Shine Box

Picture House Shine Box Lyrics
1.15th Time

(browne/glenister)

Biting it off again
Stabbing my feeding hand
Stepping off every train
To meet the same thing
Hosing the fire grate
Drinking the water baby
I've been a fool it seems
All these years
Making the old mistakes
Praying my day won't break
Everyone lies
Everyone lies
Everyone lies someday

Close to the open flames
I burn my tired wings
Drawn to the light it seems
In all these things
Leaving the one night standing
Finding the lost and lonely
Flies in my soup again
Is this my only face
Letting my bird escape
Everyone lies,everyone lies
Everyone lies someday
Someday everyone lies
Everyone lies
Everything dies someday

So for the 15th time
Parked on a double line
This happens every time
I change my mind
Making the old mistake
Praying my day won't break
Everyone lies
Everyone lies
Everyone lies someday
Everyone lies
Everything dies
Everyone dies someday


2.Cup Of Life

(browne/glenister/maitland)

Looking back
You can lie if you like
But it's just sad to see you
Wasting so much time
It's a hole
Whether you are half or whole
It's a hole no matter which side out you fly

Chorus
Cup of life
Drink it dry
Getting old before your time
There's nothing new you should try
Cup of life drink it dry
Getting older in your mind
It's only in your mind

Well my friend
It seems they got you in the end
Remember when you thought
This hour would not arrive
And in your face
Where once you saw amazing
There's a sign now that's just screaming i'm alive

Chorus

If you take these words
Though it seems absurd
Now it seems like fun
But you'll be
Crying in your soup
For the things you've never done
Yes you will !


3.Do I Believe You

(browne/glenister)

If i keep you safe
And i keep you warm
If i keep you closer than i need
To turn you on
But i want you to notice
Every time my eyes caress you
I want to see your eyes
Flashing out anger
Anytime that i wonder

Chorus
Do i believe you
Could you believe in me still
You know when ~i want to
It's you that i run to
Tell me that we will

Did i get it wrong
Did i ask too late
Did we dig our fingers far too deep
In the wedding cake
But when i try to tell you
All of my lines get twisted
Maybe you've lost the thrill in the anger
Every time that i wonder

Chorus

If i keep you safe
Safe and calm
Would you curl up at my feet
And keep me warm
'cos i want you to notice
Every time my eyes caress you
I want to see your eyes
Flashing out anger
Anytime that i wonder

Chorus


4.Do't Believe Me

(browne)

Corners round off the edges
Of my broken heart
Borders, close off the edges
Of my mind
Won't you be my love
Every time i see that
Look in your eyes
Be my life
It's only then that i realise
Be my home
Don't believe me
When i tell you goodbye
Whatever i might say
Don't believe me

Slow down
What hurry are you in anyway
I wonder now
There's nothing
Nothing i won't do to keep you here

So won't you be my love


5.Empty Nest

(browne)

Slap on the back
For the man with the sand in his hair
Spinning with sound
As you're feeling around for the change
Twist off the top
Even though you know he's never there
Polish the thoughts
For a moment you notice it's strange
How emptiness remains
Oh !, emptiness remains
Oh !, empty nest

Back in the shadow of days
Somehow you are remembering
But constant the flow
Of the poison that fills up your space
Day hits your eyes
Like the flash of a wedding day camera
Twist of the blade
But a memory you'll never betray
How emptiness remains
Oh !, emptiness remains
Oh !, empty nest

You get lost while you still can
That's the cost of living on a landslide
You can dance every night
No one's laughing at you now


6.Fan Club

(maitland)

Hey hey, happy man, smiling as he leaves the book store
Carrying his carrier bags all bulging wide
Such a lucky man, such a lot to line your shelves with
Starts to hurry so that he can get
Inside
Each book it overflows with violent murder
That he can read about in bed when he gets home
It chills him to the bone

Chorus
'cos he loves jeffrey dahmer
And he loves the son of sam
And he loves reciting segments
From 'the silence of the lambs'
And he worships charlie manson
Wishes he was eddie gein
He's a member of the fan club
For the criminally insane

Hey hey, smiling man, smiling, leaves the local art house -
Just seen 'henry' for the thousandth time
Don't walk - he skips along, calls in at the old newsagent
To see if his magazine's come in on time
It has a label screaming: adults only
And lovingly details all the latest gruesome crimes
He laps up every line

Chorus

Hey hey, happy man, smiling while his aunt & uncle have
Fun force-feeding him with tea and cakes
Glibly sipping sits, mind-undressing antique figures
Briskly stiffens when he hears his aunt y say:
'well, ain't that awful about that girl being murdered'
His uncle nods and bellows: 'string the bastards up !!'
Our man just grips his cup

Chorus


7.Fear Of Flying

(browne/glenister)

Heart says i have to try
For all the wherefores
All the whys
Head says i'll be lying
Like a building fell to the ground
The glass foundations crashing down
Love, there's no denying

