Ice is forming 'round this heart of mine
I seen a lot of damage baby, but I won't get hurt this time
Now I got a reason
Now I got a stake
Now I gotta put you back every time you break
Left my ego in the mezzanine
Here he comes again, bustin' up my scene
Now I got a future
Now I gotta try
Now I, I gotta live for you every time you die
Imagine it's snowfaller
Bring winter, just call her
Imagine it's snowfaller
I left my ego in the mezzanine
But here he comes again, bustin' up my scheme
Now I got a future
Now I gotta try
Now I gotta live for you every time you die
Imagine it's snowfaller
Bring winter, just call her
Imagine it's snowfaller
Imagine it's snowfaller
Bring winter, just call her
Imagine it's snowfaller
[rev. Mar. 1, 2016]
Lost myself a picture book
Best you've never seen
Slowed half down I take a hook
Hang it on marine
Got my head
Got my red
Got my violet-green
Just give back my old stranger
Wherever you have been
And it's all in the photographs
And it's all in the past
It's at home in the memory
It's the least in the most
Got involved in secrets
In 1943
Judged myself a player
Wherever I may be
Got my black
Got my shack
Got my rosemary
Never gonna get to Paris
Before Burgundy
And it's all in the photographs
And it's all in the past
It's at home in the memory
It's the least in the most
Saw a lot of rivers in the desert
Wandering in the trees
Thinking I was quite alone
I lectured to the breeze
Got my sap
Got my rap
Got my fiddler's threes
Never gonna get your honey
Angering the bees
And it's all in the photographs
And it's all in the past
It's at home in the memory
It's the least in the most
[rev. Aug. 30, 2013]
Come on now baby let's have a little fun tonight
2,000 long years and they're all leading up to tonight
Why'd you wanna be so cruel to me like that
But you're already near me, you already see
And you look so good tonight
Sky so black tonight
Everybody knows that you got it for free
If they catch up with ya you're gonna wanna know me
Alright
Sometimes I think I'll go crazy from the things that you say
I can't understand why you say that everything is dead
You saw the light, it was too bright, and you said
Then you turn around and you found it's me instead
Look so fine tonight
Sun is gonna shine tonight
Everybody knows that you know one of us
If they catch up with you don't make a fuss
Alright
Desired these purple vile lips in your tonight
Common steel rover maxed out like a lira tonight
Tough on ya cruising resulting in a hurt
All my little experiments right down the drain tonight
That's alright
(That's right!)
[Many faint indiscernible words here]
[rev. Aug. 30, 2013]
Well I hope you're well insured
If my poor little heart becomes injured
And I hope you can appreciate
When I say I'm coming early I'm bound to be late
So don't change your rate
In the morning
Buildings swarming
Pearls are forming
In the seas
In the evening
Birds are leaving
In the seething
Canopy
In my time with this name
I've been so many different men, which one do you blame?
In my skin, with this face
I dreamt I was a dragonfly gone from this place
And I soared into the light
But I was unmade into a human just tonight
In the morning
Buildings swarming
Pearls are forming
In the seas
In the evening
Birds are leaving
In a seething
Canopy
You're so kind, you're so soft
And I could never see the strings that hold you aloft
You're so vain, you're so obscure
And I wouldn't take any more of that, it might be pure
You're so in love, you're so outdoors
I wouldn't take any more of that, it isn't yours
In the morning
Buildings swarming
Pearls are forming
In the seas
In the evening
Birds are leaving
In a seething
Canopy
In the morning
Buildings swarming
Pearls are forming
In the seas
In the evening
Birds are leaving
In a seething
Canopy
[rev. Aug. 30, 2013]
Cast adrift on these solar seas
The humble servant of your majesties
In the orbits tremor the slightest string is pulled
Corral the villains, where are the fools?
And it's all in a day, a generation
When you get to the saturation
It's all down, down, down, down
If only, if only I could solve it for you
If only, if only I could dissolve it for you
You cut my hand on a chandelier
You know what I was searchin' for a little good cheer
In the planes above us the slightest prick is felt
And we break down and we just melt
And it's all in a spell incantation
When you get into penetration
It's all down, down, down, down
If only, if only I could solve it for you
If only, if only I could dissolve it for you
I'm set apart on the broken reef
I'm as helpless as the smallest leaf
And in the lethal jungle the slightest sound is heard
Who are the humans? Where are the birds?
