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Sometimes I feel like I am
Just another drop in the water
Like I can't separate myself from
The faces of a million others
With every step I'm treading
In the footprints of those who came before me
And now inside I'm dreading
That every word I write is just a copy
So the darkness creeps inside
Then it spreads into my mind
Oh the darkness creeps inside
Then it spreads into my mind
Set me apart from a million other voices
Choose me above all that you see
Please don't hold me responsible for my choices
They don't belong to me
Oh don't belong to me
I can feel my chest tighten
When I hear my melodies in someone's writing
And I don't know why I'm frightened
Of someone else out there like me succeeding
The funny thing I've learned from fear is
When you let it in and face it, it gets smaller
So I sit with it and hear it
Peaceful in the chaos and disorder
I let the darkness creep inside
Let it spread into my mind
I let the darkness creep inside,
Let it spread into my mind It says
"Set me apart from a million other voices
Choose me above all that you see
Please don't hold me responsible for my choices
They don't belong to me
Oh don't belong to me"
And I have feared, next to yours,
That my light won't be seen shining
And there's just not room for two
But as they cheered, the applause
Began gently to remind me
That I'm stronger thanks to you
It sets me apart from a million other voices
It makes me at one with all I see
Cos I am solely responsible for my choices
And only me
It sets me apart from a million other voices
It makes me at one with all I see
Cos I am solely responsible for my choices
And only me
Oh and only me
Oh and only me
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So comes a tune to the colour of you
Does it seem too soon to feel the way that we do
You stay with me under a swathe of stars
You sway with me in a lover's first dance
Of words and touch
So play me a song then let the silence fall
Show me yourself then let me rediscover you all
Over and over again
Over and over again
The fading pink light reflects in your eyes
And somehow every word you say tonight seems wise
You stay with me under a swathe of stars
You sway with me in a lover's first dance
Of words and touch
So play me a song then let the silence fall
Show me yourself then let me rediscover you all
Over and over again
Over and over again
And I could feel a gap in time
When your eyes first looked into mine
And I knew that already I was yours
Before the sun had met the sky
Before the day turned into night
Oh I was your before birds had gained their flight
And I was yours long before our first goodbye
Oh I was yours long before our first goodbye
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You're a step away, just a breath away, I want to let you in
You look like you're from heaven but it feels like you're a sin
I push you away, almost every day, afraid to feel like this
The torture of your presence is the absence of your kiss
Before you go I'd like to hold you close
and breathe you in
Oh before you go I'd like to let you know
That I love you
Oh I know, I said "no" and now you're letting go
Your skin brushes mine, is the rush just mine, I hope you feel this too
my cheeks are turning red now, why am I quite so see-through
Would you cross the line, although you're not mine, my judgement is impaired
The way my heart is racing is making me quite scared
Before you go I'd like to hold you close
and breath you in
Oh before you go I'd like to let you know
That I love you
Oh I know, I said "no" and now you're letting go
So meet me after dark underneath the green canopy
and knowing that we soon will part, you draw your body close to me
and you say so softly
Before I go I had to hold you close... and breathe you in
(Answer voice: Before I go I had to hold you close - and breathe you in)
Oh before I go I had to let you know ... That I love you oh
(I won’t forget - your face - it’s burned into my brain)
Before I go I had to hold you close... and breathe you in
(it’s breaking my heart, to leave you like this but I cannot stay)
Oh before I go I had to let you know ... That I love you oh
(oh how can I leave you, leave you behind, when I love you oh)
I know, you said "no" but I'm not letting go
(I know, you said no, but I’m not letting go)
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Hunted hunter unknown
But I'm never alone
And when I'm on the phone
I can hear a buzz on the line
No it's not in my mind
Yes I'm sure this time
And you can hear them when you sleep
Cos they will call you by name
And you can sense that there is no escape
While you're a pawn in their game
In their game
Writing down their every move
Just so I can prove
They're real to you
Curtains drawn they still see inside
Why am I surprised
I feel their eyes on me
And you can hear them when you sleep
Cos they will call you by name
And you can sense that there is no escape
While you're a pawn in their game
And you can run and you can hide
And you can scream with all your might
