Ocean Colour Scene Album

I see double up ahead
Where the riverboat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red
Like a King who stalks the wings and shoots a dove
And frees an eagle instead
It's more or less the same as the things that you said

I see trouble up the road
Like the things you found in love are by the way
And like to cheat on your soul
Like the best and worst of thoughts that lose control
Before you lie on your bed

It's more or less the same as the things that you said
Anyway for all the things you know tell me why does the river not flow
Anyway for all the things you said tell me why does the river run red
Anyway for all the things you've seen tell me when will the river run green
And anyway for all the things you know tell me why does the river not flow

It's more or less the things you fail to say in your way that's your trouble
Like a King who stalks the wings and shoots the moon and the stars
And his double
It's more or less the same as the things that you said
I see trouble up ahead
Where the river boat swayed beneath the sun
Is where the river runs red
I see double - that's my trouble.

And if I could hold you
Where would you belong
sitting here to reason
how the worlds gone wrong

And if I could listen
To half the words you say
Would your pathway glisten
And help you on your way

Oh you’ve got it bad
But you never should expect cover
boy you’ve got it so bad
Worse than any other

If I was in your shoes
Would it be the same
Would you sit in silence
While I dish out the blame

and if the world was laughing
Would you close your ears
There is no creed of chanting
To make the world more clear

oh you got it bad
but you never should expect cover
boy youve got it so bad
worse than any other

(interlude and solo)

If I brought you flowers
Would you watch them grow
Springtime is for certain
To follow on the snow

and if i could hold you
where would you belong
sitting here to reason
on how the worlds gone wrong

Oh you’ve got it bad
But you never should expect cover
boy you’ve got it so bad
Worse than any other

Oh you’ve got it bad
But you never should expect cover
Oh you’ve got it so so bad
Worse than any other

Saturday Afternoon
The sunshine pours like wine
Through the window

And I know golden June
Can turn an empty grey
Against your window

And I feel like I’m on the outside
Of the circle

If I walk by the trees
I’ll catch the falling leaves
If the wind blows

But I know all this means is
Whiling on the hours
Watching sideshows

And I feel like I’m on the outside
Of the circle

Will I turn my coat to the rain
I don’t know
But I’m going somewhere I can warm my bones

Fare you well I’ll carry me away
And sing to those I know
Upon their birthdays

And I won’t feel like I’m on the outside
I wont feel like I'm on the outside
i wont feel like I'm on the outside
Of the circle

Oh collector I'm so sorry
You had the notion that I was rolling
In the money no I'm sorry
But I'll pay you
No Worry

Let's Sing Softly
Let's Sing Softly
Oh so softly
Not so heavy

I've been heavy with my fortune
Like a crystal and a hammer
I'm so sorry Oh collector
I'm away now in a hurry

Let's Sing Softly
Let's Sing Softly
Oh so softly
Not so heavy

Get up all you fighters
Don't you lie here now
Oh collector you had it coming
It was that funny we were rolling
Oh collector we're so sorry
And we'll pay you
No Worry

Let's Sing Softly
Let's Sing Softly
Oh so softly
Not so heavy

Something I need from you
I really want to know
Like the way you do
I've been burned before
But not this way by you

And I need to know I can trust you... with my life
On the Golden Gate bridge
Or a fire in the night
Or the edge of the night
And I really hope I can have you... all my life
A fifty second anniversary
Of the whole of time

Something I need to know
Is any of this true
All the things they say
Or are they only cruel
But I fear only pain

And I need to know I can trust you... with my life
On the Golden Gate bridge
Or a fire in the night
Or the edge of the night
And I really hope I can have you... all my life
A fifty second anniversary
Of the whole of time

[Middle Eight]

And I need to know I can trust you... with my life
On the Golden Gate bridge
Or a fire in the night
Or the edge of the night
And I really hope I can have you... all my life
A fifty second anniversary
Of the whole of time

Something I need from you
Something I need from you
Something I need from you
Something I need from you

I’ll die before I get to sleep
When screaming shadows haunt my dreams
I’m cold and soaking wet when daylight shows its face
This fear will always get in your way

And I can hear so much
That I miss it everyday
It finds me deep in love and deeper down the lane
I don’t know too much but I know what I want to say
I Just Need Myself

Please leave me when you see me fall
Oh please I have to climb that wall
And from the top of it you can nearly see your face
But don’t let this ever get in your way

Repeat Chorus

I’m not going to walk on sinking sand
I’ll sail this day to higher land
and when the sun is high, and I’ll let my music say
These things will never get in your way

Repeat Chorus

[No lyrics]

Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns

Its a cultural shift its the North Atlantic Drift
Americana and a rule Britannia
And the moon yes we own that to
And where the Euphrates meets the other rivers
Is now the home of the devil and the liar
And the pyre we plan to make
Is just the drift leaving its wake, home

Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns

And the films you want to watch
And the films you want to make
And the kids like lost angels
Dressed in black sensations
And the shift won't shake
And the drift won't brake
With billions of Diamonds growing like olives
And the drift holds the coffers

Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns
Meanwhile Rome burns

Oh in my heart, It always begins
Just keep on trying to make this situation win
Sometimes you should hold it back
And keep on the rails of the straight and narrow track

And I know I've been wrong before
But I really believe this day should last forever

These times we're travelling in
Can tie you to trying to do your worst to keep on in
And how can you say that there's nothing left
I come around every time you try to hate yourself

And I know I've been wrong before
But I really believe this day should last forever

I'm leaving today
I'm finding it hard to hear a single word I say
And all of the time wasted with you
It makes it hard to know what exactly to do

And I know I've been wrong before
But I really believe this day should last forever

I never give out
I had no my doubts and now I know they were you
Just like before I got myself clean
And now it's amazing how this situation seems

And I know I've been wrong before
But I really believe this day should last forever

The mechanical wonder is
It's just a noise in my room
And i'm chasing the wonder and
It's just a hole in my tune

And the radio plays but it
But it don't sing a song
And the mechanical thunder is
What is all going wrong

And i walk down the road and i
I awake in a tune
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my room

And we rode it once
On a thundering night
So i'll walk with you
Where the locks take flight

Oh machines make our lives today
And i like them the best
But the mechanical thunder is
It's just a noise in my head

And the radio plays at me
But it don't sing a song
But the mechanical wonder is
How it's all going wrong

And they rode it once ("And we rode it once" on last chorus)
On a thundering night
So i'll walk with you
Where the locks take flight
And we'll keep on through
It's where the road don't roar
Where the farm once stood
Where the union crawls, big time

They're machines that i'm walking from
Though they play in the songs
And the dreams that you're holding on
Don't hold on for so long

So i'm hiding machines away
But i'll keep them for you
But the things that you wanna say
it's just a noise in my room

And i look at the picture now
And there's a weight on us all
But the mechanical wonder is
It's a cure one and all

Repeat full chorus with slight variation

When the night time creeps on in
I will be there, I will be there
Come on and let me in
I will be there, I will be there

Don't ever be afraid when I say
I Love You, I Love You
And I'll take the time to say I love you

Come on don't shoulder hurt
Take it on back, don't make it worse
Come the night and I will call
I'll take it back, you'll take it all

Don't be afraid when I say
I Love You, I Love You
And I'll take the time to say I love you

Don't be so scared about it
I just can't be without saying
I Love You, I Love You
And I'll take the time to say I love you

I think everybody's after me
They want to know just what I feel
Pushing wires under my nose
Everybody's standing on my toes
Telling the world what I should know

You said you'd seen life from near the floor
You opened every closing door

Thank you for always being there
And all the nights in which we shared
And we know we're always there

If it ever gets you down
You know I'll always be around
Cos too much just aint enough

[whistle]

We - we who are your property
Whose every single move you see
We don't mind the prying eyes
We don't mind all your lies
Or the headlines that you write

Where do you go
Buttoned in your favourite coat
Stepping out to a different world
When you might be home late

And where are you now
Staring at your favourite box
The one with the travellers cross
On the road past the gate

But if you find yourself standing on the corner
While your thinking of a different world
Then you might see me waiting on the corner
Staring through you in a different world

But if I could swim
Then I’d go out and find my boat
Sail away to my favourite coast
And let you all in

And if I could do, all the things you’re asking for
Then maybe I’d find your door
And bring it home to you
But if you find yourself standing on the corner
While your thinking of a different world
Then you might see me waiting on the corner
Staring through you in a different world

So where do we go
Like two Christopher’s in the snow
Yeah we’re blind but we want to know
Just to say I love you

And all of our lives
We’ll sail through the suns and moons
To sing our Travellers Tunes
Just to say I love you

But if you find yourself standing on the corner
While your thinking of a different world
Then you might see me waiting on the corner
Staring through you in a different world

All the people under broken homes
Don't wanna fight no more
All the people nursing shattered bones
Don't wanna fight no more
But there's no profit in peace
So we've gotta fight some more

And all these who are in foreign lands
Don't wanna fight no more
And all those who've lost their feet or hands
Don't wanna fight no more
But there's no profit in peace boys
We gotta fight some more

Hey we don't wanna fight no more
Hey, Hey, Hey, We don't wanna fight no more
But theres' no profit in peace
So we gotta fight some more

And all those just trying to play their part
Don't wanna fight no more
And all those who own a human heart
Don't wanna fight no more
But there's no profit in what you want
So we must fight some more

And all those who got an axe to grind
Don't wanna fight no more
And all those who got their burning lives
Don't wanna fight no more
But there's no profit in ever being right
So we must fight some more

Chorus

And all the people under broken homes
Don't wanna fight no more
All the people never going home
Don't wanna fight no more
But there is profit in the land you own
So we must fight some more

And all those who got a tired face
Don't wanna fight no more
And all those who are lost without a trace
Don't wanna fight no more
But there is profit in the love of hate
So we must fight some more

