LYRICS

Fir ST E.P.

"Tell Me a Lie"

The moon is hiding your shadow

Your lips, they radiantly shine

I know that you're someone else's

Let's pretend you're mine ... let's pretend you're mine

Oh, the places I want to go

I just need to feel some worth

I know that this might not last, but

I don't want to yearn ... I don't want to yearn

Tell me a lie ... tell me a lie, just for tonight

Give me a sign ... give me a sign, to make it alright

I know that you're a good actress

I have heard you say some words

And if you really believe them

They won't ever hurt ... they will never hurt

Been a long while since a girl said

"I love you, I want your touch,"

If you say it just this one time

I will need it non-stop ... but I will bleed it non-stop

Tell me a lie ... tell me a lie, just for tonight

Give me a sign ... give me a sign, to make it alright

You don't have to be so honest

Shut your mouth about the others

Reveal the mystery that still haunts you

Underneath the covers ... underneath the covers ...

Underneath the covers, underneath the covers ...

Tell me a lie ... tell me a lie, just for tonight

Give me a sign ... give me a sign, to make it alright

Tell me a lie ... tell me a lie, just for tonight

Give me a sign ... give me a sign, to make it alright, oh yeah, yeah ...

"I Want to Be Your Lover"

The winds of change are on me once again

And the breeze has blown you right in

Effervescent and surely divine

This desire revives the vital signs

To be with you would be the true ideal

If  I could only tell you how I feel

Just the mere thought of your eyes and hair

Coaxes up emotions hard to share

So this heart beats on and on

As calm and quiet as this song

It begs for your touch tonight

And how your lips would taste so sublime ...

I want to be your lover

I don't want to kiss another

I want to be your lover

So hear me now, hear me now ...

It seems that I see you everywhere

In the water and even in the air

You float around and permeate my mind

You possess the spark that's hard to find

And your eyes, like dreaming doves

Settle down in my nest of lust

You're the one I want on this trek

With this pledge I can't turn back

I want to be your lover

I don't want to kiss another

I want to be your lover

So hear me now, hear me now ...

How long can this be endured?

The yearning feels genuinely pure

Even if you were really mine

I'd still repeat it over time

I want to be your lover

I don't want to kiss another

I want to be your lover

So hear me now, hear me now ...

I want to be your lover

I don't want to kiss another

I want to be your lover

So hear me now, hear me now ...

Come to me ...

Come ... to me ...

Come ...

"Home"

Oh, I'm going ... going home ...

If the dawn should fail to come now

I will take this solemn and sacred vow

Giving all I had in bare hand

Still I'm left with fire in the pan

Oh, I'm going ... going home ...

This is where the curtains dropped

Scandalous whispers, fists that shot

No longer can I call this mine

There is a new place I must find

Oh, I'm going ... going home ...

If you would only grant me entry

I could protect you, your fool and sentry

But once again, I'm left on the shelves

And realize I must defend myself

Oh, I'm going ... going home ...

And I'll see you there ...

"Heaven Is You" (by Dreamer Du Pre)

You took away the lonely days of my life

It was always you I'd been waiting for

Oh yeah, I can see right through your soul

And will you dream of me before you go?

Each time you leave your magic lingers on

Even then 'til I feel you in my arms again

I'll wait like a statue in the rain

And for all that my heart will ever know is romance

Heaven is you

As pure as you are

What I see you is only written in the stars

Heaven is you

For you saved my life

I promise I'll be true

Together we can burn the sky

You took away the rainy days of my life

It was always you I'd been dreaming of

Oh yeah, I can see us dancing on streets of gold

And will you remember me when the birds have packed and gone?

And will you sail with me to strange countries that I've never known

Even then 'til I feel you in my arms again

I'll wait like a statue in the rain

And for all that my heart will ever know is romance

Heaven is you

As pure as you are

What I see in you is only written in the stars

Heaven is you

For you saved my life

I promise I'll be true

Together we can burn the sky

But to wake up without you

Days and nights would only pass

Here I'd drown in my sorrow

And my heart could shatter like glass

Heaven is you

As pure as you are

What I see in you  is only written in the stars

Heaven is you

For you saved my life

I promise I'll be true

Together we can burn the sky

Heaven is you

As sacred as you are

What I see in you

One could only find travelling the stars

Heaven is you

As beautiful as you are

What I see in you

My little angel sent from afar

THANK GOD FOR YOUR MOTHER - DEBUT ALBUM BY STRIKING GHOSTS - LYRICS

"Gone into the Sky"

Your flight was leaving at three o'clock

I hugged you goodbye and said take care

I watched you run down the hallway

"Hey, will you call when you get there?"

And then my last sight of you

Was your waving from your window

And then the plane sped down the runway

And now the world has changed so

But I'm pretty sure I'm still here

Asking like so many others, "Why?"

