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| Genesis Archive #2 1976-1992 | | | | Watcher Of The Skies | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | Watcher of the skies watcher of all His is a world alone no world is his own, He whom life can no longer surprise, Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.
Creatures shaped this planet's soil, Now their reign has come to an end, Has life again destroyed life, Do they play elsewhere, do they know more than their childhood games? Maybe the lizard's shed its tail, This is the end of man's long union with Earth.
Judge not this race by empty remains Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead? For now, the lizard's shed it's tail This is the end of man's long union with Earth.
From life alone to life as one, Think not now your journey's done For though your ship be sturdy, no Mercy has the sea, Will you survive on the ocean of being? Come ancient children hear what I say This is my parting council for you on your way.
Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars Where we have gone you know you never can go. Watcher of the skies watcher of all This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.
| | | | Hearts On Fire | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | In life there are those decisions Which direction you should take It's only later that you realize All those simple mistakes you make I don't like being alone Don't wanna be by myself But since you've gone that's all I can think oF I can't think of nothing else
Oh, I said I'm sorry, soon I give it up You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up Cos my heart's on fire My heart's on fire
Woh can you take me there Oh, come back and take me there Cos I need to be with you Be there with you
Yes there is no denying Our love is not untrue I know I've lied so many times before But deep down there's only you I need you here by my side Together our love could grow But first you have to believe that I want you More than you'll ever know
Woh, I said I'm sorry and I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up (give it up) Cos my heart's on fire My heart's on fire
Woh can you take me there Oh, come back and take me there Cos I need to be with you Be there with you
(give it up, give it up, give it up...)
With it we take our chances What will be will be But I don't care what the people may think Just as long as you're here with me Don't like being alone Don't wanna be by myself And since you've gone, well that's all I can think of I can't think of nothing else
Woh, I said I'm sorry and I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry soon I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry soon I give it up Cos my heart's on fire My heart's on fire
Woh can you take me there Oh, come back and take me there Cos I need to be with you Be there with you You, be there with you
Hearts on fire Hearts on fire Hearts on fire My heart's on fire
| | | | You Might Recall | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | What was it you said to me Back in the days when things looked fine 'bout how we would be together Until we left the earth behind Oh, it's funny how things can change Cos there was a time I thought I'd be the one Who'd leave and start again But now I'd stay forever
Ooh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water Just sunk in the night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Ah, the end of a life Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back You might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives?
So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all that we are
Everyday seems summertime The river flow with wine Ooh when you were here with me I wish we'd stayed that way forever
Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water Just sunk in the night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Ah, the end of a life Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back Well you might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives?
So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all that we are
Oh my hopes were as the leaves upon the water Ah, sunk in the night And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta Oh, the end of a life And maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back Oh, you might recall Now did I act carefully, did I do right? Or were we meant to be, all of our lives In love and harmony, all of our lives?
So now, take my hand Come, hold me closely As near as you can Believing all that we could be And all that we have been And all that we are
| | | | Paperlate | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the line Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Ooh it's too easy to live like clockwork Tick tock watching the world go by Any change would take too long So dry your eyes Ooh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat Just sitting dripping in pools below You can wipe your face Kill the pain But the fever won't go, no no
Paperlate Pull it together now Put your feet back on the ground Paperlate Ooh don't worry now You're not alone Look around you Paperlate Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line Paperlate Ooh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Ooh it's too easy to compute your future Taking no risks and playing too safe Any change would take too long So dry your eyes Ooh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat Making changes and changing track But you'd better not lock that door Cos you'll be coming back
Ah you're breathing faster Silence the only sound There's no need to be nice on the way up Cos you're not coming down
Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line Paperlate Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news...
| | | | Evidence Of Autumn | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel right She came in like an angel, into your lonely life And filling your world with light Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"
Curtains part revealing a country scene Clothed in green and brown Evidence of autumn And recent rain On a winding lane, a byway Walking on that road is a certain girl In all the world the one Guaranteed to move you and turn your head When all's been said and done
The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel right She came in like an angel, into your lonely life And filling your world with light Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"
The night is clear but cool Ooh maybe dawn is breaking as you turn to find her gone Then you see the note Ooh you cannot believe it And you think you'll go insane...
