Reflector – Where Has All The Melody Gone?
SPELL – YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL HAPPY, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL SAD, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL ANGRY,
YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL MAD, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL SLEEPING, YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL WIDE-EYED,
ROLL OVER AND WE’LL KISS ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT. I CAN’T BREAK THIS SPELL YOU’VE
GOT ON ME. HEY NOW, WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU NEED, IT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE
GONNA GET. YOUR BEAUTIFUL SIDE, YOUR
BEAUTIFUL SIDE IS ALWAYS ON MINE. WHY
AM I ALWAYS IN SUCH ARRAY, STUNNED OR STOPPED AND SICK TO BAY, MAKE UP A WORD
TO DESCRIBE EXACTLY WHAT I HOLD BENEATH MY EYES. WE CAN’T BREAK THIS SPELL.
ANNE GEDDES IS MY HERO – YOU SAID THAT WE WERE THROUGH, YOU SAID THAT WE
WERE DONE THIS TIME. LAUGH YOUR WAY
THROUGH LIFE AGAIN, YOU LEAVE ANYTHING THAT TAKES ANY TIME TO FIGURE OUT. YOU WANT ANOTHER CHANCE AT REDEMPTION BUT
IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS FRONT. YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE READY TO
BREAK MY HEART. YOU’RE BACK AGAIN
TALKING ABOUT THE CREDIT CARDS BEING CUT UP.
YOU’RE MOVING IN WITH YOUR MOTHER WHO THINKS THAT YOU CAN DO NOTHING
WRONG BUT SOMEHOW I SEE THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
YOU LEFT THE ROOST WHEN SHE WAS THREE TO LEAVE HER AND THE OLDER
ALONE. NOW YOU WANT TO COME BACK FOR
SOME SORT OF RESTITUTION. BUT IT’S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN NO. YOU WANT TO SAY
WHAT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING ALL YOUR LIFE TO SAY. SHE’S GROWN AND OUT NOW. HOW
MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE US NOW? YOU SHIPPED OUT ALL THAT WAS SO HOLY,
JUST, AND PURE. YOU SICK MY SIDE THERE
IS A PAIR OF SILENCE TO SILENCE YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU’VE COME BACK TO CLAIM NOW. NOW THAT THE WORKS BEEN DONE.
I REFUSE TO MUTE – THESE TWO VERSES ARE LIKE AN EMPTY PAGE. WHICH I CAN WRITE MY HEART, I REFUSE TO FEEL
ASHAMED FOR SOMETHING I DIDN’T START.
YOU CAN’T TAKE A FAMILY UP FROM THE ROOTS. IT MIGHT MAKE ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT FUNNY, BUT I REFUSE TO
MUTE. YOU KNOW YOUR PART, YOU’VE GOT
ONE EYE IN SCOPE. WELL I’M NOT GOING TO
SIT HERE AND SAY THAT YOU RIPPED MY HEART.
INSTEAD I CAN REJOICE BECAUSE GOD HAS DONE HIS PART. YOU CAN’T GET ME THAT EASILY, EVEN IF IT WAS
THREE TIMES DOWN THE LINE, WHY WHINE ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS, YOU CAN’T RIP MY
HEART OUT. KEEP YOUR EYES IN THE SCOPE
YOU SAID, I REFUSE TO BREAK.
MONSTER – YOU SAY YOU’VE MADE A MONSTER WHO LIKES NICE THINGS, HOW CAN YOU
DEVELOP A DIET FOR NOTHING WHEN YOU GIVEN HIM EVERYTHING? IT’S FUNNY HOW WE ALL
HAVE TO LIVE OUR OWN LIVES TO HAND. FOR
SOME REASON I SEE YOU LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH A DISHEARTNED MAN. HEY NOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO WITH THIS
AND A BETTER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS IS SAY YOU MADE A MISTAKE OR TWO. YOU SAY
YOU MADE A MONSTER WHO EMBARRASSES YOU WHAT ARE THE GIRLS DOWNSTAIRS GOING TO
THINK WHEN YOU TELL THEM THE BRAND NEW NEWS?
