Unreleased Songs

The Finn Brothers Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Disembodied Voices

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Talking with my brother when the lights went out
Down the hallway forty years ago
And what became much harder was so easy then
Opening up and letting go

Disembodied voices
Floating in the air
This place in the darkness
Could be anywhere

Talking to each other as we wait for sleep
The angel in the detail soon arrives
Spreading her wings over every memory
And keeping all our hopes alive

Disembodied voices
Floating in the air
This place in the darkness
Could be anywhere

We all made our choices
Let's work out what we're going to do
Disembodied voices
Revealing what we know is true
And so much is here
If we all disappear

We could be anywhere
We could be anywhere
We could be anywhere

We could be
We could be anywhere
We could be anywhere
We could
We could be anywhere


2.Nothing Wrong With You

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

It's a slow parade
Down a dusty road
We've learned to take abuse
From devils we don't know

People who have lost all heart
Look for someone else to blame
You just keep on walking
When they call you a dirty name

All the mud in this town
All the dirt in this world
None of it sticks on you

You shake it off
'Cause you're better than that
And you don't need it
There's nothing wrong with you

The moment that we dread
It comes all too soon
Voices in your head
Still carry on the tune

Let the sound come in
From the world outside
You just keep on singing
When they tell you filthy lies

All the mud in this town
All the dirt in this world
None of it sticks on you

You shake it off
'Cause you're better than that
And you don't need it
There's nothing wrong with you

Remember how it made you hurt
Even as you fight to go on
Turn it into something else
Turn it into something else

All the mud in this town
All the dirt in this world
None of it sticks on you

You shake it off
'Cause you're better than that
And you don't need it
No, you don't believe it

All the mud in this town
All the dirt in this world
None of it sticks on you

You shake it off
'Cause you're better than that
And you don't need it
There's nothing wrong with you
There's nothing wrong with you
No

I walk along with you
There's nothing wrong with you
There's nothing wrong with you
There's nothing wrong with you


3.Homesick

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

At the shopping mall I'm surrounded by a parking lot
Walking down the aisle I was thinking about what I had lost
On a Sunday morning my hometown is feeling strange to me
In the stadium dark forces are gathering

Homesick, for the people that I live with
Homesick, for the spirit I'm missing
Homesick, for the country that I'm living in

First you make me hungry
Then you feed me something I don't want
There's no satisfaction for an aching heart but life goes on
And when I complain I get thrown out of the restaurant

Homesick, for the people that I live with
Homesick, for the spirit I'm missing
Homesick, for the country that I'm living in

Homesick, for the people that I live with
Homesick
Homesick, for the country that I'm living in


4.A Life Between Us

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

In so many ways, I'm the same as you
In so many things better left unsaid
From out of the deep well the water flows into the sea

And that's the way it starts
And continues to unfold
But to both of us
That will never change

And we're staring at each other
Like the banks of a river
And we can't get any closer

I won't give control to anyone
Walk around , kiss the ground like I own the place
But in the passage of time the river banks get washed away

And that's the way it starts
And continues to evolve
I reveal myself
You watch over me

And we're staring at each other
Like the banks of a river
And we can't get any closer
But we form a life between us
And brother

Not my way
Must be the different direction we're facing
Not my way
You're still as unknown as ever

Are you still someone
Who'll watch over me?

And we're staring at each other
Like the banks of a river
And we can't get any closer

But we form a life
Yes, we form a life
Between us, between us


5.Way Back Down

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

She's on the way back down
Been awake for 48 hours
Standing underneath the shower in her summer dress

On her way back down
Can't remember anything much
Along the way she lost her touch and her happiness

One silence in the midst of chaos
Take comfort in the roar of take off
The street lights have faded

All over town
It looks like you've made it
All the way down

I lower my eyes when I find you
As pale as the midday moon
The creature from the black lagoon made you his queen

Wind is playing in the treetops
A helicopter circles around
Looking for a place to put down this heavy dream

One silence in the midst of chaos
Take comfort in the roar of take off
Street lights have faded all over town

If you can't escape it
Where you are now
It's looks like you've made it
All the way down

The streets light have faded all over town
And you can't escape it
Where you are now
It's look like you've made it?

