The lyrics below are from Out Of Order. For other songs we play live, click here.
Match In Gasoline
Well, I don’t mind if I do
Lie down and melt with you
I’ll play the match, you be the fire
If you like, we can call it desire
I can’t say I care at all
Against the grain or by the wall
From strangers one unlikely day
To stranger still the way old pains fade
The ties that bind now…
Yeah I was, once, since you ask
But I try to keep that in the past
Why must we talk of these things now
Does real love exist anyhow
I’d prefer to orchestrate
A headfirst tumble in your hay
Where did I put those matches dear
Pour your gasoline, I’m out of here
The ties that bind now…
Wrong over right
This knot that we tie
Like a fuse in the night
Exploding the lie
The ties that bind now…
Well, I don’t mind if I do
Lie down and melt with you
I’ll play the match, you be the fire
If you like, we can call it desire
Don’t leave your light on
Don’t leave your light on
It won’t be long
Before my mind strays
It’s the precaution I take
I’m gonna leave grey things behind
Under the darkest cover I can find
Don’t leave your light on
Don’t call out my name
Just let the memory fade
Then eventually
Well there’ll be fond thoughts of we
I’m gonna leave…
Crawling over mountains
Youth won’t flow from fountains
Holy Grail is just a Python punchline
I can’t find a reason to be
To believe in
Believe me it would be nice to find
Don’t leave your light on
Holding out
Been holding out
Like a prize horse locked and tied
Couldn’t let it run wild
Or even let it run lame
Holding out
Letting it eat you up inside
All down the line
Nothing but weak links in the chain
And I will never play another hand in this game
I will never wager without an ace tucked away
My hands will not be tied and my mind will not be changed
I’ll not be left behind and I will not be chased away
Been holding on
Like a branch about to break
A spring-time day
Turned over into fall
Holding on
For one more chance to take
Take it away
And sweep it up against the wall
I will not be misguided, I will not take the blame
I’ll open up the inside when the outside’s finally tame
There are lines that I must draw and breaths that I must take
Winds that I must wait for and chains that I must break away from
I will not miss the mark I have a stone-cold steady aim
Hit it right between the eyes and straight up through the vein
My eyes will not be blinded and my tongue will not be tied
I can hold out here forever if I’m holding on inside
On the inside I’m holding on like a branch about to…
So Tired
Don’t my feet hurt just to move
Don’t my back bend with the truth
And though your time for walking’s done
Won’t you come along, come along
Rest a while by the water’s edge
Cool your heels, clear your head
Feast your eyes on the sky
It overflows to bathe you in its light
Lay your head softly down – so tired, so tired now
Don’t my chest tighten with each breath
Don’t my heart weigh heavy with every step
And though your time for walking’s done
Don’t walk away, won’t you come along
Rest a while by the water’s edge
Cool your heels, clear your head
Feast your eyes on the sky
As it unfolds to cover you each night
Lay your head softly down…
One Good Kick When I’m Down
One good kick when I’m down
Heart stream flood on the ground
Falling short of crossing lines
Darkness working overtime
Time run wild, like a card in your hand
My shards of glass and a fistful of sand
Cast aside for the spells deep in sleep
The run and hide over breathe and leap
To the blindside
Give me one good kick when I’m down
One good kick spin me round
Once upon another time
Twice, the chance you’ll never find
Lost without and blind within
Winding down and wearing thin
Pray and hope and grasp at straws
For one good thing to trade for flaws
To the blindside…
One good kick when I’m down
Scream, cry, beg are the sounds
Bent and broken vase of clay
Black as night in light of day
Warning Signs
I don’t know much about my time away from your heart
If I imagine it, all I can see is cold rain start
In my eyes and straight down through me like a winter freeze
I fell in love with your whirlwind, but I am just a breeze
And I wish I was half your storm
And I wish I was half your storm
And I’d ignore the warning signs
Half your storm would suit me fine
I don’t know much about the waves that crash inside you
I try to ride them but I’m swept below every time I do
To the bottom where your current buries all my dreams
Oh, how I loved your river wild, but I’m a tiny stream
And I wish I was half your storm…
