Echo & the Bunnymen

thumb|Echo & the Bunnymen performing in 2010 thumb|Ian McCulloch Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist w:Will Sergeant and bassist Les Pattinson. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band's drummer. Song lyrics Crocodiles (1980) If I said I'd lost my way,Would you sympathise?Could you sympathise?I'm jumbled up,Maybe I'm losing my touch.I'm jumbled up,Maybe I'm losing my touch.But you know I didn't have it anyway. "Rescue" Can you hear it?The sound of something burning.Something changingOn the merry-go-round tonight.The pictures on my wallAre about to swing and fall.Love it all,Love it all. "The Pictures on My Wall" Heaven Up Here (1981) The man at the back has a question,His tongue's involved with solutions.But the monkey on my backWon't stop laughing.Over the wall,Hand in hand.Over the wall,Watch us fall. "Over the Wall" You said something will change.We were all dressed up, somewhere to go.No sign of rain,But something will change.You promised.You said nothing will change.We were almost near, almost far.Down came the rain,But nothing will change.You promised. "A Promise Porcupine (1983) Conquering myself untilI see another hurdle approaching.Say we can, say we will,Not just another drop in the ocean. "The Cutter" We're taking advantage of,Breaking the back of love.We're taking advantage of,Breaking the back of love.Easier said than done you said,But it's more difficult to say.With eyes bigger than our bellies,We want to but we can't look away.What were you thinking ofWhen you dreamt that up? "The Back of Love" Measure by measure, drop by dropAnd pound for pound, we're taking stockOf all the treasure still unlocked.The love you found must never stop. "Never Stop (Discotheque)" Ocean Rain (1984) The sky is blue,My hands untied.A world that's trueThrough our clean eyes.Just look at youWith burning lips.You're living proofAt my fingertips. "Silver" Under blue moon I saw youSo soon you'll take meUp in your arms too late to beg youOr cancel it though I know it must beThe killing time,Unwillingly mine.FateUp against your willThrough the thick and thinHe will wait untilYou give yourself to him. "The Killing Moon" A longing forSome fresher feeling.Belonging.Or just forever kneeling.Where is the sense in stealingWithout the grace to be it.Seven seas,Swimming them so well.Glad to seeMy face among themKissing the tortoise shell. "Seven Seas" Echo & the Bunnymen (1987) A sense of duty was my one intentionAnd an ugly beauty was my own invention.Pride, a proud refusal.And I refuse to need your approval.Too many seekers, too few beacons,But through the fog we'll keep on beaming.Through the crying hours of your glitter years,All the living out of your tinsel tears.And the midnight trains I never made'Cause I'd already played the game. "The Game" She floats like a swan,Grace on the water.Lips like sugar.Lips like sugar.Just when you think you've caught her,She glides across the water.She calls for you tonightTo share this moonlight.You'll flow down her river.She'll ask and you'll give herLips like sugar,Sugar kisses.Lips like sugar,Sugar kisses. "Lips Like Sugar" Reverberation (1990) It was cheap at half the price,Took a shovel where a spoon would suffice.Now I can't see you.Now I can't see you.Regimental in my way,Detrimental at the end of the day.But you won't be told.No, you won't be told. "Enlighten Me", written by Noel Burke, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson, Jake Brockman & [w:Damon Reece|]]. Evergreen (1993) An angel walked amongst us,Tried but couldn't love us.Something's wrong.Since you've gone you knowThere's nothing and no oneTo hang love on.So tell me how it feels,Tell me how it feelsTo touch the flame.Tell me who I am,Tell me who I really am.What's my name? "Don't Let It Get You Down" I want to be like you.I want to fly, fly, fly.Want you to take me toAll of your sky.Why don't you kneel me down?Why don't we try, try, try?'Cause when we come around,That's when I fly. "I Want to Be There (When You Come)" And I want more than I can getJust trying to, trying to, trying to forget.I'd walk to you through rings of fireAnd never let you know the way I feel.Under skin is where I hideThe love that always gets me on my knees. "Nothing Lasts Forever" What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (1999) All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant. I wish that you were hereDown amongst the dust.I need someone to help me,You need someone to trust.There's something with these tearsTurning me to rust.I need someone to help me,Yeah I need someone to touch.Give me one more tryAnd I'll come flaking back to you.I wish that you were here,I wish that it was true. "Rust" Let's go and take a starlit driveTo where the shaping of our livesHad just begun...when we were young.When everything was coming rightIn our dreams of love and lifeAnd we could run...into the sun.Get in the car,We're taking a ride.We're looking for stars,We're looking for satellitesOf love.Of love. "Get in the Car" Flowers (2001) Here they come again:Whispers in my head.Same old sad refrain,Wished I'd never saidWhat I said... yeah.Take me to the top,I need more not less.And don't ever tell me when to stop. "It's Alright", written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant Siberia (2005) All tracks written by Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant. Can we be like everyone,Pretending that there's nothing wrong?Remember when we walked uponClouds that never rain?And I need it more than loveAnd I love it more than life.And I want those stars above to shine this night. "Stormy Weather" Now do you see howThey're in the margins.Below and up above.I'll see nowHow life winsWhen all that's left is love. "In the Margins" The Fountain (2009) Must have forgotten something:How to forget how to be true.Covered myself in numb things.Don't touch me, and I won't touch you.Trying to remember something:Why am I here? And who are you?You must have meant something,Animals came in two by two. "Think I Need It Too", written by Ian McCulloch, John McLaughlin, Simon Perry, David Thomas, and Will Sergeant External links http://www.bunnymen.com/ Category:English bands Category:New wave music Category:Post-punk Category:Psychedelic rock bands