New Year’s Prayer - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) Oooooo Fall in light, fall in light Fall in light, fall in light. Feel no shame for what you are Feel no shame for what you are Feel no shame for what you are Feel no shame for what you are Feel no shame for what you are As you now are in your […]

Murder Suicide Meteor Slave - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) Would you like to meet the villain somewhere Underneath the skull of a moon. Fire burned his eyes out Cause his chains are too long for you. Someone has to pay for the damage done. N-one’s gonna love you now. Your whole family’s splintered, You’re a slave to it all, Now. Oooooo ahhhhh You’re […]

Morning Theft - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) Time takes care of the wound, so i can believe. You had so much to give, you thought i couldn’t see. Gifts for boot heels to crush, promises deceived I had to send it away to bring us back again. Our eyes and bodies brighten silent waters, deep. Your precious daughter in the other […]

Jewel Box - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) I know you are a woman by the way you burn below. I’ll tell you secrets so good, you’ll never tell a soul. Come closer, that bonfire holds his life like stones My years, my life unknown. Diamonds from he pavement Where the broken glass had been. Just like this troubles that i’m leaving […]

I Know We Could Be So Happy, Baby (if We Wanted To Be) - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) There’s no easy answer, none to blame or forgive. Two cripples dancing to the end we lie. I’m not with you, not of you. Not with you, not of you. You are soft and young to me I am the ghost who comes and goes And i hope i’ll catch you in the throws […]

Haven’t You Heard - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) Your wish is my command! Have you heard this talk about eye contact Gonna be the downfall of this town. First the photographs take you to the right hands. Leads you to the authority mold. Chorus: Paranoia will write the world prayer Make sure that you fit in the right holes But when you […]

Everybody Here Wants You - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley) Twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile, Coffe smell and lilac skin, your flame in me. Twenty-nine pearls in your kiss, a singing smile, Coffe smell and lilac skin, your flame in me. I’m only here for this moment. I know everybody here wants you. I know everybody here thinks he needs you. […]

Demon John - Jeff Buckley

(j.buckley/m.tighe) Say farewell, g’night, sonny-jim, In your defenseless, winning smile. What do you hope to win? And bliss face down, defended. Well, now stoned demon john There’s no town the boy cannot belong Why did you come here? Is it to excavate all your sins? boil within? Slaughter like the daughter of the devil you […]

Back In N.y.c. - Jeff Buckley

(m.rutherford/s.hackett/p.collins/p.gabriel/a.banks) Originally contained in genesis’ the lamb lies down on broadway I see faces and traces of home Back in new york city So you think i’m a tough kid Is that what you heard? Well, i like to see some action, And it gets into my blood. Well, they let me out of pontiac […]

Opened Once - Jeff Buckley

I once was open And one with a travelling heart I loved this sweet guy Just like the fiction Rushing in your riverbed Arise like applause in my head And in the half-light Where we both stand This is the half-light See me as I am Just like the ocean Always in love with the […]