B i o g r a p h y (by MacKenzie Wilson)
Irish singer/songwriter Damien Rice launched his music career in the late '90s with the hard-hitting indie rock outfit Juniper. The group signed to Polygram in 1997 and released two singles, "The World Is Dead" and "Weathermen," which did moderately well on Irish radio, but when it came time to record a full-length album, contractual rules from the label prevented Juniper from doing so, and Rice split. After a brief respite in Europe, Rice returned to Dublin to focus on music once again, scrounging up enough money to record a demo. He sent it to producer/film composer David Arnold (Björk, Nina Persson, Paul Oakenfold), and luckily for him, Arnold loved it and set Rice up in his very own mobile studio to make a record. His first single, "The Blower's Daughter," was an instant Top 20 hit when it appeared in fall 2001. Shared gigs with McAlmont & Butler and folkie Kathryn Williams followed in summer 2002 when Rice released O in the U.K. The album hit the States in 2003, which earned the Irishman a dedicated group of American fans in addition to his European ones, and after satiating all of them with a collection of B-sides in 2005, Rice released his sophomore record, 9. The album featured his long-term collaborator and then-girlfriend Lisa Hannigan on backing vocals, but on the supporting tour, they eventually split. Rice then went silent for six years without any material or shows after supporting Leonard Cohen in Dublin in 2008, but in 2014 he announced a small show at the 25th Anniversary celebrations of Whelan's, a venue in the Irish capital. His third studio album, My Favourite Faded Fantasy, was produced by legendary American producer Rick Rubin, and was released in November 2014.
Delicate Volcano Blower's Daughter Cannonball Older Chests Amie Cheers Darlin' Cold Water I Remember Eskimo Prague (Hidden Track) Silent Night (Hidden Track)
9 Crimes The Animals Were Gone Elephant Rootless Tree Dogs Coconut Skins Me, My Yoke and I Grey Room Accidental Babies Sleep, Don't Weep The Rat Within The Grain (Bonus Track)
Águas de Março All along the watchtower Babe I'm gonna leave you Babylon Baby Sister Back to her man Beast and Beauty Be my husband Boring Afternoon Bottom Shelf Camarillas Chandelier Childish Closer Come Together Creep Desafinado Don't Explain Down Down to the river to pray Everything You're Not Supposed To Be Face Fool Front Door
Get The Party Started Glory Box Groovin' Hallelujah Happy Christmas (War is Over) I Just Can't Help Believin' Is that it my friend I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Insane It didn't take you long babe Lay Me Down Lazy Situation Little Sister Lonelily Lonely Soldier Love hurts Mercedes Benz Moody Mooday My City Shitty One Play dead The Professor & la fille danse Purple haze Que sera sera
Rule No.2 Y-Junction (a.k.a Nine Crimes) Sand Seven Nation Army Sex Change Talking 'Bout A Revolution The Connoisseur of Great Excuse Then Go The power of orange knickers Toffee Pop Tongue Truth is Not Enough Uncomfortable Unplayed Piano Weatherman What Do You Know About Love What this night is for When a man loves a woman When Doves cry Woman Like A Man Wooden Horse Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Your Ghost You Shouldn't Be Here
O Delicate We might kiss When we are alone When nobody's watching We might take it home We might make out When nobody's there It's not that we're scared It's just that it's delicate So why do you fill my sorrow With the words you've borrowed From the only place you've known And why do you sing Hallelujah If it means nothing to you Why do you sing with me at all We might live Like never before When there's nothing to give Then how can we ask for more We might make love In some sacred place That look on your face Is delicate So why do you fill my sorrow With the words you've borrowed From the only place you've known And why do you sing Hallelujah If it means nothing to you Why do you sing with me at all So why do you fill my sorrow With the words you've borrowed From the only place you've known Why do you sing Hallelujah If it means nothing to you Why do you sing with me at all Volcano Damien Rice : Don't hold yourself like that You'll hurt your knees I kissed your mouth and back That's all I need Don't build your world around Volcanoes melt you down What I am to you Is not real What I am to you you Do not need What I am to you Is not what you mean to me You give me miles and miles of mountains And I'll ask for the sea Lisa Hannigan : Don't throw yourself like that In front of me I kissed your mouth your back Is that all you need Don't drag my love around Volcanoes melt me down What I am to you Is not real What I am to you you Do not need What I am to you Is not what you mean to me You give me miles and miles of mountains And I'll ask Damien Rice : What I give to you Is just what i'm going through This is nothing new No no just another phase of finding What I really need Is what makes me bleed But like a new disease Lord she's still too young to treat Lisa Hannigan & Damien Rice : What I am to you / Volcanoes melt you down / She's still too young / Is not real She's still too young / What I am to you / Volcanoes melt you down / She's still too young / You do not need She's still too young / What I am to you / Volcanoes melt you down / She's still too young / Is not real She's still too young / What I am to you / Volcanoes melt you down / She's still too young / You do not need She's still too young / What I am to you / Volcanoes melt you down / She's still too young / Is not real She's still too young / What I am to you / Volcanoes melt you down / She's still too young / You do not need What I am to you / I kissed your mouth your back / She's still too young What I am to you / I kissed your mouth your back / She's still too young She's still too young And what I am to you / I kissed your mouth your back / She's still too young / Is not real She's still too young / What I am to you / I kissed your mouth your back / She's still too young You do not need me The blower's daughter Damien Rice : And so it is Just like you said it would be Life goes easy on me Most of the time And so it is The shorter story No love no glory No hero in her skies I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes And so it is Just like you said it should be We'll both forget the breeze Most of the time And so it is The colder water The blower's daughter The pupil in denial I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes Lisa Hannigan : Did I say that I loathe you Did I say that I want to Leave it all behind Damien Rice : I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind off of you I can't take my mind My mind, my mind 'Til I find somebody new Cannonball There's still a little bit of your taste In my mouth There's still a little bit of you laced With my doubt It's still a little hard to say What's going on There's still a little bit of your ghost Your witness There's still a little bit of your face I haven't kissed You step a little closer each day That I can't see what's going on Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie Life, it taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannonball There's still a little bit of your song In my ear There's still a little bit of your words I long to hear You step a little closer to me So close that I can't see what's going on Stones taught me to fly Love, it taught me to lie Life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannon Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to cry So come on courage Teach me to be shy 'Cause it's not hard to fall And I don't wanna scare her It's not hard to fall And I don't wanna lose It's not hard to grow When you know that you just don't know Older chests Damien Rice : Older chests reveal themselves Like a crack in a wall Starting small And grow in time We all seem to need the help Of someone else to mend that shelf Of too many books Read me your favourite line Papa went to other lands And found someone who understands The ticking and the western man's need to cry He came back the other day you know Some things in life may change And some things they stay the same Like time There's always time On my mind So pass me by I'll be fine Just give me time Older gents sit on the fence With their cap in hand Looking grand They watch their city change Children scream or so it seems Louder than before Out of doors And into stores with bigger names Mama tried to wash their faces But these kids they lost their graces When daddy lost at the races too many times She broke down the other day you know Some things in life may change But some things they stay the same Lisa Hannigan & Damien Rice : Like time There's always time On my mind So pass me by I'll be fine Just give me time Time Lisa Hannigan : Time, there's always time On my mind Pass me by, I'll be fine Just give me time
Amie Nothing unusual Nothing strange Close to nothing at all The same old scenario The same old rain And there's no explosions here Then something unusual Something strange Comes from nothing at all I saw a spaceship Who fly by your window Did you see it disappear Amie come sit on my wall And read me a story of old Tell it like you still believe That the end of the century Brings a change for you and me Nothing unusual Nothing's changed Just a little older that's all You know when you've found it There's something I've learned 'Cause you feel it when they take it away Hey hey hey Something unusual Something strange Comes from nothing at all But I'm not a miracle And you're not a saint Just another soldier On a road to nowhere Amie come sit on my wall And read me a story of old Tell it like you still believe That the end of the century Brings a change for you and me Amie come sit on my wall And read me the story of O Tell it like you still believe That the end of the century Brings a change for you and me Cheers darlin' Cheers darlin' Here's to you and your lover boy Cheers darlin' I got years to wait around for you Cheers darlin' I've got your wedding bells in my ear Cheers darlin' You give me three cigarettes to smoke my tears away And I die when you mention his name And I lie I should have kissed you When we were running in the rain What am I darlin' A whisper in your ear A piece of your cake What am I darlin The boy you can fear Or your biggest mistake Cheers darlin' Here's to you and your lover man Cheers darlin' I'll just hang around and eat from a can Cheers darlin' I got a ribbon of green on my guitar Cheers darlin' I got a beauty queen To sit not very far from me I die When he comes around to take you home I'm too shy I should have kissed you When we were alone What am I darlin' A whisper in your ear A piece of your cake What am I darlin' The boy you can fear Or your biggest mistake Oh what am I Here's to you and your lover What am I darlin' I got years to wait around for you Cold water Damien Rice : Cold cold water Surrounds me now And all I've got Is your hand Lord can you hear me now Lord can you hear me now Lord can you hear me now Or am I lost Lisa Hannigan : No one's daughter Allow me that And I can't let go of your hand Lord can you hear me now Lord can you hear me now Lord can you hear me now Or am I lost Don't you know I love you And I always have Hallelujah Will you come with me Damien Rice : Cold cold water Surrounds me now Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan : And all I've got / Cold, cold water Is your hand / Surrounds me now Lord / Can you hear me Lord / Can you hear me now Lord / Can you hear me Or am I lost, or am I lost... I remember
Lisa Hannigan : I remember it well The first time that I saw Your head ‘round the door 'Cause mine stopped working I remember it well There was wet in your hair I was stood in the stair And time stopped moving I want you here tonight I want you here 'Cause I can't believe what I found I want you here tonight, I want you here Nothing is taking me down, down, down I remember it well Taxied out of a storm To watch you perform And my ships were sailing I remember it well I was stood in your line And your mouth Your mouth, your mind I want you here tonight I want you here 'Cause I can't believe what I found I want you here tonight want you here Nothing is taking me down, down, down Except you my love Except you my love Damien Rice : Come all ye lost Dive into moss I hope that my sanity covers the cost To remove the stain of my love Paper maché Oh come all ye reborn Blow off my horn I'm driving real hard This is love This is porn God would forgive me But I I whip myself scorn, scorn I wanna hear What you have to say about me Hear If you're gonna live without me I wanna hear what you want I remember december And I wanna hear What you have to say about me Hear if you're gonna live without me I wanna hear what you want What the hell do you want Eskimo Damien Rice : Tiredness fuels Empty thoughts I find myself Disposed Brightness fills Empty space In search of Inspiration Harder now With higher speed Washing in On top of me So I look to my eskimo friend I look to my eskimo friend I look to my eskimo friend When I'm down down down Rain it wets Muddy roads I find myself Exposed Tapping does But irritate In search of Destination Harder now With higher speed Washing in On top of me so So I look to my eskimo friend I look to my eskimo friend I look to my eskimo friend When I'm down down down Doreen Curran (in Finnish) : Kosketa minua (touch me) Älä käsilläsi (not with your hands) Vaan niin että tunnen sinut (but the way I can feel you) Kosketa minua (touch me) Älä käsilläsi (not with your hands) Mutta sielussasi (but within your soul) Minä kaipaan eskimo-ystävääni (I look to my eskimo friend) Damien Rice : When I'm down, down, down When I'm down, down, down When I'm down, down, down
