Fiona Kernaghan: Music
listen to songs from the "Shadow Wine and Truth Lilies" cd
1. The World Inside - lyric
The World Inside
Oceans of sadness where I learned to sink or swim
Temples raised in honor of false ambition
Free ways and expensive ways to the heart of the universe
Shantytowns where regret is king and they all speak in reverse
Chorus
Welcome to the world inside
Where we keep all the stuff that hurts us
Under the sweet, slick surface
We’ve all got a world inside
And the weight of it could drag us down
Or we could let it be the force that pushes us to make the choice
To get back off the ground…
I took a train of thought to a jagged mountainside
Where a Squadron of ex angels run a school a flight
I told them “I’m ready to be turning inside out...”
They peeled back my skin and then this hatchling song flew out
Chorus
pour the shadow wine and let the truth lilies bloom…
Chorus
The World Inside
Oceans of sadness where I learned to sink or swim
Temples raised in honor of false ambition
Free ways and expensive ways to the heart of the universe
Shantytowns where regret is king and they all speak in reverse
Chorus
Welcome to the world inside
Where we keep all the stuff that hurts us
Under the sweet, slick surface
We’ve all got a world inside
And the weight of it could drag us down
Or we could let it be the force that pushes us to make the choice
To get back off the ground…
I took a train of thought to a jagged mountainside
Where a Squadron of ex angels run a school a flight
I told them “I’m ready to be turning inside out...”
They peeled back my skin and then this hatchling song flew out
Chorus
pour the shadow wine and let the truth lilies bloom…
Chorus
2. You Can Call Me 'Baby' - lyric
You Can Call Me “Baby”
I cut up lines on a toilet with my credit card
Trying to go numb and ignore my heart
‘cause it’s always wanting something
And I talked to a Yogi in a flat in Sydney
About the bliss of God within
But I just kept on, kept on running
Just to end up here in your arms and I’m tired, tired of it all
Chorus
All I ever wanted was a love to take my breath away
Somebody strong enough to love me harder than my wicked ways
Oh ‘cause life is hard core and you gotta crawl
And sometimes I need something sweet
So you can call me “baby” yeah...
I can’t go on like this anymore
With a heart like a fist and a mind like a whore
Always wanting something
So you can strip me down to my innocence
And the bliss of God within
I’m gonna lie down, lie down and stop running
And whatever happens while I’m in your arms it’s alright, I won’t fight anymore
Chorus
Things are never really as they seem
There’s always something lurking underneath
Just look at me...
Chorus
3. Tender Is The Night - lyric
Tender Is The Night
I hate it when I’m wanting you to hold onto me
I feel like it’s a weakness to be reaching out like a little kid
and I just want you to make me feel beautiful
‘cause you know me, I never did
chorus
oh, tender is the night
when I can close my eyes
and lie here in your arms where everything’s alright
oh, tender is the night
there’s so many who are suffering out there in the world
broken spirits, broken hearted, I guess to them love is just a dream
and then there’s those who’ve seen bloodshed and violence I’ll never understand
the things that people do, it hurts my eyes to see
chorus
I wanna lie here in your arms where everything’s alright…
chorus
4. Taken - lyric
Taken
When I woke up in my usual fog how could I know that today would be the day?
Eleven hours later I walked into the studio and I saw your face
Psychic shock, are you ready to rock?
Fast forward through the years
I could see everything changing
On a cellular level I’d be re arranging…
chorus
Jettisoned on an unwavering current of love to where all is forgiven
Good love kisses you clean on the inside ‘til you gleam and you glow and you glisten
And I never even knew that I wanted it to happen
I didn’t even have to try to go there
oh no I was taken
So we moved in together and disappeared entirely into this place we found
And we were both oblivious, couldn’t hear the rumbling coming under ground
In the years to come so much went wrong
Life is an acid test
How could I scream that “I hate you!”?
How could you still love me like you do?..
chorus
Now I wear your ring on my finger
And all I have are funny little memories of back when my options were open
But that’s ok, it’s just a different kind of fun we have these days
chorus
5. Tonight - lyric
Tonight
Even the winter sun is far away in frozen twilight
And soon another night will fall around me and I’ll count the hours
Time drags its feet when you’re so far away from me
But three thousand miles can’t stop me from loving you
Chorus
Baby, can you feel me sending all my love out to you tonight?
Just close your eyes and think of me and I’ll be right there with you tonight
Oh, baby can you feel me sending all my love out to you tonight?
I go to bed alone with the telephone beside me in the candlelight
And when you call I close my eyes and make believe you’re lying here
with me
Time goes too fast and I don’t want to say good night
But three thousand miles won’t stop me from loving you
Chorus
Time and space cannot erase the power of a man and woman so in love...
