RUNNING TO OR AWAY FROM GOD?
"The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away form God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt." November 3, 2005 ー Interview with Jann Wenner (Rolling Stone)
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I was born from a screaming sound
I could see the lights in front of me... Saw a statue of a gold guitar Bright lights right in front of me. LIGHTS OF HOME I believe in the Kingdom Come Then all the colours will bleed into one Bleed into one But yes I'm still running. I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR They want you to be Jesus They'll got down on one knee But they'll want their money back If you're alive at thirty-three. HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME My father is a rich man, he wears a rich man's cloak. He gave me the keys to his kingdom (coming) Gave me a cup of gold He said "I have many mansions And there are many rooms to see." But I left by the back door And I threw away the key. THE FIRST TIME 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. BAD This desperation, dislocation Separation, condemnation Revelation, in temptation Isolation, desolation. BAD With or without you With or without you I can't live With or without you. WITH OR WITHOUT YOU Jacob wrestled the angel And the angel was overcome. BULLET THE BLUE SKY Angel, angel or devil? I was thirsty And you wet my lips. TRIP THROUGH YOUR WIRES So hands that build Can also pull down The hands of love. EXIT Sister I can't let you go Like a preacher stealin' hearts at a travellin' show For love or money, money, money...? And the fever, gettin' higher Desire. DESIRE I have cursed thy rod and staff They no longer comfort me Love rescue me. LOVE RESCUE ME Waves of regret and waves of joy I reached out for the one I tried to destroy You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world. UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD You don't know if it's fear or desire, Danger the drug that takes you higher? Head of heaven, fingers in the mire. SO CRUEL Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief All kill their inspiration and sing about the grief. THE FLY How far are you gonna go before you lose your way back home You been tryin' to throw your arms around the world Gonna run to you, run to you, run to you; be still Gonna run to you, run to you, woman, I will. TRYIN' TO THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND THE WORLD Sometimes I feel like I don't know Sometimes I feel like checking out I wanna get it wrong Can't always be strong And love, it won't be long. ULTRA VIOLET (LIGHT MY WAY) And I'd join the movement If there was one I could believe in Yeah, I'd break bread and wine If there was a church I could receive in. ACROBAT Red lights, grey morning You stumble out of a hole in the ground A vampire or a victim It depends on who's around. STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!) Three o'clock in the morning It's quiet, there's no one around Just the bang and the clatter As an angel runs to ground Just the bang and the clatter As an angel hits the ground. STAY (FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!) I went out there in search of experience To taste and to touch and to feel as much As a man can before he repents. THE WANDERER I went out walking with a bible and a gun The word of God lay heavy on my heart I was sure I was the one. THE WANDERER But you take what you can get 'Cause it's all that you can find. Oh you know there's something more But tonight, tonight, tonight. Boom cha, boom cha, discotheque. DISCOTHEQUE Lookin' for to save my, save my soul Lookin' in the places where no flowers grow Lookin' for to fill that God-shaped hole Mother, mother-suckin' rock an' roll. MOFO You're not the only one staring at the sun Afraid of what you'd find if you stepped back inside I'm not sucking my thumb, staring at the sun Not the only one who's happy to go blind. STARING AT THE SUN She feel the ground is giving way But she thinks we're better off that way The more you take, the less you feel The less you know the more you believe The more you have, the more it takes today. LAST NIGHT ON EARTH Give it away You gotta give it away You gotta give it away She already knows it hurts She's living like it the last night on earth. LAST NIGHT ON EARTH We'll go driving in that pool It's who you know that gets you through The gates of the playboy mansion Then will there be no time for sorrow Then will there be no time for shame. THE PLAYBOY MANSION Your Catholic blues, your convent shoes, Your stick-on tattoos now they're making the news Your holy war, your northern star Your sermon on the mount from the boot of your car. PLEASE Hello hello I'm at a place called Vertigo It's everything I wish I didn't know Except you give me something I can feel. VERTIGO |
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