What Do You Want From Me As you look around this room tonight Settle in your seat and dim the lights Do you want my blood, do you want my tears What do you want What do you want from me Should I sing until I can't sing any more Play these strings till my fingers are raw You're so hard to please What do you want from me
Do you think that I know something you don't know What do you want from me If I don't promise you the answers would you go What do you want from me Should I stand out in the rain Do you want me to make a daisy chain for you I'm not the one you need What do you want from me
You can have anything you want You can drift, you can dream, even walk on water Anything you want
You can own everything you see Sell your soul for complete control Is that really what you need
You can lose yourself this night See inside there is nothing to hide Turn and face the light
What do you want from me
Poles Apart
Did you know... it was all going to go so wrong for you And did you see it was all going to be so right for me Why did we tell you then You were always the golden boy then And that you'd never lose the light in your eyes
Hey you... did you ever realize what you'd become And did you see that it wasn't only me you were running from Did you know all the time but it never bothered you anyway Leading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyes
The rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertainty I thought of you and the years and all the sadness fell away from me And did you know...
I never thought that you'd lose the light in your eyes
Marooned
A Great Day for Freedom On the day the wall came down They threw the locks onto the ground And with glasses high we raised a cry for freedom had arrived
On the day the wall came down The Ship of Fools had finally run aground Promises lit up the night like paper doves in flight
I dreamed you had left my side No warmth, not even pride remained And even though you needed me It was clear that I could not do a thing for you
Now life devalues day by day As friends and neighbours turn away And there's a change that, even with regret, cannot be undone
Now frontiers shift like desert sands While nations wash their blooded hands Of loyalty, of history, in shades of grey
I woke to the sound of drums The music played, the morning sun streamed in I turned and I looked at you And all but the bitter residue slipped away... slipped away
Wearing the Inside Out From morning to night I stayed out of sight Didn't recognise I'd become No more than alive I'd barely survive In a word... overrun
Won't hear a sound (He's curled into the corner) From my mouth (But still the screen is flickering) I've spent too long (With and endless stream of garbage to) On the inside out (... curse the place) My skin is cold (In a sea of random images) To the human touch (The self-destructing animal) This bleeding heart's (Waiting for the waves to break) Not beating much
I murmured a vow of silence and now I don't even hear when I think aloud Extinguished by light I turn on the night Wear its darkness with an empty smile
I'm creeping back to life My nervous system all awry I'm wearing the inside out
Look at him now He's paler somehow But he's coming around He's starting to choke It's been so long since he spoke Well he can have the words right from my mouth
And with these words I can see Clear through the clouds that covered me Just give it time then speak my name Now we can hear ourselves again
I'm holding out (He's standing on the threshold) For the day (Caught in fiery anger) When all the clouds (And hurled into the furnace he'll) Have blown away (... curse the place) I'm with you now (He's torn in all directions) Can speak your name (And still the screen is flickering) Now we can hear (Waiting for the flames to break) Ourselves again
Take it Back Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire We were spinning into darkness, t he earth was on fire
She could take it back he might take it back some day
So I spy on her, I lie to her, I make promises I cannot keep Then I hear her laughter rising, rising from the deep And I make her prove her love for me, I take all that I can take And I push her to the limit to see if she will break
She might take it back, she could take it back some day
Now I have seen the warnings, screaming from all sides It's eay to ignore them and G-d knows I've tried All of this temptation, it turned my faith to lies Until I couldn't see the danger or hear the rising tide
She can take it back, she will take it back some day She can take it back, she will take it back some day She will take it back, she will take it back some day
Coming Back to Life Where were you when I was burned and broken While the days slipped by from my window watching Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless Because the things you say and the things you do surround me While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words Dying to believe in what you heard I was staring straight into the shining sun
Lost in thought and lost in time While the seeds of life and the seeds of were planted Outside the rain fell dark and slow While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistable pastime I took a heavenly ride through our silence I knew the moment had arrived For killing the past and coming back to life
I took a heavenly ride through our silence I knew the waiting had begun And headed straight... into the shining son
Keep Talking For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination We learned to talk
There's a silence surrounding me I can't seem to think straight I'll sit in the corner No one can bother me I think I should speak now (Why won't you talk to me) I can't seem to speak now (You never talk to me) My words won't come out right (What are you thinking) I feel like I'm drowning (What are you feeling) I'm feeling weak now (Why won't you talk to me) But I can't show my weakness (You never talk to me) I sometimes wonder (What are you thinking) Where do we go from here (What are you feeling) It doesn't have to be like this All we need to do is make sure we keep talking
Why won't you alk to me (I feel like I'm drowning) You never talk to me (You know I can't breathe now) What are you thinking (We're going nowhere) What are you feeling (We're going nowhere) Why won't you talk to me You never talk to me What are you thinking Where do we go from here
It doesn't have to be like this All we need to do is make sure we keep talking
Lost for Words I was spending my time in the doldrums I was caught in a cauldron of hate I felt persecuted and paralysed I thought that everythign else would just wait
While you are wasting your time on your enemies Engulfed in a fever of spite Beyond your tunnel vision, reality fades Like shadows into the night
To martyr yourself to caution Is not going to help at all Because there'll be no safety in numbers When the Right One walks out of the door
Can you see your days blighted by darkness? Is it true you beat your fists on the floor? Stuck in a world of isolation While the ivy grows over your door
So I opened my door to my enemies And I ask could we wipe the slate clean But they tell me to please go fuck myself You know you just can't win
High Hopes Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young In a world of magnets and miracles Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary The ringing of the division bell had begun
Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway Do they still meet there by the Cut?
There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps Running before time took our dreams away Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground To a life consumed by slow decay
The grass was greener The light was brighter With friends surrounded The nights of wonder
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again Dragged by the force of some inner tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition There's a hunger still unsatisfied Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon Though down this road we've been so many times
The grass was greener The light was brighter The taste was sweeter The nights of wonder With friends surrounded The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river