain For every constellation she might navigate again Each and ever line she might wear in time Baptized by the rain and the euphoria of pain Could kiss or punch, sober or drunk Lifted way high or taken down deep Into blue space where the rules change Feral children know how to survive Feral children can fight for their lives Feral children hear what no one knows There’s no words for the infinity of ghosts The infinity of ghosts Hold on, hold on Holding back the sea seems unlikely She’ll tell you I can forgive you But i can’t forget you And you won’t forget me Hold on, hold on Hoding back the fire seems to flame desire Try parting the water crossing the sea She’ll tell you I can forgive you But i can’t forget you And you won’t forget me Shopping Trolley I’ve been reeling home A broken shopping trolley Wheels on the wrong How come wisdom Came on strong But it’s too late to be done Words are but dust of stars When they collide I get lost in the sparks Explode into the dark And move like light on the sea I think i’m gonna cry But i’m gonna laugh about it All in time I know i’m gonna cry But i’m gonna laugh about it All in time, all in time My head’s hanging so low I’m kicking it When i walk down the road And your words explode Employ a search light to see I think i’m gonna... It takes me unawares All the magic that hides Inside your stares Always one more peak to climb It really seems there is no finishing line I think i’m gonna cry... A Place Aside I do still sometimes put my hand across And imagine yours gets placed on top We drive along these empty streets Same old ones they’ve always been I can still hear your heartbeat in the dark We’re still setting up the same old sparks Pull me close and we lay still Wrap my toes around your heel And we’re talking as i write this song Unfolding as we go along And i suppose we really do I suppose it must be true There will always be a place aside For you... I do still sometimes stare into your gaze The way we’d stay for days and days ‘skuze me but this seat is taken They’ve been a while but i’m still waiting And if i light these matches just to watch ‘em burn And i forget to keep myself warm And i forgot how to sing my song Then i suppose i really do I suppose it must be true But there will always be a place aside For you Absinthe My love’s a star you only saw the traces of What went before is not no more It’s the embers of People always catching names too late And we’re all sorry there’s no time to make the change I could hear rebellion rising I could feel the stars aligning I could see the way uprising But i never did seem to find my way back home My love’s a ball i threw to you Once i was gone you caught it too Love ignored erodes in time Changes shape went and changed your mind All i really needed was someone to take me home Enough absence can crush a spirit to the bone And i could feel rebellion rising I could hear the stars aligning I could see the way uprising But i never did seem to find my way back home No i never did seem to find my way back home Heart of Soul Curl up inside me C’mon hide for a while Look in your eyes i see Looking back is a child That we, we dance a fine line We didn’t take much time You can’t watercolor a fire cracker And you you’re laying face down With your heart of soul Selling it cheap on the commercial rd Where is the love in your heart C’mon put a little love in your heart Where is the love in your heart C’mon put a little love in your heart Magpies and maelstroms Always hard hitting hailstorms No blame no forgiveness We consent and we complete this And we, we dance at the precipice When we get close like this You can’t put out a fire with no crocodile And me, i’m laying face down So tell me what Neil Young said You pick a flower then it’s dead Put a little love in your heart C’mon put a little love in your heart I don’t care how much religion you’ve got You gotta put a little love in your heart And you , you look at me in disbelief Like you could teach me God When all of a sudden I’m consumed by love And you, are all lighting up With your heart of gold And everything we touch just turns to soul Put a little love in your heart You know you put a little love in my heart I gotta put a little love in your heart C’mon put a little love in my heart C’mon put a little love in your heart I wanna feel a little love in my heart I’m gonna put a little love in your heart A whole lotta love in your heart Whole lotta love in your heart There’s a whole lotta love in your heart Curl up inside me C’mon hide for a while Pieces of Sky These memories are just pieces of sky Pieces of something much bigger than I To anyone else just endless blue I see time framed, an image of you These memories hold me like the moon Holds the sea like the sky holds the sun The sea holds my tears and carries me When my heart is too heavy for one When it’s over, it’s over I best get busy living Been a long time gone A dress made of air and webs and dew The way dreams evaporate as they come true To anyone else just endless blue An invisible kite string connects me to you I knew that it’s selfish to think you’d come here There’s so many people that must need you near There’s so many people that need to know That you’re still with them even when you go That you’re still with them even when they don’t know When it’s over, it’s over I best get busy living You’ll be a long time gone And how do you know how much you’ll be missed Does it add up to some names on a list So you know we’re just pieces of sky Pieces of time that keep drifting by
Sugaring Season
Magpie Magpie, magpie I’m sitting here watching the world go by I wonder do you ever question why Old crow, old crow I’m sitting here wondering what you know You’ve seen more of the day than I could dream I do not know what to tell you I do not know what to say to you I do not know what would set you free But it’s a hard hard fight A hard hard fight And I’m turning this one in I’m turning this one in I won’t turn back, I’ve seen the sun I won’t turn back, not for anyone I’ve seen the sign and I know what is mine What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Blue jay, blue jay I don’t think you mean quite what you say I don’t think you’re the friend you claim to be Old crow, old crow Won’t you tell me please tell me please what you know You’ve seen more of the world than I could dream I do not know what to tell you I do not know what to say to you I do not know what would set you free But it’s a hard hard fight A hard hard fight And I’m turning this one in I’m turning this one in I won’t turn back, I’ve seen the sun I won’t turn back, not for anyone I’ve seen the sign and I know I am free What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like What a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie, what a lie looks like Silence me and I won’t be here anymore Silence me and I won’t be here anymore Silence me and I won’t be here anymore Silence me and I won’t be here anymore
Dawn Chorus Dawn breeze brushed my cheek and I knew what I had to leave Dawn chorus came on glorious all wrapped up in your sheets Beneath the noise there was silence And what was left was ours to surprise us And you could say that you could say that you could say that it was my knowing But I never knew, no I never knew, no I never knew where this would be going All the stories people tell and all the tales I heard from myself It’s best you know or else get told the soft flesh that beats Beneath your breast Beneath the noise there’s only silence Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And you could blame it you could blame it You could blame it on my knowing But I never knew, no I never knew, No I never knew where this would be going I was lonely as the moon who longs for the sun to come by I’d wait and wait and wait and wait But never seem to share the same sky Beneath the noise there was always silence But what is left comes on to surprise us And I could say that I could swear that I could swear that it was my knowing But I never knew, no I had no clue, no I never knew Where this would be going
Candles She’ll blow them stars out just like candles She’ll conduct the clouds to move at certain angles Won’t let the struggle get you down, down, down Don’t let them horses pull you over ground You ain’t never far from the morning light It will get to you if you just hold tight till the morning light Though you’ve been cold right through To the bone, bone, bone It’s always safe and warm back home Sun don’t shine but it is there, Don’t see the wind but it moves your hair Morning comes, what’s done is done You just found another way to cry Sun don’t shine but it is there, Don’t see the wind but it moves your hair Morning comes, what’s done is done, You just found another way to cry, to cry, to cry Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I’ll blow that moon out just like a candle I’ll conduct the spheres to move at certain angles I heard if you forget yourself That’s when you meet yourself Won’t let the struggle bring me down, down, down Won’t let it force me underground Sun don’t shine but it is there, Don’t see the wind but it moves my hair Morning comes, what’s done is doe, I just found another way to cry, to cry, to cry
