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1 Radio Heart (Forget My Name) (319kb) (1,179kb)
2 Flow My Tears The Policeman Said (266kb)   (825kb)
3 Believe (187kb)   (936kb)
4 There Is A Woman (281kb)   (935kb)
5 Still I Love You (316kb)   (943kb)
6 Talking Through The Rain (386kb)  (1,510kb)
7 On Your Mercy (317kb)   (926kb)
8 The Train Now Standing (282kb)   (956kb)
9 Little Hinges (256kb)   (938kb)
10 Now I Understand The Sorrow (283kb)   (926kb)
11 On The Edge Of Your Memories (340kb)  (1,070kb)
12 Midsummer Common (332kb)  (1,168kb)
13 Dance Alone (349kb) (1,365kb)
14 The Last Train (250kb)   (951kb)
15 XNY-556 (227kb)   (927kb)

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1. Radio Heart (Forget My Name)

You don't have to know the words
To sing this song, oh no
If you can feel it with your mind
And you don't have to be in love
To have a broken heart baby
So just let your rivers cry

Radio Heart
Bands' still playing songs I love
Radio Soul, let me hear you play it again
Radio Heart
Bands' still playing songs I knew when I was young
No one's to blame

Forget my name, Radio Heart
Make it feel like a long lost melody
Forget my name, Radio Heart
Face up to your fear and walk right through
On the other side there will be only you

You don't always have to belong
You don't always have to be strong, so strong
If you can be your only friend
I could not be there for you
Now the only colour you can see is blue
You'll still get there in the end

Radio heart...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Con Meehan, Johnny Miller
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drum Programming Con Meehan / Tim Abbot
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion George Double

2. Flow My Tears The Policeman Said

    (In memory of Philip K. Dick)

Flow my tears, the policeman said
Flow like rain from the leaves
Flow my tears, the policeman said
And I pray some day my tears will cease

See the painting cry
Emotion in a golden eye
My heart shatters every time I say goodbye
So many pieces scattered far and wide
Scattered far and wide

Flow my tears...

When the centre shifts
We cease to exist
Moving on the ferris wheel of love and grief
Love is the illusion changed beyond belief
Changed beyond belief

And he wonders where she comes from
And he wonders where she goes
She's got so many places oh oh
Some day my heart
My heart will be dead
Some day my heart
My heart will be dead
I was standing beside him
And I heard what he said
He said

Flow my tears....

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Con Meehan
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Lead Electric Guitars Con Meehan
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Drum Programming Simon Safa-Leathers / Con Meehan
Keyboards / Piano Simon Safa-Leathers

3. Believe

Now I know your heart is breaking
And your tears they just won't stop
Close your eyes and let me hold you
Until your pain is all forget
Believe

Now this pain that is upon you
Is the worst pain in the world
Lying in your bed of sorrow
Your body like a baby's curled
Believe

You know the signposts are all crumbling
And you don't know what to do
You don't know where you're coming from
Or where you're going to

Sail on through the night
Trying so hard
To believe

Some roads you'll walk in company
But this road you'll walk alone
And when you have crossed the distance
By the distance you'll have grown
Believe

The signposts...

Now I know your heart is breaking
But it's time to dry your eyes
Oh I know that you can make it
You've got all you need inside
Believe
You will be there for you, believe
Just believe, just believe, just believe

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums, percussion Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion George Double

4. There Is A Woman

There is a woman
In some corner of the world
And I'm talkin' 'bout a woman
I'm not talkin' 'bout a little girl
And she's waiting for somebody
To breathe life into her dreams
Someone who doesn't have all the answers
But understands what her questions mean
And I know that you've been waiting all this time

I'm here, I'm yours, be mine
I know you've been waiting
I'm here, and it's time, be mine
I know you've been waiting
I know you've been waiting

There is a woman
Whose heart speaks out to me
Now I know the beauty in your eyes
I can understand your dreams
I know that you've been hurt before
And you don't know what to do
That's why I had to write this song
So I could say these words to you
And I know that you've been waiting all this time

I'm here...

