1.The Treehouse Song
When I woke
I took the backdoor to my mind
and then I spoke
I counted all of the good things you are
and that list of charms was
longer than my chain of broken hearts
and when the day was done
I figured I had already lost
from the start from the start
I was gonna love you till the end of all daytime
and I was gonna keep all our secret signs and our lullabies
I was made to believe that our love would grow old
we were gonna live in a treehouse and make babies
and we were gonna bury our ex-lovers and their ghosts
baby we were made of gold
so many times
we drank fine wine in one swallow
and in those late nights
we painted our walls bright yellow
2.The Fall
I'll get of this boat in a minute
'Cause I know you'll be safer without me in it
Then you called
I love you so
Don't ever let me go
I will fall to the ground
At the time
That we met
We were whole
Then we peeled off
Piece by piece of our souls
We were wrong to stay this long
Let me go
Let me fall to the ground
I'm waiting for you to disarm me
I'll go off if you don't remove this weight off of me
Then you called
I love you so
Don't ever let me go
I will fall to the ground
At the time
That we met
We were whole
Then we peeled off
Piece by piece of our souls
We were wrong to stay this long
Let me go
Let me fall to the ground
3.The Puzzle
I walked into love
I walked into a minefield
I never heard of
I walked into love
I walked into a minefield
I never heard of
Her remains were spread out like the pieces of a puzzle
It took her 365 days putting them together
The pieces were quite difficult to distinguish from each other
They were tiny and the clear blue sky
Went on forever
Clearly the corners were an easy start
That was when everyone was still
Helping me out
When it was time to fill in the frames
They left, they thought I ought
To have gotten over you
By then
Her remains were spread out like the pieces of a puzzle
It took her 365 days putting them together
The pieces were quite difficult to distinguish from each other
They were tiny and the clear blue sky
Went on forever
I wouldn't do that to you
I wouldn't do that to you
I wouldn't do that to you
I wouldn't do that to you
I walked into love
I walked into a minefield
I never heard of
I walked into love
I walked into a minefield
I never heard of
I never heard of
4.My Star
You are my star
I'll stay and catch your fall
Pack your belongings
we'll hide out
we'll see it coming
cause I know you now
I'll know when you'll start running
it's when your dark brown eyes turn black
and I won't let them suck you in
you are so far
the one who makes me better
in your surroundings
I'm the one I want to be
and you know me now
you know that I'll come running
it's when you're dark brown eyes turn black
I'll never let them suck you in
my love
5.Ten Seconds
He spends his days worrying how
and when he is gonna die
that is irony in fine
he loves life so much, that's why
even if he knows that it is true
he can't help it in the end
it is those ten seconds
those ten seconds in your head
when you don't wonder if you're alright
you're just hanging around with yourself with yourself
now the weight comes crashing in
I'm trapped in my own skin
silence where did you go?
you left without letting me know
I don't want to hear this music
I am a careass I cannot use it
it is those ten seconds
those ten seconds in your head
when you don't wonder if you're alright
you're just hanging around with yourself with yourself
6.Changing Of The Seasons
He falls asleep on her chest
the best sleep he'd ever met
nevertheless he dreams of some stranger's caress
so he awakes and he knows
maybe someone else is supposed
to meet his hazy anticipating eyes
he draws the curtains aside
unfolding the first morning light
he glances at his disenchanted life
restlessness is me, you see
it's hard to be safe
it's difficult to be happy
it's the changing of the seasons
he says I need them
I guess I'm too Scandinavian
the relief of spring
intoxication of summer rain
the clearness of fall
how winter makes me reconsider it all
restlessness is me, you see
it's hard to be safe
it's difficult to be happy
and then she awakes
reaches for the embrace
he decides not
to worry about seasons again
7.Lullaby For Grown-ups
Go to sleep
with closed eyes
your prophecies
won't be fulfilled tonight
when you think
of falling skies
remember there are a million ways to die
don't be afraid
anymore
don't wear your inside out
to keep you warm
so rest your head
it's just as well
you can't keep the sky from falling
anyway
8.Raise My Head
I will raise my head now
and travel further than this time
take all there is to take on
and then unravel this cellophane mind
I've got my best shoes on
I'm ready for it all
bring in your best crew come on
I'm ready for it all
I know for quite a while now
you've been knocking silently on my door
I I've been avoiding
your radiant words on my bedroom walls
I've got my best shoes on
I'm ready for it all
bring in your best crew come on
I'm ready for it all
9.Armour
Welcome my dear friend
I notice you are wearing your armour again
is it the same as our last fight?
Is it residue from last night?
Well I guess I have extended it
I tried to bend it a bit
There was a crack under the chest frame
and a loose screw on the left steel hand
I have to be patient now
I'll wear this edition somehow
tell myself that it's alright
pick up the loose screws one more time
cause this armour's different pieces
were delivered from different places
with their own delivery dates
I have no choice but to wait
10.Round Table Conference
There's a round table conference going on
right here in my livingroom
I've been caught behind the door for so long
I don't even know who is coming in
all I can hear are these mysterious words
I am feeling delirious
I gotta get out of here
to where the air is clearer
there's a round table conference going on
right here in my livingroom
I've been caught behind the door for so long
I don't even know who is coming in
there are streams of people passing through my door
I can't count them anymore
I don't understand where they're going or where they've been
I don't even know why I let them in
11.Gillian
Gillian played me a song
it was that day when everything was wrong
Gillian singing in my heart in my ears
and tears running down
I was facing the ground
Gillian played me a song
I was so tired then
the music caressed my skin
just like when someone finally holds you and you can give in
this you've been avoiding
you think youll fall apart but its just that new start
she sang about Elvis
she sang about time
Gillian sang about Miss Ohio and that last remaining song
I stretch my rigid fingers
I clear my throat
this will be all over soon
now this is long ago
I listen to her and I go back
to that day that month that year
that day will never leave my mind
Gillian played me a song
Gillian played me a song
it was that day when everything was wrong
Gillian singing in my heart in my ears
and tears running down
I was facing the ground
12.Don't Leave
Don't ever leave
That is what you asked of me
do you know what it means
when you plead?
Don't you ever leave
that is what you said to me
do you know what that can do
to someone like me?
It won't do us no good
it won't do us no good
I have no plan to be
anywhere else to but here
or to become someone that leaves
I didn't even know there was an exit here
darling, don't you try
to capture me
it won't do us no good
it won't do us no good
I am here now
I'm right here by your side
I'll lay my hand on the couch next to you
you can hold it if you would like to
it will do you good
13.Linger With Pleasure
I'll rent a house somewhere
I'll listen to Biosphere
and all I see there
a straight line in the atmosphere
every hour will be longer
and I'll linger with pleasure
the only visitor I will invite
is the whispering wind or the sunlight
I'll leave all disturbants at home
the evening papers and the telephone
but I'll bring my memories
despite everything
I hope life will miss me
maybe this is wishful thinking
and maybe I'll just keep on sinking
but sometimes it's enough to know
that there is a place where everything is on hold
where the hours will be longer
and I'll linger with pleasure
14.Miss Moaning
15.My Baby's Arms
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