The complete lyrics from 'Kismet'. Words by Kieran Butler. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.
GONE If I thought you knew what you were looking for If this is what you're meant to find And I was just as humble, I would stagger, swoon and stumble, I want you to be mine It's like we always face a common enemy We're never really good enough Its presence is commanding and the depth of understanding makes me love you too much I don't want to lose my friend But I don't know if I'm managing hanging on It's hard to be sure when it ends With the very last breath you will know it's gone I listen but don't hear the call So scared of what you've lost I know what you hate me for I don't want to believe it And I think we both know what this means A piece of you dies with most of your dreams But I think these things of you You stand tall and take on the weight of the world Like a woman although you're a slip of a girl You think all the love in your beautiful heart Can heal all this sadness that tears us apart And myabe you're right, I've hoped that I'm wrong Though we're often together we can be together on our own I don't want to lose my friend But I don't know if I'm managing hanging on It's hard to be sure when it ends With the very last breath you will know it's gone 32 YEARS (Wedding Song) I think I can paint you a picture that shows you and me in 32 years from now Wrapped and entwined as the roots of a family tree that soars above the ground We walked a million miles just to get there And every road home was a blessing, I forgot to say thank you I hope I stop and say thank you for taking the just to notice me there and the small things I do just for you I’m sure I could sing you a song that would tell where we’ll be in 32 years from now Beaming and proud of the branches we watched grow from seeds to bent and fruitful boughs We struggled, loved and cuddled to get there, I took it for granted at times I forget to say bless you, I hope stop and say bless you for being the one who believed that I could do all the small things I do just for you INSANE IN LONDON On top of the world down in Napier Stories of weight gain and drinking and thinking I heard you got laid in Los Angeles I’ll buy a round for American girls But things are now insane in London Just when you thought you can leave it behind You call reverse charges on a bottle of whiskey To give me a piece of your mind You were never that tough I heard you were happy in Amsterdam But everyone’s happy in Amsterdam Getting caught short With no mode of transport Everyone’s happy in Amsterdam But things are now insane in London Just when you thought you can leave it behind You call reverse charges on a bottle of Whiskey To give me a piece of your mind You were never that tough No, You were never that tough Football in Frankfurt and weddings in Dublin Riding for hours waking up in the rain Here comes a friend A friend is in need Oh what a fuck up a friend is indeed But things are now insane in London Just when you thought you can leave it behind You call reverse charges on a bottle of Whiskey To give me a piece of your mind You were never that tough GLORY & LOVE (txt msg song) Thought contentment was my enemy Though I longed for it to capture me And sing this song and make me stronger than the seven seas Smashing through these walls of stone That kept me safe but still alone I longed to climb them and look around Trying to find what it means To cover yourself in glory and love Like a dove that was trying to find peace SAID & DONE She is barely breathing and staring at the ceiling A million miles from where this story starts I keep on pretending that every happy ending Was written long ago amongst the stars Believe that what your feeling can move the deepest ocean Face the notion of eternity apart But if your constitution can bare the prostitution Then buying what she’s selling isn’t hard And you can talk about fate ‘til the cows come home It’s said and done Look around the constellations You will always be the second sun If Karma’s wrong You’ll never get it in return It doesn’t matter all the good you thought you’d done And you can talk about fate ‘til the cows come home Every waking moment consumed with what was spoken Without the present entity of touch Grieving, understanding that the price of sacrificing That what matters might not matter very much No-one’s here forever A statement less than clever Your life could drag you right around the world Planets they can guide you And moons create the tide’s That draw you to you that one and only pearl And you can talk about fate ‘til the cows come home It’s said and done I wanna know where you’ll be when the morning comes It’s said and done Look around the constellations You will always be the second sun… LIFE FLASHED I dropped into a room and you were wearing red and looking Like you always do when you think no one else can really see you And I remember thinking something about how beautiful you always are to my eyes I find it hard to trust what I feel to be true inside You came over the room like an exploding supernova And I watched you like an addict praying we were far from over And remember kissing you and feeling I’d come home after I’d lost my way in the dark I find it hard to walk when I’m faced with the chosen path My life flashed before my eyes when I met you And even though we’ve been here before For the rest of both our days We’ll make it right if all we do is live for every moment Cos I still can’t shake this feeling when you have to go away again I woke up in a room and knew that you would soon be leaving Like you always do and as I watched you stirring in your sleep I put my arms around you and I remember feeling quite amazed at how close you were to my heart I never really knew what it meant that we had to part
BLESSED SCHISM
Blessed schism so romantic, could be sycophantic
Such a horror to be analysed
Hear thousands mumbled at the sunrise makes me realise
That I havent really lived a life
Once took a vigil with the skinfull, I played original
I hoped that every song would set him free
I felt the weeping of my family, it didnt scare me
I think Valhalla was awaiting him
And Ive felt it all, cause if I didnt then I wouldnt belong
And Ive cried before, but it didnt really lift me up
And Ive loved them all
I knew a boy he was a dreamer, a true believer
But I lost him in the blur of life
When I stopped to call his name out, I heard hed checked out
And the way he left was suicide
I knew a girl, I think I loved her, but I was gutless
And I kept my counsel right inside
I lost a daughter in a shit fight, and though I did right
Theres a part of me thats always lost
And Ive felt it all, cause if I didnt then I wouldnt belong
Ive cried before but it didnt really lift me up
Ive loved them all
I had a friend who got to thinking Im sick of drinking
And the fucked up way it makes me feel
He got the courage so he gave up
It shook his life up
Now hes flying like a Ferris wheel
I love the schism so romantic
Its like a blanket
Makes me wonder what it could be like
I stand with thousands at the sunrise
It makes me realise, that I’ve really gotta live a life
Ive felt it all, cause if I didnt then I wouldn’t belong
And Ive cried before, but it didn’t really lift me up
And Ive loved them all
And I’ve loved them all
And I’ve loved them all
KISMET
A bunch of warm summer nights in a Melbourne backyard
George listened in as we started like a din
My broken wrist ached if I played too hard
But you were gettin better as gorgeous as the weather
I continued to neglect to mention
The reason for my studied attention
Until you left on a plane two years later
Gone to chance your hand on the wheel of fate yeah
Its where I thought it would conclude
This promised song I write for you.