Prague I pack my suit in a bag I'm all dressed up for Prague I'm all dressed up with you All dressed up for him too Prepare myself for a war Before I even open up my door Before I even look out I'm pissing all of my bullets about I wrap myself in a bag I'm all wrapped up in Prague I'm all wrapped up in you I'm all wrapped up in him too Prepare myself for a war And I don't know what i'm doing this for Trying to let it all go But how can I when you still don't know I could wait for you Like that hole in your boot Waiting to be fixed I could wait for you But what good would that do But to leave me pricked Cheers darlin' Here's to you and your lover Darling I got years Pack my suit in a bag All dressed up for Prague Pack my suit in a bag All dressed up for All dressed up for All dressed up for Silent night
Lisa Hannigan : Silent night, broken night All is fallen when you take your flight I found some hate for you just for show You found some love for me thinking I'd go Don't keep me from crying to sleep Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, moonlit night Nothing's changed, nothing is right I should be stronger than weeping alone You should be weaker than sending me home I can't stop you fighting to sleep Sleep in heavely peace
9
9 Crimes
Leave me out with the waste This is not what I do It's the wrong kind of place To be thinking of you It's the wrong time For somebody new It's a small crime And I got no excuse And is that alright, yeah Give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright, yeah If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it Is that alright, yeah I give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright, yeah With you Leave me out with the waste This is not what I do It's the wrong kind of place To be cheating on you It's the wrong time She's pulling me through It's a small crime And I got no excuse And is that alright, yeah If I give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright with you Is that alright, yeah If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it Is that alright with you Is that alright, yeah I give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright with you Is that alright Is that alright with you Is that alright, yeah I give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright with you Is that alright, yeah If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it Is that alright with you Is that alright, yeah For give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright with you Is that alright Is that alright with you Is that alright, yeah I give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright, yeah If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it Is that alright, yeah I give my gun away when it's loaded Is that alright Is that alright Is that alright with you No
The Animals Were Gone Woke up and for the first time The animals were gone It's left this house empty now Not sure if I belong Yesterday you asked me To write you a pleasant song I'll do my best now But you've been gone for so long The window's open now And the winter settles in We'll call it Christmas When the adverts begin I love your depression And I love your double chin I love most everything You bring to this offering Oh I know that I've left you In places of despair Oh I know that I love you So please throw down your hair At night I trip without you And hope I don't wake up 'Cause waking up without you Is like drinking from an empty cup Woke up and for the first time The animals were gone Our clocks are ticking now So before our time is gone We could get a house And some boxers and on the lawn We can make babies and accidental songs I know I've been a liar And I know I've been a fool I hope we didn't break it But I'm glad we broke the rules My cave is deep now Yet your light is shinning through I cover my eyes Still all I see is you Oh I know I've left you In places of despair Oh I know that I love you So please throw down your hair At night I trip without you And hope I don't wake up 'Cause waking up without you Is like drinking from an empty cup
Elephant
( a.k.a The Blower's Daughter Part Two ) This has got to die I said this has got to stop This has got to lie down With someone else on top You can keep me pinned 'Cause it's easier to tease But you can't paint an elephant Quite as good as she And she may cry Like a baby And she may drive me crazy Cause I am lately, lonely So why do you have to lie I take it I'm your crutch The pillow in your pillowcase Is easier to touch And when you think you've sinned Do you fall upon your knees Or do you sit within your picture Do you still forget the breeze And she may rise If I sing you down And she may wisely Cling to the ground 'Cause I am lately, horny So why would she take me, thorny What's the point of this song Or even singing If you've already gone Why am I clinging Well I could throw her out And I could live without And I could do it all for you I could be true and Tell me if you want me to lie 'Cause this has got to die I said this has got to stop This has got to lie down, down With someone else on top You can both keep me pinned 'Cause It's easier to tease But you can't make me happy Quite as good as me Well you know that's a lie
Rootless Tree What I want from you is empty your head But they say be true, don't stain your bed We do what we need to be free And it leans on me like a rootless tree What I want from us is empty our minds But we fake a fuss and fracture the times We go blind when we've needed to see And this leans on me, like a rootless So fuck you, fuck you, fuck you And all we've been through I said leave it, leave it, leave it It's nothing to you And if you hate me, hate me, hate me Then hate me so good That you can let me out, let me out, let me out Of this hell when you're around Let me out, let me out, let me out Hell when you're around Let me out, let me out, let me out What I want from this Is learn to let go No not of you Of all that's been told Killers reinvent and believe And this leans on me, like a rootless So fuck you, fuck you, fuck you And all we've been through I said leave it, leave it, leave it It's nothing to you And if you hate me, hate me, hate me Then hate me so good That you can let me out, let me out, let me out Of this hell when you're around Let me out, let me out, let me out It's hell when you're around Let me out, let me out, let me out Hell when you're around Let me out, let me out, let me out Hell when you're around Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out Let me out, let me out, let me out Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you And all we've been through I said leave it, leave it, leave it It's nothing to you And if you hate me, hate me, hate me Then hate me so good That you can let me out, let me out, let me out... Hell when you're around... Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out...
Dogs
She lives with an orange tree The girl that does yoga She picks the dead ones from the ground When we come over And she gives, I get Without giving anything to me Like a morning sun Like a morning Like a morning sun Like a good, good morning sun The girl that does yoga When we come over The girl that does yoga He lives in a little house On the side of a little hill Picks the litter from the ground Litter little brother spills He gives, I get Without giving anything to me And the dogs they run And the dogs they And the dogs they run In the good, good morning sun The side of a little hill Litter little brother spills The side of a little hill Oh and she's always dressed in white She's like an angel Man she burns my eyes Oh when she turns She pulls a smile We drive her round Man she drives us wild Oh and she moves like a little girl I become a child, man She moves my world And she gets splashed in paint And turns away And leaves me standing She lives with an orange tree The girl that does yoga Got a wolf to keep her warm When he comes over And she gives, He gets Without giving anything to see And the day it ends And the day it And the day it ends And there's no need for me With a girl that does yoga When we come over With a girl that does yoga
Coconut Skins You can hold her hand And show her how you cry Explain to her your weakness So she understands And then roll over and die You can brave decisions Before you crumble up inside Spend your time asking Everyone else's permission Then run away and hide You can sit on chimneys Put some fire up your ass No need to know What you're doing or waiting for But if anyone should ask Tell them I've been licking coconut skins And we've been hanging out Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins And relieve us our doubt You can hold her eggs But your basket has a hole You can lie between her legs And go lookin' for Tell her you're searching for her soul Or you can wait for ages Watch your compost turn to coal But time is contagious Everybody's getting old So you can sit on chimneys Put some fire up your ass No need to know What you're doing or looking for But if anyone should ask Tell them I've been cooking coconut skins And we've been hanging out Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins And relieve us our doubt
Me, My Yoke and I
My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make you My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make you come My book, my book, my book Gonna make you My book, my book, my book Gonna make you look My hand, my hand, my hand My hand going under My hand, my hand, my hand My hand going understand My fall, my fall My fall gonna break you My fall, my fall My fall gonna break your wall And I'm in, i'm in, I'm in Like a big dog And I'm in, i'm in, I'm in Like a big dog yeah Cause my god, my god, my god Gave me a rod My god, my god, my god Gave me a rod For fishin', fishin', fishin' Fishin', fishin', fishin', yeah My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make you My drum, my drum, my drum Gonna make you come My book, my book, my book Gonna make you My book, my book, my book Gonna make you look My hand, my hand, my hand My hand going under My hand, my hand, my hand My hand going understand My fall, my fall, my fall My fall gonna break you My fall, my fall, my fall My fall gonna break your wall I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad Like a big dog I'm mad, I'm mad, I'm mad Like a big dog yeah Cause my god, my god, my god Gave me a rod My god, my god, my god Gave me a rod For fishin', fishin', fishin' Fishin', fishin', fishin', yeah Yeah Would you beat my, would you beat my Would you beat my, would you beat my Would you beat my, would you beat my Would you beat my, would you beat my Would you read my, would you read my Would you read my, won't you read my Would you read my, won't you read my Would you read my Would you Me, my yoke and I gonna make us choke For fishin', fishin', fishin' Fishin', fishin', fishin', yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Grey Room
Well I've been here before Sat on the floor In a grey grey room Where I stay in all day I don't eat, but I play With this grey grey food Désolé, If someone is prayin' Then I might break out Désolé, even if I scream I can't scream that loud I'm all alone again Crawling back home again Stuck by the phone again Well I've been here before Sat on a floor In a grey grey mood Where I stay up all night And all that I write Is a grey grey tune So pray for me child Just for a while And I might break out yeah Pray for me child Even a smile Would do for now Cause I'm all alone again Crawling back home again Stuck by the phone again Have I still got you to be my open door Have I still got you to be my sandy shore Have I still got you to cross my bridge in this storm Have I still got you to keep me warm If I squeeze my grape Then I drink my wine yeah 'Cause if I squeeze my grape Then I drink my wine yeah Oh 'cause nothing is lost It's just frozen in frost And it's opening time And there's no-one in line But I've still got me To be your open door And I've still got me To be your sandy shore I've still got me To cross your bridge in this storm And I've still got me to keep me warm Warmer than warm yeah Warmer than warm yeah Warmer than warm yeah Warmer than warm yeah
Accidental Babies
I held you like a lover Happy hands And your elbow in the appropriate place And we ignored our others' happy plans For that delicate look upon your face Our bodies moved and hardened Hurting parts of your garden With no room for a pardon In a place where no one knows what we have done Do you come Together ever with him And is he dark enough Enough to see your light Do you brush your teeth before you kiss Do you miss my smell Is he bold enough to take you on Do you feel like you belong And does he drive you wild Or just mildly free What about me You held me like a lover Sweaty hands And my foot in the appropriate place We used cushions to cover Happy glands And the mild issue of our disgrace Our minds pressed and guarded While our flesh disregarded The lack of space for the light-hearted In the boom that beats our drum And I know I make you cry I know sometimes you wanna die But do you really feel alive without me If so, be free If not, leave him for me Before one of us has accidental babies For we are in love Do you come Together ever with him Is he dark enough Enough to see your light Do you brush your teeth before you kiss Do you miss my smell And is he bold enough to take you on Do you feel like you belong And does he drive you wild Or just mildly free What about me What about me
Sleep don't weep
