Soldier Song Piano Magic

Poor little soldier, the war is all done(So) tug off your medal and empty your gunThey found you a pillow to lay down your headSo hang up your hang-ups and climb into bedThere s a chime on the hour...

The King Cannot Be Found Piano Magic

I know your storyI looked into your eyes and everything had diedTime was, you glistenedYou had a lot to say but you threw it all awayAnd now your silence is just an excuseAnd I m embarrassed by the...

Halfway Through Piano Magic

My youth, I could not drag itI could not bring it with, so I ended up withoutThe house was razed, the spark was dowsedThe looks have gone but I soldier onI m halfway throughI m halfway throughOh, w...

Part Monster Piano Magic

I produce too much of somethingNot enough of something elseBut the doctors cannot help meWith the puzzle of my healthAnd I'm tired of easy musicAnd I'm tired of pretty girlsAnd I'm tired of being t...

March Of The Atheists Piano Magic

Well I can accept that you have your faithSo you must accept that I have noneYou chase your god into your graveI'll die alone when my days are doneAll these fabulous beasts that you strike downAll ...

On Edge Piano Magic

This life winds me up too muchI am taut as a wireAnd the pressure's building upI am up to the neckI am cut to the quickI am stuffed to the gillsI am sicker than sickYou think you know meBut you don...

A Fond Farewell Piano Magic

Oh lordI've lost the one i loveI gave her all i hadBut that was not enoughOh lordI cannot bear to breatheHer voice is but a memoryHer kiss is but a dreamSo longI haven't left my bedI see no point i...

The Blue Hour Piano Magic

The clouds, they go their wayWith indifference to usA melancholy lightThe ghost of summer pastThe moon relieves the sunAcross the evening skyAnd here we come undoneAnd here we say goodbyeTake the l...

Recovery Position Piano Magic

Is it the shadow in my voiceOh, I can barely form a sighIs it the music that I makeIs it the sadness in my eyesYou put me in positionAs it tells you in the bookBut I?m a separate chapterYou cannot ...

The Faint Horizon Piano Magic

In youth, we think too littleIn age, we think too muchIn youth, of what's to comeIn age, of what we've lostWe always want tomorrowSo never live todayAnd that's the curse of our livesWe wish our liv...

Exit Piano Magic

Maybe it's time to get out? Maybe it's time to get out? We all have our reasons We all have our doubts Maybe it's time to get out?

Saint Marie Piano Magic

Out of season, out of heart, I cross you off beneath the starsAutumn leaves a nasty scar and with the leaves, the heart departsYou're off the map, you've left the bookI'm off my head and treading l...

The Unwritten Law Piano Magic

You turn on your side like you have to face NorthOr else you can't sleep : the unwritten lawBut how can you sleep with my heart so loud?Like a scream in a jar, like the sound of a crowdAnd way out...

Speed The Road, Rush The Lights Piano Magic

Geography, be kind to me, for the miles apart are killing meTonight I would die to be by her side so speed the road, rush the lightsSpeed the road, rush the lightsEven bad girls sleep tonightEven b...

Help Me Warm This Frozen Heart Piano Magic

Outside, the fairground in snowRevolves like a waltz, funeral slowAnd summer has gone, collapsed like a chairLike the heart of a bird, a bell on the airInside, the wireless in snowThe orchestra dro...

I Am The Teacher's Son Piano Magic

Started mailroomMoved up through Clerical, now ObituariesI am the teacher's sonI am the teacher's sonI am the teacher's sonI'm the teacher's sonNever seen a sky so bigLike it's been saving up for y...

When I'm Done, This Night Will Fear Me Piano Magic

When I'm done, this night will fear meGhosts of ghosts of ghosts will hear meBlack just got blackerAttacked became attackerWhen I'm done, this night will fear meThe silent movie extra, left for tra...

The Tollbooth Martyrs Piano Magic

The tollbooth martyrs, 21 - 56Leave their lives at the gate and beneath the standard issue crucifixPush their summers to the side of the plateLive their lives through diaries, can't get jobs in lib...

