You remembered my name And I’m so glad you came I was wondering when I would see you again Felt a fool til the last Trying to dwell on the past I’m not over it yet Too much there to forget Can I get you a drink? Can I hear what you think? Find a corner somewhere Let them wonder and stare Stood a mess in the rain Just repeating your name Didn’t want you to go Took the path of the crow And what do you know? I see you’re already packed That’s just a matter of fact Hope there’s room for that song About where we belong Could’ve sworn I heard crying As the blue moon was dying Captained all of my ships Kissed you straight to the lips As you swung your hips I could sure use some sway Get some good luck my way I can’t stand being praised That’s just the way I was raised Still I graciously wept Headed out while you slept Had to leave, had to know But took the path of the crow And what do you know?

When I broke your heart and had no regrets One more kiss ‘fore I smoke myself blind As you suffer the dawn of my being reborn Not your Christian, God-loving kind Any chance of remorse faded out in the night As you write in someone else’s tongue Falling for the man-made words but for the right reasons The battle already won It don’t seem right. It’s not good behaviour But you can thank me now, or you can thank me later She was sketching the sky with a glint in her eye Said that I was more man than I was She invited me over, a pale-bodied poser Believing the hype just because I was focused enough and I got my reward As my gaze became fixed on your skin Too much dignity, not enough light Plus I didn’t know where to begin And it don’t seem right. It’s not good behaviour But you can thank me now, or you can thank me later Another sad tale, another set back Thought that I fell in love from afar I saw the opposite moves in an innocent groove And a smile I took home in my car Cheek to cheek as they say, only lasted a day The canvas too easy to scratch Said enough to ease the blow, take away your glow Then jumped ship into true love like that It don’t seem right. It’s not good behaviour But you can thank me now, or you can thank me later Here’s to all those mistakes that came good in the end How we suffer to manage sometimes Many tears to regret, many moons to forget Though they hardly equate to real crimes I’m a loser at heart, complicated to boot Not the sink but the whole fucking kitchen So what if we lose it or sing out of tune At this time I’m sure no-one is listening It don’t seem right. It’s not good behaviour But you can thank me now, or you can thank me later

You caught me by surprise Our pages seem the same On some crooked street at city’s door Where it only seems to rain Not enough of the good stuff And too much cheap cocaine But you caught me by surprise I guess we’ll meet again You ever wondered where the ego sits When it only hears applause? And may you see the lights for what they are Another losing cause And the truth you seek will find you And leave you wanting more Well just remember what it’s for And treasure to the core Always the one to rely on Always the one to forgive Dead ends and darkness But reason to live Your answers on a postcard And another breadcrumb trail I’ve got madness on the line And thunder in my sails Sins of the red Yellow and blue Discouraged at first But who am I to refuse? A momentary flicker In a universal sky I’ve got madness on the line Without a reason why Without a reason why Without a reason why Madness on the line

Let the dust sit and carve her name right through it Remind yourself she don’t fit anymore She’s been here too recently to dismiss And standing where you last kissed Some time ago now, some time ago now Don’t mean to sound misleading But no use ever came from grieving She said she would but she didn’t And if the walls get closer She will not be there to hold ya I thought she would, who am I kidding? Wander off now in separate wagons Horse drawn and not without its own flaws And I’m surely one of them It’s a cold day when sons teach fathers wisdom And roll their eyes behind them And feel the burden, and feel the burden Don’t mean to sound misleading But no use ever came from grieving She said she would but she didn’t And if the walls get closer She will not be there to hold ya I thought she would, who am I kidding? I took the last train homeward Searching for the world I’d savoured I thought it’d look the same but it didn’t Remind me of the warmth you harbour Or let go of the pains it brought ya I thought you could, who was I kidding?

A hurricane martini seems so middle class I told my friends that it was whisky from a broken glass I said you walked into the ocean drunk and already blue Well that much is true Thank god you drive the way you think man, anything but straight Ripped the doors off in reverse trying to wipe the slate I wasn’t there but I heard the rumours of escaping fumes They said you could smell them from the Penhale dunes Jet black, the engine roared Don’t dance with what you can’t afford If you lie down you can’t take it back Still bleeding on the soundtrack You and that prince that bleached his hair in all the posters Denying living in the way you know you’re not supposed ta’s He succeeded with a shotgun, pulled the trigger with his toes But I sure liked his clothes When you were clean enough to figure out your left from right Before you froze beneath the waves and then saw the light What made you gamble? Was it us or was it real? I couldn’t tell you how I feel Jet black, the engine roared Don’t dance with what you can’t afford If you lie down you can’t take it back Still bleeding on the soundtrack I don’t remember being phased at all by what I heard Behind the girl next door and playing guitar you came in third It was how the news was dealt that so divided me Devastation in a quip delivered frantically And so now I see you wrestling with your history Refusing to tap out despite the misery I don’t give credit for your actions in the way I should Good golly how I wish I could Jet black, the engine roared Don’t dance with what you can’t afford If you lie down you can’t take it back Still bleeding on the soundtrack Bleeding on the soundtrack Bleeding on the soundtrack

