Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy Album Lyrics

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My Favourite Faded Fantasy

You could be my favourite taste
To touch my tongue
I know someone who could serve me love
But it wouldn't fill me up

You could have my favourite face
And favourite name
I know someone who could play the part
But it wouldn't be the same

No it wouldn't be the same
No it wouldn't be the same
No it wouldn't be the same
As with you

You could be my favourite place
I've ever been
I got lost in your willingness
To dream within the dream

You could be my favourite faded fantasy
I've hung my happiness upon what it all could be

And what it all could be
What it all, what it all could be
What it all, what it all could be
With you
What it all, what it all could be
What it all, what it all could be
What it all, what it all could be
With you

You could hold the secrets that save
Me from myself
I could love you more than love could
All the way from hell

You could be my poison, my cross,
My razor blade
I could love you more than life
If I wasn't so afraid

Of what it all could be
What it all, what it all could be
Of what it all, what it all could be
With you
What it all, what it all could be
Of what it all, what it all could be
What it all, what it all could be
With you

Loved is all that bloomed
Always what you did
Never let someone go or they...
I ain't never loved like you

I've never loved I've never loved
I've never loved loved loved like you
I've never loved
I've never loved
I've never loved

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It Takes A Lot To Know A Man

It takes a lot to know a man
It takes a lot to understand
The warrior, the sage
The little boy enraged

It takes a lot to know a woman
A lot to understand what's humming
The honeybee, the sting
The little girl with wings

It takes a lot to give, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs

It takes a lot to know a man
A lot to know, to understand
The father and the son
The hunter and the gun

It takes a lot know a woman
A lot to comprehend what's coming
The mother and the child
The muse and the beguiled

It takes a lot to give, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs

It takes a lot to give, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs

It takes a lot to live, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs

What are you so afraid to lose?
What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do?
What are you so afraid to lose?
(You wrote me to tell me you're nervous and you're sorry)
What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do?
(Crying like a baby saying "this thing is killing me")
What are you so afraid to lose?
(You wrote me to tell me you're nervous and you're sorry)
What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do?
(Crying like a baby saying "this thing is killing me")
You wrote me to tell me you're nervous and you're sorry
Crying like a baby saying "this thing is killing me"

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The Greatest Bastard

I made you laugh, I made you cry
I made you open up your eyes, didn't I?
I helped you open up your wings,
Your legs, and many other things, didn't I?

Am I the greatest bastard that you know?
The only one who let you go?
Or the one you hurt so much you cannot bear?
We were good when we were good
When we were not misunderstood

You helped me love, you helped me live,
You helped me learn how to forgive, didn't you?
I wish that I could say the same,
But when you left, you left the blame, didn't you?

Am I the greatest bastard that you met?
The only one you can't forget?
Am I the one your truth's been waiting for?
Or am I just dreaming once again?
Some dreams are better when they end...

Some make it, mistake it
Some force and some will fake it
I never meant to let you down...
Some ret it, forget it
Some ruin and some regret it
I never meant to let you down

We learned to wag and tuck our tails,
We learned to win and then to fail, didn't we?
We learned that lovers love to sing
And that losers love to cling, didn't we?

Am I the greatest bastard that you know?
When will we learn to let this go?
We fought so much we've broken all the charm
But letting go is not the same as pushing someone else away

So please don't let on you don't know me,
Please don't let on I'm not here...
Please don't let on you don't love me, cause I know you do...
I know...

That some make it, mistake it
Some force and some will fake it
But I never meant to let you down...
Some fret it, forget it
Some ruin and some regret it
But I never meant to let you down
I never meant to let you
I never meant to let you down
I never meant...

