love lay me down slay me with whispers reassure me that its alright i i hit the deck i hit rock

bottom but you saw me then you caught shining like a ray of hope swift angel to comfort me cradling my head in your hands i looked up at the sun and the

me like

turning

sea

fog

cleared

saw

you

and i want you and thats so terrifying and i want you to help put out the fire because i am an island and you are the ocean and all of my sadness taken by the sea fall i took a fall i took it easy on the surface i was perfect but down way down below i started believing i deserved it was i worthless sinking like a rescue boat washing right over me vessel is struggling waving both my hands in the air then the blindness of love then your arms all around me and i want so much that i wont always to be believe swimming that i wont against the disappear tide in the water

taken

by

the

sea

Written by Darren Hayes, Steve Young and Robert Conley Produced by Darren Hayes, Justin Shave and Robert Conley Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / Control

its six oclock and im wide awake and dreaming im thinking back to a time before our separate lives a time when i could make you mine i made a promise i was never going to hurt you i wrote a letter and divided all the words in two half for me and half for you now im sending out a searchlight along latitudes and satellites dont give up dont give up dont give up on our love story when you cant go on dont give up dont give up always dark before the morning when you cant go on youll be a brave heart ill be a lions roar and love surrenders to win the war in the silence i hear every word youre thinking like the shimmer of a far away and distant star i guess love could never travel that far no and i cant believe its come to this all our secret codes and battleships and i want to run away from this but id never leave a sinking ship no without you in it theres no point to our well i cant believe its come to this all our secret codes and battleships no without you in it theres no point to our dont ever let me go no no no dont ever let me go

story

story

dont

give

up

Written by Darren Hayes and Steve Robson Produced by Steve Robson Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / Northern Sky

in my eyes well your gaze always ends up there theres a touch of the insincere but you can always tell im lying fighting words well nobody is keeping score but were winning a cold cold war and i feel so cowardly and now i love you love you only slightly less than i loved and its hard to confess but my to be the one to be the one in your touch well your body can move in but my heart is a lonesome id never feel you anyway

you loved you nearly love is

not

real

enough

close ghost

and now i love you love you only slightly less than i loved you loved you and its hard to confess but my nearly love is not to be the one to be the one and now i love you love you only slightly less than i loved you loved you and my hearts in a mess because my nearly love is enough to be the one to be the one

real

enough

not

real

nearly

love

Written by Darren Hayes, Phil Thornalley and Mads Hauge Produced by Phil Thornalley and Mads Hauge Co-produced by Darren Hayes Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing Group / Dalmatian Songs

no turn off the sun take down the moon for i dont need them anymore go switch off the stars and paint the sky black love isnt ever coming back theres no your love use was in imagining a like a drug i world without you was addicted to you hurt me

because theres nobody else who can hurt like i dont want to be lonely and theres no other way theres no joy theres no meaning just this hollowed out feeling now all the loves gone and nothing grows here and i just feel wrong so black out the sun and all that we shared will slowly disappear theres a hole where my soul used to grow so just black out the sun no stop all the rain and poison the ground love doesnt want to hang around go turn all the fruit into bitter wine it was only sweet when you were mine

theres an emptiness inside of me since youve been gone all the world has lost its meaning all my colours run the sun now nothing compares how could it even dare because now that loves gone i want to black out the sun 4 black out the sun

Written by Darren Hayes and Carl Falk Produced by Carl Falk Co-produced by Darren Hayes Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / BMG Chrysalis

i know you keep your silence i know that secret better than you sometimes all the matters of the heart are the chaos and the cowardice that keep us apart i know you want to shut down i know you think were better alone sometimes all the words are unsaid but you listen to them argue every night in your head just breathe in and out because all i want to do please hear me out because all i want to do

is is

just just

talk talk

talk talk

talk talk

to to

you you

i know that youve been pushed down i know you think were better as two sometimes well the miracle of love is meaningless and clumsy like the beating of a heart just breathe in and out because all i want to do is just talk talk please hear me out because all i want to do is just talk talk calling out got to hear an echo got to get to you when im walking out all i want to do is just talk talk talk to well you can hide away your feelings and burn your bridges in the dark but i know you want to break through but were worlds apart

talk talk

to

you

you

talk

talk

talk

Written by Darren Hayes and Carl Falk Produced by Carl Falk Co-produced by Darren Hayes Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / BMG Chrysalis

love youre in pieces theres no one left to lay you down or say on the worst night of the worst year though we might fall well go out punching you hit me like a subway train and i will never be the same and darlin ill follow you down to the even when you fall apart ill pick up your bloodstained heart and darlin ill follow you down to the

its

okay

ground

ground

in the gutter we are starless and blind to dreams but we can dream each other to a new day where the good guys always and heaven still means something love when youre in pieces theres no one left to