GO AWAY AND DO JUST AS I SAY FORGET YOUR DREAMS AND ALL. WE WERE SURE
HOPING THAT ALL THAT LOFTY THINKING WOULD DROP WHEN WE SAID FALL. HEY NOW WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS WELL IT’S ALL GOING TO COME DOWN TO THIS ONE WELL
IT’S COMING DOWN MUCH TOO FAST FOR ME.
EVERY LAST CHANCE YOU GIVE IS JUST A FOLLOWING TO SAY YOU’RE BETTER
THAN.
HANDS – IN A PERFECT WORLD EVERYTHING IS SO PICTURESQUE. WELL IN A PERFECT PICTURE EVERYTHING IS SO
UN-WORDLY. I’VE HEARD THE ARGUMENT
ABOUT IF IT’S INFLUENCE. MY HANDS ARE
RAISED WAY UP HIGH. IF THIS SONG EVER
MEETS YOUR EAR I’LL BE HALFWAY CROSSED THE WORLD AND SUCH AND.
IN ON ROANOKE – WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS ALL NIGHT IF YOU WANT TO
BUT SOMEHOW YOU’RE GONNA GO AWAY UNSATISFIED AT THE WAY I SEE THINGS NOW YOU
BROUGHT UP THE THOUGHT THAT ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME ALTHOUGH THAT’S TRUE IN
HISTORY AND STORY BOOKS I KNOW IT’S THE TRUTH BUT THE SAME DOES NOT APPLY TO
THIS. HEY STEP OUT OF YOUR
SELF-PROCLAIMED FAITH WELL ALL ROADS DON’T LEAD TO ROME HERE OH HOW I’D LIKE TO
SAY TO COMFORT YOU AND THE THOUGHS INSIDE YOUR SKULL.
CREEPIN IN – I’VE SEEN IT CREEPIN IN INTO YOUR HEART AGAIN WE BOTH JUST SIT THERE
AND SMILE BUT WE KNOW IT’S GONE A LONG LONG WHILE BUT SOMEHOW WE IGNORE THE
PAIN AND YOU KNOW THIS AND WE SAY AND WE WAIT I’VE SEEN IT CREEPIN IN INTO OUR
HEARTS AGAIN PULLING WAYS AND SITTING US DOWN WILL WE EVER SEEM TO COME AROUND WILL
WE EVER MEET THERE AGAIN AND YOU NOTICE AND WE WAIT AND YOU SAY.
ALICE – ALICE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART OR JUST HER MENDING TACTICS AND EVERY
TIME SHE FELT LIKE HOME WAS DESIRABLE SHE’S THRITEEN HOURS AWAY FROM JESUS DIED
OF A BROKEN HEART OR JUST HIS MENDING TACTICS AND EVERY TIME HE FELT LIKE HOME
WAS DESIRABLE HE WAS THIRTEEN HOURS AWAY FROM GIVE ME A HEART FOR THE LOST AND
DYING YOU JUST SIT THERE AND STARE AT THE CEILING. YOU’RE THIRTEEN HOURS AWAY FROM YOU JUST WAIT ALONE AND WE KNEW
IT WOULD COME DOWN TO THIS EVERY TIME IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE THIS I’M THIRTEEN
HOURS AWAY FROM IT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THIS WHEN I’M TRYING HARD NOT TO CRY AND
EVERY TIME I FEEL LIKE THIS I’M THIRTEEN HOURS AWAY FROM HOME. ALICE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART.
FLOWERS – FLOWERS HANGING ON THE WALLS OF OUR BEDROOM THEIR COLOR SHAPE AND
MODEL REMIND ME OF WHEN TWO BECAME ONE.
TO SAY I LOVE YOU IS UNDERSTATING I SAY I NEED YOU WITHOUT CONTEMPLATING.
WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I’M ALWAYS BEHIND
WHY DO YOU SAY WE’RE BOTH TRYING IT’S A WHOLE LOT MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WALKING
WITHOUT A HAND IN MINE AS FUN AS IT MAY SEEM IT’S A WHOLE LOT BETTER JUST
ANOTHER LOVE SONG FROM ME.