Possession
Listen as the wind blows
from across the great divide.
Voices trapped in yearning
memories trapped in time.
The night is my companion
and solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied
And I would be the one to hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear
Through this world I've stumbled
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
To find the truth enslaved
oh you speak to me in riddles and
You speak to me in rhyme
My body aches to breathe your breath
Your words keep me alive
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear
Into this night I wander
It's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of the path I fear to dread
oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
And I won't be denied
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes...
Wait
Under a blackened sky
Far beyond the glaring streetlights
Sleeping on empty dreams
The vultures lie in wait
You lay down beside me then
You were with me every waking hour
So close I could feel your breath
When all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The new born hope unjaded by their years
Pressed up against the glass
I found myself wanting sympathy
But to be consumed again
oh I know would the death of me
And there is a love that's inherently given
A kind of blindness offered to deceive
And in that light of forbidden joy
oh I know I won't receive it
When all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The newborn hope unjaded by their years
You know if I leave you now
It doesn't mean I love you any less
It's just the state I'm in
I can't be good to anyone else like this
When all we wanted was the dream
To have and to hold that precious little thing
Like every generation yields
The newborn hope unjaded by their years...
Plenty
I looked into your eyes
They told me plenty
I already knew
You never felt a thing so soon forgotten all that you do
In more than words I tried to tell you
The more I tried I failed
I would not let myself believe that you might stray
And I would stand by you no matter what they'd say
I thought I'd be with you until my dying day
Until my dying day
I used to think my life
Was often empty
A lonely space to fill
You hunt me more than I ever could have imagined
You made my world stand still
And in that stillness there was a freedom
I never felt before
I would not let myself believe that you might stray
And I would stand by you no matter what they'd say
I thought I'd be with you until my dying day
Until my dying day
Good Enough
Hey your glass is empty
It's a Hell of a long way home
Why don't you let me take you
It's no good to go alone
I never would have opened up
But you seemed so real to me
After all the bullshit I've heard
It's refreshing not to see
I don't have to pretend
She doesn't expect it from me
So don't tell me I
Haven't been good to you
Don't tell me I
Haven't been there for you
Just tell me why
Nothing is good enough
Hey little girl would you like some candy
Your momma said that it's ok
The door is open come on outside
No I can't come out today
It's not the wind that cracked your shoulder
And threw you to the ground
Who's there that makes you so afraid
You're shaken to the bone
You know I don't understand
You deserve so much more than this
So don't tell me why
He's never been good to you
Don't tell me why
He's never been there for you
And I'll tell you that why is simply not good enough
So just let me try
and I will be good to you
Just let me try
And I will be there for you
I'll show you why
You've so much more than good enough...
Mary
Mary walks down to the water's edge
And there she hangs her head
To find herself faded
A shadow of what she once was
She says "How long have I been sleeping
and why do I feel so old
why do I feel so cold
my heart is saying one thing
but my body won't let go."
With trembling hands she reaches up
A stranger's flesh is offered
And I would be the last to know
I would be the last to let it show
And I would be the last to go
Take her hand
She will lead you through the fire
Give you back hope
And hope that you don't take too much
Respecting what is left
She cradled us
She held us in her arms
Unselfish in her suffering
She could not understand
That no one seemed to have the time
To cherish what is offered
And I would be the last to know
And I would be the last to let it show
And I would be the last to go...
Mary walks...
Elsewhere
I love the time and in between
The calm inside me
In the space where I can breathe
I believe
There is a distance I have wandered
To touch upon the years of
Reaching out and reaching in
Holding out
Holding in
I believe
This is Heaven to no one else but me
And I'll defend it as long as I can be
Left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand
I know this love
Is passing time
Passing through like liquid
I am drunk in my desire...
But I love the way you smile at me
I love the way your hands reach out
And hold me near
I believe...
I believe
This is Heaven to no one else but me
And I'll defend it as long as I can be
Left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand
Oh the quiet child awaits the day when she can break free
The mould that clings like desperation
Mother can't you see I've got
To live my life the way I feel is
Right for me
Might not be right for you
But it's right for me...I believe...
