Simple Minds

[fox69]

"Graffiti Soul"

"Graffiti Soul"



You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

Footsteps walking in again
Name checks begin again
Stand here, let's soak it in again
The white lines and the inner pain

When I'm sorting out the wars
And breaking out the holes
That lead to me to the scars
Written on the wall
There's nothing I'd change
In my graffiti soul

You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

Footsteps walking in again
The white lines stenciled in again

And when I'm sorting out the wars
And breaking out the holes
That lead me to the scars
They've written on the wall
There's nothing I'd change
In my graffiti soul

And when I am rushing in my head
Cruising in control
Admiring the spread
Beyond the neon sprawl
There's nothing I'd change
In my graffiti soul

You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

And when I'm sorting out the wars
And breaking out the holes
That lead me to the scars
Written on the wall
There's nothing I'd change
In my graffiti soul

When I am rushing in my head
Cruising in control
Admiring the spread
Beyond the neon sprawl
There's nothing I'd change
In my graffiti soul

You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

You bring me lightening
You bring me lightening

 

[fox69]

"Great Leap Forwards"

"Great Leap Forwards"



I jumped up like Apollo
Crash landed on my feet
The sun shot like a laser through my brain
A little death had woken up
And put a curse on me
But I knew that that I'd be coming back again
Inspiration, across the nation
There's a poverty of expectation
All I got to do was move ahead
It's a blue sky
It's a while cloud
It's a flame
It's a blue sky
White cloud
Burning flame

I shot back to the mirror
There was nothing left to see
But a phantom with his heartbeat deep inside
I could feel the dust of ages
They were blowing back at me
But I knew that I was born to get it right

Everybody take the great leap forward
Everybody knows the mysteries at hand
If you've been praying all those sweet days for this
Don't you know there is a whole different plan
Sometimes I hear the madman calling
He talks about some dark eternal place
I've been waiting all my lifetime for this moment
And now I've got to find some other ways

One touch ignites this eagle
One kiss for heavens view
I need the flame so I can feel alive
You can tell my little brother
No requiem for me
I knew that I was born to make this flight

Inspiration across the nation
There's a poverty of expectation
All I got to do was move ahead

 

[fox69]

"Happy Is The Man"

"Happy Is The Man"



Happy is the man born again.
He's growing hollow with age.
Makeshift heaven sins.
And he hopes you've been saved.

Yeah we hear him.
He makes no sense at all.

Happy is the man who has known,
He's made a fool of everyone.
The cut short the inside out.
Before long he's something to shout about.

Please start me bouncing off your wall.
Please start me bouncing off your wall.
No, he makes no sense at all.

Happy is the man who can't trust.
He's overcome return to just.
Lullaby look in your eye.

Yeah we hear him.
But he makes no sense.

Please start me bouncing off your wall.
Please start me bouncing off your wall.

It came over me again I said, I said.
To see you eyeing around.
Lullaby high.

Lullaby high.
And he makes no sense at all.

Please start me bouncing off your wall.
And he makes no sense at all.
Please start me bouncing off your wall.
And he makes no sense at all.
Please start me bouncing off your wall.

 

[fox69]

"Hello"

"Hello"



Hello I can feel the whole world breathing when you sigh.
Hello. and no stick nor stone could split us if they try.

Lush that thing that multiplies.
Your trusted thing goes out on time.

Hello. season calls for me to think of change.
Hello. your body's driving me like molten flame.

Sunburst sees the harvest day,
Such wisp wheat will rise again.

I never want to be that proud.
Nothing much to say.
I'd rather turn the thing around and take a chance to drift,
Drift away.

Hello. I think I know your name.
Hello. let's try to meet again.

Hello.
Hello.
Hello.'cause I'm sure our fantasies are about the same.
And this planet shudder secrets not to blame

 

[fox69]

"Hello, I Love You"

"Hello, I Love You"



Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
She's walking down the street
Blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy
To make the queen of the angels sigh?

Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game

She holds her head so high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song

Sidewalk crouches at her feet
Like a dog that begs for something sweet
Do you hope to make her see, you fool?
Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?

Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
I want you
Hello
I need my baby
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello

 

[fox69]

"Home"

"Home"



God gave me travelling shoes,
God gave me the wanderer's eye,
God gave two gold coins to help me to the other side.
He then turned around and said - be careful how the small things grow,
When God gives you travelling shoes,
You know that it is time to go.
Home,
Home,
Home.

