1. |
Hopeful
04:43
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HIM:
Woman, I’ve been watching you struggle,
All through the night, all of your life
lay your troubles on me
For is it not written –
A man and a woman, in such conditions
Might find some peace?
And I know you believe
There’ll be a time when God will test your conviction,
But listen to me -
I’ve got enough love
For both you and He.
If this should pass
Let all shame be upon us
I’ve never been more certain
That this is where he wants us,
I’ve been wrong before, well…
But you’re making me hopeful
That’s something that I did not expect to be
lying in your arms
a victim of your charms
you just
make me want to believe
You’re a mystery to me and I hope you stay that way
HER:
I can see what you offer
Though I’m afraid it is a step into the dark,
Though my path is still certain,
When you smile it luminates my heart.
For you see I believe
There’ll be a time when we must roll up our sleeves
And in put in some work
I’ve got plans
Beyond this Earth.
For such a human love
To question my devotion
The devil’s greatest spell
Is in this mixture of emotion,
Maybe we’re just blind?
But you’re making me hopeful
That’s something that I did not expect to be
lying in your arms
a victim of your charms
you just
make me want to believe
You’re a mystery to me and I hope you stay that way
HIM:
Holding my prayers
Underneath your breath
There’s nothing wrong
With admitting that we’ve been blessed,
You can’t control everything,
not everything.
HER:
But you’re making me hopeful
That’s something that I did not expect to be
I’ll be the wife to thee
You’ll hold me tenderly
You just
Make me want to believe
You’re a mystery to me and I hope you stay that way
Oh be a mystery to me come on let’s just stay this way.
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2. |
Manipulated
02:30
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HIM:
I built my house on this precipice
So I could see far around
And spend my time dangling
‘tween the ups and the downs.
You could come and visit
But you
Better not stay
These walls become constricted
When night swallows day.
Suggestion –
I’ll be the only one around you
You turn me on
In that dress you hated
A hermit’s song
When all the world confounds you
Let’s come undone,
Manipulated.
So give your inhibitions a suspicious kiss
I feel you shudder
See you resist
This world needs action,
It’s a violent, beautiful mess.
They want us scared and lonely
But this could be the only
Manipulation we’re gonna need
And if we run for covers,
I’ll pull the blankets on us,
Draw the blinds and keep the receipts.
Suggestion –
I’ll be the only one around you
You turn me on
In that dress you hated
A hermit’s song
When all the world confounds you
Let’s come undone,
Manipulated
Manipulated
Manipulated.
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3. |
Cool Change
04:23
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HER:
I imagine a face
It came to me in a nightmare,
The proportions have changed,
But I recognise you.
When we entered this place
All the answers lay right there,
Now the exits are walls
And I recognise you.
I imagine a life,
Seems to me unfamiliar,
The perimeters are tight
And days go by without remark,
Now if this ain’t correct
Slap my face and set me right dear,
Is it a vision of the future
We wander through in the dark
How did I come to wake this late?
As in the night the world has raged,
You won’t speak and I won’t wait
For this cool change.
Where I imagine a face
Uncouth and unpolite dear
As rough as the day,
And as threatening as night
As the shadows take their shape
All the lines come into sight there
And the face that haunts me
Yeah I fight and I scream
But there’s nowhere to run to
Every though, every action
Has come to rest upon my brown
And if this ain’t correct
Smash the mirror and kill the lights out
now the face that’s in my dreams
Has come to recognise me too
I fall into your useless arms
Your lovely face,
Your deadly charms
Well, no one will know
If we’re going home.
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4. |
The Transformation
03:03
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HIM:
And as I look around the room
I saw Hawks ready to make their move
And scared little mice wondering
If anybody’s goin’ ta save them.
Well it’s not the latest dance hall craze,
It’s been happenin’ for an age
The vampires are out tonight
For Little Miss Shoulda Known Better.
You’re scared,
but you’re unsure
As I lead you on the floor,
I wanna feel your heartbeat pressed against my sweat-stained shirt
With casualties at dusk,
You must get ready for The Transformation.
And as I hold you in my arms
You look bored but you act charmed
You seem like the type
That’s no stranger to this situation.
Oh but baby I got us a surprise,
It was all there when you looked in my eyes –
A hollow man,
with tight jeans and bad intentions.
You shiver as you watch me shake,
See these lights flicker and fade
As we fall blindly to our fate,
You must get ready
Ready for The Transformation.
It was all there when you look in my eyes -
You didn’t run so don’t act surprised
This Changing is not entirely my design
At least you had a Warning
At least you had time
As I go from a Playboy
Back to a Husband.
Unsteady on improbable heels
As I’m sizing up my meal
What else
Is a lonely man to do?
‘Cos the hour is late
in the year of the snake
you seem like the type
that can take what I gotta give ya.
Oh I want you alone
I wanna hear fear when you pick up the phone
You don’t need to know where I’m goin’ next
You just melt
When I bite you’re neck
And be ready
Ready for The Transformation.
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5. |
Blue World
04:03
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HIM:
I lost her on the day
That Rik Mayall died,
At the airport bar,
Determined
Not to cry.
Suddenly strangers,
With not a piece that I could keep
Suddenly strangers
Not a piece that feels complete.
now you’re no one
To me at all
It’s all in pieces,
Leave it,
Where it falls
You’ll have no one
Inside this blue world.
it’s hard to accept
I won’t wake to your touch
But I couldn’t stand to be round someone
Who hurts me so much.
Suddenly strangers
With not a piece that I could trust
Suddenly strangers
With not a piece that feels like us.
Where will you turn
When you’re out of control
Who’ll be the one that knows you?
I can’t beg or leave
But it hurts when I breathe,
I can’t be the one that holds you.
