Fish - "Plague Of Ghosts."

1 (i) Old Haunts

I found a home in the darkness,
Found a home in the darkness, found a home in the darkness,
Empty stomach, empty head, a body fills a vacant bed,
And the thunder rolls by, and the rains come,
And the day is gone and I wonder where I am.

Found a place in the darkness, found a home in the darkness,
In the darkness, home, in the darkness.

A crowded room of passers by, and in the shadows strangers cry,
And the ghosts try to hide,
When the rains come, when the storms form,
When I wonder who I am in the darkness,
Home.

(ii) Digging Deep.

Digging deep in the darkness, digging it deep down
Deep down deep down digging it
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep, down deep,
Down, deep down digging it
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep, down,
Down, down, down, digging it
Deep in the darkness, digging it down, deep down,
Deep, down deep digging it

We watched an insect stray to the edge of its world,
A lily pad stretched over a green mirror
In which the ghost carp swirl like clouds before a storm.
This is the season of the rains,
This is incoming.

And when it came there was no cover, no place to hide,
Vision blurred, hard to breathe,
Trying hard to hold onto something that's real.
Nothing left, nowhere to go, no open road;
It's washed away by swollen streams,
Carried off downriver with all my broken dreams.

Digging deep in the darkness, digging it deep,
Down deep, down deep, deep, digging it
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep down,
Down, down, down, digging it
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep,
Digging it digging it, digging it,
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep down,
Deep down, deep down, digging it.

A tethered goat bleats from the corner of the graveyard
Where the lizards hang motionless as the angels of stone above them,
Their broken wings throwing long shadows into the grass
Where the scorpions hide.
The tigers are running out of jungle.

In the end I was tired of being asked
If I could say that I was happy now,
As if you need me to convince you that everything's okay.
Would you take me back?

Digging deep in the darkness, digging it deep,
Down deep, down deep, deep digging it
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep, down,
Down, down, down, down, digging it,
Deep in the darkness, digging it deep,
Deep down, deep, deep, digging it,
Deep in the darkness, down, down, down,
Down, down, down digging it.

Are you happy now? you keep asking,
Asking am I happy now?
Why can't you tell me that I'm happy now?
Are you happy now?
Happy now? Happy now?

2. Chocolate Frogs

The bloated corpses of unsolved murders and old revolutions
Pirouette and dance amongst the swirls and eddies
In their final procession down the muddy river
To the delta where they're thrown up by the surf
Onto sterile beaches or are trapped in the roots of mangrove cathedrals
Of the islands that gather in the bay.

These are the first arrivals on this new horizon
That will be coveted by strangers
Who will deposit themselves on these shores
To build towers to the heavens.
The storm will come and the rains will fall
And remove their dreams and hopes once again
To the waters that surround them.
And while they pray the frogs will chant in the darkness

A heid full of chocolate frogs, a body full of rush,
A pocketful of shrapnel and a skinfull of bush,
An eyefull of the future and a belly full of the past,
How beautiful the present when you know it cannae last.

A tumblerful of voddie, two fingers in a glass,
A handful of promises, a heart full of remorse,
Mindful of your manners when you're brought down to your knees,
A heid full of chocolate frogs is all you gave to me,
That's all you gave to me, that's all you gave to me,

A spoonful of miracles, a nostril full of dust
A lung full of virginia, the needs we have we must,
A pill to put your heart right, a nose out for a deal
For a heid full of chocolate frogs, what can you give to me?
What did you give to me?
What did you give to me?
What did you give to me?

3. Waving At Stars.

You cracked up too soon before the punchline hit home
And at the end of the joke did you notice that no-one was laughing with you.
You were out on your own,
Waving at trains, waving at cars, waving from bars, waving from aeroplanes,
Might as well be waving at stars

You called out her name as the darkness hit home,
Raised up your Zippo and opened the skies till the crowd melts away,
At the end of the day, you ran out of light,
Praying for rain, praying for signs,
Praying for time, praying for endless night,
Might as well be wishing on stars

4. Rain Gods Dancing

Empty churches, empty pews, in the subway nothing moves
And the static on the radio is drowning out the sound of rain gods dancing,
Empty playgrounds, empty bars, I can't remember how it was before the flood
When all I had to do was recognise the love that's trapped inside.

I gave it all, I took it back and in the end there's nothing left
Except a shell surrounding emptiness and loneliness, a core of pain,
I see my pathway shining.

Rain gods with Zippos, a tin man hides a broken heart,
Rain gods with Zippos, he knows the flame has gone, that soon he'll fall apart.

So I lay me down to lie, and with the rain my lullaby
I drift away to dreamless sleep, leave behind a life that died,
A victim of a plague of ghosts
I was wrapped up in my guilt, buried deep within my memories,
A shelter of self-pity that I know the rain will wash away,
I sense the storm arriving.

Rain gods with Zippos, a tin man rusts away and slowly falls apart,
Rain gods with Zippos and all he leaves behind is a bleeding, broken heart.

