Outside bombs are falling
Am I ignoring the truth again?
Inside a storm is raging
I'm disengaging from life again
So what am I supposed to do with you my alibi?
What am I supposed to sing to you?
A lullaby?
O a lullaby
She's nobody's daughter she believes in her dreams
In her dreams
She's nobody's daughter and she bleeds for her needs
For her needs
And living without her love's in vain
And living without her here's insane
I can't wait
I can't wait
She's nobody's daughter when she breathes I can't breathe
I can't breathe
She's nobody's daughter and she leaves me on my knees
On my knees
What would I do without her love?
I can't wait
She's nobody's daughter
I can't wait
Am I ignoring the truth again?
Inside a storm is raging
I'm disengaging from life again
So what am I supposed to do with you my alibi?
What am I supposed to sing to you?
A lullaby?
O a lullaby
She's nobody's daughter she believes in her dreams
In her dreams
She's nobody's daughter and she bleeds for her needs
For her needs
And living without her love's in vain
And living without her here's insane
I can't wait
I can't wait
She's nobody's daughter when she breathes I can't breathe
I can't breathe
She's nobody's daughter and she leaves me on my knees
On my knees
What would I do without her love?
I can't wait
She's nobody's daughter
I can't wait
07:02
I no longer know you though I long to be free
People try to tell me take it easy just be
Evil comes upon me makes it easy not to see
Blinding is the lightning when I'm washed out to sea
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me
I sit always thunder
It's a sorry sight to see
Always going under as I sift through the debris
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me...
Gone
People try to tell me take it easy just be
Evil comes upon me makes it easy not to see
Blinding is the lightning when I'm washed out to sea
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me
I sit always thunder
It's a sorry sight to see
Always going under as I sift through the debris
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me
And you don't come around anymore to see
Still living within living without me...
Gone
05:22
I'm not sane, and I'm not left behind
And I'm not praying to be kept in mind
So glad I don't know
So glad I'm alone
I was dreaming of someplace
Woke myself up just in case
I'm not same, I say it to your smile
Kiss on face, easy for a while
So glad I don't know
So glad I'm alone
I was dreaming of this girl
Then I woke up in her world
I only wanna be
Me
And I'm not praying to be kept in mind
So glad I don't know
So glad I'm alone
I was dreaming of someplace
Woke myself up just in case
I'm not same, I say it to your smile
Kiss on face, easy for a while
So glad I don't know
So glad I'm alone
I was dreaming of this girl
Then I woke up in her world
I only wanna be
Me
04:07
Louie's at the bar and he's carrying his guitar
And he dies a bit when she looks at it
Julie's in her work jeans and although she doesn't want to be seen
Here he is she'll get over it
Doesn't matter where you are from
We all have a different song
And mine goes on and on
Sally shows her bra 'cause she knows he won't be far
In fact here he is tripping over his tongue
Is in her mouth as his mum shuffles about
As she wakes him up Sally gets him up
Doesn't matter where you are from
We all have a different song
And mine goes on and on
People wake up
Rise and shine
People wake up
We've all lost our minds
We've all lost our minds
Louie's on the wall and he's giving her a call
When she picks it up his jaw freezes up
Julie does a speech she's been practicing for weeks
But she messes up
Doesn't go far enough
Doesn't matter how long ago
Everybody must let it go
Don't make it a TV show
Louie's on the phone again
Julie's on her own again
Now he's on her mind again
Giving her a call again...
People wake up
Rise and shine
People wake up
We've all lost our minds
We've all lost our minds
We're all doing time
We're all doing time
And he dies a bit when she looks at it
Julie's in her work jeans and although she doesn't want to be seen
Here he is she'll get over it
Doesn't matter where you are from
We all have a different song
And mine goes on and on
Sally shows her bra 'cause she knows he won't be far
In fact here he is tripping over his tongue
Is in her mouth as his mum shuffles about
As she wakes him up Sally gets him up
Doesn't matter where you are from
We all have a different song
And mine goes on and on
People wake up
Rise and shine
People wake up
We've all lost our minds
We've all lost our minds
Louie's on the wall and he's giving her a call
When she picks it up his jaw freezes up
Julie does a speech she's been practicing for weeks
But she messes up
Doesn't go far enough
Doesn't matter how long ago
Everybody must let it go
Don't make it a TV show
Louie's on the phone again
Julie's on her own again
Now he's on her mind again
Giving her a call again...
