"Distance Inbetween" (2016)

Connector lyrics - The Coral

You are not the only one
To open up your heart
We come together then we come apart
I am not the plans you made
That lie broken in two
I am just the reflection of you

I'm the connector
You're the receiver
You're the projector
I'm the believer

You dance out the window like
A child drawn to a flame
Bow down to the masters of your shame
I am but the vision of
The image that you see
I am here and you are here in me

I'm the connector
you're the receiver
you're the projector
I'm the believer

You are like the ghost that I have
Passed along the way
An illusion of a memory
That fades
I'm like the wish you dropped
Into the slide machine
Disappeared behind the coloured screen

I'm the connector
you're the receiver
you're the projector
I'm the believer

White Bird lyrics - The Coral

Here comes the white bird
On its long way down
There goes the feeling as it hits the ground
I've seen the valleys from way up high
Road through the cities of the expecting skies
Deep inside there's something stirring
Reaching out to the heart of guide
Sirens sound the hill, the wood and
Of the dangers we left behind

I've sailed the ocean
To the place in shores
Look down from the heavens
Where the angels fall
[?] sings its sweet song
Change direction in the sun
Follow me I'll follow you [?]
Only just began ah

Here comes the white bird
On its long way down
There goes the feeling as it hits the ground
I've seen forever on the other side
Birds with new horizon
Where the white bird flies
Where the white bird flies
Where the white bird flies

Chasing The Tail Of A Dream lyrics - The Coral

Rise in the burning light
Your spirit flies around me like a butterflies
Shifting through the sleepless nights
Turning all the pages, as I've been wasting lights
Chasing the tail of a dream
Chasing the tail of a dream

Moving in the futures grasp
Stepping through the mirror into the past
Falling through descend and time
Suspended in the moment of a naked eye
Chasing the tail of a dream
Chasing the tail of a dream

Smothered in a house of lies
Ridden in the symbols hidden in plain sight
Chasing the tail of a dream
Chasing the tail of a dream

Distance Inbetween lyrics - The Coral

Time circles in my mind
Hits me through the veil of a dream
And the distance in between
Smiles mingle for a while
And Leave me through the heart
Broken sea and the distance in between

Through the veil I will catch you
I will come to your door
I will crawl through the lectures
And I'll kiss you like before
How could I be sure

Red skies hangin' over me
Leads me on today
Final scene
And the distance in between

Through the veil I will catch you
I will come to your door
I will crawl through the lectures
And I'll kiss you like before
How could I be sure
Through the veil I will catch you
I will come to your door
I will crawl through the lectures
And I'll kiss you like before
How could I be sure

Million Eyes lyrics - The Coral

Our eyes are shining like the stars
Vibrations falling into grain
We're a million eyes away
We're a million eyes away

We're never coming home
Out here we ride alone
Cause we're a million eyes away

We are the patterns in the sky
We split the light inside the rain
We're a million eyes away
We're a million eyes away

Balanced on the wire
Shadows dancing into fire
Cause we're a million eyes away
Our eyes are shining like the stars
Vibrations falling into grain
We're a million eyes away
We're a million eyes away

We're never coming home
Out here we ride alone
Cause we're a million eyes away

Miss Fortune lyrics - The Coral

She moves through the air
In the bright light of the summer
The world's got her running
But she's not running scared

But someone, somewhere
Sends a lover to the killing
I am here and she is willing
To show me that she's there

Oooooh she's a mover
And she moves in and out of time

Deep in her fear
At the heel of misfortune
She's got my name, she's got my number
As I pass her on the stairs

Oooooh she's a mover
And she moves in and out of time

She hears the call, stands to fall
And now she's on her way
Twist and turns into the sun
Here she comes again
Here she comes again
Here she comes again
Here she comes again
Here she comes again

She moves through the air
In the bright light of the summer
The world's got her running
But she's not running scared

Oooooh she's a mover
And she moves in and out of time
Oooooh she's a mover
And she moves in and out of time

Beyond The Sun lyrics - The Coral

Do you feel do you feel like your mother's gone
Like the old ones upon the road
Do you dream one day you'll be in the palace
Of forgiveness beyond the sun ohh
Beyond the sun

Did you live like a king in the golden war
In the time that had just begun
[?] someday I'll walk through the channels of desire
Beyond the sun oohh beyond the sun

See the lifeline soul from side oh
Look and left the [?] forever
Where do they go?

Can you hear?
Can you hear the silent song
All the prayers that I said and done
Do you believe that one day I'll find
On the rooms of crystal fire beyond the sun
Oohh beyond the sun
Oohh beyond the sun

It's You lyrics - The Coral

You're a killer in the head light
Hey lover in the morning
You're looking for a free ride
You're here too far a fall

And it's you
Is it you?
That I'm turning into

You're a drifter in a the moon's gaze
A hermit with a curfew
You're looking for a new way
To dreaming on the world

And it's you, is it you?
That I'm turning into

When you cry the selfish tear
Fruit out your labor baby
There was nothing to say
So I left you there

You're a stranger in the darkway (darkway)
Familiar with your new friend (familiar with your new friend)
You're waiting on the day( waiting on the day)
When alive here comes the truth

And it's you, yes it's you
And it's you, yes it's you
That I'm turning into

Holy Revelation lyrics - The Coral

Another travelling man on the run
I keep on moving in the heat of the sun
It's so hard to define
A body without a mind

It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation
It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation

In the arms of darkness, I greet the light
A seventh son with a second sight
It's something you can't describe
To see without your eyes

It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation
It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation

Born to break these chains
In a royal sealed cage
And in the promise that remains
I'll carry on
I'll carry on

In the silver morning I'm on my way
A dove returning through the rain
It never felt so real
To touch what I can feel

It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation
It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation
It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation
It's such a sweet sensation
A holy revelation

She Runs The River lyrics - The Coral

On the other side of the night she cries
Somewhere between the sheets and the skies
She runs the river till the river runs dry
She runs the river till the day that she dies

The cold wind blows through her gold chains
Searching for something to ease the pain
She runs the river till the river runs dry
She runs the river till the day that she dies

Oooh...
Oooh...

Flash of rain and she is gone
Sleeping in the wound of the sun
She runs the river till the river runs dry
She runs the river till the day that she dies

Oooh...
Oooh...

Fear Machine lyrics - The Coral

Black as a devil sweet as a stolen kiss
Walking the shadow soft as a whispered wish
You're taking in the feeling warm to [?]

The light isn't fortune those are in the sky
Bisons are calling but there's nowhere left to hide
Passion is dimension like a mafia to the light

Black as a devil sweet as a summer greens
[?] nightsky trying to steal my dreams

I won't be a prisoner
Inside the fear machine
And I won't be a prisoner
Inside the fear machine

"The Curse Of Love" (2014)

The Curse Of Love (Part 1) lyrics - The Coral

The curse has begun
Yesterday's gone
Now there is so much to lose
Illusion and fear
Confusion and tears
It's more than any cross could bear

[Chorus:]
The curse of love
The curse of love

Emperors will crawl
Empires will fall
And the soldiers they'll hang their heads
Time strikes its chord
The last sword is drawn
Bullets straight to the heart

[Chorus]

Widows they weep
In their restless sheets
No one will hold them tonight
And way down below
Dark figures flow
In shadows against the wall

[Chorus]

You Closed The Door lyrics - The Coral

You walk into love, you're running out of luck
You're in the place nobody can touch
The fog upon the bridge
And all the things you did
Before you closed the door
You closed the door

Ring on a finger, digging in the dust
The old dying bell you left out to rust
Into the sheets of gold
You sunk like a stone
And now you've closed the door
You've closed the door

