Where The Miracles Fly I'm watching the angst-ridden damned as they dance to industrial thunder all night The girls and the boys share their works and their toys in a place called "Where The Miracles Fly" Where the miracles fly The leathered and tethered all gather together in shadowy corners to grind The sign at the bar says you're never too far out for where the miracles fly A hazel-eyed child with a nail in her smile says I'm driving her our of her mind She shudders and sighs an amphetamine sigh then ascends back up into the lights Where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly all night Where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly all night They vow to die glamorous, violent and young but they're certain they never will die They're just hungry for more in the methadone roar down at where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly They're kissing too deep and too hard and too long and they're holding each other too tight They're chewing their lips and they're grinding their jaws; they're in love Where the miracles fly When the ecstasy thins into sweat on their skin and the chemical lightning subsides They follow a "grin" with a swallow of gin and again they go off for a ride Where the miracles fly I want to live on a farm and raise a family I want to bathe in a pail of morning rain And wash away where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly all night Where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly all night The chapped and the gloved promise undying love as they fondle each other goodnight Out in the cold they look ghostly and old in the fog and the pre-morning night A gallon of rum and a valium should quiet the hum in their ears and their eyes They black out the day using blankets for shade 'Cause they're sick and they're certain they're dying If they could just pass out 'till sundown It will all be alright They could head back to the underground Where the miracles fly All night I want to live on a far and raise a family I want to bathe in a pail of morning rain And wash away where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly all night Where the miracles fly Where the miracles fly all night A Pillar of Stone No, leave all of the lights on I want to stare you in the eye What kind of demons make you so hard to satisfy? Hell, I dread every sundown You're so evil when you're high You want to close down the town and stay up making love all night I've been a pillar of stone too long and I'm tired of being tempted and taunted If that's the only way of turning you on I'm gonna die of what I thought I wanted I tried to build a home for you, Delila But sweat, muscle and bone alone is all you're looking for I've been a pillar of stone But I can't be that strong I can't be that strong anymore I can't keep up with the club life And the party's wearing thin I keep waiting for the mating to end and the love to begin And what's the deal with the fast lane? Does the danger turn you on? Are you recalling the gaze of a stranger when we're all alone? I've been a pillar of stone too long aren't you tired of being painted and flaunted? If that's the only way of turning you on, I was wrong all along, I don't want it I tried to build a home for you, Delila But sweat, muscle and bone alone is all you're looking for I've been a pillar of stone But I can't be that strong I can't be that strong anymore Ah, to Hell with the fast lane Ah, to Hell with dying young Ah, to Hell with the sunken-eyed punk you've been trying to become Ah, to Hell with the club life I don't care what turns you on If you go back to the jungle tonight you can go alone I've been a pillar of stone so long I've gone deaf from the wails of the haunted If that's the only way of turning you on, from now on I don't want to be wanted I tried to build a home for you, Delila But sweat, muscle and bone alone is all you're looking for I've been a pillar of stone But I can't be that strong I can't be that strong anymore So Be It Tonight's the night we planned to say our vows We planned for candelight and evening gowns We planned for wild romance We planned for years Now here I stand abandoned No plan, no you, and no tears We prowled the haunted caverns underground We came alive each time the sun went down We buzzed away the morning On black coffee and dreams We laughed and danced away just One too many nights it seems now No situation at all No clever writing on the wall One kiss goodbye and that was all So be it You're free to wonder what we could have been If not for all the lies and all the sins You're free to long for afternoons we dozed away You're free to wonder why A light inside you died when you strayed You're free to share the blame And call him by my name No situation at all No clever writing on the wall One kiss goodbye and that was all So be it You're free to hunger for the life we led Then wonder why you shiver in his bed And I'm free to love whoever won't put me to sleep You're free to marry money And touch him thinking of me No situation at all No clever writing on the wall One kiss goodbye and that was all So be it Forgiven No need to lie 'Cause I'm not mad or broken hearted I'm just surprised at how I feel so tell me more And we'll pretend for the rest of the night And when we wake up I'll make up my mind For now, forgiven For this strange double life you've been living At least for tonight It's all forgiven I can see in your eyes How you could hide a secret darkness And I've known for some time of your desire for something more So let's pretend for the rest of the night And when we wake up I'll make up my mind For now, forgiven For this strange double life you've been living At least for tonight It's all forgiven It's so surreal Am I dreaming? Secrets flood into my mind I can't believe what I'm feeling You're sins somehow set me on fire No need to leave 'Cause I can be the one you long for And if we try just for tonight I'll show you how So let's pretend that we're strangers tonight And when we wake up I'll make up my mind For