The Mission - Blood Brother [Live at Astoria 1988]

I gave you flowers and you gave me faith
We are minds and hearts that move as one
Chameleon, warrior, gypsy and brave
We turn our eyes to the heart of the rising sun

You and me, we are blood brothers
You and me, we are blood brothers
Blood brother
Lay down your life for me
Lay down your love for me

Kiss by kiss, touch by touch
We tore the clouds apart
You took my hand and walked me through the rain
An act of love, mission of tender mercy
We stood tall and proud together, we conquered again

You and me, we are blood brothers
You and me, we are blood brothers
Blood brother
Lay down your life for me
Lay down your love for me

We pulled no punch and we gave them hell
The feelings cry in the shameful dell
Mountains of sand and seas and land, we move winds to calm
And we rose again to win the war
To rule and reign, our hearts to soar
Heads held high, stars in the sky and we kissed
The ever-faithful moon

Father, you’re a good man, an honest man, a saint amongst men
And mother, I wish I could tell you I love you
Sister, you’re a goddess and I want you to take me to heaven
Blood brother, your hand on my heart and your innocence laid bare and bleeding

You and me, we are blood brothers
You and me, we are blood brothers
Blood brother
Lay down your life for me
Blood brother
Lay down your love for me

Lay down your life for me
Blood brother
Lay down your love for me
Blood brother

Lay down your life for me
Blood brother
Blood brother
Blood brother
Lay down your love
For me
Blood brother!

Blood brother
Lay down your love
For me...

God, I feel so strong but I just want to break down and cry
God, I feel so strong but I just want to break down and cry
God, I feel so strong but I just want to break down and cry
God, I feel so strong but I just want to break down and cry
God, I feel so strong but I just want to break down and cry
God, I feel so strong but I just want to break down and cry

The Mission - Butterfly On A Wheel (Resurrection version)

Silver and gold and it's growing cold
Autumn leaves lay as thick as thieves
Shivers down your spine chill you to the bone
'cos the mandolin wind is the melody that turns your heart to stone
The heat of your breath carving shadows in the mist
Every angel has the wish that she's never been kissed
A broken dream haunting in your sleep
And hiding in your smile
A secret you must keep, love cuts you deep

Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel

There's no scarlet in you, lay your veil down for me
As sure as God made wine, you can't wrap your arms around a memory
Take warmth from me, cold autumn wind cut sharp as a knife
And in the dark for me, you're the candle flame that flickers to life

Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love breaks the wings of a butterfly on a wheel

Wise man say all is fair in love and war
And there's no right or wrong in the design of love
And I could only watch as the wind crushed your wings
Broken and torn, crushed like a flower under the snow
And like the flower in spring
Love will rise again to heal your wings

Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel
Love heals the wings of a butterfly on a wheel

The Mission - Shelter From The Storm [BBC Radio 1 Session for Janice Long Show, 1986]

It's raining cats and dogs and I'm soaked right through the skin
Running blind in the God given light, is where I've been
It's plans to be laid, deals to be made
Price to be paid and prayers to be said
For God only knows where I lay my head

Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm

My head is bowed as the wind blows hard and the rain is beating cruel
Walking on water barefoot, in this whirlpool
Gods for plays and days on days
? on ?, these words of play
Give me strength and give me praise and ?? could I lay

Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm

It's been a long time since I rock 'n' rolled
It's been a long time since I did that stroll
Let me get it back, let me get it back, let me get it back
Let me get it back, let me get it back, let me get it back

Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm

It's raining cats and dogs and I'm soaked right through the skin
Running blind in the God given light, is where I've been
It's plans to be laid, deals to be made
Price to be paid and prayers to be said
For God only knows where I lay my head

