1. |
I Need Your Love
03:19
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When the nights are long
And the day is dark
And the streets are empty
Like a concrete City Park
And you wake alone
And you walk alone
And you feel like love has gone - away
I need to hold your face
Feel your lips - your arms’ embrace
Anything to get me through these days
I need your love
The city moves
whilst under ground
Space overused -
I’m being pushed around
No air to breath - I’m close to tears
I wanna leave this place
Cause I need to hold your face
Feel your lips your sweet embrace
Where are you now - these days
I need your love
Your love was like water
Surrounding my soul
Too much too handle
But now - I know -
I need to feel your face
Touch your lips, your warm embrace
Find a way to get through these days
Without your love
I need your love
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2. |
King of the Mountain
04:23
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I stood as I watched you come down from the mountain
And I could tell by the look on your face what was coming
You always say that I should do what I want when I want to
But what you really mean is that I should do what you want when you want me to
Cause all you do is talk talk talk talk
But you don’t listen
Cause all you do is talk talk talk talk
But you don’t listen
Though I did quickly comprehend, I keep on wishing
Wishing that you’d stop
You say you want to be a better man, well if that’s true
why is it you always try and find fault with me and not you
What at first I mistook for love was just your narcissistic orientation, you see
Every time I hear now hear your voice it just sounds like a lot of noise to me
chorus (cause baby all you do)
bridge
I let your cascade of words wash over my body
they can’t get in anymore,
I’ve closed that door, and now I’m free
I’m doing anything to try and make you, try and make you stop
And as I slowly walk away you’ll keep on wishing, wishing that I’d stop
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3. |
In Between the Silence
06:07
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IN BETWEEN THE SILENCE
Hold me close
Open your eyes and show me what cannot be seen
Let me feel what it’s like to be inside
What you hide in your depths, unexposed to the world, the fortress of your mind
Where are we now, where are you now
While we played at being lovers did we get lost somehow
A fairy tale so beautiful and the light it gave, so bright
Soon became a nightmare reflection of its radiant perfection
And so it begins with the storm closing in
And the walls, the walls are tumbling down
where are we now
while we played at being lovers, did we get lost somehow
I say too much
Words flow like water
Down from a mountain pass
As my heart bleeds and your eyes speak
In between the silence
You made me think of tomorrow
Of spring time and blue skies
Of roses and rainbows at the end of the line
Of fires on winter nights with warm feet and good wine
Of laughter and sweet song
And dancing, and dancing, all the merry night long
Of dancing of dancing all night long
As our story unfolds like a scene from a film I see it before me
And I scream at the screen in my head, and I watch myself, I watch as I ignore me
I say too much much
Words flow like water
Down from a mountain pass
As my heart bleeds and your eyes speak
In between the silence
I say too much much
In the silence I move you
In the silence I long to touch
In the silence I lose you
In the silence I stand alone
In the silence hear you break my heart
If you held me now
Would it be better
shall we forget - all that is said
The resentment tastes bitter
When I kiss your mouth - doesn’t answer
Inches away but too far to reach in the night - I want you to stay
But I’m getting too tired, too tired, I’m getting too tired to fight
In between the silence
As my heart bleeds and your eyes speak
In between the silence
Additional lyrics at start:
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4. |
Cobalt Blue Sky
04:03
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Ode to the Moon
The moon stands high in a cobalt blue sky
Clouds gather grey above me
My love for you drifts aimlessly
Like a wave on the sand with nothing to cling to
Ooh with nothing to cling to....with nothing to cling to
I close my eyes in the stillness of the morning
and I’m back in the moment where it all began
I spent my time always watching in the shadows
I never though I’d feel I could belong
So move me, come on and move me inside
Play your hands along the snares of my heart strings
And watch me fly
Move me, go on and move me inside
Throw my high up in the sky
And watch me fly Ooh - watch me fly
I reach out for something but there’s nothing to reach
I don’t recognise my reflection
Like when you know the language but you can’t understand the speech
I’m looking for a change in direction
So move me, come on and move me inside
Play your hands along the snares of my heart strings
And let me fly
Move me, go on and move me inside
Throw my high up in the sky
And watch me fly Ooh - watch me fly
As I watch you
In a cobalt blue sky
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5. |
Only My body
03:43
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Only My Body
I press my words to him as we ride through the town
Our bodies’ close
Our love on cobbled streets and common ground
But you came and held me down
Your morality nowhere to be found
So I lie back and close my eyes
and I hold my breath and wish to die
So I lie back and close my eyes
and I hold my breath and wish to die