So i'll wait
Till the fire stops
Wait till the pressure drops
Over your fear of flying
Fear of flying

Like this cold wind
That's blowing through this love
Left a hole deep in my side
Slowly agonising
And my heart says it's time to lie
Watch the world from higher skies
Head says no surprises
You're so nearly gliding

So i'll wait
Till the fire stops
Wait till the pressure drops
Over your fear of flying
Yes i'll wait till you come around
Till you know you won't hit the ground
Over fear of flying


8.Free To Love You

(browne/woods)

Help me i'm shameless
I thought i'd forget her but i'd never bettered myself
Headstrong & blameless
I thought i'd be stronger the longer i stayed on the shelf
Because i believed that life
Though i can't say why
But can't you see that
I'm no longer free to love you

Adopted and but orphaned
I crawled down the street but was never complete with myself
No more decisions
Because i believe that life
Though i can't quite say why
But can't you see that
I'm no longer free to love you

I thought i'd be stronger the longer i stayed on the shelf
Thought i'd forget her but i'd never bettered myself
I crawled down the street but was never complete with myself
Because i believed that life
Though i can't say why
But can't you see that
I'm no longer free to love you

Can't love you now

I'm no longer free to love you


9.God Won't Mind

(maitland)

Here's a tale of warning
For you children being born
About a sweet young christian girl
Who donned a crown of thorns

Seems her christian parents
Never wanted her around
Sent her to a convent school
And a guilt trip hand-me-dwn

There was never need for this
Until someone showed her how
Jesus christ could burn your soul
Look at her now

She got hitched up to
The first young christian man she met
Had a child in late july
The guilt trip goes on yet

There was never need for this
Until someone showed her how
Jesus christ could burn your soul
Look at her now

So to all of you who are told
That god may strike you blind
Leave your churches one and all
And leave your guilt trips behind

Surely god won't mind


10.Heavenly Day

(maitland/glenister)

Good morning - it's raining
Everything you ever said - yeah
But, this morning, the way it's falling
Nothing's landing on my head
There's a cloud - grey - the lining it's shedding
Can't touch my day - it's rice at a wedding
And you, me and everybody i know
Is waving us away

Chorus
It's a heavenly day
There's a whole lot more on the way
It's a heavenly day
Angels with me today
If you could believe you'd see
What else could it be
It's a heavenly day

It's easy - believe me
To get outside you situation
I'm transfixed - all the red bricks
Circle round in celebration
There's a chalk smile drawn in the road
It could be mine - i'm taking it home
It's for you, me and everybody i know
I'm giving it away

It's a heavenly day
There's a whole lot more on the way
It's a heavenly day
Angels with me today
If you could believe you'd see
What else could it be
It's a heavenly day


11.I Know Better Now

(browne/ralston)

Come over here, turn on the lights
'cos i almost saw your face
And from over here you look pretty nice
And i wondered if i could be leaving on a ship
That won't be coming back this trip
But then i realised i almost saw the lights

Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now

Out in the sun you're out in the lights
And you're crazy 'bout the boy
But he's got a friend that you never liked
And you think you could be leaving on the next big ship
Won't be coming back this trip
Then i realised almost saw the lights

Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Huh

I wondered if i could be leaving on a ship
That won't be coming back this trip
But then i realised i almost saw the lights

Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that i know better now
Don't you see that
Well i know better now


12.I See The Sun

(maitland)

So this is where i come in
A wheel that you caught me mid spin
From all around me begins
The rhyme of a thousand violins
I see that you've heard this before
The room has been cleared behind that door
The song of a force like the weight of a ball
I don't think i can keep in the air at much more

Chorus
I see the sun slowly returning
The skies overrun with messages burning
The day is begun
Painting a moment in space
Smiling in two different ways
Wondering where you are today

There's a loop you
Know i can jump through
Heavy or self important today
If you want to
If it's what you're used to
I must disappoint with a point i can't overstate
I no longer feel that way

Chorus

If it hits you
Like a hair in the gate
If it hits you
As a tidal mistake
I never fit you
Like those credible clothes that you wear
I no longer care

Chorus


13.It's Not Too Late

(browne)

Picking up all the pieces
Because you never thought that this life
Could treat you this rough
You say that there's no point in going out again
You say this life may have done you wrong
But then wear it as your winter coat to keep you warm
You know that there's no point in staying in again

Chorus
It's not too late to be trying to save your love again
It's not too late to be trying to save your love again
You know you can't hide yourself away

Time passes slow now
And there's only one thing you can do to let it all out
And if you fail well who can blame a trier

Chorus

You got to wait till your turn
It¹s all right
Far over time
Waiting on fuel for your flame
Until you find yourself again

It's not too late to be trying to save your love again
You know you can't hide yourself away
You can't hide yourself away


14.Jade(Dangerous Stone)

(browne/glenister/maitland)

Jade you're a stone
And you woke up so frightened to find that you're sinking alone
But you're only afraid of yourself

