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Here's a delighfully witty one for those who love cummings...

"may i feel said he"

by e. e. cummings

may i feel said he

(i'll squeal said she

just once said he)

it's fun said she

(may i touch said he

how much said she

a lot said he)

why not said she

(let's go said he

not too far said she

what's too far said he

where you are said she)

may i stay said he

(which way said she

like this said he

if you kiss said she

may i move said he

is it love said she)

if you're willing said he

(but you're killing said she

but it's life said he

but your wife said she

now said he)

ow said she

(tiptop said he

don't stop said she

oh no said he)

go slow said she

(cccome?said he

ummm said she)

you're divine!said he

(you are Mine said she)

Getting a tattoo is like getting into a commitment. It's meant to be permanent... Hence whatever design you pick had better be something you won't get tired of looking at. Make it something meaningful, after all a tattoo is a "statement", it says something of the personality of the person on which it's etched.

If you're just getting it on a whim... try henna first. That way you can always wait for it to fade if you change your mind mid-stream... It's a whole lot cheaper than paying for a laser to burn off a real tattoo...

I remember when I got mine I was so anxious I had to get my friend to accompany me. At the time I wanted it as a means of silent rebellion against my parents. Hence, I'd chosen a phoenix symbol to adorn my back...

It took months to finish... the pain of each session was excruciating... But it all paid off... Now whenever I look at it, the crucible which I underwent lent it greater meaning. Whenever times are darkest, I look at the fiery reminder etched in flesh and paid in blood, and somehow I always manage to smile...

Incidentally, another interesting design are those elaborate Japanese tattoos associated with the Yakuza. When one strips away the social stigma, one finds a compelling form of body art...

Shannon Curfman's lyrics blow my away... She was 14 when she did this one in collaboration with Johnny Lang... But her voice and delivery make her sound like somone who's known real pain... Hence her brand of Blues is well worth listening to...

"Playing with Fire"

By Shannon Curfman

Down at the crossroads

They say he sold his soul

Hell-bent on being King of Blues

Deal with the Devil

But I swear there's an angel in there

Gotta give credit

Where credit's due

Sittin' in his rockin' chair

He put the mojo in the air

Yeah, hear the black cat moanin'

Twelve bars and a man possessed

Separated from all the rest

He was playing with fire

Six string -- his thing

No waking up from that dream

Took it -- turned it upside down

He rocked Woodstock

Jump start -- never could stop

Guitar gods all hit the ground

Heads up when he hit the stage

Sky high in a manic rage

Yeah, and the rocket's red glare

They say the boy really caused a scene

He took a match and he lit that thing

He was playin' with fire

Who's that creeping

Taking ahold of my hand?

Who's that moving

Through my veins?

Must be the spirit

Of those who've gone before

Got their fingers on my strings

Sittin' in my rockin' chair

I feel the mojo in the air

Yeah, I hear the black cat moanin'

Let it roll all over me

let it take me 'til I'm free

And I'm playin' with fire

JRR Tolkien, Anne Rice (Only the First 4 Vampire Chronicles and "The Mummy"), Michael Crichton, Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts and Orson Scott Card... These are those who immediately come to mind... Then again I'm open to anyone with a gift with the written word...

For lovers, young and old...

Tonight I can write the saddest lines...

by Pablo Neruda

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example, "The night is shattered, and blue stars shiver in the distance."

The night wind revolves in the sky and sings.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

I loved her, and sometimes, she loved me too.

Through nights like this one I held her in my arms.

I kissed her, again and again under the endless sky.

She loved me, sometimes I loved her too.

How could one not have loved her great still eyes?

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

To think that I do not have her.

To feel that I have lost her.

To hear the immense night, still more immense without her.

And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.

What does it matter that my love could not keep her?

The night is shattered and she is not with me.

This is all.

In the distance, someone is singing.

In the distance, my soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

My sight searches for her as though to go to her.

My heart looks for her, and she is not with me.

The same night whitening the same trees.

We of that time are no longer the same.

I no longer love her, that's certain.

But how I loved her.

My voice tried to find the wind to touch her hearing.

Another's.

She will be another's .

Like my kisses before.

Her voice.

Her bright body.

Her infiniter eyes.

I no longer love her, that's certain.

But maybe I love her.

Love is so short.

Forgetting so long.

Because through nights like this

I held her in my arms, my soul is not satisfied that it has lost her.

