The Fisherman & The Sea

Lyrics

Beggar Princess

Hey to you my darling
Have you looked into a mirror lately
’Cause I’ve been seeing things
You’ve grown up so much
I can’t see the end of you
You’re head in the clouds and your toes dug in the sand

I want to steal this
From you, my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

Hey to you my darling
I’ve woken up to a morning sun
That draws a halo ’round your head
Innocence I’ve mocked
I’ve laughed in scorn
But now a look at you is like a slap in my old face

I want to steal this
From you, my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

So why should we die?
So why should we die?
We’re special, you and I

We got this far
To fall apart
Oh, but no

Hey to you my darling
Have you seen me lately
Ready for tomorrow, with a light in my eyes

I want to feel this
Like you do my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

So why should we die?
So why should we die?
We’re special, you and I

Sea Of Pleasantries

I’m floating on a sea of hubris
And the servile few keep growing
Into a school of mini-mes
I’m living like I always wanted
My words are people’s gospel
And it affects my mind, my friend

I can not keep things to myself

Dearie me
I’m floating on a sea of pleasantries
’Cause no-one tells me no
And I don’t say please
Or any of those other niceties
’Cause that shit’s just weak

The other day I felt like sharing
So I handed my wisdom down
And it caused a pretty scene
Some shout at me, but I’m not worried
I’m protected by laws I loathe
And therefor disregard

I find myself the perfect man

Dearie me
I’m floating on a sea of pleasantries
’Cause no-one tells me no
And I don’t say please
Or any of those other niceties
’Cause that shit’s just weak
That shit is just weak

There were shots from some poor dummy
I never said to take my meaning by the word
Dear listener, don’t worry about me
I’m up here safe and sound
In my precious ivory tower

From a great big height
I see your plight
Now fight

Trail Of Lies

Hello
From a mind hell-bent and lost
A ripple of pretty soothing words
Always at someone else’s cost

Yeah, I’ll do this right
Think I’ll tear myself apart
Right down to my treacherous heart
See if it’s something you still want a part of

Hello, I’m here
And I’m sick and tired
Leaving a trail of lies
Yeah, my heart it cries
And my tear-stained face
Can’t wash away those lies

Hush now heart
You can never take it back
Once it’s out there in the cracks
It’ll fester and maybe break your back

Hello, I’m here
And I’m sick and tired
Leaving a trail of lies
Yeah, my heart it cries
And my tear-stained face
Can’t wash away those lies

Have I a soul
You can bring yourself to
Love as a whole
With all my queer exceptions
I’m not the rule
So will you just sit down and breathe
With me

Hello, I’m here tonight
And I’m sick and tired
Leaving a trail of lies
Yeah, my heart it cries
And if I don’t come clean
No, this can’t be my life

This can’t be my life

Sick Song

You pull me out this godforsaken jungle
Of imposing on all my misery
I’m leaving behind a life faded to grey tone
Flushing red with a lovesong

You’re holding up my light again
A light I thought I’d lost
How easily it burns again
Without drugs, creed or cost
You have passed across that line
A line I thought stood firm
You will prove me wrong again
My lines don’t pose a halt for you

I’m sick on the floor
I hate all that I’m writing
The birds outside seem to be mocking me
There’s too much white noise
Too much words that only mean half-things
But here I stand with a lovesong

You’re holding up my light again
A light I thought I’d lost
How easily it burns again
Without drugs, creed or cost
You have passed across that line
A line I thought stood firm
You will prove me wrong again
My lines don’t pose a halt for you
For you
For you
For you

Stuck With A Rhyme

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine it
With anything of might

I want to stick, stick, stick, stick to a plan
But to conjure up a working one takes a better man
Than most self-help software tells me I am

Shush, shush, shush, shush it to death
Keep ideas from leaving my head
Collect all my thoughts and put them back to bed

But then I turn to face a world

It crossed my mind tonight
It’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be

Take, take, take all that you can
I may not be around to blow up this scam
I wish I had clarity but I’m damned

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with it all
Want to but I can not seem to recall what I want
Or what I’m here for