People wake up
Rise and shine
People wake up
We've all lost our minds
We've all lost our minds
We're all doing time
We're all doing time
05:21
Every now and then I sigh
And try to find the reason why
When we were cool, I was a fool
And every now and then I drink
And try to understand the link
Between me of then, my only friend
Regrets, my silly little pets
Once were killing me, now set me free
Regret like one more cigarette
Leaves me wanting more, don't know what for
And every now and then I smile
Know the truth just for a while
Cos, in the end, it was pretend
And every now and then I lie
And all the hate wells up inside
And I don't know what to do
'Til I remember what is true
Regrets, my silly little pets
Once they've eaten me
They set me free
Regret, that final cigarette
Always wanting more
Don't know what for
Regret ah ah ah
And try to find the reason why
When we were cool, I was a fool
And every now and then I drink
And try to understand the link
Between me of then, my only friend
Regrets, my silly little pets
Once were killing me, now set me free
Regret like one more cigarette
Leaves me wanting more, don't know what for
And every now and then I smile
Know the truth just for a while
Cos, in the end, it was pretend
And every now and then I lie
And all the hate wells up inside
And I don't know what to do
'Til I remember what is true
Regrets, my silly little pets
Once they've eaten me
They set me free
Regret, that final cigarette
Always wanting more
Don't know what for
Regret ah ah ah
04:25
When she opened up her heart
She couldn't hide it
Took her to the start
Always falling apart
She can feel it calling
Silly little heart
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
'Cause it's now or never
Haven't got forever
Open up your heart
Try to see it my way
Try to embrace the gray
Open up your heart
As lonely as a cloud
But without the wonder
Situation down
Stirring up her thoughts
And here comes the thunder
I go under ground
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
'Cause it's now or never
Haven't got forever
Open up your heart
Try to see it my way
Try to embrace the gray
Open up your heart
She opened up her heart
She couldn't hide it
Took it to the start
Always falling apart
She can feel it calling
Silly little heart
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
Try to break my heart
Try to break my heart
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
Try to break my heart
Try to break my heart
'Cause it's now or never
Haven't got forever
Open up your heart
Try to see it my way
Try to embrace the gray
Open up your heart
She couldn't hide it
Took her to the start
Always falling apart
She can feel it calling
Silly little heart
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
'Cause it's now or never
Haven't got forever
Open up your heart
Try to see it my way
Try to embrace the gray
Open up your heart
As lonely as a cloud
But without the wonder
Situation down
Stirring up her thoughts
And here comes the thunder
I go under ground
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
'Cause it's now or never
Haven't got forever
Open up your heart
Try to see it my way
Try to embrace the gray
Open up your heart
She opened up her heart
She couldn't hide it
Took it to the start
Always falling apart
She can feel it calling
Silly little heart
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
Try to break my heart
Try to break my heart
Open up your heart
Open up your heart
Try to break my heart
Try to break my heart
'Cause it's now or never
Haven't got forever
Open up your heart
Try to see it my way
Try to embrace the gray
Open up your heart
05:31
Totally wired and under inspired I am alone
Here in the darkness, the cold eats the harmless it finds a home
I am a person and like any person, I need to love
I'm down on my knees but it's moments like these that I soar
So hold on, my elusive friend, 'til the end
Just hold on, my elusive friend, 'til the end
Be aware
Say a prayer
Just hold on
Show me a way I can see yesterday I don't wanna look
Cos I have worked hard to pay past no regard and to close the book
I am a person and like any person, I'm here and now
Cos thinking up futures and what they might do to us kills
And maybe in time I can transcend the mind and put it aside
Cos living with it and its continuous shit I just can't abide
I am a person and like any person, I should be free
Free from myself and away from the shelf and outside
Hold on
Here in the darkness, the cold eats the harmless it finds a home
I am a person and like any person, I need to love
I'm down on my knees but it's moments like these that I soar
So hold on, my elusive friend, 'til the end
Just hold on, my elusive friend, 'til the end
Be aware
Say a prayer
Just hold on
Show me a way I can see yesterday I don't wanna look
Cos I have worked hard to pay past no regard and to close the book
I am a person and like any person, I'm here and now
Cos thinking up futures and what they might do to us kills