Though this be the last pain she makes me suffer,

and these,

the last verses

I write for her.

While some of the tracks and musical style used in Sting's "Brand New Day" album didn't quite sit well with me, there are nevertheless beautifully written songs... Imagine. Picture yourself in something out of an "Arabian Nights" tale... The desert sun, sand and sky of the middle east...

"Desert Rose"

I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

I wake in pain

I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of fire

These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire

And in the flames

Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire

This desert rose

Each of her veils, a secret promise

This desert flower

No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turns

This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams

this fire burns

I realise that nothing's as it seems

I dream of rain

I dream of gardens in the sdesert sand

I wake in pain

I dream of love as time runs through my hand

I dream of rain

I lift my gaze to empty skies above

I close my eayes, this rare perfume

Is the sweetest intoxication of her love

I dream of fire

These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire

And in the flames

Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire

Sweet desert rose

Each of her veils, a secret promise

This desert flower

No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

Sweet desert rose

This memory of Eden haunts us all

This desert flower, this rare perfume

Is the sweet intoxication of the fall

"After The Rain Has Fallen"

The palace guards are all sleeping

Their fires burn into the night

There's a threat of rain on the dark horizon

And all that's left is a quarter moon of light

He climbs up through the darkness

No weapon but his surprise

The greatest thief in the high Sahara

Enters the room where a sleeping princess lies

All your money, your pretty necklace

This is my work on such a night

There's a storm coming over the mountain

I'll be gone long before the morning

After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes

You find that I've taken nothing, that

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye

He was as gentle as the night wind

As no lover had been before

And the rings she wore for her bride groom

Slipped from her fingers and fell to the floor

Take me with you take me with you

Before my lonely life is set

I've been promised to another

To a man I've never even met

After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes

You'll find that I've take nothing, that

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye

After the thunder's spoken, and

After the lightning bolt's been hurled

After the dream is broken, there’ll

Still be love in the world

She said take me to another life

Take me for a pirate's wife

Take me where the wind blows

Take me where the red wine flows

Take me to the danger

Take me to the life of crime

Take me to the stars

Take me to the moon while we still have time

After the rain has fallen

After the tears have washed your eyes

You'll find that I've taken nothing, that

Love can't replace in the blink of an eye

After the thunder's spoken, and

After the lightning bolt's been hurled

After the dream is broken, there’ll

Still be love in the world

'Twas Blaise Pascal who said "The heart has its own reason which reason does not know."  Beautiful. 

Thank you!

Turn back the hand of Father Time, and for one infinite moment, remember, the moment, the very first moment you felt Love's first falling... Lost in your reverie, these songs echo the distant, bittersweet memories of loves lost and hearts broken...

"Don't Stand So Close To Me"

Young teacher, the subject

Of schoolgirl fantasy

She wants him so badly

Knows what she wants to be

Inside her there's longing

This girl's an open page

Book marking - she's so close now

This girl is half his age

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Her friends are so jealous

You know how bad girls get

Sometimes it's not so easy

To be the teacher's pet

Temptation, frustration

So bad it makes him cry

Wet bus stop, she's waiting

His car is warm and dry

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Loose talk in the classroom

To hurt they try and try

Strong words in the staffroom

The accusations fly

It's no use, he sees her

He starts to shake and cough

Just like the old man in

That book by Nabakov

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

"I Burn for You"

Now that I have found you

In the coolth of your evening smile

The shade of your parasol

And your love flows through me

Though I drink at your pool

I burn for you, I burn for

You and I are lovers

When night time folds around our bed

In peace we sleep entwined

And your love flows through me

Though an ocean soothes my head

I burn for you, I burn for

Stars will fall from dark skies

As ancient rocks are turning

Quiet fills the room

And your love flows through me

Though I lie here so still

I burn for you, I burn for you

I burn...

"Until"

If I caught the world in a bottle

And everything was still beneath the moon

Without your love would it shine for me?

If I was smart as Aristotle

And understood the rings around the moon

What would it all matter if you loved me?

Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still

With a million dreams to fulfill

And a matter of moments until the dancing ends

Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear

Not a solitary thing would I fear

Except when this moment comes near the dancing's end

If I caught the world in an hourglass

Saddled up the moon so we could ride

Until the stars grew dim, Until...

