In Our Bedroom After The War

Stars In Our Bedroom After The War Lyrics
1.The Beginning After The End


2.The Night Starts Here

The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name,
forget your fear
The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name,
forget your fear

The pleasure part, the afterthought, the missing stone in the
graveyard
The time we have, the task at hand, the love it takes to become
a man
The dust at dawn is rained upon, attaches itself to everyone
No one is spared, no one is clean
It travels places you've never been or seen before

The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name,
forget your fear
The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name,
forget your fear
You drop a coin into the sea and shout out 'Please come back to
me'
You name your child after your fear and tell them 'I have
brought you here'

The pleasure part, the aftershock, the moment that it takes to
fall apart
The time we have, the task at hand, the love it takes to destroy
a man
The ecstasy, the being free, that big black cloud over you and
me
And after that, the upward fall and were we angels after all?
I don't know, I don't know

The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name,
forget your fear
The night starts here, the night starts here, forget your name,
forget your fear
You drop a coin into the sea and shout out 'Please come back to
me'
You name your child after your fear and tell them 'I have
brought you here'

You drop a coin into the sea and shout out 'Please come back to
me'
You name your child after your fear and tell them 'I have
brought you here'


3.Take Me To The Riot

Grey skies and light fading
Headlamps making patterns on the wall
Uptown it's dead now but
Out here no one seems to care at all

Slick girls and sick boys and
Each one lining up to take it home
They hold tight, their coin and
They pray no one has to see them fall

I'm there yeah, I serve them
The one with the empty looking eyes
Come closer, you'll see me
The face that is used to telling lies

Saturday nights in neon lights
Sunday in the cell
Pills enough to make me feel ill
Cash enough to make me well

Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me

You sprung me, I'm grateful
I love when you tell me not to speak
I owe you, but I know you
You'll have me back but it's gonna take a week

What now kid? Which way love?
Will we ever make up and be friends
Good news is, my shoes is
Lined with all my nickels and my tens

Let's do them, just feed me
I hate when I have to get to sleep
You despise me and I love you
It's not much but it's just enough to keep

Saturday nights in neon lights
Sunday in the cell
Pills enough to make me feel ill
Cash enough to make me well

Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot
Take me, take me to the riot

And let me stay
And let me stay
Let me stay, let me
Let me stay


4.My Favourite Book

I was always late
You're never afraid
That we could be fallin' (fallin')
All our friends would say
That maybe we should wait
But they can't see what's comin' (comin')
And to this day when everything breaks
You are the anchor that holds me

And that is why we'll always make it
How I know your face
All the ways you move
You come in, I can read you
You're my favourite book
All the things you say
The way you shift your eyes
I never knew there was someone to make me come alive

When the days are long
The thunder and the storm
Can always get me cryin' (cryin')
You can make my bed
I'll get into it
Shattered but not lonely (lonely)
'Cause I never knew a home
Until I found your hands
And when I'm withered
You come to me you're my best friend


And that is why we'll always make it
How I know your face
All the ways you move
You come in, I can read you
You're my favourite book
All the things you say
The way you shift your eyes
I never knew there was someone to make me come alive

And when we're making love
I'll give everything up for your touch

How I know your face
All the ways you move
You come in, I can read you
You're my favourite book
All the things you say
The way you shift your eyes
I never knew there was someone to make me come alive

And when you go to work
All the day I wait
And we can recount our time in our little place

Our little place, our little place
Our little place, our little place, our little place


5.Midnight Coward

Sweetness
Sweetness never suits me when I get up to take you home

Maybe it's love
Love at first slightly drunk
Now I'm walking with the sun in my mouth

Worry
Worry is a well
Going to let it fall tonight from where we stand

What can't be decided
In the morning it will bring itself to you
I can see what's coming but I'm not saying it

Sickness
Weakness at the thought of how you're going to play
How long should I stay

Promises
Promises never cease to assist it
Now I'm back on my back
Please bite your words

Hurry
Hurry to believe
I can always trust as much as you deceive

What can't be decided
In the morning it will bring itself to you
I can see what's coming but I'm not saying it

What's your middle name
How do you play the game
I'll be the first to leave

When did I grow up
I don't want to say too much
I'll be the first to leave

What can't be decided
In the morning it will bring itself to you

What can't be decided can fool you into thinking maybe you can
choose

I can see what's coming
I can see what's coming
I can see what's coming but I'm not saying it


