PATRICK WOLF – William

And I showed you my ugly heart
Yet you did not surrender
Love me back to life
Through my self destruction, December

All paranoia’s to trust
I turned my bodies functions, I remembered
So ’til the going down of suns
Oh William, will you be my conqueror?

PATRICK WOLF – Together

Alone again in Paris
Travel drained I write to you
You’ve been on my mind
Cold days, long nights

A rooftop in Berlin I call
Confess the state I’m in
These cities, this view
I see nothing without you

And I can do this alone
But we can do this so much better
Together, together, together

And I can make it alone
But we can make it so much better
Together, together, together, together

London Bridge, the rain at last
Back in these arms again
I’m sorry I hurt you
I hurt me too

Forgive my jealousy
That’s not the man I long to be
By your side my whole life
True love knows no sacrifice

And I can do this alone
But we can do this so much better
Together, together, together

And I can make it alone
We can make it so much better
Together, together, together, together

Together

Together

I put my honor in waste
Pull you closer and embrace
So divided we fall
But stronger we stand

Together
Together
Together
Together
Together

PATRICK WOLF – Time Of My Life

From the east to the south
I tongue the roof of my mouth
To new days of doubt without you
First gear

I face the trouble ahead
Final word’s been said
Long distance spread between us
I tell myself to

Hold on, won’t be long
Till I grow through this struggle
Time to wake up
Find my soul

Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you

Not called for weeks now
It’s six days without sleep means
I am a slave to my early grave

If I do not be brave, behave
Seize myself out of this mess
I have created of myself yet again
Yet again I say

Hold on, won’t be long
Till I grow through this struggle
Time to wake up
Find my soul

Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you

We go on, heart beats strong
Still whole, unbroken
As we divide our love goodbye
Thanks for the time, time of my life

Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you
Happy without you

Time, time of my life
Time, time of my life
(So happy without you)

Time, time of my life
Thanks for the time of my life
(Happy without you, happy without you)

Happy without you

PATRICK WOLF – The Future

Summer in San Francisco
Kissing chlorine in the swimming pool
Out of fuel at the Phoenix motel
I slept alone again that night
And sweet dreams of Mother Ireland
And Father Albion

Sweet dream
That you’ll come near, I see my future clear
And the threshold appears
And I am carrying you over, carrying you over

You come near, I see my future clear
And the threshold appears
And I am carrying you over, carrying you over

Into the hallway of our new home
Chaos outside
But I’ve got your back
We’ve got our own paradise

And we are private worlds away from
Public eyes
I say I love you more than my life
Truth completely

You come near, I see my future clear
And the threshold appears
And I am carrying you over, carrying you over

You come near, I see my future clear
And the threshold appears
And I am carrying you over, carrying me over

Into the best days of the rest days of our lives

Into the future
Carrying you over, carrying you over
Into the future
Carrying me over

PATRICK WOLF – The Falcons

Looking up, up, up for love finally

Hey, hey
Fire, fire

Down in the foundry
We forge for us the changing bell
Turn your back against the winds
Spit down the wishing well
With nothing left to waste but opportunity
To be the lovers we have longed to be

Now things are looking up, up, up for you
Looking up, up, up for me
Looking up, up, up for us
Finally

We cross the border line
To wake the sleep of color under wind turbines
Look at the rusting of the old machinery
Rusted away, a part of history

Now things are looking up, up, up for you
Looking up, up, up for me
Looking up, up, up for us
Hey, finally

We crossed the border line

Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up
Up, up, up, up, up, up

What brings you joy will take your tears
You’ve been holding back too many years
But you were down and out of luck
Now side by side, we’re looking up
Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up
Finally

Looking up, up, up for you
Looking up, up, up for me
Looking up, up, up for us
Time to ring that changing bell

Up, up, up, up, up, up, up, up
Up, up, up, up, up, up, up

PATRICK WOLF – The Days

The days, passing days

I see the steeple and trace to the spire
And the sunset
Deepening red
Phoenix and the firefly

And the time stops
Rush hour traffic slows
And my heart starts beating this dark
Through old flesh and cold bones

And I long to be carried on
Just once to be lifted strong
Out of the loneliness and the emptiness
Of the days

Days, passing days
The days I remember

I had your love once
Seized my body whole
And our first dance
Well, I thought by chance
God had matched my soul

But time bought its traveling
This distance and solitude
And in that traveling, myself damaging
I took my love far, far from you

But don’t you still long to be carried on?
Once more I could lift you strong
Out of the loneliness and the emptiness
Of the days

Passing days
Passing days
Days

Now tell me
Have we gone too far or did we get too close?
Forgive me, Father, I’ve no son, here come, ghost
I promise I’ll meet you
I’ll meet you at the end of the days

The days, passing days
Won’t you meet me at the end of the days?

