Yeah I keep forgetting to fall down
So you can pick me up
And I'm only walking backwards
So you can catch me up
Here I am again, catch me up
Don't forget to pack your bags
The way your mother told you
Don't forget to leave your friends
A forwarding address
Like your mother told you
Here I am, try and catch me up
Here I am now, try and catch me up
I keep forgetting to fall down
So you can pick me up
And I'm only walking backwards
So you can catch me up
Here I am now, like your mother told you
Here I am
Well you said that she could so I guess that she should
??? [2:42] never be that nice
If you want me to stay
It could be alright
Well it's just like your mother said to you
Around and around and around
I'm only walkin'
I'm only walkin' ahh
[Spoken] And you know ??? [3:22] just days on and on like that, you know
If you want me to stay
It could be alright
Well it's just like your mother said to you
Around and around and around
I'm only walkin'....
In a big room black and white
You said these things will happen to us all
But this belongs to me and me alone
If I was a child
Alone in the world
Would you tell me how to belong
How do you manage to sleep tonight
How do you manage to sleep
I'm awake tonight
You said that life is just a series of hellos and goodbyes
But I don't want to let it go
You can dress yourself with clothes and words
Undress me with a million lines I've already heard
You could stand alone or hide at home
But this belongs to me and me alone
How do you manage to sleep tonight
How do you manage to sleep
I'm awake
How do you manage to sleep tonight
How do you manage to sleep
How do you manage to sleep tonight (I'll tell you)
How do you manage to sleep tonight
In a big room black and white
In a big room black and white
How do you
How do you
How do you manage to sleep tonight
In a big room black and white
How do you
How do you
If I have something to say
If I have something to say
I'd tell you babe
Everybody else
Is waiting for you
Everybody else
Is waiting for you
Just let them try
To stitch that shadow back that I
Stole from you
Save a life
Everywhere I go
I look there's sunlights all around
But there's not one mark on the ground
Behind
Just let them try
To stitch that shadow back that I
Stole from you
Anybody's shadow
Save a life
Everybody's shadow
Save a life
Save a life
Well you never should have said
May you be carrying the devil's child
And I never should have said
I hated you (for the fairies always listen)
And yes you want to hold me (hold me)
But you don't want to wear the smell of me (you and me)
Even though you'd like to know me
Intimately
You are like a lion in a pool of blood
And this child though the blood looks real
Screaming up the chimney
When we throw it on the fire
It's not mine, it couldn't be
It wouldn't have
Come out like this
And you never should have stayed away
You should have stayed here everyday
For they were crawling in the window
They got me in the bed alone
Hating you
And yes you want to hold me (hold me)
But you don't want to wear the smell of me (you and me)
Even though you'd like to know me
Intimately
You are like a lion in a pool of blood
And it'll never be the same
When you come from the place you've been
You know it's hard to breathe
For all those people sticking their hands in
Yes you want to hold me
But you don't want to wear the smell of me
Even though you'd like to know me
Intimately
Intimately
You are like a lion in a pool of blood
You are like
You are like
You are like a lion
Intimately
Intimately
I close my eyes
And say goodbye to the living world
They come to take me
To the gardens of the dark
Where I will run
Run away from you
I can feel you
Catching up to me and I'm laughing
You almost catch me
And I want you to
And I fall back into the arms of the earth
As I'm falling into the arms of the earth
Hold me, don't let this go
I keep my hand in that white horse's mouth
And move it where you want me to
I can feel you almost upon me
Feel you watching me
You urge, you urge me just let it go
But I can't, I can't, I can't
I can't let it go
And I fall back into the arms of the earth
As I'm falling into the arms of the earth
Hold me don't let this go
And I fall back into the arms of the earth
As I'm falling into the arms of the earth
Hold me don't let this go
I keep my hand in that white horse's mouth
And move it where you want me to
Where you want me to
I keep my hand in that white horse's mouth
And move it where you want me to
Where you want me to
And who's there
And who's there
Ah yes you are adored
By a multitude of whores
Selling their stories at the door
Oh to be adored
You have a thousand different lives
You can call on as advised
Are you adored or abused
Are you abhored or amused
Can I reach you where you are
Would that get me very far
Oh I'd love to be adored
As you are, and you are
Are you adored or abused
Are you bored or amused
You have a thousand different lives in the cupboard tonight
You have a thousand different cupboards in your life
Are you adored or abused