On the way back down
She's all over town
On her way back down
She's on her way back down


6.All God's Children

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

We're all God's children
And God is a woman
But we still don't know
Who the father is

I can't help thinking
There's a fortune riding
On the answer
To that question

We stop for a moment
And forget the enemy
There's something
You're not telling us

Got to make you less lonely
Time to make you less lonely

We're globalizing
But we don't like competition
And we still don't know
Who the father is

But you're so damn pretty
And don't you know it
There's a kiss and then
We all make up

Got to make you less lonely
Got to make you less lonely

All sides
Die happy
This is the last chance
You've got to do it now

People are waiting
For him to come around
All his attention
We've got to stick around

You might be less lonely
Got to make you less lonely

Some people now
Help me
Don't make me less lonely
Don't you drive me out


7.Won't Give In

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

You call me up, I'll say a few words
But I'll try not to speak too long
Please to be kind and I'll try to explain
I'll probably get it all wrong

What does it mean when you promise someone?
That no matter how hard or whatever may come

It means that I won't give in
Won't give in, won't give in
'Cause everyone I love is here
Play it once, disappear

Once in a while I return to the fold
With people I call my own
Even if time is just a flicker of light
And we all have to die alone

What does it mean when you belong to someone?
When you're born with a name, when you carry it on

It means that I won't give in
Won't give in, won't give in
'Cause everyone I love is here
All at once, and I'll show you how to get me there

Come on now, come on now, can you feel it, I can see it in ya
Come on now, come on now, reveal it, turn around won't ya
The right time, the right place, right now, turn around

A chance is made, a chance is lost
I carry myself to the edge of the earth

It means that I won't give in
Won't give in, won't give in
'Cause everyone I love is here
Say it once, just say it and disappear


8.Part Of Me, Part Of You

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Over these green hills, blue electric light
Always in my blood, forever in my eyes
Black window space a basket made of flax
Broken mirror view, let your eyes relax

Mist on my glass
Watch it all come to pass
Once again, we'll breathe in the view
It's part of me, part of you

Now my voice won't sing and my tears won't cry
Your disciple waits for any good advice
Our place in time, it's not set in stone
And we'll still be here where the cows come home

Mist on my glass
Watch it all come to pass
Once again, we'll breathe in the view
It's part of me, part of you

And it has to be clear, inside my head
And I'm still in a dream, in a dream that won't end
Once again, we'll breathe in the view
It's part of me, part of you

Mist on my glass
Watch it all come to pass
Once again, we'll breathe in the view
It's part of me, part of you

And it has to be clear
It has to be clear, inside my head


9.Eyes Of The World

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

You're nothing in the eyes of the world
But you're riding up and down in the elevator still
Feeling just a little surprised
Like you discovered Englebert Humperdink or something

Inside the fairy light, it's often hard to tell
The way you see yourself will lead you to despair
The eyes of the world will look right through your scene
It's nothing new to me, that's what I used to be

Someone in the eyes of the world
You look into the eyes of the world
Hoping to catch your reflection again
Missing all the real life action

So calm and dignified you rise up from the chair
Put the powder on and climb the slippery stairs
Inside a sleazy room with a bible for companion
Bleeding fingernail, you'll never know yourself

The eyes of the world they look right through you
You're nothing in the eyes of the world
The hint of a smile appears on your face
When you realize there's nothing in the eyes of the world


10.Only Talking Sense

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

There's a wild thing in the wool shed and it's keeping me awake
at night
A devil in the closet and a feeling I'd prefer to hide
He is religion, he won't hear me when I cry for help
He has a vision of me but I am somebody else

We talk the pillow
There are times when I'm tied up to the fence
Only talking sense

There's a mirror lake before me but I'm frozen when it's time to
jump
It's like maybe I'm afraid of what I'll find
When independence comes
You steel my shadow, you make my blood run dry

We are true only when we talk the pillow
There are times when I'm tied up to the fence
Only talking sense

Did you suffer like a child
That's why you want to make me cry
You are afraid of me
That's why you're so unkind

You won't deny it when your child is tied up to the fence
And I'm only talking sense
Lonely when we talk the pillow
And your child is messed up in the head, I'm only talking sense


11.Angels Heap

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

News travels fast, there's an old wreck in the underpass
Wine in a glass and a well traveled bed, down the length
And breadth of the motorway, down the information highway

I took a ride in an angels heap
Yeah, I took a ride and she took me away
To where the hills are steep, yeah I took a ride

