LYRICS

Birds

1. The Fade

when love is new

the world turns in a kiss

i remember this

i remember spring

when love is old

you take what you can

you hold on to words

you hold on to string

ring ring ring

telephones and steeple bells

ring ring ring

steady steady heart

i hold on

for so many reasons

but tonight i think i feel the fade

i hear your voice

you make the contact

i hear the time pass

i hear the time

we walk the line

we walk the fire

wish for desire

i feel the fade

when love is new

the world turns in a kiss

2. Mercury, The Sun And Moon

love is sweet they say

promises of tomorrow

the tighter you grip

the faster you slip

this much i know

lately i want everything

every star tied to a string

coffee tea and in between

the sweetest smile i ever seen

a different song in every room

mercury, the sun and moon

too much of anything

causes one to wonder

inoxicating sighs

promises and lies

this much i know

2a. Mercurio il sole e la luna

(from Ulftone release of Birds)

l'amore e' dolce si dice

con i promessi di domani

piu' stretta che stringi

piu' forte che caddi

questo so bene

oggi voglio ogni coas

ogni stella giu dal cielo

caffe, te e tra le due

un sorriso dolce e bello

una canzione in ogni stanza

mercurio il sole e la luna

l'abondanza della buonta'

fa rifletterci sopra

sospiri intossicanti

promessi e bugie

questo so bene

3. Endless Green

when the day is bled dry

every color is drained from the sky

be a man please be strong

so that i can just close my eyes

a child again

summer's here

time i love

when the air

is so warm it blows right through you

oh to live

in this place

it's so soft

i'm afraid i'll lose my sadness

long ago

grass was tall

and the fields

seem to roll along forever

look around

all you see

is a sky

painted high above this endless green

be a man please be strong

so that i can just close my eyes

a child again

oh to live in this place

it's so soft i'm afraid i'll lose

my sadness

be a man please be strong

so that i can just close my eyes

a child again

look around all you see is a sky painted high above this

endless green

4. The First Day Of Winter

on the first day of winter

it was warm and still and grey

the dim sun reflected

off the sugar factory

the east river rolled on silver and blue

and everything that day in my heart was you

you told me that you loved me

then you sailed across the sea

where the scenary's much different

than what lies in front of me

oil tanks line the river here

it smells like springtime in the air

but the forcast says cold days are near

i couldn't seem to shake the phrase

i heard an old friend say

"the sweetest face is the doubter

who loves you anyway"

i fight myself to kill this fear

repeating words i hope you'll hear

but i'm caught between each line my dear

5. After The Fall

once we were held up

suspended on wire

you put my radar to sleep

i swallowed the pill now i'm starting to tire

after the fall

it's so hard to sleep

with these sirens around

they keep on cutting the night

a smudge on the ceiling

that once was alive

after the fall

love is an ocean and

love is a stone

love is a wish that you make on your own

if all of these ghosts would just leave me alone

i know that i could be free

6. The War Is Done

At the end of the day

i got on a train

and rode to the end of the line

ocean vast

silent waves

renewing hope and change

your kiss an obligation

i feel it now

the war is done

For God's sake

close the bathroom door

You know how that leaves me cold

my touch is insufficient

i feel it now

the war is done

Love is blind

it cannot see

when it's come to the end of the line

i falied with good intention

i feel it now

the war is done

7. Survival

oh survival walks a tricky road

balanced upon the edge

of everything that's cold

oh emotion finds the spot that's weak

then grabs you like a fighter

and drags you to the street

how can i be complete

when there's always too much

or too little around me

oh beauty alive in every scene

in everything we hold on to

in garbage and in dreams

in the starless sky

when love passed by

and crossed my line

to a future time

and taught me all about

survival that day

8. Trouble Fire

i built my house on solid sand

with principals for mortar

but now i sit and watch each stone

come tumbling in this trouble fire

the first time i laid my eyes

on the stranger of your face

i was left with no desire

no impression, no discrace

trouble fire trouble fire

turn my words all into lies

trouble fire trouble fire

i'm burning in this trouble fire

the second time i set my sights

on your face in a room so dim

then i heard your melody

that's when i was lost to him

9. Naturally Blonde

naturally blonde

nothing is wrong

nothing is sad

nothing is blue

only summer skies

everyone is here

everyone's alive

unfolding chairs

out on the patio

put them in a row

summertime and time was slow

behind the blinds the afternoon sun put on a show

10. What You Said

i've been thinking

about you

about change

about life it turned so strange

and what you said

now i see you

and now i don't

and now the word's caught in my throat

i can't reply

to what you said

the moon in the sky

a perfect half

as long as the moon's forever changing

i'm forever loving you

now you see me

and now you don't

and now the word's caught in my throat

i can't reply

to what you said

11. My Impossible Love

he is my impossible love

i know this after years of trying

still every time i hear his vioce

my blood runs lighter

and my heart beats faster

and i know

that he is my impossible love

in my dream the sky was turning red

as the sun was setting on the city

i could feel his soul close to mine as we walked

then i woke up he was gone from my side

and i knew

that he is my impossible love

days go faster when you sleep when you sleep

so come on nighttime fly away fly away

he is my impossible love

today i still feel just the same

as the first time his eyes met mine

long ago

we were young and had nothing to compare

but now i know

that he is my impossible love

12. Lullaby

the wind is blowing up the coast

summertime is turning cold

the moon is lighting up the sky so bright

oh my darling blow away

i used to think and to believe

the bravest thing to do in life

was to hold on and to

never give up trying

oh my darling blow away

though i'll miss you when you're gone

i will try to carry on

the wind is blowing up the coast tonight

oh my darling blow away

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