Lyrics
- All The Ways (A Cautionary Tale)
I met an old man with a cautionary tale to tell,
he warned against a life that ends in hell He told me something of the misery befell, and now, his words, they haunt me...
A young man likes to think he's better than the rest, that he can take a risk and stand up to the test
That all the losers here are victims or repressed, and so it goes, until you feel alone.
All the ways you said you loved me but you don't
All the times you said you'd meet me but you won't
All the nights you come and haunt me like a ghost
And now, I know, you know, I feel alone.
We cling to memories and photographs and stuff, think they protect us from the future and the rough
When all is said and done the past is not enough and now, I'm here, his words, they haunt me
And so I left my basement flat and headed out instead
I met her eyes and fixed a gaze before she turned her head
She led me to a room sparsely furnished with a bed
Then laid me down on soft silk sheets draped in crimson red
Ooh my my my, the sun is in his sky
The moon and stars they shine so bright tonight the girl is mine...
She held me in a vice-like grip then pinned me to the floor
Standing over tall and straight she smiled and offered more
My mind was fading in and out my legs felt insecure
I fell into a deeper sleep than I ever have before
Just when I see it's getting crazy
My Vision fades and turns to grey
The woman smiles and looks at me
The shadow fall and carry me away…
Then I awoke and suddenly found myself alone
I looked around nervously and checked my mobile phone
Suddenly I realised the truth of what I'd done
She left me here with nothing but the clothes that I had on
Ooh my my my, the sun has left the sky
The moon and stars don't shine so bright tonight I lost my mind....
Now I remember the sad end of the affair, her eyes looked back at me pretending to be there
She offered up a smile half-hearted without care, and now I knew, the end I face alone...
All the ways you said you loved me but you don't
All the times you said you'd meet me but you won't
All the nights you come and haunt me like a ghost
And now, I know, you know, I feel alone.