Home, so far from home So far to go And we've only just begun And home, every lie we told Is written in stone Every lie we wrote on our bones
And hold on, there's nothing to pack We know we're not coming back
Every promise that we broke Is sewn to our clothes Now we are pinned to the wind I suppose Every falling flake of snow has to give in But we spin and we spin and we spin
Hold on, there's nothing to pack Lay your heart out, we're not coming back
Hold on, there's nothing to pack Lay your heart out, we're not coming back We're not coming back
She laid her thoughts out on the table With sorrow difficult and bright She had decided to sever her ties As the horizon burned, she turned
The wind combed through her hair like high notes Tinkling furrows across the sky There would be tears, flowers, long shadows She could see it now The jets would dive
Away, away you go Before they push you under Away, away you go Before they pull you in
She held herself up at the high point A joining of decision and dismay And clay was forming over her feet As the horizon blurred She turned and always knew
Away, away you go Before they push you under Away, you let it go Before it pulls you in
Cold into the current there she goes Cold into the current there she goes Cold into the current there she goes Cold into the current there she goes The way it is, the way it goes, The way it gets you down, you know The way it is, the way it goes The way it gets you down
Away, away you go Before they push you under, you know Away, away you go Before it pulls you in Away, you let it go Before they push you under, you know Away, you let it go Before it pulls you in
This is your nightmare calling It's the downside of life in the city Trouble will always find you That's the problem of life in the city It's always a pity That someone goes under
I'll show you the worse side of life That you thought was forgotten forever It's not that it's evil there But it's always lurking around Like a child of the Jago A child of the Jago
The city's a cemetary Everywhere that you dig is another Open it up beneath you And the bad things are pulling you under And once you go under You're gone and forgotten
Some of the symmetry Between the rooftop pools in the sewer It's easy to disappear When you know that nobody would miss you Like a child of the Jago A child of the Jago
Theres always been weary souls That look like they're straight out of fiction Wretched and weather-beaten With the wind blowing rain in their faces It always disgraces In most modern places
There's always a worse kind of place Where it will shock even the sick and the twisted Pocket is there for the picking And the clothes are for living on church day The difference is minor To a child of the Jago
The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval
The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval
In a flick of the wrist you will not find The sharp blade that is your mind And you're the one who's wearing, the end is nigh Your heart it speeds through the best of times And we're breaking it now And you don't really wanna know
You have believed one time And now you want more Of what you perceive as life Is no more than a chore
Never a safe for a right place for ever getting old We need some room for the wings that we have grown You're not really listening to me You're not really listening to me You're not really listening to me You're not really listening
You have believed one time And now you want more Of what you perceive as life Is no more than a chore
You don't have what you won't have You don't have what you don't need You don't have what you won't have You don't need You don't need Need
You have believed one time And now you want more Of what you perceive as life Is no more than a chore A chore A chore
What this night wants is what it gets Strung in silken knots Lit by cigarettes Flaring side by side with the streets all wet As the only thing that's bright And I don't need to cross that bridge I find I'm swinging or sailing Over the pit tonight I'm hanging from a hit tonight Was wild enough to order up And toss across my lips
What's making all my tears Is taking all my fears away But I don't need to cry 'Cause now I'm clear
A moth that's swerving through the sage A creature crashing from a cage A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray A day she spends the night And I can hear her sighing As she's almost asleep on one side I lie back on my pillow and ask what her husband is like
And she says I smile polite And I tip and tithe And I see the sights With a well-trained eye But I come and cry 'Cause I'm too much mine without him
And I lie, reclined Where the room is quiet And it's quiet at night The soft silk is fine And the waves are white But the wind has died without him And I scream my smiles And I want my wires And I need my stripes And I read the lines Until I lid my eyes, And I'm losing time without him. And I ignite inside And I flash with fire And I limp from life And I'm blazing blind And I'm surging live And give up my mind When with him
And then every dream inside turns to flames Fades to grey and is dying And the smoke rises into a white, blank, bare, broke-open sky
Gonna make a record in the month of may In the month of may, in the month of may Gonna make a record in the month of may When the violent wind blows the wires away
Month of May it's a violent thing In the city their hearts start to sing Well some people singing sounds like screaming Used to doubt it but now I believe it
Month of may everybody sing love In the city watch it from above And just when I knew what I wanted to say The violent wind blew the wires away
We were shocked in the suburbs
Now the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight The kids are all standing with their arms folded tight Now some things are pure and some things are right But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight I said some things are pure and some things are right But the kids kids are still with their arms folded tight
So young, so young So much pain for someone so young well I know it's heavy, I know it ain't light But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?
Go wasted, go wasted in the belly of the town That's why I'm still driving around And around and around and around and around...
2009, 2010 Wanna make a record how I felt then When I stood outside in the month of may And watched the violent wind blow the wires away
If I died in the month of may Let the wind take my body away then Wish I may I wish I might Make me down there with my arms folded tight
Start again in the month of may Start again in the month of may Come on and blow the wires away Come on and blow the wires away
Mind over money bent over backwards Light up my life like a very last cigarette Time after time dear We will just lie here Staring at ceilings it doesnt really matter where we are
Wearing a smile like it's going out of style Look at your self There's nothing in there Just put points on a grave stone Can you see yourself sinking Staring at ceilings it doesnt really matter where you are
That's alright I warned myself Keep blood on the inside and nowhere else Up on a shelf that's where I need to be
I need to get something I can't sleep forever Internal combustion can that really happen? I take it back Whatever I did I didn't mean it I was only joking
But what does this matter in the grand scheming sky All that I multiply adds up to nothing
That's alright I warned myself Keep blood on the inside and nowhere else Up on a shelf that's where I need to be
We can never go home We no longer have one I'll help you carry the load I'll carry you in my arms The kiss of the snow The cranes that move above us Our blood is cold We're alone But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Help me to carry the fire It will light the way forever
If I say shut your eyes If I say look away Bury your face in my shoulder Think of a birthday The things you put in your head They won't stay there forever Our blood is cold We're alone, love But I'm alone with you
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Help me to carry the fire It will light the way forever Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Now help me to carry the fire It will light up the way forever
If I say shut your eyes If I say shut your eyes There will mean surprise When I say shut your eyes
Help me to carry the fire We will keep it alight together Help me carry the fire It will light the way forever
