Those beasts of the dark
They keep banging on my heart
Banging on my heart
Darling

Those beasts of the wild
They wanna bring me down child
Gonna bring me down
And then some

So I take a sip of gin
And a tiny dip in ***
And I wait for it to run
And I hope to hell it howls
To quiet down those mouths
That keep banging on my heart
That keep breaking through the dark
That keep breaking me apart
Darling

Quiet down darling
Quiet down
Quiet down darling
I see you oh so clearly
Now I've let you near me
What you gonna do
To my heart and soul
What you gonna do
If I gave you control
Darling

Darling
You're a beast of the dark
And you're never getting hold
Of this tired old heart
Darling

You're a savage and a fiend
Bitter and you're mean
Even though I'm keen
To see the havoc that you'll reap
You're never getting in
This foolish old heart
Darling

Did I stutter
Was I mumbling
The answer was no you ridiculous fool
Realise it was courage tact on to your strut
Saw it was a moment you caught onto
Now you're striking out and in an awkward rut
Just walk on by cute little pup
I want more than you're offering
The movies, the mornings, the talks and the tubs.

In the shadows of the darkest night I feel your call I hear your voice inside me
beckoning me to hold ya
and I need to know if you are real or just that whispered creature on the breeze of something in my dreams or in between this life and something other
Other than your own or something someone else would call a space unknown

But if you are that real and magic creature
with something borrowed on your silver tongue for sweeter thrills and lilac spills
I wanna spin your yarn around my bubble
cover me up with your endless trouble
all your giggles and your wit
Shine on shine on
through the dimness of that opaque world they call a life of strife
Carry on carry on
through the cages of my minds eye and the secrets that had burdened my own kind I say
Come on come on
You're the cause for all my upturned glances and the worst of all I cannot fight your trances oh
Wild one wild one
oh I give in so take me to your world of coloured dreams
Take me now I'm bursting at the seams
Float on down and take me higher
Golden shackles couldn't hold me
anymore anymore
cause I give in

So do you hear me
Knocking at your door
Screaming and wailing and crying myself hoarse
Oh I won't be following you
Down the river you'll drown in
Oh I won't be following you
Past those sinners you trespassed back there
You're no good for yourself
And as sure as hell
No good for anybody else
So go on and go
I've been getting a little tired of the same old thing
I suspect the same old things getting tired of me
So go on and go
Scrap your dreams of Albion
Fill your buckets with woe
Be me, help me to see
What you're missing
That glistening
Ray of dew drops
Only clear when the pill pops
Pops, you're still my one and only
Still my tops
Don't call the butcher hounds
Don't bring the cops
One more bop
One more and Ill be done
Just this last one and Ill be done
Just one time
With me, I beg you to come
But whether you fail or fly
I won't be here
I won't come
You're only the shell of the soul I once knew
Whether you fail or fly
To me you're never done
To me you're already gone

Why can't I bleed this pain I feel
It emanates from my pores
It should look something fierce
Or at least it should look a bit real
But it's gone hiding behind all the ***** and the sleeps and the work
That force the weeks to sink like a stone in my mind
Buried beneath all the filth I convince myself is only a good time
But any fool knows when the bats come the butterflies die
And when the rain comes it's the sky that looks like a fool to cry

Everybody's searching for a little heaven
On this earth
Everybody's scrambling for a little quiet
A little piece
Of it all
Get a little taste
Without the consequence
Good lord
They all want that little bite on the side
Not giving one good *******
About the lessons their mama taught
Everybody wants a little slice
To roll that dice
Be the catcher in that rye
Before they claim it
They'll be *******
They'll all crumble
They'll learn the hard way
Why it just ain't right

You came on strong and sweet
You felt almost unique
And left me wanting for more

Then these walls they went up
How do I get them to stop
How do I get them to fall
When I can't even get them to stall

You said you would wait
And I clung to the bait
Even though I'd seen this line before

Then the lighting drew away
From the thunder that had strayed
And the gap that remained
Filled a silence
That said it all

