Credits FAF is Edwin Roes (guitars), Alex Toonen (vocals), Ed Wernke (drums, backing vocals), Peter de Jong (keyboards), Rene Bacchus (bass, backing vocals)
Music and words by For Absent Friends Produced by Mark 'b-muted' Derksen, Gert-Jan Masurel and FAF Mixed by Mark, Gert-Jan & FAF Engineered by Mark Derksen Recorded and mixed at Markant studios, Heeze, The Netherlands, September / October 1991 Lay-out by Memphis Band photography by Ronald Tilleman
1 / Both Worlds Close your eyes And try to imagine All of the feelings I hide Hide from you Just never thought of starting Something new
Can't you see I'm trying to find a future For you and me I'm on my own But sick and tired of Living all alone
Now I don't want your answers Why don't you talk to me I'm tired of your excuses As wanting to be free As the wind
All alone Waiting for a chance Just to let you feel How much I care So many things I wanted Us to share
Everyday I try to remember All of the things that you say It's never late But give me just one reason Why I'd wait
Now I don't want your answers Why don't you talk to me I'm tired of your excuses As wanting to be free As the wind
You want the best of both worlds And even if we try There ain't no use denying We're living on a lie You've got the best of both worlds No matter how I try You want us to be parted You have to tell me why
Remembering the first time When your freedom touched my soul Now your heart belongs to strangers And there's nothing left to hold You say you've got your own life And I'm more than just a friend But then again who isn't I think I don't know what you meant When you said that you loved me
Can't you see I'm trying to find a future For you and me I'm on my own But sick and tired of Living all alone
Everyday I try to remember All of the things that you say It's never late But give me just one reason Why I'd wait
Now I don't want your answers Why don't you talk to me I'm tired of your excuses As wanting to be free As the wind Why don't you think of me
You want the best of both worlds And even if we try There ain't no use denying We're living on a lie You've got the best of both worlds No matter how I try You want us to be parted You have to tell me why
We're living on a lie
2 / Attitude So you think you've got it made You think that you're a ruler But the ones you leave behind They are laughing in your face
No reasons to abuse me No reasons to be proud You really love yourself Are you just too blind to see You're using other people And you're o-so-self-assured You think I'll take my chances But your odds will never turn
So you think you've got it made You think that you're a ruler But the ones you leave behind They are laughing in your face
There ain't no good intentions In anything you do I'm telling you to stop But you just don't give a damn Behind your different faces You're hiding all your pain Please don't be misguided It will never be the same
So you think you've got it made You think that you're a ruler But the ones you leave behind
So you think you've got it made You think that you're a ruler But the ones you leave behind They are laughing in your face
You know you're wasting time And you throw your life away You really wasted years And you think that I'm to blame Don't say you're really trying To change the state you're in You're only causing anger And you know you just can't win
You said you tried to see it my way But let me tell you where you failed Got no consideration You're just thinking of yourself Despite the consequences You're trying to cause me grief You hold on to your hopes But it's over, can't you see
So you think you've got it made You think that you're a ruler So, don't think you've got it made You know that you're a loser And the only thing you'll keep Will be just your lonely face
3 / Different Faces Different places, different faces Always thinking of home Still you felt love And you were not lonely with your thoughts But so many others Made you feel so wrong Didn't have the power To be strong
All of the seasons you felt down You wished to be alone But still they were around Leaving this world Was all you wanted Don't leave the seasons behind Don't leave us
All the things I said about you Weren't true I've always been to scared to say I love you
4 / Never Ending Rain Differences are coming over us Like a never ending rain Come and cry In my never ending rain
Differences are tearing us apart Like a never ending rain Watch my tears And my never ending rain
Love and hate Weak and strong Plot your thoughts where they belong Warm and cold Right and wrong Taste my tears before you'll be gone
Imagination can't be your guide for life The only world you'll find Is one of dark And never ending rain
Look around and see there's more than pain Or never ending rain Come with me Walk through my never ending rain