We're not victims of the past
We're the product of our choices
And we don't have to stay forever silent
When we can lift our heads
And raise our voices

I'm here...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion George Double

5. Still I Love You

We ponder Time's inadequacy
With each passing day
For it can never heal our pain
Just take it far away
And when the memories touch our hearts
The past becomes the now
And we cannot hold back the tears
Just hang our heads and bow
Beneath the Yoke of Sorrow
In the Hall of Broken Dreams
In the Chamber of Remorse we cry out
Asking what it means

And still I love you
Still I love you
Still I love you
Still I love you

Once I could be alone
Not lonely like today
And I ask the silence what more
Could I think or do or say
To keep the fire burning
To fan the dying flame
To ask for Love's forgiveness
To absolve me of my shame
Once I filled the years ahead
With dreams of beauty to be mine
Now I've got it down to living
Just one heartbeat at a time

And still I love you...

We ponder Time's inadequacy
With each passing day
For it can never heal our pain
Just take it far away
And maybe someday not so far
And maybe not so near
We'll find another soul to walk with
Hand in hand across the years
And so face the world again
With a heart that wants to live
To forget the ghosts of all the love
We had no chance to give

And still I love you...

No matter where you are today
Or what people may say
Still I love you

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic Guitar Con Meehan
Keyboards Simon Safa-Leathers
Percussion George Double

6. Talking Through The Rain

    (For Anna Mae Aquash)

The 'white man' made many promises
But he kept only one
He promised to steal away our land
And that's just what he has done
Destroyed a culture that might have saved him
From life on the gravy train
Oh Paha Sapa,
I still hear her calling
I still hear her calling

Talking through the rain
Through the rain
Oh oh oh...

A child of the Northlands;
Nova Scotia born
Her destiny was plain
She didn't have to be a hero
'Cause she was Indian all the way
She saw ignorance and poverty
A Nation's lack of self-respect
She saw ego-crippled leadership
And a Nation's self-neglect
Oh Paha Sapa,
I still hear her calling
I still hear her calling

Talking through the rain
Through the rain
Oh oh oh...

Yellow flower of balsamroot
Marked the line along the draw
Where you were found
Meadowlark
Hot winds
Lonesome sounds

And she said
Take me back to those Black Hills
In Dakota
I still hear her calling to me
I can see her walking to me
I still hear her talking

Through the rain
Through the rain
Wow wow wow
Oh oh oh...

Hoka hey ho hey
Hoka hey ho hey

Vocals Con Meehan
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Lead Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Rythm Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums, percussion Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller

7. On Your Mercy

You couldn't have been more kind
I couldn't have been more wrong
Now I see how a strong man can be weak
And how a weak man can be strong
I didn't have it in me to say I was afraid
That I didn't know what love was all about
Until one day in my heart when I found out
The hard way, the wrong way
 
On your mercy
Oh don't you walk away
On your mercy
Look I've already changed
On your mercy
Oh my life, oh my love don't go
On your mercy, on my knees in the street
On your mercy, on my knees at your feet
Myself I throw

You couldn't have spoken out more truly,
Now you've found your voice.
No more caught in a world of men and make-believe,
Now you really got a choice.
I didn't have it in me to say I was afraid,
That I didn't know what life was all about,
Until one day in your love when I found out,
The hard way, the long way

On your mercy...

'Cause I believed the beauty myth - same as you,
Now I know that it just ain't true
It just ain't true

On your mercy...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion George Double

8. The Train Now Standing

A railway station - dark December
But it's darker in my heart
Beneath this rainy moon my baby's leaving
She's gonna make a brand new start
Pain just coming down
Falling like the rain

And the train now standing
And the train now standing
And the train now standing
Has come to take my love away
Has come to take my love away

Ain't nobody gonna see my face tonight
In all it's sorrow
Ain't nobody gonna see it all
Wow, wow, could you see me?
Could you hear me babe
When I was falling?
Could you hear me calling?
Pain just coming down
Falling like the rain, wow, wow
 
And the train now standing...

