Sixpence None the Richer
Album - 1996 - Debaser id 12280

Dreams
Inconsistent angel things
Horses bred with star-laced wings
But it's so hard to make them fly, fly, fly
These wings
Beat the night sky 'bove the town
One goes up and one goes down
And so the chariot hits the ground, bound, bound

CHORUS
We have forgotten (don't try to make me fly)
How it used to be (I'll stay here, I'll be fine)
How it used to be (don't go and let me down)
How it used to be (I'm starting to like this town)

When wings beat the night sky 'bove the ground
When I unwillingly shoot them down
With all my petty fears and doubts, down, down?

REFRAIN
We have forgotten (am I in love with this?)
How it used to be (my constant broken ship)
How it used to be (don't go I'll shoot you down)
How it used to be (I'm starting to like this town)

CHORUS
REFRAIN

This is my forty-fifth depressing tune They're looking for money as they clean my artistic womb And when I give birth to the child I must take to flight 'Cause the black in our pockets won't let us fight a proper fight So hey baby, can you shed some light on the problem, maybe? 'Cause we're all tired and we'd like to know If we should pack our tents, shut down the show Yes, we should like to see a burning bush-type sign But anything would be fine We're all told to dance but we never picked the tune Hanging like puppets they feed us from bent steel spoons But we're sealing our lips for the someday when the needle and the vinyl play All the songs of the pain, songs that explain all our circles and strains So hey baby, can you shed some light on the problem maybe? 'Cause we're all crying and we'd like to know If we should pack our tents, shut down the show Yes, we should like to see a burning bush-type sign But anything would be fine We're all dying and we'd like to know If we should pack our tents, shut down the show "Yes, we should like to see you pack your tents, shut down your show." Yes, we should like to see a burning bush-type sign But anything would be fine Oh, anything would be fine

Kiss me, out of the bearded barley
Lightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies
Dance silver moon's sparkling, so kiss me

Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies
Dance silver moon's sparkling, so kiss me

Kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies
Dance silver moon's sparkling, so kiss me

So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me
So kiss me

You and the moon are a beautiful sight to me.
The Stars in your eyes make it really hard to see you.
A night in the sun is all I really want.
You and me with the best of both for once
Night breaks.
My heart could not ache anymore.
Am I that easy to ignore?

You let your songs blow right through me.
Your mighty intellect makes you mighty hard to see
Will there come a time for me to be more to you, more to me?

Night breaks.
My heart could not ache anymore.
Am I that easy to ignore?

My heart could not ache anymore
Am I that easy to ignore?

You and the moon are a beautiful sight to me

(I would like to thank Rosemary Perez for the contribution of these lyrics.)

El viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta
El viento de la noche gira en el cielo

(The night wind whirls in the sky and sings.
The night wind whirls in the sky.)

Oir la noche inmensa, mas inmensa sin ella.
Y el verso cae al alma como al pasto el rocio.

(To hear the immense night, still more immense without her
And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.)

Tonight I can write the saddest lines
The saddest lines about her.

I guess you could say I'm a little afraid
What if you go away?
I've seen it before
I've been there before
If I have to love myself
Tell me how to love myself
What's there to love about myself?
I just wanted to see that as a person you want me
But I'm feeling the pain of all these bags in the way
And I'm thinking you're just gonna run away
And I can't catch you

I guess you could say
That I want you to stay
'Cause you have this strange knack
Adds a glow to my black
As you chase it all away
And I hope that you can see
I will someday leave these things
I am waiting to be free
But I'm feeling the pain of all these bags in the way
And I'm thinking you're just gonna run away
And I can't catch you
Oh, I want to catch you

The Lines of my earth
so brittle, unfertile, and ready to die

I need a drink but the well has gone dry
And we in the habit of saying the same things all
over again, for the money we shall make

This is the last song that I'll write 'til you tellme otherwise.
And it's because I just dont feel it

This is the last song 'til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore

It should be our time
This fertile youth's black soil
is ready for rain

The harvest is high
but the well has gone dry

And they in the habit of saying the same things all
over again, about the money we shall make
This is the last song that I'll write 'til you tell me otherwise
And it's because I just don't feel it
This is the last song 'til you tell me otherwise
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore

This is the last song that I'll write 'til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it
This is the last song 'til you tell me otherwise.
And it's because I just don't feel it anymore

My life is plagued by mistakes
Broken Love, slaps in the face
But I'm trying to care
to dare to embrace your face

Hug him like a brother
Kiss her like a sister
Let it be my mother for now

I want to find out where the maid
in the street is pouring her wine.
I heard she takes you in and gives you
the words you need said.

If you'll be her brother,
She'll kiss you like a sister
She'll even be your mother for now

Hug him like a brother.
Kiss her like a sister
Let it be my mother.
Let it be my father.
I will be her brother.
Kiss her like a sister.
Come and be my mother forever.

Leaves are falling, and something's calling me here
The state of depression that I'm walking in
Got the impression that I won't stay here long
I know I am like this, but still I don't know what to do

The sky is darkening
I can feel it in the air
My heart is sinking
I know winter's on its way
I know I am like this
But still I don't know what to do
I know I am like this
Oh sister, show me what to do

I know there's a way to get this another day
When will I know if there's a way for me?
I want to lie in the sand and have the sun shine on me
Is that way too much to ask?

"You must be the seed. Descend into the earth.
Searching for the union of death, and then rebirth."

But I need love. It is patience, it is kindness.
I need love. It is rain after the dryness.
I need love. Sister Wisdom, help me see
It's the one thing that I need.
The only thing that I need.

"The Harvester is near. His blade is on your skin.
To plant a new beginning." Well then let the cut begin.

But I need love. It is patience, it is kindness.
I need love. It is rain after the dryness.
I need love. Sister Wisdom, help me see
It's the one thing that I need.
The only thing that I need.

"The Harvester is near. His blade is on your skin.
To plant a new beginning." Well then let the cut begin.
Let the cut begin.

Moving On

It has gotten to my head
Permeates the path I tread
But I tread, I'm moving on
In a new and happy song
I can sing about the night
How my tunnel without light
Led me to the other side
Where the sky is blue

It's all I can do
To not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me again

There is fire inside the tree
Flames of knowing kissing me
I have waited long to see a sign from you

It's all I can do
To not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me
I will not let them ruin me again