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She stood at the window
Casting her possessions down
Watching one side of life falling
The other hit the ground
And I said, don't wear your hair like that,
All tied up, tied up with black ribbon
She was trembling from exhaustion,
As she cast the final stone,
The stone that tied her to her body,
The one that kept her all alone
And I said, don't wear your hair like that,
All tied up, tied up with black ribbon
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She had no idea,
What I meant to mean,
Her lips were bleeding
Her heart was green
I was pleading with the Sun Queen.
She pointed out across the fields,
At the horseman who looked then turned to run,
He'd gone flying for some freedom,
He'd gone flying too close to the sun,
And I said, don't wear your hair like that,
All tied up, tied up with black ribbon
Down her cheeks the tears were pouring,
That the heat of midday dried onto her face,
I could see her skin was melting,
Leaving nothing in its place
And I said don't wear your hair like that,
All tied up, tied up with black ribbon
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Then she finally turned to face me,
Her eyes were closed her lips were sealed,
Her final breath let go a whisper,
Saying, "Nothing is revealed".
And I said don't wear you hair like that,
All tied up (x 6 ish)
With black ribbon
The old retired doctor says,
What have I got to do to serve society now?
Then he turns back to his paper and his coffee and his crossword
With a raised eyebrow
He's as lonely as a rain cloud in the summer of forever
On the hottest day,
And the people that are round him are the sun beams
That evaporates his soul away
He said, listen all you people to the things I've learned
The things I've seen, the things I've done
But we all look to the new day in the East
And miss the beauty of his setting sun
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This was a conversation I had with a bunch of lunatics,
They didn't understand it, had no appetite for politics,
But nodded in agreement, as if they knew what I meant,
And maybe that is all that I am asking for
The mother with no children asks,
How the hell do I start a family?
Cause yeah I'm independent but
Without the bonds of children I will not be free
And you can't say her point of view
Is right or wrong or stupid cause it's hers alone,
And you can see it in her eyes, she's terrified
She's going to live and going to die unknown
So I'm telling you her story so you've got a chance
To work it out just in time
But you'll listen and ignore me
And forget her, and really I don't mind
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The new, young rookie doctor says I'm ready,
And I'm fighting for society now,
I'll take all the world's problems and I'll break them
Then I'll fix them, make it good somehow
And no one has the heart to tell him
His ideology's been tried and failed
He's in the rat race and he's running
And he sees the chase for money has prevailed
He says listen all you people to the things I'll learn
The things I'll see, the things I'll do
But we've seen it all before,
He'll be an old retired doctor far too soon
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On the edge of a dream I began long ago,
She stood there invisible, whit against snow,
I asked her in whispers but she didn't know,
If a man with no heart can still bleed
She said, "Don't be frightened"
I told her "I'm not"
She said, "Well, you should be"
I said, "I forgot"
She said, "Here is your body"
I said, "Thanks a lot"
Cause I knew that it's all that I'd need
Beautiful, you're so beautiful to me,
Beautiful, you're so beautiful because you don't see,
The Face and the Figure that try to disfigure me
Dashing Prince Charming fell asleep at the reins,
Of the carriage he drew with his women in chains,
He forgot all their faces, but dreamt of their names,
It was the only difference between them
Each of them beautiful, each of them bare,
With skin all as white as a bone picked bare,
And as each was abandoned then each didn't care,
For they knew that Prince Charming had seen them
Beautiful, you're so beautiful to me,
Beautiful, you're so beautiful because you don't see,
The beauty you are and the ugliest side of me
Three women naked outside in the wild,
The old woman snarls, as the young woman smiles
And clutches in her arms the shivering child,
Who is bound by her body to follow
The pattern of beauty we want it so much
Jealously guarded by all those that clutch
For they know if we grasp it will break at the touch
As we find that the middle is hollow
Beautiful, you're so beautiful to me,
Beautiful, you're so beautiful because you see,
A way through my doubt and you find a beauty in me
We all talk so loudly but words aren't important,
We have to appear correct to be heard,
And these days grow longer as the noise escalates,
She walks alone and carries a rose
My right foot goes forward into the future,
It doesn't think of the other and the distance it moves,
To stop would be foolish but that means I'm dragging,
She says, "This is everyone's problem she knows."
