Mark Lanegan

[fox69]

"Grey Goes Black"

"Grey Goes Black"



Grey goes black
Dead white and baby blue
In life there's falling away
And a sad, sad coming
It rise from the burning tower
It walks in late and early hours
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

[fox69]

"Halcyon Daze"

"Halcyon Daze"



So these are the halcyon days
I'll do my suffering tomorrow
As a kid I knocked out window panes
And my perversities were limitless
Now I need somebody like you
Because I'm on my own and I'm tired, it's true

Turn now tipsy elephant
Do you mind me quietly riding you
I don't have too far to go
Just a little longer
And I need somebody like you
Because I'm on my own and tired, it's true

I need somebody like you
Because I'm on my own and tired, it's true

So these are the halcyon days
I'll do my suffering tomorrow
As a kid I knocked out window panes
And my cruelties were limitless
Now I need somebody like you
Because I'm on my own and tired, it's true
I need somebody like you
I'm on my own and tired, it's true

 

[fox69]

"Harborview Hospital"

"Harborview Hospital"



I walked by harborview hospital
I heard the agnus dei
Oh sister of mercy
I've been gone too long to say
And all around this place I was a sad disgrace

They're singing, they're singing
Away up on the hill
They're building, they're building
A mystical union, beautiful and still
But down here in the dirt they'll say it doesn't hurt

The devil's ascended
Upon some crystal wings
In the citadel lightning
Splits a cloud of butterflies and fiends
And with a vacant stare I'll leave a flower there

They're riding, they're riding
A hellhound down the hill
They're sinking, they're sinking
Into the ocean, beautiful and still
And yet it's hard to leave in wealth or poverty

I walked by harborview hospital
And stopped at ninth and James
Oh sister of mercy
I've been down too far to say
Are they supposed to be as sick as you and me?

 

[fox69]

"Harvest Home"

"Harvest Home"



Happy in my harvest home
Walking floors with the ghost all alone
Happy that I'm made of stone
To grieve that I cause is my cause to a tone
Now black is the color
Black is my name
And I used to burn it up
We chased the devil away
The house
On fire
The flame
How wild
Nothing
To say
This girl
So gray
I grieve
I've sold
My harvest
My home

Happy in my harvest home
Walking floors with the ghost all alone
Happy that I'm made of stone
To grieve that I cause is my cause to a tone
Now black is the color
Black is my name
And I used to burn it up
We chased the devil away
The house
On fire
The flame
How wild
Nothing
To say
This guy
So gray
I grieve
I've sold
My harvest
My home

The house
On fire
The flame
How wild
Nothing
To say
This guy
So gray
I grieve
I've sold
My harvest
My home

 

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"Head"

"Head"



So sad the girl I had
Lost her head and it went bad
Blue her two eyes they were dead
Mirror mine and see she said
One of these mornings
I don't know her
One of these mornings I think I owe her
Head
Once she signed a piece of my mind
Girlie scenes and gasoline
Porno pony she did ride
Forsaken long lost limousine
I hear her talkin'
I like to hear her talkin'
See her walkin'
I like to watch watch her come walkin'
Head
Head
She lost it and man did it get bad
Lazy eyes were dead
Mirror mine and see she said
Once she drew a picture
Stuck it in my pocket
Find somewhere to reach her
'Cause she let me rock it
See her walkin'
I like to watch, watch her come walkin'
Head

 

[fox69]

"High Life"

"High Life"



That strange little bird makes a penny whistle sound
And I'm gonna live the high life
The very same thing all the fortunate have found
The world on a string
The high life

Black light, black heat
Who can resist
It flows through time
It slows like this

That strange little bird makes a melancholy sound
And I'm gonna live the high life
It has been said that there's nothing to profound
As living it well
The high life
As living it well
The high life

 

[fox69]

"Hit The City"

"Hit The City"


The dark descends through the promised land
Down kingdom come and the acid ban
I'm bad alone, burned inside out
Nothing to kill it
I hit the city
In Marianne I dug the hole
And watched her trip on my heart of stone
And in the end all that crawled, was my skin
I couldn't kill it
I hit the city
I hit the city
Ghost arrives at its bitter end
To the promised land and the dark descents
I'm bad alone, burned inside out
Nothing to kill it
I hit the city [x5]
1,2,3,4
I hit the city

 

[fox69]

"Honey Child What Can I Do?"

"Honey Child What Can I Do?"



Wishin', hopin', for that old familiar feeling
That takes you miles above, yeah it's called love
Would you do it for me
'Cause I'm feelin' lonely

Prayin', hopin', and I leave the door wide open
I see you and you catch your spill
But come and sit by me
'Cause I'm feelin' lonely

Maybe I'm a stupid fool
Chasin' butterflies like you
On these days they seem so cruel
But honey, child what can i do

Maybe I'm a stupid fool
Chasin' butterflies like you
On these days they seem so cruel
But honey, child what can I do

Honey, child what can I do

 

[fox69]

"Hospital Roll Call"

"Hospital Roll Call"



Sixteen, oh, sixteen

Sixteen, sixteen, oh

Sixteen, oh, sixteen, oh

 

[fox69]

"Hotel"

"Hotel"



From the dive down to the wet
Usually I fall, tell myself
It doesn't matter anyway
That this is just another day
I don't speak the truth too much
Hear the roars and the hush
And the cold chill of time
And I'm happy murderin' my mind

Oh I remember your voice
Turnin' around and around and around in my head
Now it's just like you said
Everything inside is dead

From the pillar to the post
I kill what I can miss the most
Of the blame when you get in touch
Another town another torch
Thought I saw you in a dream
Fill the hours in between
When I call myself alone
Then I disappear below

I remember your face
But it's been a long been a long been a long long day
What I did along the way
Well I wouldn't care to say