And it's all in a miscreation
And you get to the explanation
It's all down, down, down, down
If only, if only I could solve it for you
If only, if only I could dissolve it for you
Alright
The wind in the wireless
Smell of the neon
Rustle our papers
Starlight broke down
Alone in the backseats
Rain on the windshield
Face in the rain drops
Mist rolling in
We're heading south
We're heading south again
We're heading south
Heading south again
Lightning is frozen
TV's gone haywire
The traffic on Broadway
The sound of the moon
Golden impression
This certain explosion
The price of a ticket
Beating a drum
We're heading south
Heading south again
We're heading south
Heading south again
Romeo vacuum
Cyrillic adaption
Smooth application
Tomorrow vision
Ending abruptly
I stop for a moment
Possible outcome
Rational thought
We're heading south
We're heading south again
We're heading south
Heading south again
[rev. Jan. 13, 2006]
Shapeless thing in the wine dark sea
Amphitrite's currents bring my love home to me
And it's over and over in the brine
Just like a man run out of time
And I'm crashing in the surf
Then I'm lying in the earth
Thunderclouds rend the sky
Old Earth-shaker won't be happy till I die
Been sitting here, Calypso, nearly seven long years
The hour of my release steadily nears
And I'm playing on your lyre
Then I'm burning in the fire
[rev. Aug. 5, 2014]
According to evidence
We all descended from God's magnificence
The holy world, a diamond time
We are the scions of this royal line
Oh you fools, glow glorious
Return the fire that was stolen from us
A million things must come and pass
We are the casing and the cover and the cast
Come inside, bring the dawn
Let light and music and honour be born
My golden ones who dare to fight
You stand against the fabrications of the night
Writing tunes with much revere
Preserved by people and cut and battered here
Take those blows, stand your ground
Or wander lost and never to be found
[rev. April 23, 2007]
Another warm chlorinated night
The pool throws blue light
The harbor sprawling in the garden
The spirit of the earth
Coming up through the ground
Tonight there is no weather
As if out here
You're on a set
Of painted on yachts
Fake glittering stars
The pool turns out to be blue cellophane
The grass is actually paper
The camera moves in
We detach from our unit
Actors uncertain
He motions to someone out of view
Shares a joke
And accepts a drink
From some accomplice
Sipping quiet he's waiting for his monologue
Mynah birds still whirr and click
But all else is still and listening
A makeup girl does his hair and disappears
The actor is actually playing you
We dissolve in close
He finishes his drink
He begins, ahh
"A long time ago..."
He leaves off
Someone hands him a phone
Something terrible has occurred
Is this part of the story?
The audience may at this point choose
If you want a happy ending
Then you may jump to another story
If you wanted to see some more of the yachts
They'll be back in other scenes
Yeah!
If you think you can move along a little faster
Here we go...
The actor is having an argument
We overhear:
"Bu... But... But that's... but that's not possible!
I... I... I know, but why... but when... why wouldn't know...
They'll never know... but why wouldn't... I..."
Cue in music
Moonlight Sonata
Sped up with some subtle disco beat
Bring up more starry light
Let a zephyr blow through this garden
A woman appears on the set
It's that famous actress who is the actor's girlfriend in real life
But who is actually also playing your wife in this film
They embrace
She takes the phone from the actor
And dismisses the crew
We're left dangling
We can't wait to find out
If, how, why
If, how, why
We think about the nature of performance
And we see the garden darken
Clouds now cover the stars
The yacht's completely gone
The harbor was a projection
Actress was a hologram
The garden was a stage
Aww, the night is suddenly gone
We're blinking in the sudden light
People push past
The air is filled with smoke, perfume, sweat
Voices shout, some whisper
A cab pulls up
Now this is strange
We climb inside
The actor is in there
He slides over begrudgingly
Wow, he really looks like you close up
We begin our journey
Him on one side, you on the other
I fall asleep
Ha! When I awake I'm confused
Who is who?
Who is who?
Who is who?
Who is who?
The driver turns around
"This would be your stop"
And the cab stops
You get out
We drive on
The actor decides to act like you
He mimics your lazy minions
He has perfected your accent
His makeup and hair are amazing
Even from here
I can't believe they even knew where you live
We pull up outside your house
The actress playing your wife comes out
Out of your house
Carrying a phone
She climbs in the front seat
She hands you—I mean, the actor—the phone
You deny everything
I mean the actor
No, but that's not true
That's just not true
Cars speed past
The hum of the city
Song of the day
The actor hangs up
On closer examination the phone is a prop
He reads from a script all but concealed
Why?
Why did you give Kilbey my number?
She answers with:
"Maybe this is an imposter
Kilbey is your friend, what do you mean?"
He replies:
"I feel like he's watching us all the time
Incorporating us into one of his songs
Writing about our lives
In his dispassionate way"
The cab turns into Cleveland Street
The driver turns around
"Just after these lights then"
There's so much I would like to ask the actress
I lean forward to say something
The taxi stops
We climb out
We come to a warehouse
We go in where they are making a film
We go in where they are making a film
We go in where they are making a film
The garden
A harbor
The pool
The chlorine
The alcohol
A hot night is invoked
A breeze maker emits a gentle breeze
The recorded sounds of a distant drunken party
People, laughter, drifting on the air
Woozy music
Glasses clinking
Ice tinkling
Yachts on the harbor
People on board waving to us
Drinking
Laughing
Waving
Summer
Holiday
Night
Antics
Rockets go up
Framing the bridge
Push out of the crowd
Crowd of extras and wardrobe people
Some wearing swimming costumes
Some in evening wear
More fireworks
More fireworks
Their soft explosions thumping the night
Revelry
Abandonment
Music swelling up
Credits roll
You leave the premises
[rev. Aug. 30, 2013]
I don't know what people say now
Walk away next Tuesday now
I don't know if you've been told
All that glitters is not cold
Mmm, and I don't know how you do it
After all, you've been through it
Well I don't know how you're feelin'
After all you've had to deal with
Well I don't know if all that's true
and I'm still me you're still you
But I don't know what I should try, man
I'd like to live before I die, man
That's it