The Church

[fox69]

"Into My Hands"

"Into My Hands"



I take love into my hands
Journey back to winterland
Cut my losses, grow my hair
See some man to take me there

As it gets so uncertain
When the girl gets too near
It's never as good as I hoped
Or as bad as I feared

Some seek sleek and slithering charms
Out of reach their grasping arms
Our skin like milk, our breath of words
Like happy, awful and absurd

You know it's always out here in my head
When stupid bloody things get said
Then drifting on a summer pond
I notice that my love has gone

 

[fox69]

"Intro"

"Intro"


Next up is a band that formed in Australia back in 1980. And they've evolved since then. They're not your usual pop-rock band. As a matter of fact, this band's music is much more rich and detailed and nuanced as you'll soon find out. They've been recording their new album which is called "After Everything Now This." It's been in the works for the last couple of years. And it's a great treat to welcome for the first time... The Church.

 

[fox69]

"Invisible"

"Invisible"



Sitting in the shadows and the evening oscillating
Feeling light and fading like it's never gonna change
Hoping for a moment for some gentle consolation
Waiting at the station where the trains are out of range

She's sitting in a carriage being jostled by the motion
Overhearing conversation, the grinding of the steel
Scenes fly past the curtains that the darkness paints uncertain
And memories are meaningless, her motives are concealed

Through countrysides and mountains and the village by the ocean
Where the stranger's waiting for her in the plushness of his car
Winding and rewinding, pushing all directions
Till the limit of implosions, which is never very far

All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me

Out there in the distance the horizon meets resistance
The summer falls down drunken on the longest of the days
Rushing past the ruins of the churches and the Porsches
Reflected in the mirrors and the echoes and the haze

He drums impatient fingers on the chrome and on the leather
Running through the reasons in the corners of his mind
Sifting tiny diamonds on his shaky mental islands
Where he often claims asylum from the structures left behind

The wind blows through the headstones and the milestones making music
The melody reminds us the girl's still far away
Asleep in her compartment, dreaming of the darkness
As the train speeds on regardless to the approaching day

All I ever wanted to see
Was just invisible to me

 

[fox69]

"Ionian Blues"

"Ionian Blues"



Shapeless thing in the wine dark sea
Amphitrite's currents bring my love home to me
And it's over and over in the brine
Just like a man run out of time
And I'm crashing in the surf
Then I'm lying in the earth

Thunderclouds rend the sky
Old Earth-shaker won't be happy till I die
Been sitting here, Calypso, nearly seven long years
The hour of my release steadily nears
And I'm playing on your lyre
Then I'm burning in the fire

 

[fox69]

"Is This Where You Live"

"Is This Where You Live"



Oceanic lights are cleverly dim
Bluish features in the lower reaches
We raise our traffic flares to him
Fishnet, girlish the red ones spark
Holy arcs tracked in the dark

The more I see the less I look
Here's another name I took
Glisten in the early morning air
The remnants of their evening wear

Branching off, the road winds east
Deluxe locations just near completion
Come dine with wine and oyster feast
The pearls are real, have one for free
They're washed up by the foam-waved sea

The more I look the less I smile
Never mind, let's stay awhile
The fans blow secrets on the night
Out of mind but not out of sight

Is this where you live
Is this where you live

Broken voices the nylon choir
Nothing left to stoke that fire
All they own is on their tongues
They never see or wonder if
Is this where you live

Thin dog's don't vie for bones
Why desert just to be alone
All they own is on their backs
They can't believe it's you I'm with
Is this where you live

Don't blush when I brush your touch
No need for any speed or rush
All you own is on the floor
I'm buying all you're gonna give
Is this where you live

Coffee stories, the lying truth
Electric lights don't help my youth
All I owned is on this face
Urbane mirror, anger myth
Is this where you live

 

[fox69]

"It Could Be Anyone"

"It Could Be Anyone"



Within this city will come to your children
Identical sisters in mirrors of haze
Magnetic disturbance distorting the meters
Unendurable silence sucked into the phase

The first of these daughters appears in the vacuum
The void that's created in an absence of light
Perpetually chanting the great Maha mantra
She heralds the current that holds back the night

