The Verve
Urban Hymns
Bitter Sweet Symphony
Cause it`s a bittersweet symphony, this
life
Try to make ends meet
You`re a slave to money then you die
I`ll take you down the only road
I`ve ever been down
You know the one that takes you to
The places where all the veins meet yeah,
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I`m here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I`m a million different people
From one day to the next
I can`t change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
Well I never pray
But tonight I`m on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds
That recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind,
I feel free now
But the airways are clean
And there`s nobody singing to me now
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I`m here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I`m a million different people
From one day to the next
I can`t change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can`t change
I can`t change
Cause it`s a
bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
Try to find some money then you die
I`ll take you down the only road
I`ve ever been down
You know the one that takes you to
The places where all the things meet yeah
You know I can change,
I can change
I can change, I can change
But I`m here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I`m a million different people
From one day to the next
I can`t change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
I can`t change my mold
no, no, no, no, no,
I can`t change
Can`t change my body,
no, no, no
I`ll take you down the
only road
I`ve ever been down
I`ll take you down the only road
I`ve ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Have you ever been down?
Have you`ve ever been down?
My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I`m sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know
Yes, there`s love if
you want it
Don`t sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there`s love if you want it
Don`t sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord
Why can`t you see
That nature has it`s way of warning me
Eyes open wide
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
Yes, there`s love if you want it
Don`t sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there`s love if you want it
Don`t sound like no sonnet, my lord
My lord
Sinking faster than a
boat without a hull
My lord
Dreaming about the day when
I can see you there
My side
By my side
Here we go again and my
head is gone,
My lord
I stop to say hello
Cause I think you should know, by now
By now
By now
By now
I got one more life
Can you see it wasting away?
But I got a plan, do you understand?
The drugstore wife
I was dealing soul and other white
I won`t shake your hands
Cause death has no plans
But here we are the
rolling people
Can`t stay for long, we gotta go
So come alive with the
rolling poeple
Don`t ask why, we just know
I`m on a big jet plane
With my briefcase and crime in my veins
I`ll be the first to toast, to my rowdy soul
But here we are the
rolling people
Don`t ask why, we don`t know
So come alive with the
rolling people
Don`t ask why, we just go now
Yeah
Don`t even know which
way I`m going to
The lights are on and I am feeling blue
I hope you know which way
I`m going to fly
Thank you for my life
I said good night, good-bye
You see me going
But here we are the
rolling people
Can`t stay for long, we gotta go
So come alive with the rolling people
Don`t ask why
We don`t know now
All this talk of
getting old
It`s getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I`m comin` down
And I hope you`re
thinking of me
As you lay down on your side
Now the drugs don`t work
They just make you worse
But I know I`ll see your face again
Now the drugs don`t work
They just make you worse
But I know I`ll see your face again
But I know I`m on a
losing streak
Cause I passed down my old street
And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I`ll sing in your ear again
Now the drugs don`t
work
They just make you worse
But I know I`ll see your face again
Cause baby, ooh, if
heaven calls,
I`m coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life,
I`m better off dead
All this talk of
getting old
It`s getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I`m comin` down
Now the drugs don`t work
They just make you worse
But I know I`ll see your face again
Cause baby, ooh, if
heaven calls,
I`m coming, too
Just like you said, you leave my life,
I`m better off dead
But if you wanna show,
just let me know
And I`ll sing in your ear again
Now the drugs don`t
work
They just make you worse
But I know I`ll see your face again
Yeah, I know I`ll see
your face again
Yeah, I know I`ll see your face again
Yeah, I know I`ll see your face again
Yeah, I know I`ll see your face again
I`m never going down,
I`m never coming down
No more, no more, no more,
No more, no more
I`m never coming down,
I`m never going down
No more, no more, no more,
No more, no more
As though you were born
And so you thought
The future`s ours
To keep and hold
A child within
Has healing ways
It sees me through
My darkest days
I`m gonna keep catching
that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I`m gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
In my lucid dreams
In my lucid dreams
Something now????
