THESE WALLS
From the album 'COAST'
and single 'The Great Crowd'
A man will give anything on behalf of his soul
To taste again the air he says is new and old
You live you die
And maybe you will have your life
So on your way
Get out and find yourself a wife
Because we climb these walls
My how your people fall
When they beat their ploughshares into swords
Because we hold a curse
To the king of the universe
When we sing tomorrow never ends
And so the fire in your heart has burned with greed
For taking all you haven't everything you need
I'll take you back to when it use to have some truth
When all you did is work so hard to keep a roof
Because we climb these walls
My how your people fall
When they beat their ploughshares into swords
Because we hold a curse
To the king of the universe
When we sing tomorrow never ends
We climb these walls
We climb these walls
© COAST 2008
THE GREAT CROWD
From the single 'The Great Crowd'
Faith is as your knowledge grows
Like a boat tacking hard wind
And falling short is just as air
It's all around as your life begins
In the hour of the Lord pushing down on my back
A sky of sorrow and rage
And a shiver inside me where the spirit of man lies in the unholy heart
And now your hand is above as we all stood and watched and turned dust into the wind
Dust into the wind
Powers of the world will fall
Into the four winds so crushed and slain
So easy as the life you lead
Oh it's so easy you hide your pain
In the hour of the Lord pushing down on my back
A sky of sorrow and rage
And a shiver inside me where the spirit of man lies in the unholy heart
And now your hand is above as we all stood and watched and turned dust into the wind
Dust into the wind
As we're down by the river
The crowd gather round
So we laugh and we drink
As we taste the air
And all the distance we've travelled
We talked for miles and miles and miles and miles
While the whole world stood so still
We walked for miles and miles and miles and miles
While we looked for zion still
© COAST 2008
SEPIA EYES
From the single 'The Great Crowd'
Can you go back in time
And do it all over?
Wish me a brand new life
Could you be any prouder?
Oh look at me, my son
Oh look at me, my boy
Through sepia eyes
Through sepia eyes
Through sepia eyes
If you could fix your heart
On the lessons I give you
Your head's still in the stars
Kill your darkest fears and live
Oh look at me, my son
Oh look at me, my boy
Through sepia eyes
Through sepia eyes
Through sepia eyes
They all look the same
Through sepia eyes
And nothing has changed
Through sepia eyes
© COAST 2008
COLOURS
From the Saints Aid single 'Colours'
Way back in 76
Our hearts were full of pride
When they brought the glory home
I swear I saw my father cry
The blue and yellow that they wore
On that faithful day
The red and white we wear with pride
I know our dreams will find a way
So bring the glory, bring the glory
Back home
Cause we all need these colours
We all bleed these colours
When our hearts are on the line
We cry tears of red and white
When I need a friend
I go down to Chapel End
And we sing for these colours till the end
Now my fathers grey and old
Ive seen his dreams thrown to the wind
I see his heart is broke in two
Have his dreams come to an end
But now I feel the winds of change
I see the flag is flying high
We all see the glory come
And our hearts again with pride
So bring the glory, bring the glory
Back home
Cause we all need these colours
We all bleed these colours
When our hearts are on the line
We cry tears of red and white
When I need a friend
I go down to Chapel End
And we sing for these colours till the end
© COAST 2009
BIG BLUE SKY
From the debut album 'COAST'
When I step out into the ocean
And I reach across the sea
When I feel the warm winds blowing
And the power over me
There's a plane up in the sky
And I hope that they can see
And I wonder if they're feeling
The way I'm feeling to be me?
Everytime I feel like leaving everything I know
behind
Then you play your message through my heart
And said look around
I've seen your fire, I've seen your sun
You deliver me up to where the morning comes
A fallen angel seen through your eyes
Hey look at me I'm in a big blue sky
A big blue sky
When I walk around the water
With the Earth under my feet
And the feeling growing stonger as my soul becomes complete
Oh there's a plane up in the sky
And I hope that they can see
And I wonder if they're feeling
The way I'm feeling to be me?
Everytime I feel like leaving everything I know
behind
Then you play your message through my heart
And said look around
I've seen your fire, I've seen your sun
You deliver me up to where the morning comes
A fallen angel seen through your eyes
Hey look at me I'm in a big blue sky
A big blue sky
Let the rain keep falling, let it fall around
Let the rain keep falling, let it fall around
Let the rain keep falling, let it fall around
Let the rain keep falling, let it fall around
© COAST 2009
THE RECKLESS ENGINEER
From the debut album 'COAST'
You built the railroads from the west
You built the ships from iron ore and
All of your bridges never rest
But without love they're nothing more
Now all of the Reckless Engineer has gone
And where now does heart and soul beat in
the city sky?
And all the people wihout dreams
Oh they laughed and oh they mocked in vein
You never needed monuments
Look at the Cornish sky and Bristol gorges
All of the Reckless Engineer has gone
And where now does heart and soul beat
in the city sky?
© COAST 2009
AMERICA
From the debut album 'COAST'
When we open the doors of time
And a warm wind blows through your mind
And looking through these eyes of mine
We stood on the edge of the world
On the edge of time
Will you go back again?
To the land of eternal youth
Oh they've gone to America today
Back where the rivers flow
Back where the flowers grow
Oh they've gone to America today
Whoa they've gone to America today
Oh will you go back again?
To the land of eternal youth
Oh they've gone to America today
Back where the rivers flow
Back where the flowers grow
Oh they've gone to America today
Whoa they've gone to America today
© COAST 2009
KEEP LOVING
From the debut album 'COAST'
If you go please take me with you
To the corners of the world and back again
If you go don't be afraid now
I can see you're in good hands
And love will come
Trees keep on growing
Leaves keep on falling
Rivers keep flowing
And people keep loving
If the mountains are white and blue
And there's water running through
Then Sail Away
If your conscience can bear the pain
Don't think what you left behind
Go on your way
Trees keep on growing
Leaves keep on falling
Rivers keep flowing
And people keep loving
© COAST 2009
TO THE WINDWARD
From the debut album 'COAST'
Waves breaking on your shore
Oh winds sharp and cold
And on the rock by a distant hill
The lighthouse shines
Sound crashing from the north
A freight train rolling through
In your heart you're as free as air
Wind whisles like a ghost
Oh salvation lies
On a rock by a distant hill
The lighthouse shines
We used to sail a boat called To The Windward
She went down through the sands of Hosta Bay
We used to ride so high above the ocean
All the memories she had have passed away
To The Windward
Waves breaking on your shore
Oh winds sharp and cold
And on the rock by a distant hill
The lighthouse shines
© COAST 2009
OCEANOS
From the debut album 'COAST'
I've got a message for the captain
But the captain isn't here
He's piled the crew and all their luggage
In a boat to disappear
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh
We're drinking water like a fish
And now there's nowhere we can go but
There's a man who plays guitar
With a braveheart lead in under tow
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh oh oh Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
I've got a message for the captain
But the captain isn't here
He's piled the crew and all their luggage
In a boat to disappear
Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oohh
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh oh oh Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh oh oh Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
And Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh oh oh Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
Oceanos
There's my ship, rolling down
Oh oh oh Oceanos
Two by two, we leave the bow
I've got a message for the captain...
I've got a message for the captain...
© COAST 2009