And maybe in time I can transcend the mind and put it aside
Cos living with it and its continuous shit I just can't abide
I am a person and like any person, I should be free
Free from myself and away from the shelf and outside
Hold on
05:24
Lying to yourself
So hard
Being someone else
So hard
I can't be beat but she broke my feet
So I couldn't get away
As if I'd try to get away
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
Living in this dream so far has always been extreme
When you are the boy with no soul
Craving control
Never giving love away
You couldn't feel it anyway
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
So far nothing comes close
To our days on the coast
In the summer time
But there's always time
No one ever listens anyway
No one ever hears a word I say
So much love in me to give away
And I feel it growing every day
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
So hard
Being someone else
So hard
I can't be beat but she broke my feet
So I couldn't get away
As if I'd try to get away
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
Living in this dream so far has always been extreme
When you are the boy with no soul
Craving control
Never giving love away
You couldn't feel it anyway
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
So far nothing comes close
To our days on the coast
In the summer time
But there's always time
No one ever listens anyway
No one ever hears a word I say
So much love in me to give away
And I feel it growing every day
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
Come on it's alright
Come on tonight
04:03
You're out of love again
It's hard to make you into a friend
But if I could you know I would pretend
You're out of luck again
I'll lead you down a path with no end
I'll lure you there with promises to mend
I've been in the dark most of my life
But I'm lighting up and coming up for air
Been living with fears most of my years
But I give them up and coming on up for air
You're out of love again
You gave yourself to too many men
And told yourself you loved all of them
Been living like this, eluded by bliss
But I'm giving up and coming up for air
Been standing in line most of my time
Just queueing up not coming up for air
Coming up for air
It's hard to make you into a friend
But if I could you know I would pretend
You're out of luck again
I'll lead you down a path with no end
I'll lure you there with promises to mend
I've been in the dark most of my life
But I'm lighting up and coming up for air
Been living with fears most of my years
But I give them up and coming on up for air
You're out of love again
You gave yourself to too many men
And told yourself you loved all of them
Been living like this, eluded by bliss
But I'm giving up and coming up for air
Been standing in line most of my time
Just queueing up not coming up for air
Coming up for air
04:13
There's summer rain dripping on my pane
I wish that we were outside
Instead of here lying in the fear
Waiting for the high tide
Joab, Joab, Joab, Joab
Crack a smile
It won't ruin your style
You can pretend you're dreaming
I'll only breathe when it's time to leave
If it will stop me screaming
Joab, Joab, Joab, Joab
When you want to talk about it I'm here
When you want to talk about it I'm here
There's summer rain dripping on my pane
I wish that we were outside
Instead of here lying in the fear
Waiting for the high tide
Joab, Joab, Joab, Joab
When you want to talk about it I'm here
When you want to talk about it I'm here
I wish that we were outside
Instead of here lying in the fear
Waiting for the high tide
Joab, Joab, Joab, Joab
Crack a smile
It won't ruin your style
You can pretend you're dreaming
I'll only breathe when it's time to leave
If it will stop me screaming
Joab, Joab, Joab, Joab
When you want to talk about it I'm here
When you want to talk about it I'm here
There's summer rain dripping on my pane
I wish that we were outside
Instead of here lying in the fear
Waiting for the high tide
Joab, Joab, Joab, Joab
When you want to talk about it I'm here
When you want to talk about it I'm here
02:47
It was the first day of December
We were drinking on a bender
There's not much I remember
Into the room, you came in shining
And like a bolt of lightning
It was bordering on frightening
And then I knew I was born to be with you
The night we spend will be there until the end
We danced 'til the morning
We slept 'til the evening
Then you said you're leaving
And I stopped believing
It was the thirteenth of December
We were on another bender
This time I do remember
Into the room, we came with timing
It was more than just arriving
We both couldn't stop smiling
And then I saw that the crowd wanted some more
From me and you so what else could we do?
What do I do to get rid of you?
What do I do to get over you?
We'll dance again
So here we are in February
We're both a little merry
Going somewhere on a ferry
Into the room, we were reflected
Then quietly ejected
Was I supposed to feel rejected?
