1 - Shadowland

Waking up slowly
And breathing in deeply
Hoping you might be
Somewhere else

Sipping your coffee
And hoping so softly
That you just might be
By yourself

Clocks tick on slowly, each
Second more lonely
Leaving you more lowly
Than before

You’re stuck in stasis
And this is the basis, it’s
Why you can’t face it
Any more

Cos these shadows
Tell you where you’ve been
But you’re so lost
In this labyrinth
This shadowland that we’re in

Your heart breaks daily
And your strength’s failing
You’d give anything
For one more time

But closing’s more easy
Than giving out freebies
And you say: never jump,
Never fall

And these shadows
Tell you where you’ve been.
But you’re so lost
In this labyrinth
This shadowland that we’re in

Cos you are tired of always
Casting shadows and
Stumbling in the light

Cos love has always
Taken the best of you
You don’t want to lose any more

These shadows
Tell you where you’ve been

But all you want to know
Is where to go now

In this labyrinth
This shadowland that we’re in

2 - Requiem

Requiem

The day has turned away

Requiem

Time goes on its way

Requiem

Lights shall lose their hue

Requiem

Just as I lost you

And I still believe in you

And everything we were

But I can't go on loving you

After you are gone

For time will change us all

Requiem

I lay your face to rest

Requiem

For death takes the best

Requiem

The night gives way to day

Requiem

And you will fade away

Cos I still believe in you

And everything we were

But time won't throw us a line

To drown us one more time

For time will change us all

Cos time will cease the rain

And dawn will come again.

3 - Phosphorescence

The river's running distantly to you
Everything's falling through pictures of you, and me
I am surrounded by electricity
Oh, it's all so shrouded and I can hardly see

But oh, I find the answers aren't so clear when I'm alone
And I don't know what I felt when I was far from you

On this carapace you can lay your arms
And rest your body that I dream of all the time
Your eyes fill mine and everything's sublime
We are all running through misty lives

But oh, I find the answers aren't so clear when I'm alone
And I don't know what I felt when I was far from you

My hands are weary from steps to you
Notes are left ringing my words to you
You draw lines through me
Like phosphorescence you shine in me

But oh, I find the answers aren't so clear when I'm alone
And I don't know what I felt when I was far from you

Oh, you are a dream that I believe in all alone
And I'll break down every wall til I'm not far from you

4 - Sunrise

To herald the beginning of a new day.

5 - Stains

Climbing like spiders
And floating, these gliders on air
Are where I am

Surrounded by flowers
And counting the hours til daylight
Comes to an end.

Taking breaths slowly
In the open you blow me a kiss
I miss your smile.

But dimly lit stables
Are where I am able to count
The lines in my hands

It'll catch you off guard
When you say

Nothing happens the way you think
Nothing happens the way you think
When you think the world's one way
You think you know
It shows
You don't know anything at all

Scratching at the paintwork
Carved in the woodwork I'm stained
Beneath my skin

And it's seems it's been ages
Filling empty pages with lines
To show the world where I've been

Try to cover my footprints
As I say

Nothing happened the way you said
Nothing happened the way you said
You promised it'd be one way and it's gone awry
And I
I feel such a fool to've believed you

Surrounded by flowers
Seconds are hours
To be true
When I close my eyes I'm with you

6 - Dreamer

Pick me up
I discovered answers
In the farthest reaches
Of you

Under sunny skies
You were picking stones
Off the brightest beaches

And the sound
Of your breathing keeps me warm
The sound
Of your breathing keeps me warm

Rolling clouds
I was picking holes
In the greenest pastures
I knew

Raindrops fall
You were standing soaking
While I was shaking

And the sound
Of your breathing keeps me warm
The sound
Of your breathing keeps me warm

Snowy days
We were drawing lines
While the sun was stealing
Dew

Far away
I was sitting shivering
While the clock was ticking

But the sound
Of your breathing keeps me warm
The sound
Of your breathing kept me warm

Oh the sound
Of your breathing kept me warm
The sound
Of your breathing kept me warm

7 - Lullaby

I heard you've had trouble sleeping
The mirrors in your mind
Reflect onto your ceiling

Everything is haunting
Life's become a dream
And you have lost all feeling

When you wake up
I'll still be here
Holding your head in my hands

Tous ces fantômes
N'y demeurent plus
Il y a un ange qui passe

You're all I want

Ces ombres s'enfoncent
Comme les pierres sous tes genoux
T'as le gout de larmes aux lèvres

Mais le soleil s'est couché
Et moi je veille sur toi
Ta main dans la mienne

When you wake up
I'll still be here
Holding your head in my hands

Tous ces fantômes
N'y demeurent plus
Il y a un ange qui passe

You're all I want

8 - Tale of Two Turtles

How does one travel so far when one moves so slowly?

9 - Darling

Darling, the light on your face tonight
Makes shadows so soft and I wonder tonight
How the shade of your skin, as the moon's drawn in
Outshines your eyes

Whilst in my chair I stare, I stare
I ascend to the records and there, and there
The magic of a tune I've picked will soon
Speak all our life

And I fall on my knees
Say you are all that I need
To hold you is to breathe
Won't you dance with me

Darling, the sky is grey today
The clouds are heavy I pray, I pray
The rain will fall and paint these walls
With tapestry

The water descends on you then me
Even the elements can see
That all my mind could never define
Your beauty

And I fall on my knees
Say you are all that I need
To hold you is to breathe
Won't you dance with me

Oh I fall on my knees
You are all that I need
To hold you is to breathe
Won't you dance with me

Hold me now
Don't ever let me go
Hold me now

10 - If You Only Knew

You're a raindrop upon a fallen tree
You reflect in the heart of me
In every word I feel you flow through me
You're captivating me

You're the stars, studded in my velvet blue
I make a wish upon you
It's like I've dreamed forever just to be
Just to be alone with you

To be alone with you
As if I'm alone with you

Whisper those words into my ear
This dream is so real I feel that you won't disappear
I feel the breeze around my knees as you rest your eyes on me
Should I say to you before you slip away
If you only knew
I love you
If you only knew

You're an angel upon a moonlit tree
Silhouetted in serenity
Not a breath expelled, I count to three
Before releasing mine

You're a turtle swimming in sapphire seas
A jewel to cool my world of peace
Just say a word and watch it flow through me
Watch it move through everything

Cos you are everything

Whisper those words into my ear
This dream is so real I feel that you won't disappear
I feel the breeze around my knees as you rest your eyes on me
Should I say to you before you slip away
If you only knew
I love you
If you only knew

11 - Winter In Beaumont

True to your word
My eyes have opened up another time
True to your word
Breathing's just the same as yesterday
I search for words
My tongue's no longer bolted down
I'm on my feet

True to your word
The morning air bites at my neck
True to your word
The bus stop stands, dripping with rain
I hear a bird
From the forest's leaves he sings, without a name
Without a name

And the willow tree hangs over the river
Her head bowed low, I shiver
The starlings fill the gaps in the ever-ringing
Silence of life in town

True to your word
The sunrise creeps over my bed
True to your word
It's beautiful, no less than yesterday
Haven't you heard?
It's snowed between the evening and the morn
They've cleaned the world

And the willow tree hangs over the river
Her head bowed low, I shiver
The starlings fill the gaps in the ever-ringing
Silence of life in town

I won't say a word
If you put your hand in mine
Sweetly offered
The season's end is timely
I thought I heard
You say those words, gently, again
But true to your word
My eyes have opened up again