One day you’ll meet a stranger

And all the noise is silenced in the room

You’ll feel that you're close to some mystery

In the moonlight and everything shatters

You feel as if you’ve known her all your life

The world’s oldest lesson in history

Here in your arms where the world is impossibly still

With a million dreams to fulfill

And a matter of moments until the dancing ends

Here in your arms when everything seems to be clear

Not a solitary thing do I fear

Except when this moment comes near the dancing’s end

Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass

Saddled up the moon and we would ride

Until the stars grew dim

Until the time that time stands still, Until...

"Elaborate Lives"

Words by Tim Rice

We all live such elaborate lives

Wild ambitions in our sight

How an affair of the heart survives

Days apart and hurried nights

Seems quite unbelievable to me

I don’t want to live like that

I just want to our time to be

Slower and gentle, wiser, free

We all live in extravagant times

Playing games we can’t all win

Unintended emotional crimes

Take some out, take others in

I’m so tired of all we’re going through

I don’t want to live like that

I’m so tired of all we’re going through

I don’t want to love like that

I just want to be with you

Now and forever, peaceful, true

I wish I had the courage to tell you face to face

But I could wait forever for the perfect time and place

We all live such elaborate lives

We don’t know whose words are true

Strangers, lovers husbands, wives

Hard to know, who’s loving who

Too many choices tear us apart

I don’t want to live like that

Too many choices tear us apart

I don’t want to love like that

I just want to touch your heart

May this confession be the start

"The Heart has reasons, Reason cannot fathom..."

~ can't remember who wrote this...

Two More Sting Songs...

"Bring On The Night"

The afternoon has gently passed me by

The evening spreads its sail against the sky

Waiting for tomorrow

Just another day

God bid yesterday goodbye

Bring on the night

I couldn't spend another hour of daylight

Bring on the night

I couldn't stand another hour of daylight

The future is but a question mark

Hangs above my head there in the dark

Can't see for the brightness

Is staring me blind

God bid yesterday goodbye

Bring on the night

I couldn't spend another hour of daylight

Bring on the night

I couldn't stand another hour of daylight

Bring on the night

I couldn't spend another hour of daylight

Bring on the night

I couldn't stand another hour of daylight

I couldn't stand another hour of daylight

(repeat and fade)

"A Thousand Years"

A thousand years, a thousand more

A thousand times a million doors to eternity

I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times

An endless turning stairway climbs

To a tower of souls

If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars

The towers rise to numberless floors in space

I could shed another millin tears, a million breaths

A million names but only one true face

A million roads, a million fears

A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty

I could speak another million lies, a million songs

A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time

But if there was a single truth, a single light

A single thought, a single touch of grace

Then following this single point, this single flame

This single haunted memory of your face

I still love you

I still want you

A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves

Like Galaxies in my head

I maybe numberless, I may be innocent

I may know many things, I may be ignorant

Or I could ride with the kings and conquer many lands

Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands

I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times

Reborn a fortune's child to judge another's crimes

Or wera this pilgrims cloak, or be a common thief

I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief

I still love you

I still want you

A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves

Like Galaxies in my head

On and on the mysteries unwind themselves

Eternities still unsaid

'Til you love me

Feeling a bit sentimental... Ella Fitzgerald did a version of this romantic little ditty...

"That Old Black Magic"

That old black magic has me in its spell

That old black magic that you weave so well

Icy fingers up and down my spine

The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine

The same old tingle that I feel inside

When that elevator starts its ride

Down and down I go, round and round I go

Like a leaf that`s caught in the tide

I should stay away but what can I do

I hear your name, and I`m aflame

Aflame with such a burning desire

That only your kiss can put out the fire

You are the lover that I`ve waited for

The mate that fate had me created for

And every time your lips meet mine

Baby down and down I go, all around I go

In a spin, loving the spin that I`m in

Under that old black magic called love

More Sting...

"All This Time"

I looked out across

The river today,

I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower

Where the seagulls play.

I saw the sad shire horses walking home

In the sodium light

I saw two priests on the ferry

October geese on a cold winter's night

And all this time, the river flowed

Endlessly to the sea.

Two priests came round our house tonight

One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying

To serve the final rite,

One to learn, one to teach,

Which way the cold wind blows

Fussing and flapping in priestly black

Like a murder of crows

And all this time, the river flowed

Endlessly to the sea

If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river

And I'd bury the old man,

I'd bury him at sea

Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth

Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle

And as these words were spoken I swear I hear

The old man laughing,

'What good is a used up world, and how could it be

worth having'

And all this time the river flowed

Endlessly like a silent tear

And all this time the river flowed

Father, if Jesus exists,

Then how come he never lived here.

