Been Alone So Long Lyrics

When I began I was full of altruistic dreams, Believed in princes and princesses, kings and queens - Now I find they're all human inside, All bitterness and pride, So why shouldn't...Read Full Lyrics

The visitors find the children gone from school: Aged relations sling their guns across the desks... There'll be no break-time for them unless They talk about tomorrow As thoug...Read Full Lyrics

Look at the candle, as it's life is bought, As the wick just rolls of and dies; Look at the wax-drops as they cease from their goal And the game they were playing loses its joy And...Read Full Lyrics

I found myself lying on the balcony, Stripling terror, naked to the bone; The secret asteroid jungle nearly done for me - I saw it all just a moment ago. I know I'd better watch ou...Read Full Lyrics

I don't know quite what's happening And my eyes don't see too clear; All I know is I need you here, If only to shield me from the mood of the world And hold me and say it doesn't m...Read Full Lyrics

You turn out the lights and sit alone, trying to pretend that it's anguish, start at the ring of a telephone, throw down all your food at the banquet, keep a close eye on all you o...Read Full Lyrics

The Fall of the House of Usher - An Opera by (1991) Libretto by Chris Judge Smith from the tale by Edgar Allen Poe The Characters: The choir - Sarah-Jane Morris Montresor - ...Read Full Lyrics

Well, Tommy woke that morning With a headfull of rocks And Sylvia was in shock. The story they'd been faking Had frozen on their lips And fallen through the brush of fingertips And...Read Full Lyrics

You don't have to say a thing, The silence is sweet, We've been together today In a way we might never repeat. Oh, your head on the pillow, The distance in your eyes Already ...Read Full Lyrics

We play games and every move Is noted down as a subsequent cause And effectively chains our freedom and will to live: We settle in to simple survival, Hanging on our pleasures grim...Read Full Lyrics