LYRICS
For The Restless (back to top)
She comes to me in dreams
A train wreck beauty queen
But I don't remember her
On a wall of white and blue
I wrote my name and thought of you
But you would not have known
Through a window of a car
A cigarette's a fallen star
A dream within a trail of sparks
And conversation turns to sleep
And I wait for you to speak
I'm waiting still
So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
And I keep my secrets well
Move on and never tell
Some day they'll show
And you raised me to be cruel
You raised me like a bruise
I'm bleeding still
So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
She comes to me in dreams
A train wreck beauty queen
Now I remember her
And everything you love'll break
You're running out of things to make you
Feel alive
Alive
Alive
So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
It's for you
It's for you
It's just for you
Hummingbird Song (back to top)
Sunlight beats down hard here
Count the cracks in the ground
And we sleep through days of flood and fire
At night we fly above this town
Now we're coming down
Now we're coming down
We're coming down
At night I dream of the hummingbird
Feel the beatings of its wings
And if you only had one choice my dear
Would you fly or would you sing
Now we're coming down
Now we're coming down
We're coming down
And in a year of new beginnings dear
How do we write the end?
Here she comes
Here she comes
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The Girl Who Falls Downstairs (back to top)
She says
I know your face
But something's strange
In your eyes
Your voice I know so well
Your words I don't
Recognise
And darkness creeps
Borne on cold winds
Blows my footprints away
And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground
The girl who falls down stairs
She calls my name
Through the air
She says I loved you once
I'd love you again
If you dare
So wipe the sleep from tiger eyes
And put this moment aside
And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground
Needles buzz like
Neon light and
I am stained by
This town
And all my faith gone
All maps welcome
The stairs have twisted around
And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground
Pull me out
Pull me out
Pull me out
How The West Has Won (back to top)
Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a story
Of how the west was won
Flew over diamonds
East river shining
A city sinking in the mud
And in a second
A life-long second
I knew what we'd become
We use up people, use up time
Use up places, say goodbye
Searching for the crowded hour
Now there's a buzzing in the wires
Look for lightning in your eyes
And I see it there
Hey hey Rockstar
Let's play happy
This could be our final hour
I'll take your picture
But who needs pictures?
They only strip you of your power
Don't lose your nerve now
Feel the curve of the earth now
Rising up to meet your feet
We use up people, use up time
Use up places, say goodbye
Never find the crowded hour
It's time to move the saints again
Curse the sun to kill the rain
I wish I knew just how
We should have driven
Out to the ocean
Our hands tied to the wheel
Now something's broken
Don't know what's broken
Or if I want it healed
We use up people, use up time
Use up places, say goodbye
Where the hell's the crowded hour
Scattered thoughts and promises
Let the wind take all that's left
There's nothing for you here
So take a card and put it back
Hide the faces cut the pack
The future's not that clear
Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a story
Of how the west was won
You wanted glory
Well here's your glory
Just look what we've become
Packing For The Crash (back to top)
Solid walls will crack tonight
Solid walls are gonna fall down
And this is not any golden age we've lost
Any golden age we lost
We broke it here
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
Another day and another scar will fade
But another scar will take this one's place
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
Sudden pressure
We fall through the floor
And kill this moment before it gets born
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
Sudden pressure
We fall through the floor
And kill this moment before it takes hold
It Ain't You (back to top)
I'm walking on a wire
Twisting in the wind
And something here is dying
And I could use a friend
But it ain't you
It ain't you
Another car crash sunrise
Is burning up my street
Above the call of sirens
Someone sings to me
But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
Tonight I'll walk on water
Tonight I'll leap through flame
And sing it to the corner
And still the blood in your veins
'Til something flickers in me
I feel the motion of light
And slip into the distance
And someone slips into my life
But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
Strangest Land (back to top)
Another dead dog highway
The road to paradise
Is littered with your saviours
The lines are growing faint
Another paper saint has put us all in danger
So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
I catch you in my lights
I'm reaching for a knife
For halo girls and dreamers
A statue comes to life
Another roadside shrine
For hypocrites and bleeders
So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
A bullet from a stolen gun
How much I'll miss you when you're gone
But now I think it's time you went away
So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
In the dark
In the dark
My Vampire Heart (back to top)
Darling I'm lost
Adrift in the dark
I'm clutching your words
To my vampire heart once more
So let in the light
Turn me to dust
If it don't end in Bloodshed dear
It's probably not love
Here we are
In the darkest place
My reflection
Shows only your face
Something is found
Something is lost
Went looking for clues
On the streets of old New York
And I spilled someone's blood
I broke someone's heart again
Someone you know
You're looking at him my friend
And the people in our lives
We all leave behind
Leave behind
Here we are
In the darkest place
To keep from forgetting
I picture your face
And I wonder
While we count the cost
Which is sweeter
Love or its loss
So I curse you
My vampire heart
For letting me you love you
Love you
For letting me love you
From the start
Silent Boulevard (back to top)
Low light
Framed in red
Sing out
Until your last Breath
'Til the cats in this town
Scream another night down to the bone
You count under your breath
Wonder which step comes next
But you can't set a course
When you've lost yourself
Your love
And your north
No I'm not anybody's good son
Shoot the lights out all over this town
'Til we're out on the silent boulevard
With our way lit only by stars
Red hand
Voice like a knife
Warns me
No good goodbyes
And seen from the sky
The city tonight is on fire
No I'm not anybody's good son
Shoot the lights out all over this town
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Still Lost (back to top)
So my love I
Left this world for a while
For a while
I float through strange days
Search the one way to
Bring me back to you
So don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
From here
'Cos I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
When you come
When will you come
To look for me
If I was to
Call you
Would you come
And if I was to
Call you
Would you come
Oh my love
When will you come to look for me
'Cos I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
When you come
Why don't you come
To look for me?