I only know your plane took off

And now you've gone into the sky

Gone into the sky, gone into the sky

You never know when your last chance will come to say goodbye

News of water-logged debris

No bodies found anywhere

And I'm hoping against hope

That you'r still breathing somewhere

But I know it's useless

To wish for a miraculous sign

Fate chooses us, we don't choose it

Can I accept it was your time?

We can gather all the data

And search for an answer why

But even if you're never found

I know you've gone into the sky

Gone into the sky, gone into the sky

You never know when your last chance will come to say goodbye

And did I tell you I loved you after we said goodbye?

"She'll Never Come"

Watching the cars drive down the lane

I look for hers, it seems in vain

We said we'd meet at this cafe

But maybe she finds me blase

So with every passing car

I think she can't be that far

And the time is fading away

And I don't know what else to say ...

... she'll never come ...

Maybe she'll come really late

And it will have been worth the wait

To look into those orchid eyes

I'd stay until the sunrise

She'll be here and say, "Sorry!

I was on the phone and hurried

I hated to make you worry

And any favor you ask, I'll curry ..."

... but she'll never come ...

So I lick my wounds of the night

Desperate to lick something so tight

To feel the pleasure and the pain

I get up to leave ... then sit down again ...

To talk and laugh and play my song

I waited for this all day long

And maybe this could be love

But when will I finally give up?

... for she'll never come ...

... she'll never come for me ...

And no matter how I try

I just can't seem to get inside

To release the gentle flow of her

So I pine and long ... and I burn ...

"Find Me"

We lost contact over the years

I still recall the storm of tears

Now there's so much to say

But I cannot reach you today ...

I checked the Internet

I dialed 411

Your number's just not listed

So where on Earth have you gone?

There is no clue ... I can't locate you ...

So find me ... please

Find me ... find me ... please ...

The reasons we are apart

Are so silly at this moment

I'd trade in what I said

For without you I'm in torment

Depressed that I haven't met

Another to give my love

I'm hopeful that you're out there

And thinking of me as much

And you've had enough ... you long for my touch ...

So find me ... please ... find me ... find me ... PLEASE ...

Remember our talks, forget our fights

Cherish our days, adore our nights

Remember our laughs, forget our screams

Cherish our hopes, adore our dreams

Find me ... please ... find me ... find me ... PLEASE ...

"Mistake"

Flowers strewn on the floor

Unwatered and dry

I know what for

I know I'm not a perfect man

Now you know it too

Maybe that's why you ran

But I'm looking for you to forgive

I know it's in your heart

I know it's how you live

Please believe me when I repent

'Cause I've met with consequence

It's all my fault, and I'm sorry

It's all my fault, and I'm sorry

I wait here by the phone

To see if you still care

To tell you if I was wrong

Or have you begun anew?

And closed the book on me?

I'd understand that too

But I'm praying we don't end

At least not like this

The petals are still on the stem

Please believe me when I say

It'll never happen again

'Cause I know loneliness today

It's all my fault, and I'm sorry

It's all my fault, and I'm sorry

I made the mistake I should have never made

It's all my fault, and I'm sorry, sorry, so sorry

I made the mistake I should have never made

Never made, NEVER made

Never made, never made, never made, never made ...

"Slow Down"

Everyday another page falls off the wall

I'm driving and running to and fro, making all the calls

I try to sit and crouch and think of what it all will mean

Then suddenly come to a stop, it's the end of my fifteen

For every dollar in this hand, there is a lost dream

Pictures piled high in the corner, never to be seen

This is a junkyard of planned wishes and wanton desires

I tried so hard to quench them but sticks just join the fire

I need to slow down

But I need you around

In this world of noise, you know, I tried to make a sound

But I need to slow down

Nighttime says that soon you will go to bed

Now the sun is tapping upon your shoulder, waking up your head

And once again, the multicycle rolls upon the hills

Coasting into tomorrow, because it's time to kill

I need to slow down

But I need you around

In this world of noise you know, I tried to make a sound

But I need to slow down

"Angela"

Put your hands down on my chest, feel this heart, it beats for you, it pulses on because of you

Before this I was lost inside the urban zoo, where in my cage I was unduly betrayed

The ennui of life was seeping into me, but you taught me who and what I could be

Gave me a sense of what really lives above, and that I'm here to love and to be loved

So we'll sit on the green grass, wave our hands into the air

Watch the pages of my grief blow away without a care

With all the joy of love, I'm led into your eyes

Baptized inside your orbs, rising up to a new life ... tonight ...

Be my everything, Angela ...

