Lyrics

~The Album "Savage Garden"~

~The Album "Affirmation"~

I Want You

To The Moon And Back

Truly, Madly, Deeply

I'll Bet He Was Cool (B-side)

All Around Me (B-side)

Break Me Shake Me

Carry On Dancing

Universe

Mine (B-side)

Tears Of Pearls

Violet

A Thousand Words

Santa Monica

Promises

Memories Are Designed To Fade (B-side)

Fire Inside The Man (B-side)

This Side Of Me (B-side)

Love Can Move You (B-side)

I Want You

Anytime I need to see your face,
I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal mind
And magenta feelings take up shelter
In the base of my spine
Sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola

I don't need to try and explain:
I just hold on tight
And if it happens again,
I might move so slightly
To the arms and lips
And the face of the human cannonball
That I need to, I want to

Come stand a little bit closer
Breathe in and get a bit higher
You'll never know what hit you
When I get to you

Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out

I'm the kind of person
Who endorses a deep commitment
Getting comfy, getting perfect
Is what I live for
But a look, then a smell of perfume
It's like I'm down on the floor
And I don't know what I'm in for

Conversation has a time and a place
In the interaction of a lover and a mate,
But the time of talking
Using symbols, using words
Can be likened to a deep sea diver
Who is swimming with a raincoat

Come stand a little bit closer
Breathe in and get a bit higher
You'll never know what hit you
When I get to you

Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out

Anytime I need to see your face,
I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place where
your crystal mind and
Magenta feelings take up shelter
In the base of my spine
Sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola

I don't need to try and explain:
I just hold on tight
And if it happens again,
I might move so slightly
To the arms and the lips and
the face of the human cannonball
That I need to, I want to

Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
So can we find out?
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To The Moon And Back

She's taking her time making up the reasons
To justify all the hurt inside
Guess she knows from the smiles
And the look in their eyes
Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
They're saying, "Mamma never loved her much"
And "Daddy never keeps in touch
That's why she shies away
From human affection"
But somewhere in a private place
She packs her bags for outer space
And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
And she'll say to him

I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?

She can't remember a time when she felt needed
If love was red then she was colour blind
All her friend they've been tried for treason
And crimes that were never defined
She's saying, "Love is like a barren place,
And reaching out for human faith
Is like a journey I just don't have a map for"
So baby's gonna take a dive and
Push the shift to overdrive
Send a signal that she's hanging
All her hopes on the stars
What a pleasant dream

I would fly to the moon and back if you'll be...
If you'll be my baby
Got a ticket for a world where we belong
So would you be my baby?
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Truly, Madly, Deeply

I'll be your dream I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be your hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly, deeply do
I will be strong I will be faithful 'cause I'm counting on

A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning

I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me

And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish to send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry
The tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty
That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of
The highest powers
In lonely hours
The tears devour you

I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
Oh can you see it baby?

You don't have to close your eyes
'Cause its standing right here before you
All that you need will surely come

I'll be your dream I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy
I'll be you hope I'll be your love
Be everything that you need
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly, madly deeply do

I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in the sea
I want to lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me
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I'll Bet He Was Cool

You know every once and a while
I shoot the breeze I spend my time
I talk about silly things
I like to talk about Jesus Christ
Cos I wonder what would happen if He passed you by

Would you be scared?
Would you believe in Him?
Would you bust your asses to get Him institutionalised?

Well, I bet He'd be cool
I bet He'd be damn good looking
I bet that He'd smelt divine
I'm not talking about Calvin Klein's Obsession
Just one of those people smell good all the time
There's no reason why

What would He wear?
Would He wear Tommy Hilfiger?
Or prefer Urban Outfitted?
I don't think so
Well, I bet He'd like Gaultier
But you'd never find Him in it
I bet He'd like Gaultier.

