The Apocryphal

Dark Side Cowboys The Apocryphal Lyrics
1.As I See You

This nothing
Not at all the same
As I see you
I realise
That you never can feel
That your senses don't
Pick up the sound of my cry
This my cry
Always the same
As I see you
But when your gone
It vanishes into silence
When you are elsewhere
This my cry
Falling down
Don't frighten me
As I speak to you
I realise
That falling ain't dangerous
It's hitting the ground that
scares me
You're always
Breaking me apart
As I look at you
Through the looking glass
I can watch your eyes
As they stear back
And I shrink back in pain


2.Black Debonair

Black Debonair
Black Debonair
Through the mist of my eyes
And the raining of tears
Under dark skies
Nothing looks so easy
Than the hardest things to do
And nothing looks so hard
Than the easy words to say
Turning round and round, round, round
I found myself in a bar
With a girl at my side
And she said
"Give me a whiskey
And a gingerale at the side"
At her side
I was sitting for hours
Just staring at her sunny shine face
She was, Easy come
Hard to hold, Easy go
The pavement my feet walks upon
Is filled with cracks
Some day I might fall
Through
Tous jours, oui Tous jours, Tous jours
Voul avez vu l'enfant
De violence
You look at a picture of
Me in my youth and it still affects me
Nothing really matters and
Noone really cares
I was looking for her eyes
But I searched too far
In a passion of warm colours
I swept away and told her:
"You're like smooth
Like eyes and lips
You're like dreaming
Like nice and trips"
But nothing really mattered and
She really didn't care
It rained all night
And hailed all day
And I ran out of light
Just as I threw my matches away
Promising salvation
I kissed her pale flaking lips
I took two not very deep
Breaths, then
Threw myself into oblivion
Despite the promises
I suddenly, when it all
Ended up, found myself
At the edge of the water
Under the dark skies
And everything was gone...


3.Deep

Deep black water
Come to me
Take me in your arms
Yes oh yes
I will come to thee
Take away my harm
Just let me float
Away with you
Down into the depths
Yes
I'll fall into you
Take the pain from my chest
Take me my friend
Draw me down
Deep beneath the waves
Yes oh yes
I feel like home
I know that me you'll save


4.Dust

I watch the sign of love as you surrender
I wipe the last tears from your eyes
It seems we're all forgiven
It seems there's no return
People are deaf and blind
We aren't looking for salvation
Dust
The skies are grey and the ground is frozen
The walls are black and won't do you harm
It's burning through your skin
Your wounded, precious skin
And People are deaf and blind
See the stranger as he cries
We're all lost, We're going down
Death is close, a warning sound
Dust
Obsessions in my brain
Standing by a cross
We aren't looking for salvation
Dust
We're all forgiven
By God
A hand, for you, rip it all apart
I played with your heart
Dust
Amen


5.Escape

Watch me slowly explode
In an old, cold prison
Take the painting off my wall
And I'm back where I began
This story has a lot of turns
And alternative endings
Pick me up and glue me together
To the misfit I used to be
The beginning of tomorrow
Is a blessing for today
The end to my sorrow
And an end to this play
But I change and so will you
In your old, cold prison
I'll take the painting off your wall
Take you back where you began
This story has a lot of turns
But there's just one ending
If I reach out, did you fade away
Do you stand up and fight


6.For The Sake Of Honour

Trust me, come inside
You heal me
You make it fine
And if only
For the sake of appearances
I'll make it all right
You know I'll make it all right


7.Happy

Now you know what you've been fighting for
Now I know what you've been fighting for
And you've achieved all that you wanted
I've tried to kill it on and on and on and on
You don't know it yet
But this is the end
And I want to ask you
Are you happy now
Well I've been through this before
I've seen and heard all this before
On board this ship there's not much left worth fighting for
But I've closed my eyes, unwilling to let go
So I stay to resuscitate
Build a treasure of violated love
But I find I'm not alone with my suspended breath
I don't know what it is that keeps you there to disregard me
I wished for once this wasn't true
Now we now it's real, it moves, it kills, it's all about you


8.Princess

Turn around, The mirror shows your picture
A womans face, with a newborn mind
Looking good, raise your naked arms
And feel the smell, Temptation of the night
Are you
Princess, Princess, Princess of the night
You're good, smiling lips glitter
But you're blind, A devils puppet
Stand in the rain, Your tears are frozen like the snow
Cannot breathe, you'll dance the night away
Are you
Princess, Princess, Princess of the night
Some day when we turn back time
Some day your eyes will shine
Some day you might step out
Some day in the name of...
But people turn, Strange decisions
And noone cares about the damned and lost
For today, Money really matters
Cause someday I will return
To you
Princess, Princess, Princess of the night


9.Tears For You

We're in here dancing
Where murderers are laughing
They all try to seek the truth
What do they hold
In their sacred book
All those tears cried for you
You'll find yourself convicted for a lifetime
Caring was your crime
You wish to sleep and erase all questions from your brain
To leave this place, to turn back home
My world of dreams
My world of tears
Give me truth, be blessed and gone
War and playfields, tired faces
Isn't this world a funny place
Welcome to my funeral feast
Tears for you, you'll find that
You wish to sleep, recreate all that is gone
Let's leave this place and turn back home
And play to win with your suit of dreams
Tears for you, I can hide
You wish to sleep, recreate all that is gone
Let's leave this place and turn back home


10.The Apocryphal

You're about to witness
What no man's ever seen before
It has been over 2000 years since I last payed you a visit
Now you'll see my strength
I'll reveal your lie
I have already succeeded
The Apocryphal awaits you


11.The Mirror

I have a light that did not shine
I have seen a mirror crushed to pieces
A mirror showing the best of me
A mirror broken by a tragedy
Here offering you tales of madness
About a dog who came crawling back
Reconcider twice before I tell you
The chapter and verse, the pain to be
We're too devided to be as one
I'm lost on this road, truly blind
A dying rose, still a living lie
Keeps away those things that makes me cry
So I'm the devil in your world
Kill my shadow and my soul
In my grave I'll cry for love
Useless to the hights above
My mirror is broken and coloured black
A splinter though is red as blood
This little piece I try to keep
The memory of you, I keep it deep...


12.The Twist

Delusive proclaimers
Chosen by the book to rule
Given the power to heal
Twisted, so hard to give up
So easy to fall in
A part of you is always
Going to be
Twisted, men are gaining listeners
By telling ordinary stories
In an unordinary way
Thou shall not fail
Twisted, and calling themselves wise men by
Explaining a matter of course
Twisted, using and giving in
Twisted, worshipped by thousands of followers
Guarded by missionary men
Waiting for the promised days
Waiting for their saviour
Born by the virgin, aren't we all
Men marry their ribs
But we turn away, burn our brothers
Forget the message in the prayers we say
Twisted, face the wall
Twisting, avenging spirits, bursting ground
Turn your hand
They will start the rain all over
Waiting for a place to go
Twisted, face the wall


13.Why You Smile

Now I've looked into the abyss
Been drawn down
Separated from my wings
And you're wrecked
Stranded in a lavastorm
And your sails are burning down
And when the night approaches
To hold your hand this time
Realise and fear
It won't be there when you awake
On your journey
Your companion is a twin
Who scares you with his smile
And tries to turn you `round
To x-ray your thoughts
To find out why you smile
And when the night approaches
To hold your hand this time
Realise and fear
It won't be there when you awake