In the still mind of a child, there's a live bird on her
shoulder
She could swallow a lie like she's drinking a flagon of beer
I'll never be the same again, let the black wheels fly over

I took a ride in an angels heap and she took me away
To where the air was sweet and she made me come alive
In a red vinyl seat, yeah I took a ride, let the black wheels
fly over


12.Suffer Never

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Has she fallen from the sky
So heavy of heart
The sigh was on her tongue
The grief was in her arms

She will suffer never
I mean her no harm

She'll come slowly rising
On the air
Lift her weightless
On the air, on the air

And the silence was enough
To shed my guilt
She will always know my wishes
'Cause I remember how it felt

Kisses slowly rising
On the air
Lift her weightless
On the air, on the air

She will suffer never
I mean her no harm


13.Mood Swinging Man

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

He's a mood swinging man with his bag of tricks
Never know where he's at
The life of a party when he's doing his flips
A drag when he's flat on his back

This town feels empty now he's gone away
Please understand
Something new to discover everyday

The wheels in his hand he takes me up
He brings me back down again
Flash in the pan
Mood swinging man can't pretend

Tall dark stranger of the restless kind
Shadow of a shadow
I'd like to wander through his mind
He's hard to get to know

He wakes you up in the dead of night
To tell you he's in love
He can give a heavy sleeper a terrible fright

And no one can keep up
With the mood swinging man
He'll be back down again
He lights up

He's a flash in the pan
Mood swinging man
No idea who I am
I'm the mood swinging man

You know where he's at
He will crave your attention still
All too familiar
Mood swinging man


14.Paradise (Wherever You Are)

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Endless travels
Can't remember where I've been
Lying in this hammock, feeling tragic
Like the ones you hear so much about
Can't wait to tell you what I've seen

Skim the water, South Atlantic ocean gray
Always searching for his mate
Lonely albatross, cannot find them
The ones you care so much about
They're lost and you're losing your way

Too much pressure, gin and tonic water
They'll forget you, the ones
You care so much about
They'll surrender to the need

Paradise, wherever you are


15.Bullets In My Hairdo

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

There's junk mail in my letterbox and all the catalogs
I can't wait to buy it, no matter what it costs
The whistle of the sniper, the crashing of the bombs
Put a spring back in my step, keeps me feeling young

And this shopping is a curse, every time it's getting worse
I got bullets in my hairdo, the hairs on my shirt

Many ways to spend your money, there's not a lot to choose
The tanks are rolling over my hundred dollar shoes
You can never find a taxi to drive you into town
I'm always in a hurry, I won't go underground

And this shopping is a curse, every time it's getting worse
I got bullets in my hairdo and holes in my purse

All quiet on the street, silence breathing down
Bullets in my hairdo, jewels in my crown

And this shopping is a curse, every time it's getting worse
I got bullets in my hairdo and holes in my shirt


16.Where Is My Soul

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Wick in the candle
What lies beneath
Look in the shadows
And the spaces in between
A vision ghosted
Appearing on my screen

Soul, where is my soul
Where is my soul

I seek contentment
I'm acting still
All airs and graces
With a smile before you kill
Hold back the hostile crowd
Before they trample you down

Soul, where is my soul
Where is my soul

I'll go up
With my conscience clean
Down below
They're looking for me
And I know
You've got my soul

Oh, holy ancient
I'll smoke you up
I'll take your wisdom
And I'll turn it into dust
You fill my ashtray
The one I've come to trust

Soul, where is my soul
Where is my soul
Soul, where is my soul
Where is my soul

Soul, you've lost control
Of all you've had
Soul, where is my soul
Your will so bad


17.Niwhai

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Niwhai, she's so fly
Making it happen
Niwhai, be my witness
Five satellites in just one night

Niwhai, pacific sister
Her father's son
She was something precious
And we all love what she's become

Strange attractor
Something wicked
Paint her golden Buddha
You're a blinding flash across the sky

Niwhai, sequined slipper
Fly by radiating light
Grant her secret wishes
Five satellites in just one night

Niwhai, she's so fly
Making it happen
Grant her secret wishes
Five satellites in just one night


18.Kiss The Road Of Rarotonga

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Speed through the night, my gritty eyes
So fever bright, scars on my hand
A gravel stone, I took a bite

I kiss the road of Rarotonga
Taste some gravel
I kiss the road of Rarotonga

My barefoot nurse whisper sorry
When it hurts black sea slug sand
A velvet sky and the roosters cry
Bird flapped its wing
Man I rode like a king