Through life no fun
I want to feel
I want to run
I`m gonna keep catching
that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I`m gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
In my lucid dreams
In my lucid dreams
I`m gonna keep catching
that butterfly
In that dream of mine
Keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I`m gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine
I`m gonna keep catching that butterfly
In my private dreams
In my private dreams
In my private dreams
My lucid dreams
My forgotten schemes
I see through you
You see through me
I see through you
You see through me
Be with me
Be with me
I see through you
You see through me
I see through you
You see through me
To be in your eyes
To be in your eyes
In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness
Find a new address
Stood before I sink
In a neon wilderness
Spill my last drink
Yeah, he was restless
Say good-bye to my new friends
Escape from loneliness
I found a new address
In the last room
I hear a boom
Someone else`s distress
In a neon wilderness
Someone else`s distress
In a neon wilderness
And I hear a boom
In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness
For a new address
In a neon wilderness
He was restless
Escape loneliness
For a new address
There ain`t no space
and time
To keep our love alive
We have existence and it`s all we share
There ain`t no real truth
There ain`t no real lies
Keep on pushin` cause I know it`s there
Oh, can you just tell
me
It`s all right (It`s all right)
Let me sleep tonight
Oh, can you comfort me
Tonight (It`s all right)
Make it all seem fine
I just can`t make it
alone oh, no, no
I just can`t make it alone oh, no, no
There`ll be no
lullabies
There`ll be no tears cried
We feel numb cause we don`t see
That if we really care
And we really loved
Think of all the joy we`d feel
Oh, can you just tell
me
It`s all right (It`s all right)
Let me sleep tonight
Oh, can you comfort me
Tonight (It`s all right)
Make it all seem fine
I just can`t make it alone oh, no, no (4)
Ain`t got no lullaby,
oh, no (2)
There is no space and time oh lord (2)
We have existence and it`s all we share (5)
Keep on pushing `cause I know
It`s there (4)
When morning breaks
We hide our eyes and our love`s aching
Nothing`s strange
It was in our hands
from 6 to 10
It slipped right out again
There`ll be no better
time
There`ll be no better way
There`ll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see like I
see
I hope you see what I see
I hope you feel like I feel
And the world don`t
stop
There is no time for cracking up
Believe me friend
Cause when freedom comes
I`ll be long gone
You know it has to end
There`ll be no better
time
There`ll be no better way
There`ll be no better day to save me
Save me
Yeah, save me
Yeah, save me
I hope you see what I
see
I hope you feel like I feel
Someone to stand beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Weeping willow
The pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
Pills under my pillow
Weeping willow
The Gun under your pillow
Weeping willow
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Beside me
Happiness
More or less
It`s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just where I am
But how many corners do
I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?
Well, I`m a lucky man
With fire in my hands
Happiness
Something in my own place
I`m standing naked
Smiling, I feel no disgrace
With who I am
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know just who I am
But how many corners do
I have to turn?
How many times do I have to learn
All the love I have is in my mind?
I hope you understand
I hope you understand
Gotta love that`ll
never die
Happiness
More or less
It`s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Happiness
Coming and going
I watch you look at me
Watch my fever growing
I know
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
Gotta love that`ll
never die
Gotta love that`ll never die
No, no
I`m a lucky man
It`s just a change in
me
Something in my liberty
It`s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
It`s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
It`s just a change in me
Something in my liberty
Oh, my, my
Oh, my, my
One day maybe we will
dance again
Under fiery skies
One day maybe you will love again
Love that never dies
One day maybe you will
see the land
Touch skin with sand
You`ve been swimming in the lonely sea
With no company
Oh, don`t you want to
find?
Can`t you hear this beauty in life?
The roads, the highs, breaking up your life
Can`t you hear this beauty in life?
One day maybe you will
cry again
Just like a child
You`ve gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end
Oh, don`t you want to
find?
Can`t you hear this beauty in life?
The times, the highs, breaking up your mind
Can`t you hear this beauty in life?
Oh, you`re too afraid
to touch
Too afraid you`ll like it too much
The roads, the times, breaking up your mind
Can`t you hear this beauty in life?
One day maybe I will
dance again
One day maybe I will love again
One day maybe we will dance again
You know you`ve gotta
Tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end
One day maybe you will love again
You`ve gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend
And the storm will end
Lookin` back on my life
You know that all I see
Are things I could`ve changed
I should have done
Where did the good times go?
Good times so hard to hold
This time, this time
This time I`m gonna find
Lookin` back on my life
You know that all I see
Are things I could`ve changed
I could have done
No time for sad lament
A wasted life is bitter spent
So rise into the light
In or out of time
Gonna rise straight through the light
In or out of time
Woke up one other day
The pain won`t go away
I am growing
In peculiar ways
Into a light I pass
Another dream, another trance
This time, this time
This time I`m gonna rise into the light
In or out of time
Gonna find my way in
life
In or out of sight
I`m still seeing things in black and white
Gonna rise straight into the light
In or out of sight
I`m gonna see the light
I`m gonna see the light
I`m gonna see the light
Cause I know there is
time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
There is time
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time
This time, this time
Yes
It`s been long
And yes
I still feel strong
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me, yeah
Time
Stands still
As you take
Your last pill
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me
And now I`m trying to
tell you
About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
They`ve always been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they made
I said, don`t you find
That it`s lonely
The corridor
You walk there alone
And life is a game
You`ve tried
And life is a game
You`re tired
Yes
I`m coming down
Your beauty is
A color surround
Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me
And now I`m trying to tell you
About my life
And my tongue is twisted
And more dead than alive
And my feelings
My feelings, they`ve been betrayed
And I was born a little damaged man
And look what they made
He said, don`t you find
That it`s lonely
The corridor
You walk there alone
And life is a game
You`ve tried
And life is a game
You`re tired
And life is a game
You`ve tried
I must be feeling low
I talked to god in a phonebox on my way home
I told you my answer
I left you my dreams on your answering machine
Come on
Let the spirit inside you
Don`t wait to be found
Come along with my sound
Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up
They`ll fuse you
I never met no one to deny a sound
I must be going insane
I called the doctor so he can relieve
He`s got a little pill for me
Just a little luxury
Help me through my day
Come on
Let the spirit inside you
Don`t wait to be found
Come along with our sound
Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up
They`ll fuse you
I never met no one to deny our sound
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on...
There`s only one life
Theres only one life
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
This is a big Fuck you!
This is a big Fuck you!
Come on!
Come on now
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(c) 2000 Cherkashin Stepan