Lord I need your protection spend some time in my direction

You know every once and a while
I shoot the breeze I spend my time
I talk about silly things
And tonight I'd like to talk to you about Jesus Christ
'Cos I wonder how we'd deal if He just passed you by

I bet He'd be a star
I bet my Star Wars figures He would be a movie star
A Quentin Tarantino next-big-thing
Prima donna, then he'd appear on Opera
You know what? I don't think so
But could you imagine him hanging Piccadilly Circus
Time Square, The Walk of Fame
At Christies He could easily become a regular
D'you know what? I don't think so

I bet my speeder bike He'd turn his back on all of that

Lord I need your protection spend some time in my direction

Well some people have just got it
You know like standing next to Elvis Presley
Well then multiply that feeling by 1 million
And you know what I'm talking about
Coz I'll bet He was cool
Man I bet that cat was so dammed good looking, baby!
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All Around Me

Well you know everytime I look at that expression printed on the page
I think I hear you,
Whispering the magic and the compliments I need so badly
So baby come on, yeah, so baby come on
Now I've been running circles around the notion that you'd find me baby,
One day maybe.
But all the physic powers of suggestion I've been sending your way,
So can't you hear me say?

I want your arms all around me,
I want your face, yeah, all around me,
I want your perfume, all around me,
I like the way you move,
And do the funky groove.
All around me I want you.
All around me I need you.
All around me I want you.
All around me.
So can't you hear me say?
I want your arms all around me,
I want your face, yeah, all around me,
I want your perfume, all around me,
I like the way you move,
And do the funky groove.

Like cold chardonnay chilled for a day,
Your smooth and crisp and on display.
Like Cartier, Armani, like TAG, Gucci, Versace.
In the middle of the night you're a kiss so long.
You're the only good thing when all is wrong.
You're a magic time reversal clock.
You're the fries on the side with a cherry on top.
You're sleek, velvet, gold lame, patent leather, enchante.
You're a legend, you're a glamour queen.
God I'm running out of words but you know what I mean...

All around me I want you.
All around me I need you.
All around me I want you,
So can't you hear me say?
I want your arms all around me,
I want your face, yeah, all around me,
I want your perfume, all around me,
I like the way you move, and do the funky groove.

So slide into your Jaguar, or Porsche baby, there you are.
Well chop chop darling au revoir
Pick up your things you're a star
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Break Me Shake Me

I never thought I'd change my opinion again
But you moved me in a way that I've never known
You moved me in a way that I've never known
But straight away you just moved into position again
You abused me in a way that I've never known
You abused me in a way that I've never known

So break me, shake me, hate me, take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone
Just break me, shake me, hate me, take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone

So your the kind that deals with the games in the mind
Well you confuse me in a way that I've never known
You confuse me in a way that I've never known
So break me shake me hate me take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone

Just break me, shake me, hate me, take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone

She says, "I can help you, but what do you say?"
But it's not for free baby, you'll have to pay
You just keep me contemplating, that your soul is slowly fading
God don't you know that I live with a ton of regret?
'Cause I move you in a way that you've never known
But then I accused you in a way that you've never known
But you hurt me in a way that I've never known...

Break me, shake me, hate me, take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone
Just break me, shake me, hate me, take me over
When the madness stops then you will be alone

Listen, baby
You'll be, you'll be alone

Break me, shake me, hate me, take me, make me
Fake me, break me, shake me, hate me, take me
Break me!
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Carry On Dancing

The moonlight
Shines down interstellar beams
And the groove tonight
Is something more than you've ever seen
The stars and planets taking shape
A stolen kiss has come too late

In the moonlight
Carry on, keep romancing
Carry on, carry on dancing
In the moonlight
Carry on, keep romancing
Carry on, carry on dancing

You're never safe 'till you see the dawn
And the clock strikes past midnight
The hope is gone
To move under...
In the moonlight

Carry on, keep romancing
Carry on, carry on dancing
In the moonlight
Carry on, keep romancing
Carry on, carry on dancing
Move. Closer. Passion. Stronger

There's a magic only two can tell
In the dark night
Ultra Violet is a wicked spell
The stars and planets taking shape
A stolen kiss has come to late

In the moonlight
Carry on, keep romancing
Carry on, carry on dancing
In the moonlight
Carry on, keep romancing
Carry on, carry on dancing

Moving on...
Moving all night...
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Universe

Well I'd like to take you as I find you
Imagine our clothes are on the floor
Feel my caress so soft and gentle
So delicate you cry for more
But you know baby
You know baby does it right
And you know baby does it right...

