Bitter Sweet Symphony

Cos' it's a bittersweet symphony this life...

Trying to make ends meet , you're a slave to the money then you die.
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down...
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the pain lives , yeah.

No change, I can change, I can change, I can change,

but I'm here in my mould , I am here in my mould.
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next...
I can't change my mould , no,no,no,no,no,no,no

Well I never pray,

But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah.
I need to hear some sounds that recognise the pain in me, yeah.
I let the melody shine, let it cleanze my mind , I feel free now.
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now.

No change, I can change, I can change, I can change,

but I'm here in my mould , I am here in my mould.
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould, no,no,no,no,no,no,no

(Well have you ever been down?)

(I can change, I can change...)

Cos' it's a bittersweet symphony this life.

Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die.
You know I can change, I can change, I can change,
but I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould.
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next.
I can't change my mould, no,no,no,no,no,no,no

(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(It justs sex and violence melody and silence)
(Been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)

Sonnet

My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord

Why can't you see

 That nature has its way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord

Sinking faster than a boat without a hull

My lord
Dreaming about the day when I can see you there
My side
By my side

Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord

I stop to say hello
'Cause I think you should know, by now
By now
By now
By now
By now
By now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now
Oh, by now

The Rolling People

I got one more life

Can you see it wasting away?
But I got a plan
Do you understand?

The drugstore wife

I was dealing soul and other white
I won't shake your hands
'Cause death has no plans

But here we are the rolling people

Can't stay for long
We gotta go

So come alive with the rolling poeple

Don't ask why
We just know

I'm on a big jet plane

With my baby's crime in my veins
I'll be the first to toast
To my rowdy soul 
 But here we are the rolling people
Don't ask why
We don't know

So come alive with the rolling people

Don't ask why
We just go now
Yeah

Don't even know which way I'm going to 

The lights are on and I am feeling blue
I hope you know which way I'm going to fly
Thank you for my life
I said good night, good-bye

You see me going

But here we are the rolling people

Can't stay for long
We gotta go

So come alive with the rolling people

Don't ask why
We don't know now
Yeah

The Drugs don't Work

All this talk of getting old

It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

And I hope you're thinking of me

As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don't work
They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

Now the drugs don't work

They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

But I know I'm on a losing streak

'Cause I passed down my old street
And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work

They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too

Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead
 All this talk of getting old 
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down

Now the drugs don't work

They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again

'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too

Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better off dead

But if you wanna show, just let me know

And I'll sing in your ear again

Now the drugs don't work

They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again 

Yeah, I know I'll see your face again

Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again
Yeah, I know I'll see your face again

I'm never going down, I'm never coming down

No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down
No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
(Repeat and Fade Out)

Catching the Butterfly

As though you were born

And so you thought
The future's ours
To keep and hold
A child within
Has healing ways
It sees me through
My darkest days

I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly 

In that dream of mine 
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly 
In that dream of mine 

In my lucid dreams
In my lucid dreams

Something now????
Through life no fun
I want to feel
I want to run
 I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine

In my lucid dreams
In my lucid dreams

I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly

In that dream of mine
Keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly

In my private dreams
In my private dreams
In my private dreams
My lucid dreams
My forgotten schemes
I see through you
You see through me
I see through you 
You see through me
Be with me
Be with me
I see through you
You see through me
I see through you 
You see through me

To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes

Neon Wilderness

In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness 
Find a new address

Stood before I sink

In a neon wilderness
Spill my last drink
Yeah, he was restless
Say good-bye to my new friends
Escape from loneliness
I found a new address
In the last room
I hear a boom
Someone else's distress
In a neon wilderness
 Someone else's distress
In a neon wilderness
And I hear a boom

In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness 
For a new address

In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness 
For a new address

Space and Time

There ain't no space and time

To keep our love alive
We have existence and it's all we share
There ain't no real truth 
There ain't no real lies
Keep on pushin' 'cause I know it's there

Oh, can you just tell me

It's all right (It's all right)
Let me sleep tonight
Oh, can you comfort me
Tonight (It's all right)
Make it all seem fine

I just can't make it alone

Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no

There'll be no lullabies
There'll be no tears cried
We feel numb 'cause we don't see
That if we really care
And we really loved
Think of all the joy we'd feel

Oh, can you just tell me

It's all right (It's all right)
Let me sleep tonight
Oh, can you comfort me
Tonight (It's all right)
Make it all seem fine

