Bloc Party - Hymns Album Lyrics

Lord, give me grace and dancing feet
As I conquer all anxiety
The angel told me not to fear
The power tools in me
For I have learnt the way to pray
Like a missile growing tall now
Wind the past into a knot
And let the love consume us
Let the love consume us
Let the love consume us

Can you hear the stars now sing
Resounding in D major?
As the girl vibration resonates
And pulls us up towards her
Take your shoes off, feel the earth
Beneath your feet, respond to touch
And let our laughter now ring forth
As the love consumes us

The love within is moving upwards
Sweeter than any drug
The melody is taking over
Guide my hand through this path
Pull back the veil
Let your eyes meet this world
The love within is moving upwards
So don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get high?

Don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?

The love within is moving upwards
Sweeter than any drug
The melody is taking over
Guide my hand through this path
Pull back the veil
Let your eyes meet this world
The love within is moving upwards
So don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get high?

(For only he can heal me)

There are times I get to feeling
That this world has stole my grace
When everyday feels like a hustle
Every day I'm saving face
Tell a lie to make the paper
Put a little coin away
It's never ending

When the trappings of the body
Lead me to that hopeless place
And I feel my spirit crumble
Under strain and under guilt
Lay me down in rivers cleansing
Where the tall grass grows and grows
And let me wait until my saviour comes home

[Chorus:]
For only he can heal me
Help me overcome it
For only he can heal me with his touch
Help me overcome it

From the towns and from the cities
Came a feeling of defeat
From the lame and from the wretched
Pouring forth unto the street
Lead me to my only temple
Where I overcome defeat
And let me rest there
By my saviour's feet

[Chorus:]
For only he can heal me
Help me overcome it
For only he can heal me with his touch
Help me overcome it

(For only he can heal me)
(For only he can heal me)
(For only he can heal me)
(For only he can heal me)

Heartbreak the first, comes to me in bursts
You danced with him whilst I could see you
Although it hurts, tears are not enough
To dissolve all the pain I'm feeling
Must not much have mattered, must I?
Moving forwards
Did not take long to pass me by
Moving onwards

What am I supposed to do?
When the only good thing about me was you
What I am supposed to feel?
As you kept the only part of me that was real
So real

I'll bet you'll claim to him I was insane
Too much like a girl, I bored you
Release a dove, let grace into your world
Be still your wicked tongue, I loved you
Once before our cracks did show
I know I pleased you
But now my baby's got new slang
And a taste for strangers

What am I supposed to do?
When the only good thing about me was you
What I am supposed to feel?
As you kept the only part of me that was real
So real

It's got to be real

Spent my commission on
Another diversion
And I don't got no meaning
No purpose left at all
My pastor tells me that my
My light is dimming and I've
Been too long drifting
In a ocean
It's OK
You just need faith
Been looking for answers
In the wrong place
But how do I tell him that there
There's something missing?
And I don't got no substance
Since you've gone

Every day I go down to the water
And I pray since you left me that way
Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my mind
On the good news that's in my heart

For the good, good news
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
Since my baby left, my light
Refuses to shine
Like a bird without a song or
A sun that will not rise

Now I can make the eyes
At anyone that I desire
Throwing down with all the lost boys
At the very edge of town
Now I can spin a lie
That burns me up all through the night
Cause I've got no one home to answer to
This time
Every day is a repeat
Like a carrier bag stuck in a tree
I used to find my answers
In the gospels of St. John
But now I find them at the bottom
Of this shot glass

Every day I go down to the water
And I pray since you left me that way
Oh Lord, I'm trying to keep my sights
On the good news that's in my heart

For the good, good news
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
(Don't got no meaning and I
Don't got no purpose)
For the good, good news
For the good, good news
(Can't find no comfort and I
Can't find no solace)
Since my baby left, my light
Refuses to shine
Like a bird without a song or
A sun that will not rise

These sheets of ours
Shield our bodies like a fortress
They keep us safe
From harm
Intertwined
Our bodies lay there like a comma
The arch of your back
Invites desire
We put our bodies to the test
Follow the curve right down your neck
Your sweat, my sweat's
Stuck anywhere
And in the mirror, you're a man
It's teasing me with every step
Reach down and feel how strong
My love grows just for you

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time
And on the street
Our bodies ache for one another
I just can't wait
Till we're alone, mmm mmm

And I'm a fool for the sight
Of all the gold between your thighs
You stole a seed
That's stirring deep in me
Make your base right here, next to me
As our notes blend in harmony
And when we sex, we hear the beat
And it's so surreal

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time
And if you're hungry, devour your morsel
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time we kissed

Every time I go back home
Something's wrong, there's something missing
You're spinning away
From me
I don't bitch, no, I don't moan
But I can't try to fight this anymore
Our common ground
Has shifted
You're standing in the doorway
With a look I used to know
With all the best intentions
Somehow, our cover's blown
We're trapped inside this room
With no window or rear view
And now you're backing away from me
Well, what can I do?

