MELODRAMA:
1. Endings
2. The Wind
3. Goodbye Jane
4. Soft
5. Paradise
6. Song For A Person
On A Bridge
7. The Smallest Room
8. Your Painted Face
9. Simple
10. Naked Beauty
11. With Me
12. Blue Moon Lounge
ENDINGS
sky sleeping on a crooked bed of pearls
a perfect desert for a valley of desperate souls
a setting sun bleeding angels for a burnt out broken world
nothing lasts very long when your spirit's only made of gold
there's a beautiful freedom in letting go
cause endings are beautiful
sun sinking on a beautiful world
nothing lasts forever
and endings are beautiful too
sun sinking in a burning yellow sky
and there's a burning flame in your eyes tonight
weve spoken every word except goodbye
now we've come to the end again
we've closed the book so hard we can't get it open
and now our story is paralyzed like a broken song
there's a beautiful freedom in letting go
cause endings are beautiful
sun sinking on a beautiful world
cause endings are beautiful too
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THE WIND
Keeping it together is harder than picking up the pieces
Your game becomes better
When your house of cards is blown down by the wind
No one is safe from a broken heart and a handful of ashes
So I'm gonna take my chances
And throw them to the wind
You can recognize the heroes
From the lines on their face
Time is an impartial judge
That wastes itself for no one's stolen grace
No one is safe from a broken heart and a handful of ashes
So I'm gonna take my chances
And throw them to the wind
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GOODBYE JANE
Goodbye Jane, Goodbye
What did we do to lose our magic world
And what did you mean when you said nothing at all
If I wrote this lifetime you would be tragic girl
Cuz that's how this story ends
So, Goodbye Jane, Goodbye
And goodbye to the games that we play, it's the same damn pain every
single
day
You fly through the sky in a plane and I'm stuck in a broken down subway
train
I never said a word to myself or to you, when you left me alone and
you left
me so blue
But now I have one more word for you
Goodbye Jane, Goodbye
For so many years I was under the shadow of our bliss
A crushing moon eclipsed our sun and it's this that I still miss
The landscape of my heart is now under the stars, I wish for everything
you
are
But now my old dreams are turning dark
What did we do to lose our magic world
And what did you mean when you said nothing at all
I never said a word to myself or to you, when you left me alone and
you left
me blue
But now I have one more word for you
Goodbye Jane, Goodbye
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SOFT
In the silence of nowhere
We were hidden so deep
Like a dark water still life
You were dead fast asleep
And now you have risen
But no one's alive
And you're riding on empty
With a will to survive
So sleep while you still have eyes
The wars have all been fought
And smile on your way through the dark
Cause you're softer than you were taught
You're softer than you were taught
You're softer than armor
When slings and arrows fly free
You're softer than the ground that you stand on
When the dry ground is bending your knee
And you are stronger than your weapons or your fists
Cause you are softer than this
In the silence of nowhere
We were hidden so deep
Like a dark water still life
You were dead fast asleep
And now you have risen
But no one's alive
You're riding on empty
With a will to survive
So sleep while you still have eyes
The wars have all been fought
And smile on your way through the dark
Cause you're softer than you were taught
You're softer than you were taught
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PARADISE
Let the Sun go down
And let the nightmare free
Cause paradise is never what it seems
Let the garden grow
And let the garden die
Cause you know all that's left is you and I
You know all that's left is you and I
Let the Sun go down
And let the nightmare free
Cause paradise is never what it seems
Let the garden grow
And let the garden die
Cause you know all that's left is you and I
You know all that's left is you and I
Let the daytime fade
And let us all grow old
And let us trade our fear for a little more soul
So let the scars all show
There's nothing left to hide
A broken hearted soul means we're alive
So let the daytime fade
And let us all grow old
And let us trade our fear for a little more soul
Let the Sun go down
And let the nightmare free
Cause paradise is never what it seems
Let the Sun go down
And let the dark night dream
Cause paradise is never what it seems
Paradise is not what it seems
So let the Sun go down
And let the nightmare free
Cause paradise is never what it seems
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SONG FOR A PERSON ON A BRIDGE
Deserted on the edge
You've given everything
And you're left with nothing
And you've given that too
And the shadow's on the trees
And the birds and the bees have all gone to bed
And you've left yourself for dead
Don't forget what I said
When I left you
Said I'll be back soon
I'll be back soon
So if you can hear me now
Please wait
So if you can hear me now
And the shadow's on the trees
And the birds and the bees have all gone to bed
You've left yourself for dead
Don't forget what I said
When I left you
I may not be your Messiah
And I may not be your God
But if you can hear me now
You've come this far
And you're a superstar to me
And I'm on my way
I'm on my way
So if you can hear me now
Please wait
And the blood is on the trees
And the birds and the bees have all gone to bed
You've left yourself for dead
Don't forget what I said
When I left you
Said I'll be back soon
I'll be back soon...
