Drumattica - Train Out of Time album lyrics

On A Train

You and I face forward, staring through the space that lies ahead
The blue king of nighttime gently takes the queen of the day to bed
You and I breathe slowly, listen to the rhythm of the train
Staring through each other, the hourglass drops a final grain

And time has let go of us, but the train keeps on rolling
Just how long this trip will take, there’s no way of knowing
And time has let go of us, but the train keeps on rolling
Just how long this trip will take, (there’s no way) there ain't no way of knowing

You and I face forward, our eyes aglow with passing lights
This engine dragging us through abattoirs and soft delights
You and I breathe slowly, listen to the rhythm of the train
Staring through each other, the hourglass drops a final grain

And time has let go of us, but the train keeps on rolling
Just how long this trip will take, there's no way of knowing
And time is not holding us, but the train keeps on rolling
Just how long this trip will take, there’s no way of knowing

Tangerine

You keep a sharp eye on your kills, that sense of wonder this instills
All the ink is drawn up into the quills, you keep the records because nobody else will
No one can control this hunger for the perfect fruit up on the tree
So come on now, pluck it down, suck it down, be my tangerine

When the mirror speaks it gives you chills, oh, bloodshed needs no frills
Just as long as it all spills, you see the promises a monkey’s paw fulfills
No one can control this hunger for the perfect fruit up on the tree
So come on now, pluck it down, suck it down, be my tangerine

No one can control this hunger for the perfect fruit upon the tree
So come on now, it’s alright, just one bite and you know
No one can control this hunger for the perfect fruit up on the tree
So come on now, pluck it down, suck it down, be my tangerine

Say What You Mean

This night will end in lies between you and I, the parting kiss the sunrise blinds
Exchanging numbers that won’t change our lives or the time, it’s just a nice way to say goodbyes
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray

For just a moment we pretend that this won’t end, to feel again what we felt then
I want to feed on it’s preened perfection, I want a fucking connection
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray

For all the stories whoring for a piece of the gold, for all the glory and it’s holes
For just one moment can I earn the words that I’m told before their boxed up and sold
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray

Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray
Say what you mean you don’t mean what you say, your body leads you go astray

Make You Cry

Draw it closer, bend the light rays, breaking everything that follows
Reaching under, pull it back now, is that the best that you can do?
Behind all the logic there’s a tearing eye (well it’s alright now)
The truth that you’re looking for will make you cry (yes it’s alright now)
 
Razor wit can come in handy, leaves you feeling so outstanding
Wait for thunder through the nighttime, we bless these feelings still
Behind all your logic there’s a tearing eye (well it’s alright now)
The truth that you’re looking for will make you cry (we know it’s alright now)
 
There is nothing you can do but try to make it through (there's nothing you can do)
There is nothing you can do but try to make it through (but try to make it through)
 
Over the border, deep in the forest, riding on top of you
At the end of the highway the rider approaches and with arms outstretched he says;
Behind all your logic there’s a tearing eye (well it’s alright now)
The truth that you’re looking for will make you cry (I tell you it’s alright now)
 
There is nothing you can do but try to make it through (no there's nothing you can do)
There is nothing you can do but try to make it through (but try to make it through)

Try to make it through

Hideaway

When the wind blows in so softly through the trees, I move just like some animal, then I freeze
When the wind blows in and I can barely breathe, when I’m naked and there’s not one eye that sees
I might be anything, I might be anyone, I might be moving right into the setting sun
I’ll be locked away keep them all at bay inside my
Hideaway, so safe, no way you can find my hideaway, so safe, no way I’m ever coming out, I’m not coming out

Take a fresh look at ‘em all and tell me dear, doesn’t it make you tremble with the fear?
I’ll be locked away, keep them all at bay inside my
Hideaway, so safe, no way you can find my hideaway, so safe, no way I’m ever coming out

This is no cage, it’s my sanctuary, this is no stage, it’s just me preparing, yeah

When the wind blows in so softly through the trees, I move just like some animal, then I freeze
When the wind blows in and I can barely breathe, when I’m naked and there’s not one eye that sees
I might be anything, I might be anyone, I might be moving right into the setting sun
With nothing left to say I keep them all at bay inside my
Hideaway, so safe, no way you can find my hideaway, so safe, no way I’m ever coming
Hideaway, so safe, no way you can find my hideaway, so safe, no way I’m ever coming out
 
This is no cage, it’s my sanctuary, this is no stage, it’s just me preparing
This is no cage, it’s my sanctuary, this is no stage, it’s just me preparing, yeah

Pawn Takes Pawn

Pawn takes pawn with the swing of a huntsman’s knife, Bishop takes pawn with a pass of the plate
Knight takes Queen with his spellbinding repartee, Queen takes King with a TV show and a sleeping pill

So who can the Pawn be sacrificing? Who makes the next move again, my friend?
How can this be happening?

Queen takes pawn with a broken promise, Pawn takes Queen with a cheshire smile
Bishop takes Knight by working the system, Pawn takes King with a picket line and a hand grenade

So who can the pawn be sacrificing? Who makes the next move again, my friend?
I came to play and I came to win, I aim to take and take I will.
I came to play and I came to win, I aim to take and take I will.

