 Genius Lyrics
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Modern English – I Melt with You
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[Verse 1] / Moving forwards, using all my breath / Making love to you was never second best / I saw the world crashing all around your face / Never really knowing it was always
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Modern English – Long in the Tooth
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[Verse 1] / I don't have any answers / To all of the questions / It's taken a lifetime / I'm long in the tooth / It's taken a lifetime / It's taken a lifetime / It's taken a
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Modern English – 16 Days
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Sixteen days no bread and water / Sixteen days no light of day / Sixteen days without liquid on my stomach / Sixteen days without sun on my back / Sixteen days without ideas in my
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Modern English – I Melt With You (Carl's Stop the World mix)
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Moving forward using all my breath / Making love to you was never second best / I saw the world crashing all around your face / Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace / I
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Modern English – Swans On Glass
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Running blindly / Jumping careless / Passing buildings / Concrete and glass / Over a bridge / Water flowing / Darkness my stare / White shapes on glass / White shapes on glass
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Modern English – Gathering Dust
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[Intro] / The pressure's on, no time to lose / The pressure's on, no time to lose / The pressure's on, no time to lose / The pressure's on, no time to lose / [Verse 1] / Inspiring
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Modern English – Heart
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Here's the news for the special day / He's lost his love, the warm feeling has gone away / It leaves him colder than the night / No rhyme or reasoning will help tonight / And
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Modern English – Black Houses
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Sunday morning, the sun is shining, peacefully / Ball games in the park, joyfully / The car's being cleaned again, the grass is mowed / A sudden feeling, the wind is building, the
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Modern English – The Prize
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The waiting's done / That wait from year to year / The water's gone / Another souvenir / The prize for some / For me the prize is clear / The prize is in your eyes / The prize is
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Modern English – Someone's Calling
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Turning 'round as if in flight / I sense your breath cut like a knife / A thousand shadows all in pain / What they fear must be the same / The tension's mounting with the tide / I
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Modern English – Beautiful People
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If you know how I'm feeling / You'll hear just what I say / About the world outside your window / Let's take it all the way / Beautiful people / Flowers in your hair / Far too
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Modern English – Life in the Gladhouse
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Life in the gladhouse is never dull / Humdrum days still flying out the window / It's wild with overgrown people / Broken engagements and twisted faith / Growing up and then just
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Modern English – Mesh and Lace
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You left without time for me to see / The full event that took the place of me / I felt the pain, saw the strife / The walls moved in, my thoughts will spin / It's all the time now
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Modern English – Dawn Chorus
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When summer returns to its warm green fields / The sun fading, pastel in the breeze / The swallow swooping, migrating home / The dawning days morning with a sigh / Opening windows
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Modern English – Smiles and Laughter
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Can you feel the glow? / Can you see it smile? / Smell the warm air now / Breathe it in in volumes / We're watching you, this time will come / Let's enjoy some voice and sound
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Modern English – Machines
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Old machinery's broken down / There's no new past, there's no new sound / What would you do if they crumbled to the ground? / Wake up, you must be dreaming / Changes in our lives
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Modern English – Home
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Home / Washed my hands ready for tea / Pleasant conversation / TV greeted me / Half past five, time for tea / Laid back in my chair / Out of the corner of my eye my mother stared
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Modern English – Incident
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Old man walking / Old man thinking / Shattering stone structure / Old man's head bowed / A youth enters / The arena / Sees the head bowed / Taste of victory / Change, change
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Modern English – Breaking Away
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Long days and more stormy weather / The same old hard and rocky road today / And now I'm breathing in again / Breaking away, run, run, run away / Breaking away, run, run, run away
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Modern English – Love Breaks Down
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Two sides fought for God above / More hate rose to the sea of love / A woman taught of a decent life / A million stars on a heat filled night / The nuclear threat hangs on our head
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Modern English – Carry Me Down
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Slipping through the sand and the sand through your fingertips / Silence was the fear and the fear knew me all too well / Waiting at the edge of the sea / Gazing at horizons quite
