Republic

It isn't what it used to be
I wake up every night
On the stairs
Waiting for the dawn to come
Every drop of wine
You can be my time
Only tomorrow knows
Why do we beg when we can borrow
This time we knew
No more or less
There's nothing left

It was always special
It was like water down the drain
I'm intoxicated
Every time i hear your name
I try to remember
But nothing is the same

It wasn't that i didn't try
It's not the kind of thing, that you buy
Written in my destiny
Life is but a dream
Covered by the sky
Stop saying that you're calling time
Look at your life before you start on mine
I'm not the kind of person that you need
I'm sick of trying
I mean that it's over

It was always special
It was like water down the drain
I'm intoxicated
Every time i hear your name
I try to remember
But nothing is the same
It was always special
It was like water down the drain

Patiently you wait for me
You're so blind
I thought it couldn't be
Then changed my mind
Drowning in the endless sea
Line all those lines
The traces of your memory
Don't belong with mine

Listen
I may be wrong but you're missing
There's something wrong you could say
Ruined in a day
You could be the lover of jade
Forever on your own in the shade
Let's do it anyway

Some people like to deceive you
While others may feel that they need you
While i do the best that i can
Keeping my life in my hands

And if you feel
Your cradle rocking
Then take the wheel
Don't let me stop you
(hang around for awhile)
But stop acting like a child
Every step we take is the one
That's gonna undo what you've done
It could take all day

Some people like to deceive you
While others may feel that they need you
But i do the best that i can
I keep my world in my hands

Some people like to deceive you
While others may feel that they need you
But i do the best that i can
Keeping my world in my hands

I turn sideways to the sun
Keep my thoughts from everyone
It's a jungle, i'm a freak
Hear me talk, but never speak

So i'm stepping out of time
Because breaking is a crime
And it may all be too late
But i've no passion for this hate

That's the price of love (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it (can you feel it)
If we could buy it now (that's the price of love)
How long would it last (that's the price of love)

And when this building is on fire
These flames can't burn any higher
I turn sideways to the sun
And in a moment i am gone

That's the price of love (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it (can you feel it)
If we could buy it now (that's the price of love)
How long would it last (that's the price of love)

That's the price of love (that's the price of love)
Can you feel it (can you feel it)
If we could buy it now (that's the price of love)
How long would it last (that's the price of love)

In a manger like christ i lay
Yellow fever, yellow hay
Feel the rhythm, sweetest sound
Making, breaking sacred ground
I'd give you a piece of my love for free
But whatever i say you'll never see
Acquire a taste for a different sound
Make or break it this side of town

Life will never be the same
In port-royal town, i hear it coming
The shaking of the ground
They're stealing in the day
In port-royal town, the children are running

Ever strange the lives we lead
So detached from the things we need
Signs of greed in everyone
Instant eviction and the blood on a gun
Just when you think you've found it
Spinning world i want to spin around it
What is wrong? this pain won't peel
The fibres of my life won't heal

Maybe i've forgotten the name and the address
Of everyone i've ever known
It's nothing i regret
Save it for another day
It's the school exam and the kids have run away

I would like a place i could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain of my wounded heart

I was upset you see
Almost all the time
You used to be a stranger
Now you are mine

I wouldn't even trust you
I've not got much to give
We're dealing in the limits
And we don't know who with
You may think that i'm out of hand
That i'm naive, i'll understand
On this occasion, it's not true
Look at me, i'm not you

I would like a place i could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain of my wounded heart

I was a short fuse
Burning all the time
You were a complete stranger
Now you are mine

I would like a place i could call my own
Have a conversation on the telephone
Wake up every day that would be a start
I would not complain about my wounded heart

Just wait till tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
Just before they fall apart