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LYRICS – A STUBBORN CHILD

1. save me

I sit in the back of your car
and gaze at your face in the mirror
you’ve got that spark in your eye
but it won’t show me what you keep inside
so I better hold on, better hide
I better live on as a loving liar
yeah that’s what I have become
while we’re driving along where the sun goes down
yeah we’re driving along where the sun goes down

so could you please save me from the love I feel
for you now and every time you arise
could you please save me from the love I feel
for you now and every time you arise

we sit in the back of your car
don’t open your mouth, I don’t wanna talk
oh you’d break the spell if you spoke now
and we’d no longer be who we used to be
but why does it seem so wrong?
when we’re driving along where the sun goes down
yeah we’re driving along where the sun goes down

so could you please save me from the love I feel
for you now and every time you arise (oh I’m begging you please)
could you save me from the love I feel
for you now and every time you arise

could you please save me from the love I feel
could you please save me from the love I feel
could you please save me from the love I feel
for you now and every time you arise

2. sunlight

I lift my head and start to see
the world has turned around while I’ve been here
and I can feel the earth beneath
and I can feel the sky hang over me
and not anyone could talk to me now
not anyone could bring me down
not anyone could talk to me now
not anyone could show me the limit
there’s a hole and I can fill it out

welcome to my world, welcome to this place
I travelled all over, now I just wanna stay
I stand on the outside, get caught in the sunlight
it’s falling down on me and I can feel it on my face

and mother nature speaks to me
she’s singing in my ear so comfortably
and I can feel her gravity
I lay me down and it pours on me
and not anyone could talk to me now
not anyone could bring me down
I know not anyone could

welcome to my world, welcome to this place
I travelled all over, now I just wanna stay
I stand on the outside, get caught in the sunlight
it’s falling down on me and I can feel it on my face

oh can you feel it on your face?

and if you take a look outside
you can see it there
it’s painting in the sky
embracing you & I

welcome to my world, welcome to this place
I call it my own here and this is all I am
I stand on the outside, get caught in the sunlight
it’s falling down on me and I can feel it on my face
I feel it on my face

3. your eyes

I’m out of touch, I’m out of place
I live this life in this space
surrounded by a million of faces at thousands of bases
but no one’s near
no, they are far from here

oh you are close but out of reach
coz my weakness knocks me off my feet

but I know I’ll get by
when you open up your eyes
I know I’ll survive
in the colours of your light
I know I’ll get by
when your eyes are meeting mine
I see I’ll survive
at the sight of your eyes

and it’s hard to talk to you when you can’t tell
that it’s hard to write to you when you can’t spell
so I try and I try and I try
all night and day
I can’t find, I can’t find, I can’t find
the words to say

but I know I’ll get by
when you open up your eyes
I know I’ll survive
in the colours of your light
I know I’ll get by
when your eyes are meeting mine
and I see I’ll survive
at the sight of your eyes

so open up your eyes!
open up your eyes!

and I know I’ll get by
when you open up your eyes
I know I’ll survive
in the colours of your light
I know I’ll get by
when your eyes are meeting mine
yeah I see I’ll survive
coz then it feels like I’m alive

then it feels like I’m alive

4. quietly

making our way down to the park
a summer day’s afternoon
and nothing’s really changed for me right now

I remember every step and every sound
remember all the love we spread around
but you are changing now

but just when you’re here
everything else disappears
I’m leaving my heart here
coz I’ve got no use for it
it’s forever yours

and I give up and let you go
coz now I understand that you’ve saddled up your horse
but I’m crying so quietly
that no one else can see

taking our way on silent streets
somewhere we’ve never been
I feel the sunny days are closing in

we’re moving from the world that we once found
forgive me when I say “let’s turn around”
but you are leaving now

but then when you’re here
everything else seems unreal
I’m leaving my heart here
coz it’s of no use to me
it’s forever yours

and I give up and let you go
coz now I understand with this line our story ends
but I’m crying so quietly
that no one else can see

that I can’t make a move
no one else should see I can’t calm down

and I’m crying so quietly
I’m crying so quietly
I’m crying so quietly
that no one else can see

