Wonderland...
The lyrics for the tracks on the album are listed below.
Wonderland
Well the phone keeps ringing and I'm always here
Giving my opinion to whoever's there
Going round in circles, trying to stop the tears
Who do I think I'm kidding?
Who said life was fair?
Well we all are searching for our little piece of the great illusion, that elusive beast
Just a little romance in an ugly world
Who do I think I'm kidding?
There's no written word
We keep our secrets
Shut down the pain
Hide the strain
If we all believe in Wonderland why do we make it such a hell?
If we all believe in Wonderland how come it's lies we tell?
Do we still believe in miracles? If we can only find the key
Could it be there's a Wonderland?
Please, God, there's got to be.
I can read books
What goes on behind the picture? Is there something I can't see?
How can I be part of something I can't even touch or feel?
Oh no
We've got so much to discover
Open up and let me in
It's all that I can do to keep my hands from taking hold of you
Oh no
Why can't I just say that I love you?
Why must we play these games?
Tell me what I have to do
Tell me am I getting through?
I can read books but I can't read you
Oh no
Am I blind to your excuses? Have I missed a vital part?
In all that you've been saying I don't think you mean a single word
Oh no
Too much talk of how she hurt you
That was long before I came
I don't want to pay for pain that I won't let you feel again
Why can't I just say that I love you?
Why must we play these games?
Tell me what I have to do
Tell me am I getting through?
I can read books but I can't read you
Well I'm knocking on the doors but they won't open
'Cos I know that I can fix whatever's broken
I can read books but I can't read you
Tell me what I have to do
Tell me am I getting through?
I can read books but I can't read you
Swimming
I put myself aside a private place to fall
But when I stepped on it it wasn't there at all
I thought I knew how low I could afford to drop
I know I've been through that
I couldn't seem to stop but I'm still
Swimming
And I'm lost in some big ocean I am
Swimming
Though I'm wounded I'm not broken
Swimming
When will the boat come for me I'm so tired of swimming
When you look at me I know you feel the pain
And then it goes away and I feel strong again
How many disappointments can I take?
Until I reach the end of the dream and I break
Will I be
Swimming
Lost in some big ocean I am
Swimming
Though I'm wounded I'm not broken
Swimming
When will the boat come for me I'm so tired of swimming
As a child I always loved the water, it was the only place to be
Swimming
Lost in some big ocean I am
Swimming
Though I'm wounded I'm not broken
Swimming
When will the boat come for me I'm so tired of swimming
Fly
Fly
Wish that I could fly up
Somewhere very high up above the blue day
Tell you all the things that I want to
Someone I could talk to on this cold blue day
Fly
So high
Blow away the thunder clouds I'm under
Fly
Wish that I could fly up
Somewhere very high on this cold blue day
Dream on, someone I could lean on
Till my fears have all gone on this cold blue day
And fly
So high
Blow away the thunder clouds I'm under
With the morning sun comes the evening shade
It will follow on and as far as I know
It will do it again tomorrow
Fly
Wish that I could fly up
Somewhere very high on this cold blue day
I'd tell you all the things that I want to
Someone I could talk to on this cold blue day
She loves his hands
It's late at night, she cries herself to sleep
With her eyes shut tight she hides under the sheets
He only comes when they're all alone
Her life is his, it is not her own
She loves his hands, but she hates this little girl
She loves his hands, but she hates this little girl
It's another time, she believes her fate has changed
She's in love with love then the nightmare starts again
It's all so clear in the light of day
This daddy's girl doesn't know how to play.
She loves his hands, but she hates his little girl
She loves his hands, but she hates his little girl
He only comes when they're all alone
Her life is his, it is not her own
She loves his hands, but she hates his little girl
She loves his hands, but she hates his little girl
She loves his hands
Sara's gone
Things never turn out the way you thought they would
Nothing ever happens the way you think it should
Lovers don't behave like lovers say they will
You can never count on the moments standing still
It's a hard lesson to learn
But it's one more star you're gonna have to earn
And it all comes down to the same game
Will that special someone ever come round again?
