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It's about gambling, fate, listening to your heart, and having the strength to fight the darkness that's always willing to carry you off.
Well my heart knows me better than i know myself
So I'm gonna let it do all the talking.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
I grew up knowing I could have had a million different lives. It makes your life mysterious and your imagination go wild.
You're close enough to see that
You're the other side of the world to me.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
It's lovely to get to say hello to people you've always admired from afar, but the fun really starts out front with people going commando whilst wearing daring mud suits.
On the whole, I'm a positive, skippity-la-la person but I love the dark side of music and I will always want to explore that. It's a positive-sounding album but there's stuff underneath for sure.
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
This is what I wanna be
Suddenly I see (Suddenly I see)
Why the hell it means so much to me.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
When you're on your own
I'll send you a sign
Just so you know
I am me, the universe and you.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Can you help me
Can you let me go
And can you still love me
When you can't see me anymore? The fire fades away.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Her face is a map of the world
Is a map of the world
You can see she's a beautiful girl
She's a beautiful girl.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
Many good things come from the left! [at the House of Blues on August 12th, 2008, while instructing the crowd to do a 'side-wave.']
I can feel everything you do
Hear everything you say
Even when you're miles away
Coz I am me, the universe and you.
Eye to the Telescope (2004)
I had that Paul McKenna come up to me once and he said, 'I love that song of yours about bicycles.' So I said to McKenna, 'And I loved the stunt you did in that glass box above the Thames.'
I'm not exactly sure what has driven me so hard... I've never questioned it. I've never had a back-up plan. I was never going to do anything else.
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is inspired by old blues, Nashville psycho hillbillies & hazy memories. It tells the story of finding yourself lost on your path, and a choice has to be made. It's about gambling, fate, listening to your heart, and having the strength to fight the darkness that's always willing to carry you off.
I managed to win Battle Of The Bands with one mandolin player! It was me and eleven goth bands and I won.