Memory And Humanity
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See below the lyrics for Tales Don’t Tell Themselves CD:
01.Rules And Games
02.To Die Like Mouchette
03.Kicking And Screaming
04.Constant Illuminations
05.Maybe I Am?
06.You Can’t See The Forest For The Wolves
07.Building
08.Beneath The Burning Tree
09.Someday The Fire…
10.Waterfront Dance Club
11.Charlie Don’t Surf
12.Ghosts
13.Constant Resurrections
Define the marks prepare to laugh
So sorry you never had your reasons
Loose the lips and sink the ships
A cycle broken and amused
Rules and games playful moments
That won’t last no matter how it feels
Ropes that strain to catch the picture frames
No never what is real
Avenues we all confuse
These maps will make them disappear
Mountains side your feelings lie
For better sense without your fear
Stay with me now
Now I can hide away
Stay with me now
Driving the lights away
Stay with me now
Now we can find away
Kick start your heart
Just like an engine
battered and over-used
Are we really ready?
I don’t think it’s any use
If you think it feels close to you
Hey angel, there’s nothing left to loose
Please, believe in what I have to say
The symptoms that you have are so lost
Your wires are crossed, are you leaving?
Discarded on the floor
We feel the pain, nestled in overtures
If you’re telling truths to me
so sorry to let it go
If you think it feels close to you
Hey angel, it’s hardly a worn excuse
Please, believe in what I have to say
The symptoms that you have are so lost
Your wires are crossed, are you leaving?
Well just leave and never analyse the way
You didn’t like the look of his eyes or of his smile
You have to leave it and run away
Please, believe in what I have to say
The symptoms that you have are so lost
Your wires are crossed, are you leaving?
Well just leave and never analyse the way
You didn’t like the look of his eyes or of his smile
You have to leave it and run away
Growing up, around these streets
Never really felt quite like, like anything
Expect nothing, and have the chance
To really go somewhere, that you can’t
My love is exploitation
Not a passing celebration
And I don’t want to feel
Like a part of history
Gonna turn this town, upside down
Weekends on railway lines just to feel
Promises broken at a quarter past five
Burning fires on the railway hillsides
My love is exploitation
Not a passing celebration
And I don’t want to feel
Like a part of history
And the grass is greener
On the other side
That’s where I want to be
Somewhere that she can really see
We all go out like we come in
Kicking and screaming
We all go out like we come in
Kicking and screaming
We all go out like we come in
Kicking and screaming
My love is exploitation
Not a passing celebration
And I don’t want to feel
Like a part of history
And the grass is greener
On the other side
That’s where I want to be
Somewhere that she can really see
Where’s the emotion?
Tuned to the sound of sincerity
Without connection
The lesson doesn’t come for free
Senseless distractions
Your spoken words are just a lie
These interactions
The desperate act of fleeting minds
Constant illuminations
With no hope of preservation
Nothing but friendly fire
Soon you will be home again
Buried expression
They are the heart of everything
Distant impressions
When there is nothing left to say
So damn lucky
To be hear at the end of the end of the day
So damn lucky
When all the streets still cal your name
Constant illuminations
With no hope of preservation
Nothing but friendly fire
Soon you will be home again
(Spirit dies within)
Constant illuminations
With no hope of preservation
Nothing but friendly fire
Soon you will be home again
The spirit, the spirit, the spirit
It dies within
Maybe I’m a pessimist
What if all the grey clouds in the sky
Follow me home tonight?
Maybe I’m an atheist
What if there’s no god waiting to greet me
At the end of the working week
Maybe I’m just delicate
Maybe I am…
Just not clever enough to persuade
Everyone of the reasons
We’re failing each other
And it’s not the same, not the same to me
No it’s not the same, not the same to me
Maybe I’m an optimist
What if all the damage that was done
Was never up to me?
Maybe I’m a liar
What if all the truths that I have told
Are better left, better left unsaid?
What sticks to me
Sticks to you like glue
Maybe I’m just delicate
Maybe I am…
Just not clever enough to persuade
Everyone of the reasons
We’re failing each other
And it’s not the same, not the same to me
No it’s not the same, not the same to me
So I’ll pack up my bags and leave
I’ll pack up my bags and leave
06.You Can’t See The Forest For The Wolves
Give me something to believe in
Something that is real
A moment of reflection
What should I believe?
I’ve lost my innocence
If you see it around please tell it to call
(I can’t stomach, my own stomach)
It can’t tell me truths I need
When what I feel and what I see isn’t even real
(What should I believe?)
Give me something to believe in
Something that is real
A moment of reflection
What should I believe?
Television tells me one thing
Brain tells me something else
(Bullshit never had any intelligence)
War’s a terror that we can do without
Small town thinkers will always wear you down
(Just don’t look for the hidden meanings)
Give me something to believe in
Something that is real
A moment of reflection
What should I believe?
