Narcissus Road

The Hours Narcissus Road Lyrics
1.Icarus

Lyricist:Ant Genn, Slattery Martin Paul

He had a misanthrope for a dad
Who crushed any hope he might have had
When he was just a boy
Clothed in a cloak of bitterness
He wandered through the wilderness
In search of something to destroy

Like Icarus he flew too close to the sun
To the sun

Well, I can understand how someone
Can go over to the dark side
'Cause the Devil, he's got all the tunes
And somebody once said
If you're not living on the edge
Then you are taking up too much room

Like Icarus he flew too close to the sun
I know he fell but for a while there
He must have had some fun

In a world of such confusion
Contradiction and delusion
We all can have a heavy heart
It's a certain symbiosis
Paranoia feeds psychosis
It can cause a man to fall apart

Like Icarus he flew too close to the sun
I know he fell down but I know
That he is not the only one
No, he's not the only one

If you don't shoot
Then you don't score
I know that for sure

He had a misanthrope for a dad
Who crushed any hope he might have had
When he was just a boy


2.I Miss You

Lyricist:Antony Genn, Martin Paul Slattery

Although I miss you, I know you had to go
I know you had to leave me standing
But I still miss you, I just need you to know
I just wish you could hear me singing

It turned this boy into a man when
You banged out the last beat on your drum
I held your hand and kissed your head
When we said goodbye

And I miss you, think of you every day
I hear the words you'd say ringing in my ears
And I can feel you in every single bone
I'll never be alone wherever I may go

Because this boy is now a man
And I understand for that you had to go
I guess it's true what they all say
But it broke my heart and I miss you

I wish you were here
I wish you could hear me singing


3.Narcissus Road

Lyricist:Ant Genn, Slattery Martin Paul

She's lost in the dark
She thinks she's been enlightened
From the schoolhouse in the park
Her house is full of mirrors
But she can't really look at herself

She lives on Narcissus Road
Where the streets are paved with gold
Where everybody loves you
Everybody loves you

She's beautiful but that's fading fast
And her clock is ticking loud and fast
She's so unaware of the things she does
She reminds me of that replicant
That did not know what she was

She lives on Narcissus Road
Where the streets are paved with gold
Where everybody loves You
Everybody loves you

She lives on Narcissus Road
No one dies or ever gets old
Everybody loves you

Twinkle twinkle little star
Who the fuck do you think you are?


4.Ali In The Jungle

Lyricist:Antony Genn, Martin Paul Slattery

It's not how you start, it's how you finish
And it's not where you're from, it's where you're at

Everybody gets knocked down
Everybody gets knocked down
How quick are you gonna get up?
How quick are you gonna get up?

Everybody get knocked down
Everybody gets knocked down
How quick are you gonna get up?
Just how are you gonna get up?

Like Ali in the jungle, like Nelson in jail
Like Simpson on the mountain
With odds like that they were bound to fail
Like Keller in the darkness, like Adams in the dock
Like Ludwig Van, how I love that man
Well, the guy went deaf and didn't give a fuck

It's not where you are, it's where you're going
Where are you going?
And it's not about the things you've done
It's what you're doing now
What are you doing now?

It's the greatest comeback since Lazarus
The greatest comeback since Lazarus


5.Murder Or Suicide

Lyricist:Ant Genn, Slattery Martin Paul

I'm listening to you
You're not listening to me
Your mouth is moving
But it don't mean shit to me

I'm richer than you could ever be
You think you're on the way up
But you're coming down
Yeah you're going down

Some nights I can't decide
Between murder or suicide-
I'm going out, I'm going out of my mind
Well, you can run but you can't hide
It'll eat you up on the inside
I'm going out, I'm going out of my mind

Your skin is pale and you're looking thin
The lights are on but there is nobody in
You're rotting, it's destroying you from within
Won't you please put down the racket
This is a game you cannot win


6.Back When You Were Good

Lyricist:Antony Genn, Martin Paul Slattery, Jon Waronker

I told you everyone's the same
But it's no use, it's no use
Laying all the blame at my door

That won't work no more
I've heard it all before and I, I see you now
You have changed somehow
And I, I wish I knew you back then
Back when you were good

I know you better than you know yourself
And it's no use, you can't buy a new life off a shelf
It wont set you free, you're not fooling me
It's so sad to see how you've
Changed your tune and let go

You're like a vampire
You're soaking with bodies blood
Oh, how I wish, I knew you back
When you were good

Back when you were someone
Back when you were good
Back when you were someone
When you were good
You used to be so alive
You burned so bright
Your stars shined out in the sky

You had it all right in the palm of your hand
And let it fall like a million grains of sand
You went away to a place where nobody knew
Just who you are and there's no one to answer to

No one to question the person you have become
And what have you done, what have you done
And you have gone to hide somewhere
Yeah, you have gone to hide somewhere