An acoustic/electric duo playing alternative rock/folk/indie music
Falling Down Album Lyrics
Falling Down
Watching the rain, as it tumbles and falls
Cigarette floating, while the traffic just crawls
Making our way down one-way boulevard
In comfortable cages yet twisted inside
Chasing our trophies to cover and hide
The distance that keeps separation from you
Falling down you got it
Take all this weight away
Lay it down you got it
Take all this woundedness away
Pushing the limits, but what do we gain?
Grasping at rainbows to ease our pain
Trying to live by some new Hollywood dream
Look for redemption, yet hide from the truth
Seeking it online at some fountain of youth
Selling your soul for a moment's reward
Falling down you got it
Take all this weight away
Lay it down you got it
Take all this woundedness away
Watching the waves, watching the tides
Waiting for no-one, always on time
Does anyone stop? Does anyone notice?
Does anyone hear us, as we cry from the coldness?
Bleeding with hearts that cry out for so much more
Falling down you got it
Take all this weight away
Lay it down you got it
Take all this woundedness,
this loneliness, this emptiness away
Dreams
Dream on, dream on, dream on,
Dream on, dream on, dream
Creeping in the shadows dark, I feel it
White bones from the distant past, I know it
Dreams haunt me at night, my heart exploding
Someone hid the light, completely disturbing
Hold my hand again, in case I stumble
Used my favours in the past - now I tremble
Dreams haunt me at night, my heart exploding
Someone hid the light, completely disturbing
Sacrifice is a nice word
but it's hard to take your crown
and throw it on the ground
Curse, swear, kick and scream
I crawl, fear, worry, tear and burn
Wait for things to turn
Dreams haunt me at night, my heart exploding
Someone hid the light, completely disturbing
Guilty, as I'm charged, I live in the rubble
I can't trust my heart, it's bent on trouble
Curse, swear, tiger claws are out,
I know I shouldn't shout,
but can you hear me call?
If I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul
Pray my soul to take
Dreams haunt me at night, my heart exploding
Someone hid the light, completely disturbing
Rain falls in the night, watering the wasteland
Someone fixed the light, completely embracing
Dream on, dream on, dream on
Hasten to the River
Hasten to the river where they're calling my name
Pull me under and drowning me once again
Nothing but a stream of deep water
Hold me down 'til I throw the fight
There was a time I tried to keep a part of me
Covering my eyes from the searing heat,
the burning heat, the fiery heat,
danger, promise sweet
Hasten to the river where they're singing my song
Feel the rhythm of the place where I belong
Pulled my soul from the fire
The darkest night
Silent screams ring out through history,
eternally, embracing me,
danger, promise sweet
Hold me down in the water
I said, hold me down when I slip away
Hold me down when I slip away
I slip away
Burning old desires keep on trying to fight
Serpentine ambition keeps me wake through the night
Poison in the belly from the devil's bite
Wash me Jesus, wash me Jesus, save me tonight
There's no point in running from it
Hounds are chasing, closing on me
There's nowhere else I'd rather stay, rather stay
Landslide
It's not over, 'til you say it's over – yeah
But this waiting here is killing me
It's not started, 'til you say it's started - yeah
But this silence here is screaming at me
This day is almost over
And I wonder if you're still thinking of me
Night time darkness comes creeping in
It's closing in
Caught in a landslide, caught in a landslide
And I'm holding on to you
And I'm waiting till you move, so I'm holding on
In this fortress there is safety
In this shelter safe from harm
My asylum, my protection
In this refuge all is calm, all is calm
If I asked you would you tell me truthfully
Or would you just sit looking straight through me
Give me something, give me more than a promise -
'Cause this waiting here is crushing me
Nations fall like dominoes
Guns and pens lay useless now
And I wonder if you're still thinking of me
while kingdoms fall
Caught in a landslide, caught in a landslide
And I'm holding on to you
And I'm waiting till you move, so I'm holding on
In this fortress there is safety
In this shelter safe from harm
My asylum, my protection
In this refuge all is calm, all is calm
Be still and know, be still and know
Be still and know, be still and know
Sea of Glass
Sail, sail away, got myself in a mess
Far, far away, no one home at my address
the whole week long - it seems too long!
Sway, gently sway, panic starts on the seas
Miles, miles away, from the shore, I can't believe
I got it wrong, completely wrong
First time for everything!
Breathing by myself for the first time
On a sea of glass five floors high
You lie there awake just to hear the breath I take
Air, I need some air,
I need to breathe some fresh sea air
Check, check again,
I looked in here, I looked in there!
How will I breathe?
Feel so uneasy
My eyes are closing
Breathing by myself for the first time
On a sea of glass five floors high
You lie there awake just to hear the breath I take
Floating in the dark on a silent sea of glass
On and on and on we sail
Praying that my lungs won't fail
Making vows and promises
Keep those bad thoughts out of it
Close my eyes, go to sleep
Sweet surrender on the deep
Breathing by myself for the first time
On a sea of glass five floors high
Breathing by myself for the first time
On a sea of glass five floors high
Floating in the dark on a silent sea of glass
Bullet Eyes
Shut me down before I've even spoken
No logic or fear of God
No hope for this conversation
The martyrs and saints had to fight all their own battles
The truth took a blow,
only bows at the final curtain
Bullet eyes - shoot me down in anger
Eyes - feel the hateful hunger
Alien birth, a stranger on this planet
One innocent child seems so weak and helpless
Bearing the load and the hopes of all generations
Turning his cheek
Confusing and so reckless
Bullet eyes - shoot me down in anger
Eyes - feel the hateful hunger
I know that they
I know that they don't know what they do
Always listening, never hearing
Burning bridges, killing lifelines
They don't know what they do
They don't know!