I couldn't mouth these words before, I didn't know how to let go

My painful past had injured me and hurt me so

I didn't want to every show this side to someone again

Being a little fake is better than the same mistake

But now I know you're true, I feel trust is in the air

I give my all without the fear of the final fall

And when you listen to my words, I know what I have found

The one to wed, I see the halo above your head

So we'll walk into the fields, hand in hand down the new road

Feel the sun shine on our love, changing it into pure gold

I'm so grateful that you're here, I hug you like a coat

I'll warm you like you do me, and never let you go ... no, no, no, no, no ...

Be my everything, Angela ...

"Mindy 2"

I remember it so well, it was on a night like this.

I held you my arms and gave you one last kiss.

Now I think about you ever since then.

I pray we'll be together and hold you once again.

Oh, Mindy, I miss you so

Don't want to ever let you go

Rest, oh rest, oh yes

Oh, Mindy, I miss you so

Don't want to ever let you go ...

"Deep Inside"

I want so much to see you today

But you have travelled so far away

I will not get to touch you again

No matter how much I pray

Sometimes the shadows are all that show

It gets too dark to fight or cope

But then I feel you in my heart

You light my path like a distant star

You will always be

You will always be

You'll always be

You will always be inside of me

Deep inside of me

The tears well up at your photos

The same goes for the videos

But knowing you are here on that film

Takes me to the survivor's realm

You will always be

You will always be

You'll always be

You will always be inside of me

Deep inside of me

Deep inside of me

Deep inside of me

Thank you so much for being there

You taught me how to love and care

I hope that you can see me up high

I hope to keep your spirit alive

You will always be

You will always be

You'll always be

You will always be inside of me

Deep inside of me

Deep inside of me

Deep inside of me

Deep inside of me

You changed my destiny

Undoubtedly

You changed my destiny

Undoubtedly

I said don't ever leave

And you have not left me

I said don't ever leave

And you have not left me

You have not left me

You have not left me

You have not left me

You have not left ... me ...

"I Won't Be Wrong"

If this is the final flatpoint, if it's the end of the affair

Don't you know the dancers are watching, making endless circles of squares

Blame me for my impatience and blister me for my worries

Don't you know of pivotal instinct and everything I learned overseas

There is no way, no way you can say

That I'm to fail at this ... I just may capture some bliss

I won't be wrong anymore, no there's no way I will be wrong

I won't be wrong, I won't be wrong

Changing currency, here I go, into this my one true love

I prayed on those waters and then I suffocated

I was calling out to spaceships, I was begging to tiki gods

I've been trying to get even but I must accept I'm odd ... yet solid

I won't be wrong anymore, no there's no way I will be wrong

I won't be wrong, I won't be wrong

And a time for jurisprudence, well that stopped way down the road

Can you help me with what I'm feeling, I've got a long long line to throw

So behold

I won't be wrong anymore, no there's no way I will be wrong

I won't be wrong, I won't be wrong

"Carry Me"

Everything that has fallen down has been a wish met

Now the moon is high, it's time to rest my head

Beauty is in the clouds, I think that it's your design

Point my finger at the constellation, I'm just waiting for that last line

Begging for you in this state - reality is not our fate

And can it be believed - I'll see you tonight in my sleep

All the words that jam the air, they seem to lead nowhere

Only action mixed with sound can make a rip grow to a tear

Needing you in this way - before the clouds turn to gray

And are they truly real - all these emotions that I feel

Carry me, carry me ... and can it be believed I'll see you in my dreams?
Carry me, carry me ... off streets so full of grime cleaning them is deemed a crime

Carry me, carry me ... cand can it be believed I'll see you in my dreams?

Carry me, carry me ... where one's a perfect pair, won't you please just take me there?

If you only knew what it's like to be you

If I could just find a way to bring you through

There is no way to see all that is within

They must be trusted for us to ever win

Carry me, carry me ... and can it be believed I'll see you in my dreams?
Carry me, carry me ... off streets so full of grime cleaning them is deemed a crime

Carry me, carry me ... cand can it be believed I'll see you in my dreams?

Carry me, carry me ... where one's a perfect pair, won't you please just take me there?

Carry me, carry me ... from all this darkness, all this pain, you come to me again and again

Carry me, carry me ... you bring me light, you bring me relief, I'm blessed with the grace of your release

Blessed with light, blessed with grace, blessed with the joy in your face

You're like no other

Thank God for your mother

Blessed with light, blessed with grace, blessed with the joy in your face

You're like no other

Thank God for your mother ...

