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Surface Flame

by The Rains

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1.
Web 04:15
Well I’m looking up, looking down and around We scoured the walls, we scoured the ground Collecting threads that once had covered me I forged, to keep me warm, a holy shroud of history From fibres and DNA Well this now is the web that’s so hard to define The centre was a bed, where you and I would hide - yeah! Now the trip is set to wire, hooked up back into the board, the floor we left a mesh, of tautened wires and cords No more... And I never understood what it was to be there [or ‘meant to be here’] I never understood what it was to be there I never understood what it was to be there I was just a leech… Now when I see the time, I must turn around and I don’t mind, ohhh... Yeah!!!!!!!! ssssssshhh! Who’ll give me a life for a life...? Now I won’t say a word until I know it’s the right word And I have to listen hard, for the silence in my heart to be heard And if I understood what it was to be here If I understood what it was to be here If I understood what it was to be here Comin’ to the ground, comin’ to the word I’ll hear
2.
Unseen Moon 04:01
verse 1 Somewhere outside you, oh Safe in here I breath my moon unseen This I breathe chorus1 I saw what was light, I saw what was dark And what keeps objects apart verse 2 Somewhere outside you, oh! Safe in here breath by moon unseen This I grieve chorus 2 Now I owe myself the truth, I owe myself the pain or I might live this moment over again Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... (Calling to the foreground!) chorus 3 Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... Oh, la, la la la lah, la la la lah, aaah ... oh
3.
Monument 05:08
verse 1 Running was ran More monuments rose in the night All towers all eyes Somewhere a finger traced the arc of the moon verse 2 Love was pinned down No centre of heart was found Lying close to the ground Won’t somebody please take those cameras away? Which side are you on? Who has divided you? Which side are you? Easy now, take a flower, take a bow verse 1 repeat chorus: No saviour bound, no [or ‘Eagle low, stark’ ?!] No form is found, yeah [or ‘No saviour found’] instr verse Love was pinned pinned down (Take it’s time) All objects are moved in the night Centre heart to the ground Won’t somebody please take the camera away? Bridge & climb: All love is found Loved you more than before All love is found Loved you more than before And they’re taking the seasons, they’re taking the time, they’re making the reasons and they’re making them rhyme They’re taking the seasons, there is now no more than here. chorus No more than here, yeah No more than here, yeah Ride arms and go Arms side ease and watch you roam
4.
In these days where the sky aches too hard And the sea is rolling low, moving slow, anxious to reveal Aaah, ahhh… Walk a while Walk with me, we could try to decipher stars Throwing stones at the sea, we will try to spark an age. How you going to feel? How you gonna pay? How are you going to feel when it all fades away? It may take a long time It may take a long time Back where the wind cracks those fires Back where the wind cracks those fires Easy see, only me Above, above, the angels offer songs of love, songs of truth Above, above, the angels offer songs, some are coming through I see a jet plane turning round Waltz in time In these days… We will rise… How are you going to feel? And how are you going pay? How are you going to feel when it all fades away…?
5.
verse 1 Somewhere outside you, oh Safe in here I breath my moon unseen This I breathe chorus1 I saw what was light, I saw what was dark And what keeps objects apart verse 2 Somewhere outside you, oh! Safe in here breath by moon unseen This I grieve chorus 2 Now I owe myself the truth, I owe myself the pain or I might live this moment over again Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... (Calling to the foreground!) chorus 3 Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... Oh, la, la la la lah, la la la lah, aaah ... oh
6.
Well I’m looking up, looking down and around We scoured the walls, we scoured the ground Collecting threads that once had covered me I forged, to keep me warm, a holy shroud of history From fibres and DNA Well this now is the web that’s so hard to define The centre was a bed, where you and I would hide - yeah! Now the trip is set to wire, hooked up back into the board, the floor we left a mesh, of tautened wires and cords No more... And I never understood what it was to be there [or ‘meant to be here’] I never understood what it was to be there I never understood what it was to be there I was just a leech… Now when I see the time, I must turn around and I don’t mind, ohhh... Yeah!!!!!!!! ssssssshhh! Who’ll give me a life for a life...? Now I won’t say a word until I know it’s the right word And I have to listen hard, for the silence in my heart to be heard And if I understood what it was to be here If I understood what it was to be here If I understood what it was to be here Comin’ to the ground, comin’ to the word I’ll hear
7.
the lyrics to Beefbone are largely made up :)
8.