He was everything he wanted man Didn’t fully understand the complications of it all It took him forty years to quench his thirst Then the bubble burst leaving echoes of the call And by the time he found his feet again Realised that only friends can be the servant and the foe All the confidence had slipped away Coming back another day but only if he lets it go So why don’t you let it go? Whatever’s eating you Is only gonna matter If all of this is true Tell me what you’re thinking Maybe one more time While you’re looking for the cure Did the rumours undermine his grip Take a bow and let it slip Between the diamond and the rock Coz what it’s worth is only relevant Counting out the times he spent Telling others that he’d stopped Is the manner of the tone okay Will it let the silence play? Solve the riddles and the woes Maybe not but then again who knows? What’s in the darker throws can only help him let it go So why don’t you let it go? Whatever’s eating you Is only gonna matter If all of this is true Tell me what you’re thinking Maybe one more time While you’re looking for the cure

Saw no reason to return Left the bridges there to burn, won’t build more And the miracles were buried with the coal Furnace bound forevermore If you wanted some forgiveness To reflect upon the hands that only prayed if just to feel But your history ain’t my future I’d better get my shoulder to the wheel Coz I heard the news, made out the signs, so I stayed away Once more with feeling and a curse of friends until my last day She became a foreign princess for a day Though the slipper always slides Lost her loved ones to the army Had an interest in successes on both sides And the son she tried to ruin raised a ruin for himself Ain’t that the truth, too slight to stick Keep the engine ticking over For the memory I have is not so quick Coz I heard the news, made out the signs, so I stayed away Once more with feeling and a curse of friends until my last day Handed out the evening news Leaving dignity and clues between the page Had some heroes long ago When the curse you came to know was in its cage Still you gave it what you could behind a mask you understood Before it cracked and out you came It’s becoming of your legend That you never looked for someone else to blame Coz I heard the news, made out the signs, so I stayed away Once more with feeling and a curse of friends until my last day Five leaves left to light the fuses And then split the bags of sand too far to see Judging only from the whispers Painting pictures with no colours absently There’s no shrine to keep pretending to I’m thinking on my feet, it helps me hear I’ve got mouths to feed Blow me down from in the branches I’ve heard all the sorry tales I could need Coz I heard the news, made out the signs, so I stayed away Once more with feeling and a curse of friends until my last day

I listened and I lost me my time I couldn’t hang around I vanished as I left you behind Just following a sound My days were only spent on myself Though you were on my mind I’m guessing you’ve a story to tell If you would be so kind No money and a rip in our sails White flowers in the sky Lost hours running after your tale My brother for a while Bright summers and a splinter or two Still heavy on my mind Stay hidden while I swallow this view If you would be so kind I couldn’t carry on, had my day Still kicking as I fell Forever the abyss in my way No heaven in a hell Forgive me for the distance I make You’ll still be on my mind Quit praying if it keeps you awake If you would be so kind Dawn shivers and a roof overhead Blue shadow on the sun No meaning in the things that I said No prophet on the run Good manners only gave me away High living in my mind Face worry in the words that you say If you would be so kind Sweet kisses and you blew me away Died laughing all alone Found many in the few that could stay Missed calling it a home Know that I only see us as friends One ruin at a time And don’t carry what you can live without If you would be so kind

Yes it hurt when you said I was childish But what hurt the most is that you were so right I cried with intention to grab your attention Failing night after night And they say that the way to a girl’s heart Is showing that you have a sensitive side But sensitive isn’t inventing a drama And taking her on for the ride What a scene, I was only fifteen The world was a thorn in my side I look back and wish I could retract Get myself in a headlock and hide A headlock and hide And the dress that you showcased was average So why did I lie and say that you were the best? I figured you might come dance closer Then when you breathed in I could feel your chest And at discos to fight was to love And to love was to be in the ranks with your friends The length of a kiss or the girls you dismissed Whatever the fashion or trend What a scene, I was only fifteen The world was a thorn in my side I look back and wish I could retract Get myself in a headlock and hide A headlock and hide I’m the first to admit I was so full of shit That my ego was bursting with ease I blamed the others, their sisters and brothers And picked myself up off my knees Up off my knees For all you despise may I apologise Can we talk now it’s been several years Coz the wounds are all healed at my end The ego has gone and so have the tears Yes it hurt when you said I was childish But what hurt the most is that you were so right A love full of friction, religious restrictions Failing me night after night What a scene, I was only fifteen The world was a thorn in my side I look back and wish I could retract Get myself in a headlock and hide What a scene, I was only fifteen The world was a thorn in my side I look back and wish I could retract Get myself in a headlock and hide A headlock and hide Yeah you know I’ve got a sensitive side

Lights of worry catch my eye Send me sideways in an even curse The coldest sun you’ve ever known The feeling promises will make things worse And where to turn, which mile to wind Which new star should I follow? Frailing softly only hurts On time already spent and borrowed All of me and all of you But which is which? It’s so hard to tell When I’m soaked within your spell I fall asleep in heaven but I wake in hell And the veins they love your style Would sooner marry you than run a mile What a tiresome need to gain Seek relentlessly to fill that gap To feel that pain All of me and all of you But which is which? It’s so hard to tell When I’m soaked within your spell I fall asleep in heaven but I wake in hell Cry for help is all I do Never spoke so never true All of me and all of you But which is which? It’s so hard to tell When I’m soaked within your spell I fall asleep in heaven but I wake in hell All of me and all of you But which is which? It’s getting so hard to tell When I’m soaked within your spell I fall asleep in heaven but I wake in hell