Something More Beautiful Catch your eye with a flame You know I’ll be near You know I’ll be near Take your time In the morning light There’s nobody here There’s nobody here When you feel too much to ever let it show You turn it up, turn it down, turn it on, turn it round, and leave When you just don't conced With what you believe Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You want to learn the trick to turn What’s not so pretty Into something more beautiful It’s the same place That I learned to turn What could be sorrow Into some kind of mercy When you feel too much to ever let it show You turn it up, turn it down, turn it off, turn around, and leave And then I just don’t concede With what to believe
Call Me The Breeze Call me the sea Call me the stream Call me the sky Call me the leaves Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo Lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the fire Call me the air Call me the grass The silence of the hare Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo Lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the birds Call me the bark Call me the stone Call me the lark Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Call me the sun Call me the moon… Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo Lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the day Call me the night Call me the dark Call me the light Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo Lo, lo, lo, lo Call me the wind Call me the breeze Call me the north The south, the west, the east Call me the earth Call me the stars… Hear my call Hello, lo, lo, lo Lo, lo, lo, lo
Poison Tree (William Blake's poem adapted by Beth Orton) I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end I was angry with my foe I told him not, my wrath did grow And I watered it with fears Night and morning with my tears And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And it grew both day and night Till it bore an apple bright And my foe beheld its shine And he knew that it was mine Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole He has cast me in shade Night and morning have I prayed Even turned their blood in me Oh, those of little loyalty I have watered it with fears Night and morning with my tears I have sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles With soft deceitful wiles And it grew both day and night Till it bore an apple bright And my foe beheld its shine And he knew that it was mine Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole Into my garden stole When the night had veiled the Pole I was angry with my friend I told my wrath, my wrath did end I was angry with my foe I told him not, my wrath did grow Into my garden he stole When the night had veiled the Pole In the morning, glad I see My foe outstretched beneath the tree My foe outstretched beneath the tree
See Through Blue Somebody told me look over and see Hold you in wonder and longing to be Somebody you just can't believe will care for you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin In the hours when spiders mend their webs When ghosts ride up from the salty sprays I will enter your lines of grace and read to you Read to you This beautiful life that we build by hand From scraps and shards and broken strands I will meet you in empty space my see through blue See through blue Waking with you makes each day divine Well, there ain't nothing better to do with my time I will enter your lines of grace and read to you My see through blue My see through blue My see through blue My see through blue
Last Leaves Of Autumn Oh the leaves how they shimmer Trees lift their skirts and they quiver Gently they lay down To the dirt and dust and ground They lose their innocence to find it all over Ain't nothing missing, they're just high on a feeling All they need is believing, no reason will do I'm hanging on like the last leaves of autumn But I'm coming through like the first shoots of spring And I'm standing outside of space of time And I'm healing, believing I'm ready for a first time feeling Something I can believe in I'm ready for a first time feeling Awaken sleeping season Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin If ever that morning came again, I'd take it If ever that morning came again, I'd be there I have tried to live each day as a last I have found life is long and I've gone and got a past And it's best to stand in the shelter of my love I'm hanging on like the last leaves of autumn But one ray of sun and I bleed into one I would light up the sky in one burning mist of flame I could light up the sky in one blinding mist of flame I'm ready for a first time feeling Something I could believe in I'm ready for a first time feeling Awaken sleeping season
State Of Grace Put my stake into the ground Made my claim this time around And in the selfsame circumstance I'd do the same again Hold on out for the one I love For the one I know I'm of I never would be swayed It was here before we noticed it It'll be here when we're gone And if I push you away Well, let me be the first to say That oh I've seen your light, it's in the harbour Come on pull me all the faster Back to the selfsame day Beauty comes in slow release I awaken to you piece by piece I have no need for innocence or grief Put my hand into your hand And all the words I understand They fall away like endless days upon the shore But I fall away like endless days upon the shore Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin We were here before we noticed it We'll be here if it's gone And if I led you astray Well, let me be the one to say That oh I've seen your light out in the harbour Come on, pull us all the faster Into the selfsame day And I put my stake into the ground In a state of grace this time around And in the selfsame circumstance I'd do the same again I would do the same again I would do the same again
Mystery Come and sing a song Something that belongs here Come and calm your soul Mystery is born here Alive, alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive, alive oh Alive oh Come and rest your bones You look awful tired Fall soft upon the thought Mystery is born Alive, alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive, alive oh Alive oh And a good day is nothing that we thought Finding out brings nothing that we sought Oh please don't stand a mood apart You don't need to break your heart Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin One day will teach us all A year will never know Alive, alive, alive, alive Alive, alive, alive, alive oh Alive oh
Kidsticks
Snow I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else You copy you paste you lose I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I'll astrally project myself into the life of someone else Someone else
I've been through the best of times That didn't even touch the sides And I've been through the worst of times That never even came to light Came to light I've been through the best of times That didn't even touch the sides And I've been through the worst of times That never even came to life Came to life
I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star I'm getting high, I'm getting high Getting high off your star You are all aglow In the smoke and snow You are all aglow In the smoke and snow You are all aglow In the smoke and snow
Moon I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know what the moon feels like within I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know how the moon gives life within And the same moon rises over me as you And there is really not much about that that we can do I see your light, ain't it bright Keeps me up all night I see your light, ain't it bright Keeps me up all night You copy you paste you lose And there's a world that I can only see by the light of the moon And there is that I can only want more than I do And there's a light that I can only feel when I'm with you And the same moon rises over me as you And there is really not much about that that we can do No, there is really not much about that that we can do I see the light, ain't it bright Keeps me up all night I feel the light burning bright I see the light, ain't it bright Keeps me up all night Keeps me up all night Keeps me up all night And I listen to the grass grow and I wonder what I don't know And I listen to the grass grow And I wonder what I don't know And there is really not much about that that I can do When the same moon rises over me as you I see the light, ain't it bright Keeps me up all night I see the light, ain't it bright (I feel the light burning bright) Keeps me up all night I feel the light burning bright (I see the light, ain't it bright) (Keeps me up all night) I see the light, ain't it bright (Keeps me up all night) Keeps me up all night Petals Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim They'd been held to the stem as though holding their breath Collectively they agree to exhale and be free Now one after another they tumble silently Oblivious to me The ashes of last night Sigh into a heap Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim I am woken in a moment as they break the air Disintegrate, integrate with resigned grace Lining up to jump they remind me of tears Sudden and many fall I look to you Your empty chair And then I remember why there's lilac in the air You copy you paste you lose My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you There's wet in my hair and I never knew My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you My tears My tears My tears My tears My tears These are my tears My tears My tears My tears 1973 You got a certain way I swear of sticking it in Even