Swiss Disco Green grows Meet the Spring in temper Sing as water flowing clear Understanding, cool, sincere Red rays Warming Summer temper Stimulating, rising air Beaming happy, active, flair Yellow falls Harvest Autumn temper Like a fire’s last display Irritation, anger, grey Black shrouds Frozen Winter temper Like the earth lies down to die Ruminating, fearful, dry |
Standing In For Love He lifted her from chaos From the matrix, from the lies She landed on emotion and she flew The next one came from nowhere Read her future in his eyes She exercised, but wanted something new Careful what you wish for Sometimes truth is what you see His promise you invented warmed the days Work was standing in for love Your time outside was free There’s nothing more Number three was what he wanted Counted, knew the score He sang, she danced, she moved, she came to stay Others came, you get the point No need to number more He never understood their need to play |
St Rita's Matrix Back to school Start the game Change the name Straight down the lines and love the rules Sit for the wise who turn to fools Take the train Locked in silence Men as islands Fly from the centre once again Before they see what home contains Night was short Day was long Prove to the weak that he was strong Defend the ground he’s standing on Prove he was right and others wrong Count the years Through the windows Watching time go Staring through mist that never clears Wait for an end that’s never near Wrapped in thought Blossom gone Saint Rita never heard his song |
Wastewater Hold on, stay strong, more to say Think fast, live long, show the way Hold hands, stay warm, have your say Head high, on form, work is play Last call, don’t fall, end the day The future was planned With succession in hand And determined the time to go Who misunderstands With a change in command And it’s suddenly time to go The time has come To stand aside for better men The past was minor key And so you go New men, old hands, more to say Old head, new plans, show the way Hands off, strong will, let them go Hold back, stay still, watch them grow Last call, don’t fall, end the day The future was planned… |
Embers As a stranger come, like a stranger go Fevers of a life are burning Darkness now, light to grow Elements of life returning Hope in sun, love to grow Glory of the music sounding Only one, nothing else to know Flowers spread in spring abounding In darkest night, “lead kindly light” Each step is sight, just one, one Breathe power still, less now until Each step ends night, each one, one As a friend you came, as a friend you go Embers of a life are glowing Into fortune stare, into future lands Elements of life are showing In darkest night… |
Folder Dressed In Blue Notice board, Heard you break the news Others bore, The heartache that ensues A folder dressed in blue Sympathised, Felt for friendly pain Thinking tries, But fails to be the same A folder dressed in blue Now it’s us, For once you were concise Without fuss, A shadow’s last goodbye We had to talk, That’s what ’phones are for A single spot, That was the world before A folder dressed in blue Horse’s mouth, The one who is the news Heroes both, Courage clears the blues A folder dressed in blue Swallow, try, Try to speak again A folder lies, The nothing it contains After life, “not... enough for moan... Motherless", In the wild alone A folder dressed in blue |
Jump, Jump Jump, jump baby, obey your orders As you leapt into my heart Just don’t change into all the others For they pulled our home apart Jump, jump baby, I love the feeling And it’s fresh air on my face Lost in space, with my body reeling There are crowds who’d take my place You were the only lover You’re the writing on the wall Wait till the world discovers They will answer to your call You were on all the covers You’re the star, you stole the scene You’re like a sister, brother You’re a rock, you’re king and queen Jump, jump baby, you melt me smiling And I’m thinking as I fall I can’t help it, you’re so beguiling I have no will left at all Jump, jump baby, you just inspire You’re the one that I revere With you missing, there’s no desire It’s too dark, too bleak, austere You were the only lover… Jump, jump baby, I hit the ground And it’s time to tend my wounds My lost baby, you can’t be found Why did you let me down so soon? Jump, jump baby, my world’s dissolving You were meant to be alone So sweet, I can’t help my absolving You from fault, you’re still the one You were the only lover… Jump. |
ECML Early train and leave the station Wrapped in sleepy daze Waking sun, day’s preparation Golden morning haze On the way, Settle down Come the day,Labour done By they go Berwick, Morpeth, Durham fast Before you know Darlington and York are passed Time and destination Calling, coming near Public occupation Private disappears Say goodbye, and early evening Heading for the train Back from south to north appealing On the rails again Under way, Settle down After day, Labour done By they go Doncaster and York are passed Before you know Durham, Morpeth, Berwick fast Time and destination Calling, coming near Journey termination Private re-appears |
Poland Started early, under basement light Ron and Charlotte tucked you in at night Young and adamant and holy blessed Found the right school Found another fool Tweez their names Paint houses Nice people Bend rivers Writing signatures on passing trends Boarding passengers to stay as friends Drawing sketches for your masterpiece First the road bends Then the deep end Poor captains Don’t sing words Sing spiders Night, my love Congregations follow breadcrumb trails Watch the rise and spread of different sails Retrospectively they see the joy In your odd mind Yours is no kind |
The Viper's Bite In Modern Love we spend our nights Alone, aside, the viper's bite The offered hand brings cold surprise The waking tears, the poison eyes Drink silence long, crave innocence Bring love once strong, but faded since Think feelings reconstructed so Sing feelings lost to others go “She walks in beauty…” Come arrows rain, and tear through flesh Come wounds converge, the more to bless Come transcendental pain to share Come peace at last, come wedded care The dream concludes, scales fall away As night deludes, truth follows day So help us learn how silence speaks Come fire to clean the desperate weak |
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