The Verve - Urban Hymns
1997
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1: Bitter Sweet Symphony
Cos' it's a bittersweet
symphony this life... Trying to make ends meet , you're a slave to the
money then you die. I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down...
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the pain lives
, yeah. No change, I can change, I can change, I can change, but I'm here
in my mould , I am here in my mould. But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next... I can't change my mould , no,no,no,no,no,no,no
Well I never pray, But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah. I need to hear some
sounds that recognise the pain in me, yeah. I let the melody shine, let
it cleanze my mind , I feel free now. But the airwaves are clean and there's
nobody singing to me now. No change, I can change, I can change, I can
change, but I'm here in my mould , I am here in my mould. And I'm a million
different people from one day to the next I can't change my mould, no,no,no,no,no,no,no
(Well have you ever been down?) (I can change, I can change...) Cos' it's
a bittersweet symphony this life. Trying to make ends meet, trying to find
some money then you die. You know I can change, I can change, I can change,
but I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould. And I'm a million different
people from one day to the next. I can't change my mould, no,no,no,no,no,no,no
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down) (I'll take you down
the only road I've ever been down) (It justs sex and violence melody and
silence) (Been down) (Ever been down) (Ever been down)
2: Sonnet
My friend and me Looking
through her red box of memories Faded I'm sure But love seems to stick
in her veins you know Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like
no sonnet, my lord Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like no
sonnet, my lord My lord Why can't you see That nature has its way of warning
me Eyes open wide Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye Yes, there's
love if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord Yes, there's love
if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord My lord Sinking faster
than a boat without a hull My lord Dreaming about the day when I can see
you there My side By my side Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord
I stop to say hello 'Cause I think you should know, by now By now By now
By now By now By now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now
3: The Rolling People
I got one more life
Can you see it wasting away? But I got a plan Do you understand? The drugstore
wife I was dealing soul and other white I won't shake your hands 'Cause
death has no plans But here we are the rolling people Can't stay for long
We gotta go So come alive with the rolling poeple Don't ask why We just
know I'm on a big jet plane With my baby's crime in my veins I'll be the
first to toast To my rowdy soul But here we are the rolling people Don't
ask why We don't know So come alive with the rolling people Don't ask why
We just go now Yeah Don't even know which way I'm going to The lights are
on and I am feeling blue I hope you know which way I'm going to fly Thank
you for my life I said good night, good-bye You see me going But here we
are the rolling people Can't stay for long We gotta go So come alive with
the rolling people Don't ask why We don't know now Yeah
4: The Drugs don't Work
All this talk of getting
old It's getting me down my love Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' down And I hope you're thinking of me As you lay down
on your side Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse But I know
I'll see your face again Now the drugs don't work They just make you worse
But I know I'll see your face again But I know I'm on a losing streak 'Cause
I passed down my old street And if you wanna show, then just let me know
And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just make
you worse But I know I'll see your face again 'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven
calls, I'm coming, too Just like you said, you leave my life, I'm better
off dead All this talk of getting old It's getting me down my love Like
a cat in a bag, waiting to drown This time I'm comin' down Now the drugs
don't work They just make you worse But I know I'll see your face again
'Cause baby, ooh, if heaven calls, I'm coming, too Just like you said,
you leave my life, I'm better off dead But if you wanna show, just let
me know And I'll sing in your ear again Now the drugs don't work They just
make you worse But I know I'll see your face again Yeah, I know I'll see
your face again Yeah, I know I'll see your face again Yeah, I know I'll
see your face again Yeah, I know I'll see your face again I'm never going
down, I'm never coming down No more, no more, no more, no more, no more
I'm never coming down, I'm never going down No more, no more, no more,
no more, no more (Repeat and Fade Out)
5: Catching the Butterfly
As though you were born
And so you thought The future's ours To keep and hold A child within Has
healing ways It sees me through My darkest days I'm gonna keep catching
that butterfly In that dream of mine I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine In my lucid dreams In my lucid dreams Something now????
Through life no fun I want to feel I want to run I'm gonna keep catching
that butterfly In that dream of mine I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine In my lucid dreams In my lucid dreams I'm gonna keep
catching that butterfly In that dream of mine Keep catching that butterfly
In that dream of mine I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly In that dream
of mine I'm gonna keep catching that butterfly In my private dreams In
my private dreams In my private dreams My lucid dreams My forgotten schemes
I see through you You see through me I see through you You see through
me Be with me Be with me I see through you You see through me I see through
you You see through me To be in your eyes To be in your eyes
6: Neon Wilderness
In a neon wilderness
He was restless Escape loneliness Find a new address Stood before I sink
In a neon wilderness Spill my last drink Yeah, he was restless Say good-bye
to my new friends Escape from loneliness I found a new address In the last
room I hear a boom Someone else's distress In a neon wilderness Someone
else's distress In a neon wilderness And I hear a boom In a neon wilderness
He was restless Escape loneliness For a new address In a neon wilderness
He was restless Escape loneliness For a new address
7: Space and Time
There ain't no space
and time To keep our love alive We have existence and it's all we share
There ain't no real truth There ain't no real lies Keep on pushin' 'cause
I know it's there Oh, can you just tell me It's all right (It's all right)
Let me sleep tonight Oh, can you comfort me Tonight (It's all right) Make
it all seem fine I just can't make it alone Oh, no, no I just can't make
it alone Oh, no, no There'll be no lullabies There'll be no tears cried
