The Rip Tide

Beirut The Rip Tide歌詞
1.A Candle's Fire

Oh light a candle's fire,
carries a good name
What would you ask a camp fire,
it's scares'd be just the same
And you, you had it all along,
and endless need for games
Just don't forget a candle's fire,
is only just a flame

I, it's certain from a far,
have failed to pull my weight
But you were light,
you travelled through the fog,
to arrive at our front gate
Tonight we rest beside the fire,
a smile upon your face
Just don't forget a candle's fire
is only just a flame

If I had known not to carry on that way,
It wouldn't show in the creases of your face
If you should go but you carry on my name
Just let it blow, in the fog on Bishop's Lane


2.Santa Fe

Your days in one
This day undone
(The kind that breaks under)
All day at once
(for me, for you)
I'm just too young
(And what of my heart)
This day was once
(Silence before)
All grace of lost
Can't wait at all
(Can't wait at all)
Temptation won

And what ever comes through the door
I'll see it face to face
All by your place

Sign me up Santa Fe
And call your son
Sign me up Santa Fe
On the cross Santa Fe
And all I want
Sign me up Santa Fe
And call your son

And I and I and I alone want you to know
And I and I and I alone
And I and I and I alone want you to know
And I and I and I alone

Your days in one
This day undone
(The kind that breaks under)
All day at once
(for me, for you)
I'm just too young
(And what of my heart)
Sign me up Santa Fe
And call your son
Sign me up Santa Fe
On the cross Santa Fe
And all I want
Sign me up Santa Fe
And call your son..


3.East Harlem

Another rose wilts in East Harlem
And uptown downtown a thousand miles between us
She's waiting for the night to fall
Let it fall, I'll never make it in time

Another rose wilts in East Harlem
And uptown downtown a thousand miles between us
She's waiting for the night to fall
Let it fall, I'll never make it in time
Another rose wilts in East Harlem
And uptown downtown a thousand miles between us
She's waiting for the night to fall
Let it fall, I'll never make it in time

Sound is the colour I know, oh,
Sound is what keeps me looking for your eyes,
And sound of your breath in the cold,
And oh, the sound will bring me home again.
Sound is the colour I know, oh,
Sound is what keeps me looking for your eyes,
And sound of your breath in the cold,
And oh, the sound will bring me home again.


4.Goshen

You're on in five, it's time you rise or fail.
They've gone before, stood by your door all day.
For what it's worth, defend your kind from shame.
The lights are down, go on inside, they've paid.
You're the face in stone, through the land I own.
You never found it home.
You're not the girl I used to know.

What would you hide from such a glow
If I had only told you so?

You're on in five, it's time you rise or fail.
They've gone before, stood by your door all day.
But you never found it home.
A fair price I'd pay to be alone.

What would you hide from such a glow
If I had only told you so?


5.Payne's Bay

I can't belong to the dirt
I can't put on your fire
This town's alone and therefore
I see no end in sight
Oh, and hymns, child
Oh, and words you'll know

Headstrong today, I've been headstrong


6.The Rip Tide

And this is the house where I
I feel alone
Feel alone now
And this is the house where I
Could be alone
Be alone now
So the waves and I found the rolling tide
So the waves and I found the rip tide

And this is the house where I
I feel alone
Feel alone now
And this is the house where I
Could be alone
Be alone now
So the waves and I found the rolling tide
So the waves and I found the rip tide


7.Vagabond

Left the vagabonds
A trail of stones
Forward to find my way home
Now as the air grows cold
The trees unfolds
And I am lost
And not found


Now left the vagabonds
A trail of stones
Forward to find my way home
Now as the air grows cold
The truth unfolds
And I am lost
And not found
Now left the vagabonds
A trail of stones
Forward to find my way home
Now as the air grows cold
The truth unfolds
And I am lost
And not found


8.The Peacock

There's an answer for I'm cold again
Back in the sand just like those soldier men
And even once I fell down in the narrow lanes
On the ground I lay
And I would say
Infernal heat can't take the sound in here
Shake the trees see what falls out of them
In a city where nobody hears
A birds call fine fine winter's here again
Calls and sings berlin, berlin
Among the camp we're done with him
We'd shoot him down
But then but then
Where should I begin, begin

He's the only one who knows the words


9.Port Of Call

And I
I called through the air that night
A calm sea voice with outline
I could only smile
I've been alone some time

And all and all
It's been fine

And you
You had hope for me now
I danced all around it somehow
Be fair to me
I may drift a while
Were it up to me
You'd know why

I, I called through the air that night
The fault's walls warming inside
Was it infantile,
that which we desired?
Were it up to me,
all the warmth from your eyes

And I,
I called through the air that night
My thoughts were still blurry inside
We were closer then,
I've been alone some time
Filled your glass with gin,
filled your hearts with pride

And you,
you had hope for me now
I danced all around it somehow
Be fair to me,
I may drift a while
If there's a plan for me,
would it make you smile?

No, don't want to be there for nobody
I can sit here and no
Don't want to be there for tomorrow
So unsafe, I am no one to be followed
By all the signals, no
Don't want to be there for no one,
I can be saved