Artist: Sting Album: ...Nothing Like The Sun {1987}

Looked beneath his shirt today
There was a wound in his flesh so deep and wide
From the wound a lovely flower grew
From somewhere deep inside
He turned around to face his mother
To show her the wound in his breast that burned like a brand
The sword that cut him open
Was the sword in his mother's hand

Every day another miracle
Only death will tear us apart
To sacrifice a life for yours
I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
The blood of the Lazarus heart

Though the sword was his protection
The wound itself would give him power
The power to remake himself
At the time of his darkest hour
She said the wound would give him courage and pain
The kind of pain that you can't hide
From the wound a lovely flower grew
From somewhere deep inside

Every day another miracle
Only death will keep us apart
To sacrifice a life for yours
I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
Blood of the Lazarus heart

Birds on the roof of my mother's house
No stones that chase them away
Birds on the roof of my mother's house
Will sit on my roof someday
They fly at the window, they fly at the door
Where does she get the strength to fight them anymore
Counts all her children as a shield against the pain
Lifts her eyes to the sky like a flower to the rain

Every day another miracle
Only death will keep us apart
To sacrifice a life for yours
I'd be the blood of the Lazarus heart
Blood of the Lazarus heart

Be still my beating heart
It would be better to be cool
It's not time to be open just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget
Be still my beating heart
I'll be taken for a fool
It's not healthy to run at this pace
The blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
Soothe the thoughts that plague me so

Sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart

Restore my broken dreams
Shattered like a falling glass
I'm not ready to be broken just yet
A lesson once learned is so hard to forget

Be still my beating heart
You must learn to stand your ground
It's not healthy to run at this pace
Blood runs so red to my face
I've been to every single book I know
Soothe the thoughts that plague me so

Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart, be still my beating heart

Never to be wrong
Never to make promises that break
It's like singing in the wind
Or writing on the surface of a lake
And I wriggle like a fish caught on dry land
Struggle to avoid any help at hand

I sink like a stone that's been thrown in the ocean
My logic has drowned in a sea of emotion
Stop before you start
Be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart
Be still my beating heart - be still my beating heart

I don't drink coffee, I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
You can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York

See me walking down Fifth Avenue
Walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York

Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

If manners maketh man, as someone said
He's the hero of the day
Takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself, no matter what they say

Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle's brighter than the sun

Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run

If manners maketh man, as someone said
He's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Be yourself, no matter what they say

Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Be yourself, no matter what they say
Whoa, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York

Hit it

If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems we're told will always, always last
Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast
Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast

If God is dead and the actor plays his part
His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart
Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past things can only get worse

Sooner or later, sooner or later, sooner or later, sooner or later
Sooner or later, sooner or later, sooner or later, sooner or later

Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time
The mother of invention, oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child

Sooner or later - sooner or later, sooner or later - sooner or later
Sooner or later - sooner or later, sooner or later - sooner or later
Sooner or later - sooner or later, sooner or later - sooner or later
Sooner or later - sooner or later, sooner or later

Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong
To win a bloodless battle where victory is long
A simple act of faith in reason over might
To blow up his children will only prove him right
History will teach us nothing

Sooner or later, just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later, just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing

Know your human rights, be what you come here for
Know your human rights, be what you come here for - sooner or later
Know your human rights, be what you come here for - sooner or later
Know your human rights, be what you come here for - sooner or later
Know your human rights, be what you come here for - sooner or later
Know your human rights, be what you come here for - sooner or later
Know your human rights, be what you come here for - sooner or later

Why are these women here dancing on their own
Why is there this sadness in their eyes
Why are the soldiers here, their faces fixed like stone
I can't see what it is that they despise

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
Dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

The only form of protest they're allowed
I see their silent faces, they scream so loud
If they were to speak these words they'd go missing too
Another woman on the torture table, what else can they do

They're dancing with the missing
They're dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
They're dancing with their sons
They're dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance

Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos
Danzan con los muertos
Danzan con amores invisibles
Con silenciosa angustia
Danzan con sus padres
Con sus hijos
Con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas, danzan solas

Hey, Mr. Pinochet
You've sown a bitter crop
It's foreign money that supports you
One day the money's going to stop
No wages for your torturer
No budget for your gun
You think of your own mother
Dancing with her invisible son

Dancing with the missing
Dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaid
They're dancing with their fathers
Dancing with their sons
Dancing with their husbands
They dance alone, they dance alone

One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
One day we'll dance on their graves
One day we'll sing our freedom
One day we'll laugh in our joy
And we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance - we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance
And we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance, and we'll dance

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the color of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

I see me with you and all the things you do
Keep turning round and round in my mind
Forget the weather, we should always be together
And any other thought is unkind

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
I need you as my guide and my light
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together, we'll be together tonight - together
We'll be together, yeah - together
We'll be together - together
We'll be together, yeah - together

I see you with me and all I want to be
Is dancing here with you in my arms
Forget the weather, we should always be together
I'll always be a slave to your charms

To have you with me I would swim the seven seas
I need you as my guide in my life
My love is a flame that burns in your name
We'll be together, we'll be together tonight - together
We'll be together, yeah - together
We'll be together - together
We'll be together, yeah - together

Call me baby, you can call me anything you want
Call me baby, call me, call me

I see you with me and baby makes three
I see me with you and all the things you do

