Republic

Regret

Maybe I've forgotten
the name and the address
of every one I've ever known
It's nothing I regret
save it for another day
it's the school exam
the kids have run away

I would like a place I could call my own
have a conversation on the telephone
wake up everyday that would be a start
I would not complain about my wounded heart

I was upset you see
almost all the time
you used to be a stranger
now you are mine

I wouldn't even trust you
I've not got much to give
We're dealing in the limits
and we don't know who with
You may think that I'm out of hand
That I'm naive I'll understand
on this occasion it's not true
look at me I'm not you

I would like a place I could call my own
have a conversation on the telephone
wake up everyday that would be a start
I would not complain about my wounded heart

I was a short fuse
burning all the time
You were a complete stranger
Now you are mine

I would like a place I could call my own
have a conversation on the telephone
wake up everyday that would be a start
I would not complain about my wounded heart

Just wait till tomorrow
I guess that's what they all say
just before they fall apart

World (The Price of Love)

I turned sideways to the sun
I Keep my thoughts from everyone
It's a jungle I'm a freak
Hear me talk but never speak

So I'm stepping out of time
Because breaking is a crime
and it may all be too late
but I've no passion for this hate

That's the price of love
Can you feel it
If we could buy it now
How long will it last

And when this building is on fire
These flames can't burn any higher
I turn sideways to the sun
And in a moment I am gone

That's the price of love
Can you feel it
If we could buy it now
How long will it last

Ruined in a Day

Listen...
I maybe wrong but your missing
There's something wrong you could say
ruined in a day
You could be the lover of jade
Forever on your own in the shade
Let's do it anyway

Some people like to deceive you
while others may feel that they need you
but I do be the best that I can
keeping my life in my hands

And if you feel
Your cradle rockin'
Then take the wheel
Don't let me stop you
Hand around for a while
But stop acting like a child
Every step we take is the one
That's gonna undo what you've done
I could take all day

Some people like to deceive you
while others may feel that they need you
but I do be the best that I can
keeping my world in my hands

Spooky

Once in a while I need a friend
so why won't you let me recover
It's just a moment in your life
But sometime we divide each other

Maybe we could find the time
Eliminate what's on your mind
We do everything we could
Our presence in the neighbourhood

We could break every rule
Anytime we wanted to
Don't be afraid to live this way
Let's defend the things we say

I wanna be out in the air
I could be anywhere
Tell me I'm wrong at least till tomorrow
Set me free and I will follow

Maybe we could find the time
To elevate what's on your mind
Recreate from me and you
a master plan just for two

We could break every rule
Anytime we wanted to
Don't be afraid to live this way
Let's defend the things we say

Elevate what's on your mind

Everyone Everywhere

At the end of the day,
there's no food on our plate.
So we beg and we steal,
for we know love is real.
And if we don't take a chance,
in a spare sideways glance.
These are all the chains I wanted,
to justify the things I do.

And when we kiss we speak as one,
and in a single breath this world is gone.
And when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.

It's a crisis I know,
at the end of the show.
People change but we don't falter,
'cause we know love is real.
This is no place to shiver,
so get up off the grass.
You were once the main attraction,
but all that's in the past.

How much is free,
for me and you?
I'm on my knees,
I am a fool.
But when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.
(this world is gone).

How could I fail to give her,
when she cried such a lot.
People change but we don't falter,
'cause we use what we've got.

And when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.
And when we kiss we speak as one.
With a single breath this world is gone.
(this world is gone)
(this world is gone)
(this world is gone)

Young Offender

Pictures of an image of a person who could not be blamed.
You are a color and you are a number.
We need sanctions to see one another.
If I keep my distance in the season of this slender hell.
It's because of the need to live off one another.
Go home young offender and stay undercover.

We're busy running out of time.
(Whatever it takes, I will make it mine)
I'll take the future from your hand.
(All the things I've never had, I'll commit the perfect crime)

We're strong, we do our thing,
let the world cry, watch the birds sing.
Give me the freedom, I need to recover.
Words cannot heal, when a line is your lover.

Wind howls in my chamber like an angel.
(like an angel)
You are a color and you are a number.
Go home young offender and stay undercover.

Liar

I haven't time to sympathize
With all this nonsense and your lies
You are the king of nothing
But you share hold me
You've got your finder on the pulse
And in my pocket yes of course
I am the voice of treason
But you betrayed me

I used nearly all my luck
I didn't have to try
But yesterday is gone
And now I need an alibi
If this gets any stranger
Things are gonna change
'Cause I can't stand the music
Always stopping

If that's what it takes
I'll do it
I'll keep on right on through it
If that's what it takes
I'll do it
I'll keep on right on through it

So please believe me when I say
I wouldn't give the time of day
Because then I'd be faking
When I could tell the truth
Were you abandoned in your youth
Because if not you will be soon
I'm growing tired of waiting
For you to say goodbye

I used nearly all my luck
I didn't have to try
But yesterday is gone
And now I need an alibi
If this gets any stranger
Things are gonna change
'Cause I can't stand the music
Always stopping

If that's what it takes
I'll do it
I'll keep on right on through it
If that's what it takes
I'll do it
I'll keep on right on through it

Chemical

In a manger like Christ I lay.
Yellow fever, yellow hay.
Feel the rhythm, the sweetest sound.
Making, breaking sacred ground.
I'll give you a piece of my love for free,
but whatever I say you will never see.
Acquire a taste for a different sound.
Make or break it this side of town.

Life will never be the same,
In Port-Royal town, I hear it coming.
The shaking of the ground,
they're stealing in the day,
In Port-Royal town, the children are running.

Ever strange are the lives we lead,
so detached from the things we need.
Signs of greed in everyone.
Instant addiction and the blood on a gun.
Just when you think you've found it,
spinning world won't spin around it.
What is wrong? This pain won't peel.
The fibres of my life won't heal.

Times Change

In a manger like Christ I lay.
Yellow fever, yellow hay.
Feel the rhythm, the sweetest sound.
Making, breaking sacred ground.
I'll give you a piece of my love for free,
but whatever I say you will never see.
Acquire a taste for a different sound.
Make or break it this side of town.

Life will never be the same,
In Port-Royal town, I hear it coming.
The shaking of the ground,
they're stealing in the day,
In Port-Royal town, the children are running.

Ever strange are the lives we lead,
so detached from the things we need.
Signs of greed in everyone.
Instant addiction and the blood on a gun.
Just when you think you've found it,
spinning world won't spin around it.
What is wrong? This pain won't peel.
The fibres of my life won't heal.

Special

It isn't what it used to be.
I wake up every night,
on the stairs,
waiting for the dawn to come.
Every drop of wine,
you can be my time.
Only tomorrow knows.
Why do we beg when we can borrow?
This time we knew.
No more or less,
there's nothing left.

It was always special,
it was like water down the drain.
I'm intoxicated,
every time I hear your name.
I try to remember,
but nothing is the same.

It wasn't that I didn't try.
It's not the kind of thing, that you buy.
Written in my destiny.
Life is but a dream,
covered by the sky.
Stop saying that you're calling time.
Look at your life before you start on mine.
I'm not the kind of person that you need.
I'm sick of trying.
I mean that, it's over.

It was always special,
it was like water down the drain.
I'm intoxicated,
every time I hear your name,
I try to remember,
but nothing is the same.
It was always special,
it was like water down the drain.

Patiently you wait for me.
You are so blind.
I thought it couldn't be,
then changed my mind.
Drowning in the endless sea.
Line all those lines.
The traces of your memory,
don't belong with mine.