Garden of Tears and Hope - Lyrics
I Decline
It's your choice if you stay. Your call if you leave me.
Obvious in theory but leaving isn't easy.
Ordinary lives. Of ordinary couples.
Wasn't made for us. We're bursting like bubbles.
But I decline. I decline. To smile
Three for three so far. Let's make it flawless.
Not another word. Your story remains hopeless.
Ordinary harm. Ordinary teardrops.
Nothing left to see here all layers are peeled off.
But I decline. I decline. I decline. To smile
Look the other way. Pretend it is nothing.
If there is nothing left. How could there be suffering?
But I decline. I decline. I decline. To smile
Sunshine Avenue
Sunshine avenue. Your issues, have issues
Nothing left to do. Nude pictures and tissues
You think you are depressed. Well this babe, is living
Smiling on request. The gift that keeps giving
You're fading in my mind, gray to black
There's nothing left for you
Don't go, don't go back
Shoreline looks so grim. You're trying to save me.
Thinking I don't swim.But I do. Maybe.
You're fading in my mind gray to black
There's nothing left for you
Don't go, don't go back
Blind Alice
She slept on the kitchen table
Crying calmly in the dark
You would love if you were able but why bother
It sure seems like a lot of work
Alice. Blind. Blind.
Full of Vicodin and merlot.
Tasting mercury and salt.
Telling all your friends that you might move to Glasgow.
And that it is their fault
Alice. Blind. Blind.
You took me for a slow walk
To the Japanese tree
You were born alone you live alone then die alone
Be lonely with me
Please be lonely with me
Alice. Blind. Blind.
The Garden of Tears and Hope
The pale tears of April.
You were immortal and so was I
Come closer, sit, listen.
One of your eyes. Is bigger than the other eye.
I don't like what I'm like, you whisper through fever.
The mud steers your steps back home the other way
The ten minutes were here and gone. I've fixed myself to them
What we have been and what we are.
In the garden of tears and hope. You tear me up again.
And I'll be nursing for more scars.
As to Peter in his Spitfire
For your fist I'm chasing you
What is ripped can be stitched back up
So sweet to be kicked down by you.
My head on the sink, you sing in the bathroom.
The soft darkness closing in for good.
The ten minutes were here and gone. I've fixed myself to them
What we have been and what we are.
In the garden of tears and hope. You tear me down again.
And I'll be nursing four more scars.
Don’t explain yourself to me. Don’t explain yourself to me.
I don't really care what you think you are feeling.
Everything Changes
Dynamics are changing cause people are dying so what am I to you?
You think I'm maturing as I'm shrinking.
Your lips on my hand as we're watching the band with songs that never end.
Not quite as stable as you're thinking.
No longer loved by the masses. Everything changes, everything passes.
Your eyes locked on mine on the sofa.
The bodies you're reading the image you're feeding and all you see is fuel.
For your anorexia nervosa.
One hour a week reinforces the streak of not giving in to you
You can't take no notice of nothing.
You said everything's timing, are you crying or smiling? There's but one thing you can do
To know if Im leaving or bluffing
Baby am I leaving or bluffing?
Merchie
Hanging from a crane. The masses go insane, as you turn.
Hiding from yourself. You're her and someone else. One must burn.
The unbearable loneliness of the soul.
The unbearable loneliness of the soul.
The last instinct you're struggling to control
It will swallow you whole
A cabinet of pills to cure your many ills, happy day (oh, happy days).
You torniquete your brain, for this tournament of pain. Where minds will sway.
The unbearable loneliness of the soul.
The unbearable loneliness of the soul.
The last instinct you're struggling to control
It will swallow you whole
The teenage actor laughs. Your mouth do as they ask. But you fool me not.
Some journeys are for one. You needed to be done. And get what's got.
The unbearable loneliness of the soul.
The unbearable loneliness of the soul.
The last instinct you're struggling to control
It will swallow you whole
Modern Love
The modern love
Timing tender from afar
Solid hope, feeding frenzy at the bar
Grasp through air. Words are everything to you
That ice cold stare, if not me then tell me who
The good looks and fame
What is my name?
The telephone game
(Please) tell me my name
All I need is for you to fill the hole
Hidden deed. Anything to take control
The fortune and fame
What is my name?
Bloodthirsty game
(Please) tell me my name
Modern love. Timing Tinder from afar
Where were you?
Come and tell me what we are
The fortune and fame
What is my name?
What is my name?
What is my name?
Alone
I stumble alone awake all night.
Sweating with fear the lights are so bright.
Blood on the floor to breathe is to die.
Nothing is good. Nothing is right
Leave me alone. Don't leave me alone. Alone.
Scarred and destroyed I stare at the floor
I know what I've done. there will be more
Crucified lips i cannot speak
I lie and I bleed. To you I am a freak.
Leave me alone. Don't leave me alone. Alone
I lie here alone awake all night.
Sweating with fear the lights are screaming white
Leave me alone I'll be alright
Leave me alone. Don't leave me alone. Alone.
Hear Comes Fear
As I was giving up on society.
I couldn't hear you Kate, you cry too quietly.
No tinge of tension anymore. It's getting late and I am sore, it's getting late and I am sore.
Here comes fear, my one true friend.
What I have is what you spend.
Hand in hand with my darkest friend.
Here comes fear. Here comes fear. Fear is here.
Translucent poetry. Letters in the sand.
I dust the muslims floor on your command.
I try to think of what to feel as you are dozing at the wheel in this too small automobile
Here comes fear, my one true friend.
What I have is what you spend.
Hand in hand with my darkest friend.
Here comes fear. Here comes fear. Fear is here.
I know a thing or two about hurting you.
Oh you're trying to figure out. Who I'm talking to.
You're passing out from white bourgogne. The night was long and time is gone. The night was long and time is gone.
Here comes fear, my one true friend.
What I have is what you spend.
Hand in hand with my darkest friend.
Here comes fear. Here comes fear. Fear is here.
Safer Inside
Living my life inside. It's safer than the things we could have tried
Happier where I hide. Nothing worthwhile for me outside
There's no god to control. What I do, when I hide in my hole.
Part of me loved the light. Your absence is the heart of my flight.
Deep in thoughts no reaction
Stay away no interaction
You once made me whole. Then your face left a scar in my soul.
Minimal strength to move. You showed me, I've got everything to prove.
Far away from your reaction.
Without you life’s an abstraction
Speaker of gentle words. In the wind every sound is unheard.
Hear me as I sigh. If careful every whisper will fly
Quiet mornings no reaction
Without you love is an abstraction
Living my life inside. It's safer than the things we could have tried
Happier where I hide. Nothing worthwhile for me outside
Deep in thoughts no reaction
Stay away, no interaction. Stay away. Stay away.
Rosie
Rosie oh Rosie, I crack with every word.
Burnt cobweb and such raw chill. It hurts, oh it hurts, how it hurts.
Sleeping in seaweed. Corals on your leg. If I, if I couldn't have you. I pretend that you're dead.
I pretend that you're dead.
Deeper even deeper. Into silence into dark.
The last laugh lasts forever. It echoes in my mind and in my heart.
Rosie, sweet rotten Rosie. Drape me in worms.
As the world rages, I'm resting. Safe from despair safe from words.
Make hast come November. Make haste man in black.
The sour scent of infection. When sane is gone, sane will never come back.
Deeper even deeper. Into silence into dark.
The last laugh lasts forever. It echoes in my mind and in my heart.