Stoned through the fields deep inside your heart
Could be beautiful from here to the stars
Or does the empty platform wait
My train arrives too late
And now you've closed the door
You've closed the door

Boats in the harbour leaving for the light
Touching the abyss, no tomorrow in your sights
Like flesh clings to the bone
It's you and you alone
Who stands behind the door
You've closed the door

Just like it once before
I will keep on knocking
At your door

View From The Mirror lyrics - The Coral

The room is warm
Thread on a table
The old lady sleeps in a chair

The lamp is dim
Lace ties the curtains
The scissors dangle from a hatch

The tea's gone cold
In her china cup
The cat's curled up by the fire

Behind the door
A persistent sleep
She keeps a lifetime locked away

Her mother's voice
That goes through the past
She cuts the roses to the ground

A book is closed
Her mouth slightly open
The floorboards creak in the hall

The Watcher In The Distance lyrics - The Coral

I've heard the silent sound
Ventured inbetween the here and now
And the watcher in the distance
Closer now than you will ever know

The touch, how it's unfolds
The journey to the centre of the world
I am the watcher in the distance
Closer now than you will ever know

I saw the lost cities
Frozen there in icy mystery
I am the watcher in the distance
Closer now than you will ever know

Don't think I've gone away
I walk beside you every single day
I am the watcher in the distance
Closer now than you will ever know

I've heard the silent sound
Ventured inbetween the here and now
I am the watcher in the distance
Closer now than you will ever know
The watcher in the distance
The watcher in the distance
The watcher in the distance
The watcher in the distance
The watcher

The Golden Bough lyrics - The Coral

Only see you in the summertime
When the weather's fine
You disappear when the cold wind blows
Creep inside my mind

Then I realize… [x2]
There's no one waiting for [?]

The wish we made by our window
Never left my side
Saw you walk across the lonely tracks
Far beyond my eye

Rode the [?] from The Golden Bough
To the mountainside
I watched you running with the buttercups
In a field of lies

"Butterfly House" (2010)

More Than A Lover lyrics - The Coral

More than a lover
Don’t you know
You’ll always he
A good friend to me

When tears are discovered
Don’t you know
I’ll always help
A good friend in need

But what's done is done
So I sing to you
A song we left unsung
When you’re falling down
And sometimes it seems
Too much to carry on
It’s too much to carry on

More than a lover
Don’t you know
You’ll always be
A good friend of mine

Where pain is uncovered
Will you walk with me
Through the burden
Of time

But what's done is done
So I sing to you
A song we left unsung
When you’re falling down
And sometimes it seems
Too much to carry on
It’s too much to carry on

When you can’t break away
And you find
Sorrow splits the sky
Twisting your heart inside
But there’s nothing left to hide
Nothing left to hide

But what's done is done
So I sing to you
A song we left unsung
When you’re falling down
And sometimes it seems
Too much to carry on
It’s too much to carry on
...

More than a lover
Don’t you know
You’ll always he
A good friend to me

Roving Jewels lyrics - The Coral

I used to call
At the Roving Jewel
I’d stay there
For the winter
Memories,
Pinned inside of me
Like the scarlet curtains
Hanging in the window

Bows of silk
And strands of hair
Alt the pages
Lying empty
Seems to me
A Mystery
Like the scarlet curtains
Hanging in the window

Paper flowers
On the table
Thought I’d left them
By the door

All the pictures
They have fallen,
I’ve fallen with them
Many times before

I’ve bid farewell
To the Roving Jewel
Secrets sleeping
In the barley
Silver skies
Things I’ve left behind
And the scarlet curtains
Hanging in the window...

The scarlet curtains
Hanging in the window...

Walking In The Winter lyrics - The Coral

We went walking in the winter
It was the coldest
Time of year

It’s where I handed you a letter
You turned around
I disappeared

It said someday
I’ll find my way
And we’ll go walking
In the winter

It’s so hard to make a living
When the world
Is so unkind

But it's not something
That you're given
It’s something that
You got to find

It said someday
I'll find my way
And we’ll go walking
In the winter

And it’s o.k. to close your eyes
Those silver sailing ships
Go sailing by
It’s all in your mind
It's gonna be alright
This time

Seasons change
Into summer
Fires burning in the dark

I hope sometimes
You read my letter
And know I had to
Play my part

It said someday
I'll find my way
And we’ll go walking
In the winter

And we’ll go walking
In the winter
...

Sandhills lyrics - The Coral

When I think
That there’s nothing left to say
Then you say it again
Hurts like never before
Searching to find an open door

I’ll tell you this
We’ll never meet again
When I’m feeling this way
And with these words
You will fly,
Like a bird
In the unforgiving sky

Don’t leave me behind
Don’t leave me behind
Don’t leave me behind

We could dive
Beneath the golden waves,
We could be saved
And through the sandhills
We’d ride,
Like the leaves
On the vine of forgotten time

Don’t leave me behind
Don’t leave me behind
Don’t leave me behind

And when the distant whispers
Call my name
In the blackest heartlands
Of my shame

I hear you laugh
I know it’s all a game
Look around there’s no-one
Left to blame
I’m losing my way

I could hide
Familiar in my pain
Serve my sorrows in vain
Or I could step right outside
And show you that I’m alive

And I’ll leave you behind
I’ll leave you behind.
I’ll leave you behind.
I’ll leave you behind.

Butterfly House lyrics - The Coral

Inside the Butterfly House
The wind blows in
From the pier
The Punch and Judy stand
Before you, then it disappears

I dim the lights
And tell your fortune
We’ll be there soon

In the Butterfly House

Back to the sea
A ship comes in
To a half moon town

Hear the towers fall
And watch dreamland
Burn to the ground

I dim the lights
And tell your fortune
We’ll he there soon

In the Butterfly House

Long ago
When the music played
From the steeple
To the bay
Time went by
In the warm summer sky
As we walked
Free of loneliness and doubt

In the Butterfly House
In the Butterfly House
In the Butterfly House
...

Green Is The Colour lyrics - The Coral

Green is the colour
Of her eyes...

I see her drifting
In her sleep
Through the trees

The forest darker
Than the whispers
In my dreams

Jealously she hides
Her smile
Looks into the endless skies
And green is the colour
Of her eyes...
Green is the colour
Of her eyes...

I hear her talking
With the leaves
In the dark

The crooked branches
Hanging heavy
In her heart

Jealously she hides
Her smile
Looks into the endless skies

And green is the colour
Of her eyes...
Green is the colour
Of her eyes...

Green is the colour
When I look in her eyes

A stare that will cut you
Like a knife
Through these starry skies

Green is the colour
Of her eyes...
Green is the colour
Of her eyes...
Green is the colour
Of her eyes...
...

Falling All Around You lyrics - The Coral

A kiss
I’ll take it with me now
I’ve heard the story’s out
All over town

I laugh
And fall down to my knees
Like paper tumbling
Through the streets

In the morning
When the sun will rise
And the day is new

I’m falling all around you...
I’m falling all around you...

The sheets
Where you lay with me love
In the quiet hours
Before dawn

You said
I’m like a sinking stone
But some stories
Should not be told

At the dawning
When the seagull flies
And the day is new

I’m falling all around you...
I’m falling all around you...

In the morning
When the sun will rise
And the day is new

I’m falling all around you...
I’m falling all around you...
I’m falling all around you...
I’m falling all around you...
...

Two Faces lyrics - The Coral

Two faces of a girl
I used to know
One for where she stays
One for where she goes

Two faces side by side
One’s like fire, one’s like ice
Both for show
But what do I know?

All alone...

Two faces of a girl
Inside a dream
One’s for love
And one’s for mystery

Two faces in the night
One’s the shadow,
One’s the light
Both for show
But what do I know?

