THE OUTSIDER - Album Lyrics
All music and lyrics by Sondrine Terez except for 'The Outsider' additional lyrics by Daniel Blundell.
The Outsider
There’s no relief
No sanctuary
When you observe the native Earthlings
The misery
Yours to see
Yours to feel
As the Outsider
Professional Stranger, Eternal Outsider
In borderlands
Marginalised you see much further
Such sight’s a gift
Such sight’s a curse
When you speak your words will cut deep
Professional Stranger, Eternal Outsider, Eternal Outsider
There’s no intent to hurt, to rule
In truth you seek to serve them
But they will burn
They will collude
To cast out the perfect mirror
Professional Stranger, Eternal Outsider,
You find your way home
Find your way home
You will find your way home
Rialto
I could never escape this landscape with its markers
Why should I be afraid of deals we made in our darkest years?
As we watch from our perch
You leave the shore with your cargo
Our feet deep in the mud
And our fingers dig into the earth that we’ve loved
But we know we’re losing time, we’re losing time
Rialto you can sail away
We fools have had enough…
Like a tribe gone mad
We give our blood
We give our fathers
But this deal has grown old
We count the years until its spoils will unfold
Like the hottest sun you give us gold and we’re broken
Now our chance has been sold
We will shine
We won’t fade
We will never be safe
I drink the water
I eat the dirt to prove they still bear fruit
I drink the water
I eat the dirt to prove they don’t bear you
Rialto you can sail away
We fools have had enough
Rialto you can sail today
Our seas will not be rough
Rialto if you sail today
Our winds will set you free
Rialto if you sail today
You’ll be the death of me
Rialto you can sail away
We fools have had enough
Rialto you can sail today
We fools have had enough
Rialto sail away
Blame
He’s our guy
He is an only son
In his head
He sees the war as won
I watch the signs
We draw the lines too hard
I see, I see it now
The castle grows
Take a hold
The citadel will fall
In time we will pay for these bloodiest crimes
In time we will pay we will pay with our lives
Our lives…With our lives…
The data mounts up
This is a force to be reckoned with
They’ll name your life
They’ll name your price
You will be forced to sit with it
You cast your say
A barren choice for mediocrity
Is there anyone here who will wear this?
Is there anyone here who will guide us through?
They’ll run so fast when we want the truth
In time we will pay for these surveillance crimes
In time…
We’ll be fine
But dismayed that these games suck our lives
Our lives…
In time…
We’ll be fine but dismayed that these games take our lives
Our lives, our lives, our lives
We will never be the same
We will have ourselves to blame
We will never be the same
We will have ourselves to blame…
We hide our heads in shame
We will not take the blame
We hide our heads in shame
We will not take
We will not take the blameWe
will not take the blame
We will not take the blame
We hide our heads in shame
Two Dimensions
I watch to be informed
To know the score
To feed the hubris of mind
So I can say I saw and know it
How can I function while this goes on?
How can I function while this world burns?
They say the world will go on, go on
So just get over it
Just go on and on and on…
Steel your feelings again
It’s just an image
No smell
No flesh
No blood
Just two dimensions
How can I dance?
How can I sing?
With this world burning
How can I grant myself joy?
With people burning
They say the world will go on, go on
So just get over it
Just go on and on and on…
New One
They’ll never own you but they think they do
They will disown you if you betray their trust
A vampire culture here to devour you
The ones before you holding you hostage
Here’s a new one, Just a new one
Fragile to the bone
Hope gets pinned on these poor new ones
Like they’ll save our souls
Like they’ll save our souls
Our weary souls
Like they’ll make us whole
Won’t make us whole
Just like they’ll save our souls
Soon you’ll be conscious of choices made for you
Your future laid bare by people past their due
The ones before you maintain dominion
Yet you surprise them with your rebellion
Here’s a new one
Just a new one
Fragile to the bone
Hope gets pinned on these poor new ones
Like they’ll save our souls
Like they’ll save our souls
Our hungry souls
Like they’ll make us whole
Won’t make us whole
Like they’ll save our souls
Here’s a new one
Just a new one…
More than my Blood
Lying on a feather cast in iron
I’ve lit the pieces of your mind
Never felt so sure, so more myself
The light will be bright
I want to see you
The space between us slight
Yes I will know you
My pores will eat your skin
Will I lose myself in you?
I need this more than my blood
I need this so I’d swim the flood
I would shed my blood for you
I need this more than my blood
I’d give it to you
Shed it for you
I need this so I’d swim the flood
I would shed my blood for you
Shelter in the crease of the mountain
Land was low where we once belonged
And we were wronged
If the wave washes me away
I would die laughing
I need this more than my blood
I’d give it to you
Shed it for you
I need this so I’d swim the flood
Is it hard to fathom this sense?
I wait here for you
Dream here for you
Count time for you
I’ve had it with you
It’s my blood
Will I lose it all for you?
Should I shed my skin for you?
And there’s one more thing
I would do
And there’s two more things I would do
If the wave washes you away
I would cross oceans to find you
If a wave washes you away
I would swim the ocean till I find you
I need this more than my blood
Until I find you
I need this more than my blood
Until I find you…
Crumbs
What is the measure of a life?
The meaning of this man?
Do I wait to fail?
Wait to fall?
Till I am spent
Till I’m undone
Till I am spent
Till I’m undone
Leap into the abyss
Or into unknown
Which is the noble fate?
Which is my proper home?
I’m waiting for
A change
That never comes
Crumbs from the table of life
I’m hungry for more
The table of life
I’m hungry for more
To choose the time
To take the out door
The pleasure should be mine
The pleasure is mine
I will wait to fail
I'll wait to fall
Like a dreamer
Who hopes for the best
Just like an optimist who hopes for the best
Just like an optimist
Crumbs from the table of life
I’m hungry for more
The table of life
I’m hungry for more…
On a well-worn trail to an unexpected end
My last gasp of surprise
Shapes my mouth
Like a circle
A cycle closed
An end note...
Hungry for more
More
The table of life
I’m hungry for more…
