ANNE HAIGIS
dancing in the fire
VÖ:1997

I think my heart was designed to fade and lose color
To turn inside out and wash in the rain
It loses all perfection in cold water
So the desired look is obtained

And it rises higher and higher
Like this filthy heat above the city sky
And I feel like I’m going mad dancing in the fire
As if I’m only here to prove there are mountains I could move

So love is spent dancing in the fire
Too high the cost and too quick the pain
And all that’s left for the outsider
Is ashes from dancing in the fire

I think my eyes were made for deception
Interpreting lovers will call what we want the truth
With all I have seen burning behind these mirrors
The reflection they see is all that I pursue

And it rises higher and higher
Like this filthy heat above the city sky
And I feel like I’m going mad dancing in the fire
As if I’m only here to prove there are mountains I could move

So love is spent dancing in the fire
Too high the cost and too quick the pain
And all that’s left for the outsider
Ashes from dancing in the fire

And voices get louder
And the air’s too thick to breathe
Still I lie awake and I wait for the unknown power
Dying for want of sleep

think my life line was stolen from a movie
The one where they are trying to solve the crime
But this prisoner is always one step before them
And everyone’s running trying to stop me in time

And it keeps rising higher and higher
Like this filthy heat above the city sky
And I feel like I’m going mad dancing in the fire
As if I’m only here to prove
There are lovers I could move

Oh love is spent dancing in the fire
Too high the cost and too quick the pain
And all that’s left for the outsider
Ashes from dancing in the fire

he was my brother born the day I left
he took the mother lode and I took the rest
he was a fighter, he was always in control
he kept a candle burning way down in his soul

shots fired in anger and a widow cries alone
just one more mother’s son who won’t be coming home
they speak in whispers there are riders to the east
the blind man says mister bring a bottle and a priest

that’s the way it always goes
that’s the way it’s always been
who you are or what you know
you’re like a feather in the wind
let the river wash you away
reach the river if you can
past the blue and past the grey
all the way, all the way
all the way to no man’s land

there was no shelter there was nowhere left to run
they came like eagles screaming down out of the sun
I heard the whistle sound the engine pulled away
I saw my brother down and I left him where he lay

some fight for honor there are those that fight for gold
some die believing all the fairy tales they’re told
there are no heroes and there is no marching bang
there are no miracles down here in no man’s land

that’s the way it always goes
that’s the way it’s always been
who you are or what you know
you’re like a feather in the wind
let the river wash you away
reach the river if you can
past the blue and past the grey
all the way, all the way
all the way to no man’s land
(let the river wash away)
(let the river wash away)

that’s the way it always goes
that’s the way it’s always been
who you are or what you know
you’re like a feather in the wind
let the river wash you away
reach the river if you can
past the blue and past the grey
all the way, all the way
all the way to no man’s land

(let the river wash away) let the river wash away
(let the river wash away) let the river wash away
(let the river wash away) let the river wash away
let the river wash away
let the river wash away

Ooh, now let’s get down tonight
Baby I’m hot just like an oven
I need some lovin’
And baby, I can’t hold it much longer
It’s getting stronger and stronger

And when I get that feeling
I want Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing, oh baby
Makes me feel so fine
Helps to relieve my mind
Sexual Healing baby, is good for me
Sexual Healing is something that’s good for me

Whenever blue tear drops are falling
And my emotional stability is leaving me
There is something I can do
I can get on the telephone and call you up baby, and
Honey I know you’ll be there to relieve me
The love you give to me will free me
If you don’t know the things you’re dealing
I can tell you, darling, that it’s Sexual Healing
Get up, Get up, Get up, Get up, let’s make love tonight
Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, Wake up, ‘cos you do it right
Baby I got sick this morning
A sea was storming inside of me
Baby I think I’m capsizing
The waves are rising and rising

And when I get that feeling
I want Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing is good for me
Makes me feel so fine, it’s such a rush
Helps to relieve the mind, and it’s good for us
Sexual Healing, baby, is good for me
Sexual Healing is something that’s good for me
And it’s good for me and it’s good to me
My baby ohhh

Come take control, just grab a hold
Of my body and mind soon we’ll be making it
Honey, oh we’re feeling fine
You’re my medicine open up and let me in
Darling, you’re so great
I can’t wait for you to operate
I can’t wait for you to operate
When I get this feeling, I need Sexual Healing