26 November 2010: Gagarin 205 (Athens, Greece)

Knee deep and born into it,
You didn't ask for this and don't I know it?
A father's son,
We couldn't hope for less.
Pry these workds from my cold dead lips,
Home is where the heart is.

And the ghosts I draw
Will leave you cold.
A bankrupt father
To skin and bones.

I'm moving over;
I'm making room for you.
I'm making room.

I will occupy the space between
What you say and what you mean.
And you say
That the devil's in the detail.
And if that's true
When he is through with me he will
Sure as hell be after you.

And the ghosts I draw
Will leave you cold.
A bankrupt father
To skin and bones.

We escape, we escape, we escape
With our minds made up.
We escape, we escape, we escape
And our time is up.

This skin full of bones
Offers me no
Resistance to your charms
And I am on the rocks.
I have chosen
Ruffled feathers and the devil we know best.

You sing to me,
And I,
I am lost.

You will find me in
The darkest corners and
I will ask you to leave.
I want nothing here that doesn't need to be.
I have chosen
Ruffled feathers and the devil we know best.

You sing to me,
And I,
I am lost.

You sing to me
With your arms open wide and
You sing to me
With a bird in your hand.
You sing to me,
With your arms open wide and
You sing to me.
I will stay here,
If you want me to.
I will stay here,
If you ask me.

How could I,
have led these men to their demise,
and they just follow?
Exploration's last great prize,
it wasn't mine.

CHORUS:
and mores the shame
you will remember my name

Great god,
this is an awful place,
and I do not think that we can hope,
for any better things now,
oh the end,
cannot be far,
it cannot be far,
I cannot wait.
Explorations last great prize,
a saving grace,
it wasn't mine

Lose me in
Half truths and alibis.
I want to believe in you.
I want you to lose me in half truths and alibis.

The feeling is,
The feeling is one I remember from way back when
Way back when we were kings
And the way that the cold left its mark on our skin.
You buried my head in the sand.
We were slipping up slowly.

Cold hands wrapped around our throats
And as the storm about us broke
Well we were busy making plans
Plans to keep ourselves afloat.

We rise, we fall, we pitch, we yaw.
No sleep, no sleep, no sleep,
No sleep, no sleep, no sleep,
No sleep, no sleep, no sleep.

The feeling is,
The feeling is one I remember from way back when
Way back when we were kings
And the way that the cold left its mark on our skin.
You buried my head in the sand.
We were slipping up slowly.

This is a breakdown

You are a cancer

This will be the death of me
I'll never live this down
You will never
An amazing fall from grace
No more or less than I deserved
A gentleman a liar and a cheat

And all that's left for me
Is to usher in the death of a broken man
And the birth of another
We all seem safe in the knowledge
That you are watching over
Everything that we do

This is a breakdown

You are a cancer

You've got a lot to answer for

You pulled the wool
Over our eyes
You stole the wind
From my sails

I pushed her too hard

I dreamed too big for my
Landlocked world to contain
Here I sit with head in hand
I sing elegies to lessons I will never learn

I pushed her too hard

All men will be
Sailors until the sea
Shall set them free
I close my eyes and

All men will be
Sailors until the sea
Shall set them free
I close my eyes and

All men will be
Sailors until the sea
Shall set them free
I close my eyes and swim

Into your
Crooked arms I fall.
Once again,
Your light will guide me in.
A promise to myself I break I know,
The night will always win.

Safe in hope we sleep,
We held our breath,
And we saw the deep,
We saw the deep.

We held out breath
As we slipped beneath
This cold heartless sea
(Guide us in)
You followed me down
(Your truth will out)
In search of the truth
(From far and wide)
We saw its leaves
(We saw its leaves unfold)
Through salt stung eyes
(Through salt stung eyes)
It tore at our hands
(I knew we'd pay)
We held on tight
(We held on tight)

Safe in hope we sleep,
We held our breath,
And we saw the deep.
Some cold comfort in
Sealing our fate
Though we never speak
Since we saw the deep.

In a fog-like sleep I slip beneath
Your skin...

they've made mountains out of molehills
let them climb
they can chase me to the end of the earth

and if they find me, let them indite me
i just don't care anymore

they've pushed me too far, too far
they've pushed me too far, too far

all this talk of war but it's only a game

all i ever wanted to do is play chess with you
but if they find me, they will indite me
i just can't fight anymore

they've pushed me too far, too far
they've pushed me too far, too far
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here for bobby
we'll build this rook house here...

We play a waiting game
And we play a waiting game
We play a waiting game
And it won't be long now

The tailor was the first to go
We burnt his clothes
And we burried him low

The tailor's next of kin
And the tailor's neighbors followed him
And so it is
And so it goes
Save our souls

We play a waiting game
And we play a waiting game
We play a waiting game
And it won't be long now

The fossor refused to dig
And who could blame him if he did
We bury our own now
We bury them deep

When the doctor followed suit
Knew our plight was set to worsen
So it is
The fear of God now is in every person

With heavy hearts
And other hands
We build a wall around this town
Now no one comes and no one goes
Save our souls

We play a waiting game
And we play a waiting game
We play a waiting game
And it won't be long now

When you said the air smelled sweet
I knew it was only a matter of time
And we all fall down
And we all fall down

please don't go into the kitchen, that's where the knives are
and i won't be held responsible
they won't make me out to be the monster you made me become

i will sleep in our bed tonight,
where you once slept with her,
a good nights sleep for once,
and one for you forever more
i will sleep in our bed tonight

please don't go into the kitchen, that's where the knives are
ah... ah...
you did me wrong and now it's time to put things right
i need you like i need a hole in the head
and i will sleep in our bed tonight,
where you once slept with her,
a good nights sleep for once,
and one for you forever more

i will sleep in our bed tonight
you can have the kitchen floor
i will sleep in our bed tonight,
where you once slept with her,
a good nights sleep for once,
and one for you forever more
i will sleep in our bed... tonight

Our star burns bright,
As we curse it for the final time,
And we forget to breathe
And we regret
The process of our age,
Progress, stagnation and decay,
And we breathe deep.

And we realise
That hope is not enough,
Our game is up.
So caught up in the whens and the whys,
We forget to breathe
Breathe in,
Breathe out,
Breathe deep.

Well for a year we lived as kings.
We had everything we could ever need,
And we slept.
We slept soundly in our royal beds,
As the walls came crashing down,
Around our ears.

And as we realise
That hope is not enough,
Our game is up.
So caught up in the whens and the whys,
We forget to breathe.

Your romantic gestures
They are lost on me.
Even with a heart of stone
If it ends as it began we will never know.

We marched bravely
From the lions' den.
Their shadows flicker in the flame.

We marched bravely
From the lions' den.
They grow more human every day
And we were lost.

How long
Before the lights come on?
Before they wake,
And there is hell to pay?
We will all be gone
Before the lights come on
Well the writing's on the wall.

We marched bravely
From the lions' den.
Their shadows flicker in the flame.

Some things are better left forgotten
Or the weight of the world will crush your bones
In an ideal situation
This will all be over soon.

And I will leave this world in pieces
I will leave it to the scarab and the crows
Under seas and under soil
In a million years
Our bones will be your oil

One by one
It happens to us all
When you least expect
Your sky will tumble down
We were surprised to find
It was our time to sink or swim

And I will leave this world in pieces
I will leave it to the scarab and the crows
Under seas and under soil
In a million years
Our bones will be your oil

We're out of our death in
A sea of regrets and
I hate to say I told you so
We're out of our depth in
A sea of excess and
This is everything I hoped it would be