Give me shelter, shelter from the storm
Give me shelter, shelter from the storm

The Mission - Metal Guru

Metal Guru is it you

Metal Guru is it you

Sitting there in your armour plated chair

Metal Guru is it true

Metal Guru is it true

All alone without a telephone

Metal Guru could it be

You're gonna bring my baby to me

She'll be wild you know

A rock'n'roll child

Metal Guru has it been

Just like a silver-studded sabre-tooth dream

I'll be clean you know

Pollution machine

(originally recorded by T. Rex)

The Mission - Trail of Scarlet

It was the word from Milo, a word to the wise

That set me straight about your cheating and your lies

Set down between us like the bottle that we shared

He had to tell me because no one else dared

I'm so disappointed

I'm so very, very let down

And you can have the bed and the stains on the sheets

I'll sleep on the floor, I can't bear your deceit

You gave yourself away for the sake of a thrill

For the price of my conceit, you were a steal

I'm so devastated

I'm so very, very let down

You leave a trail of scarlet like footsteps in the snow

You leave a trail of scarlet everywhere you go

And I'm the last to know

And isn't it just like you to shake the faith in me?

I gave you all I have to give but I couldn't give you all you need

And something that had died was all we had to lose

And the worst thing I ever did to you was ask you to choose

I'm so very lonely

I'm so very, very let down

You leave a trail of scarlet like footsteps in the snow

You leave a trail of scarlet everywhere you go and I'm

The last to know

And didn't we once have it all? Held it in our hands

But it's too easy to deceive a trust that makes no demands

You leave a trail of scarlet like footsteps in the snow

You leave a trail of scarlet everywhere you go and I'm the last to know

The Mission - Grapes Of Wrath

The sweat upon his brow and the dirt worked into his hands
The dignity of labour upon a man's own land
The soil of his fathers passes on down through blood to hand
A man's right of birth to reap the harvest from his land

The breaking of his back to keep his dream alive
To work the change of season his instinct to survive
The planting of his seed and to see his harvest grow
Gives a pride to a man to reap the harvest that he sows

T he land of the free, home of the brave
The heartland of pioneers, the heritage of flesh and blood
And along come the winds that blow through the land
With a price to pay for the working man
Money talks and changes hands
And money reaps the harvest money demands
The grapes of wrath

They can take away his freedom they can beat him into the dust
They can burn his home, run him from his land, and leave him out to gather rust
But they can't take away his faith and his honesty and pride
And the knowledge that he holds inside
One day they'll reap the harvest
The grapes of wrath

There's hope in a man that nothing can destroy
A man will endure anything for the dream that he holds dear
And there's pride in a man who knows the truth
His faith in the earth he toils for
His honesty for the air he breathes
The truth of the harvest they will reap
The grapes of wrath

The Mission - Wasteland (Resurrection Version)

There's a crystal view from my window
And I can see for yers to come I live for the sword the steel and the gun
I can tear down the walls and storm the barricades
Or run to the place where the frightened crawl
Desire lurcks beyond good an evil
So I dance on the graves where the hallowed fall
Over this land
All over this wasteland over this land
All over this wasteland

You can touch but please keep your distance
You're innocent and pure and with no shame
My spirit is willing and my flesh is craved
You tease and you taunt with the pleasure of pain
Over this land
All over this wasteland
Over this land
All over this wasteland

Heaven and hell I know them well
But I haven't yet made my choice
I'm feeling scared 'cos I'm shouting loud
And no one can hear my voice
I'm walking a tightwire can't look down
Cos I'm strung out high above you all
A fateful wind blows through this land
Howls my name and heralds my fall
Over this land
All over this wasteland
Over this land
All over this wasteland
Over this land
All over this wasteland
Over this land
All over this wasteland

