Portishead--Dummy

MYSTERONS
 
Inside you're pretending,
Crowns have been swept aside,
Somewhere, where they can forget.

 Divine upper reaches,
Still holding on,
This emotion will not be grasped.

All for nothing
Did you really want X4
 
Refuse to surrender,
Strung out until ripped apart,
Who dares, who dares to condemn
 
All for nothing
Did you really want X4

Sour times 

To pretend and one can find,
Fantasies and morning rose,
Forbidden fruit, hidden lies,
Courtesies that I despise in me
 Take a ride, take a shot now.

‘Cause nobody loves me, it's true, not like you do.

 Covered by the blind belief,
That fantasies of sinful screams,
Bare the facts or sooner die,
End the vows no need to lie in chain
 Take a ride, take a shot now.

‘Cause nobody loves me, its true, not like you do.

Am I what and why?
‘Cause all I have left is my memories of yesterday,
Oh the sour times

 ‘Cause nobody loves me, it's true, not like you do.

 After time the bitter taste,
Of innocence disintegrates,
Scattered seed, buried lives,
Histories of our disguise reborn,
Circumstance will decide

 ‘Cause nobody loves me, its true, not like you do X3


STRANGERS 

Can anybody see the light,
Where the moon beats the dew,
And the tide is rising,
Did you realise no one can see inside your view
Did you realise the world inside belongs to you.

 Oh just set aside your fears of life,
With the sole desire
Done in morning, done in now , and it ain't real,
On this side,
Done in morning, done in now , and it ain't real,
On this side,
Done in morning, done in now , and it ain't real,
 Done it morning and nothing matters, this ain't real
On this side,

Oh can anybody see the light,
Where the moon beats the dew,
And the tide is rising,
Did you realise no one can see inside your view
Did you realise the world inside belongs to you.


IT COULD BE SWEET

I don't want to hurt you,
No reason have I for fear,
I ain't guilty of crimes accused before,
But I'm guilty of fear.
 I'm certain that,
But I'm scared of what we're creating,
This love affair.
 
You don't get something for nothing,
Too now,
Got to try a little harder,
 It could be sweet.

Like a long forgotten dream.
And we don't need them,
To cast the fate we have,
Love don't always shine through,
‘Cause I don't want to lose,
What we had last time your leaving,
This love affair.

You don't get something for nothing,
Too now,
Got to try a little harder,
 It could be sweet,

But the thoughts we try to deny,
Take a toll upon our lives.
Struggle on in depths of pride,
Tangled up in single lives
 ‘Cause I don't want to lose,
What we had last time your leaving,
This love affair.
 
You don't get something for nothing,
Turn back,
Got to try a little harder.

 ‘Cause I don't want to lose,
What we had last time your leaving,
This love affair.

You don't get something for nothing,
Turn back,
Got to try a little harder,
 It could be sweet.


WANDERING STAR
 
Please couldn't you stay a while to share my grief,
It's such a lovely day to have to always feel this way,
And the time that I will suffer less,
It's when I never have to wait.
 
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever 
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever .

 Those who have seem the needles I now tread,
Like a husk from which your darkness now has fled,
And the masks that the monsters wear,
To feed upon their prey.
 
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever 
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever .

 Doubled up inside,
Take a while to share my grief,
Always doubled up inside,
Taunted, cool.
 
