Open minds and loving eyes and Paradise Lost
Warm summer sun in a beautiful place with people full of love
A welcoming smile after long away followed by a hug
The unspoken moment between people full of love

A hand upon a shoulder when life is feeling tough
The gratefulness of a stranger's embrace when you found something they lost
The sunlight through the curtains after 9 o'clock
A gentle breeze across your face when the rest of you is hot

And oh, doesn't it feel good
To dig your feet into the sand
And I'm happy that I could
Spend time with people full of love

Dancing round a fire place to music heard far off
The laughter of a hundred smile of people full of love
Caught up in a summer shower with your t-shirt off
Let all your worries fly away with people full of love

The comfort of your favourite seat when you're tired of standing up
A Christmas card in mid-July from someone that forgot
The first sip of a cup of tea from your favourite mug
Celebrating merrily with people full of love

People Full of Love (rough)

Minds are empty and distracted
By procrastination that's contracted
Constant stimulation leads to social declination
Ignorance is bliss they say but ignorant of what

All the information only serves to enrage us
To make us all self-conscious and jealous
And only informs us that nothing ever changes

A political pawn born to buy and die and spawn
The old are getting older
The young penned in and colder
So search for conciliation in financial self-ambition

We do it to ourselves you see
All indebted graduates and lazy
Bury your head in the sand and motivated through a hand

The price of selfish opportunity 
Loneliness and no community 
Zero hours and empty towers
The more you earn the less you owe

Ignorance is bliss they say but ignorant of this:

Compassionate communication
Human interaction
Consumerist conscription
Sell or be sold
Never own the place you live and don not save a penny
The interest in life waning 
Need help?
There isn't any
Boredom is a sin but everyone stays in
In your country
In your house
In an endless state of anxious doubt

There must be more than this

We won't get more than this

We paid for more than this

We must stand for more than this

Ignorance is Bliss (rough)

A shining beam of light from a far off distant shore
A forlorn and lingering look screaming from my core
If this is what it's like to need someone
Then I need you now and my life has begun

You are my vice
My life long desire
My engine
My fire
Now tie has got short
And I'm still scared

A chaotic ball of emotion it swirls and gathers my up
What can you do when you're feeling them all
A constant persistent presence in an anxious imagination
What will I do if you don't love me at all

The gap between head and heart can't be too wide
There's a strength in this feeling and it's hard to disguise
I just want to hold you in an embrace of my own
Safe in the knowledge I don't feel this alone

The Fire (rough)

It's one of those days to sit around
To stay safe and sound and not be found
It's one of those days that come once in a while
It's one of those days

The birds are too lazy to sing
You don't see the sun cause your staying in
The windows are closed to shut out everything

The wind is sighing through the trees
A lazy melody is floating on the breeze
A fresh pot of tea, can you bring it to me please

Sitting is too strenuous I think I'll have to lay
The traffic is slow
The sirens fade away
The seat that I'm in is where I'm gunna stay

Dedicated relaxation never is a bore
The phone is off the hook
The food delivered to the door
No need to worry what tomorrow has in store

One of Those Days (rough)

Dry your eyes
Try to memorise your face
All I see is loss
All I see is us
All I am is me

Comfort me my angel, let me fly higher than I dare
Don't run from me my angel and don't forget that I am yours
Thunder, rain and Gods and men can't break my heart in two
I've given all that power to you
My hollow temple's shaking now and crumbling to the ground
The flame that saved me once is now drowned

Speak softly
Don't undo me
I am fragile
What did I do wrong
What did I forget
All I am is me

Comfort me my angel don't let me sink lower than I dare
Don't run from me my angel remember me when you are far away

The Plea (rough)

The wandering temptations and intrepid false ambitions 
landing complications in your lap
Fighting for each moment
learning to relent
padding through it gently to avoid the cracks

So settle down my dear
I am going not
To anywhere without you
I'll be there to watch you grow

So sleep and do not stress yourself with what you understand
let me sort that out for you
and shoulder all your troubles
you are but an innocent
Hibernating, waiting for a life time in the sun

A thousand other lullabies speak clearer than I do
I cannot claim to know you like one day I will do
So please accept my melody and take with you joyfully
Although you are but nothing yet 
You're everything to me

Edward Hallam