But you know that you can't choose
Cos in the end they decide your move
Your move
And now it's time to face
The emptiness that greets me
And begins to replace
The person that I would be
And you can hear them when you sleep
Cos they will call you by name
And you can sense that there is no escape
While you're a pawn in their game
And you can run and you can hide
And you can scream with all your might
But you know that you can't choose
Cos in the end they decide your move
Your move
Hunted hunter unknown
But I'm never alone
No I’m never alone
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Though I'll love you forever more
it can't be like it was before
When you and I we used to have it all
Cos you pushed everyone I love
Right off the edge from way above
And now they're feeling just a little sore
I don't know what you're thinking of
When you claim all we need is love
To help us fight another fucking war
So do you really want to play the game
Where we decide who takes the blame
Another funny little twist in all of this
And do you really want to know
The reason that I'm letting go
Another pair of lips
Is so much better of a kiss
You think I'm hanging around now
Waiting for you to change your mind
I'm no longer bound by
Your web of lies
You think I'm hanging around now
Waiting for you to change your mind
I'm no longer bound by
Your web of lies
I watched you as you walked away
And on my knees begged you to stay
But now I'm fighting hard to keep you gone
Cos the second that I tell you I
Have found myself another guy
You turn around and tell me you were wrong
But I will not put up with this
Cos you're starting to take the piss
And now I'm wondering why I stayed so long
You thought I'd crumple up and die
The moment that you left my side
You're not the only one surprised
That I'm still standing strong
I guess you didn't realise
The fire that burns deep inside me
Still burns just as hot
When you are gone
You think I'm hanging around now
Waiting for you to change your mind
I'm no longer bound by
Your web of lies
You think I'm hanging around now
Waiting for you to change your mind
I'm no longer bound by
Your web of lies
Oh love everlasting's a fad and the last thing
I want from you
Still you were the best that I'd had and you know that I'd had a few
But you're only as good as you're bad and now
That I've seen that view
Well I've seen that view
You think I'm hanging around now
Waiting for you to change your mind
I'm no longer bound by
Your web of lies
You think I'm hanging around now
Waiting for you to change your mind
I'm no longer bound by
Your web of lies
Though I'll love you forever more
It can't be like it was before
When you and I we used to have it all
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Lay back with me I'll walk you through our memories
Remind you that I was kind to you once
I will understand if you wont take my hand
But I will still reach out for yours
Cos the nights out with the lights out
The way the smoke clung to our skin
The mornings ignored the warnings
As we gasped for oxygen
But I'd willingly make
Just one last mistake
Cos they made me wiser
They made me a fighter for love
That was love
That was love
As we've grown older you've grown a little colder
But I'm still bowled over by you
Still I'm no longer dreaming of staring at the ceiling
While lying beside you again
Cos the nights out with the lights out
The way the smoke clung to our skin
The mornings ignored the warnings
As we gasped for oxygen
But I'd willingly make
Just one last mistake
Cos they made me wiser
They made me a fighter for love
That was love
That was love
So take take take take take take take take
Take take take take take take all my heart
And break break break break break break break break Break break break break break break me apart
Cos the nights out with the lights out
The way the smoke clung to our skin
The mornings ignored the warnings
As we gasped for oxygen
But I'd willingly make
Just one last mistake
Cos they made me wiser
They made me a fighter for love
That was love
That was love
The nights out with the lights out the way
The smoke clung to our skin
The mornings ignored the warnings
As we gasped for oxygen
But I'd willingly make
Just one last mistake
Cos they made me wiser
They made me a fighter for love
That was love
That was love
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He’s child at heart
He’s a dad at home
He’s a man at work
But when he’s alone
He’ll paint his lips
A ruby red
And he’ll stay out late
And be her instead
Her Her Her Her
Her Her Her Her
He always felt
He just blended in
In his suit and tie
But when she walks in
The room lights up
They want to kiss her hand
They’ll treat her like
No other man
Her Her Her Her
Her Her Her Her
At dawn’s first light
He will come back home
Crawling into bed
Hoping she won’t know
The beauty of his
Second life
Is hidden from
His loving wife
Her Her Her Her
Her Her Her Her
Would they understand
Would they take her hand
And love her too
Could they let her in
Or would they just see him