The teacher told us, the Romans built this place

They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire

Garrison town,

They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods

But the stone gods did not make a sound

And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left

Were the stones the workmen found

And all this time the river flowed

In the falling light of a northern sun

If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river

Men go crazy in congregations

But they only get better

One by one

One by one...

"Heavy Cloud No Rain"

Turned on the weather man just after the news

I needed sweet rain to wash away my blues

He looked at the chart but he looked in vain

Heavy cloud but no rain

Back in the time with Louis XVI

At the court of the people he was number one

He'd be the bluest blood they'd ever seen

When the king said hi to the guillotine

The royal astrologer was run out of breath

He thought that maybe the rain would postpone his death

He look in the sky but he look in vain

Heavy cloud but no rain

Well the land was cracking and the river was dry

All the crops were dying when they ought to be high

So to save his farm from the banker's draft

The farmer took out a book on some old witchcraft

He made a spell and a potion on a midsummer's night

He killed a brindled calf in the pale moonlight

He prayed to the sky but he prayed in vain

Heavy cloud but no rain

Heavy cloud but no rain

The sun won't shine till the clouds are gone

The clouds won't go till their work is done

And every morning you'll hear me pray

If only it would rain today

I asked my baby if there'd be some way

She said she'd save her love for a rainy day

I look in the sky but I look in vain

Heavy cloud but no rain

"One World (Not Three)"

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

It's a subject we rarely mention

But when we do we have this little invention

By pretending they're a different world from me

I show my responsibility

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

The third world breathes our air tomorrow

We live on the time we borrow

In our world there's no time for sorrow

In their world there is no tomorrow

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

Lines are drawn upon the world

Before we get our flags unfurled

Whichever one we pick

It's just a self deluding trick

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

I don't want to bring a sour note

Remember this before you vote

We can all sink or we all float

'Cos we're all in the same big boat

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

One world is enough

For all of us

It may seem a million miles away

But it gets a little closer everyday

It may seem a million miles away

But it gets a little closer everyday

It may seem a million miles away

But it gets a little closer everyday

"Don't Stand So Close To Me"

Young teacher, the subject

Of schoolgirl fantasy

She wants him so badly

Knows what she wants to be

Inside her there's longing

This girl's an open page

Book marking - she's so close now

This girl is half his age

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Her friends are so jealous

You know how bad girls get

Sometimes it's not so easy

To be the teacher's pet

Temptation, frustration

So bad it makes him cry

Wet bus stop, she's waiting

His car is warm and dry

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Loose talk in the classroom

To hurt they try and try

Strong words in the staffroom

The accusations fly

It's no use, he sees her

He starts to shake and cough

Just like the old man in

That book by Nabakov

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

Don't stand, don't stand so

Don't stand so close to me

... then again, Van Morrison's "Moondance" comes to mind...

"Moondance"

Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance

With the stars up above in your eyes

A fantabulous night to make romance

'Neath the cover of October skies

And all the leaves on the trees are falling

To the sound of the breezes that blow

And I'm trying to please to the calling

Of your heart-strings that play soft and low

You know the night's magic

Seems to whisper and hush

And all the soft moonlight

Seems to shine in your blush...

Can I just have one a' more moondance with you, my love?

Can I just make some more romance with a' you, my love?

Well I wanna make love to you tonight

I can't wait till the morning has come

And I know now the time is just right

And straight into my arms you will run

And when you come my heart will be waiting

To make sure that you're never alone

There and then all my dreams will come true dear

There and then I will make you my own

And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside

And I know how much you want me that, you can't hide...

Can I just have one a' more moondance with you, my love?

Can I just make some more romance with a' you, my love?

Well it's a marvelous night for a moondance

With the stars up above in your eyes

A fantabulous night to make romance

'Neath the cover of October skies

And all the leaves on the trees are falling

To the sound of the breezes that blow

And I'm trying to please to the calling

Of your heart-strings that play soft and low

You know the night's magic

Seems to whisper and hush

And all the soft moonlight

Seems to shine in your blush...

One more moondance with you

In the moonlight

On a magic night

la, la, la, la, there's a moonlight

On a magic night

Can't I just have one more dance

With you my love?

Felt pensive, this song speaks to me... Luna gazes down at me, as I walk the deserted streets alone...

