Darkness
i'm scared of swimming in the sea
dark shapes moving
under me
every fear i swallow makes me small
inconsequential
things occur
alarms are triggered
memories stir
it's
not the way it has to be
i'm afraid of what i do not
know
i hate being undermined
i'm afraid i can be devil
man
and i'm scared to be divine
don't mess with me
my fuse is short
beneath this skin these fragments caught
when
i allow it to be
there's no control over me
i have my
fears
but they do not have me
walking through the
undergrowth, to the house in the woods
the deeper i go, the darker
it gets
i peer through the window
knock at the door
and the
monster i was
so afraid of
lies curled up on the floor
is
curled up on the floor just like a baby boy
i cry until i
laugh
i'm afraid of being mothered
with my balls
shut in the pen
i'm afraid of loving women
and i'm
scared of loving men
flashbacks coming in every night
don't
tell me everything's alright
when i allow it to be
it
has no control over me
i own my fear
so it doesn't own me
walking through the undergrowth, to the house in the
woods
the deeper i go, the darker it gets
i peer through the
window
knock at the door
and the monster i was
so afraid
of
lies curled up on the floor
is curled up on the floor just
like a baby boy
i cry until i laugh
Growing Up
folded in your fleshy purse
i am floating once
again
while the muted sounds are pumping rhythm
all the walls
close in on me
pressure's building wave on wave
till the
water breaks - and outside i go, oh
one dot, that's on or
off, defines what is and what is not, one dot
two dot, a pair of
eyes, a voice, a touch, complete surprise, two dot
growing up,
growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing
up,
gooking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking
for a place to live
my ghost likes to travel so far in the
unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space
three
dot, a trinity, a way to map the universe,
three dot
four dot,
is what will make a square, a bed to build on, it's all
there,
four dot
my ghost likes to travel so far in the
unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space
all
the slow clouds pass us by
make the Empire State look high
as
you take me in your sea-stained sweetness
it spills, it tingles
and it stings
all the pleasure that it brings
‘til the
door has let the outside inside here
well on the floor
there's a long wooden table
on the table there's an
open book
on the page there's a detailed drawing
and on
the drawing is the name i took
my ghost likes to travel so
far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your
space
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to
live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to
live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to
live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
my
ghost likes to travel
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside of
your space
my ghost likes to travel
my ghost likes to
travel
moving inside of your space
my ghost likes to
travel
moving inside
my ghost likes to travel
moving Inside
of your space
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside
my
ghost likes to travel
moving inside of your space
the
breathing stops, i don't know when
in transition once
again
such a struggle getting through these changes
and it all
seems so absurd
to be flying like a bird
when i do not feel
i've really landed here.
Sky Blue
lost my time lost my place
in
sky blue
those two blue eyes light your face in
sky
blue
i know how to fly, i know how to drown in
sky blue
warm
wind blowing over the earth
sky blue
i sing through the land,
the land sings through me
sky blue
reaching into the deepest
shade of
sky blue
sky blue so tired of all this
travelling
so many miles away from home
i keep moving to be
stable
free to wander, free to roam
train pulled out said
my goodbyes
sky blue
back on the road alone with the sky
sky
blue
there's a presence here no one denies
sky blue
sky
blue so tired of all this travelling
so many miles away from
home
i keep moving to be stable
free to wander, free to roam
i can hear the same voice calling
crying out, from my
heart
and that cry, what a cry
what a cry, it's going to
be
if i can stop to let it out, oh.
No Way Out
saw a group of people
forming
round a figure lying down
and someone runs to make a
phone call
and the man kneels on the ground
the man kneels on
the ground
the man kneels on the ground
there's a tightening in
my chest.
i know that i'm drawn in
oh god let it not be -
you
don't leave us
don't leave like this
don't leave me
here again
i'm not quitting on you
there's no one
else
you're not quitting on us
no running out
the
colour in your shirt is darkening,
against the paleness of your
skin
i remember how you held the goldfish
swimming around in a
plastic bag
swimming around in a plastic bag
you held it up so
high
in the bright lights of the fair
it slipped and fell
we
looked everywhere
don't leave us
(your eyes are bright,
your blood is warm)
don't leave like this
(your heart is
strong, you're holding on)
don't leave me here again
(i
feel your pulse, i hold your hand)
i'm not quitting on you
there's
no one else
you're not quitting on us
there's no way
out
no way out
don't leave us
don't leave like this
don't
leave me here again
(i feel your pulse, i hold your hand)
i'm
not quitting on you
there's no one else
you're not
quitting on us
no running away - no way out
I Grieve
it was only
one hour ago
it was all so different then
nothing yet has
really sunk in
looks like it always did
this flesh and bone
its
just the way that we are tied in
but there's no-one home
i
grieve for you
you leave me
'so hard to move on
still loving
what's gone
they say life carries on
carries on and on
and on
the news that truly shocks is the empty empty
page
while the final rattle rocks its empty empty cage
and i
can't handle this
i grieve for you
you leave me
let it out and move on
missing what's gone
they
say life carries on
they say life carries on and on and on
life
carries on
in the people i meet
in everyone that's out on the
street
in all the dogs and cats
in the flies and rats
in the
rot and the rust
in the ashes and the dust
life carries on and
on and on and on
life carries on and on and on
its just
the car that we ride in
the home we reside in
the face that we
hide in
the way we are tied in
life carries on and on and on
and on
life carries on and on and on
did i dream this
belief?