All alone...

Two faces side by side
One’s like fire, one’s like ice
Both for show
But what do I know?

All alone...
All alone...
All alone...
All alone...

Two faces of a girl
I used to know
Two faces of a girl
I used to know

She's Comin' Around lyrics - The Coral

This town's on fire
But the world,
It don't make a sound

Her golden hair
Lights the sky,
When she’s comin' around

She’s on the outside,
I’m lost in the crowd
She’s on the inside, now
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
But she’s a stranger to me now

The moon hangs high
And the wild night
Comes out to play

Was it a dream,
A wish,
Or something I couldn’t say?

She’s on the outside
I’m lost in the crowd
She’s on the inside, now
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
But she’s a stranger to me now

Is she looking for somethin’?
Somethin’ that can’t be found?
Look in the mirror, now
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
She’s comin' around
But she’s a stranger to me now.
She’s a stranger to me now.

1000 Years lyrics - The Coral

Ooh, ooh,
Waiting for a thousand years,
Ooh, ooh,
Sailing on a thousand tears.

Ooh, ooh,
Waiting for a thousand years,
Ooh, ooh,
Sailing on a thousand tears.

Seasons in your mind
Colours they change
With the passing of time
You’ll find your way...
You’ll find your way...

Ooh, ooh,
Waiting for a thousand years,
Ooh, ooh,
Sailing on a thousand tears.

Signs set in stone
Follow the river
Wherever she flows
You’ll find your way...
You’ll find your way...

Ooh, ooh,
Waiting for a thousand years,
Ooh, ooh,
Sailing on a thousand tears.

A new day has begun
Now that you're standing
In the warmth of the sun
You’ll find your way...
You’ll find your way...
You’ll find your way...
You’ll find your way...

Ooh, ooh,
Waiting for a thousand years.

Coney Island lyrics - The Coral

Once I went
To Coney Island
Took a city train

It was cold
I was far away
It all comes back again

On this sweet day
On this sweet day

Once I swam down
By the rocks
In the salted sea

The sun was hanging
Over the mountains
It all comes back to me

On this sweet day
On this sweet day

On this sweet day
On this sweet day...
On this sweet day
On this sweet day...

It’s all in your mind, you know
It’s all in your mind
We’re out on the water now
It’s all out of time
It’s all in your mind
It’s all in your mind, you know
It’s all in your mind
We’re out on the water now
It’s all in your mind.

North Parade lyrics -

People come
And people go
On the North Parade

Painting pictures
Of paradise
At the penny arcade

But as the arcade penny claw
Comes a rapping
To my door

On the North Parade
They’ve all gone away
On the North Parade
Deserted again

A lamp it flickers
Behind the blind
At the end of the day

A stranger looks out
To the cove
From the passage way

But as the arcade penny claw
Comes a rapping
To my door

On the North Parade
They’ve all gone away
On the North Parade
Deserted again

There’s a boy
That can’t go home
He walks out here alone

On the North Parade
They’ve all gone away
On the North Parade
The World seems so strange

"Roots & Echoes" (2007)

Who's Gonna Find Me lyrics - The Coral

It's six in the morning
And theres noone else around
The mist has fallen
As I look out on the town

It's playing on my mind
Wasting all my time, away

It's too close for tears
And it too hard to forget
It's too close for tears
I think I thought I said

It's playing on my mind
Wasting all my time, away
Who's gonna find me?
Tell me where I can go?
Who's gonna find me, searching, alone.

The face in the mirror
It's a face I've never met
Until I forgive her ill remember to forget

It's playing on my mind
Wasting all my time, away
Who's gonna find me?
Tell me where I can go?
Who's gonna find me, searching, alone.

And the hours, they build
From underneath the spell, once again

It's 6 in the evening
And I'm sweeping up the day
The people beneath them
But I am here to stay

It's playing on my mind
Wasting all my time, away
Who's gonna find me?
Tell me where I can go?
Who's gonna find me, searching, alone.
[x2]

Remember Me lyrics - The Coral

See her walking down the street
She reads the signs that no one sees
I ask myself will she remember me?
From Edge Lane to London Road
I'd catch the bus there every Friday
Hoping that I'd see her once again
Heavy sighs and border lines
I'm a prisoner, when she's so fancy free
Will she remember me?
Will she remember me?
It seems like a month of Sundays
Since I saw her cross the road
The summer sun it never seemed so cold
Then one day to my surprise
I spied her on the other side
I tried to speak but my tongue it was tied
Heavy sighs and border lines
I'm a prisoner, when she's so fancy free
Will she remember me?
Will she remember me?
Heavy sighs and border lines
I'm a prisoner, when she's so fancy free
Will she remember me?
Will she remember me?
I met a friend who knew her mother
He said he saw her yesterday
He said she said that she went away
Now she wears a diamond ring
And glides across the crystal floor
She doesn't walk down my street anymore
Heavy sighs and border lines
I'm a prisoner, when she's so fancy free
Will she remember me?
Will she remember me?
Will she remember me?
Will she remember me?

Put The Sun Back lyrics - The Coral

I caught you crying
Trying to hide your tears away
And all the while
I never knew you felt this way
I’ve loved you from the start
How could we let this come apart?

We’ve got to put
The sun back in our hearts

Through the alleyways
The avenues and dreary days
Your schoolyard eyes
Hypnotizing every time
When we kiss in the dark
Emotion tearing us apart

We’ve got to put
The sun back in our hearts

Down the cinder path
And through the hedge
Climbing up to the window ledge
Throwing lockets to make a scene
I can’t explain, you know what I mean

I caught you crying
Trying to hide your tears away
But your crippled smile
Will always give the game away
Are we falling apart?
Are we just walking in the park?

Jacqueline lyrics - The Coral

You left before the rain came down
December was the only sound
All the leaves fell to the ground
When you went away

It’s a crying shame to see
A kiss become a memory
Now i know just what you mean
When you say

Way Above
Where the north winds blow
We will watch out afar
To the valley below

Oh Jacqueline I know [2x]

A pattern of the ways it seems
Thats the way it has to be
Now I know just what you mean
When you say

Way above
Where the north winds blow
We will watch out afar
To the valley below

Oh Jacqueline I know [2x]

The Coven House
Where you now go
It stole our love
Don’t you know
Don’t you know

Oh Jacqueline don’t go
Oh Jacqueline I know
Oh Jacqueline don’t go
Oh Jacqueline I know

Fireflies lyrics - The Coral

I walked by the window
And stopped in the light
I stood there watching
The fireflies

Went down to the ocean
In search of a song
Wherever I'm going
That's where I belong

Fireflies fly on by
You will never ever see me cry
You won't see me cry
You won't see me cry

Sand [?]
Appear on the shore
If you ask for nothing
You'll get nothing more

I walked by the window
And stopped in the light
I stood there counting
The fireflies

Fireflies fly on by
You will never ever see me cry
You won't see me cry
You won't see me cry

Fireflies fly on by
You will never ever see me cry
You won't see me cry
You won't see me cry

I'm watching fireflies, watching fireflies
I'm watching fireflies, watching fireflies
I'm watching fireflies, watching fireflies

In The Rain lyrics - The Coral

Outside the factory gates
Where I will sit and wait
For you to turn around
And show me there's a way
I am a stranger to the light
Enchanted by the walkers of the night

I stepped into the dark
With all the broken hearts
I've searched the empty streets
Distant and apart
I am a stranger in this life
Haunted by yesterday's desires

And when we meet again
You'll know I am to blame
When you see me standing in the rain

They say they can see
What I'm supposed to be
But what is right for them
Don't mean it's right for me
I am a stranger to the light
Enchanted by the walkers of the night