verse 1 Running was ran More monuments rose in the night All towers all eyes Somewhere a finger traced the arc of the moon verse 2 Love was pinned down No centre of heart was found Lying close to the ground Won’t somebody please take those cameras away? Which side are you on? Who has divided you? Which side are you? Easy now, take a flower, take a bow verse 1 repeat chorus: No saviour bound, no [or ‘Eagle low, stark’ ?!] No form is found, yeah [or ‘No saviour found’] instr verse Love was pinned pinned down (Take it’s time) All objects are moved in the night Centre heart to the ground Won’t somebody please take the camera away? Bridge & climb: All love is found Loved you more than before All love is found Loved you more than before And they’re taking the seasons, they’re taking the time, they’re making the reasons and they’re making them rhyme They’re taking the seasons, there is now no more than here. chorus No more than here, yeah No more than here, yeah Ride arms and go Arms side ease and watch you roam
9.
verse 1 Easy, it was all too easy to find Across the car I came, and came after some time To find myself inside Scratching on the paint, scratching in our names again All we tried to do, all we tried to do was Explain to ourselves why we were there chorus And now it’s all so hard But it’s easy to see And if you don’t know how you got here Then you won’t know how to leave verse 2 And I wonder who followed who, who caught the other as they left We said we led each other, leading nowhere But knowing that until we fell, neither could we rest Oil, it takes me back, I feel you might be near But the smell is stronger than the bond, that no longer keeps you Clear in thought, skin or even in fear. chorus repeat And I see there and I see roses And I see you, I see roses And I see it, I see rain
10.
In these days where the sky aches too hard And the sea is rolling low, moving slow, anxious to reveal Aaah, ahhh… Walk a while Walk with me, we could try to decipher stars Throwing stones at the sea, we will try to spark an age. How you going to feel? How you gonna pay? How are you going to feel when it all fades away? It may take a long time It may take a long time Back where the wind cracks those fires Back where the wind cracks those fires Easy see, only me Above, above, the angels offer songs of love, songs of truth Above, above, the angels offer songs, some are coming through I see a jet plane turning round Waltz in time In these days… We will rise… How are you going to feel? And how are you going pay? How are you going to feel when it all fades away…?
11.
verse 1 Somewhere outside you, oh Safe in here I breath my moon unseen This I breathe chorus1 I saw what was light, I saw what was dark And what keeps objects apart verse 2 Somewhere outside you, oh! Safe in here breath by moon unseen This I grieve chorus 2 Now I owe myself the truth, I owe myself the pain or I might live this moment over again Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... (Calling to the foreground!) chorus 3 Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... Oh, la, la la la lah, la la la lah, aaah ... oh
12.
the lyrics to Beefbone are largely made up :)
13.
P45 14:28
[instrumental]
14.
The lyrics to Beefbone are largely just made up :)
15.
[instrumental]
16.
verse 1 Somewhere outside you, oh Safe in here I breath my moon unseen This I breathe chorus1 I saw what was light, I saw what was dark And what keeps objects apart verse 2 Somewhere outside you, oh! Safe in here breath by moon unseen This I grieve chorus 2 Now I owe myself the truth, I owe myself the pain or I might live this moment over again Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... (Calling to the foreground!) chorus 3 Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... Oh, la, la la la lah, la la la lah, aaah ... oh
17.
[instrumental]
18.
Ever since I was a boy Thought what it means to be a man All the things I’d like to change And the places where I would stand And it all comes back to me But it all seems like a dream Ever since I was a child I felt the pressure of a hand Moving through my life It cast a shadow of an end of night But the hand must make retreat for the moment to be complete And I feel the wind blowing through those years And I saw the rains falling back to sleep And I feel then that all is well that there’s a truth hidden in each day The secret is hard to kill for it’s the one thing I have known, it’ll set me free And I feel the wind blowing through those years And I saw the sun, and I knew the we Got a long, yeah such a long, long way to go... Yeah such a long, yeah such a long, long way to go…
19.
Well I’m looking up, looking down and around We scoured the walls, we scoured the ground Collecting threads that once had covered me I forged, to keep me warm, a holy shroud of history From fibres and DNA Well this now is the web that’s so hard to define The centre was a bed, where you and I would hide - yeah! Now the trip is set to wire, hooked up back into the board, the floor we left a mesh, of tautened wires and cords No more... And I never understood what it was to be there [or ‘meant to be here’] I never understood what it was to be there I never understood what it was to be there I was just a leech… Now when I see the time, I must turn around and I don’t mind, ohhh... Yeah!!!!!!!! ssssssshhh! Who’ll give me a life for a life...? Now I won’t say a word until I know it’s the right word And I have to listen hard, for the silence in my heart to be heard And if I understood what it was to be here If I understood what it was to be here If I understood what it was to be here Comin’ to the ground, comin’ to the word I’ll hear
20.
The lyrics to Beefbone are largely just made up :)
21.
