Before Today - Everything But the Girl & Todd Terry

We call for all of those in need of hope We call for all those to say This is the day So tell me how can You shake hands with a clenched fist And tell me how can You bullet the blue sky So how long How long does it take For offers to be made, long So how long How long does it take For offers to be made, long Call us to die We'll never answer You can't keep us under And so you'll try to awake Up from the days that you Can't forget Because baby you know Baby you're so unforgettable

Unread reasoning stands on our heads A red motivation has white virtues But the mind and its sensibilities Are not fitting comfortably in the skin Do we retaliate or wait Shall we send our sons away Or just ignore this quick disguise And hate most radiantly Bare weakness to all things that we believe Foundations can be shaken Till' windows break And soon your house falls down Let it go let it go let it go, take no more It's easy to find shelter in anger In accordance with destructive expression Obviously still learning Take time, take reasoning, take anything Till' you're completely qualified to think Let better light lead We should be wiser than our fathers We should be learning from our history So have we questioned our first response And have we wiped all of the stains off of our hearts Bare weakness, bear sorrow, bare true humility For the best indure in peace.

Today, today is one of those days Stuck between yesterday and tomorrow Everything to go, everywhere to do Hot sun dripping down the window Count your teardrops, all a hundred-fourteen of them, and sing Count your teardrops, all a hundred-fourteen of them, and sing Today, today is one of those days To seem like the green light burned out And where to begin just doesn't fall in Forget what your move was about Count your teardrops, all a hundred-fourteen of them, and sing Count your teardrops, all a hundred-fourteen of them, and sing (Sing!) Today, today is one of those days That carries you slowly into next time And as those walk by, you see with your eye Part of me is repeatedly given Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh

Don't say one thing one day, Then something else the next day. I'm trying to keep up with you - It's hard enough when you speak clearly, But when you're confused, It's like a goods train running through these rooms. And I'm reading more into your words than you have put into them, And that's my problem, but you tied these knots, now you undo them. You undo them. Oh and think before you speak my darling. Cause with your troubled mind, You're like a goods train running through my life. We all walk through this world alone, We keep ourselves untouched, unknown. You look up to the sky above you, Read this there - I love you. Oh it's written there, You know I love you, love you, love you. But with your troubled mind, You're like a goods train running through my life. And when you're down, You bring me down too, And babe that's something I would not do. I know it's hard, yeah I know it's hard, And baby that's something I don't disregard. But with your troubled mind, You're like a goods train running through my life.

From the top you can see so far into the distance. Look, it's downhill all the way from here. And getting there is quicker, let go and you just slide. Shouldn't take more then a year. I could almost like you, Now it's nearly over, Now you've shown some weakness, Now you're looking older. I heard what you said, And I recognised those feelings. I know how hard it is to watch it go. And all the effort that it took to get there in the first place And all the effort not to let the effort show. I could almost like you Now you're falling over. Now you're feeling hopeless, Now you're looking over your shoulder. Who's gonna come and find you? Who's gonna come and find you? Who's gonna come and find you? Who's gonna come and find you? If you can ride the backlash There's still time for a comeback. You don't have to lie down and die. But Lazarus he only did it the one time - He couldn't face another try. I could almost like you Now it's really over, Now you've shown some weakness, Now you're looking over your shoulder. Who's gonna come and find you? Who's gonna come and find you? Who's gonna come and find you? Who's gonna come and find you? Who's coming up behind you. Who's gonna come and find you?