DEVIN TOWNSEND LYRICS

1. Seventh Wave

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

"O earth, what changes hast thou seen!
There where the long street roars, hath been
The stillness of the central sea."

"The hills are shadows, and they flow
From form to form, and nothing stands;
Like clouds they shape themselves and go."

Running away, running away
Running away forever
It's the only chance of finding home

Running away, running away
Running away together...
With only thoughts of finding home

I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
And meet me as it rose up before
(I'll know the time)
I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
And greet me as it rose up before
(I'll know the year)

you're never alone
...Even when you're alone
You're never alone...
Watch the seventh wave

Running away, running away
Running into the weather
With only thoughts of finding home
Running away, running away
Running away forever
I realize I'm on my own

I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
And meet me as it rose up before
I'll know the time

I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
And greet me as it rose up before
I'll know the year

You're never alone
Even when you're alone
You're never alone
Watch the seventh wave

On my way, pass it on
On my way, pass it on
On my way, pass it on

On my way pass it on

I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
And meet me as it rose up before
(I'll know the time)
I'll wait for the ocean to rise up
And greet me as it rose up before
I'll know the year

You're never alone
Even when you're alone
You're never alone
Watch the ocean

2. Life

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

"In the exuberance of life there's an awareness that one day we will have to look death in the eye."

My life is all that I've known
And it's all that keeps me here
My time is all that I own
And so I won't let it slip away.
My life.

[Chorus:]
Our word in this life
Who are who we are what we are
I'll see you on the other side
Our word in this life
Who are who we are what we are
I'll see you on the other side
I'll see you on the other side

Wouldn't you rather live it on your own
Even when it bends you over
So when it comes time to go home
You don't let them fade away, away

[Chorus]

How long can this song go on?
How long 'til it's over?
How long 'til it all comes down?
And how bad do we need a new reminder?

[Solo]

[Chorus 2x]

I'll see you on the other side
I'll see you on the other side

"In death, not only are the mightiest and most humble brought down to the same level, but we're no different from any other organism."

3. Night

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Here I am, driving through Japan at night
Here I am, pretending everything's alright
And I've got so far to go before the morn
And I can't believe how much it hurts at home

Here I am, living life inside a comic book
Here I am, bored with everything...

And I can't believe that I'm here to stay
'Cause I never worked it out this way
And I love you more than I can say
But I hate you every other way

Rain falling down
Rain falling down
Rain falling down
Rain falling down over me

I think I'm closer now
I think I'm closer now
Under the light of the moon

And I can't believe that I'm here to stay
'Cause I never worked it open
And I love you more than I can say
But I hate you every other

And I came away from falling apart
In the corner of an aching heart
So say you'll come back to the city
Come back with me please, oh

Rain falling down
Rain falling down
Rain falling down
Rain falling down

Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down
Falling down

4. Hide Nowhere

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Ho oh ho, ho oh ho
Ho oh ho oh ho oh ho
Ho oh ho, ho oh ho
Ho oh ho oh ho oh ho⟓

Cold blue waves
Cold dead sky
See in the sea what I need to be
Cold blue waves

Cold blue mind... (hear them talk about)
Cold dead mind

See in the sea what is and what will be

Every dream I have wants me to stay
Every night I try to find a way

I hide nowhere
They hide in my world
I have nowhere to go
Dreams come as they do

Yeah

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

I hide nowhere
They hide in my world
I have nowhere to go
Dreams come as they
Sleep comes as it
Dreams come as they do

Yow
Yeah

5. Sister

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Sister... Sister... Sister...
There's nothing I could do
Sister... Sister...

Sister... Sister...
Nothing I could do
Sister... Sister...
Nothing I could do

6. 3 A.M.

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Time will be on my side
No looking back

Time will be on my side
No looking back this time
All that I've known is gone
Time to be moving on...

7. Voices In The Fan

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Who's the weakest now?
Caught up in the wire
I'm already gone
Who's the weakest now?

And it's the grey days that I'll remember the most
And it's the grey times in the water before morning

I won't be alone
Think of me at night
Send my love to home
I'll be alright

And it's the grey days that I'll remember the most
And it's the grey times in the water before morning

And it's only tonight that I'll be able to leave
And it's only the weak that cry for me, mourning

'Cause tonight there'll be no sleep
Tonight they come for me
Please help them understand
I've become the voices in the fan

Goodbye

8. Greetings

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

From my world, I bring you greetings
From my world, I bring you greetings
It's so hard to tame them
It would be so much to prove them wrong

I believe we'll lose our world for them
I believe we'd throw up arms before them
And bore them
So call it home

9. Regulator

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

I'm regulated
I'm regulated
Odd times and all
Odd times and all

I'm regulated
I'm regulated
Odd times and all
Odd times and all

I'm regulated
No meantime at all
I'm regulated
No meantime at all

Time won't wait for me

There goes that old feeling.
I'm free again.

I'm regulated
No meantime at all
I'm regulated
No meantime at all

I'm regulated
No meantime at all
I'm regulated
No meantime at all

10. Funeral

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Jesus, here lies my brother
Tortured and blown
Stretch for the heavens and go
...I watch him go
Here it comes

Jesus was a poor boy
Jesus was a poor boy
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen
And I'm coming home

And this one's for the life
This one's for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight
This one's for the funeral in the rain

The day's gone and the year's gone
And I don't know when I'm coming home
I can't hold on to what I've had
When what I've had
There's nothing left at all...

