PLAYING THE ANGEL - Lyrics
Last updated 11.10.05
[01]
A Pain That I'm Used To
[02]
John The Revelator
[03]
Suffer Well
[04]
The Sinner In Me
[05]
Precious
[06]
Macrovision
[07]
I Want It All
[08]
Nothing's Impossible
[09]
Introspectre
[10]
Damaged People
[11]
Lillian
[12]
The Darkest Star
b-side track from
Precious single
[13]
Free
A Pain That I'm Used To
I’m not sure what I’m looking for anymore
I just know that I’m harder to console
I don’t see who I’m trying to be instead of me
But the key is a question of control
Can you say what you’re trying to play anyway
I just pay while you’re breaking all the rules
All the signs that I find have been underlined
Devils thrive on the drive that is fueled
All this running around, well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I’m used to
I don’t need to believe all the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve something that rings true
There’s a hole in your soul like an animal
With no conscience, repentance, oh no
Close your eyes, pay the price for your paradise
Devils feed on the seeds of the soul
I can’t conceal what I feel, what I know is real
No mistaking the faking, I care
With a prayer in the air I will leave it there
On a note full of hope not despair
All this running around, well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I’m used to
I don’t need to believe all the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve something that rings true
All this running around, well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I’m used to
I don’t need to believe all the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve something that rings true
John The Revelator
John the Revelator
Put him in a elevator
Take him up to the highest high
Take him up to the top where the mountains stop
Let him tell his book of lies
John the Revelator
He’s a smooth operator
It’s time we cut him down to size
Take him by the hand
And put him on the stand
Let us hear his alibis
By claiming God as his only rock
He's stealing a god from the Israelite
Stealing a god from a Muslim, too
There is only one god through and through
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Seven lies, multiplied by seven, multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame
Bye-bye
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Bye-bye
John the Revelator
Suffer Well
Where were you when I fell from grace
A frozen heart, an empty space
Something's changed and it’s in your eyes
Please don’t speak, you’ll only lie
I found treasure not where I thought
Peace of mind can’t be bought
Still I believe
I just hang on and suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
It’s hard to tell
An angel led me when I was blind
I said take me back, I’ve changed my mind
Now I believe
From the blackest room, I was torn
You called my name, a love was born
So I believe
I just hang on and suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
It’s hard to tell
I just hang on and suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
So hard to tell
The Sinner In Me
If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me
I’ll never be a saint
That’s not a picture that your memory paints
Not renowned for my patience
I’m not renowned for my restraint
But you’re always around
You can always be found
To pick me up when I’m on the ground
If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me
I’m still recovering
Still getting over all the suffering
More known for my anger
Than for any other thing
But you’ve always tried
To be by my side
And catch my fall when I start to slide
If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me
Precious
Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My god what have we done to you?
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we’d managed
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn’t know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If god has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it’s your eyes he’s seeing through
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we’d managed
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your heart for two
Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we’d managed
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Macrovision
Overflowing senses
Heightened awareness
I hear my blood flow
I feel its caress
Whispering cosmos
Talking right to me
Unlimited, endless
God breathing through me
See the microcosm
In macrovision
Our bodies moving
With pure precision
One universal
Celebration
One evolution
One creation
Thundering rhythm
Pounding within me
Driving me onwards
Forcing me to see
Clear and enlightening
Right there before me
Brilliantly shining
Intricate beauty
See the microcosm
In macrovision
Our bodies moving
With pure precision
One universal
Celebration
One evolution
One creation
I Want It All
I see a river
It’s oceans that I want
You have to give me everything
Everything’s not enough
It’s my desire
To give myself to you
Sometimes
Sometimes I try
Sometimes I lie, with you
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I die, it’s true
Somewhere I find
Something that’s kind
And I’ve crossed the line again
A line I drew in sand
Still you give me everything
And everything’s not enough
I’m ready but not willing
To give myself to you
Sometimes
Sometimes I try
Sometimes I lie, with you
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I die, it’s true
Somewhere I find
Something that’s kind
Come on over
Lay down beside me
And I’ll try
Come on over
Lay down beside me
And I’ll try
And I’ll try
I want it all
Nothing's Impossible
Just give me a reason, some kind of sign
I’ll need a miracle to help me this time
I heard what you said, and I feel the same
I know in my heart that I’ll have to change
Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing’s impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible
How did we get to be this far apart?
How did we get to be this far apart?
I want to be with you, something to share
I want to be near you, sometimes I care
Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing’s impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible
Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing’s impossible
If you believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible
Damaged People
We’re damaged people
Drawn together
By subtleties that we are not aware of
Disturbed souls
Playing out forever
These games that we once thought we would be scared of
When you’re in my arms
The world makes sense
There is no pretense
And you’re crying
When you’re by my side
There is no defense
I forget to sense
I’m dying
We’re damaged people
Praying for something
That doesn’t come from somewhere deep inside us
Depraved souls
Trusting in the one thing
The one thing that this life has not denied us
When I feel the warmth
Of your very soul
I forget I’m cold
And crying
When your lips touch mine
And I lose control
I forget I’m old
And dying
Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Look what you’ve done
You’ve stripped my heart
Ripped it apart
In the name of fun
Oh, Lillian
I’m a poor man’s son
And precious jewels
Weren’t found in schools
Where I came from
Pain and misery always hit the spot
Knowing you can’t lose what you haven’t got
Oh, Lillian
I should have run
I should have known
Each dress you own
Is a loaded gun
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
I need protection
I hear your voice
And any choice I had is gone
Oh, Lillian
Once I begun
I couldn’t stop
‘til every drop of blood was sung
Pain and misery always hit the spot
Knowing you can’t lose what you haven’t got
Oh, Lillian
Look what you’ve done
You stripped my heart
Ripped it apart
In the name of fun
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
Oh, Lillian
The Darkest Star
Oh you sad one
Playing the angel
Isn’t so easy where you’re from
Oh you wild one
Devil’s companion
You won’t stay satisfied for long
I don’t want you to change
Anything you do
I don’t want you to be
Something else for me
Oh you dark one
Eternal outsider
Caught in the spider’s web you’ve spun
Oh you blind one
Gentle and kind one
Seeing the world as a loaded gun
I don’t want you to change
Anything you do
I don’t want you to be
Someone else for me
Stay as you are
The darkest star
Shining for me
Majestically
Free
I will never be free
I shall never be released
From the chains that bind me
They torture and blind me
And keep me from peace
Oh, what heartache
Oh, what heartbreak
Following me
Calling to me
I will never be free
I shall never be released
From the chains that bind me
They torture and blind me
And keep me from peace
I will never be free
I will never be laid to rest
Sisters and brothers
I'll never recover
From this tenderness
See what love breaks
Hear what love sings
Sad melodies
Enticing me
I will never be free
I shall never be released
From the chains that bind me
They torture and blind me
And keep me from peace
I will never be free
I will never be laid to rest
Sisters and brothers
I'll never recover
From this tenderness
[ © 2005 shout! - all right reserved. Transcripted for educational and non-commercial use only. All rights for official lyrics belongs to: © EMI Music Publlishing Ltd., assigned by Grabbing Hands Music Overseas Ltd. All photos by Anton Corbijn. ]
