Artist: The Innocence Mission Album: Glow ----------------------------- Keeping Awake Hearing your voice in the blue light, calming people in the house, traveling upstairs - good to be there now, right now. Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake. Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake, hearing your voice in the house, in the house, hearing your voice in the house. Under those trees we will all be sitting, blankets down it's tomorrow, yes it is. Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake. Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake, hearing your voice in the house, in the house, hearing your voice in the house. My room is held in someone's arms, my bed is held in someone's arms. I am - I'm held now. In the house, In the heart of paper vines. Junie runs into her room next to mine. Dancing. And we are all in for the night. Talking is coming, is coming up over the stairs. ========================================== Bright As Yellow And you live life with your arms reached out. Eye to eye when speaking. Enter rooms with great joy shouts, happy to be meeting. And bright, bright, bright as yellow, warm as yellow. And I do not want to be a rose. I do not wish to be pale pink, but flower scarlet, flower gold. And have no thorns to distance me. And bright, bright, bright as yellow, warm as yellow. Even if I'm shining, even if I'm shining here inside. Even if I'm shouting, do you see that I'm wanting, that I want to be so bright, bright, bright as yellow, warm as yellow. ========================================== Brave You paint a tulip red with joy. You say the psalm, I will not fear. Somehow, knowing what you do know, still you tremble out and in You cry up in your room. Aunt Ruthie comes. You cannot still your limbs. Somehow, knowing what you do know, still you tremble out and in. You see how I go to pieces, that I'm laying on the ground like the sky is so heavy, when I could be brave. And I always go to pieces. And I have it in my mind that the sky is tall and heavy, when I could be brave, brave. You go outside. You see the holy spirit burning in the trees and walk on, glowing with the same glow. Still you tremble out and in. And the birds of all your yellow teacups sing, and you know this hymn. Somehow, knowing what you do now, still you tremble out and in. You see how I go to pieces, that I'm laying on the ground like the sky is so heavy, when I could be brave. Oh I know it, I know it, here is God beside. I meant it. I meant I'm sure of that. But the sky is tall and heavy, when I could be brave, brave. ========================================== That Was Another Country Rowing out into the air. Taking blankets to the bay. It's the same. And he was fine, and, in the first place, was around. That was another country, that was another country. I'm taking these dumb paper lanterns down. Yards, no, miles they strung along. And me with them. And how was I supposed to know about that? That was another country, that was another country. Are you alright. Are you alright? You are my friend. Are you alright? Rowing out into the air. Driving home, from the bay. And we sang. and he was fine. And what is more, he was around. That was another country, that was another country. But are you alright? You are still my friend, you didn't go out of my life. ========================================== Speak Our Minds I'm leaning down, I'm reaching to the lawn. It is shining,shining with the weather. Recent sorrows have not touched the sky. We walk to Mary's, and speak our minds. We're trying to say it isn't fair. We are crossing over to the tree side. Oh am I not feeling all that tired. We walk to Mary's and speak our minds. This street light says we should go on, through the tall buildings, to the sound. Oh my true friend, my friend and I, we walk to Mary's and speak our minds. Home, paint the kitchen and speak our minds. ========================================== Happy, The End In this story we sit down on Luna Bridge and catch snow in our cupped hands and music is coming from the houses or it sings inside me. I begin to mend. Oh happy, oh happy, the end, the end, the end. In this painting the whole world is navy blue. I run home from the mailbox in all the dim of five o'clock to see you. Cars and trees go by me, you are in the yard, and in my arms again. Oh happy, oh happy, the end, the end, the end. Happy, oh happy, the end. ========================================== Our Harry We will squint into the sun, waving madly at the camera, Harry standing in the front. And I will be sitting on his shoulders. When our Harry sails in the summer, when our Harry will sail away. Our Harry sails in the summer, far from me, across the sea. He said it is time now he does something, and sent his hope to join the Peace Corps. I can't think what I'll do when my time comes, I cannot see myself standing alone. But our Harry sails in the summer, our Harry will sail away. Our Harry sails in the summer, far from me, across the sea. ========================================== Go Georgia, it grew in the night when you thought it was tired, and how can it always recover and come and want to whirl you around with your eyes closed, no matter how you say: I won't go. Georgia, we follow along. It goes pretty far. You go ahead. I am going to wait in the car. Instead of run with my feet when they won't go. Okay I will, but I don't know. Go, go. And you would think now hope would be tired but it's alright. And you would think now hope would be tired but it's alright. You would think tired, ragged and oil - brown but it's alright. And I know it seems useless, I know how it always turns out. Georgia, since everything's possible we will still go, go. And you would think now hope would be tired but it's alright, it's alright. ========================================== Everything's Different Now Now we're in the yard Aunt Mary's car is coming, coming. And all of our plans are giants in this light, now that we're coming away. We are coming away, everything's changed. Everything's different now. Everything, even the sun. You say suddenly you cannot see yourself out in the world. With your school suitcase. Tomorrow - well, you don't know, you don't know. We're coming away, we are coming away, everything's changed. Everything's different now. Everything, even the sun. ========================================== Spinning Harry, another day we will feel better about this. And we'll go through yellow yards, to the library lions, closing our eyes, spinning in autumn. Harry, another day we will feel better about things. And we'll dance through yellow yards, like a dress on the line, close your eyes, losing this: I know nothing about so many, too many things; I see I have come to the wall, come to the ending of me again. I don't know, I....no. What are you saying? why don't you just - Isn't this, isn't this funny, Harry? All of this: I know nothing about so many, too many things; I see I have come to the wall - I'm turning around now, I'm spinning around now. ========================================== There It's a long day, a long way into your arms, a long, long, get up, get up, through a snowy yard. And I think you will see me coming under the sky. And I think you will see me coming. And open your arms wide. To be there, to be there. to be there. It's a long day, a long way into your arms, a long, long looking forward, through a staining eye. And I think you will see me coming under the sky. And I think you will see me coming, and open your arms. I try. To be there, to be there, to be there. And all the clouds are weary whales swimming by to find you. And I'm sorry, sorry how, how slow my steps are, slow as hours. To be there, to be there, to be there. To be there where you are. To be there where you are. ========================================== I Hear You Say So I think I hear you saying, in the green June, now, singing in, ringing out, I hear you say so. I walk a pale blue mile to my house in the evenings and I know, sing in, ringing out, I hear you say so. Say about iron bridges. They rattle, they rattle but never give way; and this boy who is leaving his home, who is reaching out, says: Yes, I'm sure about some things. When I will be driving away I will not be alone there. And I know, singing in, ringing out, I here you say so, I hear you say so.