It was January, 1963
When Johnny came home with a gift for me
He said 'I bought it for you because I love you
And I bought it for you 'cos it's your birthday, too'
He was so very nice, he was so very kind
To think of me at this point in time
I used to think of him, he used think of me

He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw tears were in his eyes

Everytime I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine, but it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind

There's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of a fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes, and it's what nobody knows
While every day my confusion grows

Everytime I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray

How does it feel to treat me like you do
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me, how do I feel
Tell me now, how do I feel

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say

You just can't believe me
When I show you what you mean to me
You just can't believe me
When I show you what you cannot see.

You're hiding from feelings, searching for more
Sharing and hoping, untouched for so long
Our lives still change from the way that we were
And now I'll tell you something I think you should know.

You just can't believe me
When I show you what you mean to me

Below the surface this day I need it light
Inside dimension lies another sacrifice
Once out of reach, we never speak, we never compromise
As they turned to gold the edges froze and seemed to turn to ice

All flight departures assembled not returned
Left in these passions I looked but never learned
There's hope, you've heard there's life in another world

Help me, somebody help me
I wonder where I am
I see my future before me
I'll hurt you when I can

It seems like I've been here before
It seems like I've been here before
It seems like I've been here before
It seems like I've been here before
It seems like I've been here before

Confusion sprung up from devotion
A halo that covers my eyes
It sprung from this first estrangement

(One, two, three, four)
I am for you can enjoy I can give you
(Give me, give me, give me)
It's the time we love to hate, I can give you

I am what you can enjoy I can give you
(Give me, give me, give me)
It's the time you love to hate, I can give you

I am what you will enjoy I can give you
(Give me, give me, give me)
It's the time you love to hate, I can give you

Caressing the marble and stone
Love that was special for one
The waste and the fever and hate
How I wish you were here with me now

The body that kills and hides
Matches an awful delight
Warm like a dog 'round your feet
How I wish you were here with me now

The hangman looks 'round as he waits
Gullet stretches tight and it breaks
Someday we will die in your dreams

Crows, crows, crows, I hate them!
Crawl across!

I wouldn't do that, Dave
I'm afraid, Dave
My mind is going
There is no question about it

There is no end to this
I have seen your face
But I don't recognize all these things
You must have kept behind

It's a problem, you know
That's been there all your life
Tries to make you see the world without you
That's just some black and white

At night it gets cold
And you'd dearly like to turn away
An escape that fails
And makes the wounds that time won't heal
Hello, hello, hello, hello

that's the way - shellshock
hold on! it's never enough
it's never enough until you heart stops beating
the deeper you get, the sweeter the pain
don't give up the game until your heart stops beating

you call me on the phone, you left me all alone
all i get from you is shellshock
another day goes by and all i do is cry
all i get from you is shellshock
i'd tell the world and save my soul

You can walk, or you can run
You don't have to be someone
I went on a summer cruise
Upon an ocean born to lose
My brother said that he was dead
I saw his face and shook my head
Can you see where we can be
We're losing our blood in the sea

'Cause it's the state of the nation, state of the nation
That's holding our salvation
Yes, it's the state of the nation, state of the nation

I like walking in the park
When it gets late at night
I move round in the dark
And leave when it gets light
I sit around by day
Tied up in chains so tight
These crazy words of mine
So wrong they could be

What do I get out of this?
I always try, I always miss
One of these days you'll go back to your home
You won't even notice that you are alone
One of these days when you sit by yourself

I stood there beside myself
Thinking hard about the weather
Then came by a friend of mine
Suggested we go out together
Then I knew it from the start
This friend of mine would fall apart
Pretending not to see his gun
I said let's go out and have some fun

I know, you know, we believe in a land of love
I know, you know, we believe in a land of love

I have always thought about

I've watched your face for a long time
It's always the same
I've studied the cracks and the wrinkles
You were always so vain
Well, now you live your life like a shadow
In the pouring rain
Oh, it's called love
Yes, it's called love
Oh, it's called love
And it belongs to us
Oh, it dies so quickly
It grows so slowly
But when it dies, it dies for good
It's called love

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don't care cause I'm not there
And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow
Again and again I've taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much

I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near