around this corner

i've been coming around this corner

i know one day we'll meet

i'll look in your eyes

and i'll look up the street

and i'll cover my heart so you can't see it beat

and i'll struggle

'cause how can i say when i don't know

if i'll feel loving

or if i'll feel low

i may wind up and get into trouble

knowing that you've been bad

is one of the worst feelings i ever had

knowing that you've been bad

did it mean much to you?

i thought i knew you

now i wish i had

i'll be coming 'round this corner

one day real slow

and i'll see myself reflected

in someone i used to know

and i may look away

and keep going home

and try to forget it before i get to the door

but how can i say when i don't know

if i'll feel loving or if i'll feel low

i may wind up and cry a big puddle

knowing that you've been bad

is one of the worst feelings i ever had

knowing that you've been bad

did it mean much to you?

i thought i knew you

now i wish i had

how can you forgive that fast?

why do they call it the past

oh, when nothing has passed?

the hideout

look at that green

out through the screen

after a quick rain came

so fast that

there wasn't time

to roll up the windows

and pull the clothes down off the line

but i don't care

it was so dry

and the grass is happy

and i think 'so am i'

'cause i'm through thinking about you

for now i'm out at the hideout

far enough outside of town

you can come

you can stay

if there's something you need

to get away from

look at the day dropping away

hear the traffic pass along

a distant sideroad down the way

i think the dust has settled on me

but i don't care, it was so calm

i knew i wouldn't stay forever

knew i'd get some things together

and move on

but for now i'm out at the hideout

far enough outside of town

you can come, you can stay

if there's something you need

to get away from

i just thought of you

and what you said

laid out on the pullout

did you forget?

you said you wouldn't forget

look at that green

out through the screen

after a quick rain came

so fast that

there wasn't time to roll up the window

and pull the clothes down off the line

but i don't care

it was so dry

the grass is happy and i think 'so am i'

'cause i'm through thinking about you

and for now i'm out at the hideout

far enough outside of town

you can come out

you can come out

when there is no one around

all out at the hideout

far enough from being found

you can come, you can stay

if there's something you need

to get away from

capsized

when i heard about the coming day

wish i could wake up from the dream

in it i see a family photograph

and there you are, tucked in the scene

and there's a jealous net inside my chest

there's a hurt, a sadness there

maybe i'd tell you all about it

if i thought you'd care

heavy heart gets lighter by his side

but there are thoughts i wish i'd heard

if they ask you how i'm holding up

say i'm holding out for the words

what's the sense in being so sensitive?

can i trade this thin skin for a shell?

there are some things i've got no feeling about

but there are some things i can tell

heavy heart get lighter by yourself

it's been so long since you capsized

and you've been lying out there in the sun

has it begun?

has it begun?

heavy heart, have you heard?

i could use the words

lodestar

out of the night, into the water

we push the boat from shore

breaking the air and the stillness of the bay

intensity of stars reflected in the harbour

silently ignite

the oar dips into oil like water

and we are away

your hand won't write

not tonight

but your mind may wander

into those deep lagoons that you know

and your boat will go by starlight alone

da da da da da da da da

you sang to the moon

in the great black night

with no lodestar in sight

out of the night

out of the water

we pull the boat back to shore

breathe in the air and the stillness of the bay

intensity of stars reflected in the water

silently ignite

the oar dips into oil like water

and we are away

under the moon in the great black night

with no lodestar in sight

and wait for it

there are only two things now

this great black night

and the fireglow

and listen! the darkness rings

the darkness....

listen! the darkness rings

and wait for it

there are only two of us now

this great black night, scooped out

and this fireglow

listen! the darkness rings

the darkness...

listen! the darkness rings

take off your things

and listen!

the darkness rings

don't get your back up

baby, if i could keep it together

don't you think i'd try?

and maybe if i could make something of this

why wouldn't i?

you say i close a blind eye

that i don't put up the time

but what you see as goodbye

i don't see as a crime

and i'm tired of the blame

being put on my head

you're breathing fire

but you're not bringing back what's dead

dont' get your back up over this

if i'm so wrong and you're so right

you really got your mind made up i guess

won't you let me get some sleep tonight?