Its raining in my heart under Glasgow skies
Everywhere I take the weather but Neil sings it better
Im facing the abyss of my fractured life
The backdrop is a wedding and everyone is grinning
I was needy for a drop of salvation
Sweating with the desperation
Until a message comes through not written on paper
An imminent collision of the wheels of fate
What I feel is what I do,
Its kismet like I never knew
I got a pretty big point to prove from ten thousand miles away
Started rolling the stone back from the tomb
Edinburgh in August and the summer is hot
Two virgins at the festival, bound to make the best of it.
We busked for three weeks and my wrist held up
On the Royal mile with pressured grace and style.
It took me back to moments so frantic
On a dirgy Melbourne night of St.Patrick
You took a leap of faith just I prepared you
And you shone like a star that I couldnt compare to
This promised song I write to you
Is kismet like I never knew
I wouldnt care how high I flew
If I could crash right down with you.
I found my place in the final hours with you is where I lay
A stolen kiss I will always miss when recalling these great days
Im breaking out and Im reaching out, but with my words its all betrayed
Were slipping gears midst our darkest fears we disentangle wheels of fate
When what I feel is what I do
Its kismet like I never knew
I wouldnt care how high I flew
If could crash right down with you
THANK YOU
Thank you, thank you, Teramakasi is never enough
Well I know I get on your nerves
When I go on
I am impossible true
I wish you the best. To all of the rest, pass on my wishes
Thankyou thank you, Teramakasi is never enough
When you do just passing through
Lost and alone, when you all pick me up true
Were all at our best and under duress
And I can start healing anew
Thankyou, Teramakasi is never enough
TWO SISTERS FROM KERI KERI
Two sisters from Keri Keri, one so brave and caring
The other an impostor to the heart
Found him cut and bleeding a nightingale was needed
To the strains of Webbers Superstar
Started in the ocean every fluid motion
Stretching every sinew like a rack
Underwater pleasure I could never measure
Can you pick a master in the sack
I'm craving something you know so spit it out
Pretty soon well be gone theres no doubt
Make a pact and try to see it out
Stick with what you know
Just go with the flow youre never better off without
Dusk was gently falling a journey like a calling
Into the night and chasing
Azmarahs pulse was racing
Man we drove for hours
Prayed for heavy showers
Din was at the wheel paid for every meal
Two sisters from Keri Keri one unripened berry
The other a protector from afar
Jesus Christ
I'm craving something you know so spit it out
Pretty soon well be gone theres no doubt
Make a pact and try to see it out
Stick with what you know
Just go with the flow youre never better off without
Two sisters from Keri Keri
One so wise and sharing
The other more a mystery and charmed
Revealed in conversation, Wet with perspiration
Heighten the sensation, this could try my patience
Jesus Christ
I'm craving something you know so spit it out.