And wish they never knew
He’s child at heart
He’s a dad at home
He’s a man at work
But when he’s alone
He’ll paint his lips
A ruby red
And he’ll stay out late
And be her instead
Her Her Her Her
Her Her Her Her
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Better the Devil you know
And you know this one well
Smiling he leans in and says "Hello"
And you know your soul you'd sell
Just to lie with him in Hell
He'll leave you writhing on the floor
And even then you'll scream for more
Cos when his eyes are locked on yours
You know you've let the Devil
You've let the Devil in your door
You've let the Devil in your door
You've let the Devil in your door
You know you've let the Devil
You let the Devil in your door
He wants to leave his mark upon your skin
And willingly you'll oblige
Just to own scars that came from him
Makes you feel a sense of pride
You think to bleed is to be alive
He'll leave you writhing on the floor
And even then you'll scream for more
Cos when his eyes are locked on yours
You know you've let the Devil
You've let the Devil in your door
You've let the Devil in your door
You've let the Devil in your door
You know you've let the Devil
You let the Devil in your door
Oh holy light
Is this what it's like to feel like
All the wrong you've ever done is right?
I am in flight and I will
Let the Devil in my door
Let the Devil in my door
Let the Devil in my door
I know I'll let the Devil
I'll let the Devil in my door
I'll let the Devil in my door
I'll let the Devil in my door
I know I'll let the Devil
I'll let the Devil in my door
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I don't wanna hurt you
I guess that's all that I can say say
And I don't want to desert you
But you cannot force me to stay stay
Sometimes we just need to be
Reminded that we're okay
With every living part of me
Believed that all we'd ever need was love
But everything is falling through
I guess I never really knew enough
Now breathing out is letting go
Of everything I claimed to know of us of us
With all that I've done to you
I don't expect you to return turn
Told me that I took your
Your beating heart and let it burn burn
I guess that this was just a
Lesson that I had to learn
But with every living part of me
Believed that all we'd ever need was love
But everything is falling through
I guess I never really knew enough
Now breathing out is letting go
Of everything I claimed to know of us of us
And when the rain comes
Oh will I be the only one to step outside
I guess I tried
And when the end comes near
Oh will I be the only one to say goodbye
I live in fear
Cos with every living part of me
Believed that all we'd ever need was love
But everything is falling through
I guess I never really knew enough
Now breathing out is letting go
Of everything I claimed to know of us of us
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They say I'm fine just a little bit "lost in my mind"
Then they ask me "why don't I have faith in above ?"
Cos "He could save all that you love"
They say that they pray to a God
That I know doesn't listen
Then they wait for the grave
And behave as though He would forgive them Ohhh
But the things they've done are far too bad
And a God who forgives them is not a God I'd have
And they'll use His "love" to cover up their tracks
Well I'm not into that
Breathe down their necks just a little bit
Watch as the sweat starts to collect
As I ask them what they've done
For the affection that they have won
They said that they beg to a God
That has bled to create them
To absolve all their sins give them hymns
Make them sing then repeat them Ohhhh
But the things they've done are far too bad
And a God who forgives them is not a God I'd have
And they'll use His "love" to cover up their tracks
Well I'm not into that
Confess to your sins at the end
And show Him you truly repent
For in life you were crooked and bent and weak
Then reach out your arms to the light
But ready yourself for a fight
For your right to a life after life's
In His hands His hands
But the things they've done are far too bad
And a God who forgives them is not a God I'd have
And they'll use His "love" to cover up their tracks
Well I'm not into that
But the things they've done are far too bad
And a God who forgives them is not a God I'd have
And they'll use His "love" to cover up their tracks
Well I'm not into that
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I know that you’re lost cos honey I’m lost too
And I know that you’re scared
Cos I see right through that smile
Don’t try to be brave no not today
Let’s be okay with not being okay
This part is hard
As we put up bars
Around our hearts
Fuck It I miss you
We had a good thing
I miss the way you smile
The way you smell
The way you everything
God damn it I wish you
Weren’t so attractive
So physically active
Or maybe its
Just cos you’re not mine
I’ve always been a sucker
For a motherfucker
Who makes me pine
So you call me late at night babe when I’m in bed
And say you wanna take back half of what you said that day
Would that be okay?
