Released: October 11, 1993
Songwriter: Neil Finn
Producer: Martin Glover
My life is a house
You crawl through the window
Slip across the floor and into the reception room
You enter the place of endless persuasion
Like a knock on the door when there's ten or more things to do
Who is that calling?
You, my companion
Run to the water on a burning beach
And it brings me relief
Pass through the walls
To find my intentions
Circle round in a strange hypnotic state
I look into space
There is no connection
A million points of life
And a conversation I can't face
Cast me off one day
To lose my inhibitions
Sit like a lapdog on a matron's knee
With the nails on your feet
I woke up the house
Stumbled in sideways
The lights went on and everybody screamed suprise
The savage review, it left me gasping
But it warms my heart to see that you can do it too
Total surrender
Your touch is so tender
Your skin is like water
On a burning beach
And it brings me relief
And it brings me relief
And it brings me relief
You crawl through the window
Slip across the floor and into the reception room
You enter the place of endless persuasion
Like a knock on the door when there's ten or more things to do
Who is that calling?
You, my companion
Run to the water on a burning beach
And it brings me relief
Pass through the walls
To find my intentions
Circle round in a strange hypnotic state
I look into space
There is no connection
A million points of life
And a conversation I can't face
Cast me off one day
To lose my inhibitions
Sit like a lapdog on a matron's knee
With the nails on your feet
I woke up the house
Stumbled in sideways
The lights went on and everybody screamed suprise
The savage review, it left me gasping
But it warms my heart to see that you can do it too
Total surrender
Your touch is so tender
Your skin is like water
On a burning beach
And it brings me relief
And it brings me relief
And it brings me relief
more tracks from the album
The Very Very Best of Crowded House
- Fall at Your Feet
- It’s Only Natural
- I Feel Possessed
- Better Be Home Soon
- Distant Sun
- Recurring Dream
- Private Universe
- Something So Strong
- Chocolate Cake
- Not the Girl You Think You Are
- Now We’re Getting Somewhere
- Pour le monde
- Fingers of Love
- Everything Is Good for You
- World Where You Live
- She Called Up
- Into Temptation
- Don’t Dream It’s Over
- Weather with You
- Locked Out
- Instinct
- Whispers and Moans
- Sister Madly
- When You Come
- Never Be the Same
- Nails in My Feet
- Don’t Stop Now
- Mean to Me
- Hole in the River
- Pineapple Head
- Four Seasons in One Day
- Throw Your Arms Around Me
From the albums
- Together Alone (1993)
- The Very Very Best of Crowded House (2010)
- Together Alone (Deluxe Edition) (2016)
Crowded House popular songs
- Don’t Dream It’s Over
- Weather with You
- Fall at Your Feet
- Better Be Home Soon
- Mean to Me
- Four Seasons in One Day
- Distant Sun
- It’s Only Natural
- Weather With You (Live)
- English Trees
- Pineapple Head
- World Where You Live (Live)
- Elephants
- Walking on the Spot
- Into Temptation
- In the Lowlands
- She Called Up
- As Sure as I Am
- Falling Dove
- Lost Island
- Even If
- I Feel Possessed
- Sister Madly (Live)
- Together Alone