And so the story goes
As I watch from my window
Across the water front
But they will never know
I am a stranger in this life
Haunted by yesterday's desires

And when we meet again
You'll know I am to blame
When you see me standing in the rain

I am a stranger to the light
Enchanted by the walkers of the night
And when we meet again
You'll know I am to blame
When you see me standing in the rain
In the rain
In the rain
In the rain
In the rain
In the rain

Not So Lonely lyrics - The Coral

Today when love has slipped away
That's when I picture you standing on the shore
And all my sorrows, oh how they disappear
And I don't feel so lonely anymore

Tomorrow when it seems so faraway
That's when I recall the way you watched me fall
And all my tears, they will turn to sand
And I won't feel so lonely anymore

And the light, it keeps on guiding me
Back to the memory of when I held you there
Oh, when I held you there, when I held you on the shore
Now I don't feel so lonely anymore

So long, looks like I'm leaving soon
But I'll be back again knocking at your door
And all my darkest thoughts, they will fade away
And I won't be so lonely anymore

Cobwebs lyrics - The Coral

There's a place where the creatures play
I'm going there at the end of the day
Who knows what I'll find,
in the cobwebs of my mind.
There's a face in the photograph
in the attic beside the mask
Closer to the tide
in the cobwebs of my mind.

From the watch house to the marshes
far away the signs to how we make
and she'll show me the way

We'll stick together through the thick and thin,
let's go out that's where I begin
now I'm lost inside
in the cobwebs of my mind.

There's a place where the music plays,
I'll meet her there at the end of the day
Who knows what she'll find
in the cobwebs of my mind.
When she moves her beauty falls
in the garden the masters call
She knows where I hide
in the cobwebs of my mind.

She reads my eyes, she reads my eyes

Rebecca You lyrics - The Coral

Stay by my side, let me wander
Through the darkness of your eyes
The moon, it comes rising like a ghost upon the tide
Your sweet smile

And when you hide
Where do you hide?
What do you do?
Rebecca you

You're out of reach
You built a wall around you, I can't breach
There's no way through
Rebecca you

Catch your dream of the silence
On the pathways of my mind
When I return on the roads
That always seem to lead nowhere
Will you [?]

Oh, when you hide
Where do you hide?
What do you do?
Rebecca you

You're out of reach
Built a wall around you, I can't breach
There's no way through
Rebecca you

And when you hide
Where do you hide?
What do you do?
Rebecca you

You're out of reach
You've built a wall around you, I can't breach
There's no way through
Rebecca you

Rebecca you
Rebecca you
Rebecca you

She's Got A Reason lyrics - The Coral

She watched the sky as it bathes into black
Watched with the lovers that never came back
The princes and kings, all the beautiful things
And more

She won't wait, she'll never look back
Through the morgue where the mirrors have crashed
She slides through a dream with all her beautiful schemes
And more

She's got a reason to roam with the stars
Watch her go as she sings
Dum dum dara ra ra, dum dum dara ra ra
Dum dum dara ra ra, dum dum dara

Love is gold, time is a thief
She's the river that runs to the sea
With her arms open wide, a sorrowful smile
And more

Still she wonders soaked to the bone
The road she's on, well, it won't lead her home
To the place she cried for the stranger inside
And more

She's got a reason to roam with the stars
Watch her go as she sings
Dum dum dara ra ra, dum dum dara ra ra
Dum dum dara ra ra, dum dum dara

She watched the sky as it bathes into black
Watched with the lovers that never came back
The princes and kings, all the beautiful things
And more

She's got a reason to roam with the stars
Watch her go as she sings
Dum dum dara ra ra, dum dum dara ra ra
Dum dum dara ra ra, dum dum dara

Music At Night lyrics - The Coral

Nothing seems right
Except for the music at night
A change in the season
It comes like a thorn in my side
Lost in a maze, lost in a maze

I looked for you, I was invisible too
Sleeping on Sunday
Avoiding the pale afternoon
Deep in a dream, deep in a dream

But nothing seems right
Except for the music at night

When I awoke
I saw a face in the smoke
Chilled by the evening
Caught up in the undertone
I call your name, I call your name

Out of the blue
That's when you walk in the room
A shift in the darkness
You ask me if I still want you
Of course I do, of course I do

But nothing seems right
Except for the music at night

Nothing seems right
Except for the music at night
A change in the season
It comes like a thorn in my side
Lost in a maze, lost in a maze

But nothing seems right
Except for the music at night

"The Invisible Invasion" (2005)

She Sings The Mourning lyrics - The Coral

Down to the glen where the roses twine
Lie in the grass watch the time go by
The hum drum mid-afternoon sun
Only his mothers only son

Black Jack tarmac dirt dust trap
Sister certain wrapped in rags
Whispers words of unwished schemes
Steals a smile from the scorpions dream

She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
We're out of sight
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night

Blood red love not temptress eyes
Cuts right through the family ties
Lighthouse lights the locust nest
Salem's site invites incest

Back to the glen where the roses twine
Treacle tarts and turpentine
Patron saint of guillotines
A secret's safe when no-one sees

She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
She said don't worry
We're out of sight
She sings the mourning
In the quiet night
[x2]

Cripple's Crown lyrics - The Coral

Unopened door
On the 13th floor
Conspiracy in the corridors

I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

What should you say?
What can you do?
Satellites are watching you

I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

At this dark hour
Who'll be there?

Open the door
If you dare
Venus fly trap on the stairs

I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

There'll be no time
There'll be no tears
The elevator disappears

I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown
I'll take you down
Down to cripples crown

Cripples crown
Cripples crown
Cripples crown
Cripples crown

So Long Ago lyrics - The Coral

Up on Kill Devil hill
The sand dunes are still
It ends as it begins

December 1903
A buzzard on the breeze
The coin will see who wins

I said it's heads or tails
Bicycles for sale it's time to go
But now it seems so long ago
Now it seems so long ago

It was three days later
In a web of wire
Or so it seems

Up on Kill Devil hill
The sand dunes are still
Picture the scene

I watched their plans unfold
In the morning cold
The world will know
But now it seems so long ago
Now it seems so long ago

If that's you over there
You can laugh you can stare
Well I don't care

I'll just say heads or tails
Bicycles for sale it's time to go
But now it seems so long ago
But now it seems so long ago
But now it seems so long ago
But now it seems so long ago

The Operator lyrics - The Coral

The operators came and took me away
They took me away
Everybody laughed
Remember the day they took me away

I don't know what they're looking for
Don't think I'll ever know

They laid me on the bed
Drilled my head
The incision bled
Put wires in my brain
Every now and again
I remember a name

And as i drift away
Into my hiding place

A maze of alleyways
Where the cameras cannot see

The operators came and took me away
They took me away
Everybody laughed
Remember the day they took me away
Remember the day they took me away
Remember the day they took me away

A Warning To The Curious lyrics - The Coral

A warning to the curious
A message for the meek
Its better not to be in love
Than to be in between

You, If I never had you
Then I wouldn't feel the way I do now
If I never had you

It was just a joke you said
But now I'm warning you
On whose grounds do you dare to tread?
When all your plans fall through

You, If I never had you
Then I wouldn't feel the way I do now
If I never had you

A warning to the curious
A message for the meek
It's better not to be in love
Than to be in between

You, If I never had you
Then I wouldn't feel the way I do now
If I never had you
If I never had you
If I never had you
If I never had you
If I never had you
If I never had you
If I never had you
If I never had you

In The Morning lyrics - The Coral

Shut the bedroom window in the morning
Go to the shop, make plans to be leaving
In the morning

Thought I was sleeping, it was just a dream
An alley cat chewing on dead leaves
In the morning

Out of the dark and into the light
When the morning comes, I will be all right

When I leave, I try not to wake her
Tea and a toast to yesterday's capers
In the morning