Jade you're a star
But you're thrashing the house now you've found out your daddy's
not home today
Jade you're a star
Counting out the money you made like a thief that's stolen the
kings crown
And you know it jade

But you know tonight
When you lay down your head and you finally switch off the
lights
You're only afraid of yourself
Jade you're a star
But you're thrashing the house now you've found out your daddy's
not home today

Jade you're a star
Counting out the money you made like a thief that's stolen the
kings crown
And you know it jade
You're a dangerous stone

This is my song this is what i say


15.Moments Like These

(browne/maitland/glenister)

Recall, return
Relive and learn
All of our memories
In summer nights
We've put it right
Tumbled down into it
I know they're only moments

But moments like these
Are so hard to come by

Some bridges burn
Some things we learn
By tumbling into it
Recall, re-learn
Re-live, return
And all of our memories
Are nothing only moments


16.Slide

(maitland)

I was thinking of you yesterday
And i swear you were almost here
You were only around for a second say
But it seemed like years
And we called and we cursed like a thousand birds
And it took me by surprise
To be left in the search for this rainfall of words
To bring lazarus to life

You were talking to me yesterday
From the sound of a distant place
Though i seem to be there in some way
There was no one behind the face
Then a part of me found
As i was feeling around
As you do when you're struck blind
Now i'm finally free
I just never believed
It was emptiness i'd find

Chorus
It's why i've let it slide
A part of me that lived for you just died
It's why i've let it slide
You and me we're both on the same ride
Just on different sides

I was thinking it through
Thinking of you
I'm finally free
I just never believed
It was emptiness i'd find

Chorus


17.Somebody Somewhere

(browne/maitland/glenister)

How can i explain how it came to be
It wasn't over night while i couldn't sleep
I can still remember how it used to be
Oh, 'cause somewhere, it's hard remembering but somewhere
Somebody knows my name

Just give me a coat and a shirt that's clean
Just a little dutch stops my body quaking
Don't wait too long before the doubt sets in
Oh, 'cause somewhere, why can't you understand that somewhere
Somebody knows my name

Here i am with my back against the wall
No further left to fall
If i can't stand then at least if i can crawl
Then i know that i won't forget
Somewhere

I know what's going on what they've planned for me
I catch every word it's all in my hearing
Don't wait too long before the doubt sets in
Oh, 'cause somewhere, it's hard remembering but somewhere
Somebody knows my name

Here i am with my back against the wall
No further left to fall
If i can't stand then at least if i can crawl
Then i know that i won't forget
Somebody knows my name

Somebody somewhere
Somebody somewhere
Somebody knows my name

How can i explain how it came to be
It wasn't over night while i couldn't sleep

Somebody knows me
Somebody knows me
Somebody knows me


18.The World And His Dog

(browne/glenister)

She thinks the world and his dog
Should walk up her street
Maybe she's on to something
She keeps her head in the limelight
Wasting all my time
Time with this thing
Time won't help me now
She, she loves the sun
To shine on her face
Only to be her servant
I, i've got the rain
Full in my face
And a piece from the masters table
Peace won't help me now

Chorus
She lives in circles
The king is dead, long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

She wants to play in my sand
But only today
Tomorrow's another story
I, i think she's great
It's a welcome mistake
That's leaving me wanting more
More won't help me now

She lives in circles
The king is dead, long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

I know what i've seen there
She's loose in her dreams there
Her head is spinning - new sensation
She's out of her head
But i don't think she sees it
Ah she lives in circles
Long live the king
But i won't be there next time

She thinks the world and his dog
Should walk up her street
Maybe she's on to something
I, i think she's great
It's a welcome mistake
That's leaving me wanting more

She lives in circles
The king is dead, long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there

She lives in circles
Long live the king
She lives in circles
But i won't be there next time round
I won't be there


19.Worldwide Tv

(browne/glenister)

Body sops and parking lots
No time to stop
It's another normal day
Self esteem and windowlene
You're squeaky clean
There's nothing left to say
Brillo pads and paper ads
That really have no meaning for me
But are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv
Contra deals and killing fields
You grease the wheels
But is it all it seems
Hunger strike and prices hike
Eat all you like
Well you know what i mean
Spinning tales and share price sales
Are bound to fail the things we believe
Ah !, but are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv

No one can tell you
That there's nowhere left to go
No one can sell you things
That you don't want to own
Hungry tramps and welfare stamps
I'll take a chance, that's not all you see
But are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv

Down the spout you close your mouth
It's not about the things you can see
In all of the things
That keep happening on a worldwide tv

There's no reason to be laughing now
And there's no way to turn back the time
It's sad to see the ceremonies
For this dying state of mind
There's nowhere left to go
Nobody's trying to tell you about something
That you don't already know

Hesitate but if you wait
You'll be too late
And miss the first scene
Are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv
Are these the only things
Happening on a worldwide tv