THE LOVE WITHIN

Lord give me grace and dancing feet
As I conquer all anxiety
The angel told me not to fear
That the power to was in me
For I have learnt the way to pray
Like a muscle growing taut now
Bind the past into a knot
And let the love consume us
Let the love consume us
Let the love consume us

Can you hear the stars now sing?
Resounding in D Major
As the god vibration resonates
And pulls us up towards her
Take your shoes off, feel the earth
Beneath your feet respond to touch
And let our laughter now ring forth
As the love consumes us

The love within is moving upwards
Sweeter than any drug
The melody is taking over
Guide my heart through this hurt
Pull back the veil, let your eyes meet this world
The love within is moving upwards
So don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get high?

Don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?

ONLY HE CAN HEAL ME

(For only he can heal me)

There are times I get to feeling
That this world has stole my grace
When everyday feels like a hustle
Every day I'm saving face
Tell a lie to make the paper
Put a little coin away
It's never ending

(For only he can heal me)

When the trappings of the body
Lead me to that hopeless place
And I feel my spirit crumble
Under strain and under guilt
Lay me down in rivers
Cleansing where the tall grass
Grows and grows
And let me wait
Until my saviour comes home

For only he can heal me
Help me over come it
For only he can heal me
With his touch
Help me over come it

(For only he can heal me)

From the towns and from the cities
Came a feeling of defeat
From the lame and from the wretched
Pouring forth unto the street
Lead me to my only temple
Where I overcome defeat
And let me rest there by my saviour's feet

For only he can heal me
Help me over come it
For only he can heal me with his touch
Help me over come it

(For only he can heal me)

Oh oh oh
Heal, heal me

(For only he can heal me)

SO REAL

Heartbreak the first
Comes to me in bursts
You danced with him whilst I could see you
Although it hurts
Tears are not enough
To dissolve all the pain I'm feeling

Must not much have mattered must I?
Moving forwards
Did not take long to pass me by
Moving onwards

What am I supposed to do?
When the only good thing about me, was you
What am I supposed to feel?
As you kept the only part of me
That was real
So real

I'll bet you'll claim
To him I was insane
Too much like a girl I bored you
Release a dove
Let grace into your world
Be still your wicked tongue I loved you
Once before our cracks did show
I know I pleased you
But now my baby's got new slang
And a taste for strangers

What am I supposed to do?
When the only good thing about me, was you
What am I supposed to feel?
As you kept the only part of me
That was real
So real
So real

It's got to be real
It's got to be real, oh

THE GOOD NEWS

Spent my commission on another diversion
And I don't got no meaning, no purpose left at all
My pastor tells me that my, my light is dimming
And I've been too long drifting in an ocean
"It's OK, you just need faith"
Been looking for answers in the wrong place
But how do I tell him that there's something missing
And I don't got no substance since you've gone?

Everyday I go down to the water and I pray
Since you left me that way
Oh Lord I'm trying to keep my mind
On the good news
That's in my heart

For the good good news
For the good good news
Since my baby left my light refuses to shine
Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise

Now I can make the eyes at anyone that I desire
Throwing down with all the lost boys
At the very edge of town
Now I can spin a lie that binds me
Up all through the night
Cause I've got
No one home to answer to this time
Everyday is a repeat
Like a carrier bag
Stuck in a tree
I used to find my answers
In the gospels of St. John
But now I find them
At the bottom of this shot glass

Everyday I go down to the water and I pray
Since you left me that way
Oh Lord I'm trying to keep my sights
On the good news
That's in my heart

For the good good news
For the good good news
(Don't got no meaning and I don't got no purpose)
For the good news
(Can't find comfort and I can't find no solace)
Since my baby left my light refuses to shine
Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise

FORTRESS

These sheets of ours, Shield our bodies like a fortress
They keep us safe from harm
Intertwined our bodies lay there, like a comma
The arch of your back invites desire
We put our bodies to the test
Follow the curve right down your neck
Your sweat, my sweat stuck in a web
And in the mirror, you relent
It's teasing me with every step
Reach down and feel how strong my love grows
Just for you

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time...