now, forgiven For this strange double life you've been living At least for tonight It's all forgiven So Wild Mesmerized I can make out your face through the veil and the candlelight Paralyzed I can make out your lips through the smoke and I'm hypnotized By your eyes Oh, I'm wild for you Your eyes… Oh, I'm wild for you So wild So wild Thrill me Just one breath on my breast, you can take me alive Steal me Just one touch of your claws at my throat and I'm hypnotized By your eyes Oh, I'm wild for you I tremble and writhe at the touch of your fingers on fire for you So wild So wild Tease me Keep your kisses inches from my reach and breathe on me Seize me Whisper your secrets, whisper your forbidden dreams And your eyes… Oh, I'm wild for you I tremble and writhe at the touch of your fingers on fire for you So wild So wild So wild So wild So Much Fire I ain't nothing by ribs, knees, and elbows I'm way too young to be dry, brittle, and cold I've been wondering how I let her hurl me into madness I've been wondering how she bled the child in me away I've been hammering boards over the windows I've been nailing the doors to the frames I've been wondering how I let her fill my heart with lightning I've been wondering how she led a long haired boy astray No, I've fought to the man for the last time And I don't understand how a girl so much like rain can breathe so much fire I've been tapping the walls listening for angels I've been eyeing the halls spying for ghosts And in a shadowy dream, I can see her barefoot on the glider I try to beg her for peace, but I'm just too vague and far away No, I've fought to the man for the last time And I don't understand how a girl so much like rain can breathe so much fire And in a shadowy dream, I see her barefoot on the glider I try to beg her for peace, but I'm just too vague and far away No, I've fought to the man for the last time And I don't understand how a girl so much like rain can breathe so much fire She breathed so much fire How could she see through the flames? How could she see through the flames? Friday Afternoon It's raining Hands on the wall don't move I'm getting crazy now The doorbell's broken and I've thrown the telephone across the room The TV's on But I keep the volume down The blinds are drawn I like it dark in case the sun comes out It's Friday afternoon If I'm giving up too soon, don't tell me It's Friday afternoon and I'm waiting If I'm giving up too soon, don't say it You'll have your Saturday blues What do you want from me anyway? I've done nothing but lose Everything I ever wanted always slipped away Five o'clock Seems like hours Nobody knocks Maybe the clock has stopped; nobody bothered sending flowers It's Friday afternoon If I'm giving up too soon, don't tell me It's Friday afternoon and I'm waiting If I'm giving up too soon, don't say it You'll have your Saturday blues What do you want from me anyway? I've done nothing but lose Everything I ever wanted always slipped away It's raining Hands on the wall don't move I'm getting crazy now The doorbell's broken and I've thrown the telephone across the room It's getting late There's a leaky tap somewhere I'm wide awake and I'm sick of waiting With a busted telephone just lying there It's Friday afternoon and I'm waiting If I'm giving up too soon, don't say it You'll have your Saturday blues What do you want from me anyway? I've done nothing but lose Everything I ever wanted always slipped away (Go home) (Go home) It's Friday afternoon and I'm waiting. If I'm giving up too soon, don't say it You'll have your Saturday blues What do you want from me anyway? I've done nothing but lose Everything I ever wanted always slipped away World of Shadows Don't say a word Words won't change things 'Cause if I thought it was right, you could stay every night from now on I don't need a friend And you ain't gonna save me You can romanticize and fantasize at night but some things you can't own You're so damn young Thrills come so easy When you've been kicked around the underground like I have you might turn to stone Don't swallow the lies The hallow glamour 'Cause if you think it's all handshakes and earthquakes, girl you got it wrong Don't you fear the darkness? Let your dreams be dreams You don't need what you want I don't know how to make you go home How do I turn off what I never meant to turn on? Go spend all your time out in the sunshine Girl, you don't belong here in my world of shadows.
Don't get me wrong I know how love feels And if I couldn't care I wouldn't dare pretend that it's time to move on You might be strong But you're never strong enough See, I was born with the clean heart of a child but now look how I've grown Don't you fear the darkness? Let your dreams be dreams You don't need what you want I don't know how to make you go home How do I turn off what I never meant to turn on? Go spend all your time out in the sunshine Girl, you don't belong here in my world of shadows Hey Maria Welcome back to the trauma I see you're still getting high. All that healing and karma Ain't doing you no good tonight You're still too sexy to marry And far too evil to love With all that cocaine you carry You shouldn't miss me so much No, I can't let you stay here tonight I've got a big day tomorrow Hey Maria, are you blind? Don't you see how the walking dead ignite? For no reason at all No reason at all We were legends on Forest We danced in cages till dawn But all your heeled and your harnessed Did me no good at all I would wait by my window and pray You'd still be here tomorrow Hey Maria, are you blind? Don't you see how the walking dead ignite? For no reason at all No reason at all Go on, close down The Modern This is your hour to shine Before the faux couture fodder Stagger home to get fried Before the drag queens start jonesing again -all out of rush till tomorrow Hey Maria, I'm too grown up to play But what I still see in you won't fade Right about now all the speed freaks are crashing The X virgins are convinced that they're bi And all the cokeheads are nervous They check