Chorus
6. For The Love of You (The Chocolate Song) - lyric
For The Love Of You (The Chocolate Song)
Just having you here puts me at ease
Is that the first sign of addiction?
Oh and your coffee coloured skin is glossy with promise
What is this fascination?
chorus
For the love of you
For the love of you
Kingdoms would crumble
For the love of you
You’re a cinnamon scented mystery
Mmm… snap you got my attention
Your Cabernet and spice and plum melting on my tongue
Like a slow kiss in anticipation
chorus
7. Secrets Of The Flesh - lyric
Secrets Of The Flesh
I hope you were taut with anticipation
When you got to my front door
And as we slide behind this restaurant table
We both know what we came for
Stroke your wine glass, hope that each glance might last a little longer
Chorus
Maybe someday my naked lips will murmur your name
You might be my master finger smith and paint fire in my veins
But now we’re here at the start of an ageless story
And secrets of the flesh are undressed slowly…
So here we are parked outside my building
In the streetlight’s amber glow
And your cologne mingles with the salty night air
Is the base note of your soul
Just as rare? No don’t come up stairs, let me wonder a little longer
Chorus
Do you even care who I am?
Is it all of the talking or all the touching that makes us give a damn?
Chorus
8. Broken - lyric
Broken
Pull the bathroom door shut
Crumble quietly
Down on the floor I know so well
My mind is watching everything
My heart is contorting
My spirit is leaving me
chorus
Broken
Broken
Years of frustration running down my face
Broken
Is this what God intended me to be?
Cracked and broken open
My demons sit here with me
Smiling smugly
“Of course you’re hopeless” they all say
You won’t amount to anything
So don’t bother trying
This is what you are now nothing more
chorus
And the poison rushes in I can’t remember who I was
Before I made these fears my friends
Was I always lost?
Broken
Is this what God intended me to be?
Cracked and broken
9. Graveyard - lyric
Graveyard
old habits like a rack of bones
someday you gotta let them go
feed ‘em to the hounds of hell
I was so scared to love and sorry
I recognized the worry
in everyone else
I held a funeral for my doubts and all my fears
chorus
out in the graveyard my former self is fading like a ghost
out in the graveyard I buried all those thoughts that hurt me most
I don’t need those bad vibes
I keep them all outside myself
out in the graveyard
don’t look away and be retentive
let’s live out on the edge where love is
out in the wild blue
just listen to me with your heart
don’t ring your hands and say it’s hard
have a little faith in what men do
I held a funeral for my doubts and all my fears
chorus
shrouded in mystery I’ve been reborn
no more negativity or feeling lovelorn...
I don’t need those bad vibes, I keep ‘em all outside
out in the graveyard...
10. Thieves and Pimps Like Me - lyric
Thieves and Pimps Like Me
See that haunted look in your eyes
It’s gonna look good on paper
It’ll sound even better in my verses
And I’ll rhyme it with what a curse love is
chorus
Thieves and pimps like me
Nothin’ is sacred
How you got to me
I’m gonna take it
And sell it line by line
Because the naked and weird reality
is human emotion is currency
to thieves and pimps like me
So I’ve gotta keep the way your hands felt
And the way your words and your touch never match
But I’ll get over it with a cool bridge
I don’t know if that makes me an ambitious bitch
chorus
I’m addicted to analysis of every little thing
And I keep track of everything it’s stuck under my skin
It’s therapeutic to let it
I’ll give you something to sing about
chorus
11. That's What I'm Here For - lyric
That's What I'm Here For
If you were a river I’d drink from you
Then lay down and let you carry me away
And if you were warm rain falling I’d lift my face up to you
Take off my coat and I’d walk in you all day
chorus
Oh, but you’re a man and I’m a woman
And there’s a reason we were born
What can I do but love you?
That’s what I’m here for
If I were the wind I’d wrap around you
Whisper your name and send shivers up your spine
And if I were the soft Earth turning I’d feel only your footsteps
And if you needed a miracle I’d move mountains anytime
chorus
What can I do but love you?
