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Touch
If I were to embrace you - and all that you
are,
Would there be words like music?
Or would we need to talk at all.
If I agreed to love you - and never find a fault,
Would you know just where
you're to end, and where I start?
Would you lose yourself baby?
And drown in my heart.
(chorus)
Could you be what I'm looking for
to open my soul;
Is the answer in your touch?
Is the answer in your touch?
If I were to embrace you - and all that you are,
Would you be like a dove, that lands on my heart?
Would you try to protect me - from everyone,
Would you believe me, baby,
Would you believe in me?
And open up your arms.
(chorus)
I've got so many questions, it seems
I just don't know
The secret to survival, in the days
that haven't happened yet,
The answer must be somewhere -
Is the answer in your touch?
Is the answer in your touch?
Open up your hands....3x
Latchkey
He doesn't know any better - Sets a fire in the
yard,
Grabs a car parked on the corner -
Joyride to the boulevard.
There is a hole in his belly (there is a hole)
That a fix just cannot fill (cannot be filled)
And a lie can never cover,
it can't cover, it can never cover -
(chorus)
Screams, I am alone, I'm so alone, I am alone and
No one even knows I'm home, and no one cares.
I am alone, I'm so alone, I am alone
It doesn't matter what I do - what I have to do, no
He sees the boys on the telly -
Seems they never lose their cool,
And they never touch their bodies -
Never do the things he do.
There is a girl at the movies (there is a girl)
She doesn't know that he's alive (he's so alive)
She cannot feel his obsession,
she cannot feel it, cannot feel it -
(chorus)
So Happy
I've got a special boyfriend,
He treats me like a queen.
All my friends are really lovely,
All my grass is truly green.
At the job, they love me,
My boss just thinks I'm great,
I've got nothin' to complain about,
No relatives to hate.
(chorus)
I'm so happy, you could kill me
I'm so happy, I could die
Oh, if I get any happier, I'll never say goodbye.
Things are going perfectly, and everything's fine
Oh, if I get any happier
I know I'll lose my mind.
My troubles are small ones,
No HIV, no poverty -
My parents they aren't married
But they sure do care for me.
I know I should be grateful,
I know I can't complain.
But I really hate this feelin' great -
I need a little pain!
Deep
So everyday I look at you, or at your picture,
You seem dangerous to me.
Everyday I want to call you,
I want to touch you, but I have to let you be.
It's not fair that you should be so close,
yet be so far away,
I feel the pulling in my heart,
the love I want to save.
I know I'm crazy -
I can feel the angels dancing on my grave.
(chorus)
Oh, no, I got to let you go -
Passion just ain't enough.
Oh, on, I got to let you go -
Passion ain't no substitute for love.
So everyday I bite my nails, or bite my flesh,
Everything just feels the same.
Everyday at four o'clock I touch myself,
And call out your name.
I grab the phone, and pace the floor
like a lion in a cage,
I feel these mixed emotions
and my softness turns to rage.
I want to hold you tenderly,
I want to cause, then soothe your pain.
(chorus)
Benevolent Susie
Benevolent Susie, why did you hurt me?
I made a mistake and you turned me away.
Benevolent Susie, you cry in the corner,
I pick up your face and you turn into clay...
I tease and caress you, you barefooted bandit,
You stealer of sun and of moon and of hearts.
I bow and confess to you, Mother of Mercy,
Healer of men and flowers and stars.
Benevolent Susie, you walk with abandon,
I follow your steps and you kiss me away.
Benevolent Susie, why did you hurt me?
I gaze at your breasts and your parts on display.
I tease and caress you, you marbleized goddess,
You stealer of sun and of moon and of hearts.
I bow and confess to, Mother of Mercy,
Healer of men and flowers and stars.
Benevolent Susie, stand tall in the garden,
And smile on the beggars
that sleep in your shadow,
Dream in your shadow,
Die in your shadow,
Pray in your shadow,
Sleep in your shadow.
Crowded Head
I want you - I want him -
I don't want anyone at all.
Is it a crime to change your mind?
I hate school - I love school -
I don't like any fool at all,
Is it a crime to change your mind?
(bridge)
Strange things are happening to me,
I can't take anymore.
I keep going around and around
and around and around -
And I'm lost and found and I'm...
(chorus)
Inside, inside my crowded head -
all the things you said,
Living here inside my crowded head
(it gets so bad sometimes)
Inside, inside my crowded head -
vision getting red,
Running round inside my crowded head.
I think not - I think so -
I don't know what to think right now.
Is it a crime to change your mind?
