[rev. Aug. 26, 2015]
See the chains which bind the men
Can you taste their lonely arrogance? (oh oh oh)
It's always too late and your face is so cold
They struggled for this opulence
See the suns which blind the men
Burnt away so long before our time (oh oh oh)
Now their warmth is forgotten and gone
Pretty maid it's not far behind
Who you trying to get in touch with?
Who you trying to get in touch with?
Who you trying to get in touch with?
I'm almost with you
I can sense it, wait for me
I'm almost with you
Is this the taste of victory?
I'm almost with you
See the dust which fills your sleep
Does it always feel this chill near the end? (oh oh oh)
I never dreamed we'd meet here once more
This life reserved for a friend
Who you trying to get in touch with?
Who you trying to get in touch with?
Who you trying to get in touch with?
I'm almost with you
I can sense it, wait for me
I'm almost with you
Is this the taste of victory?
I'm almost with you
I'm almost with you
I can sense it, wait for me
I'm almost with you
Is this the taste of victory?
I'm almost with you
I can sense it, wait for me
I'm almost with you
Is this the taste of victory?
I'm almost with you
I'm almost with you
I'm almost with you
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
On a day like this, a hundred lifetimes ago
You on a shore, across the point
I looked through my hands and you drew me a line
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
On a world like this, a hundred turns left to go
Deep in a room, which I've never seen
Outside it's so cold but I'm waiting for time
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
Plenty of islands between now and then
Rocks break the boats of the painted face men
And they drown, and they're born
And they live once again
And this all happens
When you were mine
In a storm like this, a hundred kisses of snow
You with another so easily sleep
What's real and what's dreamt become close and entwine
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
Plenty of islands between now and then
Rocks break the boats of the painted face men
And they drown, and they're born
And they live once again
And this all happens
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were mine
When you were, when you were mine
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
It's a long way home from the Field of Mars
Distant, alone, beneath the platinum stars
And I turn to look, and I'm never any closer
Only just the rain makes the skin feel colder
All my life seems so far away
All my life seems so far away
The air is soft in the Field of Mars
Tears and loss feed the overgrown grass
And I have to leave, but I never seem to go
Only more sad clouds where autumn winds will blow
All my dreams seem so long ago
All my dreams seem so long ago
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Time is past in the Field of Mars
Grief won't last in the departing cars
And I call her name, but she never, ever hears
And I call again to the cruelty of the years
Oh my love she's so far away
Oh my love she's so far away
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh, Field of Mars
Oh...
"They're going to send you away" she said
Psychic angels spread on the top of her head
And in the compartments of my dread
The rush hour crush travels home to bed
"You never seem to hear" she smiled
Statues tiptoe for the glimpse of the child
The lawns are always lush and wild
Spacious floors bejeweled and tiled
"How are you getting home" she laughed
Mermaids drowned but I clung to the raft
It's just the water in the bath
An interlude for the busy staff
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
Lying alone, isn't that you
Drifting away is the only thing left to do
Such a sad place, such a lost world
But nothing is sadder than the tears of a make-believe girl
Who is this child, who is this man
Only two people who are doing all they can
Frost on the ground, the cruel winds of fate
Blow us forever and I know there's just no escape
Run to the secret corners of your room
I'll still be waiting
I'll still be waiting
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
Sometimes when the darkness loses its hold
I tread politely in the cold
Racking my brains
Pumping my veins
And taking the evening train from view
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
And it's so easy to hurt me now
And you've forgotten anyhow
That certain ideas
Have changed through the years
I purchased some tears just to see me through
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
One day I noticed the world at my feet
Next day comes and it rolls into the street
Gathering speed
Paying no heed
That made me bleed until I was blue
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
But you know I never wanted to
Ah, you know I did it just for you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, just for you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, just for you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, just for you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, just for you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, just for you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, just for you
