Matt McManus
Happy Endings

1. Open

Open, open your eyes
You're still here, oh
Open, open your eyes
You're still here
It's not over

2. I'm Becoming

I'd like to say that I'd believe when I see it
I'd like a dream that I could see when it's hear
I'd like a word that I could hear when you say it
I'd like a hope that's coming close when you're near

(Now...)

Bite on the breadcrumbs and choke on the wine
Yes it's me, I'm becoming I
Maybe your guess is just as good as mine
Cos it's me, I'm becoming I

Somewhere in my innocence, I'm becoming
More than I thought I could be out of me
And somewhere in these dreams of mine, you'll come running
Somewhere in the depths of me, destiny

(Now our time...)

Happy in silence, I'm not like you girl
Yes it's me, I'm becoming I
What if my fears forgot about the world?
Cos it's me, I'm becoming I

(Now our time comes round...)

3. When You Know The War Is Won

All that's happened since the world was made
All our history in one parade

Haven't you heard
The war's over now
Haven't you heard
We're over the mountain

When the right say I was wrong
When the weak say I was strong
When the lost say I was sorry for you, sorry for you
When you cannot find the answers
That's when you know the war is won

Take the blindfold from across your eyes
All that you've become is sacrifice
Save the sentiment and don't think twice
Don't stop til you see the look in their eyes

Haven't you heard
The war's over now
Haven't you heard
We're over the mountain

Cos if you can't find faith
Then you won't find freedom
And if you can't find peace
Then the world will hunt you down
And if you can't find hope
Then you won't be leaving
Cos there's nothing worse than providence
To drag a poor man down

So if you catch your breath
Before you breathe at all
And if you stand your ground
Before you catch your fall
And if you don't know a damn thing
Then you know the war is...

When there's nothing left to fight for
That's when you know the war is won

4. Come Around

Speak to me
Land that river runs through
Speak in tongues
So no-one understands you

And my heart aches to feel you
Yeah my heart aches to love you
But I just can't get around

It's not faith if you only trust when you see it
It's not hope when you've got a job to believe it
It's not love if you only love when you need it
Yeah I'm down
So come around

Speak your mind
Plant another landmine
Now's our time
A friend of yours is still mine

I'm looking for an orphanage to call home
I'm looking for a place to hide where no-one knows
And I don't want you and I to come to blows
So plant another landmine
Go on and thorn another rose
I'll take you as I find you, yeah
Cos I'm not one of those

5. Like A Fool

All that glitters is gold
And all that tarnishes is growing old
You can find the perfect girl
But you can't take her all around the world

Truth makes everybody scared
And the truth is I don't care

And I don't want to say that I am like a fool
But I feel so much wiser when I'm with you
And I don't want to say that I know who you are
But loving you is beautiful

I sleep easy at night
Cos my head's so tired from thinking
And my eyes from seeing the light
You have had all of me
And you have loved the life out of me

The truth wants beauty for a bride
And the truth is we both lied

Truth sets everybody free
Well I failed you and you failed me

6. Kingdom For Your King

You're a mystery
You're an empty tomb
You're so much more to me
And so much less to you
You've been everywhere
But you're not at home
And still you roam

And you're torn, you're close to giving in
But even though you've lost it all
You've still got everything
And this song, it is not yours to sing
And this war, it is not yours
To ever have to win
There's just one thing you need
There's just one thing
A kingdom for your king

It's like that little kiss
Would bring you back to life
Just like that fairytale
You tried so hard to write
When happy endings came
They seemed to pass you by
It's like they saw they had no home
Behind those crying eyes

I can't build this bridge by myself

7. Hallelujah

Say there's a place forever
Where miracles still come true
I want to hear 'bout heaven
But I want to hear it from you
Carry me o'er the water
Cos I want to be with you

Hallelujah
All that we could ever be
Hallelujah
In your hands and held from me

Nothing hurts like believing
In things that are not to be
I don't want to see your open arms
And know that they're not for me
Carry me back to heaven
Or take all this hope from me

Hallelujah
One small life the price to pay
Hallelujah
Open hearts will bleed away

8. Woken Up

I've woken up
A little soul,a little luck
A little gold, a little rust
A little feeling like it's suffocating us
A little stream
Went like a river to a dream
Then opened up into this scene
The kind of image that has captivated me

I've woken up
Another door is slamming shut
Another still will open up
And I just hope I'm not in pieces when it's stuck
Another dream
That could be everything it seems
I know the grass is always green
I know the answer and I know just what it means

I know
I saw the signs, I had to go
You see
You never were the heart of me

So take the happiness we tried to touch
It's not enough
And I'm not lying here

So I'm secure
No longer wear the clothes I wore
No longer see it like I saw
No longer living in the crossfire, the crossfire
And now I see
You were a consequence of me
And there are better things to be
And there are better paths to tread
And you'd agree

Once more
I saw the light outside the door
You see
You never were the one for me

So take the emptiness that's filling up
I've had too much
And I'm not dying here

Yeah I've woken up
Oh I've come alive
Though I've broken down
Yeah I will survive

Oh I've woken up
I'm across the line
If a chance comes up
It's as good as mine

Oh I've woken up
I'm the great unknown
If a song comes out
Gonna be my own

Yeah I've woken up
But you'll never see
Yeah cos I woke up
When you closed the door on me

9. You

What if we're infinite?
What if we're renegade?
What if we lost it all?
What if we got it made?
What if we're intimate?
What if we're insecure?
What if our secrets told
Would lead you right to my door?

I've never been the kind to wear my heart out on my sleeve
But I've never had a fairytale that's mine to believe

You, you
I've always been waiting for you
You
I've always been waiting for

What if we're satellite
Or never to return?
What if you loved someone
More than the years could burn?
I've never been that child
I've never been that fool
I've never wanted more
Ever to tell the truth

I've walked upon the water and I've breathed the drowning air
I don't believe it's right to say I didn't care

You, you
I've always been waiting for you
You
I've always been waiting
You, you
Your hand's on my shoulder again
Yeah, I want you to know where I've been

And I've lost count of all the times I've kicked myself for being unsure
I'm not afraid and I can't hide it anymore

You, you
I've always been waiting for you
You
I've always been waiting
You, you
My hand's on your shoulder again
Yeah, I want you to know who I am

10. Happy Endings

Now our time comes round
The symphony drew me to the sound
No lost, just found
We've fought so hard for our common ground
No sight, no sound
The lights come down
Who'd love this town?

The plan you've set to be
To write the wrong in me
Is all that I can see

Now my soul fills up
The kind of faith that I'm dreaming of
No hope, just love
It's time for broken hearts to heal up
The skies will flood
We'll rise above
I've woken up

And now our time has come
To know the war is won
And we're no more than one

I'll fight the war within
Don't feel like giving in
Is this my time to win?
I'm falling for you...

The hope becomes the heart
The end becomes the start
You've watched me fall apart
The broken mending

If you can break my heart
Without it bending
This could be the start
Of happy endings

If you forgive my past
Without pretending
This could be the start
Of happy endings