Pawn takes Pawn with the swing of a huntsman’s knife, Bishop takes Pawn with a pass of the plate
Bishop takes Knight by working the system out, Pawn takes King with a picket line and a hand grenade

And so who can the pawn be sacrificing? Who makes the next move again, my friend?
I came to play and I came to win, I aim to take and take I will
I came to play and I came to win, I aim to take and take I will
I came to play and I came to win

Chinatown

Lightning flashes faster then dreams, lychees taste of flowers
Wakes me up and shakes me gently, think I was quite tired
She says "Little daughter come a little closer now, see the wonders of Chinatown"
Keepsakes we have made but some secrets we won’t trade for anything today

Children gathering in the streets but the city never sleeps...
She says "Little brother come a little closer now, see the wonders of Chinatown"
Keepsakes we have made but some secrets we won’t trade for anything today

Fish and incense dance with cigarettes, dumplings made of plums
Warm your heartbreak with this hot cup of chrysanthemums
She says "Come little lovers come a little closer now, see the wonders of Chinatown"
Keepsakes we have made but some secrets we won’t trade for anything

....Well maybe

Face The Astronaut

The daylight is outside, it’s dark in here, within I’m digging through all my memories again
My gift is my instinct, with its fist in the air, there is light in the window, I can see you in there

The lion and the lamb, don’t try to understand, the sheets are soaking wet and I cannot forget
It’s just a little burn, the plow that cuts the worm will turn and turn and turn
“Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the vine and time will make the wine
Oh “Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the vine and time will make the wine

The voice of a prophet hangs like smoke in the air, and I dig through these ashes, will I find you in there?
The ending of an age, the beauty of a cage, a poison in the vein, that no one will explain
It’s just a little burn, the plow that cuts the worm will turn and turn and turn
“Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the vine and time will make the wine
 
The lion and the lamb, don’t try to understand, the sheets are soaking wet and I cannot forget
It’s just a little burn, the plow that cuts the worm will turn and turn and turn
“Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the vine and time will make the wine, oh yeah
“Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the fight and time will make the wine, yeah

“Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the vine and time will make the wine

“Time,” she says, “is all we’ve got” time to face the astronaut
Time will kill the vine and time will make the wine

Faded

Another evening and I’m not sleeping, it’s the beating piece of my heart that your keeping
And all these feelings that you’ve been stealing, I’ve stifled in too many glasses of whiskey
Faded, how’d I come to find myself this way again
Faded, how’d I come to find

Your reflections a mere projection, I suppose that’s why I’m craving your affection
Between my obsessions and your deflection, I want to slip away into the void's protection
Faded, how’d I come to find myself this way again
Faded, how’d I come to find myself this way again
Faded, how’d I come to find

Within my intention and your perception this faded sense of who I am again

All this risk exists in the distance, foreplay forsaken in drunken decisions
Just my insistence for late night wine kisses, wishes for lips that tasted so delicious
Faded, how’d I come to find myself this way again
Faded, how’d I come to find myself this way again
Faded, how’d I come to find
Within my intention and your projection this faded sense of who I am again

After All

You’re welcome to try, we like the way you follow, you’re welcome today, but baby, don’t come back here tomorrow
Such a pretty face, we like how you use it, if there’s anything inside, baby, we’re gonna make you lose it
After all, nations fall (fall) those who can survive remain, oh
After all, nations fall (fall) those who can survive remain, you know

You’re welcome to beg, we ain’t gonna stop you, you think you’re down today, but baby, just wait ‘til we drop you
Oh, you sweet little thing, we like the way you move it, you’re born on the inside, baby, but you gotta get out to prove it
After all, nations fall (fall) those who can survive remain
After all, nations fall (fall) those who can survive will remain, will remain, will remain
 
As we made our way along that faded ancestral spice road the plains gave way to mountains
Our guide walked and slept a few inches above the ground
Rumors of a lost city, crowded with survivors, drew us ever onward
Thirst and hunger took most of us, but we couldn’t stop, we could never stop, to stop is to die

You’re welcome to try, we like how you follow, you’re welcome today, but baby, don’t come back tomorrow
Such a pretty face, we like how you use it, if there’s anything inside, baby, we’re gonna make you lose it
After all, nations fall (fall) those who can survive remain, oh yeah
After all, nations fall (fall) and those who can survive will remain, will remain

War

Their burning houses light the night, and now they’re on the run, and if our boys should soil their hands, let ‘em have their fun
When the smoke begins to settle, and the generals applaud, and everywhere is bones and ashes, and everywhere is God
Oh yeah, oh yeah

From inside a broken building a sound begins to rise as children see their blackened families pass before their eyes
Just like the morning sun we see and feel their hatred grow, we have to shield our eyes against their trembling afterglow
Oh yeah
 
That’s what our weapons are for, that’s what our weapons are for
 
Don’t say it’s wrong, just say it’s true, there is no pain until it’s you
Don’t say it’s holy, just say it’s true, don’t say it’s God who told you to  
Don’t say it’s wrong, just say it’s true, there is no pain until it’s you
Don’t say it’s holy, just say it’s true, don’t say it’s God who told you to

From inside a broken building a sound begins to rise as children see their blackened families pass before their eyes
Just like the morning sun we see and feel their hatred grow, we have to shield our eyes against their trembling afterglow
 
Their burning houses light the night, and now they’re on the run, and if our boys should soil their hands, let ‘em have their fun
Oh yeah