She wrote my name on a red telephone box
When I got there, she'd already rubbed it off
In the morning

Out of the dark and into the light
When the morning comes, I will be all right

And all this time I've watched it change
But it's still the same
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning
In the morning

Something Inside Of Me lyrics - The Coral

Something inside of me
Feels like I've been wanting you forever
There'll never be another century
There's no time to think about the weather

When there's something inside of me
Something inside of me
Something inside of me
And now I can't look back

The invisible invasion
It's like a stranger strangled on the moor
Into the void for now I'm gone
Five in the morning I'll be knocking at your door

With something inside of me
Something inside of me
Something inside of me
And now I can't look back

Oh please don't cut me loose
I know you think that I'm bullet-proof
Can't you see that it's hurting me
What do think I'm supposed to be when

There's something inside of me
Feels like I've been wanting you forever
There'll never be another century
There's no time to think about the weather

When there's something inside of me
There's something inside of me
Something inside of me
And now I can't look back

Come Home lyrics - The Coral

Come home you've been gone too long
I hear you walking like a tired dog
All alone in the wild untamed
A fading face in the picture frame

Well I'll be waiting when the cuckoo calls
A different place but the same four walls
I hear you crying for somebody's arms
Come home away from harm

Tears those tears and thorns
The unborn will pass through every storm
While the sad silent son
He sings for the kings
And the times they had last spring

Come home through the hurricanes
The violent winds and the sharp chicanes
I see you swimming in the blackest seas
With the magnets and the mysteries

Above the fireplace upon the shelf
In the book where I find myself
Was it you who turned the page last night?
Come home it will be alright

Tears those tears and thorns
The unborn will pass through every storm
While the sad silent son
He sings for the kings
And the times they had last spring

Come home [x8]

Far From The Crowd lyrics - The Coral

Where did you go?
Waiting by the rocks
Stories never told

When you cried out loud
It never made a sound
Away from the towns
And far from the crowd

Gold, silver and gold
Waiting by the rocks
Shivering cold

Like Miranda said
Life's not for the dead
Away from the sounds
And far from the crowd

Where did you go?
Waiting by the rocks
Stories never told

One forgotten day
Sadly passed away
Into the ground
And far from the crowd

Leaving Today lyrics - The Coral

I'm leaving today
Too much time's already wasted
I know I can't stay
So I've made my reservations

I'm closing the door
To this old empty house
Of sorrows
They're only sorrows
Until tomorrow
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today

Things I'll never know
All the words I wanted to say
Ghost at the window
And things will never be the same

I'm closing the door
To this old empty house
Of sorrows
They're only sorrows
Until tomorrow
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today

I'm rolling my bones
Right out of this lonely place
I'll never go home
It's not my home anyway

I'm closing the door
To this old empty house
Of sorrows
They're only sorrows
Until tomorrow
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today
I'm leaving today

Arabian Sand lyrics - The Coral

Arabian sand
Feel it slipping through your hands
Arabian sand

Arabian sand
A madness you can't understand
Arabian sand

The mad man's in the desert
Look out behind you
The mad man's in the desert
Looking to find you

The mad man's in the desert
Promised the future
The mad man's in the desert
He's looking to shoot you down
In the desert

The mad man's in the desert

Arabian sand
Feel it slipping through your hands
Arabian sand

Arabian sand
Swear an oath and take a stand
Arabian sand

The mad man's in the desert
Look out behind you
The mad man's in the desert
Looking to find you

The mad man's in the desert
Promised the future
The mad man's in the desert
He's looking to shoot you down
In the desert

The mad man's in the desert

Can you dance with the lepers
In the mad man's house

Late Afternoon lyrics - The Coral

It's late afternoon
Smoke fills the room
The actor sighs
Dogs barking outside

The night seems the same
It sleeps in the day
The actress cries
For their last goodbyes

It's always this way
Everytime
You're passing me by

On days like these
Walk to the sea
It's too hard to find
Mirrors collide

The end of the street
The place where we meet
With tears in our eyes
Stay for a while

It's always the same
Everytime
You're passing me by

It's late afternoon
You enter the room
The music dies
And leaves us behind
It's all just a game
Everytime

"Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker" (2004)

Precious Eyes lyrics - The Coral

This little girl, all work no play
October grey makes the hangman's day
Hotel, TV, silent movie
Her precious eyes gazed back at me
From the beach to the sea
While the count and the countess, they cry
For the ruins the world left behind
What a beautiful night for her precious eyes

The pubs are closed, the streets are cold
Billy Casper buries the bones
Of a boy that cried, learned to despise
I'll make them mine, her precious eyes

From the sand to the sky
While the gargoyles and dragons they sigh
For the sake of Saint serpentine
What a beautiful night for her precious eyes

Her precious eyes

Venom Cable lyrics - The Coral

Venom cable, wicked tongue
Zoo keeper, iron lung
Venom cable, poisoned pout
Tarantula, burning blouse

Ooh oooh...

Venom cable, emergency
Magnetic simplicity

Venom cable, maggot brain
Wrap the world in cellophane

Ooh oooh...

Venom cable, venom cable
Venom cable, venom cable

I Forgot My Name lyrics - The Coral

I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through, I can see through
I forgot my name, I forgot my name
On memory lane I forgot my name
I forgot my name, I forgot my name
This is not a game
When I forgot my name

I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through, I can see through

I forgot my name, I forgot my name
Isn't that a shame, but I forgot my name
I forgot my name, I forgot my name
On memory lane I forgot my name

I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through you
I can see through, I can see through

Song Of The Corn lyrics - The Coral

Out in the field when the first has been born
Folks sing a song, song of the corn
Late in the day when the secrets are sworn
Folks tell a tale, tale of the corn
I heard a commotion one late afternoon
Someone was singing a funeral tune
As I lay watching them hoist up the cross
Something was burning, something was lost

Could you believe what the scarecrow had seen
Folks come to fall down to their knees
Rumours of strangers been buried alive
Black bats and barnyards send chills at my spine

Sorrow Or The Song lyrics - The Coral

In the beggar's house of wasted thoughts I saw you
You took my hand, led me to another land
Down past the old picture house we wandered
With no time to be proud, I have to decide now
If I should follow the sorrow or the song
Where do I belong?
The sorrow or the song?
The sorrow or the song?

How the thought of you clings to me like
How the thought of you clings to me like

A haunting school yard memory waiting
I'll have to wait turn, sit and watch them burn
The prison wall, the music hall, the tower clock
Is watching over town, I'll have to decide now

If I should follow the sorrow or the song
Where do I belong?
The sorrow or the song?
The sorrow or the song?

Auntie's Operation lyrics - The Coral

Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
She's coming around
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
And you're going down

She'll want your sympathy
She'll never let you be
She's sniffing at your food
Before it's even chewed

Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
She's coming around

Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
And you're going down

She thinks she's world renown
With the pastor of Paris crown
Before you think ahead
She'll be sleeping in your bed

Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
Auntie's operation
You're coming around

Why Does The Sun Come Up lyrics - The Coral

[Son:] What's that, Daddy?
[Dad:] That's government property, Son!
[Son:] But why?
[Dad:] Why does the sun come up?

