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I am the throwback

But you don't know I walk amongst you every day

I don't need moonlight

Or any secret word to make the change in me



I don't know what you see in your rules

In conversation or in delicate feelings of romance



If you know some place I can go

Then I ask you lead me to the door



In deepest midnight

That time of night when even dogs believe in ghosts

I walk the backstreets

Of every dirty city searching for the route



That leads me back to where I belong

I don't know how but I'm trapped in the wrong time



If you know some place I can go

Then I ask you lead me to the door



Nobody sees me no one believes me

Nobody understands the words that I say



Tell me you see me say you believe me

Tell me you understand and I will be free - oh



I guess I don't fit the times

I'm just a throwback

I'm trapped but still I search for a clue

From far away I hear the call

Come on back to me



I am the throwback

I have no use for anything I see

I'd like to find a country

Where no one else has ever been before



I don't know what you're wanting from life

I just don't understand your tricks and your slyness



If you know some place I can go

Then I ask you lead me to the door



(I'm just a throwback)

(I'm just a throwback) I'm just a throwback

(I'm just a throwback) Don't need no moonlight

(I'm just a throwback) I'm just a throwback

Night and once again I hear you calling

In my mind you speak the words I long to hear

I see your face can even feel your breathing

Though I know that you are never really there



If I had been born bolder you would be truly next to me



So then

I'll be waiting I'll be waiting

I'm waiting just for you



To stroke your hair and feel your arms around me

To talk of things we did or we would do

Would be the kind of magic I'd believe in

But there's some things even wizards cannot do



If I had been born bolder I wouldn't need a magic wand



So then

I'll be waiting I'll be waiting

I'd give up all for you

What else can I do

I'm waiting just for you



   We stand together in the evening sun

   Unspoken thoughts we share as one

   Golden light on distant mountains

   Slowly fades as surely as the light of dreams



Don't think about tomorrow

In the darkness I can still believe you're here

If the power of thought can give a vision substance

Then in truth you are alive and close to me



If I had been born bolder I would take you in my arms

Who's to stop me reaching for you the only one is me



So then

I'll be waiting I'll be waiting

I'd give up all for you

What else can I do

I only dream of you

What else can I do

I'm waiting just for you

What else can I do



I'll be waiting

If you want me to I will be your fairy princess

Your dream of romance

If you ask me then I can be your queen of darkness

Take you below



It don't matter at all

Devil or priestess - teacher or fool

What you want will be what you receive

I am the answer to all of your dreams



If you wanted a creature from another dimension

I'm the answer

If you wanted a reason for an endless conflict

I'm the one



It don't matter at all

Devil or priestess - teacher or fool

What you want will be what you receive

I am the answer to all of your dreams



I can be your nightmare

And then I'll take you places you didn't mean to go

Or take a long look

Into the future

I'll tell you many things that you didn't want to know



If you want me to I will be your humble servant

Need your protection

If you ask me then I can be your fearless fighter

Your Joan of Arc



It don't matter at all

Devil or priestess - teacher or fool

What you want will be what you receive

I am the answer to all of your dreams



Build me up - bring me down

Put me back on my feet again

Please leave me alone



If you want me to I will be your fairy princess

Your dream of romance

If you ask me then I can be your queen of darkness

Take you below



It don't matter at all

Devil or priestess - teacher or fool

What you want will be what you receive

I am the answer to all of your dreams



Build me up - bring me down

Put me back on my feet again

Please leave me - please leave me alone

I was always insecure

I never was too sure

That what we did that night was right

Or very wrong



It was never in dispute

It was always understood

But I can't leave it there



Now what am I supposed to do about it



   Rest your weary head with mine

   I'll take you through the night

   And bring you to the dawn in hope



   But don't turn your head around

   No matter what you see

   You cannot return



   You're caught by the magnet

   Drawn to the light

   Like a prisoner you are captured

   You are left without a choice



Now it's all because of you

That I don't know what to do

My memory's confused when

I recall that night



Now the coin is in the air

And I don't know if I care too much

Which way it lands



Oh and what am I supposed to do about it



   Rest your weary head with mine

   I'll take you through the night

   And bring you to the dawn in hope



   But don't turn your head around

   No matter what you see

   You cannot return



   You're caught by the magnet

   Drawn to the light

   Like a prisoner you are captured

   You are left without a choice - oh



That night                               Rest your weary head with mine

Take me through the night                I'll take you through the night

Take me through the night to the dawn    And bring you to the dawn in

hope



It's all because of you                  But don't turn your head around

I don't know what to do                  No matter what you see

My memory's confused that night          You cannot return



Oh I can't undo that night...