Sleep, don't weep My sweet love Your face, it's all wet And your day was rough So do what you must do To find yourself Wear another's shoe Or paint my shelves There's times that I was broke And you stood strong I think I found a place Where I Sleep, don't weep My sweet love Your face, it's all wet ‘Cause our days were rough So do what you must do To fill that hole Wear another's shoe To comfort the sole There's times that I was broke And you stood strong I think I found a place Where I feel I will Sleep, don't weep My sweet love My face, it's all wet ‘Cause my day was rough So do what you must do To find yourself Wear another's shoe Paint my shelves There's times that I was broke And you stood strong I hope I find a place Where I feel I…belong Sleep, don't weep My sweet love My face it's all wet 'Cause my day was rough Don't weep, my sweet love My face, is all wet 'Cause my days are rough
The Rat Within The Grain This would not have happened if I hadn't missed my plane I would've been there when they told you I'm the rat within the grain Within this big misunderstanding now, I'm being misunderstood I'm thinking someone's trying to fuck with me and set fire to my wood Well I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you It's a stupid situation now where everything goes wrong If you can't tell if I am lying, then you do not belong In my bed, go rest your head upon the bones of a bigger man And he can cover you with rockwool and you can close up like a clam 'cause I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you So go play with your piano and write a mediocre song About this shell of mediocrity And pretend there's nothing wrong I never thought you were a chicken shit I never thought of you at all Until you asked me to be part of it And now you're showing me a wall I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful is true In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you
My Favourite Faded Fantasy My Favourite Faded Fantasy You could be my favourite taste to touch my tongue I know someone who could serve me love but it wouldn't fill me up You could have my favourite face and favourite name I know someone who could play the part but it wouldn't be the same No, it wouldn't be the same No, it wouldn't be the same No, it wouldn't be the same As with you You could be my favourite place I've ever been I got lost in your willingness to dream within the dream You could be my favourite faded fantasy I have hung my happiness upon what it all could be Oh, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be With you What it all, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be With you You could hold the secrets that save me from myself I could love you more than love could, all the way from hell You could be my poison, my cross, my razor blade I could love you more than life if I wasn't so afraid I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Of what it all could be What it all, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be With you What it all, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be What it all, what it all could be With you Love dissolved the bloom Always watch it Never let someone go or they I ain't never loved like you 'Cause I've never loved I have never loved I've never loved, no not like you I have never loved I have never loved I have never loved I have never loved I have never loved I have never loved It Takes A Lot To Know A Man It takes a lot to know a man It takes a lot to understand The warrior, the sage The little boy enraged It takes a lot to know a woman A lot to understand what's humming The honey bee, the sting The little girl with wings It takes a lot to give To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to know a man A lot to know to understand The father and the son The hunter and the gun It takes a lot know a woman A lot to comprehend what's coming The mother and the child The muse and the beguiled It takes a lot to give To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to give To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to live To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs What are you so afraid to lose What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do (so afraid to lose)
(you keep digging, you keep digging)
It takes a lot to know a man The Greatest Bastard I made you laugh, I made you cry I made you open up your eyes, didn't I I helped you open out your wings Your legs and many other things, didn't I Am I the greatest bastard that you know The only one who let you go Or the one you hurt so much you cannot bare We were good when we were good When we were not misunderstood You helped me love, you helped me live, You helped me learn how to forgive, didn't you I wish that I could say the same But when you left, you left the blame, didn't you Am I the greatest bastard that you met The only one you can't forget Am I the one your truth's been waiting for Or am I just dreaming once again Some dreams are better when they end Some make it, mistake it Some force and some will fake it I never meant to let you down Some ret it, forget it Some ruin and some regret it I never meant to let you down We learned to wag and tuck our tails We learned to win and then to fail, didn't we We learned that lovers love to sing And that losers love to cling, didn't we Am I the greatest bastard that you know When will we learn to let this go We fought so much we've broken all the charm But letting go is not the same as pushing someone else away I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake So please don't let on, you don't know me Please don't let on, I'm not here Please don't let on, you don't love me 'Cause I know you do, I know That some make it, mistake it Some force and some will fake it But I never meant to let you down Some fret it, forget it Some ruin and some regret it But I never meant to let you down I never meant to let you I never meant to let you down I never meant I Don't Want To Change You Wherever you are Well, know that I adore you No matter how far Well, I can go before you And if ever you need someone Well, not that you need helping But if ever you want someone I know that I am willing Oh and I don't want to change you I don't want to change you I don't want to change your mind I just came across a manger Out among the danger Somewhere in a stranger's eye Wherever you go Well, I can always follow I can feed this real slow If it's a lot to swallow And if you just want to be alone Well, I can wait without waiting And if you want me to let this go Well, I am more than willing Oh 'cause I don't want to change you I don't want to change you I don't want to change your mind I just came across a manger Out among the danger Somewhere in a stranger's eye I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Oh and I don't want to change you I don't want to change you I don't want to change your mind I just came across a manger Out among the danger Somewhere in a stranger's eye I'd never been with anyone In the way I've been with you But if love is not for fun Then it's doomed, 'cause Water races Water races down The waterfall The water races Water races down The waterfall And I don't want to change you I don't want to change you I don't want to change your mind I just came across a manger Where there is no danger Where love has eyes, it is not blind Colour Me In I tried to repress it Then I carried its crown I reached out to undress it And love let me down Love let me down So I tried to erase it But the ink bled right through Almost drove myself crazy When these words led to you And all these useless dreams of living alone Like a dogless bone So come let me love you Come let me love you And then Colour me in Well I tried to control it and cover it up I reached out to console it It was never enough Never enough So I tried to forget it That was all part of the show Told myself I'd regret it But what do I know About all these useless dreams of living alone Like a dogless bone I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake So come let me love you Come let me love you And then Colour me in Come let me love you Come let me take this through the end Of all these useless dreams of living All these useless dreams Of all these useless dreams of living All these old noes Come let me love you Come let me love you Come let me love you Come let me in The Box Don't give me Something to hold in my hand Something else to believe in 'Cause I'm over it And your reasons For wanting to stay Your reasons For wanting to change My reasons For everything are dull to you I have tried but I don't fit Into this box I'm living with Well I could go wild But you might lock me up I have tried but I don't fit Into this box you call a gift When I could be wild and free But God forbid then you might envy me I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake So don't give me Love with an old book of rules That kind of love's just for fools And I'm over it And my reasons For walking away My reasons For wanting to change My reasons For everything are lost with you I have tried but I don't fit Into this box I'm living with Well I could go wild But you might lock me up I have tried but I don't fit Into this box you call a gift When I could be wild and free But God forbid, then you might envy me I have tried Into this box you call Well I could go wild But you might lock me up I have tried but I Into this box you call a gift When I could be wild and free But God forbid, then you might envy me I could be wild and free But God forbid, then you might Trusty and True We've wanted to be Trusty and true But feathers fell from our wings And we've wanted to be Worthy of you But weather rained on our dreams And we can't take back What is done, what is past So, fellas, lay down your fears 'Cause we can't take back What is done, what is past So let us start from here 'Cause we never wanted to be lusty or lewd Nor tethered to prudish strings We never wanted to be jealously tuned Nor withered into ugly things I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake But we can't take back What is done, what is past So, fellas, lay down your spears 'Cause we can't take back What is done, what is past So let us start from here And if all that you are Is not all you desire Then, come Come, come alone Come with fear Come with love Come however you are Just come Come alone Come with friends Come with foes Come however you are Just come Come alone Come with me Then let go Come however you are Just come Come alone Come so carefully closed Come however you are Just come Come, come along Come with sorrows and songs Come however you are Just come Come along Come, let yourself be wrong Come however you are Just come Long Long Way Long long way to the top Long way down if you fall It's a long way back if you get lost Long way out to the end Long way to go to lose your friends It's a long way to haul All the traps you've trawled When you could just stop and let go I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake And you say not now, maybe later But not now, maybe later Not now (you're only in your way) Maybe later But not now (you're only in your way) Maybe later Not now (you're only in your way) Maybe later But not now (you're only in your way) Maybe later But not now (you're only in your way) Maybe Wait 'Cause love is tough When enough is not enough It's not enough Not enough Not enough, not enough, not enough Not enough, not enough, not enough Not enough, not enough, not enough Not enough, not enough, not enough Not enough, not enough Not enough, not enough
Non Albums Tracks
Águas de Março
(Tom Jobim Cover) É pau, é pedra, é o fim do caminho, é um resto de toco, é um pouco sozinho É um caco de vidro, é a vida, é o sol, é a noite, é a morte, é um laço, é o anzol É peroba do campo, é o nó da madeira, caingá, candeia, é o Matita Pereira É madeira de vento, tombo da ribanceira, é o mistério profundo, é o queira ou nao queira É o vento ventando, é o fim da ladeira, é a viga, é o vão, festa da cumeeira É a chuva chovendo, é conversa ribeira das águas de março, é o fim da canseira É o pé, é o chão, é a marcha estradeira, passarinho na mão, pedra de atiradeira É uma ave no céu, é uma ave no chão, é um regato, é uma fonte, é um pedaço de pão É o fundo do poço, é o fim do caminho no rosto o desgosto, é um pouco sozinho É um estrepe, é um prego, é uma ponta, é um ponto, é um pingo pingando, é uma conta, é um conto É um peixe, é um gesto, é uma prata brilhando, é a luz da manhã,é o tijolo chegando É a lenha, é o dia, é o fim da picada, é a garrafa de cana, o estilhaço na estrada É o projeto da casa, é o corpo na cama, é o carro enguiçado, é a lama, é a lama É um passo, é uma ponte, é um sapo, é uma rã, é um resto de mato na luz da manhã São as águas de março fechando o verão, é a promessa de vida no teu coração É uma cobra, é um pau, é João, é José, é um espinho na mão, é um corte no pé São as águas de março fechando o verão, é a promessa de vida no teu coração Pau, pedra, fim do caminho, resto de toco, um pouco sozinho Caco de vidro, vida, sol, noite, morte, laço, anzol É um passo, é uma ponte, é um sapo, é uma rã, é um belo horizonte, é uma festa terçã São as águas de março fechando o verão, é a promessa de vida no teu coração São as águas de março fechando o verão, é a promessa de vida no teu coração
*** Thanx a lot to Jose Luiz for this one ***
All along the watchtower ( Cover / Bob Dylan )
There must be some kind of way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Business men they They drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth No one will level on the line Nobody of it is worth All along, all along...
