Living With the Big Lie [Album Version] [Version] Lyrics

When the taxis gather in mock SolemnityFuneral hearses court the death of virginityWas it paradise lost or paradise found?Did we gain respect or were we holding ground? You had fou...Read Full Lyrics

The cars leave their trails of hot and cold light inside my headLike burned-in long exposure pictures The wheels spin slowly backwardsStrobing in the amber light And the rain comes...Read Full Lyrics

Is it wrong to talk to myself even when there's nobody else I'm just checking out that I'm not gone under the water Thrown on the beach like a seal ready for slaughterCan't you und...Read Full Lyrics

Good morning!When you look into the mirrorDo you see a face you hardly recogniseIf you look into the sun too longDo the things you see begin to burn your eyesPaper liesJust to expr...Read Full Lyrics

"A bridge is not a high place..."Staring out over the bridgeA million photo flashes from the water down belowDawn light bouncing through the mistRoar of traffic and the crack of po...Read Full Lyrics

Do you remember chalk hearts melting on a playground wallDo you remember dawn escapes from moon washed college hallsDo you remember the cherry blossom in the market squareDo you re...Read Full Lyrics

I wonder if my rope's still hanging from the treeBy the standing pool where you drank meAnd filled me full of thirsty loveAnd the memory of water?I wonder if a king still fishes th...Read Full Lyrics

I was walking in the park dreaming of a sparkWhen I heard the sprinklers whisperShimmer in the haze of summer lawnsThen I heard the children singingThey were running through the ra...Read Full Lyrics

They try to trace her in the townAppeal for information on the local newsSomeone must have missed her by nowA mother or a father or a friendly face to talk her downShe's heading fo...Read Full Lyrics

When I hit the streets back in '81Found a heart in the gutter and a poet's crownI felt barbed wire kisses and icicle tearsWhere have I been for all these years?I saw political intr...Read Full Lyrics