Footsteps echo, you're walking away in my dreams,
Tell me, what does this mean
I can see giants at the far back,
And the parade of dwarfs that passes in front,
I feel I should join them but she just says,
"I can't bear to see you pass that fitful hour"
Up in the sky a bird's blown in the wind,
It struggles with a broken wing and just doesn't care,
Or maybe it doesn't understand the uselessness,
She says, "Don't throw yourself at unseen power."
I'm trying to keep myself on the straight line,
But that's hard when it bends so delicate and fine.
Progress is slower, the shouting persists,
I cover my ears and bury my head,
This isn't rejection; they don't know how to say,
Good luck for the future, we all wish you well
Passing by holding a basket of goods,
Are you buying or selling or just showing off?
Warm rain washes us but leaves us soaking wet,
She lifts me up, I see who rings the bell
You'd be surprised, it isn't at all as it seems,
She said, "Careful, you tread on my dreams."
Golden-stemmed, lily-white,
Flowers of paradise,
Rest on the window pane,
With the dead condensation
Of lost conversation
As our breathe is mixed with the rain
Of the steam from the coffee cup,
Growing cold, pick it up,
Take all the warmth that you can,
Before it's carried away
On a closing time tray
With the paper i don't understand
Thanks for your time
And the memories that will last for a while
It read, "Jenny wrapt up
In a red-ribboned coat,
To search for a way through the woods,
She found what she'd need,
From the axe in the trees,
The first thing to be understood.
She carried a basket
Of Edenous flowers
At the centre a golden-white rose
Such a glorious array,
For a heart on display,
In the place where nothing else grows
It's you that i love,
You i live for, you i'd never give up
This is life, this is real, this is hopelessly floating,
While we sing, as we cling with our crumbling backs to the wall,
And your losing your grip, so you're feeling it slip from your fingers,
But if write it down then love is a story that's all
Jenny got back
From the walk in the woods
And carried the flowers inside,
But she'd cut life at the stem
For it's beauty so then
They had wilted and withered and died."
So golden-stemmed, lily-white,
Flowers of paradise,
Perfectly plastic, unreal,
Are the sole mediators,
Between love and hate,
And the things we'd rather not feel
Thanks for your time,
And the memories that will last for a while.
It's the bare-knuckle tactics of those in high-places,
Does the look in their eye match the smile on their faces?
The lies in the open, the truth behind doors,
The promise of salvation and the waging of wars
The times that I've lied, the times I've been lied to,
They can try but they'll never decide you,
The burning of bridges, the look of surprise
As you find yourself kissing the tears from her eyes
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Take a look around,
Take a look around,
And tell me,
Do you like what you see?
Do you like what you've found?
Take a look around
The pistol-wind blows, it screams in your ear,
Nobody hears it so no one comes near,
You start shouting freedom but you won't be heard,
Free speech only depends on the words
The tigers are tamed but they can still bite you
Love the civilised world or the civilised fight you
Protest songs coloured with blood on the street,
In the distance you hear the marching of feet
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Watch your back x4
You hope that it's sleeping but know it's awake
Violence brings violence and hate matches hate
It's the old world order so no one complains
Freedom is bought with guns, bombs and planes,
I know that you know it, cause children are dying
The world is protesting and government's lying
We think we're safe if we just keep consuming
But day after day we're a little less human
I'm sorry for everything that I've done
That might have brought you sorrow
And I know that I've said it before,
And I'll say it again for tomorrow
But the fight never ends,
And no one pretends
To be suffering in silence
Or making amends
But that's how we are
And that's how we'll stay
Here where
Nothing is changing only love always
I've walked and I've crawled,
I've crawled and I've bled,
Right through the middle of nowhere,
And when I arrived at the other side
Still looking for something that still wasn't there
And now the night's drawing in
And the air's getting thin
And I'll stop playing games that I know I can't win
As the light starts to soften,
And we fade to nothing,
I wish that I told you I loved you more often
Lying by your side when I think of the time,
Will this be forgot or forgiven?
Will our only mistake, be the give and the take
When we had to take all we were given
But no one agrees,
What each different one sees,
They all go around missing
The wood for the trees
And I know I'm a mess,
Still I gladly confess
There's nothing you could do
To make me love you less
The poets have said it in so many ways
With more style and more grace and more eloquently,
But I don't need a muse that I see in my head
You're here with me now and you're talking to me
But there's still this belief that all love ends in grief
That it lives in the flesh but its dead underneath
And I thought that was true
Now I'm changing my view,
There's no better way to say it
I love you
Through the empty window frame,
I looked upon the balcony,
And saw the place where Juliet had stood.
