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CEREMONIALS

Only If For A NightShake It OutWhat the Water Gave MeNever Let Me GoBreaking DownNo Light, No LightLandscapeHeartlinesSpectrumLover to LoverLeave My BodyStrangeness and Charm

Only If For A Night

Madam, my dear, my darlingTell me what all this saying’s aboutTell me what all this saying’s about

And I heard your voiceAs clear as dayAnd you told me I should concentrateIt was all so strange and so surrealThat a ghost should be so practicalOnly if for a night

In the grass was so green against my new clothesAnd I did cartwheels in your honourDancing on tiptoesMy own secret ceremonials before the service beganIn the graveyard doing handstands

Shake It Out

Regrets collect like old friendsHere to relive your darkest momentsI can see no way, I can see no wayAnd all of the ghouls come out to playAnd every demon wants his pound of fleshBut I like to keep some things to myselfI like to keep my issues strongIt’s always darkest before the dawn

And I’ve been a fool and I’ve been blindI can never leave the past behindI can see no way, I can see no wayI’m always dragging that horse aroundAll of these questions, such a mournful soundTonight I’m gonna bury that horse in the groundSo I like to keep my issues strongBut it’s always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off, oh woah

Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out Shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out

And it’s hard to dance with a devil on your backSo shake him off

I am done with my graceless heartSo tonight I’m gonna cut it out and then restartCause I like to keep my issues strongIt’s always darkest before the dawn

And I had a dreamAbout my old schoolAnd she was there all pink and gold and glitteringI threw my arms around her legsCame to weepingCame to weeping

And I heard your voice as clear as dayAnd you told me I should concentrateIt was all so strange and so surrealThat a ghost should be so practicalOnly if for a nightAnd the only solution was to stand and fightAnd my body was loose and I was set alightBut she came over me like some holy riteAnd although I was burning, you’re the only lightOnly if for a night

What The Water Gave Me Never Let Me Go

Time it took usTo where the water wasThat’s what the water gave meAnd time goes quickerBetween the two of usOh, my love, don’t forsake meTake what the water gave me

Lay me downLet the only soundBe the overflowPockets full of stones

Lay me downLet the only soundBe the overflow

And oh, poor AtlasThe world’s a beast of a burdenYou’ve been holding on a long timeAnd all this longingAnd the ships are left to rustThat’s what the water gave us

Cause they took your loved onesBut returned them in exchange for youBut would you have it any other way?Would you have it any other way?You couldn’t have it any other way

Cause she’s a cruel mistressAnd a bargain must be madeBut oh, my love, don’t forget meI let the water take me

Lay me downLet the only soundBe the over flowPockets full of stones

Lay me downLet the only soundBe the overflow

Looking up from underneathFractured moonlight on the seaReflections still look the same to meAs before I went under

And it’s peaceful in the deepCathedral where you cannot breatheNo need to pray no need to speakNow I am under all

And it’s breaking over meA thousand miles down to the sea bedFound the place to rest my headNever let me goNever let me go

And the arms of the ocean are carrying meAnd all this devotion was rushing out of meIn the crushes of heaven for a sinner like meBut the arms of the ocean delivered me

Though the pressures hard to takeIt’s the only way I can escapeIt seems a heavy choice to makeAnd now I am under all

And it’s breaking over meA thousand miles down to the sea bedFound the place to rest my headNever let me goNever let me go

And the arms of the ocean are carrying meAnd all this devotion was rushing out of meIn the crushes of heaven for a sinner like meBut the arms of the ocean delivered meAnd it’s overAnd I’m going underBut I’m not giving upI’m just giving inI’m slipping underneathSo cold and so sweet

And the arms of the ocean are carrying meSo sweet and so coldAnd all this devotion I never knew at allIn the crushes of heaven for a sinner releasedBut the arms of the ocean delivered me

Breaking Down No Light, No Light

All aloneIt was always there you seeAnd even on my ownIt was always standing next to me

I can see it coming from the edge of the roomCreeping in the streetlightHolding my hand in the pale gloomCan you see it coming now?

