PEERING THROUGH THE BARS (2009)

RUN BACK TO

WAKING UP TODAY DON'T FEEL THE SAME AS WHEN I STARTED
I FEEL THE WORLD HAS CHANGED WON'T BE A SLAVE TO THOSE DEPARTED
AND COULD IT BE THAT I JUST NEED A PLACE TO REST MY WEARY HEAD
OR AM I FINDING IT'S JUST TIME UNTIL THE DAY THAT I WILL

RUN BACK TO YOU
RUNNING BACK TO YOU

IF I FALL OUT BE IN NO DOUBT THAT IT'S YOU I'M FALLING FOR
ASPIRATION THIS INSATIABLE I DON'T NEED THEM ANYMORE
IF THIS IS FAILURE COULD I BLAME YOU IF YOU TURNED AWAY?
BUT AS YOU'RE BURNING TIDES ARE TURNING IF YOU STAY THEN I WILL

IF I COULD TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN
AND IF I COULD SHOW YOU HOW I'VE BEEN
IF I COULD SEE YOU JUST TONIGHT
IF I COULD STAY YOU'D BE ALRIGHT

NOW THAT I'M DROWNING

AND SO YOU SLIP AWAY FROM ME
AS MY LUNGS ARE FILLED UP BY THE SEA
DID YOU EVER THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE
THE ONE TO THROW MY LIFE AWAY?
WHENEVER YOU WANTED I WAS THERE
TO PICK OUT THE FLOWERS FOR YOUR HAIR
BUT NOW THAT I'M DROWNING YOU DON'T CARE
SO I WON'T TRY AND SWIM FOR SHORE
FROM LEADING SOMEHOW I'VE LOST THE RACE
YOU UNTIED MY LOVE LIKE A SHOELACE
AND NOT EVEN A TEAR FALLS ON YOUR FACE
SO I'M SINKING AND I'M SINKING ALONE

WHEN I'M HERE

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I STRUGGLE TO KEEP YOU FROM MY MIND?
WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR SALVATION YOUR HAUNTING SMILE'S ALL I FIND
WELL I KNOW I'VE BEEN SO FOOLISH, BREATHE YOU IN ALONG THE LINE
NOW THAT YOU ARE HIGH AND RUNNING, I'M SO LOW AND LEFT BEHIND

AND YOU THINK THAT I MIGHT BE THE ONE TO SET YOU FREE
AND YOU TELL ME IT'S ALL FINE BUT YOU'D HATE A WORLD LIKE MINE

AND HAVE YOU SEEN THE WAY THE RAIN FALLS ON ME?
AND HAVE YOU HEARD THE WAY THE WIND CALLS?
AND HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOON ESCAPE BEHIND THE CLOUDS WHEN I'M HERE?

EVERY NOW AND THEN I GET SOME CLOSURE, THE MORNING BRINGS A BETTER DAY
BUT THEN I STUMBLE ON YOUR PICTURE AND IT BLOWS IT ALL AWAY
SO THEN I JUST GET LONELY, IT'S WORTH A DRINK OR TWO I'D SAY
THE PICTURE OF YOUR SMILE CAUSES ME TO TURN A SHADE OF GREY

CLOUDED TEARS

LYRICS BY GARETH WILLEY

STARVE

SO AS YOU STARE AT THE WORLD BEFORE YOU
YOU FEEL ALONE AND UNPREPARED
BUT BEAR IN MIND THAT I'M FINDING IT HARD TOO
I GREET THE MORNINGS WITH A SENSE OF DREAD
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE WORLD DEFEATS YOU?
AND IS IT HARDER THAN YOUR PARENTS SAID?
AND WOULD YOU THINK YOU WERE TALKING TO NIETZSCHE
IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOUR GOD IS DEAD?

AND NOW I FIND MYSELF FALLING IN LOVE
IT'S THE LANDING THAT KILLS WHEN YOU FALL THIS FAR
I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT IT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH
SO HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT WHILE THE REST OF US STARVE

SO AS YOU STARE AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR
ARE YOU SURE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW YOU ENDED UP WITH HER
CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE NIGHT BEFORE?

