The Church

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"0408"

"0408"



And we frittered the time that we had on our hands
And we measured the time that elapsed
And we stumbled around like madmen unbound
And I said, "look out boys, these are traps"

And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then

And we followed a path till we slipped up and laughed
And I lived half a life in that state
And we got our release in everything but peace
And peace of a record second rate

And I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
Like a stranger, always strangest at home

Well I like what you do
But you will never break through
You can try if you want
But you'll fail

And I was just a stranger then
Yes I was just a stranger then
And I was just a stranger then
Like a stranger, always strangest at home

 

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"10,000 Miles"

"10,000 Miles"



Dark, small, so fragile
A treasure to your heart
Grace your fingers across the lacquer
Think of someone miles away
Piano sounds that bow in the distance
Bring me back to my room again
Ten thousand miles away

My memory is leaking
She lost a ruby ring
They're trying to focus, times in the past
The music has stopped and can't carry on
All of a sudden I start to remember
Summer, Germany, then it's gone
Ten thousand miles away

The dancers are sleepy
The keys are put away
The jewel on my jacket talking, talking
Telling stories everyone's heard
My box of ghosts bids me goodnight
Clockwork spirits have the last word
Ten thousand miles away

 

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"1St Woman On The Moon"

"1St Woman On The Moon"


Nothing
[R] Nothing moving
Nothing moving
At first there's only nothing

Shadows echoes dream of being in a procession
[L] A procession
[R] Woman helpless slowly hatching, only moved yeah (1:38)
[L] Woman helpless slowly watching, hardly moving
[R] Longing for... [L] Quit longing...
Longing for a chance at a sweet life
[R] ...the sweet life [L] ...for a chance

Feelings changing shifting weather
[L] For a chance, rusted weather

Quiet mornings something swimming through the mornings
The sunlight filtered through the water in the rock pools

Human creature worn this shadow
[R] Human creature worn this shadow
[L] Sunlight filtered through the water in the rock pools
Fragmented figment
[L] Needs to sleep, livin', risin', to the surface
[R] Need for shelter, need for fire

[L] Human creature worn this shadow, fragmented figment, need for shelter
[R] Need for shelter, need for fire, pulling on her cardboard body
Need for shelter, need for fire
Pulling on, calls her body

[R] Wasting nothing in the morning
Astral mirror, touching, tasting, wasting nothing
[L] Wasting nothing in that morning
Remember living in the valley
Something angry, something hurts me

Remember blood-dripped clouds at sunset
As the night crept like a panther
[R] Desert blazing, ego conquering, palace gardens, woman singing
Desert blazing, ego conquering, palace gardens, women singing
[R] Singing to me, singing softly, about nothing
Singing... of nothing
[R] Waiting for us, waiting for us, only nothing
[L] Waiting for us
Came before us, all around us, waiting for us
Waiting for us
Waiting for us, only noth... only nothing

 

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"A Different Man"

"A Different Man"



Inside himself
He runs to look in the mirror
And the face that stares right back
Has never been any clearer
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He's not the one to blame

It was a different man, you know he's never been here
You can be so close, you can be so near
It was a different man, playing different cards
You can be so soft, you can be so hard

Inside himself
He follows the wrong directions
Perfect English words all right
But with the wrong inflections
But look at the dust at his feet
He's not the one she loves

It was a different man, you know he's never been found
You can be so up, you can be so down
It was a different man, you know he's never been there
You can be halfway, you can be all there

Inside himself,
He thinks that he looks the same
And the mind that thinks it all out
Never noticed any change
But look at the doubt in his eyes
He's not the one to blame

 

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"A Fire Burns"

"A Fire Burns"



The rusty stream of dawn completes
The scenes where cars once crawled these streets
A face against the moving sky
Brings back an alien hope
Just like they said to me
Keep your heart inside your coat

Well there's muddy shoes outside the door
Is anybody home I ask once more
A silver-plated jet comes home
But the map leads her astray
Just like they said to me
Find your heart and lose your way

A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind

Beside the wall the flowers grow
And down the sticky stems I go
Watching changing skies below
Your arms so far away
Just like they said to me
Life is worth another stay

 

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"A Month Of Sundays"

"A Month Of Sundays"



Badman's woman with that look in her eye
You stop to wonder as she passes by
Something inside you is never the same
Something outside you is always to blame
Follow her home where she lives with some friends
They have some good things to add to the blend
The games expanded, invaded the place
You're the only one who's forgotten his face

You're saying no no no I must be on my way
But it really has been a pleasant night
And you go so slow hope they'll ask you to stay
And indifference gives you a fright

Walking outside you come to a door
You go inside and you wonder what for
At least it's good to be out of the wind
You turn around and the clocks all begin
Just like the winter your memory thaws
Just like the ocean your memory pours
So many pieces to match or to find
So many doubts to have in one mind

It's hard to see how the tables have turned
It's hard to see how the people have learned
It's hard to watch the past drizzling past
It's hard to watch them picking the cast
And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense
You sense that sensation is who's paying the rent
And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies
She says: can't you slice the price of your paradise

 

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"A New Season"

"A New Season"



Shaded crystal water, bathed in by God's daughter
Sighing, whispers near, a new season passes here

Sensory gifts to all who come
Soak up the stars and setting sun

It's strange and wilder
Ageless bechilder
Saved by fire
Touched and finer

Gray stands the tower in the distance
Days pass like warm sun on the face
A new season
Shared is the cure to conquer loneliness

Peaceful, blissful union is the priestess
Doubt flows the river into darkness

 

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"A Tale For You"

"A Tale For You"



Here's a tale for you
Once upon a time
A woman decided to tell a story about how she tried to kill herself

Her brother saved her
At the last second
And then sent her north to be dissected by various disciples of empirical religions, yeah

Until one day
Until one day
Until one day
Until one day
She escaped
Ah, she escaped

 

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"After Everything"

"After Everything"



Now that it's over I find myself leaving
The sound permeate in all directions at once
I never said goodbye to the family, lovers
Brothers and daughters, the rest of the bunch

It seems so strange that the things I was chasing
Have all evaporated like a distant dream
Petty ambition, petty obstruction
Something in between

I really thought it would go on forever
Never believed they would sever the ties
All of the questions remaining unanswered
A stranger's reflection in a stranger's eyes

Here is a child playing in a garden
Here is an old man with a broken heart
Here comes a train to take you away
It all goes round and round and comes back to the start

I was never really sure what I was waiting for
When the moment came I was looking away
Obsessed with a past, scared of the future
Never took the time to be here today

After everything now this happens
It's not a grand illusion, it's a stupid little trick
The show must go on, these people have paid
You're standing in the wings feeling kinda sick

Never really sure what you were waiting for
When the moment came you just couldn't choose
The fog sweeps down over the marine city
Standing backstage trying to pull on your shoes