One Day

01.The Space That You’re In

You were so light when we met
Now you’re as grave as my deathbed
And though you speak like a fiend
You just sing like an angel

I’m not longing to hold
I’m not craving to touch you
I’m just blissful to be
In the same space that you’re in

I don’t know why my grace is leaving
I don’t know what your face is meaning
Often enough I bore your aching
Hoping to learn that you were faking
I don’t know why my grace is leaving
I don’t know what your face is meaning
Often enough you bore my sorrow
Hoping to catch a tear to borrow

So I’ll be heading for your rocks
And trying to melt down the hardness of your soul, of your soul

I was so light when we met
Now I’m as grave as your deathbed
And I will never be
In the same space that you’re in

02.Misery

I can’t stand all your misery
And I can’t stand what you try to flee from
I can’t stand all your witchery
And I can’t stand what you try to be in my world

But I’m going to wake you
And I’m going to take you
And I’m going to shake you
Cause I want you
Cause I want you

Will you stand all my misery?
And will you stand what I try to flee from?
Will you stand all my witchery?
And will you stand what I try to be in your world?

But you’re going to wake me
And you’re going to take me
And you’re going to shake me
If you want me
And I’m going to wake you
And I’m going to take you
And I’m going to shake you
Cause I want you
Cause I want you

03.Miss Underwater

Miss Underwater, I’ve come to say goodbye
Miss Underwater, please don’t sigh
Miss Underwater, stop singing lullabies
Miss Underwater, refrain

Miss Underwater, pretend that I am dead
Miss Underwater, don’t be sad
Miss Underwater, it’s only in your head
Miss Underwater, desist

Miss Underwater, you know the reason why
Miss Underwater, watch me fly
Miss Underwater, my love for you won’t die
Miss Underwater, give up

And all your hydrous love songs
Will never stop my leaving

Miss Underwater, now I’m on my own
Miss Underwater, I’ve been reborn
Miss Underwater, closeness to my soul
Miss Underwater, suspend

04.This Poison Called Love (Home In a Town That Has Sunk)

Love me again
Please love me again
The ending of our riot
The ending of our pain

Blind me again
Oh, blind me again
The outset of our peace
The outset of our cure

Be the tavern they shut down
Be the seashore that I can’t reach
Be the trail I can’t find in the darkness
Be my home in a town that has sunk

You will never allay my insatiable thirst
My insatiable hunger
For the poison they call love
This poison called love

05.Summerwaste

Come back and waste me
This summer is a fight
Come back and flood me
This summer every night

Come back and chase me
This summer is too bright
Come back and scorn me
This summer’s without light

Come back to stay

Will you constantly go on to veer without a cause
And yet claiming “I will always be yours?”

06.The End of Longing

There was this day when I had found you
At first you smiled but then you fell blue
Your eagle eyes they seemed to ask me
“Are you my thorn bush or my fruit tree?”

My love is growing though you’ll never be the end of longing, my dear
And I am trying to find the answers to the questions that you shouldn’t ask, my dear

And then this day when I had touched you
I loved it and I hoped you did, too
Your misty eyes they seemed to wonder
“Are you my right choice or my blunder?”

You say
“How long will you care?
How much can you bear?
And can I lay all my fears in your hands?
Will you carry me?
Will you stay with me?
And can I lay my whole life in your hands?“

At last the day when I had lost you
Oh, both our hearts were breaking in two
Your saucer eyes they seemed to query
Say, have you ever really loved me?

07.This House Called Love

We moved into this house called love
Right at the crack of dawn
And cheered to praise the Lord above
“Oh, Father, we’re reborn”

“This is our home and here’s my plan”
She said to me outright
“Let’s never leave this house again”
And locked all doors and lights

But suddenly I felt the need
To run and leave our space
It had become a cage indeed
There was no beauty’s trace

But when she said “You’re free to go”
I felt I want to stay
I saw again our house’s glow
And doubts they slipped away

And then one day this house called love
Right at the crack of gloom
It was decayed and from above
The snow fell on our ruin

08.Letters From You

Since I’ve read your lines
Words that taste like wine
All my ache has been shed with a shrug
Summer’s in my heart
Although we are apart
Feels like I have been cured by some drug

Letters from you
Like a hose of sweet wine
An umbilical cord to your world
And I’m drinking rashly
To ease my longing
I am swigging all of your words

In no time at all
And long before nightfall
I will write back to slake your great thirst
Drink, my girl, oh, drink
Drink until you sink
And let my letters wipe out your curse

09.Wind Down

Open up your eyes and you will see
Open up your eyes and you will see
That nothing’s lost, my friend
That this is not the end

You’re foolish and you’re swirled as you’ve grown old
You need this little girl and she needs gold
But running yourself down
Will not return your crown

So come and wind down, wind down
Come and wind down, wind down

And please stop asking “Why the hell can’t I be glad?”
Please stop asking why your nights are cold and sad
Why they almost make you mad

Open up your eyes and you will see
Open up your eyes and you will see
That by the next daybreak
You won’t recall your ache

10.All These Cradles’ Blankets Will Never Veil My Whole Substance

I hear the sound of those heavenly bells
You’re keeping away from me
I see the grace of those spiritual signs
You’re keeping away from me

I’ve found this sea of thousand mermaids beaming with gladness
But when I try to touch their figures, they vanish with laughter

When all you’ve got to do is stay
And all you’ve got to say is “My love”
All you’ve got to do is leave
Cause all that I am is nothing, nothing

I taste the tang of those devious lies
You’re telling me, oh, with a sneer
I feel the pain of this half-hearted love
You’re offering me with your scorn

I’ve found this house of thousand bedrooms waiting in silence
But all these cradles’ blankets never veil my whole substance

11.One Day

One day I’ll break the chains round my heart
And I will live it up right from the start

One day I’ll kiss the fay of delight
And I will drift in the gales of this rite

One day I’ll find the key to my creed
Oh, and I will reap all the fruit of my seed

One day all my fears of going astray will end in smoke
As my angels choose to stay

One day I’ll clear the way to my soul
Oh, and I will spot all the bays of my joy

One day I’ll cross the bridge to my mind
Oh, and I’ll embrace everything that I’ll find