 Genius Lyrics
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me
|
|
“Kiss Me” is the lead single from Sixpence None The Richer’s eponymous album. Released in 1998 as a single, it debuted at #90 on Billboard’s Top 100 singles chart on November 19
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Don't Dream It's Over
|
|
“Don’t Dream It’s Over” is a single by Sixpence None The Richer, released as the second single from their studio album, Divine Discontent.
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Us
|
|
I know we often feel the rub of love / That we don't always fit quite hand in glove / But we live inside of a mystery / And my heart often fails to contain / And I know that words
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Dresses
|
|
In the middle of my mourning / Sits joy like a happy child / In the middle of this death / I must cry with life for a while / And death is great / We are in his keep, laughing and
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – An Apology
|
|
Questions flew / And words were hurled into the air / And when the smoke had cleared / I saw you lying there / I used my words like bullets in a gun / To pick your ego off like
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – There She Goes
|
|
This song was originally written by Lee Mavers and recorded by his band, The La’s. It was a success in the UK and made the Top 50 Hit List in the US in 1990 but the band
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Still Burning
|
|
You are the burning, the flame that is turning / My smoldering ash into a bird / So stay close my brother, I couldn't stand the loss / You are the bridge of action / I need you to
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Anything
|
|
You aren’t a real songwriter until you’ve written a song about the music industry (I kid, I kid).
‘Anything’, the second track in Sixpence’s eponymous album (and musically
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Silent Night
|
|
[Verse 1] / Silent night, holy night / All is calm, sll is bright / 'Round young virgin Mother and Child / Holy infant, so tender and mild / Sleep in heavenly peace / Sleep in
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Go Your Way
|
|
If you go your way all the time / You will go your way / I’ll go mine / When summer comes I can be free / And we’ll figure what we’re supposed to be / And we’ll meet again when all
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Love
|
|
[Verse 1] / "You must be the seed / Descend into the earth / Searching for the union / Of death, and then rebirth" / [Chorus] / But I need love / It is patience, it is kindness / I
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – I Can't Catch You
|
|
[Verse 1] / I guess you could say / I'm a little afraid / I'm a little afraid / What if you go away? / I've seen it before / I've been here before / If I have to love myself / Tell
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Brighten My Heart
|
|
My heart is as dark as the soil, sodden with winter rains / My soul is as heavy as the peat, freshly dug from the bog / My thoughts swirl like willow branches caught in autumn
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Maybe Tomorrow
|
|
Hey I am / Having a little trouble / Again with myself / Today I would label out of the ordinary / Hey I read / The words to label him / Said he strikes a tune mighty fine / But in
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Spotlight
|
|
Big time bright lights / The world is looking for someone to show them the daylight / But it's not me I am not the one / For simple love look to the son / Spotlight get me out of
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Melody of You
|
|
You're a painting with symbols deep / A symphony soft as it shifts from dark beneath / A poem that flows caressing my skin / In all of these things you reside / And I want you flow
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Healer
|
|
Amber liquid / Wetting wine cups to the stem / Spilling drops of bliss and on the earth like little gems / That myself mistook so foolishly / As I stopped to steal a drink / Of the
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – My Dear Machine
|
|
I broke your trust, and let you rust / So sorry my dear machine / Broken down to the muddy ground / What a dismal backyard scene / My dear machine's been idle so long / Now it's
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Failure
|
|
The clock in the hall is louder now / I don’t know what to do about it / As I hear it make its metronomic rounds / There’s nothing I can do about it / With its constant tick, like
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – The Last Christmas
|
|
I feel your heart beating / Inside my own skin / And I think I'll marry / In Bethlehem / That night in a stable / Our saviour was born / Yes, we have so much / To be thankful for
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Breathe
|
|
Take my sorrow and my sin / I will run into your arms again / Hold me, father / Once again my tears are dried / By your perfect love that's river-wide / Overflowing / As I stand on
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Breathe Your Name
|
|
A pop-ish song, the first track in their ‘Divine Discontent Album’.
