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This time her leaving took me by surprise
But I´ve got no-one to blame here I stand accused
And I´m raging now
Can it be I misunderstood?
No, this time she´s gone for good
This time she left early to avoid saying goodbye
Delighted with the letter she wrote
In which she explained everything but why
But leaving no reason to be misunderstood
This time she´s gone for good
Back when she and I were still growing
Lovers only learning, that´s what we were
And my feelings for her flowed like a song
Now it´s all gone so wrong
This time a candle moon on a table of stars
Highlighted what was missing
As much as what was there
But it´s much too late
This time she´s gone for good
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Your love done wounded me in such a beautiful way
Don´t want nobody else
You taught me how tenderness can possibly be
And I hugged this piece of knowledge to myself
`Cause I belong to you and God up in his heaven surely knows
How much I love you
So come write to me in Romance, that lost language of love
My Beloved
I know things about you, your dirty little secrets
The things you think you hide so well
You let me look behind the veil and I promised baby
Not a soul would I tell
Yes I belong to you and God up in his heaven surely must
Excuse this madness
`Cause not kissing you right now Darling is much more fun
Than kissing you right now
I wanna reach out into the world bring you things you don´t understand
And feed them to you by and by
With a calm anfd patient hand
Ch-ch-ch-chop you out in lines on my shaving mirror
`Til you´re nothing but powder and dust
Just to breathe the very essence of who you are girl
I can never have enough
So come shoot that old emotional black ink
Through my veins ´til nothing else remains
`Cept some simple words in Romance, that lost language of love
My Beloved
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It was a rare opportunity and I took it with both hands
She had a rare lived in loveliness
And I could feel her warming to my words
But maybe I was a fool to beleive
Nothing´s gonna stop us
`Cause something always gets in the way
We saw a short season of his films
Blue, White then Red
And I tried to laugh my way
In then out of her bed
So many times I tried to tell her, what we haven´t learned yet
´Aint worth knowing
But something always gets in the way
It was a rare opportunity......
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Haven´t told you I need you in a long, long time
Seems so funny to be saying it now
As the words tumbled out of my head
I felt my heart open like a sigh
Now I´m running out of reasons why
Guess I never saw such beauty flow
So easily into love
And as I recall baby well this is all far from over
Far from over
Don´t fail me now
When you walked your hair would blow
Like burning candles in a row
Thinking about it bings a smile to now
And my heart it opens like a sigh
I´m running out of reasons why
Yeah those rhythms of memory do me no favours
Like a thief in the night they come creeping ´round our door
Trying to break us but baby tell them this is all far from over
Far from over
Don´t fail me now
Under the garments of nature time we´d suspend
Beyond the beginning beyond the end
We´ve had a hundred noisy victories love
And a thousand quiet defeats
But I swear there´s not a marriage in this room
That doesn´t bless the day they met
Just like you and me they have their regrets
But every day they´re praying, babe
Don´t fail me now
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They´re talking `bout the end of the world
But I don´t even listen
I´m so wrapped up in you
And the night`s closing in
But I don´t hardly notice
I`m so wrapped up in you
`Cause the moment always slows down whenever you´re around
Everything just seems so full of meaning
And into the circle of these arms
I hoped you´d fall
Deep inside us we all carry
The seeds of our completion
We`re all just looking for that someone
To bring it to fruition
Yes there are signs in many different colours
That even lazy lovers
Could read without the light on
Can`t you hear me calling
Won`t you listen to my Gospel Prayer now.......
`Cause at the blinding flash that was creation you were waiting for me
At the moment before time began I loved you
And into the circle of these arms I hoped you`d fall
I hoped you`d fall........
They`re talking`bout the end of the world
But I don`t even listen, no
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Pillow Fighting
04:20
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Pillow fighting no-one´s supposed to get hurt
Pillow fighting I gave you my word
It was just a little fun and games
And no-one´s supposed to get hurt
You could always be impetuous really slam that door
But I´m getting a little ahead of myself here
`Cause voices raised in anger questions left unsaid
Quickly turn to playful little blows to my head
See our attraction to the dark things
Reveals so much about us
But this time the tears can´t be kissed away
Pillow fighting no-one´s supposed to get hurt
Pillow fighting I gave you my word
It was just a little fun and games
And no-one´s supposed to get hurt
I wanted to know the workings of your mind
Your inner architecture but I was scared what I´d find there
Now my mouth´s so dry can´t even catch my breath
The cushions are flying and my feather bed´s a mess
See our attraction to the dark things
Reveals so much about us
But this time the tears can´t be kissed away
Pillow fighting no-one´s supposed to get hurt
Pillow fighting I gave you my word
It was just a little fun and games
And no-one´s supposed to get hurt
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The phones about to ring
And I haven´t even thought about
What it is I want to say
And that crazy little butterfly`s wing
Beats around inside of me
What the hell is wrong with me now?
Love will do that to you everytime
When you´re least expecting it
Is when it´s at it`s most affecting
Love will do that to you everytime
But don`t let it drive you crazy no
Don´t ever let up don`t stop amazing me
I don`t search for the difference between you and I
I always try to find
The you and I in our differences
We`ve got to get ourselves together
This fooling ´round has got to stop
Or we`ll lose ourselves forever
Love will do that to you everyime..............
Shine a little light on me
In the time before you go to sleep
Spare a little moment
Remember love my hands upon your face
Then close your eyes breathe in deep
And we`ll be lovers once again
This I promise in so many ways
Love will do that to you everytime...........
Shine a little light on me
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The Belly Of The Whale
03:04
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Me in my glass half-empty isolation
One eye on the sacred scale
Knowing every moment´s a choice an affirmation
In the belly of the whale
With my soul on one side a feather on the other
Of the sacred scale
That´s how my days roll into one another
In the belly of the whale
If your kiss had a voice it would sound like this
Hung up on the sacred scale
All smoke and mirrors mixed with sadness and full-on bliss
Down in the belly of the whale
And all the lives I´ve yet to live I´d give them all away
Just to be here this one time with you
With you
Somewhere out beyond the planet´s pull
There lies a sacred scale
But you´ll only break that spell when you´ve had a bellyful of
The belly of the whale
You´ll only break that spell when you´ve had a bellyful of
The belly of the whale
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