The October Project - Falling Further In

Deep as you go I'll follow
Deep as the water goes
All the world is hollow and dry
But you and I go down
    You and I go down.

Far as you want to take me
Far as your eyes can see
Leave the world alone in the sky
You and I go free
    You and I go free


Don't save me
Don't lose me
Don't wake me now
You let me
You release me
Let me drown
Take me down

Promise to take me with you
Promise to let me go
All the world is waiting to see
As you and I go down
   You and I are free

   Don't save me...

I want to be completed
I want to disappear
I want to be uncovered
Take me down
Take me down
Let me drown

Somehow I need to love you
More than I need to breathe
I can feel you leaving the ground
I will follow down
    You and I will drown
    
    Don't save me...

In the shadow cast as you were leaving
In the beauty of the ending day
There is always something to return to
Something you allow
    To slip away

In the empty corners of the efvening
In the vacant beauty of the wind
There is always something to remember
Something to remember
    To begin

I need no shelter
I need no guide
I'll be alone on this long dark ride
Tonight

     Whatever you fear
     Whatever you hide
     Whatever you carry deep inside
     There's something more than this

     Whatever you love
     Whatever you give
     Whatever you think you need to live
     There's something more than this

In the shadow cast as you were leaving
In the beauty of the ending day
There is always something to believe in
Something...
     As I watch you slip away

I need no shelter
I need no guide
I'll be alone in this long dark slide
Tonight
     Whatever you fear... 

     (When the darkness falls like a curtain
And the night ahead is a long and uncertain
     Dream
Beyond the loss and the hope of redemption)

     At the broken heart of the city
Where the hollow light of day never reaches in
A man can break down and fall into pieces
     He will fall asleep like a baby
And the whispering arms of the cradle
     Rock
As hard as the face of the city pavement
     Hide your eyes

     He can see the face of a lover
In the lonely face of the angel above him
Carved into the stone that is changing around him
     He can feel her breathing inside him
And the unforgiving visions deny him
     Life
Can onlly be what a man can make it
     Hide your eyes

Sunday morning
Yellow sky
The sun is floating diamond high
Hours passing
A baby cries
In the arms of someone you imagine

     Close your eyes
     This is your lullaby

     He can feel his skin like a prison
Like a dying cage he struggles to live inside
He tries to call out but nobody hears him
     At the ragged edge of the silence
In the calm that only comes with the violent
     Sleep
Inside the heart and the hope of redemption
     Hide your eyes

     In the arms of someone you imagine
     Close your eyes
     This is your lullaby

     (Down, down, down
Would the fall never come to an end?
Wonder how many miles I've fallen?
Must be somewhere near the center of the earth
Wonder if I shall fall right through the earth?
How funny it will seem to come out among the people
     Who walk with their heads downwards
Down, down, down,
     Down, down, down
Would the fall never come to an end?)

Only ever really one story
A boy and a girl
And a dream of the world
An apple, a kiss, a moment of sky
A moment you choose
Without knowing why

Burning like a fever inside you
The heat of your skin
And the taste of your lips
A shadow, a storm, a darkening sky
The reason you live
The secret you hide

     And God said
     The reason had hung from the tree
     But I feel the reason hanging on me
     I am free of my innocence
     Falling too far
     I am helpless to change
     I am hopelessly lost
     I am all that you are

I've fallen from all I know
To keep you here
I need you here
I wonder how far to go
Without you here

Only ever really one story
A boy and a girl
And the end of the world
A secret, a kiss, a hole in the sky
The reason you fall 
The moment you fly

     And God said...

There was Johnny like a stranger
     Living in a small town
     Measuring the small time
He was thinner than a razor
     Johnny in a small town
Living with his thumb on the trigger
Wishing he could be
Just a little bit bigger
Bored
To the heart of himself

He was trouble in the making
     Trouble in the keeping
     History repeating
He was walking into danger
     Johnny in a small town
Looking for a light in a tunnel
Creeping in the dark
And doubting if the sun'll 
Shine
To the heart of himself

     And he tells himself
        It'll be all right
     Happiness is just around the corner
     And he tells himself
        It'll be okay
     Happiness is just a life away

She was pretty as a picture
     Shining in the window
     Everybody said so
What did Johnny have to give her
     Johnny in a small town
Putting on a suit he had borrowed
Knowing she would probably 
Leave him tomorrow
Leave
Him alone with himself

     And he tells himself...