Babe I'm gonna leave you ( Led Zeppelin Cover / Live )
Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you I ain't jokin' woman, I got to ramble Leave you when the summer comes Leave you when the summer comes along Babe, babe, babe, babe.... Leave you when the summer comes I'm gonna leave you when the summer comes along I'm gonna leave you, I'm gonna leave you
Babylon ( Live with David Gray at Earth concert, London at Wembley Stadium ) Friday night I'm going nowhere All the lights are changing green to red Turning over TV stations Situations running through my head Well looking back through time You know it's clear that I've been blind I've been a fool To ever open up my heart To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule Saturday I'm running wild And all the lights are changing red to green Moving through the crowd I'm pushing Chemicals all rushing through my bloodstream Only wish that you were here You know I'm seeing it so clear I've been afraid To tell you how I really feel Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made If you want it Come and get it Crying out loud The love that I was Giving you was Never in doubt Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now Babylon, Babylon Sunday all the lights of London Shining, Sky is fading red to blue I'm kicking through the Autumn leaves And wondering where it is you might be going to Turning back for home You know I'm feeling so alone I can't believe Climbing on the stair I turn around to see you smiling there In front of me If you want it Come and get it Crying out loud The love that I was Giving you was Never in doubt And feel it now Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now Let go your heart Let go your head And feel it now Babylon, Babylon, Babylon
Baby Sister
Don't wake up, baby sister, keep dreaming Did he fill your cup Baby sister, keep drinking Or he'll hit you He'll bleach your eyes So be a good girl Just for the night And run, run... Don't get stuck, baby sister Leave this land And read your books Baby sister, wash your hands Or he'll beat you He'll bleach your eyes So be a good girl Just for the night And run, run, run, run, run... Run, baby sister (Ave Maria...) Run, baby sister
Back To Her Man There's a look of hunger in a women with heat It's enough to lift an old man from his knees Like the piece of a puzzle he's been looking for He was leaning to dying, now he's coming back for more The look of a women when she gets you alone You can't see what's coming but there's blood in your bones There's power in your pocket and ships in your sea It doesn't often happen, but it happened to me Then she goes back to her man Back to her man Back to, back to, her man There's a look of war in the way that you go But the lead in your arrow is loose, don't you know But whatever you got, you lost in the game Of picking your own pockets for someone to blame There may be nothing above the arc of love Depending on who you're dreaming of You can't escape when it feels like rape But who's raping who Then she goes back to her man Back to her man Back to, back to, her man She goes back to her man Back to her man Back to, back to, her man She don't love him (Back to her man) She don't love him no more (Back to her man) She don't love him, love him (Back to, back to, her man) She don't love him no more She don't love him (She goes back to her man) She don't love him no more (Back to her man) She don't love him, love him (Back to, back to her man)
Beast and Beauty ( Live ) Once lived the beast and beauty, Painter of paints, she was a cutie, Canvas was hers, passion was found... And the rain came down, The rain came down... There once lived the beast and beauty, In a forest of trees where the fruit was so fruity... Picked one and ate to feed his doubt So she put him out, she put him out... Oh no, my love and lonely friend How slow we gonna take this bend, It's a long road with a cold and stony end, Where do you go to pretend? There once lived a beast and beauty, Painter of paints, and she was a cutie, Canvas was hers, passion was found, So she put him out, she put him out, She put him out, she put him out... Oh no, my love and lonely friend How slow we gonna take this bend, It's a long road with a cold and stony end, Where do you go to pretend? Oh no, my love and lonely friend How slow we gonna take this bend, It's a long road with a cold and stony end, Where do you go to pretend? It's a long road with a cold and stony end, Where do you go to pretend? Be my husband
( Live / Nina Simone Cover )
Be my husband, I'll be your wife Be my husband, I'll be your wife Be my husband, I'll be your wife Outside you there is no place to go If you want me to I'll cook and sew If you want me to I'll cook and sew If you want me to I'll cook and sew Outside you there is no place to go Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so doggone mean Youre the meanest man I ever seen Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Stick to the promise man, that you made me Stick to the promise man, that you made me Stick to the promise man, that you made me That you'll stay away from Rosalie Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good Oh daddy now now love me good
Boring Afternoon
She would spend another afternoon drinking wine Sitting on your door, just wasting time Talking about the way it used to be So much better Or another night baby in your arms Still another one could do no harm Reminds me of how it used to feel So much wetter I never know what's right for her There's always something I never notice wrong To giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out You're gonna be gone, before you get found In another boring... Spin another bottle in a low-lit room Nothing tastes better than young flowers in bloom I know that's how it used to be We were so much younger Over that now and I can count the years Everybody now is just counting tears And plastic bills and their protective pills And I just took my time I never know what's right for her There's always something I never notice wrong Giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out You're gonna be gone before you get found In another boring afternoon Giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out, get out, get out, get out... Giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out You're gonna be gone before you get found In another boring afternoon Giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out, get out, get out, get out... Giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out You're gonna be gone Before you get found in another boring afternoon Giving it up before you get down You gotta be in before you get out You're gonna be gone before you get found In another boring... Giving it up for, Giving it up for Giving it up for Another boring afternoon Bottom Shelf
I take myself from the bottom shelf And I reel my troubles in And I put them up on a higher hill To a place I've never been. And I'll wait for you if you want me to, Am I just wasting my time? And I'll wait for you if you ask me to, Am I just losing my mind? And im always hanging on, And im always closing doors, And im always saying no, No, when I really really want it all, When I really really want it all When I really really want it all When I really really want you. And I'll take myself from the bottom shelf And im on the street again But it's the newer town, and the rain come down, In a place I've never been. And I play for you if you ask me to, Am I just wasting my time? Yeah I play for you if you want me to, Am I just losing my mind? Cause im always hanging on, And im always closing doors. And im always saying no, No, when I really really want it all When I really really want it all When I really really want it all When I really really want it all When I really really want you. When I really really want it all I really really want Yeah I really really want it all When I really really wanted you. I take myself from the bottom shelf And I reel my troubles in. And I put them up on a higher hill, To a place I've never been. And I'll play for you if you ask me to, Am I just wasting my time? Yeah I'll play for you if you want me to, Am I just losing my mind? Am I just losing my mind? Am I just losing my mind? Am I just losing my mind? Am I just losing my mind?
Camarillas You're not on my mind You know that's a lie But I have been overthinking again But not ‘cause of you You know that's not true Nothing I'm saying makes any sense I'm not losing faith I just don't relate Don't do so well with waiting around So just let me know Do I hold or let go? Please do something I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake ‘Cause all I hear are your camarillas Compliment the nonsense you're knitting Colour in the fillers Rub you on with rubber love But they don't care That's not fair I am aware I've punched up your private parties and more Here I go again Dissing your friends You've done the same But that's in the past There's no one to ask How long this will last I've shaved the silence But it keeps growing back So let it grow a beard And everyone cheers ‘Cause freedom is wild And it means … but Your camarillas Compliment the nonsense you're knitting And colour in the fillers Rub you on with rubber love I don't mean to be rude I'm not in a mood And even if I was Surely that's only human Better let it out A quick scream and shout Maybe that's just how we're different
Chandelier (Sia cover / Songs For Australia compilation) Party girl don't get hurt Can't feel anything, when will I learn I push it down, I push it down I'm the one "for a good time call" Phone's blowing up, they're ringing my doorbell I feel the love, I feel the love One, two, three, one, two, three, drink One, two, three, one, two, three, drink One, two, three, one, two, three Throw 'em back till I lose count I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist Like it doesn't exist Sun is up, I'm a mess Gotta get out now, gotta run from this Here comes the shame, here comes the shame One, two, three, one, two, three, drink One, two, three, one, two, three, drink One, two, three, one, two, three, drink Throw 'em back till I lose count I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist Like it doesn't exist I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, the chandelier But I'm holding on for dear life Won't look down won't open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight Help me, I'm holding on for dear life Won't look down, won't open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight I'm just holding on for tonight I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight, on for tonight 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight, on for tonight Childish
I'm so childish A little bit wildish With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly I'm so deep Well I'm so garish A little unfairish The way I pick you up And drop you in a heap I'm so unfaithful In fact I'm a plateful I won't kiss her But I'll stare her up all night I'm a stormy little singer An unstable little swinger If you're coming Come prepared for a fight Well I'm so childish A little bit wildish With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly I'm so deep Well I'm so uncaring Do far too much swearing And if you read through my behaviour You'll find I'm a creep I'll play a stormer Yet in the corner I'll be grumpy on my own Like I don't care I'm a stormy little singer An unstable little swinger With a big rip In the arsehole of my flares Well I'm so childish A little bit wildish With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly I'm so mad I'm so truthful A little bit bruteful But in sooth I know not Why I am so sad I try my bestest Well as far the restest Well it's just stuff that comes out wrong And gets misunderstood I'm a dandy little dreamer A doctored misdemeanour A didactic destiny schemer Bare with me if you would
Closer ( Live ) I want you closer I want you closer I want you in my dirty hands I want to touch you in your body, gonna let your baby, down I want you every night I please Want you to bend, want you to tease Want you to take me down on your knees Wanna let your baby down And you can take me higher in your zone If you tell me your name, I'll take you home And you can take my pain, I've got loads I wanna let your baby down. (Lisa's verse) I want you to take me closer I want you to make me suffer I want you to wear me out, no I'll let you down (??) I'll let your baby down And you can take me out, all night long And you can turn my stones into gold If you tell me your real name, I'll take you home I wanna let your baby down Yeah, you can take me out, all night long And you can take my pain, cos I've got loads If you tell me your real name, I'll take you home I wanna let your baby down I want you closer I want you in my dirty hands (you're gonna let your baby down) Want you to let me in your body (you're gonna let your baby down) I want you every night I please Want you to bend, want you to tease Want you to take me down on your knees You can take me out, all night long And you can turn my stones, into gold And if you tell me your real name, I'll take you home I wanna let your baby... I wanna let you Make me out, all night long And you can turn my pain into gold Yeah, if you tell me your real name, I'll take you home I wanna let your baby... I wanna let your baby... I wanna let your baby... I wanna let your baby...