Universe inside of your heart
You gotta let me know so you can be free baby
You wanted it so much, and now that it's over
You don't know what you want

Put time in a capsule
Two minds consensual
Entwined to perfection
If we could...
Cuddle up close
Lay your head on my chest now
Listen my heart beat's coming down
If you get tired you close your eyes now
When you wake up I won't be found
'Cause I know baby I know you're the nervous kind
With so much going on in your mind

Universe inside your heart
You gotta let me know so you can be free baby
You wanted it so much, and now that it's over
You don't know what you want

But let me tell you that, this time,
I'm going to make you mine (I won't let you go)
'Cause I know, this time I'm going to make sure I look out for me
'Cause I know baby
Well you know baby does it right
And you know baby does it right...

You will only end up lost in loneliness
And wake up with the words already in your lips
So I'll let you go, baby
So I'll let you go...

Universe inside your heart
You gotta let me know so you can be free, baby
You wanted it so much, and now that it's over
You don't know what you want.
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Mine

I wait in the darkness,
Frozen winds surround my face.
In the cover of darkness I can make believe it's you.
I feel you like the rain,
I feel you like a storm cloud building in my heart.
I wonder if you know the pain,
To want the one thing you haven't got.

Just a twist in time ...and you could be mine
Just a sip of wine ...and you could be mine
Just a kiss devine

A hand brushes by my love.
A smile fuels a steel inferno
You don't have to die to leave my world.
Stand still and you've departed.
It seems I'm now on your mind and I'm wasting my time.
I'm just a fool to believe.
In the death of the night can you feel me inside?
I wish that you could conceive...

Just a twist in time ...and you could be mine
Just a sip of wine ...and you could be mine
Just a kiss devine ...and you could be mine

Won't you leave me in the darkness
Take away the pride, all the dignity that's burning inside!
Can't you see I'm standing naked
I'll bear all the crosses and the crucifixes you can provide!
If you could decide...
Just a twist in time ...and you could be mine
Just a sip of wine ...and you could be mine
Just a kiss devine ...and you could be mine
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Tears Of Pearls

And we stare each other down like victims in the grind
Probing all the weakness and hurt still left behind and we cry
The tears of pearls
We do it. Oh we do it.

Is love really the tragedy the way you might describe?
Or would a thousand lovers still leave you cold inside?
Make you cry...
These tears of pearls.
All these mixed emotions
We keep locked away like stolen pearls
Stolen pearls devotions we keep
Locked away from all the world.

Your kisses are like pearls, so different and so rare
But anger stole the jewels away and love has left you bare,
Made you cry...
These tears of pearls.
Well I could be the tired joker pour my heart to get you in
Sacrifice my happiness just so I could win
Maybe cry...
These tears of pearls.

All these mixed emotions
We keep locked away like stolen pearls
Stolen pearls devotions we keep
Locked away from all the world

We twist and turn where angels burn
Like fallen soldiers we will learn
That once forgotten, twice removed
Love will be the death...
The death of you...

All these mixed emotions
We keep locked away like stolen pearls
Stolen pearls devotions we keep
Locked away from all the world.
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Violet

If there's a way that you could be everything you want to be,
Would you complain that it came to easy?
Just like the games with you and me
A resolution hard to see,
But that's O.K. 'cause I don't see things that are plain to see

I've got a dream to take you over
Exploding like a supernova
I'm going to crash into your world
And that's no lie!

