Long Line of Leavers - Caedmon's Call (Lyrics only)</head> <body> <pre> Only One I come from a long line of leavers Out of the garden gate with an apple in their hands I expect and I believe You're gonna run out of love You're gonna give me the shove 'Cause that's the thing that lovers do Then there's you You found me cynical and jaded You lifted my mask and lightened me up And when my black eyes have faded I found they were not gouged Had the coal in my mouth I've never seen the old age new And then there's you You're the only one Who knows my secrets You're the only one Still you're the only one Who never leaves And I wake up to this mystery I betrayed you with a little kiss I thought you'd find someone better And you forgave me even for this Came to the upper room You dragged me from the tomb There is none both good and true Then there's you ------------------------------------------------ Love Is Different Well it looks like five thousand miles Broke the camel's back But it's not as though I had a plan To win you back Because I don't know what I want But at least I know that much I'm afraid love came right up And slapped me in the face But I did not know, no Cause... (chorus) Love is different than you'd think It's never in a song, or on a TV screen And love is harder than a word Said at the right time, and everything's alright I said love is different than you'd think And so I won't expect a postcard From Trefulgar's square But I'd be lying if I said I didn't care Because you can't just turn it off And put a blindfold on your heart But I'm off to a good start We're a continent away But I do not know, oh no Cause... (chorus) (bridge) Maybe you're the dream I'm waking from But I see you everywhere I go Darling, you are such a mystery to me You know, don't you know that... (chorus) ------------------------------------------------ Prepare Ye The Way The Word of the Lord came one evening Concerning His bride's great sin He'd send down His Word to renew her To prepare for the Bridegroom again The Word said repent From seeking vain glories While the gifts in the Lord's name you give Repent of all the first stones cast to kill While your own self-righteousness lives Chorus: Prepare ye the way for the Lord Prepare ye the way for the kingdom Prepare ye the way Prepare ye the way for the Lord The Word said repent and turn from your strivings Repent and turn from your hatred Repent from the doctrines of men that divide And fear like the wedding gown ripped Walk in His love like newborn children Walk in His love, let the wedding gown mend Walk in His love, with humility come with pure hearts And cast all your cares to the wind (chorus) The Word of the Lord came one evening Concerning His bride's great sin He assured me we will be forgiven And then let the marriages begin (chorus) ------------------------------------------------ Prove Me Wrong Sometimes I fear Maybe I'm not chosen You've hardened my heart like Pharaoh And that would explain why Life is so hard for me And I am sad that Esau hated Crying against what's faded Saying, "Father, please... Is there any left for me?" (chorus) Cast all my doubts Please, prove me wrong Cause these demons Can be so headstrong Make my walls fall Please, prove me wrong Cause this resentment's been building And burn them up with your fire so strong And if you can before I bail Please, prove me wrong I fear maybe this is all just a game And our friends and our families all play To harness the young And give some comfort to the old (chorus) (bridge) Don't let my doubts prove true Draw me close and hold me near to you Keep me still until the day you... (chorus) ------------------------------------------------ Mistake Of My Life I'm in love I've never been so sure of anything But then again Could be a tumor in my brain Tricking me Into thinking that we were meant to be Either way I'm about to shock my family And my home town again But this time I'm leaving (chorus) Once I'm gone, I cannot look back I've got to trust that this is right Cause maybe I'm on my way to find you Or maybe I'm gonna make The mistake of my life Since we met My life's been so up in the air I'm here today But by next week I could be there On the street Struggling to support my newest vice With a sign That says "I will work for love advice" Cause I will mow your lawn If you'll tell me what I'm doing wrong (chorus) But I'll leave the car running And I'll leave half the boxes packed For the slim chance I'll go right back (chorus) ------------------------------------------------ Masquerade On an open stretch of freeway Underneath the canvas clouds The blackness after midnight Swallowed everything around But just up ahead on the open horizon We caught the faintest glow And as we drew near it seemed so clear that the dark would have to go In the center of the city Comes the illusion of the day When everything looks pretty It's easy to think you've found the way But it's all just a big masquerade It was thirty-six months earlier On that same old lonesome road And that same old darkness lingered Just before the lightning show And the thunder cracked down And His lightning conquered everything around The dark had to flee Now the light of the little town Was as dark as the night compared to His light In the center of the city Comes the illusion of the day When everything looks pretty It's easy to think you've found the way But it's all just a big masquerade ------------------------------------------------ What You Want You're softer than a cannon blast But your effects much longer last And I want you just like a hole in my head But I need you like a meal and a bed And you say, "Come on, I'm not what you're after." But I know you're not just anyone, anyone (chorus) But I'm not what you want No, I'm not anyone But if you needed me Then I could be someone And you're an army in a horse And you have taken me by force And all the freedom in this world could not resist The sweet temptation of your sweet elusiveness So I say "Come on!" as the gate swings open Cause I know you're not just anyone, anyone (bridge) And the lie's always cheaper than the truth But the lie's all I've ever known of you Maybe none of this is true ------------------------------------------------ Valleys Fill First This is the valley that i'm walking through And if feels like forever since I've been close to you My friends up above me don't understand why i struggle like i do My shadow's my only,only companion and at night he leaves too Down in the valley, dying of thirst Down in the valley, it seems that i'm at my worst My consolation is that you