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I Don't Want To Change You

Wherever you are
Well, know that I adore you
No matter how far
Well, I can go before you
And if ever you need someone
Well, not that you need helping
But if ever you want someone
I know that I am willing

Oh and I don't want to change you
I don't want to change you,
I don't want to change your mind
I just came across an angel
Out among the danger
Somewhere in a strangers' eyes

Wherever you go
Well, I can always follow
I can feed this real slow
If it's a lot to swallow
And if you just want to be alone
Well, I can wait without waiting
And if you want me to let this go
Well, I am more than willing

O 'cause I don't want to change you
I don't want to change you,
I don't want to change your mind
I just came across an angels
Out among the danger
Somewhere in a stranger's eye

O and I don't want to change you
I don't want to change you,
I don't want to change your mind
I just came across an angel
Out among the danger
Somewhere in a stranger's eye

I've never been with anyone
In the way I've been with you
But if love is not for fun,
Then it's doomed, 'cause

Water races,
Water races down the waterfall,
The water races,
Water races down the waterfall

And I don't want to change you
I don't want to change you,
I don't want to change your mind
I just came across an angel
Where there is no danger
Where love has eyes and is not blind

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Colour Me In

I tried to repress it
Then I carried its crown
I reached out to undress it
And love let me down
Love let me down...

So I tried to erase it
But the ink bled right through
Almost drove myself crazy
When these words led to you

And all these useless dreams of living alone
Like a dogless bone...

So come let me love you
Come let me love you
And then... colour me in

Well I tried to control it
And cover it up
I reached out to console it
It was never enough
Never enough...

So I tried to forget it
That was all part of the show
Told myself I'd regret it
But what do I know

About all these useless dreams of living alone
Like a dogless bone...

So come let me love you
Come let me love you
And then... colour me in

Come let me love you
Come let me take this through the end
Of all these useless dreams of living
In all these useless dreams
All these useless dreams of living
In all these old noes

Come let me love you
Come let me love you
Come let me love you
Come let me...

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The Box

Don't give me something to hold in my hand
Something else to believe in
Cause I'm over it
And your reasons for wanting to stay
Your reasons for wanting to change
My reasons for everything are dull to you...

I have tried but I don't fit
Into this box I'm living with
Well, I could go wild
But you might lock me up...

And I have tried but I don't fit
Into this box you call a gift
When I could be wild and free
But god forbid then you might envy me...

So don't give me love with an old book of rules
That kind of love's just for fools
And I'm over it
And my reasons for walking away
My reasons for wanting to change
My reasons for everything are lost with you...

I have tried but I don't fit
Into this box I'm living with
Well I could go wild
But you might lock me up...

I have tried but I don't fit
Into this box you call a gift
When I could be wild and free
But god forbid, then you might envy me...

I have tried...
Into this box...
Well I could go wild...
But you might lock me up...

I have tried but I don't fit
Into this box you call a gift
When I could be wild and free
But god forbid, then you might envy me...

I could be wild and free
But god forbid, then you might...

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Trusty And True

We've wanted to be trusty and true
But feathers fell from our wings
And we've wanted to be worthy of you
But weather rained on our dreams

And we can't take back
What is done, what is past
So fellas, lay down your fears
'Cause we can't take back
What is done, what is past
So let us start from here...

'Cause we never wanted to be lusty or lewd
Nor tethered to prudish strings
And we never wanted to be jealously tuned
Nor withered into ugly things

But we can't take back
What is done, what is past
So fellas, lay down your spears
'Cause we can't take back
What is done, what is past
So let us start from here...

And if all that you are
Is not all you desire,
Then, come...

Come, let yourself be wrong
Come, it's already begun

Come, come alone
Come with fear, come with love
Come however you are
Just come, come alone
Come with friends, come with foes
Come however you are
Just come, come alone
Come with me, then let go
Come however you are
Just come, come alone
Come so carefully closed
Come however you are
Just come...

Come, come along
Come with sorrows and songs
Come however you are
Just come, come along
Come, let yourself be wrong
Come however you are
Just come...

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Long Long Way

Long long way to the top
Long way down if you fall
And it's a long way back if you get lost

Long way out to the end
Long way to go to lose your friends
It's a long way to haul all the traps you've trawled
When you could just stop and let go

But you say
"Not now, maybe later...
But not now, maybe later...
Not now, maybe later..."
(You're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe later..."
(You're only in your way)
"Not now, maybe later..."
(You're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe later..."
(You're only in your way)
"But not now, maybe... wait..."
(You're only in your way)

'Cause love is tough
When enough is not enough
Not enough
Not enough
Not enough...