And if there was a pill
We could take to find each other
Would you drop with me?
Would you follow me down?
And if there was a leaf
We could smoke to meet each other
Would you blaze with me?
Would you chase with me?
It started as a joyride
Just a way to let off steam
But now we're running off the road
Cause you're asleep at the wheel
Which way do you choose?
Cause right now I choose you
Do you still think of me fondly?
Do you still think of me?
I'm tryna broach the distance
That's growing in our lives
From the night until the morning
Like we're on different drugs

Did I say too much?
Did I take too much?
The temptation to vacate
Seduces us

I'm tryna beat the static
That's living in our hearts
Like white noise that's in the distance
That will only drown us out

Did I say too much?
Did I take too much?
The temptation to vacate
Seduces us, oh

(It's like we're on different drugs)
(Different)
(It's like we're on different drugs)
(Different)
(It's like we're on different drugs)
(Different)
(It's like we're on different drugs)
(Different)
(It's like we're on different drugs)
(Different drugs, dif-dif-different)
(Different drugs, different)
(Diff, dif-dif-dif-dif-different)
(Drugs)

This fennel tea that you bought for me
Well, it does its magic discretely
I wrote this song for you, it's true
In our only south facing room
See, I don't know what the future holds
But I hope we face it together
Cause rock and roll has got so old
Just give me neo-soul

Into the earth, our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth, our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good-looking

You've seen the colour of my cash
Does it not impress? Was I way too flash?
Are you backing away
From me?
Calm down, Yoshi, the fungi
Is helping this fun-guy deliver
When I get high, I dance all night
I'll sing you Al Green songs
I'm just trying to gently blur the lines
With my trusty sensimilia
Don't be so jaded or so coy
When you could just be familiar

Into the earth, our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth, our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good-looking

Take a lover, start a life
And try to keep an open mind
I'll dress up for you, I scrub up nice
I'll make your mother proud
I'll make your mama proud
I'll make your mama proud

And if I stop
I won't go hungry cause I know how to steal
I got to thank my older brothers
For keeping me real

Into the earth, our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth, our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good-looking

Take a lover, start a life
And try to keep an open mind
I'll dress up for you, I scrub up nice
I'll make your mother proud
I'll make your momma proud
I'll make your momma proud

Into your eye line
Keep me in your sights
I asked about you
And how to get into your life
Like daylight through a stained-glass window
Our colours run
Her voice seems like the Thames in the morning
It makes me strong

If you're looking for devotion
Then come to me
If you're fearing your emotions
You gotta believe me that it goes both ways

Into your orbit
I will not be denied
I asked about you
And how to keep you on my side
If we are part of the same constellation
Shifting in the night
She whispers to me "don't waste the daylight"
It brings me round

If you're looking for devotion
Then come to me
If you're fearing your emotions
You gotta believe me that it goes both ways

Lean on me, lean on me
I'll take full strain
I'll soften the blow
I'll tease away
And I'll take on anyone
That tries to mess with us
Your love
Should be good enough

From this day forward
You will call me by my real name
You must call me by my true name
Today
From this day forward
You will call me by my real name
You must call me by my true name
Today
From this day forward
You will call me by my real name
You must call me by my true name
Today
From this day forward
You will call me by my real name
You must call me by my true name
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today
Today

Temptation hides
In the space between
Lord, help me fight
This desire for fire
Words can cleanse and purify
Or tear down a pack of lies
In your presence, consequence
I can't stop trembling

For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?
For all my good fortune
I would change my place with you
This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

Once in a while
The urge resurfaces
So we split hairs
As rumours circulate
And there's a need to fertilise
Behind my lover's trusting eye
Like water drops on burning warts
I can't stop trembling

For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?
For all my good fortune
I would change my place with you
This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

I've fallen
I've fallen again
I've fallen
I've fallen again
I've fallen
I've fallen again
I've fallen

If you seek explanation
Well, I'm afraid there is not one
See all I have are excuses
My daddy was a hunter and I am my father's son
There was a time for about two weeks
I swore you were the one
Thought I could tell you anything
You were more than a trick, you were more to me than all of it

