Artist: Sting Album: Mercury Falling {1996}

Mercury falling, I rise from my bed
Collect my thoughts together, I have to hold my head
It seems that she's gone and somehow I am pinned by
The hounds of winter, they're howling in the wind

I walk through the day, my coat around my ears
I look for my companion, I have to dry my tears
It seems that she's gone, leaving me too soon
I'm as dark as December, I'm as cold as the man in the moon

I still see her face as beautiful as day
It's easy to remember, remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
And the hounds of winter, they follow me down

Can't make up the fire the way that she could
I spend all my days in the search for dry wood
Board all the windows and close the front door
I can't believe she won't be here anymore

I still see her face as beautiful as day
It's easy to remember, remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome sound
And the, the hounds of winter, they follow me down, yeah

A season for joy, a season for sorrow
Where she's gone I will surely, surely follow
She brightened my day, she warmed the coldest night
The hounds of winter, they got me in their sights

I still see her face as beautiful as day
It's easy to remember, remember my love that way
All I hear is that lonesome, lonesome sound
And the, the hounds of winter, they harry me down, down, yeah

Hey, yeah, ooh, ooh

Early one morning with time to kill
I borrowed Jeb's rifle and sat on the hill
I saw a lone rider crossing the plain
I drew a bead on him to practice my aim
My brother's rifle went off in my hand
A shot rang out across the land
The horse, he kept running, the rider was dead
I hung my head, I hung my head

I set off running to wake from the dream
My brother's rifle went into the stream
I kept on running into the salt lands
And that's where they found me, my head in my hands
The sheriff, he asked me why had I run
And then it came to me, just what I had done
And all for no reason, just one piece of lead
I hung my head, I hung my head

Here in the courthouse, the whole town is there
I see the judge high up in his chair
"Explain to the courtroom what went through your mind
And we'll ask the jury what verdict they find."
I said, "I felt the power of death over life
I orphaned his children, I widowed his wife
I beg their forgiveness, I wish I was dead."
I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head

Early one morning with time to kill
I see the gallows up on the hill
And out in the distance a trick of the brain
I see a lone rider crossing the plain
He come to fetch me to see what they done
And we'll ride together till Kingdom Come
I pray for God's mercy for soon I'll be dead
I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head
I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head, I hung my head

Let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you, he'll guide you well

When you're down and they're counting
When your secrets all found out
When your troubles take to mounting
When the map you have leads you to doubt
When there's no information
And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well
Just let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you, he'll guide you well

And when the doctors fail to heal you
When no medicine chest can make you well
When no counsel leads to comfort
When there are no more lies they can tell
No more useless information
And the compass spins, the compass spins between heaven and hell
Just let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you, he'll guide you well

And your eyes turn towards the window pane
To the lights upon the hill
The distance seems so strange to you now
And the dark room seems so still

Let your pain be my sorrow
Let your tears be my tears, too
Let your courage be my model
That the north you find will be true
When there's no information
And the compass turns to nowhere, to nowhere that you know well
Just let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you, let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you upon your way

Your soul guide you along the way
Let your soul guide you along the way
Let your soul guide you along the way
Let your soul guide you along the way
Let your soul guide you along the way

When the doctors fail to heal you
Only so many lies they can tell
No more useless information
Trust your soul to guide you
Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you

Let your pain be my sorrow
Let your tears be my tears, too
Let your courage be my model
That the north you find, that the north you find will be true
Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you

Alone with my thoughts this evening
I walked on the banks of Tyne
I wondered how I could win you
Or if I could make you mine
Or if I could make you mine

The wind, it was so insistent
With tales of a stormy south
When I spied two birds in a sycamore tree
Came a dryness in my mouth
Came a dryness in my mouth

For then without rhyme or reason
Two birds did rise up to fly
And where the two birds were flying
I swear I saw you and I
I swear I saw you and I

I walked out this morning
It was like a veil had been removed from before my eyes
The first time I saw the work of heaven
In the line where the hills had been married to the sky
And all around me every blade of singing grass
Was calling out your name and that our love would always last

And inside every turning leaf
Is the pattern of an older tree
The shape of our future
The shape of all our history
And out of the confusion
Where the river meets the sea
Came things I'd never seen
Things I'd never seen

I was brought to my senses
I was blind, now that I can see
Every signpost in nature
Said you belong to me

I know it's true, it's written in a sky as blue
As blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyes
If nature's red in tooth and claw
Like winter's freeze and summer's thaw
The wounds she gave me
Were the wounds that would heal me

And we'd be like the moon and sun
And when our courtly dance had run
Its course across the sky
Then together we would lie
And out of the confusion
Where the river meets the sea
Something new would arrive
Something better would arrive

I was brought to my senses
I was blind, now that I can see
Every signpost in nature
Said you belong to me

I was brought to my senses
I was blind, now that I can see
Every signpost in nature
Said you belong to me

I was brought - I was brought
To my senses - to my senses
I was blind - I was blind
Now that I can see
Every signpost in nature
Said you belong to me

Another night finds me alone
In my dreams you still touch me
Your picture by my telephone
In that smile you still thrill me

And if I sleep, I sleep here alone
In my bed tonight you still haunt me
And if I'm falling, I'm falling like a stone
In my nightmares you still hold me

And after all that we've been through
Now I'm wondering if you still blame me
If only half of this was true
That you believe of me, you still shame me, yeah

Dark rain will fall until I see your face
I close my eyes
I seem to hear the raindrops saying you won't come back
You still touch me

And when I'm sick at heart and low
In my prayers you still heal me
When I'm so sure, so sure this isn't so
In my complacency you still shake me

I wonder if you feel the same way as I do
And you'd come back - you still touch me

Another night finds me alone
In my bed tonight you still haunt me
You still hold me, you still touch me
You still touch me, you still touch me

Another night, another night
Another night, another night finds me alone

Seven weeks have passed, now, since she left me
She shows her face to ask me how I am
She says the kids are fine and that they miss me
Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime
She says, "Are you okay, I was worried about you
Can you forgive me, I hope that you'll be happy."
I say, "I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears."

I saw a friend of mine, he said, "I was worried about you
I heard she had another man, I wondered how you felt about it?"
I say, "I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears."
Saw my lawyer, Mister Good News, he got me
Joint custody and legal separation
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears

I took a walk alone last night, I looked up at the stars
To try and find an answer in my life
I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him
I chose two stars for my kids and one star for my wife
Something made me smile, something seemed to ease the pain
Something bout the universe and how it's all connected

The park is full of Sunday fathers and melted ice cream
We try to do the best within the given time
A kid should be with his mother, everybody knows that
What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes
I saw that friend of mine, he said, "You look different somehow."
I said, "Everybody's got to leave the darkness sometime."
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears
I'm so happy that I can't stop crying
I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears

And with her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer
She's got me flying like a bird in a bright June sky
And then just when she thinks that I've got her number
Brings me down to the ground with her wintry eye
That's my baby, she can be all four seasons in one day, yeah, yeah

And when the nighttime comes with no interference
To our warm summer love with all its charms
Just like a thoroughbred horse she can turn on a sixpence
And I find that I'm back in Mistress Winter's arms
That's my baby, she can be all four seasons in one day, yeah, yeah

How will I know, how can I tell
Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins
She can be kind, she can be cruel
She got me guessing like a game show fool

And she can change her mind like she changes her sweaters
From one minute to the next, it's hard to tell
And she blows hot and cold just like stormy weather
She's my gift from the Lord or a fiend from hell
That's my baby, she can be all four seasons in one day, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Watching the weatherman's been no good at all
Winter, spring, summer - I'm bound for a fall
No long term predictions for my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day

How will I know, how can I tell
Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins
She can be kind, she can be cruel
She got me guessing like a game show fool

If it's a sunny day I take my umbrella
Just in case the raindrops start to fall
And you could say that I'm just a cautious fella
I don't want to be caught in sudden squall
That's my baby, she can be all four seasons in one day, yeah, yeah
That's my baby, she can be all four seasons in one day
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Dansons tu dis
Et moi, je suis
Mes pas sont gauches
Mes pieds tu fauches
Je crains les sots
Je cherche en vain les mots
Pour m'expliquer ta vie, alors
Tu ments, ma Soeur
Tu brises mon coeur
Je pense, tu sais
Erreurs, jamais
J'ecoute, tu parles
Je ne comprends pas bien
La belle dame sans regrets
La belle dame sans regrets

Je pleure, tu ris
Je chante, tu cries
Tu semes les graines
D'un mauvais ch�ne
Mon ble s'envole
Tu en a ras le bol
J'attends, toujours
Mes cris sont sourds
Tu ments, ma Soeur
Tu brises mon coeur
Je pense, tu sais
Erreurs, jamais
J'ecoute, tu parles
Je ne comprends pas bien
La belle dame sans regrets
La belle dame sans regrets
La belle, la belle dame sans regrets

Dansons tu dis
Et moi, je suis
Mes pas sont gauches
Mes pieds tu fauches
Tu ments, ma Soeur
Tu brises mon coeur
Je pense, tu sais
Erreurs, jamais
Dansons tu dis
Et moi, je suis
Mes pas sont gauches
Mes pieds tu fauches
Tu ments, ma Soeur
Tu brises mon coeur
Je pense, tu sais
Erreurs, jamais

Chase the dog star over the sea
Home where my true love is waiting for me
Rope the south wind, canvas the stars
Harness the moonlight so she can safely go
Round the cape horn to Valparaiso

Red, the port light, starboard the green
How will she know of the devils I've seen
Cross in the sky, star of the sea
Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
Round the cape horn to Valparaiso, Valparaiso

And every road I walked would take me down to the sea
With every broken promise in my sack
And every love would always send the ship of my heart
Over the rolling sea

If I should die and water's my grave
She'll never know if I'm damned or I'm saved
See the ghost fly over the sea
Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
Round the cape horn to Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Valparaiso

Fill my eyes, oh, lithium sunset
Take this lonesome burden of worry from my mind
Take this heartache of obsidian darkness
And fold my darkness inside your yellow light

I've been scattered, I've been shattered
I've been knocked out of the race but I'll get better
I feel your light upon my face

Heal my soul, oh, lithium sunset
I'll ride the turning world into another night
Into another night, into another night

See mercury falling, see mercury falling
See mercury falling, see mercury falling
See mercury falling, see mercury falling, see mercury falling