1. ME AND MY MELODY

Oh lord, pulling me down
Oh darling, how weak this crown
Do you fail to understand
What's heartily now what's in your hand
Oh creature, oh love, strained now
Till we get enough I ain't afraid no more
As they batter down the door
Who you are and what you say
You've built it up some other way
Isn't that a crime, these tears divine
Love you tear me up sometimes and
Oh darling you and me, stuck on time as we see
The outside world slip away till the dark,
The dark of the day
And who you are and what you say
What does it mean now anyway
Throw off your crown, tread me down
Oh bay stop all feelings now
And we're worlds apart
Helpless as we are you and I walk on by
Our little love will die
Still walking the bridge to God thinking things
That I cannot relate this to, what you say
Bricks are falling down this day
Oh darling, the weeks to come ain't nothing
But the sound of your drum
You can stay or walk away
As I, I long to say
Who you are and what you say
Babe we've lost now anyway isn't that a crime
These tears divine
A river 'round your waist sometimes.
Stuck in tears as we've gone too far
Babe you've built a wall that's hard
Getting through, getting through to you
Who you are and what you say
Held down anyway Darling fear brought us here
Ooh, hey, Hold hands she don't want me tied
Her hand still stuck in mine Baby I long to see
Hey you, my tears won't mend
Until the end


2. AT THE CLOSE OF EVERY DAY

At the close of every day
There's a woman passing
Lover did you hear her say
Her one last word
We're all doing time
Something's closing
Haven't you heard?

The woman that we've tried to stop
Now sits alone just waiting 'til forever
Forever makes me cry
And I don't know why all you people
Put that into my head
I can't see why this conversation
Is looking kind of dead

At the close of every day
There's a woman passing
Lover did you hear her say
Her one last word
I'm often doing time
And I don't know just why you reckon
It would be this day and

Don't you see that my heart's on fire
Your wicked wings that you spread 'round me sometimes
All I know is that we've got to aim higher
Babe I wish that we'd go for the great escape

So you do praise a different light
And I am blinded by it
So sorry that I made you cry
Your faith in me it had to die
I guess that
That it's too late
The lights are out
The party's over baby
And now
I wish I'd told you

Don't you see that my heart's on fire
Your wicked wings that you spread 'round me sometimes
All I know is that we've got to aim higher
Babe I wish that we'd go for the great escape

Don't you see that my heart's on fire
Your wicked wings that you spread 'round me sometimes
All I know is that we've got to aim higher
Babe I wish that we'd go for the great escape


3. DROWNED WORLD / SUBSTITUTE FOR LOVE

I traded fame for love
Without a second thought
It all became a silly game
Some things cannot be bought
Got exactly what I asked for
Wanted it so badly
Running, rushing back for more
I suffered fools, so gladly
And now I find
Ive changed my mind
The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
I traveled round the world
Looking for a home
I found myself in crowed rooms
Feeling so alone
Had so many lovers
Who settled for the thrill
Of basking in my spotlight
I never felt so happy
The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
No famous faces, far off places
Trinkets I can buy
No handsome stranger, heady danger
Drug that I can try
No ferris wheel, no heart to steel
No laughter in the dark
No one night stand, no far off land
No fire that I can spark
Mmmmm
The face of you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
Should I wait for you
My substitute for love
My substitute for love
This is my religion