Do some people wind up with the one that they adore
In a heart-shaped hotel room it's what a heart is for
The bubble floats so madly will it stay sky-high?
Hello partner, kiss your name bye-bye
ooh sometimes...
Romantic piscean seeks angel in disguise
Chinese-speaking girlfriend big brown eyes
Liverpudlian lady, sophisticated male
Hello partner, tell me love can't fail
And it's you and me in the summertime
We'll be hand in hand down in the park
With a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle in your eye
And all the sunshine banishes the dark
Do some people wind up with the one that they abhor
In a distant hell-hole room, the third world war
But all I see is films where colourless despair
Meant angry young men with immaculate hair
ooh sometimes...
Get up a voice inside says there's no time for looking down
Only a pound a word & you're talking to the town
But how do you coin the phrase though
That will set your soul apart
Just to touch a lonely heart
And it's you & me in the summertime
We'll be hand in hand down in the park
With a squeeze & a sigh & that twinkle in your eye
And all the sunshine banishes the dark
And it's you I need in the summertime
As I turn my white skin red
Two peas from the same pod yes we are
Or have I read too much fiction?
Is this how it happens?
How does it happen?
How does it happen?
How does it happen?
Is this how it happens?
Now, right now
The Sundays - Static & Silence Album Lyrics
The Sundays - Static & Silence Lyrics
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
homeward
You've stolen my heart and I want you to remember
now what'll I do? living alone
you've stolen my heart and it hurts me to remember
now where'll I go to? living alone
and a butterfly in the wind is drifting like I do
it's dumb - I know what I want to say
but I can't even take one breath
as night falls I hear voices on the radio
(ooh) I'll follow their dreams
and wake up alone
and a butterfly in the wind is drifting like I do
it's dumb - I know what I want to say
but I can't even take one breath
so now still burning silently away
a storm without the thunder
now what'll I do? living alone
you've stolen my heart and it hurts me to remember
now where'll I go to? living alone
and a butterfly in the wind is drifting like I do
it's dumb - I know what I want to say
but I can't even take one breath
as night falls I hear voices on the radio
(ooh) I'll follow their dreams
and wake up alone
and a butterfly in the wind is drifting like I do
it's dumb - I know what I want to say
but I can't even take one breath
so now still burning silently away
a storm without the thunder
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
folk song
summer sky and a throat bone dry
and the fields are all gold
dusty lane with a song in my brain
and it stoned me to my soul
I climb higher move towards the fire.....blaze sun
silver trees and a whispering breeze
are my sight and my sound
the thought of heaven couldn't drag me from the path
when I'm wandering here alone
I climb higher move towards the fire.... so blaze sun
watch until it dies slow falling from the sky
pale fading sun
and the fields are all gold
dusty lane with a song in my brain
and it stoned me to my soul
I climb higher move towards the fire.....blaze sun
silver trees and a whispering breeze
are my sight and my sound
the thought of heaven couldn't drag me from the path
when I'm wandering here alone
I climb higher move towards the fire.... so blaze sun
watch until it dies slow falling from the sky
pale fading sun
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
she
She's all weak and her heart beats so
She can't speak with the lights so low
Just to be one of a crowd
Feet scuttling across the floor
Spinning lights round and round
It's adolescent war
She craves noise and the music blares
Girl calls to a boy (and my heart is true, oh to you)
He just stands and stares
Just to be one of a crowd
Feet scuttling across the floor
Spinning lights round and round
And it's adolescent war
Shoes grind kick like crazy
And arms tangling up with hair
Shaking them up and down again
And hearts pounding everywhere
She slows down
Has the music gone
Or has she stayed too long?
She can't speak with the lights so low
Just to be one of a crowd
Feet scuttling across the floor
Spinning lights round and round
It's adolescent war
She craves noise and the music blares
Girl calls to a boy (and my heart is true, oh to you)
He just stands and stares
Just to be one of a crowd
Feet scuttling across the floor
Spinning lights round and round
And it's adolescent war
Shoes grind kick like crazy
And arms tangling up with hair
Shaking them up and down again
And hearts pounding everywhere
She slows down
Has the music gone
Or has she stayed too long?
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
When Im Thinking About You
over the rooftops a plane in the sky
beat of a bass drum cars passing me by
under a bridge dark then back into light
a river of raincoats and a forest of faces
still for a moment then red into green
slow shuffling shoes whisper sight unseen
row upon row of houses return an empty stare
let the daydream for a little while longer
ah.. yeah...
