Define the World [2003] recorded/mixed by Bi-Fi Records

 

Track List:

1.      Rise Up

2.      Show Me

3.      How it can Snow

4.      Define the World

5.      So Sweet

6.      Grace

7.      Lullaby

 

Lyrics:

 

Rise Up

 

He can only hear the voices

The screams the breaking glass

Whisper in his direction

and your words will pass

Rise up, make him listen

Hold back your hands

 

The fences may grow wider

Taller to keep you out

Climb in his direction

and he will doubt

Rise up, stand on your feet

Hold up your hands

 

A flood of change surrounds you

Moving fast to break you down

Swim in his direction

and he will frown

Rise up, find firm ground

Use your hands to guide you

 

It’s a movement and you’re driving

Through the towns and city streets

Charge in his direction

and your backs he’ll beat

Rise up, make him see you

Hold out your hands

 

He’ll make you nervous

Ask you questions to make you lie

Fight in his direction

and prepare to die

Rise up, believe

Hold your hands together

 

Show Me

 

By the shops I sit and unfold you

Wish I could hold you, hold your mind

Wrapped in scarves and mittens to warm you

Don’t let them form you, harder to find

 

All those smiles they never get near me

Wish they would hear me, hear me say

So many stories never the real thing

Don’t block out the real thing, let it play

 

Please, let it play

 

When skies are black and storms are around him

Wish I would’ve found him, found him first

Dripping wet and making him feel weak

Don’t feel that you can’t speak, speak your worst

 

She runs away and leaves me with worry

Wish she wouldn’t hurry, hurry and go

The world is full of people she’d fancy

Maybe she’s antsy, antsy to grow

 

Please, grow

 

By my window I sit and think of you

Wish I could love you love your soul

The fire is burning soon it will die

I feel like I should cry, I want you whole

 

Please, give me the whole

 

How it can Snow

 

All that he told her was

he was all he had to give

and so she left him standing in the cold.

She never wanted anyone who could not pay the price

and so she waits hopelessly alone.

She’ll never know how it can snow

in July.

 

All that he told her was

he could not explain himself

and so she left him standing in the cold.

She never wanted anyone who had no plan in mind

and now she watches seconds ticking by.

She’ll never know how it can snow

in July.

 

All that he told her was

please don’t leave me standing here

and so she waved and watched him wipe his eyes.

She never wanted to feel anybody else’s pain

and now she’s too far away to try.

She’ll never know how it can snow

in July.

 

Define the World

 

It said define the world

It’s not in the back of a book, boy

Put on your shoes and track in the mud that

Replaced the ground after it rained and

Uncover the stones that hid the worms

Now, define the world

 

It said define the world

It’s not buried in some constitution

Or a sacred scripture

Sacred to whom?

Feed your mind like you feed your mouth

Don’t stick to the fine cuisine

Uncover the shops that bakes the bread

The bread where wisdom sleeps

Now, define the world

 

It said define the world

Is it something you see on the street?

But can you relate to everyone?

And what if you think you do?

So put on your shoes and track in the mud that

Leads to the shops that bake the bread

The bread where wisdom sleeps and

Perhaps if you open your eyes

The bread will rise

Why define the world?

 

So Sweet

 

Place an empty word in here

Put the notes inside

Tangled by a mystery

So sweet

 

Pluck the string until it dies

Lift the chord and let it rise

Concentrated soliloquy

So sweet

 

He plays under a rainy sky

He heaves a distant sigh

and he screams break out of this

Don’t let me dismiss the world

Break out of this

Don’t let me fall

 

Place a kiss to kill his blind

Put the hands inside

Untangling confusion

So sweet

 

Break the muscle called a heart

Send him to the maze

Maybe then he’ll fall apart

So sweet

 

He thinks beneath a cloud

He speaks for an invisible crowd

and he screams break out of this

Don’t let me dismiss the world

Break out of this

Don’t let me fall

 

Collapse

Dive into a soul

Relapse

He will grow

 

Grace

 

Buried in some forgotten grave

Prayers and crosses no good now

Preachers cannot save you

You are not savable today.

 

Buried under some display

Paintings engulf the walls and floors

People will no pay you

You don’t show the talent they look for.

 

Believe

Speckled whitewashed soap and spoon

Canvas soaked in sweet perfume

 

Buried inside a book of poetry

Philosophical words that comb and twist the hair

Answers aren’t the key

You don’t listen anyhow.

 

Believe

Suicidal powdered night

Paper finished - spoiled with light

 

Lullaby

 

When your heart is heavy

and your thoughts are grey

When the world is fading far away

 

Listen to the songs

Let your troubles cease

and as you sleep there will be peace

In dreams

 

When there are no flowers

or rainbows in the sky

When the life you lead makes you cry

 

Listen to the songs

Let your troubles cease

and as you sleep there will be peace

In dreams