And so I turn to face the world

It crossed my mind tonight
It’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine
Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine it ahead

You crossed my mind tonight
Now it’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be
Someone
Someone
Someone

Marina

I smell pinewood and salmon
I trot on salt of the Earth
A thick black smoke is stinging my eyes
And it’s decidedly silent
Mmm, my unfurnished home

I shake hands with every last one
Be it grandma or baby
They’ll join hands when I’ve gone
It makes no difference to me

Shards of glass
Now your cup lay broken

When we meet you may find a sound
Slowly creeping out of your mouth
Saying please please let me do this alone
But I was always there through it all
Through the storm
Marina
Marina
Marina
Marina

I did not come to dwell in this place
Just to pick up a package
I did not come to fall from grace
No, I’m long lost and past it
Marina
Marina
Now your cup lay broken
Marina
Marina
Now your cup lay broken

The Funny One

Shame on you
For speaking the truth
You fill a room with laughter
And then someone quotes you wrong
It’s you that they’re now after
The papers scream your magic’s gone

A war on thought
The lines have been drawn
You apologize profoundly
But no-one wants to hear
Their minds made up completely
Don’t confuse them with reality

’Cause son you are the one
We’re all laughing quietly into our drinks
But we’re with you son

We’re the lucky ones
We’re the lucky ones
We’re the lucky ones
’Cause you’re just the funny one
She’s a lucky one
He’s a lucky one
I’m a lucky one
’Cause you’re still the only one

So shame on us
We push but not enough
You kill a hall with laughter
You speak our very minds
Pupil turns to master
And we hope we’re not left behind

’Cause son you are the one
We’re all waiting for someone
To join our hearts in a song

We’re the lucky ones
We’re the lucky ones
We’re the lucky ones
’Cause you’re still the funny one
She’s a lucky one
He’s a lucky one
I’m a lucky one
’Cause you’re still the lonely one, so…

(Don’t want to save me)
(Go on and save me)

You’re still the only one standing now

Dancing With Daisies

I’ve been laying down so long
The only feeling’s in my bones
My eyes have sunk into my skull
But hey, tomorrow’s the day I get

Paid for all my services
I have done my worst to ditch
I am like an altar boy
Sweet, humble and destroyed

Church, yeah that’s where I got to go
Those priests they have got know
How to escape that impending doom
I call my nine to five
A time-traveled suicide
And I’m dancing with daisies

Oh my world you’ve grown so small
Everybody’s in on it all
There is no song and no parade
Just a life, two thirds gone all the time

Scientists, they gotta make sense of this
They’ll know how to handle this rift in my continuum
But wait, what if I’m alien?
Would that go towards explaning things?
Or is that just a backdoor?

I feel fired up
Quite often enough
But subject to change I am
Like any other man

Oh world of great opportunity
When accidentally
Will you exactly be tripping over me?
It’s not like I find myself
With all of my time on Earth
Doing more than dancing with daisies
Dancing with daisies

I Can't Alone

Skinny Dip

I’m told that I look younger
Than I did a few weeks ago
That I’ve changed from someone sombre
To someone next to intolerable

I smile for no good reason
Yeah, I laugh at the stupidest jokes
My friends they tell me to cool it
You’re still recovering from the last Joe

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want your love but I know you’re lingering
I want it all, I want it all right now
I want the truth to take your shape right now
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want us to fall in love like children

Word to the wiseass
I’ve never felt this way before
So jeer at me if it helps you
I’m sure you’ve never felt such a fool

Yeah, all the shit I stuck through
All of the hope I clung to
Leave me now
I’ve never seen so clearly
Or sounded this damn cheesy
Take me now

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want your love but I know you’re lingering
I want it all, I want it all right now
I want the truth to take your shape right now
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want us to fall in love like children

Ugly

I’m ugly to look at
I’m ugly to listen to
Dear God, there’s always something awry

The machinery kills me
The days of killing machinery
Are way in perpetual tomorrow

I’ve been trying hard
To just let this go
I should be trying harder

’Cause there’s always someone with a smile
That’ll shiv you
And there’s always someone that you trust
That’ll stiff you
And it’s always someone you love
Yeah, it’s always someone you love
And live for

In your arms I die lying
Yeah the truth eludes me lately
Wish I kept it together

And how I wish I had answers
But the only answer I can get is
”Yeah man, maybe tomorrow...”