And did I wanna come over and help you finish that book ?
You know the one with the title I mistook
And lie with my head in your shoulder nook and stay
Like when we were in love
But none of the above
Can happen again
This should be the end
Fuck It I miss you
We had a good thing
I miss the way you smile
The way you smell
The way you everything
God damn it I wish you
Weren’t so attractive
So physically active
Or maybe its
Just cos you’re not mine
I’ve always been a sucker
For a motherfucker
Who makes me pine
And I was doing so well not crossing the line
And drowning all my sorrows in red wine
I guess it’s hard even to be reminded
Of the divine of the divine
Fuck It I miss you
We had a good thing
I miss the way you smile
The way you smell
The way you everything
God damn it I wish you
Weren’t so attractive
So physically active
Or maybe its
Just cos you’re not mine
I’ve always been a sucker
For a motherfucker
Who makes me pine
Fuck It I miss you
We had a good thing
I miss the way you smile
The way you smell
The way you everything
God damn it I wish you
Weren’t so attractive
So physically active
Or maybe its
Just cos you’re not mine
I’ve always been a sucker
For a motherfucker
Who makes me pine
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Part 1 - The Song of the Bird
I looked at the tide
I wasn’t surprised
When they capsized
Pulled into the depths
While their mothers wept
Forever they slept
A tale I hate to tell
But it must be heard
I’ve always preferred
The song of the bird
The waves brought to the shore
A single oar
And nothing more
And carved into the wood
A message that should
Warn others that could
Follow in their wake
Oh we are all fools
It’s taken our soul
The siren’s call
Stolen from the sun
Four fishermen
They were so young
And now just a song on the breeze
Floating with ease
Over the seas
Part 2 - The Last Song of the Siren
I dreamt I dove deep down
Until I touched the ground
Wasn’t afraid I’d drown
My mind occupied by the sound
Of a voice I’d swear I’d heard before
Calling me from the shore
I’m cold
And I feel I’m slipping under
The waves
They roll ahead like thunder
And I can hear
The absence of my beating heart
And now I fear
That this is how I will depart
I felt an icy hand
Wrap around my wrist
And then my chest expand
With a life-giving kiss
And her lips so soft and oh so red
Whispered ‘I might as well be dead’
For to save
The life of a mortal
Means in place
That I sacrifice my soul
And I can feel
The slowing of my beating heart
And as he heals
I can feel myself depart
I’m cold
And I feel I’m slipping under
The clouds
They roll ahead with thunder
Well when I saw
The beauty in this sailor’s eyes
Well I knew
My existence I would sacrifice
My song will leave my lips
One final time
And my body will be claimed
By the foaming brine
Part 3 - The Sailor's Song
So I have awoken
But I feel inside
As if the ocean
Could have cried and cried and cried
Remind me how I’m alive
Why does the sand beneath me
Tell me two were here
I feel I’ve loved so deeply
Did my memory disappear
A whisper in my ear
Why do I feel like I’d give my life
To the siren inside my mind
My sorrow runs so deep that I
Fall to my knees and cry
Please
Be alive
So I comb the sand for
The remnants of a kiss
That my lips are certain
Must exist
Did I imagine this
Angel from the mist
My salty stinging eyes stare
Hopelessly out to sea
As I whisper to the ocean
If you bring her back to me
I will teach her hope to be
Human
Then I swear that out there in the waves
I see the delicate features of her face
So I dive straight in to the surf
And swim to her with everything I’m worth
Please
Breathe
Take back the breath you gave me
And tell my why you saved me
And let me teach you how to walk on earth
And then her eyes filled with tears
As her body became bound to human years
And a song so beautiful
Cascaded from her lips
Just like a waterfall
If I am yours
And you are mine
I think we’ll be just fine
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Venusworld Theme Tune
03:46
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Venus England, UK
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