LYRICS (BELOVED ASHES)
SUGAR
We’d meet in the cellar where no one could see us
When we played Schubert
We knew we were in love
Cause our hands touched
When we played Schubert
In an A major chord
And then I played Jesus
Oh we were so young
And then we walked home after that party
That party in the garden
But this is way too much sugar
For a song about you and me
Remember what we did
On our first anniversary
(The pool, the phone)
We’d meet in the cellar where no one could see us
Our eyes full of love, so no one believed us
Our skin so soft they could always defeat us
Diving in the pool
Stunts with the car
Calls on the phone
And an open wound straight to the bone
Do we need more sugar
In a song about you and me
Remember what we did
On our first anniversary
Beloved Ashes
Here I played the saxophone
The football fields, the showers
Here I thought you were my friend
Where now you’re washing bodies
And here’s the stairs where I performed
A sad and funny show
Here’s the place where normally
Your car would be for Christmas
Here is where we said goodbye
To beloved ashes
Where someone put a rainbow flag
On your tiny grave
An exhibitionist opened his coat
And revealed what he said was his friend
All these strange memories
Or was it all in my dreams, all those stories
Those pictures escape me at day
But haunt me at night
An old man walking his dog
And the smell of the street in the summer
That beautiful light
Somebody stood in the window, observed me
Or so I interpret that cold piercing look in their eyes
The marching band in the street
And the poor wooden bird they shot down
All the zombies with flutes and trombones
An angel tried to record
All the moments of kindness, of warmth
All the heartbeats and sweet memories
They put it all on a stage in the centre of town
A mysterious choir sang 'bout a hole in the ground
Here is where we said goodbye to beloved ashes
Where someone put a rainbow flag
On your tiny grave
Calendula
Protected by tress, protected by youth
And still we were scared of the words that we used
Do you miss our moments of truth in the woods
Do you miss the woods, do I miss the woods
Now there's a factory in our place
Roaring machines where we stood in the haze
Do you miss our moments of truth in the woods
Do you miss the woods, do I miss the woods
A flash of the T-shirt you wore in my bed
A flash of the night when you thought I’d go mad
Remember our moments of truth in the woods
Do you miss the woods, do I miss the woods
And where is that red on your face and your scar
Where is that sweet smell of calendula
Remember our moments of truth in the woods
Do you miss the woods, do I miss the woods
And now there’s a factory in our place
Roaring machines where we stood in the haze
Remember our moments of truth in the woods
Do you miss the woods and do I miss the woods
Hold on! I’m On The Sea!
Hold on! I’m on the sea!
A dream about tomorrow is coming over me
A ferry between two islands, I’m leaving the coast
I’m on the deep blue ocean
(Can’t you tell me where we’ll be going)
The sky full of clouds
I’m wearing my leopard sunglasses
Striking a pose as if for paparazzi
But it is you
Don’t know who you are
We’re drinking cheap wine on a catamaran
(Can’t you tell me where we’ll be going)
Hold on! I’m on the sea!
A dream about tomorrow is coming over me
A cyclone warning on the radio
A three-day curfew, a nervous volcano
Sharks in the ocean and fish in the lagoon
And on the surface of the water
Reflections of the moon
Hold on! I’m on the sea!
A dream about tomorrow is coming over me
Enjoy the breeze, enjoy the blue color
Sharks and whales somewhere down in the water
Hold on! I’m on the sea!
A dream about tomorrow is coming over me
A ferry between two islands, I’m leaving the coast
I’m on the deep blue ocean
Warm White Tiles
Warm white tiles, bathed in neon light
Steam and water
And naked bodies
And by the lake, in the waterfall, in the showers
At noon, at night, in the morning, at all hours
In photographs, in the books I read, in the movies
I see you all passing by
(One thing I always wanted)
All I ever wanted was being a part
Of your heart
Of your lips
And towels around our hips
And swimming in the dark
One day I found a note in my backpack
Saying: Boy why do you look so serious
One day I found a note in my backpack
Saying: Boy why do you always look so serious
A River I Know
There’s a river I know, and a walnut tree, unrooted
And the faces I see, are they aliens like me?
There’s a river, a forest, a street I know
There’s a scene from 1994
There’s a movie playing on repeat
About the universe, about defeat
Up in the room Venetian blinds
And from the garden the smell of fire
I’m lost in space and feel so cold
I’d like to dance, I’m eight years old
And wanna let go
Why does everything look so small
As I get out of the car I feel too tall
Why does everything look so small
I’m holding on to things
I’ve always thought I’d let go
I thought I’d let go
There’s a river I know, and a walnut tree, unrooted
And the faces I see, are they aliens like me?
And down the river
By the end of the road I hear a voice
Shouting out I will never go anywhere
But looking up there’s a ship
How bizarre
The captain says we’re going everywhere
In the trees all the birds
For the winter they will leave
Wings fly, beaks cry
We’re going everywhere
And in the attic, on the shelf
Random stories of old times
All the books, all the postcards from everywhere
There’s a river I know, and a walnut tree, unrooted
And the faces I see, are they aliens like me?
The Calendula Reprise
Now there’s a factory in our place
Roaring machines where we stood in the haze
Remember our moments of truth in the woods
Do you miss the woods and do I miss the woods
Paris
In the middle of all our hyperventilation
I always knew of course
You’d heard of the capital of France
And in the middle of all our hyperventilation
I always said we were just like brother and sister
In the middle of all our hyperventilation
I would look into your eyes
Until you disappeared
And in the middle of all our hyperventilation
I would always try
And answer all of your questions
There’s a nightmare coming closer
A whole universe on your shoulders
I was the one to look into your eyes
The only one to look into your eyes
Say, can you tell me, is Paris a city
Say, can you tell me, do you think I’m pretty
Say, can you tell me, what’s gravity for
I am afraid I can’t hold you no more
You would float in the air
I couldn’t hold you no more
Your feet off the ground
Say, what’s gravity for
You would float in the air
I couldn’t hold you no more
Say, can you tell me, is Paris a city
There’s a nightmare coming closer
A whole universe on your shoulders
I was the one to look into your eyes
The only one to look into your eyes
A nightmare coming closer
A whole universe on your shoulders
I was the one
The only one