Slowly it fades, disappears in/to the dark
ache and emptiness fight
to find a/fill that space in my heart
In the morning light
The house no wiser to the secrets of the night
So I lie back and close my eyes
and I hold my breath and wish to die
and I didn’t make a sound
didn’t raise the roof, too embarrassed to scream
didn’t push me off
It’s only it’s my body it’s only my body it’s only my body he got
It’s only my body it’s only my body it’s only my body he got
It’s only it’s my body it’s only my body it’s only my body he got
It’s only my body it’s only my body but it still hurts a lot
As it burns right through my body yet I’m cold
Like a winter frost comes around in spring and kills everything
I lie back and close my eyes
I hold my breath and wish to die
I lie back and close my eyes
I hold my breath and wish to die but I’m still alive
It’s only it’s my body it’s only my body it’s only my body he got
It’s only my body it’s only my body it’s only my body he got
It’s only it’s my body it’s only my body it’s only my body he got
It’s only my body it’s only my body but it still hurts a lot
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6. |
Chelsea Bar
03:33
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In a Chelsea bar she found herself one night with a double scotch but her heart grew tight When she saw a man as he brought his tunes To the audience in the dim light room
She said Love’s no more than a little lie You tell yourself for a little while
While you wait for hurt to come again And another smile yet another man
And the lie turns and the love twists and the hurt grows When it breaks - again
and you’re alone - with nothing to hold on to
nothing to hold on to
When the lie turns and the love twists and the hurt grows there’s nothing to hold on to
That’s fine by me, he said, and drained his glass Of his Whiskey straight as she made his pass And her little lie, hung between them still
but she took him on of her own free will
so now she’d met her whiskey star Over candle light in that Chelsea bar And the music made the lie turn true Now my heart is sure of its love for you
And the lie turns and the love twists and the fear grows
Will it break - again then you’re alone, with nothing to hold on to nothing to hold on to
And the lie turned and the love twist and the fear grows
there’s nothing to hold on to
The truth wasn’t perfect, and neither was she
She longed for the moment that her heart would be free from the paradox of her broken past
And the little lie that wouldn’t last - that wouldn’t last
Our love grows and your eyes show
It won’t break again
mmmhmhh there’s something to hold on to something to hold on to
And the heart turns and the lie fades and the love grows there’s something to hold on to
something to hold on to
And the heart turns and the lie fades and the love grows there’s something to hold on to
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7. |
Over Too Soon
03:46
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Time
The dawn announces morning
Morning fades to noon
Afternoon reflects the sunlight
Over too soon
Dusk calls out to evening
Wanders into night
The days of summer fade away
Drift slowly from sight / Slowly drift from sight
Let it slide
Let it slide
Time is so clearly not on our side
Thoughts of you will linger
Months turn into years
The void that can’t be filled
There’s no comfort for these tears
Dawn announces morning
Morning fades to noon
Afternoon reflects the sunlight
Over too soon
Over too soon
Time is so clearly not on our side
Dusk calls out to evening
Wanders into night
The seasons slowly fade away
You slowly drift from sight
Spring has called again
Summer soon comes into view
And though time’s still moving on
Seems so much slower without you
Let it slide
Let it slide
Time is so clearly not on our side
Watch it slide
Watch it slide
Time is so clearly not on our side
Let is slide
Watch it slide
Time was so clearly not on your side
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8. |
Slow Down
03:18
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Hey mister, mister
Give me a minute of your time
I don’t want to sell you something
But please don’t leave me behind
Hey mister, mister
I’ve been trying to get through to you
Have you seen your family lately
tell me what are you going to do
Won’t you
Listen for a moment
While you’re waiting at the lights
I’m not preaching no religion
But I think you’ve lost sight
Won’t you
Tell me, tell me
What will your children do
recognise you for the money in their pockets
or the time they spent with you
So won’t you slow down
won’t you slow it down
Hey sister, sister
Just a little of your space
I can tell you’re clearly exhausted
Just by looking at your face
Cause you’ve been
Working working
So hard every day
All the hours that you’re grafting
While you’ve thrown your dreams away
So won’t you slow down
Won’t you slow it down
Don’t keep waiting for tomorrow
cause tomorrow is just too many, too many heartbeats away
Just remember when the time comes
money doesn’t really matter,
it’s just the memories that you’ve made
Hey Mister mister,
tell me what you’ve done,
you’ve been having trouble sleeping
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9. |
Water
05:43
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This house so empty without you
Seems bigger or I’m smaller
without you
we kept our love dry through every kind of weather
two of one kind, birds of the same feather
and maybe that was wrong,
cause all life needs water
maybe it was wrong
cause water makes you grow
cause everyone needs colours, everyones needs water.