And on the street, our bodies ache for one another
I just can't wait, till we're alone
And I'm a fool for the sight
Of all the gold between your thighs
You still the sea that's stirring deep in me
Make your base right here next to me
As our notes blend in harmony
And when we sex we hear the beat
And it's so serene

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time
And if you're hungry devour your morsel
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time...

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time...
We kissed

DIFFERENT DRUGS

Every time I go back home
Something's wrong, there's something missing
You're spinning away from me
I don't bitch no I don't moan
But I can't try to fight this anymore
Our common ground has shifted
You're standing in the doorway
With a look I used to know
With all the best intentions
Somehow our cover's blown
We're trapped inside this room
With no window or a view
And now you're backing away from me
Well, what can I do?

And if there was a pill
We could take to find each other
Would you drop with me?
Would you follow me down?
And if there was a leaf
We could smoke to meet each other
Would you blaze with me?
Would you chase with me?
It started as a joyride
Just a way to let off steam
But now we're running off the road
Cause you're asleep at the wheel
Which way do you choose?
Cause right now I choose you
Do you still think of me fondly?
Do you still think of me?

I'm trying to broach the distance
That's growing in our lives
From the night until the morning
Like we're on different drugs
Did I say too much?
Did I take too much?
The temptation to vacate seduces us
I'm trying to beat the static
That's living in our hearts
Like white noise that's in the distance
That will only drown us out
Did I say too much?
Did I take too much?
The temptation to vacate seduces us

It's like we're on different drugs

INTO THE EARTH

This fennel tea that you bought for me
Well it does its magic discretely
I wrote this song for you, it's true
In our only south facing room
See I don't know what the future holds
But I hope we face it together
Cause rock and roll has got so old
Just give me neo-soul

Into the earth our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good looking

You've seen the colour of my cash
Does it not impress, was I way too flash?
Are you backing away from me?
Calm down Yoshi
The fungi is helping this fun-guy deliver
When I get high I dance all night
I'll sing you Al Green songs
I'm just trying to gently blur the lines
With my trusty sensimilla
Don't be so jaded or so coy
When you could just be familiar

Into the earth our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good looking
Take a lover start a life
And try to keep an open mind
I'll dress up for you, I scrub up nice
I'll make your mother proud
I'll make your momma proud

And if I stop
I won't go hungry
Cause I know how to steal
I got to thank my older brothers
For keeping me real

MY TRUE NAME

Into your eye line
Keep me in your sights
I asked about you
And how to get into your life
Like daylight
Through a stained glass window
Our colours run
Her voice sings
Like the Thames in the morning
It makes me strong

If you're looking for devotion
Then come to me
If you're fearing your emotions
You got to believe me that it goes both ways

Into your orbit
I will not be denied
I asked about you
And how to keep you on my side
If we are part of the same constellation
Shifting in the night
She whispers to me
"Don't waste the daylight"
It brings me round

If you're looking for devotion
Then come to me
If you're fearing your emotions
You got to believe me that it goes both ways
Lean on me, I'll take your strain
I'll soften the blow, I'll tease away
And I'll take on anyone That tries to mess with us
Your love should be good enough

From this day forward
You will call me by my real name
You must call me by my true name Today

Today

VIRTUE

Temptation hides
In the space between
Lord help me fight
This desire for fire
Words can cleanse and purify
Or tear down a pack of lies
In your presence consequence
I can't stop trembling

For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?
For all my good fortune
I would change my place with you
This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

Once in a while
The urge resurfaces
So we split hairs
As rumours circulate
And there's a need to fertilise
Behind my lover's trusting eye
Like water drops on burning rocks
I can't stop trembling

I've fallen, I've fallen again
I've fallen, I've fallen again
I've fallen, I've fallen again
I've fallen

EXES

If you seek an explanation
Well I'm afraid there is not one
See all I have are excuses
My daddy was a hunter
And I am my father's son

There was a time for about two weeks
I swore you were the one
I thought I could tell you anything
You were more than a trick
You were more to me than all of it

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

Everything I was proud of
With everything that I'd done wrong
In your eyes, I was someone
With another history another past

