Somewhere Else

Cut in two, that's the kind of ship i'm running
Cut in two, that's the kind of spell i'm casting
Cut in two, that's the type of time i'm killing
Cut in two, that's the kind of song i'm singing


Falling in
Falling in
Falling in love again (my face in your bedroom window)
Falling in
Falling in
Falling in love again


Separation (no one looking in through my intrigue)
Separation (yeah i've been another me)
I will run for you, i think


Champagne drink, it's a lie


Cut in two, that's the kind of axe i'm grinding
(he was not perfect, nor had he ever claimed to be)
Cut in two, that's the kind of sleep i'm getting
(enraptured, drifting) (toothpullers)
Cut in two, that's the kind of love i'm making
(reckon myself) (schoolmaster)
Cut in two, that's the kind of life i'm having
(smoke from the distant chimneys)


Falling in (eggshell polonaise, polonaise) (ghosts)
Falling in
Falling in love again
Falling in (it's a contest of stone hearts) (caress)
Falling in
Falling in love again


Separation (there's someone in here sharing it with me)
Separation (someone i no longer trust i can't see)
Separation (he's circling, waiting to make his move) (dead face)
Separation (it's just a memory i can't prove) (french fishwife)


Incidentally, i like the word trespass, serendipity


Falling in (protected)
Falling in (i feign unconsciousness)
Falling in love again (oh goodbye)
Falling in
Falling in (i feign unconsciousness to see if god is there)
Falling in love again


Separation (i hate you) (he was only doing it for me)
Separation (i'm just gonna have to hate you)
(and i, i was only doing it for the children)
Separation (and the children are sleeping and frightened)
Separation
Separation
Separation
Separation

People getting frightened 'cause the night is very thick
When i think about you sister, we need to panic here
You better take an arrow, you better take a sled
When it starts blowing just remember what i said


You gotta freeze until it burns
You gotta burn until you learn
You gotta learn until you seize
You gotta freeze until you burn


People think they're dreaming, they're really wide awake
I did it for the money and for goodness' sake
Meet me in the igloo with a factual gaze
Help me to decipher the shadow of this maze


You gotta freeze until it burns
You gotta burn until you learn
You gotta learn until you seize
And you freeze until you burn


Now look
Fire in the rude banks, eyes inside the grave
Everything is opposite, right now it's too late
When you hear the birdsong stop, when you see the glow
That's the only certainty that you'll ever know


You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
You're gonna learn until you freeze
Freeze until you burn
Ok
You're gonna freeze until it burns
You're gonna burn until you learn
We're gonna love it when you freeze
Freeze until you burn
Alright

First thing you know is you don't know a thing
Second thing you think about is that you're sinking
Third thing is water, fourth thing is air
Five are the fingers of wind in your hair
You can leave the city that you used to call home
You can leave your lover just to love all alone
You can leave your father or leave your son
And you can leave your clothes on


A nerve so sleek has entered your head
Take up your sickle, throw it and leave your bed
Make sure your will is good and hard
Make sure you never let down your guard
You can leave your body, you know the technique
Leave for two minutes or for two weeks
You leave your work and your pleasure undone
You can leave your clothes on
You can leave the city you used to call home
You leave your lover just to love all alone
You leave your father or leave your son
And you can leave your clothes on