I can hear that lonely whistle blowing
I can hear that engine start
When you walk away from my love baby
You know you're gonna break my heart
Just break my heart, listen to me

There were tears in your eyes and your lips were trembling
When you said that we were through
Now I watch my life just flash before me
Ah, it's so empty without you
To love or not to love...
That is the question
Still, we all play our part
Beneath this rainy moon you're really leaving
I can't believe the pain that's in my heart
Pain just coming down
Falling like the rain, wow, no

And the train now standing...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Con Meehan
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Drums Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Keyboards / Piano Simon Safa-Leathers

9. Little Hinges

Is your future far behind you?
Are all your dreams undone?
Have you built walls around the possibilities
Of who you might become?
Did you stop learning
When life treated you so cruel?
Are you locked up with old ideas
That keep you blind
To the truth you stand before?

Little hinges swing big doors
Little hinges swing big doors
All you gotta do is
Push
Push
Push, push your way on through
It's really up to you

Why can't you forgive yourself?
Though you've never been condemned?
Why can't you cast your guilt aside?
There's no need to make amends
Do you know more than Heaven?
'Cause if Heaven hasn't condemned you
If Heaven hasn't condemned you
Why are you still keeping score?
This pain is yours no more

Little hinges swing big doors...

These crimes have seen too many victims
Crying behind a door,
Believe, believe, no more you'll grieve,
This pain is yours no more
This pain is yours no more
This pain is yours no more
This pain is yours no more, no more.

Little hinges swing big doors...
All you gotta do is
Push
Push
Push, push your way on through,

Push
Push
Push, push your way on through,
It's really up to you
Yeah, yeah you know it's up to you.

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums, percussion Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion Danny Thompson

10. Now I Understand The Sorrow

      (For Camille Claudel)

Where angels fear to tread... yeah, yeah

Where angels feared to tread
You walked alone
And the only voice of comfort
That you heard was your own
In those mocking corridors -
Your only gallery
You'll wait a wait that's endless
For they never set you free, I know
I know 'cause I live in a different time
I can see you through history
I come from tomorrow
I come from tomorrow, and

Now I understand
The sorrow
The sorrow
The sorrow, your only friend
Did you make it back to Villeneuve
Once again?

Living through the memories
Of another place and time
Born a century too early, sweet Camille
Was your only crime
The guilt of friends and family
Still echoes down the night
'Cause when someone broke your spirit
They just swept it out of sight, I know
I know 'cause I live in a different time
But I still can see your light
I come from tomorrow
I come from tomorrow, and

Now I understand the sorrow...

And you know it's love, not blood
That makes a relationship sacred
It's love, not blood
Wow, wow, wow...

I come from tomorrow
I come from tomorrow, and

Now I understand the sorrow
The sorrow
The sorrow, your only fried
Did you make it back to Villeneuve?
Ah! Did you make it back,
Back to Villeneuve
Once again?

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Jackie Hole
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Bass Nick Lightbody
Drum Programming Con Meehan
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller

11. On The Edge Of Your Memories

       (In a north-Dublin suburb on St Valentine's night, 1981, 48 teenagers died in a fire at the Stardust Disco).

On the edge of your memories
We're doing fine
Unrequited heroes
Unforgotten Valentines
But don't you weep now
Now we are gone
Journeys continuing
We'll see you later on
Later on

(They say) Ashes to ashes
(They say) And dust to dust
Love has a long memory
That aches like breaking trust
Release your anger
But don't forget
Lessons we let slip away
Bring tears that we'll regret
We'll regret

And when your heart wants to sing
Let it sing the melody of least resistance
Let it feel the love we send
Not think about the distance
 
Once we were movers
To the New Romance
To the rhythms of the universe
It's now we dance
It's now we dance

On the edge of your memories
We're doing fine
We'll see you later on
Somewhere, somewhere down the line
Down the line

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Con Meehan
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Drum Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Keyboards / Piano Simon Safa-Leathers

12. Midsummer Common

       (With thanks and apologies to Matthew Arnold and Oxford)

We danced around each other
Like there were blades upon the floor
We talked into the silence
'Til we couldn't stop the bleeding
When we had no more lies to tell
We tried to find the truth
But nobody could remember the address
And I never even saw you undress
Wow, wow

Dreaming spires, evening choirs
Quietly flows the Cam
Amo, ergo sum,
I love, therefore I am,
On Midsummer Common
Midsummer Common yeah
Midsummer Common wow, wow, wow
It's where I can be, yeah, yeah

I held you close against me
In our minefield of desire
I bit your lip and you cried out
That love was a hopeless mess
Then you cried out for vengeance
From the depths of your despair
And my comfort to your lips I pressed
And I never even saw you undress
Wow, wow

Dreaming spires...