In the lobby of the Ace hotel
You will not meet my eye
Secrets spilled on pillows shared
You were more than just slight
You were more to me than all of it

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

(Try! Try!)
But I must try
(Try! Try!)
But I must try
(Try! Try!)
But I must try
(Try! Try!)
But I must try

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

LIVING LUX

Shirtless and faded
On the Champs-Élysées
The world was ours then
I had conviction
But you, you had style
Such a lethal combination
The years changed us
The money weighed us down
We lost our way
Let me spoil you
Pick a place to go
I want to spend my money on you

Don't you remember?
How this began
You begged me for a chance
Don't waste your sorry, no
Don't waste your goodbyes tonight
From hand to mouth
And now we're living lux

I order the lobster and you the Moët
The waitress thinks that we can't pay
What does she know?
Our pockets are full grown
And we've earned the right to fine dine
So raise your glass my old friend
For we both know that this is the end
For the times we fought
And the times we shared
I'll sing you a song
The way I used to then
Don't you remember?
How this began
You begged me for a chance
Don't waste your sorry, no
Don't waste your goodbyes tonight
From hand to mouth
And now we're living lux

We're living lux

EDEN

Underneath the iron cloud
That will not let my daylight out
So I smoke myself until I go see through
Atomised and bugging out
Signal fails in the CBD
So I hold my breath until I start to glow

Take me to the garden
Stand with me naked by the tree
Feed me poisoned apples
Feed me till I forget everything
With each bite we take
Let the moonlight awaken in us
So we can dance to the beat of the drum
The drum...

Under foot the serpent moves
Watching us with a crystal gaze
Eyes that record every wicked thought
There are times I feel like I've seen everything
That I need to see
Make me someone new

And take me to the garden
Stand with me naked by the tree
Feed me poisoned apples
Feed me till I forget everything
With each bite we take
Let the moonlight awaken in us
So we can dance to the beat of the drum
The drum...

NEW BLOOD

I've been living too long in the tundra
I've been living too long at sea
And all my loved ones, forgot about me
So I tame the urge to fight back
Sounding off to who I see
I used to be a renegade
But now I'm just me

With this new blood you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you
To rise

They said they're going to teach me a lesson
They wanna show me how to kneel
I used to be a wild one but now I'm done
When I brought you an offering of honey
They said you needed blood
And in that moment, I made my choice

Hear my prayer and clear the corners
Let this blood wash away all the sins of all the fathers
Guide my hand and on my honour
I will keep your words alive
I will keep you in my heart

With this new blood you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you
To rise

I dare you, I dare you, I dare you
To rise

PARAÍSO

It was a look that I understood
In another life, maybe I would have been yours
Vision in white standing by the bar
Like a wrecking ball
Like a Japanese wave
It makes the waters rise in me

How do you do that thing you do?
This beautiful charmer could be a deceiver too
It's making me, do things I mustn't do
My appetite for love is now a hunger/thirst
Whoever you are

We spoke of Lagos and Rotterdam
Dancing cheek to cheek, get behind me Satan
And all my good will is coming loose
Like a ball of yarn, like a bad excuse
It makes the embers glow in me
It's your move

How do you do that thing you do?
This beautiful charmer could be a deceiver too
It's making me, do things I mustn't do
My appetite for love is now a hunger/thirst
Whoever you are
Whoever you are

I don't believe in coincidence
You were sent this way for me
For it takes two to step this dance
Let us find a quiet place to sit
Into night is all let me gaze upon your lashes
Let it be known
That I gave myself completely over

Paraíso
Paraíso

EVENING SONG

There's a spirit in our bedroom
That lives between the walls
He listens deeply to our musings
Manifests when we are wrong
In the evening, as we lay sleeping
He peers into our thoughts
He guides us gently to one another
To the point when our dreams meet

For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message
For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message

He is there in leaky faucets
In the creak of wooden floors
As our heartstrings start to harden
As our love becomes unspun
He can sense that we are drifting
In the autumn of our love
In the morning, when we awaken
And our love is all restored

He says...

For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message
For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message

If you should fall or come undone
My voice will lead you home
If you should fall or come undone
My voice will lead you home