But that was many years ago And though the pain is dim A something still remains Though you hardly can recall Her face or form Her memory lingers on Ooh she made everything feel right She came in like an angel (in like an angel), Into your lonely life (into your life) And filling your world with light Oh and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"
| | | | I'd Rather Be You | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | Ooh yeah You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over No, no I never wanted to be closer But you'll be back, I could've told you
Well I always knew Yes I could see it coming Your ambitious streak You always want things beyond your reach Well now you've got what you wanted And you're free to be the things You always said you'd be You're up there looking down Tell me what do you see - oh
Cos you know You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over No, no I never wanted to be closer Yeah, but you'll be back, I could've told you
Well it seems to me That you've got to fight for yourself In this world we live in It's dog-eat-dog and never give in Why worry when you're holding the aces Don't throw it away cos you know I'd rather be you than me Up there looking down Tell me what do you see - oh
hey hey yeah
Ooh yeah You know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) And I'll still be here 'til it's over No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) Ooh but you'll be back, I could've told you
It's been a long time coming But at last we seem to be moving on, straight ahead We're finally getting something done Time flies and 'fore you know it You'll be getting closer to where You always knew you'd be Up there looking down Tell me what do you see - oh
Cos you know No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) I'll still be here until it's over No, you know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) Yeah but you'll be back, I could've told you
hey hey yeah...
| | | | Inside And Out | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | INSIDE
Brother
Seems they're letting him out next year
He's behaving himself, I hear
Governor Conway says it will be fine
Just as long as he can tow the line
It's the same old story
But it says here "Mum you're not to worry"
'Cos some you lose and some you lose
At this party, he was on his own
All he did was say he'd take her home
But it seems they didn't go straight there
'cos on the porch, she told him,
"put your hand here"
Yes it's that same old story
They told her mum she's not to worry
Police
"If what she says is so,
we'll never let him go!"
Him
"Never a word could be heard
Not even the sound of a bird
Singing it over again, telling a different story
Never the same as before
See the summer going out by the door"
Brother
And now that you've paid for those lies
Get another disguise
"It's twenty years now since our Kid came free
Oh I remember August '53
But it wasn't quite like they said
With that behind you, you can't plan ahead
Yes it's the same old story
They say you're free, but don't worry
What they said's not so
They'll never let you go!"
Him
"Never a word could be heard
Not even the sound of a bird
Singing it over again, telling a different story
Never the same as before
See the summer going out by the door"
Brother
And now that you've paid for those lies
Get another disguise
OUT
| | | | Feeding The Fire | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | You are terrified by the smallest sound Because you live your life in such a sheltered world As do those who surround you Well I have seen you stung by poisonous flies And you suffer much too much from their bites There you sit in your comfort watching other people get caught by the storm
Many a thing that used to be a secret Has become so talked about Not worth a second thought There's different kinds of secrets now Times change, it's not enough to say It seemed a good idea a hundred years ago You think it's not your problem It really doesn't matter at all
Every stone that's thrown must fall to the ground But you don't give a thought to where they might come down You are feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted
Anywhere that they don't speak the same In any place that they don't think the same You think it's not your problem No no
You think it's not your problem It really doesn't matter at all Oh...
Maybe it's not your fate to be a leader of men But you just leave it all to someone else and complain You could be so much stronger, but it really doesn't matter any longer Cos you're feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted Cos you're feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted
| | | | I Can't Dance | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | Hot sun beating down burning my feet just walking around.
Hot sun making me sweat 'Gators getting close, hasn't got me yet
I can't dance, I can't talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk. I can't dance, I can't sing I'm just standing here selling everything.
Blue jeans sitting on the beach, her dog's talking to me, but she's out of reach.
She's got a body under that shirt, but all she wants to do is rub my face in the dirt.
Cos, I can't dance, I can't talk. Only thing about me is the way I walk. I can't dance, I can't sing I'm just standing here selling.
Oh and checking everything is in place, you never know who's looking on.
Young punk spilling beer on my shoes, fat guy's talking to me trying to steal my blues.
Thick smoke, see her smiling through. I never thought so much could happen just shooting pool.
