The Raft

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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