Lyrics from the album Keep Your Distance Words by Martin Jackson

OFF WITH ITS HEAD I've reached a crossroad | I'm feeling someting | Where did the time go? | Revealing nothing | I see no fruits now from all the thinking | I need to move now, this town is stinking | Where the storm is calm inside is where I'll be | When the sun opens its eyes is when I'm free | I've pulled the plug out | I've let the light in | I turn my head round to face the mountain | Where the storm is calm inside is where I'll be | When the sun opens its eyes is when I'm free | Applause from all the birds | They formed a troubled sea | And then exploded into words | Off with its head | No more mistakes. RIDE Pull me in | Everything sounds so sweet on your tongue | I'd be crazy to blink my eyes before you're gone | I woke up painting again | Perfect circles in a line | Paint the distance and then rise up like embers to fly | We ride the light of stars | A cradle for your love | The tide removed my scars | With solid mind and practiced hum I feel obliged to come undone | Give us time but not too much | I know you'll find me when I'm lost | So much sense to me | So much grace in what you said | It's so good to see your smiling face inside my head | We ride the light of stars | A cradle for your love | The tide removed my scars. FROZEN STREAM Everytime I stand courageous in your hands | I am frozen by the feeling | Oh you haunt me so | The stillness is serene | I'm floating on a sea | Getting further from the state I want to be | You're cradling your face | With my name under your nails | I can see you want to hate me just to let me go | You're looking for a sign | ave you found it this time? | Ignore the bricks and mortar | Just watch the holes in my eyes | We're blessed with peace and patience | So don't be made to decide | Remember self direction | Remember who we believe | So this won't be the ending now | I can't take the risk | No, I won't be the cloak that taps you on your shoulder every time you're weak | But nothing matters now | The problem is too loud | Having everything we say being heard another way | I've got to still my mind to see what I find. THERE'S A MIRROR You are a dreaming kind | Somewhere outside this life | Can you see past yourself? | Or is there no one else? | I've been walking around you | Making faces and saying words to you | But you don't take it on | There's nothing behind me | But you keep looking | Wait, there's a mirror | Where do you see yourself? | Is there a safe way out? | Why are you standing there? | There's no one left to stare | I've been walking behind you | Making faces and saying words to you | But you don't take it on | There's nothing behind me but you keep looking | Wait, there's a mirror.

EDGE OF FALLING It's cold enough outside, you're holding on inside. It's been and gone, it's alright, you're living on tonight. I'm on the edge of falling from the ground. Just one more look and one more broken sound before I lay down; before I lay down or fall down. You're looking up, looking on. You're brave enough to watch me breaking up. All gone. I'm on the edge of falling from the ground. Just one more look and one more broken sound before I lay down; before I lay down or fall down. THOSE THINGS Lying in your bed with you here; the one who steals me from my lonely time, my forgotten life. Dancing in your room of mirrors, every light I see turns into your eyes, they're held in mine. Tell me... A present from the one who knows me . Kiss my face and tell me that you'll always be here with me. Quiet power touching everywhere, happy firing pistols in the air. Take me over. Ttake me over. Quiet power hold me in ecstasy. When morning comes I'm born inside; I realize you are mine. Before this life I lost my mind; destruction overload explode. Now I'm holding you so tight and I know this will be my life. Trying not to loose your passion, trying not to let go of your comforting; I need those things. A lesson for my paranoia. How can anyone not be in love with you? Arose in bloom. Quiet power touching everywhere, happy firing pistols in the air. Take me over, Take me over. Quiet power hold me in ecstasy. WASTE YOURSELF I take my lover close to the edge, thanks to my head. It's time I should move on, break into air, swallow the change. Because I drive too slowly, scraping the hedge, looking away. I forget what you said; say it again. Somehow it's right to be alive but lying down. A plastic sieve is good to store my thoughts in: what a joke! What a seamless veil of smoke. I forget what you said; say it again. I've already told you what plans there should be. My weak concentration and memory leaves much undone. Too many questions in lines all the time. Go waste yourself. MY EYES ARE OPEN Faceless army, you won't find me. Restless, resting, everyone is waiting. Run now for you, nothing left behind me. Nameless army, there's no relief in hiding. I see beauty sometimes when my eyes are open, but it's still hard to come by. If I tried to leave here, would I cease to be here? Would you walk straight through me? My eyes are open this time. Chasing your hand to relieve me from the taste of plastic in the air around me. A false breath crawling to convince intention. It sounds like bullshit every time I listen. I see beauty sometimes when my eyes are open, but it's still hard to come by. If I tried to leave here, would I cease to be here? Would you walk straight through me? My eyes are open this time. I, PIG Maybe there's a reason to walk away. Find your own disintegrating biography before you decide you belong to him and just throw yourself away. Listen, there's a thought in your head, there's something there that you haven't said, a reflection of someone inside: someone who believes their mind. Pristine denial! You are still blind and calm, like a jaded poster of your eyes. You're changing every mask that you've made, but you're still stood where you hate. You're allowed to make decisions without somebody elses help. You're never very far from the truth, but you're scared to make a dangerous move. All the signs are telling you to be here and not to deny your fears. THE MAZE It's a maze. Footsteps on the floor. I've been wandering 'round for days and my souls are sore. I see you disappear again; a momentary sight. I keep remembering. Should I run? Should I try? Should I go outside? Bring the water to my mouth, I can't get this feeling out. Should I smile? Because when we die, all our love is in the sky: feel the warmth on your face. I am bound to be talking around and around, too slow and quiet for you to understand something isn't right. Don't look so scared, my body's making movements, I know you want to stare. Fate, fate, fate is moving us. Should I run? NOW WE'RE ALONE Hope plays me, hope saves me. Plant seeds here, dance freely here, I don't want you to know where I've been. Everything is over; so it begins. I'm waiting for the show that you star in, now that we're alone. Break down these clouds of longing now, before we get too old. Break down and talk about it. There's a note to calm your soul. I don't want you to know where I've been. Everything is over; so it begins. I'm waiting for the show that you star in, now that we're alone.

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