He then sent in the ship at night,
And it took me to a hidden port.
Slipped me the key at last,
To open up my prison door.
Gave me blackbird's wings,
Gifted me with beggar's eyes.
But when God sends in the jackals,
You know that it is time to say bye, bye, bye.
So I'm going home.

Home,
Home,
Home,
Home,
Home.

So God gave me travelling shoes,
Gave me one last reprieve.
He then gave me hunger,
Denying me the air to breath.
Not even one small case,
Not even one last goodbye.
But God gave me travelling shoes,
And without them I would surely die,
So I'm going home.

Home,
Home,
Home,
Home

 

[fox69]

"Homosapien"

"Homosapien"



I'm the shy boy
You're the coy boy
And you know we're
Homosapien too
I'm the cruiser
You're the loser
Me and you sir
Homosapien too

Homosuperior
In my interior
But from the skin out
I'm Homosapien too

And you're Homosapien too
And we're Homosapiens too
And you're Homosapien too

And the world filled with age are a stage where we act out our lies
And the words in the script seem to fit 'cept we have some surprise
I just want this to last all our dreams dreaming past are all gone
And if this is the case then I'm losing trace from now on

I'm a shy boy
You're a coy boy
And you know we're
Homosapien too

I'm the cruiser
You're the loser
Me and you sir
Homosapien too

Homosuperior
In my interior
But from the skin out
I'm Homosapien too

And you're Homosapien too
And we're Homosapiens too
And you're Homosapien too

And I think of your eyes in the dark and I see the star
When I look to the light and I might wonder right where you are
All the gods in the sky way up high see the earth spinning 'round
But the sun and the moon and the stars are so far from the ground

I'm the cruiser
You're the loser
Homosuperior
In my interior

Yeah I'm the cruiser
You're the loser
I'm the shy boy
You're the coy boy
Yeah I'm a shy boy
I'm a shy boy
Well I'm a shy boy
I'm a shy boy
Shy boy...
Shy boy...

 

[fox69]

"Honest Town"

"Honest Town"



Wounded, they say you got wounded
Say you're still haunted
Haunted by all this
Deep there, somewhere down deep there
It can still overbear
In ways so discreet
But there's one thing I'll point out you'll see
And I hope that you'll find these words comforting
When the light settles down here in Honest Town you'll see
There's still something between you and me
And when we turn on our ways back to honest days you'll find
There's still something between you and me
Feel it, I know you still feel it
Must I repeat it again
Till the healing is over
But there's one thing I want you to see
And I hope that you'll find these words comforting
When the light settles down here in Honest Town you'll see
There's still something between you and me
And when we turn on our way, back to honest days you'll find
There's still something between you and me
Cause when the light settles down here in Honest Town you'll see
There's still something between you and me
And when we turn on our ways back to honest days you'll find
There's still something between you and me
Something, still something
Something between, still something between you and me
Something, still something
Something between you and me
Something, still something
Something between you and me

 

[fox69]

"Human"

"Human"



I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.
I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.

Comfort me in words that matter
Please censor to me
Explanations always matter
The sense gets in to me
I've been thinking, contemplating
Words filter through
Digging deep I'm excavating
To see how you view me

I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.
I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.

Comfort me in tones that matter
Just give me something
Apologies and all that chatter
That's just the wrong thing
Lets crack this ice on which we're skating

I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.
I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.

I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.
I'm Human inside, a hunter in chase.
I'm an exile, searching for the right place.

 

[fox69]

"Hunter And The Hunted"

"Hunter And The Hunted"



Shooting from the hip
About our faith and love
I see it in your faces thin as shadow
See me as I figure in your late night plan
See me as I'm cocooned up in Badland
The side effects of cruising at the speed of life
The side effects of living in temptation
When only one star is waiting up on all of us
You'll see me as I'm cocooned up in Badlands
And how do I feel living in the eighties
And do I get to see the light of day

Kyoto in the snow but Heaven's far away
Sending their love - passion parade
Hunter and the Hunted
With me first times can never lie

They were young - they were brave - they were the honest set
The greatest show on earth is here tonight love
See me as a figure in the late night plan
See me as I'm cocooned up in Badlands
The side effects of cruising at the speed of life
The side effects of living in temptation
When only one star is waiting up on all of us
You'll see me as I'm cocooned up in Badlands
And how do I feel living in the eighties
And do I get to see the light of day

Kyoto in the snow
Heaven's far away
Sending their love
Passion parade
Hunter and the Hunted
With me first times can never lie
Only with you
Life moves so fast

When your hear me screaming
I'll be seeing through the eyes of love

Tell me can you hear me
Tell me can you see me