I’ve been trying hard
To just let this go
I should be trying harder

’Cause there’s always someone with a smile
That’ll shiv you
And there’s always someone that you trust
That’ll stiff you
And it’s always someone you love
Yeah, it’s always someone you love
And live for

Naive

So I’m here again
Like an honest man
Working hard all day
Bringing home my pay

But you spent your share
On your friends and hair
You thought I wouldn’t care
Since I’m never there

But it feels like you’re making me go
And it feels like I’m pushed to move on
I just feel like a puppet in your show
When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying no

So now here we are
With our lonely hearts
Under the same stars
Already worlds apart

And it feels like you’re making me go
And it feels like I’m pushed to move on
I just feel like a puppet in your show
When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying no

When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying go

Reptile I

Once in a while I’ll get lost
In the woods where I played as a child
Clear as today I can see
All the places I went in my mind

All my heartache and pain
Were no baggage that day

Fighting for something
Fighting all foul things
I’ve never felt so alive
Like I did when I was a child
Fighting my battles as
Reptile I

Seems like today I can find
All the wars I want to wage in my mind
So message to you, Reptile I
It seems that I’ve run out of time

With this heartache and pain
Who’s got time to explain

Fighting for something
Fighting all foul things
I’ve never felt so alive
Like I did when I was a child
Fighting my battles as
Reptile I

Once in a while I’ll sit down
Pout like a baby and cry
Shed my skins ’til I’m clear
Find my way back to Reptile I

All that heartache and pain
Will just peel away

A Man With No Dance

I’m building a grand wall
To keep all you lovely people in
You can not leave me here
Once the wolves start creeping in

I might build a tower
To see the horizon and beyond
I’m building a fortress of love
But I can’t alone

Ooh
Oh no man no
I’m just a man with no dance
Ooh
Oh no God no
I’m just a boy for romance

I’m just a man
With a real good plan
To save the world
Make it a better place for Man
It’s a simple plan
But all the love it would take
Just drifted some place...
Else

You curse me a dreamer
You curse me a many evil things
But you’re welcome to join us here
’Cause you’re just like me

Ooh
Oh no man no
I’m just a man with no dance
Ooh
Oh no God no
I’m just a boy for romance

I’m just a man
With a real good plan
To save the world
Make it a better place for Man
It’s a simple plan
But all the love it would take
Just drifted some place...
Else

The Hurt & The Humour

Hurry

Hurry, don’t take so long to call
I’m worried I can’t do this on my own
And I’m laughing, how much I need you now
When I’m crashing and my luck won’t turn around

Those demon eyes are closing in, yeah
And I am done with holding it in, yeah

All the love and all the sorrow that I feel
It’s just like my mama told me, but now it’s real

Help me, I’m feeling two feet tall
And I’m trembling like I never did before
Ah curse this, the only way is through
But what’s worse is, it doesn’t end here for you

Those demon eyes are closing in, yeah
And I am done with holding it in, yeah

All the love and all the sorrow that I feel
It’s just like my mama told me, but now it’s real
Don’t worry about the hurt you’ll cause tonight
Don’t hurry about the word that wrecks a life

Don’t worry about the hurt
Don’t worry about it

All the love and all the sorrow that I feel
It’s just like my mama told me, but now it’s real
Don’t worry about the hurt you’ll cause tonight
Don’t hurry about the word that wrecks a life

Don’t take so long to call
I’m worried I can’t do this on my own
So please hurry

Stuck With A Rhyme

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine it
With anything of might

I want to stick, stick, stick, stick to a plan
But to conjure up a working one takes a better man
Than most self-help software tells me I am

Shush, shush, shush, shush it to death
Keep ideas from leaving my head
Collect all my thoughts and put them back to bed

