Steal the Light

The Cat Empire Steal the Light歌詞
1.Brighter Than Gold

Four steps in the morning,
Two steps in the day,
Three steps in the evening,
The darkness is a'blazing all the angels' seats
And soldiers step to liberate
Ola e, ola e

I run out like a cheetah
Monkey's in the blood
What a piece of work this man
Who screams the name of love
But all his brothers, cousins, sisters, and others hear his fuss
Ola e, ola e

Chorus:
All night awake,
In the moonlight I'm with you
In the moonlight I'm with you brighter than gold

Born on the horizon,
Beaming through the sky
Someone's seen what none can dream,
But light calls it a lie
And all the sinners, saints and winners,
Just wait to walk on by
Ola e, ola e

The Brando's in the forest,
And Nancy's in the flood
The black swan makes a pirouette
The gods cry from above
And all the rain kee?s falling,
I'm bare-feet in the mud
Ola e, ola e

Chorus:
All night awake,
In the moonlight I'm with you
In the moonlight I'm with you brighter than gold

Ola e, ola e

Come northern lights of Norway
Come sunrise to the East
Come wicked witches in the west!
West-south time with a beat
And all the lions, riots and preachers come down into the street
Ola e, ola e

Chorus:
All night awake,
In the moonlight I'm with you
In the moonlight I'm with you brighter than
All night awake,
In the moonlight I'm with you


2.Prophets In the Sky

you saw the carnival in Rio
you saw them dancing in the sun
but listen to your corazon,
can you believe
you'll always on your own

you're like a song without a singer
you're like a bird without a song
you're all alone all alone
and you're walking down a lone and dusty road

oh, you tricksters,
and hipsters,
and prophets in the sky
can you imagine
a love like that
a love like that
a love like that
a love like that
a love like ooohohoh
ooohohoh

this love is older than your father
this love is younger than your son
you feel it in your corazon
and it will be here when everything is gone
and as the night turns into morning
when the fire burns to coal
she wispers into your corazon
now you know
now you know
now you know

oh, you tricksters,
and hipsters,
and prophets in the sky
can you imagine
a love like that
a love like that
a love like that
a love like that
a love like ooohohoh
ooohohoh

you're lost in the crapper
and I knew that I'll find you
the song doesn't lie
under the arches of some ancient street
between the shadow and light
I know that heavens

and with the summer comes the madness
all your faces in the light
we light our fire all alone
and build a temple to save us from the dawn
you can't have everybody love you
you can't have sunshine every day
you see her dancing there alone
then you know
then you know
then you know

oh, you tricksters,
and hipsters,
and prophets in the sky
can you imagine
a love like that
a love like that
a love like that
a love like that
a love like ooohohoh
ooohohoh


3.Steal the Light

(Verse)
Seen that muse, I won't be scared,
She's wearing flowers, not snakes up in her hair tonight.
In love we've been around before,
We washed up on the old shore, but it's new tonight.

(Chorus)
It's only light, she said,
But we are liars to be free.
We steal the light to see.

(Verse)
The hour falls, we fall to dance,
The sirens and the marching band sing, it's nothing but chance
tonight.
A billion ones and many few,
When everyone I never knew, they're here tonight.

(Chorus)
It's only light, we said,
But we are liars to be free.
We steal the light to see.

(Bridge)
What if I'm lonely?
What if the sky should fall and disappear?
For one night only
Open your eyes and run to be free.
So if I may, what if I say it's good to have you here?

(Verse)
She said if you lead I'll come along
And if you need me there I'll sing a song tonight.
And all that glows and all that shines
And all we leave behind will keep us warm tonight.

(Chorus)
It's only light, I said,
But we are liars to be free.
We steal the light to see.

(Bridge)
What if I'm lonely?
What if the sky should fall and disappear?
For one night only
Open your eyes and run to be free.
I love you only,
Until the skies fall down and disappear
So if I may, what if I say it's good to have you here?


4.Am I Wrong

All they tell me is hope
All they tell me is lies
I can't hide so I run
Across the globe like a spy
But the sun makes a hole
Burning right through the sky
All my feelings are bold
And my thoughts are alive
I would follow you there
Through these thoughts to the sun
Through the black in my eye
As if I was the one
Is it me who is lead?
Or unsaid do I lead
With these drums to the ends of all streets?

Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It's been so long, but I want to believe you

If a thought was a bomb
That was tripped by desire
We could light up these halls
We could dance through the fire
On an ocean of dreams
In devotion of cause
In emotion of fears
In a notion that roars out
I love you, I love you,
I love you, I love you
But I need you to cry
Or I need you to do something
Magic like sing
As if holding to life
Or I need you to fall and to fall and to fly

Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It's been so long, but I want to believe you
Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It's been so long, but I want to believe you

Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?

