Cassandra - Frankie Paul

Down in the street, they're all singing and shouting Staying alive though the city is dead Hiding their shame behind hollow laughter While you are crying alone on your bed Pity Cassandra that no one believed you But then again you were lost from the start Now we must suffer and sell our secrets Bargain, playing smart, aching in our hearts Sorry Cassandra, I misunderstood Now the last day is dawning Some of us wanted, but none of us would Listen to words of warning But on the darkest of nights Nobody knew how to fight And we were caught in our sleep Sorry Cassandra, I didn't believe You really had the power I only saw it as dreams you would weave Until the final hour So in the morning your ship will be sailing Now that your father and sister are gone There is no reason for you to linger You're grieving deeply but still moving on You know the future is casting a shadow No one else sees it, but you know your fate Packing your bags, being slow and thorough Knowing, though you're late, that ship is sure to wait Sorry Cassandra, I misunderstood Now the last day is dawning Some of us wanted, but none of us would Listen to words of warning But on the darkest of nights Nobody knew how to fight And we were caught in our sleep Sorry Cassandra, I didn't believe You really had the power I only saw it as dreams you would weave Until the final hour I watched the ship leaving harbor at sunrise Sails almost slack in the cool morning rain She stood on deck, just a tiny figure Rigid and restrained, blue eyes filled with pain Sorry Cassandra, I misunderstood Now the last day is dawning Some of us wanted, but none of us would Listen to words of warning But on the darkest of nights Nobody knew how to fight And we were caught in our sleep Sorry Cassandra, I didn't believe You really had the power I only saw it as dreams you would weave Until the final hour I'm sorry Cassandra I'm sorry Cassandra I'm sorry Cassandra I'm sorry Cassandra I'm sorry Cassandra

Eyes on the horizon Braids down to her waist What a woman Long live Hailey Gates She said New year New you Same me Ooh, Hailey, Hailey She said New year New you Same me She plays the long game And she's got my money Ooh, Hailey, Hailey Ooh, Hailey, Hailey

I see Warren every weekend He makes a living as a fisherman Drives in from Long Island His mama always told him "Baby, go get in the ocean If you're bruised or scraped Or any kind of broken The water, it cures everything" After David passed away My friends put me up for a few days Off the coast of Norway And every morning they would say "Baby, go jump in the ocean It's cold enough to get your blood moving The water It cures everything" My mom asked if I was OK I said nothing to do about DNA She worried me And went out and bought me A new bikini Said, "Baby, go to the ocean The water, it cures everything Yeah, the water, it cures everything" My friend Grey is sick again The doctors shell out medicine And add there might be something in The mind-body connection So I told him "Baby, let's get you to the ocean Everybody's saying It cures everything The water It cures everything"

I used to see the future and now I see nothing They cut out my eyes and sent me home packing To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration Crying like Cassandra, I Used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue And left me doing laundry to think on what I'd done It wasn't me, it was the song I used to move into the future and bring it all back Let it bleed through my fingers A treasure in my hands Now I creep out when there's no one about 'Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out The garden's overgrown And I run in the middle of the road Well, can you see me? I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view In this blindness I'm condemned to Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you And every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to And there's no one left to sing to And all the gods have been domesticated And Heaven is now overrated And the churches, they all closed their doors Well, you can take your complaints straight to the Lord I try to still look with wonder on the world As the roses bloom And the riot van, still plainly in view Well, can you see me? I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view In this blindness I'm condemned to Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you And every song I thought I knew I've been deafened to And there's no one left to sing to Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Take me back Oh, drunken gods of slaughter You know I've always been your Favourite daughter Well, can you see me? I cannot see you And everything I thought I knew is falling out of view In this blindness I'm condemned to And if I run fast enough Well, could I break apart As empires crumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?

I used to see the future and now I see nothing They cut out my eyes and sent me home packing To pace around the kitchen for scraps of inspiration Crying like Cassandra, I Used to tell the future, but they cut out my tongue And left me doing laundry to think in what I've done It wasn't me, it was the song I used to move into the future, bring it all back Let it bleed through my fingers, a treasure in my hands Now I creep out when there's no one about 'Cause they put crosses on the doors to try and keep me out The garden's overgrown And I run in the middle of the road (ooh) Well, can you see me? I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view In this blindness I'm condemned to Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you Every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to And there's no one left to sing to All the gods have been domesticated And Heaven is now overrated And the churches, they all closed their doors But you can take your complaints straight to the Lord I try to still look with wonder on the world As the roses bloom And the riot van still plainly in view Well, can you see me? I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew has fallen out of view In this blindness I'm condemned to Well, can you hear me? I cannot hear you Every song I thought I knew, I've been deafened to And there's no one left to sing to Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh Take me back Oh, drunken gods of slaughter You know I've always been your Favorite daughter Well, can you see me? I cannot see you Everything I thought I knew is falling out of view And if I run fast enough, could I break apart As empires crumble and cathedrals flatten in my heart?