For The Quiet Life
After us, the flood & whatever useless words hang from my mouth
Lover, are you going to leave me high
For the Quiet Life?
Another takes me back to where I was
In the Quiet Life
All of these Sharks circling my sea
This city wasn't built for speed
Towers to the sky for miles & miles
Baby, you're alive so well
All of these Sharks armed heavily to the teeth
The city won't sleep & so you won't let me
Build towers to the sky for miles around
You're not alive & well
(When you say that you're sorry, honey don't you blink an eye)
The aging collapse of futures & pasts
Has placed our love into cold winter hands
Still I want you to know
That I want you to know
I want you to know
How I want you to fall into me
We were married in a fever of a dream
We were married in a fever
The snow will come soon
I will come to
The nights will consume
Spring will come too
The seasons bloom for you
So I will bloom too
The seasons bloom for you
Don't make me a loss
I know which way the $$ goes
I know which way the body folds
I know every way you're taking me
I know how things will always seem
(All rise)
As the $$ spends your life
(All rise)
As the $$ lets you down
(All rise)
As the $$ digs your grave
(All rise)
As the $$ never saves
I know which bed is safe to tame
I know which lie could bring the end
I know where the $$ spends
I know every thought that's in your head
We dream of foreign cities
Then we dream of walking away
No, I didn't see it coming
Sunday's just another day
The armies have armed & gathered
Now we just wait patiently
You're not the one I'm after
The one I'm after is after me
In dreams they watch us slip into sleep
Surveillance on & cutting in deep
There is no hope
There is no dream
The careful eye sees everything
I can't call this dreaming so I guess we're awake
I can't say it's real so I guess that it's fake
I can't call it freedom so I guess that it's death
I can't fall asleep in a prisoner's bed
Goodbye & goodnight they've captured our lives
The Devils will roam & the Angels will hide
As memories fade into morning light
I wake up from a sleepless night
Lover, are you going to leave me high
For the Quiet Life?
Another takes me back to where I was
In the Quiet Life
All of these Sharks circling my sea
This city wasn't built for speed
Towers to the sky for miles & miles
Baby, you're alive so well
All of these Sharks armed heavily to the teeth
The city won't sleep & so you won't let me
Build towers to the sky for miles around
You're not alive & well
(When you say that you're sorry, honey don't you blink an eye)
The aging collapse of futures & pasts
Has placed our love into cold winter hands
Still I want you to know
That I want you to know
I want you to know
How I want you to fall into me
We were married in a fever of a dream
We were married in a fever
The snow will come soon
I will come to
The nights will consume
Spring will come too
The seasons bloom for you
So I will bloom too
The seasons bloom for you
Don't make me a loss
I know which way the $$ goes
I know which way the body folds
I know every way you're taking me
I know how things will always seem
(All rise)
As the $$ spends your life
(All rise)
As the $$ lets you down
(All rise)
As the $$ digs your grave
(All rise)
As the $$ never saves
I know which bed is safe to tame
I know which lie could bring the end
I know where the $$ spends
I know every thought that's in your head
We dream of foreign cities
Then we dream of walking away
No, I didn't see it coming
Sunday's just another day
The armies have armed & gathered
Now we just wait patiently
You're not the one I'm after
The one I'm after is after me
In dreams they watch us slip into sleep
Surveillance on & cutting in deep
There is no hope
There is no dream
The careful eye sees everything
I can't call this dreaming so I guess we're awake
I can't say it's real so I guess that it's fake
I can't call it freedom so I guess that it's death
I can't fall asleep in a prisoner's bed
Goodbye & goodnight they've captured our lives
The Devils will roam & the Angels will hide
As memories fade into morning light
I wake up from a sleepless night
Antique Tongue
The Quiet Life
Sharks II
The Past Is Just That
Like A Hurricane
Bugs
The New Twilight
White Sheets
Sharks
Where The Money Spends
Witch Politics?
The Panoptic Nightmare
All songs written, performed, recorded, arranged & produced by David Berkovits except "Like a Hurricane" written by Neil Young.
Additional vocals on "Like A Hurricane" by Scott Homiak
Additional vocals on "Where The $$ Spends" by Elizabeth Kulinich
(Recorded in 2007)