Anyone, could be anyone

The second descends through electric attraction
Distributing wings, that've never been used
When certain conditions fulfilled by the future
Momentarily lucid, permanently fused

In the hills and mountains the hawks and the eagles
Hang on the breezes and glide on the clouds
They pull down a torrent that shorts out the circuits
Negating the fires and drowning the crowds

Anyone, could be anyone

Without a trace of suspicion the message transmitted
It's certainly altered, it's no longer true
Bursting in temples, it brings on the jungles
Breeds good doctors nobody knew

When north meets the south, when right meets the left
When parallel lines begin to converge
We're transcending factors, fake the arrangements
Charge-positive sky, the monster submerged

And when this is over, and when it is finished
The mission accomplished, the purpose complete
Back at the beginning Eden prevails
Back at the start, back on the street

Anyone, could be anyone

 

[fox69]

"It Doesn't Change"

"It Doesn't Change"



Sinking silk, and burning gold
Touch you as the air is turning cold
(it doesn't change)

Another place I look for you
The heights above an almost perfect view
(it doesn't change)

Seeing things just rest a while
As the tide sweeps out another mile
(it doesn't change)

Inside the man, the pleasure dome
This is the world that I once called home
(it doesn't change)

Strangers in their naked skin
Waiting for their sweet oblivion
(it doesn't change)

Close to you, hear all you say
Even though you're continents away
(it doesn't change)

The perfumed air, the taste of fear
Shrug your shoulders and they disappear
(it doesn't change)

Take this gift and let it grow
Let it be all the hope you know
(it doesn't change)

 

[fox69]

"It's All Too Much"
(originally by The Beatles)

"It's All Too Much"
(originally by The Beatles)



It's all too much

When I look into your eyes
Your love is there for me
The deeper that I go inside
The more there is to see

It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
And everywhere, it's what you make
For me to take, it's all too much

Floating down the sea of time
From life to life with me
Makes no difference where you are
Or where you'd like to be

It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around you
And all the world is birthday cake
So take a piece but not too much

Set me on a silver sun
Where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere
And get me home for tea

It's all to much for me to see
A love that's shining all around here
The more I learn, the less I know
And what I do is all too much

It's all too much for me to take
The love that's shining all around here
And everything is what you make
For me to take, it's all too much

(It's all too much)

We're gonna rock down to Electric Avenue
Then we'll take you higher
Good God!

With your long blond hair and your eyes of brown
With your long blond hair and your eyes of brown

Too much
Too much

 

[fox69]

"It's No Reason"

"It's No Reason"



Crocodile skin water, city shadows wait
Put your head into your hands, the ending is so great
Take a ride to sundown, buy a ticket home
Take all the things I've bought you, leave all the rest alone

Marble skins turn human, people fade to gray
Put your head into my hands we'll make them go away
As you're crying softly, you won't ever be disturbed
Red on pink, the sun will sink, have you even heard?

And the colors take me down
It's no reason to be sad
And you leave without a sound
It's no reason to be glad

Salty tears are wasted, children lie awake
Put your head into your hands, don't let your spirit break
Black smoke from the chimneys, white smoke from the hills
Everything is moving, but we're standing still

Celebrations fading, boats upon the waves
Put your head into my hands, trying to be brave
The carnival has packed up, the storm has left us peace
Poppies sleep undamaged, we drive into the east

 

[fox69]

"Jazz"

"Jazz"



Sometimes the morning elongates and waits around for you to show
Across the road I watch some episode of some new morning show
And it shows me how strange life can be if you're really free
And if you're really free how come you put these chains on me

Why can't you tell me it's alright
These doubts to lead on my delight
They took the color from my sight
I need the real jazz tonight

Still half asleep and not half awake
Half in the darkness just for your sake
Roaming the corridors in my mind
Looking for a door I can never find
Looking for a war that nobody wins
Trying to find a Bible when nobody sins
Searching for a lover who got what you has
Running from the blues, jonesin' for jazz

Sometimes the evening disappears and steers itself into the past
Across the fields I cool my heels 'cause it feels like it could last
And it lasts for a lifetime then it's high time to be gone
And if you're really gone why even sing this song

Why can't you tell me it's alright
These doubts to lead on my delight
They took the color from my sight
I need the real jazz tonight