We feel numb 'cause we don't see That if we really care And we really loved
Think of all the joy we'd feel Oh, can you just tell me It's all right
(It's all right) Let me sleep tonight Oh, can you comfort me Tonight (It's
all right) Make it all seem fine I just can't make it alone Oh, no, no
I just can't make it alone Oh, no, no I just can't make it alone Oh, no,
no I just can't make it alone Oh, no, no Ain't got no lullaby, no, no Ain't
got no lullaby, oh, no There is no space and time Oh lord There is no space
and time Oh lord We have existence and it's all we share We have existence
and it's all we share We have existence and it's all we share We have existence
and it's all we share We have existence and it's all we share Keep on pushing
'cause I know it's there Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's there Keep
on pushing 'cause I know it's there Keep on pushing 'cause I know it's
there
8: Weeping Willow
When morning breaks
We hide our eyes and our love's aching Nothing's strange It was in our
hands from 6 to 10 It slipped right out again There'll be no better time
There'll be no better way There'll be no better day to save me Save me
Yeah, save me I hope you see like I see I hope you see what I see I hope
you feel like I feel And the world don't stop There is no time for cracking
up Believe me friend 'Cause when freedom comes I'll be long gone You know
it has to end There'll be no better time There'll be no better way There'll
be no better day to save me Save me Yeah, save me Yeah, save me I hope
you see what I see I hope you feel like I feel Someone to stand beside
me Beside me Beside me Beside me Beside me Weeping willow The pills under
my pillow Weeping willow Pills under my pillow Weeping willow The Gun under
your pillow Weeping willow Beside me Beside me Beside me Beside me
9: Lucky Man
Happiness More or less
It's just a change in me Something in my liberty Oh, my, my Happiness Coming
and going I watch you look at me Watch my fever growing I know just where
I am But how many corners do I have to turn? How many times do I have to
learn All the love I have is in my mind? Well, I'm a lucky man With fire
in my hands Happiness Something in my own place I'm standing naked Smiling,
I feel no disgrace With who I am Happiness Coming and going I watch you
look at me Watch my fever growing I know just who I am But how many corners
do I have to turn? How many times do I have to learn All the love I have
is in my mind? I hope you understand I hope you understand Gotta love that'll
never die Happiness More or less It's just a change in me Something in
my liberty Happiness Coming and going I watch you look at me Watch my fever
growing I know Oh, my, my Oh, my, my Oh, my, my Oh, my, my Gotta love that'll
never die Gotta love that'll never die No, no I'm a lucky man It's just
a change in me Something in my liberty It's just a change in me Something
in my liberty It's just a change in me Something in my liberty Oh, my,
my Oh, my, my It's just a change in me Something in my liberty Oh, my,
my Oh, my, my
10: One Day
One day maybe we will
dance again Under fiery skies One day maybe you will love again Love that
never dies One day maybe you will see the land Touch skin with sand You've
been swimming in the lonely sea With no company Oh, don't you want to find?
Can't you hear this beauty in life? The roads, the highs, breaking up your
life Can't you hear this beauty in life? One day maybe you will cry again
Just like a child You've gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend And the
storm will end Oh, don't you want to find? Can't you hear this beauty in
life? The times, the highs, breaking up your mind Can't you hear this beauty
in life? Oh, you're too afraid to touch Too afraid you'll like it too much
The roads, the times, breaking up your mind Can't you hear this beauty
in life? One day maybe I will dance again One day maybe I will love again
One day maybe we will dance again You know you've gotta Tie yourself to
the mast my friend And the storm will end One day maybe you will love again
You've gotta tie yourself to the mast my friend And the storm will end
11: This Time
Lookin' back on my life
You know that all I see Are things I could've changed I should have done
Where did the good times go? Good times so hard to hold This time, this
time This time I'm gonna find Lookin' back on my life You know that all
I see Are things I could've changed I could have done No time for sad lament
A wasted life is bitter spent So rise into the light In or out of time
Gonna rise straight through the light In or out of time Woke up one other
day The pain won't go away I am growing In peculiar ways Into a light I
pass Another dream, another trance This time, this time This time I'm gonna
rise into the light In or out of time Gonna find my way in life In or out
of sight I'm still seeing things in black and white Gonna rise straight
into the light In or out of sight I'm gonna see the light I'm gonna see
the light I'm gonna see the light 'Cause I know there is time There is
time There is time There is time There is time There is time There is time
There is time This time, this time This time, this time This time, this
time This time, this time
12: Velvet Morning
Yes It's been long And
yes I still feel strong Into the half light Another velvet morning for
me, yeah Time Stands still As you take Your last pill Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me And now I'm trying to tell you About my life
And my tongue is twisted And more dead than alive And my feelings They've
always been betrayed And I was born a little damaged man And look what
they made I said, don't you find That it's lonely The corridor You walk
there alone And life is a game You've tried And life is a game You're tired
Yes I'm coming down Your beauty is A color surround Into the half light
Another velvet morning for me And now I'm trying to tell you About my life
And my tongue is twisted And more dead than alive And my feelings My feelings,
they've been betrayed And I was born a little damaged man And look what
they made He said, don't you find That it's lonely The corridor You walk
there alone And life is a game You've tried And life is a game You're tired
And life is a game You've tried
13: Come On
I must be feeling low
I talked to god in a phonebox on my way home I told you my answer I left
you my dreams on your answering machine Come on Let the spirit inside you
Don't wait to be found Come along with my sound Let the spirit move you
Let the waves come up They'll fuse you I never met no one to deny a sound
I must be going insane I called the doctor so he can relieve He's got a
little pill for me Just a little luxury Help me through my day Come on
Let the spirit inside you Don't wait to be found Come along with our sound
Let the spirit move you Let the waves come up They'll fuse you I never
met no one to deny our sound Come on Come on Come on Come on... There's
only one life There's only one life Let it go Let it go Let it go This
is a big Fuck you! This is a big Fuck you! Come on! Come on now