Luxembourg Gardens Piano Magic

Tonight, I can't sleep, the heart's all wires The moon is widowed, the stars, retired i'll never travel and I'm always tired but I still love you and I can't lie Don't you ever go home?

Comets Piano Magic

Came to London to find myself but in ten million peopleWhere do you start?Drunk at a partyYou asked me if I was someone else and I say"Yeah, if it helps you, I won't be myself"Like Japanese poets w...

You Can Hear The Room Piano Magic

You can hear the roomOn these long, winter nightsIf you'd just, if you'd justIf you'd just be quietBeneath the wordThere's the whisper of pipesThere's the stretch of the woodThere's the chink of th...

Love & Music Piano Magic

Well, i left home when i was 16I had no reason, had no rhymeI did not know where i was goingIt did not matter at that timeAnd there were people on the street, people on the streetThe strangest peop...

Night Of The Hunter Piano Magic

It's the night of the hunterIt's the night of the long knivesIt's the night of the hunterAnd you can justify all you likeSleep tight, this snowy nightFor spring, you will never see againSay goodbye...

Theory Of Ghosts Piano Magic

I've a theory of ghosts and I'm a monster to girls I stick in their heart like a rusty spur But I've a theory of ghosts They're alive and we're all dead

Your Ghost (Feat. John Grant) Piano Magic

Your ghost, a white candle in this nightSmile broken, though eyes bright as carnival ridesYou wander these streets, punch drunk on the starsAs the lights are stubbed out in the neighborhood barsYou...

I Must Leave London Piano Magic

I must leave londonIt is bad for my soulIt's making a holeThat will erode meI cannot subscribeI cannot tow the lineAnd robert elmsYou're selectively blindShe shall not miss meAnd I care notCos she'...

Deleted Scenes Piano Magic

You're life's like a comic bookAll shadows and childhood fantasyThe people you love, disguisedIn a velvet glove biographyBut I recognize what's going onDeleted scenesAnd when your eyes go outYou pl...

The Nostalgist Piano Magic

I can't get on, i can't get onBecause i live in the pastAnd it's too strongI can't get on, i can't get onBecause i live in the pastAnd it's too strongAnd the present is imperfectAnd the future, wel...

Jacknifed Piano Magic

I am jacknifed in your diary.I may be home alone, I m not lonely.And I ll be stronger when I m stronger.I m at my bleakest, at my weakest.I am worn out and I m frustratedI tried to work you out but...

You Can Never Get Lost (When You've Nowhere To Go) Piano Magic

I know nothing of tidesAnd I'm confused by the starsBut you can never get lostWhen you've nowhere to goAnd I've got space in my heartFor the next twenty yearsSo don't think there's a rushJust come ...

Deleted Scenes (Extended Mix) Piano Magic

You're life's like a comic bookAll shadows and childhood fantasyThe people you love, disguisedIn a velvet glove biographyBut I recognize what's going onDeleted scenesAnd when your eyes go outYou pl...

Dark Ages Piano Magic

None of us are what we wereI know you've heard this all beforeI know you've heard this all beforeBut none of us are what we wereBut it's a dark age, a dangerous timeI'm on the last page, the end of...

Amongst The Books, An Angel Piano Magic

Amongst the books, an angel I've not metAnd time hasn't touched her yetFrom a to m to z she swans, as if avoiding bedPigtails instead of wingsI strung her harp with my heart stringsAnd I would ask ...

Incurable Piano Magic

I Am The Sub-Librarian Piano Magic

I am the sub librarian, come in on the council busChalk Farm to Highgate Woods, sportsbag of borrowed booksA steady diet of Brautigan, 'Tapestry' on the walkmanParanormal ill health from dusting of...

When I'm Done (This Night Will Fear Me) Piano Magic

When I'm done, this night will fear meGhosts of ghosts of ghosts will hear meBlack just got blackerAttacked became attackerWhen I'm done, this night will fear meThe silent movie extra, left for tra...

I Have Moved Into The Shadow Piano Magic

The night is closing inThe clouds are frozen stillThe birds are feathered downThe churches ring the hourWhere once there was a cheer now stands a sorry crowdAcross the frozen lakeBeneath the tatter...