Are you abhored or amused
Are you adored or abused
Are you bored or amused
Ah yes you are revered
For everything you feared
Oh to be adored but the images aren't clear
Oh to be adored, let all of us implore you
Are you adored or abused
You have a thousand different lives
You sold them to your wives
Are you adored or abused
Oh to be adored when everyone ignores you
Will the pleasure last the hour
Cam I milk you from your power
Do you wander endless halls
With no texture at all
Oh to be adored
(So my simple life will be here too)
Feel me beginning to move with you inside
Hold you still for a little while
Hold you back from the rising tide
Feel me beginning to move Aphrodite dies
Let her breathe for a little while
As she watches through my eyes
I lie down in the water, I'm leaving you behind
Can't you feel it, feel it pulling
I lie down in the water, it's dragging me away
Can't you see me being taken
Tasting the salt that lingers in your mouth
I'll believe for a little while
Twist me 'round like a tiny child
Step after step I'm moving further out
Feel the sea wash beneath me
As the dark water greets me
I lie down in the water this moment as breathing subsides
I've been practising my disguise
For the mirror of your eyes
I lie down in the water, I'm leaving you behind
Can't you feel me being taken
I don't know if I need you
I don't know if I need you
I don't know if I need you inside
Can't you feel it, feel it pulling
I lie down in the water, it's dragging me away
Can't you see me being taken
I lie down in the water this moment as breathing subsides
I've been practising my disguise, my disguise
I lie down in the water, it's dragging me away
I can no longer feel you
I don't know if I need you
I lie down in the water, I'm leaving you behind....
Can I tempt you with a desert
Cause memories don't grow on trees
Can I offer you a story line
A line of anything you please
I know about your house and your wife
I know about my place in your life
You said that it's nowhere
Not the perfect line
The sentiment is fine
Do you want to leave me open
Do you want to leave me dry
Do you want to walk away from here
And never ask me why
A life in your hands
Is all that it is
Time just demands
It never forgives
Do you find peace of mind here
What do you want to find here
For just one night
Take me as you like
Anything you like
I know what you wanted from me
And if my mouth
Could let the words come out
I'd tell you what it's all about
I know what you wanted from me
For just one night
Take me as you like
Anything you like
I know what you wanted from me
And if my mouth
Could let the words come out
I'd tell you what it's all about
I know what you wanted from me
For just one night
Take me as you like
Anything you like
I know what you wanted from me
Hidden beneath and hidden in me - you are
You slip into sleep but sleep is not real - you are
You've reached the inside
There's nothing to buy just scars in the sky
You sleep inside me but I am not real - you are
And if life could take you in his arms and hold you
And if time would let you sleep with him, enfold you
Trouble with you, trouble with me - you are
The price of your skin is starting to peel
(The price of your skin, the price of your skin)
You hide inside inside you hide
You tried you tried not to hide
Burn towards me but I am not real - you are
(You tried you tried not to hide)
And if life could take you in his arms and hold you
And if time would let you sleep with him, enfold you
And if dreams are made from what returns when you are a child
And if life is all it takes until you learn for a while
And if life could take you in his arms and hold you
And if time would let you sleep with him, enfold you
And if dreams are made from what returns when you are a child
And if life is all it takes until you learn for a while
And if crowds surround you, make me wish I'd never found you
And if air supports your fall, then I'm not here at all
And if someone else has taken everything I gave you
And if everything has taken someone else, I'd save you
I'd save you
I'd save you
I'd save you
I'd save you
I'd save you
I'd save you
Here I come
I'm the bellyman
Come to fill you up when you can't get full
I've been watching from my window
Who hides the emptiness
Who talks to you
They won't take me away from you
They won't take me away from you
Here I come alone
Each step take on your own
But you can just get over it
You could go around it
Here I come
I'm the bellyman
Come to fill you up when you can't get full
I've been crouching in the cupboards
Who stops the darkness from threatening you
Here I come
I'm the bellyman
Come to fill you up when you can't get full
I've been watching from the darkness
Who stops the shadows from smothering you
Here I come
I'm the bellyman
Come to fill you up when you can't get full
I've been watching from my window
Who hides the emptiness
Who talks to you
Everytime you say you want to die
I can't remember what you've said
And everytime you say goodbye
You know it's just a...
