All About Eve

On our own trip
On our emerald ship we sail away
The ocean holds a thousand tales untold
With this love
It's easy come and easy go
Just like the way we were
Before the fall

I don't see the reason why
Every angel must fly
I'm betrayed by the tear in my eye
In my eye...

Hey angel
Don't be afraid to earth your heart
When i see love descending like a dove
Confusion... the song you hear the blackbird sing
You fly to the sun
And you're going to burn your wings

...you're flying too high
Just see the reason why
The angel must fly
No more tears in my eye
We can live in the sky
High...

Let me steal away
Here i'm growing pale
Like the leaves decay
As summer fades away
Let me see the rain
Kiss the window pane
'neath the tree we wait
Rain won't go away

Shelter from the rain
Lightning strikes again
Shelter from the rain
I'll shelter you
If you'll shelter me again

Let me save a flower
I won't let you fade away
So no jealous shower
Will wash your blaze away
Let me free to steal
Roses while i may
Let me free or else
I might run away. . .

I've been watching the news
And it doesn't feel safe
It seems so far removed from this slumbering place
Cat at the hearth... dog at the door
Restless as sparrows awaiting the dawn
Don't go out tonight
Don't leave me alone
It doesn't feel safe in our english home
There's fear in my heart
In my ear a whisper
Are you afraid too, or is it just me ?

Never promise anyone forever
I cross my heart and hope to die
You see through the whitest lie
Never promise anyone forever

Where are we travelling to
Don't go out tonight
It doesn't feel safe
When i took in the mirror i don't see my face
Shut up our ears to the madness outside
We'll study old photographs
And listen to tunes
It's too cold and dark
Stay here by the fire
It doesn't feel safe
To live with a liar

Understand how you've confused second-hand with dead...
Tell me what am i supposed to do now ?
I would cry for a thousand years
Shed a thousand tears
Oh but now i fear you wouldn't believe it

Leave me here where i can do no wrong
It is night-time and their fires burn
Alt that matters here is song and dance
It is my time and their hearts, they burn

In a circle, in a ring
Gypsy dance, gypsy sing
Gypsy dance to the tambourine
In fields of green

Promises of fate and destiny
Old woman... i don't want to know
Anything tomorrow brings will be
When this hour is yesterday's ghost

Girl in a uniform
Grey and white and crisp, clean
How can i live in your world
Of strawberry flowers
And colourful hours
Lovingly i dust all the dust on your shelf
Kiss the mirror clean
Where you glance at yourself
I know what to do
Maybe a letter i'll send
From underground and wait to be found out
Lovingly i press out the ink on the page
Carefully i'd scent it
In stock from the meadow

It is dark... in the meadow

I spill it all as i pour
Red wine will stain... remember
There's none for the little girl blue
Who lives down the stairs
And loves like the stars
But i must not forget
That i am what i am
And you must not forget
That you are who you are

It is dark... in the meadow

The tree gives me shade
The shade turns to shadow
He turns to speak
The apple tree man
Lives in a secret garden
And i held the key

He may be alone with himself
Living in his mind
He may be in love with himself
But what will he do when he finds
He left someone behind
Maybe he let me down, down...

Lullaby baby to sleep
And charm away
Sleep turns to dream
The apple tree man
See him become the sandman
See the cradle fall (i watch it fall)

Can't see the wood for all of the trees
Can't hear the wind for the breeze that whispers
Voice in your head... you like what it said
So what can you do but listen to it?

What kind of fool
Lays all that's precious to waste?
What kind of fool
Leaves all their treasure to rust in the rain?
They'll need it again when the sky clears
What kind of fool
Won't discover the jewel
'til the dust clears ?
Fools like us...

Fools who want more than they've treasured before
Wanting the dawn of the brightest morning
Reach for the stars 'cause they're sweeter by far
Than the moon 'though she's brighter
And closer to you...