PATRICK WOLF – The City

Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
(Won’t let this city destroy our love)

Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
Won’t let this city, won’t let this city
(Won’t let this city destroy our love)
Won’t let this city, won’t let this city

You know I, I hate to see you cry
But when you open up to me
I take you in my arms
Wish you the top, top, top, top of the morning

No, I don’t care ’bout cash, no careers
Your losses or your arrears
I take you in my arms
Wish you the top, top, top, top of the morning

I won’t let this city destroy our love
Won’t let this city destroy my love
Won’t let no mistake take the roof from off our heads
No, I won’t let this city destroy us
Won’t let this city destroy our love

Won’t let this city, won’t let this city
Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city

Talk to me, let me shed some light on your dark
Help you see, how darling you’ve left your mark
On my life and the beautiful around
When I see you, top, top, top, top of the morning

I was lost until that night we kissed
Given up on life, so darling, know this
You’re worth more than how this city lets you down
When I see you, top, top, top, top of the morning

I won’t let this city destroy our love
Won’t let this city destroy my love
Won’t let no mistake take the roof from off our heads
No, I won’t let this city destroy us
Won’t let this city destroy our love

I won’t let this city destroy our love
Won’t let this city destroy my love
Won’t let no mistake take the roof from off our heads
No, I won’t let this city destroy us
Won’t let this city destroy our love

Won’t let this city, won’t, won’t let this city
Won’t let this city, won’t, won’t let this city
Won’t let this city, won’t, won’t let this city
Won’t let this city, won’t, won’t let this city

No, no, no, no
Not about the debts you made, the car we never had
The house we never owned, darling, don’t look so sad
It’s about that day we kissed up by Niagara Falls
It’s about the keys, the keys, the keys to my heart you hold

Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
Won’t, won’t let this city, won’t let this city
(The top, top, top, top of the morning)

Won’t let this city destroy our love
Won’t let this city destroy my love
Won’t let no mistake take the roof from off our heads
I won’t let this city destroy us
Won’t let this city destroy our love

Won’t let the city destroy our love
Won’t let the city destroy my love
Won’t let no mistake take the roof from off our heads
No, I won’t let this city destroy us
Won’t let the city destroy our love

Won’t let the city, won’t, won’t let the city
Won’t let the city, won’t, won’t let the city
Won’t let no mistake take the roof from off our heads
No, I won’t let this city destroy us
Won’t let the city destroy our love

PATRICK WOLF – Slow Motion

Before you, I was living
In my silverfish kitchen
Fruit fly clouds breathing
No hope, no religion
The nightmare on Haslett Road

I was too young to weep from the road
Too proud for health, too scared to grow
Out of my depth and out of control
I was so lonely there

Living in slow motion, breathless corrosion
Waiting for the kiss of life
Slow motion, breathless corrosion
Waiting for the kiss of life, the kiss of life
Waiting for your kiss of life

City rumors, spreading deep water, both treading

Yes, I was too young to weep from the road
And too proud for help, too scared to grow
Out of my depth and out of control
The strangers meet in

Slow motion, breathless devotion
That night you gave me the kiss of life
Slow motion, breathless, breathless
That night you gave me the kiss of life

The kiss of life
That night you saved me
With the kiss of life

Wake me out of that deep sleep, darlin’
Wake me out of that deep sleep, darlin’
Wake me out of that deep sleep, darlin’
Wake me out of that deep sleep, darlin’
With your kiss

Wake me out of that deep sleep
Deep sleep, darlin’
Deep sleep, darlin’

PATRICK WOLF – Sing

If the world is wearying,
You’ll sing, sing, sing.
If the day is darkening on you,
Sing, sing, sing.

Sing, from the bottom of your heart.
Sing, blossom every broken part.
Sing.
(Come on) Sing, sing, sing.

If death is seducing you,
You must sing, sing, sing.
If the bully is conquering,
You must sing, sing, sing.

(Come on),
Sing, from the bottom of your heart.
Sing, blossom every broken part.
Sing, sing, sing.
Do not let them win, but sing, sing.

If poison is addicting,
You sing, sing (sing, sing).
There need not be an audience,
For what you sing, sing, sing.

Just sing, from the bottom of your heart.
Sing, blossom every broken part.
(Sing, sing, sing)
Do not let them win (sing, sing, sing).

If your voice is vanishing.
If your life is shortening.
(Ah, you must sing, sing)
(Ah sing, sing, sing)

PATRICK WOLF – Pigeon Song

London, did you have to take my child away?
You buried him under rent and low pay.
I’ve been cycling in circles ’round your empty streets.
I’ve been searching in the pouring rain.

I’ve been going alone to the cinema.
I’ve been stealing all my food from the electric avenue.
Now the pigeons gather ’round my feeding hand.
And we talk ’til the evening fades.

I have learnt how it goes.
What you wait for never shows.
And what you least wanted, holds you down like a stone.
just like a stone.

So.
Now I feed the birds. Day after day.
Only they can hear me pray for.
A lighter heart. A lighter load.
To be moving. Moving. Moving my way home.