But I can't dance, I can't talk. The only thing about me is the way that I walk. I can't dance, I can't sing I'm just standing here selling
Oh and checking everything is in place You never know who's looking on A perfect body with a perfect face - uh-huh.
No, I can't dance, I can't talk. The only thing about me is the way I walk. No, I can't dance, I can't sing I'm just standing here selling everything.
But I can walk. No I can't dance. No no no I can't dance No I said I can't sing. But I can walk.
| | | | The Lamia | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | The scent grows richer, he knows he must be here, He finds a long passageway lit by chandelier. Each step he takes, the perfumes change From familiar fragrance to flavours strange. A magnificent chamber meets his eye.
Inside, a long rose-water pool is shrouded by fine mist. Stepping in the moist silence, with a warm breeze he's gently kissed.
Thinking he is quite alone, He enters the room, as if it were his own, But ripples on the sweet pink water Reveal some company unthought of -
Rael stands astonished doubting his sight, Struck by beauty, gripped in fright; Three vermilion snakes of female face, The smallest motion, filled with grace. Muted melodies fill the echoing hall, But there is no sign of warning in the siren's call: "Rael welcome, we are the Lamia of the pool. We have been waiting for our waters to bring you cool."
Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind, He slips into the nectar, leaving his shredded clothes behind. "With their tongues, they test, taste and judge all that is mine. They move in a series of caresses That glide up and down my spine.
As they nibble the fruit of my flesh, I feel no pain, Only a magic that a name would stain. With the first drop of my blood in their veins Their faces are convulsed in mortal pains. The fairest cries, 'We all have loved you Rael'."
Each empty snakelike body floats, Silent sorrow in empty boats. A sickly sourness fills the room, The bitter harvest of a dying bloom. Looking for motion I know I will not find, I stroke the curls now turning pale, in which I'd lain entwined "Oh Lamia, your flesh that remains I will take as my food" It is the scent of garlic that lingers on my chocolate fingers.
Looking behind me, the water turns icy blue, The lights are dimmed and once again the stage is set for you.
| | | | Dreaming While You Sleep | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep trying to keep my hands upon the wheel. Never saw the corner in the driving rain. I never saw her step into the street.
Dreaming while you sleep dreaming while you sleep memories to keep dreaming while you sleep
I can never understand what went thru my mind I didn't stop to see what I had done. Had to keep on driving deep into the night the miles between would somehow put it right
Dreaming while you sleep dreaming while you sleep memories to keep dreaming while you sleep
All my life you lie silently there All my life in a world so unfair All my life and only I'll know why and it will live inside of me, I will never be free all my life, trapped in her memory all my life Till the day that you open your eyes, please open your eyes
Dreaming while you sleep dreaming while you sleep
Heard it on the radio, saw it on TV, but could I take my secret to the grave. If I had another chance, would I do the same. Would I still deny that it was me.
Dreaming while you sleep dreaming while you sleep Dreaming while you sleep, Are you dreaming while you sleep?
All my life I'll be haunted by all my life just one moment in time all my life until the day I die and it will live inside of me Oh I will never be free all my life trapped in her memory all my life Till the day that you open your eyes
All of my life - you lie silently there All my life - in a world so unfair All my life - and only I know why And it will live inside of me I will never be free all my life Trapped in her memory - all my life Till the day that you open your eyes.
All of my life. Just one moment of time, all my life.
| | | | It's Gonna Get Better | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | Reach out, hands in the air, Don't care just what they're saying Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope That it's gonna get better Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me, Everything's gonna come around Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me, Someone's gonna see
He calls me over and, calls me brother and I know always fighting and moonlighting and, well it never ends in the city, if you're all alone there's a sister and she's standing next to her man in the darkness you feel the sharpness of steel and it's always there, in the city, and you're all alone
So reach out, hands in the air, Don't care just what they're saying Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope That it's gonna get better Don't worry, there's not hurry for you, for me, Everything's gonna come around Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me, Someone's gonna see...
