[Released as a single; also on The Slow Crack 2004 reissue]
I walk alone
This asphalt eden I must have outgrown
Just flesh and bone
No indication, no way to get home
Now feel their hands, and their demands
And understand the way that it could have been
The Church Discography
I remember myself as I wanted to be
When you walk past my cage I'm gonna set myself free
If it was obvious then, well it's just history
It's too late, it's too dark to see
The Church Discography
They speak their names
They still walk in fire and can't feel the flame
They stake their claims
But this place was taken before trespassers came
Now feel their hands, and their demands
And understand the way that it could have been
The Church Discography
If it was obvious then, well it's just history
It's too late, it's too dark to see
[B-side on This Asphalt Eden single; also on The Slow Crack 2004 reissue]
Well I came to this land where the snow and the sand
Cover my footprints with ice
The cool gray sea calls me "come and be free"
And I almost take that advice
The Church Discography
And in the night I cling to the names
Of the women I wanted and the men that I blamed
And their scorn that scorches my tracks
One thing I know you can never come back
The Church Discography
Oh darling please meet me in the dark empty streets
Won't you bring me the things that I need
No one is waiting where she used to stand
Just the jagged thorns of the weed
The Church Discography
And in the day they drink their hot wine
And I long for the things that can never be mine
So your pretty clothes do not unpack
As plain as the day you can never come back
[B-side on This Asphalt Eden single; also on The Slow Crack 2004 reissue]
Hello sweet creature
Won't you give me some blood-like guarantee
I've been listening to myself too long
And they're making a prophet out of me
I'm as empty as a shell can ever be
The Church Discography
I've been walking through the desert
No, it must have been the library
Reading a book which once gave me hope
Now it's making a fool out of me
I'm as empty as a shell can ever be
The Church Discography
Lazy dreaming, half remembering
Half remarking to myself
Never noticed that the crowds were leaving
Never looked for anyone else
The Church Discography
Now it's market day almost any day
Yet they give away their love for free
I'm just waiting for a ship to come
And it's making a slave out of me
I'm as empty as a shell can ever be
The Church Discography
Hello sweet creature
Won't you give me some blood-like guarantee
I've been listening to myself too long
The Church Discography
I've been walking through the desert
Must have been the library...
[Appears on the Rockin' Bethlehem compilation]
I am the spirit of Christmas yet to come
The future, the source of your grief
And all the little details and the things left undone
Catching you up underneath
The Church Discography
Gray snow falls, cold night comes down
Into the hearts of the men in this town
Chains on the stairs, a sudden chill
Something beside you is keeping quite still
The Church Discography
I am the spirit of Christmas yet to come
[Appears on the Reckless Kelly soundtrack]
[revised Apr. 22, 2003]
As love rides up, saw a Lone Ranger
Changed you into something richer and stranger
Stranger than fiction, truth or the dare
I say "When you come down?", you say "Come down from where?"
The Church Discography
Ride into the future would be easy for you
To fall into your heart would be easy to do
Love doesn't come as you like it
Rob you of your dreams, repossess your soul
Give me nothing back for the time they stole
Love doesn't come as you like it
The Church Discography
Aim low on the cupids, arrow can't go through
No woman is an island, and not even you
Standing here together in the new land
I won't bear arms if I can hold your hand
The Church Discography
I could ever say what I really wanna say
Would you understand, would you walk away
I don't know how this is gonna end
Will we be lovers or just good friends
The Church Discography
Love doesn't come
Love doesn't come as you like it
[Appears on the Blackrock soundtrack]
Helicopters flying overhead
[0:37] Saw me see ??? (beyond?)
Bad dreams inside my head
Everything keeps going wrong
The Church Discography
Sometime, that's right
The Church Discography
Television in every hall
Telecasting our name
Newspaper people writing it down
Tell everybody our shame
The Church Discography
I've gotta go now
I've gotta go now
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STEVE KILBEY |