Border Song (back to top)
She lies still
Her eyes on fire
undressed to kill
And untethered in time
And in the arms of a stranger
You search for someone like her
And the music carries on
In a simple border song
You once knew
People like you
They come and they go
What’s left to say
We already know
And we’ve danced these shoes to pieces
And we stood where no one has stood
And the music carries on
In a simple border song
You once knew
And I guess I’ve said it all
And I guess I’ve said it all
You can’t cry but you'll fall
And I guess I’ve said it all
You will walk
You will walk
You will walk out of here
You will walk
You will walk
You will walk out of here
And I guess I’ve said it all
And I guess I’ve said it all
You can’t cry but you'll fall
And I guess I’ve said it all (back to top)
She comes to me in dreams
A train wreck beauty queen
But I don't remember her
On a wall of white and blue
I wrote my name and thought of you
But you would not have known
Through a window of a car
A cigarette's a fallen star
A dream within a trail of sparks
And conversation turns to sleep
And I wait for you to speak
I'm waiting still
So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
And I keep my secrets well
Move on and never tell
Some day they'll show
And you raised me to be cruel
You raised me like a bruise
I'm bleeding still
So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
She comes to me in dreams
A train wreck beauty queen
Now I remember her
And everything you love'll break
You're running out of things to make you
Feel alive
Alive
Alive
So for the restless
Not the peaceful sleeper
This song's for you
And for the faithless
Not the true believer
This song's for you
It's for you
It's for you
It's just for you
Hummingbird Song (back to top)
Sunlight beats down hard here
Count the cracks in the ground
And we sleep through days of flood and fire
At night we fly above this town
Now we're coming down
Now we're coming down
We're coming down
At night I dream of the hummingbird
Feel the beatings of its wings
And if you only had one choice my dear
Would you fly or would you sing
Now we're coming down
Now we're coming down
We're coming down
And in a year of new beginnings dear
How do we write the end?
Here she comes
Here she comes
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The Girl Who Falls Downstairs (back to top)
She says
I know your face
But something's strange
In your eyes
Your voice I know so well
Your words I don't
Recognise
And darkness creeps
Borne on cold winds
Blows my footprints away
And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground
The girl who falls down stairs
She calls my name
Through the air
She says I loved you once
I'd love you again
If you dare
So wipe the sleep from tiger eyes
And put this moment aside
And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground
Needles buzz like
Neon light and
I am stained by
This town
And all my faith gone
All maps welcome
The stairs have twisted around
And I see myself
Turn into something else
Turn into someone else
For a while
And I know I'm right
Running into this night
Running another dream to the ground
Pull me out
Pull me out
Pull me out
How The West Has Won (back to top)
Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a story
Of how the west was won
Flew over diamonds
East river shining
A city sinking in the mud
And in a second
A life-long second
I knew what we'd become
We use up people, use up time
Use up places, say goodbye
Searching for the crowded hour
Now there's a buzzing in the wires
Look for lightning in your eyes
And I see it there
Hey hey Rockstar
Let's play happy
This could be our final hour
I'll take your picture
But who needs pictures?