You will be
I will be open wide
You and I know why
Everytime you say it's too hard
I can't remember what you say
And everytime you say goodbye
You know it's just a dream
Do you wish you could dream
Do you wish you could fly
You shouldn't dream
You shouldn't fly
Don't let them take you
From your dreams
Don't let them take you
From your dreams
Child
You mean so much to me
And we're of a blood that can't be spilled
Our individual sorrows have merged together
To let you come into this world
And you will grow strong enough
To find your own
Out there in the world alone
I want to go home
We all want to go home
We all want to go home
Child
We're all here to hold you
Hold you back from hurting yourself
There's me and you and somebody else
For all the days remaining
My spirit lives in you
Let me lift you beyond yourself
Taking us away from ourselves
And turn us away
From the dying tide
I'll make you feel you're alive
And we all want to go home
We all want to go home
And we all want to go home
We all want to go home
We all want to go home
We all want to go home
We all want to go home
We all want to head home
[Extra track on the Fall Down single.
Appeared as "Cut Up Song" on Inhumaninane.
Also appeared on Steve Kilbey's Addenda One album.]
This is how it feels to feel real
This is how it feels to feel real
Everything has gotten me from here
Somewhere inside I try to understand
This is how it feels to feel real
Is it all I have to do to wait and try and find myself with you
This is how it feels to feel real
Is it all I have to do to wait and try and find myself with you
(You are) I can no longer tell who you are
And it's everything you want to be
You are (run away)
Tried to turn around
(There's just enough to touch now)
This is how it feels to feel real
And is there a place in the world to think?
(Can't you feel it love) (I felt you, somebody else)
(You are) I can no longer tell who you are
And it's everything you want to be
You are (is there a place in the world to think?)
You are (You are in my world)
You can no longer bring
You can no longer bring
Run away (You can stop nobody else)
This is how it feels to feel real
(You are) I can no longer tell who you are
(You are) And it's everything you want to be
Is there a place in the world to think? (this is how it feels to feel real)
(You are) (This is how it feels to feel real)
Jumped to turn around (Jumped to turn around)
Jumped to turn around (Jumped to turn around) (I felt you, felt somebody else)
Run away (sometime, inside, understand)
This is how it feels to feel
(You are) I can no longer tell who you are
And it's everything you want to be
(You are) Trust, your honor and pride
(You are)
Is there a place in the world to think?
This is how it feels to feel real
(You are) Jumped to turn around, jumped to turn around
(You are)
I can no longer tell who you are
And it's everything you want to be
(You are) (run away) Jumped to turn around
(Somewhere inside I try to understand)
(I felt you, felt somebody else)
(You are) I can no longer tell who you are
And it's everything you want to be
[Extra track on the Adored single]
My conscience is clear, now let me take you to the show
Just ??? [0:41] same thing
It was something that never had the opportunity to grow
Like a stranger
As if we never met before but...
You can't touch me now
You can't walk into any of our rooms at all
I'm butchered by the sun that's on your smile now
It's violence
Anymore, it's all too much
I love your hands
Hate your touch
You go down
But there's no rush
I've had enough
It's all too much
My patience is gone, let me escort you to the door
Just had something, and it's something that I never had the possibility before [1:53]
There's always a danger
We see them in the headlines every day baby
You can't touch me now
You can't walk into any of our rooms at all
I'm butchered by the sun that's on your smile now
It's violence
Anymore, it's all too much
I love your hands
Hate your touch (beware the ghosts are coming now)
You go down
But there's no rush
I've had enough
It's all too much
Had enough
It's all too much
I love your hands
Hate your touch (beware the ghosts are coming now)
You go down
There's no rush
I've had enough
It's all too much
Beware the ghosts are coming now
Beware the ghosts are coming now
I've had enough
It's all too much
I love your hands
I hate your touch (beware the ghosts are coming now)
You go down
There is no rush
I've had enough
It's all too much
I've had enough
It's all too much
I love your hands
I hate your touch (beware the ghosts are coming now)
You go down
There is no rush
I've had enough
It's all too much