The Invisible Invasion

The Coral The Invisible Invasion Lyrics
1.Late Afternoon

It's late afternoon
Smoke fills the room
The actor sighs
Dogs barking outside
The night seems the same
It sleeps in the day
The actress cries
For their last goodbyes
It's always this way
Everytime
Everytime
You're passing me by

On days like these
Walk to the sea
It's too hard to find
Mirrors collide
The end of the street
The place where we meet
With tears in our eyes
Stay for a while
It's always the same
Everytime
Everytime
You're passing me by

It's late afternoon
You enter the room
The music dies
And leaves us behind
It's all just a game
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime
Everytime


2.Something Inside Of Me

Feels like i've been wanting you forever
There'll never be another century
There's no time to think about the weather
When there's something inside of me
Something inside of me
Something inside of me
And now i can't look back

The invisible invasion
It's like a stranger strangled on the moor
Into the void for now i'm gone
Five in the morning i'll be knocking at your door
with something inside of me
Something inside of me
Something inside of me
And now i can't look back

Oh please don't cut me loose
I know you think that i'm bullet-proof
Can't you see that it's hurting me
What do think i'm supposed to be when
There's something inside of me
Feels like i've been wanting you forever
There'll never be another century
There's no time to think about the weather
When there's something inside of me
There's something inside of me
Something inside of me
And now i can't look back


3.The Operator

The operators came and took me away
They took me away
Everybody laughed
Remember the day they took me away
I don't know what they're looking for
Don't think i'll ever know
They laid me on the bed
Drilled my head
The incision bled
Put wires in my brain
Every now and again
I remember a name
And as i drift away
Into my hiding place

A maze of alleyways
Where the cameras cannot see
The operators came and took me away
They took me away
Everybody laughed
Remember the day they took me away
Remember the day they took me away
Remember the day they took me away


4.A Warning To The Curious

A message for the meek
Its better not to be in love
Than to be in between

You, If i never had you
Then i wouldn't feel the way i do now
If i never had you

It was just a joke you said
But now i'm warning you
On whose grounds do you dare to tread?
When all your plans fall through

You, If i never had you
Then i wouldn't feel the way i do now
If i never had you

A warning to the curious
A message for the meek
Its better not to be in love
Than to be in between

You, If i never had you
Then i wouldn't feel the way i do now
If i never had you
If i never had you
If i never had you
If i never had you
If i never had you
If i never had you
If i never had you
If i never had you


5.She Sings The Mourning

Down to the glen where the roses twine
Lie in the grass watch the time go by
The hum drum mid-afternoon sun
Only his mothers only son

Black Jack tarmac dirt dust trap
Sister certain wrapped in rags
Whispers words of unwished schemes
Steals a smile from the scorpions dream
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
We're out of sight
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night

Blood red love not temptress eyes
Cuts right through the family ties
Lighthouse lights the locust nest
Salem's site invites incest

Back to the glen where the roses twine
Treacle tarts and turpentine
Patron saint of guillotines
A secret's safe when no-one sees
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
We're out of sight
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night

She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
We're out of sight
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night


6.Cripples Crown

Unopened door
On the 13th floor
Conspiracy in the corridors
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

What should you say?
What can you do?
Satellites are watching you
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

At this dark hour
Who'll be there?

Open the door
If you dare
Venus fly trap on the stairs
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

There'll be no time
There'll be no tears
The elavator disappears
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown
Cripples crown
Cripples crown
Cripples crown
Cripples crown


7.Come Home

Come home you've been gone too long
I hear you walking like a tired dog
All alone in the wild untamed
A fading face in the picture frame

Well i'll be waiting when the cuckoo calls
A different place but the same four walls
I hear you crying for somebody's arms
Come home away from harm

Tears those tears and thorns
The unborn will pass through every storm
While the sad silent son
He sings for the kings
And the times they had last spring

Come home through the hurricanes
The violent winds and the sharp chicanes
I see you swimming in the blackest seas
With the magnets and the mysteries

Above the fireplace upon the shelf
In the book where i find myself
Was it you who turned the page last night?
Come home it will be alright

Tears those tears and thorns
The unborn will pass through every storm
While the sad silent son
He sings for the kings
And the times they had last spring

Come home
Come home
Come home
Come home
Come home
Come home
Come home
Come home


8.Far From The Crowd

Where did you go?
Waiting by the rocks
Stories never told

When you cried out loud
It never made a sound
Away from the towns
And far from the crowd
Gold, silver and gold
Waiting by the rocks
Shivering cold

Like Miranda said
Life's not for the dead
Away from the sounds
And far from the crowd

oh
Where did you go?
Waiting by the rocks
Stories never told

One forgotten day
Sadly passed away
Into the ground
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd
And far from the crowd


9.Leaving Today

I'm leaving today
Too much time's already wasted
I know i can't stay
So i've made my reservations
I'm closing the door
To this old empty house...
...Of sorrows
They're only sorrows
Until tomorrow
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today

Things i'll never know
All the words i wanted to say
Ghost at the window
And things will never be the same
I'm closing the door
To this old empty house...
...Of sorrows
They're only sorrows
Until tomorrow
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today

I'm rolling my bones
Right out of this lonely place
I'll never go home
It's not my home anyway
I'm closing the door
To this old empty house...
...Of sorrows
They're only sorrows
Until tomorrow
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today


10.Arabian Sand

Feel it slipping through your hands
Arabian sand

Arabian sand
A madness you can't understand
Arabian sand


The mad man's in the desert
Look out behind you
The mad man's in the desert
Looking to find you
The mad man's in the desert
Promised the future
The mad man's in the desert
He's looking to shoot you down
In the desert
The mad man's in the desert
The mad man's in the desert
The mad man's in the desert

Arabian sand
Feel it slipping through your hands
Arabian sand

Arabian sand
Swear an oath and take a stand
Arabian sand


The mad man's in the desert
Look out behind you
The mad man's in the desert
Looking to find you
The mad man's in the desert
Promised the future
The mad man's in the desert
He's looking to shoot you down
In the desert
The mad man's in the desert
The mad man's in the desert
The mad man's in the desert


Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house
Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house


11.So Long Ago

Up on Kill Devil hill
The sand dunes are still
It ends as it begins
December 1903
A buzzard on the breeze
The coin will see who wins
I said it's heads or tails
Bicycles for sale it's time to go
But now it seems so long ago
Now it seems so long ago

It was three days later
In a web of wire
Or so it seems
Up on Kill Devil hill
The sand dunes are still
Picture the scene
I watched their plans unfold
In the morning cold
The world will know
But now it seems so long ago
Now it seems so long ago
If that's you over there
You can laugh you can stare
Well i don't care

I'll just say heads or tails
Bicycles for sale it's time to go
But now it seems so long ago
But now it seems so long ago
But now it seems so long ago
But now it seems so long ago