Recurring Dream

Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain

Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day

Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And i will risk my neck again, again

You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
All the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day

Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day

It doesn't pay to make predictions
Sleeping on an unmade bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away
Like four seasons in one day

Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day

written by n. finn & t. finn

Walking 'round the room singing
Stormy weather
At 57 mt. pleasant st.
Now it's the same room but everything's different
You can fight the sleep but not the dream
Things ain't cooking in my kitchen
Strange affliction wash over me
Julius caesar and the roman empire
Couldn't conquer the blue sky
There's a small boat made of china
Going nowhere on the mantlepiece
Do i lie like a loungeroom lizard
Or do i sing like a bird released

Chorus
Everywhere you go you always take the weather with you

(repeat)

(neil finn)

(neil finn)
I lit the match
I lit the match
I saw another monster turn to ash
Felt the burden lifted from my back
Do you recognize the nervous twitch
That exposes the weakness of the myth
When your turn comes 'round
And the light goes on
And you feel your attraction again
Your instinct can't be wrong
Separate the fiction from the fact
Been a little slow to react
But it's nearly time to flip the switch
And i'm hanging by a single stitch
Laughing at the stony face of gloom
When your turn comes 'round
And the light goes on
And you feel your attraction again
Your instinct can't be wrong
Feelings come and go
Where the true present lies are
Calling down
Laughing at the stony face of gloom
When your turn comes 'round
And the days get long
And you feel your attraction to him
Your instinct can't be wrong
Calling down

Somewhere deep inside
Something's got a hold on you
And it's pushing me aside
See it stretch on forever

I know i'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why i tell you
You'd better be home soon

Stripping back the coats
Of lies and deception
Back to nothingness
Like a week in the desert

I know i'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why i tell you
You'd better be home soon

So don't say no, don't say nothing's wrong
Cos when you get back home maybe i'll be gone

It would cause me pain
If we were to end it
But i could start again
You can depend on it

I know i'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why i tell you
You'd better be home soon
That's why i tell you
You'd better be home soon

She came all the way from america
Had a blind date with destiny
And the sound of te awamutu
Had a truly sacred ring
Now her parents are divorced
And her friend's committing suicide

I could not escape
A plea from the heart
You know what it means to me
She said don't walk away
I'm down on my knees
So please don't be mean to me

So i talked to you for an hour
In the bar of a small town hotel
You asked me what i was thinking
I was thinking of a padded cell
With a black and white t.v.
To stop us from getting lonely

I could not escape
A plea from the heart
You know what it means to me
She said don't walk away
I'm down on my knees
So please don't be mean to me
No, i could not escape
A plea from the heart
Mysterious sympathy
I couldn't wait for a chance
To walk out the door
You know what it means to me

I saw you lying in the arms of a poet
I heard him tell you t...tantalising lies
Well whad'd'ya know, whad'd'ya know

I could not escape
You're down on the floor
You know what it means to me
I couldn't wait for a chance
To walk out the door
Mean...
You know what it means
In the arms of a poet
You know what it means

You opened up your door
I couldn't believe my luck
You in your new blue dress
Taking away my breath
The cradle is soft and warm
Couldn't do me no harm
You're showing me how to give

Into temptation
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
Into temptation

In a muddle of nervous words
Could never amount to betrayal
The sentence is all my own
The price is to watch it fail
As i turn to go
You looked at me for half a second
An open invitation for me to go

Into temptation
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
Into temptation
Safe in the wide open arms of hell

We can go sailing in
Climb down
Lose yourself when you linger long
Into temptation
Right where you belong

The guilty get no sleep
In the last slow hours of morning
Experience is cheap
I should've listened to the warning
But the cradle is soft and warm

Into temptation
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
Into your wide open arms
No way to break the spell
Don't tell

Ice will melt, water will boil
You and i can shake of this mortal coil
It's bigger than us
You don't have to worry about it

Ready or not, here comes the drop
You feel lucky when you know where you are
You know it's gonna come true
Here in your arms i remember

It's only natural that i should want to be there with you
It's only natural that you should feel the same way too

It's easy when you don't try going on first impressions
Man in a cage has made his confession now
You've seen me at my worst
And it won't be the last time i'm down there

I want you to know i feel completely at ease
Read me like a book that's fallen down
Between your knees, please
Let me have my way with you

It's only natural that i should want to be there with you
It's only natural that you should feel the same way too
It's circumstantial, it's nothing written in the sky
And we don't have to try

But we'll be shaking like mud, buildings of glass
Sink in to the bay, they'll be under the rocks again
You don't have to say
I know you're afraid

It's only natural that i should want to be there with you
It's only natural that you should feel the same way too
It's circumstantial, it's something i was born to
It's only natural, can i help it if i want to

I'm really close tonight
And i feel like i'm moving inside her
Lying in the dark
And i think that i'm beginning to know her
Let it go
I'll be there when you call

And whenever i fall at your feet
You let your tears rain down on me
Whenever i touch your slow turning pain

You're hiding from me now
There's something in the way that you're talking
Words don't sound right
But i hear them all moving inside you, go
I'll be waiting when you call

Hey and whenever i fall at your feet
Won't you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever i touch your slow turning pain

The finger of blame has turned upon itself
And i'm more than willing to offer myself
Do you want my presence or need my help
Who knows where that might lead
I fall

Whenever i fall at your feet
Would you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever i fall, ever i fall