Bloodflowers

Studio album released 15 February 2000

Out of This World

When we look back at it all as I know we will
You and me, wide eyed
I wonder…
Will we really remember how it feels to be this alive?

And I know we have to go
I realize we only get to stay so long
Always have to go back to real lives
Where we belong
Where we belong
Where we belong

When we think back to all this and I’m sure we will
Me and you, here and now
Will we forget the way it really is
Why it feels like this and how?

And we always have to go I realize
We always have to say goodbye
Always have to go back to real lives
But real lives are the reason why
We want to live another life
We want to feel another time
Another time…
Yeah, another time

To feel another time…

When we look back at it all as I know we will
You and me, wide eyed
I wonder…
Will we really remember how it feels to be this alive?

And I know we have to go
I realize
We always have to turn away
Always have to go back to real lives
But real lives are why we stay
For another dream
Another day
For another world
Another way
For another way…

One last time before it’s over
One last time before the end
One last time before it’s time to go again…

Watching Me Fall

I’ve been watching me fall for it seems like years
Watching me grow small, I watch me disappear
Slipping out my ordinary world, out my ordinary eyes
Yeah, slipping out the ordinary me into someone else’s life
Into someone else’s life…

There’s a thin white cold new moon and the snow is coming down
And the neon bright Tokyo lights flicker through the crowd
I’ve been drifting around for hours and I’m lost and I’m tired
When a whisper in my ear insatiable breathes
“Why don’t you follow me inside?”

Yeah, the room is small, the room is bright
Her hair is black, the bed is white
And the night is always young
Is always young…Always young
The night is always young…

Yeah, I’ve been seeing them strip to the bone in the mirror on the wall
Seeing her swallow him whole like it’s not me at all
She holds out her hands and I follow her down to my knees
And the sucking inside insatiable smiles
“You will forget yourself in me…”

Yeah, the room is small, the room is bright
Her eyes are black, the bed is white
And the night is always young
And the night goes on and on
And the night is always young
And the night is never over and over and over and over and over…
And then it’s gone
And then it’s gone
Yeah, then it’s gone…

Yeah, it’s a cruel mean cold new day and outside the snow is still coming down
And in the blood red Tokyo bed I watch me coming round
She pulled him down for hours
Deeper than I’ve ever been
And as I fall in the mirror on the wall
I’m watching me scream
I’m watching me scream
I’m watching me scream
I’m watching me scream

Yeah, I’ve been watching me go for it must be years
Watching me get slow, I watch me disappear
And one day, yeah I know, I won’t come back at all…
And always over and over in his ordinary eyes
I’m watching me fall
I’m watching me fall
I’m watching me fall
I’m watching me fall

Where the Birds Always Sing

The world is neither fair nor unfair
The idea is just a way for us to understand
But the world is neither fair nor unfair
So one survives
The others die
And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust
It’s just us trying to feel that there’s some sense in it
No, the world is neither just nor unjust
And though going young
So much undone
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn’t speak a plan or any secret thing
No unseen sign or untold truth in anything…
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world where the sun always shines
And the birds always sing
Always sing…

The world is neither fair nor unfair
The idea is just a way for us to understand
No the world is neither fair nor unfair
So some survive
And others die
And you always want a reason why

It doesn’t mean there has to be a way of things
No special sense that hidden hands are pulling strings
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
And it never is
You always want so much more than this…

An endless sense of soul and an eternity of love
A sweet mother down below and a just father above
For living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world
Where the birds always sing
Another world
Where the sun always shines
Another world
Where nothing ever dies…

Maybe Someday

No, I won’t do it again, I don’t want to pretend
If it can’t be like before I’ve got to let it end
I don’t want what I was, I had a change of head
But maybe someday…
Yeah, maybe someday

I’ve got to let it go and leave it gone
Just walk away, stop it going on
Get too scared to jump if I wait too long
But maybe someday…

I’ll see you smile as you call my name
Start to feel, and it feels the same
And I know that maybe someday’s come
Maybe someday’s come…
Again!

So, tell me someday’s come
Tell me some days come again…

No, I won’t do it some more, doesn’t make any sense
If it can’t be like it was, I’ve got to let it rest
I don’t want what I did, I had a change of tense
But maybe someday…

I’ll see you smile as you call my name
Start to feel, and it feels the same
And I know that maybe someday’s come
Maybe someday’s come…

If I could do it again maybe just once more
Think I could make it work like I did it before
If I could try it out
If I could just be sure
That maybe someday is the last time
Yeah, maybe someday is the end
Oh maybe someday is when it all stops
Or maybe someday always comes again…

Coming Up — Additional track only on Australian and Japanese editions of Bloodflowers)

Yeah, it’s a snow white original mix
And she’s fixing me
And the heartless thing she does is everything I love
It’s all I ever need

Yeah, it’s a skin tight sensational strip
And she’s tripping me
And the shameless way she turns
Is all I ever dream

You ask me why I use it
It could be just a way to pass the time
I never really choose it
It’s just another play to lose
My mind

Yeah, it’s a bright light promotional taste
And she’s wasting me
And the tearless time she breaks is every time I ache
It’s all I ever feel

You ask me why I need it
It’s maybe just a way to pass the time
I never really mean it
It’s just another play to lose
My mind