The Mission - Stay With Me

Books and covers and part time lovers

Spinning in rooms in cities of rust

I'm stranded, struck out on this line

There's smoke and fire and steel and wire

And glass and spire and dust

On to the floor at dawn with lips tied and drawn

Sleepless nights spent, with angels heaven sent

Stay with me, lay with me, lay down by my side

Stay with me, lay with me, take me deep inside

Lay with me, stay with me, lay with me

Stay, with me

Stay, with me

All of us lying there in the dreams

Speak of days and another place

I wander as the gypsy under a beckoning moon

Speak of time, and another face

They would in languid cry a fleeting furtive sigh

From the cradle to the grave love to desire and crave

Stay with me, lay with me, lay down by my side

Stay with me, lay with me, take me deep inside

Lay with me, stay with me, lay with me

Stay, with me

Stay, with me

I'll laugh for you, and I'll dance for you

But don't ask me to shed any tears when I have to go

You are a joy and a pleasure to love and to hold

Your promises, are as pure as the driven snow

Passing shapes in the night the touch distraught and light

As you brightly shine, your love tonight is mine

Stay with me, lay with me, lay down by my side

Stay with me, lay with me, take me deep inside

Lay with me, stay with me, lay with me

Stay, with me

Stay, with me

Stay, stay with me

Stay, stay, stay with me

The Mission - Beyond The Pale

Cold still waters running deep
Pale before the eyes
Ravaged
By the hands that feed
Thunder clouds the skies
Drifting with the tide
Floating with the stream
The howling winds have gathered strength
From a whisper to a scream
Sell me down the river
And out to sea
Cast me adrift and set me to sail
Just on last kiss before raising hell
Beyond the pale
Beyond the pale

Heed to Neptune's calling deceived in fable and lore
Learn from treacherous bibles
Of murder, hate and war
Searching for the tears
In an ocean of rain
The yearning of the raging sea beckons once again
Sell me down the river

And out to sea
Cast me adrift and set me to sail
Just on last kiss before raising hell
Beyond the pale
Beyond the pale

Gathering of the storm
And the winds are blowing wild
Sweeping over cross and creed, country, colour and child
Mother Nature cries for love
Her children lost at sea
And as the waves take me away
Say a prayer for liberty
Sell me down the river
And out to sea
Cast me adrift and set me to sail
Just on last kiss before raising hell
Beyond the pale
Beyond the pale
Beyond the pale
Beyond the pale

The Mission - Deliverance (Sorcerer's Mix)

Believe in magic believe in lore legend and myth
And the hand that guides in the cunning if hope in the weaving of dreams
And the lady of the lake takes my hand and leads me
To the holy isle and the fairy rings and the circles of stone
Forever and again

Give me, give me, give me, deliverance
Brother, sister, give me, give me
Deliverance, deliver me

Surrender to the wisdom of age and the spirits of time
Remember our souls entwined for eternity
And the healing hand of the fairy queen will come to all who have faith in her
And the apple tree will bear it's fruit in the gardens of Avalon
Forever and again

Give me, give me, give me deliverance
Brother, sister, give me, give me
Deliverance, deliver me
Give me, give me, give me, deliverance
Brother, sister, give me, give me
Deliverance, deliver me

Let me sleep for awhile and dream of Avalon and the Beltane fires
And a silent kiss steals away into the mist and out to the lake
Where the sword will rise again from the water into the
Hands of the chosen one the righteous one
Forever and again

Give me, give me, give me, deliverance
Brother, sister, give me, give me
Deliverance, deliver me
Give me, give me, give me, deliverance
Brother, sister, give me, give me
Deliverance, deliver me

The Mission - And The Dance Goes On

It's no shot in the dark
And no trick of the lights
You tease me, adore me
Talking dirty, sitting pretty
Lay me down and anoint my wounds
Dust up, bust up, let's get down to the nitty-gritty

You call on favours promised and sworn
Changing names and changing places
The blade digs deep
And the cut begins to sting
There's more to this than reason
Or the old familiar rhythm and rhyme
Take me shake me lead me
To the floor and hey let's swing

And the dance goes on
And the dance goes on and on
And the dance goes on
And the dance goes on and on and on and on

We're going up in flames
We're burning up in a blaze of glory
Don't put fire into the hands
Of the weak and faint, the weak and frail
Tripping the light fantastic
Let's celebrate our great escape
For goodness sake, it's all the same
The sinner and saint, heaven and hell

