Flesh Complete Album - David Gray

What Are You



What are you?

what are you becoming?

what have

you become?



Once you sang your own song

now you're dancing

to the same drum

what have you become?



And what is that

you're wearing?

money's ugly confidence



You sacrificed the

poem of your imagination

for these pounds and pence



Me I

take the cynic's role

throw scorn on your empty mind

I've seen

this monotonous world

make dull what used to shine

you lost

interest

you lost your spine

oh that spine fine

fine



yeah

When there' nothing left

on this plate you're

handed

you find yourself

running the gauntlet

of all of

these double standards

it's very thin ice over which you're

skating

and after this black winter the thaw



So what are

you

tell me tell me what are you

and what have you

become

The Light:

You turn out the light

and the dark sucks

on the embers of the fire

that shoulders in the night

and

these tumbling boulders of desire

come rolling off the shadows of

me



You say I thought time was meant to take away the

hurtin'

as your lonely silhouette closes the curtain

back on

the road destination uncertain

so lets get in this car and

drive

and this feeling I feel so strong

so powerful it can't

be wrong

now the whole frosted night is just a song

song for

you



And the moon is splashed right over the street

like my

tears on your thighs so pale

its just you and me in the

sheets

and I hope the whole wide world is just a jail

when

you're away from me



And its rolling on by

here come the

night

turn out the light

and the dark sucks on the embers of

the fire

that smoulders in the night tumbling boulders of

desire

rolling, rolling...

rolling out the shadows of

me

turn out the light









Coming Down







Tears falling slow

from the bridge

into the river

below

in your eyes, I start to see

a starry veil,

the ocean

of infinity



Moon and stars above me

mingle with the blood



inside my vein

these empty arms

that should be



holding you close

through nights of winter rain

I’m

trying to spell

what only the wind can explain

it's colder

than ever

coming down



I’m drowning in shallows

cos its

in so deep

there's neon melting in the rain

took too much

powder too sleep

cos when I hold you naked

when I see you

laugh

I got a sword to stem the rivers

and cut the moon in

half



Frozen stars above me

mingle with the blood



inside my vein

empty arms that should be

holding you

close

through nights of winter rain

I’m trying to

spell

what only the wind can explain

it's colder than

ever

coming down



We danced wild

kicked off our

shoes

not a cloud

in the skies to confuse

now the sky is

cold

the sea is wide

and there's nothing to be done

'cept

reflecting the sun

and scratching the mountainside



Frozen

stars above me

mingle with the blood

inside my vein

empty

arms that should be

holding you close

through nights of

winter rain

I’m trying to spell

what only the wind can

explain

it's colder than ever

coming down







Falling Free





All of my senses overthrown

by the might of your

skin

and the lamplight on your cheek bone

drawing me further

in

no sentence I can speak

for the wonder so unique



breaking like a wave upon the shore

mercy me, I'm falling

free

since you opened up the door



See how the sky is made

of sapphire

the colours flowing through our hands

the moon is

fire in your hair

a million miles beyond what science

understands

smell that mountain heaven

I don't remember

ever

feeling like this before

mercy me, I'm falling free



since you opened up the door



and if every window pane

should shatter

if every wall should fall apart

well it might

hurt a bit

but would it matter

this diamond in my

heart

there's no need to nail it to the ground

there's no need

to smother it with sense

just listen to the rhythm of your heart



that pounds and trust it all to chance

'cause we're standing

face to face

with the Angel of grace

and don't it just taste

so pure



mercy me, I'm falling free

mercy me, I'm falling

free

mercy me, I'm falling free

since you opened up the

door







Made Up My Mind





Lightening strikes, silver motorbikes

roaring

down the open road, wind on my skin

I’m hungry to begin, my cup

has overflown

so let fall the rain down into these desert

veins

taking back what they stole

these diamonds in the

mine

can afford to become fine

in someone else's pigeon

hole



So I made up my mind

made up my mind

gonna move on

ahead

instead of lagging behind



Half past seven way up in

the heaven

the stars are singing in the sky

lying half

dressed, your head upon my breast

listening to the ocean's

lullaby

standing where we are, it seems so far

from the cold

light of day

with the faces full of grief,

and the grinding up

of teeth

has been eating my belief away



So I made up my

mind

I made up my mind

gonna move on ahead

instead of

lagging behind

instead of lagging now..



Cracks in the

veneer and the light so severe

shining down the avenue try to

join the throng

but it's feeling all wrong what are you supposed

to do

shoulder that despair take a lung of dirty air

turn to

watch the sun set red

and the ruins of a culture

of a sky

that's filled with vultures

circling over your head



So I

made up my mind

I made up my mind

gonna move on

ahead

instead of lagging behind

instead of lagging

behind



I made up my mind....