win

dry

your

eyes

bloodstained

heart

Written by Darren Hayes and Carl Falk Produced by Carl Falk Co-produced by Darren Hayes Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / BMG Chrysalis

you and i we got splintered cut in two like earth and the sky i say a prayer in the distance that my faith my friends tell me i should look around for but they dont know you they dont understand the gravity ive fallen because i still feel you because you bring me love you lift me up every time we kiss its like forgive me love i cant give you up every time we kiss its like

in love will survive somebody new into

god

walking

into

the

room

god

walking

into

the

room

can i make a confession im lighting candles for you and i i pray for a love resurrection and all the things we fire my friends tell me i should look around for somebody but they dont know you they dont look into your eyes or tremble like i do every time i see you because you bring me love you lift me up every time we kiss its like god walking into the room forgive me love i cant give you up hand upon the bible your love is survival i tell you ive never felt this before my sadness falls to the floor you look right in to me like god walking into the room like its meant to be you and i we were splintered cut in two like earth and the sea i say a prayer that in the distance you back to me 7 god walking into the room

lost new

in

the

my

faith

in

love

will

bring

Written by Darren Hayes and Justin Shave Produced by Darren Hayes and Justin Shave Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / Control

if you want something broke you better give it to me ive got a way of disappointing that you wouldnt believe i can take a good intention and turn it on its head i can make you pray to god and wish wed never met nobody if you knows where this razor has been want something broken better give

it

to

me

because i can make you hurt i can take you down so low ill make you want to cry i can make you say goodbye i can make you hurt i can take you down so low and then youll know that youd be better off when im not around youd be better off with somebody else so put me back on the shelf see im the kind of person who can barely be loved i solve every equation with a push and a shove now that i love you im afraid its too late if you get too close ill only push you away

maybe

i was better lost before i was found ive got a history of misery so baby listen to me put me back on the shelf and give this pain to somebody yeah

else

hurt

Written by Darren Hayes and Steve Lironi Produced by Darren Hayes and Justin Shave Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / Control

what if i told you that your time was up that as every second passes theres a moment in 23 hours the sun was going to set forever would you hug a little tighter would you let would you focus on love and then forget the live in the moment or wish your life away

gone go first hurt

how would you spend your last night on earth would you kiss your enemies say sorry first would you take enough time to say your last goodbyes all the little battles that you never won all the music and the opera never sung emotions that were silent all these years you cant smell the roses when youre gone you cant smell the roses no its not a rehearsal you only get one life to make it right you cant smell the roses when youre gone so live every moment like its the last night because this is the last night on earth

on

earth

what if i told you that i had regrets i would trade in all my happiness for one last for a minute or two lying by your side what if i chose the road nobody walked if i honoured all my promises with empty talk if i knew back then the things that i know now

kiss

i would tell you that i love you that we all get low there are peaks and there are valleys but youve got to a second chance it rarely comes around if i could have my time again i would make sure you knew just how i because i went away for much too long and the seasons changed without me

know

felt

roses

Written by Darren Hayes and Walter Afanasieff Produced by Walter Afanasieff Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing

i dont want love and i dont want anybody else anybody else either i dont want faith and i dont want to start another war a kingdom for my crowd of believers did i lose my calling did i lose you dont lovers always get what they want i made a stupid mistake and my world crashed down i made a stupid mistake and i threw it all away i threw it all away i got lazy on the wrong side of love now im searching every face in the crowd for you for you all around

to

me

i dont want a stain and i dont want your love upon my hands but i dont understand what im leaving i dont want to pray but i dont want forgiveness from above when none of this was of my believing did i choose to fall down did i lose you dont lovers always get what they want ive been walking around with my head in the dirt ive been stripped of everything that ever made me ive been lonely ive been searching the crowds for you i got lazy on the wrong side of love i was stupid sold my kingdom for a war with you with you you dont want love and you dont want anybody

come

first

else

to

either

10

stup1d

m1stake

Written by Darren Hayes and Robert Conley Produced by Darren Hayes, Justin Shave and Robert Conley Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing

i dont know how im supposed to without my tiny little pills sudden emotions i have awoken im wet behind the ears to find myself in such a cruel nobody gets me nobody gets me nobody gets me like you everyone left me everyone left me everyone left me but you

feel

cruel

world

now youre the only one the only one the only one who gets through and when my hope is gone im feeling numb the only one i let through is you you you get me through you you get me through this cruel cruel its been a battle for too long all my happiness has gone kindness erases a city of strangers deep down in my bones all i want to do is crawl back home

world

to

you

11

cruel

cruel

world

Written by Darren Hayes and Brian West Produced by Darren Hayes and Brian West Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing

tie me up against the mast and shield the sunlight from my eyes for i no longer can resist the haunting of her cries they call me from the jagged rock it was the sweetest melody like gold and honey dripping from the fingertips of god i feel the wind against my face from the flapping of her wings i feel the black and silky tenderness all choking me but i can almost taste happiness its such a long way off but i can almost feel your embrace above the sirens call now its not beautiful or pure but it exists beyond the shore it struggles to be heard above the screeching of her call beneath my feet a rumbling a hundred demons clambering they chase away my harmony and make love afraid to call they grow forever restless and as our ship sets out to sea they will not be silenced never for you or me and ive seen a hint of it this happiness this bliss just knowing it exists i know that and ive caught a glimpse of it one moment just one kiss from the corner of my eye of better days gone by

no

must

try

12

the

s1rens

call

Written by Darren Hayes and Carl Falk Produced by Carl Falk Co-produced by Darren Hayes Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing / BMG Chrysalis

credits All songs mixed by Robert Orton at Metropolis Studios, London UK Assisted by Xavier Stephenson All songs mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine U.S.A Tracks 4,5,6 and 12 Recorded by Carl Falk at Kinglet Studio in Stockholm, Sweden except for Track 6 recorded by Carl Falk at The Village in LA, USA Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes except on Track 12 where Ana Bylund sings additional background vocals All instruments by Cark Falk except: Track 4 Violin Mattias Bylund, Viola Irene Bylund Track 5 Violin Mattias Johansson, Cello David Bukovinszky Track 6 Violin Mattias Johansson, Cello David Bukovinszky Track 12 Violin 1 Martin Bylund, Violin 2 Mattias Johansson, Viola Irene Bylund, Cello David Bukovinszky All strings arranged by Battias Bylund except on Track 6 strings arranged by Carl Falk and Mattius Bylund All Strings recorded and edited by Mattias Bylund at Studio Elevator Nobody, Gothenburg, Sweden Track 2 Recorded by Steve Robson at Northern Sky Studios in London UK Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes All instruments by Steve Robson Track 3 Recorded by Phil Thornalley and Mads Hauge at Swamp Studios in London UK Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes All instruments by Mads Hauge and Phil Thornalley Glockenspiel by Phil Thornalley Tracks 1 and 10 Recorded by Robert Conley at The Attic studio in Darrens house in London with additional recording by Justin Shave at Studios 301, Sydney Australia Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes Keyboards and programming by Robert Conley Additional keyboards and programming by Justin Shave Studios 301 sessions Recorded and engineered by Michael Morgan and Aaron Davidson Guitars by Steve Young Bass by Lee Novak Drums by Terepai Richmond Live strings see Studios 301 String Sessions credits Tracks 7 and 8 Recorded by Justin Shave at The Attic studio in Darrens house in London UK with additional recording by Justin Shave, Michael Morgan and Aaron Davidson at Studios 301 Sydney Australia Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes Keyboards and programming by Justin Shave Guitars by Steve Young Bass by Lee Novak Drums by Terepai Richmond Live strings see Studios 301 String Sessions credits Track 9 Produced by Walter Afanasieff Programming by Adrian Bradford Engineered by Tyler Gordon at Wallyworld Studios in Studio City U.S.A Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes Track 11 Recorded by Brian West at The Gymnasium studios in Hollywood CA, U.S.A Lead and background vocals by Darren Hayes Programming, engineering and all instruments by Brian West Studios 301 String Sessions Recorded and engineered by Michael Morgan and Aaron Davidson at Studios 301 in Sydney Australia Strings arranged by Larry Muhoberac Strings contracted by Coralie Hartl Additional arrangements by Justin Shave For Richard, my lionheart. Violins i Phillip Hartl (String Leader), Askar Nurlanov, Maja Verunica, Fiona Ziegler, Emma West, Thomas Dundas Violins ii Benjamin Li, Ursula Nelius, Rachel Westwood, Anna Albert, Petra Chaplin, Dominique Guerbois Violas Anne-Louise Comerford, Sandro Costantino
artwork and design

Designed and illustrated by John Gilsenan of iwantdesign Photographs by Ellis Parrinder Additional photographs by Cameron McNee and Maggz Appleton
management

Cathy Oates Original Matters

legal

Mark Krais for Bray and Krais Additional work by David Orwell for Brett Oaten Solicitors
accounting

Mark Boomla for Prager and Fenton UK

thank you

This album would not be possible without the contribution, guidance and generosity of so many who helped to realise my vision. When people ask me about this album I will always say that it was built by a village. I am but one part in its construction. To all those who assisted in the journey from being lost in the middle of the ocean to the safety of distant shores I thank you.

d a r r e n h a y e s .c o m

C & P Powdered Sugar Productions 2011 Licensed to Universal Music Australia