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Life Is For Living

by David Robert Bridge

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1.
Tonight you wore a black carnation You wore your hair down to your shoulders With those cherry lips that smoulder How I find myself bewitched within your smile If you only knew how I adore you If you only knew how I adore you Tonight I wore a black carnation I guess that's just the way I'm feeling When I'm staring at the ceiling And I think of you and daydream for a while If you only knew how I adore you If you only knew how I adore you Tonight you wore a black carnation I wore my hair down to my shoulders As the night is getting colder Would you walk with me and talk a little while If you only knew how I adore you (x4)
2.
Don't you wanna know another secret? There's a road that leads to the ocean And that's the road you really oughta know Cos' hearts were made to be broken Don't pretend to understand at all Don't read to hard into the meaning Pretty soon your world is gonna change And if you ever should need me Go to the lighthouse But don't go up the stairs without me in your arms Head for the lighthouse Head for the glare cos' we're shadows as dark as the winter Remember all the good times that we shared How the stars were practically glowing I just wanna keep you safe and warm The wind is constantly blowing Waves are gently crashing to the shore And the rain falls down to the gloomy We always used to spend our time together Just watching japanese movies (REPEAT CHORUS X2)
3.
Setsuko 03:40
Before I let my head drop down, I'll say a little prayer for Setsuko The bloodiest summer that this town has ever known Lord, let her be there on the beach or by the hill Or safe in your paradise, with thoughts that hold her still The Hyogo angel passes by Up over the midnight Kobe skyline Before I drink this water down I'll say a tiny prayer for Setsuko Under the bright lights now, the people come and go They're running for cover from those rain clouds in the sky Just like the shelter that we found in '45 The Hyogo angel passing by Up over the midnight Kobe skyline Before I let my head drop down, I'll say a little prayer for Setsuko
4.
Remember when we used to talk Your voice set softly on the breeze Remember when we used to walk That sunset resting on the trees The symmetry of sea and sky The mystery between the lines This empty space, my foolish heart I'll be there when the hurting starts And she falls apart, falls apart She falls apart, falls apart She moves just like an autumn dream The lights falls gently to the ground She's been this way since seventeen She floats on by without a sound In solitude, in distant waves This harvest moon will soon decay This empty space, my foolish heart I'll be there when the hurting starts And she falls apart, falls apart She falls apart, falls apart She falls apart She falls apart
5.
Down amongst the bluebells on the outskirts of the town All those old abandoned buildings, where there's no-one else around Then you lie down beside me, make a pillow from my arms And I'll hold you forever, never let you come to harm Down amongst the bluebells with your breath upon my skin Feeling warmer on the outside than I ever could within Then you place your hands in mine and put those lips upon my ear And whisper all those secrets that I never thought I'd hear Down amongst the bluebells with the memories of the dead All the ghosts would roam the meadows, looking for some place to rest You sent them away with all your beauty and your grace Souls have since departed and they're in a better place Fields on the horizon and the sun is setting fast And the flowers have all died now, just reflections of the past But I'll keep all of these memories, though they cut me like a knife The days amongst the bluebells were the best ones of my life
6.
As the sun goes down, all of my life laid safely behind me As the sun goes down, all of my poisons neatly beside me And the world spins round, endlessly falling into oblivion And the sun goes down, counting those stars from one to a million Shadows move slowly, the aches and the sorrows My love for you only, the pills that I swallow Thursday morning high, high, high As the sun goes down, something inside grows blackened and weaker As the sun goes down, somehow those stars all start to look bleaker And the world spins round, marking the days with each passing morning As the sun goes down, I know I won't see another dawning Shadows move slowly, the aches and the sorrows My love for you only, the pills that I swallow Thursday morning high, high, high
7.
We're ready to burst all over the place, the warmest embrace We're ready to burst through the lows and the highs and the tears in your eyes One of these days I'll take you to the water One of these days I'll take you to the water Everyone says you're better than your sister How I missed her sometimes, sometimes We're ready to burst, so wear nothing but black, scratch your nails down my back We're ready to burst through, to just say what we mean but the words turn to screams One of these days I'll take you to the water One of these days I'll take you to the water Everyone says you're better than your sister How I miss her sometimes, sometimes We're ready to burst We're ready to burst
8.
Sundown deep in the west This ghost town I love the best Waxing crescent moon above me, smiles like a long lost friend Waxing crescent moon above me, stay with me 'till the end The night sky that reigns supreme It plagues my soul and haunts my dreams Waxing crescent moon above me, smiles like a long lost friend Waxing crescent moon above me, stay with me 'till the end Sundown deep in the west
9.
We watch the sun rise from over the bay It's the light in your eyes that gives you away And up on the hill, you whisper my name A mellifluous voice, sweeter than honey and soft as the rain Then the lights go out, to miss you and your smile How I held your hands and kissed you all the while And it feels like the world's getting smaller Those darkest of skies where time slips away Our bodies may die, great loves may end, but dreams never fade Late in the night, wake from my despair I stretch out my arms, reach out to hold you and nobody's there (REPEAT CHORUS X2) Yeah, it feels like the world's getting smaller
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11.
When the morning comes, and you rub those tired eyes Put your make-up on and you take that step outside And the darkest cloud could never rain on you parade How I wish I could, learn how to feel this way Its the passion and it guides you The volcano inside you Then the evening falls and I come into my own Don't build up those walls, you don't have to feel alone See the moonlight shine, see those pale white orchids sway Let those heartaches fly, and we'll watch them float away Its the passion and it guides you The volcano inside you
12.
Don't wait any longer, or life might just pass you by And don't wait to be stronger, your little world, you know it starts inside She writes cards with her name on, she writes everything she wished she'd said She writes cards with her name on, its justifiable, its indescribable and its in her head, in her head Those birds fly over the ocean Just like those promises, by and by Some are meant to be broken In time and I am disinclined Those ink marks on the table, and some long forgotten words you scratched Some call it 'unstable', but a problem shared's a problem halved (REPEAT CHORUS) But life is for living...

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released March 10, 2014

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