Only ever really one story,
A boy and a girl and a dream of the world
An apple, a kiss, a moment of sky,
A moment you choose without knowing why.
Burning like a fever inside you,
The heat of your skin and the taste of your lips.
A shadow, a storm, a darkening sky,
The reason you live, the secret you hide.
And God said the reason had hung from the tree,
But I feel the reason hanging on me
I'm free of my innocence, I've fallen too far,
I'm helpless to change and hopelessly lost,
I'm all that you are.
I've fallen from all I know to keep you here.
I need you here.
I wonder how far to go without you here.
Only ever really one story:
A boy and a girl and the end of the world,
A secret, a kiss, a hole in the sky,
The reason you fall, the moment you fly.
And God said the reason had hung from the tree,
But, I feel the reason hanging on me
I'm free of my innocence, I've fallen too far
I'm helpless to change and hopelessly lost
I'm all that you are.
Ailein duinn - Capercailie
Gura mise tha fo e/islean,
How sorrowful I am
Moch 's a' mhadainn is mi 'g e/irigh,
When I rise early in the morning,
O\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat,
� h� I would walk with you.
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ ru bhi\,
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ rionn o ho,
Ailein duinn, o\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat.
Brown-haired Alan, � h�, I would walk with you.
Ma 's e cluasag dhut a' ghainneamh,
If the sand be your pillow,
Ma 's e leabaidh dhut an fheamainn,
If the seaweed be your bed,
O\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat,
� h� I would walk with you
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ ru bhi\,
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ rionn o ho,
Ailein duinn, o\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat.
Brown-haired Alan, � h�, I would walk with you
Ma 's e 'n t-iasg do choinnlean geala,
If the fish are your candles bright,
Ma 's e na ro\in do luchd-faire,
If the seals are your watchmen,
O\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat,
� h� I would walk with you
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ ru bhi\,
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ rionn o ho,
Ailein duinn, o\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat.
Brown-haired Alan, � h�, I would walk with you
Dh'o\lainn deoch ge boil le ca\ch e,
I would take a drink, though everyone would be scandalised,
De dh'fhuil do choim 's tu 'n de/idh do bhathadh,
Of your heart's blood after you were drowned.
O\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat,
� h� I would walk with you
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ ru bhi\,
Hi\ ri bho\ ho\ rionn o ho,
Ailein duinn, o\ hi\ shiu\bhlainn leat.
Brown-haired Alan, � h�, I would walk with you
Ariel - October Project
My name is Ariel and I want to be free
It is your sorrow that has made a slave of me
Forgive me
Forgive me
But you are all I know
Forgive me for leaving
The day is breaking now, it's time to go away
I'm so afraid to leave but more afraid to stay
Forgive me
For leaving
The sadness in your eyes
Forgive me
Let the wind and ocean water wash across your hands
Wash away a thousand footsteps
Wash us all away like sand
The sky has fallen now the earth is dry and torn
I know you're tired from the violence of the storm
I love you
I love you
But you are all I know
Forgive me
Let the wind and ocean water wash across your hands
Wash away a thousand footsteps
Wash us all away like sand
Let the wind and ocean water wash across your hands
Wash away a thousand memories
Wash us all away like sand
My name is Ariel
How can I just let you walk away,
Just let you leave without a trace,
When I stand here taking every breath with you?
You're the only one who knew me at all
How can you just walk away from me,
When all I can do is watch you leave?
Cuz we shared the laughter and the pain,
And we even shared the tears.
You're the only one who knew me at all.
So take a look at me now,
There's just an empty space.
There's nothing here to remind me,
Just the memory of your face.
Now take a look at me now,
There's just an empty space.
And you coming back to me is Against the Odds,
And that is what I have to face.
I wish I could just make you turn around,
Turn around and see me cry.
There is so much I need to say to you,
So many reasons why.
You're the only one who really know me at all.
So take a look at me now.
There's just an empty space.
There's nothing left here to remind me,
Just the memory of your face.
So take a look at me now,
There's just an empty space.
But to wait for you is all I can do,
And that is what I've got to face.
Take a look at me now,
Cuz I'll be standing here,
And you coming back to me is Against All Odds.
It's the chance I have to take . . .
And So It Goes - Billy Joel
In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along
I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense
And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose
But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
As Cool As I Am - Dar Williams
Yeah, there was a time
I didn't like the love, I liked the climbers,
I was no sister then, I was running out of time and one liners,
And I was afraid, like you are when you're too young to know the time, and
So I watched the way you take your fear and hoard the horizon,
You point, you have a word for every woman you can lay your eyes on,
Like you own them just because you bought the time,
And you turn to me, you say you hope I'm not threatened,
Oh, I'm not that petty
As cool as I am, I thought you'd know this already,
I will not be afraid of women, I will not be afraid of women.
So now we're at a club, you watch the woman dancing, she is drunk,
She is smiling and she's falling in a slow descending funk,
And the whole bar is loud and proud and everybody's trying, yeah.
You play the artist, saying, "Is it how she moves, or how she looks?"
I say it's loneliness suspended to our own like grappling hooks,
And as long as she's got noise, shes fine.
But I could teach her how I learned to dance when the music's ended.
Oh, and that's not petty
As cool as I am, I thought you'd know this already,
I will not be afraid of women, I will not be afraid of women.
You tried to make me doubt, to make me guess, tried to make me feel like a little less,
Oh, I liked you when your soul was bared, I thought you knew how to be scared,
And now it's amazing what you did to make me stay,
But truth is just like time, it catches up and it just keeps going,
And so I'm leaving, you can find out how much better things can get,
And if it helps, I'd say I feel a little worse than I did when we met,
So when you find someone else, you can try again, it might work next time,
You look out of the kitchen window and you shake your head and say low,
"If I could believe that stuff, I'd say that woman has a halo,"
And I look out and say, "Yeah, shes really blond,"
And then I go outside and join the others, I am the others,
Oh, and that's not easy
I don't know what you saw, I want somebody who sees me,
I will not be afraid of women, I will not be afraid of women.