These songs are all on part one of this two-part EP.
Coming Up Roses // Midnight & Royal // Habit

Coming Up Roses

I'm coming up roses now
Flying high
No-one can touch me
As I wave good-bye
I'm tall as a willow baby
Tall as a willow
I'm sure not sorry for that

You wouldn't believe the stuff I know 
and have collected

I'm hung up on breathing now
When I want
No-one can hurt me
When I'm in trouble
I'm strong as I'm mellow baby
Strong as I'm mellow
I sure am happy for that

Have you ever seen the things I own
And have neglected
They're all quite strange
And unconnected
And that's why they're strong

A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Home is far away

I'm holding the fiddle now
Playing hard
I've learnt my lesson
In self-composure
I shout and I bellow baby
Shout and I bellow
Can you hear me out back

Can you feel the way I've grown
And disconnected

A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
The night is long the day is long
The night is long the day is long
A mile is long when home is far away
The night is long the day is long
The night is long the day is long
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Home is far away

A first thought came to the sound
And it filled itself with spectrum
So it can see from the back of its head
It can sense the shifting moods
How little the first thought knows
Its intentions its code of honour
Till it's formed with cunning humour
Feel the beat fall in

Then a second leg came from the sound
What if I just don't deliver
The queen bee the enemy the ecstasy
A beast at the core of its nature
A beast at the core of its nature

Midnight & Royal

(chorus 1)
Clouds bring mist, thunder and rain
the days flow by but not (none) the same
blue is baby, midnight & royal
the curtain comes down but it still doesn't fold (fall)

I layed (need) my disease, it runs in my family
from generation to generation, it's all around me
from the moment I wake, it controls my mood
from generation to generation we've all been the fool

(chorus 2)
Tell me something I don't know to keep me high when I feel low
show me something that I (you) truly own
keep me warm 'cos I feel cold (3x)

(chorus 1)

(chorus 2)

Keep me high cos I feel low (3x)

I made (need) my disease, it runs in my family [I've made (need) my disease]
from generation to generation, it's all around me
(from generation to generation)
from the moment I wake, it controls my moods
from generation to generation, we've all played the fool
(from generation to generation)

I made (need) my disease 
(from generation to generation, it's all around me)

Habit

It's too much to think about so far to go
she'll need that twisted (twist) when she gets to crossroads
because it's too much to learn about - it's only a turn (in so little time)
she'll deal that caught (card) when she gets to sleeve (see) the starshine (stars shine)
but the only (boy will they) shine 

She'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave
she'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave

It's so hard but it's so good, 'cos I've done it well
but it's too soon to know how the story will turn (tell) - (who will I) could you all tell?

She'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave
she'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave

She'll need (deal) that twisted (twist) when she gets to crossroads
it's too much to think about, it's too much to learn about so far...

Last changed Sunday 13·May·2001

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