5. the golden times

there were times we couldn’t see how
to carry on and get along
too many times that we fell on the ground
and tumbled down

but now I am standing up
I am changing the rules for us
oh I’m giving the best I’ve got

and I’m saving my love for you and the golden times
could anybody replace what you’d leave behind?
I save all my love for you and the day we escape
from all the bad days that we had

no one said it was easy to try
and leave the mess that we made behind
but we can find, oh we can find a new day
and chase the grey

coz now I am standing up
I am changing the rules for us
oh I’m giving the best I’ve got

and I’m saving my love for you and the golden times
could anybody replace what you’d leave behind?
I save all my love for you and the day we escape
could anybody replace, could anybody replace
the world you mean to me?

there were times we couldn’t go on
but now I’m here to wind up the ticking clocks
I’ll fill up the empty glass
I’m giving the last I’ve got

and I’m saving my love for you and the golden times
coz no one here could replace what you’d leave behind
I save all my love for you and the day we escape
from all the bad days that we had

we escape from all the bad days that we had
we escape from all the bad days that we had

6. pipe dream

hello, it’s me
I am here losing ground
oh can’t you see?
I am on my way down
my head explodes and I am falling to pieces

hello, it’s me
I am here in the dark
there’s lights I’ve seen
but now they’re way too far
my head explodes and I am falling to pieces
oh no

and I’ve lost all I dreamed of
to myself

come on, it’s me
come on, help me get up!
I’m tryin’ to breathe
but I can’t see through the fog
my heart explodes and I am falling to pieces
oh no

and I’ve lost all I dreamed of
to myself

now tell me the meaning of dreams ever seeming
I think I’m leaving the things I believed in
coz I’m in a one-way that ends in a stalemate
and I’m in a sore need of something that feels real

hello, it’s me
I am still on the ground
how can’t you see?
have I waited too long?
my pipe dream bursts and it is falling to pieces
it is falling to pieces

and I don’t feel I’m feeling

7. a stubborn child

today’s the day I’m meant to crack
today’s the day I should grow sad
but nothing’s left in me to feel
nothing to say, nothing to see

guess she won’t climb down and help us grow
guess she won’t climb down and save our home
no she won’t come down, she won’t be near
she’s somewhere else, I’m still right here

but maybe she’s now that part in me
that shows me how my life should be

so then I’ll keep her inside
coz I’m a stubborn child

now tell me her name and who she was
about her soul and the things she loved
but the one that’s left in my ruined town
won’t speak to me, he has lost his tongue

“you should learn to take this killing pain”
“you’ll get over it” oh I hear them say
“
just place your trust in god’s love”
oh no, she always taught me not to trust in
someone who stole from me

I’d better keep her inside
coz I’m a stubborn child

I’m her stubborn child
but how can I make it right?

when there’s nothing in this world
nothing in this world
left for me to love
left for me to learn

there’s nothing in this world
nothing in this world
left for me to love
nowhere left to turn

8. a bad girl’s heart

today I met someone
they call her the bad girl
but I tell you all
I think she is just hurt
well I saw her face
she’s hiding her love away

today I saw some guys
just talking ‘bout nothing
and I realized that I am not like them
oh I wanted to be with that girl in the dark

coz I, I need a friend
and I, I think I’m the same
and I, I need somebody around me
who’s like me

but why is it so hard
why is it so hard
to win a bad girl’s heart?

why is it so rough
why is it so tough
to win a bad girl’s love?

oh man, I met someone
they call her the mean girl
but I tell you what
scallops can hold pearls
hidden inside
she’s keeping hers out of sight
and hard to find

and I, I need a friend
and I, I feel I’m the same
and I, I need somebody around me
who’s like me

but why is it so hard
why is it so hard
to win a bad girl’s heart?

why is it so rough
why is it so tough
to win a bad girl’s love?

and I, I need to talk
and I, I need someone to love
and I, I need somebody to listen to me

you, you, you (oh I want)
you, you, you (yes I need)
you, you, you, you, you

but why is it so hard
why is it so hard
to win a bad girl’s heart?

why is it so rough
why is it so tough
to win a bad girl’s love?

and her heart will open up!