If it's gonna get better, it starts with a feeling If it's gonna get better, it's gonna take time If it's gonna get better, we gotta start now cos I know, everybody can feel it and I know, everybody will see it cos it shows, and that shows I'm not dreaming cos you know, and I know, it's time for a change
| | | | Deep In The Motherlode | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | Get out of the way fat man. You've got something to do. Go fill up your hands till they're shining up at you. You gotta get out while there's gold in the air It's falling like water, coming down from the hills.
Go West Young Man Earn a dollar a day just like your family said. You're rolling your days right on into the night The head of the line's going way out of sight. Go West Young Man, like your family said.
All along the wagons All along the dusty trail. Seventeen years not over a day Like children in the wild. Mother's milk still wet on your face
And no one to pray for your safe journey home. Out beyond the desert Across the mountains by the lake. Servants who leave their master's house Are walking all the way. The golden fields that beckoned you Are darkened by the years.
Go West Young Man If you knew then what you know today you'd be back where you started, a happier man And leave all the glory to those who have remained.
Go West Young Man Go West Young Man, like your family said.
| | | | Ripples | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | Bluegirls come in every size Some are wise and some otherwise, They got pretty blue eyes. For an hour a man may change For an hour her face looks strange - Looks strange, looks strange.
Marching to the promised land Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand. Pulls you down on your knees, While you're down a pool appears. The face in the water looks up, And she shakes her head as if to say That it's the last time you'll look like today.
Sail away, away Ripples never come back. Gone to the other side. Sail away, away.
The face that launched a thousand ships Is sinking fast, that happens, you know, The water gets below. Seems not very long ago Lovelier she was than any that I know.
Angels never know its time To close the book and gracefully decline, The song has found a tale. My, what a jealous pool she is. The face in the water looks up She shakes her head as if to say That the bluegirls have all gone away.
Sail away, away Ripples never come back. They've gone to the other side. Look into the pool, Ripples never come back, Dive to the bottom and go to the top To see where they have gone Oh, they've gone to the other side
| | | | Your Own Special Way | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | Go far enough and you will reach, A place where the sea runs underneath. We'll see our shadow, high in the sky, Dying away in the night.
I've sailed the world for seven years, And left all I love behind in tears. Won't you come here, wherever you are, I've been alone long enough.
You, you have your own special way, Of holding my hand keep it way 'bove the water, Don't ever let go - Oh no, no, no. You, you have your own special way, Of turning the world so it's facing The way, that I'm going, don't ever, don't ever stop.
Who's seen the wind, not you or I, But when the ship moves she's passing by. Between you and me, I really don't think, She knows where she's going at all.
You, you have your own special way, Of carrying me twice round the world Never closer to home than the day, The day I started.
You, you have your own special way, Hold onto my hand keep it way 'bove the water, Don't ever let go - no, no, no.
What mean the dreams night after night. The man in the moon's a blinding light. Won't you come out whoever you are, You've followed me quite long enough.
You, you have your own special way, Of holding my hand, don't ever let go. You, you have your own special way, Of turning the world so its facing The way that I'm going, Don't ever, Don't ever leave me.
| | | | Burning Rope | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | The warming sun, the cooling rain, The snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze, The lightning bolt that clears the sky for you Yet only eagles seem to pass on through. The words of love, the cries of hate, And the man in the moon who seduced you Then finally loosed you.
You climbed upon a burning rope to escape the mob below, But you had put the flaming out so that others could now follow, To be out of the bounds and the barks of those who do not wish you well.
You must blaze a trail of your own, unknown, alone, But keep in mind Don't live today for tomorrow like you were immortal. The only survivors on this world of ours are
The warming sun, etc.
You're old and disillusioned now as you realise at last, That all you have accomplished here will have soon all turned to dust. You dream of a future after life, well that's as maybe, I don't know. But you can't take what you left behind, you're all alone So keep in mind Don't live today for tomorrow, like you were immortal. The only survivors on this world of ours are
The warming sun, etc.
| | | | Entangled | | | | Autor tekstu: Steve Hackett | | | | When you're asleep they may show you Aerial views of the ground, Freudian slumber empty of sound.
Over the rooftops and houses, Lost as it tries to be seen, Fields of incentive covered with green.
Mesmerised children are playing, Meant to be seen but not heard. "Stop me from dreaming!" "Don't be absurd!"