And the dance goes on
And the dance goes on and on
And the dance goes on
And the dance goes on and on and on and on

We're going up in flames
We're burning up in a blaze of glory
Don't put fire into the hands
Of the weak and faint, the weak and frail
Tripping the light fantastic
Let's celebrate our great escape
For goodness sake, it's all the same
The sinner and saint, heaven and hell

And the dance goes on
And the dance goes on and on
And the dance goes on
And the dance goes on and on and on and on

The Mission - Never Again

It's never been like this
I've never felt like this before

And it was just around sunrise when you crept out the door
Left me ragged and worn but left me,
Left me wanting more, more, more
Let's do this all again
Let's do it all again
Let's do this all again, do it all again sometime

And do you remember paris in the rain?
And it looks just like christmas
But that's come and gone again
And the wild cats roaming in among the tombs and graves
And the flickering white meon of cross and jesus saves
And the headlights like fires and the crowds in the streets
Children dressed in rags begging at our feet
And we crawled back to our room
With our heads spinning 'round
And we just lay in the dark
And didn't dare make a sound
And a sorrow soft as whispers stole into our hearts
Lay down between us and pushed us apart
And do you remember the silence scorched with pain?
A burning regret, let's never do this again
Never again

The Mission - Into The Blue

Mumbo jumbo, listen to the whispers of madness
We have climbed mountains of dust
We have seen gold gather rust
Hocus pocus the stampede of my heart
We have sailed on the stars through the air
We have flown on the wings of a prayer
Into the blue, only with you
Into the blue, only with you, into the blue

Gasoline rainbows swimming in the puddles in the street
Whichever way the wind blows we've got the whole damn
World crawling at our feet
Laughing canyons and everglades
Candle flames and razor blades
Dancing through the poppy fields, hand in hand we cascade
Into the blue, only with you
Into the blue, only with you, into the blue

There's a singing dwarf on the streets of New York
There's a shuffling man with plastic on his head
There's a preacher woman crying in the traffic
Crying for the living crying for the dead
The waste of it all, the waste of it all
And there's more at stake than we could ever know
'Cos when we're together we always fall
Into the blue, only with you
Into the blue, only with you, into the blue

The Mission - Severina

She's got her head in the clouds
She's got the stars in her eyes
And she's dancing with a dream in her heart
She's got the wind in her hair
Moon child shining bright
And she's dancing, with a dream in her heart

Severina, Severina

She believes in angels
She believes in the will of the gods
And she's dancing amongst the magic dust
She believes in the midnight trance
She believes in 'love is the law'
And she's dancing amongst the magic dust

Severina, Severina

Star child
Baby born of heaven
Severina, Severina

She's got a heart full of promise
She's got her hand on her heart
And she's dancing by the light of the moon
She's got a head full of secrets
Sworn to the faith of "love under will"
And she's dancing by the light of the moon

Severina, Severina
She's a gift from the gods and she's dancing
Severina, Severina
Severina

The Mission - Kingdom Come (Forever And Again)

Desert rat cry me wolf
Shedding skin upon you lips
I pray
For the love of madness
For the hand that takes the grip
And we close our eyes
To forgive and forget
And we close our eyes
To forgive and forget
With bated breath for the kingdom come
With bated breath for the kingdom come

I build myself a brave asylum
And ask all the madmen to play host
And when the colours all fade away
It's time for us to give the ghost
Give up the ghost

And we close our eyes
To dream a while
And we close our eyes
To dream a while
Dream a while
With bated breath for the kingdom come
With bated breath for the kingdom come

And while we're talking in tongues
Of animal behaviour
With a flick of the wrist you could've broken my heart
And done yourself a favour
And I cry in the heat
For the promised and given

The hand I once would trust
Now for the love of heaven
You won't see me
See me for dust

