Holes in my body, holes in my shoes You can put your fingers in me Let the north wind blow straight through When you left I almost disappeared Now you've gone, I'm not quite here My friends say they call me, but there's nobody home And they say talking to me these days Is like […]

Unmade love Placed on probation from your limbs Separated by a thin white veil of skin And unmade love Unmade love To love you is to live beyond my means The ghost of our love stalks me nightly In my dreams Dreams of unmade love Let me sleep a little longer Pray that in the […]

How I’d like to take her outside Under bad light, blind drunk, doe eyed But I’m no good for her No, I’m no good for her Fingers sliding up and down her legs Tidal waves, hurricanes, avalanches in my head But I’m no good for her No, I’m no good for her I’m no good […]

I have a letter, familiar paper I keep a figurine in a locket It's dedicated, engraved initials Yellow photograph in a pocketbook Well the rim of her mouth was golden Her eyes were just desert sands But that's not her That's just the light It's only an image of her It's just a trick of […]

I can hear the timer ringing I can hear the whistle blow I can hear the customers, they're saying "Yes, it's time to go home" Everything has been delivered Everyone has called it a day There's the doorman checking in his pocket for his weekly pay And from this window, I can see the street […]

In this time of weakness you may have to hold me You may have to tell me little things that just aren’t true Say “Come to bed now honey”. Say “Everything’s alright I won’t let nothing out there get you this or any other night” Though you may not beat it when you squeeze my […]

I have to yodel, I have to moan Loss of heart and hearth and home Petrol stolen from my car Money missing from my kitchen jar Suspect my neighbour I search his house Follow his every movement about Even spying on his kin Taking note of every place he’s been Photograph of every place he’s […]

It drains the blood from your veins And the colour from your cheeks The summer from your eyes And the days from your weeks Everyone needs something if they're gonna survive This one needs a soul just to keep it alive In the moment at hand In the shrapnel and the dirt Vows are exchanged […]

This boy is in a mess This boy is in a mess (this boy is in a mess) All his clothes are on the floor His excuses out the door Get outside boy Get in the sun Take some air boy Take a run Say hello to your old girlfriend You’ve not seen her since […]

I knew him as a gentle young man I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline We watched him fade before our very eyes And years before his time Surrounded himsef with shiny things First night tickets, ermine, pearls upon a string And disappeared in all the pestilence That sudden pleasure brings He […]