Come Together
( The Beatles cover / Live with Vyvienne Long ) Here come old flattop, he come grooving up slowly He got joo-joo eyeball, he one holy roller He got hair down to his knee Got to be a joker, he just do what he please He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me He bag production, he got walrus gumboot He got Ono sideboard, he one spinal cracker He got feet down below his knee Hold you in his armchair, you can feel his disease Come together right now over me He roller-coaster, he got early warning He got muddy water, he one mojo filter He say "One and one and one is three" Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see Come together right now over me Come together, yeah Come together, yeah Come together, yeah Come together
*** Thanx a lot to José for this one ***
Creep
(Radiohead Cover) When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so very special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here I don't care if it hurts I want to have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice when I'm not around You're so very special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell I'm doing here? I don't belong here She's running out She's running out Run, run, run She runs Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so very special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here I don't belong here
Desafinado
( Tom Jobim Cover ) Se você disser que eu desafino amor Saiba que isto em mim provoca imensa dor Só privilegiados tem o ouvido igual ao seu Eu possuo apenas o que Deus me deu Se você insiste em classificar Meu comportamento de anti-musical Eu mesmo mentindo devo argumentar Que isto é bossa nova, isto é muito natural O que você não sabe nem sequer pressente É que os desafinados também tem um coração Fotografei você na minha Rolley-Flex Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratidão Só não poderá falar assim do meu amor (assim do meu amor) E ele é o maior que você pode encontrar Você com a sua música esqueceu o principal Que no peito dos desafinados No fundo do peito Bate calado, que no peito dos desafinados Também bate um coração O que você não sabe nem sequer pressente É que os desafinados também tem um coração Fotografei você na minha Rolley-Flex Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratidão Só não poderá falar assim do meu amor (assim do meu amor) E ele é o maior que você pode encontrar Você com a sua música esqueceu o principal Que no peito dos desafinados No fundo do peito Bate calado, que no peito dos desafinados Também bate um coração
Don't Explain
( Written by Billie Holiday / Arthur Herzog Jr - Performed with Herbie Hancock - 2005 ) Hush now, don't explain There ain't nothing to gain Well I'm glad that you're back But don't explain Quiet baby, don't explain You know there ain't nothing to gain Skip that lipstick Don't explain You know that I love you And what love endures All my thoughts are of you I am so completely yours Don't wanna hear nobody chatter 'Cause I know you cheat Right or wrong, it don't matter When you're with me sweet Hush now, don't explain You are my joy And you're my pain My life is your love So don't explain You know that I love you And what love endures All my thoughts are of you I am so completely yours Don't wanna hear folks chatter 'Cause I know you cheat Right or wrong, don't matter When I'm with you sweet Hush now, don't explain No, you're my joy and you're my pain My life is yours love Don't explain Down
Break it all apart You're naked: frozen Did you ever want to work with me Did you ever let your baby down, my back You're shaking though relaxed Did you feel the drops of rain? Tell me cause I need to play you Down, I'm sure there's something here Maybe my anger Down, it's over to you my dear The fuckers will take you Down, the frozen arrow The fuckers will take you Down, the suckers beg for skin The fuckers will taint you Down, where the water's shallow Then they'll watch you drown And you'll blame your sleep Your fate: stolen, you're naked: open Did you ever want to wed me? Is it why you let your baby down 'Cause I'm back Shaking but you're relaxed Did you feel the drops of pain Tell me 'cause I need to play you Down, I'm sure there's something there Maybe my anger Down, it's over to you my dear The fuckers will take you Down, the frozen arrow The fuckers will take you Down, the suckers beg for skin The fuckers will taint you Down, where the water's shallow Then they'll watch you drown And you'll blame your... Down, the frozen arrow Down, the suckers beg for skin Down, where the water's shallow Down, and you'll blame your...
(Alison Krauss Cover) I went down to the river to pray Studyin' about that good ol' way And who shall wear the starry crown? Good Lord, show me the way Oh sisters, let's go down Let's go down, come on down Oh sisters, let's go down Down in the river to pray I went down in the river to pray Studyin' about that good ol' way And who shall wear the robe & crown? Good Lord, show me the way Oh brothers, let's go down Come on down, don't you wanna come down? Come on, brothers, let's go down Down in the river to pray I went down in the river to pray Studyin' about that good ol' way And who shall wear the starry crown? Good Lord, show me the way Oh fathers, let's go down Let's go down, come on down Oh fathers, let's go down Down in the river to pray I went down in the river to pray Studyin' about that good ol' way And who shall wear th robe and crown? Good Lord, show me the way Oh mothers let's go down Come on down, don't you wanna go down? Come on, mothers, let's go down Down in the river to pray I went down in the river to pray Studin' about that good ol' way And who shall wear the starry crown? Good Lord, show me the way Oh sinners, let's go down Let's go down, come on down Oh sinners, let's go down Down in the river to pray I went down in the river to pray Studyin' about that good ol' way And who shall wear the robe and crown? Good Lord, show me the way
Everything You're Not Supposed To Be ( Melanie Laurent feat. Damien Rice ) I walk away from you For the first time Strong And I did my best To see it through Now I'm watching you Just thinking I'm wrong But I only wanted you to know That I never wanted you to go I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love That you love, that you love You walk away from me For the first time Sure And you did your best But you don't see How free It feels Without you and me I only wanted you to know That I never wanted you to go I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love That you love, that you love And I crash and I burn And I toss and I turn I belong to you You provoked and you broke All my dreams and my hope And I'm sitting still I feel trapped and alone I thank God you are gone. I sleep better now I feel free and I see What you are without me I'm alive again I only wanted you to know That I never wanted you to go I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love I know I was everything You're not supposed to be To someone that you love That you love, that you love That you love...
Face
How I know Go bow end send mend bend pretend Shut your face again Bleed seed need read breath on my knees How I choose to breath Lie cry learn grow slow fall stall How I build my wall Hate wait bait kiss or taste the place And make weather in my face The only one that you know I wanna live, wanna die, wanna grow old with you I wanna be the only one that you know 'Cause I adore you I do yeah How I choose bruise loose win sin bin tease please Better have her on her knees Play pray say rock feel kneel dream How I choose to scream Shout wake sleep I need to touch her deep Change Rearrange Fate wait weight kiss or taste the place And make weather in my face The only one that you know I wanna live, wanna die, wanna grow old with you I wanna be the only one that you know 'Cause I adore you I do yeah You, you, you, you, you... I wanna be the only one that you know I wanna live, wanna die, wanna grow old with you I wanna be the only one that you know 'Cause I adore I adore, I adore I adore I adore Adore you, adore you, adore you... Adore you, adore you, adore you... Adore you, adore you, adore you... Adore you, adore you, adore you... Fool
If you leave me now It's not that I can't take it It's just that somehow I think you'd break it So much beyond repair Like pulling out my hair And poisoning the roots A gun that never shoots again And if you leave me now And take him deep within your throne Like you did when you were coming home And you did again in Mexico And again before you go And I believed your lies, your lies, your lies So turn and walk away I've overspoken Said all that I can say I know that I can kneel And I could cry And I know that I could show you how I died But what good would it do? Give the world another fool If you're gonna stay Don't just say it Stay, really stay I don't want any more goodbyes Any more disguise No more tossing coins Or him between your loins And if you're gonna stay I'll place you high upon a hill And with my hands I'll build a tower in your name And you will do the same Won't you my love? Won't you my love? Won't you my love? Or just turn and walk away I've overspoken Said all that I can say I know that I can kneel And kiss your feet Walk ahead and clear the street So you don't have to meet But what good would it do Give the world another fool Turn and walk away I've overspoken Now what more can I say? I know that I can kneel And I can cry I know, I know That I can show you how I died Now what good would it do Give the world another fool Just sitting on this stool I'm close to giving up on you Front Door
What is it that happens to me when you're around? I try to bring some love I'm just bringing it down What is it that happens to me when you're around? What is it that happens to me when you're around? I try to say something And nothing comes out What is it that happens to me when you're around? A broken voice In a broken door A broken choice That I broke some more A broken me Am I breaking you? And if i push you too hard I push you right through What is it that happens to me when you're around? You call to my door But I don't come out What is it that happens to me when you're around? What is it that happens to me when you're around? It seems like my words tremble Like a creaking ground What is it that happens to me when you're around? A broken voice In a broken door A broken choice That I broke some more A broken me Am I breaking you? And if i push you too hard I push you right through A broken voice In a broken door A broken choice That I broke some more A broken me Am I breaking you? And if i push you too hard I push you right through What is it that happens to me when you're around? What is it that happens to me when you're around?
Get The Party Started
( Pink Cover ) I'm comin' up so you better get this party started I'm comin' up so you better get this party started Get this party started on a Saturday night Everybody's waitin' for me to arrive Sendin' out the message to all of my friends We'll be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes Benz I got lotsa style, got my gold diamond rings I can go for miles if you know what I mean I'm comin' up so you better get this party started I'm comin' up so you better get this party started I'm... Makin' my connection as I enter the room Everybody's chillin' as I set up the groove Pumpin' up the volume with this brand new beat Everybody's dancin' and their dancin' for me I'm your operator, you can call anytime I'll be your connection to the party line I'm comin' up so you better get this party started I'm comin' up so you better get this party started, started, started I'm comin' up so you better.. you better...
Glory box ( Portishead Cover / Live )
I'm so tired of playing Playing with this bow and arrow Gonna give my heart away Leave it to the other girls to play For I've been a temptress too long Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to be A woman I just wanna be a woman From this time, unchained We're all looking at a different picture Through this new frame of mind A thousand flowers could bloom Move over, and give us some room Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to love you...
Groovin'
What am I gonna do About you girl? You don't seem to believe me when I say That you are the one that's got me feeling this way You've got me groovin', yeah You've got me groovin' You've got me groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin'... Oh, but please don't believe it If you don't think I am real (?) I should know just how I feel Please believe me when I say You are the one that's got me feeling this way Yeah, you are the one that's got me feeling this way And it ain't no stupid (?) Memory of mine (?) Please forgive me if I've been out of line It's you girl, you've got me groovin You've got me groovin', yeah You've got me groovin' You've got me groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin'... You've got me groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin'... Hallelujah
( Leonard Cohen ) I heard there was a secret chord That david played and it pleased the lord But you don't really care for music, do you Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah .... Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to her kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah .... . Baby i've been here before I've seen this room and i've walked this floor I used to live alone before i knew you I've seen your flag on the marble arch But love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah .... Well there was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me do you But remember when i moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was hallelujah Well, maybe there's a god above But all i've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you It's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....
Happy Christmas (War is Over)
( John Lennon / It's All Bells" Charity CD 2002) And so this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over A new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young And a very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong For rich and for poor ones The road is so long And so Happy Christmas For black and for white The yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight And a very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear And so this is Christmas And what have you done?
I Just Can't Help Believin'
( Elvis Presley cover ) I just can't help believin' When she smiles up soft and gentle With a trace of misty morning And the promise of tomorrow in her eyes I just can't help believin' When she's lying close beside me And my heart beats with the rhythm of her size This time the girl is gonna stay This time the girl is gonna stay For more than just a day Oh, I just can't help believin' When she slips her hand in my hand And it feels so small and helpless As my fingers fold around it like a glove I just can't help believin' When she's whispering her magic And her tears are shining honey sweet with love This time the girl is gonna stay This time the girl is gonna stay For more than just a day Paraparapa… I just can't help...
