The Cat Empire Lyrics: September 2024

Steal The Light (2013)

Brighter Than Gold lyrics - The Cat Empire

Four steps in the morning

Two steps in the day

Three steps in the evening and the darkness is ablaze

And all the angels cease, soldiers come step to the parade

Run out like a cheetah

Monkey's in the blood

And what a piece of work is man who screams the name of love

And all his brothers, cousins, sisters and others hear it's fuzz

All night awake

In the moonlight I'm with you

In the moonlight I'm with you

Brighter than gold!

Born on the horizon

Beam me through the sky

Some have seen what none can dream but life calls it a lie

And all the sinners, saints and winners just wink and walk on by

Brando's in the forest, Nancy's in the flood

The black swan makes a pirouette, the gods cry from above

And the rain keeps falling on bare feet in the mud

All night awake

In the moonlight I'm with you

In the moonlight I'm with you

Brighter than gold!

Come Northern nights from Norway

Come sunrise from the East

Come Wicked Witches in the West, we're South-bound with the beat

And all the lions, prides and preachers come down into the street

All night awake

In the moonlight I'm with you

In the moonlight I'm with you

Brighter than,

All night awake

In the moonlight I'm with you

In the moonlight I'm with you

Brighter than gold!

Prophets In The Sky lyrics - The Cat Empire

You saw the carnival in Rio

You saw them dancing in the sun

But listen to your corazon

Can you believe you’re always on your own?

You’re like a song without a singer

You’re like a bird without a song

You’re all alone, all alone

And you’re walking down a long and dusty road

All you tricksters and hipsters and prophets in the sky...

Can you imagine

A love like that?

A love like that

This love is older than your father

This love is younger than your son

You feel it in your corazon

And it will be here when everything is gone

And as the night turns into morning

When the fire burns to coal

She whispers in your corazon

Now you know, now you know now you know

All you tricksters and hipsters and prophets in the sky...

Can you imagine

A love like that?

A love like that

You’re lost in the crowd but I know that I’ll find you

The song doesn’t lie

Under the arches of some ancient street

Between the shadow and the light

I know that pair of eyes

And with the summer comes the madness

All your faces in the night

We light our fires on the lawn

And build a temple to save us from the dawn

You can’t have everybody love you

You can’t have sunshine every day

You see her dancing there alone

Then you know, then you know, then you know

All you tricksters and hipsters and prophets in the sky...

Can you imagine

A love like that?

A love like that

Steal The Light lyrics - The Cat Empire

Sing now muse I won’t be scared

She’s wearing flowers not snakes up in her hair tonight

And love we’ve been around before

We washed up on the old shore but it’s new tonight

‘It’s only light’ she said

‘But we are liars to be free’

Ooh ooh ooh we’ll steal the light to see

The hour falls we fall to dance

Now sirens and the marching bands sing

‘It’s nothing but chance tonight’

The billion ones and many few

And everyone I never new they’re here tonight

‘It’s only light’ we said

But we are liars to be free

Ooh ooh ooh we’ll steal the light to see

What if I’m lonely?

What if the skies should fall and disappear?

For one night only

Open your eyes and run into the clear

So if I may, what if I say

‘It’s good to have you here!’

She said ‘If you lead I’ll come along

And if you need me there I’ll sing your song tonight

And all that glows and all that shines

And all we leave behind will keep them warm tonight’

‘It’s only light’ I said

But we are liars to be free

Ooh ooh ooh we’ll steal the light to see

What if I’m lonely?

What if the skies should fall and disappear?

For one night only

Open your eyes and run into the clear

I love you only

Until the skies fall down and disappear

So if I may, what if I say

‘It’s good to have you here!’

Oh oh oh…

Am I Wrong lyrics - The Cat Empire

All they tell me is hope

All they tell me is lies

I can’t hide so I run

Across the globe like a spy

But the sun makes a hole

Burning right through the sky

All my feelings are bold

And my thoughts are alive

I would follow you there

Through these thoughts to the sun

Through the black in my eye

As if ‘I’ was the one

Is it me who is lead?

Or unsaid do I lead

With these drums to the ends of all streets?

Am I wrong Mother Theresa?

It’s been so long, but I want to believe you

If a thought was a bomb

That was tripped by desire

We could light up these halls

We could dance through the fire

On an ocean of dreams

In devotion of cause

In emotion of fears

In a notion that roars out

I love you, I love you,

I love you, I love you

But I need you to cry

Or I need you to do something

Magic like sing

As if holding to life

Or I need you to fall and to fall and to fly

Am I wrong Mother Theresa?