"Sister Moon"

Sister moon will be my guide

In your blue blue shadows I would hide

All good people asleep tonight

I'm all by myself in your silver light

I would gaze at your face the whole night through

I'd go out of my mind, but for you

Lying in a mother's arms

The primal root of a woman's charms

I'm a stranger to the sun

My eyes are too weak

How cold is a heart

When it's warmth that he seeks?

You watch every night, you don't care what I do

I'd go out of my mind, but for you

I'd go out of my mind, but for you

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun

My hunger for her explains everything I've done

To howl at the moon the whole night through

And they really don't care if I do

I'd go out of my mind, but for you

Sister Moon

Evanescent...

We are born, we live, we die. But for one fleeting moment...

We ARE!

krunchaway, as requested... Glad to find a kindred Sting fan...

"Fortress Around Your Heart"

Under the ruins of a walled city

Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light

No flags of truce, no cries of pity

The siege guns had been pounding all through the night

It took a day to build the city

We walked through its streets in the afternoon

As I returned across the fields I'd known

I recognized the walls that I once laid

I had to stop in my tracks for fear

Of walking on the mines I'd laid

And if I have built this fortress around your heart

Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire

Then let me build a bridge

For I cannot fill the chasm

And let me set the battlements on fire

Then I went off to fight some battle

That I'd invented inside my head

Away so long for years and years

You probably thought or even wished that I was dead

While the armies all are sleeping

Beneath the tattered flag we'd made

I had to stop in my tracks for fear

Of walking on the mines I'd laid

This prison has now become your home

A sentence you seem prepared to pay

It took a day to build the city

We walked through its streets in the afternoon

As I returned across the lands I'd known

I recognized the fields where I'd once played

I had to stop in my tracks for fear

Of walking on the mines I'd laid

"Fields of Gold"

You'll remember me when the west wind moves

Upon the fields of barley

You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky

As we walk in fields of gold

So she took her love

For to gaze awhile

Upon the fields of barley

In his arms she fell as her hair came down

Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me, will you be my love

Among the fields of barley

We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky

As we lie in fields of gold

See the west wind move like a lover so

Upon the fields of barley

Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth

Among the fields of gold

I never made promises lightly

And there have been some that I've broken

But I swear in the days still left

We'll walk in fields of gold

We'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed since those summer days

Among the fields of barley

See the children run as the sun goes down

Among the fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves

Upon the fields of barley

You can tell the sun in his jealous sky

When we walked in fields of gold

When we walked in fields of gold

When we walked in fields of gold

"This Cowboy Song"

We rode all night across an endless desert

We had no moon to light our way

And though a billion stars were slowly turning

We lacked the consciences to pray

Our horses running like devil chasers

Those feet they hardly touched the ground

Yes, I'm familiar with the grey wolves howing

But I'm certain I never heard this sound

Devil to pay On judgement day

Would Jesus strike me down

If I should pray this cowboy song

It's all I know

To bring me back into your arms

Your distant sun

Your shining light

You'll be my dark star shining

Tonight

I've been the lowest of the low on the planet

I've been a sinner all my days

And I was living with my hand on the trigger

I had no sense to change my ways

The priest asked if I'd embrace the ressurection

To suck the poison from my life

Just like an existential cowboy villain

His words were balanced on my knife

Devil to pay On judgement day

Would Jesus strike me down

If I should pray

This cowboy song

It's all I know

To bring me back into your arms

Your distant sun

Your shining light

You'll be my dark star shining

Tonight

Every night

Every night

All my distances afar

This cowboy song

It's all I know

To bring me back into your arms

This cowboy song

This cowboy life

I'll be your dark star shining

Tonight

Dark star...

"King Of Pain"

There's a little black spot on the sun today

That's my soul up there.

It's the same old thing as yesterday

That's my soul up there.

There's a black hat caught in a high tree top

That's my soul up there.

There's a flag pole rag and the wind won't stop

That's my soul up there.

I have stood here before in the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running 'round my brain.

I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign,

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain...

There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall

There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall

There's a blue whale beached by a springtime's ebb

There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out

There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt

There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed

There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack

There's a black-winged gull with a broken back

There's a little black spot on the sun today.

It's the same old thing as yesterday,

That's my soul up there...

I have stood here before in the pouring rain

With the world turning circles running 'round my brain.

I guess I always thought you could end this reign,

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain...

I'll always be king of pain...

