A Life (1895 - 1915) Lyrics

(Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Sang soulless loud Herding step on flesh and nothing else To well to drown and drown Sleight of reason how they come Cain in number Shake my head ...Read Full Lyrics

Sang soulless loud Herding step on flesh And nothing else To well To drown & drown Sleight of reason How they come Cain in number Alone The crowd Spurning step by state Blame some...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Hollis) Take my hand Colours seem so black inside your head Does everything reflect the time you spend So tired of thinking you You hide your face Don't ask me to excuse I'...Read Full Lyrics

(Paul Webb) And when you're hanging 'round Waiting on the other side of town Kick a stone on a painted wall And when the riot comes Keep your head and keep your loving charm Living...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Here she comes Silent in her sound Here she comes Fresh upon the ground Come gentle spring Come at winter's end Gone is the pallow from a promis...Read Full Lyrics

Say goodnight Every hour brings the morning of my life Out of time Every step I take I'm further down the line Here I stand left behind My eyes open wide If you need me you should ...Read Full Lyrics

This sure is some kind of party It's so useful Surround my life with excuses For what I choose to lose And my name Doesn't look the same to me now now No no not me now And inside ...Read Full Lyrics

(Mark Hollis / Tim Friese-Greene) Only of the night And it's darkness am I calling Only of the night My relief in it's falling Breathe on me, eclipse my mind It's in some kind of d...Read Full Lyrics

Desire, whispered, spoken In time, rivers, oceans That ain't me babe, that ain't me babe, that ain't me babe I'm just content to relax than drown within myself Of mind, sheltere...Read Full Lyrics

Maybe when the heat's away You're fine. To put another drink away Is out of line. (out of line) It's so easy with a thief to blame For breaking every pledge I've made. Does it matt...Read Full Lyrics