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Northern Lights
|
|
It burns me down / When I think of all the tears you've cried / For one million miles / I logged on roads that led away from you / Knowing there was nothing you could do / Inside
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Disconnect
|
|
These things which I so often wonder / This need to create myself / Frustration forgotten through slumber / It's there when I wake / Defeated before I rise / I'd pull myself out of
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – I Can't Explain
|
|
I've wrapped myself up / In a universe again / And let the darkness quell / My matchflame confidence / And unwillingly I hide / The lever I must find / To release the deep / The
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Trust
|
|
Trust in the Lord / With all your heart / Lean not on your own understanding / In all of your ways acknowledge Him / And He will make your path straight / Don't worry about
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Drifting
|
|
Drifting away from you / Spinning down to the pinpoint drop of isolation / In a spell / Walking away from the fire / That keeps my heart / From turning ice / Golden feet grace the
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – O Come, O Come Emmanuel
|
|
O come, O come, Emmanuel / And ransom captive Israel / That mourns in lonely exile here / Until the Son of God appears / Rejoice, rejoice / Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Easy to Ignore
|
|
[Verse 1] / You and the moon are a beautiful sight to me / The stars in your eyes make it really hard to see you / A night in the sun is all I really want / You and me with the
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Down and Out of Time
|
|
I dreamt of something last night in my sleep / I saw you sitting in a room without me / You were smiling and you had a tattoo / Of me, in a room without you / I aim my cannon at
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Dizzy
|
|
I'm like Thomas doubting / Fingers routing the scars / In your wrists and side / Touching flesh will make my mind believe / But I want to be like David / Throwing his clothes to
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Sad But True
|
|
If I could have the words to change / To speak into the world would they fly / I wonder if they'd put them in a jewelled box for sale / But I need to strengthen the things that
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Angeltread
|
|
Crickets rhythmically sing / Their mournful melodies / Of monotone by request / But they fail, they fail / To soothe the mess / Hands rhythmically grope / The sheets again for you
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – A Million Parachutes
|
|
The last song on their 2002 album ‘Divine Discontent’, ‘A Million Parachutes’ is a fairly straightforward song about being homesick (or something-sick, anyway) on a wintry evening.
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Too Far Gone
|
|
I built these walls with blinders on my eyes / Brick by brick and now I realize / That I'm shut out, I'm shut in / And every time I try to reach out I reach in / I break my fingers
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Tension Is a Passing Note
|
|
Do I murder when I forget you from afar / Too drunk on the poison of endless roads / And the countless smokey bars / But tension is to be loved / When it is like a passing note
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Puedo Escribir
|
|
[Verse] / El viento / De la noche gira en / El cielo / Y canta / El viento / De la noche gira en / El cielo / [Chorus] / Oir la noche inmensa, mas inmensa sin ella / Y el verso cae
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch
|
|
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch / Author: Dr. Seuss / You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch / You really are a heel / You're as cuddly as a cactus / You're as charming as an eel / Mr. Grinch
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Don't Blame Yourself
|
|
Sister dear of many years / Not by blood but sweat and tears / You see it playing out, the bonds are / Growing tight on you / Never wrong and never right / You have the goods and
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – I Won't Stay Long
|
|
[Verse 1] / Leaves are falling / And something's calling me here / The state of depression / That I'm walking in / Got the impression that I won't stay here long / [Chorus 1] / I
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Christmas Island
|
|
Let's get away from sleigh bells / Let's get away from snow / Let's make a break some Christmas / Dear / I know the place to go / How'd ya like to spend Christmas / On Christmas
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – Sister, Mother
|
|
[Verse 1] / My life is plagued / By mistakes, broken love / Slaps in the face / But I'm trying to care / To dare to embrace / Your face / [Chorus 1] / Hug him like a brother / Kiss
|
|
|
Sixpence None the Richer – The Waiting Room
|
|
[Verse 1] / Fight 'til your fists bleed, baby / Beat the fate-walls enclosing you, maybe / God will unlock the cage of learning for you / For you / Fight 'til your fists bleed
|
