As she parts her greying hair Voices on the stair When she turns there's something there Like a nightmare from the past To the sound of splintered glass Dance t...

written by: Per Gessle Raging waves sweep this heavy heart Cold is the colour of the dark Find a byway and climb that hill, watch the thunder cast a spell Wha...

Why do the moonbeams linger when you wake why do you hold your silence for other people's sake Why are the worlds within you whirling round Why does the hand of...

Out of tune boys, out of tune boys Signposts to the sun Single file boys, single file boys Signposts to the sun High as you can go Lennon to Munroe Claw their w...

Pretty serious anti-drug song, isn't it? Caution We have no future, we have no past We're just drifting ghosts of glass Brown sugar, ice in our veins No pressu...

Denims and curls Is this all that you are No I think there's something more Behind that barracaded door Are you hiding in a bedroom singing away To someone else...

Alone in a room I've been in once before Shapes in the hall I'm running for the door I'm out on the edge but I'm not defeated yet I hear my name above everythin...

Talk about the state of things I don't know what they mean If you keep your mind intact Surely that's a victory Surely that's a victory Falling, i am falling a...

I don't believe in fascists or flashing females or Factory floors I don't believe in speeding, I don't believe in Spreading spores I don't believe in Cupid or h...

See the wheel turning round See the wheel turning round See the mad parade of clowns Shouting all the others down Too much lager and juke-box sound Too much lag...

Don't know what happened But somebody lost their mind tonight Not sure what happened But I don't think I got home tonight There's blood on my shirt The clap of ...

Single file boys Signposts to the sun As high as you can go Lennons and Monroes Claw their way to the stars If they knew And I don't care who you are Just sign ...

So here we are waking Savages shaking The road that we're taking We've walked before And if these times Should seal our fate You won't see me At Heavens gate Da...

One afternoon A part of me parted too soon It slipped away I don't know what to say Eyes that drew me in To wonderful, wonderful sin And it blew me away I don't...

I grasp at lifes fading light I need you tonight I need to be heard Your acts speak lowder than words Ignored by you all I stumble and fall I suddenly knew My l...

Love and laughter fills his life today Dragged into this world and thrown away She never wanted you, better things to do You won't remember Drawn to the door, w...

When it's summer And the skies are glass When it's summer And the skies are glass I just have to make the evenings last They're always flashing past And when it...

Must have died a thousand times I must have died a thousand times I must have died a thousand times Feeling less than human I surmise I'm less than human In God...

I delve into myself ceaselessly But I rarely see What I want to see Embracing the future Forgetting the past Loves lost and misfortune The chaos and the crass I...

Dealing with confusion You always fill my head with useless information And it's contributing to ,my frustration If i shout or if i scream it's just a reflex re...

He's cold to the kiss In ignorance he's dangerous In innocence he's bliss And he stalks the night With sonar senses And he holds you tight Masturbates the madne...

I shake my head and shiver They smile and they stab my back As they shake my hand Send out an SOS please I'm marooned in monkeyland I'm idly staring at the sky ...

Of all the faces that you wear, sometimes joy ,sometimes despair The mask has gone,the mystery, replaced by faint transparency No,it's just a phase you're goin...

Absorbing your words Battles raging within me Absorbing your words Is gradually tearing my soul in two There isn't much I could do Despite my fear it helps to S...

The Autumn leaves were falling Hearing nature talking I thought I heard her calling Hush now don't you cry Figure in the sky Can't stop myself from shaking My m...

I've had too many crazy nights I've seen too many crazy sights I didn't want the scars to show In those moments only mothers know You know in retrospect it seem...

Too much makes me lazy Not enough and it makes me crazy Too much makes me crazy Not enough and it makes me lazy Time stops just for a moment Then again it's on...

I recall a closing door, and i remember, seeing shadows cross a stained glass sky Long before the strangers came down to steal our clothing, and our consciences...

You can shake your hips You can seal your lips I can't make that trip And all life's fears Can invade my ears I can handle it I can laugh with a friend And reme...

White as a cotton clown Silence sea and sky Innocent as the child Always asking why I can take you there I can show you I can take you there I'll be there Gentl...

With the sun in your eyes Always mistaking The truth from the lies In the love that you're making Don't pretend it isn't so With the sun in your eyes It always ...

Up and down These days are up and down They call it elevated living A faster future for a faster breed Unforgiving unfulfilling The spirit's willing But the min...

One cold damp evening The world stood still I watched as i held my breath A sillhouette i thought i knew Came through,someone spoke to me Whispered in my ear Th...

I used to be so sure I used to be so certain Now it's gone Always needing more Bleating out excuses I have none, none Cast reflections on the water Now that th...

A prisoner of my paradox Heaven or Hell Pacing up and down my cage Too soon to tell what a suffocating state to be Working class hereos mean nothing to me I'm a...

A prisoner of my paradox Heaven or hell Pacing up and down my cage Too soon to tell What a suffocating state to be Working class heroes Mean nothing to me I'm a...

Soul in isolation I can hear you breathing down the hall Soul in isolation I can hear you whisper through the walls And if i had a mind to now I could call to y...

I can already hear your tune Calling me across the room When the world and his wife are on my back again Not enough pleasure, too much pain When the world is to...

It's just coincidence Well you can talk that way, but i have to say,I don't beleive in it It was the chill of chance, i decided to dance the days away And i was...

I delve into myself ceaselessly Oh but i rarely see,what i want to see Embracing the future,forgetting the past Loves,Loss and misfortune the chaos and the cras...

A Beechers Brook is low A hurdle at which greater men have fallen She manipulates Steals my mind and hides it in the garden (chorus) But now, only love can bri...

Here comes the sun Calling out to everyone Here comes the sun Falling down on everyone Here comes the moon Her shadows come to swallow me soon Here comes the m...

Where are we? First and last,bound together in our past Much too cruel,much too fast Much too quick to anger I suppose,years ago,years ago I might have known I...

One chance is all you have When it's gone All you have is sorrow One chance is all you have Take it on Like there's no tomorrow Don't waste your time Don't wast...

The air is threatening His head is a maze And every little thing It seems out of place I dreamt about you last night Why I don't know With all the cigarettes T...

We're clinging together We're clinging together We're clinging together for ever and ever We're singing the same songs We're singing the same songs We're singin...

I'm gazing up at the faces staring blankly at me I suppose it's just a sign of the times They tell me that tomorrow will never arrive But I've seen it end a mil...

Feel myself falling to the ground Solitary silence there's no sound Open my eyes and look around Colours and concepts that confound All around Pick myself up a...