though you only ever lose or you win I always said I'd wait and wait and wait just to see I've been waiting here since 1973 It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere Looking back in time right now to '72 I remember all the stupid things we'd do Sitting round and speeding like it's '79 There was always somewhere else I had to be in my mind Swimming in my mind Swimming in my mind Swimming in my mind In an electric sky You copy you paste you lose Looking below Well, it changed my dreams And now nothing is quite what it seems It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere You got a certain way I swear of sticking it there Ridiculously obvious and never less aware I always said I'd wait and wait and wait just to see I've been waiting here since 1973 It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere I didn't do it I swear I wasn't even there Elsewhere Elsewhere I must have been elsewhere I must have been elsewhere Wave If I were a wave You'd have caught me If you were my light I would fade If you were the sea You'd not turn your back on me I'd shake the fury right out off of me I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Crying out to you Breathe me in I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Calling out to you Breathe me in You copy you paste you lose And if I am wave Come and catch me And if I am all wrong Make me right When I am a sound Then I am twisting out loud Shake that fury right on out to see I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Crying out to you Breathe me in I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Calling out to you Breathe me in And all in all What the sea forgets And all in all What the sea forgets All in all Remember not to forget To shake the fury right out off of me And all in all Let the sea forget And all in all Let the sea forget All in all Remember not to forget To shake the fury right out off of me That you and I are always going to be Dawnstar There is starlight burning in our hearts tonight Hear the moonlight speak your name We're a long way hidden form the cold tonight I see the dawnstar falling where you are You copy you paste you lose You knew the cause You knew the undertaking You fought the law There's always something else we need But our love is gaining speed Gaining speed Now love is gaining speed When the weather was young, the landscape out of reach And I was lonesome for your love Well, we're a long way from somewhere we have ever been And I am thankful what I have is enough And won't be ashamed to wear it on the outside Wear it on the outside Wear it on the outside Wear that on the outside of my dreams Our love is gaining speed Gaining speed Gaining speed Love is gaining speed Love is gaining Love is all we need Love is gaining speed Falling I hear you 'Bout a million miles from here I'm with you But I don't know if it's clear And I don't look down What I see is what I get So I close my eyes And I feel you better there And I'm falling backwards I'm falling sidewards And I'm falling backwards from your arms From your arms And it looks like Our harvest didn't come in It feels like We are losing everything Now my phone book Is filling up with dead friends And I wonder Who would answer if I called them You copy you paste you lose And I'm falling backwards I'm falling sidewards I'm falling backwards from your arms From your arms Works like a charm I'm falling backwards I'm falling sidewards I'm falling backwards from your arms And I've fallen so hard I've fallen so low And I can't get back to where we were Get back to where we were Oh I'm falling, falling Oh I'm falling, falling Oh I'm falling from the sky Love brought me right back to you Love brought me right back to you When I was falling so hard When I'd fallen so low That I can't get back to where we were I got back to where we were Corduroy Legs There is that I can only hear by the moon I lay still enough to hear the trees grow I listen for the creak of their thoughts And I hear your corduroy legs running up the stairs And all the kindest words are held in reserve For you And all my gentlest thoughts A hand reaches to me Across the banished sea And holds me Holds me, holding you It holds me, holding you There is that I can only hear by the moon I lay still enough to hear the trees grow I listen for the creak of their thoughts And all the wisdom their age bestows I hear your corduroy legs running up the stairs All the kindest words reserved For you You copy you paste you lose All my gentlest thoughts Are yours A hand reaches out to me Across the vanished sea And holds me, holding you Holding you Holds me, holding you Flesh And Blood Gonna lay my cruelty down Getting tired of the sound All the ways I use to hurt myself 'Cause all is sky and all is sea Our days are spaces between dreams She'll be your first, but I could be your last Ever it is I'm not going to change it Ever it is it ain't mine to name it What will be I'm certain I don't know We have today And that is forever Life after life When we are together An endless sky The light in your eye A little feel in the dark For the beautiful spark And now I'm grateful for the storm That ever brought me to your door Any breeze that brought me to my knees There's always been a beautiful sky It's just there's some clouds in my eyes I was wild, but I need you to be free Ever it is it ain't mine to name it Ever it is it ain't mine to claim it What will be I'm certain I don't know You copy you paste you lose We have today And that is forever Life after life When we are together An endless sky The light in your eye A little feel in the dark For the beautiful Big blue sky Behind the clouds of our eyes A little feel in the dark For the beautiful spark Whatever this is Whatever this is Whatever this is Whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever this is Whatever this is Whatever this is Whatever this is Whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever, whatever this is
Weather Alive In the morning All is dawning In the stillness of the day Mist is rising Jewels aligning And the shadows fall away And the world calling out to me But the world out beyond my reach Almost makes me wanna cry The weather's so beautiful outside Almost makes me wanna cry The weather's so beautiful outside She said there are three steps Down to the water's edge Take one, two, three And there at the root of the tree Wait for me Wait for me In the half light Almost moonlight We'll run naked across the lawn All is rising All transpiring And our shadow breathes the day And the world is falling from my hands And the words more than I can ask Almost makes me wanna cry The weather's so beautiful outside Almost makes me wanna cry The weather's so beautiful outside Almost makes me wanna cry The weather's so beautiful outside Almost makes me wanna cry The weather's so beautiful outside And the love The love that were given Gonna bring us Back into being Coming alive, coming alive, coming alive (and the love) Coming alive, coming alive (the love that were given) Something like, something like, something like (gonna bring us) Something like, something like (back into being) Something like, something like, something like Something like, something like Slipping from my hands Falling from my grasp More than I can stand Coming alive It's coming alive It's all coming alive
Friday Night Well, I've been dreaming of Proust all in my bed And he speaks to me in my sleep And he takes me to the other side With his madeleines and friends When the sea comes in, it's hard to believe It'll ever go out again Though we never do get too close I still hold you now and then On a Friday night On a Friday night And there's a stillness left after you leave It'll speak of what has been When I'm laying in the dark awake And I'm listening to the rain Our sorrow made the city shine We never had to feel that pain But now those tears are prayers of empathy Gonna wash me clean again On a Friday night On a Friday night Forgot that we had bones Forgot that we could feel Forgot that we'd wake up And it'd all be real It'd still be real We'd been waiting for the light to change We'd been waiting on a friend And the only choice that was left to us Was to bleed or rust in the rain Now the measure of your absence Is the presence that you leave And, darling, that's where we put all the love That we still have to give On a Friday night On a Friday night On a Friday night On a Friday night Forgot that I had bones Forgot that I could feel Forgot that we'd wake up And it'd still be real It'd still be real
Fractals You lay on your back under spider spun trees Hallucinated on fractals of green And thought about living with nothing to lose With windows to see them before they see you And you do not know how to pretend You hoped it would all go away in the end But you're every person in your dream When anything happens, it happens to you And you You start believing in magic What in the world are we gonna do now There's nowhere to turn and there's no one around I suppose in the end, well, that is what it is You grow up alone and that's what you get left And nobody knows how to forgive You thought it might all go away if you did Now you're every person in your dream When anything happens, it happens for real And you (Who do you cry to) You start believing in magic (Who do you cry to) We lay on our backs under vibrating green Hallucinated on what it all means Now I can be patient, but just tell me how long And why I feel like shit for what I didn't do wrong 'Cause I do not know how to pretend I thought it would all go away in the end But I'm every person in this dream But when anything happens, it doesn't just happen to me (Who do you cry to) You start believing in magic (Who do you cry to) Well, I'm believing in magic (Who do you cry to) Without believing in magic (Who do you cry to) Turning like a stone In the hand of the unknown I made an art Out of believing in magic But I made believe I could take it for granted Falling like a star I fell into your arms Fell into your arms It just happened by magic It just happened by magic