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

Everything I was proud of
With everything that I'd done wrong
In your eyes, I was someone
With another history, another past
In the lobby of the Ace Hotel
You will not meet my eyes
Secrets spill on pillows shared
You were more than just light, you were more to me than all of it

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

But I must try
But I must try
But I must try
But I must try

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

Shirtless and faded on the Champs-Élysées
The world was ours then
I had conviction, but you, you had style
Such a lethal combination
The years changed us, the money weighed us down
We lost our way
Let me spoil you, pick a place to go
I want to spend my money on you

And don't you remember
How this began?
You begged me for a chance
Don't waste your sorry
No, don't waste your goodbyes
Tonight
From hand to mouth and now
We're living lux

I order the lobster, and you, the Moët
The waitress thinks that we can't pay, no
What does she know? Our pockets are full-grown
And we've earned the right to fine dine
So raise your glass, my old friend
For we both know that this is the end
For the times we fought and the times we shared
I'll sing you a song the way I used to then

Don't you remember
How this began?
You begged me for a chance
Don't waste your sorry
No, don't waste your goodbyes
Tonight
From hand to mouth and now
We're living lux
We're living lux

Underneath the iron cloud
That will not let my daylight out
So I smoke myself until I go
See-through
Atomised and bugging out
Signal fails in the CBD
So I hold my breath until I start
To glow

Take me to the garden
Stand with me naked by the tree
Feed me poisoned apples
Feed me till I forget everything
With each bite we take
Let the moonlight awaken in us
So we can dance
To the beat of the drum

Underfoot the serpent moves
Watching us with a crystal gaze
Eyes that record every
Wicked thought
There are times I feel like
I've seen everything
That I need to see
Oh, make me someone new

And take me to the garden
Stand with me naked by the tree
Feed me poisoned apples
Feed me till I forget everything
With each bite we take
Let the moonlight awaken in us
So we can dance
To the beat of the drum

It was a look that I understood
In another life, maybe I would have been yours
Pictured in white standing by the bar
Like a wrecking ball, like a Japanese weight
It makes the waters rise
In me

How'd you do that thing you do?
The beautiful charmer could be a deceiver too
It's making me do things I mustn't do
My appetite for love is now a hunger thirst

Whoever you are

We spoke of Lagos and Rotterdam
Dancing cheek to cheek, get behind me, Satan
And all my good will is coming loose
Like a ball of yarn, like a bad excuse
It makes the embers glow
In me, it's your mood

How'd you do that thing you do?
This beautiful charmer could be a deceiver too
It's making me do things I mustn't do
My appetite for love is now a hunger thirst

Whoever you are
Whoever you are

I don't believe in coincidence
You were sent this way for me
For it takes two to step this dance
Let us find a quiet place to sit
Into night is all
Let me gaze upon your lashes
Let it be known
That I gave myself completely over
Paraíso
Paraíso

I've been living too long in the tundra
I've been living too long at sea
And all my loved ones
Forgot about me
So I tame the urge to fight back
Sounding off to who I see
I used to be a renegade
But now I'm just me

With this new blood, you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you to rise

They said they're going to teach me a lesson
They wanna show me how to kneel
I used to be a wild one
But now I'm done
When I brought you an offering of honey
They said you needed blood
And in that moment
I made my choice

Hear my prayer and clear the corners
Let this blood wash away all the sins of all the fathers
Guide my hand and on my honour
I will keep your words alive, I will keep you in my heart

With this new blood, you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you to rise

With this new blood, you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you to rise

(I dare you, I dare you, I dare you)
(To rise)
(I dare you, I dare you, I dare you)
(To rise)

There's a spirit
In our bedroom
That lives between the walls
He listens deeply
To our music
Manifests when we are wrong
In the evening (there's a spirit)
As we lay sleeping (in our bedroom)
He peers into our thoughts
He guides us gently (he listens deeply)
To one another (to our music)
To the point when our dreams meet

For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message
For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message

He is there in (there's a spirit)
Leaky faucets (in our bedroom)
In the creak of wooden floors
As our heartstrings (he listens deeply)
Start to harden (to our music)
As our love becomes unspun
(It's in my voice)
He can sense that (in the evening)
We are drifting (as we lay sleeping)
In the autumn of our love
(It's in my voice)
In the morning (he guides us gently)
When we awaken (to one another)
And our love is all restored

He says
He says

For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message
For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message

If you should fall or come undone
My voice will lead you home
If you should fall or come undone
My voice will lead you home