Three Scarlet Words
Song Lyrics
When Will I (Be Me)? This is a story you hear every day A tale of two people where only one prevails A game of hide and seek (Don’t tell me this is just the way it is) Trying to find the other me Some days you’re silently minding your own business Maybe you want to be noticed but only find yourself dismissed into the background (Don’t tell me this is just the way it is) Who do you see in the mirror now? Oh, is it you, or me? Is it someone I don’t want to be? Will anybody like what they see? When will I be me? The somebody I want to be When will I be me? The real me I can’t seem to free When will I — when will I be? When will I — when will I be? Tell me your secrets and I’ll tell you mine But you might have to figure out the truth from the lies It’s how I survive (Don’t tell me this is just the way it is) Pardon my disguise I don’t know if it’s me or them? ‘Cause it happens over and over and over again Is it a game everyone plays? When will I be me? The somebody I want to be When will I be me? The real me I can’t seem to free When will I be me? When will I be me? When will I be me? When will I be me? The somebody I want to be The real me I can’t seem to free The woman that I’ve never seen The someone that I really need The girl that I’ve seen in my dreams When will I be me? When will I be me?
Just Passing Through Moonlight kisses the ocean when you’re near Silence stifles commotion when you’re here You play me like an old piano longing for a new song Your presence is intoxicating But there’s no guarantee Love is a trampoline And we’re just passing through Roses flower in winter when you’re close Fires rise from the ashes, and when you go they turn to smoke Your flame to me is mesmorising, it flickers inside my mind I’m standing still but I’m moving in time But there’s no guarantee Love is a trampoline And we’re just passing through And we’re just passing through My deepest fears disappear This is where I belong right here With you my dear Nothing else matters to me anymore But there’s no guarantee Love is a trampoline Sunrise surrenders our dreams And now they’re just memories ‘Cause we’re just passing through We’re just passing through
So Many Times Home for the weekend, stalling for time at the station Driving through memories that lead me right up to the door Throw my keys on the table — we struggle to make conversation Time frozen still in the spotlight — we wait for the curtains to fall Is it too late? Sitting like statues at opposite ends of the table Waiting for one of us to look up and say something Like the cracks in the walls, our problems are swollen in silence Still the storm holds it’s ground in a desperate act of defiance Is it too late? We don’t even bother to argue Trapped in a voiceless quarrel No emotion Is it too soon? To give up and walk away slowly Or are we too far broken To chase after dreams? So tired - there’s only so many times So tired - there’s only so many times We can fall on our pride while we try to decide who is right We can drink to distraction but nothing can numb all those lies If we give up this fight, we’ve already lost everything So we hold back the tears and act as though nothing is wrong Is it too late? We don’t even bother to argue Trapped in a voiceless quarrel No emotion Is it too soon? To give up and walk away slowly Or are we too far broken To chase after dreams? So tired - there’s only so many times So tired - there’s only so many times Is it too late? We don’t even bother to argue Trapped in a voiceless quarrel No emotion Is it too soon? To give up and walk away slowly Or are we too far broken To chase after dreams? So tired - there’s only so many times
My Beautiful Pain My beautiful pain You’re clawing at my mind again Do you recall the sound it made As you ripped it from the page This exquisite agony Who knew insanity was so easy For a moment I was whole again Until you paralysed the hope in my veins And as you linger on my lips I can taste the poison in your kiss The shame and the disdain Just leave me reeling from your promises As my head bows to the floor I am prepared to weather the storm But the thunder in my heart won’t absorb the pain of my cries anymore Ooo My beautiful pain - no discernible face Ooo My beautiful pain - never feels the same way When you’re done playing games I’ll still be standing in the flames Where this agonising certainty Is impossible for me to see This misplaced devotion Is abandoned and alone A victim of apologies But the hurt’s too much and the scar’s too deep As you linger on my lips I can taste the poison in your kiss The pain and the disdain Just leaves me reeling from your promises As my head bows to the floor I am prepared to weather the storm But the thunder in my heart won’t absorb the pain of my cries anymore Ooo My beautiful pain - no discernible face Ooo My beautiful pain - never feels the same way Lost in a crowd, suffocated by sound Won’t you help me? Fallen from grace just a face in this place Won’t you help me? Waves crashing down and I’m starting to drown Won’t you help me? Beguiled, besmirched, betrayed, bereft Will somebody help me? Ooo My beautiful pain - no discernible face Ooo My beautiful pain - never feels the same way Ooo My beautiful pain - I’ll never escape Ooo My beautiful pain - here to stay
