nyka
Words and music by Eric Maliet

walking down the streets all
the boys turn their heads on
nyka as she makes her
way along the stream

don’t try to seduce her
she’s like any other
man but she’ll let you spot the
satin bra she’s wearing

nyka’s never crying
nyka’s always trying
to make the world look the way it ought to be

nyka fences nyka writes
she’s so modern and so vain
nyka believes god is right
she’s a preacher in the rain

nyka pushes nyka fights
doesn’t need to say a word
turns the darkness into light
nyka says that she’s on top of the world

sweating down the gym all
the girls turn their eyes to
nyka she’s never let
anybody down

nyka don’t look at me
nyka don’t deceive me
you know scars will never heal and disappear

nyka fences nyka writes
she’s so modern and so vain
nyka believes god is right
she’s a preacher in the rain

nyka pushes nyka fights
doesn’t need to say a word
turns the darkness into light
nyka says that she’s on top of the world

nyka fences nyka writes
she’s so modern and so vain
nyka believes god is right
she’s a preacher in the rain

but when nyka is half naked
in the sadness of her room
no one knows what nyka’s thinking
she’s just toying with her food

i'm alert ice
Words and music by Eric Maliet

cold as ice
say i’m cold as ice
say i’ve never shed a tear (but i know there’s more than that)
say i’m locked up in my fears (but i know there’s more than that)

‘cause i spent so much time denying that i’m flesh and bones
will you please tell the night i’m almost grown

but all i see and all i find
gets in my head gets in my mind
i’m never deaf i’m never blind
i’m alert ice

now i know anger more than sorrow
what they give i have to swallow
what they trust i’ll never know
i’m alert ice

i’m alert ice when all the world is burning down in endless races
please don’t leave me here this land’s a whore in dirty laces

but i don’t stare up at the sky
i hear your words i hate your lies
i never told you i could fly
i’m alert ice

i’m alert ice

hard as stone
think i’m hard as stone
think i’m laughing in your face
think i’ve never walked your pace

now that friends are gone and kids start rolling off their beds
will you please tell the night i’m good as dead

but all i see and all i find
gets in my head gets in my mind
i’m never deaf i’m never blind
i’m alert ice

now i know anger more than sorrow
what they give i have to swallow
what they trust i’ll never know
i’m alert ice

i’m alert ice when all the world is burning down in endless races
please don’t leave me here this land’s a whore in dirty laces

i’m alert ice

i’m alert ice when all the world is burning down in violent races
please don’t leave me here this land’s a whore in dirty laces

but i spent so much time pretending that i’m flesh and bones
will you please tell the night i’m almost grown

you're so tired
Words and music by Eric Maliet

i see you laugh i hear your words of comfort
your smile and it’s all so silent
nothing is real you’ll never walk past that door
and it’s the saddest thing i’ve ever seen
these are the sorest tears i’ve ever cried

you’re so tired
and your skin has turned to wax
you’re so tired
and your face looks like a mask
you’re so tired
now that you’ve got time to rest
you’re so tired
was there pain inside your chest
when you died
when you died

look at us now so lost and grim and forlorn
why you and why with no reason
in your darkness heaven forgive and god bless
and it’s the saddest thing i’ve ever lived
these are the sorest tears i’ve ever shed

you’re so tired
and your skin has turned to wax
you’re so tired
and your face looks like a mask
you’re so tired
now that you’ve got time to rest
you’re so tired
was there pain inside your chest
when you died
when you died

you’re so tired
and your eyes have gone all white
you’re so tired
now it’s time to say goodnight
you’re so tired
but you’re always by my side
you’re so tired
there’s a part of me that died
and that cried
when you died

thirty-something
Words and music by Eric Maliet

life is hard when you’re thirty-something
you’re afraid that it’s lost all meaning
you love your kids and wife
but you never liked your life
and your dreams hang on to broken strings

you can’t sleep when you’re thirty-something
you’re too weary and your body’s aching
you’re losing all your hair
and you say it isn’t fair
that you feel like a corpse in waiting

there’s that woman in your dreams
that you’ve never met for real
she’s a friend and she’s a lover
and she paints with all your colours
she knows that deep inside
you still shatter like a child

beds are dull when you’re thirty-something
no embrace when you wake up morning
it’s a solitary game
but it never feels the same
comes a time when you’re no one’s darling

there’s that woman in your dreams
that you’ve never met for real
she’s a friend and she’s a lover
and she paints with all your colours
she knows that deep inside
you still shatter like a child

and the girls they’re all twenty-something
they’re so cute and they’re all enticing
you try and see their thongs
when skirts are not too long
to undress them that would be something

immobility
Music by Eric Maliet

instrumental

all i ever had
Words and music by Eric Maliet

close your eyes
i'm further than i think
close you eyes
i'll tumble and i'll sink
i'm not alone and i'm not that sad
'cause my life is all i've ever had