You want to give ecstasy delivered with certainty
But you're afraid that the pleasure won't be needed
In a way, we're the same two people looking out to sea
For a wave that would carry all our fantasies

If there's a way to infiltrate you
Sway your mind and complicate you
I'm going to crash into your world
And that's no lie

Let your body move into the doorway
To the disco inside your head (Violet)
Wear a colour that you want to cling to
The colour inside your head (Violet)

Contemplate jealousy intermixed with urgency
A million things take a damned good shot at you and me

If there's a way to infiltrate you
Sway your mind and complicate you
I'm going to crash into your world
And that's no lie

Let your body move into the doorway
To the disco inside your head (Violet)
Wear a colour that you want to cling to
The colour inside your head (Violet)

I'm gonna take you
I'll do my best to break you
I'm gonna take you higher
And that's no lie

Common sense is a game many people don't like to play
But give it in and the moment takes you either way

I've got a dream to take you over
Exploding like a supernova
I'm going to crash into your world
And that's no lie

Let your body move into the doorway
To the disco inside your head (Violet)
Wear a colour that you want to cling to
The colour inside your head (Violet)

If there's a way that you could be everything you want to be,
Would you complain that it came too easy?
In a way, we're the same two people looking out to see
For a wave that would carry all our fate...
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A Thousand Words

We stumble in a tangled web, decaying friendships almost dead
And hide behind a mask of lies
We twist and turn and we avoid, all hope of salvage now devoid
I see the truth inside your eyes

So take all this noise into your brain and send it back again
I'll bear the cost, shed my skin, call you up and then...
I'll say the words out loud
You could resurrect a thousand words to deceive me More and more
A thousand words will give the reasons why
I don't need you anymore!

Time manipulates your heart, preconception torn apart
Begin to doubt my state of mind
But I won't go down on what I said
I won't retract convictions read
I may perplex, but I'm not blind

So take all this noise into your brain and send it back again
I'll bear the cost, shed my skin, call you up and then...
I'll say the words out loud
You could resurrect a thousand words to deceive
Me more and more
A thousand words will give the reasons why
I don't need you anymore!

Manipulation. Fabrication. Conversation. Annihilation
I'll say a thousand words or more
Damnation. Frustration. Elevation. Procreation
I'll say a thousand word or more

You could resurrect a thousand words to deceive
Me more and more
A thousand words will give the reasons why
I don't need you anymore!
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Santa Monica

In Santa Monica, in the wintertime, the lazy streets so undemanding
I walk into the crowd
In Santa Monica, you get your coffee from the coolest places on the promenade
Where people dress just so
Beauty so unavoidable, everywhere you turn it's there.
I sit and wonder what am I doing here?

But on the telephone line I am anyone, I am anything I want to be.
I could be a super model or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?

In Santa Monica, all the people got modern names like Jake or Mandy
And modern bodies too
In Santa Monica, on the boulevard, you'll have to dodge those in-line skaters
Or they'll knock you down
I never felt so lonely
Never felt so out of place...
I never wanted something more than this

But on the telephone line I am anyone,
I am anything I want to be
I could be a super model or Norman Mailer
And you wouldn't know the difference
On the telephone line I am any height,
I am any age I want to be
I could be a caped crusader, or space invader
And you wouldn't know the difference
Or would you?
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Promises

Well don't you know I need a little indulgence?
Listen to the hunter becoming hunted
Every day there's a million advances
Don't be too forceful you'll ruin your chances
Well don't you know that time is a broken glass
That splinters against to wall?
But the picture is coming back now baby,
And I want to take it all.

Don't go making all these promises you know you cannot keep
There's a time to play a king and time to be a thief
'Cause if you're makin' all these promises you know you cannot keep
You know time will be the thief and your fallen king will end up alone

So let you body move a little bit closer
Silent like the sound proceeding a cyclone
Don't you know that powerful thinking
Can be a force you don't want to relinquish?
Well don't you know that,
They say that hanging on will justify the wait?
But patience and elated wisdom don't share a common phrase

Don't go making all these promises you know you cannot keep
There's a time to play a king and time to be a thief
'Cause if you're makin' all these promises you know you cannot keep
You know time will be the thief and your fallen king will end up alone

Well, I'm only hanging on for what goes down
I'm floating high and my feet don't touch the ground
I'd take advantage but I can't see through the charade
So don't you, don't go make it harder than hell
'Cause when it comes down to the making
You better be damned sure you can take it
Hey baby

Well don't go making all these promises you know you cannot keep
There's a time to play a king and time to be a thief
'Cause if you're makin' all these promises you know you cannot keep
You know time will be the thief and your fallen king will end up alone
Time will be the thief and your fallen king will end up...
A fool, a fool, a lonely sorry fool
Oh baby, 'cause I told you baby!
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Memories Are Designed To Fade

I'd never let you down when you're in a fix
I'd come running when you call
That's my weakness, baby
So connected are we

You get your kicks from the ghost of a memory
So busy turning away from reality baby
That you just won't let it go

But memories fade
Yeah they're designed that way...