Forget the weather we should always be together
I need you as my guide and my light
My love is the flame that burns in your name
We'll be together, we'll be together tonight - together
We'll be together, yeah - together
Together
We'll be together - together
We'll be together - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
We'll be together - together, we'll be together tonight
We'll be together - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight - together
Together, we'll be together tonight
If you need somebody - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
If you wanna keep something precious - together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight
Together, we'll be together tonight - love somebody
Let's get together - together, we'll be together tonight - love somebody
Let's get together - to love somebody
Let's get together

Well, in a hundred years from now
They will attempt to tell us how
A scientific means to bliss
Will supersede the human kiss

A sub-atomic chain
Will maybe galvanize the brain
A biochemic trance
Will eliminate romance

Why ever should we care
When there are arrows in the air
Formed by lovers ancient art
That go straight to my heart, straight to my heart

A future sugar coated pill
Would give our lovers time to kill
I think they're working far too much
For the redundancy of touch

But what will make me yours
Are a million deadly spores
Formed by lovers ancient art
That go straight to my heart, straight to my heart

Come into my door - be the light of my life
Come into my door - you'll never have to sweep the floor
Come into my door - be the light of my life
Come into my door - come and be my wife
I'll be true to no one but you

If it's a future world we fear
We have tomorrow's seeds right here
For you can hold them in your hand
Or let them fall into the sand

But if our love is pure
The only thing of which we're sure
Then you can play your part
And fly straight to my heart, straight to my heart

If I should seek immunity
And love you with impunity
Then the only thing to do
Is for me to pledge myself to you

They only dealt one card
So for me it is not hard
You're the bright star in my chart
You go straight to my heart, straight to my heart

Come into my door - be the light of my life
Come into my door - you'll never have to sweep the floor
Come into my door - be the light of my life
Come into my door - come and be my wife
I'll be true to no one but you

Straight to my heart, straight to my heart
Straight to my heart, straight to my heart
Straight to my heart, straight to my heart
Straight to my heart, straight to my heart
Straight to my heart, straight to my heart
Straight to my heart, straight to my heart

Saw an ad in the newspaper that caught my eye
I said to my baby, "This sounds like a ticket for you and I."
It said, "Volunteers wanted for a very special trip
To commune with Mother Nature on a big wooden ship."
We took a taxi to the river in case any places were free
There was an old guy with a beard
And every kind of creature as far as the eye could see
This old guy was the boss, he said, "I won't tell you no lie
But there's more to this journey than is apparent to the eye."
He said he'd heard God's message on the radio
It was going to rain forever and he'd told him to go
"I'll protect you all, don't worry, I'll be father to you all
I'll save two of every animal, no matter how small
But I'll need some assistants to look after the zoo
I can't see nobody better, so you'll just have to do."
I said, "Just tell me something before it's too late and we're gone
I mean, just how safe is this boat we'll be on?"

It's rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady

It rained for forty days and forty long nights
I'd never seen rain like it
And it looked like our old friend was being proved right
We had no time to worry, though, there was just too much to do
Between the signified monkey and the kangaroo
We had to wash all the animals, we had to feed them, too
We were merely human slaves in a big floating zoo
She said, "Hey baby I don't mean to be flip
But it seems this old man is on some power trip."
I said, "No, no, sugar you must be wrong
I mean look at the size of this boat we're on.
We're as safe as houses, as safe as mother's milk
He's as cool as November, smooth as China silk
He's God's best friend, he's got a seat on the board
And life may be tough but we're sailing with the Lord."

Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady

Woke up this morning and something had changed
Like a room in my house had just been rearranged
She said, "It's stopped raining and I know the guy's kind
But if we stay here much longer I'm gonna lose my mind."
So we said we had a mission for his favorite dove
To see if there was any mercy from this great God above
So to find dry land away the white bird flew
We didn't need no country, just a rock would do
When the dove came back to us he threw down a twig
It was manna from heaven and meant we could blow this gig
"But the rock's too small," he said, "can't you see?"
I said, "It's just perfect for her, it's perfect for me."

Rock steady, rock steady - it's perfect for me
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady - Got any more bright ideas
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady
Rock steady, rock steady

Sister Moon will be my guide
In your blue, blue shadows I would hide
All good people asleep tonight
I'm all by myself in your silver light
I would gaze at your face the whole night through
I'd go out of my mind, but for you
I'd go out of my mind, but for you

Lying in a mother's arms
The primal root of a woman's charms
I'm a stranger to the sun, my eyes are too weak
How cold is a heart when it's warmth that he seek
Watch every night, you don't care what I do
I'd go out of my mind, but for you
I'd go out of my mind, but for you

My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun
My hunger for her explains everything I've done
To howl at the moon the whole night through
And they really don't care if I do
I'd go out of my mind, but for you

Sister Moon

Well, she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales
All she ever talks about
Riding the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free
"It's alright, it's alright," she says
Take anything you want from me, anything

Well, she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales
All she ever talks about
Riding the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles she gives to me free
"It's alright, it's alright," she says
Take anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, anything

No earthly church has ever blessed our union
No state has ever granted us permission
No family bond has ever made us two
No company has ever earned commission

No debt was paid, no dowry to be gained
No treaty over border land or power
No semblance of the world outside remained
To stain the beauty of this nuptial hour

The secret marriage vow is never spoken
The secret marriage never can be broken

No flowers on the alter
No white veil in your hair
No maiden dress to alter
No bible oath to swear

The secret marriage vow is never spoken
The secret marriage can never be broken, ooh