or did i believe this dream?
now i will find relief
i
grieve
The Barry Williams Show
let's go
one man at the window
one girl at the bar
saw that look
of recognition
when they know just who you are
i seen you on
the tv
i seen you on that show
where you make the people
crazy
and then you let them go
before the show we calm
them
we sympathise, we care
and the hostile folk we keep
apart
‘til the red light says 'on air'
did you see
our leather lovers
all tied up to the chair
did you catch those
child molesters
no one else goes there
what a show, the
barry williams show
what a show,
dysfunctional excess
is all
it took for my success
the greater pain that they endure
the
more you know the show has scored
its showtime
got the
reputation of a surgeon
cos they cannot feel the cut
it looks
so very simple
but it really is an art
they call our studio
'the hospital'
making money from the sick
we let people be
themselves
there is no other trick
'my lover stole my
girlfriend'
'i keep beating up my ex'
'i want to kill my
neighbour'
'my daughter's selling sex'
'my s/m lover hurt
me'
'my girl became a man'
'i love my daughter's rapist'
'my
life's gone down the pan'
what a show, the barry williams
show
the barry williams show
dysfunctional excess
is all it
took for my success
and when the punches start to fly
the
ratings always read so high
its showtime
‘that girl
has got no scruples
not a wrinkle on her face
you would not
believe the plot she concieved
so they'd let her take my
place
well, no man is an island
no man is a sea
but this
display of emotion
is all but drowning me
what a show, oh
what a show
on my show, the barry williams show
it's my
show
what a show
dysfunctional excess
is all it took for my
success
the best tv you've ever seen
where people
say the things they really mean
I hear my name, i hear them
roar
for the one more time i take the floor
just one more barry
williams show
we're gonna take you where you want to go it's
showtime
come on down
come on down
My Head Sounds Like That
the metal jangles as the key turns
unlock the door,
wipe my feet clean
oh my head sounds like that
the oil is
spitting in the saucepan
i squeeze the sponge and let the cat out
oh my head sounds like that
oh my head
oh oh oh
oh oh
oh
the water's dripping in the hallway
the guy next
door, he knocks his wall down
oh my head sounds like that
the
knife it scrapes across the burnt brown toast
the freight train
rumbles past my window
oh my head sounds like that
oh my
head
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
around the axis we
all spin
to determine what's left out and what's left in
what's
left out and what's left in
what's left out and what's left
in
who's left out and who's left in
who's left in
the
moments come and go like water
i try to hold them but they're
fading
oh my head sounds like that
oh my head
oh oh oh
More Than This
i woke up and the world
outside was dark
all so quiet before the dawn
opened up the
door and walked outside
the ground was cold
i walked until
i couldn't walk any more
to a place i'd never
been
there was something stirring in the air
in front of me, i
could see
more than this
more than this
so much more
than this
there is something else there
when all that you had
has all gone
and more than this
i stand
feeling so
connected
and i'm all there
right next to you
it
started when i saw the ship go down
i saw them struggle in the
sea
and suddenly the picture disappears
in front of me
now
we're busy making all our busy plans
on foundations built to
last
but nothing fades as fast as the future
and nothing clings
like the past, until we can see
more than this
more than
this
so much more than this
there is something out there
more
than this
it's coming through
and more than this
i
stand alone and so connected
and i'm all there
right next
to you
oh then it's alright
when with every day
another bit falls away
oh bus its still alright, alright,
alright
and like words together we can make some sense
much
more than this
way beyond imagination
much more than
this
beyond the stars
with my head so full
so full of
fractured pictures
and i'm all there
right next to
you
so much more than this
there is something else there
when
all that you had has all gone
and more than this
i'm
alone
feeling so connected
and i'm all there right next
to you
more than this
more than this
more than
this
more than this
Signal To Noise
you
know the way that things go
when what you fight for starts to
fall
and in that fuzzy picture
he writing stands out on the
wall
so clearly on the wall
nusrat qwalli section
send
out the signals deep and loud
and in this place, can you
reassure me
with a touch, a smile - while the cradle's
burning
all the while the world is turning to noise
oh the more
that it's surrounding us
the more that it destroys
turn
up the signal
wipe out the noise
nusrat qwalli section
send out the signal deep and loud
man i'm losing
sound and sight
of all those who can tell me wrong from
right
when all things beautiful and bright
sink in the
night
yet there's still something in my heart
that can
find a way
to make a start
to turn up the signal
wipe out
the noise
wipe out the noise
wipe out the noise
you
know that's it
you know that's it
you know that's
it
receive and transmit
receive and transmit
receive and
transmit
you know that's it
you know that's
it
receive and transmit
you know that's it
you know
that's it
receive and transmit
The Drop
moving
down the fuselage
toward the open door
catch you looking down
outside
to see what lies ahead
one by one
you watch
them fall
fall through cloud
one by one
you watch them
fall
no idea where they're going
but down
where
they've gone
where they've gone
watching as
the sun goes down
i sit inside this plane
notice how the city
lights
are like the nerves inside the brain
one by one
they're going out
you watch them dim
one by one
you
watch them fall
and wonder where they're falling
to
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