their pulse to be sure they're alive 'Ree, I can't let you stay here tonight Or ten thousand tomorrows Hey Maria, are you blind? Don't you see how the walking dead ignite? For no reason at all No reason at all Hey Maria, I'm too grown up to play But what I still see in you won't fade Fade To Gray I can't trade another day in the shade for a night on the town All this whiskey and risky behavior is wearing me down (What are you dreaming of?) Hell, a shack in the woods would be more than enough (What are your dreaming of?) This ain't no way to live or to try to find love (Slow down) I want to live where the sunlight lights (Slow down) Feather-light on my face (Slow down) I want to leave all this neon and vice Before the fire inside me dies or finally fades to gray I had a car – it's still parked in the yard – I can't give it away But I can walk to the bar and the market ain't far if I can bear the light of day (What are you dreaming of?) Hell, a dollar to spare would be more than enough (What are you dreaming of?) This ain't no way to live or to try to find love (Slow down) I want to live where the sunlight lights (Slow down) Feather-light on my face (Slow down) I want to leave all this neon and vice Before the fire inside me dies or finally fades to gray Oh no, don't let it fade to gray Oh no, don't let it fade to gray Oh no, don't let it fade to gray Oh no, don't let it fade to gray Girls will maul you and promise to call you then run away Hell, I blew all my bread on some redhead, it turned out that she was a he anyway (What are you dreaming of?) Hell, a red-blooded girl would be more than enough (What are you dreaming of?) This ain't no way to live or to try to find love (Slow down) I want to live where the sunlight lights (Slow down) Feather-light on my face (Slow down) I want to leave all this neon and vice Before the fire inside me dies or finally fades to gray (Well, what are you dreaming of?) I've been tainted and tattered and tarnished enough (What are you dreaming of?) This ain't no way to live or to try to find love (Slow down) I want to live where the sunlight lights (Slow down) Feather-light on my face (Slow down) I want to leave all this neon and vice Before the fire inside me dies or finally fades to gray A Date With A Vampire Now the clouds are towering over Rainbridge Station Again today the clouds will yield no rain She lights her last and turns her eyes away from the window And wonders is there no end to the pain She bathes and dries by candlelight and stares into the mirror She brushes out her hair until it shines She slides into her gown with just the breeze beneath to cool her She lines her lips and eyes and sips her wine "Lie down don't cry Just wipe those teardrops from your eyes Since it's too late to wonder why…" She hears the hinges creaking on the front door below her She hears the tap of boot heels on the stairs She turns away to watch the curtains shudder when he enters He'll breathe upon her throat and she won't care "Lie down don't cry Just wipe those teardrops from your eyes Since it's too late to wonder why…" "I'll cower here beneath the sky" "Lie down don't cry Just wipe those teardrops from your eyes Since it's too late to wonder why…" "I'll cower here beneath the sky" Swallowed By The Night She seems so tangled and wild Me? Am I too wide-eyed and mild? She might not think so I've been around you know She sets the smoke overhead all aglow with the lights in her eyes She parts the underground sea And weaves through the elbows and knees She might be solo I'm too shy to ever know Please, I can't breathe with her inches away from me ordering wine And she might be lazy She might be the kind to sleep in a coffin all day But if I'm so crazy How come she makes tomorrow seem so far away? Wake me up I think I'm falling falling falling I give up I think I'm falling falling falling If I'm not crawling home by morning I was swallowed by the night Swallowed by the night She's damp from dancing alone Please, have I been down here too long? She might be lonely She might just need room to breathe She faintly smells of patchouli and leather and sweat and I'm losing my mind And she might be lazy She might be the kind to sleep in a coffin all day But if I'm so crazy How come she makes tomorrow seem so far away? Wake me up I think I'm falling falling falling I give up I think I'm falling falling falling If I'm not crawling home by morning I was swallowed by the night Swallowed by the night Wake me up I think I'm falling falling falling I give up I think I'm falling falling falling If I'm not crawling home by morning I was swallowed by the night Swallowed by the night Renee Sweet Renee If I lived a little cleaner someday Got a break and maybe made a little money Then would you stay? Or is there nothing left of me to save? Please Renee If I gave up all the poison today If I gave up all the bars and the parties What would you say? Is it too late for me to change my old ways? Speak up and tell me that I'm not dreaming Renee, please say that I'm not losing my mind Because I need you to believe in me this time Sweet Renee I think a lot about forever these days What happened to the wild boy that won you? I'm far from gray But I can feel my body aging these days Please Renee God, I used to be your hero those days I made your heart race every time I held you Is it so strange To want to fight the way things always change? Speak up and tell me that I'm not dreaming Renee, please say that I'm not losing my mind Because I need you to believe in me this time Sweet Renee Do you think I'm going to die young someday? Do you really think it's too late to save me? I'm so afraid Will I just feel my body go away Speak up and tell me that I'm not dreaming Renee, please say that I'm not losing my mind Because I need you to believe in me this time Speak up and tell me that I'm not dreaming Renee, please say that I'm not losing my mind Because I need you to believe in me this time Because I need you to believe in me Renee believe in me I need you to believe in me this time |