Erasure

Released: October 1995
chart: 14
Singles: Stay With Me
Fingers and Thumbs
Rock Me Gently 
(Czech Rep/Germany)

Intro - Guess I'm Into Feeling
I guess I'm into feeling higher lately
Higher than I've ever been this thing called love
I guess I'm into feeling higher lately
Higher than I've ever been this thing called love

Rescue Me
Love is cast ornately in your heart flame
Chakra wheels are turning like a love train

I could pray a hundred times
Keep these demons from my mind
Yeah I could pray a thousand times
Stay in your lovin' arms entwined

Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Driving' the pain right through to my heart
Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Ridin' the pain like a fool in the dark

We shall blur the lines of definition
Waves of love our only ammunition

Tear my head out from the sound
Throw myself upon the ground
Take me to the burning tree
It has this strange effect on me

Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Driving' the pain right through to my heart
Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Ridin' the pain like a fool in dark

Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Driving' the pain right through to my heart
Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Ridin' the pain like a fool in dark

Fascination never tasted sweeter
My desire real and soaring freely

You alone can save my soul
You alone are my salvation
You alone can make me whole
Rescue me from condemnation

Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Driving' the pain right through to my heart
Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Ridin' the pain like a fool in dark

Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Driving' the pain right through to my heart
Oh that I should be ever so lonely
Ridin' the pain like a fool in dark

Ridin' the pain right through to your heart
You got the love, you got the love
You got the love, you got the love that I need

Were you to walk away?
You got the love, you got the love
You got the love that I need

And that's what it takes for the devil to say
I never want to sit in your heart again baby
Walk to the lord and never want this day
Shake it long and hard girl baby

Sono Luminus 
I never thought that I would reach you
Though I've been searching for oh so many years
This place I am seems unfamiliar
But there's a light to break through all my fears

Still, time and time again
I'm looking for the love
The one that can inspire

Life me higher, high as heaven can be 
Sono luminus
Love is here where it always will be
Deep inside of us

I'm looking out into the distance
The sound of thunder is rolling in my head
The sky is stretching out before me
Thanks for today, everything is blessed

So, here we go again
Searching for the truth
Until the twelfth of never

Life me higher, high as heaven can be 
Sono luminus
(Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do)
Love is here where it always will be
Deep inside of us
(Love will fill the darkness when you're gone)

Life me higher, high as heaven can be 
Sono luminus
(Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do)
Woah

Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do
Love will fill the darkness when you're gone
Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do
Love will fill the darkness when you're gone
Love will fill the darkness when you're gone

Life me higher, high as heaven can be 
Sono luminus
(Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do)
Love is here where it always will be
Sono luminus
(Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do)
(Love will fill the darkness when you're gone)
(Love can move a mountain, yes there's nothing that it can't do)
(Love will fill the darkness when you're gone)
Woah

I never thought that I would reach you
Feels like this road has been going on for miles
Don't have to write or even see you
'Cause there's a light, burning on the inside

Still, time and time again
We're looking for the love
The one that can inspire

Lift me higher, high as heaven can be
Our love is super love, fly robin fly
Wherever you are, saint or sinner be strong 
Sono luminus
Lift me higher, high as heaven can be
Our love is super love
Burn baby burn
Sono luminus
Sono luminus

Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)
Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
A hint of the scent then it's gone
Look at the state of you you're all fingers and thumbs

So who's your latest flame
Driving ' em wild in the fast lane
I won't say I told you so, but the boy has no shame

Once when my hands were full
We were double or quits then some
Nothin' at all to show for a love so precious

Gone and blown it all, how can you say
It doesn't matter much to me?
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

Gone and blow it all and then you say
This can't be happening to me
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

Don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
The thrill of the chase then it's gone
Only the hurt to prove that it ever went on

And life is a wonderful thing
When you're humming the words to a love song
Do what you wanna do be who you want to be

When I'm in your arms I'm strong
There's nowhere I'd rather be
We shine for liberty, life and the pursuit of pleasure

Gone and blown it all, how can you say
It doesn't matter much to me?
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

Gone and blown it all and then you say
This isn't happening to me
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

