Tuesday 25 January 2011

TROUBLES OF THE BRAIN EP Lyrics

Bloom

Don't she seem
Like some faded picture
And don't she stare
Sad as the still, wide ocean

Over me
Came all the rain and lights
Over me

She took my hand and now there's no other

Don't you see
She is never-ending?
She walked on stones
From Ellis End to Maryland

Over me
Came all the rain and lights
Over me

She took my hand and now there's no other

And in this dream
We go on forever
We climb the stairs
Thought I was good for nothing

And then
Over me
Came all the rain and lights
Over me

She took my hand and now there's no other
She took my hand and now there's no other.


Don't Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice

I left a message to myself
That girl ain't no good for your health
Unhooked my brother's telephone
Pretended nobody was home

Your love weren't nothing but trouble - I guess I'm only now paying the price

Don't let the same bee sting you twice
Don't let the same bee sting you twice

Climbing up your mama's stairs
Oblivious to your affairs
But really how could I have known?
Your lies were seeds carefully sewn

But now I know I should always have listened to dear daddy's advice

Don't let the same bee sting you twice
Don't let the same bee sting you twice

Well now ain't you meant to die after one sting, honey?
But you just keep on coming back for more
And I've been losing my mind over this and ain't it funny
I've still got no idea what it is you're looking for?
Oh, and here she comes again -

And now you're standing at my door
Just too damn pretty to ignore
And i think that maybe I've gone mad
And your love really weren't so bad

And then you claim it was a case of neurotic perception and I say "Maybe, well that sounds about right"

And then I let the same bee sting me twice
Yeah I let the same bee sting me twice.



The Stars Came Out Once The Light Went Out


I'm caught between the pen and the page
Lost in the remains of the age
Daddy when you were young was it all this strange?

Fear's inching up the ridge of my spine
The talking clock reminded me
I've never felt all myself and I don't know why

I can't seem to get to grips with it
I almost touched my fingertips to it
Why oh my oh my?

Then the stars came out once the lights went out
And I could not speak so I had to shout
And then the moon passed sadly by.

The joys are few and far between
I've got the doomsday app. on my iPhone screen
Honey, I've seen the truth and it's worth than it seemed

Sins derived and sins original
Lies eclipsed and lies made visible
I'm turning my back on the world and fixing my eyes on the sky

I can't seem to get to grips with it
I almost touched my fingertips to it
Why oh my oh my?

Then the stars came out once the lights went out
And I could not speak so I had to shout
And then the moon passed sadly by

Love will I see you again
'Cause I could do with some mending
Love, will I see you again
'Cause I'm through with pretending
Love, will I see you again?


The Wishbone

I said I wanted summer and the morning brought the sun
I said I need a lover and by the next night I had one
I said I wanted a hurricane and the wind blew hard and the wind blew strong

Careful what you wish for
Tearing back the wishbone

I wished to live forever but ain't that hard for you and me
There ain't no heart at the centre of the earth far as I can see
Now I think it's time that you lay your head in the bed you've made

Careful what you wish for
Tearing back the wishbone.


Grey Lynn Park


Though they say no heart can break
There ain't no end to trouble two can make
Been through a thousand yesterdays
Not every step I can retrace

Now I'm walking in the dark
In Grey Lynn Park

I was born and then I died
Don't keep no record of either side
But somehow I lose these thoughts with ease
Under Pohutukawa trees

I'm walking in the dark
Of Grey Lynn Park.


Us Godless Teenagers

Nowhere to call home
Talking on our phones
Always arriving stoned

Us Godless teenagers

We're off to fly a kite
And stay up 'til it gets light
All good for nothing but not quite

Us Godless teenagers

We've nowhere left to disappear
There's nowhere left to go around here
And so we hold each other dear

Us Godless teenagers


Iodine and Iron


Ain't it useless to fight
Or to pretend
That it'll all come out right in the end

So you wait for me
I who've only time
Yeah you wait for me

Care to ease my mind
Iodine and Iron.

And I'm thinking of you
When times are hard
I feel as mad as the moon
And twice as scarred

Yet you wait for me
And you fill my heart
Yeah you wait for me
And you light the dark

Iodine and Iron

So don't plead to me now
To be only mine
Love, you're stripping me down
Like Turpentine

Still you wait for me
Then you leave no trace
Yeah you wait for me
Soon I'll be erased

With Iodine and Iron
Iodine and Iron
Iodine and Iron.