"Well if we can help you we will, You're looking tired and ill. As I count backwards Your eyes become heavier still. Sleep, won't you allow yourself fall? Nothing can hurt you at all. With your consent I can experiment further still."
Madrigal music is playing, Voices can faintly be heard, "Please leave this patient undisturbed."
Sentenced to drift far away now, Nothing is quite what it seems, Sometimes entangled in your own dreams.
"Well, if we can help you we will, Soon as you're tired and ill. With your consent We can experiment further still.
Well, thanks to our kindness and skill You'll have no trouble until You catch your breath And the nurse will present you the bill!"
| | | | Duke's Travels | | | | I am the one who guided you this far, All you know and all you feel. Nobody must know my name For nobody would understand, And you kill what you fear, And you fear what you don't understand.
I call you for I must leave, You're on your own until the end. There was a choice but now it's gone, I said you wouldn't understand, Take what's yours and be damned.
| | | | Invisible Touch | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, ooh now I know She has a built in ability To take everything she sees And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her.
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart She seems to have an invisible touch yeah It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
Well I don't really know her, I only know her name But she crawls under your skin, you're never quite the same, and now I know She's got something you just can't trust It's something mysterious And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her.
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart She seems to have an invisible touch yeah It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
She don't like losing, to her it's still a game And though she will mess up your life, You'll want her just the same, and now I know She has a built in ability To take everything she sees And now it seems I've fallen, fallen for her.
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart She seems to have an invisible touch yeah It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
She seems to have an invisible touch...
| | | | Land Of Confusion | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | I must've dreamed a thousand dreams Been haunted by a million screams But I can hear the marching feet They're moving into the street.
Now did you read the news today They say the danger's gone away But I can see the fire's still alight There burning into the night.
There's too many men Too many people Making too many problems And not much love to go round Can't you see This is a land of confusion.
This is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given Use them and let's start trying To make it a place worth living in.
Ooh Superman where are you now When everything's gone wrong somehow The men of steel, the men of power Are losing control by the hour.
This is the time This is the place So we look for the future But there's not much love to go round Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.
This is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given Use them and let's start trying To make it a place worth living in.
I remember long ago - Ooh when the sun was shining Yes and the stars were bright All through the night And the sound of your laughter As I held you tight So long ago -
I won't be coming home tonight My generation will put it right We're not just making promises That we know, we'll never keep.
Too many men There's too many people Making too many problems And not much love to go round Can't you see This is a land of confusion.
Now this is the world we live in And these are the hands we're given Use them and let's start trying To make it a place worth fighting for.
This is the world we live in And these are the names we're given Stand up and let's start showing Just where our lives are going to.
| | | | Tonight, Tonight, Tonight | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | I'm coming down, coming down like a monkey, but it's alright Like a load on your back that you can't see, ooh but it's alright Try to shake it loose, cut it free, just let it go, get it away from me.
Cos tonight, tonight, tonight - oh, I'm gonna make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.
I'm going down, going down, like a monkey, ooh but it's alright Try to pick yourself up, carry that weight that you can't see, Don't you know it's alright It's like a helter skelter, going down and down, round and round But just get it away from me - oh.
Because tonight, tonight, tonight - oh We're gonna make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.
I got some money in my pocket, about ready to burn I don't remember where I got it, I gotta get it to you So please answer the phone, cos I keep calling, but you're never home What am I gonna do Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh I'm gonna make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight- oh.
You keep telling me I've got everything, you say I've got everything I want You keep telling me you're gonna help me, you're gonna help me, but you don't But now I'm in too deep You see it's got me so that I just can't sleep Oh get me out of here, please get me out of here Just help me I'll do anything, anything If you'll just help me get out of here.
I'm coming down, coming down like a monkey, ooh but it's alright It's like a load on your back that you can't see, Ooh don't you know that it's alright Just try to shake it loose, cut it free, let it go But just get it away from me Cos tonight, tonight, tonight - oh Maybe we'll make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.
Please get me out of here Someone get me out of here Just help me I'll do anything, anything If you'll just help get me out of here Tonight - oh, I'm gonna make it right Tonight, tonight, tonight - oh.