Haunted Satellite I got the air that a storm was coming Rolling in like a distant warning Telling me I've gotta get my head straight Telling me I've gotta get my facts in range Summer runs through winters blood Springs beneath the snow in bud Times it's hard for me to see But that's the way its gotta be I have lived as a satellite I saddled up I settled up, I don't sit right I've ain't forgotten, all that I said would be All the world inside of me I got the air that a storm was stealing Coming in as the children sleeping Telling me I've gotta hold my head high Telling me I've got no more tears to cry Summer runs through winters blood Springs beneath the snow in bud At times it's hard for me to see But that's the way it gotta be We who live as satellite's Were like that plant that lives off air But we need light I had forgotten all that I thought would be All the world outside of you and me There's a world outside of you and me Nature's got a bigger gun than anyone Nature's got a bigger gun than anyone
Forever Young My love, don't you sing for me My love, won't you sing for me Am I not your poetry Then why don't you sing for me In the coliseum Madness and reason Laid out with the weight of snow Come back, my love, and see Come and see what a mess they made of this Your eyes, they're as wide as stars Your eyes, they're as wide as stars Your blood is as black as tar Ain't you beautiful, beautiful as you ever were In the coliseum Fighting and screaming Weightless as the sound of snow Come back, my love, and see Come and see what a mess they made of this All I want, all I see Where you are tonight Won't you come find me And we could go rolling, rolling, rolling, my darling (Forever) Go rolling down that avenue (Forever, forever) Go back in time Go back in time Where the river runs wild Our love will be forever young Our love will be forever young (Forever) Our love will be forever young (Forever) Beautiful as you ever are Beautiful as you ever are Beautiful as you ever are (Forever) Beautiful as you ever are
Lonely Shall we go out dancing with the loon My best friend in the whole wide room The night is never long enough The morning whisper's "all is not lost" I hear you singing in the wire And I fall open as a flower You're the hope, you're what is left When all has emptied and has fled I ask my Pa Say, what'll I be And I ask the question Like I know the answer already I'm falling falling I can see I don't know what is wrong with me But lonely, lonely, lonely Likes my company Will you be nostalgia in the autumn Will you be the hell I've known of heaven Will you be the smile under my nose Will you be the naked I can't clothe Will you be the Welsh choir on the wind All roarin' and swearin' at the ocean Will you be the ash of a well-tended fire Will you be the ambush Of my desire I ask my Ma What'll I do She said shut your mouth If someone desire's you And I'm falling falling I can see I don't know what is good for me But lonely, lonely, lonely likes my company And who'd dare to love me, I'm a whore I'm too exposed, honey I'm rubbed raw And all that makes it better is your touch Lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely Lonely loves my company Lonely lonely lonely loves my touch Arms Around a Memory Oh for them New York City summer streets All of the hours lost between There was always a beautiful sky And you on your contact high And me with my broken bottle smile I put my arms around a memory Though you'd always told me not to try Didn't we make a beautiful life In your 8th floor walk-up that night The way two words they make a rhyme And I got to questioning my credibility Like you're the reliable witness to what I feel Tho I can still taste all the sweetness of what we had And there's no one will kiss me as deep as you know you have Once that I saw how to see All if that love was looking back at me It was hard not to full fill thе prophecy we'd always been Oh but bow California's out of reach All of thosе colours bleed between There's always a beautiful sky Me on my contact high And you, with your broken bottle dreams And if you get to questioning my credibility Like you're the reliable witness to what I feel Tho I can still taste all the sweetness of what we had And there's no one will touch me as deep as you know you have Once that I saw how to see All of your love was looking back at me It was hard not to full fill the prophecy we'd always been Unwritten Oh my love, has there ever been a Spring How would we know, ever in the unknowing There's an old man standing by the side of the road Doesn't carry that weight no more He's a real live wire but for all of his life He's now somewhere that he does not know Sifting through that old fall out Waiting for the dust to land I'm gonna throw my cards as far as I can To know what's in my hand And I wrote my love a letter just a moment ago Said I'd be getting on the next train but I did not go Yeah I wrote my love a lettеr just to tell her so I was sure wе made a promise But you never know And we tried to make it better We tried to make it so Oh that feeling was strong You know nothing's wrong It's just that I was getting unwritten Oh my love, had there ever been a spring How would we know, ever in the unknowing There's an old man sitting by the side of the road Doesn't carry that weight no more He's a real live wire Sure he knows what he like's In the morning on the edge of the moor Patient as a puzzle unsolved Patient as a heart untold He had to keep his cards as close as he can To know which way they land And he wrote his love a letter just a moment ago Said he'd be getting on the next train But he did not go He wrote his love a letter A whole lifetime ago He was sure they made a promise But you never know They tried to make it better They tried to make it so And the feeling was strong You know that ain't gone It's just that he was getting unwritten It's just that he was getting unwritten But you know that this ain't getting undone
Non Albums Tracks Alive alone ( Chemical Brothers ) No way of knowing if she's ever coming back No way of knowing if I care or not No way of knowing if she's right or if she's wrong No way of knowing if I'll carry on And I'm alive And I'm alone And I've never wanted to be either of those (X2) And she shines And she shines for me She shines for me.... No way of knowing if she's ever coming back No way of knowing if I care or not No way of knowing if she's right or if she's wrong No way of knowing if I'll carry on And she shines And she shines for me She shines for me.... And I'm alive And I'm alone And I've never wanted to be either of those (X2) I'm alive I'm alone And I never wanted to be either of those (X2) And she shines And she shines for me She shines for me....
Ali's waltz ( Concrete Sky EP ) Right now It's feels like forever, can't wait Right now It's looks like tomorrow, too late To meet those expectations Ones that have never unknown Right now It's high not to fall out of place You make me wrong Have I fallen from grace What you do for yourself You expect to someone else I heard that love is a verb Right now It seems quite cold hearted But how did my grieving Before we parted The ground where we lay And hope to my heart you could stay Right now It's high not to fall out of place If I'm wrong Have i fallen from grace What I do to myself I expect to someone else I heard that love is a verb Right now It feels like tomorrow, can't wait Right now It looks like forever, too late To meet our expectations Ones that we never unknown
Beautiful way ( Beck feat. Beth orton on background vocal )
Searchlights on the skyline Just looking for a friend Who's gonna love my baby When she's gone around the bend Egyptian bells are ringing When it's her birthday Sweet nothin', I'm talking about you There's a hurricane blowing your way Ooh such a beautiful way To break your heart Ooh such a beautiful way To break your heart There's someone calling your name It's driving you insane You were wearing that stained raincoat And your umbrella was a tangled mess You were washed up on the glittering shoals Looking for another crime to confess You bribed yourself Out of a place in the sun But you had some change to spare So you said you wanna spend it on me And shook the blues out of your hair Ooh such a beautiful way To break your heart Ooh such a beautiful way To break your heart There's someone calling your name You're gonna miss that train