And we danced around each other
Crying like the rain
'Cause this dance we knew
We'd never dance again
Then we broke up into
The mercy of the Lord
On one last heaving
Power-chord of pain

Wow, wow

Dreaming spires...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Jackie Hole
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Bass Nick Lightbody
Drum Programming Con Meehan
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller

13. Dance Alone

"Live To Tell"
In the bright lights playing
She's singing will she ever
Get the chance again?
Your eyes are closed
Your hips are swaying
You're in a different world
In a different pain

Where there's no time for tears
Or memories
No voice from here
Can turn you 'round

I want to reach you
I'm on my own
I just want to dance with you
But when we dance
We can't talk about love
'Cause you dance alone
You dance alone

When the silent bird
Of your loneliness (lonely nest) starts singing
When the song she sings
Can't hold back your fright
You can take these arms
To wrap around your sorrow
We'll be the beautiful ones
In the rhythms of the night

There'll be no time for tears...

I want to reach you...

At the bottom of the Well of Sorrow
And Loneliness
You're just looking for one sweet memory
Can you hear me?
Won't you take my hand?
I don't understand
I want to understand
Make me understand

Why you dance alone
Why you dance alone
Why you dance alone
Why you dance alone

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums percussion Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion George Double

14. The Last Train

I came here, trusted you
I followed a lie (followed a lie)
I trusted every step
There was no suspicion
There was no regret
Like you tried on your clothes
You tried me on (you tried me on)
And when I didn't fit
You wanted something new
You wanted someone else to do

If you want it
Come and get it
'Cause I ain't giving it away
I didn't come in on the last train
I wasn't born yesterday

I heard you say your prayers
Every night
Prayers to a fragile God
You told him what you needed
Then you screamed out what you wanted
You've got dreams of your own
Go follow 'em through, (follow 'em through)
I've had my Calvary
From here on nothing's free
I'm gonna do what's best for me

If you want it...

I cross my heart
And hope to die
Here lies Love
Here lies Love in pain
It's time we put it out of its misery

I came here, trusted you
I followed a lie
I've had my Calvary
From here on nothing's free
I'm gonna do what's best for me
I'm gonna do what's best for me

If you want it...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Sophie Oliver
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Electric Guitar Tim Abbott
Bass Lincoln Anderson
Drums percussion Danny Thompson
Keyboards / Piano Johnny Miller
Percussion George Double

15. XNY-556

Now you've been gone since 2001
And we haven't heard from you
You were the shining star of The Days Before
Until you disappeared from view
But on the third stone from the sun
You are The Golden One
A legend in his lifetime for all to see
But won't you heal our scars
Let us know where you are
'Cause we don't know where to look
To hear your sweet sweet songs
To hear your sweet sweet songs

XNY-556 come in please
XNY-556 come in
XNY-556 come in please
XNY-556 come in

Now we've been searching from that day
Throughout the spiral nebulae
And the children still remember
The man who wouldn't turn
They learn about you at school
And they follow all your rules
And they kneel and pray each night
For your safe return
Did you feel you had accomplished
All that you set out to do?
Did you hear a voice from far beyond our view?
From The Land Beyond the Universe
Far away from here
Return, return oh Blessed One
Please listen to our prayers
Please listen to our prayers

XNY-556 come in please...

Now many begin to doubt you really did exist
Your name is legend your memory is mist
You put time in your pocket
When you took your final bow
Return return oh Blessed One
Oh how we need you now

XNY-556 come in please...

Vocals Con Meehan
Backing Vocals Con Meehan
Acoustic / Electric Guitar Con Meehan
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers, Con Meehan
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers
Bass Programming Simon Safa-Leathers