In Another Life Lyrics


Runaway

shades of grey all around
stay away from the coast, stay away

we’re stuck on a roof looking down
run away, run away, run away

this bike just stole my heart, love
but I’ll sell it if you please – I’ll sell it if you please

I’ve lost my heart before, love
but it was never like this – no never like this

diving to the depth of the sea
swim away from the light, swim away

waves of salt water deep
get away from the shore, get away

this bike just stole my heart, love
but I’ll sell it if you please – I’ll sell it if you please

I’ve lost my heart before, love
but it was never like this – no never like

hand me the right to be left in a swing
let the surface be build from the ground

selfish the gene that unfolds in the cell
and the body that grows with a sound

Pray for Delay

one thing’s for sure, I can’t explain
why my left and my right side  – they don’t look the same
now I’m a dancer, you don’t come close
with my hands in the air – my nose

’cause what you got, I can’t explain
so I pinch myself, to make sure I feel again
it could be magic, could be drag
but as long as you’re here – it’s fab

pray for delay
the phone’s ringing but I can wait
- yes, I can wait

I seize the day
no looking back on what is gone
cause I’ve been waiting far too long

you want so much, just more and more
the announcment I made, was what you’re waiting for
and with a smile I fix the rope
as long as there’s pain, there’s hope

there’s only half of you to please
so the other half can go and rest in peace
and if you’re uptight and not too lame
in a moment you’ll feel the same

pray for delay
the phone’s ringing but I can wait
- yes, I can wait

I seize the day
no looking back on what is gone
cause I’ve been waiting far too long

Born to Perform

I was born to perform in another life
I was born to die unknown
and the life that I choose
it won’t make it to the news
please, let me die alone

I dreamed I was like Freddie Mercury
but sure he was one of a kind
I can’t lie, I can’t fake
guess I’m more like Nick Drake
not the worst you can find

help me in time, I don’t need a home
just a place I can write
’cause it’s all in my head you know
just a place I can hide

should art be about my inner self?
or should it please as many as it can?
I can’t speak for a crowd
still the words they come out
and that’s an art in itself

how many lives can a man uphold?
how many dreams can he chase?
or is it all about letting go
and just keeping your face?

I was born to be alive
and to die on a stage
I don’t care about the gold
let me sing till I’m old
and let me learn about life


Teenage View

and the thought keeps coming back
in a whirlpool trying to keep track

and the boys you know from school
they will try to be everybody’s fool

you don’t need me like before
close your eyes, baby slam the door

you don’t need me like I do
save your lies, lying is for two

and in the principal we trust
with our eyes turned down in disgust

in his hands another scam
will his tribe just take me as I am?

and the thought keeps coming back
I lie and wait for another sneak attack

and the boys, you know they will
they’ll pull the plug just right before the kill

you don’t need me like before
close your eyes and slam the door

you don’t need me like I do
save your lies, lying is for two

you don’t need me like I do
save your lies for someone new


Mr. Randalph

hey mister Randalph, where is the news?
I took your candy but I still got the blues
not too convincing, I thought that you knew it all

tripped on a wire and I fell off the earth
I saw my future, I relived my birth
I was happy as a horse in the springtime, out of mind

then I jumped ’cause I started to feel
this life on earth, it was getting too real
I was crying my lungs out, ’cause I just wasn’t prepared

turn me over, ooh, turn me loose
nothing is easy, when you run out of juice
save me from sorrow, I believe in your pharmacy

your so pretty when you’re shifting gear
my heart’s pounding ‘cause you’re so near
come make me forget, baby you’re all I need

hey mister Randalph, give me nu blues
you took my money, my coat and my booze
still not convincing, I want it all

just don’t keep me waiting, please

Birdfights

there is a place, unlike any other
with rooms to keep and a garden in the back
in the trees, birds behave like humans
and every nest, it needs some company

every bird must defend his family
every bird, ’cause only relatives are friends
first thing you learn: never trust a neighbour
never trust the bird that shines so cold

oh birds of prey, try and love thy neighbour
yes, even if your tree is not as big as mine
the leaves are green, but my leaves are greener
that’s ok, I mean that’s just fine..

talk about birdfights

Mother of Lie

I was only facing a two year trial
then you came along to bail me out
with money, money on your side

and now I’m taking the blame
ooh, forget my pride
’cause deep inside you know me no
domino, don’t you cry

mother of a lie is killing me
all I ever tried to be was her sympathy

I was only facing another trial
but the judge he never looked at me
no, he never looked me in the eye

so I am bringing it up
oh, you don’t ask why
’cause deep inside you know me no,
domino, you know me now

mother of a lie is killing me
all I ever tried to be was her sympathy

I lived a live so full of lies
you see right through my open eyes
now don’t you, oh don’t you?

I never thought I’d see the day
you pull me through from miles away
I want you, oh, I want you


Rubitin

rub-it in, let’s go – rub-it in, anyway
rub-it like a mixture of fire and snow

I was waiting at the busstop – ooh, but it never came
looking at the distance between touch and go

taking my time, just let me be
and though your logic fails, I wont disagree
it goes on and on, it used to be
karen is off and free (and she waits for me)

slipping away – how can it be
and my fingernails are failing me
fire in Malibu – waterproof
you here it scream and shout

rub-it in, let’s go – rub-it in, anyway
rub-it like a mixture of fire and snow

I was hoping for a next time – ooh, but it never came
calling for assistance, hey let’s go


Going South

love you’re my rainbow – don’t make me fall
’cause what you need is a helping hand -
baby, won’t you try

you were lost in the garden of Emmylou – ’till he came around
now you will have no faith untill you do -
won’t you try

feeding camels and goats like before – we are going south
play the song, it’s the first on the floor – we are going south
sorry if you were late like before  – we are going south
she was a song and a face that I know – we are going south

to a man and his will you just can’t fight
’cause will not find a single clue, so baby don’t you try

now being frank or his ready deal
there’s a rainbow when you smile

still you will have no faith until you do
won’t you try

Pillow Talk

tomorrow is everything and today we best forget
we shine a light, to find our way and we lay our heads to rest
we’re just waiting for the sun
from pillowtalk to pillowdream as we ramble on and on

my troubles are diluted, they’re like poison in a sea
that don’t mean the problem’s solved, it just means they can’t hurt me

baby-love you’re all I need
I’ve been loving you and happy too from the day we met
but it’s hard to know your man when his mouth is shut
so I’m never sure just what goes on inside your head

too bad I’m just not equipped to cope with modern strain
why don’t we live inside the woods and we shower in the rain
’cause a nature boy I am
but nature boys, they are like toys in the hands of modern man

baby-blue, you’re all I need
and I want you near so many times, but you’re not there
sure you need your time to create
but every song just takes so long and it’s getting late

tomorrow, it don’t mean a thing and today we best forget
changing moods from day to day, as we live inside our head

we’re just waiting for the sun
from pillowtalk to pillow dreams, as we ramble on and on


Seven

pretty, pretty girl, I’m in heaven
every day and night, together

partly me and partly mother
now the twain have met, my daughter

do you want to be a shop-assistant?
do you really want to sing on TV?

let your voice ring out, I am seven
from dusk ’till dawn forever

pretty, pretty girl, I’m in heaven
every day and night, together

girl, look around, the world is waiting
put your helmet on – that’s better

don’t forget this song, no never