At The National Grid

The Bats At The National Grid Lyrics
1.Western Isles

Live in Western isles
Learn to love the wind
As it forces you to bend
Love those western smiles
And the time is gotta run
When you feel your day is done
Cultivate those hours
The spray gets in your hair
Love that bracing air
As the cloud above you towers
And the time is gotta run
When you feel your day is done
Hide those spies away
They're talking too
The other side today
They're comin' thru.
Dancin' on the shore
Runnin' thru the stones
Love these island homes
And the warmth behind the door
And the time is gotta run
When you feel your day is done.


2.Horizon

I see something in the distance
Where the sky meets the land
It might just be a shadow
It could be a bird
I know if I go over
It won't be the same
Across the burning distance
Across the burning plains
I'd love to make it over
Where the sky meets the land
I'm aware of the distance
I'm aware of the time.
They say it's all about the journey
Not your destination
I don't know how I'll get there
I'll have to use my imagination.
But still we go on searching
For something we can't see
But still we go lookin'
For something we'll never be.
Now the sky is growing darker
The time ain't on our side
Soon we'll hear the creatures of the night
Then it will be time to hide.
The Bells are Ringing.
We try for the summit
And hope for care again
Hear me when I say it
And hope for treasure there.
Hey Now, Aah believe me when I say
Aah you're in for higher praise.
We cry for the people
That have gone before
We could learn so much
If we only stopped to think
Ah believe me when I say
Ah you're in for higher praise.
We think we know it all
But we don't even know ourselves
It's time to ask those questions
And seek the knowledge out
Ah believe me when I say
Ah we're in for higher praise.
Hey now.


3.Hubert


4.Bells


5.Single File

Walkin' down walkin' past all the houses
Lookin' up and seein' the faces
Putting one foot in front of the other
As I make my way to the city
As I float along I seem to be feeling
I could never be part of this city
Gazing into the eyes of the locals
Then I drift off into a daydream
Funny how all of our lives are entwined now
I know you and you know me now
We play along with the pretension
We don't wanna cause any apprehension
I can't make myself understand now
I could be in another country
I can't clear my head to think now
I must be in another country....
And I don't know this song I can't remember
But I know I sang it to you in September
And I'm sure I must have been somewhere else
And I know I spent some time over there
And I don't know this song I can't remember
But I know I sang it to you in September.


6.Pre War Blues

I got the pre-war blues
I just wanna see the world through different eyes
I got the pre-war blues
I just wanna see the world through different eyes
I got the pre-war blues
Here's to those who wait and want it all
Here's to those who fake and steal it all
Here's to those who fake and steal it all.


7.The Rays

You're poked you're lost you're tired again
It's the cold it's the frost
I'm lying my friend
Actually I'm warm lyin in my bed
In the best of form just restin' my head
The rays now will fall - onto us all
These forms of life that surround us now
The sweetness the strife the short and the tall
The bitter and the sweet the stuff that makes us tick..
Untidy yet neat, I don't wanna seem too slick..


8.Things


9.Mir

There were words on the wall but you had to be tall
So you lifted me high and I opened my eyes
Then the words disappeared and I couldn't quite hear
Through the crowd in the square
What you wanted to share
But I wouldn't want to see your face round here
And I wouldn't want to see the beast you fear
Oh but I didn't like it when you cried
No I didn't like it when you cried
So we moved to the back
Cos we'd finished with that
And I looked at the scene
And I knew what you mean
But I wouldn't want to see your face round here
And I wouldn't want to see the beast you fear
Oh but I didn't like it when you cried
No I didn't like it when you cried.


10.Up To The Sky

Why the long face love
Where is that pick me up
I know I haven't tried
But I will - this time
And I still trust in you.
And is there hope in your heart
Well I'm sure there was at the start
And see the shadows flickerin' by
And as you find it you hide it
As it warms you you fall into.
I turn to listen now
To what you have to say
Rome wasn't built this way
But I will listen now
And it's you who showed me how.
And is there hope in your heart
Well I'm sure there was at the start
And see the shadows flickerin' by
Well now they're nearly up to the sky
And as you find it you hide it
As it warms you you fall into.


11.We Do Not Kick


12.Flowers & Trees

I'm learnin' a lot, I'm learnin' a lot tonight
'Bout the birds and the bees the flowers and the trees tonight
I'm learnin' a lot, I'm learnin' a lot tonight. (x2)
We walk o'er the hill, we walk o'er the dale tonight,
We're searching for that special place tonight
And I know we will, I know we will tonight
We'll find that special place tonight I know.
We're learnin' a lot, we're learnin' a lot tonight
'Bout the birds and the bees the flowers and the trees tonight
(x2)


13.Crazy Crowd

Lost inside the crowd I hear your name
Finding my way through, I find you're there,
It's all their fault, it's all their fault,
It's all our fault, it's not your fault.
Oh these crazy crowds are coming down
Oh these crazy crowds are swirling round
It's all their fault, it's all their fault,
It's all our fault, it's not your fault.
Here's the crazy crowds, they're comin' in
See the crazy crowd, I can't stop them comin' in.
It's all their fault, it's all their fault,
It's all our fault, it's not your fault.