You Don’t See Me

Like beautiful dolls
All made up and bright
Radiant people, in splintering light
All moving at the speed of life
Reflecting in each others’ eyes

But you’re moving so fast
Through this beautiful scene
You don’t see me
You don’t see me

Oh truly we are, a fortunate few
Who turn on your axis, revolve around you
All spinning outwards from your sun
Passing your reflection on

In your hurry to grasp
Everything you see
You don’t see me
You don’t see me
You don’t see me
No, you don’t see me

Such a beautiful view
I guess you’ve seen it all
But you
You see nothing at all
Such a beautiful view
Shining so bright

Shining so bright
So bright

All moving at the speed of life
Reflecting in each others’ eyes
But you’re moving with such irresistible speed
You don’t see me
You don’t see me
You don’t see me
No, you don’t see me
No, you don’t see me
Oh oh…Oooo, ooo…

Again And Again

Was it all in real time
Or was it just in my mind?
Or was I just a ghost passing through you?
Clinging to the wreckage
Till I got the message
Hanging at the edge of the room

Give me something that’s real
Give me half of your bitterest pill
Something from under the surface you actually feel

We say these words again and again
But they still sound the same
It was in your eyes, in your eyes
They were just easy lies

The lightest words are heavy
And promises are easy
And no one’s ever happy or sad for very long
Well just because I said it
It doesn’t mean I meant it
I guess that was the way all along

I’m just shaping the sound
I’m just turning the syllables round
Dipping my toe in the water
And watching you drown

We say these words again and again
But they still sound the same
It was in my eyes, in my eyes
They were just easy lies

And we’ve been a long time waiting
And it’s been a lifetime in the making

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

We said, “When you are alone and afraid
I will come to your aid”
Was it just a dream, just a dream
Because it was real to me

We say these words again and again
But they still sound the same
We say these words again and again
And again and again

Playing Along

At the start of the news day
The fires begin
In words and in pictures
But I’m not listening
I’m not taking it in

I’m going to go to the country, where nothing goes on
Going to bury my head, where I can’t hear the sound of bombs
Playing along

Me, I’m just playing along
You and I, so many good people all
Just playing along

I’m going to go to a bar
Where the jukebox is on
Going to shut out the noise
With a rock’n'roll song
Playing along

I’m going to turn up the volume
I’m going to turn up the volume
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think

Tell us a tale of the proud and the free
Sing us a swingtime American melody
From ‘Follow The Fleet’

Me, I’m just playing along
You and I, a billion people all
Just playing along

I’m going to turn up the volume
I’m going to turn up the volume
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think
I’m going to turn up the volume
I’m going to turn up the volume
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think

I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think

I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think
I’m going to turn up the volume
Till I can’t even think

Pretend That You’re Alone

We are just the monkeys who fell out of the trees
We are blisters on the earth
We are not the flowers, we’re the strangling weeds in the meadow
And love is just our way of looking out for ourselves
When we don’t want to live alone
So step into the vacuum, tear off your clothes and be born again

Pretend that you’re alone now and everything’s gone
Just animal reflexes no one looking on
Forget about fashion, forget about the law
Pretend that you’re alone now

I wonder what I’d do if I could wake up every morning with a clean slate
I’d burn through the cities, I’d tear through the towns because there’s no deals to make
So break out of the cages, the delicate structures we cling to all our lives
Because we are just the monkeys who fell out of the trees
When we were trying to fly

Pretend that you’re alone now and everything’s gone
Just primal desire, no right and no wrong
Forget about the future, forget about blame
Pretend that you’re alone now
Pretend that you’re alone now

She’s not waiting for tomorrow
And she has no love in her eyes

Oh no, I want to come down right now
Pull over, I want to get out right now

Oh oh!

Pretend that you’re alone now and everything’s gone
Just animal reflexes no one looking on
Forget about religion, forget about shame
Pretend that you’re alone now
No numbers in your phone now there’s nothing going on
Just primal desire, no right and no wrong
Forget about fashion, forget about fame
Pretend that you’re alone now
Pretend that you’re alone now
Pretend that you’re alone now

Do do do do…

Black Burning Heart

I wish that I could be
In the cellars of the sea
And disappear in them
Never to be seen again

Leave this life
Its unrelenting appetite
For feeding off the weak
Who never had their time to speak

The sky will be my shroud
A monument of cloud

If we could turn back
You can paper over the crack
But it will return now
And your heart will burn black

Give me your hand
Cut the skin, let me in
The molecules of us
Bleeding into one again

The sky will be my shroud
The cenotaph of cloud

If we could turn back
you can paper over the crack
But it will return now
And your heart will burn black

Forgotten my way home
Forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start
And it burns my heart
I know

Everything you said was right and I suppose
Everything is here forever till it goes
You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself
Just a picture on the shelf

Je souhaiterais m’immerger
Dans les profondeurs des mers
Y disparaître
Pour ne plus jamais être vu

Burning up
Now I’m racing down a road I don’t recognise
I realise I’ve forgotten my way home
Forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start
And it burns my heart
Turn back