Best bit ( Single version ) From my soul I found some pride, I only found this after she died, From a moment I acquired such grace, Everybody seemed to want to take her place. The best part to life it seems, The best part of life was a dream, The best part to breaking up, Is when I'm waking up to see, Reality never lives up to all as it used to be, Never seemed quite what it used to seem. Wasn't sure it was never quite clear, What the hell was happening all around here, Never seemed to make much sense, All that fuss for just the lack of common sense. The best part to life it seems, The best part of life was a dream, The best part to breaking up is, When I'm waking up to see, Reality never lives up to all that it used to be, Never seemed quite what it used to seem, Can not be all that it used to be, You're not as quiet as you used to be. From my soul I found my pride, Only found this after she died, From a moment I acquired such tastes, Everybody seemed to want to take her place. The best part to life it seems, The best part of life was a dream, The best part to waking up, Is when I'm breaking up to see, Reality never lives up to all that it used to be, Never seemed quite what it used to seem, Can not be all that it used to be, You're not as quiet as you used to seem, What did you mean. What did you seem. Best bit (She cries your name Version) From my soul I found some pride, I only found this after she died, From a moment I acquired such grace, Everybody seemed to want to take her place. The best things in life were dreams, The best things in life it seems, The best part to breaking up, Is when you're waking up to me, Reality never lives up to all as it used to be, Never seemed quite what it used to mean, All that it used to mean X3 All that it used to seem. Wasn't sure it was never quite clear, What the hell was happening all around here, Never seemed to make much sense, All that fuss for just the little of common sense. The best things in life were dreams, The best things in life it seems, The best part to breaking up, Is when you're waking up to me, Reality never lived up to quite as it used to seem, Never seemed all that it used to mean, Never seemed quite as it used to seem, All that it used to mean X2 All that it used to seem X2 All that it used to mean X2
Bobby Gentry Blue and you lean on me You know that you're crushing me You're sulking and I can not breathe You're sitted in the clouds You're building a well cross the light An unusual nightmare for me Collecting dead rainbows From puddles on my hills Taken home to warm by the fire The flower's in bloom It will never expire It's just coming round again I'm tearing my heart from the seams I keep tearing my heart on the seams But I'll keep pushing you 'cause I know just where you've gone Yeah I'll be pushing you till it's too far to get back home Will put my soul on stride 'Cause at the speed of light I can do what I like Blue when you lean on me You know that you're crushing me You're sulking but still I can breathe You're sitted in the clouds You're building a well cross the light Say by an unusual daydreaming way I'm tearing my heart from the seams I keep tearing my heart at the seams But I keep pushing you 'cause I know just where you've gone Yeah I'll keep pushing you till it's too far to get back home Will put my soul on stride 'Cause at the speed of light I can do what I like Yeah I'll be loving you like it's all I've ever known Yeah I'll be giving up till it's too far to get back home I put my heart on stride 'Cause at the speed of light I can be out of sight Yeah I'll be loving you like it's all I've ever known Yeah, I'll be loving you till it's too far to get back home Will put my soul on stride 'Cause at the speed of light I can do what I like... Yeah yeah
Brown Sugar ( Duet with Ryan Adams / Rolling Stones Cover ) Gold Coast slaveship bound for cotton fields Sold in a market down in New Orleans Scarred old slaver know he's doin' alright Hear him whip the women just around midnight Brown sugar, how come you taste so good Brown sugar, just like a young girl should Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot Lady of the house wond'rin where it's gonna stop House boy knows that he's doin' alright You should a heard him just around midnight Brown sugar, how come you taste so good Brown sugar, just like a young girl should Brown sugar, how come you taste so good Brown sugar, just like a black girl should I bet your mama was a Tent Show queen And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen I'm no school boy but I know what I like You should have heard me just around midnight Brown sugar, how come you taste so good Brown sugar, just like a young girl should I said yeah, I said yeah, I said yeah, I said oh Just like a black girl should
Buckets Of Rain
( Bob Dylan cover / M. Ward & Beth Orton / Live in Australia 10-05-04 ) M. Ward : Buckets of rain, buckets of tears Got all them buckets coming out of my ears Buckets of moonbeams in my hand He got all the love, honey I can stand Beth Orton : I been meek, hard like an oak I seen pretty people disappear like smoke Friends will arrive, friends will disappear If you want me, honey baby I'll be here M. Ward : I like the smile on your fingertips I like the way that you move your lips I like the cool way you look at me Everything about you is bringing me misery Beth Orton : Little red wagon, little red bike I ain't no monkey but I know what I like I like the way you love me strong and slow I'm taking you with me, honey baby Where I go Beth Orton & M. Ward : Life is sad, life is a bust All you can do is do what you must You do what you must do and you do it well I'll do it for you, honey baby Can't you tell
Bullet Something's buzzing round your brain and it won't let go, Could be saying all you need to know, It could control who you are 'til you become a passenger, When all is said and done, Where credits due the blame was true, It isn't all up to you. There's too many people take more than they can use, Still too many people taking more than they can use, They'd rather drown you in self pity, Than find the will to live, When there's no consequence there's no easy route, Find your bullet and aim and shoot, When there's no compromise no easy route, Find your bullet and aim and shoot, You've got to aim and shoot. Time is rushing through your veins, And it won't let go, Time can tell you all you need to know, It doesn't matter who I am if I'm not part of its greater plan. When all is said and done, Where credits due the blame it isn't all down to you. There's too many people take more than they can use, Still too many people taking more than they can use, They'd rather drown you in self pity, Than find the will to live, When there's no compromise there's no easy route, Find your bullet and aim and shoot, When there's no compromise no easy route, Find your bullet and aim and shoot, You've got to aim and shoot. Too many people taking more than they can give, Still too many people taking more than they can give, There's too many people taking more than they could give Still too many people taking more than they can give, Time can tell you all you need to know, Time can tell you all you need to know, Time can tell you all you need to know, Time can tell you all you need to know, Too many people taking more than they can give, Oh there's too many people taking more than they can give I'd rather drown you in self pity, Than find the will to live, When there's no consequence no easy route, Find your bullet and aim and shoot, Find your lovin' and aim and shoot, Find your lovin' and aim and shoot.
Courtyard (Bobbie Gentry cover / Mercury Rev feat. Beth Orton / Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited LP) Said he'd build me a courtyard He promised he would And spend time in my courtyard Whenever he could In the corner, a tall tree So shady and cool And a white marble fountain In a clear sparkling pool A lovely stone courtyard With a lacy iron gate And a bountiful garden Where I could wait Yes, he built me a courtyard Like he promised he would And I know that he'd come to my side He would if he could Patterns on a courtyard floor (on a courtyard floor) Building illusions of all I'm living for
Dice ( With Finley Quaye )
I was crying over you I am smiling I think if you Where your garden have no walls Breathe in the air if you care, you compare, don't say farewell Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear that your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear that your love's for me I was crying over you I am smiling I think if you Misty morning and water falls Breathe in the air if you care, you compare, don't say farewell Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Virtuous sensibility Escape velocity Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Nothing can compare To when you roll the dice and you swear your love's for me Breathe in the air if you care, you compare, don't say farewell Nothing
Did Somebody Make A Fool Outta You ( Tony Joe White Cover / Comfort of strangers [bonus-cd] ) Did somebody make a fool out of you Did somebody mistreat you Well I know that you've been holding back You got a lot more love than that Did somebody make a fool out of you Did somebody run away with your heart Did somebody tear you whole a part Well I know you've been treated bad But you don't have to look so sad Did somebody make a fool out of you I know it's hard to love someone again When somebody have torn you all apart But come on and let yourself go Don't think about it anymore Know that's a lot of lovin' in your heart Oh baby, oh baby Did somebody make a fool out of you Did somebody mistreat you
Dig It Like a rolling stone Like a rolling stone Like the FBI and the CIA And the BBC, Ringo Star Doris Day Matt Busby I dig it, I dig it, I dig it ...