It’s been so long, but I want to believe you

Am I wrong Mother Theresa?

It’s been so long, but I want to believe you

Am I wrong?

Am I wrong?

Am I wrong?

You called me last night

You said ‘Please stay inside’

But I was deep in the storm

I was deep in the riot

On the rise of a falling

Horizon I cried

‘Is it wrong to be born and defy?

Am I wrong Mother Theresa?

It’s been so long, but I want to believe you

Am I wrong Mother Theresa?

It’s been so long, but I want to believe you

Wild Animals lyrics - The Cat Empire

If you beat on the rock you can hear the world ring

Wake up in the morning you don’t feel a thing

Shadows gathering over your head

And it’s just like the preacher man said

He said we were born to run through the grass

Why are you living your life behind bars

Why are you living your life in the past

Give yourself a reason to sing

That you were free born you’re free born

You’re free born you’re free

Don’t let them kill the wild animals inside of you

It’s like in the movies when the rain comes down

And you take of your clothes and you

scream at the clouds

Can you remember the moment of birth

When you slipped out onto the earth

You’re a man you’re a woman

you’re not some machine

Why do you always stare at the screen

Why do you always bow your head down

I know you used to be proud

When you were free born you’re free born

You’re free born you’re free

Don’t let them kill the wild animals inside of you

Look out the tiny window frame that sits behind your desk

Past the big computer screen and the jars of fountain pens

What are you doing in this prison with your psychopathic boss

With your brokenhearted mornings and your

backstabbing friends

You were free born you’re free born

You’re free born you’re free

Don’t let them kill the wild animals inside of you

Still Young lyrics - The Cat Empire

First I saw you standing there

Eyes so wild beneath your hair

Coat worn blacker than the sun

Shook your head like Strummer strummed

We stood like soldiers in a line

Heard the bells of midnight chime

We turned grey walls to fields of green

The only fate that we could scream was

While you’re still young

Find your heart and find your song

Now where have you gone?

No matter where you’re going

And no matter where you’ve been

You never needed anybody else’s call now

I never met a one like you, never met a one like you

Never met a one like you, don’t bring me down

There’s a dream that haunts my nights

Of wild black horses out in flight

The kind of free I’d never been

A kind of beast I’d never seen

Why do all things end in pain?

I call the ghosts and ask their names

Is that love you’re running from?

If you lead then I will come

And while you’re still young

Find your heart and find your song

Now where have you gone?

No matter where you’re going

And no matter where you’ve been

You never needed anybody else’s call now

I never met a one like you, never met a one like you

Never met a one like you, don’t bring me down

Basta de cuentos

Es tiempo de lo nuestro

Tengo tu alma

Bien metida adentro

While you’re still young

Find your heart and find your song

While you’re still young

Find your heart and find your song

While you’re still young

Find your heart and find your song

Now where have you gone?

Oh oh oh...

No matter where you’re going

And no matter where you’ve been

You never needed anybody else’s call now

I never met a one like you, never met a one like you

Never met a one like you, don’t bring me down

Like A Drum lyrics - The Cat Empire

I know my way, I know my star

Marina mas allá

No one fears who we are

Marina ven para acá

Always near, always far

El cielo alcanzarás

Know my way know my star

Es vida lo que das

No me digas lo que és

Lo que viene mas allá

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

La Marina va pa’ allá

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

La Marina de Bahia

Ooh Marina, Ooh my love, Ooh Marina,

My heart is beating like a drum

my heart is beating like a drum

My heart is beating like a drum

Open Up Your Face lyrics - The Cat Empire

While the traffic hums

When the madness comes

As the wire buzzes

While the weary run

Like a flower that reaches out it's fingers to the rain

Like a bird that flies above the gutters and the graves

Open up your face

Open up your face

And move without a trace

You move without a trace

And the water's fine

As we drift away

Every single night

Every single day

Like a human cannonball who hears the match strike flame

Like a prisoner listening to the rumble of the train

Open up your face

Open up your face

And move without a trace

You move without a trace

And although you want me, I want you

You want me, I want you

You want me, I want you

When it's coming down,

Tropical rain

All the neighbours running out

On the street again

Like a cool wind blowing on some desert afternoon

Like the priest who kneels before his Mary in the gloom

Open up your face

Open up your face

And move without a trace

You move without a trace

And I know you want me, I want you

You want me, I want you

You want me, I want you

[repeats to end]

