on our way to heaven
lights are flashing
i regret and take back everything I’ve said until this evening
it’s not quite feeling homeless or distressed, the best is yet to come
how did you guess, I was a total mess, yes, a total mess
and so you see people always get the wrong ideas
inconclusive
and theres no such thing as beauty, only things that look like beautiful
and if you transpose this life onto that life
i suppose every life has good and bad parts
anyway...
marble columns pierce the clouds
round the entrance
gates I can relate to them
and in the future, we can wait here for friends if they feel alone or perhaps unsure
we can wait and greet them pearly smiles and glassy eyed
shimmering
i know it’s going to be real fun
oh even the trees breathe
you sigh serene, I sigh peacefully
i believe, don’t you believe?
in fact it’s close to blackmail
embarrassed I’ve forgotten whether I’m male or female
asexual
and you’re teeth look so white
my clothes become invisible
naked as the day I was born
(joe)
steal my heart, you’re safer with me
just you and the pillows and me makes three
and I’ll be there with bells on
can’t you see that nothing else matters if the words don’t change
we’ll put them in the water and they’ll think we’re strange
but I love you, completely
written on the blue sky you sent to me
were words that even god would find hard to feel
and I’m the one thats baptized, naturally
your little box full of everything
those words are like when bing sings
oh I could sing about you eternally
heavens not a worthy place for me to have to wash my face
cos I’ll be using your sink, if you let me, if you let me, if you let me, if you let me…
confessions won’t need to be my scene cos I won’t need no in between
i can’t sin if you’re with me
and who said love is all you need
i think it should be decreed
where do we sleep? So peacefully?
so steal my heart, you’re safer with me
just you and the pillows and me makes three
and I’ll be there with bells on
can’t you see that nothing else matters if the words don’t change
we’ll put them in the water and they’ll think we’re strange
but I love you, completely,
but I love you, completely, completely, completely, completely…
alice in wonderful sent to me
alice in wonderful sent to me
alice in wonderful sent to me
alice in wonderful sent to me….
sent to me
credits
from Our Life In The Desert,
released January 31, 2020
vocals - joe cassidy and gary mckendry
guitars - joe cassidy
bass guitar - joe cassidy
strings - joe cassidy
synths/ keyboards/ programming - joe cassidy/ gary mckendry
drum machine - joe cassidy/ gary mckendry
soundscapes - joe cassidy/ gary mckendry
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