Grey Harpoon lyrics - The Coral

Please don't let the light though my window
Keep the curtain shut
It brings me good luck

Please don't let the light through my window
Don't wanna see the day
I don't need it anyway

Please don't let the light through my window
Don't wanna see the shop or the wet bus stop

Please don't let the light through my window
The bells ring out for doom
On this sunday afternoon

Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window
Please don't let the light through my window

[fading]

Keep Me Company lyrics - The Coral

Over the hill and far away
Down the valley and past the lake
Through the trees beneath the shade
In this place that's where I'll wait

For you
To keep me company
Like an old memory

An hour or two has just flown by
Took the sun out of the sky
Stained glass shadows they have been cast
A Ghostly gaze forgets my past

But you
Can keep me company
Like an old memory

Oh no, here it comes again
Oh no, here it comes again
Can't stop the pain

I've come so far I can't get home
There's no one there, am I alone?
Here and now I must confess
This is potential loneliness

Migraine lyrics - The Coral

Migraine - Doctor, doctor, won't you help me please?
Migraine - Doctor, doctor, I'm down on my knees
Migraine - I feel it run from my toes to my brain
Migraine - Tried every potion, but it can't be tamed
Migraine - Doctor, doctor, tearing my hair out?
Migraine - Doctor, doctor, what's it all about?
Migraine - I feel so nervous and I'm feeling sick
Migraine - My body's aching and I'm shittin' bricks
Migraine

Migraine - Doctor, doctor, won't you find a cure?
Migraine - Doctor, doctor, should I stay indoors?
Migraine - I go to parties and I just freeze
Migraine - Think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine - Think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine - Think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine - Think I'm infected with a social disease
Migraine - Think I'm infected with a social disease

Migraine, migraine, migraine, migraine, migraine

Lover's Paradise lyrics - The Coral

Oh come with me
To a lover's paradise
Where all the stars shine bright
Oh, won't you come with me?
Oh come with me
Your carriage, it waits my dear
A million miles and we'll be near
Oh, won't you come with me?

Oh come with me
To where the button bows, the fancy ties
Something's special in your eyes
Oh, won't you come with me?

In the winter or the summer time, or fall
We'll have a bore...
Just call and fly to a lover's paradise
Call and fly to a lover's paradise

"Magic And Medicine" (2003)

In The Forest lyrics - The Coral

I've just stepped outside of a dream
Where nothing ever is as it seems
The wind keeps whistling the same old tune
You lay asleep in the light of the moon
So silently I peer through the trees
My misery was in her beauty
Her hair hung long and her eyes were closed
That very moment she stole my soul

I'm in the forest
So rare and divine
This is the place where you lose your mind
From all of the feelings that are making you blue
You'll never know how much I'you

When she awoke and walked downstream
Stuck outside of that same old dream
I need to leave but my minds intrigued
Follow close but she doesn't see me
Out of the forest to the church's gate
By her grave she awaits her fate
My only crime was to want too much
I could look but I could not touch.

I'm in the forest
So rare and divine
This is the place where you lose your mind
From all of the feelings that are making you blue
You'll never know how much I'you

Don't Think You're The First lyrics - The Coral

Don't think you're the first, in the whole universe
To follow your heart or gaze at the stars
To stare at the night through the clear daylight
Don't think you're the first, in the whole universe
To feel sorrow or shame as you walk in the rain

Do I love you? Yes I love you, what I wouldn't tell you

Don't think you're the first, in the whole universe
To be caught in the act, numbered and racked
Put in your place, made to feel like a fake
Don't think you're the first, in the whole universe
To be untouched by the tide, think your one of a kind

Do I love you? Yes I love you, what I wouldn't tell you
Don't think you're the first,

Don't think you're the first, in the whole universe
To dance with the light, from the meat to the might
As the birds in the trees sing their sweet melodies
Don't think you're the first, in the whole universe
To hear a thousand violins as the trial begins

Do I love you? Yes I love you, what I wouldn't tell you

Don't think you're the last, to be tied to the mast
While you watch from afar as your world falls apart
You hang on for help as the rest help themselves
Don't think you're the last, to be tied to the past
While your future's controlled by the presence untold

Do I love you? Yes I love you, what I wouldn't tell you
Don't think you're the first

Liezah lyrics - The Coral

I had a girl her name was Liezah
She had only one desire
To walk the cobbled streets alone
Heading anywhere but home

With Crowley as her close companion
His Diaries went hand in hand with
All the men that she has known
She leaves their silver but keeps their gold

So lawyers, doctors please beware
Of that girl with wavy hair
For she will cut you down to size
Reveal the truth behind your disguise

Liezah
Just passed by yer
Now you're standing
Empty handed
Liezah
Can't despise her
She'll change your look
She'll have you hooked

The city sleeps as she's arriving
Tongue tied and twisted was her timing
Her eyes glazed in deep despair
Those crocodile tears they don't care

Don't turn your back cos she'll be gone
Chasing shadows in the sun
All along the dusty road
Where she goes well we'll never know

And everytime I think of Liezah
I break down and I start crying
Although she tore me apart
There's still a place for that girl in my heart

Liezah
Just passed by yer
Now you're standing
Empty handed
Liezah
Can't despise her
She'll change your look
She'll have you hooked

Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues lyrics - The Coral

Talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose
Talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose

Gotta have them gypsy boots
Followed them by familiar root
Rambled round from town to town
Sleepin' in a doorway as still as a mouse

Saw the bullfighter's last stand
I've been drinkin' dust
I've been kickin' cans
All my family, they went home
Let me in Portugal, all alone

Thought I saw that caravan
But it was just a car park man
Said to me as I stood in line,
There's nothing in the world as sad as time

Well if nothing comes to nothing
Then what's the point?
I sat right down and I built my joint
Flat caps they just pass me by
The dust pneumonia left me dry

Talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose
Talkin' gypsy market blues
I was too late but I never got to choose

Three days later when I awoke
My dust filled lungs could hardly cope
Realised I was not alone
I was in the old car park man's home

Looked out the window at the local scenes
One the ledge were some grilled sardines
Then through the door in came the maid
Said Maria was her name

Long dark hair and copper skin
Washed away my seven sins.
Said senor what's this bad news
Told her of my gypsy blues

Maria laughed and said your cute
You don't need no gypsy boots
Picked myself up off the floor
I don't need them boots no more

Secret Kiss lyrics - The Coral

Secret kiss reminding me of what I miss
Some kind of forgotten bliss
On this summers eve
Though the seasons deceive
Corrupt my honesty
You still make me believe

Is this the rock?
That you're daring me to cross
Down the river to the docks
That's where we'll meet
Where the pale light creeps
Into her majesty
You still make me believe

So far away
So far away
Can't get away
So far away
But that's alright
That's alright

Jewels and pearls
And all the wonders of the world
Mean nothing until I return
In time for tea
Sat on my settee
Lost in my memories
You still make me believe

Milkwood Blues lyrics - The Coral

Saw myself through another's eyes
What did I see to my surprise
Nuts and bolts rows of shops
Black Crow nights 'n' chimney tops
And one too many sad songs

Bible black and captain cat
Keeps the world inside his hat
With deep dry wells
And cockled shells
He holds his wife beneath his paws
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3, 2 many 1 her

Bill McCai lyrics - The Coral

His family taught him right from wrong
With local tales and children's songs
Sunday school was his shelter
With his friends Joe and Walter
Now those days seem far away
An empty swing where he once played
Now Bill's grown so fat and bald
He never thought that he'd grow old

And everyday when he gets the train
Looks out the window and thinks in vain
If I could only be that boy again

His sales job it gets him down
Same old faces same old sounds
Heart attacks, orthopaedic backs
Documents in labelled racks
His wife can't stand the sight of him
With his routine glass of gin
She makes his lunch of processed ham
And waits in for the meter man

And everyday when he gets the train
Looks out the window and thinks in vain
If I could only be that boy again

Another day another gin
His kids don't even notice him
Something different about his face
His happy smile seems out of place
His family gathered round for tea
Eyes fixed on their new telly
Newsflash came, then it said
Bill McCai was just found dead

