The Who - Endless Wire lyrics
Tracks 01. Fragments
02. A Man In A Purple Dress 03. Mike Post Theme 04. In The Ether 05. Black Widow's Eyes 06. Two Thousand Years 07. God Speaks of Marty Robbins 08. It's Not Enough 09. You Stand By Me 10. Sound Round 11. Pick Up The Peace 12. Unholy Trinity 13. Trilby's Piano 14. Endless Wire 15. Fragments Of Fragments 16. We Got A Hit 17. They Made My Dream Come True 18. Mirror Door 19. Tea & Theatre 01. Fragments
Are we breathing out
Or breathing in Are we leaving life Or moving in Exploding out Imploding in Ingrained in good Or stained in sin Are we breathing out Or breathing in Are we leaving life Or moving in Are we breathing out Or breathing in Are we breathing in We are a billion fragments Exploding outward Like broken glass, we damage Even in defeat We are tiny peices Falling now and settling Like snowflake crystal Building on the city street Snowflakes falling Snowflakes falling Snowflakes falling Snowflakes falling Are we the parts Are we the whole Are we the thoughts Are we the soul The parts of me And this is true The parts of me Belong to you Are we breathing out Or breathing in Are we leaving life Or moving in Exploding out Imploding in Ingrained in good Or stained in sin Are we the parts Are we the whole Are we the thoughts Are we the soul The parts of me And this is true The parts of me The parts of you Belong to you And you And you And you... 02. A Man In A Purple Dress
How dare you wear robes and reside
How dare you cover your head to hide Your face from God How dare you smile from behind your beard To hide the fact that your hearts are feared And wave your rod How dare you be the one to assess Me in this godforsaken mess You, a man in a purple dress A man in a purple dress When you place your frown Between my God and prayer However grand your crown Or dignified your hair Men above men all prats In your high hats You priest, you mullah so high You pope, you wise rabbi You're invisible to me Like vapor from the sea I lovingly mock you noble lords We all dress up to grand awards I do that as well I dare condemn your fashion sense At least you're not astride the fence That wouldn't sell But I will deliver this address Your souls conditioned don't impress You, a man in a purple dress A man in a purple dress 03. Mike Post Theme
We're not strong enough!
We're not young enough! We're not long enough, Not cold enough Emotionally we're not even old enough! Late at night, we're in a video-game dream, There is no lover in this numbered scene We summon every childhood ghost we've seen, Then suddenly we hear that Mike Post Theme, (Chorus) Everything is alright (ba-do-ba) We pray today (ba-ba-ba-do-ba) Everything is OK (ba-do-ba) We play today Late at night, on the underground train, Through endless suburbs in endless pain, Then deep in the tunnel under the London rain, Suddenly we hear Mike Post Again, (Chorus) Everything is alright (ba-do-ba) We pray today (ba-ba-ba-do-ba) If there really is a god (ba-do-ba) We should get laid today We watch those films, That make men cry, Young lovers kiss, Then fight, and die, We start to yearn, we climb the vine, We have to face the truth sometime. We're not strong enough! We're not young enough! We're not long enough, Not cold enough Emotionally we're not even old enough! Well late at nightwe found our racing team, We're faced with women and reality games, We feel alive, We feel new and blind, We're hearing Mike Post in the air this time (Chorus) Everything is alright (ba-do-ba) We pray today (ba-ba-ba-do-ba) If there really is a god (ba-do-ba) We should get laid today We watch those films, That make men cry, Young lovers kiss, Then fight, and die, We start to yearn, we climb the vine, We have to face the truth sometime 04. In The Ether
In the ether
I hang suspended I wait for you And I know you're near In this high heaven My world's upended I feel no passion I feel no fear I'm dizzy with love But you never appear In the gloom of this room Of this cell down here I know this place Isn't truly real And that like my love It expands and sprays The light will find me Will bend toward me Yet I'm marooned In a billion days I'm drunk with you And I can't explain Who or where I am Or how I'm in pain Rocking and rocking me Rhythm is shocking me Just like a child in your fist You are knocking me Rocking and rocking Autistic, caged I am Rocking and rocking And rocking enraged I am drunk with you And I can't explain Who or where I am Or how I'm in pain In the ether In the ether In the ether I wait for you Hanging in this mist That I know's unreal There is nothing there There's no you, no me Even though it's crazy I still appeal This is heavenly hell I appear insane I have no idea Who there is to blame 05. Black Widow's Eyes
You jumped out of an alley