WE USED TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, BUT DO WE NOW?
AND SO YOU GO SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER, YOU'LL FIND SOMEHOW
WE'RE STARVING OURSELVES AWAY, BUT WE WANT TO DELAY THE END
WE WAIT FOR THE DEATH OF TODAY, DO YOU NEED ME TO SAY IT'S WORTH IT?
SO HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT WHILE THE REST OF US STARVE
IT'S THE LANDING THAT KILLS

SO AS YOU STARE AT THE WORLD BEFORE YOU
IS IT THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE?
AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEEDED?
OR DOES IT STILL LEAVE YOU WANTING MORE?
THE ONLY THING THAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER
IS WHAT YOU SAW IN THE GLASS THAT DAY
AND AS THE MOON COMES OVER THE HILLSIDE
YOU'LL BE STARVING THE NIGHT, AND YOURSELF, AWAY

SHORELINE

LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE STARLIT SEA, DANCING IN THE NIGHT
MY HEAD IS IN THE FOREST OF A MILLION WRONGS AND RIGHTS
FEELINGS HARD TO EMBRACE BUT TOO STRONG TO TRY AND FIGHT
YOU CLEARED THE CLOUDS FROM MY SKY AND WELCOMED ME INTO THE LIGHT

A LOOK DOWN TO THE BEACH REVEALS A BODY LYING ON THE SHORE
LEAVING SOMEONE OUT THERE WITHOUT THEIR WARMTH FOREVER MORE
I CAN'T DENY THE VOICE I HEAR UPON THE WIND IS YOURS
BUT COULD IT BE THAT I'M JUST LITTER ON YOUR TIDY FLOOR?

ON THE SHORELINE

IT'S TIME TO TOSS THE COIN OF LIFE, AND HOPE MY HEAD IS SHOWN
OTHERWISE I'LL BE REMAINING ON THE CLIFFS ALONE
WE'LL BE SKIMMING ON THE WAVES LIKE A FLATTENED STONE
AND COME TO REST UPON AN ISLAND WE CAN CALL OUR OWN

THE FROST FORMS

A) Don't Look Left

THERE COMES A TIME WHEN IT'S NO LONGER HEALTHY TO REMAIN ATTACHED
CONNECTED, TAINTED AND UNDONE
WHEN THAT DAY COMES YOU NEED TO TRY AND OPEN UP AGAIN
ACCEPT YOURSELF WITHOUT ANOTHER ONE

WHY DO WE GET LEFT BEHIND WHEN WE'RE RUNNING ALL THE TIME?
DON'T LOOK LEFT OR YOU MIGHT FIND, THAT THE FROST FORMS IN YOUR MIND

THE ROAD YOU'RE RUNNING DOWN WON'T LEAD YOU TO SALVATION
HOPE, OR EVEN JUST A ROOF ABOVE YOUR HEAD
THE BEAST THAT'S CHASING YOU IS NEARER THAN YOU DARE TO REALISE
AND ONE DAY SOON YOU'LL WAKE UP DEAD

B) Frost Forms

NIGHT DRAWS IN AND THE CLOUDS CLAP OVERHEAD
AND I WILL STAND ALONE UNTIL THE RAIN FALLS
WINTER'S COME AS THE FROST FORMS IN MY HEAD
I WISH THAT I COULD DIE WITH SOMEONE

WHEN I'VE GROWN TIRED OF CARRYING THIS WEIGHT
WILL SOMEONE COME AND TAKE IT OFF MY HANDS?
IS THERE TO BE A PLACE FOR ME, SOMEWHERE TO LAY MY HEAD?
OR WILL I END UP FALLING WHERE I STAND?

YOU REACH FOR ME, BUT YOUR HAND'S ALREADY SHOWN
I'D RATHER NOT BE HERE AT ALL, THAN BE HERE ON MY OWN

I WISH MYSELF AWAY THESE DAYS IT SEEMS
AND NOONE KNOWS THAT YOU'RE THE REASON WHY
YOU'RE IN MY HEAD AGAIN TODAY, WHY WON'T YOU LEAVE ME BE?
YOU KNOW I'LL SIT AND LISTEN TO YOU LIE

C) Coda

WHY DO WE GET LEFT BEHIND WHEN WE'RE RUNNING ALL THE TIME?
DON'T LOOK LEFT OR YOU MIGHT FIND, THAT THE FROST FORMS IN YOUR MIND

FICATION DE LOS SATIS

INSTRUMENTAL

PLEASE, PLEASE

PLEASE, PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP ME
IN THE PAST I COULD HAVE FIXED IT ON MY OWN
BUT NOW THAT TIME HAS GONE
AND I'M JUST ANOTHER ONE
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP ME

PLEASE, PLEASE, SOMEONE SAVE ME
I THINK I'VE DIED ENOUGH ALREADY
AT TIMES YOU SEEM TO MURDER ME
BUT I'M TOO YOUNG TO BE SET FREE
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, SOMEONE SAVE ME

