Lyrics

PROMISE YOU

I don’t express myself as well as I would always wish
That’s why I have to show you
The universe will be a better place in which to live
If I can really know you

But as I try my best to understand your secret world
I feel I’m going around in circles
It’s hard to see how I will ever learn
What makes you happy

When all you want is someone by your side
A trusted friend in whom you can confide
Do you then think of me?
Because I’m not the enemy

And if I could run
You know I wouldn’t run
We’ve only just begun
I’m here to stay
It’s tearing me apart
What’s locked up in your heart
That beautiful heart
I’ll never betray
This I promise you
I promise you
I promise you

Breaking promises is easy, I’ve broken enough
I’m not proud of my behaviour
For far too long I’ve been a temperamental fool for love
Looking for a saviour

Nothing’s certain in a lifetime, doubt will fill your mind
If you let it overwhelm you
Sit back relax and you may start to find
What makes you happy

When all you want is someone by your side
A trusted friend in whom you can confide
Do you then think of me?
Because I’m not the enemy

And if I could run
You know I wouldn’t run
We’ve only just begun
I’m here to stay
It’s tearing me apart
What’s locked up in your heart
That beautiful heart
I’ll never betray
This I promise you
I promise you
I promise you

And if I could run
You know I wouldn’t run
We’ve only just begun
I’m here to stay
It’s tearing me apart
What’s locked up in your heart
That beautiful heart
I’ll never betray
This I promise you
I promise you
I promise you
This I promise you
I promise you
I promise you

© David Barrat

HEAL THIS HEART

I can’t stop the thoughts
That rush into my head
Thoughts of you of course
And everything you’ve said

When you’re away from me it hurts (oh it hurts)
It’s bad enough by day
But in the night
That’s when it gets worse

I wonder where you are at this moment in time
Are you going out with a girl on your mind
I’ve always been the victim of emotional crime
Please help me to heal this heart of mine

This is worse than murder
I’ve sunk so very low
I can’t go any further
There’s nowhere left to go (nowhere left to go)

I’ve chased after you for years
I’ve nearly reached the end
It’s either happy
Or it’s full of tears

I wonder where you are at this moment in time
Are you going out with a girl on your mind
I’ve always been the victim of emotional crime
Please help me to heal this heart of mine

Heal this heart with your loving
Heal this heart with your touching
Heal this heart with your giving
Heal this heart
Tonight

I wonder where you are at this moment in time
Are you going out with a girl on your mind
I’ve always been the victim of emotional crime
Please help me to heal this heart of mine

I wonder where you are at this moment in time
Are you going out with a girl on your mind
I’ve always been the victim of emotional crime
Please help me to heal this heart of mine
(heal this heart of mine)

MAN OF ROSES

She's slumped across her dressing table
There's very little on her mind
She knows that she will not be able
To ever leave the past behind

In her hand she holds a picture
Taken many years ago
It's all she has now to remind her
Of the man she used to know

By herself she spends the evening
Sitting still without a sound
And though she knows it cannot happen
Hopes that he will come around

Where is the man of roses now
Where is the head that wore the crown
Where is the dancing through the night
Where is the hand that held you tight

All the strength he gave to her
How could it vanish in a day?
Not even for a fleeting moment
Had she believed he'd go away

She doesn't bother with her make-up
She doesn't care about her hair
For as she always tells herself
It doesn't matter, he's not there

Where is the man of roses now
Where is the head that wore the crown
Where is the dancing through the night
Where is the hand that held you tight

So hard to fight
So long the night
When you're alone
And out of sight
So hard to fight
So long the night
When you're alone
And out of sight

Where is the man of roses now
Where is the head that wore the crown
Where is the dancing through the night
Where is the hand that held you tight
Where is the man of roses now
Where is the head that wore the crown
Where is the dancing through the night
Where is the hand that held you tight

A NIGHT LIKE THIS

I'll never explain it
As long as I'm alive
It must have been fated
For you to be by my side
And being here with you
Is just like having a dream come true

I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life for a night like this

Hear my heart beating
It's been quiet so long
But while our lips are meeting
It starts playing a song
If you kiss me again
The song in my heart will never end