With surprise in your black widow's eyes I was prepared to be unprepared Been preparing for lights I fell right in love with you Into a thousand parts I blew I fell right in love with you I was caught in a corner He recoiled from a broken romance Taking breath after once undead I had a firm grip on my pants I fell right in love with you Through a hundred hearts you flew I fell right in love with you Strange that when infatuation calls We think that we've got real love in our life It pumps like the pressure in a station hall As the express train thunders on by I fell right in love with you As the blood came blowing through I fell right in love with you Across the room I saw your eyes Black window looking back at me You held a gun As children cried You touched some wires They shattered me I was blown into a blue There'd been nothing I could do I fell right in love with you I rose up to the station Smelt your scent by the door You stood waiting so patient Just one wait, then no more I fell right in love with you There'd been nothing I could do I fell right in love with you Across the room I saw your eyes Black window looking back at me You held a gun As children cried You touched some wires They shattered me 06. Two Thousand Years
Two thousand years
Two thousand years Two thousand years Two thousand years Have I waited To ask if I have loved you To know if I have served you To find if I've obeyed you To know if I've betrayed you Two thousand years Two thousand years Two thousand years Two thousand years Two thousnad years Have I waited Then find I can't be perfect Not even a perfect snake To know that we are hated You suffer for my sake Two thousand years Two thousand years Two thousand years Two thousand years Have I waited And so I have a chance to love As you intended You really lived and died for me Is the waiting really ended Two thousand years Long, long years Long, long, long, long years I have waited Two thousand long, long years Two thousand long, long years Two thousand long, long years Two thousand long, long years Two thousand long, long years Two thousand long, long years 07. God Speaks of Marty Robbins
And when the world began
I'd been asleep forever I opened one eye 'Twas then it was I Got the whim to wake And when the weight of space Rolled like it was an ocean One became one Father and son Watched the sunrise break And as the ocean warmed And from this dream we woke One sang to greet the dawn One pursed his lips and spoke Wake up and hear the music Wake up and hear the music play Wake up and hear the music Wake up and hear what the people say I heard the heavens sing Predicting Marty Robbins I knew I'd find Music and time Were the perfect plan I watched my son sail on A little ship a-bobbin' I had to grow I needed to know Exactly who I am And as the ocean warmed And from this dream we woke One sang to greet the dawn One pursed his lips and spoke Wake up and hear the music Wake up and hear the music play Wake up and hear the music Wake up and hear what the people say Wake up and hear the music Wake up and hear the music play Wake up and hear the music Wake up and hear what the people say 08. It's Not Enough
It's not enough
Whatever you give A little bit more You always need A little more man A little more seed It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It's never enough I gave you cash I gave you love All that I heard Was "It's Not Enough" I work so hard It gets so tough Whatever I give Never feels like enough It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It's never enough When I'm on my knees I keep taking your stuff Make sure that you know It's never enough You said you'd go as far As to turn to my friend Who once warned me of you Said you'd hasten my end Because I have lent Every ounce of my juice My essence is spent You'll always want A little more pink I'll always need A little more ink It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It's never enough However I praise However I puff Though you may smile It won't be enough Right at the end When I start to bluff An' the lift's going down An' I start acting tough It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It's never enough I'll find someone else To finish filling me up I'll smile and admit You were never quite enough Like Brigitte Bardot In Godard's Les Mepris I can't love you enough To make you complete You appear in my dreams With some new courtier You need me there to see What you need to convey It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It'll never be enough No hysterical scene You will never play rough I'm the one who will scream But it won't be enough It's never enough It's never enough It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It'll never be enough I'll never hold you How can I scold you? It's not enough It's not enough Whatever I give It'll never be enough 09. You Stand By Me
When I'm in trouble
You stand by me When I see double You stand by me You take my side Against those who lied You take my side Gimme back my pride When I been losing You stand by me When I been boozin' You stand by me You take my side Against those who lied You take my side Gimme back my pride I suppose I could make it all my own I know I'd arrive all skin and all bone You are the strongest back I've ever known You carried me, carried me, carried me You carried me home When I'm crying You stand by me When I am dying You stand by me 10. Sound Round
I'm young in my camper van