(bridge)
(chorus)
Perfect World
I saw a friend today, she didn't look so well.
The news is getting worse, someone is
always hurting someone else,
I look outside my window,
and it feels like rain again -
I wish I could be anywhere with you.
(chorus)
Baby, won't you come with me,
I'll show you things you've never seen.
I'll feed you Cristal and tangerines,
In a perfect world.
I get up out of bed to face another day.
There's people all around, something is
always getting in my way,
I try to change my feelings, but
the blues are here to stay -
I wish I could just run away with you
(chorus)
We could do anything at all -
take our love out on the street.
Watch the skyscrapers fall...at our feet...
(chorus)
Shadow Man
A shadow of a man, puts a shadow of his hand,
On the shadow of a table in the dark.
He takes the half a heart, in the shadow of his hand,
And squeezes - and he pushes - till it's hard,
Imaginary man, takes a shadow of a pen,
And he writes a lot of nonsense from his soul.
With his shadow of a heart,
he can't really play the part -
And he cannot feel the pain of being whole.
Shadow Man! Living half a life.
Seeing only what he wants to see.
It really must be hard, this livin' in the dark -
I'm only glad that the Shadow Man's not me -
yeah - yeah - yeah -
(bridge)
Why does he wait?
(do you ever wonder what he is waiting for?)
Is he too late?
(do you think it matters anymore?)
Can love be hate?
Love can open any door.
A shadow of a man, puts a shadow of his hand,
On the shadow of a table in the dark.
He really cannot tell by the vision or the smell -
And he cannot feel the fire or the spark -
yeah - yeah - yeah -
(bridge)
Love can open any door...2x
Only One Name
It's no good - to try to run away.
Everything will catch up to you.
That's why - the word is round.
You can hide - in some forgotten place.
Truth will find you with your different face.
I know - the world is round.
No matter where you go - there you go.
No matter where you are - there you are.
You can search - through many learned books.
Twist your soul and find the perfect hole.
Then again - the world is round.
No matter where you go - there you go.
No matter where you are - there you are.
Whether you're a fool or you're a
saint, it's all the same.
(no matter where you go - there you go)
after all is said and done, you'll find -
(no matter where you are - there you are)
You've only got one name.
Only one name...2x
What I Have
How would it feel if I surrendered it today?
Just brush my teeth and slit my wrist
And let it all slip away.
A pocket full of pebbles - all red, red, red, red.
And on each one there's a little prayer,
And on each one my head, Oh my head!
(chorus)
So I grab what I have, what I have,
I won't let it slip away. What I have,
what I have.
Suppose I let it go, suppose I gave it all away?
Just a piece of cloth upon the sand,
And leave no other trace.
A vision full of meteors -
All white, white, white, white.
And on each one's an empty sleep,
Each one's an endless night - End this night!
(chorus)
I've given up on giving in.
I'll occupy my space.
La, la, la, hey, hey, hey -
I've got no time to waste
(chorus)
Black World
Broken, darling, twisted, compelling.
Tortured, burning
I am turning and turning around,
Could it be? You know what's best...
Silent, yearning, yielding, resisting.
Playing, pretending
I am coming and going away - and I wanted to stay.
Could it be? You know what's best for me,
That I cannot say, how can I know
(I'd be guessing)
Could it be? How can I know...
(chorus)
I want to be - In your black world.
I'll be your dark angel, I'd lay with the devil for you.
In your black world
I'll be your dark angel, I'll lay with the devil for you.
Barely, breathing, touch me, heal me.
Open, not concealing
I am coming and going away - and I wanted to stay.
Could it be? You know what's best for me,
That I cannot say, how can I know
(I'd be guessing)
Could it be? How can I know...
(chorus)
Eliminate Your Mind
Anything you want - you got it now.
The world is sharp, it can make you be here now.
Picture my hand, it's a knife - it can hold you down.
I want to make your blue skies rain,
I want to make you be afraid.
Picture my mouth - it's cave
Come inside and you'll be safe...
(chorus)
Eliminate your mind.
Eliminate your mind.
The night is deep, it can make you want to drown.
Picture my sweat on your thighs -
I can hold you down
I want to make your daytime night,
I got to be your only light.
Picture my eyes - they're the moon,
You can reach the other side...
(chorus)
You say you want to change the world,
You forget about yourself.
Anything you want - you got it now.
The dream is real, it can hold you like a child.
Picture my face in your mind -
I can make you wild.
I want to be the thing you fear,
I want to make you disappear.
Picture my mouth - it's a cave,
Come inside and you'll be safe...
(chorus)
You say you want to change the world... |