No more windows, no more trains
Hung himself out in the rain
Now he'll never be that boy again
And we say bye-bye Bill McCai

Eskimo Lament lyrics - The Coral

Rain, rain, go away
Leave me here alone again
Where weary eyes and hollis tales play
Heavy on my mind

Rain, rain, don't dismay
Come back on a better day
Where weary eyes and hollis tales play
I've left them all behind

Some say I'm a fool
And see me on a beggar's stool
But all my truths are lied
All my secrets have been told

Rain, rain go away
Come back on a better day
When all my lies are gone and
All my burdens have been sold

Careless Hands lyrics - The Coral

Don't put your heart in careless hands
Those careless hands they don't understand
Sugar and spice and all things nice
You won't think twice about sacrifice

You'll put your heart in careless hands
Those careless hands they don't understand
They lift you up and they'll...
Put you down
Have you running around this one horse town

Those careless hands
Won't understand
Those careless hands

Don't warm your hands in his cold heart
Cos his cold heart won't play that part
Choice was yours to hesitate
Threw his line and you took the bait

And warmed your hands in his cold heart
But his cold heart won't play that part
Open your eyes and look around
Any chance they get they'll put you down
With careless hands

Pass It On lyrics - The Coral

Every day I recognise
What's deceased and what's alive
But don't repeat what I've just said
Until gold has turned to lead
Then all the tales will be told
Whilst you and I are in the cold
But don't think this is the end
Cos it's just begun my friend

When it's done
And all this is gone
Just find a feeling, pass it on

For every tear cried in shame
There'll be someone else to blame
And every crime that I commit
There'll be a punishement to fit
But I'd accept what's coming round
If I could only lose this sound
That's been ringing in my ears
And tormenting me for years

When it's done
And all this is gone
Just find a feeling pass it on

All Of Our Love lyrics - The Coral

All of our love we give to you
Can you see what we see can we see it too?

All of our hate we give to you
Can you do what we do can we do it too?

All of our joy we give to you
Can you say what we say can we say it too?

All of the pain we give to you
Can you be what we be?
Can we be it too?

All of our love
We give to you

All of our hate
We give you that too

All of our joy
We give to you

All of our pain
We give you that too

All of our love
All of our hate
All of our joy
All of our pain

Love
Hate
Joy
Pain

Confessions Of A.D.D.D. lyrics - The Coral

On this here street where I do sit
Lives a man we can't forgive
His felony was jealousy
An impossible personality

And if you think it's you then let me know

He wasn't rich, he wasn't poor
Though how he longed for so much more
At night he dreamed of buccaneers
Pirate ships and privateers
And if you think it's you then let me know

His window was his favourite seat
For watching history repeat
Was he cursed or was he blessed
In the end well he confessed

And if you think it's you then let me know

This is what he said...

The warning signs
Are on my wall
There's no feelin' anymore
Has it always been like this?
Signed and sealed without a kiss
Well I know it's there
It's just something that I missed

And through the tears of madness
Souvenirs of sadness
Is all he sees, all he sees

So how do I begin to end this tale?
Of a time when all was well
And he'd laze on summer days
Down by the lake
Where the seagulls play
What a way
To waste his days

Who is to blame?
Have I been framed?
Who is to blame?
Have I been framed?
For the death of these days?

"The Coral" (2002)

Spanish Main lyrics - The Coral

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

We'll set sail again
We're heading for the Spanish Main

I Remember When lyrics - The Coral

I remember when I saw the sea freeze
But it said nothing of the birds and the bees
That were swarming around my head
Singing You'd be better off dead

But I ain't going down like that
No I ain't going down like that

Because I'm better than him
And I know where I've been
And I know where I'm comin' from
A lie is a sin, but don't we all sin
That is the truth, and the truth is grim
Now he's in jail and his story is for sale
The farmer's dog wags his crippled tail
It points to the West and leaves out the rest
And invites you to be his special guest

I remember when I saw the leaves fall
I was in the woods, in a gown you wouldn't wear to the ball
Into the ditch I fly wanted dead or alive

But I ain't going down like that
No I ain't going down like that

Shadows Fall lyrics - The Coral

Morning calls, darkness draws,
Upon this day a shadow falls,
Silence walks through the halls,
Sine I've been gone, gone, gone,
A hundred years from today
I like to pay page my way,
Til jesus see's my early grave,
I will be gone, gone, gone,

The handle lift my heart,
From step to stone I'm torn apart,
My ride home's packed my cart,
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone,
Seek the holly fair pet,
Silver moon, silhouette,
In due time you will forget,
That I am gone, gone, gone,
Since I've been gone, gone, gone,
I will be gone, gone, gone,
Tomorrow I'm gone, gone, gone,

Dreaming Of You lyrics - The Coral

What's up with my heart when it skips a beat? (skips a beat)
Can't feel no pavement right under my feet (under my feet)

Up in my lonely room (my room)
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh, what can I do?
I still need you, but I don't want you now

When I'm down and my hands are tied (hands are tied)
I cannot reach a pen for me to draw the line (draw the line)
From this pain I just can't disguise (can't disguise)
It's gonna hurt but I'll have to say goodbye (say goodbye)

Up in my lonely room (my room)
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh, what can I do?
I still need you, but I don't want you now
Oh yeah

Up in my lonely room (my room)
When I'm dreaming of you
Oh, what can I do?
I still need you, but I don't want you now

Simon Diamond lyrics - The Coral

Simon Diamond sold his soul
Changed his name by deed poll
Started out as Simon Russell
Lived his life inside a nutshell

He couldn't take the public scorn
Changed from human to plant form
Now he's swapped his legs for roots
His arms and soil are in cahoots

What will become of Simon Diamond
He can water himself
but can't change the climate

That'll do

Goodbye lyrics - The Coral

I looked into her eyes
Saw through her disguise
But never realised
That we were longing to be free
run away to sea,
well that could never be.

Goodbye, don't say goodbye,
I'd rather die than say goodbye.

Once so very long ago,
was when I loved you so,
if only I had known.
I was blinded by my fate,
I traded love for hate,
now I just sit and wait.

Goodbye, don't say goodbye,
I'd rather die than say goodbye.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Goodbye, don't say goodbye,
I'd rather die than say goodbye.

Waiting For The Heartaches lyrics - The Coral

Why do I listen to sad songs?
To make me feel good
When I know I've done wrong
What have I done wrong?
Is it in this song?
I'll guess I'll know before too long

But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all

I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come

There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
Got to keep on holding on

Another day and I'll try to hide
The endless pain and the tears I've cried
It feels like I'm fixin to die
She took my soul and she blew my mind

But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all

I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come

There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
Got to keep on holding on for you

But I can't understand
Why she's holding my hand
No I can't understand at all

I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come
There's nowhere that I can possibly run
I'm waiting for the heartaches to come

Skeleton Key lyrics - The Coral

Sail lightly, on winds
Disappear on, the breeze
Lie firmly, on pins
Pull them out, with ease

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most, intricate lock
Brother roll, another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Fumble blindly as we speak
You will wither if you are weak
Finger turns and points at me
I'd hoped they wouldn't notice me

Solid boned, skeleton key
Opens the most, intricate lock
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

[whispered]
Skeleton
Skeleton yeh
Skeleton

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

[whispered]
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

Solid boned, skeleton key
Opens the most intricate lock
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Oh yeah
Hey
That's more like
Here we go here we go
Here we go go Byker Grove
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it's so good

Wildfire lyrics - The Coral

Wild Fire
a desire to be loved
Climb higher
to the platform just above
Little liar
you deceive me with your wit
Elocution
sculptured perfectly to fit

Tug of war
with the blessed and the mugged
Please let me quiz you
Rest assured, but unplugged
Town crier has our voices, kindly bugged