it's late now

and there's only four hours til i get up again

you know i'd wait somehow

if i thought this was something

that a little time would mend

you, you're dragging this misery on

let's leave this thing for a while

it's too far gone

too far gone

don't get your back up over this

if i'm so wrong and you're so right

you really got your mind made up i guess

won't you let me get some sleep

won't you let me get some sleep

won't you let me get some sleep tonight?

open window (the wedding song)

love, i see you there

adrift on the air

floating by the open window

ah, the sentiment of love

reflections that speak of

what can enter when our hearts are open

here, witnesses appear

and recognize

how sacred love can be when stated

shared, shown for al to know

the beauty that can grow

when love is cultivated

our love is a sacred thing

like the mysterieis of the night

in the darkness unwavering

and still so strong come the light

our love is an infinite thing

like the sun's last ray on the sea

as it sets low in the west

and the moon rises

uniform grey

it's perfectly suited, this uniform grey

there are no bearings to the day

i came down from the air and i'll leave by boat

yeah i'm down with your rainy town

out on the spit with the biggest port around

my friend is on the way

he's bringing my coat

oh you don't do what i want you to

but i haven't been through what you've been through

and we could use that as an excuse

if that's what you choose

if that's what you choose

well it was kinda hard to pull away

he said 'buck up baby, it's okay

the sunlight on the floor will always fall.'

and i meant to write it on the plane

high above my earthly pain

but i slept right through the flight and that was all

oh you don't do what i want you to

but i haven't been through what you've been through

and we could use that as an excuse

if that's what you choose

if that's what you choose

it's perfectly suited, this uniform grey

there are no bearings to the day

i came down from the air and i'll leave by boat

yeah i'm down in your rainy down

in the spare room with the biggest port around

my friend is on the way, he's bringing my coat

he's bringing my coat

he's bringing my coat

coffee stain

there's a coffee stain around your eye

and lines that i don't recognize

everything changed from being ok

the night that you came home so late

and i knew by the time on the stove

that you were no longer mine alone

i guess we're all just out on loan

and everybody is only their own

oh, i loved you

and i guess i still do

everything was going so good

i thought something bad might happen

and then it did

if you know the difference between bad and good

thought that i'd know

but i cross my toes

and that's how it goes

well maybe i'm a fatalist

to let it all go at this

like some balloon i'll probably miss

lost in a treetop

you were here

are there no blinders on lights that blare

white noise on the eyes?

from gas station lots

and reflected ice glares

so that i can walk home

by moonlight alone

can we go up to where the wind howls

and stand alee against the trees?

they've grown up so tall that you can't see the house

it's a fortress now

but you know how it used to be

i could lie to myself

and say i like it

but i would love it if you were here

these words on paper smell like you

associated and random thought

on my lips words turn blue

evanescent feeling lost

i could lie to myself

and say i like it

but i would love it if you were here

i'm just sad for myself

because i know you're clear

but i would love it if you were here

i can just see you, show me your gardens

i thought you'd grow roses and grapes on low vines

i wanted to know you when we were both older

i thought there'd be more of those wonderful times

i could lie to myself

and say i like it

but i would love it if you were here

i'm just sad for myself

because i know you're clear

but i would love it if you were here

you were here

yes you were

yes you were

 

everytime

(the way it's sung on the record, not the printed lyrics)

i can't throw away my fears

up into the atmosphere

they race away at the rate

of the smoke

and rust

look at all the poor bastards

gotta go to work while i sleep

steel town's lights keep on glowing

from smokestacks that keep on blowing

in my eyes, so i don't see it

close my heart, so i don't feel it

everytime

i can see it in your eyes

i can feel it on your size

they're not like either of us

at all

look at all the poor drivers

gotta go to work everytime

streams of headlights come flashing

on the hills tht we used for crashing

in my mind i don't see it

close my eyes, or i believe it

streams of headlights come shining

on wheels that we used for grinding

in my mind, i don't see it

close my eyes, or i believe it

everytime