That’s what I’m here for
12. Where The Wild Things Are - lyric
Where The Wild Things Are
I lie awake and talk with the monsters under my bed
If I pop a sleeping pill I’d miss out on the gems that rattle ‘round my head
Half blind in the bathroom light I analyze my life
I’m not ready to go quietly, starin’ down the barrel of a gun at middle age is just plain funny
chorus
Take me where the wild things are
I swear I’m gonna bend these bars
With the power of my mind
I don’t wanna mellow with time
I wanna go where the ocean is wild
And sail to where the wild things are
I guess I could zone out to infomercials on tv
But that’d be such a waste of the perfect specimen of manhood here with me
So I’ll go back to bed and wake him up instead
Salty skin and body heat have got a funny way of holding back the slippery sands of time - Oh, love of mine
chorus
Shadow Wine & Truth Lilies album sampler
The World Inside
Oceans of sadness where I learned to sink or swim
Temples raised in honor of false ambition
Free ways and expensive ways to the heart of the universe
Shantytowns where regret is king and they all speak in reverse
Chorus
Welcome to the world inside
Where we keep all the stuff that hurts us
Under the sweet, slick surface
We’ve all got a world inside
And the weight of it could drag us down
Or we could let it be the force that pushes us to make the choice
To get back off the ground…
I took a train of thought to a jagged mountainside
Where a Squadron of ex angels run a school a flight
I told them “I’m ready to be turning inside out...”
They peeled back my skin and then this hatchling song flew out
Chorus
pour the shadow wine and let the truth lilies bloom…
Chorus
The World Inside
Oceans of sadness where I learned to sink or swim
Temples raised in honor of false ambition
Free ways and expensive ways to the heart of the universe
Shantytowns where regret is king and they all speak in reverse
Chorus
Welcome to the world inside
Where we keep all the stuff that hurts us
Under the sweet, slick surface
We’ve all got a world inside
And the weight of it could drag us down
Or we could let it be the force that pushes us to make the choice
To get back off the ground…
I took a train of thought to a jagged mountainside
Where a Squadron of ex angels run a school a flight
I told them “I’m ready to be turning inside out...”
They peeled back my skin and then this hatchling song flew out
Chorus
pour the shadow wine and let the truth lilies bloom…
Chorus
You Can Call Me “Baby”
I cut up lines on a toilet with my credit card
Trying to go numb and ignore my heart
‘cause it’s always wanting something
And I talked to a Yogi in a flat in Sydney
About the bliss of God within
But I just kept on, kept on running
Just to end up here in your arms and I’m tired, tired of it all
Chorus
All I ever wanted was a love to take my breath away
Somebody strong enough to love me harder than my wicked ways
Oh ‘cause life is hard core and you gotta crawl
And sometimes I need something sweet
So you can call me “baby” yeah...
I can’t go on like this anymore
With a heart like a fist and a mind like a whore
Always wanting something
So you can strip me down to my innocence
And the bliss of God within
I’m gonna lie down, lie down and stop running
And whatever happens while I’m in your arms it’s alright, I won’t fight anymore
Chorus
Things are never really as they seem
There’s always something lurking underneath
Just look at me...
Chorus
Tender Is The Night
I hate it when I’m wanting you to hold onto me
I feel like it’s a weakness to be reaching out like a little kid
and I just want you to make me feel beautiful
‘cause you know me, I never didchorus
oh, tender is the night
when I can close my eyes
and lie here in your arms where everything’s alright
oh, tender is the night
there’s so many who are suffering out there in the world
broken spirits, broken hearted, I guess to them love is just a dream
and then there’s those who’ve seen bloodshed and violence I’ll never understand
the things that people do, it hurts my eyes to see
chorus
I wanna lie here in your arms where everything’s alright…chorus
Taken
When I woke up in my usual fog how could I know that today would be the day?
Eleven hours later I walked into the studio and I saw your face
Psychic shock, are you ready to rock?
Fast forward through the years
I could see everything changing
On a cellular level I’d be re arranging…chorus
Jettisoned on an unwavering current of love to where all is forgiven
Good love kisses you clean on the inside ‘til you gleam and you glow and you glisten
And I never even knew that I wanted it to happen
I didn’t even have to try to go there
oh no I was taken
So we moved in together and disappeared entirely into this place we found
And we were both oblivious, couldn’t hear the rumbling coming under ground
In the years to come so much went wrong
Life is an acid test
How could I scream that “I hate you!”?
How could you still love me like you do?..
chorus
Now I wear your ring on my finger
And all I have are funny little memories of back when my options were open
But that’s ok, it’s just a different kind of fun we have these dayschorus
Tonight
Even the winter sun is far away in frozen twilight
And soon another night will fall around me and I’ll count the hours
Time drags its feet when you’re so far away from me
But three thousand miles can’t stop me from loving you
Chorus
Baby, can you feel me sending all my love out to you tonight?
Just close your eyes and think of me and I’ll be right there with you tonight
Oh, baby can you feel me sending all my love out to you tonight?
I go to bed alone with the telephone beside me in the candlelight
And when you call I close my eyes and make believe you’re lying here
with me
Time goes too fast and I don’t want to say good night
But three thousand miles won’t stop me from loving you
Chorus
Time and space cannot erase the power of a man and woman so in love...