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
The rusty stream of dawn completes
The scenes where cars once crawled these streets
A face against the moving sky
Brings back an alien hope
Just like they said to me
Keep your heart inside your coat
Well there's muddy shoes outside the door
Is anybody home I ask once more
A silver-plated jet comes home
But the map leads her astray
Just like they said to me
Find your heart and lose your way
A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind
Beside the wall the flowers grow
And down the sticky stems I go
Watching changing skies below
Your arms so far away
Just like they said to me
Life is worth another stay
A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind
(A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind)
A fire burns inside me
The snow still falls in flakes
The reins around a horse's throat
Turn into a lake
And people so familiar
Their words are in my mind
A fire burns inside me
Dancing cool and blind
The fire burns inside me
A fire burns inside me
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
Nighttime is so lonely
When you hear a sound
But it's only an empty heart
Beating on through the night
A sad, sad drum
And I'm lying here listening
And the raindrops are all glistening
In my dreams
And it seems
That the sun never comes
And I want my sad reflection
To go drifting through the skies
To be in your eyes
And I'm waking to this aching
And it's breaking me in two
All the space
All the waste
All the distance between me and you
And the people with their voices
Random choices will they ever learn
To really see
Really be on fire when their spirits burn
I want the person inside me
To be someone I'd recognize
If he was in your eyes
So I'm waiting, contemplating
Relocating a faded image in my thoughts
But the memories are like clouds
Try so hard
But they never can be caught
But I'm trying, yes I'm trying
But I'm only lying in the dark
So alone
On my own
No one home
And if love was worth a fortune
Then I'd need a rise
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
I want these words to be the things
I hoped you'd realized
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
You took a piece of my heart
You took a piece of my heart
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It was clear in coming here
I must have put the horse before the cart
Before the cart
You took the lead from the start
You took the lead from the start
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It was clear in coming here
I must have put the skin before the heart
Before the heart
You took the rest of the day
You took the rest of the day
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
Now that it's all over
Now there's just some coldness in my way
It's in my way
You took the clubs and the spades
You took the clubs and the spades
And I don't know why
No I don't know why
It's a shame it's not a game
We're playing in it's just the blurred crusade
The blurred crusade
The blurred crusade [repeated several times]
[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]
Sometime up here
Watching a cloud
Funny how they shape your thoughts right out loud
Some days you laugh
Some days you cry
So deep in the night it leaves you stranded high and dry
Keep to yourself
Keep it in case
Keep it when you need it for a pretty smile for your face
Walk out in the sun
Walk out in the rain
Keep on walking and don't look back here again
[B-side on the Temperature Drop In Downtown Winterland EP]
Instrumental
[B-side on some versions of the Almost With You single]
[rev. Mar. 9, 2007]
The clouds in the sky are all rushing by
A stare's just a backwards glance
The years and the days are all melting away
Yet you still won't take a chance
But life speeds up
Don't you know, don't you know
Life speeds up
Then it goes away
The push and the throb, the threat of the mob
The crack's not a secret this time
The mouths and the doors, but I can't shut anymore
Keep running, 'cause you're falling behind
But life speeds up
Don't you know, don't you know
Life speeds up
Then it goes away
The world spins alone, and the weight of it groans
I'm dizzy just turning the page
The air holds us down and we're stuck on the ground
And we're trying to slip off our age
But life speeds up
Don't you know, don't you know
Life speeds up
Then it goes away
Come to the window, come to the door
Given under my hand, given under the law
I gave you everything and you still want more
And they gave you some mad forgotten war
Now it's time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up
Tell me how it happened, did you hurt, did you cry
Did you ever feel yourself falling out of the sky
Did you ever lie awake and wonder why
Did you ever fall asleep and dream that you died
Now it's time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up and up and up
We grind to a halt and we start again
We come to a corner but it's only a bend
And all those broken promises they never meant
Who cares if it's mad when it's only pretend
Now it's time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up
Now it's time to slow things down
Because I told you life speeds up