1. Gloom Junky

She said: I don't like the way you beat me down
Don't you ever listen to yourself?
Every minute you stay you're deeper down
I've no desire to dig you out

There's no danger
(You're never gonna say the error is mine)
Of you changing
But if hell freezes over won't you drop me a line?

I don't mean to say you're infantile
But don't you ever listen to yourself?
It's such a limited way to waste your time
Make us all feel as low as you

There's no danger
(You're never gonna say the error is mine)
Of you changing
But if hell freezes over won't you drop me a line?

You're as wide and empty as some ocean
I won't ever lie relieved on your shore
But I just can't swim no more
I want you to hold me
I want you to hold me, enfold me
Don't stare so cold at me...

She said: I don't like the way you never smile
Don't you ever look into yourself?
You wake up with the grave before your eyes
Your gaze is an execution bell

She said: I don't like the way you beat me down
She said: I don't like the way you treat me now
Why don't you love me?
Why don't you love me?
Why don't you love me?



2. Overdrawn

It's been so long, I don't know how I should begin
You'd broken down, I opened arms and let you in

I go wherever I am taken in
As though you gave me no alternative
But I'm not so easy now
My charity is given out
And you're overdrawn at this account

It's been so long I don't know how I should begin
So many books, I read them all, took nothing in

I know I placed those shoes upon your feet
For you to walk right in then over me
But I'm not so easy now
My charity is given out
And you're overdrawn at this account

It's all right now
I can look out for myself

It's been so long I don't know how I should begin...



3. Tremble

You're the one I love, my own desire
You hardly have to breathe and I'm on fire
It's hard for me to understand
My need for you alone can make me
Tremble (cos I'm not the only one)

Nowhere else is safe but in your arms
Vanish all my fears and false alarms
But now I can't control my mind cos every time
You're out of sight I tremble (cos I'm not the only one)

So how can the world do this changing act
From paradise to hell and back
And still look the same when I look in your eyes

How can you refuse? It's all I got
I gave you all you need - don't say it's not
I'm turned around I'm torn in two
My world explodes in words from you
I tremble (cos I'm not the only one)



4. Such As I

I've been waiting so long
I've been stuck at the end of a very long line
But I knew that one day you'd find
That all of these guys are killing with kindness
It's all based on the baser desires
Which I thought you would see through
To where I could impress you
But you haven't noticed the lengths that I've been to

I've been your fool, I've been your fool
I should have gotten a hold of myself
When I first saw you

I've been suffering so long
I've been led to extremes of my patience
'Til my knees went balding with prayer
I think of the night I spent wrecking my throat
When you didn't reply to all the letters I wrote you
Except to say it's been a beautiful day
Well that's as it may be
I've not been inclined to believe it

I've been your fool, I've been your fool
I should have gotten a hold of myself
When I first saw you

This posturing - pining is all very fine
But in hindsight it seems like a waste
You just have to swallow no matter how foul
Or how bitter the taste and no matter how late but
I've been studying my fate
I've been under a spell so that I might just as well
Have been tied like a dog to your gate

And when the fools are called
I'll be the biggest of all
For trying to give you what you didn't have use for
But where I've been the one-eyed man reigns
He's been king for ages

I see it plain, but all the same
It would have been better if it hadn't taken
All these years of pure heart-aching
To find out now I've been mistaken, no!
I've been your fool, I've been your fool
I've been your fool



5. Hurricane

She was a vision to my eyes
Headlong I fell from earth to sky
She said, "Don't cry when I say good-bye."
Then told me so that afternoon

Now I don't know where my head is
And I'm picking through the wreckage
Since that hurricane named you passed through

How long I nearly lost my mind
I told myself I'm way too old to cry
And all of my friends were there to the end
They told me she would sever me in two

But I did not get the message
And now I'm picking through the wreckage
Since that hurricane named you passed through

I can't be swayed by anything you say no more
But night and day I stay at home
Because you said you'd call me

From now on I only want what's mine
To leave her and all this mess behind
I'd drop her a line if I knew what to write
But telling her good riddance doesn't do

Cos my heart ain't got the message
Now I'm picking through the wreckage
Since that hurricane named you passed through



6. War in My Head

There's no place called heaven
If you and I ain't been there
We threw open cages
Slings and arrows became glancing blows

But every time I see you there's a war in my head
And I can't fathom it out
I used to be so near you but now when you call
I'm always pretending I'm out

When time comes to kick your door in
The author of your misfortune
Will be right with you lying
Red sky overhead is dawning
You read like a written warning
And you wrote every line
And I'm all out of tears for crying...

Now I don't see heaven
Over no horizon
I don't care what changes
I just breathe each moment as it comes

But every time I see you there's a war in my head
And I can't fathom it out
I used to be so near you but now when you call
I'm always pretending I'm out

When time comes to kick your door in
The author of your misfortune
Will be right with you lying
The stars from the heavens falling
You read like a written warning
And you wrote every line
And I'm all out of tears for crying...