And then I knew that this was the end with you
We can't go on living life like it's a song
We were drinking on a bender
There's not much I remember
Into the room, you came in shining
And like a bolt of lightning
It was bordering on frightening
And then I knew I was born to be with you
The night we spend will be there until the end
We danced 'til the morning
We slept 'til the evening
Then you said you're leaving
And I stopped believing
It was the thirteenth of December
We were on another bender
This time I do remember
Into the room, we came with timing
It was more than just arriving
We both couldn't stop smiling
And then I saw that the crowd wanted some more
From me and you so what else could we do?
What do I do to get rid of you?
What do I do to get over you?
We'll dance again
So here we are in February
We're both a little merry
Going somewhere on a ferry
Into the room, we were reflected
Then quietly ejected
Was I supposed to feel rejected?
And then I knew that this was the end with you
We can't go on living life like it's a song
05:03
Now you're looking for the sun
You find me I'm looking over here
Peel the pages of our time
And write a little secret in the spine
Xanadu...
Piece together what we find
And dig into the corners of your mind
Sow the seams so they don't show
And wake up in a body that you know
Xanadu...
(Now it's you and me
It's breezy love come here to me
I know you're calling it to be
And I don't know which way to be
When you're upside down
And we're high on tea and memory)
And I'm looking for you
And I can't find you...
Xanadu...
Once upon a time you never say
Traded on a dream that got away
Catch it when you can it's always there for you
Wrinkles in your hand your life drawn out for two
What you wanna do you never play
When you wanna eat you never say
Lazy afternoons and sandy toes can be
Everything you need when you believe
Shadows on the floor of you and me
Taken for a ride a summer breeze
Stepping over cracks and wishing wells to be
Weeping in the wind with willow trees
Talking down the lens across the sea
woven through the world of make believe
Lazy afternoons and sandy toes can be
Everything you need when you believe
You find me I'm looking over here
Peel the pages of our time
And write a little secret in the spine
Xanadu...
Piece together what we find
And dig into the corners of your mind
Sow the seams so they don't show
And wake up in a body that you know
Xanadu...
(Now it's you and me
It's breezy love come here to me
I know you're calling it to be
And I don't know which way to be
When you're upside down
And we're high on tea and memory)
And I'm looking for you
And I can't find you...
Xanadu...
Once upon a time you never say
Traded on a dream that got away
Catch it when you can it's always there for you
Wrinkles in your hand your life drawn out for two
What you wanna do you never play
When you wanna eat you never say
Lazy afternoons and sandy toes can be
Everything you need when you believe
Shadows on the floor of you and me
Taken for a ride a summer breeze
Stepping over cracks and wishing wells to be
Weeping in the wind with willow trees
Talking down the lens across the sea
woven through the world of make believe
Lazy afternoons and sandy toes can be
Everything you need when you believe
06:51
I didn't wanna know it
It's banging down my door
Closer and I see it
Impossible to ignore
So I hang my head and I breathe out a lie
Maybe if I just try but I can't promise that
And you might say what I should have said yesterday
And you might say what I wanna say
What I wanna say
I didn't wanna love you
But it's too late for that
Close enough to show it
But there's no going back
Now I can't go on when there's too much to say
So I'll keep it together and keep you away
I'm longing for the inside
But there's no sense in that
And you might say what I should have said yesterday
And you might say what I wanna say
What I wanna say
Why can't I take one more day without more of this?
Leaving gets harder to take now you're gone and I can't wait
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait
I didn't wanna love you (How can I try to escape it?)
But it's too late for that (When I try I just keep falling into)
I didn't wanna love you (But I'm scared to admit and risk losing all this)
But there's no going back, oh no (So I leave but I keep falling into, into you)
It's banging down my door
Closer and I see it
Impossible to ignore
So I hang my head and I breathe out a lie
Maybe if I just try but I can't promise that
And you might say what I should have said yesterday
And you might say what I wanna say
What I wanna say
I didn't wanna love you
But it's too late for that
Close enough to show it
But there's no going back
Now I can't go on when there's too much to say
So I'll keep it together and keep you away
I'm longing for the inside
But there's no sense in that
And you might say what I should have said yesterday
And you might say what I wanna say
What I wanna say
Why can't I take one more day without more of this?
Leaving gets harder to take now you're gone and I can't wait
I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait
I didn't wanna love you (How can I try to escape it?)