Gone and blown it all, how can you say
It doesn't matter much to me?
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

How the days have flown too few and fast
They said it wasn't meant to last
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

How the days have flown
Said it wouldn't last
Much too much to ask
Your heart is made of glass
Love will save the day
See it blow away
Like a shattered heart
A shattered heart in love's debris

Gone and blown it all, how can you say
It doesn't matter much to me?
A dumb mistake too much to pay
A shattered heart in love's debris

Rock Me Gently 
Past five in the morning
Feeling worse for the weather it seems
But what a feeling
What an endless night this has been, woah

And we can't stay here
'Cause we wont be forever young
We'll have to go down
For innocence is lost

And I dream you're with me
You hold me sweetly
And rock me gently to sleep
In your arms
Woah, woah

I've been getting used to all the crying
And the games that you play
And if I carry on I'm gonna end up with
A hole in my head, ooh

And there's more to life
Than thrills and spills and dollar bills
We'll have to come through
Some way some how

And I dream I'm with you
You hold me sweetly
And rock me gently to sleep
In your arms

I dream you're with me
You hold me sweetly
And rock me gently to sleep
In your arms
Woah, woah

And I dream I'm with you
You hold me sweetly
And rock me gently to sleep
In your arms

I dream you're with me
You hold me sweetly
And rock me gently to sleep
In your arms
Ooh woah, woah

Grace
Looking in the papers makes me sorry to be human
A little ray of hope won't hurt at all
A price on every head and it's cheaper when you're dead
The quality of life may have to fall

Muffled voices, world in action
Stir the peaceful, need for longing

I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace

I Guess it's human nature to be cruel and to be heartless
That's no excuse to shoot him when he's down
Crawl in on your knees and then bite the hand that feeds
The cages throw their shadows 'cross the ground

Where's the sense in senseless violence?
Hear the silence too forgiving

I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace

Grace, grace

Press your hands into the pavement
Bathed in glory, here's your moment

I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I cannot describe the fear inside my heart
I hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace
I hereby do swear to live my life in accordance with grace

Stay With Me
Tempered by greed, tall buildings breathe
Give a sigh of relief when it's night
Stirring from sleep, we night owls creep
Is there any sign of life under this stone?

Star chime hollow and true
Love child

Weep for me and I will cast your wheels in motion
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion

Sheltered by creed, one piled on one
Do you have a little room for one small one?

Light shine wild and free
Sunrise

Weep for me and I will set your wheels in motion
Keep with me and like a roller on the ocean
Stand by me and I will fill you with devotion
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion

Here we are in the sunshine
Everything is fine
Here we are in the sunshine
Everything, everything is fine

Weep for me and sands of time will fill the ocean
Keep with me 'til rays of sunshine fill the ocean
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion
Stand with me and I will fill you with devotion

Weep for me the sands of time will fill the ocean
Keep with me and like a roller on the ocean
Stand by me and I will fill you with devotion
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion

The sands of time will fill the ocean
Keep with me and rays of sunshine fill the ocean
Walk with me the inner reaches of emotion

Love The Way You Do So
On and on and on, here's the break of dawn
Coming through the window, heart
Pull yourself a chair up, love

On and on and on, quiver like a reed
Let yourself a go go old one
Honour me a solo young man

Careful not to give yourself away
There is still tomorrow and a heart felt meaning
When you get that feeling you will recall
A night of love in motion

We shall lie warm inside
Quite at ease watch me glide
We shall lie side by side
Here and now talk in turn
I love the way you do so

Time is rolling on, blending with the mind
Love the way you tease me, heart
Tear another layer off, love

Listen to the stillness of the day
Drawing ever closer like your heart is beating
When I hear it beating I will recall
A night of love in motion

We shall lie warm inside
Quite at ease watch me glide
We shall lie side by side
Here and now talk in turn
I love the way you do so

I love to hear you breath and sigh
I love to hear you breath and sigh
I wish to have you here within my arms again

We shall lie warm inside
Quite at ease watch me glide
We shall lie side by side
Here and now talk in turn
I love the way you do so

