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As I've always said, Gary has written way too many songs for me to put all onto one page, so head on over to Exposure to get the lyrics starting with Exile to Hybrid. The lyrics featured on this website are from the new album, "Jagged".

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I suggest, if you want more lyrics than what I have go to:
http://www.letssingit.com/?main.html
(I have submitted a few songs on there!)

But otherwise, the link to the Exposure lyrics page is here: http://www.kluecom.com/amy/exposure_garynuman/exposure_lyrics.htm

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JAGGED (2006)

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"PRESSURE"

Here is my
Small black box,
Filled with hurt,
Sent by you.

Here is my
Small black book,
Filled with lies,
Told by you.

Here is my
Small black house,
Filled with fear,
Thanks to you.

Here is my
Small black heart,
Filled with shame,
Left by you.

See I,
See I don't know.

And I don't feel the pressure,
And I don't feel the pressure.

Here is my
Small black doubt,
Filled by tears,
Cried for you.

Here is my
Small black wish,
Filled by dreams,
Lost by you.

See I,
See I don't know.

And I don't feel the pressure,
And I don't feel the pressure.

*

"FOLD"

I fold your letter,
All lies, all cold.
I fold my memories,
My life, my soul.

I fold compassion,
And vengeance bleeds through.
I fold forgiveness,
And wait for you.

Do you hear me?
Can you hear me fall?
Do you feel me?
Can you feel at all?

I hear you calling,
I hear you calling.

I fold all reason,
Screaming your name.
I fold your heart and
Feed on your pain.

I hear you calling,
I hear you calling.

Can you feel?
Can you feel?

*

"HALO"

Who hasn't made
A big mistake,
Betrayed a love
Or turned to hate?
You think it's you.

Who hasn't told
A small white lie,
Or felt revenge
Was justified?
You think it's you.

Who hasn't had
A secret need,
A truth to hide,
Desires to feed?
You think it's you.

Who has the strength
To save us all,
To make us clean
And break our fall?
You think it's you.

Does God bleed on the word?
Does God bleed on your white halo?

I looked inside
A big mistake,
I'd make it stop
But it's too late.
I think it's you.

I've never been
Afraid to face
A fear, but there's
No darker place,
I think, than you.

Something crawls
And something lies.
Something breathes
And something dies.
I think it's you.

Does God bleed on the word?
Does God bleed on your white halo?

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"SLAVE"

Here in this room,
I'm a slave to your voice.
I wait in the dark,
With a cold metal choice.
Here in this room,
Where desire will bleed,
And no-one can help you,
No-one but me.

Ooh, Ooh…
Here's something to remind you.
Ooh, Ooh…
Here's something to remind you.

Do you remember
The last time you cried?
Need I remind you,
How innocence lied?
Here in the dark,
You're a secret untold;
A helpless obsession,
So perfectly cold.

Ooh, Ooh…
Here's something to remind you.
Ooh, Ooh…
Here's something to remind you.

Cry for someone, something, I'll laugh at you.
Beg for someone, something, I'll laugh at you.
Scream for someone, something, I'll laugh at you.
Pray for someone, something, I'll laugh at you.

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"IN A DARK PLACE"

Something calls me
From a dark place,
And so I pray every night.

Something knows me,
It whispers my name,
And I'm losing my faith.

I can feel it breathing,
But it feels like something dead and cold.

I can feel it waiting,
But it waits for something in my soul.

Sometimes I call out for you, and sometimes I'm afraid.

So I beg God
For salvation, for an angel
Every night.

And I ask God,
Can He forgive me?
And I want to believe.

I think I hear it laughing,
But it sounds like my voice, lost and old.

I think it showed me Heaven,
And now I know why I'm scared to die.

Am I a fool in the dark? I don't know.
Am I the ghost in my dreams? I don't know.
Am I a shadow of life? I don't know.
Am I afraid of the truth? I don't know.

Sometimes I call out for you, and sometimes I'm afraid.

So I ask for,
One small mercy?
But it whispers, 'Who are you?'

So I ask God,
If He can save me?
He says, 'It's all too dark.'

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"HAUNTED"

And I can not be saved,
Not by you,
Not by God.
I want to bleed.

