The Mission - Hungry As The Hunter

Dressed as seduction she's curious and cruel
She steals her way into your trust
And first you want her kiss and then you want her more
And then she'll have you crawling in the dust
Don't speak to me of dignity don't speak to me of love
Don't talk to me of sanctity don't talk to me of love
She's hungry as the hunter and she's shooting for the thrill
She's hungry as the hunter and she shoots to kill

The swastika a grinning skull tattooed on your arm
The needle and the damage done
The heresy of romance with the lady in white
And the beautiful and damned die young
Don't count on me for sympathy don't come to me for love
Don't talk to me of liberty don't talk to me of love
She's hungry as the hunter and she's shooting for the thrill
She's hungry as the hunter she shoots to kill

You've gone to the devil god rest your soul
A shot in your arm is like a knife in my back
Addiction to the lady coursing through your veins
She holds the whip you love to crack
Don't talk to me of serenity don't talk to me of love
Don't speak to me of divinity don't speak to me of love
She's hungry as the hunter and she's prowling like the hound
She's hungry as the hunter she'll track you down
She's hungry as the hunter and she's shooting for the thrill
She's hungry as the hunter she shoots to kill

The Mission - Divided We Fall

I′m the father of a bastard child
And I ain't talking about my daughter
I feel like my head′s on a chopping block
Like a lamb being led
Being led to slaughter
I close my eyes but sleep won't come
Now I've got the devil to pay
So sick and tired of this masquerade
How many roles do you think I can play?


Do you feel
Do you feel it at all?
Cause together we stand
But divided we fall

I′d load up my gun to play Russian roulette
But I′m too damn scared to pull the trigger
Cause a bullet in the head would leave me dead
And it's better to live as a rock n roll nigga

Do you feel
Do you feel it at all?
Cause together we stand
But divided we fall
No man can fight another
Like the man who fights himself
And it′s always a fight without a winner
There's endless lines on the way to hell
Cause heaven never welcomes a sinner

Do you feel
Do you feel it at all?
Cause together we stand
But divided we fall
Do you feel
Do you feel it at all?
Cause together we stand
But divided we fall

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 - 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 - 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 - Heaven Knows

Good lord above I'm falling in love
I'm falling like a heavy black rain
And I know how it feels to be head over heels
I'm falling like an avalanche again
As beautiful as you are
As elusive as the stars
As raging and as wild as the sea
As eternal as the moon
As mysterious as the womb
You mean everything to me.

And heaven knows!
I'm so wrapped up in you
So tangled up in everything you do
And heaven knows!
It always seem to be
More like a curse than a blessing...
a blessing for me.

Well I have to profess I'm so obsessed
And it's taking over everything I do
And forever more like waves upon the shore
I'm drowning at the very thought of you
As black as the blues
As tender as a bruise
You give me everything I ask you for
As delicious as the pain that comes slowly and again
I take everything you give and still want more.

And heaven knows!
I'm so wrapped up in you
So tangled up in everything you do
And heaven knows!
It always seem to be
More like a curse than a blessing...
a blessing for me.

As delicate as the wings
Of the butterfly summer brings
As sweet as the honey of the bee
As miserable as regret
A betrayal I can't forget
You are everything to me.

And heaven knows!
I'm so wrapped up in you
So tangled up in everything you do
And heaven knows!
It always seem to be
More like a curse than a blessing...
a blessing for me.

The Mission - Running With Scissors

The only way that I'll make the papers
These days is if I load a gun
And fire a bullet into my brain
But then again the hackneyed hacks
Will only write I'm only jumping
Someone else's train it's always the same

And I can't begin to tell you now
How many strange beds I have known
I was never one to kiss and tell
But I do have a scandal to sell

Didn't your mother tell you don't run with scissors?
You might just fall and hurt yourself

They could impale you so don't run with scissors
'Cause being stabbed is not good for your health

No I won't confess all of my sins
'Cause some of my sins are your sins too
I'd rather die on my feet
Than live down on my knees

It's a dangerous game running with scissors
Wouldn't wish you to fall and hurt yourself
It's such a crying shame to see you running with scissors
But stabbing yourself is exactly what you deserve

So why don't you put those scissors down before you hurt someone?

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 - Phantom Pain

I think I should go back on the chemicals again

Everything I do feels so tedious and mundane

I have everything I've ever wanted so I don't know why

Sometimes there are days when all I wanna do is die

There is no logic to my way of fucked up thinking

I'm a drift on the sea of apathy and I'm sinking

Every conversation I have feels so inane

How have I become so blasé and numb to pleasure or pain

Sometimes it feels like the night will never end

Sometimes it feels like despair is my only friend

Sometimes when the sky is blue all I feel is rain

Sometimes I feel nothing at all but phantom pain

Phantom pain

It's a dark road I take, crossing Rubicon

Just like Leda I lay in the embrace of the unholy swan

Can't put a brave face on my inertia any longer

I can't live this masquerade, no more

Sometimes it feels like the night will never end

Sometimes it feels like darkness is my only friend

S ometimes when the sky is blue all I feel is rain

Sometimes I feel nothing at all but phantom pain

Phantom pain

Sometimes I feel nothing at all but phantom pain...

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 - Anyone but You

I'm climbing the walls again, is it any wonder that I can't sleep?

