The Church

[fox69]

"Field Of Mars"

"Field Of Mars"



It's a long way home from the Field of Mars
Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars
And I turn to look, and I'm never any closer
Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder
All my life seems so far away

The air is soft in the Field of Mars
Tears and loss feed the overgrown grass
And I have to leave, but I never seem to go
Only more sad clouds where autumn winds will blow
All my dreams seem so long ago
Oh, Field of Mars

Time is past in the Field of Mars
Grief won't last in the departing cars
And I call her name, but she never, ever hears
And I call again to the cruelty of the years
Oh my love she's so far away
Oh, Field of Mars

 

[fox69]

"Fighter Pilot... Korean War"

"Fighter Pilot... Korean War"



A thousand powdered parts
Past the sun and moon
The hint of timelessness splashed
On this afternoon
And they tell me I'm inside (you're only human)
But when I run, when I hide
I want to touch you

I think my courage must
Never leave this room
It's like the history that
Hides in the monsoon
And they tell me I'm alive (you're only human)
But when I lean into a dive
I want to touch you

At home they think we must be fools
The sky or street, they're both as cruel
When you're running low on fuel
And I ran out books ago
Last night I overheard your prayers
It's emptiness that scares
Disappearing in thin air
To a lost place down below

Once upon a time
In a distant land
I felt the rising sun
Focused through my hand
And they tell me I'm so changed (you're only human)
But if I ever was the same
I want to touch you

The action calls me away

 

[fox69]

"Fly"

"Fly"



Baby smiled like a tiny child
She talks her head off, and the land lies wild
Tossed and turned on a teardrop sea
And all those dark clowns who are following me

And they fly
She pointed up into the sky
And you can't touch them if you try
And they fly

Baby left as she lost her breath
Hastens off to some unknown death
Trapped inside her painted eyes
Takes herself into a new sunrise

 

[fox69]

"Fly Home"

"Fly Home"



Listen
Collect your thoughts, don't hide
If you can't face yourself, collide
The blue sheen of sky dazzles your eyes
And leaves you slumped against the night

They captured you, chopped off your hand
Left for dead
And buried your body in sun-soaked sand
Fly home

Is there patience where you think
Only empty arms to take you in
Pale luminescent glare
Surrounds you 'til you can't see it's there

Uncoiled flag below the wind
A torn head
You can't come out 'cause you're so far in
Fly home

Ancient in the image cast
Reminds you the future's like the past
Time split into equal spheres
Haunting you, using up your fear

Something hateful in your head
Then kick it out
You're scullin' hard but your wings are dead
Fly home

 

[fox69]

"Fog"

"Fog"



Don't even try reading my mind again
It's the second time I've caught you
Rummaging around in my head
I know what you're after yeah
And I've hidden it where you will never look
I know you like to remember things that never happened

I don't like driving in this fog
I don't like struggling in this web
And if I ever wake up
As if you'll ever wake up

The people in here are getting hungry again
They hunger for something intangible
Something even you can't provide
It hurts to think that in a hundred years
We'll all just be microfiche
Our names and the names of our songs
Cataloged and filed away

I don't like driving in this fog
I don't like struggling in this web
And if I ever wake up
As if you'll ever wake up

Didn't think I felt so empty
Emptiness can feel so good
I see the perfect life is the life of a tree
Yeah the life of a tree is the life for me
But you chop me up for wood

 

[fox69]

"For A Moment We're Strangers"

"For A Moment We're Strangers"



In the empty place the soul stripped bare
Of skins and heart and I come apart
In your icy hands
I forget my role, as I stare into your soul

In the empty place you change your mind
You change your clothes you change your pose
For a perfect fit
I forget the cast, as I stare into your past

For a moment we're strangers
For a minute you look away
For a second or always
For an instant another day
Such strange things you say

In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats, and a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case, as I stare into your face

Just one me one you
This world contains a few
Is it true, is it truly new
Are we through the stolen door once more

 

[fox69]

"Forgotten Reign"

"Forgotten Reign"



I walk through the forgotten reign
An ancient central nation
Taken under the hand
Blessed like French Champagne

Then she moved to know him
To form a perfect creation
Exile waits on God's delights
And I accused of tasting

All the secrets of the past come floating from their caves
Calling like a siren through the waves

The great great river flowed away
Across the sands we lived again
Leaderless, began our fight
Evolution in decay
Priests with hair and eyes so clear
Appealed upon to return
Struck up his flying caravan
Said fifteen years I've been here

Bloodless soldier meet a lot of phone rings and (2:52)
It's gonna take a long time

Floats in the air
Attuned for wings
Prophets schooled
Language lost along the line

 

[fox69]

"Fraulein"

"Fraulein"



One night I saw all this
The ship that drifted in
And from that afternoon you changed
Some fallen leaves were in the drive
A stranger's voice above the wind
The difference was the color of Lorraine

She said that mourning almost tasted blue
Oh Fraulein, that was you

Your phone would ring and ring and ring
The shadows on the beat
A car abandoned long before, when I was free
A message crumpled said something
Yet the language was unknown
Are old mistakes forgotten just like me

She said she's leaving with the crowds
She wants to throw this all away
She said I'm thinking this out loud
But that's what I thought you'd say

One night I saw all this
The man who paid the bill
A glance along the noise
Hey baby that's our song
The seagulls all flew away
And when I turned to ask you where
And when I turned to ask you why
You've gone

 

[fox69]

"Freeze To Burn"

"Freeze To Burn"



People getting frightened 'cause the night is very thick
When I think about you sister, we need to panic here
You better take an arrow, you better take a sled
When it starts blowing just remember what I said

You gotta freeze until it burns
And you gotta burn until you learn
You gotta learn until you seize
You gotta freeze until you burn

People think they're dreaming, they're really wide awake
I did it for the money and for goodness' sake
Meet me in the igloo with a factual glaze
Help me to decipher the shadow of this maze

You gotta freeze until it burns
You gotta burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you seize
And you freeze until you burn

Now look
A fire in the rude banks, eyes inside the grave
Everything is opposite, right now it's too late
When you hear the birdsong stop, when you see the glow
That's the only certainty that you'll ever know

You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you freeze
Freeze until you burn
OK
You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
We're gonna love until you freeze up
Freeze until you burn
Alright

 

[fox69]

"Friction"
(originally by Television)

"Friction"
(originally by Television)



I knew it musta been some big set-up
All the action just would not let up
It's justa little bit back from the main road
Where the silence spreads and the men dig holes

I begin to spin the tale
You complain about my diction
It gives me friction
It gives me friction
But I like friction

My eyes are like telescopes
I see it all backwards, but who wants hope?
If I ever catch that ventriloquist
I'll squeeze his head right into my fist

Something comes a-crashin' in
What is it, what's the prediction?
I'll bet you it's friction
I'll bet you it's friction
But I like friction

How'd the snake get out of the skin?
All it took was a little friction

Stop this head motion and set sail
You know all us boys gonna wind up in jail

And I don't wanna grow up
It's too much contradiction
And too much friction
And too much friction
I'm crazy about friction
F - r - i - c - t- i - o - n
Friction
Friction