OCTAGON (b-sides and others)

"The Tradition"
(instrumental)

"Mindy" (B-side to "Find Me")

There once was a cat, she lived across the street

She'd always come right here, to get something to eat

She is the cutest thing, with calico fur

Black, light brown and white, and the sweetest purr

Her name is Mindy, her name is Mindy, and she's the best cat I know

Her name is Mindy, her name is Mindy, and she's the best cat I know

Now Mindy has a limp, but somehow she survived

Crossing all the time where all the cars did drive

So we just took a stand and took her in our home

We spend our time with her so she'll never feel alone

Her name is Mindy, her name is Mindy, and she's the best cat I know

Her name is Mindy, her name is Mindy, and she's the best cat I know

Her green eyes get so big when she wants her canned food

Don't be shocked at her meow, it can't seem very rude

She's like a little diva in our little world

We are her owners and she's our little girl

Her name is Mindy, her name is Mindy, and she's the best cat I know

Her name is Mindy, her name is Mindy, and she's the best cat I know

Meow ...

"Everybody's Got One" (B-side to "Find Me")

(instrumental)

"Oil & Water" (B-side to "Mistake")

This DNA, baby, it's got me in the quick

Everyday I try to look good, but you know I'm getting sick

I'm going through an emotional eclipse

Some days I wear a white hood, on others I'm being lynched

And I feel it, yeah I feel it deep inside

It swallows up all my pride

I want to give in to all my dark and deep desires

Everytime I strip down, though, my sould ignites a fire

There are days I can't wait for life to end

But I'm overreacting, this striped heart of mine will mend

And I feel it, yeah I feel it deep inside

It washes over me like a tide

I want to get inside all the women on this earth

I want to enter the womb and start over from birth

I want to build muscle and have healthy black hair

I want to be one race and just fit in somewhere

And I feel it, yeah I feel it deep inside

Do you know what it is to be Black and White?

You know me, babe, I am oil and water ...

"Stuck at the Bottom"

It's all brown inside, wet and sticky

It's easy to stay in, but at first it was tricky

She opened it to me, with a little persuasion

Her fears are engulfed by my aggressive invasion

I'm right here My head is bobbin' I'm goin' deeper I'm stuck at the bottom

Velvet entanglement and she tasteles like gold

I'm goin' where no man should ever find a hole

I'm right here My head is bobbin' I'm goin' deeper I'm stuck at the bottom

The feeling's so good I don't want it to fade

It chokes me sweetly, night bleeds into day

I'm right here My head is bobbin' I'm goin' deeper I'm stuck at the bottom

"Better World"

Hug a friend, give someone a kiss, call another that you really miss

Talk instead of fight, meet somebody new, try to do your best, do all you can do

You know we can do it if we really try, we can make this the time of our lives

Hey, hey, let's make a better world for all the boys and girls

Take the time to smell a flower, take some more to organize your hours

Think of the earth, help your elders and each other

Make peace with the past, thank your father and mother

You know we can do it if we really try, we can make this the time of our lives

Hey, hey, let's make a better world for all the boys and girls

"Childhood"

God, I wish I were a kid again, living life as I could only then

I played with toys and read my comic books and loved the food that my mama would cook

It was a wild time being so very free ... without even knowing what that word could mean

Childhood, childhood, childhood ... where I want to be

Childhood, childhood ... when I was happy

Childhood, childhood ... can't you hear me calling?

There's so much that happens every day that takes that little boy I was away

There's taxes, work and fending for myself ... I think growing up's the only real hell

I see how people fight around the world, they never did like this as little boys and girls

Violence, hatred, racial prejudice ... I never knew these things existed ... back in

Childhood, childhood, childhood ... black and white were one

Childhood, childhood ... and we all had such fun

Childhood, childhood ... where have those days gone?

Now I have somebody in my life who brings me back those days as a tyke

There's something there when she's so close to me that fills me up with childlike energy

She brings me up when problems bring me down, she holds my hand and takes me to our playground

Childhood, childhood, childhood ... life is so brand new

Childhood, childhood, childhood ... and I love her too

Childhood, childhood ... that girl's my fountain of  youth

Love is the fountain of youth ...

Love is you ...

"Take Care"

So now we say goodbye ... I'm trying not to cry

This is the way life goes ... we have to find new roads

No matter when or where, think of me, I'll be there

Be as free as a bird in the air ... and take care

My job's been to teach ... but how you've taught me

To love what we have ... don't let the little things make you sad

All the time's we've shared ... always remember to be fair

Be cautious and aware ... and take care

I can't imagine not seeing you around
It'll be like a ghost town

It won't be quite the same place

Without your distinctive voice and smiling face

"Essence"

Why do we have sex?  Why do we make friends?  Why do we even love?  When all of this will end ...

I think I have the answer ... I think I hold the key ... to all of this and more ... explaining everything ...

This is the essence of us ... this is the essence of us ... this is the essence, the essence of us ...

"Carry Me (dance mix)"

All lyrics by E. Davis except for "Heaven Is You"

Copyright 2007 MetalPetal Songs

"Heaven Is You" copyright 2006 Nostalgic Vampettes