"When We Dance"

If he loved you

Like I love you

I would walk away in shame

I'd move town, I'd change my name

When he watches you

When he comes to buy your soul

On your hand his golden rings

Like he owns the bird that sings

When we dance

Angels will run and hide their wings

The priest has said my soul

Salvation is in the balance of the angels

And underneath the wheels of passion

I keep my faith in my fashion

When we dance

Angels will run and hide their wings

(Oooh) I'm still in love with you

CHORUS

When we dance

Angels will run and hide their wings

I'm gonna love you more than life

If you'll only be my wife

I'm gonna love you night and day

I'm gonna try in every way

When we dance

Angels will run and hide their wings

I'm gonna find a place to live

Give you all I've got to give

I would love you more than life

If you'll only be my wife

If I could break down these walls

And shout my name at heaven's gate

I'd take these hands

And I'd destroy the dark machineries of fate,

Cathedrals are broken

Heaven's no longer above

Hellfire's a promise away

I'd still be saying

I'm still in love

Still in love

Still in love

Still in love...

He won't love you

Like I love you

He won't care for you this way

He'll mistreat you with disdain

Come and live with me

We'll have children of our own

I would love you more than life

If you'll come and be my wife

CHORUS

When we dance

Angels will run and hide their wings

I'm gonna love you more than life

If you'll only be my wife

I'm gonna love you night and day

I'm gonna try in every way

When we dance

Angels will run and hide their wings

I'm gonna find a place to live

Give you all I've got to give

I would love you more than life

If you'll only be my wife

[etc...]

When we dance...

I had a dream last night

Dreamt you were by my side

Walking with me baby

My heart was filled with pride

I had a dream last night

Thena again, "Mad About You" was also pretty haunting, makes for an interesting Vampire story...

A stone's throw from Jerusalem

I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight

And through a million stars were shining

My heart was lost on a distant planet

That whirls around the April moon

Whirling in an arc of sadness

I'm lost without you

I'm lost without you

Though all my kingdoms turn to sand

And fall into the sea

I'm mad about you

I'm mad about you

And from the dark secluded valleys

I heard the ancient songs of sadness

But every step I thought of you

Every footstep only you

And every star a grain of sand

The leavings of a dried up ocean

Tell me, how much longer? How much longer?

They say a city in the desert lies

The vanity of an ancient king

But the city lies in broken pieces

Where the wind howls and the vultures sing

These are the works of man

This is the sum of our ambition

It would make a prison of my life

If you became another's wife

With every prison blown to dust

My enemies walk free

I'm mad about you

I'm mad about you

And I have never in my life

Felt more alone than I do now

Although I claim dominions over all I see

It means nothing to me

There are no vitories

In all our histories, without love

A stone's throw from Jerusalem

I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight

And through a million stars were shining

My heart was lost on a distant planet

That whirls around the April moon

Whirling in an arc of sadness

I'm lost without you I'm lost without you

And though you hold the keys to ruin

Of everything I see

With every prison blown to dust,

My enemies walk free

Though all my kingdoms turn to sand

And fall into the sea

I'm mad about you

I'm mad about you

Sting's "We Work the Black Seam" really speaks to me at the moment...

We Work the Black Seam

This place has changed for good

Your economic theory said it would

It's hard for us to understand

We can't give up our jobs the way we should

Our blood has stained the coal

We tunneled deep inside the nations soul

We matter more than pounds and pence

Your economic theory makes no sense

One day in a nuclear age

They may understand our rage

They build machines that they can't control

And bury the waste in a great big hole

Power was to become cheap and clean

Grimey faces were never seen

But deadly for twelve thousand years is carbon fourteen

We work the black seam together

The seam is underground

Three million years of pressure packed it down

We walk through ancient forest lands

And light a thousand cities with our hands

Your dark satanic mills

Have made redundant all our mining skills

You can't exchange a six inch band

For all the poisoned steams in Cumberland

We work the black seam together

Our conscious lives run deep

You cling onto your mountain while we sleep

This way of life is part of me

There is no price so only let me be

And should the children weep

The turning world will sing their souls to sleep

When you have sunk without a trace

The universe will suck me into place

Aside from sex? I'm into myth and folklore. Ever read the real version of the "fairy tales" you loved so much as a child? Not all of them ended "happily ever after..." and quite a few had some pretty dark themes... Vampires and magick fascinate me... I also love creative writing and reading dark fantasy and fantasy novels...