Go lyrics - The Cat Empire

Now take a look at what you see

Do a little walking in your sleep

All around the garden shoots of green

All around the world are human beings

they’re crying out

Living in a dream

Some of them are nightmares, some of them sweet

Every now and then someone starts to sing

Every now and then but you’re just standing there and

Staring at some message on your omnipresent phone

You’re so goddam materialistic,

man you’ve got to let it go

Now I don’t know what you’ve been told

Every little goldfish is not gold

Every little viper’s not your friend

And a million dollars is not how this story ends

Doesn’t mean a thing

Catch it on the wind, throw it to the sea

There’s a lot of old gods in the deep

Maybe you could see them if you weren’t just standing

Staring at some message on your omnipresent phone

You’re so goddam materialistic,

man you’ve got to let it go

There’s going to be a thunder in the hills

There’s going to be a red moon in the sky

People never do what they’ve been told

You’re going to have to hold your loved ones to you through

the night

Underneath the sky

Turning out the lights

Everybody comes in by the fire

Dance the night away

She looks into your eyes and

are you standing there just

Staring at some message on you’re omnipresent phone

You’re so goddam materialistic,

man you’ve got to let it go

Sleep Won't Sleep lyrics - The Cat Empire

Sleep won’t sleep her eyes won’t fall

Desire’s going to carry me down to the shore

All night on the other side

I’ll be with you on the other side

Cos Dead they dance their songs can sing

And purple flowers grow where they’ve been

All night on the other side

I’ll be with you on the other side

Endlessly come and dance with me

In the dark I see, a vision of you

I’m going down where they play all night

Where the ghosts show the living

how their shadows are so bright

All night on the other side

I’ll be with you on the other side

Recklessly come and dance with me

In the dark I see, a moment of you, only you

Endlessly come and dance with me

In the dark I see, a moment of you, only you

Waves keep crashing on the Malacon

The son keeps playing and we’re rolling on and...

All night on the other side

I’ll be with you on the other side

Sleep won’t sleep her eyes won’t fall

Desire’s going to carry me down to the shore

All night on the other side

I’ll be with you on the other side

Don't Throw Your Hands Up lyrics - The Cat Empire

Went to the river but the river was dry

Saw a little bird there caught my eye

Keep on running where are you going

I’ll tell you something I think’s worth knowing

Cities come and cities go

Time can move fast and time can move slow

You’ve only got two arms on your shoulders

Don’t throw your hands up only to cry

Don’t throw

Don’t throw

Don’t throw your hands up only to cry

I went to the mountain what did I see?

A white beard man with a colour TV

He said can you believe these kids today

Half of them are murderers and half of them pray

For what, for what I can’t reply

You sit and you stare and it passes you by

All the rivers, the mountains, the perilous sea

Old man old man now listen to me

Don’t throw

Don’t throw

Don’t throw your hands up only to cry

Why not live life a little bit harder

You sons don’t mind the sins of your fathers

Now they’re all dancing up in the sky now

Why not live life a little bit

Don’t throw your hands up only to cry

All Night Loud lyrics - The Cat Empire

Ever since I was 16

I wished that spring would come to me

And I wished that I could dance up on the isles

Sweat rivers on a stage of steam

I let my thoughts begin to dream

I held my breath and ran into the wild

And each night a horizon grew

In all of us or just a few

Til morning’s gold would make it disappear

Yet somewhere in my treasured chest

Is not forgot what must forget

But that’s a feeling for another year

And movement has a way like words

You’re there before the rhyme is heard

And all that one can do is shape the ride

The miles of a forgotten dream

Are yours my love it’s where we’ve been

And maybe one day soon we will arrive

Playing all night loud

Playing all night loud

Sing it all night with me

All night loud

And we went on a whirlwind trip

The nights unwound the records flipped

And stillness came like chaos in the lights

And voices like devotion flew

Across the sea from me to you

In music that I still cannot describe

And there were ugly times it’s true

Some from me and some from you

And devils have a way of digging down

But a friend is not a friend for life

Unless your life is worth the strife

So hold on we’ll be alright

Playing all night loud

Playing all night loud

Sing it all night with me

All night loud

There’s a speech that I know well

Was told by Henry V I’ll tell

A version that relates to us not war

‘He who sheds his sweat with me

Will be my friend eternally

From this day to the ending of the world!’

No matter if we’re young or old

Or in the sun or in the cold

I hope I can remember your bright eyes

Cos I know you and you know me

At least somehow mysteriously

So thank you my dear friends

and that’s goodnight

I’m much obliged

I’m much obliged

So thank you my dear friends

and that’s goodnight

I’m much obliged

I’m much obliged

So thank you my dear friends

and that’s good night

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