Splintering Heart

Holidays In Eden

Did you ever feel that just by Jumping on a plane All your cares would drop away And you'd be born again Returning to a nature child Happy wild and free But forgetfulness is a river And you know where the river leads Holidays in Eden Life before the fall See no, hear no, speak no evil Feel no guilt Feel no guilt at all Naked through the jungle Mud between your toes Following the river Where the river flows The creatures of the forest Bid you "Welcome to the dark" Nothing here can hurt you Darkness has no heart Holidays in Eden Paradise regained See no, hear no, speak no evil Throw your past away You wake up one morning Wondering who you are There's a map of a new country up on the wall All your new lovers merge into one You've done everything under the sun There's a date on the air ticket And the money's gone Back in your own country Nothing seems the same No one comes around at night Or uses your new name Hearing silent whispers Old friends are acting strange No one wants to know you now People say you've changed Holidays in Eden Life before the fall See no, hear no, speak no evil Feel no guilt at all Holidays in Eden Paradise and light Heaven loses you to this world Leaves you alone Kiss your home goodbye (She says she's lonely)

Dry Land

In all the time that I've known you You've been so edgy and nervous I never wanted to own you I was aware of the danger Of making a bid for your favours You're such a natural stranger I made excuses and ran You're an island But I can't leave you all out at sea You're so violent with your silence You're an island I can't sleep Won't you speak to me I'm on dry land Won't you help me please In all the time that I've known you There has been something between us I don't hink it's my imagination I felt like I couldn't touch you But I had the feeling you'd love to Tell me the truth if you could do I made excuses and ran

Waiting To Happen

I lie awake at night Listening to you sleeping I hear the darkness breathe And the rain against the window After all this time Cynical and jaded All the stones are diamonds All the blues are faded Everything I've been through All I've seen and heard Spent so much of my life In the spiritual third world But you came and brought the rain here Something waiting to happen Something learning to fly We can talk without talking From inside to inside I have waited to feel this For the whole of my life We took ourselves apart We talked about our faces You said you didn't like yours I said I disagree I keep the pieces separate I clutch them in my coat A jogsaw of an angel I can do when I feel low From emptiness and dryness The famine of our days Watch the heaves open Wash it all away You came and brought the rain here Something waiting to happen Something learning to fly On the edge of exploding Something wild and alive Something waiting to happen Anytime that you like I have waited to feel this For the whole of my life