We shall lie warm inside
Quite at ease watch me glide
We shall lie side by side
Here and now talk in turn
I love the way you do so

Angel
See how much you mean to me
You're my electric symphony in blue
Just one look in your eyes, maybe I was hypnotised by you

You told me on the telephone a picture so serene
And the beat goes on, feels like a fever burning and I say:

Yes to your love and there's no secrets
High and ascending, delving deeper
Fly like an angel wings unfurling
Fanning the flames of love eternal

All around the world the love will manifest itself in special ways
Up there on the shelf in spiritual or sexual relays

I want you yeah I crave you, I need you next to me
Locking the lip-sync on a rocket to red hot love perfection

Here we go round and there's no secrets
High and ascending delving deeper
Under the water clear as crystal
Spinning around in giant circles
Fly like an angel wings unfurling
Fanning the flames of love eternal

(Down, down deeper and down)

You say, reach me I'll be your deity, come and touch me make it real
Turning the charm full on sending me into excitation

Here we go round no room for secrets
High and ascending delving deeper
Love is resounding clear as crystal
Spinning around in giant circles

Our language is love no room for secrets
Ever evolving heavenly creatures
Fly like an angel wings unfurling
Fanning the flames of love eternal

I Love You 
You made your bed, now lie in it
You masochist of mayhem
This mortal coil is up for grabs 
Danger forever

I would swear that there must be
A thousand personalities inside you head
I would swear that there must be
A thousand possibilities to mend you heart

Now take these words and tie them up
And give them back, give them back

For I
I see you, I hear you
I feel you, I love you

You call collect and I reject 
Your foul abuse and your language
Where's your sense of etiquette?
Can't you assess the damage?

I would swear that there must be
A thousand personalities inside your head
I would swear that there must be
A row of possibilities to mend our hearts

Now take these tears and cry them in
Your pillow dear and I'll be near

For I
I see you, I hear you
I feel you, I love you

Ooh, take these tears
Ooh, away from your love
Take these tears
Ooh, away from your love

I would swear that there must be
A thousand personalities inside you head
I would swear that there must be
A thousand possibilities to mend our hearts

Now take these tears and cry them in
Your pillow dear and I'll be near

For I
I see you, I hear you
I feel you, I love you

Take these tears
Away from your love
Take these tears
Ooh, away from your love
Take these tears

I see you, I hear you
I feel you, love you
I see you, I hear you
I feel you, love you

la la la la la la la la
And I feel you, oh

A Long Goodbye
In these days of mine for keeps I'm trying to hold on
Suddenly you're all out of reach and everything goes wrong
What we say and what we do are entirely different things
Meaningless straight through the roof it's not how it should be
Easy like a bird I ride the breeze my mind is falling

You're so ordinary, you're my sanctuary in the morning darling
New sensation, love vibration, heart to heart and a long goodbye
You go your way, I'll go my way, life is truer than fiction 
In this crazy land of milk and honey life is just an illusion

I just don't know what to believe in, if the truth be known
Suffering from soul fatigue, weathering the storm
What we say and what we do are entirely different things
Whispered voices fill the room it's not how it should be
Swaying like a tree I feel the sky somebody calling

You're so ordinary, be my sanctuary in the morning darling
New sensation, love vibration, heart to heart and a dumb goodbye
You go your way, I'll go my way, life is truer than fiction
In this crazy mixed up world of honey life is just an illusion darling

Easy like a bird I ride the breeze my mind is falling

You're so ordinary, be my sanctuary in the morning darling
New sensation, love vibration, heart to heart and a long goodbye
You go your way, I'll go my way, life is truer than fiction 
In this crazy mixed up world of honey life is just an illusion

You're so ordinary, sanctuary, be my one in the morning darling
New sensation, love vibration, heart to heart and a dumb goodbye
You go your way, I'll go my way, life is truer than fiction
In this crazy mixed up world of honey life is just an illusion

You're so ordinary, sanctuary, be my light in the morning darling
New sensation, love vibration, heart to heart and a long goodbye
You go your way, I'll go my way, life is truer than fiction in this
Crazy mixed up world of honey life is just an illusion darling