Shine Box

(maitland)

So this is where i come in
A wheel that you caught me mid spin
From all around me begins
The rhyme of a thousand violins
I see that you've heard this before
The room has been cleared behind that door
The song of a force like the weight of a ball
I don't think i can keep in the air at much more

Chorus
I see the sun slowly returning
The skies overrun with messages burning
The day is begun
Painting a moment in space
Smiling in two different ways
Wondering where you are today

There's a loop you
Know i can jump through
Heavy or self important today
If you want to
If it's what you're used to
I must disappoint with a point i can't overstate
I no longer feel that way

Chorus

If it hits you
Like a hair in the gate
If it hits you
As a tidal mistake
I never fit you
Like those credible clothes that you wear
I no longer care

Chorus

(maitland)

Hey hey, happy man, smiling as he leaves the book store
Carrying his carrier bags all bulging wide
Such a lucky man, such a lot to line your shelves with
Starts to hurry so that he can get
Inside
Each book it overflows with violent murder
That he can read about in bed when he gets home
It chills him to the bone

Chorus
'cos he loves jeffrey dahmer
And he loves the son of sam
And he loves reciting segments
From 'the silence of the lambs'
And he worships charlie manson
Wishes he was eddie gein
He's a member of the fan club
For the criminally insane

Hey hey, smiling man, smiling, leaves the local art house -
Just seen 'henry' for the thousandth time
Don't walk - he skips along, calls in at the old newsagent
To see if his magazine's come in on time
It has a label screaming: adults only
And lovingly details all the latest gruesome crimes
He laps up every line

Chorus

Hey hey, happy man, smiling while his aunt & uncle have
Fun force-feeding him with tea and cakes
Glibly sipping sits, mind-undressing antique figures
Briskly stiffens when he hears his aunt y say:
"well, ain't that awful about that girl being murdered"
His uncle nods and bellows: "string the bastards up !!"
Our man just grips his cup

Chorus

(browne/ralston)

Come over here, turn on the lights
'cos i almost saw your face
And from over here you look pretty nice
And i wondered if i could be leaving on a ship
That won't be coming back this trip
But then i realised i almost saw the lights

Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now

Out in the sun you're out in the lights
And you're crazy 'bout the boy
But he's got a friend that you never liked
And you think you could be leaving on the next big ship
Won't be coming back this trip
Then i realised almost saw the lights

Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Huh

I wondered if i could be leaving on a ship
That won't be coming back this trip
But then i realised i almost saw the lights

Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that
Well i know better now

(browne/glenister)

She thinks the world and his dog
Should walk up her street
Maybe she's on to something
She keeps her head in the limelight
Wasting all my time
Time with this thing
Time won't help me now
She, she loves the sun
To shine on her face
Only to be her servant
I, i've got the rain
Full in my face
And a piece from the masters table
Peace won't help me now

Chorus
She lives in circles
The king is dead, long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

She wants to play in my sand
But only today
Tomorrow's another story
I, i think she's great
It's a welcome mistake
That's leaving me wanting more
More won't help me now

She lives in circles
The king is dead, long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

I know what i've seen there
She's loose in her dreams there
Her head is spinning - new sensation
She's out of her head
But i don't think she sees it
Ah she lives in circles
Long live the king
But i won't be there next time

She thinks the world and his dog
Should walk up her street
Maybe she's on to something
I, i think she's great
It's a welcome mistake
That's leaving me wanting more

She lives in circles
The king is dead, long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

She lives in circles
Long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

(maitland)

Here's a tale of warning
For you children being born
About a sweet young christian girl
Who donned a crown of thorns

Seems her christian parents
Never wanted her around
Sent her to a convent school
And a guilt trip hand-me-dwn

There was never need for this
Until someone showed her how
Jesus christ could burn your soul
Look at her now

She got hitched up to
The first young christian man she met
Had a child in late july
The guilt trip goes on yet

There was never need for this
Until someone showed her how
Jesus christ could burn your soul
Look at her now

So to all of you who are told
That god may strike you blind
Leave your churches one and all
And leave your guilt trips behind

Surely god won't mind

(browne/glenister)

If i keep you safe
And i keep you warm
If i keep you closer than i need
To turn you on
But i want you to notice
Every time my eyes caress you
I want to see your eyes
Flashing out anger
Anytime that i wonder

Chorus
Do i believe you
Could you believe in me still
You know when ~i want to
It's you that i run to
Tell me that we will

Did i get it wrong
Did i ask too late
Did we dig our fingers far too deep
In the wedding cake
But when i try to tell you
All of my lines get twisted
Maybe you've lost the thrill in the anger
Every time that i wonder

Chorus

If i keep you safe
Safe and calm
Would you curl up at my feet
And keep me warm
'cos i want you to notice
Every time my eyes caress you
I want to see your eyes
Flashing out anger
Anytime that i wonder

Chorus

(browne/glenister)

Body sops and parking lots
No time to stop
It's another normal day
Self esteem and windowlene
You're squeaky clean
There's nothing left to say
Brillo pads and paper ads
That really have no meaning for me
But are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv
Contra deals and killing fields
You grease the wheels
But is it all it seems
Hunger strike and prices hike
Eat all you like
Well you know what i mean
Spinning tales and share price sales
Are bound to fail the things we believe
Ah !, but are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv

No one can tell you
That there's nowhere left to go
No one can sell you things
That you don't want to own
Hungry tramps and welfare stamps
I'll take a chance, that's not all you see
But are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv

Down the spout you close your mouth
It's not about the things you can see
In all of the things
That keep happening on a worldwide tv

There's no reason to be laughing now
And there's no way to turn back the time
It's sad to see the ceremonies
For this dying state of mind
There's nowhere left to go
Nobody's trying to tell you about something
That you don't already know

Hesitate but if you wait
You'll be too late
And miss the first scene
Are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv
Are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv

(browne/glenister/maitland)

Jade you're a stone
And you woke up so frightened to find that you're sinking alone
But you're only afraid of yourself

Jade you're a star
But you're thrashing the house now you've found out your daddy's not home today
Jade you're a star
Counting out the money you made like a thief that's stolen the kings crown
And you know it jade

But you know tonight
When you lay down your head and you finally switch off the lights
You're only afraid of yourself
Jade you're a star
But you're thrashing the house now you've found out your daddy's not home today

Jade you're a star
Counting out the money you made like a thief that's stolen the kings crown
And you know it jade
You're a dangerous stone

This is my song this is what i say

(browne/maitland/glenister)

Recall, return
Relive and learn
All of our memories
In summer nights
We've put it right
Tumbled down into it
I know they're only moments

But moments like these
Are so hard to come by

Some bridges burn
Some things we learn
By tumbling into it
Recall, re-learn
Re-live, return
And all of our memories
Are nothing only moments

(browne/glenister/maitland)

Looking back
You can lie if you like
But it's just sad to see you
Wasting so much time
It's a hole
Whether you are half or whole
It's a hole no matter which side out you fly

Chorus
Cup of life
Drink it dry
Getting old before your time
There's nothing new you should try
Cup of life drink it dry
Getting older in your mind
It's only in your mind

Well my friend
It seems they got you in the end
Remember when you thought
This hour would not arrive
And in your face
Where once you saw amazing
There's a sign now that's just screaming i'm alive

Chorus

If you take these words
Though it seems absurd
Now it seems like fun
But you'll be
Crying in your soup
For the things you've never done
Yes you will !