There's no place called heaven
There's no trace of heaven
Over no horizon...



7. Inside Out

You think I can't live without you
I'd be a fool to ever doubt you
You still think I'm that dumb

You still think I'm yours forever
Stick with you, through stormy weather
So pull the other one

Cos you're late coming round
More than I care to count
You lie as to your whereabouts
You're all they say of all clouds babe
You're only inside out

Take me out, buy me whiskey
Say how much you would miss me
You act like you're in love

Send bouquets, say you're honest
Don't do a damn thing you promise
Ain't I the lucky one?

Cos you're late coming round
More than I care to count
You lie as to your whereabouts,
You're all they say of all clouds babe
You're only inside out

So go the way of all clouds babe... blow away.



8. See You Tomorrow

You left it on my window getting wet in the rain
It said, "I hope I'm never gonna see you again."
Well my saviour's in a paper bag
I'm loaded to the leather

So Sodom and Gomorrah -
Gonna sleep there tomorrow
Just as soon as I'm brain dead I'll get there

I don't wanna feel this body anymore
I don't wanna feel this body anymore
'Cos when it aches...
I need a twenty four hour holiday
Before I can face you

It said, "I'll come collecting,
Come tomorrow evening."
It said, "I thought I'd warn you
So I know you won't be there."
But my saviour's here, my tears are shed
I've held myself together

So Sodom and Gomorrah -
Gonna sleep there tomorrow
Just as soon as I'm brain dead the better

I don't wanna feel this body anymore
I don't wanna feel this body anymore
'Cos when it aches...
I need a twenty four hour holiday
Before I can face you



9. Hole in the Ground

By the time you're out of the hole in the ground he made
The lines will be harder, the days will be longer to face
The pleasure boat's gone
And you wish you were on it
But he'd skin you alive for a trip round the bay

What are you gonna do now?
All he left was a broken heart
It's not much good to you now
And easy to see without looking too far
The price you pay to be charmed
Out of every ounce - your love gone

I'll invite you as long as you're able to stay
Drink wine, get high as a kite on a windy day
Be children with matches with no-one to catch us
And spin a whole line that we're happy that way

What are you gonna do now?
All he left was a broken heart
It's not much good to you now
And easy to see without looking too far
The price you pay to be charmed
Out of every ounce - your love gone

Easy to see without looking too far
All he left was a broken heart
What are you gonna do now?
You say, "I don't even desire to know your name."
You say, "I don't even desire to know your name."

Yell it into the air
Clench it into the teeth of fate
Say you don't even care
Dance as if you were on his grave:
"I don't even desire to know your name."



10. Ready to Fly

I'm hoping by morning
I won't feel more than one day older
Cos I don't need the head space
To know that my problems aren't over

I try to pretend I needed the rest
But as soon as I'm sober the whole saga starts over
With no temporary ending just one more hang-over

You're wearing me down. I'm ready to fly
You've got love in your heart; I got nothing in mine
And I can't even start by telling you why
If I sent my soul to you you'd lose it

Dunedin is cold and by winter it's gonna get colder
And your tolerance leaves
When the bones in your fingers freeze over

I've done all I can, I'm one tired soldier
I'm dead and defeated my warning's unheeded and I
Don't really need to be so badly treated

You're wearing me down. I'm ready to fly
You've got love in your heart I got nothing in mine
And I can't even start by telling you why
If I sent my soul to you you'd lose it

I've done all I can, I'm one tired soldier
I'm dead and defeated my warning's unheeded and I
Only crawled over cut glass to reach you

You're wearing me down I'm ready to fly
You've got love in your heart I got nothing in mine
And I can't even start by telling you why
If I sent my soul to you you'd lose it



11. Moonlight On Snow

Moonlight on snow... it's freezing
The world drowns its woes in dreaming
Two hours to go 'til morning is sworn in
The wind in the wire keeps calling

Cold heaven's eyes are swollen
Hearts have no warmth when they're broken
It's stolen

And the last drop of Napoleon
Time tolls more dolefully
Teardrops melt clear down
You would have been home by now

It must be time to go
It must be time

And the morning sun is a hanging judge
As the hills catch fire there is still no sign
This road no headlights



12. Hold On

I don't mind if I get old, my feet get cold
My heart starts giving up the ghost
We brave the fatal undertow
And desperation I know is why we hurt the most

And I wouldn't mind this fault in design
A sword in the air all the way to the line
You dread every way to go wrong,
But I swear I'll bleed this stone before I'm gone

But if you can't hold on
I'll hold on...

People scold the heaven's cold
Their dreams have all dried up and flown
And met some accident.
The train of thought's too hard to hold
Without alcohol
And someone to draw you back to bed

I look in your eyes you look into mine
We're living in between invisible lines
Depending which side you get on
They'll haul you down then break out in song

But if you can't hold on
I'll hold on...