Lyrics Again - Blue Roses, the album.

I've finally conceded to all the requests. Here they are in full:

Greatest Thoughts
This is the fortress that I built
Cold and uninviting
You stumbled on its stones last night
Beneath the trailing ivy.

These are the shoes that I had worn
It was on that day last winter when
You left me frozen and forlorn
I swore I'd never know you better.

But, oh! You did not know me at all
'Til you had seen me fight
With the dead of the night.

Still, you pulled me closer to your chest and
You were the one that I liked the best,
But I always thought that if someone loved me at all
They would give up the things that I detest.

I know that you'd never change a thing
Not for anyone or anything,
But when you cannot spare an hour won't you
Spare a thought for a dying flower.

But, oh! Who really knows you at all
If you cannot talk of your greatest thoughts?

Still, you pulled me closer to your chest and
You were the one that I loved best
So go to the fields and wait for me there
And I will show you the paths I used to tread.

High on the hill where the rain came down,
Punching its holes in the cold hard ground, well
I stood in your shadow
Jumping and starting at every sound.

Cover Your Tracks
Go, cover your tracks in the snow
Time is slow.
My hands are empty,
Go home.

Years, concrete and cold,
They stared me down.
Avoid town-
Hollow and empty
And falling down.

Oh, we searched all night
For a piece of bread,
And then when it comes
Give it to the birds instead.

Today he was here,
Holding my arms,
"All's not lost!
Your head's not empty!
Come home!"

Oh, I've searched all night
For a piece of bread,
And then when it comes
Give it to the birds instead.

I am leaving
When I decided
To live the rest of my life from a list
Of towns and cities,
And populations,
My home was silent.

My town was hidden somewhere in the dark
And a spark
Ignited my imagination.

Oh! gave me a clue somehow!
My days are so mis-spent now
I'm wasting my time
Worrying all about you.

Oh, soulless city!
Your changing skyline is twisting me up inside
I give away another minute.

All through the stations
I wonder whether constellations can change
A leaden sky, a heart unmoving
I'll tear up letters
I'll take some pictures from their frames
To make a story from the way I'm choosing.

Can't Sleep
When we sleep
The air is made of silence.
The light that cracks our windows
Is settling like dust
And while you dream I lie.
My eyes are staring upwards
Beyond this ceiling's heaven.
Is that where we're aspiring?
Or don't you know?

These are the days that bring me round again.
Tried to stop the sun from falling out of the sky
With my bare hands out.

Oh we ran and ran
You ask too many questions
The birds that sing at night time
They restored my faith in town but
For too long.

And God knows,
I want to write a love song
You asked me so nicely for one.
I promise I will do one
Before too long.

These are the days that bring me round again.
Tried to stop the sun from falling out of the sky
With my bare hands out.

Listen to me-
Oh my...oh my darling
I will never believe you again
But please start trying
'Cause I don't want to leave you.

Oh, from this day on
I promise I won't wish on
Anything unreachable,
Especially the stars,
'Cause they're too far away, yes.
They're too far away.
They're too far away.

I Wish I...
I called you and got what I deserved.
Heard that laughing in your words.
I wish that I could photograph my moods,
Show them to you,
Just to prove
Something.

Down in the town, I'm trying to prove something
But the clock hands won't move
So I'll go on singing about the same thing
And reading myself into books.

The roadside buildings are black-eyed and aged,
They can't see me anymore.
How would I mean anything to anything
Now I am not the hues in your city square puddles?

But when he touched my hand like it was gold,
I want to pull away and say,
"Look, it's only...
It's only made from plain old skin and bone
Don't try to give me credit you don't owe me!"

You've got your eye on the door.
This is what my life is for now.
I'll pray that you won't drop your anchor here.
We'll share our ancedotes from last time we spoke.
We'll never change.

Let's go out for a drive in your car
We don't have to go that far.
Let's try to find a road that we don't know
Till we don't know where we are.

And I can smell the bonfires in the street,
I want to say that I love you...love you

But you've got your eye on the door.
This is what my life is for now.
I'll pray that you won't drop your anchor here.
We'll share our ancedotes from last time we spoke.
We'll never change.

Coast
Leave my house
Leave the troubles at the door
I need the coast of the East of England

He says "We're all going one day
Why cling on?"
I think that he and I will be saved.

I want to see the electricity
On the masts of the ships
As the storm builds.

Lighthouse beams-
I know where I am
By counting the flashes.

Years ago read that there were
Ghosts here.

I want to see the electricity
On the masts of the ships
As the storm builds.

Does Anyone Love Me Now?
(When we were on the way).
I know we're too far away when I see besteepled plains.
Nothing is concealed,
Nothing is revealed by the brow of a hill.
I believe in plans
And I believe in maps that you drew
Sitting next to me.

Two nights in a row
I didn't see the moon hanging in the sky
And I need its cool pale face
To believe in this place and believe your lies.

Imagination-go! And free me from your secrets-
Heavy and cold as stone.

Well does anyone love me?
'Cause I asked the deep sea,
But it wouldn't speak to me.
My darling I'm sorry.

And I tried so hard.
So long, so long.
By the time I woke up
Then you were gone.

And on the way back home
Our wandering eyes met fleetingly in window glass
And we're etched on a block of night.
Its something I will treasure
And you'll just let pass.

I will just lie in wait
If only to hear the stories
You don't seem to know how to tell.

Well does anyone love me?
'Cause I asked the deep sea,
But it wouldn't speak to me.
My darling I'm sorry.

Doubtful Comforts
When you come home tonight, my love
Will you take me out somewhere?

You're so good at getting my hopes up
Where they don't belong-
I can't reach them.

This is the place that appears in my mind,
Covered with orange lights,
That I've seen countless times.
When can we find a place where we'll stay for a while?
Till we come back in style.
Oh, they don't know the half of it.

Walls crumble and fall.
You don't have to carry the weight of it all.

Rebecca
I have come to realise
My bad memories
Were an indulgence of mine.

So I close my tired eyes-
Stop this train of thought.
Stop it dead in its tracks.

But will you put your faith in something
When you are afraid?
That's what we were taught-
To bow our heads and pray.

Turn yourself around.
You can do better Rebecca.
Turn yourself around.
Make yourself better Rebecca.

I can sit and try to conjure words,
But there is nothing left to prove to you.
Let me sit and watch you working-
I won't be a pain.
You will not notice me at all.

Gone like seasons
All wasted.
I did not hate winter
Like a child.

Imaginary Fights
I heard a song and remembered his bed.
Love alive and love dead.
I'll never believe in the things that you said,
anyway.
Love alive and love dead.

A matter of time, yes,
I knew it would be.
Until there was a bad dream
In which you forgot about me
And cursed the stars
And cursed the sea,

But oh, how I hate it when you go,
So, I'll walk to the station.
I'll see you leave.
I'll see you leave.

Sixes and sevens, and dimly lit lights.
A lifetime full of sleepless nights.
Imaginary glimpses at imaginary fights.
You're better off leaving-
Just go in the night.