@ALBUM: World Machine @SONG: World Machine (W.Badarou/ P.Gould/ M.King/ M.Lindup) Some folks try to multiply >From sunrise to sunset Leave behind more of their kind So no-one will forget But that ain't where I'm coming from -today Those easy girls don't turn me on - anyway I wanna know where my pride has gone The party's over Caught in a dream inside this world machine Teachers teach and preachers preach Of spiritual evolution But this big I am from Uncle Sam Just adds to my confusion I've seen his face, I've heard his song - before but I don't care what time he's on - anymore I must have been on the streets too long The party's over Caught in a dream inside this world machine I find myself outside your door Trying to make it like before But you don't follow what I say And I can't tell by the smile You're no longer a child That part of you was buried yesterday ... ... who knows Why they come and where they go In this world machine? It's the chosen fools who make the rules That don't apply to me With their fast-car games and counter claims Not my reality And I don't know if I belong - today I don't know why my friends have gone - away I must have been on the streets too long The party's over Caught in a dream inside this world machine. (Don't knock the system - we'll knock some sense in you Can't beat the system - there's nothing you can do) @SONG: Physical Presence (M.King/ P.Gould) I leave as I enter, another boy caught in-between Now all I can muster are whispers to your screams Don't you remember how you eased my disgrace? Don't you remember the love you saw in my face? Perfected in silence A physical presence I sought affection, but now I realize A cold rejection, the movement in your eyes But I can rememeber when you shook against me I can remember when I saw what love could be Perfected in silence A physical presence Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it When I couldn't give, only she could forgive it Ain't what she did, it's the way that she did it As long as I live, it's for me to relive it... ... silence ... Part of the answer is that there's really no escape Part of the answer is that life can have such perfect shape Don't you remember all the nights you shared in my disgrace? Don't you remember that the love that filled this empty space was... ... perfected in silence? A physical presence Perfected in silence A physical presence @SONG: Something About You (M.Lindup/ P.Gould/ R.Gould/ M.King/ Now, how can it be That a love carved out of caring Fashioned by fate could suffer so hard >From the games played once too often But making mistakes is a part of life's imperfection Born of the years Is it so wrong to be human after all? Drawn into the stream of undefined illusion Those diamond dreams, they can't disguise the truth That there is something about you, baby, so right I wouldn't be without you ,baby, tonight If ever our love was concealed No-one can say that we didn't feel A million things and a perfect dream of life Gone, fragile but free We remain tender together If not so in love And it's not so wrong; we're only human after all These changing years, they add to your confusion Oh and you need to hear the time that told the truth You know, there's something about you, baby, so right I wouldn't be without you, baby, tonight Because there's something about you, baby, so right I couldn't live without you, baby, tonight (COUNTER MELODY) Something about you, the way you are, so right I wouldn't be without you here tonight There's something about you, the way you are so right I couldn't live without you here tonight @SONG: Leaving me now (M.King/ P.Gould/ W.Badarou) It seems true love is so rare Seems all I've known is deceit Your laughter fills the air Once more I'm senseing defeat And I suppose you're leaving me now I was so sure, now I'm so full of doubt And I suppose you'll be leaving this place Just like the smile you wiped from my face This time... I always gave my best Your memory serves you so badly Some people kill for less Yet I'd still die for you gladly, oh so gladly But I suppose it's my turn now To play a scene that's familiar somehow I turn the page, and you walk away Not even love could bring you to stay This time... Walk away, you don't need me Once more I'm learning in the depths of my despair Your lies confirming, true love is so rare And I suppose it's my turn now There's no more love, only feelings of doubt Gone with the hope your words have erased Gone with the smile you wiped from my face Love is a ship we all hope to steer Through troubled times 'cross an ocean of tears A midnight sea that swells in your eyes Takes just one look to know I'm still Mesmerised But I suppose you're leaving me now I was so sure, now I'm so full of doubt I turn the page, and you walk away Not even love could bring you to stay This time... Leaving me now Leaving this place I watch you walk away with an easy grace @SONG: I Sleep On My Heart (M.King/ P.Gould/ R.Gould/ W.Badarou) The time has come for dreaming Don't feel tired but I feel a need to sleep 'cause my life takes on new meaning When I close my eyes and you reveal yourself to me That's our time, time for changes A time for reason, something only you can see All my life I have waited For a chance to give the love only you demand of me Fame and success are poor relations The more I get, the less I need it Happiness is an unknown sensation My heart has a hunger and only you can feed it. Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart In the past, for protection When someone got too close Yet another bridge would burn But I can find no connection Between the love that you propose And the lessons that I've learned I want to hear your explanation You'll never know how much I need it I want my tears to bear your reflection 'cause my heart has a hunger and only you can feed it. Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart I'm sitting here surrounded by possessions Objects that confront me night and day The fruits of my material obsession But it seems the more I earn, the more I have to pay Yoy've made it clear that blind ambition Leads nowhere and I don't need it I've lost all my fear, all my inhibitions My heart has a hunger, but I know you can feed it Come on - in my dreams tonight Show me - where to start Come on - I need to shed some light I wanna sleep on my heart @SONG: It's not the same for us (W.Badarou/ P.Gould/ M.King/ I know you live on my street I sometimes wonder why we don't meet I've seen your face in the sky Twenty-five stories high You never come down to earth Communication (communication) Could hardly be much worse Don't keep me here in the dark I want to be your friend Your fears are way off the mark Every generation sees it their own way Never learning the lessons Making the same mistakes again It's not the same for us - as history fades away It's not the same for us - you must hear me when I say Look out on this brave new land Think of the future The future that lays in our hands Our leaders live in the past We can change it There's something to hope for at last Every generation sees it their own way Why don't we learn our lessons Don't make the same mistakes again It's not the same for us - as history fades away It's not the same for us - you must hear me when I say What dreams are you chasing now? What are you living for? The problems that we're facing now nobody faced before Please don't reject me in anger or in sorrow You've got to accept me if we're to make it a better tomorrow It's not the same - it's not the same for us @SONG: Good Man In A Storm (M.King/ P.Gould) It just occured to me I must be blind Why do I try so hard to keep my cool When I'm about to lose my mind There was a vision flashing by Of a summer's day I spent with you Of a child who never learned how to cry When those around me fall in despair I call upon my common sense 'cause someone has to care A sudden decision I can't explain Though I've often tried to change the rules The game remains the same for love I've played the part so many times It fits me like a glove But I am a victim in the bitter end I know you need me to be strong I just don't know how much longer I can pretend You always need to be a good man in a storm It sometimes scares me, the further we go Just how much we understand and just how much we know So whatever happened in our hearts While making the perfect sense of life We still remain so far apart You always want me to be a good man in a storm Trying to fit the social norm, and be a good man in a storm Trying hard since I was born to be a good man in a storm @SONG: Coup d'Etat (M.King/ P.Gould) On the border there's disorder Now they've gone too far Wait for the coup d'tat Fragmentation We don't know who we are Wait for the coup d'tat No choice, look what we've become World peace at the point of a gun The voice that calls everyone Says: Fight for a place in the sun Proud man's daughter came through slaughter But she still bears the scars Wait for the coup d'tat Declaration 'cross the nation Hailed as a rising star Wait for the coup d'tat Too late to make any plans The state has met her demands We wait for the blood on her hands To dry On the border there's disorder Proud man's daughter came through slaughter @SONG: Lying still (W.Badarou/ R.Gould/ M.King) She came through the door round my place She was not the same I reached out my hand to touch her face She turned her head away Her words flew in empty circles Reasons unexplained I saw that her thoughts were somewhere else We made love anyway Lying still in your arms And the tears came down She cried her pain And like the rain that draws a could across the sun The tears flow on She cried the pain she felt inside As night touched the sky with moonglow She opened up her heart The tides of emotions ebb and flow Washing us apart We talked through the night in whispers As the silent city lay Reasons she gave cut deep and hard The dawn broke angry grey Lying still in your arms Heartbeats cold She cried my pain Like thunder rolling through an aching winter sky Heartbeats cold Her pain Lying still in your arms But the tears came down She cried my pain and like the rain that drews a cloud across the sun The tears flow on She cried the pain I felt inside The future dissolves in the tears The morning surrenders the years How can you say our love wasn't real When I can see how you feel? Another time, another place I won't cry for her no more The days go on, the nights are long I'll remember her for sure Still in your arms