For liberty there is a cost, it's broken skulls and leather cosh From the boys in uniform, now you know whose side they're on With backing, with blessing
It's either, something in their eyes or something in the drink But whatever it is, they both stop and think There's no going back and nothing above It
Hush, little baby, don't you cry Momma's gonna buy you a nursery rhyme And if that don't send you to sleep Momma's gonna have to find the key All of
The wind blows whispers down the street Having free reign with the town so bleak Like everything else, it's all gone away The Town Hall clock gives forth
Getcha mining soul deep, with a lesson in history There's people fighting for their communities Don't say this struggle does not involve you If you're
Our eyes meet across the floor We don't have to say much more Lets take a chance on it Say you'll be mine till spring We kiss on crowded streets We kiss
Catch me, I'm falling so fast and I can't seem to find All the reasons I had when the purpose was mine Now I stumble so fast rolling into the night Kiss
I play out my role Why I've even been out walking They tell me that it helps But I know when I'm beaten All those lonely films And all those lonely parties
I've counted all the pores of my skin I've listed all the places I've been I'm tryin' not to keep it out of my mind, yeah I'm tryin' to remember my lines
Have you ever chased the night that sailed in front of you On a boat that's bound for hope but left you in the queue With your shouting, waving, taunting
I was hoping to be found alive In a pool of lies and an ocean of tears I was looking for a ship, ahoy I was waiting, bottom line, for a miracle, oh, oh
When I find you waiting hours, oh You're there to save my life for our obvious goal We've got a head start for happiness For our part, guess we must be
Who will buy this wonderful morning Such a sky you never did see Who will tie it up with a ribbon And put it in a box for me So I could see it at my leisure
Tired of dust and dirt to clean This place once loved, now makes me sick I've got to get away I've passed the places of my youth Torn out pages from
I don't know why, why I went missing It could have been the call of night It could have been a change of mind I don't know why, I went missing And though
I'll keep on diving 'til I reach the ends Dredging up the past to drive me round the bends What is it in me that I can't forget I keep finding so much
Confessions 1, 2 and 3 Count me off but don't count me down Down to what you wanted of me Now I know I could not be Confessions of the fool of dreams
Have you ever chased the night that sailed in front of you? On a boat that's bound for hope but left you in the queue With your shouting, waving, taunting