Those wolves when they cry
Bring the shepherds down hard
As the sun drifts away
You no longer feel it from afar
Oh keep your wits about you
Keep your fears at bay
This is no humdrum token
Nor a cloak you can rely on
To shield you from the gaze
Battle on lonely one
Burn brighter the further she flies away
Ever distant forever nearer
You're never as close to catching it as when you're so
Far away
And when that fear grips my heart
And sings soldiers from the sky
It's not good enough
That you have it a good enough ****** try
You were meant to aim for the mile high
Go for the landslide
Instead you waited and hesitated
Without a second glance
Your silvery laughter saw its chance
To up and pass you by

Circle upon circle
I wanna cut you down
And drink you whole
I wanna break your will
Take away control
So lose yourself to this moment son
Smile, enjoy this little time you've won me over
Just this once
Oh, you've claimed a little of my aching soul today
You say you're mine
And I am yours you're sure this time
But circle upon circle
You keep changing on me
These thoughts are hell bent on a flutter
Wanting to break
Carry themselves off into that far off breeze
You catch me in a moment
And your thoughts are trying to figure out mine
But my minds not with you
It's started floating on by
Circle upon circle
You're spinning me away
From this grounded lover
Who says all he wants is for me to stay
Circle can you slow your cycle down
For this soulful other
Stave off this dismal ***** to give us one more day

You've been working so hard for it
Aching for the path that you hope will be on your side
This time
And you know that you're giving
All you've got and you're living
Like you're not
So give
Go on give in
This time

Say you wanted a different kind of life
Inspite of all of your trying
I know you have been lying
To yourself
For the longest winding mile
So go give in
This time

For the dream it is fading
In the scene if your own making
And you hope you'll wake soon
This time

But your eyes are wide open
And your heart has shut tight
And you know that you're choking
On the part that takes flight
From this life
You hardly recognise anymore

So go ahead close your eyes
Dream instead of those lies
You tell yourself late at night
In the guise you'll get through your woes
That beckon you to come hide

Or this time give some meaning
To the world you'll end up leaving
Without you
Without ever having known you
By its side

So baby I don't really know your name
But lately I've been seeing you all of the time
So could you please tell me
If you've noticed me at all
Cause I'd like to know you
Just a little bit more

So tell me go ahead and tell it to me straight
I'm open to the possibilities we make
in this world
And I'd like to see something through
And I'd like to see it through with you

So don't be shy I'm terrified
And I'm here on a limb
Hoping that you'll save me from a life I've given in to
lately

Oh please come save me honey
Won't you come save me
from myself

Toss that question to the masses
Like a feather with that carefree hand of yours
It falls on me like a ton of rocks and calls to me from those dark crevasses

Well son you better speak your mind now
Or pass the baton to the next below
Hear your heart thump with the thrill of it
Know no joy till you feel youve got this lit

You ask me what I wanna be
You call to me and say just one not three
You need me to draw a line in that changing sand
You want something real you can understand
You want me to guide you through my fate while I hold your hand
Well I won't be falling to your demands

I'll let you in on a will of mine
A wish I know befalls mankind
I wanna be that elusive bird
I wanna be someone someone else has heard
I can do it in one but it'll take all three
Because, you see
I wanna be someone everyone else wants to be

You  said don't be afraid
Of those ghosts outside
I'll bend their will
I'll make them abide
But I'm not afraid of those ghosts out there
It's you beside me that instills this fear
I don't know that I believe in them
All I know is you're the truth right here
Their fallacy is token
So I beg them to come
All stitched up in mystery
One tug, I'll have them undone
I don't know that I will ever see them
But I see through you to your soul right now
I don't know that I believe in them
All that's clear is how I feel right here
I don't know that I will ever have them
But I don't wanna lose you to those ghosts out there.

Can you believe me now
Do you see it clear
That the saints you hear
Are no longer near

Can you believe me now
That those sins out there
Will take you on your dare
And shake you full of fear

Can you believe me now
That the rain runs dry
Those trickles down your cheek
Weren't the ones that you cried

Can you believe me now
Or will you call me on a lie
Even if I crossed my heart
And hoped that I would die

I say I got to leave now
And you say so long
So long
So long now
To this place I called home
For so long
So long now,
So long I say
To this place that I
That I
That I have called home
For so long
For so long, so long
So long I say
I say so long so long
To this place that I have called home
For so long I say
So long so long
I say so long so long
So long I say
I say so long
For now