In these days where the sky aches too hard And the sea is rolling low, moving slow, anxious to reveal Aaah, ahhh… Walk a while Walk with me, we could try to decipher stars Throwing stones at the sea, we will try to spark an age. How you going to feel? How you gonna pay? How are you going to feel when it all fades away? It may take a long time It may take a long time Back where the wind cracks those fires Back where the wind cracks those fires Easy see, only me Above, above, the angels offer songs of love, songs of truth Above, above, the angels offer songs, some are coming through I see a jet plane turning round Waltz in time In these days… We will rise… How are you going to feel? And how are you going pay? How are you going to feel when it all fades away…?
22.
verse 1 Easy, it was all too easy to find Across the car I came, and came after some time To find myself inside Scratching on the paint, scratching in our names again All we tried to do, all we tried to do was Explain to ourselves why we were there chorus And now it’s all so hard But it’s easy to see And if you don’t know how you got here Then you won’t know how to leave verse 2 And I wonder who followed who, who caught the other as they left We said we led each other, leading nowhere But knowing that until we fell, neither could we rest Oil, it takes me back, I feel you might be near But the smell is stronger than the bond, that no longer keeps you Clear in thought, skin or even in fear. chorus repeat And I see there and I see roses And I see you, I see roses And I see it, I see rain
23.
verse 1 Running was ran More monuments rose in the night All towers all eyes Somewhere a finger traced the arc of the moon verse 2 Love was pinned down No centre of heart was found Lying close to the ground Won’t somebody please take those cameras away? Which side are you on? Who has divided you? Which side are you? Easy now, take a flower, take a bow verse 1 repeat chorus: No saviour bound, no [or ‘Eagle low, stark’ ?!] No form is found, yeah [or ‘No saviour found’] instr verse Love was pinned pinned down (Take it’s time) All objects are moved in the night Centre heart to the ground Won’t somebody please take the camera away? Bridge & climb: All love is found Loved you more than before All love is found Loved you more than before And they’re taking the seasons, they’re taking the time, they’re making the reasons and they’re making them rhyme They’re taking the seasons, there is now no more than here. chorus No more than here, yeah No more than here, yeah Ride arms and go Arms side ease and watch you roam
24.
verse 1 Somewhere outside you, oh Safe in here I breath my moon unseen This I breathe chorus1 I saw what was light, I saw what was dark And what keeps objects apart verse 2 Somewhere outside you, oh! Safe in here breath by moon unseen This I grieve chorus 2 Now I owe myself the truth, I owe myself the pain or I might live this moment over again Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... (Calling to the foreground!) chorus 3 Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... Oh, la, la la la lah, la la la lah, aaah ... oh
25.
Lucy on top of the world My feet wouldn’t touch the earth I was so high that it hurt Moon shine high no shadow will fall Moon shine high, yeah Well the seed feeds of the earth, its arms go deep down, deep down But I couldn’t see, I couldn’t feel, I didn’t know how The far side is the right side, The thin line leads all the way heavenbound Oh! Oh! Yeah! Now it feels alright Oh Here turns the world Well I put myself here way back when I voice came and blew the walls of a barricade to the ground Everything came down I voice so low I cried Although I know I will cry again What will you send to break me? To clear my mind of dreams To show me what you mean To see all things one moment in time To open my eyes, to change Once I crawled on the floor That was long before I heard you name You know the white river runs, and it’s running with me You know the white river runs, and I’m running to see You know you don’t need a reason to be clean Now it feels alright Here turns the world And I’m standing onboard Oh lord, the merry-go-round, round and round ... repeats (NB the lyrics in this early version of the song are still in development and don't always match the official set above)
26.
The lyrics to Beefbone are largely made up :)
27.
verse 1 Somewhere outside you, oh Safe in here I breath my moon unseen This I breathe chorus1 I saw what was light, I saw what was dark And what keeps objects apart verse 2 Somewhere outside you, oh! Safe in here breath by moon unseen This I grieve chorus 2 Now I owe myself the truth, I owe myself the pain or I might live this moment over again Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... (Calling to the foreground!) chorus 3 Now I’m heading for the base, I’m heading for the third Where there are voices that no-one has heard, calling... Oh, la, la la la lah, la la la lah, aaah ... oh

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Studio masters, live recordings and rehearsal bootlegs culled from November 1996 to June 1997.

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released June 15, 1997

The Rains: Jake Fern, Dave Hunt, Steve Barber, David Davis, Donk Brayshaw, with Miriam Nelken.
This album compiled and mastered by David Davis at Feline HQ, 2010.
All sound recordings ℗ 2010 Bad Nurse Recordings/Pyrococcal Records
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