and maybe that was wrong
cause water makes you strong
water makes you
And I know it wasn’t always easy
And I know I wasn’t always right
Our love safe,(high) hidden in the rafters
Our love, now the rags have come
I know now
I know
Love is hard
every time the wick a little shorter
the days a little longer, a little darker than before
every time I feel al little older,
the house a little colder
without you
without you
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10. |
Broken
05:19
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BROKEN
You were all that I could see for a long time
My heart my soul my life all intertwined for a long time
Never one to give up easily
I tried to make it right
But your anger never vanished
Hmmm. You sure taught me how to fight
I gave you all of my heart
And you broke it like trash as you pulled it to pieces
You tore it and ripped it and left it there bleeding
And I gave you all of my love
As you hurt me with lies and I felt our love dying
I took it and stayed never gave up trying
I gave you all that I had
And you drank it and smashed it then killed it and burned it
You watched all the tears that I cried and then left me
I gave you all that I had
And you turned it into nothing
Footsteps on an empty street
It's a late November evening
Through the darkness shines a sudden light
And it feels like I'm finally breathing
As I leave behind your reign/rain of misery
Look at the change in the weather
Like a sudden April shower that clears the air
And makes everything look so much better
I gave you all of my heart
And you broke it like trash as you pulled it to pieces
You tore it and ripped it and left it there bleeding
And I gave you all of my love
As you hurt me with lies and I felt our love dying
I took it and stayed never gave up trying
I gave you all that I had
And you drank it and smashed it then killed it and burned it
You watched all the tears that I cried and then left me
I gave you all that I had
And you turned it into nothing
I can't fix what's broken only look at the fragments of our love on the concrete
all barren and shattered
Like a soul in a sandstorm I'm with no direction
trying to sweep up the pieces of our love
Guitar solo
I gave you all of my heart
And you broke it like trash as you pulled it to pieces
You tore it and ripped it and left it there bleeding
And I gave you all of my love
As you hurt me with lies and I felt our love dying
I took it and stayed never gave up trying
I gave you all that I had
And you drank it and smashed it then killed it and burned it
You watched all the tears that I cried and then left me
I gave you all that I had
And you turned it into nothing
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11. |
Life So Beautiful
03:37
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Have you ever seen a shadow fall
A dragon fly, it’s wings so small
Have you ever seen a ray of sun
Light up the dust that floats around you
Have you ever seen a flower grow
Have you tasted rain and touched the soil
Have you ever truly looked around you
And seen life so real so beautiful
life so pure and so powerful
Life so real so beautiful
and wondered what we’re doing to it
Race through life just to get that far ahead
grab a coffee rush to work and spend the day there stressed
And when at home the phone stays on
Always somewhere else, you got your mind switched on
But to what, o-oh, but to what
Have you ever seen a shadow fall
A dragon fly, it’s wings so small
Have you ever seen a ray of sun
Light up the dust that floats around you
Have you ever seen a flower grow
Have you tasted rain and touched the soil
Have you ever truly looked around you
And seen life so real so beautiful
life so pure and so powerful
Life so real so beautiful
and wondered what we’re doing to it all
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12. |
City Lights
03:44
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Each room has a heart And each heart has a beat
And that beat tells the story Of a life that is lived
In that room There’s a light And it shines out to me
It shines out to me in this city tonight
Each room has a heart
And to each heart belongs/has a key
And that key unfolds the story
to the dreams of you and me
each one that hides In a room with a light
Shining out to the world in this city tonight
And this city harbours the dreams of a girl who clutches the key to her heart
So/too close to her chest
And she looks at the view and takes all the lights and she shuts them away
Turning night into day - turning night into day
A room with the girl And her dreams in the dark
While she’s yearning for something
something better by far There are hundreds of rooms
And thousand of lights And a million hearts in this city tonight
My rooms has a view to this city of lights
my heart is still searching for that key in the night
A patchwork of lights Never quite what they seem
the eyes to the soul of a city of dreams
And this city harbours the hopes of the ones who are clutching the keys to their heart too close to their chest and I turn on the lights, turning day into night, turning day into night
And I look at the view with my heart in my hands
and takes all the lights and she shuts them away
Turning night into day - turning night into day
There are hundreds of rooms And thousand of hearts
And a million lights in this city tonight
I am alone In this room, with a view
With a light and a heart Waiting for you
I am alone In this room, with a view
With a light and a heart
and it’s beating for you
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13. |
A Little Bit More
03:42
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A Little Bit More
Like a breath on the wind I shall carry
Like a raft on the river I shall guide you shore
When you cry in the night and the darkness surrounds you
I will love you a little bit more
When the world is too loud and it won’t hear your whisper
When it all gets too heavy and you can’t go on no more
I will take up your load and lift you high upon my shoulder
I will love you a little bit more
And oh - when you are weary
And oh - when the road ahead looks rough
(I - will be standing right beside you)
I’ll be there for you my love
When through the shadows in your eyes you can’t see the sunlight
And the bleakness of winter chills you right to the core
I will hold out my hand - I will stand right beside you
And I will love you a little bit more
And oh - when you are weary
And oh - when life gets too tough
I - will be standing right beside you
(I’ll be there for you my love)
All through the years, through the smiles and tears I will be there for you
I will believe in you
I’ll be there
Like a breath on the wind I shall carry
Like a raft on the river I shall guide you to shore
When your hearts full of fear for the path that you’ve chosen
I will love you a little bit more
And oh - when you are weary
And oh - when life gets too tough
I - will be standing right beside you
(I’ll be there for you my love)
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Rosalie Genay Netherlands
Rosalie Genay is based in Rotterdam after moving from London. She's currently workingon new projects after 'For the Love of Annie' a jazz album with Scott Hamilton, Barry Green, Dave Green & Steve Brown & 'In Between The Silence', an album of original material. In 2014 she toured the UK with acclaimed album Realms, arrangements of songs by Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen with pianist Rebecca Nash. ... more
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