Everything is different
But it's all the same to him
Everything is nothing like it was
Before she came
Before she stayed
And went away

She left Johnny like a stranger
     Waiting in a small town
     Measuring the small time
Nights were longer than the days were
     Living in a small town
Looking for a door he could open
Hoping that he wouldn't break
Until he'd broken
Free 
To the heart of himself

     And he tells himself...

He had a dream
Haunting him at night
It would fly into his hands
So he tried to cage it
But he only made it fly away

He heard a song
It was running through his mind
It was singing from the past
So he tried to sing it
But he found he could not make it last

     The world is falling apart
     He's getting older
     And there's a funeral in his heart

He was alone
With a picture of his life
On the outside looking in 
So he tried to change it
But he lost the person he had been

     The world is falling apart...

Thunder moving under the mountain
Thunder in his dreams
Hoping that there must be a word for
Everything he means

He had a love
It was keeping him alive
It was someone else ago
So he tried to hide it
But he knew he'd never let go

     The world is falling apart...

In a city of faces 
That never look back
Where doors never open
And eyes never meet
Someone behind me was tracing my steps
As I ran
Through the fog down a cobblestone street

In a city of crossroads
That never lead home
Where secrets unravel
And fates intertwine
Someone was calling my name in the night
As I ran
From a voice that was echoing mine

     The farther you run
     The more you recall
     The loss of your innocence
     After the fall

     THe farther you run
     The more you recall
     After the fall

In a city of magic
That spins out of time
Where God has no image
And Man finds no grace
Something inside me was seeking itself
As I ran
From a shadow who'd stolen my face

     The farther you run
     The more you recall
     The loss of your innocence
     After the fall

In this dream of life and death
I know so much I will forget
I know your body and your breath
I know your rhythm and your touch
I want you here
I want so much
I fear too much

Far too human to let go
I fight the river and the flow
I fight the love and the fear
I do not want to leave you here
In one body you appear
In this dream

     I dream
     And still I want so much
     To touch the inside

     I dream 
     And I still want to stay
     Inside this dream with you

Now I know
That every dream begins with you
And ends in time
Now I know
That maybe I am too alive

If I could speak in tongues of flame
I'd burn forever with your name
And take it with me through all time
I could remember who you are
In every life I'd touch your heart
In every dream

     I dream...

What dark time is coming
What dark time is here
The prophet emerges
In garments of fear
He calls to his people
To come to the feast
They gather unto him
To wait for release

     Alleluia

Remember the warnings
Forget what you're told
The heart of the temple
Is hollow and cold
The face of the prophet 
Is tired and creased
He raises his cup
And falls to his knees

     Come take my body
     Come take my soul
     Come take me over
     I want to be whole
     Come take my body
     Come take my soul

We stand in a circle
We stand in the square
The power of numbers
The power of prayer
The churches are empty
The priest has gone home
And we are left standing 
Together alone

     Come take my body...

Come rhythm 
Come silence
Come into our shame
The fear has no heart
And the fear has no name

Come sing alleluia
Come sing domine
Come sing alleluia
Come sing

     Come take my body...

Take me past this lonely truth
And let me go beyond my skin
The walls that held me here before
Have no purpose anymore
     Let me enter in

Break me from my injured past
And make me over in your arms
The pain that guided me before
Has no comfort anymore
     Let me enter in

     From far away
I hear my mother crying
     The sky is gray
They say the earth is dying
     I hear her voice
And still I make a choice to stay

     I leave a life behind me
     I feel myself begin
     I'm reachingn out to keep you
     Falling farther in

     I feel the light inside me
     You go beyond my skin
     I'm reaching out to keep you
     Falling farther in

Wake me with your dark embrace
And make me open in your arms
I want to lose myself within
Leave the person I have been
     Let me enter...

     From far away
I hear my mother crying
     I hear her voice
And still I make a choice to stay

     I leave a life behind me...

     If I could
I would always tell the truth
I would always love you
     From the heart

     If I could
I would take you in my arms
Take you inside
Into my heart

     If I could
I would be the place you turn
When you're feeling lonelly
Or afraid

     I would shine
Like a lantern in the dark
Take you inside
Into my heart

     When you feel as if 
     You don't know who you are 
     I'll remind you with my love

     If I could
I would always keep you safe
Take you inside
Into my heart

     When you feel as if
     You simply can't go on
     I'll remind you that you're strong

     If I could
I would love you as you are
Take you inside
Into my heart

Into my arms
Into my life