áine parkes lyrics

Taste The Rain

It's dark, do you know where you're going?
You're cold, why don't you go home
You wander on, are you looking for
A sign to show you're alive
It almost seems like you're running away
It almost seems like there's nowhere to stay
You stare at the sky, starting to cry,
You move, like you're lost in a dream.

Chorus
Dance, over to my yard
There now it wasn't so hard
Stand, back from that line
Come now, we'll examine your mind.

You stop and crumble, it's melting away
The pain you play and rewind
You lift your head, taste the rain
Smile, as it washes your mind
You realise it's going to change
You realise your way out of the cave
The mindless years, endless fears
Dissolve, with the turn of a page.

copyright áine parkes 2003

Little Girl

Little girl, I hold you in my dreams
Shoulders stiff and eyes so deep
Baby mouth, that secret that you keep
Keep a watch, be ready to run
Dressed in layers but feeling numb
Old before your time but playing dumb

Chorus
Protection, a mother's warm embrace
Deception, don't show your face
Save yourself, don't fade away
Save yourself, be strong today.

Little girl, staring at the sky
Arms outstretched like asking why
Sometimes laughter feels like such a lie
Lies and silence turn to poison
Disguised as illness and frozen emotion
Lies and silence turn to poison

We Can Land

You see when I smile
And you know I love the rain
You're there all the time
While passing like a train
Show me when you're real
Because I think that it's pretend
Know me, my ups and downs
Hey, I'm waiting till the end

Chorus
Oh I'm such a dreamer
Oh I'm gonna be more
High - take my hand
So we can land

Take me I'm losing time
The rest is history
Cold air, you turn your back
Goodbye old memories
Slow down the air is sweet
I'm just liking how I feel
Dreaming is so much fun
But so is being real

Stones In The Sea

Darkness rises like the morning
Listen to my dream
Fire casting only shadows
Pure white looking cream
Show me how to make a memory
Colours hold the key
Black and white have silver lining
That I sometimes see

Chorus
Where do we go
Rocking to and fro
We're stones in the sea
And like them we are free

Long ago I built a castle
Tall and standing free
Inside, outside, all around
Holding parts of me
Open up and taste the moment
We can play the game
Standing tall we'll see in colour
And cast away all shame.

copyright áine parkes 2002

Soft Velvet Skies

Come let me walk beside you
On these long stormy nights
Just let me be your angel
Let me climb into your eyes
I can lead you out of darkness
I won't fill you full of lies
Me and you could swim forever
Under soft velvet skies

Chorus
Learning to touch the sky
Not asking why
Trying to see through it all
Trying so hard not to fall

Last night I dreamt that we were flying
Free from all earthly ties
You took my hand and whispered to me
"I see forever in your eyes"
Take me now I know we'll make it
The law has spoken its true word
Fingers crossed and eyes wide open
I'm waiting like a broken bird.

copyright áine parkes 2004