I believe
This is Heaven to no one else but me
And I'll defend it as long as I can be
Left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand it
I would like to linger
Here in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand....
Circle
There are two of us talking in circles
And one of us who wants to leave
In a world created for only us
An empty cage that has no key
Don't you know
We're working with flesh and blood
Carving out of jealousy
Crawling into each other
It's smothering
Every little part of me.
What kind of love is this that keeps me
Hanging on
Despite everything its doing to me
What is this love that keeps me
Coming back for more
When it will only end in misery
I know too many people unhappy
In a life from which they'd love to flee
Watching others get every offered
They're wanton for discovery
Oh my brother my sister my mother
Your losing your identity
Can't you see that
It's you in the window
Shining with intensity
What kind of love is this that keeps me
Hanging on
Despite everything it's doing to me
What is this love that keeps me
Coming back for more
When it will only end in misery...
Ice
The ice is thin
Come on dive in
Underneath my lucid skin
The cold is lost, forgotten
Hours pass
Days pass
Time stands still
Light gets dark
And darkness fill my secret
Heart forbidden...
I think you worried for me then
The subtle ways that I'd give in
But I know
You liked the show
Tied down to this bed of shame
You tried to move around the pain
But oh your soul is anchored
The only comfort
Is the moving of the river
You enter into me
A lie upon your lips
Offer what you can
I'll take all that I can get
Only a fool's here...
I don't like your tragic sighs
As if your god has passed you by
Well hey fool
That's your deception
Your angels speak with jilted tongue
The serpent's tale
Has come undone
You have no
Strength to squander
The only comfort
Is the moving of the river
You enter into me
A lie upon your lips
Offer what you can
I'll take all that I can get
Only a fool's here to stay
Only a fool's here to stay
Only a fool's here...
Hold On
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like Hell
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
You know that only time can tell
What is it in me that refuses to believe
This isn't easier than the real thing
My love
You know that you're my best friend
You know that I'd do anything for you
And my love
Let nothing come between us
My love for you is strong and true
Am I in Heaven here or am I...
At the crossroads I am standing
So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you'll be strong tomorrow and
We'll see another day and
We will praise it
And love the the light
That brings a smile across you face
Oh god
If you're out there won't you hear me
I know we've never talked before
And oh god
The man I love is leaving
Won't you take him
When he comes to your door
Am I in Heaven here or am I in Hell
At the crossroads I am standing
So now you're sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you'll be strong tomorrow and
We will see another day and
We will praise it
And love the light
That brings a smile across your face...
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like Hell.
Ice Cream
Your love is better than ice cream
Better than anything else that I've tried
And your love is better than ice cream
Everyone here knows how to fight
And it's a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way
Down to the place where we started from
Your love is better than chocolate
Better than anything else that I've tried
And oh love is better than chocolate
Everyone here know how to cry
And it's a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way
Down to the place where we started from...do do do...
Fear
Morning smiles
Like the face
Of a newborn child
Innocent unknowing
Winter's end
Promises
Of a long lost friend
Speaks to me of comfort
But I fear
I have nothing to give
I have so much to lose here
In this lonely place
Tangled up in your embrace
There's nothing I'd like better than to fall
But I fear
I have nothing give
Wind in time
Rapes the flower
Trembling on the vine
And nothing yields to shelter it
From above
They say temptation will destroy our love
The never ending hunger
But I fear
I have nothing to give
I have so much to lose here
In this lovely place
Tangled up in our embrace
There's nothing I'd like better than to fall
But I fear
I have nothing to give
I have so much to lose
I have nothing to give
We have so much to lose...
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
All the fear has left me now
I'm not frightened anymore
It's my heart that pounds beneath my flesh
It's my mouth that pushes out this breath
And if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love
Companion to our demons
They will dance
And we will play
With chairs
Candles and cloth
Making darkness in the day
It will be easy
To look in or out
Upstream or down
Without a thought
And if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love
Peace in the struggle
To find peace
Comfort on the way
To comfort
And if I shed a tear I won't cage it
I won't fear love
And if I feel a rage I won't deny it
I won't fear love
I won't fear love
I won't fear love...
