BLOODFLOWERS (2000)

out of this world

watching me fall

where the birds always sing

maybe someday

the last day of summer

there is no if...

the loudest sound

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bloodflowers

Out Of This World

 

When we look back at it all

As I know we will

You and me, wide eyed

I wonder...

Will we really remember

How it feels to be this alive?

 

And I know we have to go

I realize we only get to stay so long

Always have to go back to real lives where we belong

Where we belong

Where we belong

 

When we think back to all this

And I'm sure we will

Me and you, here and now

Will we forget the way it really is

Why it feels like this

And how?

 

And we always have to go

I realize we always have to say goodbye

Always have to go back to real lives

But real lives are the reason why

We want to live another life

We want to feel another time

Another time...

Yeah another time

To feel another time...

 

When we look back at it all

As I know we will

You and me, wide eyed

I wonder...

Will we really remember

How it feels to be this alive?

 

And I know we have to go

I realize we always have to turn away

Always have to go back to real lives

But real lives are why we stay

For another dream

Another day

For another world

Another way

For another way...

 

One last time before it's over

One last time before the end

One last time before it's time to go away...

Watching Me Fall

 

Yeah I've been watching me fall for it seems like years

Watching me grow small, I watch me disappear

Slipping out my ordinary world, out my ordinary eyes

Yeah slipping out the ordinary me into someone else's life

Into someone else's life...

 

There's a thin white cold new moon and the snow is coming down

And the neon bright Tokyo lights flicker through the crowd

I've been drifting around for hours and I'm lost and I'm tired

When a whisper in my ear insatiable breathes

"Why don't you follow me inside...?"

 

Yeah the room is small, the room is bright

Her hair is black, the bed is white

And the night is always young

Is always young...

Always young

The night is always young...

 

Yeah I've been seeing them strip to the bone in the mirror on the wall

Seeing her swallow him whole like it's not me at all

She holds out her hands and I follow her down to my knees

And the sucking inside insatiable smiles

"You will forget yourself in me..."

 

Yeah the room is small, the room is bright

Her eyes are black, the bed is white

And the night is always young

And the night goes on and on

And the night is always young

And the night is never over and over and over and over and over...

And then it's gone

Yeah then it's gone...

 

Yeah it's a cruel mean cold new day and outside the snow is still coming down

And in the blood red Tokyo bed I watch me coming round

She pulled him down for hours

Deeper than I've ever been

And as I fall in the mirror on the wall

I'm watching me scream

 

I'm watching me scream

I'm watching me scream

I'm watching me scream

 

Yeah I've been watching me go for it must be years

Watching me get slow, I watch me disappear

And one day, yeah I know, I won't come back at all...

And always over and over in his ordinary eyes

I'm watching me fall

 

I'm watching me fall

I'm watching me fall

I'm watching me fall

Where The Birds Always Sing

 

The world is neither fair nor unfair

The idea is just a way for us to understand

But the world is neither fair nor unfair

So one survives

The others die

And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust

It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it

No, the world is neither just nor unjust

And though going young

So much undone

Is a tragedy for everyone

 

It doesn't speak a plan or any secret thing

No unseen sign or untold truth in anything...

But living on in others, in memories and dreams

Is not enough

You want everything

Another world where the sun always shines

And the birds always sing

Always sing...

 

The world is neither fair nor unfair

The idea is just a way for us to understand

No the world is neither fair nor unfair

So some survive

And others die

And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust

It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it

No, the world is neither just nor unjust

And though going young

So much undone

Is a tragedy for everyone

 

It doesn't mean there has to be a way of things

No special sense that hidden hands are pulling strings

But living on in others, in memories and dreams

Is not enough

And it never is

You always want so much more than this...

 

An endless sense of soul and an eternity of love

A sweet mother down below and a just father above

For living on in others, in memories and dreams

Is not enough

You want everything

Another world where the birds always sing

Another world where the sun always shines

Another world where nothing ever dies...

Maybe Someday

 

No I won't do it again, I don't want to pretend

If it can't be like before I've got to let it end

I don't want what I was, I had a change of head

But maybe someday...

Yeah maybe someday

 

I've got to let it go and leave it gone

Just walk away, stop it going on

Get too scared to jump if I wait too long

But maybe someday...

 

I'll see you smile as you call my name

Start to feel, and it feels the same

And I know that maybe someday's come

Maybe someday's come... again!

 

So tell me someday's come

Tell me some days come again...

 

No I won't do it some more, doesn't make any sense

If it can't be like it was, I've got to let it rest

I don't want what I did, I had a change of tense

But maybe someday...

 

I'll see you smile as you call my name

Start to feel, and it feels the same

And I know that maybe someday's come

Maybe someday's come...