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Is that it my friend Is that it my friend Come to the end Only two days now You've let us descend To the prince of the desert The prince in the sand Did he ask for your love Did he ask for your hand Is that it my friend The end of it all Did you wait til I break Did you wait til I fall I was lost in your river Now I come to a dam To question the boy To question the man And I long to be with you And I long to be free And I long to be with you And I long to be free Not for my jealousy Is that it my friend Just say good night Well I hope you sleep well And I hope you sleep tight I was lost in your river Now I come to a dam To question the boy To question the man And I long to be with you And I long to be free And I long to be with you Not for my... Well I'm alright Now Yes I'm all I'm alright Now Yes I'm all alright Now, yeah Well I'm all alright Now Now
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
( U2 Cover / Live )
I have climbed the highest mountains I have run through the fields Only to be with you Only to be with you I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls These city walls Only to be with you But I still haven't found What I'm looking for I still haven't found What I'm looking for I have kissed honey lips Felt the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire This burning desire And I have run I have crawled I have scaled I have, I have, I have I have to be with you To be with you Only to be with you To be with you But I still, still haven't found just what I'm looking for But I still haven't found what I'm looking for Star, star teach me how to shine, shine Teach me so I know what's going on in your mind 'Cause I don't understand these people Who say the hill's too steep Well, they talk and talk forever But they just never climb I said I want you to want me And I want you to need me Everybody wants to feel the need sometimes (I want you to need me) Teach me how to shine (I'll teach you) Teach me how Teach me how to shine Teach me so I know what's going on in your mind Teach me how to shine (I'll teach you) I can't take my eyes off you Somehow I can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off you Just can't take my eyes off you I can't take my eyes off of you I can't take my eyes my eyes my eyes 'Til I get a knife and cut you out Insane
Should I speak? Should I bother shaking hands? Am I weak If I leave it as it stands? I've submerged And I've surfaced with the blame I guess I'm no good I guess I'm insane Should I go If she calls out my name? And if she bleeds Should I wipe up the stain? And if I'm low Can I drown in this rain? I guess I'm no good I guess I'm insane And I hate when you say That I never fight for you Sometimes you breathe All over my skin And you always end up Closer than close That's where I give in Should I confess The actions of a hand In my mind I'll betray you once again Why should I climb? What is there to gain? This is no good This is insane And I hate when you say That I never fight for you Sometimes you breathe All over my skin And you always end up Closer than close That's whenre I give in You're taking You're taking You're taking me down You're taking You're taking You're taking me down And you always end up Closer than close That's where I give in That's where I give in That's where I give in
It didn't take you long babe Well, it didn't take you long. Did it, babe? To learn to sing my song And get yourself laid. No, it didn't take you long. Did it, babe? The moment i was gone You're the master of the slaves. And it didn't take me long To realize. All of your songs Were just lies, lies, lies. And it didn't take me long. Did it, babe? I want you to find a new boy Whose face you could shave. Ok, I'm sorry. I'm just a little angry with you. 'Cause it dug like a quarry When you were angry with me. And maybe it's not right? Yeah, but hell with it! I'm angry with you. Is there not enough light? Or do you just not see? What you do Is what you hated in me? Though i was never free enough to. Yeah, well, it didn't take you long. Did it babe? I'm all alone In the last step of the race. Yeah, and it didn't take you long. Did it, babe? The moment i was gone You're in the masters' parade. And it didn't take you long To tell your friends. How I'd done you wrong And just left you in the end? Yeah, but it didn't take you long. Did it, babe? To find a new boy Whose dick you could crave. Ok, I'm sorry. I'm just a little angry with you. 'Cause it dug like a quarry When you were angry with me. And maybe it's not right? Yeah, but hell with it! I'm angry with you. Is there not enough light? Or do you just not see? What you do Is what you hated in me? Though i was never free enough to. It was about five years ago It's amazing how you hold on...
Lay Me Down
( The Frames cover / Live ) I will write you letters that Explain the way I'm thinking now I, I will return to you What I have taken long before I, I will return again When it gets dark and day is done And lay me down In the hallowed ground Down by your side I will stay So lay me down And if you wanna stay with me Then let me know before it's light I, I will recoil myself Into the black and darkest night And lay me down In the hallowed ground Where my father waits I will stay So lay me down And lay me down In the hallowed ground Down by your side I will stay So lay me down
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one *** Lazy Situation
We kill one another for love Does it have to, does it have to be That we kill one another of love? A year after, a year after We met up by the powers above If you want to you can wear my glove And if you like you, and you like me We've all got eyes but we cannot see It's a lazy situation It's a crooked, ended room It's a mask of information 'Cause he wants her, and she wants me And we wanna be with the one that we need And he wants her, and she wants me And we all wanna be with the one that we need And he wants what she wants And I wanna be with the one who thinks I'm her brother And we kill one another for love And we grace it so gradually And we kill one another for love And we make it, yeah, we make it bleed And I see we're all looking above Are we crazy? What are we thinking of? And this ain't you And this ain't me We all got hands But we cannot feel It's a lazy situation It's a crooked, ended room It's a mask of information 'Cause he wants her, and she wants me And we wanna be with the one that we need And he wants her, and she wants me And we all wanna be with the one that we need And he wants what she wants And I wanna be with the one who thinks I'm her brother Thinks I'm her brother...
Little Sister
( Juniper cover ) There's another kind of red under the bed We've all been branded Barcode on my head We can all go beep as we checkout Your flexible friend is but a spy Your movement's mapped Your drink link dries And I fail to see what this card is so smart Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister So you want to walk the earth You know she flies She's mastered the art Of truth and lies To her you'll never be more than just a number, a number, a number And there's another kind of red under the bed We've all been branded We can all be read Or is it all in my head Or is it all in my head Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister has been watching you Little sister
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one *** Lonelily
I gave me away I could have knocked off the evening But a lonelily landed my wants in her hands In a way I felt you were leaving me I was sure I wouldn't find you at home And you let me down Could have knocked off the evening But you lonelily let him push under your bone You let me down It's no use deceiving Neither of us wanna be alone You're coming home (x 4) I gave me away I could have knocked off the evening But I was lonelily looking for someone to hold In a way I lost all I believed in And I never found myself so low And you let me down You could've called if you'd needed But you lonelily got yourself locked instead And you let me down It's one thing being cheated But you took him all the way through your bed And now you're coming home And I'm trying to forgive You're coming home And I'm trying to forget You're coming And I'm trying to move on You're coming home And you haven't called yet You're coming home And I'm trying to forgive You're coming home I'm just trying to forget You're coming I'm trying to move on You're coming home But you haven't called You're coming home You're coming home (x4) I gave me away I could have knocked off the evening But I lonelily loomed her into my bone You let me down There's no use deceiving Neither of us wanna be alone
Lonely Soldier
Lonely soldier go home Lonely but never alone Good eyes see nothin' to shoot Good feet feel good givin' up good boots Ask your father how do you fall Ask your father how do you fall Like a leaf sittin' on the ground Good for nothin' except kickin' around She died with her hand stretched out She died with a hungry mouth She died with a mind full of doubt And thoughts of weakening So may your river never dry May your mouth never lie And may you be satisfied to never know why Sometimes someone just wants to die Where'd you get those cuts in your hand? I thought I told you about playin' in the sand There's always someone careless with glass there's always questions you don't want to ask She died with her hands stretched out She died with a hungry mouth She died with a mind full of doubt And thoughts of weakening May your river never dry May your mouth never lie And may you be satisfied to never know why Sometimes someone just wants to die So lonely soldier go home Lonely but never alone Good eyes see nothin' to shoot Good feet feel good givin' up good boots
Love Hurts
( The Everly Brothers Cover / Live ) Love hurts, love scars Love wounds, and marks Any heart, not tough Or strong, enough To take a lot of pain Take a lot of pain Love is like a cloud Holds a lot of rain Love hurts Hmm love hurts I'm young, I know But even so I know a thing, or two I learned, from you I really learned a lot Really learned a lot Love is like a flame It burns you when it's hot Love hurts Hmm love hurts Some fools think of happiness Blissfulness, togetherness Some fools fool themselves I guess They're not foolin' me I know it isn't true I know it isn't true Love is just a lie Made to make you blue Love hurts Hmm love hurts Hmm love hurts Oh love hurts Mercedes Benz
( Janis Joplin cover / Vocals: Juniper / Live at The Lobby, Cork 2002 ) Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV Dialing For Dollars is waiting to find me I wait for delivery each day until three So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down So, prove that you love me and buy the next round Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
Moody mooday Mooday (it's got me) x 7 Baby, why d'you have to leave Something up your sleeve Baby, i find it hard to breath Moody (it's got me) mooday (it's got me) x 7 Baby, why d'you have to leave Why d'you have to break free Why d'you have to go Moody (it's got me) mooday (it's got me) x 7 Baby, why d'you have to run Looking after number one Baby, why d'you have to go Why d'you have to phone Something you're afraid to show? Someone else you'd rather phone? Moody (it's got me) mooday (it's got me)...