9. norway

waking every early morning
or sleeping till the night is falling
living with yourself and on your own
or with a bunch of fools in family homes
yes you can live your life just like you do

(so come on up and)
pack your sorrows and ship them to norway
because everybody loves you the way you are
you just don’t know it
send your bad thoughts down to chicago
and if anybody tries to do you harm
then you shouldn’t bother
oh no you should never bother

coz we can live our lives like we want to
yeah there’s no one to stop you!

working in new york’s glory
or slugging on a farm in moray
training at your gym, living on fruits
not caring ‘bout your weight and take what’s cooked
yes you can live your life like you wanna do

and so pack your sorrows and ship them to norway
because everybody loves you the way you are
but you just don’t know it
and send your bad thoughts down to chicago
and if anybody tries to do you harm
then you shouldn’t bother
oh no you should never bother

coz we can live our lives like we want to
there’s no one to stop you!

yes we can live our lives like we want to
yes I believe it’s true

10. she’s back in town

turn your head up&down
bend it left or spin it round
and lead the blind in here

move your head up to the sound
as she turns hers up&down
she leads the blind in here

she was cast in gold
sat upon her throne
she was built in stone
and always on my mind

now she’s back in town
but she’s locked her spirit out
and nothing’s remained
of the feeling she took away
oh, oh, it’s washed away

it was nice to have her in my head
and it was nice to hope that she’ll come back
my vision seemed so clear

but now it’s falling apart
no one came to wake me up
while I was waiting here

now she’s back in town
but she’s locked her spirit out
and no sign’s remained
of the feeling she took away
oh, oh, it’s washed away

she was cast in gold
sat upon her throne
and now she’s dancing there like she’s never been away

now she looks at me
with her smiling face
and though it looks the same I know that she has changed

oh she broke into my heart
and stole away my love
she threw it all away
and never gave it back to me

11. day 221

I try to wake
but my heart is weak
tired of all
I’m supposed to be
the coffee’s cold
and the bread is black
and when the morning leaves
I see it coming back

I start it up
just to burn it down
I’m stretched between
all my ups and downs
and days to pass
feel like days to come
it makes no difference
where I am starting from

so wake my soul and take me over
and sing a “let it be – song”
shake my heart and lead my star
and stop me counting along

I try to call in the evening time
but someone’s there standing on the line
oh put me through
to the girl of mine
I can’t wait no more
coz I’m losing my mind

oh can’t you hear what I’m singing out?
oh come along, can you help me out?

and wake my soul and take me over
and sing a “let it be – song”
shake my heart and lead my star
and stop me counting along
on day 221

and if you can’t hear what I beg of you
I think nobody else will do

so wake my soul and take me over now
shake my heart and lead my star tonight
girl, I’m so sorry
but you’re not coming
coz on the very first day
I drove you away

12. there

you broke your word by everything you said
broke my heart as you’ve turned your back
as you flew away on a silver plane
lift me up and leave me high

but do you know that tonight
I will sing it loud and right
I’ll wash away all the lies you used to tell
and if you just smile back and laugh at me
girl can you say you’ve done it right?

and I wanna be there where you are
are you happier now with the one you hold in your arms?
I wanna be there just to know
are you doing alright?

girl I’m not trying to make you stay
you need to go, then go away
coz now I know I’m gonna make it on my own
but I don’t think you’ve done it right

and I wanna be there where you are
are you happier now with the one you hold in your arms?
I wanna be there just to know
girl are you doing alright?
are you doing alright?

it’s the things you left and it’s the things you took
it’s the words you said and it’s the words you mute
it’s the hole you made and it’s the heart you stole
it’s the way you left and it’s the way you go

and every heart you brake, every story told
is like a warning sign but you don’t want to know
you tell yourself to run, run away and leave
but will you ever find what you think you seek?

I wanna hear your voice, your familiar tone
can you talk to me, can you let me know?
are you finally free, are you happy now?
do you think of us or did you just let go?

I wanna see your face, come on look at me
come on tell me now you are finally free!
make me understand, come on make me see
did you just forget or do you think of me?