Fall Out of Love Changing seas, turning tides Familiar faces light up the sky Shadows of footprints moulded in sand I can still feel the tender touch of your hand Underneath this silent web of stars We’d dive into each others hearts Only we could hear the music playing on these shores of forgotten time But I could feel this coming apart I could feel this right from the start You drowned my dreams You hijacked my heart But that doesn’t mean we were wrong from the start You didn’t even notice You didn’t even see But that doesn’t mean I can fall out of love with you If I stare too long into the sea Will I still see your face looking back at me I can feel tears but I can’t cry They’re memories, another place, another time Could you see this was coming apart? Could you feel it right from the start? You drowned my dreams You hijacked my heart But that doesn’t mean we were wrong from the start You didn’t even notice You didn’t even see But that doesn’t mean I can fall out of love with you I can’t fall out of love with you It doesn’t matter what you do I can’t fall out of love with you You drowned my dreams You hijacked my heart But that doesn’t mean we were wrong from the start You didn’t even notice You didn’t even see But that doesn’t mean I can fall out of love with you I can’t fall out of love with you It doesn’t matter what we do I can’t fall out of love with you
Another World Ha, Orpheus My muse and my destiny Beauty in poetry No love in this life has ever come closer, now you’re fading away from view Leaving my side too soon Eurydice (x2) Daylight is nothing without you here I’m gonna find you again and keep you forever near Every time I call your name a thousand recollections echo from every flame Until I see your face my melodies will bear the weight of my tears and that’s all this world will hear Promises lurk in the darkest of symphonies Anticipation stifles the beat of my heart so I can’t even breathe (So) this is how it feels (So) this is how it feels Don’t look back now Don’t look back before you leave Don’t look back now Don’t look back before you leave In my music I hear the tears Rivers of souvenirs I’ve lost my love now I’m losing my mind, resigned to follow you underground waging a war with sound
Better For Me I never knew It would happen in the way I wanted it to Maybe the light shines brighter when you wait a Minute or two ‘Cause the more you think you’re out of time the faster it slides on by And that it why sometimes you have to close your eyes And cross that stream Forget you’re broken Forget everything little thing that makes you cry And wonder why Remember memories Are there to be replaced by something better And you are so much better for me A version of you Has been laughing in my living room with a perfect view But I could never quite see as far as the future I wanted with you Now you’re here and each new day brings something incredible And that is why sometimes I have to close my eyes And smile I forget I’m broken I forget every little thing that made me cry And that is why I remember memories Are there to be replaced by something better And you are so much better for… Me, me, me, me, me So much better for me, me, me, me, me Better for me, me, me, me, me So much better for me, me, me, me I forget I’m broken I forget every little thing that made me cry And that is why I remember memories Are there to be replaced by something better And you are so much better for me I forget I’m broken I forget every little thing that made me cry And that is why I remember memories Are there to be replaced by something better And you are so much better for me
Dare To Believe Way back in ’82, I didn’t have a notion where I was going My head was in the clouds, my life was a resounding merry-go-round But then what did I know about life, when it all lay ahead of me What did I know about fate You said it’s all about laughter It’s all about living the dream It’s all about giving - giving your everything, even when you don’t feel ready It’s all about expectation Never looking back to see where you’ve been It’s all about closing your eyes, imagining more and daring to believe Do you dare to believe? Do you dare to believe? In 2013, well, nothing ever seemed to be going my way The mantra I played was the same stupid game I’d been led to believe All of my life had been lost in what might have been - missed opportunities Then one roll of a dice was enough to persuade me That it’s all about laughter It’s all about living the dream It’s all about giving - giving your everything, even when you don’t feel ready It’s all about expectation Never looking back to see where you’ve been It’s all about closing your eyes, imagining more and daring to believe I used to wonder how everything would be If I carried my heart on my sleeve, my smile in my heart, and believed in everything I see Now destiny stands on the highway, circumstance hangs in the air Well I’ve taken my chance, I will never look back, ‘cause I’ve memorised everything you said It’s all about laughter It’s all about living the dream It’s all about giving - giving your everything, even when you don’t feel ready It’s all about expectation Never looking back to see where you’ve been It’s all about closing your eyes, imagining more and daring to believe Do you dare to believe? (It’s all about laughter) Do you dare to believe? (It’s all about giving) Do you dare to believe? (It’s all about expectation) Do you dare to believe? (It’s all about…)