Dolphins Terry Callier : This whole world may never change The way it's always been I know all the ways of war Cannot change it back again Beth Orton and Terry Callier : I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me... Beth Orton : I'm not the one to tell this world How to get along I only know that peace will come When all the hurt is gone Beth Orton and Terry Callier : I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me... Beth Orton and Terry Callier : Sometimes I think about Saturday's child And all about the time You and me were..black and white Beth Orton and Terry Callier : I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me... This whole world may never change X3
For Today I Am A Boy (Antony & The Johnsons cover / Good Night Songs For Rebel Girls LP) One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl One day I'll grow up, I'll feel the power in me One day I'll grow up, it's feeling strong and free One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl One day I'll grow up, I'll feel the life in me One day I'll grow up, feeling strong and free For today I am a child For today I am a boy For today I am a child For today I am a boy One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl (One day I'll grow up) One day I'll grow up and I'll know the power in me One day I'll grow up, feeling strong and free For today I am a child For today I am a boy For today I am a child For today I am a boy For today I am a child For today I am a boy For today I am a child (One day I'll grow up) For today I am a boy (I'll be a beautiful woman) (One day I'll grow up) But for today I am a child (I'll be a beautiful woman) For today I am a boy (One day I'll grow up) For today I am a child (I'll be a beautiful girl) For today I am a boy
Frankie (Lyrics by Harry Smith / Live) Frankie was a good girl Everybody knows She'd pay one hundred dollars For Albert's suit of clothes He's her man and he did her wrong He's her man and he did her wrong Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Frankie went down to the corner saloon And she didn't go to belong She peeped through the key hole in the door Spied Albert in Alice's arms He's my man and he's doing me wrong He's my man and he's doing me wrong Frankie caught old Albert Albert said that I don't care If you don't come to the woman you love I'm gonna haul you out of here 'Cause he's my man and you was doing me wrong 'Cause your my man and you keep doing me wrong Frankie shot old Albert And she shot him three or four times Let me blow the smoke of my gun Let me see it fall by stein 'Cause he's my man but he keeps doing me wrong He's my man but he keeps doing me wrong Frankie and the judge walked down the stein Walked up side by side The judge says to Frankie Your gonna be justified For killing your man 'cause he done you wrong Killing your man and he done you wrong Dark was the night Cold was the day The last words that Frankie said was "I laid old Albert down" 'Cause he's my man and he was doing me wrong Yeah he's my man and he kept doing me wrong Ain't gonna tell no story I ain't gonna tell no lies But Albert passed here 'bout an hour ago With a girl named Alice fine And he's your man but he kept doing you wrong He's your man but he was doing you wrong He's my man but he was doing me wrong He's my man but he kept doing me wrong
Galaxy of Emptiness (alternate version) Stars light they sky and a galaxy of emptiness tonight Though I'm happiest when there's no reason for me to be When no one's expectations to weigh heavy on my heart And so much hope it sometimes tears me all apart Won't you please knock me off my feet, for a while Could you please knock me off my feet, for a while Stars light they sky in a gutter full of of broken dreams tonight Though I'm not content that's the way it seems to be Still I've been fightin' all week though I don't know what for Hopin' someone else, someone near knows the score Could you please knock me off my feet, for a while Could you please knock me off my feet, for a while And there's a galaxy of emptiness tonight A whole galaxy of emptiness tonight There's a galaxy of emptiness... A whole galaxy of emptiness... Monkey see, monkey do I spent my whole life surrounded by people like you With all that expectation to weigh heavy on your heart But no ideas to later tear it all apart Won't you please knock me off my feet, for a while Could you please knock me off my feet, for a while Cause there's a galaxy of emptiness tonight A whole wide galaxy of emptiness tonight A galaxy of emptiness... Burn burn burn your soul to find Burn burn burn your soul away Burn a soul to find Your soul to find
I Me Mine ( Mojo Presents Let It Be Revisited LP ) All through the day I me mine, I me mine, I me mine All through the night I me mine, I me mine, I me mine Now they're frightened of leaving it Everyone's weaving it Coming on strong all the time All through the day I me mine I me me mine I me me mine I me me mine I me me mine All I can hear I me mine, I me mine, I me mine Even those tears I me mine, I me mine, I me mine No-one's frightened of playing it Everyone's saying it Flowing more freely than wine All thru' Your life, I me mine I me me mine I me me mine I me me mine I me me mine All I can hear I me mine, I me mine, I me mine Even those tears I me mine, I me mine, I me mine No-one's frightened of playing it Everyone's saying it Flowing more freely than wine All through your life I me mine
I love how you love me
I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And when I'm away from you I love how you miss me I love the way you always treat me tenderly But darlin' most of all I love how you love me I love how your heart beats whenever I hold you I love how you think of me without being told to I love the way your touch is always heavenly But darlin' most of all I love how you love me I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And when I'm away from you I love how you miss me I love the way your touch is always heavenly But darlin' most of all I love how you love me I love how you hug me I love how you squeeze me, tease me, please me Love how you love me I love how you love me Love how you love me Love how you love me Love how you love me Love how you love me I love how you love me Love how you love me Love how you love me I love how you love me
I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain (Tim Buckley cover / Beth Orton & The Chemical Brothers) I never asked to be your mountain I never asked to fly Remember when you came to me And told me of his lies You didn't understand my love You don't know why I try And the rain was falling on that day And damn the reason why I've been gone too long Now I'm home to stay And I'm sailing all my sins And I'm climbing all my fears You can't swim my waters If I can't walk your land
In Deep
(Red Snapper feat. Beth Orton / Reeled and Skinned LP) Just talk what you're talking And walk like you're walking Just think what you're thinking And sink like you're sinking Just freak like you're freaking And speak what you're speaking Just be like you're being And see what you're seeing ??? Got to get out of this skin I'm in deep I'm in deep Got to get out of this Got to get out of I'm in deep I'm in deep I'm in deep Just talk what you're talking And walk like you're walking Just think what you're thinking And sink like you're sinking Just freak like you're freaking And speak like you're speaking Just be like you're being And see what you're seeing ??? To get out of this skin I'm in deep I'm in deep Got to get out of this Got to get out of I'm in deep I'm in deep I'm in deep ??? To get out of this skin I'm in deep I'm in deep Got to get out of this Got to get out of I'm in deep I'm in deep I'm in deep
Inside ( New Buffalo Featuring Beth Orton )
Gotta get away so I can write some more TV on and record playing, what's it for Career move is watching you travel far Watch a building being built, the pieces are Replacing what's missing inside your heart In the distance dying on your bedroom floor Playing songs I used to know Gonna get my things and take them down Gotta find a friend and move around I'm not satisfied with staying here Playing what seems pretty clear I'm gonna get my things and take them down (It's alright) Gotta find a friend and move around I'm not satisfied with staying here (Here we are) Playing what seems pretty clear I'm gonna get my things and take them down (Inside) Gotta find a friend and move around I'm not satisfied with staying here Playing what seems pretty clear Sending letters back and forth What can we do Here's a mountain and a heartbeat Just for you Situation tells me that we're going to Even if we have to pay Gonna get my things and take them down Gotta find a friend and move around I'm not satisfied with staying here Playing what seems pretty clear It's alright Here we are Inside It's alright (It's alright) Here we are (Here we are) Inside (We're inside) (We're alright) It's alright Here we are We're inside We're alright It's alright (It's alright) Here we are (Here we are) Inside (We're inside) (We're alright) It's alright (It's alright) Here we are (Here we are) Inside (We're inside) (We're alright)