The world feels old and new I fear the future man As I take in the view Don't know where to head now Give up? Go back? My friends are all dead now Or stifled in the sack Sound round, Feel the ground Feel the pulse We have found Breathe in Feel the spin Where's the dream That we were in? Sound round, Feel the ground Feel the pulse We have found 11. Pick Up The Peace
Now I'm in the ether
Look down at time I see three children Prepare to walk the line I see them older When life is done I was a loser At the game they won Come on let's try To pick up the peace You and I On our hands and knees Come on let's try To touch the Fleece Come on let's try To pick up the peace (How do old people forget That the wars we've seen Are 'bout me longing for you You longing for me?) 12. Unholy Trinity
Three kids from the neighborhood
Three different lives Three different ways to be The identical smiles We're not the same But we can talk We kiss and link our arms We take a walk We watch the tide ever way Carry our ides through the sea We hear the music Remember being free We are unholy trinity And love forever But we are the sea We are the ocean We are the free We are unholy trinity 13. Trilby's Piano
Your mother loves her brother
But her brother loves his lover And his lover is my cover My one and only other - my angel My angel Trilby Who said I will be What I should still be Genius would fill me - she loves Hymie Only one Hymie No one else on earth could ever blind me - like this Or even find me - such bliss If you were gone You'd still be here Only one Hymie Why can't they see that life excites me This boy ignites me His family fights me But he's still here Only one Hymie... 14. Endless Wire
We found this pile of paper
Written by that ether man He hatched a mad old caper He had a mad old plan He'd turn us into music He'd show us to our portals He gathered wire and angels To entertain immortals Out on the endless wire 15. Fragments Of Fragments
Are we breathing out
Or breathing in Are we leaving life Or moving on Are we breathing out Or breathing in Are we breathing in We are tiny pieces Falling now and settling Like snowflake crystal Building on the city street Snowflakes falling Snowflakes falling Snowflakes falling Snowflakes falling Are we the parts Are we the whole Are we the thoughts Are we the soul The parts of me And this is true The parts of me Belong to you Breathing out Breathing in Breathing out Breathing in Breathing out Breathin in Belong to you And you And you And you... 16. We Got A Hit
We got our folks together
We broke down barriers We found a dream to dream We were the carriers We got rich and famous Papers at our door We talked a load of crap They wanted more We got a hit 17. They Made My Dream Come True
People died where I performed
People cried when Glass deformed Shots rang out as the singer yawned The band played on until the dawn Lies and drunks and drugs and fools Tricks and stunts disguise the tools Was the victim dead, was the blood in pools Was this not part of show-biz rules? They made my dream come true 18. Mirror Door
If you don't hear me, how can I tell you
If you don't listen, why should I speak If you're indifferent, how can I reach you Just 'cos you're angry don't assume I'm weak Howling Wolf, and old Link Wray Dave Van Ronk and Doris Day Bobby Darin, Brownie McGhee Elvis, Buddy and Eddie C. Music makes me, makes me strong Strong vibrations, make me long Long for a place where I belong You will find me in this song. Who will walk through the mirror door Will there be music, or will there be war Will we be rich, or will we be poor Who will walk through the mirror door Who will walk through the mirror door Will there be music, or will there be war Will we be rich, or will we be poor Who will walk through the mirror door A thousand angels, a million children Fire and fear in a suicide eye Golden stairway to a Zeppelin heaven Rolling thunder under New York sky Frank 'n' Ella, Ray 'What'd I Say' Johnny Cash and Johnnie Ray Amadeus and Ludvig Van Henry, Johann and the doo dah band. We are here in celebration This music's gonna make us strong We climb up high, to the golden station Curtis Mayfield ain't waiting long (Get on board...) Who will walk through the mirror door Will there be music, or will there be war Will we be rich, or will we be poor Who will walk through the mirror door Who will walk through the mirror door Will there be music, or will there be war Will we be rich, or will we be poor Who will walk through the mirror door Howling Wolf, and old Link Wray Dave Van Ronk and Doris Day Bobby Darin, Brownie McGhee Elvis, Buddy and Eddie C. Frank 'n' Ella, Ray 'What'd I Say' Johnny Cash and Johnnie Ray Amadeus and Ludvig Van Henry, Johann and the doo dah band. Keep on climbing 19. Tea & Theatre
Will you have some tea
At the theatre with me? We did it all Didn't we? Jumped every wall Instinctively Unravelled codes Ingeniously Wired all the roads So seamlessly We made it work But one of us failed That makes it so sad A great dream derailed One of us - gone One of us - mad One of us - me All of us sad All of us sad Lean on my shoulder now This story is done It's getting colder now A thousand songs Still smoulder now We play them as one We're older now All of us sad All of us free Before we walk from this stage Two of us Will you have some tea Will you have some tea At the theatre with me |