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Throwback (Banks)
I am the throwback But you don't know I walk amongst you every day I don't need moonlight Or any secret word to make the change in me I don't know what you see in your rules In conversation or in delicate feelings of romance If you know some place I can go Then I ask you lead me to the door In deepest midnight That time of night when even dogs believe in ghosts I walk the backstreets Of every dirty city searching for the route That leads me back to where I belong I don't know how but I'm trapped in the wrong time If you know some place I can go Then I ask you lead me to the door Nobody sees me no one believes me Nobody understands the words that I say Tell me you see me say you believe me Tell me you understand and I will be free - oh I guess I don't fit the times I'm just a throwback I'm trapped but still I search for a clue From far away I hear the call Come on back to me I am the throwback I have no use for anything I see I'd like to find a country Where no one else has ever been before I don't know what you're wanting from life I just don't understand your tricks and your slyness If you know some place I can go Then I ask you lead me to the door (I'm just a throwback) (I'm just a throwback) I'm just a throwback (I'm just a throwback) Don't need no moonlight (I'm just a throwback) I'm just a throwback
I'll Be Waiting (Banks)
Night and once again I hear you calling In my mind you speak the words I long to hear I see your face can even feel your breathing Though I know that you are never really there If I had been born bolder you would be truly next to me So then I'll be waiting I'll be waiting I'm waiting just for you To stroke your hair and feel your arms around me To talk of things we did or we would do Would be the kind of magic I'd believe in But there's some things even wizards cannot do If I had been born bolder I wouldn't need a magic wand So then I'll be waiting I'll be waiting I'd give up all for you What else can I do I'm waiting just for you We stand together in the evening sun Unspoken thoughts we share as one Golden light on distant mountains Slowly fades as surely as the light of dreams Don't think about tomorrow In the darkness I can still believe you're here If the power of thought can give a vision substance Then in truth you are alive and close to me If I had been born bolder I would take you in my arms Who's to stop me reaching for you the only one is me So then I'll be waiting I'll be waiting I'd give up all for you What else can I do I only dream of you What else can I do I'm waiting just for you What else can I do I'll be waiting
Queen Of Darkness (Banks)
If you want me to I will be your fairy princess Your dream of romance If you ask me then I can be your queen of darkness Take you below It don't matter at all Devil or priestess - teacher or fool What you want will be what you receive I am the answer to all of your dreams If you wanted a creature from another dimension I'm the answer If you wanted a reason for an endless conflict I'm the one It don't matter at all Devil or priestess - teacher or fool What you want will be what you receive I am the answer to all of your dreams I can be your nightmare And then I'll take you places you didn't mean to go Or take a long look Into the future I'll tell you many things that you didn't want to know If you want me to I will be your humble servant Need your protection If you ask me then I can be your fearless fighter Your Joan of Arc It don't matter at all Devil or priestess - teacher or fool What you want will be what you receive I am the answer to all of your dreams Build me up - bring me down Put me back on my feet again Please leave me alone If you want me to I will be your fairy princess Your dream of romance If you ask me then I can be your queen of darkness Take you below It don't matter at all Devil or priestess - teacher or fool What you want will be what you receive I am the answer to all of your dreams Build me up - bring me down Put me back on my feet again Please leave me - please leave me alone
That Night (Banks)
I was always insecure I never was too sure That what we did that night was right Or very wrong It was never in dispute It was always understood But I can't leave it there Now what am I supposed to do about it Rest your weary head with mine I'll take you through the night And bring you to the dawn in hope But don't turn your head around No matter what you see You cannot return You're caught by the magnet Drawn to the light Like a prisoner you are captured You are left without a choice Now it's all because of you That I don't know what to do My memory's confused when I recall that night Now the coin is in the air And I don't know if I care too much Which way it lands Oh and what am I supposed to do about it Rest your weary head with mine I'll take you through the night And bring you to the dawn in hope But don't turn your head around No matter what you see You cannot return You're caught by the magnet Drawn to the light Like a prisoner you are captured You are left without a choice - oh That night Rest your weary head with mine Take me through the night I'll take you through the night Take me through the night to the dawn And bring you to the dawn in hope It's all because of you But don't turn your head around I don't know what to do No matter what you see My memory's confused that night You cannot return Oh I can't undo that night...