Who is that upon the stairs
acting like he don't know where
and who is laying down all the cards
and giving me the wrong things to say
and like a wheel on the table
He's a Cain to my Abel: Oh.....it's my shadow
A confessor to my dreams casting ribbons round my feet
Oh.....into my day
It's my shadow

Making eyes until the sun lights the daytime as she comes
Oh..... into my day
Happy in the time when I would have been there to see you
Happy in the time when I would have been there at all
Happy when the night is gone and I believe you
Happy when the night is gone and I need a call

Who is chasing in the wind all the letters never sent
and who is dusting down the stars and giving me the wrong moves to make.
And like a wheel on the table, he's a Cain to my Abel
dancing upon the floor, its my shadow
making eyes until the sun blinds the daytime as she comes
Oh.....into my day
Its my shadow

Like a willow to my stream casting heaven round my feet
Oh.....into my day.

When you find that things are getting wild is that
the hardest smile that you can ever feel.

Paralysed until the sun lights the daytime as she comes.

And if my shadow comes a creeping
Then I'll always find me sleeping in the sun

No I never knew you
We both went to different schools
Me so scared of the rules
You chasing all the girls

But it seems to me
We never grew up we just got ourselves free
Inventing what we could be
To buy all their curls

Get up and dance
Get up and smile
Get up and drink to the days
Ones that are gone in the shortest while

She was just eighteen she collapsed
And they took her away
She didn’t make it for more than an hour
Then she was gone

What do you say?
When someone’s been taken that way
Before they’ve had a day to fly in the sun

Get up and dance
Get up and smile
Get up and drink to the days
Ones that are gone in the shortest while

Get up and dance
Get up and smile
Get up and drink to the days
Ones who are gone in the shortest while

I’ll sing my sorrow
I’ll sing my sorrow
I’ll sing my sorrow
I’ll sing my sorrow

No I never knew you
We both ended up as different fools
Me so scared of the rules
You chasing all the girls

But it seems to me
We never grew up we just got ourselves free
Inventing what we could be
To buy all their curls

Get up and dance
Get up and smile
Get up and drink to the days
Ones that are gone in the shortest while

Get up and dance
Get up and smile
Get up and drink to the days
Ones who are gone in the shortest while

I’ll sing my sorrow

So I said I'm on the roam so I need a car
And I know that I'm getting alive
And I say I got faith and a season
And I say that's where I'm going to

I get a need and I'm wanting to please it
I gotta face and I'm wanting to feel it
The more I feel is the more that I need it
The more I need is the less I believe it

Well I want a good love by my side
Keep on getting out of love and my pride
And I know I keep hurting my love yeah
But I know it ain't killing

I get a need and I'm wanting to please it
I gotta face and I'm wanting to feel it
The more I feel is the more that I need it
The more I need is the less I believe it

So I said I'm on the roam so I need a car
And I know that I'm staying alive
And I know that my faith is in season
And I say that's where I'm going to

I get a need and I'm wanting to please it
I gotta face and I'm wanting to feel it
The more I feel is the more that I need it
The more I need is the less I believe it

I get a need and I'm wanting to please it
I gotta face and I'm wanting to feel it
The more I feel is the more that I need it
The more I need is the less I believe it

I never saw it as the start its more a change of heart
Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney pot
blowing off the dust in the room where I forgot I laid my plans in solid rock

Stepping through the door like a troubadour whiling just an hour away,
looking at the trees on the roadside feeling its a holiday.
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away.
Roll a number write another song like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.

Ooh Lala, Ooh Lala
Ooh Lala, Ooh Lala

He sip's another rum and coke and told a dirty joke
Walking like Groucho sucking on a number 10
Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in
I'll miss the crush and I'm home again.
Stepping through the door with the night in store whiling just an hour away,
step into the sky in the starbright feeling its a brighter day.

You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away.
Roll a number write another song like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train.

Ooh Lala, Ooh Lala
Ooh Lala, Ooh Lala

You and I should ride the tracks and find ourselves just wading through tomorrow
and you and I when we're coming down we're only getting back
and you know I feel no sorrow.

Ooh Lala, Ooh Lala
Ooh Lala, Ooh Lala

When you find that things are getting wild don't you need days like these x3

When you're starting to choke take some pills with your coke
It's inspirational
When you're life is a mess light one more cigarette
It's so logical

Well it's something your mother can't abide
But it's something that i freely prescribe
Take yourself for a ride
It never felt so good
As the night that you and i played Robin Hood
Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Remembering a time when we were fine
A time i thought we'd left behind

When you're starting to cry
I'll come and sit by my side
And I will love you so
When the nightmares come
I will try to be fun, even though;
I'm so scared you know

Well it's something your mother can't abide
But it's something that i freely prescribe
Take yourself for a ride
It never felt so good
As the night that you and i played Robin Hood
Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Stealing from a time when we were fine
A time i thought we'd left behind
Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Stealing from a time when we were fine
A time i thought we'd left behind

When you're starting to choke take some pills with your coke
It's hysterical