This frame of mindYoung hollow manSaid all I’ve got to sayDone all I canWon’t even tryWon’t even showDon’t tell me thingsI don’t want to knowSwim through meMake meMore than wholeCome see what I meanMake me feel secureAnd in these days betweenWhen I fall apartI’d run away but you knowI’m not that smartThese strange ideasI’ll see […]
Category Archives: Bic Runga
Dust
Blades of grassThat shiver as I passThe worlds asleep but I’m awakeI’m walking home againMorning starsLeft my shoes back at the barDidn’t know my house was quite this farSo far from anywhereStrange how the groundTips upside downAnd morning it starts without meDid I let you downShould I come aroundWould that make things better baby You […]
Suddenly Strange
Fire inside my shoesStill walking forward but back to youI suppose I must be stuck with you againThis joke is wearing thinI know its timeI know its time to goAnd just so you knowThis secret part of me never showedAnd when you run around like you don’t careI’m suddenly awareI know its timeI know its […]
Listening For The Weather
So I’m listening for the weather to predict the coming dayLeave all thought of expectation to the weather manNo it doesn’t really matter what it is he has to say‘Cause tomorrows keep on blowing in from somewhere All the people that I know in the apartments down belowBusy with their starring roles in their own […]
Sway
Don’t strayDon’t ever go awayI should be much too smart for thisYou know it gets the better Of me SometimesWhen you and I collideI fall into an ocean of youPull me out in timeDon’t let me drownLet me downI say it’s all because of youAnd here IGoLosing my ControlI’m practising your nameSo I can say […]
Election Night
Come around for tea Dance me round and round the kitchenBy the light of my T.VOn the night of the electionAncient stars will fall into the seaAnd the ocean floor sings her sympathy Drive me miles awayEscape the sky that we lay underOf all the dreams we cannot shakeWe’re always shaking in our slumberIn the […]
Honest Goodbyes
Sink with the tideRescue me if you likeI’ll be leaving it all up to youThink how we triedIt’s o.k. to be lied to As long as it’s only by you People say to me it’s best that we’ve parted‘Cause you know I’m better aloneDon’t explain to me how you’re so broken heartedI’m too busy mending […]
Making A Scene
Making a sceneI’m coming cleanThought I’d like to put you in your placeMy drink in your faceWouldn’t look so badNow I’ll live this downLet me know if I’m talking much too loudDrawing a crowdI don’t mind if you don’t mindI’d like to see youI’d like to take you onI can’t go wrongYour thumbs been in […]