Start with a voice, with some heart
(Something to believe)
End with a song in the light
(Something to believe)
Give me something to believe in
Give me something that is real
Shouldering the blame
Walking into frame
Like a lighted silhouette
Against a cotton sheet
Smothering the crease
Tin can in hand
Waiting for god to come around
But he never comes around
He never comes around
Quiet like a mouse
Building up your house
Just to tear it down
Leaving us the pieces
Do they ever fit?
Tin can in hand
Waiting for god to come around
But he never comes around
He never comes around
He never comes around
Carbon copy aftertaste
The taste of lips so delicate
Stop the click and watch the room
Sitting pretty in full bloom
Your stain on my fingers like a headache that the pills won’t kill
Your stain on my fingers like a headache that the pills won’t kill
Hold your breath this is the part
That i’ve been waiting for
Words spill out in front of you
On your bedroom floor
Your stain on my fingers like a headache that the pills won’t kill
Your stain on my fingers like a headache that the pills won’t kill
I sat beneath the burning tree
I never gave my world away (maybe I should, maybe I could)
I sat beneath the burning tree
I never gave my world away (maybe I should, maybe I could)
I never gave my world away
Maybe I should maybe I could?
I never gave my world away
Maybe I could, maybe I would?
I never gave my world away (maybe I should, maybe I could)
I sat beneath the burning tree
I never gave my world away (maybe I should, maybe I could)
I sat beneath the burning tree
The burning tree
The burning tree
You start working with the same device
The narrative is breaking down again
You’re standing down the same old asking price
The cards are drawn the fires getting warm
All works and play there’s nothing left to say
They wouldn’t want it any other way
Running fast when the lights are fading
We make the same mistakes
We know we have to face
Someday the fires will keep on burning
But today run away never look behind
The time it takes to walk home alone
The pleasure stops keeps weakness
From the top of your head
Servants blockade informants keep the peace
The pleasure stops why does it have to stop
All works and play there’s nothing left to say
You wouldn’t want it any other way
Running fast when the lights are fading
We make the same mistakes
We know we have to face
Someday the fires will keep on burning
But today run away never look behind
The same old pictures playing over again
Running fast when the lights are fading
We make the same mistakes
We know we have to face
Someday the fires will keep on burning
But today run away never look behind
We make we make the same mistakes
But today run away never look behind
We make we make the same mistakes
But today run away never look behind
Scarred open wounds
The needle, it dances
And glows through the skin
Under lights that burn so bright
And roads we see at night
The light has faded
Through the windows
Destroy to destroy
Landscapes and people you know and people you don’t
Wards of empty patients just to sleep away the days
The light has faded
Through the windows
Last call on the waterfront
As the kids all stare
Into thin air
You wait for your breath to come
The fantasy of reality goes rushing through your head
Just a symphony of a restless dream down to your fingertips
Last call on the waterfront
As the kids all stare
Into thin air
You wait for your breath to come
I called the house to see if anyone was home
Question the silences the negative response
Stayed to see the sunrise
Raising hell over the square
Didn’t lose the sense of promise
Laced upon the air
Education was a simple learning curve
Ruined by the lack of anything to use
Of knowing what to say and what to lock away
Pay attention for detentions here to stay
And it took so long to find
All the answers through the lies
And it’s been so long
That I don’t know if it’s alright
Problematic interest never fails to impress
Score cards for everyone
You wear them out to dress
Badge of honor true to code and true to form
Buried underneath all these expectations
If there was any kind of picture
That I could paint for you
I bet you any money
That the numbers wouldn’t stick
For all I know
I’ll take some credit for myself if I can
And walk away from this whole scene
A happier man
And it took so long to find
All the answers through the lies
And it’s been so long
That I don’t know if it’s alright
It’s alright [x5]
And it took so long to wait until the end
Congratulations it’s a boy
Buried underneath the afterbirth of joy
Sticks and stones will always break
His bones can barely take the weight
Of your breath breathing down his neck again
Keep it to yourself
You don’t need to ask
Everything was golden
Memories will last
Your family a little girl
One little wonder with her back against the wall
Kisses at bedtime never meant
A life that came to represent
Failings that she could not forget again
Keep it to yourself
You don’t need to ask
Everything was golden
Memories will last
She could not forget
Breathing down his neck
She could not forget
The price you pay is never worth
The pain to suffer the abuse
Lie down and sleep with all your ghosts
Again, again, again, again
Lie down and sleep with all your ghosts
Again, again, again, again
Lie down and sleep with all your ghosts
Again, again, again, again
Closing folding like a star
Bring you back to see the lights
Bluest water falling down on your skin
On your skin
Keep you eyes locked away
In some lonely place
Don’t stop, don’t stop
When the music’s over
Crosses made to bare the weight
You never bothered to explain
Questions swim around your head
Keep you eyes locked away
In some lonely place
Don’t stop don’t stop
When the music’s over now
Closing folding like a star
Brings you back to see the lights
Bluest water falling down
On your skin, on your skin
Keep your eyes locked away
In some lonely place
Don’t stop don’t stop
When the music’s over
Now It’s over now
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