I kiss the road of Rarotonga
Taste some gravel
I kiss the road of Rarotonga

Stand up and flow, push it on, push it on
Stand up and flow, push it on push it on
Island girl I'll stay with you

I give thanks to Rarotonga
I kiss the road of Rarotonga


19.All The Colours

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn

I can never forget
The day we said goodbye
Holding your hands
A rainbow low in the sky

And all the colours there
To gather you up and carry you up
All the colours there
To gather you up

Now, we're left here
To get on with our things
Writing it down
And working with wood and strings

And all the colours there
To open us up and bring us luck
All the colours there
To open us up

You went walking through that door
Leaving it ajar
Whenever things come to an end
It takes a while to close it again

And all the colours gently
Pushing it shut, they're pushing it shut
All the colours there
To open us up and bring us luck

All the colours there
To gather us up, to gather us up
To gather us up, to gather you up again


20.Anything Can Happen

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

The day has begun
And I stumble to the front
There's no real control
Of a random event

And I will take my chances
Just anything can happen
I don't believe it's over
'Cos anything can happen

I could never give it up
I could never relent
And I can't wait to see
What will happen to me next

I will take my chances
'Cos anything can happen
I don't believe it's over
'Cos anything can happen

It doesn't matter what we did wrong
Makes no difference to me
I see the light in your eyes
And you're dancing free

And I'm coming down today
To gather in the pieces
Give in to the mystery

And I will take my chances
'Cos anything can happen
Don't believe it's over
'Cos anything can happen

One day, I
Someday, I

Anything can happen
Yeah, anything can happen
I will make it shine
I will make it rain sometime


21.Luckiest Man Alive

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

I know that it's you behind
Everything that I do
And I wouldn't try to hide
Who I am from you

It's all me that you see
I was ready for another try
But I needed you to set me free
Must be the luckiest man alive

Man finds love in his life
He's the luckiest man alive
Someone true by his side
He's the luckiest man alive
Once you cut right through
His foolish pride
He's the luckiest man alive

I've never had the time before
Leaving things where they fell
I was going door to door
Always thinking I was somewhere else

You saw me and what I could be
And now I know what love is for
It's the only thing sets you free
Must be the luckiest man alive

Man finds love in his life
He's the luckiest man alive
Someone true by his side
He's the luckiest man alive
She cut right through
His foolish pride
He's the luckiest man alive

Feel the motion, it's an endless ocean
Rocking gently and moving deeply
Feels like always been knocked sideways
Over and over by the strength of your love

Man finds love
Man finds love in his eyes
He's the luckiest man alive
Someone true
Man finds love
He's the luckiest man alive
Someone true


22.Gentle Hum

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

This bird has to sing
My heart has to follow
A man with no soul
Is wooden and hollow

This gentle hum
Is just begun
This gentle hum
Make us one

My wish is for you
An end to your sorrow
And if it comes true
You'll wake up tomorrow alone

With a gentle hum
Is just begun
This gentle hum
Will make us one

There, for anyone who cares
Solemn faces in the courtroom stare

And this gentle hum
We'll wake up tomorrow
With a gentle hum
This gentle hum

This gentle hum
(This gentle hum, coming up from before)
Will make us one
(Find a loving feeling, inside)
This gentle hum
(This gentle hum, bringing it back to me)
Is just begun
(Find a loving feeling in your life)


23.Edible Flowers

Lyricist:Brian Timothy Finn, Neil Mullane Finn

Everybody wants the same thing
Everybody wants the same thing
To see another birthday

Look at all the pretty numbers
Look at all the pretty numbers
Scattered on the calendars

I can see my reflection
I can see my reflection
In the shop window

Who owns that space
Declare it if you dare tonight
Don't let the moment pass
Until another day

Bright lights dissolve
Like sugar deep inside you now
It all ends up the same somehow
I'm hardly here at all

All the trash and the treasure
All the trash and the treasure
All the pain and the pleasure

Taste the edible flowers
Taste the edible flowers
Scattered in the salad days

Who owns that space
Declare it if you dare tonight
Don't let the moment pass
Until another day

Bright lights dissolve
Like sugar deep inside you now
And still the rain keeps coming down
I'm hardly here at all

And everything's gone quiet now
I'm hardly here at all