My City Shitty
(Video footage on the Volcano EP) The drugs are free Branch me out Gonna kill my city Gonna kill my city Gonna kill me Still my stop Gonna stick your city Gonna stick your city Gonna stick me Be my doll With the girls so pretty With the girls so pretty I just can't This is my stop Where the air is shitty Where the air is shitty And the drugs are free The drugs are free
One ( U2 Cover / Achtung Baby Covers LP ) Is it getting better Do I feel the same Will it make it easier on me now I've got someone to blame You say One love One life When it's one need In the night One love We get to share it Leaves me, baby, if I Don't care for it Did I disappoint you I have a bad taste in my mouth I act like I never had love And I want you to go without Well it's too late Tonight To drag the past out into the light We're one but we're not the same We get to Carry each other Carry each other One Have I come here for forgiveness Have I come to raise the dead Have I come here to play Jesus To the lepers in my head Did I ask too much More than a lot I gave you nothing Now it's all I've got We're one but we're not the same Though we hurt each other Then we do it again You say Love is a temple Love a higher law Love is a temple Love a higher law I asked you to enter And then I made you crawl And you can't keep holding on To what I've got When all I've got is hurt One love One blood One life I've got to do what I should One life With each other Sisters, brothers One life But we're not the same We get to Carry each other Carry each other One
Play Dead
( Bjork Cover / Live )
Darling stop confusing me With your wishful thinking Hopeful embraces Don't you understand I have to go through this I belong to here where No-one cares and no-one loves No light no air to live in A place called hate The city of fear I play dead It stops the hurting I play dead And the hurting stops It's sometimes just like sleeping Curling up inside my private tortures I nestle into pain Hug suffering Caress every ache I play dead, It stops the hurting The Professor & La fille Danse
( The blower's daughter EP )
Well I don't know if I'm wrong 'Cause she's only just gone Here's to another relationship Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease I'm sure when I'm older I'll know what that means Cried when she should and she laughed when she could Here's to the man with his face in the mud And an overcast play just taken away From the lover's in love at the centre of stage yeah Loving is fine if you have plenty of time For walking on stilts at the edge of your mind Loving is good if your dick's made of wood And the dick left inside only half understood her What makes her come and what makes her stay What makes the animal run, run away yeah What makes him stall, what makes him stand And what shakes the elephant now And what makes a man I don't know, I don't know, I don't know No I don't know you anymore No, no, no, no Oh yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey I don't know if I'm wrong 'Cause she's only just gone Why the fuck is this day taking so long I was a lover of time and once she was mine I was a lover indeed, I was covered in weed Cried when she should and she laughed when she could Well closer to god is the one who's in love And I walk away cause I can Too many options may kill a man Loving is fine if it's not in your mind But I've fucked it up now, too many times yeah Loving is good if it's not understood Yeah, but I'm the professor And I feel that I should know What makes her come and what makes her stay What makes the animal run, run away and What makes him tick apart from him prick And the lonelier side of the jealousy stick I don't know, I don't know, I don't know No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, no, no Hell I don't know you anymore No, no, no, no Oh yeah, hey, hey Well I don't know if I'm wrong 'Cause she's only just gone Here's to another relationship Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease I finished it off with some French wine and cheese
La fille danse Quand elle joue avec moi Et je pense que je l'aime des fois Le silence, n'ose pas dis-donc Quand on est ensemble Mettre les mots Sur la petite dodo La fille danse Quand elle joue avec moi et la pluie Elle me manque Pourquoi Non, non C'est la chanson, la nuit, le vent L'amour, le son De la petite Dodo
The girl dances When she plays with me and the rain I miss her Why No, no It's the song, the night, the wind The love, The sound Of the little Dodo
Purple haze
( Jimi Hendrix )
Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don't seem the same Actin' funny, but I don't know why 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky Purple haze all around Don't know if I'm comin' up or down Am I happy or in misery What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me
Que sera sera ( Live with David Gray at Earth concert, London at Wembley Stadium ) When I was just a little boy I asked my father, how would it be Would I be able to play in the trees? Cause they're cutting down forests and spreading disease And here's what he said to me... Que sera sera Whatever will be will be The future's not ours to see Que sera sera What will be, will be When I grew up and fell in love I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead Will there be rainbows day after day Will we become just another cliché Having it all, yet throwing it away Here's what my sweetheart said Que sera sera Whatever will be will be The future's not ours to see Que sera sera What will be, will be Now I have children of my own They may ask their father what will we be Will we be bitter, filled with regret Will we be choking on our own shit I tell them tenderly Que sera sera...
Rule No. 2 Y-Junction
(a.k.a Nine crimes)
This is what is What if you don't get it like I want you to? So roll the dice There goes my rule number 2 So roll the dice And don't ask why Just keep following me 'Cause I'm following you If she stays with you then you were right If it's still here when she's gone You're not wrong Though I stand with this rain on my back But it feels so damn good To belong This is what I think I need These big fat feelings They hurt my cheeks So roll the dice And there goes my rule number 2 Roll the dice And don't ask why Just keep eating the food And if she stays with you Then you were right If it's still here when she's gone You're not wrong Though I stand with this rain on my back It feels so damn good To belong Rule number 2 Don't be a fool Rule number 3 Get up off your knees Rule number 4 Open your door Rule number 5 Keep it alive Rule number 6 Don't be pricks And rule nubmer 8 Don't leave it too late Rule number 9 Just take your time Rule number 1 Carpe Diem
Sand
You keep me in a glass jar sealed with a label You think you know my world Wake up young girl, you've got a lot to learn My love, my life, my work, my time I give them all to you Your hand in mine We walk, we talk in ryhme We go the whole night through I'm not a grain of sand I don't care what's written in your hand It's bound to change Sore, bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold Getting older Wrap it up, rip it up now Have it sold I'm a grower Any more, any more, any more, any more... I wanna be with you Just wanna be with you But you tease me And it shows in the way that you play You think you know my love Wake up young girl And take a taste Not a bite, not a bite of a life now Can tell you never come, yeah well My will, my mind My lips, my lines I've got them all over you Your taste combined With all the years of wasting time I've got a hold on something new I'm not a grain of sand I don't care what's written in your hand Cause it's bound to change So I'm bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold Getting older Buy the book, rip it up now Have it sold I'm a grower Any more, any more, any more, any more... I wanna be with you Just wanna be with you I don't wanna pray for what is not right And I don't wanna beg for what is not mine I don't wanna rock the road between dreams and worldly things I could charge, and I could really try But I don't wanna be the brave one In a senseless fight I, I, I just wanna be here tonight Sore, bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold Getting older Wrap it up, rip it up now Have it sold I'm a grower Any more, any more, any more, any more... I wanna be with you Just wanna be with you Sore, bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold Getting older Buy the book, rip it up now Have it sold I'm a grower Any more, any more, any more, any more... Any more, any more, any more, any more... Any more, any more, any more, any more... You keep me in a glass jar sealed with a label You think you know my world Wake up young girl
Seven Nation Army ( White Stripes cover played on Dallas, 28/11/2003 ) I'm gonna fight 'em all A seven nation army couldn't hold me back They're gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back And I'm talking to myself at night Because I can't forget Back and forth through my mind Behind a cigarette And the message's coming from my eyes Says leave it alone Don't want to hear about it Every single one's got a story to tell Everyone knows about it From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell And if I catch it coming back my way I'm gonna serve it to you And that ain't what you want to hear But that's what I'll do And the feeling coming from my bones Says find a home I'm going to Wichita Far from this opera for evermore I'm gonna work the straw Make the sweat drip out of every pore And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding Right before the lord All the words are gonna bleed from me And I will sing no more And the stains coming from my blood Tell me to come back home
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for this one ***
Sex Change
Take your hand Off me Understand Nothing I need a new Yesterday I need to move But you're in my way It feels like you're walking out Walking out Body is breaking down Breaking down It feels like you're walking out On me Take your mind Off me You will find Nothing I need a new Yesterday I need to move But you're in my way It feels like you're walking out Walking out On me Talking 'Bout A Revolution
( Tracy Chapman cover / Live ) Don't you know you're talking 'bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Don't you know they're talking 'bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don't you know you're talking 'bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper Poor people are gonna rise up And take what's theirs Poor people are gonna rise up And take what's theirs Don't you know you better run Don't you know you better run And finally the tables are starting to turn Talking 'bout a revolution And finally the tables are starting to turn Talking 'bout a revolution oh While they're standing in the welfare lines Sitting at the doorways of those armies of salvation Wasting time in unemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Don't you know you're talking 'bout a revolution It sounds like a whisper And finally the tables are starting to turn Talking 'bout a revolution Finally the tables are starting to turn Talking 'bout a revolution oh no Talking 'bout a revolution oh no Talking 'bout a revolution oh no Oh no
The Connoisseur of Great Excuse ( Gasoline Rainbows 'Charity CD' ) Of all the foolish things to do I became a connoisseur of great excuse And my pessimistic past the blame Will never make this go away Of all the foolish things I've said That keep me sleepy almost dead I'm sorry if I've let you down My eyes were closed, they're open now I'm waking up I am waking up I am waking up I am wake And this has all been said before I've listened but then I ignored My ears grew deaf, my head gave up The junkie knows not when to stop Of all the foolish alibis The constipated push for why I've had a blanket pulled over my eyes Oh hush, now baby, don't you cry I'm waking up I am waking up I am waking up I am wake I'm coming I'm waking up I'm ready I'm waking up I am wake Then Go
Among the afflictions With which I've been marked I'm not so prententious And not quite so dark I get the feeling you're bored with me And not through habit or frequency Did your mother have you easily? And if there's someplace else you'd rather be Then go, then go Then go, then go Among the intentions Which have been sought Numbered and labeled But none of them bought I get the feeling you're testing me You're saturated in urgency You stick your probe in further But you're still not pleased And if there's someplace else you'd rather be Then go, then go Then go, then go Then go, then go Then go, then go I would've lied for you I would've cried for you I crossed the line for you I would've died for you...