I just can't make it alone

Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone
Oh, no, no

Ain't got no lullaby, no, no

Ain't got no lullaby, oh, no
There is no space and time
Oh lord
There is no space and time
Oh lord

We have existence and it's all we share

We have existence and it's all we share
We have existence and it's all we share
We have existence and it's all we share
We have existence and it's all we share
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there
Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there

Weeping Willow

When morning breaks

We hide our eyes and our love's aching
Nothing's strange

It was in our hands from 6 to 10

It slipped right out again

There'll be no better time

There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me

I hope you see like I see

I hope you see what I see
I hope you feel like I feel

And the world don't stop

There is no time for cracking up
Believe me friend
'Cause when freedom comes
I'll be long gone
You know it has to end

There'll be no better time

There'll be no better way
There'll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see what I see
I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me

Weeping willow
The pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
Pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
The Gun under your pillow
Weeping willow
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me

Lucky Man

Happiness
More or less
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just where I am

But how many corners do I have to turn?

How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?

Well, I'm a lucky man

With fire in my hands

Happiness
Something in my own place
I'm standing naked
Smiling, I feel no disgrace
With who I am

Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just who I am

But how many corners do I have to turn?

How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?
I hope you understand
I hope you understand

Gotta love that'll never die

Happiness 
More or less
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know 
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my

Gotta love that'll never die

Gotta love that'll never die
No, no
I'm a lucky man

It's just a change in me

Something in my liberty
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
It's just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my

One Day

One day maybe we will dance again

Under fiery skies
One day maybe you will love again
Love that never dies

One day maybe you will see the land

Touch skin with sand
You've been swimming in the lonely sea
With no company

Oh, don't you want to find?

Can't you hear this beauty in life?
The roads, the highs, breaking up your life
Can't you hear this beauty in life?
 One day maybe you will cry again
Just like a child
You've gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end

Oh, don't you want to find?

Can't you hear this beauty in life?
The times, the highs, breaking up your mind
Can't you hear this beauty in life?

Oh, you're too afraid to touch

Too afraid you'll like it too much
The roads, the times, breaking up your mind
Can't you hear this beauty in life?

One day maybe I will dance again

One day maybe I will love again
One day maybe we will dance again
You know you've gotta
Tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end
One day maybe you will love again
You've gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end

This Time

Lookin' back on my life

You know that all I see 
Are things I could've changed
I should have done
Where did the good times go?
Good times so hard to hold 
This time, this time
This time I'm gonna find

Lookin' back on my life

You know that all I see 
Are things I could've changed
I could have done
No time for sad lament
A wasted life is bitter spent

So rise into the light

In or out of time
Gonna rise straight through the light
In or out of time

Woke up one other day

The pain won't go away
I am growing
In peculiar ways
Into a light I pass
 Another dream, another trance
This time, this time
This time I'm gonna rise into the light
In or out of time

Gonna find my way in life

In or out of sight
I'm still seeing things in black and white
Gonna rise straight into the light
In or out of sight

I'm gonna see the light

I'm gonna see the light
I'm gonna see the light

'Cause I know there is time

There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time

Velvet Morning

Yes
It's been long
And yes
I still feel strong
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me, yeah

Time
Stands still
As you take
Your last pill
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me

And now I'm trying to tell you 

About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
They've always been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they made

I said, don't you find

That it's lonely
The corridor
You walk there alone
And life is a game
You've tried
And life is a game
You're tired

Yes
I'm coming down
Your beauty is
A color surround
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me

And now I'm trying to tell you

About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
My feelings, they've been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they made

He said, don't you find

That it's lonely
The corridor
You walk there alone
And life is a game
You've tried
And life is a game
You're tired
And life is a game
You've tried

Come On

I must be feeling low

I talked to god in a phonebox on my way home
I told you my answer
I left you my dreams on your answering machine

Come on
Let the spirit inside you
Don't wait to be found
Come along with my sound
Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up
They'll fuse you
I never met no one to deny a sound

I must be going insane

I called the doctor so he can relieve
He's got a little pill for me
Just a little luxury
Help me through my day

Come on
Let the spirit inside you
Don't wait to be found
Come along with our sound
Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up
They'll fuse you
I never met no one to deny our sound

Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on...

There's only one life

There's only one life

Let it go
Let it go
Let it go

This is a big
Fuck you!
This is a big
Fuck you!
Come on!

Come on now