ALL MY RAGE 

Stole my children, left my son
Of all of them, he's the only one who did not mean that much to me
I tip my cap to the raging sea

My daughter, she's the pretty one
I married her off to the reverend's son
Now she lives in a sin-free world
Tip your cap to the brave old girl

Now all my rage been gone
Now all my rage been gone
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun

Stole my children, left my son
Of all of them, he's the only one who did not mean that much to me
I tip my cap to the raging sea

Oh cover me up, I'm pale as night
With a mind so dark and skin so white
Is this the devil having fun?
I'd tip my cap to the raging sun

Now all my rage been gone
Now all my rage been gone
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun

Now all my rage been gone
Now all my rage been gone
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sun
I'd leave my rage to the sea and the sunOfficial lyrics powered by

ALPHA SHALLOWS 

He could fall and she can weep
But as holy are my feet and hard with mention
That dear they may not speak
We feel tight when there is tension
And our eyes can make us weak

And his heart was full of fire at the man he had become
And his soul seldom higher with the falsities of fun
Could embrace sweet desires and moments as they passed
But he feared it ever more, when he saw it didn't last

We walk up Holland Avenue
And watch the rich as they consume
Their product made our hearts exhume an emptiness unrivalled by
A hunger that I could control, he'd pray up to his God
That he might save their soul

The grey in this city is too much to bare
The grey in this city is too much to bare

And I believe we are meant to be seen and not to be understood

And I want to be held by those arms
I want to be held by those arms

You'll work your thumbs they are sore
And you'll work my heart till it's raw
And you'll call and you'll call but you'll never be told
And I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall

We are basic lives
We are basic lives

BLACKBERRY STONE 

Well I, own this field,
And I, wrote this sky,
And I, have no reason to reason with you.

I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd
understand that I'd never let it go.

I'd be sad that I never held your hand as you were lowered, but I'd
understand that the world does what it does.

And you never did learn to let the little things go,
And you never did learn to let me be,
And you never did learn to let little people grow,
And you never did learn how to see.

But I'd whisper that I love this night now and for forever,
To your soul as it floats out the window,
To the world that you turned your back on,
To the world that never really let you be.

And I am Laura now and Laura still,
And you did always say that I would suffer,
Did always say that people get their pay.
You did always say that I was going places,
And that you wouldn't have it any other way.

But I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, wouldn't let me.
But I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, I needed.

And I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, wouldn't let me
And I couldn't turn my back on the world for what I like, I needed.

And I shouldn't turn my back on the sweet smelling blackberry stone.

CROSS YOUR FINGERS 

Look down on the body that you have grown
Four mountains stand around you, they're not your own
And light squares and bodies are all you see
Since you broke down, since I broke down
Since we broke down

Oh, I jumped into your grave and died
And on my word you'll give up your whole life for me
And you'll be reborn, bigger and stronger unless I lie

Cross your fingers, hold your toes
We're all going to die when the building blows
Cross your fingers, hold your toes
We're all going to die when the building blows

And the house that you were born in
Is crumbling at the corner
Sagging skin and feet of crows, feet of crows

Oh, I'll jump into your grave and die
And on my word you'll give up your whole life for me
And you'll be reborn, bigger and stronger unless I lie

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

DARKNESS DESCENDS 

You're holding bits of styrofoam
With your face painted on to your friends,
You listen to them whine and moan
About everything you can't understand.

Can I just say I don't fear the light,
But darkness descends once more into my life.

And suddenly we're all alone in silence,
So I take a step away.
I look up to the falling snow
As it makes its home upon my face.
Well I wouldn't want to ruin something I couldn't save,
The gap will keep us safe,
The gap will keep us safe.

Step away, get me when I'm down.

And suddenly I'm five years old
And I'm just so cold I want to cry.
I haul up on my gentlemen,
Who have always been there in hard times.
They're just not like that man of mine,
Who visit me from time to time.

My love, I treasure you.

I hear that summer's coming back
So I stretch out my back and travel a long,
The winter though it darkens me
It is pure and clean and all I want.
I'll apologize to the ones I love,
For leaving them when the sun comes up.

Too bright for me, darkness descends.

Oh well I'm not well again,
And once more darkness it descends.
The ground is falling under me,
And I can't find the means to leave.

Convinced that I am going mad,
Oh I bury my head into his hands
So sure that I'm loosing faith,
Oh I clear a space in his fathers land.

You deal with God far too young,
Before you know it your life has run away.

DEVIL'S SPOKE 

That I might be a part of this,
Ripple on water from a lonesome drip,
A fallen tree that witnessed me,
Him alone, him and me.

And that life itself could not aspire,
To have someone be so admired,
I threw creation to my kin,
With a silence broken by a whispered wind.

All of this can be broken,
All of this can be broken,
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.

Root to root and tip to tip,
I look at him my country drip,
Leathered up by all his fears,
But someone brought you close to tears.

Many trains and many miles,
Brought you to me on this sunny isle
And what of which you wish to speak,
Have you come here to rescue me?

All of this can be broken,
All of this can be broken,
Hold your devil by his spoke and spin him to the ground.