They only strip you of your power
Don't lose your nerve now
Feel the curve of the earth now
Rising up to meet your feet
We use up people, use up time
Use up places, say goodbye
Never find the crowded hour
It's time to move the saints again
Curse the sun to kill the rain
I wish I knew just how
We should have driven
Out to the ocean
Our hands tied to the wheel
Now something's broken
Don't know what's broken
Or if I want it healed
We use up people, use up time
Use up places, say goodbye
Where the hell's the crowded hour
Scattered thoughts and promises
Let the wind take all that's left
There's nothing for you here
So take a card and put it back
Hide the faces cut the pack
The future's not that clear
Light me a smoke
I'll tell you a story
Of how the west was won
You wanted glory
Well here's your glory
Just look what we've become
Packing For The Crash (back to top)
Solid walls will crack tonight
Solid walls are gonna fall down
And this is not any golden age we've lost
Any golden age we lost
We broke it here
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
Another day and another scar will fade
But another scar will take this one's place
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
Sudden pressure
We fall through the floor
And kill this moment before it gets born
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
I'm packing for
I'm packing for the crash
Sudden pressure
We fall through the floor
And kill this moment before it takes hold
It Ain't You (back to top)
I'm walking on a wire
Twisting in the wind
And something here is dying
And I could use a friend
But it ain't you
It ain't you
Another car crash sunrise
Is burning up my street
Above the call of sirens
Someone sings to me
But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
Tonight I'll walk on water
Tonight I'll leap through flame
And sing it to the corner
And still the blood in your veins
'Til something flickers in me
I feel the motion of light
And slip into the distance
And someone slips into my life
But it ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
It ain't you
Strangest Land (back to top)
Another dead dog highway
The road to paradise
Is littered with your saviours
The lines are growing faint
Another paper saint has put us all in danger
So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
I catch you in my lights
I'm reaching for a knife
For halo girls and dreamers
A statue comes to life
Another roadside shrine
For hypocrites and bleeders
So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
A bullet from a stolen gun
How much I'll miss you when you're gone
But now I think it's time you went away
So take my hand
I'm a stranger in the strangest land
I'll return the favour
Slide into my heart
We'll hide there in the dark
In the dark
In the dark
My Vampire Heart (back to top)
Darling I'm lost
Adrift in the dark
I'm clutching your words
To my vampire heart once more
So let in the light
Turn me to dust
If it don't end in Bloodshed dear
It's probably not love
Here we are
In the darkest place
My reflection
Shows only your face
Something is found
Something is lost
Went looking for clues
On the streets of old New York
And I spilled someone's blood
I broke someone's heart again
Someone you know
You're looking at him my friend
And the people in our lives
We all leave behind
Leave behind
Here we are
In the darkest place
To keep from forgetting
I picture your face
And I wonder
While we count the cost
Which is sweeter
Love or its loss
So I curse you
My vampire heart
For letting me you love you
Love you
For letting me love you
From the start
Silent Boulevard (back to top)
Low light
Framed in red
Sing out
Until your last Breath
'Til the cats in this town
Scream another night down to the bone
You count under your breath
Wonder which step comes next
But you can't set a course
When you've lost yourself
Your love
And your north
No I'm not anybody's good son
Shoot the lights out all over this town
'Til we're out on the silent boulevard
With our way lit only by stars
Red hand
Voice like a knife
Warns me
No good goodbyes
And seen from the sky
The city tonight is on fire
No I'm not anybody's good son
Shoot the lights out all over this town
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Come on out, come on out
To the silent boulevard
Still Lost (back to top)
So my love I
Left this world for a while
For a while
I float through strange days
Search the one way to
Bring me back to you
So don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
From here
'Cos I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
When you come
When will you come
To look for me
If I was to
Call you
Would you come
And if I was to
Call you
Would you come
Oh my love
When will you come to look for me
'Cos I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
I'll be still lost
When you come
Why don't you come
To look for me?
Border Song (back to top)
She lies still
Her eyes on fire
undressed to kill
And untethered in time
And in the arms of a stranger
You search for someone like her
And the music carries on
In a simple border song
You once knew
People like you
They come and they go
What’s left to say
We already know
And we’ve danced these shoes to pieces
And we stood where no one has stood
And the music carries on
In a simple border song
You once knew
And I guess I’ve said it all
And I guess I’ve said it all
You can’t cry but you'll fall
And I guess I’ve said it all
You will walk
You will walk
You will walk out of here
You will walk
You will walk
You will walk out of here
And I guess I’ve said it all
And I guess I’ve said it all
You can’t cry but you'll fall
And I guess I’ve said it all (back to top)