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever 
Wandering stars,
For whom it is preserved,
The blackness, the darkness, forever 


IT'S A FIRE

 It's a fire,
These dreams that pass me by,
The salvation I desire,
Keeps getting me down,
'Cause we need to recognize our state,
For time and again,
 
So let it be known,
For what we believe in,
I can see no reason,
For it to fade,
'Cause this life is a farce,
I can't breathe through this mask,
Like a fool
So breathe on, little sister, breathe on,

 From this warm cell,
Testify or tell,
It's fooling us now,

 So let it be known,
For what we believe in,
I can see no reason,
For it to fade,
'Cause this life is a farce,
I can't breathe through this mask,
Like a fool
So breathe on, little sister, breathe on,
 Oh, so breathe on little sister, like a fool


NUMB

 I'm ever so lost,
I can't find my way,
Been searching but I have never seen,
A turning, a turning from deceit

 ‘Cause a child roses light,
Tried to reveal what I could feel
 I can't understand myself anymore,
‘Cause I'm still feeling lonely, 
Feeling so unholy

 ‘Cause a child roses light,
Tried to reveal what I could feel,
And this loneliness,
It just won't leave me alone, oh no

 I'm fooling somebody,
A faithless bed I roam,
Seething to breath this secretly,
A silence, this silence I can't bear

 ‘Cause a child roses light,
Tried to reveal what I could feel
And this loneliness,
He just won't leave me alone, oh no
And this loneliness,
It just won't leave me alone,

A lady on the wall X2


ROADS

Oh, can't anybody see,
We've got a war to fight,
Never find our way,
Regardless of what they say,
How can it feel this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel this wrong.

Stone in the morning light
I feel no more,
Can I say, 
From self to myself,
I got nobody on my side,
And surely that ain't right,
Surely that ain't right
 
Oh, can't anybody see,
We've got a war to fight,
Never find our way,
Regardless of what they say,
How can it feel this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel this wrong.

 How can it feel this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel this wrong.
 
Oh, can't anybody see,
We've got a war to fight,
Never find our way,
Regardless of what they say,
How can it feel this wrong,
From this moment,
How can it feel this wrong.


PEDESTAL

 How can I believe this miracle,
Where the wind blows dry,
Through the forest of our mind,
Undenied by desire,
Oh you abandoned me,
How I suffer
Ridicule breaths a sigh
You abandoned me,
Lost forever,
Hush can you hear

 Enter and rejoice this pedestal,
Where the rainbow's high,
Your destiny,
Mystery of all time,
Oh no time make a reason,
Ridicule breaths a sigh,
No time, make a reason,
Hush hear him cry

 No time, make a reason X3


BISCUIT

I'm lost and found,
Stranger things have come your way,
It's just I'm scared,
Got hurt a long time ago,
Can't make myself heard,
No matter how hard I scream
 Oh sensation,
It's in slave of sensation,
 Fully fed yet I still hunger,
Torn inside,
Haunted I tell myself yet I still wander,
Down inside,
It's tearing me apart
 Oh sensation,
It's in slave of sensation,

Sample repeat over and over : 
I'll never fall in love again,
It's all over now

 At last relief,
A mother's son has left me sheer,
The shores I seek,
Are crimson distant valley,
Can't make myself heard,
No matter how hard I scream
 Oh sensation,
Sin slave of sensation,

Sample repeat over and over : 
I'll never fall in love again,
It's all over now


GLORY BOX
 
I'm so tired of playing, 
Playing with this bow and arrow,
Gonna give my heart away,
Leave it to the other girls to play.
For I've been a temptress too long,

Hmm yes,
Give me a reason to love you,
Give me a reason to be a woman,
I just want to be a woman

 From this time unchained,
We’re all looking at a different picture,
Through this new frame of mind,
A thousand flowers could bloom,
Move over and give us some room
 
Yeah,
Give me a reason to love you,
Give me a reason to be a woman,
I just want to be a woman

 So don't you stop being a man,
Just take a little look from outside when you can,
Sow a little tenderness,
No matter if you cry
 
Give me a reason to love you,
Give me a reason to be a woman,
I just want to be a woman

 Its all I want to be, a woman,
So I just want to be a woman,
For this is the beginning of forever and ever,
It's time to move over now,
So I want to be

I'm so tired of playing, 
Playing with this bow and arrow,
Gonna give my heart away,
Leave it to the other girls to play.
For I've been a temptress too long,

Hmm Yes,
Give me a reason to love you