The thought I could not reconcile,
Are star crossed lovers meant to be?
I felt somehow that I'd misunderstood.
The dying of the roses,
Marks the passing of the time,
It's just a sign of
Autumn leaves to come.
As I walk across the floor,
Stones crumble beneath my feet,
I try to get a different point of view.
But at the end of circumstance,
The stories are left incomplete,
The question always left at asking who.
The difficult decision,
Is always left to last,
And by that time,
Its probably too late.
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One day soon,
You'll lose control,
Let it go away.
Run to me in summertime,
When you need someone to hold,
And leave me when you start
To feel the cold.
Halfway through a galaxy,
One star keeps on calling you,
The problem is you don't know how to fly.
You'll flap you're arms but won't take off,
And curse you're dream that won't come true,
Everyone you meet begins to cry.
Forever seems much longer,
When you think of what is past.
And the thought of it still
Makes you terrified.
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One day soon,
You'll lose control,
Let it go away.
Run to me in summertime,
When you need someone to hold,
And leave me when you start
To feel the cold.
In a dream I had last night,
Juliet and Romeo,
Didn't die but got divorced instead.
But lets not take it literally,
You mean it when you say you'll never go,
But you only ever say that in you're head.
At the start of springtime
Is when I begin to shake,
Cause I know once its here,
It will be gone.
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One day soon,
You'll lose control,
Let it go away.
Run to me in summertime,
When you need someone to hold,
And leave me when you start
To feel the cold.
In the half-light,
See the half-truth,
Of my image,
The mirror won't
Reflect the darkness
Man-made shades
Throw shadows
Across the room
At the moment
Of redemption
Read the small-print
Lines that I
Forgot to mention
We both agree
Redemption comes
Too soon
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And time goes on,
The day is done,
And I'm left staring
At a setting sun
Sickly sweet
Tastes so bitter
Empty dark room
But diamonds in
The doorway glitter
Nothing lives,
On the rough edge
Of a tear
Strange shapes moving
Make me nervous
Get to feeling
Nothing really has
A purpose
I say goodnight to you
Though I know you're not there
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I heard it on the wire that you're heading down her way,
Do me a favour, if you get the chance to say,
Tell her I'm not great, but I'm doing okay,
Just to save her asking
Tell her I still think about waking up that day,
And not really knowing why it is she'd gone away,
But don't let her explain, it's easier that way,
I'm better off not knowing
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Tell her I love her still
Tell her I hate her and I always will
Tell her everything I never told her myself
I miss you, I don't miss you,
I miss you, I don't miss you,
I don't know
And when you're with her won't you take her in your arms
Stand still for a moment and share the peace and calm,
Then push her away just enough to do her harm
Just so she's knows how I'm feeling
And when you talk to her don't look her in the eye,
In conversation try to tell a thousand lies,
Then leave without a word, don't even say goodbye,
So she knows how I'm feeling
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I knew when I met you, you would leave me broken hearted,
But if you can't stand loosing love then don't even start it
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Come with me into the valley,
From the mountain in the pouring rain,
A chance for you to do a little shopping
Really get to know yourself again.
And the mother and the father in the bandstand
Two hours before the band begin to play,
They will both be lonley while they're waiting
Neither one as anything to say,
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Welcome to the valley of the frozen generation,
They all know what tomorrow's going to bring
Don't buy your life into the empty valley,
'Cause the price is set by the packaging.
The baby in the pram she started laughing,
As the football team lost out in extra time,
And her Daddy he initites a queue jump,
As the red light turns ed a second time,
And the city clock is slow by half an hour,
But at least that means the train will not be late,
The young couple who thought that they were leaving
Find out that they are going to have to wait.
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Listen to the hum of air-conditioning,
It's the sound of what the human race has achieved,
But if you thought that was the sound of progress
Well, you've been deceived
So ask yourself, what are you here for,
Why did you choose this side of the street
And ask yourself well, does it really matter?
Both sides are equally as neat.
I never said that love would answer any of your questions,
I only said that it might take them off your mind,
So if you want me i'll be,up in the mountains,
Join me and the blind can lead the blind
Who knows what we might one day find?
Join me and the blind can lead the blind.
Come with me into the mountains,
From the valley in the pouring rain,
A chance for you to throw away your shopping
Really get to know yourself again