Mystery Of Love





The city gates at twilight

and a red ship

sinking

behind winter's grey wall

ice in the wind

but a

fire in the embers

of my heart

as darkness falls

in a

candlelit room

where your eyes are laughing

smoking in the red

chair

and nothing in the world

'cept the beating of my

heart

against the nerves of the air



And I know there's a

light

at the end of the tunnel

'cause I taste it on your

lips

and I feel a weight

that can bend me double

you lift

it with your fingertips

so often it happens

that words prove

useless

in the face of how it feels

so it is as the mystery of

love

keeps growing

the more my heart

reveals



Temptations endless whispers

try to keep it in

perspective

so much to distract

walking on a wire

while

your juggling desire

it's all part of your balancing act

and

it gets hard to know

just what you believe

as the argument

rages on

but for all of the talk

it's only true to say

that

if you have no hope

there is none



A tangle of

tongues

flesh flowers and thistles

of conscience, spittle and

skin

we can't change the past

so we'll raise this cup to our

lips

and drink it all in

and meantime back in

civilisation

the rain is cold as steel

but the mystery of

love

it just keep growing

the more my heart reveals



As

sure as the rose

the bright day blooms

as surely still it

fades

and the night kindles stars

on empty winds and ghosts

along the collonades

and slow but sure

the sands are falling



as the bridge burns beneath the wheel

and the mystery of love

it just keeps growing

the more my heart reveals

the more my heart reveals









Lullaby





Its a sad old world

that's turning tonight

as I slide through the streets

moonlight and memory burning

and in my hand your

broken dream



My watery eyes

I sing for you this lullaby

let the shadow fall from your window

let the morning light fill your head

stand up and let the wild wind blow

right into your soul till the night is dead



All these

useless emotions

churning round

as I search these bare walls

for a clue

and all the time

the truth is flashing in my

mind

that when a heart gets broken

there's nothing you can

do



My watery eyes

I sing for you this lullaby

let the

shadow fall from your window

let the morning light fill your head



stand up and let the wild wind blow

right into your soul till

the night is dead



And I’m packing my belongings

hey I’ll

be gone before the noon arrives

cos I know there's no use

pretending

soon it'll all be alright



But hey

let the

shadow fall from your window

let the morning light fill your head



stand up and let the wild wind blow

right into your soul till

the night is dead



See the dawn break gold

when the night

is dead



Hear the bells







New Horizons





Weight on my shoulders

but I’m walking so tall

out into the new horizon

wonder in everything

no matter how great or small

howlin' like the midnight

howlin'

like the midnight sun

and this ain't no pale reflection

this is the real thing

new horizon

new horizon within



And your heart ain't yours to control

no matter how tight the reigns

love will find it's own direction

a time to reap, a time to sow

and many a time to cry in vain

but now the time to celebrate

the glory of this imperfection

same thing that's scrawled across the stars

is written under our skin

new horizon

new horizon within



Things come too easy, I get suspicious

things come too slow, I get bored

if it don't work out I get superstitious

but if it does, oh my word



So I’m gathering all the remnants of beauty

from this wilderness in spin

and now I’m gonna light my own flame

'cause I’m charged with the radiance of the dawn

that's been so long breaking

now there ain't nowhere

there ain't nowhere I won't write your name

there's a time to search for understanding

sometime you

just gotta sing

new horizon

new horizon within



Baby





there's no need to get precious

when you know that everything

must change

complacency, it can be so vicious

turn this love into a cage



Same thing that's scrawled across the stars

is written under our skin

new horizon

new horizon within









Loves Old Song





It's like this

it's all in here

just one

kiss

will make that clear

so let the flower open

let the

ship sail

don't need no meaningless token

to hear the

nightingale



For everything that's been

for all that's yet

to come

brow full of moonbeams

singing loves old

song



Beauty threads its needle

in every eye a light will

shine

from the graveyard to the cradle

all the bells of wonder

chime

no further complication

here for the queen or for the

pawn

night of such revelation

the Jew is trembling on the

thorn



For everything that's been

for all that's yet to

come

brow full of moonbeams

singing loves old

song



Loves old song

playing in our hearts

binding it

together

pulling it apart



Loves old song

playing pure

and bold

time has come to read

what's written in your soul





Yeah yeah yeah





Out in the fields of bloody

slumber

shadows fleeing from the sun

without aim and without number

these children of oblivion



For everything that's been

for everything’s that come

a brow full of moonbeams

singing loves old song



Loves old song



playing in our hearts

binding it together

pulling it apart



Loves old song

playing pure and bold

time has come to read

what's written there in your soul



Yah yah

yeah

whoa oh oh



For everything that's been

for

everything’s that come

brow full of moonbeams

singing loves

old song