Yes tonight, tonight, tonight - oh, Yes I'm gonna make it right, tonight, tonight, tonight - oh...
| | | | No Reply At All | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | Talk to me, you never talk to me. Ooh, it seems that I can speak. But I can hear my voice shouting out. But there's no reply at all.
Look at me, you never look at me, Ooh, I've been sitting, staring, seems so long. But you're looking through me Like I wasn't here at all. No reply, there's no reply at all.
Dance with me, you never dance with me. Ooh, it seems that I can move, I'm close to you, close as I can get.
Yet there's no reply at all, There's no reply at all.
I get the feeling you're tryin' to tell me, Is there something that I should know? What excuse are you tryin' to sell me? Should I be reading stop or go, I don't know.
Be with me, seems you're never here with me, Ooh, I've been trying to get over there. Ah, but it's out of my reach. And there's no reply at all. There's no reply at all.
I get the feeling you're trying to tell me; Is there something that I should know? What excuse are you trying to sell me? Should I be reading stop or go, I don't know.
Maybe deep down inside, I'm trying for no one else but me. Too stubborn to say, "The buck stops here. It's not the one you're looking for." But, maybe deep down inside, I'm lying to no one else but me. Oh but my back is up. I'm on my guard - with all the exits sealed.
Listen to me, you never listen to me, Ooh, and it seems there's no way out, I've been trying, but we cannot connect, And there's no reply at all, There's no reply at all, There's no reply at all, No reply at all.
Is anybody listening - oh oh, No reply at all...
| | | | Man On The Corner | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | See the lonely man there on the corner, What he's waiting for, I don't know, But he waits everyday now. He's just waiting for something to show.
And nobody knows him, And nobody cares, 'Cos there's no hiding place, There's no hiding place - for you.
Looking everywhere at no one, He sees everything and nothing at all - oh. When he shouts nobody listens, Where he leads no one will go - oh.
He's a lonely man, there on the corner, What he's waiting for, I don't know, But he waits everyday now. He's just waiting for something to show - oh.
Nobody knows him, And nobody cares, 'Cos there's no hiding place, There's no hiding place - for you and me.
Are we just like all the rest, We're looking too hard for something he's got Or moving too fast to rest. But like a monkey on your back you need it. But do you love it enough to leave it - ah.
Just like the lonely man there on the corner, What he's waiting for, I don't know - oh. But he waits every day now. He's just waiting for that something to show - oh.
Who's the lonely man there on the corner, What he's waiting for, I don't know. But he's there every day now. And he's just waiting for something to show - oh.
Who's the lonely man there on the corner, What he's waiting for, I don't know. Oh but he waits every day now. He's just waiting for that something to show.
| | | | The Lady Lies | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | The man steps out in the moonlight At the sound of a scream from below, He thinks he is a warrior So he picks up his sword and goes. From the mouth of the monster He rescues the maiden fair, But we know she's a demon Come to lure him to the demon's lair. Through restless foliage and tall trees he leads To a house in a clearing, a place in her fear she calls home.
"Come with me, I need you, I fear the dark and I live all alone. I'll give you wine and food too And something special after if you like."
And though his body bids him To enter in with her, There was something in here manner That his mind could not ignore.
Also it is whispered in the kingdom far and wide, To beware a little cottage in the forest in a glade.
For who knows what magic takes place in his world? So he just thanks her kindly preparing to go on his way.
"Come with me, I need you, I fear the dark and I live all alone. I'll give you wine and food too And something special after if you like.
Come to my garden, Taste the fruits and the spices of love. You can't resist me. I'm the kind that your dreams tell you of.
So glad you could make it We had everything arranged. So glad you saw fit to pay a call."
Some men never listen, And others never learn, But why this man did as he did Only he will ever know.
He knew he was walking Into a waiting trap, Neatly set up for him With a bait so richly wrapped.
So he went inside there to take on what he found And he never escaped them, for who can escape what he desires?