So this one's for the life
This one's for the funeral in the rain
And if only for tonight
Close your eyes and try to sleep again...

A world away, you turn away
I'm wide awake, and I don't need your home
Tell me why he went, it seems to be
An element to this mystery, no, but

It's so cold today, so I get away
And I'm left behind with nothing but words

And I went to the funeral in the rain
And I went to the funeral in the rain
And I went to the funeral in the rain

11. Bastard

[Words and music are by evin Townsend]

Nighttime, turn around
Lonely is the city tonight
Nighttime, all around
Lonely in the city tonight

Grey people stare at a static sky (as you will)
Ours is not to question why

Same thing, every time
It always seems to need what I'm not
To all the hopeful ones:
Nobody gives a fuck what you've got

I only wish that I could pray to god
(but you will)
Stay longer
Just don't leave me alone

Bastard, mother, father, no...
Time passed quicker than you will ever know
And they can push me harder
But you know I'll never go
And they will justify it, but you know
It will take them slow

Go

Bastard, mother, father, no
Time passed quicker than you will ever know
And they can push me harder
But you know I will never go
And they will justify it
But you know it will take them slow

Slow, woah, slow, woah, oh

The lights go out from across the harbour
And the boys are out on the corners
Sex in the neon basements (red and sorry)
And don't feel a thing (it's too cold to worry)
So in the corner by the dock
Where there's no light
It smells like piss but no one knows
And right now just a smoke would be alright

...Feel old, gone where feelings go
...Gone now in a field of green
Gone where feelings go...

12. The Death Of Music

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Question...
Leapt like dog from man...
Terminate high thinking...
Known in your prophecy...

Sun...
Sun it shifts, and brittleness subsides
To sleep... sleep away

Sun comes,
The rain will always be
And things I am are things that should not be
They laughed at me, but we never bothered
My friends and I
There were no others

Now it comes...
Bolt across the blue...
Shadows dance over the land...
Walls high, water deep
Brick and steel gathering speed
The water deep
I guess it's just a feeling
...Guess it's just a feeling...

The rain may come
The rain may never be
In things you are are things I need to be
My friends were there but they never bothered

Now there's you and I and there are no others

It's like a death becomes musical
...It's musical
It's like a death becomes musical musical [3x]

And it comes...
To make sure that he will never rise
And the groans from the bellies have never cried this hard
And the eyes of the wicked ones have never been so full of dust
In the middle of the sea it waits...
...Closer...

Home, nor anywhere on Earth on that final day will anyone be apart
...one...schooled...together...
Towards the sea...
And we may drown, fly, fall from faith
...but the pain won't be realized
Because the emotions will hit like God should
And the mountains will offer no shelter
And the clouds will be no cover
No matter where we run
We will simply not be alone

[4x]
Don't die on me, don't go away
When I need you here in my need

The rain will come
The rain will always be
In things I am are things that have to be
My friends have come and I never bothered

'Cause myself and I
There is no other

It's like a death becomes musical, it's musical [2x]

"See this thing here?
Oh. That's not what I'm trying to say.
That's the wrong one.
See here... there it is.
It's a driving range. In the air.
You stand in that corner there and you, uh, shoot golf balls.
Can't catch it, and it's in the middle of the city."

"Wow!"

"See, during the day this place is pretty lively.
Head back the other way, see if you can get any more things that are open.
That is great lights here.
Not doing it now, man, it's too early.
Maybe it's too early, but during the day...
When it's rush hour, you cross the street...
And this really stupid tune comes on...
It's playing a digitalized version of 'When a Body Meets a Body Comin' Through the Rye.'
This stuff on the ground here is all for the blind.
Lights up at night.
My eyes are all wrong and I run into something.
'Parlor Fukuoka'... see?
'Fuck you OK,' eh?
Heh.
On all the roads there's beer machines and cigarette machines.
It's the karmic aura, it must be in harmony."

13. Things Beyond Things

[Words and music are by Devin Townsend]

Once when I was young, I used to dream for hours and hours
I'd dream a world that wasn't small...
And I'd travel to a valley where under trees and earth
I'd set my girl...
...And I knelt down by her head
And lay roses in her hair and I kissed her gently...

So this is what you are
As the sun sets in my eyes I know...
I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know

And I know this one's the light
And the worm inside of me
Is the oldest wound that I've nursed along
...So don't try to get inside
These things inside are wrong, things beyond things

It's sick now
It's rotten to the core, its eyes bulge and gaze at me...
...Lovingly...
And I remember this smell from my dreams except it was sweeter then...
And even in this room, where I used to lock my secrets
It's starting to smell just like my friend
And I told you not to breathe, so now I sit and watch the rain, I know
I know I know I know I know I know I know I know I know

And I know this one's the dark
And the woman inside of me, is the oldest fear that
I've nursed along...
So don't try to get inside
These things inside are all just things







DEVIN TOWNSEND LYRICS