Portishead

Portishead

1. Cowboys
2. All Mine
3. Undenied
4. Half Day Closing
5. Over
6. Humming
7. Mourning Air
8. Seven Months
9. Only You
10. Elysium
11. Western Eyes



1. Cowboys


Did you sweep us far from your feet
Reset in stone the stark belief
Salted eyes and a sordid dye,
Too many years.

But donīt despair,
This day will be the damnedest day,
Oh, if you take these things from me.

Did you feed us tales of deceit
Conceal the tongues who need to speak?
Subtle lies and a siourd queen,
The truth is sold, the deal is done.

But donīt despair,
This day will be the damnedest day,
Oh, if you take these things from me.

Undefined, no signs of regret,
Your swollen pride assumes respect,
Talons fly as a last disguise,
But no return, the time has come.

So donīt despair,
And this day will be the damnedest day,
Oh, if you take these things from me.
Oh, if you take these things from me.



2. All Mine


All the stars may shine a bright
All the clouds may be blind
But when you smile
Oh how I feel so good
But I can hardly wait to hold you
And fold you never enough, render your heart to me
All mine
Youīll have to be

From that cloud, number nine
Angel stars shall decline
And such sad regret
Oh as those starry skies
As they swiftly fall
Make no mistake
You shanīt escape
Tethered and tied
Thereīs nowhere to hide from me
All mine
Youīll have to be

So donīt resist, we shall exist
Until the day, until the day, I die
All mine
Youīll have to be



3. Undenied


Youīre softly spoken words
Release my own desire
Undenied, told to me
And so bare is my heart
I canīt hide
Then so where does my heart
Belong

Release your tender touch
My senses canīt deny
Oh so strong, my desire
For so bare is my heart
I canīt hide
Then so where does my heart
Belong

Now that I found you
And seen behind those eyes
How can I carry on
For so bare is my heart
I canīt hide
And so where does my home
Belong, belong
Belong, belong



4. Half Day Closing


In the days, the golden days,
When everybody knew what they wanted
That ainīt here today

Through the times of last and low
And stop the things trying the past day
They donīt feel the same

Dreams, so believe they come
Time, life it self goes on

From beyond the shoupion skies
The money talks and leaves us hypnotized
Donīt pay the way

Underneath the fading sun
The silent song of a business man
Has left us choking

Dreams, so believe they come
Time, life it self goes on

In the days, the golden days,
When everybody knew what they wanted
It ainīt here today

Dreams, I believe theyīve gone
Time, life itself goes on



5. Over


I canīt hold this state anymore,
Understand me anymore,
To tread this fantasy, openly,
What have I done?
Oh, this uncertainty
Is taking me over

I canīt mold this state anymore,
Recognize me anymore,
To tread this fantasy, openly,
What have I done?
Oh, this uncertainty
Is taking me over

To tread this fantasy, openly,
What have I done?
Oh, this uncertainty
Is taking me over
Oh itīs all over, yeah,
Oh itīs all over, yeah, oh oh oh.



6. Humming


Closer, no hesitation
Give me all that you have,
And itīs been so long,
That I canīt explain
And itīs been so long,
Right now so wrong

Naked
My thoughts are creeping
Too late
The show has begun
īcause itīs been so long
That I canīt confess
And itīs been so long
Right now so wrong

Is it all as it seems
So unresolved, so unready
If I remain how will I know?

īcause itīs been so long
That I canīt be sure
And itīs been so wrong,
Right now, so wrong.



7. Mourning Air


Did I see a moment with you,
In a half lit world,
Iīm frightened to believe,
But I must try
If I stumble, if I fall,
Iīm reaching out in this mourning air.

Have I got the strength to ask?
Beyond the window,
I feel this fear alone,
Until we have,
Taunted on steel
If I tremble or fall,
Iīm reaching out in this mourning air

Should I fear the moment with you?
To softly whisper,
I crave nothing else so much,
Longing to reveal
Taunted on a steel I can feel your touch
Iīm reaching out in this mourning air
Iīm reaching out in this mourning ai



8. Seven Months


How can I forget you
Disregard how I feel
Silently listen
To the words I canīt see

As long as I have tried
As low as I can be
I will never resign myself
From a trial I see

Why should I forgive you
After all that Iīve seen
Quietly whisper
When my heart wants to scream

But as long as I have tried
And as low as I can be
I will never resign myself
From a trial I see

Thereīs no time to rest
Or to reconsider
For this cruel unsafe
Wonīt conceive

For as long as I have tried
And as low as I can be
I will never resign myself
From a trial I see



9. Only You


We suffer everyday
What is it for
These crams of illusion
Are fooling us all
And now I am wearie
And I feel like I do

Itīs only you
Who can tell me apart
And itīs only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

The size of our fight
Itīs just a dream
Weīve crushed everything
I canīt see in this morning selfishly
How we fell
And I feel like I do

Itīs only you
Who can tell me apart
And itīs only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

Now that weīve chosen to take all we can
The shade of autumn will stare bitter end
Years of frustration laid down side by side

And itīs only you
Who can tell me apart
And itīs only you
Who can turn my wooden heart

Itīs only you
Who can tell me apart
And itīs only you
Who can turn my wooden heart



10. Elysium


No one has said what the truth should be
I know undecided that I feel this way
If you feel desire
Would you betray yourself

But you canīt deny how I feel
And you canīt decide for me

No one should fear what they cannot see
I know once to blame itīs just hypocrisy
Itīs written in your eyes,
And how I despise myself

But you canīt deny how I feel
And you canīt decide for me

And itīs your heart
Thatīs so wrong
Mistaken, youīll never know
Youīre feathered secret say

But you canīt deny how I feel
And you canīt decide for me

And you canīt deny how I feel
Oh why should you decide for me



11. Western Eyes


Forgotten throws at anothers lie
The heart of love is our own deny
Faithless creeds consolidating
Holding down sweet charity

With western eyes and serpentīs breath
We lay our own conscious to rest

But Iīll make it
At the view
Yes Iīm breaking
At the seams just like you

They have valleyīs of a certainty
The innocent they canīt hide away
To crucify infolidating
Turn into this honesty

With western eyes and serpentīs breath
They lay there own conscious to rest
But then they lie and then they dare to be
Hidden heroes chandeliers

So Iīll make it
At the view
Yes Iīm breaking
At the seams just like you

I feel so cold
On hookers and gin
This mess weīre in


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