But you're so wrapped up in her you don't see straight
Watch her mangle the truth while you take the bait
So tell her can't you see?
Your just turning yourself inside out for no need

This thing you're using is worse then a photograph
It picks you up and it turns you inside out now baby
And it just won't let you go

But memories fade
Yeah they're designed that way...

She doesn't love you anymore
Maybe she did long ago
You're just a slave to the grind that she grew tired of baby
So tell her can't you see?
You're just turning yourself inside out for no need

But memories fade
Cause they're designed that way...


She doesn't love you anymore
Maybe she did long ago
You're just a slave to the grind that she grew tired of baby
So tell her can't you see?
You're just turning yourself
You're just turning yourself inside out for no need
You're just turning yourself inside out for no need.
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Fire Inside The Man

'Cos Woman I need your guiding hand
Show me the way to the promised land
A fever that burns in my heart
You're the fire inside the man
Yes you are...

Whenever I feel like giving up
Whenever my dreams just fade away
I just return to my heart 'cos I know that I'll find you there
Yes I will
And when the world is closing in
You come and save me once again

'Cos Woman I need your guiding hand
Show me the way to the promised land
A fever that burns in my heart
You're the fire inside the man
Yes you are...

There's never been a boy who's luckier
There's never been a more grateful man
Although I don't show it a lot
I know what I've got with you
Yes I do...

Cos Woman I need your guiding hand
Show me the way to the promised land
A fever that burns in my heart
You're the fire inside the man
Yes you are...

And if there's a storm that's close at hand
You push it away, you understand
I'd do anything just to please you
I'd do anything just to know
That I can hold on to you

Whenever I feel like just giving up
Whenever my dreams just fade away
I just return to my heart cos I know that I'll find you there
Yes I will.

Cos woman I need it
Oh woman I need it
'Cos woman I need it, I need it
I need your guiding hand
Cos Woman I need your guiding hand
Show me the way to the promised land

A fever that burns in my heart
You're the fire inside the man
Yes you are...

Cos Woman I need your guiding hand
Show me the way to the promised land
A fever that burns in my heart
You're the fire inside the man
Yes you are...
You are...
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This Side Of Me

I want to move in time with you
I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to feel the deepest kiss
And I want to know you feel like this

For this one time, one time
Let my body do what it feels
For just one time, one time
Let this fantasy become real
Because I am not afraid to let you see this side of me.

I want to feel your hand in mine
And I want to wear the scent of you
And do all the things you want me to

I want to move in time with you
I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to feel the deepest kiss
And I want to know you feel like this

I feel the danger, the separation
I want to take your invitation
This separation it's all around
I need this side of me

I want to move in time with you
I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to stitch my clothes in sin
And in the dark
I want to find that door and go within

I want to move in time with you
I want to breathe in rhyme with you
I want to feel the deepest kiss
And I want to know you feel like this
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Love Can Move You

Get me through the heart of the freeway
Got to see the lights up in New York City
I'm so close I think I can hear the sound of the taxi siren symphony
Don't you want to feel amazing?
Baby you know I do
You get back ten times what you give freely
Like my mamma told me:

Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.

Get me to the heart of the subway
Creepin' like a snake into New York City
I'm so close I think I can see those lights
Let the sun get closer to the ground
Don't you want to feel amazing?
Baby you know I do
You get back ten times what you give freely
Like my mamma told me

Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.

And I breathe the love you've given
And I feel the love you've hidden
And though it's cold down here well I can honestly say
I can still stay

That love can move you
That love can move you too, child...

Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
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