As far as I could tell, you filled my deepest well
But anyone can see, you flooded all my fields
When I see your crimson sky
I can heed the warning signs
Or I can just play blind
And I wish I was half your storm…
Plaid
Where do we come from, where do we go again
Been weaving in and out of your line of fire for so long
Where does it start, when will we stop again
To step out of our orbits into a reason for it all
Are stars all lining up to rain down
A story line that’s longing to be found
Is the ending worth sticking around for
We’re all on different paths
But they’re overlapping
Like the lines in my plaid
We’re overlapping
And all the lives that we have are like the lines in my plaid
Was this road we’re on here before we met
Or did the earth pull apart to pave the way
Was this minute calculated or a random grace
No matter when or where, we’ve been waiting for this day
Are stars all lining up to rain down…
You be the line under my line over
My line under your line over…
Lines wide open…
Swordfish
Can you make me laugh
Can you make me cry
Can you break it down
Can you build it up sky high
Do you hold the reins
Or do your horses all run wild
Your god gave you a weapon
Put it right under your nose
The tip of your tongue is dripping with intention
Push the button and make it go
Is it written in the stars
Or decided by the past
Is it tapped by magic wands
Is it pulled from empty hats
Is it locked in crystal balls
To be freed by unknown masters
Your god gave you a weapon…
There’s a line to draw
A lion in the sand
A tripwire to step over
Can you shed the light
Can you make the perfect sound
Can you pull the trigger tight
Can you bring the hammer down
Your god gave you a weapon…
The Tide
The tide will never reach the mark
I wrote in chalk upon that rock
I climbed up higher than the sea could rise
At least I think I did
And if I return next year
Will my mark still be up there
Or will the winds have swept my name away
I could not climb from them
Drop a piece of eiderdown
And count the seconds to the ground
The slightest breeze or breath can lift it up
Just when you think it’s done
Take a drop of warm red wine
On your tongue and close your eyes
And follow changing flavour as it slips
And slides from side to side
Find the thing inside yourself
The one called truth if time would tell
And follow changing flavour as you slip
And slide and roll through life
The tide will never reach the mark
I write in chalk upon this rock
The wind will never find it deep inside
The crevice where I hide it
Three Hills
You come to me in a mountain of whispers
This comes to me as a matter of fact
You wait for signs that aren’t coming
This weighs me down, it’s breaking my back
You come to me in a mountain of kisses
This comes to me by surprise
You offer things never asked for
This gives me no place to hide
While I’m climbing over these hills
Climbing higher over these hills
Far and wide, a measure of will
Climbing over all of these hills
You come to me in a mountain of wishes
This comes to me like a punch
You walk away like you’re leaving
This leaves a fear of being one
While I’m climbing over these hills…
Fade
In the harbour, there’s a ship for me
At full sail she’s a real beauty
There’s no wave that can break her
And there’s no wind that can take her from me
Whichever way we roam, we’re on a winding road
Staring life straight in the eye
Whichever way we turn, each path a lesson learned
Left and right passing by
Then a light goes on in my head
I'm trying to find a way again
To sing the words I haven’t said
Before they fade away again
Over that mountain lies my valley
A warm bed of lush and green
There’s no blade that can reap her
And there’s no gate that can keep her from me
Whichever way we roam…
If there's a higher road, oh you know I'll take it
Where I can see that big mistake before I make it
Though all I see right now are all these lower roads
But take it from me
Yeah you can take it from me
Behind that cloud there is clear sky
The one star I will travel by
There’s no force that can divide her
And there’s no fog that can hide her from me
Whichever way we roam...
Airports
Airports were made for saying goodbye
And I’ve said mine a time or two
Even the sweetest flavour must die
Though I try to savour you
Is heaven as close to you
As I am to hell
Red pools smothered the colour in your eyes
Draining away from every day, your browns to blue
Raindrops are tears falling, cried by the sky
Like salty water falling all over my wound
Is heaven as close to you…
Airports were made for saying goodbye