baptize this earth When I'm down in the valley, valleys fill first Down in this wasteland I miss the mountaintop view But it's here in this valley that i'm surrounded by you Though I'm not here by my will it's whre your view is the most clear So I'll stay in this valley it takes 40 years And it's like that long Saturday your death and the rising day When no one wrote a word, wondered is this the end But you were down there in the well, saving those that fell Bringing them to the mountain again ------------------------------------------------ Can't Lose You So you're gone but I know you're not so far away You're a call on the phone or a ride on a plane But that just isn't the same, yeah well That's ok because I was never home anyway So now everyone's evolving and I am just the same As I was ten years ago, but I don't know Maybe a simple life is more the way to go Yeah, but then again, I'm mostly all alone Chorus: Cuz I'm losing everyone But I know I can't lose you And maybe my time will come But I know I can't lose you Cuz the older I get Well the more that life is making sense And it's similar to traffic or being president 'Cause I'm not the one in control You grab a hold I'm just a hammer helping to nail the future down But it's getting hard making my friends leave town Repeat Chorus But maybe I missed the nose right on my face For what's just past it And maybe I have the gift that everyone speaks so highly of Funny how nobody wants it ------------------------------------------------ Love Alone No one would love me if they knew all the things I hide My words fall to the floor As tears drip through the telephone line And the hands I've seen raised to the sky Not waving but drowning all this time I'll try to build an ark that they need To float to you upon the crystal sea Chorus: Give me your hand to hold 'Cause I can't stand to love alone And love alone is not enough to hold us up We've got to touch your robe So swing your robe down low Swing your robe down low The prince of despair's been beaten But the loser still fights Death's on a long leash Stealing my friends to the night And everyone cries for the innocent You say to love the guilty too And I'm surrounded by suffering and sickness So I'm working tearing back the roof Repeat Chorus And the pain of the world is a burden And it's my cross to bear And I stumble under all the weight I know you're Simon standing there And I know you're standing there ------------------------------------------------ Dance My name is Mary and I'm from Greenville, Mississippi But this is where I live here in this old folks' dormitory Every Sunday night Sarah comes to see us And she plays that old upright But Sarah always seems to leave us When she plays something comes over me Goes from my head all the way to my feet And I wanna dance I wanna snap my fingers all night long and dance I wanna move around the room just like a woman in a trance All night, I wanna dance I wanna wrap my arms around your neck and dance I wanna listen to the music that's been ringing in my ears And one day I'm gonna dance my way right outta here I had three girls and a boy but now one's gone up to Heaven She's with her papa now 'cause he left for lack of penicillin The older that I get I figure everyone is dying They're all dying for a change I know I'm dying for some action But days like these Sunday seems so far away So until then I'm gonna sit right here and here I'll stay I wanna dance I wanna snap my fingers all night long and dance I wanna move around the room just like a woman in a trance All night, I wanna dance I wanna wrap my arms around your neck and dance I wanna listen to the music that's been ringing in my ears And one day I'm gonna dance my way right outta here I'd marry you, if you could dance, that's what I said Cuz where I'm going they'll be dancing everyday ------------------------------------------------ Piece Of Glass Can't believe that I did it again Wake me up from this nightmare ‘Cause this monster is filling me up filling me out Everyday I live a bit less; one night leads to another Even if I went back they would recognize me or criticize me Who are you that lies when you stare in my face Telling me that I'm just a trace of the person I once was Cause I just can't tell if you're telling the truth or a lie On you I just can't rely. after all you're just a piece of glass Still this nightmare's all mine, when I call him he answers I can tell him when to come, when to stay Sometimes I'm weaker than he is, is he just letting me win He can tell me when to come, when to stay Who are you that lies when you stare in my face Telling me that I'm just a trace of the person I once was Cause I just can't tell if you're telling the truth or a lie On you I just can't rely. after all you're just a piece of glass Don't talk, listen Hold me tighter Stay with me just for a while Until the sun shines stay with me Just give me one more day Who are you that cries when you stare in my face Telling me that I'm just a trace of the person I once was Cause we're not the same, you're just a picture of me You're gone as soon as I leave; you've lived my life for me And you're no more than a piece of glass You're no more than just a piece of glass ------------------------------------------------ Ballad Of San Francisco So I'm walking down the street somewhere outside of San Francisco And I don't really know my way around And I'd love to stay a day or two and get into some trouble But tomorrow I'll be in another town There's at least one coffee bar for every single couple And there's at least a couple in this place Strange the things you notice when the walls are closing in And the walls are closing in on me today So where oh where can I find someone, anyone ‘Cause there's no way out of here But here is where I live and so I guess that means The carrot's gonna dangle for at least another year I love anonymity and I love being noticed Just the same as anybody else Years ago I told you how I loved to be alone These days I'd be perjuring myself So where oh where can I find someone, anyone ‘Cause there's no way out of here But here is where I live and so I guess that means The carrot's gonna dangle for at least another year It's like you gave me up just like I gave up drinking coffee So I guess I would've done the same So now I know I'm lost somewhere outside of San Francisco But I'm still glad that I came So where oh where can I find someone, anyone ‘Cause there's no way out of here But here is where I live and so I guess that means The carrot's gonna dangle for at least another year </pre> </body> </html>