Oh, I think I’m breaking down againOh, I think I’m breaking down

All aloneEven when I was a childI’ve always knownThere was something to be frightened of

You know that I can see you coming from the edge of the roomCreeping in the streetlightHolding my hand in the pale gloomCan you see it coming now?

Oh, I think I’m breaking down againOh, I think I’m breaking down

All aloneOn the edge of sleepMy old familiar friendComes and lies down next to me

And I can see you coming from the edge of the roomSmiling in the streetlightEven with my eyes shut tightI still see you coming now

Oh, I think I’m breaking down againOh, I think I’m breaking down againOh, I think I’m breaking down againOh, I think I’m breaking down

You are the hole in my headYou are the space in my bedYou are the silence in betweenWhat I thought and what I said

You are the night-time fearYou are the morning when it’s clearWhen it’s over your startYou’re my headYou’re my heart

No light, no light in your bright blue eyesI never knew daylight could be so violentA revelation in the light of dayYou can choose what stays and what fades awayAnd I’d do anything to make you stay

No light, no lightNo light

Tell me what you want me to sayThrough the crowded islands crying out at meIn your place there were a thousand other faces

I will disappear in plain sightHeaven help meI need to make it rightYou are the revelationYou are to get it rightAnd it’s a conversationI just can’t have tonight

You want a revelationSome kind of revolutionYou are the revelation

No light, no light in your bright blue eyesI never knew daylight could be so violentA revelation in the light of day

You can choose what stays and what fades awayAnd I’d do anything to make you stay

I wanna give you back the open skyGive you back the open seaOpen up the ages, darling, for you to see

You put the gun into your mouth to biteYou pull it and spit outCause it’s running in the familyOh the rich and

Cause she’s just like the weather, can’t hold her togetherBorn from dark water, daughter of the rain and snowCause it’s burning in the bloodlineIt’s cutting down the family treeGrowing in the landscape, darling, in between you and me

On the sea, on the sea and land over land.Creeping and crawling like the sea over sand.

She can’t see the landscape anymoreIt’s all painted in her griefAll of her history etched out at her feetNow all of the landscape, it’s just an empty placeAcres of longing, mountains of tenderness

Cause she’s just like the weather, can’t hold her togetherBorn from dark water, daughter of the rain and snowCause it’s burning through the bloodlineIt’s cutting down the family treeGrowing in the landscape, darling, in between you and me

She wants the silence but fears the solitudeShe wants to be alone and together with youSo she ran to the lighthouse, hoped that it would help her seeShe saw that the lighthouse had been washed out to seaCause she’s just like the weather, can’t hold her togetherBorn from dark water, daughter of the rain and snow

Oh the river, oh the river, it’s running free.And oh the joy, oh the joy it brings to me.But I know it’ll have to drown me,Before I can breathe easy.And I’ve seen it in the flights of birds,I’ve seen it in you.The entrails of the animals,The blood running through.But in order to get to the heart,I think sometimes you’ll have to cut through.But you can’t

We will carryWe will carry you there

Just keep following!The heartlines on your hand!Just keep following!The heartlines on your hand!Keep it up!I know you can!Just keep following!The heartlines on your hand!Cause I am

Still I follow heartlines on your hand.And there’s fantasy, there’s fallacy, there’s tumbling stone.Echoes of a city that’s long overgrown.Your heart is the only place that I call home,I cannot be returned.You canYou canI know you can

Just keep following!The heartlines on your hand!Just keep following!The heartlines on your hand!Keep it up!I know you can!Just keep following!The heartlines on your hand!

What a thing to do…OoohWhat a thing to choose…But know, in some way I’m there with you.Up against the wall on a Wednesday afternoon.

Cause it’s burning through the bloodlineIt’s cutting down the family treeGrowing in the landscape, darling, in between you and me

Landscape Heartlines

Spectrum

When we first came hereWe were cold and we were clearWith no colors in our skinWe were light and paper thin

And when we first came herewe were cold and we were clearWith no colors in our skin

‘Til we let the spectrum in

Say my nameAnd every color illuminatesWe are shiningAnd we will never be afraid again

Say my nameAnd every color illuminatesWe are shiningAnd we will never be afraid again

And when we come for youWe’ll be dressed up all in blueWith the ocean in our armsKiss your eyes and kiss your palms

And when we come back we’ll be dressed in blackAnd you’ll scream my name aloudAnd we won’t eat and we won’t sleepWe’ll drag bodies from a ground

So say my nameAnd every color illuminatesAnd we are shiningAnd we’ll never be afraid again

Say my nameAs every color illuminates

Lover to Lover

I’ve been losing sleep,I’ve been keeping myself awake,I’ve been wandering the streets,For days and days and days,

Oh if I’m row to row,Back to back,Lover to lover,And black to red,But I believe,I believe...

There’s no salvation for me now,No space among the clouds,And I’ve seen that I’m heading down,But that’s alright,That’s alright,That’s alright!That’s alright!

And I’ve been taking chances,I’ve been setting myself up for the fall,I’ve been keeping secrets,From my heart and from and from my soul.

But I believe,I believe...There’s no salvation for me now,No space among the clouds,And I’ve seen that I’m heading down,But that’s alright,That’s alright,That’s alright!That’s alright!

Row to row,Back to back,And lover to lover,And black to red,And row to row,Back to back,And lover to lover!

No salvation for me now...No salvation for me now...No salvation for me now...No salvation for me now...

Leave My Body

I’m gonna be released from behind these linesAnd I don’t care whether I live or dieAnd I’m losing blood, I’m gonna leave my bonesAnd I don’t want your heart it leaves me cold

I don’t want your futureI don’t need your pastOne grand momentIs all I ask

I’m gonna be released from behind these linesAnd I don’t care whether I live or dieAnd I’m losing blood, I’m gonna leave my bonesAnd I don’t want your heart it leaves me cold

I don’t want your futureI don’t need your pastOne grand momentIs all I ask

I’m gonna leave my body(moving up to higher ground)I’m gonna lose my mind(History keeps pulling me down)Said I’m gonna leave my body(moving up to higher ground)I’m gonna lose my mind(History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)

I don’t want your futureI don’t need your pastOne grand momentIs all I ask

I’m gonna leave my body(moving up to higher ground)I’m gonna lose my mind(History keeps pulling me down)Said I’m gonna leave my body(moving up to higher ground)I’m gonna lose my, lose my mind(History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)

Pulling me downPulling me downPulling me downPulling me, pulling me down

Strangeness and Charm

Hydrogen in our veins, it cannot hold us up, my blood is boilingthe pressure in our bodies that echoes up above it is explodingand our particles they’re burning up because they yearn for each otheralthough we stick together it seems that we are estranging one another

Feel it on me loveFeel it on me loveFeel it on me lovestrangeness and charm

An atom to atom oh can you feel it on me loveAnd a pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me loveAtom to atom whats the matter with me love

Strangeness and charm

The static on your armsIt is the catalystFor the chemical it burnsThere is nothing like thisIt’s the purest elementBut its so volatileAn equation heaven sentThat you’ll forever inject

Feel it on me loveFeel it on me loveFeel it on me love(Strangeness and Charm)

See it on me loveSee it on me loveSee it on me love(Strangeness and Charm)

An atom to atom oh can you feel it on me love andA pattern to pattern oh can you see it on me loveAtom to atom oh whats the matter with me love

Strangeness and charm

The static on your armsIt is the catalystFor the chemical it burnsThere is nothing like thisIt’s the purest elementBut its so volatileAn equation heaven sentThat you’ll forever...

And when it’s time to prayDressed up all in greyWith metal on our tonguesAnd silver in our lungs

Going from row to row,Back to back,Lover to lover,Black to red,

I don’t need a husband, don’t need no wifeAnd don’t need the day, I don’t need the nightAnd I don’t need the birds let them fly awayAnd I don’t want the clouds, they never seem to stay