The Mission - Dancing Barefoot

She is benediction
She is addicted to thee
She is the root connection
She is connecting with me
Here I go and I don't know why I float so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot heading for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
Makes me come on like some heroine

She is sublimation
She is the essence of thee
She is concentrating on
He, chosen but she
Here I go and I don't know why I spin so ceaselessly
Could it be he's taking over me

I'm dancing barefoot heading for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
Makes me come on like some heroine

She is recreation
She, intoxicated by thee
She as the soul sensation and
He is levitating with she
Here I go and I don't know why I spin so ceaselessly
Until I lose my sense of gravity

I'm dancing barefoot heading for a spin
Some strange music drags me in
Makes me come on like some heroine

(originally recorded by Patti Smith)

The Mission - Over The Hills And Far Away

A fleeting glance upon your silken face Medusa
And you can turn my heart and soul to stone
Thank you for the memory, the lasting first impression
Thank you for the steel, that cuts to the bone

Over the hills and far away there's a place that's paradise
Where we walked, walked, walked, walked, walked on in
Talked, talked, talked, talked of sharing dreams

Up and away, where angels dread to tread
Brave rolling thunder and snow storms and pie in the sky
Tangled skein of the marriage made in heaven
Oh why did you, why did you let all the flowers die

Over the hills and far away there's a place that's heaven
Where yours was the first kiss and yours was the last kiss
Over the hills and far away there's a place that's paradise
Where we walked, walked, walked, walked, walked on in
Talked, talked, talked, talked of sharing dreams

Higher and higher with treason, clear reason, are all men guilty?
The sound of laughter ringing true, shining through your childlike eyes
Sacred hearts, epitaphs, touched by winds of change
Oh why did you, how could you let all the flowers die?

Over the hills and far away there's a place that's heaven
Where yours was the first kiss and yours was the last kiss
Over the hills and far away there's a place that's heaven
Where yours was the first kiss, the everlasting kiss
Over the hills and far away there's a place that's paradise
Where we walked, walked, walked, walked, walked on in
Talked, talked, talked, talked of sharing dreams

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 - Wake (RSV)

The tried and the trusted talk of plans
Master, past and present
Heartless wordplay and dreams of revenge
Living on the edge, the razor edge, living on the razor edge

One day we'll look back at this
And laugh and laugh and we'll die laughing
One day we'll look back at this and laugh

Pillar of wisdom and soul of iron
Alone, in the crumbling tower of power

All your friends are dead and buried, they died laughing
All your friends are dead and buried
My heart would bleed for you if I wasn't a victim
My heart should bleed for you

Circumstance, eternal, forever
For the love of god, it's a crying shame
For the love of god

Treasure the moments touched with joy
But the remember the moments
Tarnished and stained
For you, sunshine, for you

It's a taste of your own medicine
God's own medicine for you

Wake, wake for you
Wake for you
Wake, wake for you my precious
Wake for you

The Mission - Naked And Savage

The cool cruel sleaze, hungry and wild and crawling
Through the storm that breaks
And clears away the vicious and violent heat
Breathe deep, breathe long and hard
Kiss and caress the hand that feeds
Love me primitive betraying lips
And the treacherous heart of the savage breed

Hollow eyes only cry hollow tears
And the tingling flesh that melts away
The scars and fears that the shameless years
Leave laughing and dancing
On a wasted and tattered dream
Cry hollow tears, that stifle the totured kiss and scream

Screaming in the darkness, torn and ravaged
Spinning round in circles
Animal crazy and the howl of the naked and savage

The coll cruel sleaze hungry and wild and crawling
Through the storm that breaks
And clears away the vicious and violent heat
Breathe deep, breathe long and hard
Kiss and caress the hand that feeds
Love me primitive, betraying lips
And the treacherous heart,of the savage breed

Screaming in the darkness, torn and ravaged
Spinning round in circles
Animal crazy and the howl of the naked and savage

Tarnish, taint and punish me softly
Kiss the heavens where the angels tread
Love is the corpse that crawls on dreams
Rips them apart and tears them to shreds

Screaming in the darkness, torn and ravaged
Spinning round in circles
Animal crazy and the howl of the naked and savage

The Mission - Garden of Delight (Hereafter)

I see your dancing, laughing, naked
Sweet and pretty face
And the promise, burning brightly
In your crystal-shot eyes
Your savage, and violent flesh,
The cut that bleeds, the kiss that stings
We're shooting up stars and desperate snows
That fall from shimmering skies, so

Take my hand and lead me
To the Garden of Delight
Take my hand and lead me
To the Garden of Delight

Revelation is laid, and reflects
On the windswept liquid mirror
Of this breathless world, this Happy Death
This elegance in charm
The treasured first fleeting touch of a gracious stranger
In-charmed me and entranced me
I know you can do me no harm, so

Take my hand and lead me
To the Garden of Delight
Take my hand and lead me
To the Garden of Delight

We're playing with fire, dancing in the flames
And we're covered in burns that may never heal
And angels may come, and angels may go
But it's heaven on earth when you

Take my hand and lead me
To the Garden of Delight
Take my hand and lead me
To the Garden of Delight

The Mission - Like A Hurricane

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar
Dancing on the light from star to star
Far across the moon beam, I notice who you are
I saw your brown eyes turn and watch the fire

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm getting blown away
Somewhere safer where the feelings stay
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away
Away, away, away

I'm just a dreamer and you are just a dream
And you could have me anyone to me
Before that loving you touched my lips
The perfect feeling when time just slips away between us
And the foggy trip

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm getting blown away
Somewhere safer where the feelings stay
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away
Away, away, away
Away, away, away, away

You are just a dreamer and I am just a dream
And you could have me anyone to me
Before that loving you touched my lips
The perfect feeling when time just slips away between us
And the foggy trip

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye
And I'm getting blown away
Somewhere safer where the feelings stay
I wanna love you but I'm getting blown away

(originally recorded by Neil Young)