The Dark Passenger - Greedo

Well she calls me up when she's broken Says to leave my front door open I come home to find her smoking With her eyes all fragile and thin She's always been hopeless at hoping Always coped badly with coping And I never know when she's joking She never lets anyone in I know I'm a fool to let her run away with my heart And she'll never tire of these games Loving her is like playing catch in the dark I'm a tear drop in an ocean of flames And we'll drink too much for a wednesday She'll ask me why none of her men stay I tell her just what her friends say It never goes down too well And she'll stay hear til late in the evening But she's always arriving or leaving She never decides to believe in The people who know her so well I know I'm a fool to let her run away with my heart And she'll never tire of these games Loving her is like playing catch in the dark I'm a tear drop in an ocean of flames Well, she says if we're single at 40 We'll get married and move to the country But I know she'll never want me Then it's five fifteen in the morning I reach for her whilst I'm yawning She leaves me with no warning

With progress comes problems With wisdom comes age With lessons come learning And pleasure comes with pain You can only have the sunshine After the rain I took a walk It got me thinking Left foot, right foot Smiling, blinking Breathe out, breathe in Somehow linking My soul to my mind and my heart to my mouth Lost and the found and the north to the south And the corners to the circle in my mind We may find that the gate has been locked When we come back down to what we really are Retrace the footprints off the path that is lost It's like trying to find a needle in the dark My hands they are empty But they are clean I'm poor but I'm healthy I'm halfway between The gutter and the skyline So I took a walk To the land's end Thinking 'bout an ex-girlfriend that I had And the pages that I've turned And it seems to me That we all love the chase But once we're caught we feel encased Behind bars of love and trust uprooted By drunken lust by People, people just like us Yeah, people, people just like us You may find that the gate has been locked When we come back down to what we really are (yeah) Retrace the footprints off the path that's been lost It's like trying to find a needle in the dark So I took a walk to the station Lost in my imagination Having private conversations with myself And I'm just stumbling 'round And I wait for the sound Of this crumbling town to come tumbling down People say I'm just bummin' around But I've had both my ears to the ground (To the ground, to the ground To the ground, to the ground To the ground, oh-yeah To the ground, to the ground To the ground, to the ground, ooh To the ground, to the ground)

Bring me the head, rip the heart from my chest Cause the person that you knew, that you loved is dead No cure, so tonight is the night I'm going back on the deals with the devil I signed Disappear into darkness Somehow I will break and destroy you And reveal what was hidden in plain view This disguise was designed To deflect all that I couldn't show you Shatter the glass, step away from the crash I am slowly suffocating from the weight of my past No cure for how I feel nothing inside Cause there's no black in this world dark enough to prescribe Born in blood Somehow I will break and destroy you And reveal what was hidden in plain view This disguise was designed To deflect all that I couldn't show you I'm cursed right to the bone with apathy A guest in my own home is how I feel Dear sanity, I miss you so, come back to me "There are no secrets in life, just hidden truths beneath the surface" Time is the enemy When will I let go Time is the enemy I can't take the pain, there's blood in the drain And now the urge is getting stronger and I'm going insane There's a monster in my head it couldn't be any clearer For I am truly terrified by the man in the mirror Somehow I will break and destroy you And reveal what was hidden in plain view This disguise was designed To deflect all that I couldn't show through To the dearly departed, I'll devour the fate you can't undo Disappear into darkness Born in blood, I'm not like you

I am the passenger And I ride and I ride I ride through the city's backsides I see the stars come out of the sky Yeah, the bright and hollow sky You know it looks so good tonight I am the passenger I stay under glass I look through my window so bright I see the stars come out tonight I see the bright and hollow sky Over the city's ripped back sky And everything looks good tonight Singing la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la... Get into the car We'll be the passenger We'll ride through the city tonight We'll see the city's ripped insides We'll see the bright and hollow sky We'll see the stars that shine so bright The sky was made for us tonight Oh the passenger How he rides and he rides Oh, the passenger And he rides and he rides He looks through his window What does he see? He sees the sign and the hollow sky He sees the stars come out tonight He sees the city's ripped backsides He sees the winding ocean drive And everything was made for you and me All of it was made for you and me 'Cause it just belongs to you and me So let's take a ride and see what's mine Singing la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la... Oh the passenger He rides and he rides He sees things from under glass He looks through his window side He sees the things he knows are his He sees the bright and hollow sky He sees the city asleep at night He sees the stars are out tonight And all of it is yours and mine And all of it is yours and mine Let's ride and ride and ride and ride Oh, singing la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la... Singing la, la, la, la, la-la-la-la...