Sara's gone now, she just packed her bags and went off
Sara's gone now, you'd better look to you heart
See how much it cost
Walking in circles won't get you very far
And too many questions won't tell you where you are
It's never easy to find out why and how
Nothing's that simple; there's no going back now.
And you're only wasting more time
You'll be chasing answers that you will never find
And I know it's hard to believe
You'll look back on this with a sigh of relief
Sara's gone now, she just packed her bags and went off
Sara's gone now, you'd better look to you heart
See how much it cost
Turn another page, look at things another way
Nothing will ever be quite the same again
You can start again, pick up the pack and deal
Shooting the moon is the only way to play
Sara's gone now, she just packed her bags and went off
Sara's gone now, you'd better look to you heart
See how much it cost
Vivien
I want to follow you down this long journey you've begun
I want to wake up next to you and be your moon and your sun
I want to hold you, I want to control you
There's no doorway you can hide, check me I'll be by your side
Stand you up if you should fall, what I've got I'll give it all
Then I could hold you, then I could control you
I've got this madness you should know
(It haunts me, calls me)
Caught in my heart I can't let go
(It haunts me, calls me)
Like Vivien, like Vivien
I close my eyes like Vivien
I smile that smile like Vivien
Demons dancing in my head, I can't give you room to breathe
It's an illness that's been fed by the fear that you might leave
I want to hold you, I want to control you
Mirror, mirror on the wall, my reflection says it all
If I could only change the place with a picture of her face
Then I could hold you, then I could control you.
I've got this madness you should know
(It haunts me, calls me)
Caught in my heart I can't let go
(It haunts me, calls me)
Like Vivien, like Vivien
I close my eyes like Vivien
I smile that smile like Vivien
On a ship
Through the window I can hear the sea
Pushing me gently from side to side, rocking me
Through the porthole flying fish would dance
Floating like gliders above the surf, my first romance
I only lived in my father's eyes
A child not ready to break the ties
On a ship that sailed the world
He fell in love with another girl
Heading southwards with the sun on board
The wind in my hair, I would dream of him, it seems absurd
Looking backwards it's so far away
Would I have loved him as much if he were here today?
I only lived in my father's eyes
A child not ready to break the ties
On a ship that sailed the world
He fell in love with another girl
Keep control
I keep my hand on the things I love the most
I let them grow but I hold them very close
I won't pretend that I don't expect the best
But I'll survive if they give me any less
I'll go inside myself
I'll stay inside myself
Then I'll keep control
And I'll think what I like when I like
Oh I'll keep control
You won't know how I feel when I close shuttered windows on the world.
When you go, as sometimes I think you will
I'll close the door on the hurt that I will feel
I won't pretend that I don't hope for more
But I won't cry 'cause I never did before
I'll just go inside myself
I'll stay inside myself
Then I'll keep control
And I'll think what I like when I like
Oh I'll keep control
You won't know how I feel when I close shuttered windows on the world.
The tears I swallow flood my heart
They make rivers that run ragged down into the dark corners of my soul
The walls around me are so thin
That keep you outside and me in
Just talk to me like a friend
Or I'll go inside myself
I'll stay inside myself
Then I'll keep control
And I'll think what I like when I like
Oh I'll keep control
You won't know how I feel when I close shuttered windows on the world.
Man and a gun
How many times have you said "that's enough"?
And "well, I'm never doing that. I'll never have him back".
Then you turn up like a bad penny with a man and a gun
Nothing I can do shows you any other way
You tell me you know what you are
And there's nothing left to say
Then you turn up again like a bad penny with a man and a gun
He'll beat you when you're up, he'll knock you to the ground
Well he'll hit you anyway just to keep your spirit down
You let him in your home and you took him to your bed
He told you he'd never hurt you, or you think that's what he said
Some of us love you the way that you are but we know that's not enough
'Cause you turn up again like a bad penny with a man and a gun
He'll beat you when you're up, he'll knock you to the ground
Well he'll hit you anyway just to keep your spirit down
I'm just so afraid of the way that this will run
And that your name might be written on the bullet in his gun.
Some of us love you the way that you are but we know that's not enough
'Cause you turn up again like a bad penny with a man and a gun
Well you turn up again like a bad penny with a man and a gun
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