Raincloud (Banks)
When private rainclouds form And tears seem the likely solution Try to shelter from the storm Who knows what tomorrow might bring Now the sun breaks through the dark And life isn't quite as confusing Release your cloud of woe And follow its course with your eyes Higher higher into the blue sky Higher higher than the tallest of mountains Higher higher into the sunlight Higher higher till it vanishes from view And I will watch as it goes And I will follow the cloud till it is gone Though the past has let you down Don't be too hard on the future You can make it through the day Who knows what tomorrow might bring Higher higher into the blue sky Higher higher than the tallest of mountains Deeper deeper into the distance It's not too late for you - oh yeah Higher higher into the sunlight Higher higher till it vanishes from view And I will watch as it goes And I will watch as the cold wind blows And I will watch as it goes And I will follow the cloud till it is gone When private rainclouds form And tears seem the likely solution Try to shelter from the storm Who knows what tomorrow might bring to you Dream what tomorrow might give to you Believe what tomorrow might bring
The Border (Banks)
Dry forever the sun blinds off the whitewashed walls Unbelieving she looks up from the unswept floor You don't have to go you don't have to tell me All that talk of lofty causes wrapped in foolish pride That's a lie That you don't have to tell me I don't wanna hear how wisdom walks beside you Or how God is inside you again No wire marks the border No fence or wall No town breaks this horizon Nothing at all Dust surrounds her the men go hungry for disaster All they leave behind are The old and useless and the broken That never will be mended I don't wanna hear you're captured by the madness Of ideas long discredited from other people's minds They're all lies That you don't have to tell me All that comes of this is poverty and hardship Still you don't absorb a word I say But now there is a border A line of blood Now men patrol the border But they're dead Somewhere a bird is flying oh Somewhere the wind is sighing oh I hope it brings you comfort Cos it's surely no good to me This wind blows me down and cuts me like a knife And now the darkness and coldness That freezes out illusion Restores the picture gives back the pieces And lays them on the empty floor I don't want to hear so you don't have to tell me How you rewrite history a little every day Till it's lies That you don't have to tell me I don't want to hear how good it really has been How wonderful the troubles we shared No I don't want to hear so you don't have to tell me I don't need your comfort I just need your company
Big Man (Banks)
The hot seat's vacant cos he gave up the reins He's kissed his title goodbye run far away He's gone to ground in some hole - I don't know where All I know is somehow that I'm big man up here I don't need your worship Just need a sacrifice each day No need to worry Just want to help in every way I just don't know what all these levers are for Well I don't know it but I'm reasonably sure I've got a red light warning - I don't know why Maybe it will go away if I close my eyes I don't need your worship Just need a sacrifice each day No need to worry Just want to help in every way Help every day In every way I don't know what's come over me I'm really feeling rather strange I got no time for wisdom cos I'm the fool I got no time for those who won't obey my rules Some day I won't be teacher - I don't know when Ha but I'm gonna please myself until then I don't need your worship Just need a sacrifice each day No need to worry Just want to help in every way Help every day In every way Don't need your worship Just need a sacrifice each day No need to worry Just want to help in every way Help every day In every way
A House Needs A Roof (Banks)
Wandering in a daze Through a cold mechanical maze I am lost and confused I am always the loser You tell me there's a place Where I can be alive Is it near is it far is it somewhere between This land you say exists that I've never seen Call me please talk to me tell me the truth I need to believe like a house needs a roof Is it strange is it wonderful I need to know Do you have a picture that you can show The minute to capture the moment has come The minute to capture the moment has come It's easy to believe But less easy to imagine I've grown so used to not coping Waiting eternally hoping Wishes come and go But this one will stay I know Could the time for adventure be Just around the corner Is it near is it far is it somewhere between The land you say exists that I've never seen Call me please talk to me tell me the truth I need to believe like a house needs a roof Is it strange is it wonderful I need to know Do you have a picture that you can show The minute to capture the moment has come The minute to capture the moment has come I wonder if it's true Do I put my faith in you Do I risk one more failure To add to this tale Or do I turn my back And slowly walk away Please tell me if you know Is it near is it far is it somewhere between The land you say exists that I've never seen Call me please talk to me tell me the truth I need to believe like a house needs a roof Is it strange is it wonderful I need to know Do you have a picture that you can show The minute to capture the moment has come The minute to capture the moment has come
The More I Hide It (Banks)
The more I dream of you The less you want me to The more I need to hold you The less you seem to care If I knew what I was meant to do Then I'd be doing it all the time If I could find the key I'd keep the doorway open wide But I will stay with you Forever if you want me to As long as there's a heaven And that's a long long time To yearn without reward To plan and hope in vain It's you that has the power you know To soothe and end this pain Another season passes But the sky is always grey Autumn leaves and summer breezes Can't bring on a change But I will stay with you Forever if you want me to As long as there's a heaven and that's a long long time The more I hide it the more it shows The more confused I feel And on my own alone Tell me what am I supposed to do? It's so hard to understand What means so much to me What fills my heart with fire Will only leave you cold I wonder what you're thinking As we play the game again I wonder if you knew my thoughts You'd still want me to say That I will stay with you Forever if you want me to As long as there's a heaven And that's a long long time The more I hide it the more it shows The more confused I feel And on my own alone Tell me what am I supposed to do? The more I hide it the more it shows...
Diamonds Aren't So Hard (Banks)
(And diamonds aren't so hard to find) Don't let it bring you down Your woman's gone and left you The taxman's here he's knocking on your door - oh Don't let it bring you down Your brand new house is burning They're dumping toxic waste in your backyard - oh Your next door neighbour's gone and won the pools The life's so bad you wish that it was all over - over You and I Could leave this all behind Dream a little Leave ourselves behind Come with me Where dragons rule the air And diamonds aren't so hard to find And come what may Heroes never fail And time stands still No matter if you're young or old Don't let it bring you down Nothing lasts for ever Even female movie stars grow old - oh We try to break the rules and never age We try so hard but everything's in vain Then one day you wake and find that it's all over - over You and I Could leave this all behind Dream a little Leave ourselves behind Come with me Where dragons rule the air And diamonds aren't so hard to find And come what may Heroes never fail And time stands still No matter if you're young or old So come with me Where dragons rule the air And diamonds aren't so hard to find...