Whispers

I ceremonially undress
For she who in my dreams reveals how she longs and she cares
I take off all my clothes
For the woman downstairs

The faded cotton shirt
The woolen jacket from a time when the Lord still answered my prayers
I let fall my black armor
For the woman downstairs

I get into the bath
Let the water trickle through my mind’s lonely affairs
I give my longing body
To the woman downstairs

I give her my ears and my eyes
I give her my future and past
They’re both full of questions and lies
But I’ve got a feeling she’ll never ask
Where I’m going
Well, I’m going down
To the woman downstairs

In my dream I lay her on a blanket
Wild berries stain the fragile dress she wears
She can have my soul and keep it
The woman downstairs

I give her my ears and my eyes
I give her my future and past
They’re both full of questions and lies
But I’ve got a feeling she’ll never ask
Where I’m going
Well, I’m going down
To the woman downstairs

As Far As Love Goes, Woman
You might have been the one
As Far As Love Goes
Who know where it might have gone
As Far As Love Goes
You say I’m an unforgiving man
Been down too many roads
To pretend to understand
How far love goes

And that was before the city closed its perfumed flowers behind us
That was before we took these gritty roads to where no one would find us
To wash the blood off of our hands
There’s nothing more to see
Oh, woman, you’re still a mystery to me
As far as love goes

As Far As Love Goes
You say I’m player with no game
Well, I’ve played too many roles
To believe these lines I say
On how far love goes

And that was before the black woods closed their dying leaves behind us
That was before we took these backwards roads to where no one would find us
To wash the blood off of our hands
There’s nothing more to see
Oh, woman, you’re still a mystery to me
As far as love goes
As far as love goes

You came to me in peace
I gave you what you wanted
But no more than just enough
And now I’m on my knees
Have mercy on my soul
I am here to return your love

I’m reaching to be found
Let anyone that trusts in me
Be seen and be heard
And Lord, if I had known
That love would be my punishment
I would have kept my word

That’s what you do

For someone you love
You do it all for someone you love
Someone you love
You do it right for someone you love

You came to me out of nothing
Your beauty almost killed me
And the notion left me cold
I saw only your reflection
As always in this life
I never saw the image whole

Now the little I can give
Is all my love into a song
I’ll never stop to sing
You’ve shown the will to live
And some day we’ll meet face to face
And I will be born again

Yes, you’ll be born again

For someone you love
You’ll be born again for someone you love
Someone you love
Let yourself be born again for someone you love
Someone you love
Let yourself be born again for someone you love
Someone you love
Yeah, you’ll do it all for someone you love
Someone you love
You’ll be born again for someone you love
Someone you love
Let yourself be born again for someone you love

All my ships are going down
I’m drifting too, too far from shore
What went around never came around
I’m drifting too, too far from shore

I’m a plastic pearl
At the bottom of your ocean
A fucking fantastic girl
You say with a cutting lack of emotion

I’m too far
Too far, too far from shore
I’m drifting too far
Too far, too far from shore

I thought I saw you waving from the coast
But I was too far, too far from shore
The hope is all that’s keeping me afloat
Drifting too, too far from shore

I’m a plastic pearl
At the bottom of your ocean
A fucking fantastic girl
You say with a piercing lack of emotion

I’m too far
Too far, too far from shore
I’m drifting too far
Too far, too far from shore

We sailed off on a promise
When our love was sore and new
That I’d never change
And neither would you

Up in arms with laws of nature
We’d have it written out in stone
To combat our biggest fear
That of ending up alone

And it stings
And it burns
When it ends
When the bubble bursts
And it makes no sense
To speak these words:
“I loved you
I don’t love you anymore”

All these mines in our landscapes
Are bound to go off at some time
And time will change who we are
And just might change our minds

And it stings
And it burns
When it ends
When the bubble bursts
And it makes no sense
To speak these words:
“I loved you”

Yes, it stings
And it hurts
When it ends
When the bubble bursts
And it makes no sense
To speak these words:
“I loved you
I don’t love you anymore”

What happened to the whispers
Of love and of beauty
Of faith and of frailty
What happened to the whispers

I feel no pain
Not human anymore
We are strangers
Don’t know you like before

I promised nothing
But to let you down and that is all I did
Oh, sweet nothing
Was the jewel in my crown that I sold at the lowest bid

King of swines
Prince of lies
Wicked’s faithful servant
Boredom’s son
Love’s hired gun

Now I’m a chapter
In the sad little book that you keep beside your bed
Me, I know better
Than to let any memory lodge inside my head

King of swines
Prince of lies
Wicked’s faithful servant
Boredom’s son
Love’s hired gun

Whatever happened to the whispers
Of love and of beauty
Of faith and of frailty
The whispers

I’ve no friends left
Who could have stood through this
All I’ve kept
Is the taste of a selfish kiss

King of swines
Prince of lies
Wicked’s faithful servant
Boredom’s son
Love’s hired gun

Whatever happened to the whispers
Of love and of beauty
Of faith and of frailty
Of hope and eternity
The whispers

You don’t step into love
You fall
Head over heels
Blindfolded
Into a somersault
You don’t step into love

You don’t step into love
You fall
Down on your knees
Wide open
Into the weary dark
You don’t step into love

I’ve fallen from many terrifying heights
Fallen like a feather and like a stone
I’ve fallen hand in hand with many Mr. Rights
But mostly I’ve fallen alone

You don’t step into love
You fall
Head over heels
Blindfolded
Into the weary dark
You don’t step into love

I’ve fallen from many terrifying heights
Fallen like a feather and like a stone
I’ve fallen hand in hand with many Mr. Rights
But mostly I’ve fallen alone

Old friends, old friends
Can you picture me now
As I’m walking Laugarvegur
In Reykjavik town
Can you hear the ocean and the city drown each other out

Old friends, old friend
Is it too far away
And is it far too much to ask
That our friendships won’t change
Can you hear the voices of the kids we were
Before we flew out

We’re gonna need each other
Some day again
I’m gonna need my brother and my old friends
We’re gonna need each other
Some day again
I won’t forget my love for my old friends

Cold winds, cold winds
Lift these words to the sky
And carry them to my home country
Over seas of time
Bring me back the voices of the good old friends I grew up around

We’re gonna need each other
Some day again
I’m gonna need my brother and my old friends
We’re gonna need each other
Some day again
I won’t forget my love for my old friends

At times in the morning
I see wrong from right
But then comes the evening
And I don’t even try
I want you
I can’t be alone tonight

The bed is unmade
The world is on fire
It’s no time to tame
A lonely man’s desire
I want you
I can’t be alone tonight

Take me now
Into the night
Take me now
Don’t change your mind
Take me here and now
Let’s go crazy together
Pretend that we’ll never
Speak the goodbyes
That loom in our eyes
I want you

I shake when you’re with me
I break when you go
The sight it ain’t pretty
Of a man in the know
I want you
I can’t be alone tonight

Take me now
Into the night
Take me now
Don’t change your mind
Take me here and now
Let’s go crazy together
Pretend that we’ll never
Speak the goodbyes
That loom in our eyes
I want you

Thank you
Thank you
Thank you for loving me
The way that you do
The way that you do

You’ve said it yourself
You don’t always know why
But something keeps you warm
Something makes you want to try
To keep loving me
The way that you do
Yeah, the way that you do

You’ve said it yourself
You don’t always know how
But something makes you push
Past the trouble and the doubt
And keep loving me
The way that you do
The way that you

Said it yourself
You don’t always know why
But something keeps you warm
Something makes you want to try
To keep loving me
The way that you do
The way that you do
The way that you do
Yeah, the way that you do