So if you can hear me now, please wait
So if you can hear me now
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THE SMALLEST ROOM
In the smallest room
On the second floor
You may have never seen it before this moment
When the deadbolt seems impossible to free
And it's too dark to see
A broken hallelujah is like a key to everything
And when a deadbolt door closes in like shame
And a darkness crushing Hallelujah reigns
A broken empty hollow moon
In the smallest room
Door's open wide
And we're naked and alive
There's a secret world
Door's open wide
And we're naked and alive
We're naked and alive
When the deadbolt is gone
And the light is on
The door melts into the sun
And we're naked and alive
We're naked and alive
When the deadbolt is gone
And the light is on
The door melts into the sun
In the smallest room
On the second floor
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YOUR PAINTED FACE
There's a hole in the wall
Right below your old portrait
There's a universe inside that old hole
There's a song in your picture
But the choir is still sleeping
And the artist is out on the street in the cold
He's painting a landscape with his 3 O'clock shadow
And a cold cloud hangs in the sun's rightful place
In a sick drunken bliss
He put his heart and his fist
Through the empty black hole right below your painted face
And he falls in slow motion
To the depths of his heart ache
He breaks every promise as he sinks with the dead
But today he got lucky
And the angels are gracious
And when all is forgiven, he sinks back into his bed
There's a hole in the plaster
Right behind your old portrait
The black hole still hides behind a wax doll of you
But the choir is now singing
And the landscape's a fresco
And the artist is painting the streets black and blue
He's painting a landscape
With his 3 O'clock shadow
And a cold cloud hangs in the sun's rightful place
In a sick drunken bliss
He put his heart and his fist
Through the empty black hole right below your painted face
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SIMPLE
We are simple
We are lucky
We are alive
And we have time
So let's keep it simple
Let's stay together
Let's keep our eyes open wide
It's hard to breathe when the wind dies down
Hard to believe when you've lost your way in a foreign town
It's hard to relearn how to waste time when your time pays so well
It's hard to live when you've died and been through hell
But we are simple
We are lucky
We are alive
And we have time
So let's keep it simple
Let's stay together
Let's keep our eyes open wide
And the days are getting brighter and brighter
Cause we've given up questing sunshine for rain
And the days are getting better and better
Cause we're learning new rules to an old game
And the sadness of a Crucifix washes over us like a shadow
We are nothing if not filled with a silent rage
We are nothing as the structure falls and our mind slips out the window
Cause our system is just begging for a change
It's hard to breathe when the wind dies down
Hard to believe when you've lost your way in a foreign town
It's hard to relearn how to waste time when your time pays so well
It's hard to live when you've died and been through hell
But we are simple
We are lucky
We are alive
And we have time
So let's keep it simple
Let's stay together
Let's keep our eyes open wide
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NAKED BEAUTY
We are crowded tight under broken light
There's only two of us tonight
The heat is filling up the space between us
The world outside just stays the same
As it passes by our window pane
Don't ask me why there's always so much shame
And you've never been so angry
And I've never been so tired
But your gaze leaves me breathless and inspired
And I'm choking on the words, that you'll never hear me say
But it's at least two solid hours past the time for laying blame
As we stare through different windows
The world passes through our frame
But the words just never came
The words just never came
We are crowded tight under broken light
There's only two of us tonight
The heat is filling up the space between us
The world outside just stays the same
As it passes by our window pane
The world is clean of our stain of shame
We're in this thing alone
And you've never been so angry
And I've never been so tired
But your gaze leaves me breathless and inspired
And I'm choking on the words that you'll never hear me say
But it's at least two solid hours past the time for laying blame
And we'll see the naked beauty that everybody brings
Or we'll sit down here forever more and never say a thing
And we'll see the naked beauty that everybody brings
Or we'll just keep on sitting here(X2)
And never say a thing
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WITH ME
You can stay here with me now
Cause I am finally here for good
And you are safe down here with me dear
We won't say a word and that's understood
I feel like I have followed you forever
Through every kind of terrible weather
The last time you called I was in the hall
I could hear you through the bedroom wall
And now we're not just neighbours
And we're not just friends
You can stay here with me now
Cause I am finally here for good
And you are safe down here with me dear
We won't say a word and that's understood
You can stay
And if our hearts are playing games
Just to be difficult
Then let's be as hard as we can be
But if we just end up getting nowhere but confused
Don't worry, cause I can be easy too
You can stay
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BLUE MOON LOUNGE
After hours, after days
I sit here all night
In a barstool haze
Put back the pieces
One day of living
Has taken away
It's too late, for going home
So I'm slurring a monologue through a broken microphone
To an empty room
Goodnight moon
It'll be morning soon
Goodnight moon, goodnight stars
Goodnight happiness, wherever you are
Broken juke box
Stuck on the same song
All night long
After hours, Last call
One bottle to midnight
Time flows like wine
Into the moonlight
After closing time
Goodnight moon, Goodnight stars
Goodnight happiness, wherever you are
Broken juke box
Stuck on the same song
All night long
Shadows falling
On the Blue Moon Lounge
Goodnight moon, goodnight stars
Goodnight happiness, wherever you are
Broken juke box
Stuck on the same song
All night long
Goodnight moon, goodnight stars
Goodnight happiness, wherever you are
Broken juke box
Stuck on the same song
All night long
Shadows falling
On the Blue Moon Lounge
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