It's not the spotlight If I ever feel the light again Shining down on me I don't have to tell you How welcome it would be I felt the light before, But I let it slip away And I just keep on believing That it'll come back someday It's not the spotlight It's not the candlelight Its not the streetlights On some old street of dreams It ain't the moonlight Not even the sunlight But I've seen it shining in your eyes And you know what I mean Sometimes I try to tell myself The light was never real, Just a fantasy that used to be The way I used to feel But you and I know better Even though it's been so long Now if your memory really serves you well You'll never tell me no wrong It's not the spotlight It's not the candlelight Its not the streetlights On some old street of dreams It ain't the moonlight Not even the sunlight But I've seen it shining in your eyes And you know what I mean So if I ever feel the light again Shining down on me, I won't have tell you How welcome it would be I felt the light before, But I let it slip away And I just live for believing That it'll come back someday It's not the spotlight It's not the candlelight Its not the streetlights On some old street of dreams It ain't the moonlight Not even the sunlight But I've seen it shining in your eyes And you know what I mean Yeah, I've seen it shining in your eyes And you know what I mean
It's This I Am I Find I'm that great divide That never was at all That's neither large nor heavy That's neither light or small There always was and will be Forever and through all time Cause here and there and nowhere always is It's this I am I find It's this I am I find It's this I am I find When all is one another Yes one is all mine Serenely flowing ever Beyond the tide The flower blows away Cause I am but one too Unless I pray and break up Really, not at all A dream smiles at me I've been here all the time I've been here all the time It's this I am I find
Katie Cruel
(Traditional song / Bert Jansch feat. Beth Orton and Devendra Banhart / The Black Swan LP) When first I came to town They called me the roving jewel Now they've changed their tune They call me Katie Cruel Through the wood I go Through the bog and mire Straight way down the road To have come to my heart's desire If I was where I would be And then would be where I am not Here I am where I must be Go where I would be, I cannot When I fist came to town They brought me drinks plenty Now they've changed their tune They bring me the bottle empty If I was where I would be And then would be where I am not Here I am where I must be Go where I would be, I cannot
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Lean on me You've seen sad times, Your eyes have told me so, Blue and bad times, You think that I don't know, But there'll be glad times, Just you wait and see, And there'll be a sun rise, If you lean on me, Said lean on me babe, You can lean on me, I imagine I could comfort you, I have forgotten, The things that you've been through, But there's one thing, On which we can a agree, When you're ready darling, You can lean on me, And the love I bring, Will grow into a lasting thing, Put your heart on wings, And set you free, And as you rise, Up into the clearing skies, Maybe you will realise, You can lean on me, And lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me, All your heartache, Hidden deep inside, So there's no telling, How many tears you've cried, But like the river, To the weeping willow tree, I can hold your teardrops child, So lean on me, And the love I bring, Will grow into a lasting thing, Put your heart on wings, And set you free, And as you rise, Up into the clearing skies, Maybe you will realise, You can lean on me, And lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me, And lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me, And lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me, And lean on me, You can lean on me, Lean on me, You can lean on me.
Love can do
( Terry Callier )
Love glanced at me with your eyes Love gifted me with your smile Love led me into your heart That's what love can do Love led me when I was right And sheltered me when I was wrong Love made you part of my life That's what love can do Soon all these lights will go dim Who knows how far we must travel While we're making our way back to him Before our dreams can unravel Love glanced at me with your eyes Love lifted me with your smile Made you the light of my life That's what love can do Love can do ...
No expectations
( Unreleased duet with Ryan Adams / Rolling Stones Cover ) Take me to the station and put me on a train I've got no expectations to pass through here again Once I was a rich man and now I am so poor But never in my sweet, short life have I felt like this before Your heart is like a diamond, you throw your pearls at swine And as I watch you leaving me, you pack my peace of mind Our love was like the water that splashes on a stone Our love was like our music, it's here and then it's gone So take me to the airport and put me on a plane I've got no expectations to pass through here again
Ooh Child ( Warchild - Hope Compilation )
Ooh child things are gonna get easier Ooh child things will be brighter Ooh child things are gonna get easier Ooh child things will be brighter Someday, yeah, we'll put it together and we'll get it undone Someday when your head is much lighter Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun Someday when the world is much brighter Ooh child things are gonna get easier Ooh child things will be brighter Ooh child things are gonna get easier Ooh child things'll be brighter Someday, yeah, we'll put it together and we'll get it undone Someday when your head is much lighter Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun Someday when the world is much brighter now Brighter now You just wait and see how things are gonna be You just wait and see how things are gonna be You just wait and see how things are gonna be Ooh child things are gonna get easier Ooh child things will be brighter
Pedestal I've been sitting so high on this pedestal No need to tell how I might feel if I were to fall 'Cause you don't know how hard it is to cry Ever since you have said goodbye You can't feel this and not a little strong You can't feel this but not a little wrong How're you gonna know all the answers When you don't know how to question it? And you don't know all the questions yet There's a look in your eye Of which we never speak Will it make you too strong Or am I gonna feel so weak? Well, I'm not the same as you And I don't want the things you do And all that preaching never let anyone know You cannot reap what you cannot sow You cannot reap what you cannot sow And they never had the patience to let it be Sometimes I've waited years for what I cannot see It must be them, not the whole world, that lies To neither do I wanna have to say goodbye You can't feel this and not a little strong You can't feel that but not a little wrong How'm I gonna know all the answers If I don't know how to question it? And I don't know all the questions yet There's a look in your eye Of which we never speak Will it make me too strong Or are you gonna feel so weak? Well I'm not the same as you And I don't have the things you do And all this preaching never let anyone know You cannot reap what you cannot sow You cannot reap what you cannot sow
Precious maybe Sometimes I get to thinkin', baby, when I'm all alone I could maybe make it on my own The more, oh, you set me free The more attractive you seem to be And my baby My precious baby You're my maybe My only maybe Sometimes I get to thinkin' when we're on the telephone Are you really on your own So more that you set me free The more deceptive it gets to be And my baby My only maybe You're my baby My precious maybe Sometimes I get a feelin' in every part of me Nothin' is what it seems to be The more, oh, you set me free The more addicted I get to be You're my baby My only maybe You're my baby My precious maybe Ooh, my baby Ooh, my baby My precious baby...
