A Secret Life

"when you marry you will change,"
Said the woman to the man.
"when i marry i will change you,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and were happy.
They were happy for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.

"when i marry i will be you,"
Said the woman to the man.
"when you marry you'll be someone,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and were someone.
They were someone for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.

"when you leave me you'll be sorry,"
Said the woman to the man.
"when you leave me i will haunt you,"
Said the woman to the man.
So he left her and was haunted.
They were haunted for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.

"when i left him i was happy,"
Said the woman to the child.
"when i left him i was happy,"
Said the woman to her child.
So i left him and was happy,
I was happy with his child.

"you won't know him when you meet him,"
Said the woman to the child.
"you won't know him if you meet him,"
Said the woman to the child.
But he met him and said, "father,
You were father for a time,
I just wondered who you were in my mind."

"well, i told you he's your father,"
Said the woman to the child.
"well, i knew it, you would love him,"
Said the woman to her child.
And i loved him and i loved him
And was happy with our child.
What was it that made you
Treat us so unkind ?

"what's the problem, why 're you crying ?"
Said the woman to the man.
"he's your father, he's your father,"
Said the woman to her son.
"he's the problem, he's my father,
He was father for a time."

"when i die i'll be with him,"
Said the woman to her son.
"when i die you'll forgive me,"
Said the woman to the man.
So she did and was buried,
Buried with him for all time.

"when i love you we will marry,"
Said the woman to the man,
"and our children will have children,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and had children,
They had children for all time.

You know i see you when you're sleeping
When you're all insane with dreaming.
I can tell you that you been fighting, baby,
But you been losing.

You know there's clearer ways of thinking
And there's quicker ways of dying
But i'm a sucker for your drinking
And now, i'm losing.

I don't know who you think you're cheating
Or with whom you have been sleeping,
But all the shit that you've been eating
Says you're losing.

When i let my hate pervert me
And there's no more tears for crying
I'll just kill you if you hurt me,
I'll kill you.

You know i see you when you're sleeping,
When you're all insane with dreaming.
I can tell you that you been fighting, baby,
Fighting hard and losing.

Fighting hard ... and losing.
Fighting hard ... fighting hard ... losing.

She lives alone with no one
Who can see she's unhappy.
She knows what she lost,
Still she is waiting for more.

She could be living in hell
And not know someone loves her.
What can she do,
What is she waiting for ?

The day turns to night
He just can't find the right words to tell her
Twisting and turning and looking for
Something to say.

If you would let me hold you
I wouldn't walk away
That's what he wants,
That's what he wants to say.

What can she lose,
What is she waiting for ?

He knows when she cries
And he saw through the lies that she told him.
She's dreaming and planning
Of how she could ask him to stay.

If you would let me love you,
I wouldn't be the same.
Please can we try,
Please can we try again ?

It is safe to sleep alone
In a place no one knows
And to seek life under stones
In a place water flows.

It is best to find in sleep
The missing pieces that you lost
Best that you refuse to weep
Ash to ash, dust to dust.

It is strange to sleep alone
In a place no one knows
Strange to shelter under stones
In a place water flows.

It is safe to walk with me
Where you can read the sky and stars,
Safe to walk upon the sea
In my sleep we can go far.

It is safe to sleep alone
In a place no one knows
And to shelter under stones
In a place water flows.

It is strange to sleep alone
In a place no one goes,
Strange to seek life under stones.
In my sleep no one knows.

The stars line up
The stars line up for me tonight
The stars line up
The stars line up tonight to see
To see who we are, baby,
And write our names
High up inside the sky.

The stars line up
The stars line up for me tonight
The stars line up
The stars line up tonight to see
To see what we know, baby,
And write our names
High up inside the sky.

I lined them up for you
The time is clear
What else is there to do ?

The stars line up
The stars line up for us tonight
The stars line up
The stars line up tonight to see
To see who we are, baby.
Let's write our names
High up inside the sky.

I hope you know
I hope you know the way i feel
I want you so.

I hope you know the way i feel
I feel about you, baby.
Let's write our names
High up inside the sky.