i find it hard
i find it hard
i find it hard to let you go
i find it hard
i find it hard
i find it hard to let you go

take my hand
or else i'll fall apart
Take my hand
Now tears will break my heart
i'll cross the road and i'll go back home
'cause your love is all i've ever owned

i find it hard
i find it hard
i find it hard to let you go
i find it hard
i find it hard
i find it hard to let you go

i find it hard
i find it hard

hold me tight
it never what it seems
hold me tight
i've broken all my dreams
i will pretend that we never kissed
but your lips are all i'll ever miss

i find it hard
i find it hard
i find it hard to let you go
i find it hard
i find it hard
i find it hard to let you go

i find it hard i find it hard
oh oh oh no i find it hard to let you go

regrets after lies (there's not a day)
Words and music by Eric Maliet

when
i see you in dreams
we stand so near
but we never hold
would you smile
if i told you that
my nights are short
and my days too long

you’re in my heart
stung as a dart
how come that tears me apart

if i believed in fairytales i’d never write a song for you
i’d simply come and take your hand and pray to sink alone with you
regrets after lies
the words we say are never true it’s only
secrets we disguise
there’s not a day when i’m not thinking of you

you
wipe away the tears
that flood your eyes
you know i need you
i believe
when our chance has gone
there’s no way out
and no giving in

silent and blind
you’re in my mind
i guess we’re two of a kind

if i believed in fairytales i’d never write a song for you
i’d simply come and take your hand and pray to sink alone with you
regrets after lies
the words we say are never true it’s only
secrets we disguise
there’s not a day when i’m not thinking of you

maybe one day we’ll meet again
when time has healed away the pain
until that day i’ll wait for you
there’s not a day when i’m not thinking of you

turn my life around
Words and music by Eric Maliet

sometimes when i close my eyes
i know that it’s no surprise
we met when we didn’t know
that life wouldn’t be a show

you know every time i pray
it’s time to call it a day
i sit by you in your car
and you drive like you hide a scar

well i’ve known so many heartaches
and i know how hard it takes
i’m so tired of walking on my own
but i’ll never be that strong
all my changes have gone wrong
feel like i’m a stranger in this town
lying on the ground
turn my life around

i run when i shouldn’t walk
i scream when i just can’t talk
but now that my tears run dry
i’d like to give it a try

you say that i can’t survive
i’ll die when i’m thirty-five
but time sits still by my side
just like when i was young and wild

but now that i’m halfway through
i wish that it all comes true
i just want to cry and weep
to rest, lay me down and sleep

well i’ve known so many heartaches
and i know how hard it takes
i’m so tired of walking on my own
but i’ll never be that strong
all my changes have gone wrong
feel like i’m a stranger in this town
lying on the ground
turn my life around

well i’ve known so many heartaches
and i know how hard it takes
i’m so tired of walking on my own
but i’ll never be that strong
all my changes have gone wrong
feel like i’m a stranger out there
i have never met my brother
feel like i’m a stranger in this town
lying on the ground
well, i turn my life around

in my dreams
Words and music by Eric Maliet

don't walk away i don't know how to play this game
you say it's real but losing you is all the same
i'm wide awake i don't know what to do
'cause when i dream i only dream of you
in my dreams
in my dreams

i'm not in love i don't have anything to hide
i stole your heart and kept it burried deep inside
i dread to sleep i don't know if it's true
'cause when i dream i only dream of you

in my dreams
in my dreams (i can fly and i can cry)
in my dreams (girls may ask girls will come)
in my dreams (there's no pain and there's no fear)

i'm not that grim i may be stronger than i look
you never smile you say your mind's an open book
but i can't read it's purple and it's blue
'cause when i dream my dreams are full of you

in my dreams
in my dreams (i can fly and i can cry)
in my dreams (girls may ask girls will come)
in my dreams (there's no pain and there's no fear)

in my dreams
in my dreams (i can fly and i can cry)
in my dreams (girls may ask and girls will come)
in my dreams (take my hand and there's no fear)
in my dreams (there's no fear and there's no pain)

hold my hand 'cause i can fly
the night is white you're never smiling
there's no fear i lost your hand
and we fake it all

one last lover
Words and music by Eric Maliet (1985)

lost and dark the night is shedding tears
over a star who thought he’d live forever
briefly bright he’d shine as he appears
suddenly vanishing among a crowd of strangers

i’m looking for a way to get out of rock’n’roll
ain’t nobody gonna hold my hand
i remember they said everything’s under control
as i was looking for the promised land

oh gimme one last lover
someone who’s never heard of me
one last lover
you know what is should never be

one last lover
someone who’s never heard of me
one last lover
you know what is should never be