LYRICS

don't shout
you're one of us
come join the party
then when it suits
go find your own way
impossible to stay

i hear it now
don't shout much louder
i shut it out
for fifteen years or more
in my memory store

i let it go
it spills all over
don't let it show
hair of rattlesnakes
vanish without trace

cabmdhavas en metten
do you feel the trees in their blustery shelter
the pounding cliffs are never far away
the chilly carns lighting up the moorland
it's such a feast of showers today

the gleaming fields offer crows their furrows
the hills have been refreshed by all the rain
if we take time to seek out their secrets
the underlying chambers will explain

cabmdhavas en metten, glaw yu etn

the leaves are streaming past moving windows
the clouds coming down and kissing the land
when we're blown back towards the ocean
abandoned chimneys are gonna understand

cabmdhavas en metten, glaw yu etn*

on the horizon
i thought i could see them
see them clearly from here
on the horizon
i thought i saw them appear
maybe i'm wrong and it's a memory
of times so long gone
a time of you and me

i'm still crying for you
and this life will not do
all these memories of
you and me still hold

listening to the
waves that crash on the beach
wondering why you
have to stay out of reach
starting to take responsibility
realising the futility

i've been waiting for you
will your words see me through
are your warm eyes cold now
will we meet again
i'm still crying for you
and this life will not do
all these memories of
you and me still hold

starting to peel
 the rains are keeping me awake
still so much flooding left to make
till barrow tanks have burst their banks
and turned the city to a lake

the world is leaving me alone
without email without a phone
i'm disconnected and redirected
i chose to live this far from home
the past will gently let me go
towards a future that i know
has more elation than frustration
i might feel sore for a while
but i'll break into a smile
in a new situation

the rains will still not let me rest
all my life i have been blessed
with sleepless nights in which to write
words blown on wet winds from the west
well i've been out in the sun
and got a load of work done
and now i'm starting to peel
and when i've shed my old skin
and let the new life come in
what a great way to feel

trying
even though you already understand
he's still trying to explain
go over old ground again
to justify his position

even though you know no-one's consistent
he's still trying to explain
why the story's not quite the same
to justify his revisions

even though you are exasperated
he's still trying to explain
use words to smother the pain
to justify his decisions

even when you wanna smash his face in
he's still trying to explain
feel like he's clearing his name
to justify his existence

ignition
hard to find
peace of mind
see how they've grown
the seeds you have sown
showing my face to the sun
taking due care not to burn

hands are tied
eyes are wide
reading and bathing
may stop this craving
trying to smell a silk rose
which will never grow

much to see
redwood trees
your words are clear
i taste the fear
striking matches on their teeth
burning a fire on the heath

go
you know how much it'll hurt him
but you know you gotta go
cause you can't stay in the same place
where you were so long ago
where the chemicals go round and round
and all is lost and never found
and feet are never on the ground

you know how much it'll hurt him
but you know you gotta find
a place that doesn't remind you
of the home you left behind
where the drinks were going round and round
and all was lost and never found
and no-one ever saw the ground

you know how much it'll hurt you
but you know you gotta leave
you don't know where it'll take you
but you know you gotta believe
that there is always somewhere where
you will not always have to care
and the looking after can be shared

lake merritt
 i don't need to see the things
that other people see
i just need to see some things
that were only meant for me
this place reminds me of my home
it's full of water, overgrown
overgrown

i don't need to drink the things
that other people drink
why should i be just like you
when i've a mind to think
now i need to get some rest
so why can't i just go to bed
go to bed

i don't do the things that you would
expect me to do
i am made of flesh and blood but
i am not like you
and i could stay away from there
so come and find me if you dare
if you dare

night song
the night was dark and friendly
the stars were old and brightly
the well was clear
we drank our fill from her
and we felt cleaner

the stones shone pale and roughly
the mist came in and quickly
we walked for miles
with silly songs and smiles
and we felt lighter

we looked back from the beacon
down on the mist of silver
when we got home
we piled the fire up high
and we felt warmer

impermanent
so the present doesn't suit ya
but the past is not the future
all the lessons you have learnt
say every body will get burnt
when you're hollow and outdated
the instruction is awaited
do your enemies a favour
let them triumphantly savour

buildings are just ruins in the making
lives are just the risks that are worth taking
none of your defences made you safe
the only thing no-one can take away is faith

and so now they've won the fight
but it doesn't make them right
still they're right that you were wrong
you should've known it all along
having lost what you possessed
you just do what you do best
though it once was locked away
it's spreading round the world today

buildings are just ruins in the making
lives are just the risks that are worth taking
none of your defences made you safe
the only thing no-one can take away is faith

buildings are just ruins in the making
lives are just the risks that are worth taking
none of our defences make us great
the only thing no-one can argue with is fate

radiator
listening to the cars that come and go
wondering whether you will ever show
looking out at the autumn trees
dropping all of their yellow leaves
pondering if our love could ever grow

birds fly higher than you'll ever be
seeing things from where you'll never see
wondering if you feel it too
pity you can't give me a clue
thinking that we could be like evergreen

listening to my radiator
waking up to hear my phone
not making noises
still feeling your heartbeat
from when you were near
wishing you were still here

history is stuck inside my throat
swallow from the lake in which i float
we could swim the sea together
underwater side by side
you have the right face
it's just the wrong life

still feeling your heartbeat
from when you were near
wishing you were still here

reminds me of summer
i'm drinking a drink
that reminds me of summer
for it will not always
be
so dark and cold
i'm meeting a mate
from back when i was younger
cause we will not always
feel
so wise and old

i'm frying some food
from the days of plenty
for they will surely
come
back around
i'm flicking through photos
of lush
penwith fields
cause my bare feet will
re-
tread that ground

i'll burn agarbattis
that i got up in the mountains
cause their spirit will one
day
lift me higher
i'm singing a song
about being in love
for my heart will one day
re-
new its fire

enjoy yourself
where have they gone
are they out having fun
such busy lives
always on the run
lie on the floor
stare at the clouds
it's better here
than in a crowd
enjoy yourself
with all the space around you
take some time
to wait for peace to find you

the days we spent
were gifts to have and hold
but days like these
are now tired and old
do we exist
if we're not seen
how will they know
i've ever been
enjoy yourself
with all the space around you
take some time
to wait for peace to find you

enjoy yourself
with all the space around you
take some time
to wait for peace to find you
enjoy yourself
with all this space around you
take some time
to wait for peace to find you

the world's a better place
 alienating people
with everything you'd say and do
it always felt like baghdad
when we came up against you
you wouldn't meet us halfway
so we didn't meet at all
but you hoped we might come running
even though you didn't call
you never called
there was a space
on the mantelshelf
twice a year
i hid it

so here we are we're needing
all the things you didn't need
you didn't believe in family
still you had to spread your seed
and now you're in the past and
we are starting to sort out
all the stuff we're taking with us
from the crap we're chucking out
chuck it out
to make some space
for things to grow
you might've liked 'em
you never know

i can't help feeling
i can't help feeling
the world's a better place
i can't help feeling
i can't help feeling
the world's a better place
i can't help feeling
i can't help feeling
the world's a better place
i can't help feeling
i can't help feeling
i can't help feeling


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* "a rainbow in the morning, rain is in it" - Cornish proverb