Beth Orton Album

Worms don't dance
They haven't got the balls
No matter how do you do it
It's just you do it, that's all
You got what it takes
To knock at my door
You wanna get all excited
Never been here before
And now I'm your apple-eatin' heathen
The original sin
You ain't got my faith
So best keep your belief
I have waited forever to love someone
I swear I heard you thank your God
That time for having me come along
Chickens don't fly
But they have got the wings
No matter how hard they try
They bump into things

They're all running around
With their heads on the ground
They got a wish bone
Where their back bone should have grown
Now I'm your apple-eatin' heathen
Any old rib-stealin' Eve
And you ain't got my faith
So best keep your belief
I have waited forever to love someone
I swear I heard you thank your God
That time for having me come along
Another intimacy
Reduced to cruelty
And I had you believe
That this was meant to be
And I'm low for the magic
But you got away with it
That's all

Want to keep your dream alive?
Can I keep it with mine?
But I'm no good for you
I suppose when you get a cold bath
You still hold me close at night

Never liked you any less
And the world's not such a friendly place, is it?
It can grow very cold, very quickly, and for a very long time
If the sun, with some twist of fate, stops giving out it's shine

Some of the time the future comes right 'round to haunt me
Some of the time the future comes 'round just to see
Not all is as it could be
Like it's there to remind me
We've got to wait and see

Can I still be conceived
In a loveless embrace

Still we learn to be a warm sun
Around a very cold galaxy
It's just like you said it could be
Oh, it's like you said it would be

Some of the time the future comes right 'round to haunt me
Some of the time the future comes 'round just to see
That all is as it should be
Like it's there to remind me
We've got to let it be -yea

Some of the time the future comes right 'round to haunt me
Some of the time the future comes 'round just to see
That all is as it could be
And it's there to remind me
We've got to wait and see
We've got to let it be - yea
Wait and see, wait and see

I know the stars that shine on me,
Are brighter than you or I could ever be.
I know there's an answer to your question,
But I don't if I could word it right.

Say what you mean,
Don't tell it like it could be,
I'm not sure that I should say it out loud,
Say what you mean,
Don't tell it like it could be,
Right at this time, I'm gonna keep that in mind

One love, is better than not enough
I'd rather have no love, than messing with the wrong stuff

Just the comfort of strangers
Always the comfort of strangers
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.

I know the sun that shines on me,
Has better times than you or I could ever be,
I know there's an answer to the question,
and I'm not sure that I should word it right,

Say what you mean,
Don't tell it like it could be,
Everytime your gonna set me free,
Say what you mean,
Don't tell it like it could be,
Right this time, let's take it right home to see

One love is better than not enough
I'd rather have no love, than messing with the wrong stuff,
It's just the comfort of strangers
Oh it's the comfort of strangers

Why, some of those are like best friends, best friends,

there's a bridge cross my stream
never seems to get broken
never could never would
never clouds up my day
see i wanted to give
then i just couldn't take it
i wanted to love
and i turned ‘round and hated it

if i ever knew i tried to tell
give of my heart but i never sell
supermarket of the soul
heartland truckstop global mall
taking flights of indifference
‘cross a wide screen sky
could feel so alive
you might think that you had...
...died?

i'm not skating on ice
see i'm walking on water
and silence is finest
don't give me your word
yes silence speaks louder
c'mon give me a word
and don't want nobody knowing
how the hurt in me works

if they ever knew they might just sell
give of my heart then never tell
supermarket of the soul
heartland truckstop global mall
and the one thing that is certain
is the one uncertainty
if we keep doing the same thing
nothing will work out differently

we're all bridge builders daughters
with incestuous dreams
confidentially speaking
all is as it seems
confidentially speaking
all is as it seems

A Shadow of a Doubt

it's true your love has been a lesson
and it's taught me more than any other blessing
you're the one that can wrestle me
c'mon hold me down now one, two, three
i get too weak to fight from all this laughing

and I am not even yours to run to
and you are not even mine to cry to
and we are not even here to speak of

you go your way, my love, you go your way
you go your way, my love, you go your way

it's true that I have got a head full
of voices saying the first thing that's in their heart
and i go to throw a ball with my best intention
and it gets caught up and carried away
in completely the opposite direction

and now you're not really mine to run to
why you're not even mine to cry to
and now you're not even here to speak of

you go your way, my love, you go your way
you go your way, my love, you go your way

and you are not even mine to run to
you were never were mine to cry to
and we are not really hear to speak of

you go your way, my love
you go your way
you go your way, my love
you go your way
with not one shadow of a doubt
with not one shadow of a doubt
you go your way,
you go your way

you go your way, my love
you go your way
you go your way, my love
you go your way
with not one shadow of a doubt
with not one shadow of a doubt
you go your way,
you go your way

Home is where the heartbreak
wraps cold around my bones
forgive me if I promise
to forget what I have known
ignores and never mentions
I just came waltzing in
with stories tied together
with broken bits of string

Time moves so sure
runs rings around he treees
its silence mocking
in the wind against the leaves
for all your loss and gain
the soul defines its suffering
an illusion is hope born from fear
and now you're right back here
safe in my arms my dear

all is as I left it
never more so what it seems
my bed is as I made it
just not what went between
and I still feel alive
in what is no longer there
the shadows slide behind
drawing clouds across the air

time moves so sure
turns rings around the trees
its silence whispers
in the wind against the leaves
for all your loss and gain
the soul defies its suffering
an illusion is hope born from fear
but now I'm right back here
safe in your arms my dear

For those who preach forgiveness
Whilst they're practicing revenge
Man will do to man
But nature's got it all in hand
It ain't free
It ain't fooled you'll see

There are no rights for the many
The ones already damned
The fear born into grace
They're gonna get the helping hand
It ain't free
It ain't fooling me

And there's nothing to hide
And there's nothing to save
And there'll always be something
Your countenance to give it away
Not much more to say
Not much more to say

For those who are obsessed
With his reflection as he is
Nature has a cause
You know you ain't never
Gonna be that blessed
It ain't free
It ain't fooled you'll see
And there's nothing to hide
And there's nothing to save
And they'll always be something
Your countenance to give it away
Not much more to say
Not much more to say...

Well love love love is a one way train
comes on gentle as a hurricane
it's got p.a.i.n. written all the way through
from where i'm set looking over at you

and it takes all my might
and it'll take all my day
and if it wants me to come
well i know i'm gonna stay
nothing can save me from my life
but for love my mistakes i would rectify
...if i could
and it's all we've got to leave

and if you take a drop of water from a bucket
would not know
does not show
love is all that remains
love's gonna fill it again

well love love love will make truth from a lie
and i don't want to live how i don't want to die
so give me one kiss to build a dream on
gonna stay with me through the changing seasons
and it's all we've got to bring

and if you take a drop of water...

Feral children in the pouring rain
for every constellation she might navigate again
each and ever line she might wear in time
baptized by the rain and the euphoria of pain

could kiss or punch, sober or drunk
lifted way high or taken down deep
into blue space where the rules change

feral children know how to survive
feral children can fight for their lives
feral children hear what no one knows
there's no words for the infinity of ghosts
the infinity of ghosts

hold on, hold on
holding back the sea seems unlikely
she'll tell you
i can forgive you
but i can't forget you
and you won't forget me

hold on, hold on
hoding back the fire seems to flame desire
try parting the water crossing the sea
she'll tell you
i can forgive you
but i can't forget you
and you won't forget me

I've been reeling home
A broken shopping trolley
Wheels on the wrong
How come wisdom
Came on strong
But it's too late to be done
Words are but dust of stars
When they collide
I get lost in the sparks
Explode into the dark
And move like light on the sea

I think i'm gonna cry
But i'm gonna laugh about it
All in time
I know i'm gonna cry
But i'm gonna laugh about it
All in time, all in time

My head's hanging so low
I'm kicking it
When i walk down the road
And your words explode
Employ a search light to see

I think i'm gonna...

It takes me unawares
All the magic that hides
Inside your stares
Always one more peak to climb
It really seems there is no finishing line

I think i'm gonna cry...

I do still sometimes put my hand across
And i feel as yours gets placed on top
We drive along these empty streets
Same old ones they've always been

I can still hear your heartbeat in the dark
We're still setting up the same old sparks
Pull me close and we lay still
Wrap my toes around your heel

And we're talking as i write this song
Unfolding as we go along
And i suppose we really do
I suppose it must be true
There will always be a place aside

For you...

I do still sometimes stare into your gaze
The way we'd stay for days and days
'skuze me but this seat is taken
They've been a while but i'm still waiting

And if i light these matches just to watch 'em burn
And i forget to keep myself warm
And i forgot how to sing my song
Then i suppose i really do
I suppose it must be true
But there will always be a place aside
For you

My love's a star you only saw the traces of
What went before is not no more, it's the embers of
People always catching names too late
And we're all sorry there's no time to make the change

I could hear rebellion rising
I could feel the stars aligning
I could see the wave rising
But I never did seem to find my way back home

My love's a ball I threw to you
Once I was gone, you caught it too
Love ignored erodes in time, changes shape, went and changed your mind
All I really needed was someone to take me home
Enough absinthe can crush your spirit to the bone

I could feel rebellion rising
I could hear the stars aligning
I could see the wave rising
But I never did seem to find my way back home

Curl up inside me
C'mon hide for a while
Look in your eyes i see
Looking back is a child
That we, we dance a fine line
We didn't take much time
You can't watercolor a fire cracker
And you you're laying face down
With your heart of soul
Selling it cheap on the commercial road

Where is the love in your heart
C'mon put a little love in your heart
Where is the love in your heart
C'mon put a little love in your heart

Magpies and maelstroms
Always hard hitting hailstorms
No blame no forgiveness
We consent and we complete this
And we, we dance at the precipice
When we get close like this
You can't put out a fire with no crocodile
And me, i'm laying face down
So tell me what Neil Young said
You pick a flower then it's dead

Put a little love in your heart
C'mon put a little love in your heart
I don't care how much religion you've got
You gotta put a little love in your heart

And you , you look at me in disbelief
Like you could teach me God
When all of a sudden
I'm consumed by love
And you, are all lighting up
With your heart of gold
And everything we touch just turns to soul

Put a little love in your heart
You know you put a little love in my heart
I gotta put a little love in your heart
C'mon put a little love in my heart
C'mon put a little love in your heart
I wanna feel a little love in my heart
I'm gonna put a little love in your heart
A whole lotta love in your heart
Whole lotta love in your heart
There's a whole lotta love in your heart

Curl up inside me
C'mon hide for a while

These memories are just pieces of sky
Pieces of something much bigger than I
To anyone else just endless blue
I see time framed an image of you
These memories haunt me like a moon
Holds a sea like the sky holds a sun
The sea holds my tears and caress me
My heart is too heavy for one
When it's over, it's over.
I best get busy living, been a long time gone
A dress made of air and webs and you
The wet dreams evaporate as they come true
To anyone else just endless blue
An invisible kite string connects me to you
I know that it's selfish to think you'd come here
There's so many people that must need you near
There's so many people that need to know
That you're still with them even when you go
That you're still with them even when they don't know
And it's over, it's over
I best get busy living, been a long time gone
How do you know how much you've been missing
Does it add up to some names on a list?
Do you know we're just pieces of sky