The Carpet Crawlers

The crawlers cover the floor
In the red ochre corridor.
For my second sight of people,
They've more lifeblood than before.
They're moving in time
To a heavy wooden door,
Where the needle's eye is winking,
Closing in on the poor.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

There's only one direction
In the faces that I see;
It's upward to the ceiling,
Where the chamber's said to be.
Like the forest fight for sunlight,
That takes root in every tree.
They are pulled up by the magnet,
Believing they're free.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

Mild mannered supermen
Are held in kryptonite,
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle
With their bodies glowing bright.
Through a door a harvest feast
Is lit by candlelight;
It's the bottom of a staircase
That spirals out of sight.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."

The porcelain mannequin
With shattered skin fears attack.
The eager pack lift up their pitchers -
Tthey carry all they lack.
The liquid has congealed,
Which has seeped out through the crack,
And the tickler takes his stickleback.
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
"We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out."


Two of Us

Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's
Hard earned pay
Two of us Sunday driving
Not arriving
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters
On my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead

Two of us wearing raincoats
Standing so low
In the sun
You and me chasing paper
Getting nowhere
On our way back home
We're on our way home
We're on our way home
We're going home

We're going home
Better believe it


Wish You Were Here

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here


The Morning Fog

The light
Begin to bleed,
Begin to breathe,
Begin to speak
D'you know what?
I love you better now.

I am falling
Like a stone,
Like a storm
Being born again
Into the sweet morning fog.
D'you know what?
I love you better now.

I am falling
And I'd love to hold you now,
I'll kiss the ground
I'll tell my mother
I'll tell my father
I'll tell my loved one
I'll tell my brothers
How much I love them.

Renée

Well baby how the weeks fade
Baby was the best part of your youth a sensation
Yeah, that's a change
I never thought I'd end up fooling you
D'you hear what they say?
All these people living up in our street,
Well they say
"Out of touch, she lives in faded dreams"
Renée

Baby how the weeks fade
Baby how the streets change
And maybe when the cheat plays
Maybe when the ace falls from his suit
And he tells you
"Yeah that's the game.
I didn't want to lose it on the two"
You're playing his way,
But the prize that you've been
Losing is youth
And I say
"Throw the ace, and face up to the truth"

Renée
Baby how the weeks fade
Baby how the streets change
But baby as the weeks fade,
and we've seen quite a few,
I don't know who's fooling who
I'm fooling you


Why Worry

Baby I see this world has made you sad
Some people can be bad
The things they do, the things they say
But baby I'll wipe away those bitter tears
I'll chase away those restless fears
That turn your blue skies into grey
Why worry,
There should be laughter after the pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now
Baby when I get down I turn to you
And you make sense of what I do
I know it isn't hard to say
But baby just when this world
Seems mean and cold
Our love comes shining red and gold
And all the rest is by the way
Why worry, there should be laughter after pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now

Like The Weather

The color of the sky as far as I can see
Is coal grey.
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again.
With a shiver in my bones
Just thinking about the weather.
A quiver in my lips as if I might cry.

Well by the force of will
My lungs are filled and so I breathe.
Lately it seems this big bed is
Where I never leave.
Shiver in my bones just thinking
About the weather.
Quiver in my voice as I cry,

"What a cold and rainy day.
Where on earth is the sun hid away."

I hear the sound of a noon bell chime.
Now I'm far behind.
You've put in 'bout half a day
While here I lie
With a shiver in my bones
Just thinking about the weather.
A quiver in my lip as if I might cry,

"What a cold and rainy day.
Where on earth is the sun hid away?"

Do I need someone here to scold me
Or do I need someone who'll grab and pull me
Out of this four poster dull torpor
Pulling downward.
For it is such a long time since my better days.
I say my prayers nightly this will pass away.

The color of the sky is grey as I can see
Through the blinds.
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again
With a shiver in my bones
Just thinking about the weather.
A quiver in my voice as I cry,

"What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away?"
I shiver, quiver, and try to wake.


Think For a Minute

Something's going on--change is taking place
Children smiling in the street
Have gone without a trace
This street used to be full-
It used to make me smile
And now it seems that everyone
Is walking single file

And many hang their heads in shame
That used to hold them high
And those that used to say hello
Simply pass you by

Think for a minute--stop for a minute
Think for a minute--stop for a minute

I always said it could--
They never thought it would
The people look so pitiful--
I'm thinking that it should
And now it's almost here--now it's on its way
I can't help saying
"Told you so and have a nice final day"

And nothing I could say
Could ever make them see the light
Now apathy is happy that
It won without a fight

Think for a minute--stop for a minute
Think for a minute--stop for a minute

And many hang their heads in shame
That used to hold them high
Think for a minute
And those that used to say hello
Simply pass you by--stop for a minute
Think for a minute--stop for a minute


Deeper Understanding

As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it
Like a friend.
I was loading a new program
I had ordered from a magazine:
"Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must."
I press Execute.
"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."
Well I've never felt such pleasure.
Nothing else seemed to matter.
I neglected my bodily needs.
I did not eat, I did not sleep,
The intensity increasing,
'Til my family found me and intervened.
But I was lonely, I was lost,
Without my little black box.
I pick up the phone and go, Execute.
"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired.
I bring you love and deeper understanding.
Hello, I know that you're unhappy.
I bring you love and deeper understanding."
I turn to my computer like a friend.
I need deeper understanding.
Give me deeper understanding.


Hiding Out

From my window I see roads
Lead to darkness, leading home
In the midnight of a soul's unsleeping
Hear the waterfall of women weeping
Hear the distant noise of traffic stalling
Hear the prostituted children calling

From the barred and mesh-floor streets
Of a winter's night, without a moon,
I am safe--hidden here.
Hiding out.

I look over checkered fields
And the towering web of steel
Young and old will sit and judge unfeeling
While the empty churches' bells are pealing
And the green hills lay ignored, untended
Lonely watchers remain unbefriended

And out in the one-way streets
Is a swelling maze, without a door
I am safe--hidden here.
Hiding out.


Hyperballad

We live on a mountain--right at the top.
This beautiful view from the top of the mountain.

Every morning I walk towards the edge
And throw little things off
Like car-parts, bottles, and cutlery
Or whatever I find lying around.
It's become a habit--a way to start the day.

I go through all before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you.
Go through all this before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you.

It's real early morning--no one is awake.
I'm back at my cliff still throwing things off.
I listen to the sounds they make
On their way down.
I follow with my eyes till the CRASH.
Imagine what my body would sound like
Slamming against those rocks.
And when it lands,
Will my eyes be closed or open?

I go through all this before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you.
Go through all this before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you.
Go through all this before you wake up
So I can feel happier to be safe up here with you.

Safe up here with you.
Safe up here with you.
Safe up here with you.


Visions of You

I'm not numb that anymore
No longer feel the heat and pain
No longer drenched in shame
I'm not numb that anymore
Now I own the key to the door
The kingdom of heaven lies inside
Makes a circle if they're turning tide
Now the circle is complete
And the heart of mine they need
The kingdom of heaven lies inside
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endless
It's a vision for me and for you
Hell can be a circle too
With pentation unbroken <---??
And Truth remains unspoken
A vision for me and for you
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I'm not numb that anymore
No longer filled with hate and pain
No longer drenched in shame
I'm not numb that anymore
Now I own the key to the door
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you endlessly
I love visions of you
I love Visions of you
I love visions of you endlessly
I love Visions of you