Released: July 1, 1988
Songwriter: Neil Finn
Producer: Mitchell Froom
When you come across the sea
Me like a beacon, guiding you to safety
The sooner the better now
And when you come
The hills will breathe like a baby
Pulled up, heaving from the bottom of the ocean
The sooner the better now
And when you come to cover me
Fresh with your kisses
Fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
The sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
And that is why
I stumble to my knees
And why, underneath the Heavens
With the stars burning and exploding
I know why I could never let you down
When you come
When you come like an iceberg float in darkness
Smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
And when you come, your majesty to entrap me
Prince of light receding
The sooner the better now
And when you come to cover me
With your kisses hard like armour
The sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions, hey
And that is why
I stumble to my knees
And why underneath the Heavens
With the stars burning and exploding
I know why I could never let you down
She came out of the water
Into my horizon
Like a cumulo nimbus
Coming in from the distance
Burning and exploding
Burning and exploding
Like a slow volcano
When you come
Cover the ground with ashes, with ashes
Baby, when you come
Nothing changes, now
When you come
Burning and exploding
When you come
When you come
Me like a beacon, guiding you to safety
The sooner the better now
And when you come
The hills will breathe like a baby
Pulled up, heaving from the bottom of the ocean
The sooner the better now
And when you come to cover me
Fresh with your kisses
Fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
The sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
And that is why
I stumble to my knees
And why, underneath the Heavens
With the stars burning and exploding
I know why I could never let you down
When you come
When you come like an iceberg float in darkness
Smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
And when you come, your majesty to entrap me
Prince of light receding
The sooner the better now
And when you come to cover me
With your kisses hard like armour
The sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions, hey
And that is why
I stumble to my knees
And why underneath the Heavens
With the stars burning and exploding
I know why I could never let you down
She came out of the water
Into my horizon
Like a cumulo nimbus
Coming in from the distance
Burning and exploding
Burning and exploding
Like a slow volcano
When you come
Cover the ground with ashes, with ashes
Baby, when you come
Nothing changes, now
When you come
Burning and exploding
When you come
When you come
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
- Temple of Low Men (1988)
- Recurring Dream (1996)
- The Very Very Best of Crowded House (2010)
- Temple of Low Men (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
- Twice If You’re Lucky
- When You Come
- Love This Life
- Never Be the Same
- Nails in My Feet
- Say That Again
- Heaven That I’m Making
- I Am in Love
- Don’t Stop Now
- Black and White Boy
- People Are Like Suns
- Help Is Coming
- All I Ask
- Pineapple Head (live)
- There Goes God
- So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star