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Here is the complete listing of all song words from Savage Garden’s self-titled, debut album. It’s a killer!!

To The Moon & Back

Carry On Dancing

Tears Of Pearls

I Want You

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Violet

All Around Me

Universe

A Thousand Words

Break Me, Shake Me

Mine

Santa Monica

To The Moon & 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

pilot to come

And she’ll say to him

I would fly you to the moon & 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 friends 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 in overdrive

Send a signal that she’s hanging

All her hopes on the stars

What a pleasant dream

I would fly you to the moon & 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?

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 take 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’ll never safe ‘till you see the

dawn

And if the clock strikes past

midnight

The hope is gone

To move under…

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

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 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 had 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 pearl devotions

wee keep locked away from all

the world

We twist and turn where angels

burn

Like fallen soldiers we will learn

I WANT YOU

Any time 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 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

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 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 die to find out

Ooh, I want you

I don’t know if I need you

But, ooh, I’d die to find out

Any time 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 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 die to find out

Ooh, I want you

I don’t know if I need you

But, ooh, I’d die to find out

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 it’s 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 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 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

VIOLET

If there’s a way that you could

be everything you want to be,

Would you complain that it came

too easy?

Just like the games with you and me If there’s a way that you could

be everything you want to be,

Would you complain that it came

too easy?

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 gonna 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

Swap your mind and complicate you

I’m gonna crash into your world

And that’s no lie

Let you body move into the

doorway

To the disco inside your head

(Violent)

Wear a colour that you want to

cling to

The colour inside your head (Violent)

Contemplate jealousy intermixed with urgency

A million things take a damned

good shot at you an me

If there’s a way to infiltrate you

Swap your mind and complicate you

I’m gonna crash into your world

And that’s no lie

Let you body move into the

doorway

To the disco inside your head

(Violent)

Wear a colour that you want to

cling to

The colour inside your head (Violent)

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 gonna crash into your world

And that’s no lie

Let you body move into the

doorway

To the disco inside your head

(Violent)

Wear a colour that you want to

cling to

The colour inside your head (Violent)

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 sea

For a wave that would carry all our

fantasies

ALL AROUND ME

Well you know every time 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 psychic powers of

suggestions I’ve been sending you

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 a cold Chardonnay

chilled for the day,

You’re 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,

Patient leather, enchante.

You’re 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 your things up your a star

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 on my chest now

Listen to 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 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

But let me tell you that, this time,

I’m gonna make you mine

(I won’t let go)

‘Cause I know, this time

I’m gonna make sure I look

out for me

Cause you 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

on your lips

So I’ll let you go, baby

So I’ll let you go…

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

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 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…

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,

preconceptions torn apart

Begin to doubt my state of mine

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

I’ll say the words out loud, I’ll say a

thousand words or more

Manipulation. Fabrication.

Conversation. Annihilation.

I’ll say a thousand words or more

Damnation. Frustration. Elevation.

Procreation

I’ll say a thousand words 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

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 you’re the kind who 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 free baby, you’ll have

to pay

You just keep me contemplating,

that your soul is slowly fading

God don’t you know I live with a ton

of regret?

‘Cause I used to move you in a way

that you’ve never known

But then I accused 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

So won’t you 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 brake me shake me

hate me take me

Break me

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 divine

A hand brushed 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 not on your mind and

I’m just 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 divine …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 divine …and you

could be mine

SANTA MONICA

In Santa Monica, In the winter time,

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 supermodel 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 supermodel 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?

All songs written by Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones.

Copyright EMI Music. 1997