Once again I'm hiding in backwaters
Running this way and that
Trying so very hard to please
(Beware of hidden snares)
Rushing to bite the hand that feeds me
Running this way and that
(There are alway
Baby, baby
I hate to go
Don't leave me alone with this sorrow
The body's heavy
The getting's slow
Lost in moments
Caught in moments
The night is starless
And stands below
And I need you by my side
When you come to me
I'll question myself again
Is this grip on life still my own
When every step I take
Leads me so far away
Every thought should bring me closer home
And there you stand
Making my l
Stay tonight
We'll watch the full moon rising
Hold on tight
The sky is breaking
I don't ever want to be alone
With all my darkest dreaming
Hold me close
The sky is breaking
I don't ever want to be
I stole a life
With braids of fire
And it rained on my house
All summer
There never was any freedom here
All I feared the most came back around
And it rain on my house and it rained on my house
All
I opened up the pathway of the heart
The flowers died embittered from the start
That night I crossed the bridge of sighs and I
surrendered
I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
His life of so
I'm waiting on the empty docks
Watching the ships come in
I'm waiting for the agony to stop
Oh, let the happiness in
I'm watching as the gulls all settle down
Upon the empty vessels
The faded whites
Shadows form knights and pawns
Upon the squares
Blood is drawn up from the well
Secret signs brought the crime
Right to your door
An innocent guilty as hell
Oh, the cot is open wide
Damp with milk
welcome me father on the North shores of Lapland
welcome me father who knows no name
welcome me mother the earth here is yawning
my body is shaking for want of a flame
down here
got to laugh
the ki
The sun shines high above
The sounds of laughter
The birds swoop down upon
The crosses of old grey churches
We say that we're in love
While secretly wishing for rain
Sipping coke and playing games
S
He knows well his wicked ways
A course of bitterness
A grudge held from his childhood days
As if life had loved him less
Reading down his list of names
He ticks them one by one
He points the barrel a
