Anita Lipnicka i John Porter

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Black Hand

His black hand
On my white belly
And I can’t even pronounce his name

The saxophone
Keeps on playing
Origami birds fly above my head

I’m 15
And I miss home
But only happy letters get across the sea

If not your eyes
That saw it all
I could easily pretend it was just a dream

Dear Anna,
It’s good you don’t keep in touch,
How would we talk about it now?

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Death of a Love

Will you kill me as you’re leaving
Erase my name, erase my face
Take your sins and dreams somewhere else
And bury our love in a secret place

Will you burn down your life
To start all over again
Throw away my favorite dress
The one that’s hidden in your suitcase

You turn red wine into sweet blood
You put me under your spell
Under the moonlight life was so intoxicating
This is the death of a love to foretell

You watched our love shyly, slowly
Fade in my impatient eyes
Felt you go from hot to cold
Yet the sweetness of this sadness cannot be denied

Your smile lingers briefly
Your final declaration without a tear
And suddenly we become memories
Of people who are no longer here

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Such a Shame

It’s such a shame I’ve met you
Now, when it’s all too late
Everything I had to give
I’ve already given away.
My heart is gone. My body’s gone
It’s just the ghost you see
The ghost of someone you would like
Someone I used to be

So, take this song
It’s all I’ve got
That wasn’t played before
The rest is stained
Worn out, gone astray.
I’ve played it down to the bone

In your eyes there’s a hunger
I cannot satisfy
I’ll never become your mistress
I’ve been everyone else’s wife
My heart is gone. My body’s gone
I traded them so low
Just for a few drops of passion
Just for some scraps of love

So, take this song
It’s all I’ve got
That wasn’t played before
The rest is stained
Worn out, gone astray.
I’ve played it down to the bone

So, take this song
It’s all I’ve got
I hope you understand
The rest is stained
Worn out, gone astray
It’s such a shame I’ve met you
Now, when it’s all too late
If only I never met you
I wouldn’t mind the waste.

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You Never Know

The sun came crashing in onto the floor
When I look at you I want more
She threw blanket over me
Cause she thought I was looking cold
You never know who you’ve got
Till they’ve gone

An angel came down bearing a light
To illuminate her one-way flight
She had to change my station
It seems that something wasn’t right
You never know who you’ve got
Till they’ve gone

It was dark when I opened my eyes
Felt an exhausted presence by my side
I don’t know where she came from
I got up and closed my window tight
You never know who you’ve got
Till they’ve gone

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Hold On

You couldn’t resist the fast lane
You had to go and get yourself a name
And people wear empty stares
No one to worry about you, no one to care

The city is blue – the city is deep
Your hands are cold and you can’t sleep
You sit on the roof to see the sky
But only little girls know how to fly

You’d better:
Hold on, hold on to your heart
Hold on, hold on to your heart
Hold on, hold on to your heart
Hold on, hold on to your

Your whole life swimming in your head
Your nervous body twitching in your bed
You’re living on hope, on overtime
There’s always going to be a sentence
For every crime

CHORUS
Hold on, hold on to your heart… etc

You are one – you are you
Your visions keep out the view
Silver glass above your head
Just remember what she said

She said:
Hold on, hold on to your heart… etc

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Tell Me, Tell Me

Tell me, tell me what you see
When you close your amber eyes
When the sparkle fades away
And what remains of you is just a child

Tell me, tell me what you miss
When you melt in my embrace
When your sky explodes so bright
And all the cracks within reveal themselves

You only are to me
What I can make of you
From day to day I chase
An ever changing view.

Tell me, tell me what it is
That you leave outside the door
When you come back late at night
Wearing touch – proof skin beneath your coat

You’re a star I want to catch
You’re a ship I want to sink
But I only pass you by
And when I get too close you disappear

So tell me, tell me, tell me

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It Hurts

You felt that rocket of inspiration
That once again you could fly
Without fear, resurrected
Right across that great big sky
And every dream had rainbows at the red
Give or take one or two lost friends
It’s gonna hurt – it hurts

Words that soared and burnt your heart out
Now sound lifeless, empty and grey
And all your treasures that you brought out
You’re quickly packing them all away
Those flashing neon-lights are on the blink
And if it’s dark this tried swimmer just might sink
It’s gonna hurt – it hurts

That snow keeps on-a-falling
Just keeps on endlessly tumbling down
You’ve grown tired of yourself
Tired of this monochrome, soulless town
Maybe your love was a great big illusion
But it’s not me who has to convince you
It’s gonna hurt – it hurts

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Monday

It’s Monday morning
The snow is still falling
No hope for spring today
We sit over coffee
When you say you don’t know me
No more after all these years

Maybe it’s true
I’ve been hiding from you
I’ve been running
Cause something in me
Tells me to keep
My own way

The devil is calling
I’ve got to get going
No smile on your pretty face
When I get black in the evening
You say that you’ve missed me
That lately I seem so strange

And maybe it’s true…etc

Oh, oh – my own way

Life’s getting shorter
No sweet ever – after
The weather’s suddenly changed
There are storms and lightening
The damage is frightening
So we look for a fire escape

And maybe it’s true
I’ve been hiding from you
I’ve been running
But something inside
Tells me we’ll find
Our own way

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Missing

Nail the stars across that wooden sky
Cover that crystal ball, that bloodshot eye
Let the last out turn off the light
But don’t lock the door, there’s someone still inside
A silly bride for a silly day
The guests they came
The guests they went away

What are we missing
What are we missing
Whose memories are we kissing
From our soul to your fingertips

Melt down that key to your broken heart
They never gave you a chance to even start
Too much sadness and your shadow will die
Hang out your tears to let them dry

She’s on fire but got frozen lips
The life she could have would never fit
She walks through the forest singing nursery rhymes
All the leaves on the trees whisper – “once upon a time”

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Waiting for a Thief

I’ve been watching you for some time
Your handshake’s weak
And you only smile
In the moments when
Everybody else is crying

You consider life as a threat
So you watch TV
For a quick escape
But everything you see
Leaves you with no need for trying

And it’s like waiting for a thief
With your door right open.
Hoping everything’s gonna get stolen

There’s no limit to your complains
Nothing’s good enough
To make your day
All the stars are stuck
Against your luck, you’re helpless

The world is spinning too fast for you
There’re million things
You’d like to do
The time is never right
So you put it all down for later

And it’s like waiting for a thief
With your door right open.
Hoping everything’s gonna get stolen
Then maybe, just maybe
You’ll be free

See, I’ve been watching you for some time
Your handshake’s weak
It’s just like mine
Only difference that
I’m better at pretending…

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One More Step

I’ve got no glass
The raise to my lips
Got nothing to celebrate
Got no time to sit
With you, my friend
Oh, it’s getting too late

And if I don’t keep on moving
I feel the earth slip beneath my feet
And if my eyes aren’t wide open
I might fall into an endless sleep

I wear scars
On my body, in my mind
They remind me
Of who I am
Got no place
To call my home
I live where I stand

But if I don’t keep on trying
I feel my heart just might stand still
And all those stories that kept us warm
Now push me out into that lonely chill

There’s always one more step to take
One more move to make
Life will always ache
It only lasts for one day