The Power Of Orange Knickers
( Tori Amos Featuring Damien Rice ) The power of orange knickers The power of orange knickers The power of orange knickers Under my petty coat The power of listening to what You don't want me to know Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist Those girls that smile kindly then rip your life to pieces? Can somebody tell me nwo am I alone with this This little pill in my hand and with this secret kiss Am I alone in this... A matter of complication When you become a twist For their latest drink As they're transitioning Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist This little pill in my hand that keeps the pain laughin' Can somebody tell me now a way out of this - That sacred pipe of red stone could blow me out of this kiss Am I alone in this... Shame shame time to leave me now Shame shame you've had your fun Shame shame for letting me think that I would be the one Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist This little pill in my hand or this secret kiss Am I alone in this kiss Am I alone in this kiss Toffee Pop
Huge eyes Know I'm missing So I close mine When I'm kissing Lollipop licking With Lola Sticking like toffee to my teeth Wait, watch, gravitate Grap hold of insulate Wait, watch, it's too late It's over now All the way I've got so much beauty around me I can't move I've got so much beauty around me I can't lose I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose I've got so much beauty around me, around you Toffee pop So sticky In the heat Lola gets angry Over meat And who did I (who did i) Who did I (who did i) Push out And who did I (who did i) Who did I (who did i) Hear shout Wait, watch, gravitate Grap hold of, insulate Wait, watch, it's too late It's too late for now All the way I've got so much beauty around me I can't move I've got so much beauty around me I can't lose I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose I've got so much beauty around me, around you
Tongue
This one's for you This one's for me This one's for you What must I be? I've got a nervous feeling, over you I got someone to love me, oh so true I need to feel hope I need to feel young again I need to be bold Start losing my tongue again They can laugh as I cry They can cut 'til I bleed I ain't losing 'Cause this one's for me This one's for you This one's for me This one's for you Tell me what the fuck must I be for you I've got a nervous feeling over you I've got someone to love me, oh so true But I need to feel hope And I need to feel young again And I need to be bold Start using my tongue again They can laugh as I cry They can cut 'til I bleed I ain't losing 'Cause this one's for me
Truth is Not Enough ( Live 2014 )
If I counted the mistakes The things i can't erase The past that lasts like honey in a grave And if i stitched up into art All the things i've torn apart The consequence of love that misbehaved Would all of this make sense 'Cause you're still here I'm rougher on my friends That's how it is Tell me what can I do for you To make it easier to deal with me I only wanted to be true And the truth is often tough If I counted all the times I've upped and changed my mind And left you with a rod without a line I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake And if I pulled away too soon Pulled the wings from your cocoon Left you feeling small and undesired Don't know if this makes sense You're still here I'm offerring my defence But tell me what can I do for you To make it easier to deal with me I only wanted to be true And the truth is often tough Tell me what can I do for you To make it easier to deal with me I only wanted to be true And the truth is not enough If the truth is not enough Then I can maker it easier on you I can make it easier on you if you want So tell me what can I do for you If the truth is not enough
Uncomfortable
( Melanie Laurent feat. Damien Rice ) Et tu reviens Reprendre ta place Je connais ce regard Je connais ce regard Et tu me dis que tu sais tout Que tu regrettes, le temps sans nous You fall on me Like firewood Just like you should Just like you should But it's too late I'm no longer full Just uncomfortable Uncomfortable It's just like me Mais c'est trop tard To let you down Et c'est sans moi To walk away Je te regarde To fool around Vouloir ma main It's just like you Mais c'est sans moi To cry like this Tu l'as perdue Into the cracks Au moins cent fois
Unplayed Piano Come and see me, See me to sleep, Come and free me, Or hold me if I need to weep, Maybe it's not the season Or maybe it's not the year Maybe there's no other reason Why i'm locked up inside Just cause they wanna hide me The moon goes bright The darker they make my night. Unplayed pianos Are often by our window In a room where nobody come-goes She sits along with her silent song, Somebody bring her home. Unplayed piano (unplayed piano...) Still holds a tune (still holds a tune) Lock on years (years pass by) In stale, stale room (in the change of the moon) Maybe it's not that easy Or maybe it's not that hard (stale, stale room...) Maybe they could release me (stale, stale room...) Let the peolpe decide I've got nothing to hide I don't know if it's wrong, So why bother here so low? Unplayed pianos Are often by our window In a room where nobody come-goes She sits along with her silent song, Somebody bring her home. Unplayed pianos Are often by our window In a room where nobody come-goes She sits along with her silent song, Somebody bring her home. Unplayed piano (play her tune) Still holds a tune (bring her home...) Years pass by In the change of the moon
*** Thanx a lot to Casandra for this one *** Weatherman
It's a beautiful night for me to be here With my empty head I should have stayed at home And watched the weather It's a wonderful night buts it's a shame Because there is an empty bed I should have stayed at home 'Til I got better And nothing's changing The record's scraping round and round and round And nothing's changing The people drive their cars to town I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman by Monday I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman, yeah It's a beautiful night for me to be here Now our love is dead I should have stayed at home And watched the weather Well it's a wonderful night But this is it now I've left your head I should have stayed at home 'Til I got better And nothing's changing The record's scraping round and round and round And nothing's changing The people drive their cars to town The people drive their cars These people drive me I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman by Monday I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman, yeah Nothing's changing The record's scraping round and round and round Nothing's changing The people drive their cars These people drive me I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman by Monday I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman by Monday I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way I ask the weatherman by Monday The weatherman What Do You Know About Love?
(Live at the Lobby, Cork, 03-11-02 )
What do you know about love Starts with a smile Moves oceans Lasts for awhile She turns a corner And you lose your mind And you think how unkind, how unkind What do you know about love What's written in your book The smallest distraction And you have to look She's in your water And you're in your head Somewhere else What do you know about love Except that you kill The deeper you cut it The more it will spill You flood her with water When she shows her flame And you expect her to get up And feel the same What do you know about love Except that you don't She gets herself ready When she will I won't You driver her away And you crash to your knees She seems happier without me She seems happier without me What do you know about love Starts with a smile Moves over mountains Falls like a child Cries like a baby At the sight of its blood But if only we understood What do you know about love What's written in your book When she adores you It's you that gets stuck It's not the attraction And the beauty is no blame It's the dealing with your shame What do you know about love Except that you kill You beg for forgiveness For the freeness of your will You've broken the alter Where her body is lain And you question Wherefore comes this pain What do you know about love Except that you don't The heavens have opened And you say they won't So you rip out your heart And you put it to freeze And she seems happier without me She seems happier without me She seems happier, happier Without me What do you know about love What do you know about love What do you know about love
What this night is for
( Live ) She's got a place within the woods Where she swings near the house in the trees She's got a way with animals And invites me along to get free There's an army of men who'd shoot for her Even goddesses watch when she moves Friends get us high and something opens up the sky And it fills us with nothing to lose Oh and we've never been in this place before Not as it is right now, right now And we may never know what this night is for So for now, we'll just sit around He's got a way of lingering Like a ghost that just won't go away He's got a place within the wind Oh he's around, but I know that he won't stay There's an army of stars that'd crash the night They were burnin' but still it was cold So we dare the Gods to come and sit and talk with us We were bruised, we were spared, we were bold Oh and we've never been in this place before No, not as it is right now, right now And we may never know what this night is for So for now, we'll all just sit around Yeah, for now, we'll just sit around Cos we've never been in this place before No, not as it is right now, right now And we may never know what this life and long living is for So for now we'll jump.
When a man loves a woman ( Percy Sledge Cover / Live in Memphis ) When a man loves a woman Can't keep his mind on nothing else He'll trade the world For the good thing he's found If she's bad he can't see it She can do no wrong Turn his back on his best friend If he put her down When a man loves a woman Down deep in his soul She can bring him such misery If she plays him for a fool He's the last one to know Lovin' eyes can't ever see Well, this man loves a woman I gave you everything I had Tryin' to hold on to your precious love Baby, please don't treat me bad When a man loves a woman Down deep in his soul She can bring him such misery If she plays him for a fool He's the last one to know Lovin' eyes can't ever see When a man loves a woman When doves cry
( Prince Cover / Live )
Dig if you will the picture Of you and I engaged in a kiss The sweat of your body covers me Can you my darling Can you picture this Dream if you can a courtyard An ocean of violets in bloom Animals strike curious poses They feel the heat The heat between me and you Touch if you will my stomach Feel how it trembles inside You've got the butterflies all tied up Don't make me chase you Even doves have pride How can you just leave me standing? Alone in a world so cold (World so cold) Maybe I'm just too demanding Maybe I'm just like my father too bold Maybe you're just like my mother She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied) Why do we scream at each other? This is what it sounds like When doves cry Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry... When the doves cry
Woman like a man I need a piss Wanna hate Fuck it up Come My love Eat your meat Keep your teeth Run You lost me You cost me You thought me of me, yeah We're bad What we do Stupid fools You wanna get boned, You wanna get stoned You wanna get a room like no-one else You wanna be rich You wanna be kitch You wanna be the bastard of yourself You wanna get burned You wanna get turned You wanna get fucked inside out You wanna be ruled You wanna be fooled You wanna be a woman like a man like a, like a, like a Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, woman like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man (It really wasn't worth the ride) I need a hit Want to wait Suck it up Cum My love Eat your meat Itchy feet Run You reach me You bleach me You teach me of me How familiar We're bad What we do Stupid fools You wanna get boned, You wanna get stoned You wanna get a room like no-one else You wanna be rich You wanna be kitch You wanna be the bastard of yourself You wanna get burned You wanna get turned You wanna get fucked inside out You wanna be ruled You wanna be fooled You wanna be a woman like a man like a woman, like a, like a man Like a man Like a man, man, man, man... Like a man, man, man, man... Woman like a man Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man (It really wasn't worth the ride) You wanna get boned You wanna get stoned You wanna get a room like no-one else You wanna be rich You wanna be kitch You wanna be the bastard of yourself You wanna get burned You wanna get turned You wanna get fucked inside out You wanna be ruled You wanna be fooled You wanna be a woman like a man like a woman, like a, like a man like a man, like a man, like a man like a man, man, man, man... like a man, man, man, man... Woman like a man Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, woman like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, woman like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, (It really wasn't worth the ride) (It really wasn't worth the ride) Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, woman like a man (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, woman like a man, like a man, (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, woman like a man, like a man, (I'll get a cheaper ticket next time) Woman like a man, like a man, woman like a man, woman like a man
Wooden Horse
Don't ask me what I think of you I spill my mind Don't try and ask me what I am I am mine So don't ask me what I think of you 'Til I change my mind You don't understand a thing I do That brings stain to my eye I keep sticking my finger in I keep stamping it down 'Cause you build a thousand walls All you need is nine Your rode her like a wooden horse A hundred, a hundred times So don't ask me what I think of you 'Cause I'm not your kind Write down all those little things I do wrong That brings a stain to my eye I keep sticking my finger in I keep stamping it down 'Cause you build a thousand walls All you need is nine Your rode her like a wooden horse A hundred, a hundred, a hundred times You're not listening I'm talking If you don't wanna be here Start walking I'd eat your head If I'm hungry I'm hungry I am... 'Cause you build a thousand walls All you need is nine Your rode her like a wooden horse A thousand, and a hundred, and a hundred... 'Cause you build a thousand walls All you need is nine Your rode her like a wooden horse A hundred, a hundred, a hundred times You build a thousand walls All you need is, all you need is Your rode her like a wooden horse A hundred, a hundred times
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots ( The flaming lips cover / Live ) Her name is Yoshimi She's a black belt in karate She's working for the city She has to discipline her body 'Cause she knows that It's demanding To defeat those evil machines I know she can beat them Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me But you won't let those robots defeat me Yoshimi, they don't believe me But you won't let those robots eat me Those evil-natured robots They're programmed to destroy us She's gotta be strong to fight them So she's taking lots of 'Cause she knows that It'd be tragic If those evil robots win I know she can beat them Oh Yoshimi, they don't believe me But you won't let those robots defeat me Yoshimi, they don't believe me But you won't let those robots eat me
Your Ghost
( Kristin Hersh cover / Vocals : Juniper ) If I walk down this hallway Tonight, it's too quiet So I pad through the dark And call you on the phone Push your old numbers And let your house ring Till I wake your ghost Let him walk down your hallway It's too quiet Slide down your receiver Sprint across the wire Follow my number Slide into my hand It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I can't drink this coffee Till I put you in my closet Let him shoot me down Let him call me off I take it from his whisper You're not that tough It's the blaze across my nightgown It's the phone's ring You were in my dream You were driving circles around me You were in my dream You were driving circles around me You were in my dream You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me I think last night You were driving circles around me
You Shouldn't Be Here ( Live 2007 ) You shouldn't be here I feel awkward And good To be near you Watch you rip through Paper wool Time may stall Oh… And I may be late I want it now But I guess I can wait You buy a bicycle I hear you coming over for food Feed my appetite With a mouthful of you Time may stall Oh… And I may be late I want it now But I guess I can wait La la la la But I guess I can wait La la la la But I guess I can wai You shouldn't be here I feel awkward