But the love of your life lives, but lies no more
Than where she lay your f lowers grows,
The arms that fed and the babes that wed,
The backs that bled keeping her in tow,

But I am your keeper,
And I hold your face away from light,
I am yours 'till they come,
I am yours 'till they come.

Eye to eye, nose to nose,
Ripping off each others clothes in a most peculiar way.
Eye to eye, nose to nose,
Ripping off each others clothes in a most peculiar way.

DON'T ASK ME WHY 

I choose to stay far away
from the ones that think
money is money to share.
Don't ask me why
and I'll tell you no lies.

Sonny don't come here no more.
He don't drink from this well;
oh he's done with the world,
and done with a girl,
and I don't ask him why,
and he tells me no lies.

Those of us who are lost in woe,
I know how you feel.
I know it's not right but it's real.
But it's real.

I don't ask for love
and I don't beg for money.
I'm just asking for grace and forgiveness now honey.
Don't ask me why
and I'll tell you no lies.

Been looking for answers
in unsavoury places;
on the highest of mountains,
and on the lowest of bases.
And I still don't know why,
I still don't know why.

Those of us who are lost and low,
we know how you feel.
We know it's not right but it's real.
But it's real.

I took the wind from a sea.
I took the blood from an arrow.
I took the wisdom of spring,
and I was thrown and blown and tossed and turned
until time found its hand and called it an end.
Me and time we go way back when
I was a child and I always knew why.

I knew my name, I knew my road,
and I stayed away from heavy loads.
And still I'm low, oh Lord am I low.

Those of us who are lost and low,
we know how you feel.
We know it's not right but it's real.
But it's real.

FAILURE 

He used to be a singer in a rock and roll band
He would write the songs and I'd tremble at his hand
But oh, la, la, he lost poetic ethic
And his songs were pathetic, he's a failure now

And he used to be the life and soul of everyone around
You'd never catch him looking up and never see him down
But oh, la la, he couldn't raise a smile
No, not for a while and he's a failure now

Don't cry, child, you've got so much more to live for
Don't cry, child, you've got something I would die for
And if it comes to the rain, just be glad you'll smile again
'Cause so many don't and so many go unnamed

People push right past me shouting their exclaims
A preacher pushes me aside and asked to wash my sins
I said no, la, la, if he made me in his image
Then he?s a failure too

And I used to need a couple o? people keep my head down
Now I need a whole lot more to keep me on the ground
But oh, la, la, I gave up something and I gave it up for nothing
And I am a failure now

Don?t cry, child, you've got so much more to live for
Don?t cry, child, you've got something I would die for
And if it comes to the rain, just be glad you'll smile again
'Cause so many don?t and so many go unnamed

GHOSTS 

He walked down a busy street
Staring solely at his feet
Clutching pictures of past lovers at his side
Stood at the table where she sat
And removed his hat
In respect of her presence

Presents her with the pictures and says
These are just ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you
These are just ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you

Opened up his little heart
Unlocked the lock that kept it dark
And read a written warning
Saying I?m still mourning
Over ghosts, over ghosts
Over ghosts, over ghosts that broke
My heart before I met you

Lover, please do not fall to your knees it?s not
Like I believe in everlasting love

He went crazy at nineteen
Said he?d lost all his self esteem
And couldn?t understand why he was crying
Cry, crying, crying

He would stare at empty chairs
Think of the ghosts that once sat there
The ghosts who broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart
The ghosts that broke his heart
All the ghosts that broke my heart

The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts, the ghosts, the ghosts
The ghosts that broke my heart before I met you

Lover, please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love

He says I?m so lost, not at all well

Do as though there is nothing left to be
Well, it turned out I?d been following him
And he?d been following me
Do as though after it was over
We were just two lovers crying
On each other's shoulders

And I said, lover please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love

Lover, please do not fall to your knees
It?s not like I believe in everlasting love

HOPE IN THE AIR 

There is a man that I know
Seventeen years he never spoke
Guess he had nothing to say
He opened his mouth on judgement day

I listened with all of my might
I was scared by the look in his eyes
Like he'd already lost the fight
And there was no hope ever in sight

No hope in the air
No hope in the water
Not even for me, your last serving daughter.

Why fear death, be scared of living
Oh hearts are small and ever thinning
There is no hope ever of winning
Why fear death, be scared of living

I have seen men provoked
And I have seen lives revoked
And I looked at my life and I choked
From there no more ever I spoke

I can't give up that quick
My life is a candle and a wick
You can put it out but you can't break it down
In the end we are waiting to be lit

There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly not me, your last serving daughter.

A friend is a friend forever,
And a good one will never leave, never.
But you've never been south and what rolls off your mouth
You will never understand the ever.

You speak minds handed down to you
By the lies handed down by your truth
And your angels that dance at your wail
Will mask your scrabbling youth

I forgave you your shortcomings
And ignored your childish behaviour
Laid a kiss on your head and before I left said
Stay away from fleeting favour

There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly not me, your last serving daughter.

Pick up your rope lord, sling it to me
If we are to battle I must not be weak.
And give us your strength world, and your food and your water
Oh I am your saviour, your last serving daughter.

There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But sadly not me, your last serving daughter.

There's hope in the air
There's hope in the water
But no hope for me, your last serving daughter.