Cos now you’re no one
To me at all
It’s all in pieces, leave it
Where it falls
You’ll have no one
Inside this blue world.
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6. |
Forgiven Pt. 2
03:51
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HER:
So what do I do with all this rage?
Do I let it consume me
Or let it pass through,
No, I’m not in today.
Do I pick it up
Or turn on the machine?
How do I let him know,
Forgiveness won’t come that easily.
And what could I say?
Years from now,
Will we laugh easily?
Will our talk be small,
Will our eyes just fall
When we meet on the street,
Will our lives be complete?
Will we try to rewind
And play?
Will he smile when he says my name?
Will we I ever be the same?
No, I’m not in today.
But I was taught
There’ll be a judgement of sorts,
Where all will be as it was before
I always thought
That that day would come down
Heralded by glorious sounds,
The violent sea that kisses the shore
I bet you could stand to be forgiven,
Once more.
Now all the women that know him
I treat with mustrust
I find it hard to meet their gaze,
My eyes are turning
To rust
Is it comfort they offer
Or is it just lust?
Is my mother an ally
Or is she a slut?
What’s a drunken old maid to do on her own,
The children are knocking but I just,
Turn away,
No, I’m not in today.
But I was taught
There’ll be a judgement of sorts,
Where all will be as it was before
I always thought
That that day would come down
Heralded by glorious sounds,
The violent sea that kisses the shore
I bet you could stand to be forgiven,
Once more.
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7. |
Reunited
05:06
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Reunited
While the cancer eats away
She loves his timing
But says ‘I guess it doesn’t matter anymore,
Footprints across the bedroom floor
‘cos nobody’s gonna want you know,
if we ever make it out of this house.’
Reunited
A bandage for the pain
He says,
‘I know you’re trying
but we recognise danger when it’s too late
with your long legs and impeccable face
others want to touch you
but I can’t wait to be gone
away.’
‘And I don’t want your intentions
I don’t want your love
Ain’t looking for redemption,
You’re a mystery to me,
I hope you stay that way,
Until you lay me down in your long legged grave.’
Reunited
A scar across the past,
Will they find it?
What was lost,
Will it reappear and who are they really kidding here
she says,
‘you deserve everything you got
but you’ll be forgiven like anyone.’
‘But I don’t want your intentions
and I don’t want your love
ain’t looking for redemption
you’re a mystery to me,
I hope you stay that way.
And I don’t want your forgiveness
Ain’t asking for your time,
You could have tried a little harder
But that’s alright,
You’re a mystery to me,
I hope you stay that way
Until you lay me down in your long legged grave
When we’re finally
Reunited.’
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8. |
The Wrong Type Of Man
03:32
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HER:
For I have practiced creeping,
Evidently so have you,
Roll your feet to avoid creaking,
I’m only inches from your living room.
And you appear to be sleeping,
Oh Luck turns his face to me,
Passion without mercy,
I just ache to watch you bleed.
Now God don’t want to know me
And life goes by the same,
We don’t keep the past for pleasure,
We just wipe away the stains.
There are those who’ll resurrect me
While tryna nail me down
The devil can come get me
I stare my judgement down.
I’ve been waiting oh so long
I’ve been waiting for far too long.
It’s too late to go on home
It’s oh so late and we’re never going home again.
I wanna feel him near
But I fear you my dear,
Well, God I don’t recognise your face
I want to feel ashamed
But I don’t feel nothing,
Well, God, I can’t satisfy my faith.
And I’ve been waiting oh so long
I’ve been waiting far too long.
It’s too late (it’s too late)
To go on home
I said it’s
Oh so late and we’re never going home
Lord knows I’ve fallen for
The wrong type of man,
The wrong type of man,
Once again.
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9. |
Another Step in the Dark
03:52
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So I made love to a stranger
Just to make sure I was alone
Then I found myself talking to you,
As the leaves in the yard turned gold.
And they say I killed my husband
What exactly do they know?
I renounce my god, my beating heart
That he gave me,
Long ago.
Well you could be the answer
To all this yearning
Or just another step in the dark.
On the floor lies a pile of linen,
I searched but couldn’t find a thing
No scent, so stain, no sign of betrayal
Though I’m
Sure that there has been.
When he sleeps thoughts seep through the pillow
I lay witness to every dream,
Where do you go when we turn out the lights?
Where do you go when you leave?
Should we settle on the clarity
Of the truth that we found first?
Or do we need comparison,
To understand worth?
Knowing that these fancies
Are only twisting at your neck,
And if we chase this feeling
will we end up with regret?
Well you could be answer
To all this yearning
Or just another step in the dark.
Well I was taught
To pay deference as a child,
Maybe it’s the distraction that’s worthwhile.
And you could be the answer
To all this yearning
Or just another step in the dark.
Just another step in the dark.
I said you’re
just another step in the dark.
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10. |
This Haunting
04:10
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HER:
So did I do damage?
Is that why you came to see me here
Well I’ve been waiting a while
I knew that you would return
And would you take me with you?
What good is paradise
If you won’t be there.
Sometimes on nights like this
I swear I hear him moving
Don’t strike me as unnatural,
I guess it’s his house too
Well I’ve been waiting all these years
For judgement to be through
This Haunting is sure to end bad.
Well, what else?
I guess you’ll want some news
I’ve been alone
Ever since the funeral
Twist the knife,
Sometimes you’ve got to choose
So come on and twist your knife
Sometimes you’ve got choose
Did I do damage
Is that why you came to see me here
I’m tired now and as uncertain as I’ve ever been
Would you take me with you?
What good is paradise
If you won’t be there.
Well it seems that I’m to die
But I just realised
That I can’t recall
Ever feeling alive
This haunting
Well I’m being haunted
I’m being haunted
I’m being haunted
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Alex Watts Melbourne, Australia
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