I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life for a night like this
A night like this
A night like this

Everyone's looking at us tonight
We are the talk of all the world alright

I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life for a night like this
A night like this
A night like this

I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life for a night like this
A night like this
A night like this
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life
I've been waiting all my life for a night like this
For a night like this
A night like this
A night like this
Oh, a night like this
For a night like this
A night like this

TIME

I don’t want confusion
In my life
No cheap illusion
To make me smile

I don’t want discussion
Through the night
No well meant compassion
Can make things right

I don’t want a car
I don’t want a plane
I don’t want this heart
Broken again

All I want
All I need
Is time
Time is for me always so hard to find (to find)
All I want
All I need
Is time
I just need time (time)
Time, Time

Taking it easy
In my room
Where no one can find me
Through the gloom

I’d stay here forever
If I could
From here the world’s never
Looked so good

Nothing’s the same
Nothing will change
Out of the game
I’m out of range

All I want
All I need
Is time (time)
Time is for me always so hard to find (to find)
All I want
All I need
Is time
I just need time (time)
Time

Maybe I should
Maybe one day
I should find someone else
Not now, I’m not ready now
I think I’ll stay here by myself

All I want
All I need
Is time
Time is for me always so hard to find (to find)
All I want
All I need
Is time
I just need time
Time
Time
Ooh

All I want
All I need
Is time (time)
Time is for me always so hard to find (to find)
All I want
All I need
Is time
I just need time
Time
Time

LIVE FOR

When you said let’s talk tonight
I knew something wasn’t right
In your eyes and on your face
There was a look out of place

We could talk at any time
Is there something on your mind
Now I fear what it might be
Oh baby please keep loving me

You’re all I live for
Don’t go away
You’re all I live for
I need you to stay
Believe me it’s true
It’s all about you
You’re all I live for
You’re all I live for

I walk along a lonely street
Anticipating my defeat
And the clouds have come again
In the air I feel the rain

But if you would still be mine
The sun will always shine
To my heart you hold the key
Oh baby please keep loving me

You’re all I live for
Don’t go away
You’re all I live for
I need you to stay
Believe me it’s true
It’s all about you
You’re all I live for

With love hanging by a thread
Is it to be or not to be?
Danger sign, the code is red
Baby please keep loving me, oh

You’re all I live for (all I live for)
Don’t go away (don’t go away)
You’re all I live for (all I live for)
I need you to stay (I need you stay)
Believe me it’s true (believe me)
It’s all about you (it’s all about you)
You’re all I live for (you’re all I live for)

You’re all I live for (all I live for)
Don’t go away (don’t go away)
You’re all I live for (all I live for)
I need you to stay (I need you stay)
Believe me it’s true (believe me)
It’s all about you (it’s all about you)
You’re all I live for (you’re all I live for)
You’re all I live for (all I live for)
You’re all I live for
You’re all I live for

SILENCE

The day on which the need arose
To cut me was I must suppose
The day that you mapped out your destiny
What you meant I still don’t know
I think you said “I have to go”
Your voice is fading from my memory

Funny how your smile delighted
Shame it was so rarely sighted
I used to try and steal one if I could
Like the youth that nature blighted
So few wrongs were ever righted
Tragedy remains misunderstood

I have tried to understand
The head you have buried in the sand
On familiar terrortree
You can’t escape from history

I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your silence
I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your silence
I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your silence
I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your
Silence

All requests have been refused
The situation un-defused
Attention focussed on a single word
Feeling that I’ve been accused
I walk around lost and confused
I speak but I know I cannot be heard

Nothing has yet been decided
While my love is unrequited
Every move I make is no good
Not knowing I’m uninvited
At first I was dead excited
Couldn’t see the trees for all the wood

I have tried to understand
The head you have buried in the sand
On familiar terrortree
You can’t escape from history

I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your silence
I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your silence
I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your
Silence

Now I’ve had too much to drink
And I’m feeling on the brink of collapse
So I’m gonna crash and burn
And I’m going home to turn on the taps

I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your silence
I ask if it’s making sense
For you to keep up with your
Silence