Chorus
For The Love Of You (The Chocolate Song)
Just having you here puts me at ease
Is that the first sign of addiction?
Oh and your coffee coloured skin is glossy with promise
What is this fascination?chorus
For the love of you
For the love of you
Kingdoms would crumble
For the love of you
You’re a cinnamon scented mystery
Mmm… snap you got my attention
Your Cabernet and spice and plum melting on my tongue
Like a slow kiss in anticipation
chorus
Secrets Of The Flesh
I hope you were taut with anticipation
When you got to my front door
And as we slide behind this restaurant table
We both know what we came for
Stroke your wine glass, hope that each glance might last a little longer
Chorus
Maybe someday my naked lips will murmur your name
You might be my master finger smith and paint fire in my veins
But now we’re here at the start of an ageless story
And secrets of the flesh are undressed slowly…
So here we are parked outside my building
In the streetlight’s amber glow
And your cologne mingles with the salty night air
Is the base note of your soul
Just as rare? No don’t come up stairs, let me wonder a little longer
Chorus
Do you even care who I am?
Is it all of the talking or all the touching that makes us give a damn?
Chorus
Broken
Pull the bathroom door shut
Crumble quietly
Down on the floor I know so well
My mind is watching everything
My heart is contorting
My spirit is leaving me
chorusBroken
Broken
Years of frustration running down my face
Broken
Is this what God intended me to be?
Cracked and broken open
My demons sit here with me
Smiling smugly
“Of course you’re hopeless” they all say
You won’t amount to anything
So don’t bother trying
This is what you are now nothing more
chorus
And the poison rushes in I can’t remember who I was
Before I made these fears my friends
Was I always lost?
Broken
Is this what God intended me to be?
Cracked and broken
Graveyard
old habits like a rack of bones
someday you gotta let them go
feed ‘em to the hounds of hell
I was so scared to love and sorry
I recognized the worry
in everyone else
I held a funeral for my doubts and all my fears
chorus
out in the graveyard my former self is fading like a ghost
out in the graveyard I buried all those thoughts that hurt me most
I don’t need those bad vibes
I keep them all outside myself
out in the graveyard
don’t look away and be retentive
let’s live out on the edge where love is
out in the wild blue
just listen to me with your heart
don’t ring your hands and say it’s hard
have a little faith in what men do
I held a funeral for my doubts and all my fears
chorus
shrouded in mystery I’ve been reborn
no more negativity or feeling lovelorn...
I don’t need those bad vibes, I keep ‘em all outside
out in the graveyard...
Thieves and Pimps Like Me
See that haunted look in your eyes
It’s gonna look good on paper
It’ll sound even better in my verses
And I’ll rhyme it with what a curse love is
chorus
Thieves and pimps like me
Nothin’ is sacred
How you got to me
I’m gonna take it
And sell it line by line
Because the naked and weird reality
is human emotion is currency
to thieves and pimps like me
So I’ve gotta keep the way your hands felt
And the way your words and your touch never match
But I’ll get over it with a cool bridge
I don’t know if that makes me an ambitious bitch
chorus
I’m addicted to analysis of every little thing
And I keep track of everything it’s stuck under my skin
It’s therapeutic to let it
I’ll give you something to sing about
chorus
That's What I'm Here For
If you were a river I’d drink from you
Then lay down and let you carry me away
And if you were warm rain falling I’d lift my face up to you
Take off my coat and I’d walk in you all day
chorus
Oh, but you’re a man and I’m a woman
And there’s a reason we were born
What can I do but love you?
That’s what I’m here for
If I were the wind I’d wrap around you
Whisper your name and send shivers up your spine
And if I were the soft Earth turning I’d feel only your footsteps
And if you needed a miracle I’d move mountains anytime
chorus
What can I do but love you?
That’s what I’m here for
Where The Wild Things Are
I lie awake and talk with the monsters under my bed
If I pop a sleeping pill I’d miss out on the gems that rattle ‘round my head
Half blind in the bathroom light I analyze my life
I’m not ready to go quietly, starin’ down the barrel of a gun at middle age is just plain funny
chorus
Take me where the wild things are
I swear I’m gonna bend these bars
With the power of my mind
I don’t wanna mellow with time
I wanna go where the ocean is wild
And sail to where the wild things are
I guess I could zone out to infomercials on tv
But that’d be such a waste of the perfect specimen of manhood here with me
So I’ll go back to bed and wake him up instead
Salty skin and body heat have got a funny way of holding back the slippery sands of time - Oh, love of mine
chorus