Love and hate Weak and strong Plot your thoughts where they belong Warm and cold Right and wrong Taste my tears before you'll be gone
Your world is dying Can't you see And you're killing mine Don't you agree This world is dying And you're dying too Please don't pull me I'm not joining you
5 / Still Loving You I guess we wanted it to happen But in my heart I've always known That it wouldn't last forever So now it's time to let you go
It will be hard to live without you But you will never see me cry There ain't no doubt that it's been worth it And this memory will never die
Spending my nights Thinking of you I'm on my own
Still can't forget All the feelings All the things that we shared Still loving you And even though we're through I'll keep on loving you
Thinking of a love that passed away Thinking of the day I'll be in love again
I know that breaking up was right But I can't explain this feeling Still hear your voice at night
Spending my nights Thinking of you I'm on my own
Still can't forget All the feelings All the things that we shared Still loving you And even though we're through I'll keep on loving you
6 / FAF I think you are in trouble You've got to tell her why The wasted time of waiting You didn't even try To pretend your love and the feelings For someone else inside Your lies are vain
So when you need her She'll be absent You should have told her Long before
Outside the rain is falling Inside you feel so weak The nights are cold and lonely There's no one left to speak There's no one there to listen In this fight you're all alone You'd better change your life
So when you need her She'll be absent You should have told her Long before Oh, when you need her She'll be gone She won't even be Your absent friend
7 / Tell Me Remember all the places Remember how we used to laugh Trying to make it all come true
Remember all their faces Remember how they used to look Astonished but not ignorant
And as time went by We didn't have to worry About what all of them Might think of us
Tell me Did we do so wrong Tell me Did we do so wrong
Do you recall the day The day we came to realise That not one of them Would understand
Sleepless nights alone Marked by false decisions And the choices never were our own
Tell me Did we do so wrong Tell me Did we do so wrong
Ooh-give me one more day and you'll know I'm the only one One more day to make up your mind All alone, I kneel and pray For that one more day
It's not too late One day you may see The bright side of life And times, times will change for you
Don't be afraid These tears of love Will be the last that you cry And times, times will change for you
Tell me Did we do so wrong Tell me Did we do so wrong
Ooh-give me one more day and you'll know I'm the only one One more day to make up your mind All alone, I kneel and pray For that one more day
8 / Dreamer I used to dream Flying across water and land Leaving my footprints in the sand Everywhere I'd been
I was the one Who decided when the wind should blow Making the sunshine, rain or snow Only thunder disobeyed
Dream on little man, Dream on You can't be bigger than this Dream on little man, Dream on You can't make it alone
I was the one Who decided when the wind should blow Making the sunshine, rain or snow Everywhere I'd been
I flew to deserts Carrying clouds upon my back A rainbow caught up in my sack To turn the sand into green
Dream on little man Dream on You can't be bigger than this Dream on little man Dream on You can't make it alone
Look around and see What you want to see Look around and be What you want to be
9 / Moving On (You And I) You and me together We'll walk a million miles Heading for the future To leave the past behind
To get some recognition That's all we ever wanted It's got to feel right So until then
We just move along
It's you and me together We've walked a million miles Heading for our future We left our tears behind
Getting used to one another That's all we ever wanted And it feels right So from now on
It's you and I It took a lifetime To be here Where we are now There isn't much We didn't share
So we'll move along You and I
You and me still lovers That's the way it's meant to be And even though it's hard For everyone to see
There ain't no use denying We both knew what we felt And this is so much better Than anything we held Getting used to one another That's all we ever wanted And it feels right And I feel right
About you and I moving on
It took a lifetime To be here where we are now There isn't much We didn't share It took a long time To tell you That I love you Somehow I get the feeling No one cares
About you and I moving on
10 / Nothing Left Remembering the first time I was more than just a friend Now I'm picking up the pieces Of a life destroyed by love Thinking of the moments When I thought we had a chance You know I almost said I love you There's nothing left but time...