"Come with me, I need you, I fear the dark and I live all alone. I'll give you wine and food too And something special after if you like."
| | | | Open Door | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | I see your smiling face, by the open door There's the morning light Shining in your hair, and in your eyes
And just a little way behind that smile of yours I see another one, oh so far away If only for one second, I could hold you close to me When the Master calls for me again There's nothing I can say, or I can do
Goodbye, my love Time has come to say farewell I hear the call again Goodbye to the world I've sheltered for so long Oh there's so much my love, that I can never say
And in a little while, in a little while There's nothing left to see
As the years go by and I have not returned And the night has come, falling all around Ooh if you count the stars you'll know How many have gone out And when the Master calls for me again There's nothing that I can say Or I can do
Stand in the sun Shut your eyes and feel the world It's changing every day Goodbye my love Each day will seem so long Ooh there's so much I feel, that I can never say
I can't see you I can't feel you anymore I've just a memory of that open door
| | | | The Day The Light Went Out | | | | Autor tekstu: Tony Banks | | | | When they went to bed that night no-one would have believed That in the morning light would not be there The dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous man No place was there known to have been spared Then panic took control of minds as fear hit everyone The day the light went out of the daytime sky
Artificial light could hardly penetrate the gloom Nothing out of reach could be observed Looting, pillage, murder, rape became the rule of that day Who hit him no one knew or whom he hit Cars were caught in pileups and the planes could never land The day the light went out of the daytime sky
"Now I can rest here after my journey Now I can feed here before I continue"
Some there were who's heads were clear who sought, tried to find The nature of this deadly foe, the dark It seemed the sun was still somewhere though hidden from their sight By something, though amorphous, yet alive And so they looked for ways to rid themselves of the parasite The day the light went out of the daytime sky
"Now I can rest here after my journey Now I can feed here before I continue"
They tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sun By blasting with their missiles through the dark But soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyone Till nothing seemed to stir or even breathe And when the darkness chose to disappear not many had survived Then came a shadow - another had arrived And again the light went out the daytime sky
| | | | Vancouver | | | | Autor tekstu: Phil Collins | | | | She packed her bags and dressed Long before the sunrise No one knew She told them many times About how she would teach them And now it's time Standing quietly by the door Her face is numb with fear She stops and then goes on "Leave forever - it's now or never"
Quickly walking down the street It's cold and grey, dawn's breaking She don't mind (she don't mind) Why she feels so grown up now Her life is just beginning She don't know (she don't know) She's standing in the pouring rain Her make-up's running down She wonders now she's here "Where will I go? Who do I know?"
Now, now she's not quite so sure I may be wrong but home seems so much more friendly now And they might worry but she doesn't want them to Cos causing pain, that's not the thing that she set out to do
So she's back in bed before Anyone can miss her She feels good (she feels good) Knowing the chance was there Deciding not to take it That's her choice (that's her choice) She's still awake, her mum comes in "Me and dad, we've had a chat And we're sorry for the things we said Please forgive us - you wouldn't leave us?"
| | | | Pigeons | | | | Autor tekstu: Mike Rutherford | | | | Who put fifty tons of shit on the Foreign Office roof? Who suffers from nine known diseases? Who gets up in the morning when the sun comes up And makes their beds, paper clips, bus tickets All around their heads? Who congregate around Trafalgar Square Taking pot shots at the tourists? Oh you've got to watch out When you wander round the square in the morning Cos they're everywhere, they're everywhere
Here we have an honest man A civil servant to boot He lived high up in the Ministry And when he wished to make a point He knew just what to do His window ledges were all covered in grease "I want them out of here"
He said to me, "I want them gone" Because you see - Oh don't you see None of us are getting any younger You've got to follow your nose And if it tells you that you've got to go Well that's because, they're everywhere, They're everywhere
So we called in those men, those horrible men We set them to work on the rooftops You see their van is very plain And I know they're too ashamed To wear their by appointment badges anymore Sometimes they use vaseline, sometimes they use the pill I've often seen them with a gun But as the years go by, old habits seem to die And nowadays they knockatize them all Oh you've got to watch out As you wander round the square in the morning Oh they're everywhere, they're everywhere
| | | | It's Yourself | | | | Stepping out the back way Hoping nobody sees Feeling can be easy Think how I feel
What will you say? What will you do? Why can't you see? It's yourself I love
Don't you know I'd like some answers You could give me a call I hardly know the reason And I really feel no good at all
Where will you go? Where will you be? Where can I try? It's yourself I love
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