This page contains the lyrics to the second Distant Cousins album, "Warm Hatred".

MY BROTHER

oh my brother without moving
we have gone such different ways
and without realising
we have drifted to another place
but what i can't see is how we acted so differently
same mother same father
but a different family
my father says i should know better
you were always such a sensitive soul

so what do you want from me
i want nothing from you
why don't you let things be
this doing us no good
and you could hit me here
and i could hit you there
but there's just no love lost
my brother

oh my brother i could do without
the reasons on how you live your life
and when you speak to me and hurt me
if you could only see that i don't need it
it hurts to know you talk so weary
it hurts to know you talk so blindly
although we're from the same family
some how we seem to have lost our way
(some how we seem to have lost our way)

SHARPEN THE BLADE

i tear your hair out
you spit in my eye
you hit me in my face
i call you the liar
you beat me with your fists
i call your bluff
you tell me i'm not strong enough
is this what you call love

with all my strength
i'll fight you to the death
with all my strength
i'll sharpen the blade...any day

you speak in fork tongues
i say you're mad
you say my situation
is not your concern
oooh you beat me with your fists
i call your bluff
you tell me i'm not strong enough
is this what you call love

THE ONLY WAY

baby i revealed my heart to you
baby i exposed my tender heart to you
and you went
(do do do do)
on my heart
and you went
(do do do do)
on my tender heart

because the only way you know how to touch my heart is to hurt it
the only way you know how to make me feel is to feel bad
the only way you say you want me in your arms is to push me aay
the only way you know how to touch my heart is to hurt it

baby i opened up my life to you
baby baby baby i exposed my tender heart to you
yes you went
(do do do do)
on my heart
yes you went
(do do do do)
on my tender heart

oh baby i hold my head and cry in shame
just because i want your love
i have to take your cruelty and pain
and you went
(do do do do)
on my heart
and you went
(do do do do)
on my tender heart

ALL I NEED

my love is like the ocean wide
my love is with you 'til the end of time

all i need is a touch from you
and i will come alive
all i need is a touch from you
and i will come alive come alive

oh what does it take take to make a love last
what does it take to forget the past
for just one moment i thought i'd failed
to get you back
i've always loved you in so many ways
don't turn your back
to be crowned in your glory
of a love that is so worthy
what does it take to make you mine
tender when my heart is broken
only then soft wods are spoken
how can a man like you make me feel so good
to feel your strength
feel the power in your self
do what you think is right for me
don't be afraid to hold me
you're the one and only man who is beautiful to me

all i need is a touch from you
and i will come alive
all i need is you

LET ME BE THE ONE

sometimes i feel like a boat pushed out to sea
with no route to follow
and when you smile oh
sometimes it feels like home

but if you just let me be the one
that you truly love
let me be the one
that you truly love
that's all i want from you

if i should stumble
of if i should fall
i hope it will be in your arms
if i should cry
i'd want you to wipe the tear from my eye
i'd love to hear you call my name
somehow it never feels the same
when you're away from me
these feelings that i have for you
are breaking my poor heart in two
oh won't you oh won't you be mine

DID I?

the first time i saw you
i never saw such a wonderful sight yeah
i never knew how much i adored you
i just never told you in words
out came the sun and it shined all day
and washed my cares away
a love like mine will last 'til the end of time

oh
did i
did i ever tell you babe
did i
did i tell you you're the one for me babe
did i
i'd light up the stars upon your face
i'd travel the world just for your embrace
i'd do anything that you want me to do
i'd travel the world just to be with you

and then the rain came
and that rain poured down
and darkened my aching heart yeah
for i could not see you around
just let me hold you in my arms
and fill you with my tender charms
a love like mine will last 'til the end of time oh
yeah yeah yeah

EVERY LITTLE BEAT

i'm in love for the first time
it may not be the last time
but what i feel for you is strong
i have an urge to be with you
see i've got so much to offer you
but baby you can do no wrong
i like the way you take me by surprise
but i can't tell you how much i love you

i like love in the spring time
it makes me crazy and i feel wild
i love what you make me feel
i feel so happy and restless
i feel giddy and helpless
but baby you're like a summer breeze washing over me
and i like the way you whisper sweet nothings to me
ooh i can't tell you how much i love you

we may have some good days
or maybe some bad days
but i like the way we talk
in helping one another to search and discover
on how to make our love strong
i like the way you
you make love to me
i can't tell you
how much i love you
i like the way you make love to me
i can't tell you how much i love you
with every little beat of my heart

WOULD YOU?

would you let me kiss you
would you
would you
tell me that you loved me 'til i die

now i would paint a picture
of you
of you
in a field of poppies oh how nice

whoah i would chase the stars out from the universe
and jumble them all up to suit my mind

oh would you let me kiss you
would you
would you
tell me that you love me 'til i die
tell me that you love me 'til i die

GOOD FRIEND

you fool
there's nothing you can do for me
i know the kind of man you are
you walk back into my life
and think things are alright
you then talk to me
without feelings in your veins

can i be a good friend
let's talk for a little while
can i be a good friend
let's talk about old times
can i be a good friend
let's talk for a little while
can i be your friend

in your eyes you say that you are a man of steel
you're not the kind of man i need
yes you are weak
you have no use for me
you're so insecure
so don't tell me what i need
you wanted to take everything i had to give
and keep it for yourself
you walked right out of my life
that was the only good thing you did for me
and now you want to come back on a bended knee

WARM HATRED

i've got a special kind of love
especially for you
and like all good things
it takes many years to grow

it's not something i could share with anyone else
only you only you can
only you bring out this feeling in me
it's a warm hatred
it's a cold cold love
warm hatred so warm

i'm in no mood for dirty talk
i don't want to be disgraced
i don't need you tell me
that i don't fit in your space

do you know just what it's like
(and in my head i won't set you free)
trying to survive when a love is dying
(my wicked thoughts of you won't let me be)
it doesn't help when you can't face the truth
the games i play i make up the rules

YOU USED TO

you used to smile at me
you used to play with me
you used to share all my joys
you used to laugh at me
share all my secrets with me
you used to scare away all the boys

you used to
you used to

i had a love once
one that was strong and tough
said it wasn't good enough
you said it wasn't good enough

you used to smile...at me

i had a love once
one that was strong and tough
said it wasn't good enough
you said it wasn't good enough

you used to smile...at me

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Page last updated by Ian on 22 May 2008