hope I'll never wake
when I'm thinking about you
(yeah) hope I'll never wake
cos now I'm thinking about you
two-minute hailstorm then melts into rain
(oh) sing me a rainbow it's sunny again
swallows overhead while the traffic snarls below
could I (could I) keep dreaming for a little while longer
hope I'll never wake
when I'm thinking about you
so that you know - I never want to wake
cos now I'm thinking about you
when you're searching your soul
when you're searching for pleasure
how often, pain is all you find
but when you're coasting along and nobody's trying too hard
you can turn around and like where you are
(Yeah and) I hope I never wake
when I'm thinking about you
and I close my eyes (dear)
now I'll never never wake
why should I stop thinking about you
beat of a bass drum cars passing me by
under a bridge dark then back into light
a river of raincoats and a forest of faces
still for a moment then red into green
slow shuffling shoes whisper sight unseen
row upon row of houses return an empty stare
let the daydream for a little while longer
ah.. yeah...
hope I'll never wake
when I'm thinking about you
(yeah) hope I'll never wake
cos now I'm thinking about you
two-minute hailstorm then melts into rain
(oh) sing me a rainbow it's sunny again
swallows overhead while the traffic snarls below
could I (could I) keep dreaming for a little while longer
hope I'll never wake
when I'm thinking about you
so that you know - I never want to wake
cos now I'm thinking about you
when you're searching your soul
when you're searching for pleasure
how often, pain is all you find
but when you're coasting along and nobody's trying too hard
you can turn around and like where you are
(Yeah and) I hope I never wake
when I'm thinking about you
and I close my eyes (dear)
now I'll never never wake
why should I stop thinking about you
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
I cant wait
lying awake dead of night and eyes that never close
flowers decay - a still life calls for a change
I can't wait, forever
miles away dead of night and it's quiet as the grave
when there's more in your head than you find in your life
calls for a change
I can't wait, forever
and the days and the hours and the years
keep turning in my mind
I've been waiting forever
flowers decay - a still life calls for a change
I can't wait, forever
miles away dead of night and it's quiet as the grave
when there's more in your head than you find in your life
calls for a change
I can't wait, forever
and the days and the hours and the years
keep turning in my mind
I've been waiting forever
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
another flavour
fashion - the timing's all wrong
they taste another flavour
and pretty soon you're gone
fashion - this time it's too late
you knew you'd have to pay for this one day
he loves me now - he loves me not-
he loves me once again
usual story, another surprise
(ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
fashion - this time it's alright
they tickle you with a feather
they tell you you're sublime
turn on - to each their own
usual story, another surprise
(ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
fashion - the timing was wrong
your friends are fair weather
you knew it all along
turn on - to each their own
it's doing my mind in another surprise
(ooh yeah, ooh yeah...)
don't let them black you out for the evening
sad-happy sufferer no no no
don't let them crack you
try not to feel it
as long as they're watching your show this time
they taste another flavour
and pretty soon you're gone
fashion - this time it's too late
you knew you'd have to pay for this one day
he loves me now - he loves me not-
he loves me once again
usual story, another surprise
(ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
fashion - this time it's alright
they tickle you with a feather
they tell you you're sublime
turn on - to each their own
usual story, another surprise
(ooh yeah, ooh yeah)
fashion - the timing was wrong
your friends are fair weather
you knew it all along
turn on - to each their own
it's doing my mind in another surprise
(ooh yeah, ooh yeah...)
don't let them black you out for the evening
sad-happy sufferer no no no
don't let them crack you
try not to feel it
as long as they're watching your show this time
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
leave this city
gone forever, the writing on the wall
they've boarded-up the cinema
strawberry dreams and the dust-filled beams
shut down in a modern town
see you walking, see you talking
recollection on streets you used to know
forgotten pleasure smoulder
images fade but the town won't let them go
sleepwalking, see you talking
feel the city inside you
(ooh) leave this city behind you
drive wherever the roads will take you to
down beside a river frozen brown
January days and their scarecrow trees
so cold - feel your ears burn
see you walking, see you talking
feel the city inside you
(ooh) leave this city behind you
past and present
they converge on every side
the wires all get tangled
when now and then collide
bittersweet taste of a time and another place before
sleep walking, see you talking
feel the city inside you
(ooh) feel this city define you
(yeah) leave this city behind you
they've boarded-up the cinema
strawberry dreams and the dust-filled beams
shut down in a modern town
see you walking, see you talking
recollection on streets you used to know
forgotten pleasure smoulder
images fade but the town won't let them go
sleepwalking, see you talking
feel the city inside you
(ooh) leave this city behind you
drive wherever the roads will take you to
down beside a river frozen brown
January days and their scarecrow trees
so cold - feel your ears burn
see you walking, see you talking
feel the city inside you
(ooh) leave this city behind you
past and present
they converge on every side
the wires all get tangled
when now and then collide
bittersweet taste of a time and another place before
sleep walking, see you talking
feel the city inside you
(ooh) feel this city define you
(yeah) leave this city behind you
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
your eyes
you ask me why I'll tell you then
two worlds collide we bury them
we're far too drunk to see these things as they are
you painted me and I sat quite still
a tiny room in Notting Hill
it was far too dark to look at things as they are
I've seen the light vanish out of your eyes
(aah oh no, from your eyes, aah oh)
so goodbye
you tell me now I'm young and wild
you spare the rod and you spoil the child
I'd love to stay but I think I'm off to Japan anyway
I've seen the light vanish out of your eyes
(aah oh no, from your eyes, aah oh)
so goodbye
(from your eyes, aah oh no, where has it gone?)
