Song lyrics from the 'Held Back the Sun' EP

YOU GAVE ME LIFE

 (Music and Lyrics: Greg Cooper; © 2010 Rhinoceros Music)

The journey of all time has come to this

A man alone, the darkness, and his fears

The wait is over

The water wells, but you reply

That every moment here is your design

The wait is over

The wait is over

You gave me life when I had nothing left

You gave me hope when hope seemed something of the past

You gave me all these things that never ever should have been mine

This I know, so I will hang on, Love

Blood comes from a stone much more than I

Will give the Truth the time that is its right

The wait is over

You break these bars, prison of mine

The wait is over

The wait is over

You gave me life when I had nothing left

You gave me hope when hope seemed something of the past

You gave me all these things that never ever should have been mine

This I know, so I will hang on, Love

I know the world is falling down

I feel the damage hour by hour

If this is love we share

And hope repairs

One by one, one by one

The tears will dry

Sinfulness, beauty-less, powerless, graciousness

Hopefulness, sinfulness, beauty-less

You gave me all these things that never ever should have been mine

This I know, so I will hang on, Love

AND YOU ARE

 (Music and Lyrics: Greg Cooper; © 2010 Rhinoceros Music)

Long day, cannot find the one way

Lightning strikes in this place twice

Mind full, nothing but disorder

Your face makes sense of it all

And you are the one I love

Dreaming of the life together

And you are the one I hear late into the night

Homebound workers of the city

Bored, lost, distant from their lives

Days drown – each becomes the other

Clear is the beauty of your voice

And you are the one I love

Dreaming of the life together

And you are the one I hear late into the night

And you are the one who knows

How to read the depths of this mind

And you are the one I hear late into the night

Headlights pulse in your eyes

They spoil the surprise that life once was

An outstretched hand from your heart

Your selfless resolve to battle on

Arms locked as one

And you are the one I love

Dreaming of the life together

And you are the one I hear late into the night

And you are the one who knows

How to read the depths of this mind

And you are the one I hear

Let me see forever, forever now

HELD BACK THE SUN

(Music and Lyrics: Greg Cooper; © 2010 Rhinoceros Music)

Could I love you like the morning loves the sun?

Could I hold to you like a bullet in a gun?

Could I protect you like a banker and his fee?

Could I respect you like the surfer and the sea?

We have held back the sun for so long, for so long

Now its way will be done, will be done, will be done

Help me now

Help me now

Would I engage with you like a good film just begun?

Would I fight for you like a soldier at the Somme?

Would I race to you like to an amber traffic light?

Would I wait for you like a stockman’s horse by night?

We have held back the sun for so long, for so long

Now its way will be done, will be done, will be done

Help me now

Help me now

You’re not yourself

You never were

I never saw your heart at all

I’m not myself

I never was

I never saw my heart at all

Help me now

Help me now

SPLENDID ISOLATION

(Music and Lyrics: Greg Cooper; © 2010 Rhinoceros Music)

How long had you been around

Waiting there in the wings?

I thought all my stars had aligned

Was it chance, or fate, or one of those words?

Is this how we, is this how we stay inspired?

No changing of the guard every hour

Pause this life right now

Hold it firm

And dream of splendid isolation with you

Were we not told?

This life it hurts

I’ll dream of splendid isolation with you now

How long had fear been around

Waiting there in the wings?

You are how we, you are how we stay inspired

No changing of the guard every hour

Pause this life right now

Hold it firm

And dream of splendid isolation with you

Were we not told?

This life it hurts

I’ll dream of splendid isolation with you now

I was an introvert man, with my head in the sand

Always writing to those who did not understand

About my eyes, ‘bout my ears, ‘bout those difficult years

‘bout my anything, ‘bout my anything now

Pause this life right now

Hold it firm

And dream of splendid isolation with you

Were we not told?

This life it hurts

I’ll dream of splendid isolation with you now

HAPPINESS WAITS BY THE PHONE

(Music and Lyrics: Greg Cooper; © 2010 Rhinoceros Music)

Heal my wretched arms

Far behind my back they’re tied

Wade through all the worst tonight

Feel you’re hardly worth

Half the things you really are

Know this only hurts for a while

I know we can keep holding on

I know we can keep holding on

Because you are the one who had always desired

The pretty romance – put pretty aside

‘Cause when happiness waits by the phone at your door

The time has begun, the hour glass spun

Wear your guilty heart

Like secrets on your wedding night

Nurse this dreadful hurt in our arms

I know we can keep holding on

I know we can keep holding on

Because you are the one who had always desired

The pretty romance – put pretty aside

‘Cause when happiness waits by the phone at your door

The time has begun, the hour glass spun

Stare me down in harsh light

With your ultra-inspector eyes

Cleanse my heart again

 Put pretty aside

‘Cause when happiness waits by the phone at your door

The time has begun, the hour glass spun