From Underskin EP (Lyrics)

01. Random Lovers
02. Know Yourself
03. Motionless
04. Dreaming Drowned Man
05. Outside, Waiting
06. Of Rage (THOSE OF THE WIND)
07. Shipwreck

a Jigsaw

(Joao Rui * Jorri * Augusto Cardoso * Filipe Castilho)

2004 Som Sónico
Artwork: Cristina Regadas
Producer: Miro Vaz
Words & Music by "a Jigsaw"

01. Random lovers

7 a.m. and the clock is running so fast,
sometimes I wonder how time could steal me from myself
it’s an early bloom of the usual thought
– this light is old and seldom[ly] mine

but oh babe, we’re the random lovers with skins of stone
but oh babe we’re the random lovers with hearts of hate

7 a.m. and the pain starts kicking in,
that’s the way we please ourselves when the rain hits us so hard
it’s an old habit speckled with lies
I could let you in, but I could never let them out

but oh babe, we’re the random lovers with skins of stone
but oh babe we’re the random lovers with hearts of hate

she left me wondering
– I’m out of time, I’m out of your time
and she left me wondering
– I’m out of time, I’m out of your time
and she left me wondering
– I’m out of time, I’m out of my time

but babe, we’re the random lovers
with skins of stone and hearts of hate
but babe, we’re the random lovers
with hearts of hate and skins of stone
but oh babe,….
… steer away, steer away from deep waters, oh steer away.

02. Know yourself

My voice is tearing walls with a sigh,
She’s coming back again - a stained knife.
Her seeds of fire are screaming:
“unleash your blood – your legs will follow thee”
“know yourself”

my tongue has gathered all of my hate:
I’ve scorned the stars, the clouds, as a true soul’d man.
in truth, we lie more; tenderly
it’s the bitter hug of a mortal mouth
so scorn the stars, the clouds, as true soul’d men
Her seeds of fire are screaming:
“unleash your blood – your legs will follow thee”
“know yourself”

come close, “I know your eyes man” … sliding down
come closer !I know your lies man!
coming down, coming - your river will blind with thirst
…ever the clouds
“know yourself”

03. Motionless

Choking words, we’re aching
Can you sleep through burning waves?
This time we break

Closing in, we’re breathing life
Star-infused, we’re nearly light
This time we break

This time we know it all, but we’ll fake a little better
One day these lights will fade,
but we’ll fake a little better than you

Melted cloaks into the flesh
A dagger’s charm – motionless
This time we break

This time we know it all, but we’ll fake a little better
One day these lights will fade,
but we’ll fake a little better than you

I’ve crawled - and this I swear
I know the skies dark words
And the twist of the ocean’s blood

Running through these poems
Stumbling in these scars
We’re falling - slow

04. Dreaming drowned man

Well I’ve seen things that men wish they saw
The sky rising like a flock of doves
And I’ve been everywhere my eyes could go,
The sky is falling over

And I’m trying
You’ve got to try a little harder
For the dreaming drowned man

And then these waves scream all together,
how the sea is taking over
The harbour lights crawl towards me – they’re claiming all the fire lost
The keel is broke, free of all the madness there - my blue lies above me.

And I’m trying
You’ve got to try a little harder
For the dreaming drowned man

05. Outside, Waiting

Our eyes are losing the charm of speech
Descending slowly into shades
We’re dancing a silent tide, whose stare could kill.
Contagiously laughing – in the wing

Love is a forgotten empire
Love is a forgotten empire
Can’t you hear him sing?
How can you stand still?

On and On, our eyes have mourned for too long
Tear your tongue into a scream,
Cause he’s the life outside – waiting to be found
He’s the life outside
Despair will lead us now - well make him bleed:
We’ll give him our hell - with humble eyes

Love is a forgotten empire
Love is a forgotten empire
Can’t you hear him sing?
How can you stand still?

On and on, our eyes have mourned for too long
Tear your tongue into a scream,
Cause he’s the life outside waiting
He’s the life outside – waiting to be found,
so tear your tongue into a scream
He’s the life outside waiting

06. Of Rage(THOSE OF THE WIND)

We were slipping away,

running with those of the wind.
We’ve sworn to chase these waves
until our anchors break.
Silence will bleed tonight.

Our crazed will stood ground
and those truant screams came crashing about
We’ll be sailing in - tonight
Of rage
And I … sleep

Drew our swords to the void
and the banner of truth came with the flood
We’ve sworn to chase these waves
Until our anchors break.
Silence will bleed tonight

Our crazed will stood ground
and those truant screams came crashing about
We’ll be sailing in - tonight
Of rage
And I … sleep

07. Shipwreck

Urge down life's slow rise - in awe.
Forget, for all is vain, and bless the wind's turns

And I can't come back - from that foolish storm
And I won't come back - I've swallowed too much sun

No one knows it – they fake it
But your lives will sink down

Outside where kings fall, the ships flow,
and the waves break madly for you.