Альбом Crowded House

Down on the ocean floor
That’s where I’m heading for
Hold on to a sinking stone
Until the worst is known

Nobody wants to
Think about it
Nobody wants to
Talk about it
Nobody protects you

They make it go away
Pretending that it’s all okay
Broken pieces on the ground
And everyone’s still turning ‘round

Nobody wants to
Think about it
Nobody wants to
Talk about it
Nobody protects you

Are we losing something
We used to cry
We used to say why
For all I know
I might not get home
Well, I found out
If we opened it up
We could work this out

Nobody wants to
Nobody wants to
Talk about it now

What you suspected all along
Everything told you was wrong
And you can see it if you want
But nobody wants to

Another pleasant day in the countryside
Has ended up tears on a stormy night
Cos you can’t follow my directions home
Don’t stop now

God knows where the satellites taking us
Can’t tell what is right in front of us
But I hang on every word
Don’t stop now
No don’t stop now
Give me something I can write about

Get fooled by the lightning every time
See the afterimage of my outline
And you turn the wrong way round

Don’t stop now
No don’t stop now
Give me something I can write about
Give me something I can cry about

In a church house ten miles out of town
Is the devil gonna track me down
And you travel through a tunnel in the trees
Just remember that’s how you get to me

There’s no number on the house
The birds are heading south
Sometimes you have to turn the wrong way round
Sometimes you get too close to nowhere now

Restless and hopeful
In the silence I wait
With a blank piece of paper on the top of my head
All I want is something I can write about
All I want is something I can cry about

Well, she called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do

She’s too far away
And you had to leave
I can never repay you now
For what you gave to me

Those who can blow a chasm wide
It took us all
It took us all

Pushed apart the mountains and the tide
It took us all

Well, she called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do

When I was so lost
In delirious sleep
I wasn’t prepared for that position
Well, maybe I was naïve

And truth is a mortal blow
Well, you know all there is to know
Well, the hurt that you have so close
Is something better now

She called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do

Well, she was so lost
And confused
I can never repay you now
For what you gave to me

News
She called up
She called up
Well, she called up
And gave me the news

Say that again I won't forget
The phrase that turned in my head
And at the start it makes no sense
A long time left to understand
There on the shore the girl that I adore
She combs her hair on the sand

And I know you got fight the plan
You got to bend the rules
Yeah I know you got be your own man
You got to break the rules

Say that again, the alphabet
They dance a silhouette in my head
A chance remark become the spark
And maybe luck has come again
The hint of a smile
The accidental rhyme
That captured me the first time

I know you got to fight the plan
You got to bend the rules
I know you got to be your own man
You've got to break the rules
Midnite is standing in the shadows
This haunting is a reckless escape
Late nights of crawling on the sidewalk
Lets stay on in the mansion for the weekend
Lets go on making moments last a lifetime
We live on in the promises we keep

The hint of a smile
The accidental rhyme
That captured me the first time

I know you got to fight the plan
You got to bend the rules
I know you got to be your own man
You got to make your own rules

Lets go on making moments last a lifetime
We live on in the promises we keep

He imagines the world
As the angels sending
Not the ghost of a man
Who is tied up to the chair

And he wants to believe
That his life has a meaning
With his hand on his heart
Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre
And I wake up blind
Like my dreams were too bright
And I lost my regard
For the good things that I had
And the radio was sad

When you listen for good
To find that nothing out there can touch you
‘Cause the liars moved in
And they believe their own
Dark medicine

You act so nonchalant
That he is not a dog
Perform for you in the stadium
For the world, not for the war

And he tries to believe
Though it might lead to heartache
In the night ? indigo
Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre
Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre

When you listen for good
In the hope that comes to nothing
As the liars moved in
And they believe their own
Dark medicine

Believing it’s good
Behind their jaded eyes
A dilemma

He’s the best
You’ve ever had
He’s so low
You never know
He’s the best
You’ve ever had

He’s the best
You’ve ever had
He’s so low
You’ll never know

Here we go

I want to turn on the lights
I want to keep your hopes alive
So where do I begin
To help you believe again
Makers of secret planes
Keepers of our last remains
Dream of a holy state
In a nightmare time
You know I meant it well but who was it meant to help

Even the child knows you don't waste it
A promise is only given once
And there is no doubt that changes have begun
Even a child knows that you can't fake it
As long as the world is waking up
You are free now to recover your heart

The stories left to write
The ebb and flow of my life
To justify the end
I'll do everything I can
And its a dangerous game
I heard you tell someone that you don't care
But I don't believe the message
And when you sing about love
What are you thinking of

Even a child knows you don't waste it
As long as the world is waking up
And there is no doubt that changes have begun
Even a child knows you don't fake it
A promise is only given once
You are free now to go wherever you want
There's nothing like waking up in some foreign town
Music is a call to prayer
Wailing out of speakers in the market place
The first time ...even a child
Even a child knows you don't waste it
A present can always be delivered twice
You are free now to receive the gift of insight
From now on lets be open
All in time lets breathe in
Am I brave ?..... you're so brave
Am I afraid?... no not afraid
Even the child

Plead with my saint
Wash his hands and feet
Find his complaints
Make this world complete

And this heaven that I’m making
Can’t come quickly enough
And the big wave that I’m taking
It feels like I’m just waking up

Find out, don’t think
I can’t get used to it
Right on the brink
I end up losing it

And this heaven that I’m making
It can’t come quickly enough
And the big wave that I’m taking
It feels like I’m just waking up

And I’ll be there
With all of creation ?
And each conversation I hear
As I’m walking in through the crowd
As if I can float through the air

And this heaven

Well, this heaven that I’m making
It can’t come quickly enough
And the big wave that I’m taking
Feels like I’m just waking up