You called me last night
You said 'Please stay inside'
But I was deep in the storm
I was deep in the riot
On the rise of a falling
Horizon I cried
'Is it wrong to be born and defy?'

Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It's been so long, but I want to believe you
Am I wrong, Mother Theresa?
It's been so long, but I want to believe you
Am I wrong?


5.Wild Animals

If you beat on the rock you can hear the world ring
Wake up in the morning you don't feel a thing
Shadows gathering over your head
And it's just like the preacher man said
He said we were born to run through the grass
Why are you living your life behind bars
Why are you living your life in the past
Give yourself a reason to sing

That you were free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free

Don't let them kill the wild animals inside of you

It's like in the movies when the rain comes down
And you take off your clothes and you scream at the clouds
Can you remember the moment of birth
When you slipped out onto the earth
You're a man, you're a woman, you're not some machine
Why do you always stare at the screen
Why do you always bow your head down
I know you used to be proud

When you were free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free

Don't let them kill the wild animals inside of you
Don't let them kill the wild animals, kill the wild animals,
kill the wild animals
Don't let them kill the wild animals inside of you

Look out the tiny window frame that sits behind your desk
Past the big computer screens and the jars of fountain pens
What are you doing in this prison with your psychopathic boss
With your brokenhearted mornings and your backstabbing friends

You were free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free born
You're free born, you're free

Don't let them kill the wild animals inside of you
Don't let them kill the wild animals, kill the wild animals,
kill the wild animals
Don't let them kill the wild animals inside of you
Don't let them kill the wild animals, kill the wild animals,
kill the wild animals
Don't let them kill the wild animals inside of you


6.Still Young

First I saw you standing there
Eyes so wild beneath your hair
Coat worn blacker than the sun
Shook your head like Strummer strummed
We stood like soldiers in a line
Heard the bells of midnight chime
We turned grey walls to fields of green
The only fate that we could scream was

While you're still young
Find your heart and find your song
Now where have you gone?

No matter where you're going
And no matter where you've been
You never needed anybody else's call now
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
Never met a one like you, don't bring me down

There's a dream that haunts my nights
Of wild black horses out in flight
The kind of free I'd never been
A kind of beast I'd never seen
Why do all things end in pain?
I call the ghosts and ask their names
Is that love you're running from?
If you lead then I will come

And while you're still young
Find your heart and find your song
Now where have you gone?

No matter where you're going
And no matter where you've been
You never needed anybody else's call now
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
Never met a one like you, don't bring me down

Basta de cuentos (Enough fables/lies)
Es tiempo de lo nuestro (It's time of what is ours)
Tengo tu alma (I've got your soul)
Bien metida adentro (Embedded in me)

While you're still young
Find your heart and find your song
While you're still young
Find your heart and find your song
While you're still young
Find your heart and find your song
Now where have you gone?
Oh oh oh...

No matter where you're going
And no matter where you've been
You never needed anybody else's call now
I never met a one like you, never met a one like you
Never met a one like you, don't bring me down


7.Like a Drum

I know my way, know my star
Marina mas allá
No one fears who we are
Marina ven para acá
Always near, always far
El cielo alcanzarás
I know my way, know my star
Es vida lo que das

No me digas lo que és
Lo que viene mas allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina va pa' allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina de Bahia

Ooh Marina, ooh my love, ooh Marina,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a
drum,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a drum

I know my way, know my star
Marina mas allá
No one fears who we are
Marina ven para acá
Always near, always far
El cielo alcanzarás
I know my way, know my star
Es vida lo que das

No me digas lo que és
Lo que viene mas allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina va pa' allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina de Bahia

Ooh Marina, ooh my love, ooh Marina,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a
drum,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a drum

No me digas lo que és
Lo que viene mas allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina va pa' allá
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
La Marina de Bahia

Ooh Marina, ooh my love, ooh Marina,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a
drum,
My heart is beating like a drum, my heart is beating like a drum


8.Open Up Your Face

While the traffic hums
When the madness comes
As the wire buzzes
While the weary run
Like a flower that reaches out its fingers to the rain
Like a bird that flies above the gutters and the graves

Open up your face
Open up your face
And move without a trace
You move without a trace

And the water's fine
As we drift away
Every single night
Every single day
Like a human cannonball who hears the match strike flame
Like a prisoner listening to the rumble of the train

Open up your face
Open up your face
And move without a trace
You move without a trace

Then I'll know you want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you...

And it's coming down
Tropical the rain
All the neighbours running out
On the street again
Like a cool wind blowing through desert after noon
Like the priest who kneels before his Mary in the gloom

Open up your face
Open up your face
And move without a trace
You move without a trace

Then I'll know you want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you
You want me, I want you...


