The Comsat Angels

Too close for me, this kind of killing heat, The burning looks, before the fun begins This kind of night leaves tracks across your mind This kind of day is better left behind When every word just fans the flames All you can do is pray for rain I met

Strange stories pass around Low voices speak so loud I thought that I knew Now I do When there's a space in what you know All kinds of thoughts appear It's so easy to believe the worst When it's all you hear Now I know Now I know About you Now I know

A declaration Of the intention To stop extension into my airspace I'll put the flags up Pull up the anchor And then you'll know you're in a different place And I can't stand up and I can't sit down 'cause a great big problem stop me in my tracks I ca

Can you hear it whispering? Can you hear it whispering? At the back of everything? Can you hear it whispering? Out of the dark, into the light Looking for a way around it When it calls we won'’t hear We will shout and we'’ll drown it out At the back

He looks up Straight ahead Theres something there Now it''s gone Is it a bird Or an aeroplane Just like a thought It''s there Then it''s gone Over sea And over sand In the deserted heart Of a desert land Rotor blades Like a charred palm trees Signify

I don't want to be your 'baby' I don't want to have to call for you It's not my fault don't blame me I won't be crawling around anymore You wrap me up Poor Chinese feet The clothes I wear The make me weak I'm not trying to run Before I can walk The p

When the sky-full of tears Is threatening to fall Don't stand in the way Come inside, close the door The sky will clear again After the rain... When the clouds overhead Want to capture your heart Let them know you are strong You will not be caught Th

The day is winding slowly backwards I'm trying to remember something she said But no sense remains She has chased it all away Sometimes these things are so hard To say But maybe tomorrow we'll talk again 'Cause there's no sense today She has chased i

Sun sets over domes and spires Like a magic circle It's over her head and under her tyres It's incidental, But she only has time for essential dreams So she's still waiting 'cause it seems like There's nothing in the heart of the beas I hear her sayi

Was it my imagination, Working over time again Or did we make a strange connection Just then Some things are never spoken Some things are never done But if we could forget our manners Just once If I asked you what would you do Would you think it over

We walk the streets together, With smiles on our faces We talk nice to each other, And we listen when we have to Maybe it's just over-rated, Maybe I'm just isolated We walk the streets together, We walk the streets together but You don't like my frie

It's over my head, I don't understand it Out of my hands, there's no way around it Like a jigsaw had to begin it If this was a war, I'd never win it I'm saying things that I used to laugh at Hold up to the light and just stand and stare at I'm feelin

There is a house in the picture Inside the house is a room Once round it is a short circuit When times are hard I think about you Four walls, one has a window One has a door, which I go out of I just thought you'd like to know I don't think you're li