Long Gone Before Daylight

It's way too late to think of
Someone I would call now,
The neon signs got tired.
Red-eyed flights help the stars south,
I'm safe in a corner,
Just hours before me...

I'm waking with the roaches
The world has surrendered,
I'm dating ancient ghosts,
The ones I made friend with.
The comfort of fireflies,
Long gone before daylight...

And if I had one wish fulfilled tonight,
I'd ask for the sun to never arise.
If God lend His voice to me to speak...

I'd say: "Go to bed World!"

I've always been to lame
To see what's before me
And I know nothing's sweeter than
Champaign from last New Years,
Sweet music in my ears
And a night full of no fear.

But If I had one wish fulfilled tonight,
I'd ask for the sun to never arise.
If God pass the might to me to speak...
I'd say: "Stay in bed, World... Sleep in peace!"

(one, two, three, four)

Hey baby, come around,
Keep holding me down,
And I'll be keeping you up tonight

For twenty seven years I've been trying
To believe and confide in
Different people I found...

Some of them got closer than others,
And some wouldn't even bother,
And then you came around.

I didn't really know what to call you,
You didn't know me at all,
But I was happy to explain.

I never really knew how I'd move you,
So I tried to intrude through
The little holes in your veins.

And I saw you.
But that's not an invitation,
That's all I get,
If this is communication,
I disconnect...
I've seen you, I know you,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect...

You always seem to know where to find me,
And I'm still here behind you,
In the corner of your eye.

I never really learnt how to love you,
But I know that I love you,
Through the hole in the sky,

Where I see you
And that's not an invitation,
That's all I get.
If this is communication,
I disconnect...
I've seen you, I know you,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect...

Well, this is an invitation,
It's not a threat,
If you want communication,
That's what you get.
I'm talking and talking,
But I don't know how to connect.

And I hold... a record for being patient
With your kind of hesitation.
I need you, you want me,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect,

I disconnect...

I came home in the morning
And everything was gone!
Oh, what have I done?
I dropped dead in the hallway
Cursing the dawn
Oh come on sun

Why must I burn
I'm just trying to learn

I stare into the light
To kill some of my pain.
It was all in vain,
'Cause no senses remain.
But an ache in my body
And regret on my mind
But I'll be fine

'Cause I live and I learn,
Yes, I live and I learn,
If you live you will learn
And I live and I learn.

God kicked you in the head
So I started a fight,
Cause I knew I was right
But I learned I was wrong,
I remember a slaughter
I remember I fought
Fought for the money I brought
I got blistered and burned
And lost what I earned
But I lived and I learned
Yes, I lived and I learned

I got, I got it now.
I got, I got it now.
(She's got, she's got it now!)
I got, I got it now. / She's got it now!
I got, I got it now.
(She's got, she's got it now!)

I came to on a corner,
Want some help from a man
God damn I don't seem to have learned
That a lady in need
Is guilty indeed,
So I paid and got laid in return
And I don't know what I've learned...

Well... you get what you give!
And hell, yes, I'll live
But if you live as you learn,
I don't think I can learn
All with the sun in my eyes
Surprise, I'm living a life.
But I don't seem to learn,
No, I don't think I can learn...

It takes no match to give me a spark,
Now I'm trying out another heart,
I've been whining 'bout a fresh start
I found myself a good horse!

Hey!

I spurred it on the quicksand
And I rolled it through the hollow lands
I fed you with a shaky hand
I found myself a strong horse

These are the promises I can keep,
These are the promises I can keep,
To live like I'm must
And ride with the dust in my face
In race (?)

I found myself a good horse
Yes, I found myself a strong horse
But things remain no different than before

oh These are the promises I can keep
yes, These are the promises I can keep
To live like I'm must
And ride with the dust in my face
These are the promises I can keep

oh These are the promises I can keep
These are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
In grace
In grace
In grace

Men I've had a few,
But they wouldn't quite blow me like you...
You gave me your name and signed
With a halo around my eye...

And it hits me like never before,
That love is a powerful force
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more

Love, you're newest to me,
You're a little bit more that I thought you'd be,
A mole in my well-fed lawn
You're a nightmare beating the dawn

And it hits me like never before,
That love is a powerful force
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more

Blue, blue, black and blue,
Red blood sticks like glue,
True love is cruel love,
Red blood say power fuel
Sweet love, tasty blood,
My heart overfloods

Oh, you hit me...
Yeah, you hit me really hard.
Man you hit me,
Yeah, you hit me right in the heart...

Lord I've had my deal,
But I never quite knew how it feels,
When love makes you wake up sore,
With fists that are ready for more.

And it hits me that love is a game
Like in war, no one can be blamed,
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more

Oh, blue, blue, black and blue,
Red blood sticks like glue,
True love is cruel love,
Red blood says power fuel.
Sweet love, tasty blood,
My heart overfloods,
Man, you hit me...
Yeah, you hit me really hard.
Baby, you hit me,
Yeah, you punched me right in the heart...

...and then you kissed me...
...and then you hit me...
...and then you kissed me...
...and then you hit me...

Oh you haunt me with your violent heartbeat at night
Oh you strike me with your silence baby tonight
Oh you haunt me with your violence baby forgive me
you haunt me with your violent heartbeat