So tell me.....

Tell me why she seems to starve herself to death.....

And hang on every breath?

It hurt

To the extent

That I believed it to be real

But believe me

I only wanted you to kneel

Get down there of your own accord

Adore me

Surely

That’s no mystery?

Tell me why

She seems to starve herself to death

Hang on your every breath

Squeeze herself in adolescent clothes

Desperate to pose

If she don’t love you?

I went

Just a bit too far

And you went back to your life

So believe me

It really cut me like a knife

You left here of your own accord

So show me

Really

There’s no mystery.

Tell me why

She seems to starve herself to death

Hang on your every breath

Squeeze herself in adolescent clothes

Desperate to pose

If she don’t love you?

You said

They’d be a future time

That you could always forgive...

I crossed the line

So show me of your own accord

Go on show me

Really

There’s no mystery?

Tell me why

She seems to starve herself to death

Hang on your every breath

Squeeze herself in adolescent clothes

Desperate to pose

If she don’t love you?

I’ll hurt

Cos I’m no use to you

I simply hired you in my bed

And believe me

I’m always in your head

I’ll never leave of my accord

Trust me

Surely

I’m no mystery?

So tell me why

She seems to starve herself to death

Hang on your every breath

Squeeze herself in adolescent clothes

Desperate to pose

If she don’t love you?

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Iron fist

Strangers in the night

Both are wrong, both right

Fight in shadows, play of hands:

See this iron fist

Inside a velvet glove

Emptied of its words of love?

Iron turning into rust

Lovers turning  to dust

Trust trickling through my hands

Through this iron fist

Inside a velvet glove

Emptied of its words of love.

Time that’s running out

Letting go of doubt

Without you hand in hand

With this iron fist

Inside a velvet glove

Emptied of its words of love.

Clouds pass in the sky:

Where when follows why.

Goodbye with a sleight of hand

Of this iron fist

Inside a velvet glove

Emptied of its words of love

The alchemy of gold

Children growing old

Cold hard cash that changes hands

From this iron fist

Inside a velvet glove

Emptied of its words of love.

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Love, love like a carrot on a stick

It’s what you do: your party trick

I got those hanging by a thread blues

You walk, walk as I jump

Turn your back so what the point?

I got those hanging by a thread blues

There’s no safety net in lies

Can’t see the future in your eyes

I got these hanging by a thread blues

An’ I begin the fall

You still don’t call

I got these hanging by a thread blues

I’ll search, search the sky

Each an’ every time I die

I got these hanging by a thread blues

Close eyes that weep, they weep

Search for sleep, for sleep

I got these hanging by a thread blues

I wake in rubble, waste

This morning’s bitter taste

Hanging by those hanging thread blues

This chord, this end, this start

You wove within my heart

Still hanging on, hanging on blues

Let's change this position round

I’ll get my feet on solid ground

Cos’ I’m not going down, not going down, not going down

With these hanging on blues

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The real show

It believes itself

That avatar

With no applause

It’s on the shelf

A trophy life

Reflected in your mirror

Where’s the real show?

You can’t face yourself

You have a life

You stupid slave

A slip of the tongue

Oh and a wife?

My day weighs heavy

I don’t care

You’re not my type.

Where’s the real show?

You’ve no integrity

You wear me out

Incessant need

Stupidity

Tell more lies

You’re all the same

Serendipity

Where’s the real show?

Your ego shows

Prima donna type

On the take

‘course you know how

You always did

You always will

It’s all a show

But where’s the real show?

Service  downstairs

Behind closed doors

The real show

Happens off the air

If I’m your dirty secret

You can keep it

I’m outta here

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From the cradle to the grave

Dead heading flowers

When a plant starts to fade

There's a time right?

So it will grow again.

Saying it's ok

When I don't make the grade

There's a time right?

And I'll be up again.

Hand on the cash

When you're asked to give aid.

There's a time right?

And they'll eat again.

Let's balance karma

There's a debt to be paid.

There's a time right?

When we'll come good again.

Be there on time

It's too late when you've aged.

There's a time right?

A time to begin again.

Let's make some plans now

Whilst there's plans to be made.

There's a time right?

And we could love again.

Take instruction

Do as you are bade.

There's a time right?

And you'll feel safe again.

And we can rock this cradle, rock in this cradle

Rock

Rocking

From the cradle to the grave.

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Para para noia

You have swum amongst the big fish, in with the sharks

Where it's getting deeper, where it's usually dark.....

You should have stayed and played with the shallows.

Para paranoia means goin against what I know

Do not diminish me I will simply let you go...para para noia.

Insecurity means me getting less than what you give

Do not impoverish me I can't easily foregive.....para para noia.

Your stupidity means you knowing how I think

If you try to second guess me I will let you sink.....para para noia.

I will give you all of me not from what I have

Will give of what I am to you: 'til you are what I had....para para noia.

No good looking back at me wishing on the past

No good looking forwad hoping it could last.....para para noia.

I will search out your patterns, the routes you take

Expose the rawness of the mistakes you make....para para noia.

You will always love me even in your loss

But I have paid the price for you and your every cost...para para noia.

You have swum amongst the big fish, in with the sharks

Where it's getting deeper, where it's usually dark.....

You should have stayed and played with the shallows.

 copyright Jani 2011