And we close our eyes
To love again
And we close our eyes
To love again
Love again
With bated breath for the kingdom come
With bated breath for the kingdom come
With bated breath for the kingdom come
With bated breath for the kingdom come

The Mission - Diamond Cuts Diamond (Tim Palmer demo)

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The Mission - Serpents Kiss

Foreign tongues in familiar places
Surrender the thrills to the very core
Forever young and blessed with nameless graces
A love that kills and promises more

Ash on the carpet and dust on the mirror
Chasing shadows and the dreaming comes clearer
Gasping for color, this perfect heart

Screaming howl and the children cry
Serpents kiss for the words you pray
Whiskey and the devil and the witching hour
A serpents kiss on that untouched flower

Searching for a haven, it's no favor, the fingers that shine
Heart beats quicker as the veils start to fall
I'll be craving, the pleasure's all mine
Candles flicker and the devils dance on the wall

Stroking the naked and the silence gets colder
Stuck on the ceiling and the kissing gets bolder
Biting my nails for fear of revenge

A serpents kiss and the children cry
A serpents kiss for the words you pray
A serpents kiss and the witching hour
A serpents kiss on that untouched flower

Ash on the carpet and dust on the mirror
Chasing shadows and the dreaming comes clearer
Some kind of visitor and the neon street

A serpents kiss and the children cry
A serpents kiss for the words you pray
A serpents kiss and the witching hour
A serpents kiss on that untouched flower

The Mission - Amelia

Daddy says "Come and sit on my knee"
Daddy says "You're the only girl for me"
'Cause Amelia, "You're Daddy's favorite girl"
Amelia, "Daddy loves his little girl"

Daddy comes in the dark of night
Daddy say "Don't be scared, it'll be alright"
Amelia, "Daddy hates to see you cry"
Amelia, "You're the apple of Daddy's eye"

Daddy says "Dry your tears and give me a smile"
Daddy says "If you're good I'll hold you awhile"
'Cause Amelia, "You're Daddy's precious girl"
Amelia, "Daddy loves to love his little girl"

"Daddy, tell me Daddy,
Is this really love?"

Daddy says "Don't tell Mama what I did to you"
Daddy says "If you do I'll beat you black and blue"
'Cause Amelia, "You make Daddy feel like a man"
Amelia, "Daddy loves you more than Mummy can"

"Daddy, tell me, Daddy
How can you call this love?"

Amelia
Damn your Daddy to hell

The Mission - Bird Of Passage

There's a lump in my throat and an ache in my heart
There's tears in my eyes, ''cause we're an ocean apart
There's nothing quite as real as being on my own
Nothing quite as true as being all alone
This bird has flown
But when the summer has passed she'll come back home

Love, come wing your way
Sweet bird of passage, come home to stay
Love, come wing your way
Sweet bird of passage, come home to lay with me
May you stay with me forever

With the change of seasons, she flies her nest
And like the sun at dusk, she sets to the west
Loneliness is the cross I bear
Solitude is the cloak I wear
I miss you, I need you, I love you
When the autumn comes I'll be waiting for you

Love, come wing your way
Sweet bird of passage, come home to stay
Love, come wing your way
Sweet bird of passage, come home to lay with me
May you stay with me forever
Forever, forever, forever

The Mission - For Ever More

I can taste your lipstick
I can feel your breath
I can feel the shivers running down my spine
I can feel your heartbeat
I can feel your hand
I can feel your fingers dancing down my spine

I give myself to you, heart and soul, flesh and blood
For ever more

I can taste your sex
I can feel your heat
I can see the fire burning in your eyes
I can taste your sweetness
I can feel your joy
I can see the flames dancing in your eyes

I give myself to you, heart and soul, flesh and blood
For ever more
For ever more
For ever more
For ever more
For ever more
For ever more, heart and soul
For ever more, flesh and blood
For ever more, i give myself to you
For ever more, heart and soul, flesh and blood, forever
For ever more, heart and soul, flesh and blood, forever
For ever more, i give it, i give it all to you