But it's too late for that (When I try I just keep falling into)
I didn't wanna love you (But I'm scared to admit and risk losing all this)
But there's no going back, oh no (So I leave but I keep falling into, into you)
03:56
Maybe I could live a little better
Living here with you
Maybe I would sleep a little deeper
Lying next to you
But it's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
It's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
Maybe I would feel a little older
Arm in arm with you
Maybe I would cry into your shoulder
If you wanted me to
But it's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
It's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
We are poisoned lovers
Living under covers
We are poisoned lovers
Praying for our mothers
Without strength, without strength
Maybe I could live a little better
Living here with you
Maybe I will sleep a little deeper
Lying next to you
But it's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
It's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
So hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
So hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
Living here with you
Maybe I would sleep a little deeper
Lying next to you
But it's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
It's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
Maybe I would feel a little older
Arm in arm with you
Maybe I would cry into your shoulder
If you wanted me to
But it's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
It's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
We are poisoned lovers
Living under covers
We are poisoned lovers
Praying for our mothers
Without strength, without strength
Maybe I could live a little better
Living here with you
Maybe I will sleep a little deeper
Lying next to you
But it's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
It's hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
So hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
So hard to live your life by the morning light
The morning light
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
Close your eyes
Feel the sunrise
04:47
I could move onto the moon this time
Take a picture leaving soon it's time
'Cause I'm open to the lie this time
Gonna force my soul to die this time
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
I could leave it up to chance this time
Like an Anderson romance and wine
But I'm living on the line all of the time
Gonna leave them all behind this time
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
But I really have to go this time
And I really have to go and go
And go and go
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
So I sit upon the moon and time
Never knowing what to do with time
So I sit upon the moon and time
So I sit upon the moon and time
Take a picture leaving soon it's time
'Cause I'm open to the lie this time
Gonna force my soul to die this time
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
I could leave it up to chance this time
Like an Anderson romance and wine
But I'm living on the line all of the time
Gonna leave them all behind this time
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
But I really have to go this time
And I really have to go and go
And go and go
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
All is fine
Oh it'll be alright
So I sit upon the moon and time
Never knowing what to do with time
So I sit upon the moon and time
So I sit upon the moon and time
05:20
I don't feel so well
Feel my brain is boiling
I know this oh so well
But I keep on toiling now
Under a moonlit sky
I used to know you well
Then you sent me under
Fallen back to hell
Got a taste for thunder now
Under a moonlit sky
Under a moonlit sky
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
And I'm hungry and I'm thirsty
And I'd lay down for her love, for her love
Never knew my name
Never knew my station
You turned out just the same
Improve my situation now
Under a moonlit sky
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
And I'm hungry and I'm thirsty
And I'd lay down for her love, for her love
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
And I'm filthy and I'm dirty and I'm hurting and I'm burning
I would lay down and I'd stay down
For her love, for her love, for her love, for her love
Feel my brain is boiling
I know this oh so well
But I keep on toiling now
Under a moonlit sky
I used to know you well
Then you sent me under
Fallen back to hell
Got a taste for thunder now
Under a moonlit sky
Under a moonlit sky
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
And I'm hungry and I'm thirsty
And I'd lay down for her love, for her love
Never knew my name
Never knew my station
You turned out just the same
Improve my situation now
Under a moonlit sky
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
And I'm hungry and I'm thirsty
And I'd lay down for her love, for her love
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
She don't walk she floats (she's not like any other lover)
And I'm filthy and I'm dirty and I'm hurting and I'm burning
I would lay down and I'd stay down
For her love, for her love, for her love, for her love
04:42
You can fall I know
Over and over
Live a life below
Over and over and over
It's only the light of the morning
It may be bright to your eyes
I can talk I know
Over and over
Never let it go
Over and over and over
It's only alright if you say so
It may be alright if we die
Over and over
Live a life below
Over and over and over
It's only the light of the morning
It may be bright to your eyes
I can talk I know
Over and over
Never let it go
Over and over and over
It's only alright if you say so
It may be alright if we die
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Biography
The Raft is the stage name of Merseyside Indie singer-songwriter Philip Wilson. Inspired by alternative bands from the '80s, he gives his blend of Rock and Dream-Pop a harmonious twist.
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