your eyes have lost their shine
two worlds collide we bury them
we're far too drunk to see these things as they are
you painted me and I sat quite still
a tiny room in Notting Hill
it was far too dark to look at things as they are
I've seen the light vanish out of your eyes
(aah oh no, from your eyes, aah oh)
so goodbye
you tell me now I'm young and wild
you spare the rod and you spoil the child
I'd love to stay but I think I'm off to Japan anyway
I've seen the light vanish out of your eyes
(aah oh no, from your eyes, aah oh)
so goodbye
(from your eyes, aah oh no, where has it gone?)
your eyes have lost their shine
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Cry
& I'm standing on a platform
Now I'm staring from a train
& all the trees roll back beside but I'm so oblivious
To the dark to the light
It's all the same
You gave me so much
& now it's of the earth
& it makes me cry
It can makes me cry
& you're standing here beside me
In a picture in a frame
& your voice could never fade it's so familiar
Things you said in my head
Every day
You gave me so much
& now it's of the earth
& it makes me cry
It can make me cry
You're with me so much
Through you're never with me anymore
& it makes me cry
It can make me cry
Now I'm staring from a train
& all the trees roll back beside but I'm so oblivious
To the dark to the light
It's all the same
You gave me so much
& now it's of the earth
& it makes me cry
It can makes me cry
& you're standing here beside me
In a picture in a frame
& your voice could never fade it's so familiar
Things you said in my head
Every day
You gave me so much
& now it's of the earth
& it makes me cry
It can make me cry
You're with me so much
Through you're never with me anymore
& it makes me cry
It can make me cry
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
monochrome
it's 4 in the morning July in '69
me and my sister
we crept down like shadows
they're bringing the moon right down to our sitting room
static and silence and a monochrome vision
they're dancing around
slow puppets silver ground
and the world is watching with joy
we hear a voice from above and it's history
and we stayed awake all night
and something is said and the whole room laughs aloud
me and my sister
looking on like shadows
the end of an age as we watched them walk in a glow
lost in space, but I don't know where it is
they're dancing around
slow puppets silver ground
and the stars and stripes in the sand
we hear a voice from above and it's history
and we stayed awake all night
they're dancing around
it sends a shiver down my spine
and I run to look in the sky and
I half expect to hear them asking to come down
(oh) will they fly or will they fall?
to be excited by a long late night
me and my sister
we crept down like shadows
they're bringing the moon right down to our sitting room
static and silence and a monochrome vision
they're dancing around
slow puppets silver ground
and the world is watching with joy
we hear a voice from above and it's history
and we stayed awake all night
and something is said and the whole room laughs aloud
me and my sister
looking on like shadows
the end of an age as we watched them walk in a glow
lost in space, but I don't know where it is
they're dancing around
slow puppets silver ground
and the stars and stripes in the sand
we hear a voice from above and it's history
and we stayed awake all night
they're dancing around
it sends a shiver down my spine
and I run to look in the sky and
I half expect to hear them asking to come down
(oh) will they fly or will they fall?
to be excited by a long late night
Writer: DAVID GAVURIN, HARRIET WHEELER
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Static & Silence is the third and final studio album by English alternative rock band The Sundays, released in the UK by Parlophone on 22 September 1997, and in the US by Geffen on 23 September 1997. The title is a quote from the album's final track "Monochrome", and the album's cover photo is a reference to the subject of "Monochrome", the TV screening of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Guitarist and leader David Gavurin has said that by the time of the recording of Static & Silence the band had mellowed somewhat with age, and that he and wife Harriet Wheeler were influenced more by Van Morrison, which gives some songs on the album their folk-rock bent ("Folk Song" even quotes from Morrison's "And It Stoned Me"). The couple had also been listening a lot to Frank Sinatra songs and 1960s French film music.
Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, joined The Sundays during their UK and US album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.
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The SundaysGuitarist and leader David Gavurin has said that by the time of the recording of Static & Silence the band had mellowed somewhat with age, and that he and wife Harriet Wheeler were influenced more by Van Morrison, which gives some songs on the album their folk-rock bent ("Folk Song" even quotes from Morrison's "And It Stoned Me"). The couple had also been listening a lot to Frank Sinatra songs and 1960s French film music.
Kevin Jamieson, who performed some percussion work on the album, joined The Sundays during their UK and US album support tour as a backup guitarist. He is perhaps best known for his prior work as the lead singer for Jim Jiminee.
Genre(s): Indie pop, dream pop
Producer(s): David GavurinHarriet Wheeler
Released: September 22nd, 1997
Year: 1997