(Part ii) The Wake-up Call (Make It Happen)

In the end I found beginnings, not a vision, a wake up call,
Raised from the dead by a beating heart and at last I can see it all
And my eyes were opened to the darkness, in my hand a burning flame,
A spark of life to touch the fuse and blow these clouds away,
I can make it happen, if I want to,
Make it happen, if I try,
Forgive, forget, forever never means as much as it does today,
Make it happen, we can make it happen, we can make it happen.

When I wake up, will you be there? it can never be the same.
If we can take our lives slowly, step by step,
We can be dancing in the rain,
We can make it happen, we can make it happen, make it happen,
Forgive, forget, forever means today, make it happen, we can make it happen,
We can make it happen, forgive, forget, forever means today,
Make it happen.

Led Zeppelin - "The Rain Song."

This is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before.
It isn't hard to feel me glowing - I watched the fire that grew so low.

It is the summer of my smiles - flee from me Keepers of the Gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes. It is to you I give this tune.
Ain't so hard to recognize - These things are clear to all from
Time to time.

Talk Talk - I've felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go. I cursed the gloom that set upon us...
But I know that I love you so

These are the seasons of emotion and like the winds they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion - I see the torch we all must hold.
This is the mystery of the quotient - Upon us all a little rain must fall.

Sarah McLachlan - "Possession."

Listen as the wind blows
From across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning
Memories trapped in time
The night is my companion
And solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here
And not be satisfied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Through this world I've stumbled
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
To find the truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles and
You speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath
You words keep me alive

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Into this night I wander
It's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of
The path I fear to tread
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
And I won't be denied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Meat Loaf - "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)"

On a hot summer night
Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Will he offer me his mouth?
Yes
Will he offer me his teeth?
Yes
Wlll he offer me his jaws?
Yes
Will he offer me his hunger?
Yes
Again. Will he offer me his hunger?
Yes
And will he starve without me?
Yes
And does he love me?
Yes
Yes
On a hot summer night
Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Yes
I bet you say that to all the boys.

It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning
There was a fog crawling over the sand
When I listen to your heart I hear the whole world turning
I see the shooting stars
Falling through your trembling hands

You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining
I was dying just to ask for a taste
We were lying together in a silver lining
By the light of the moon
You know there's not another moment
Not another moment
Not another moment to waste

You hold me so close that my knees grow weak
But my soul is flying high above the ground
I'm trying to speak but no matter what I do
I just can't seem to make any sound

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh-it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And I swear it's true
I was just about to say I love you

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh-it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And I swear it's true
I was just about to say I love you

Now my body is shaking like a wave on the water
And I guess that I'm beginning to grin
Oooh, we're finally alone and we can do what we want to
The night is young
And ain't no one gonna know where you
No one gonna know where you
No one's gonna know where you've been

You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining
I was dying just to ask for a taste
We were lying together in a silver lining
By the light of the moon
You know there's not another moment to waste

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh-it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And I swear it's true
I was just about to say I love you

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh-it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And I swear it's true
I was just about to say I love you

You took the words right out of my mouth
It must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
It must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
It must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
It must have been while you were kissing me.

Madonna - "Like A Prayer."

Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like home

When you call my name it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there

I hear your voice, it's like an angel sighing
I have no choice, I hear your voice
Feels like flying
I close my eyes, Oh God, I think I'm falling
Out of the sky, I close my eyes
Heaven help me

When you call my name it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there

Like a child you whisper softly to me
You're in control just like a child
Now I'm dancing
It's like a dream, no end and no beginning
You're here with me, it's like a dream
Let the choir sing

When you call my name it's like a little prayer
I'm down on my knees, I want to take you there
In the midnight hour I can feel your power
Just like a prayer, you know I'll take you there

Just like a prayer, your voice can take me there
Just like a muse to me, you are a mystery
Just like a dream, you are not what you seem
Just like a prayer, no choice, your voice can take me there

Just like a prayer, I'll take you there
It's like a dream to me...

Simon & Garfunkel - "The Sound of Silence."

Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence."

Sarah McLachlan - "World On Fire."

Hearts are worn in these dark ages
You're not alone in this story's pages
Night has fallen amongst the living and the dying
And I try to hold it in, yeah I try to hold it in

The world's on fire and
It's more than I can handle
I'll tap into the water
(I try to pull my ship)
I try to bring more
More than I can handle
(Bring it to the table)
Bring what I am able

I watch the heavens and I find a calling
Something I can do to change this moment
Stay close to me while the sky is falling
Don't wanna be left alone, don't wanna be alone

The world's on fire and
It's more than I can handle
I'll tap into the water
(I try to pull my ship)
I try to bring more
More than I can handle
(Bring it to the table)
Bring what I am able

Hearts break, hearts mend
Love still hurts
Visions clash, planes crash
Still there's talk of
Saving souls, still the cold
Is closing in on us

We part the veil on our killer sun
Stray from the straight line on this short run
The more we take, the less we become
A fortune of one that means less for some

The world's on fire and
It's more than I can handle
I'll tap into the water
(I try to pull my ship)
I try to bring more
More than I can handle
(Bring it to the table)
Bring what I am able

The world's on fire and
It's more than I can handle
I'll tap into the water
(I try to pull my ship)
I try to bring more
More than I can handle
(Bring it to the table)
Bring what I am able.