If there is hell on Earth
There must be heaven, too
Both in one place
And not a second to lose

(Neil Finn)

A sigh from the deepest well
You can tell a lot without saying a thing
The truth, between us my friend
This longing
A sigh for loneliness to end
No changing the story now
A sigh from the emptiest part
It's a tender place
A sigh
Is more than I can bear
This show is not fooling anyone
And its all for you
But I think you're mind is made up

These walls
Have eyes
Rows of photographs
And faces like mine

Who do
We become
Without knowing where
We started from

It’s true
I’m missing you
And I stand alone
Inside your room

Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you know by heart

I will try to connect
All the pieces you’ve left
I will carry it on
And let you forget

I’ll remember the years
When your mind was still clear
All the flickering lights
That filled up this silent house

One room
Two beds
In the closet hangs
Your favourite dress

Good books
And the best that you ever had
Are in pieces now
The pages ashred

Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you know by heart

I will try to connect
All the pieces you’ve left
I will carry it on
And let you forget

I’ll remember the years
When your mind was still clear
All the flickering lights
That filled up this silent house

Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you know by heart
All the names that you can’t recall

I will try to connect
All the pieces you’ve left
I will carry it on
And let you forget

I’ll remember the years
When your mind was still clear
All the flickering lights
That filled up this silent house

English trees in my garden
We planted seeds in a faraway land
In between the palms and the succulent grove

They lose their leaves in the winter
Mark the seasons for him and for her
Once upon a time in the fallen snow
Up against the sky made a silhouette show

England cries and she plays for him
Two chords entwined like a requiem
Although it’s springtime, colour is new
In Regent’s Park, I will mourn for you

And I must be wise somehow
‘Cause my heart’s been broken down

It’s so far to fall
And so hard to climb
Nothing’s sadder, I know
Than the passing of time

Won’t forget me
You won’t forget me

English trees in my garden
Summer’s missed you, my darling
And all your crimes are forgiven
Yeah, all your crimes are forgiven

And I must be wise somehow

English trees in my garden

She walked her way down
It brought my mind back
From where I was trapped
How long will it take
For tension to break

Feel it sliding off
Shimmy-like cloth
I left on the ground

And I know what the answer is
And I’m happy to be here tonight

But when you’re in the moment
Everything you want is right
But before she takes a step
She’s waiting for the beat to arrive
And the drummer’s counting out the start
She walked her way down

In silver and black
Tension is snapped
I picked up the trace
A scent I can’t place
Remembering desire
Higher and high
Lift off the ground

And I know what the answer is
But I’m happy to be here tonight

And when you’re in the moment
Everything you want is right
From before she takes a step
She’s waiting for the beat to arrive
The drummer makes the same mistake

And my eyes are on the shape
That is captured in the light
All went quiet on the floor
When she walked her way down

As we happen to be here tonight
But don’t we make a beautiful sight

And when you’re in the moment
Everything you want is right
But before she takes a step
She’s waiting for the beat to arrive

If you’re tamed by all the pressure
Everything you want to become
The drummer always comes in late

And my eyes are on the shake
That is captured in the light

And I want to feel the weightless grasp
Upon my heavy life

Talk to her
That’s right
It could mean more than you think

Talk to her
That’s right
You don’t have to lose a thing

Take a satellite
You could make her happy again

Dream about
The time
She threw the dinner at you

And in the coconut grove
You can’t imagine the scene
Another
We’re still waiting to leave

Talk to her
That’s nice
Or you could make a murder begin

Dream on her
That’s right
Once more, you could be her friend

Well, she’s the only one you know
Where you from and where you been

Think about
The time
She wants to make it in your head

I spent a lot of time
In the transit lounge
And I wasn’t sure
Where I was going now

Plenty hours spent
Was yesterday’s news
Not 100% sure
What I did with my shoes

Lying on the floor
Of the transit lounge
There’ll be no announcements made

You better make sure
You don’t sleep too sound
There’ll be no announcements made
There’ll be no announcements made

Dream about
The things
You’d like to do before you die

Wonder all
The one
Still waiting for his moment to shine

And all the stupid things I said
Still haunt you, still linger
I guess

And in the coconut grove
You can’t imagine the scene
And now the truck unloads
We’re still waiting to leave

The camera flash goes off
See the tallest man alive
In time, I fall at his feet
Before this long plane ride

Who’ll face the tide
And take their chances
Will fasten the lights
To broken branches
Adrift on the ocean
In wild winter storms
I have to imagine things
To keep myself warm

The night closing in
But not to worry
Told everyone I know
That I was sorry
But I heard them all singing
For comfort and peace
And in my confusion here
I still believe

You were the one to make me cry
You were the one to take me home
Of all the people in my life
My thoughts keep returning to you
But consciousness is fading fast

Surrounded by sights
That go on living
Make circles in time
The spider web spinning
Well, I have no illusions
Of where I am now
I’ll let this wave take me
And pour me down

You were the one to make me cry
You were the one to take me home
Of all the stories in my life
Only good things return to you

If I could only say the words
If you could hear me cry for help
But I’d lift my head up to the sky
And the planes that were circling
Now have gone

Sweet madness it must be wrong
What kind of fool imagines love
With all this going on
Stars burning in the empty sky
And the city is aflame
With a million lights
And they come and they go
In the blink of an eye
People are like suns
Science will enable us to hear
T o be crystal clear
To make diamonds in the shifting sand
Better take all the love that you got in a single hand
And they come and they go
In the fullness of time
People are like suns
They are burning up inside
People are like suns
Breathing into life
All that's good in us
To saints become
And they come and they go
Yeah they come and they go
People are like suns
People are like suns
And we'll go out tonight
Set the town alight
All fade into white