6.The Ghost Of Genova Heights

He hoped to be remembered as the one who told his men to turn
back
And go where he'd begun
Roses are the flower he would prefer
Scatter all his ashes on the pier

Genova Heights, Genova Heights
Are hard to leave, are hard to leave
The bedroom lights of Genova Heights are hard to leave

You did wrong that you thought was good,
and now you're back in the neighbourhood
I see you when I never should, now you're back in the
neighbourhood
You did wrong that you thought was good,
and now you're back in the neighbourhood
I see you when I never should, now you're back in the
neighbourhood

He taps upon the glass when I'm asleep,
so now I keep my window closed at night
S.O.S. in morse code when the wind blows,
he is waiting for his moment to be right

Genova Heights, Genova Heights
Are hard to leave, are hard to leave
The endless nights of Genova Heights are hard to leave,
so hard to leave...

You did wrong that you thought was good,
and now you're back in the neighbourhood
I see you when I never should, now you're back in the
neighbourhood
You did wrong that you thought was good,
and now you're back in the neighbourhood
I see you when I never should, now you're back in the
neighbourhood


7.Personal

Wanted:Single F
Under 33
Must enjoy the sun, must enjoy the sea
Sought by single M
Misses destiny
Send photo to address
Is it you and me?

Reply to Single M
My name is Caroline
Cell phone number here, call if you have the time
28 and bored
Grieving over loss
Sorry to be heavy
But heavy is the cost
Heavy is the cost

Reply to Caroline
Thanks so much for response
These things can be scary
Not always what you want
How about a drink?
The Sage Hill Club at noon?
I'll phone you first, I guess
I hope I see you soon

I never got your name
I assume you're 33
Your voice it sounded kind
I hope that you like me
When you see my face
I hope that you don't laugh
I'm not a film star beauty
I sent a photograph
I hope that you don't laugh

Note to single M
Why did you not show up?
I waited for an hour
I finally gave up
I thought once that I saw you
I thought that you saw me
I guess we'll never meet now
It wasn't meant to be
It wasn't meant to be
I was sure you saw me
But it wasn't meant to be

Wanted: Single F
Under 33
Must enjoy the sun
Must enjoy the sea
Sought by single M
Nothing too heavy
Send photo to address
Is it you or me?


8.Barricade

Trapped on the terraces, I looked at you and knew
You were the only thing that mattered
There was no one for me but you
In Harmony Street we beat a man
Just for standing there
I held my breath as I watched you swing
Then run your fingers through your hair

Oh, how could anyone not love the terrible things you do?
Oh, how could anyone not want to try and help you?

In Bermondsey in Burberry, you held me at the barricade, the
pigs arrived with tear gas
And I wept at the mistakes we made
We stalked the streets like animals
And danced as windows shattered
For our island, for the thrill of it, for everything that
mattered

Oh, how could anyone not want to rip it all apart?
Oh, how could anyone not love your cold, black heart?

I found you on a Saturday, and that was where I lost you
You had finally walk away because of what it cost you, years
later when I saw your face
In line to catch the morning train, you looked like you'd been
softened
Like you never really loved the pain

Oh, how could anyone not finally diminish?
The thrill of blood comes instantly
There's only darkness at the finish

Meet me at the barricade, I'll be at the barricade
Meet me at the barricade, the love died, but the hate can't fade
I'll be at the barricade, the love died, but the hate won't
fade...


9.Window Bird

Stuck on the wall, the note that you left.
I wait and stall for the moment.
Your reckless heart, you know you got it.
Into the past, I try to sort it.

Sort it. Sort it. Sort it.
Sort it. Sort it. Sort it.

Out of the fog, a colder morning.
I wanted to call for nothing.
Your careless heart, you know you got it.
I crawl into bed, and try to forget.

Forget. Forget. Forget.
Forget. Forget. Forget.

When we go down, you lost the courage.
When we go down, you're so ferocious.
When we go down, you lost the courage.
When we go down, you're so ferocious.

Blanket of cloud, the sky hovering.
The winter is long and forgiving.
You melt your doubt, and fall into me.
I find your mouth, and try to hold it.

Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.

You blame your love, you know is harmless.
We're both wise for falling.
The summer arrives, the garden's alive.
With the mud and the mortar, we'll try and save it.

Save it. Save it. Save it.
Save it. Save it. Save it.
Save it. Save it. Save it.
Save it. Save it. Save it.
Save it. Save it.

