Idlewild Album

In competition for the worst first line I could use
In conversation for the first time
Find salvation and breathe in each breath that I choose
In competition for the worst time
Brooklyn lies bleeding in the afternoon
Always four or five steps from misfortune
To drown out moments of revelation
In competition for the worst time

I know my name but I can't deny
I talk in silence like I'm used to

Graduation fits the worst time I could use
Confidence for the first time
Take the money and the drink you are going to refuse
In competition for the worst time
Glasgow lies bleeding in the afternoon
A practical response to good fortune
I dream my moments of revelation
In competition for the worst time

And though I know my name
I still can't deny
I talk in silence like I'm used to
No matter how hard I try
I talk in silence like I'm used to

The first time I saw the moon
I cursed the sun
as I watched it shine
I watched it burn a hole
I watched it burn a hole

Every time I cursed the moon
I cursed the sun
as I watched it burn
as i watched it turn away
I don't have to turn away

Everything, as it moves
as it moves I watch it turn right into gold
it turns right into gold
but you said everything, as it moves
as it moves me it turns right into gold
and yes it turns right into gold

And I curse the sun
as the moon now darkens the sky
your heart is beating in your palm
is beating in the palms of your hand
And if my brothers and my sisters
are in the air where the moonlight twists
I'll board this ship

but only a ship that sails and no destination

Everything, as it moves
as it moves I watch it turn right into gold
it turns right into gold
and you said everything, as it moves
as it moves me it turns right into gold
and yes it turns right into gold

And the sand that turns to rust
which turns to rain, you know
hero cries your name, you know
hero cries your name

And the sand that turns to rust
which turns to rain, you know
hero cries your name, you know
hero cries your name

Everything, as it moves
as it moves I watch it turn right into gold
it turns right into gold
and you said everything, as it moves
as it moves I watch it turn right into gold
it turns right into gold

Can you hear the words I'm trying to find
for the feelings that define you
There's no point in trying to hide
from the skeleton that surrounds you
So we speak no louder than a whisper
when we're running from winter
So we speak no louder than a song
when we're falling all day
falling all day long

In whatever we say we show no emotion
we show no emotion
and when we kick back into the world of motion
we show, we show no emotion

Can you see ourselves and trying to hide
the reasons that define you
If there's a point in trying to find
if there's an emptiness inside you

So we speak no louder than a whisper
means we're running from winter
So we speak no louder than a song
means we're falling all day
falling all day long

In whatever we say we show no emotion
we show no emotion
and when we kick back into the world of motion
we show, we show no emotion
Whatever we say we show no emotion
we show no emotion
and when we kick back into the world of motion
we show, we show no emotion

In whatever we say we show no emotion
we show no emotion
and when we kick back into the world of motion
we show, we show no emotion

It's knowing what's important
hidden lockets of your hair
felt exactly every moment
even moments we never share
And all this land has been discovered
every frame in-front of me
is describing in a story
a familiar history

Through a city that's all closing
atleast it's closing in on me
but you're too old to remember
or I'm too young to agree
Secret teachings take me somewhere strange
shadows gained and bottles drain
let your tears fall in the shape
of everyone of the American states

If I could see your face
before it's born and raised
before it was born and raised
in memories wake

Reassure me into changing names
vision strained a seconds change
to be secure of everything
if I could make another world
We're like flies landing on flies
we suffer what we never try
so I slick my hair and I stamp my feet
until the darkness
until the darkness is complete

If I could see your face
before it's born and raised
before it was born and raised
in memories wake

You could break me by the bones
until you break me inside
You could drag me from my home
and lay me down by the riverside

Where there was lie in your eyes
now we read by the night
And still nothing's moved
even denying what's true

You might have all the facts
but the truth is truth
no matter how you act
If it takes you, it takes you
takes you home
And if it takes you, takes you
takes you home
And if it tries to take you
it takes you home home
And if it takes you, it takes you
takes you home

You could take me on my own
until you break me inside
What's been divided by walls
is now divided by night

In my sleeping bag
the metaphor of darkness, it's a light
But it's all up to you
even denying what's true

You might claim to have the facts
but the truth is truth
no matter how you act
If it takes you, it takes you
takes you home
And if it takes you, it takes you
takes you home
And if it tries to take you
takes you home
And if it takes you, it takes you
takes you home

When I look upon the heaven that happened
I realise that it's all around
So we play our part in what's happening
and what happens to you then happens to me
and it's all around

And the song sings all around me
I'll let faith hold its fantasy
as the song sings all around me
you can steal what you love
you can love what you steal

One goes to heaven, one goes to hell
like a national myth that is all around me
and we couldn't find the rivers and mountains
they were not on the map
but true places never are
they're only inside you and me

And the song sings all around me
I'll let faith hold its fantasy
as the song sings all, all around me
you can steal what you love
but you can't love what you steal

Take the hand that's holding up your head
with the hand that's holding your heart
It's more than I am
more than I am

Hold your hand above your head
wiser hands are heard above your heart
It's more than I am
to be more than I am

And you and I are both away
Oh, you and I we are walls away
and we will never say nothing but
what we say
and we will never say nothing but
what we say

Didn't you know that this world

is not meant to be dreamt in
But what hurts me most
is all the time that we've wasted
I've wasted all the dreams in my head
I'll have to move
out of this country instead
I'll have to move
I'll have to move
I'll have to move
out of this country instead

You and I are both away
Oh, you and I we are walls away
and we will never say nothing but
what we say
and we will never say nothing but
what we say
and we say

What if your heart
is your only home
you can go around
maybe you wont go around

And if your heart
is your only home
you can go around
maybe you wont go around

I watch you walk
and you turn into yourself
and extend into shadows
like the days

Hey, hey, hey alibi
let me shout out your name
there's a ghost in the arcade
there's a ghost in the arcade

Hey alibi
let me shout out your name
to explore exactly why
we throw our lives away

Don't wonder why I came
I still remain
And you wear your badge of pride
with shame
and I still remain

Hey, hey, hey alibi
let me shout out your name
there's a ghost in the arcade
there's a ghost in the arcade
Hey alibi
let me shout out your name
to explore exactly why
we throw our lives away

To come apart in mountain tops
is to come apart in rain
Every note creates a picture of
a road worn over again
You speak only in memories
but what memories dictate
is if you don't know what you want
then what you want won't wait
And he sparks a ten center
as an epilogue waits
it's a centre of attention
and it's a road we won't leave behind

So far away
and I'm free from disguise
but I can see the devil hiding
in the circles around your eyes
What do I signify when
lifetime's away
I can see that look in northern faces
and looks are made from far off places

And maybe the life waits over the hill
over the hill while I wait

The night begins
in early moments
no easy moments
the three of us are sitting up till dawn
There are no outskirts
to New York City

If i'm leaving
leave me gone
I only ask you 'cos time won't tell you to
leave me gone
I only ask you when time tells you to stop

Stop, the daylight
coming past the ending

like a mixture of everyone in the world
We're all watching a film
shown on gravestones
of us leaving

And the journeys start
only as the journeys end
and finished it remains
and finished it remains

Leave me gone
I won't ask you if time won't tell you
to leave me gone
I won't ask you if time won't tell you
to leave me gone