And I can hardly breathe,
Look at me,
Falling down,
Before your eyes.

All I've needed
Takes me away from you.
All I've wanted
Takes me away from you.
All I live for
Takes me away from you.
All I'd die for
Takes me away from you.

And this is not my voice,
Not my face,
Not my life,
It belongs to you.

And you will not believe
The things I’ve seen,
The things I’ve done,
All in your name.

All I've needed
Takes me away from you.
All I've wanted
Takes me away from you.
All I live for
Takes me away from you.
All I'd die for
Takes me away from you.

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"BLIND"

I put my fear back in its box,
And I put the box where love is blind.
And I walk in the dark,
Where pain waits, smiling,
And I know that I can't leave.

I look at what I've become;
I'm a pure and perfect lie,
Like a blind man falling,
Scared and helpless,
And I'm still falling from grace.

I'm so cold,
Don't leave me blind.
I'm so cold,
Don't leave me blinded.

I don't know why I'm afraid,
I don't know why I'm unsure.
And if it all comes down to
What I'm feeling,
I don't know what I can say.

I'm so cold,
Don't leave me blind.
I'm so cold,
Don't leave me blinded.

I stumble
In the depths of my sin,
On my knees.
I'm a sick man, drowning.
I belong.
But for you, it's down to
Who you know,
And do you need this?

I'm so cold,
Don't leave me blind.
I'm so cold,
Don't leave me blinded.

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"BEFORE YOU HATE IT"

Here it comes again,
That old familiar pain.
Here it comes again,
Now it has a name.
What am I to do?
And where am I to go?
Here it comes again,
I am not myself.

Do you think of me?
Do you think of me?

Here it comes again,
I'm tortured and deceived.
Here it comes again,
If only I'd believed.
What am I to say?
And where am I to die?
Here it comes again,
And I am not myself.

Do you think of me?
Do you think of me?

I'll tell you something that you don't know,
I'll tell you something that you don't know.

Once is always, so don't call me,
Once is always, so don't call me.

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"MELT"

Sometimes I wonder if God laughs at me,
I hear His voice
When I sleep.

Sometimes I wonder if The Holy Ghost
Is haunting me
In my dreams.

Save me,
Save me.

Sometimes I wonder, does an angel die?
Rest in peace,
Here with me?

Sometimes I wonder if a soul can cry?
I feel a pain,
Next to mine.

Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
I don't think He died for me.

I know that Heaven is a burnt out shell,
I know forgiveness is the door to Hell,
I know confession is a black, empty lie.
Look in my eyes,
Look in my eyes.

Save me,
Save me.

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"SCANNER"

I would take your place
If your world fell down.
I would take your pain
And leave a smile,
For you.

If you feel a kiss
When you're dreams are dark,
And a voice guides you home
When you are lost,
That was me.

Sometimes love breaks my heart,
Sometimes love breaks my heart.

I will keep you warm,
And I'll wipe your tears away.
I'm a shadow,
Watching over you,
All my life.

I would die for you,
I would give the world to you,
And I'd sell my soul to keep you safe.
I love you.

Sometimes love breaks my heart,
Sometimes love breaks my heart.

And when God comes for me,
I won't go far.
Like a smile in your heart,
I won't be far away.
If you're afraid and need to find me,
I'll be here with you.
And when you dream and hear me calling,
You'll see me again.

Sometimes love breaks my heart,
Sometimes love breaks my heart.

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"JAGGED"

They say I'm unforgiven and I have to pay,
Like I'm the demon resurrection.
They say that I turn innocence to panic,
But I don't care.

They say that my obsession is unholy,
That I deviate from reason.
They say I make you suffer for my sins,
I hope you forgive me.

Do you want it?
Do you want it?
My desire.

I sink to my knees,
Head in my hands;
So now I'm just a shadow on their bleeding hearts.
This is why the righteous never learn,
I'm like a dead man hiding in the dark.

What do you need?
What do you need?

What have we become?
All that we could be?
Think of this as mercy, a small gift from me.
What does a confession ever do,
But take my guilt away?

Do you want it?
Do you want it?
My desire.

I feel it fall,
I feel it fall from me.
I feel it fall down,
I feel it fall for you.

What do you need?
What do you need?

does-god-bleed
30/08/04