When we go down, you lost the courage.
When we go down, you're so ferocious.
When we go down, you lost the courage.
When we go down, you're so ferocious.

(Overlapping)
(When you want to go, and you can't get out through the back
door)
When we go down, you lost the courage.
(When you're going to leave, wait out fear and look for me)
When we go down, you're so ferocious.

(When you want to go, and you can't get out through the back
door)
When we go down, you lost the courage.
(When you're going to leave, wait out fear and look for me)
When we go down, you're so ferocious.


10.Bitches In Tokyo

You can write my place out of the life you make
And all then things that mattered when you knew my face
Cross off all the ways I failed you because I failed you
But I'm still in your blood
You're still in my blood

The time when all our mistakes made sense you needed it
The time when all the lying sympathized with sin
All the sabotage and blame
Well I can take it because I want you back
I just want you back

Temporary battles can take up half your life
How you dig your bed
Will it help you sleep at night
Forgiveness like a blanket that you want to forget
But you still crumble at my name
You still crumble at my name

The time when all our mistakes made sense you needed it
The time when all the lying sympathized with sin
All the sabotage and blame
Well I can take it because I want you back
I just want you back


11.Life 2:The Unhappy Ending

car
Our hero has just gone too far, his lover bleeding in the back
He removes the Lucky from the pack, he knows now that he can't
turn back

He realizes that he's through
Whispers, 'Darling let's have fun'
Hits the exit doing 91, drives until he's in the woods
If he loses them he's gone for good

Life was supposed to be a film,
was supposed to be a thriller, was supposed to end in tears
But life, could be nothing but a joke, could be nothing but a
con
Where's my unhappy ending gone?
Life was supposed to be a film,
was supposed to be a thriller, was supposed to end in blood
But life could be nothing but a joke, a sentimental con
Where's my unhappy ending gone? Where's my unhappy ending gone?

here is the scene where you save the day
Why can't the ending be happy?
Why must it always resolve this way?

Our hero strokes his lover's hair
Says 'Don't worry love we're almost done'
Says 'I could have really been someone'
Outside, they surround the house with pistols drawn
It's a waiting game until dawn
Sergeant says 'He can't go on, we know now that he can't go
on...'

Life was supposed to be a film, was supposed to be a thriller
Was supposed to end in fire
But life turns out it's nothing but a dream
And that I'll miss it when it's gone
I want the story to go on and on but it can't go on...


12.Today Will Be Better, I Swear !

When you can't get up to the cold morning light

And everybody only wants to fight
You're up against never being right

When the worries of the world hold your feet
And there's little left to believe in

Today is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong

Old pale memories of someone you knew

In the daylight you're crossing all your wires
You never knew just how to put out a fire

The closet's been shaking with bones
Little reminders that you're out on your own

Today is going to be a better one
There's nothing more to take in
That's going wrong

Today keep your head and drop the gun
There's nothing more to battle when you're gone

Walk on


13.In Our Bedroom After Tthe War

Wake up, say good morning to
That sleepy person lying next to you.
If there's no one there, then there's no one there,
But at least the war is over.

It's us, yes we're back again,
Here to see it through till the day's end,
And if the night comes,
And the night will come,
Well at least the war is over.

Lift your head, and look out the window,
Stay that way for the rest of the day
And watch the time go.
Listen, the birds sing,
Listen, the bells ring.
All the living are dead,
And the dead are all living,
The war is over, and we are beginning.

Gridlocked on the parkway now,
The television man is here to show you how.
The channel fades to snow, it's off to work you go,
But at least the war is over.

She's gone, she left before you woke.
As you ate last night, neither of you spoke.
Dishes, TV, bed, the darkness filled with dread,
But at least the war is over.

Lift your head, and look out the window,
Stay that way for the rest of the day
And watch the time go.
Listen, the birds sing,
Listen, the bells ring.
All the living are dead,
And the dead are all living,
The war is over, and we are beginning.

We won, or we think we did.
When you went away, you were just a kid.
And if you lost it all, and you lost it,
Well, we'll still be there
When your war is over.

Lift your head, and look out the window,
Stay that way for the rest of the day
And watch the time go.
Listen, the birds sing,
Listen, the bells ring.
All the living are dead,
And the dead are all living,
The war is over, and we are beginning.

Here it comes, here comes the first day,
Here it comes, here comes the first day,
It starts up in our bedroom after the war,
It starts up in our bedroom after the war.
After the war.