Bloodflowers

when we look back at it all as i know we will 

you and me, wide eyed 

i wonder... 

will we really remember how it feels to be this alive? 



and i know we have to go 

i realize we only get to stay so long 

always have to go back to real lives 

where we belong 

where we belong 

where we belong 



when we think back to all this and i'm sure we will 

me and you, here and now 

will we forget the way it really is 

why it feels like this and how? 



and we always have to go i realize 

we always have to say goodbye 

always have to go back to real lives 



but real lives are the reason why 

we want to live another life 

we want to feel another time 

another time... 



yeah another time 



to feel another time... 



when we look back at it all as i know we will 

you and me, wide eyed 

i wonder... 

will we really remember how it feels to be this alive? 



and i know we have to go 

i realize we always have to turn away 

always have to go back to real lives 



but real lives are why we stay 

for another dream 

another day 

for another world 

another way 

for another way... 



one last time before it's over 

one last time before the end 

one last time before it's time to go again...

Yeah, I've been watching me fall for it seems like years 

Watching me grow small, I watch me disappear 

Slipping out my ordinary world, out my ordinary eyes 

Yeah, slipping out the ordinary me into someone else's life 

Into someone else's life ... 



There's a thin white cold new moon and the snow is coming down 

And the neon bright Tokyo lights flicker through the crowd 

I've been drifting around for hours and I'm lost and I'm tired 

When a whisper in my ear insatiable breathes 

"Why don't you follow me inside? ..." 



Yeah the room is small, the room is bright 

Her hair is black, the bed is white 

And the night is always young 

Is always young ... always young 

The night is always young ... 



Yeah I've been seeing them strip to the bone in the mirror on the wall 

Seeing her swallow him whole like it's not me at all 

She holds out her hands and I follow her down to my knees 

And the sucking inside insatiable smiles 

"You will forget yourself in me ..." 



Yeah, the room is small, the room is bright 

Her eyes are black, the bed is white 

And the night is always young 

And the night goes on and on 

And the night is always young 

And the night is never over and over and over and over and over ... 



And then it's gone 

And then it's gone 

Yeah, then it's gone ... 



Yeah, it's a cruel mean cold new day and outside the snow is still coming down 

And in the blood red tokyo bed I watch me coming round 

And she pulled him down for hours 

Deeper than I've ever been 

And as I fall in the mirror on the wall 

I'm watching me scream 

I'm watching me scream 

I'm watching me scream 



I'm watching me scream 



Yeah, I've been watching me go for it must be years 

Watching me get slow, I watch me disappear 

And one day, yeah I know, I won't come back at all ... 

And always over and over in his ordinary eyes 

I'm watching me fall 

I'm watching me fall 

I'm watching me fall 



I'm watching me fall

the world is neither fair nor unfair 

the idea is just a way for us to understand 

but the world is neither fair nor unfair 

so one survives 

the others die 

and you always want a reason why 



but the world is neither just nor unjust 

it's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it 

no, the world is neither just nor unjust 

and though going young 

so much undone 

is a tragedy for everyone 



it doesn't speak a plan or any secret thing 

no unseen sign or untold truth in anything... 

but living on in others, in memories and dreams 

is not enough 

you want everything 

another world where the sun always shines 

and the birds always sing 

always sing... 



the world is neither fair nor unfair 

the idea is just a way for us to understand 

no the world is neither fair nor unfair 

so some survive 

and others die 

and you always want a reason why 



but the world is neither just nor unjust 

it's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it 

no, the world is neither just nor unjust 

and though going young 

so much undone 

is a tragedy for everyone 



it doesn't mean there has to be a way of things 

no special sense that hidden hands are pulling strings 

but living on in others, in memories and dreams 

is not enough 

and it never is 

you always want so much more than this... 



an endless sense of soul and an eternity of love 

a sweet mother down below and a just father above 

for living on in others, in memories and dreams 

is not enough 

you want everything 

another world 

where the birds always sing 

another world 

where the sun always shines 

another world 

where nothing ever dies...

no i won't do it again, i don't want to pretend 

if it can't be like before i've got to let it end 

i don't want what i was, i had a change of head 

but maybe someday... 

yeah maybe someday 



i've got to let it go and leave it gone 

just walk away, stop it going on 

get too scared to jump if i wait too long 

but maybe someday... 



i'll see you smile as you call my name 

start to feel, and it feels the same 

and i know that maybe someday's come 

maybe someday's come... 

again! 



so tell me someday's come tell me some days come again... 



no i won't do it some more, doesn't make any sense 

if it can't be like it was, i've got to let it rest 

i don't want what i did, i had a change of tense 

but maybe someday... 



i'll see you smile as you call my name 

start to feel, and it feels the same 

and i know that maybe someday's come 

maybe someday's come... 