River
( Live - Joni Mitchell Cover ) It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I've gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Oh I wish I had a river I made my baby say goodbye It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on
Safety You saw a time to come Where the eyes of the world would see as one You saw a time to come Where all of our laughter is seen through the eyes of the son And you'll get angry in this town 'Cause you've seen more than what's been found Can't be too needy in this town 'Cause there's enough of that around Safety in lovers Freedom from therein Safety in lovers And somewhere to begin You saw a time to come Where the eyes of the world will cry as one You saw a time to come Where all our work's not done as for the good of one And you'll get angry in this town 'Cause there's not more than what's been found Can't be too needy in this town 'Cause there's enough of that around Safety in lovers Freedom from therein Safety in lovers And somewhere to begin Safety in lovers Freedom from within Safety in lovers And somewhere to begin
Sisters of Mercy
( Leonard Cohen Tribute ) The sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on They brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song Oh I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control It begins with your family, but soon it comes around to your soul Well i've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned Well they lay down beside me, I made my confession to them And they touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem When I left they were sleeping, I hope you run into them soon Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right Skimming Stone You been trying to find the line To define the strength in weak hands Read the first page, then guess the rest I don't always know what's best You been trying to swim up the sun's burning reflection And trying to skim a boulder in the very same direction Where it goes, No one knows, No one follows Where it goes, No one knows, No one follows I'll be a flame burning in the darkness And I will light what's in your heart I'll be a flame in the dark But I can't light what's not in your heart I can lie, I can lie, I can lie I can lie Lie, I could lie You can lie You can lie You can lie
The same day ( A.k.a Wouldn't You Too - Pass In Time LP ) Met him in a cafe one day and he told his story right away They got married and divorced in the same day Now he'd rather know her debt than walking down some street Another plan in her head, in her head So many places they have never seen For everywhere now seems somewhere they must've been Look him in the eyes to see his point of view But then it goes back to what he always knew Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Well, summer days in chapel sky They were they preaching a lie with no black tie and Who'd given and take in the same day He's tired from sleeping with the dead and could be running down some street Another plan in his head, in his head So many places he had never seen Now everywhere looks like somewhere he must've been He's looking everywhere to find a point of view Realizes it's come back what he knew If you were to leave before the morning light I pray there's an angel who'll hold you tight Guide you on some higher flight Somewhere far from here where blue seas run clear In this world where no one speaks the language I only want to start a new Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too Wouldn't you too
The State We're In (The Chemical Brothers feat. Beth Orton / Come With Us LP) I've been working, baby, for too long now Just wanna get next to you, boy I've been searching, baby, a way to tell you how Gotta get through to you, boy Never said it was sunshine But you took it all of the time Never said it was sunshine But you took it all of the time All of the time All of the time All of the time You took it all of the time There's no escaping now Let me show you how What it feels to be true I've been working, baby, for too long now Just wanna get next to you, boy I've been searching, baby, a way to tell you how Gotta get through to you, boy Never said it was sunshine But you took it all of the time Never said it was sunshine But you took it all of the time All of the time All of the time All of the time You took it all of the time There's no escaping now Let me show you how What it feels to be true There's no escaping now Let me show you how What it feels to be true I've been working, baby, for too long now I've been searching, baby, a way to tell you how Untouchable part 2
( With Princess superstar )
Princess Superstar: I got King Kong playin Ping-Pong with a big bong in my brainstorm and the pains warm Swarm like smog in Hong Kong I know it's wrong but I kill me softly with my own song Some magic wand could make it be ok kill the decay like a cake and a lay But today- it wasn't a good day and you can't touch me I've already faded, I faded away Beth Orton: Sometimes I wear nothing on the outside Because there's too much on the inside The bouncer wouldn't let me in He said my emotions were too close to the skin And at this point a touch would feel like a cut Princess Superstar: Turn me off, just turn it off I'm off base off face when I think I lace I cough mace I could go on for days but then I always complain A waste of breath and a name I aim and I maim and I came here to choose but when I look around me, compare me and lose Payin dues feelin blues got no clues and it's all news to you, huh I keep it so undercover I could be a mattress and it matches the patchy ashes my brain crashes This address, I hope I move from it from summit to plummet I covet release and it's comin Beth Orton: Sometimes I wear nothing on the outside Because there's too much on the inside The bouncer wouldn't let me in He said my emotions were too close to the skin And at this point a touch would feel like a cut Princess Superstar: Untouchable it ain't discussible I'm disgustable in a vestibule must a pulled a musclefull in my head I bet I get better but better remember I waited forever Fuck Princess I'm talkin 'bout Concetta you never met her It kind of appears my ego account's in arrears Fear, tore up and teared with wet tears I feel weird and I wish it was easy to ask you to come here Sometimes I'm happy when I see the sun one day I'll say I've won And if you think this song is done there's Untouchable Part 1 Beth Orton: Sometimes I wear nothing on the outside Because there's too much on the inside The bouncer wouldn't let me in He said my emotions were too close to the skin And at this point a touch would feel like a cut
*** Thanx a lot to Al for this one ***
Watch The Stars
(Traditional song / Bert Jansch feat. Beth Orton / The Black Swan LP) Beth Orton: Watch the stars, see how they run Watch the stars, see how they run Stars gotta run at the setting of the sun Watch the stars, see how they run Bert Jansch: Watch the wind, see how it blows Watch the wind, see how it blows The wind gotta blow at the setting of the sun Watch the wind, see how it blows Bert & Beth: Watch the moon, see how it glows Watch the moon, see how it glows The moon gotta glow at the setting of the sun Watch the moon, see how it glows Watch the stars, see how they run Watch the stars, see how they run Stars gotta run at the setting of the sun Watch the stars, see how they run Watch the clouds, see how they fly Watch the clouds, see how they fly They all run by on the windblown sky Watch the clouds, see how they fly Watch the stars, see how they run Watch the stars, see how they run They all run down at the setting of the sun Watch the stars, see how they run
When The Sun Comes Up (Bert Jansch feat. Beth Orton / The Black Swan LP) When the sun comes up, I feel like hiding When it goes down, show my face again Sweet honey child, you are my sunshine Giving me light with the warmth of your smile You tell me once and you tell me again I'm sure I'll get it right And if I get it wrong for the third and last time Honey, please, start again When the sun comes up, I feel I'm drowning When it goes down, I get so lonely again Sweet honey child, you see I'm drowning Going down for the third and last time Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Tell me what I'm doing wrong I'm sure to learn in time But if I get this wrong for the third and last time Honey, go start again Sweet honey child, you see I'm drowning Going down for the third and last time When I'm all at sea, you save me baby Show me the light in your sweet loving arms Tell me once and you tell me again I'm sure to get it right But if I get this wrong for the third and last time Honey, please, start again Honey, go start Honey, go start Honey, go start again
Where Do I Begin
( The Chemical Brothers feat. Beth Orton - from Vanilla Sky soundtrack, 2001) Sunday morning I'm waking up Can't even focus on a coffee cup Don't even know whose bed I'm in Where do I start Where do I begin Sunday morning I'm waking up Can't even focus on a coffee cup Don't even know whose bed I'm in Where do I start Where do I begin Where do I start Where do I begin Where do I start Where do I begin Where do I start Where do I begin Where do I start Where do I begin Sunday morning I'm waking up Can't even focus on a coffee cup Don't even know whose bed I'm in Where do I start Where do I begin Where do I start Where do I begin (X12)
Who By Fire (Leonard Cohen cover / Skinny Pelembe feat. Beth Orton) Who by fire, who by water Who in the sunshine, who in the night time Who by high ordeal, who by common trial Who in your merry, merry month of May Who by very slow decay And who by brave assent, who by accident Who in solitude, who in this mirror Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand Who in mortal chains, who in power And who shall I say is calling And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt And who by avalanche, who by powder And who for his greed and who for his hunger And who shall I say is calling And who shall I say is calling And who shall I say is calling
Wild World ( Cat Stevens Cover / How To Deal OST ) Now that I've lost everything to you You say you wanna start something new And it's breaking my heart you're leaving Baby I'm grieving If you wanna leave Take good care Hope you find a lot of nice things to wear But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child, girl You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do And it's breaking my heart in two 'Cause I never wanna see you a sad girl Don't be a bad girl Now if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child, girl But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child, girl Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
Your Kisses Burn (Marc Almond cover / Mark Lanegan feat. Beth Orton) You make a fire Here in my heart Your kisses burn me Sending sparks Auroras fade Charisma pales Your kisses burn They scorch my soul And world without end Through tempest and storm Your kisses my fire To keep my heart warm When your kisses burn Why are my lips like ice I'll make a fire There in your heart Made not of love But only hate And for the fuel Will be your soul An inferno To consume you whole And world without end Through tempest and storm My soul be your fire To keep my heart warm With my touch I'll freeze your heart Your kisses burn The tides will turn You brand your promise On my tongue I'll kill you With this final fire And lead you to Your funeral pyre And world without end Through tempest and storm My soul be your fire To keep my heart warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm