What if I were to disobey Give you back the power Would I be punished like a child? And left on my own Would you think me ungrateful And send me away
You talked me to sleep last night, I hadn't felt that sad in years Your eyes like glass mistakes, they moved me close to tears You speak those favorite
Hold tight for heartbreak Buckle up for loneliness Right time to get away Where I'm going, I couldn't care I'm bored and I'm afraid I'm falling like
I was waiting in the back-seat of the car When I knew I'd given up Down one of the back-streets by the park So sick of the taste of blood I'm gonna write
Hang me up on your wall above the coal fire Keep your promises Keep your promises Hang me up on your wall you're such a cold liar Do what your father
I saw a friend that I once knew at a funeral He took the time out to be seen His eyes kept glancing to the hour hand on the gold watch That he'd been
Don't lay a finger, I said but he held her with five Kissed the crest of her lips and put his hand on her thigh One million in a week, all the girls gonna
I pressed my ear to your chest And heard something personal A whisper that knew my name Is this how your heart treats all strangers With love and affection
The market-place has nothing to sell Left alone it's awnings shiver Wind whistles through the wood Fish teeth snapping in a river Peaks puncture the
I love the feeling when we lift off Watching the world so small below I love the dreaming when I think of The safety in the clouds out my window I wonder
Just give me a second darling to clear my head Just put down those scissors baby on this single bed The sand in the hourglass is running low I came through
He said to lose my life or lose my love That's the nightmare I've been running from So let me hold you in my arms a while I was always careless as a child
I heard an angels voice, singing in quiet prayer It seemed to pull my heart, slowly straight up the stairs I spent that night awake, though you lay fast
If you tell me to jump then I'll die In my dreams I'm there I always hoped that I'd learn how to fly In my dreams I'm there You can tie my hands to the
She stares into the mirror Youth fading with the sun The hollows in her face Like wishing wells Scarlet as a paper-cut And jeweled as the Orion She'd
After the red ants The black-out comes peace and quiet Those little footprints Fleshed out calm in my mind I lay like a compass Digits accusing the sunrise
You were writhing on the floor Like a moth in molasses Whoever taught you To move your body like that? Goose pimples just vanished Like some out of date
You've gotta admit You paint a pretty picture No one would ever suspect You're so adept at the art I hear the lonely lover sigh You hide behind cosmetic