But then I turn to face a world

It crossed my mind tonight
It’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be

Take, take, take all that you can
I may not be around to blow up this scam
I wish I had clarity but I’m damned

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with it all
Want to but I can not seem to recall what I want
Or what I’m here for

And so I turn to face the world

It crossed my mind tonight
It’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine
Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine it ahead

You crossed my mind tonight
Now it’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be
Someone
Someone
Someone

The Fairytale Waltz

I bask in words of gloom
I love the fact we’re all doomed
So while you stand there sniggering
Beware of the wrath you’re triggering

But that snigger turns into a smile
And you won’t step aside

All of my black days suddenly burst into light ’fore my eyes
It’s like a childrens book where everything is neat and alright
I hate a fairytale as much as anyone might
But it’s time for me to die

The hell am I to do with you girl?
Where’s the catch in changing my world?
Bag up your love and leave me rotting here
I won’t be no punchline in a romantic comedy

Am I sure I don’t want to go?
Well girl, I’m fucked if I know

All of my black days suddenly burst into light ’fore my eyes
It’s like a childrens book where everything is neat and alright
I hate a fairytale as much as anyone might
But it’s time for me to die

All of my black days suddenly burst into light ’fore my eyes
It’s like a childrens book where everything is so neat and so right
I hate a fairytale as much as anyone might But it’s time for me to die
Yeah it’s time for me to die
Tonight I must die

Beggar Princess

Hey to you my darling
Have you looked into a mirror lately
’Cause I’ve been seeing things
You’ve grown up so much
I can’t see the end of you
You’re head in the clouds and your toes dug in the sand

I want to steal this
From you, my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

Hey to you my darling
I’ve woken up to a morning sun
That draws a halo ’round your head
Innocence I’ve mocked
I’ve laughed in scorn
But now a look at you is like a slap in my old face

I want to steal this
From you, my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

So why should we die?
So why should we die?
We’re special, you and I

We got this far
To fall apart
Oh, but no

Hey to you my darling
Have you seen me lately
Ready for tomorrow, with a light in my eyes

I want to feel this
Like you do my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

So why should we die?
So why should we die?
We’re special, you and I

The Undertaker

A winding path to the lake
Beneath the trees of my grave
A gentle rain soaks me whole
At least I’m not here on my own
The lake it shimmers through the trees
And sees me

So the undertaker smiles
Curse the love he found in time
’Cause what I’m gonna say
And what I’m gonna do
Will hurt you
I’ve dug another ditch
I’ve dug another grave
To fall into

The lake lay silent and still
Just as you and I will
The house guards the water’s edge
Silent fulfilling its pledge
The walls they weep from the rain
Rotten

So the undertaker smiles
Curse the love he found in time
’Cause what I’m gonna say
And what I’m gonna do
Will hurt you
I’ve dug another ditch
I’ve dug another grave
To fall into

No one can burn this house down
No one can burn this ancient ground
The water is your mirror here
No fear

So the undertaker smiles
Curse the love he found in time
’Cause what I’m gonna say
And what I’m gonna do
Will hurt you
I’ve dug another ditch
I’ve dug another grave
To fall into

A Song For The Hills

A song for the hills
Caught my ear and it gave me chills
A love so divine
Blossomed in this heart of mine

No time like the now
Whispered my love but I shot her down
In the veil I’ll remain
Never see the horizon change

And should I die of a, a broken mind
Don’t let me leave before you’ve sung it to me

Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
Rest here tonight
Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
With the hills in sight

A song for the hills
Caught my ear after all these years
My love I’m tired
But I will rise to this one last cry

And should I die of a, a broken mind
Don’t let me leave before you’ve sung it to me

Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
Rest here tonight
Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
With the hills in sight

A song for the hills
Caught my ear and it gave me chills
My love I’m tired
But I will rise to this one last cry

And should I die of a, a broken mind
Don’t let me leave before you’ve sung it to me

Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
Rest here tonight
Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
With the hills in sight

A song for the hills
Caught my ear and it gave me chills