Carry on, don't stop me now
I missed my train, I am late, but I'm elated
Savour desires that race through my body raging
Put them on ice
Hold me til the morning
Bullet eyes - shoot me down in anger
Eyes - feel the hateful hunger
Eyes - shoot me down in anger
Bullet Eyes - feel the hateful hunger
Astronaut
As a boy, I would climb up on my roof
Now I nearly got away with it
Hoping no-one ever noticed it
But a mother's eye
Saw the silhouetted sky
Had to climb back down real slow
Late at night, speculations upon my roof
How I could'a been an astronaut, I could'a been a pilot
'Cause I jump so high - touch the bottom of the sky
Ended up with a broken toe
Passions burn deep, obsessions are cheap
always messing with your soul
Fantasies repeat, one solo flight a week
and a broken toe
Ever since, the rust is growing on my roof
Now I know I should'a painted it
Maybe got a quote for it
But I'm a complicated guy and I'm still learning how to fly
Tryin' to navigate an all-time low
Passions burn deep, obsessions are cheap
always messing with your soul
Fantasies repeat, one solo flight a week
and a broken toe
Confidence is shot
Confidence is weak
Confidence is splattered all over the ground
Yeah I could'a been a trombone player
Could'a been a dragon slayer
Could'a been a journalist
Could'a been your therapist
Yeah I could'a been a billionaire
Had I filled out the questionnaire
Yeah I could'a been an influencer
but I had to deal with influenza - all that year!
Passions burn deep, and it's messing with my soul
Fantasies repeat, and it's messing with my soul
Yeah I know I should'a stuck with it
I think I could'a conquered it
Some delusional guy – once suggested I could fly
Villains and Foes
Say goodbye to all my villains and foes
Say goodbye to all those cretins and crows
Heartbeat one by one
Feel the heat, all the changes come
I'm undone
All my friends they talk about me
hear them whisper behind my back
no defenders, no resistance
there's no turning the time clock back
Say, say you want to cry
Oh, say, say you want to cry
Cry me a river, cry me a river
Sayonara, adios guys, auf weidersehn,
Leave the old junk, tip the whole trunk
Never going back again
Heartbeat – one by one feel the heat
Chains undone - I follow
Say, say you want to cry,
Oh, say, say you want to cry,
Cry me a river, cry me a river
Villains, villains and foes
Villains, villains and foes
Villains, villains and foes
Villains, you got your villains and foes
Say, say you want to cry,
Oh, say, say you want to cry,
Cry me a river, cry me a river
Hide Away
She won't sing no more,
hardly smiles at all
Her plans have slipped away
Such a bitter taste,
it's always in her face
How did it go so wrong?
Hide away, hide away
Hide away from the storm
Hide away, hide away
Hide away the secrets etched inside
Shadows cross her eyes
Ghosts that haunt the skies
Whisper her refrain
No cause to celebrate
An untouched birthday cake
Yeah, stored away for another day
Hide away, hide away
Hide away from the storm
Don't hide away
Don't hide away
Don't hide
There's someone on your side
Don't hide away
Don't hide away from the storm
Don't hide away
Don't hide
Don't hide away
Walk away
Stretch me out 'cause I've been framed -
with your stupid lies!
Twisted 'round so I get blamed
Poison in disguise
Close my eyes and walk away
Save your battles for those critical days
All those things that you said,
stuck inside my brain,
circling round in my head,
while you sip your champagne
Close my eyes and walk away
Save your battles for those critical days
Bravely on we march, such a spectacle
Lie awake every night, there's no glory here!
Oh, but I wish that you could join my victory song
and we could sing forever on and on
Presidents and dictators fill our evening news
Different views, culture wars
Missile heads and whores
Close my eyes and walk away
Save my battles for those critical days
Bravely on we march, unacceptable
The lepers, clowns - the odd ones out
So detestable, so imperceptible
Almost invisible, yet so magestical
Walk away and close my eyes
There is justice coming, see it rolling down the mountainside
It's not your fight, let it go - oh let it go
Justified - sweet goodnight!
Pilgrim
Mercy feels good on my head
This water brings life to the dead
See all the trees singing out,
mountains jump and shout,
singing songs to the world
Nothing comes out of the pain
Unless you repeat it again
I'm drowning the man you see
Gasping life in me
Learning to walk once again
I'm just a pilgrim here passing through year by year
Held in the arms of love
Just a pilgrim here passing through year by year
Hope beyond this time and place
Cursed is the ground that I walk
My greatest intentions just talk
'Cause Adam is lurking near
Fighting to reappear
Dragging me down again
Living each day by itself
No trophies to place on my shelf
it's never been up to me
just a gift for free
so I've nothing to boast
I'm just a pilgrim here passing through year by year
Held in the arms of love
Just a pilgrim here passing through year by year
Hope beyond this time and place
Facing my greatest fear
Facing my greatest fear
Facing my, facing my, facing my,
facing my greatest fear
Your love can never run out
Patience bigger than my doubt
And while I'm still a hypocrite
You take care of it
So I can face you again
Angels look over the scene
Amazed at the grace so obscene
They're singing their songs aloud in a greater crowd
Singing songs, singing songs,
singing songs to the world
I'm just a pilgrim here passing through year by year
Held in the arms of love
Just a pilgrim here passing through year by year
Hope beyond this time and place
Just a pigrim here
Hope beyond
Hope beyond this time and place
Hope beyond
Hope beyond