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Modern English – A Viable Commercial
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Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop chop / Da da die, chop
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Modern English – Hands Across the Sea
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Come with me / Close your eyes and touch what greets you there / Reaching out / Stretch your hands across the sea / Come with me / Close your eyes and touch what meets you there
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Modern English – Pillow Lips
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I have to ask you / Do you want this to be true? / Is there method in all my madness? / Or as we flower, do we die in full bloom? / You're the only thing that keeps me going / With
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Modern English – After the Snow
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The rhythm of the rain gives an off beat on the window pane / Like an angel crying from the sky / I can see its beauty after the snow / I can see its beauty after the snow / The
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Modern English – Move in Light
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Constantly moving, countryside lives / Idle chatter, aching limbs / Lean your head back, light it up again / Another watch another stage / Another building and another grave
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Modern English – Blister
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If you blister / Like I blister / Then I could follow / And up tomorrow / You blister my paint / Kiss me into pieces, pieces / An up craving / Around this table / A new direction
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Modern English – I Don't Know the Answer
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It came as no surprise when I talked to you alone / Comfort was all you needed before the night was gone / I told you once, then told you twice, I tell you once again / The answer
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Modern English – Tables Turning
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The bells are tolling for me and my love / Screened horizon's fading, but fading from my trust / All the walls are falling 'round my ears / I can see the writing's on those walls
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Modern English – Spinning Me Round
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When someone close is always on your mind / A memory of a place, another day and time / Some would say you died and left your heart behind / But it's with your heart you're
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Modern English – Night Train
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Work, sweat, toil / Underneath the rising sun / The long hard day had just begun / The sweat of a thousand years / Hammer on the rail / Hammer in that nail / So we sing the night
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Modern English – The Greatest Show
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New York to Moscow / Peking to London / From the land into the sea / Cairo, Berlin / Everywhere so interesting / I don't want to let it go / This life we know / It's the world's
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Modern English – The Choicest View
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I can't judge the truth / Rely on my heart to try / Or watching all the moves / It makes me laugh or try / A feeling of them down / A turning around and round / It's not the
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Modern English – Life's Rich Tapestry
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[Verse 1] / Woven from a very pretty mouth, oh yeah / All around the world / Across the skin and landscape / I need to quench this thirst 'cause I'm dry / Oh, so dry / Come on and
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Modern English – Ink and Paper
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[Intro] / Oh-oh-oh (oh-oh-oh) / Oh-oh-oh (oh-oh-oh) / Oh-oh-oh (oh-oh-oh) / Oh-oh-oh / [Verse 1] / Well, there it is in black and white / No need to read between the lines (lines
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Modern English – Face of Wood
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Dreaming in a chair, contemplating / Of times gone by, exhilarating, entertaining / Reaching out with tenderness / Scenes of laughter framed in reminiscence / Catch a smile for
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Modern English – You're Too Much
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In you, I've found / The love I dive to drown / With the lips that are so hard to please / You are my only remedy / You're too much, yeah, and I like it / You're too much and I
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Modern English – Ricochet Days
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Come on down with me / I'll show you sights you've never seen / The end is near for you and for me / Come inside and feel / There's so much here and something tells me it's for
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Modern English – It's Ok
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You've said a lot, believe me / You've said too much again / Don't cost a lot of money / I'm gonna count to ten / But it's OK (It's OK) / I've been here before (It's OK) / And I'll
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Modern English – Beauty
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The first time that I saw you / There was sunshine in your eye / All the people stared in wonder / You sent shivers down my spine / With your skin so soft and tender / And your
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Modern English – Stop Start
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(Stop) Waiting for the days to end / (Start) Living while you can / (Stop) Dreaming of what might have been / (Start) Living now / It's another lazy afternoon / TV or cable, music
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Modern English – Blue Waves
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Is it something in the water? / Did it fall from out the sky? / I've never known a feeling like it / I wonder why / I've got the power to stop the blue waves / That way I'm winning
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