if i could do it again maybe just once more 

think i could make it work like i did it before 

if i could try it out 

if i could just be sure 

that maybe someday is the last time 

yeah maybe someday is the end 

oh maybe someday is when it all stops 

or maybe someday always comes again...

nothing i am 

nothing i dream 

nothing is new 

nothing i think or believe in or say 

nothing is true 



it used to be so easy 

i never even tried 

yeah it used to be so easy... 



but the last day of summer 

never felt so cold 

the last day of summer 

never felt so old 

never felt so... 



all that i have 

all that i hold 

all that is wrong 

all that i feel for or trust in or love 

all that is gone 



it used to be so easy 

i never even tried 

yeah it used to be so easy... 



but the last day of summer 

never felt so cold 

the last day of summer 

never felt so old 

the last day of summer 

never felt so cold 



never felt so...

remember the first time i told you i love you - 

it was raining hard and you never heard - 

you sneezed! and i had to say it over 

"i said i love you" i said... you didn't say a word 

just held your hands to my shining eyes 

and i watched as the rain ran through your fingers 

held your hands to my shining eyes and smiled as you kissed me... 



"if you die" you said "so do i" you said... 

and it starts the day you make the sign 

"tell me i'm forever yours and you're forever mine 

forever mine... " 



"if you die" you said "so do i" you said... 

and it starts the day you cross that line 

"swear i will always be yours and you'll always be mine 

you'll always be mine 

always be mine... " 



remember the last time i told you i love you - 

it was warm and safe in our perfect world - 

you yawned and i had to say it over 

"i said i love you" i said... you didn't say a word 

just held your hands to your shining eyes 

and i watched as the tears ran through your fingers 

held your hands to your shining eyes and cried... 



"if you die" you said "so do i" you said... 

but it ends the day you see how it is 

there is no always forever... just this... 

just this... 



"if you die" you said "so do i" you said 

but it ends the day you understand 

there is no if... just and 



there is no if... just and 



there is no if...

side by side in silence 

they pass away the day 

so comfortable, so habitual... 

and so nothing left to say 



nothing left to say 

nothing left to say 



side by side in silence 

his thoughts echo round 

he looks up at the sky... 

she looks down at the ground 



stares down at the ground 

stares down at the ground 



side by side in silence 

they wish for different worlds 

she dreams him as a boy... 

and he loves her as a girl 



loves her as a girl... 



and side by side in silence 

without a single word... 



it's the loudest sound 

it's the loudest sound... 



it's the loudest sound i ever heard

so the fire is almost out and there's nothing left to burn 

i've run right out of thoughts and i've run right out of words 

as i used them up, i used them up... 



yeah the fire is almost cold and there's nothing left to burn 

i've run right out of feeling and i've run right out of world 

and everything i promised, and everything i tried 

yeah everything i ever did i used to feed the fire 



i used to feed the fire 

i used to feed the fire 

i used to feed the fire 

but the fire is almost out is almost out... 

and there's nothing left to burn 

no there's nothing left to burn 

not even this... 



and the fire is almost dead and there's nothing left to burn 

i've finished everything... 

and all the things i promised, and all the things i tried 

yeah all the things i ever dreamed i used to feed the fire 



i used to feed the fire 

i used to feed the fire 

i used to feed the fire 

but the fire is almost out... 



half my life i've been here 

half my life in flames 

using all i ever had to keep the fire ablaze 

to keep the fire ablaze 

to keep the fire ablaze 

to keep the fire ablaze... 

but there's nothing left to burn 

no there's nothing left to burn 

and the fire is almost out 

the fire is almost out 

yeah the fire is almost out 

almost out, almost out 

almost out, almost out... 



and there's nothing left to burn

"this dream never ends" you said 

"this feeling never goes 

the time will never come to slip away" 

"this wave never breaks" you said 

"this sun never sets again 

these flowers will never fade" 

"this world never stops" you said 

"this wonder never leaves 

the time will never come to say goodbye" 

"this tide never turns" you said 

"this night never falls again 

these flowers will never die" 



never die 

never die 

these flowers will never die 



"this dream always ends" i said 

"this feeling always goes 

the time always comes to slip away" 

"this wave always breaks" i said 

"this sun always sets again 

and these flowers will always fade" 

"this world always stops" i said 

"this wonder always leaves 

the time always comes to say goodbye" 

"this tide always turns" i said 

"this night always falls again 

and these flowers will always die" 



always die 

always die 

these flowers will always die 



between you and me 

it's hard to ever really know 

who to trust 

how to think 

what to believe 

between me and you 

it's hard to ever really know 

who to choose 

how to feel 

what to do 



never fade 

never die 

you give me flowers of love 



always fade 

always die 

i let fall flowers of blood