 

If I could do it again

Maybe just once more

Think I could make it work like I did it before

If I could try it out

If I could just be sure

That maybe someday is the last time

Yeah maybe someday is the end

Oh maybe someday is when it all stops

Or maybe someday always comes again...

The Last Day Of Summer

 

Nothing I am

Nothing I dream

Nothing is new

Nothing I think or believe in or say

Nothing is true

 

It used to be so easy

I never even tried

Yeah it used to be so easy...

 

But the last day of summer never felt so cold

The last day of summer never felt so old

Never felt so...

 

All that I have

All that I hold

All that is wrong

All that I feel for or trust in or love

All that is gone

 

It used to be so easy

I never even tried

Yeah it used to be so easy...

 

But the last day of summer never felt so cold

The last day of summer never felt so old

The last day of summer never felt so cold

Never felt so...

There Is No If...

 

Remember the first time I told you I love you

It was raining hard and you never heard

You sneezed! And I had to say it over

"I said I love you" I said...

You didn't say a word

Just held your hands to my shining eyes

And I watched as the rain ran through your fingers

Held your hands to my shining eyes

And smiled as you kissed me...

 

"If you die" you said "so do I" you said...

And it starts the day you make the sign

"Tell me I'm forever yours and you're forever mine

Forever mine..."

 

"If you die" you said "so do I" you said...

And it starts the day you cross that line

"Swear I will always be yours and you'll always be mine

You'll always be mine

Always be mine..."

 

Remember the last time I told you I love you

It was warm and safe in our perfect world

You yawned and I had to say it over

"I said I love you" I said...

You didn't say a word

Just held your hands to your shining eyes

And I watched as the tears ran through your fingers

Held your hands to your shining eyes

And cried...

 

"If you die" you said "so do I" you said...

But it ends the day you see how it is

There is no always forever... just this

Just this...

 

"If you die" you said "so do I" you said

But it ends the day you understand

There is no if... just and

There is no if... just and

There is no if...

The Loudest Sound

 

Side by side in silence they pass away the day

So comfortable, so habitual... and so nothing left to say

Nothing left to say

Nothing left to say

 

Side by side in silence his thoughts echo round

He looks up at the sky... she looks down at the ground

Stares down at the ground

Stares down at the ground

 

Side by side in silence they wish for different worlds

She dreams him as a boy... and he loves her as a girl

Loves her as a girl...

 

And side by side in silence without a single word...

It's the loudest sound

It's the loudest sound...

It's the loudest sound I ever heard

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So the fire is almost out and there's nothing left to burn

I've run right out of thoughts  and I've run right out of words

As I used them up, I used them up...

 

Yeah the fire is almost cold and there's nothing left to burn

I've run right out of feeling and I've run right out of world

And everything I promised, and everything I tried

Yeah everything I ever did

I used to feed the fire

 

I used to feed the fire

I used to feed the fire

I used to feed the fire

But the fire is almost out

Is almost out...

And there's nothing left to burn

No there's nothing left to burn

Not even this...

 

And the fire is almost dead and there's nothing left to burn

I've finished everything...

And all the things I promised, and all the things I tried

Yeah all the things I ever dreamed

I used to feed the fire

 

I used to feed the fire

I used to feed the fire

I used to feed the fire

But the fire is almost out...

 

Half my life I've been here

Half my life in flames

Using all I ever had

To keep the fire ablaze

To keep the fire ablaze

To keep the fire ablaze

To keep the fire ablaze...

But there's nothing left to burn

 

No there's nothing left to burn

And the fire is almost out

The fire is almost out

Yeah the fire is almost out

Almost out, almost out

Almost out, almost out...

And there's nothing left to burn

Bloodflowers

 

"This dream never ends" you said "This feeling never goes

The time will never come to slip away"

"This wave never breaks" you said "This sun never sets again

These flowers will never fade"

"This world never stops" you said "This wonder never leaves

The time will never come to say goodbye"

"This tide never turns" you said "This night never falls again

These flowers will never die"

 

Never die

Never die

These flowers will never die

 

"This dream always ends" I said "This feeling always goes

The time always comes to slip away"

"This wave always breaks" I said "This sun always sets again

And these flowers will always fade"

This world always stops" I said "This wonder always leaves

The time always comes to say goodbye"

"This tide always turns" I said "This night always falls again

And these flowers will always die

 

Always die

Always die

These flowers will always die

 

Between you and me

It's hard to ever really know who to trust

How to think

What to believe

Between me and you

It's hard to ever really know who to choose

How to feel

What to do

 

Never fade

Never die

You give me flowers of love

Always fade

Always die

I let fall flowers of blood