Wild Fire a desire to be loved

Wild Fire
a sifting signal of the times
Tossed and turned up
in deceptional rhymes
Soap and water
I'll wash your mouth out all the same
She's my daughter
but I let her play the game

Badman lyrics - The Coral

There's a bad man that I once knew
His heart was black and his blood was blue
Bad man, he's commin' for you
He'd sell his wife for a dollar or two
To be a rich man with many maids
He's got eyes like hand grenades
He had a good woman
In the palm of his hand
Until she left him for another man

Now he's a bad, bad man
A bad, bad man
You gotta' do what you can
When you're a bad man

(Everyone gotta' be a bad man every once in a while, the lord knows he's a bad man)

He's a bad man and that's the truth
The devil's law don't need no proof
He's a jealous man. All alone
A motel room is not a home
Helpless man, he fell ill
He was prescribed a fatal pill
Now he's a dead man
His heart's still black
His only love stabbed him in the back

Now he's a bad, bad man
A bad, bad man
You gotta' do what you can
When you're a bad man

Now he's a bad, bad man
A bad, bad man
You gotta' do what you can

Cos you're a bad bad man
You're a bad bad man
You're a bad bad man
You got to do what you can
When you're a bad man

Calendars And Clocks lyrics - The Coral

Pretty pendant descendant of joy
Return the father to the boy
Resent your past, repent at last
We are only lines on a map

Calendars oooooh and clocks oooooh and hickory docks

Find a feeling that feels okay
Find another to blow it away
Who are you and who am I
Please don't ask me I'll break down and cry

Calendars ooooh and clocks ooooh and hickory docks

There's nothing more than the seashells on the sea shore
Nothing more than the church bell that rings no more
Nothing more than the scenes behind a closed door
Nothing more than the rich and penniless poor
Nothing more no nothing more

Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)
Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)
Yeah
Calendars Clocks and hickory docks (tick tock)

"Skeleton Key" (2002)

Skeleton Key lyrics - The Coral

Sail lightly, on winds
Disappear on, the breeze
Lie firmly, on pins
Pull them out, with ease

Solid boned skeleton key
Opens the most, intricate lock
Brother roll, another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Fumble blindly as we speak
You will wither if you are weak
Finger turns and points at me
I'd hoped they wouldn't notice me

Solid boned, skeleton key
Opens the most, intricate lock
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

[whispered]
Skeleton
Skeleton yeh
Skeleton

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

[whispered]
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key
Skeleton Key

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

Will I ever, return?
Will I ever, get back?
Are the rocks, too high?
Has the dust, turned black?

Solid boned, skeleton key
Opens the most intricate lock
Brother roll another for me
I am shipwrecked on the rocks

Oh yeah
Hey
That's more like
Here we go here we go
Here we go go Byker Grove
Can't believe it's so good
Can't believe it's so good

Dressed Like A Cow lyrics - The Coral

Well I went to a movie with a girl last night
Dressed like a cow but she looked so fine
Bought my ticket just in time
Sat right up close like she was mine

But then it seemed so sad
I never felt that bad
But then I caught her eye
An innocence that tell's no lie

I came into the light and out of the dark
It turns out that I was really a calf
Oh I've been a fool for oh so long
But how can all of theses people be wrong

But then it seemed so sad
I never felt that bad
But then I caught her eye
An innocence that tell's no lie

But then it seemed so sad
I never felt that bad
But then I caught her eye
An innocence that tell's no lie

Yeah

Darkness lyrics - The Coral

Darkness has entered my room
Suddenly I change my mood
Start to believe that I'm right
All of my words are in spite
Gone just as quick as they came
Feels like I've been shortchanged
Silence now empties the air
Stand naked my soul laid bare

I've been down time and time again
But there's something I found
To shelter from the rain
So beautiful, so beautiful to me

I've searched for miles around
Nowhere is love to be found
Darkness has returned so soon
Death by pale afternoon

But I've been down time and time again
And there's something I found
That shelters from the rain
So beautiful so, beautiful so, beautiful so, beautiful to me

Sheriff John Brown lyrics - The Coral

Sheriff John Brown just wandered into town
Looking for a cripple and a thief
A black man and a woman and a lonesome guy like me
Just trying to raise the stakes so we can be free
The dustballs were blowing the sun it cracked the ground
Where could a crime like this ever be found
Good people of the town said to sheriff John Brown
Go and shoot those invalids right down
I said Sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now

What exactly have they done said sheriff John Brown
For me to shoot those poor old bastards down
Then outstepped the preacher with his hand upon his heart
Can't you see that I've been chosen by god
And I tell you this for nothing
That crowd ain't no good
They're standing out just like a sore thumb
But yes I do agree said the lawyer on the left
I'd kill them now if it were up to me

But I said sheriff don't be cruel it could happen to you now

Out into the wilderness the sheriff he did ride
Heading for the river bridge the laws you must abide
Two hours became three, I knew he would come for me
The day grew long and I began to tire
John Brown's face appeared from behind the fire
Boys and girls whatcho doing gonna be so free
The people of the town talk dissapprovingly
Don't want to take you in, thats not up to me

I said sheriff don't be cruel it could happen to you now

But guilt and doubt they cloud his mind
He thought what exactly is the law
He didn't even know what it stood for
And who pays the cost for all that is lost
Seems to me an impossibility
And who says whats right and who says whats wrong
Who benefits it sure ain't me
And outstepped the woman saying we mean you no harm
Come closer and I will read your palm

But I said sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now

That night he left a long road came back without a rest
Knowingly he questioned [?] lawyer on the left
Bet you've gone and set them sinners free
Well yes replied the sheriff they done nothing wrong
My god why can't you people see
And the preacher shot him down and his head it hit the ground
The last you'll ever see of poor John Brown

And the moral of this tale it is simple it is plain
People always need someone to blame

But I said sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now
But I said sheriff no don't you be cruel it could happen to you now

EP: "The Oldest Path" (2001)

The Oldest Path lyrics - The Coral

The oldest path beneath the grave
Lies a myth that's still the same
There ain't no way to make a change
Till Kings and Queens have walked in chains

And the wind it blows them down
And the sea it takes them in
In their sleep you'll find the answer
To everywhere they have been

Sailors tossed by stormy seas
All in the name of slavery
Arm in arm, toe to toe
Sometimes your bestfriend is your foe

And the wind it blows them down
And the sea it takes them in
In their sleep you'll find the answer
To everywhere they have been

Side by side their pasts in disguise
Together alone as he greeted the tide
And on the water knees lay the thoughts of
A hundred sunken shackle bound souls

And the wind it blows them down
And the sea it takes them in
In their sleep you'll find the answer
To everywhere they have been

God Knows lyrics - The Coral

Deal not the truth till you find the proof
And feel not the weight (wait[?]) can you step today
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been

Deal from the path and place it on the stack
Pick out the card that's been there from the start
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been

We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been

Short Ballad lyrics - The Coral

Here's a tale of my true love
Fair and free was she
Wasn't I just like tonight
she stole my liberty

Ooooh

Like a flower in the spring
Words don't mean a thing
Like the ocean greets the sand
Beyond my own command

Ooooh

But then she warned me
She'd have to go
(And I'd [?]) be left to show
Accept the feeling and then I'll know
I'll always love her so (soul[?])

Flies lyrics - The Coral

This is an educational talk about flies

Ichneumon flies deadly killers
Collectively catching caterpillars
Hatching their eggs in the wounds of the wounded
Beg, beat or steal from whomever he chooses

Wooooh Ooooooh

Worker wasp familiar infact
Three sided needle illiterate cats
Sharp-toothed mandibles that work in the grooves
Insects protect and don't often like to loose

Oooooh