Climbing the walls again, blood on my hands, still waters run deep

The hardest thing I ever had to do, was to turn around, and walk away from you

And it feels like I've been here before, it's never enough, I always wanted more

I can, can say no, can say no, to anyone but you

I can, can say no, can say no, to anyone but you

I'm running the cold light again, it's only a fool who makes the same mistake twice

Step into the cauldron again, I can't ring at all, I know my truth lies

I can, I can say no, I can say no, to anyone but you

I can, I can say no, to anyone but you

Anyone but you

Anyone but you

It's easy now for me to say that I was wrong, and I really shouldn't have let you go

But I can never deceive, and I can never deceive, that you know me well enough to know

God damn Eve in the original sin, you can't blame Adam for the mess we're in

And just because you say you understand, and say you forgive, doesn't mean that I can

I can, I can say no, to anyone, can say no

I can, I can say no, can say no, to anyone but you

I can, I can say no, to anyone, anyone but you

Can say no, can say no, to anyone but you

The Mission - Sweet Smile Of A Mystery

Man seeks the wisdom of woman
Man needs the comfort of her breast
Like a babe in arms, a suckling child
She keeps me safe and warm
In pressing it on test it and strong
She stands before me naked and bare
But woman
You are the sweet smile of a mystery to me

Woman reaches out across eternity
She brings out the hope, the fear and the child
She brings out the very essence of me
She's the maid of heaven, she's mother of earth
She's nature's child, she's the virgin birth
She's my sister, she's my mother
She's my daughter and she's my lover
But woman, woman
You are the sweet smile of a mystery to me

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 - Black Mountain Mist

Listen

To the silence

Of the breaking of my heart

From a lowly vale

To the rolling hills

You and I

Lie worlds apart

Time is catching my breath

As love bleeds slowly to death

Black mountain mist

Take me back again

Black mountain mist

Come carry me home

And sleep

Is stirring dreams

Of innocence and yesterday

When the sun shone bright

And high in the sky

And we lived in hope

Of come what may

Forever with laughter we cried

And the truth is never could we have lied

Black mountain mist

Take me back again

Black mountain mist

Come carry me home

And when the rain comes

To clear away the mist

Feel it's caress

Feel it's embrace

Feel it's wasting kiss

Black mountain mist

Take me back again

Black mountain mist

Come carry me home

Black mountain mist

Come carry me, carry me home

Carry me, carry me home

The Mission - Cocoon

I feel your warmth around me

In the touch of your hand

I feel you warm surround me

The swell of a wave that breaks upon the sand

I'm drifting

I'm floating

I'm rising

Within you

I have never knew surrender quite like this

In such chained embrace can have and only exist

And even though I may be a butterfly soon

I am still just a chrysalist in you

You are my cocoon

You are my cocoon

It's raining, it's cold outside

But I feel so warm inside of you

Nothing can touch me in here

I could live forever inside of you

I'm drifting

I'm floating

I'm cumming

Within you

I have never knew surrender quite like this

In such an embrace can have and only exist

And even though I could be a butterfly soon

I am still just a chrysalist in you

You are my cocoon

The Mission - Damaged

So you find it hard to face the cold harsh light of day

Hiding in the shadows of resentment and blame

The argument for violence over reason holds no sway

No matter what you promise I don't think you'll ever change

Damaged, you're oh so damaged

So you can't exist without your powder and pornography

It's a dangerous place where the white line makes you go

Armed with wide-eyed logic and a hand me down biography

There's a devil inside when the mirror's covered in snow

Damaged, oh so damaged

Don't you think you're taking just a little too much for granted

Crawling from the wreckage of another crashed car

And don't you think you're taking just a little too much advantage

Climbing up to heaven just to piss on the stars

Damaged, oh so damaged

The Mission - Litany For The Faithful

I've sang you songs of candlelight and razor blades

I've sang you songs of being loved and betrayed

I've sang you songs of redemption and righteous crusade

I've sang you songs that made you laugh and made you cry

I've sang the blues and I've sang you lullabies

I've sang you songs of flaming one night stands and long goodbyes

I've sang you songs that rejoice and celebrate

I've sang you songs of love by design and by fate

I've sang you songs of ache and lust and appetites to sate

But I can't bring myself to sing

No, I can't bring myself to sing

Of ever leaving you

I've sang you songs of the holy and divine

I've sang you songs of devils and cheap wine

I've sang you songs of fawning courtesans and concubines

I've sang you songs of sadness and of pain

I've sang you songs of the needle and the vein

I've sang the songs of the tears washed away by the rain

I've sang the songs of loss of grief and despair

I've sang the songs of destruction and repair

I've sang you songs of hope belief and faith in prayer

But I can't bring myself to sing

No, I can't bring myself to sing

Of ever leaving you

I've sang you songs of birth and of death

I've sang you songs of air and of breath

I've given you songs born of cocaine and crystal meth

I've sang the songs of ageing ruin and decay

I've sang you songs of the hunter and his prey

I've sang the songs of disenchantment fear and dismay

I've sang you songs of blame and accusation

I've sang you songs of shame and recrimination

I've sang you songs of regret, guilt, penance and salvation

But I can't bring myself to sing

No, I can't bring myself to sing

Of ever leaving you

I've sang you the words of others and made you believe they're mine

I've sang the songs of heaven of Gods and stars that shine

I've sang you songs that have touched you, sent shivers down your spine

I've sang the songs that made your, made your heart sing

That made you feel like a bird on the wing

That made you soar and sometimes roar, I made you sing

But I can't bring myself to sing

No, I can't bring myself to sing

Of ever leaving you...

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 - 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