Well will you fill my head with stories 'Til I close my eyes and dream until the dawn And when I'm sleeping tell me secrets Tell me things you've never told no one before And when you wake up hiding nothing Maybe you'll know how it feels to be born I could wake up feeling something for the first time in so long And we could walk down towards the sea In the new shoes I bought you Stay there for all of the day While the sun plays on the water Well will you fill me with excitement Like the feeling that we felt on Christmas Eve When we didn't know to laugh or to cry in to our sleeves And I know some things are not real But in you I truly feel I believe When we lie down on your bed I press my head down on your chest and hear you breathe Well I know it's late but let's go to the sea I know a way that is shorter And we could sink out under the stars You can wear my woolen jumper And we can sink out in to the stones You can lay upon my shoulder And we could stay there all of the night While the moon rests on the water While the moon rests on the water While the moon rests on the water

Come, come, come, now I walked the steps of my father today Worked 'till I froze and my face turned grey And all of my fingers calloused and worn to the bone And I felt like a child in a world full of men Trying to capture that something again Strong as an ox but slowly turning to stone Walking away from this room dark and grey Smoke hangs in clouds and the old echo plays And the music is soft And the voice it is hushed And the boy he has loved And man he has lost And I walk Out in the rain All over again I felt the touch of my mother today Gently pushing me forward again Closing my eyes but still feeling the way And I'm clutching at fingers through crumples and creases I came to my senses it cut me to pieces 'Cause I needed more but I was pulling away Walking alone with these legs made of stone I'm almost dry and I'm almost home Where the photographs smile And I'm still someone's child And my place it is set So I'll stay for a while 'Till I walk Out in the rain Like water would stain And I'm born All over again Come, come, come now So I walk Out in the rain Like water would stain And I'm born All over again, now And I walk Out in the rain

When I was a kid, the things I did were hidden under the grid Young and naive, I never believed that love could be so well hid With regret I'm willing to bet, and say the older you get It gets harder to forgive and harder to forget It gets under your shirt like a dagger at work The first cut is the deepest but the rest still flipping hurt You build your heart of plastic Get cynical and sarcastic And end up in the corner on your own 'Cause I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection I thought I was close but under further inspection It seems I've been running in the wrong direction Oh no So what's the point in getting your hopes up When all you're ever getting is choked up When you're coked up And can't remember the reason why you broke up You call her in the morning When you're coming down and falling Like an old man on the side of the road 'Cause when you're apart you don't want to mingle When you're together you want to be single Ever the chase to taste the kiss of bliss That made your heart tingle How much greener the grass is With those rose tinted glasses But the butterflies they flutter by and leave us on our arses 'Cause I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection I thought I was close but under further inspection It seems I've been running in the wrong direction, there's Fish in the sea for me to make a selection I'd jump in if it wasn't for my ear infection 'Cause all I want to do is try to make a connection It seems I've been running in the wrong direction Oh Oh, oh, I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection I thought I was close but under further inspection It seems I've been running in the wrong direction I'd love to feel love but I can't stand the rejection I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection I thought I was close but under further inspection It seems I've been running in the wrong direction, oh It seems like I'm running in the wrong direction, ohh Seems like I'm running in the wrong direction, ohh Well, it seems I've been running in the wrong direction, oh no Seems I've been running in the wrong direction, oh

Tobacco stains our yellow teeth And all our fingers and underneath Our finger nails are glass bone sheets As we try desperately to sleep Hearts are saddened, eyes are tired And all this Red Bull keeps us wired It gives us wings, it gives us rings Around our eyes We put three sugars in our tea Sit to watch day time TV And laugh at moms who don't know Who the father is And all our girlfriends are long gone We watch too much internet porn Who needs love when you've got silicone And strap-ons? Beer bloats our spoiled guts And shit jobs keep us in ruts And keep us sighing up the whats and ifs And buts and maybes and Falling over in the street It's just a part of every week When we lie drunkenly Just staring at the stars Remember when they were in reach And all the teachers used to teach You can do anything If you put your mind to it We put our minds to it all But disappointment crashed the ball We could have done anything We just never quite knew it, so... Tie your scarf on tight It's to be a cold night Tie your scarf on tight It's to be a cold night Tie your scarf on tight It's to be a cold night Tie your scarf on tight It's to be a cold night

Well there's a river that runs through Glasgow And it makes her but it breaks her And takes her in two parts And her current just like my blood flows Down from the hills Round aching bones to my restless heart Well, I would swim but the river is so wide And I'm, scared I won't make it to the other side Well, God knows I've failed but He knows that I've tried I long for something that's safe and warm But all I have is all that is gone I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde Well, on one side all the lights glow And the folks know and the kids go Where the music and the drinking starts On the other side where no cars go Up to the hills that stand alone like my restless heart Well, I would swim but the river is so wide And I'm, scared I won't make it to the other side Well, God knows I've failed but He knows that I've tried I long for something that's safe and warm But all I have is all that is gone I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde Well, the sun sets late in Glasgow And the daylight and the city part And I think of you in Glasgow 'Cause you're all that's safe You're all that's warm in my restless heart