Yeah, it’s a big night emotional kill
And she’s thrilling me
And the careless way she hurts
Is all I ever scream

You ask me why I take it
It could be just a way to pass the time
I never really make it
It’s just another play to lose

I’m coming up in the dark
And every part of me is bruised, and raw, and pained
I’m coming up in the dark
And every part of me is loose, and sore, and stained
And so, I play it when I use it
If I need it, then I take it and I play it all again
And then I hold you
So cold you
Like I know you
Yeah, like I always know and like I always lose
My mind

My mind

Yeah, I play it when I use it
If I need it, then I take it and I play it all again
And then I hold you
So cold you
Like I know you
Like I always know, like I always lose
Like I always lose
Like I always lose
My mind
(Daisy…daisy…)

The Last Day of Summer

Nothing I am
Nothing I dream
Nothing is new
Nothing I think or believe in or say
Nothing is true

It used to be so easy
I never even tried
Yeah, it used to be so easy…

But the last day of summer
Never felt so cold
The last day of summer
Never felt so old
(Never felt so…)

All that I have
All that I hold
All that is wrong
All that I feel for or trust in or love
All that is gone

It used to be so easy
I never even tried
Yeah, it used to be so easy…

But the last day of summer
Never felt so cold
The last day of summer
Never felt so old
The last day of summer
Never felt so cold
Never felt so…

There Is No If…

Remember the first time I told you I love you –
It was raining hard and you never heard –
You sneezed! And I had to say it over
“I said I love you” I said…You didn’t say a word
Just held your hands to my shining eyes
And I watched as the rain ran through your fingers
Held your hands to my shining eyes and smiled as you kissed me…

“If you die” you said “so do I” you said…
And it starts the day you make the sign
“Tell me I’m forever yours and you’re forever mine
Forever mine…”
“If you die” you said “so do I” you said…
And it starts the day you cross that line
“Swear I will always be yours and you’ll always be mine
You’ll always be mine
Always be mine…”

Remember the last time I told you I love you –
It was warm and safe in our perfect world –
You yawned and I had to say it over
“I said I love you” I said…You didn’t say a word
Just held your hands to your shining eyes
And I watched as the tears ran through your fingers
Held your hands to your shining eyes and cried…

“If you die” you said “so do I” you said…
But it ends the day you see how it is
There is no always forever… Just this…
Just this…

“If you die” you said “so do I” you said
But it ends the day you understand
There is no if…just and
There is no if…just and
There is no if…

The Loudest Sound

Side by side in silence
They pass away the day
So comfortable, so habitual…
And so nothing left to say
Nothing left to say

Nothing left to say

Side by side in silence
His thoughts echo round
He looks up at the sky…
She looks down at the ground
Stares down at the ground

Stares down at the ground

Side by side in silence
They wish for different worlds
She dreams him as a boy…
And he loves her as a girl
Loves her as a girl…

And side by side in silence
Without a single word…
It’s the loudest sound
It’s the loudest sound…
It’s the loudest sound I ever heard

39

So the fire is almost out and there’s nothing left to burn
I’ve run right out of thoughts
And I’ve run right out of words
As I used them up, I used them up…

Yeah, the fire is almost cold and there’s nothing left to burn
I’ve run right out of feeling and I’ve run right out of world
And everything I promised and everything I tried
Yeah, everything I ever did, I used to feed the fire
I used to feed the fire
I used to feed the fire
I used to feed the fire
But the fire is almost out
Is almost out…
And there’s nothing left to burn

No, there’s nothing left to burn
Not even this…

And the fire is almost dead and there’s nothing left to burn
I’ve finished everything…yeah
And all the things I promised, and all the things I tried
Yeah, all the things I ever dreamed I used to feed the fire
I used to feed the fire
I used to feed the fire
I used to feed the fire
But the fire is almost out…

Half my life I’ve been here
Half my life in flames
Using all I ever had to keep the fire ablaze
To keep the fire ablaze
To keep the fire ablaze
To keep the fire ablaze…
But there’s nothing left to burn

No, there’s nothing left to burn

And the fire is almost out
The fire is almost out
Yeah, the fire is almost out
Almost out, almost out
Almost out, almost out…
And there’s nothing left to burn

“This dream never ends” you said
“This feeling never goes
The time will never come to slip away”
“This wave never breaks” you said
“This sun never sets again
These flowers will never fade”

“This world never stops” you said
“This wonder never leaves
The time will never come to say goodbye”
“This tide never turns” you said
“This night never falls again
These flowers will never die”
Never die
Never die
These flowers will never die

“This dream always ends” I said
“This feeling always goes
The time always comes to slip away”
“This wave always breaks” I said
“This sun always sets again
And these flowers will always fade”

“This world always stops” I said
“This wonder always leaves
The time always comes to say goodbye”
“This tide always turns” I said
“This night always falls again
And these flowers will always die”
Always die
Always die

These flowers will always die
Between you and me
It’s hard to ever really know
Who to trust
How to think
What to believe
Between me and you
It’s hard to ever really know
Who to choose
How to feel
What to do

Never fade
Never die
You give me flowers of love
Always fade
Always die

I let fall…flowers of blood