When private rainclouds form

And tears seem the likely solution

Try to shelter from the storm

Who knows what tomorrow might bring



Now the sun breaks through the dark

And life isn't quite as confusing

Release your cloud of woe

And follow its course with your eyes



Higher higher into the blue sky

Higher higher than the tallest of mountains

Higher higher into the sunlight

Higher higher till it vanishes from view



And I will watch as it goes

And I will follow the cloud till it is gone



Though the past has let you down

Don't be too hard on the future

You can make it through the day

Who knows what tomorrow might bring



Higher higher into the blue sky

Higher higher than the tallest of mountains

Deeper deeper into the distance

It's not too late for you - oh yeah

Higher higher into the sunlight

Higher higher till it vanishes from view



And I will watch as it goes

And I will watch as the cold wind blows

And I will watch as it goes

And I will follow the cloud till it is gone



When private rainclouds form

And tears seem the likely solution

Try to shelter from the storm

Who knows what tomorrow might bring to you

Dream what tomorrow might give to you

Believe what tomorrow might bring

Dry forever the sun blinds off the whitewashed walls

Unbelieving she looks up from the unswept floor

You don't have to go you don't have to tell me

All that talk of lofty causes wrapped in foolish pride

That's a lie



That you don't have to tell me



I don't wanna hear how wisdom walks beside you

Or how God is inside you again



No wire marks the border

No fence or wall

No town breaks this horizon

Nothing at all



Dust surrounds her the men go hungry for disaster

All they leave behind are

The old and useless and the broken

That never will be mended



I don't wanna hear you're captured by the madness

Of ideas long discredited from other people's minds

They're all lies



That you don't have to tell me



All that comes of this is poverty and hardship

Still you don't absorb a word I say



But now there is a border

A line of blood

Now men patrol the border

But they're dead



Somewhere a bird is flying oh

Somewhere the wind is sighing oh

I hope it brings you comfort

Cos it's surely no good to me

This wind blows me down

and cuts me like a knife



And now the darkness and coldness

That freezes out illusion

Restores the picture gives back the pieces

And lays them on the empty floor



I don't want to hear so you don't have to tell me

How you rewrite history a little every day

Till it's lies



That you don't have to tell me



I don't want to hear how good it really has been

How wonderful the troubles we shared



No I don't want to hear so you don't have to tell me

I don't need your comfort I just need your company

The hot seat's vacant cos he gave up the reins

He's kissed his title goodbye run far away

He's gone to ground in some hole - I don't know where

All I know is somehow that I'm big man up here



I don't need your worship

Just need a sacrifice each day

No need to worry

Just want to help in every way



I just don't know what all these levers are for

Well I don't know it but I'm reasonably sure

I've got a red light warning - I don't know why

Maybe it will go away if I close my eyes



I don't need your worship

Just need a sacrifice each day

No need to worry

Just want to help in every way

Help every day

In every way



I don't know what's come over me

I'm really feeling rather strange



I got no time for wisdom cos I'm the fool

I got no time for those who won't obey my rules

Some day I won't be teacher - I don't know when

Ha but I'm gonna please myself until then



I don't need your worship

Just need a sacrifice each day

No need to worry

Just want to help in every way

Help every day

In every way



Don't need your worship

Just need a sacrifice each day

No need to worry

Just want to help in every way

Help every day

In every way

Wandering in a daze

Through a cold mechanical maze

I am lost and confused

I am always the loser

You tell me there's a place

Where I can be alive



Is it near is it far is it somewhere between

This land you say exists that I've never seen

Call me please talk to me tell me the truth

I need to believe like a house needs a roof

Is it strange is it wonderful I need to know

Do you have a picture that you can show

The minute to capture the moment has come

The minute to capture the moment has come



It's easy to believe

But less easy to imagine

I've grown so used to not coping

Waiting eternally hoping

Wishes come and go

But this one will stay I know

Could the time for adventure be

Just around the corner



Is it near is it far is it somewhere between

The land you say exists that I've never seen

Call me please talk to me tell me the truth

I need to believe like a house needs a roof

Is it strange is it wonderful I need to know

Do you have a picture that you can show

The minute to capture the moment has come

The minute to capture the moment has come



I wonder if it's true

Do I put my faith in you

Do I risk one more failure

To add to this tale

Or do I turn my back

And slowly walk away

Please tell me if you know



Is it near is it far is it somewhere between

The land you say exists that I've never seen

Call me please talk to me tell me the truth

I need to believe like a house needs a roof

Is it strange is it wonderful I need to know

Do you have a picture that you can show

The minute to capture the moment has come

The minute to capture the moment has come

The more I dream of you

The less you want me to

The more I need to hold you

The less you seem to care



If I knew what I was meant to do

Then I'd be doing it all the time

If I could find the key

I'd keep the doorway open wide



But I will stay with you

Forever if you want me to

As long as there's a heaven

And that's a long long time



To yearn without reward

To plan and hope in vain

It's you that has the power you know

To soothe and end this pain



Another season passes

But the sky is always grey

Autumn leaves and summer breezes

Can't bring on a change



But I will stay with you

Forever if you want me to

As long as there's a heaven

and that's a long long time



The more I hide it the more it shows

The more confused I feel

And on my own alone

Tell me what am I supposed to do?



It's so hard to understand

What means so much to me

What fills my heart with fire

Will only leave you cold



I wonder what you're thinking

As we play the game again

I wonder if you knew my thoughts

You'd still want me to say



That I will stay with you

Forever if you want me to

As long as there's a heaven

And that's a long long time



The more I hide it the more it shows

The more confused I feel

And on my own alone

Tell me what am I supposed to do?



The more I hide it the more it shows...

(And diamonds aren't so hard to find)



Don't let it bring you down

Your woman's gone and left you

The taxman's here he's knocking on your door - oh



Don't let it bring you down

Your brand new house is burning

They're dumping toxic waste in your backyard - oh

Your next door neighbour's gone and won the pools

The life's so bad you wish that it was all over - over



You and I

Could leave this all behind

Dream a little

Leave ourselves behind



Come with me

Where dragons rule the air

And diamonds aren't so hard to find

And come what may

Heroes never fail

And time stands still

No matter if you're young or old



Don't let it bring you down

Nothing lasts for ever

Even female movie stars grow old - oh



We try to break the rules and never age

We try so hard but everything's in vain

Then one day you wake and find that it's all over - over



You and I

Could leave this all behind

Dream a little

Leave ourselves behind



Come with me

Where dragons rule the air

And diamonds aren't so hard to find

And come what may

Heroes never fail

And time stands still

No matter if you're young or old



So come with me

Where dragons rule the air

And diamonds aren't so hard to find...