My, way home.
Way home.
My, way home.

PATRICK WOLF – House

Oh, I love this house, I love this house
Gives me the greatest peace I’ve ever known
Oh, I love to hear those conkers fall
Smash ‘em on an Southwark stone

And I love that here you live with me
Gives me the greatest peace I’ve ever known
‘Cause I’ve been too long a lonely man
Yes, I’ve been too long a rolling stone

So let seasons turn
Grow paradise garden
And to my migration
The native has returned

Oh, I love the curling of your hair
Gives me the greatest peace I’ve ever known
I see Dylan Thomas in your face
Recited Butler Yeats there in your grace
Your grace, your grace

So let seasons turn
Grow paradise garden
And to my migration
The native has returned

Returned
Returned

And if I had to die today
Scatter my ashes on this place
And I live on in your grieving heart
But until that day that we depart

Oh, this is the greatest peace I’ve ever known
Oh, the greatest peace I’ve ever known
Oh, the greatest peace I’ve ever known
Only love makes house a home

Home
Home
Home
This house is home
Home

PATRICK WOLF – Demolition

Since I met you. this house has started to decay
and every wall that once was clean. has turned a shade of grey.

so much to rescue. so much you just cant understand
now the streets are dark and empty. and the problems in our hands.

I cant leave you. see back home my house is falling down.
I cant leave you. and back home my house is falling down

since I met you. my basement has started to bleed
the floors are all collapsing. still I’m begging to be free

PATRICK WOLF – Bermondsey Street

She kisses him on Bermondsey Street
And rises high on the balls of her feet
Declares this the greatest love
Of the century

He fumbles for a wedding ring
She’s no, no clone from Vogue magazine
She is complex in all her complexions
Love is here to heal

And I’m so proud of you but now you must too
Take pride with what this love you do

He kisses him on Bermondsey Street
And standing brave on the balls of his feet
Declares this the greatest love
Of the century

He fumbles for a wedding ring
He’s no, no clone from Colt magazines
He is complex in all his complexions
Love is here to heal

And I’m so proud of you, now you must too
Take pride with what this love you do

Now you know, love knows no boundaries
Sees beyond sexuality
And holds the sun in the palm of its hand
And laughs down on the cynical man

Hear what I say, hear what I see
When two kisses sweet on Bermondsey Street

Regardless of religion, braver than any faith
No fear of society evolves you and me

Love, whoa
And two kisses sweet on Bermondsey Street now
Two kisses sweet
Two kisses sweet on Bermondsey Street now

And two kisses sweet on Bermondsey Street now
Two kisses sweet on Bermondsey Street

PATRICK WOLF – Armistice

Coat of black, coat of black
Weary waiting, weary waiting

I turn out the light, we kiss goodnight
And weary waiting
Weary waiting to come closer
Closer to where we belong

Outside the city children brandish
Sharp their knives
Sharpen knives and come closer
Closer to where we belong

If you’ll be weak then I’ll be strong
When the night is long, oh

Trust all the years you’ll wait to find
This man who’s loved you your whole life
So come closer
Closer to where we belong

Just close your eyes, let those foxes fight
The children of this city sharp their knives
Come closer
Closer to where we belong

And if I be weak, won’t you be strong?
When the night is long

If I’ll be weak
Chomreedhoo, chomreedhoo
When the night is long

Close your eyes, let the foxes fight
Close your eyes
Come closer to where we belong
Where we belong

When the night is long
When the night is long

PATRICK WOLF – A Boy Like Me

Na na na nana nanana na na na nana na. [x2]

GO!

A boy like me is told he is both nine and ninety.
And a boy like me should shut those books join the army.
And. a boy like me would never be seen fighting for peace
I want total chaos and a holiday home in the east.
A boy like me should know much better,
than to raise his flag in stormy weather.
But i just cant get enough electric shocks.
I want to buy a lighthouse, and ride a giraffe on the rocks.

Na na na nana nanana na na na nana na. [x2]. (I don’t give up, [x2])

Two dogs, two cats, a big kitchen and a welcome mat.
(I want) two dogs, two cats, a big kitchen and a welcome mat.
(I want) two dogs, two cats, a big kitchen and a welcome mat.

I want all this, and all shall have. (All you shall have).
(No, I don’t give up)
A boy like me don’t ever give up, give up his dream.
No.
A boy like me don’t ever give up, give up his dream.
No.
A boy like me, don’t ever give up, give up his dream.
No.
A boy like me, don’t ever give up, give up his dream.
No.

PATRICK WOLF – The Bluebell

Down in the park
And the lust of the light
Among the stray dogs and families
I smell the bonfires, and
Watch the bonbs
Fireworks burst above the trees
And to pillows of white cloud, and
Another year has gone
Now it is the fifth of november
I lock the doors, and
Swallow the key
And draw the curtains, closed forever
Forever