Pretty soon well be gone there’s no doubt
Make a pact and try to stick it out
Stick with what you know
Just go with the flow you’re never better off without
Never better off without
BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL
I pray the saints will watch over you
Til I can feel you come like the rising sun
Slowly burning the morning dew
Like every misgiving Ive ever had coming undone
Youre so beautiful anyway
It catches my breath as youre coaxing me back to the light
Illuminated I want to stay
On the road to Damascus Ive travelled like a sinner and
I thought it would crash down and hit like a thunderbolt
It rolls in like the mist on the hills you have walked upon
I wont be the same when these days are gone
Ive crawled the rivers of pain
To stand before you strong enough to take this on
I fall in love everyday with everything you are
The future is ours if we dare to be wonderful
Weve courage to spare and our passion is bountiful
So beautiful, and wonderful, and beautiful
Now Im left with my solitude and a glow around my heart
Like the halo you saw round the moon
Shines alone for the only girl
Who knew me before
I had sung the first note of this tune
Youre so beautiful anyway
Transfixed by a memory that robs me of sleep in the night
Forever changed now youve gone away
On the road to Damascus I courted my epiphany
I thought it I would crash down and hit like a thunderbolt
It rolls in like the mist on the hills you have walked upon
I wont be the same when these days are gone
I have to follow you babe
Cause every kiss from you, just drives me on and on
I fall in love every day with everything you are
The future is ours if we dare to be wonderful
Weve courage to spare and our passion is bountiful
So beautiful, and wonderful, so beautiful
Every now and then when I speak your name
I feel my heart coming home though its not the same
Every now and then when I speak your name
I feel my heart coming home though its not the same
Its beautiful and wonderful
MUDDLE IN A MAZE
Theres a muddle in the maze of the mind thats mine
And Im feeling dumb
Although Im rarely speechless, a tigers got my tongue
Theres a book of rules I convince myself
Ive got to live by
And everybody else is bound by
Wanna tell em all to go to hell
You seem to make me see the folly of my ways
Pull me closer, I want to stay for days
But Ive been known to run away
And how I wonder how you give but you dont demand
And you seem to have this iron clad belief that things can work out for the best
Thats a quality Ive never been blessed to have
God I want it
Feel like I could possible have it just by wanting you and
Making love you seem
To make me see the folly of my ways
Pull me closer, I want to stay for days
But Ive been known to run away
Yeah yeah yeah
The book of rules is gonna have to burn in hell
You seem to make me see the folly of my ways
Pull me closer, I want to stay for days
If I were you, Id try to get some space
Cause Ive been known to runaway
EMPTY HANDED
Another song another country but its still me
Barely hanging on
A bunch of people all around me, theyre laughing freely
It makes my spirit soar
Youve got to make it up or fake it
Because you dont belong
Try.
You know you could get stranded
Its such a long flight to come home empty handed
When everybody in this house tries to get along
Although its fun to be a novelty
You do the singing thing, you learn to give a lot
In return for hospitality and a good feed
You never turn it off
You better make it up or fake it
Because you dont belong
Try
You know you could get stranded
Its such a long flight to come home empty handed
When everybody in this house tries to get along
Dont wanna be here on my own
Theres no where else Ive left to hide
I carry all of the dice that must be thrown
The chance that they will land in fives
Dont wanna be here on my own
You know your vanitys your enemy
It sticks as thick as thieves
Youre smoking green again
A heavy grieving overtakes me
Im feeling guilty, I am a selfish man
You didnt make it now your aching cause to wont belong
Why?
Your only broken handed
Another blind night
And when the plane has landed
There burns a new fire to come back
Its a new flight to come back
Cos everybody in this house tried to get along
ANYWAY
The way she grooves and it lights up a room in my memory
Makes me move and I am drawn through the force of her energy
Passing time you can feel like your missing a million things
And if youre blind, this could be all that it takes to see again
When we do what we do and we dont know what we got
You probably wouldnt work on it anyway
And if a million people said thats the only chance youve got
You probably wouldnt work on it anyway
Work on it anyway
Anyway
Then she spews and I crash through the screen of inequity
What do you choose when the choice you must make is so menacing?
An empty room that was packed to the rafters with everything.
Youre gonna lose; what you stand here to gain is worth cherishing
Then we do what we do and we dont know what we got
You probably wouldnt work on it anyway
And if a million people said thats the only chance youve got
You probably wouldnt work on it anyway
Work on it anyway
Anyway
What do I do? I am so fucken weird its embarrassing
When you do what we do and we dont know what we got
You probably wouldnt work on it anyway
And if a million people said thats the only chance you got
You probably wouldnt work on it anyway
Work on it anyway
Anyway
JOURNEY
If I could kiss you by a highland stream
As it rushes on back to the loch
Id taste your passion and the rain on my tongue
On the cobblestone streets of old Edinburgh town
When it seems that I could do anything
To get to know you some more
I must have been blessed for a time it seems
To get to know you at all
Id lay in bed for hours and laugh with you
Hear you heave and sigh with your body so tired
And I would put you on a plane or two
Watch you drift from view
Feeling sad and inspired
When it seems that I would do anything
To get to know you some more
I must have been blessed for a time it seems
To get to know you at all
Delivered from tyranny
Setting sail for the uncharted sea, and it terrifies me
Over the ocean my true love is waiting for me
And it edifies me
Just follow the stars and the sun
Bloodied from battle and the war that weve won
A journey ends where its begun
Id break my back to wear a ring as the proof
That the days without you were like oil on fire
I heart that listened to your point of view
Love unrequited it knew
Is still strangely defiant
When it seems that I would do anything
To get to know you some more
I must have been blessed for a time it seems
To get to know you at all
Delivered from tyranny
Setting sail for the uncharted sea, and it terrifies me
Over the ocean my true love is waiting for me
And it edifies me
Just follow the stars and the sun
Bloodied from battle and the war that weve won
A journey ends where its begun yeah
A journeys begun
Where its begun