Lyrics That Matter

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The whole album hit me like a brick.

Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

Track 8 - Black Flies

Black flies on the windowsill
That we are
That we are
That we are to know
Winter stole summer's thrill
And the river's cracked and cold

See the sky is no man's land
A darkened plume to stay
Hope here needs a humble hand
Not a fox found in your place

And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone

Black flies on the windowsill
That we are
That we are
That we are to hold
Comfort came against my will
And every story must grow old

Still I'll be a traveler
A gypsy's reins to face
But the road is wearier
With that fool found in your place

And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
[x2]

So here we are...

And I don't wanna beg your pardon
And I don't wanna ask you why
But if I was to go my own way
Would I have to pass you by?
[x2]

[Goldtop]

Here we are, again tonight, alone - just us two
Where the lights are dim and true love is coming through
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
We built ourselves a fire so let it burn.

When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind - it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
Like you've had so many time and now
Loving you could never be better than it is right now

Tomorrow night we'll meet again to once more fan the flame
'Cause loving you the way I do stays the same
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
And love could never be better for you and me

When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
Like you've had so many time and now
Loving you could never be better than it is right now

Loving you could never be better than it is right now

Lloyd

[Goldtop]

"In The Garden" - Performed by Van Morrison

The streets are always wet with rain after a summer shower
When I saw you standin' in the garden
In the garden
Wet with rain

You wiped the teardrops from your eye in sorrow
As we watched the petals fall down to the ground
And as I sat beside you I felt the Great Sadness that day
In the garden

And then one day you came back home
You were a creature all in rapture
You had the key to your soul and you did open that day you came back
To the garden

The olden summer breeze was blowin' on your face
The light of God was shinin' on your countenance divine
And you were a violet colour as you sat beside your father and your mother
In the garden

The summer breeze was blowin' on your face
Within your violet your treasure your summery words
And as the shiver from my neck down to my spine ignited me in daylight and nature
In the garden

And you went into a trance
Your childlike vision became so fine
And we heard the bells inside the church we loved so much
And felt the presence of the youth of eternal summers
In the garden

And as I touched your cheeks so lightly
Born Again, you were and blushed
And we touched each other lightly
And we felt the presence of the Christ

And I turned to you and I said
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and The Father
In the garden

No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature
And the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
In the garden

Wet with rain
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and the holy ghost
In the garden
In the garden

Wet with rain
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and The Father
In the garden

Goldtop

[crgtr]

No other song has stirred the emotion in me as this one.....

Well I heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
and love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Maybe there's a God above
all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah