Ed Harcourt Album

Spider has eight legs you know
Spins its web the patterns flow

There's something in my eye
Bloodshot in disguise
God knows I really tried
Making the big time
Aiming to climb high

Scattered seeds can't fight the cold
Circus horse just wants to hold

There's something in my eye
Bloodshot in disguise
God knows I'm really tired
Let's make the big time
Aiming to climb high

Let's make the big time
Aiming to climb high
Aiming to climb high

Spider has eight legs you know

Well I hope God protects your soul
I don't know if you should leave
home alone
Maybe you've been drinking from the
Devil's bowl
I can't express myself 'cause I'm not
fully grown

My heartache, is my mistake you see
My heartache, is my mistake you see

Well I am conscious of the way that I
act
But I won't betray you, you can be
sure of that
I'm not a pet who does tricks at the
drop of a hat
I wish I was fiction, I wish I was fact

My heartache, is my mistake you see
My heartache, is my mistake you see

I need to build a wall around me
I need to build a wall around me
But I want to smile with everybody
Would you say that is possessive of
me?
Would you say that is possessive of
me?

Yes we feel bad in winter
We act a little bit strange
The dark sky threatens me daily
Makes me alter and change, change,
change, change

I need to build a wall around me
I need to build a wall around me
But I want to smile with everybody
Would you say that is possessive of
me?
Would you say that is possessive of
me?

I need to build a wall around me
I need to build a wall around me
But I want to smile with everybody
Would you say that is possessive of
me?
Would you say that is possessive of
me?

"well i burned all my travellers
Cheques
Just to show you my respect
Then I hung myself out to dry
And You looked at me and asked me
why
So I said I dont mind if I lose
Cos if I win ill be so confused
But thats not what you'd expect
From the man whose plan is already
wrecked

And if you need to kiss me
You'll most definitely miss me
When im gone

Well there's a thousand things i
shouldn't do
But if I do them I should do them
with you
So wont you fall into my arms again
And hold me for the world may end

And if you need to kiss me
You'll most definitely miss me
When im gone

God you make me sing funny things
about you
You infect my mind all the time you
do

Well I just cant contain myself
In fact im worried i might lose my
health
I cant eat sleep or hardly breathe
I can hardly ever watch you leave

And if you need to kiss me
You'll most definitely miss me
When im gone

God you make me sing funny things
about you
You infect my mind all the time you
do
"

Moving like a dancing bear
It's in my blood
Falling down the marble stairs
It's in my blood

Oh my dear, that's the way
I am made, I'm afraid

Those crimson tears
Drip on the floor, drip on the bar
Those crimson tears
Stain what I wore, drip on the bar

Swinging a punch, connect to the eye
It's in my blood
I've got a hunch I should just stay quiet
It's in my blood

Oh my dear, that's the way
I am made, I'm afraid

Those crimson tears
Drip on the bar, drip on the floor
Those crimson tears
Drip on the bar, stain what I wore

Hey baby Jane, you have been
climbing down the drain
And you run in the rain to the
playground climbing frame
And the air seems so good and moist
and cool
When you meet him by the swimming
pool

What's a girl to do?
When you're locked up in Mother
Goose's shoe

And you're hanging, and you're
hanging, and you're hanging
With the wrong crowd
You're hanging, and you're hanging,
and you're hanging
With the wrong crowd

Dad owns a bank and is known by
the name of Hank,
And your Mum hates your pranks
and she gives the Almighty thanks
for your
food, which is rank and puts him in a
dangerous mood and it's true they
hate
your friends like you

What's a girl to do?
When you're yearning for something
else new

And you're hanging, and you're
hanging, and you're hanging
With the wrong crowd
You're hanging, and you're hanging,
and you're hanging
With the wrong crowd
You're hanging, you're hanging,
you're hanging
With the wrong crowd

When you're on your own
You walk in the rain
You walk around the house
Then walk around it again

You pretend you're happy
That you've got it all
But don't be upset If you fall on your
knees
And beg like a dog

I've reached a low, don't you know
You're the apple of my eye
I'm running low, with this show
No matter how I try
I'm sick of this angst, don't need
thanks
You're the apple of my eye

I drink a lot of wine
When I am alone
I lose my track of time
My ideas turn to stone
I pretend I'm sad
That I'm still so small
But I'm not upset If
I fall on my knees
And beg like a dog

I've reached a low, don't you know
You're the apple of my eye
I'm running low, with this show
No matter how I try
I'm sick of this angst, don't need
thanks
You're the apple of my eye

I've reached a low, don't you know
You're the apple of my eye
I'm running low, with this show
No matter how I try
I'm sick of this angst, don't need
thanks
You're the apple of my eye

Beneath the heart of darkness
Lies an old machine that's dying
Spluttering like an army of artillery
sporadically firing
The roots of the house are cracking,
caving in
There's no way out, it's trapped in

Beneath the heart of darkness
Lies an old machine that's reeling
Forgotten dust and sunlight
Silent and removed from feeling
The peace in my mind is drowning,
fading down
There's nothing left burning, it's all
out

Beneath the heart of darkness
Lies an old machine that's...

Beneath the heart of darkness
Beneath the heart of darkness
Beneath the heart of darkness
Beneath the heart of darkness

Oh my deserted one
You must put down your father's gun
When the sundial reaches midday
Shut your eyes and then look away

Something's wrong, they're all gone
I will walk through the long, long
grass and say your name

Shot through the chest and head
She killed everyone stone dead
And the wind blew once more
through the trees
Now she's coming straight back to
me

Little things, the insect's sting
I will walk through the long, long
grass and say you're

Running from the dark
Look what you have done
Running from the dark Look what
you have done
But you can't run from me
'Cause I'm the wind through the
trees
No you can't hide from me

Running from the dark
Look what you have done
Running from the dark
Look what you have done
But you can't run from me
'Cause I'm the wind through the
trees
No you can't hide from me
'Cause I'm the wind through the
trees

Sad, blue, the world is upside down
And birds fly backwards
Cats, dogs, fall first upon the ground
And birds fly backwards

Packed bags in the hallway
Where we used to play all day
We're hitting the road that
Leads us back again

Sad, blue, the future's not too clear
And birds fly backwards
Clouds tower, I have nothing to fear
And birds fly backwards

Packed bags in the hallway
Where we used to play all day
We're hitting the road that
Leads us back again

To the same old world we left

Let's move away together, go
interplanetary
Maybe in Chinese weather, where
it's sanitary
I'll go out trawler fishing, yeah we'll
have tuna steak
I'm on a special mission, for us to
have a break

We'll climb the corporate buildings
Spray-paint the outside walls
You bet that they'll be yielding
When the castle falls
We'll swim beneath the ocean
Near the coral reef I have a certain
notion
That it will not be brief

We're going to Shanghai
To watch the red sky
We're moving to Shanghai
Goodbye, goodbye
We're going to Shanghai
So don't you cry
We're moving to Shanghai

Looks like we might have made it
Put on your silkworm dress
You look so beautiful and I look such
a mess
Across the city's landscape, the sun
burns crimson red
Maybe the moon will wait, before we
go to bed

We're going to Shanghai
To watch the red sky
We're moving to Shanghai
Goodbye, goodbye
We're going to Shanghai
So don't you cry
We're moving to Shanghai

Maybe, maybe we'll have a fresh
new start
I'll learn the martial arts
We'll have our own rickshaw cart
We're moving to Shanghai

Out of nowhere I was there
But you took your time
No one thought that I could get you
Then they changed their minds

You know that I have a perfect plan
Drown in each other like only lovers
can
Something is bound to come your
way
And I'll watch you run astray

Walk amongst the others
Clearly state your aim
Slide beneath the covers
And I will say your name

In the city, crowds run wild
Like ants on a farm
Villains may commit their crimes
But I won't do you harm

You know that I have a perfect plan
Drown in each other like only lovers
can
Something is bound to come your
way
And I'll watch you run astray

Like only lovers can
Like only lovers can
Like only lovers can