The Passenger Ringtones

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

One went out at a bus stop in Edinburgh One went out in an English pub One went out in a nightclub when I was fifteen Little lights in my heart One went out when I lied to my mother Said the cigarettes she found were not mine One went out within me, now I smoke like a chimney Its getting dark in this heart of mine Its getting dark in this heart of mine We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark And they show us the way One lights up Every time you feel love in your heart One dies when it moves away One went out in the backstreets of Manchester One went out in an airport in Spain One went out, I've no doubt When I grew up and moved out Of the place where the boy used to play One went out when uncle Ben got his tumour We used to fish, and I fish no more Though he will not return I know one still burns On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore On a fishing boat off the New Jersey shore We're born with millions of little lights shining in the dark And they show us the way One lights up Every time we feel love in our hearts One dies when it moves away We're born with millions of little lights shining in our hearts And they die along the way 'Til we're old and we're cold And we're lying in the dark 'Cause they'll all burn out one day They'll all burn out one day, oh They'll all burn out one day They'll all burn out one day, yeah, oh

You've walked the long road and you've worn it well You stitched yourself up when you fell Keep your memories in jars, Carry secrets in scars Beneath your shell You've seen some good days and some bad ones too. You weave through fashion and trend. You've seen a sun rise on an ocean blue, You've seen it set for the dearest of friends You found faith but you chose to doubt it You found love but you left without it And now you don't want to talk about it You travelled down through foreign lands Touched mountain tops and golden sand Seen pyramids and temples made of stone Keep seashells in a cashmere scarf A treasured book of photographs In every single one you stand alone You've seen Vienna and the Berlin wall As you watched the decades fall The letters that you wrote never made it home Your birthdays flew past like June With Christmas days in hotel rooms And new years eve with people you don't know You built friendships but they sailed without you You never meant it and that's why they doubt you Now they don't ever talk about you Now you're older than you used to be The mirror weaves a tapestry Of lines that dance and shimmer 'round your eyes As you stare back at a man, forever holding out his hand As if the answer's going to fall out of the sky But the penny never dropped And no man has ever stopped time flying by

Well I am the boy who cried wolf And I know I've lied in the past But last night I saw his yellow eyes shining in the dark Yeah, I know I spun tales with his voice And I open my mouth too fast But last night I saw his footprints in the path Well I could swim every sea from south pole to north But I know I'll only ever be the boy who cried wolf Well I am the shepherds only son And I know what a joke I've become I have an honest heart, but I have lies on my tongue I don't know how this started or where it came from And you have no reason and I have no proof But this time I swear, I'm telling the truth I saw that old wolf, from tail to tooth And I know that he's hungry and he's coming down too Well I could swim every sea from south pole to north And I could climb every tree, and scale every coarse Well I could tell only the truth from this day forth But I know I'll only ever be the boy who cried wolf Oh, oh, I-I am the boy who cried wolf Oh, oh, oh, oh, I am the boy who cried

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

Well, grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rubbed toes Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows Dressed in their suits and their boots, well, they all look the same I took myself down to the cafe to find all The boys lost in books and crackling vinyl And carved out a poem above the urinal that read Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living, so live it Or you're better off dead While the evening pulled the moon out of it's packet Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket We needed a nail but we tacked it 'til it fell of the wall While pigeon's pecked trains, sparks flew like planes The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye, she said Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead Well I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage They take your dreams down and stick them in storage You can have 'em back son When you've paid off your mortgage and loans Oh, hell with this place, I'll go it my own way I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway Someday someone must be going my way home 'Til then I'll make my bed from a disused car With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given You know life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead Don't you cry for the lost Smile for the living Get what you need and give what you're given Life's for the living so live it Or you're better off dead