HOW LONG DO I NEED TO WAIT?
PLEASE, PLEASE, BEFORE IT GETS TOO LATE
I HEAR THE SIRENS DRAWING NEAR
I HEAR YOUR VOICE BUT YOU'RE NOT HERE

PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE TAKE ME
TO THE ONLY PLACE THERE'S LEFT FOR ME TO GO
HAPPINESS IS HARD TO FIND
SO I'LL MAKE DO WITH PEACE OF MIND
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, SOMEONE TAKE ME

NOT HOME

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY, SUCH A LONELY BOY
WHO COULDN'T COMMUNICATE
CRAZED LOOK IN HIS EYES OF FEAR AND SUPRISE
HOW DID HE END UP IN THIS STATE?
HE COULDN'T BE FED, STRAPPED INTO HIS BED
AS HE SCRATCHED HIS NAME ON THE WALL
AND HE NEVER MEANT FOR HIS LIFE TO BE SPENT
TRYING TO RUN FROM IT ALL

NOT HOME
YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
AND NOONE CAN FEEL IT BUT YOU
ALL ALONE
TRY TO CARRY THE STONE
THOUGH YOU KNOW IT'S TOO HEAVY FOR YOU

COULD WELL BE THE DRUGS, DEEP INSIDE HIM THEY DUG
AS HE SITS AND HE ROCKS THROUGH THE DAY
"BUT LOOK!" SAID A GIRL, "HE WROTE DOWN HIS WORLD"
SEEMS HE'S NOT THAT FAR AWAY
HIS ARMS REMAIN TIED ALL HIS FRIENDS MYSTIFIED
AS THE CLOCK TICKS AWAY ON THE WALL
INSIDE HIM THEY SEARCHED AND FROM DOWN ON HIS PERCH
SOMETHING EXPLODES IN HIS SOUL

HE CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE CAN'T REARRANGE US
WE ALL GO OUTSIDE AND DEAL WITH THE STRANGERS
BUT HE JUST CAN'T FIND WHAT HE'S LOOKED AT FOR YEARS
WE ALL GO OUTSIDE WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH LEFT IN HERE

ONE NIGHT SOON

CAN I SEE YOU TONIGHT?
I CAN FEEL MYSELF FALLING
AND WHEN YOU TURN OUT THE LIGHT
ONLY YOU, MY HEART IS CALLING

ONE NIGHT SOON
WE'LL HOLD A MILLION STARS
ONE NIGHT SOON
THE SUNSET WILL BE OURS

WE KNOW IT'S DRAWING CLOSER
WHEN WE'LL BE APART FOR SO LONG
BUT YOU KNOW WE'LL MAKE THE MOST OF
THE MOMENTS WE SHARE
I KNOW YOU WILL KEEP ME STRONG

ONE NIGHT SOON
WE'LL HOLD A MILLION STARS
ONE NIGHT SOON
THE SUNSET WILL BE OURS
ALL I HAVE
IS ALL I GIVE TO YOU
ALL I HAVE
WE'LL SEE THE WINTER THROUGH

AND OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT
THERE WAS YOUR STAR, BURN SO BRIGHT
WHISPER YOUR SONG JUST TO ME
IN THE MORNING WE'LL GO FREE

SO WILL YOU STAY HERE TONIGHT?
I CAN FEEL MY HEART WARMING

CONSIGNED TO YESTERDAY

NOW THAT YOU'RE IN CONTROL
OF WHAT YOU THINK IS YOUR SOUL
DO YOU STILL NEED ME TO STAY?
OR DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S TIME I WAS MISLAID?

NOW THAT YOU'RE MOVING FAST
HAS THE TIME FOR ME PASSED?
NOW THAT YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY
DOES IT MEAN I'M CONSIGNED TO YESTERDAY?

DID YOU THINK THAT I'D UNDERSTAND?
AND SAY GOODNIGHT AND GOODBYE?
I WAVE YOU OFF WITH MY ONE GOOD HAND
SOMETIMES I THINK THAT I TRY TOO HARD

I HOPE THAT YOU'LL BEAR IN MIND
THAT IT WAS ME WHO HOPED YOU FIND
THE LIFE YOU'RE LEAVING FOR NOW
ALMOST ASIF IT'S MY OWN FAULT SOMEHOW

I SPEND MY DAYS
PEERING THROUGH THE BARS
I DON'T LIKE ASKING FOR HELP
BUT I COULD DO WITH SOME NOW