The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
A sort of homecoming ; Pride (In the name of love) ; Wire ; The unforgettable fire, Promenade ; Bad ; Indian summer sky ; Elvis Presley and America ; MLK.
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And you know it's
time to go
through the sleet and driving snow
across the fields of mourning to a
light that's in the distance
And you hunger for the time
time to heal, 'desire', time
and your earth moves beneath
your own dream landscape
Oh oh On borderland we run
and still we run, we run and don't look back
I'll be there, I'll be there
tonight, a high road, a high road out of here
the city walls are all come down
the dust, a smoke screen all around see
faces ploughed like fields that once
gave no resistance
And we live by the side of the road
on the side of a hill as the valleys explode
dislocated suffocated
the land grows weary of its own
(O coma way o coma wa o coma o coma way say I)
Oh oh on borderland we run
and still we run, we run and don't look back
tonight, tonight
(O coma way o coma wa o coma o coma way say I)
The wind will crack in wintertime
a bomb-blast lightning waltz
no spoken words, just a scream...
tonight we'll build a bridge, across the sea and land
see the sky, the burning rain
she will die and live again
tonight
And your heart beats so slow
through the rain and fallen snow
across the fields of mourning
to a tight that's in the distance
Oh don't sorrow, no don't weep
for tonight, at last
I am coming home
I am coming home
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One man come in
the name of love
One man come and go
One man come he to justify
One man to overthrow
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed up on an empty beach
One man betrayed with a kiss
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
Early morning April four
A shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last
They took your life
They could not take your pride
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love.
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Innocent and in a
sense I am
Guilty of the crime that's now at hand
Such a nice day, throw your life away
Such a nice day, let it go
Cold in his eyes I can't believe it
Cold in his heart and soul
Heart and soul
Cold man such a cold heart such a
Cold manner why'd you tear yourself apart
Sold in the dark, my soul to keep
Sold in the dark, the longest sleep oh oh
the longest sleep
In I come and out you go you get
Here we are again now place your bets
Is this the time, the time to win or lost?
Is this the time, the time to choose
Cold in this heart and soul
Anytime you're on the earth, kiss him, huh you, huh
Won't you take me, that's right just keep me going
It's alright Jack, you come the right Jack
Closer and cut out, cut throat, bled out
I'm on your side be on the boat side
I'm alright Jack you get off my back
I'm on dope I'll give you hope
Here's the rope, here's the rope
My sing away
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Ice, your only
rivers run cold
These city lights, they shine as silver and gold
Duck from the night, your eyes as black as coal
Walk on by, walk on through
Walk till you run and don't look back
For here I am
Carnival, the wheels fly and the colours spin
Throughout the hall, red wine that punctures the skin
Face to face, in a dry and waterless place
Walk on by, walk on through
So sad to besiege your love so hang on
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
I'm only asking but I, I think you know
Come on take me away
Come on take me away
Come on take me home
Home again
And if the mountains should crumble
Or disappear into the sea
Not a tear, no not I
Stay this time
Stay tonight in a lie
Ever after is loving time
And if you save your love
Save your tear
Don't push me too far
Don't push me too far
Tonight
Tonight
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Earth, sky,
scenery, is she coming back again, made of straw, snooker hall
Words that build or destroy, dirt dry, bone, sand and stone
Barbed wire fence cut me down
I'd like to be around in a spiral staircase to the higher ground
And I like a firework, explode
Roman candle, lightning lights up the sky
In cracked streets trample under foot
Sidestep, sidewalk
I see you stare into open space
Have I got closer now, behind the face
Oh tell me, Cherry dance with me
Turn me around tonight
Up through spiral staircase to the higher ground
Slide show, seaside town, coca cola, football, radio, radio, radio, radio...
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If you twist and
turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could yes I would
If I could I would let it go
Surrender, dislocate
If I could throw this lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light, and through the flame
If I could through myself set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light, and to the day
Oh ooh, oh ooh, oh ooh
Oh ooh, oh ooh, oh ooh
So let it go, and so fade away
Let it go, and so fade away
Wide awake, I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake
I'm not sleeping
If you should ask, then maybe they
Tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Bruised, silken sky and burning flag
Colours crash collide in bloodshot eyes
Oh ooh, oh ooh, oh ooh
If I could you know I would
If I could I would let it go
Desperation, Dislocation
Separation, Condemnation
Revelation, Intemptation
Isolation, Desolation
Let it go, and so fade away
Let it go, and so fade away
Let it go, and so fade away
I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, Wide awake
I'm not sleeping, oh no, no no
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In the ocean cuts
rings deep, the sky
Like there I don't know why
In the forest there's a clearing
I run there toward the light, sky
It's a blue sky
In the earth the hole deep deep decide
If I could I would
Up for air to swim against the tide
Hey, hey, hey, up towards the sky
It's a blue sky
To lose along the way
The spark that set the flame
To flicker and to fade
On this the longest day
So wind go through to my heart
So wind blow through my soul
so wind go through to my heart
So wind blow through my soul
So wind go through to my heart
So wind blow in my soul
You give yourself to this the longest day
You give yourself, you give it all away
Two rivers run too deep
The seasons change and so do I
The light that strikes the tallest trees
The light away for I, the light away
Up towards the sky
It's a blue sky
To lose along the way
The spark to set the flame
To flicker and to fade
On this the longest day
So wind go through to my heart
So wind blow through my soul
so wind go through to my heart
So wind blow through my soul
So wind go through to my heart
So wind blow in my soul
You give yourself to this the longest day
You give yourself, you give it all away
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Black flash over
my own love
Tell me of my eyes
Black flash come though my own life
Telling these things
And I believe them
And I believe in you
White flash sees the sky
And it turns its side from you
She won't turn my back
And I know you turn so blue
And you know
And your sky is feeling blue
And your heart
So cold when I'm with you
And you feel
Like no one told you to
And your time is your side
And your time with me
Ah, don't talk to me
Ah, don't talk to me
Don't talk to me
You know
Like no one told you how
But you know
Though the king that howls has howled
But you feel like sentimental
But you don't care
If I just share it in your heart
Hopelessly
So hopelessly
I'm breaking through for you and me
And you don't
Though no one told you to
And you found out
Where you were going, where to
You're through with me
But I know that you will be back
For more
And you know
And though no one told you so
And you know, blue sky
Like a harder shade of blue
And you walk
When you want
To let go
Me, I'm the outside, tell me fade away
Drop me down but don't break me
In your sleep
In your sleep, inside
It's in your heart and mine
Whole sea is dark
It's in your heart and mine
Sweetly, those will come
Loving is on your side walking through
So let me in your heart
Your beat is like something...
They...
Run...
See say you're sad and reach by
So say you're sad above beside
Oh stay sad above beside
So stay sad above we said
You know I don't
No one told you how
(And you don't)
(And you wipe sweat off your white brow)
And you care
And no one told you tried
And your heart
Is left out from the side
And the rain beats down
And the shame goes down
And this rain keeps on coming down
And this sky
Tonight...
You know SONG, why
You're going go join to God
You know SONG, why
Give away some him no lie
Give away some my de day no
You know
And though no one told you sky
And you feel
Like you pretend you can
You say go, you live
Go live outside of me
Don't you leave
Don't leave out part of me
Then I can feel
Like I feel before
Like I hurt now
And I see the floor
If you pick me up
Bits and pieces on this floor
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Sleep... Sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realized
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, rain down on him
So let it be
So let it be
Sleep... Sleep tonight
And may your dreams be realized
If the thunder cloud passes rain
So let it rain, let it rain, rain on him