- When All Else Fails
To whom it may concern (whoever that may be)
For I can think of no-one who has shown concern for me.
My last will and testament I now bequeath
To all those I trusted (to those who deceived me)
Though by hope deserted of this I am sure
That where I am going you'll hurt me no more.
While your plotting my downfall I'm planning my wake
Still you're trying to see how much more I can take
In this game that we're playing I know I can't win
And my dreams have all ended before they begin.
One for the wish that would never come true
Two for the kisses betraying a fool
Three for the life that was my bed of nails
For there's only one answer when all else fails.
I fear I have been here too long for my own good
Outstaying my welcome when all the time I should
Have heeded my heart when it said take your bow
But I'm sadder and wiser and listening now.
In this life that you're leading you're fooling yourself
If you think you are better than anyone else
So shed not your tears for me now pretty child
For when I was crying - remember, you smiled.
The knife that I'm holding was never as sharp
As the words from your cruel lips that punctured my heart
Tell me where was your friendship in my hour of need
When you stood and you laughed while watching me bleed?
One for the wish that would never come true
Two for the kisses betraying a fool
Three for the life that was my bed of nails
For there's only one answer when all else fails.
Don't talk to me of loneliness - don't speak to me of tears
For I have had enough of both to last a thousand years
"If music be the food of love" then let a famine rage
To starve my childish innocence before it comes of age.
One for the wish that would never come true
Two for the kisses betraying a fool
Three for the life that was my bed of nails
For there's only one answer when all else fails.
I beg you forgive me - I apologise
For wasting your time with such lengthy goodbyes
But as I depart - unto destiny kneel
I pray that one day you will know how I feel.
Goodbye.
Letras
- A Badtime Story
A Bellyful Of Emptiness
A Broken Promised Land
A Clown Of Thorns
A Dog In The Manger
A Good Day To Bury Bad News
Um Bom Dia Para Enterrar Más Notícias
A Near Life Experience
A Room Next Door
A Stranger In The Garden
A Survival Campaign
A Survival Campaign (Tradução)
A Well Beside The River
A Well-Traveled Man
A Well-Travelled Man
A Word To The Wise
Alone In Death's Shadow
Another Drinking Song
Another Drinking Song (Tradução)
Another Fine Mess
Any Old Irony?
Art Nazi
Babakoto
Bewilderbeast
Black Summer Rain
Bombjour!
Brimstone Ballet
Building A Ruin
Construindo Uma Ruína
Bury Me
Bury Me (Tradução)
Cancer Of The Heart
Cardboard City
Catherine At The Wheel
Civil War Dance
Come On Eileen
Constance Eternal
Crux Of The Message
Cry Of The Land
Dead Angels On Ice
Deja-Vu Ain't What It Used To Be
Desperanto (A Song For Europe?)
Do They Mean Us?
Earth mother, The Sun And The Furious Host
Eirenarch
Emerald
Fainting By Numbers
Gammadion Seed
Great Blow For A Day Job
Ilustre Fôlego Para A Rotina
Halo Of Flies
Helium
History Lessons
Aula de História
Hit List
Hybrid Blues
Hybrid Blues (Tradução)
I Dubious
If I Die Laughing, It'll Be An Act Of God
Se Eu Morrer Rindo, Sera Um Ato de Deus
In The... All Together
Inequality Street
Intro: Pagan Man
Isle Of Jura
It Wasn't Meant To End This Way
Jeopardy
Jumping My Shadow
Pulando Minha Sombra
Just What Nobody Wanted
Karmageddon (The Suffering Silence)
Land Of The Rising Slum
Terra da Favela Ascendente
Lightening The Load
Aliviando a Carga
Like... A Ballad For The Disenchanted
Little Miss Take
Master Race
Men Of Straw
Modern Minds
Moongleam And Meadowsweet
Mr. Malaprope & Co
My Mother In Darkness
My Naked I
No Deposit, No Return
Sem Depósito, Sem Retorno
No Strings Attached
Ntrwb
On With Their Heads!
Our Dying Island
Nossa Ilha Moribunda
Pagan Man
Penny Dreadful
Jornal Barato
Polkageist!
Postcard From Planet Earth
Quantity Time
R'Vannith
Ring Stone Round
Salt On The Earth (Another Man's Poison)
Schadenfreude
Science Never Sleeps
Single Phial
Sins Of Emission
Sky Beneath My Feet
Skyclad
Snake Charming
Something To Cling To
Spinning Jenny
Still Small Beer
Still Spinning Shrapnel
Superculture
Swords Of A Thousand Men
Ten Little Kingdoms
Terminus
Introdução: O Portão de Meggido]
The Antibody Politic
The Cradle Will Fall
The Declaration Of Indifference
A Declaração de Indiferença
The Disenchanted Forest
The Great Brain Robbery
The Ilk Of Human Blindness
The One Piece Puzzle
The Parliament Of Fools
The Present Imperfect
The Silver Cloud's Dark Lining
The Sinful Ensemble
The Sky Beneath My Feet
The Song Of No-Involvement
The Thread Of Evermore
The Truth Famine
The Well-Travelled Man
The Wickedest Man In The World
The Widdershins Jig
The Wrong Song
They Think It's All Over, (Well Is It Now?)
Think Back And Lie Of England
Thinking Allowed
Trance Dance (A Dreamtime Walkabout)
Troublesometimes
Tunnel Visionaries
Turncoat Rebellion
Vintage Whine
When All Else Fails
When God Logs Off
Which Is Why
Womb Of The Worm
Words Upon The Street
Worn Out Sole To Heel
You Lost My Memory
Você Perdeu Minha Memória