THE BLUE PARADE LYRICS

‘Compulsion’

 Hiding in the dark

I shut it all out

I’m using it again

To fill the well with rain

I double cross my heart

The devil breaks his back

Sowing seeds of doubt

Open up the wound

The scar may disappear

But I just can’t rub it out

What if I was stronger

What could I learn

Old enough to know better

Young enough to burn

Watching it unfold

Looking down

I see it all

Like a witness to the scene

Caught in between

The silence and the scream

What if I was stronger

What could I learn

Old enough to know better

Young enough to burn

‘Berlin’

 Waiting for the take off

Trying my make amends

With something I could never reconcile

I’m thinking back to countless conversations

How do I forgive in time?

Morning noon and night

We could talk about it till our mouths were dry

I always knew this moment would surely arrive

And while the cuts are so deep

I know that feeding on anger

Is no way to survive

But sometimes I just want to tear it all down

I took to the streets where they tried to rub me out

But Anna’s eyes so kind and true

Well they seem to shine right through

This heaviness I’m feeling

Checkpoint Charlie

Nothing to write home about

And a sign that says Wannsee 20k away

Sends a cold shiver through my spine

Stepping on squares of gold

The animal is sleeping underground

While stories from the Berghain

Are casually thrown around

Sometimes I just want to tear it all down

I took to the streets where they tried to rub me out

But Anna’s eyes so kind and true

Well they seem to shine right through

This heaviness I’m feeling

Yeah sometimes I just want to break down and cry

Cos’ no God of mine would have let so many die

So forgive me if I let my anger fly

But I’m in no mood to apologise

For this heaviness I’m feeling

This helplessness I’m feeling

EY44

Looks like we’re leaving on time

You could never numb the pain

But I think I’d like to see you again

‘Centipede’

 Running in circles

Pretending I know where I am

Or where I want to be

Alleyways taunting

Haunting me out of my mind

They just won’t let me be

I try to stand on my own two feet

And not be too scared to fall

But they just won’t follow my lead

It’s a wonder these legs work at all

It’s truly amazing

The number of fragments

I can break up into

If only somehow they could work together

Think of all I could do

I try to walk in a straighter line

But with every step I stall

Second guessing third guessing and so on

It’s a wonder that I move at all

Oh Centipede

How do you what you do

Wish I could be more like you

‘Something in me changed’

 And so it fell December rain

The fire running through my veins

Funny how a few words can end

Everything that you once held

When the veils are stripped away

The truth can find the light of day

And like a bullet straight to the heart

Suddenly you’re torn apart

And then you begin

To find your way again

Though I know that we are bound to the end

That day something in me changed

You were always someone

I held up in a place so high

When differences were too great to fight

I twisted and I turned to make it right

But now it seems that I must start anew

And cover up the hurt with something good

Sometimes you’ve got to trust an inner voice

Well there are two and I’ve only one choice

And then you begin

To find your way again

Though I know that we are bound to the end

That day something in me changed

I can hear the raven calling

The candle can’t help but flicker on my window pane

Time will heal but it may not erase

One deep breath

And then you begin

To find your way again

Though I know that we are bound to the end

And I do believe that love will numb the pain

That day something in me changed

‘Laugh it away’

 He takes a moment to hold her hand

In the cold

He knows very well

That these are the words on the page

The bow on the stage

Before closing

She tells him it’s alright

In her elegant light

That shows him the way

There is a place we can go

We don’t need to be so everyday

There is a cold wind coming

Calling out my name

While there is air in our lungs

We can laugh it away

She brushes the hair from his face

With a fixed voice says

We need to go

Where we can feel the glow

And the warm wind blows the world away

And as a blood red sun

Shows everyone

The cutting of time

Just when it sinks out of sight

The last of flash light will be ours

There is a cold wind coming

Calling out my name

While there is air in our lungs

We can laugh it away

‘The blue parade’

Tonight it’s going down

Circus is coming to town

You don’t want to miss

The glowing lights in the square

They say it’s gonna be

Bigger than the year before

And so I have to go

Red hearts flying around

Revving up the shiny clowns

Riding on endorphin highs

Trying to steal the show

You don’t have to think too much

Just let yourself go

Yeah let it roll on by

And now I’m caught up in the crowd

The trumpets starts to sound

I don’t know if this is for me

I better fall into line

As they lead us marching through town

Just don’t let anyone

Catch you out

If you’re feeling down

At the blue parade

The music’s getting loud

Keep up

Don’t slow down

Spinning circle

Always something new to see

But I rub my tired eyes

Looking for a place to rest my weary memory

I hear the calling of the crowd

Another trumpet starts to sound

I don’t know if this is for me

I heard them say it’s going to be far bigger than the year before

And though I’ll sit it out

It’s impossible to shut the door

On the blue parade

‘Blackwood lake’

 Don’t you ever wonder

What lies there

Down in Blackwood Lake

Pack your winter coat

It’s cold there

It’s all that you can take

Down the winding narrows

Arrows line the mountain trail

Holding out a candle

Keep it sheltered

So the light never fails

And soon the ice will melt away

Summer bells colour out the grey

When cloudy skies are broken by the sun

You will find your reflection

For three silent winters it was frozen

In the cradle of the mountains

Like a mirror in the darkness

That never shows it’s face

Now Blackwood lake is calling

Like a mother to a child

A song to raise you from your bed

And therein lies the subterranean

Hiding from your eyes

But soon the ice will melt away

Summer bells colour out the grey

When cloudy skies are broken by the sun

You will find your reflection

‘If the wind will catch my name’

Down to their thorny spines

I got a feeling this winter ain’t gonna be kind

After the morning rush

There’s a stillness of time

In the garden where the gravel trail serpentines

I came here looking for the words

To scale the walls of my mind

Kids are playing hopscotch

Colouring the dusty grey

Before the rain comes down and washes the chalk away

While a cloud overhead

Slowly expands

Like a firework blowing up frame by frame

Right now I ain’t too fussed

If the wind will catch my name

Another day to send you under

You gotta keep in the game

Or else

Sometimes I grieve for the things that I’ll never know

But my mama told me

That’s just the way it goes

Baby bird carving out circles in the dirt

Swinging her body around

Engraving herself in the earth

So blissfully unaware

The shovel buries any remain

So the lilac can rise like a burning flame

Right now I ain’t too fussed if the wind will catch my name