9.Go

Now take a look at what you see
Do a little walking in your sleep
All around the garden shoots of green
All around the world are human beings
They're crying out, living in a dream
Some of them are nightmares, some of them are sweet
Every now and then someone starts to sing
Every now and then but you're just standing there and

Staring at some message on your omnipresent phone
You're so goddam materialistic, man you've got to let it, got to
let it go
Go!

Now I don't know what you've been told
Every little goldfish is not gold
Every little viper's not your friend
And a million dollars is not how this story ends
Doesn't mean a thing
Catch it on the wind, throw it to the sea
There's a lot of old gods in the deep
Maybe you could see them if you weren't just standing

Staring at some message on your omnipresent phone
You're so goddam materialistic, man you've got to let it, got to
let it go
Go!

There's gonna be a thunder in the hills
There's gonna be a red moon in the sky
People never do what they've been told
You're gonna have to hold your loved ones to you through the
night
Underneath the sky
Turning out the lights
Everybody comes in by the fire
Dance the night away
She looks into your eyes and are you standing there just

Staring at some message on you're omnipresent phone
You're so goddam materialistic, man you've got to let it, got to
let it,
Got to let it go
Go!
Got to let it, got to let it go
Go!


10.Sleep Won't Sleep

Sleep won't sleep, her eyes won't fall
Desire's gonna carry me down to the shore

All night on the other side
I'll be with you on the other side

Cause dead they dance their songs can sing
And purple flowers grow where they've been

All night on the other side
I'll be with you on the other side

Endlessly come and dance with me
In the dark I see, a vision of you

I'm going down where they play all night
Where the ghosts show the living how their shadows are so bright

All night on the other side
I'll be with you on the other side

Recklessly come and dance with me
In the dark I see, a moment of you, only you

Endlessly come and dance with me
In the dark I see, a moment of you, only you

Waves keep crashing on the Malacon
The son keeps playing and we're rolling on and …

All night on the other side
I'll be with you on the other side

Sleep won't sleep, her eyes won't fall
Desire's gonna carry me down to the shore

All night on the other side
I'll be with you on the other side


11.Don't Throw Your Hands Up

I went to the river but the river was dry
Saw a little bird there caught my eye
Keep on running, where are you going?
I'll tell you something I think's worth knowing
Cities come and cities go
Time can move fast and time can move slow
You've only got two arms on your shoulders
Don't throw your hands up only to cry

Don't throw
Don't throw
Don't throw your hands up only to cry

I went to the mountain, what did I see?
A white beard man with a colour TV
He said, can you believe these kids today
Half of them are murderers and half of them pray
For what, for what I can't reply
You sit and you stare as it passes you by
The rivers, the mountains, the perilous sea
Old man, old man, now listen to me

Don't throw
Don't throw
Don't throw your hands up only to cry

Why not live life a little bit harder
You sons don't mind the sins of your fathers
Now they're all dancing up in the sky now
Why not live life a little bit
Don't throw your hands up only to cry

Don't throw
Don't throw
Don't throw your hands up only to cry


12.All Night Loud

Ever since I was 16
I wished that spring would come to me
And I wished that I could dance up on the isles
Sweat rivers on a stage of steam
I let my thoughts begin to dream
I held my breath and ran into the wild

And each night a horizon grew
In all of us or just a few
Til morning's gold would make it disappear
Yet somewhere in my treasured chest
Is not forgot what must forget
But that's a feeling for another year

And movement has a way like words
You're there before the rhyme is heard
And all that one can do is shape the ride
The miles of a forgotten dream
Are yours my love, it's where we've been
And maybe one day soon we will arrive

Playing all night loud
Playing all night loud
Sing it all night with me
All night loud

And we went on a whirlwind trip
The nights unwound, the records flipped
And stillness came like chaos in the lights
And voices like devotion flew
Across the sea from me to you
In music that I still cannot describe

And there were ugly times, it's true
Some from me and some from you
And devils have a way of digging down
But a friend is not a friend for life
Unless your life is worth the strife
So hold on, we'll be alright

Playing all night loud
Playing all night loud
Sing it all night with me
All night loud

There's a speech that I know well
Was told by Henry V I'll tell
A version that relates to us not war
'He who sheds his sweat with me
Will be my friend eternally
From this day to the ending of the world!'

No matter if we're young or old
Or in the sun or in the cold
I hope I can remember your bright eyes
Cause I know you and you know me
At least somehow mysteriously
So thank you my dear friends and that's goodnight

I'm much obliged
I'm much obliged
So thank you my dear friends and that's goodnight

I'm much obliged
I'm much obliged
So thank you my dear friends and that's good night