Portishead

[Reckoner]

By the way. This is just from listening to the ATP recording. All guess work. Tell me if you think a certain lyric is something else

Wicca.

the tears in our eyes
???????? inside eyes???
we're dead and afraid
inside my head, ??worn through changes??

did you know when you lost
did you know when I wanted
did you know what I lost
do you know what I wanted

deep in our hearts
riding out inside me
wander out of reach
to far to speak
drifting unable

did you know when you lost
did you know when I wanted
did you know what I lost
do you know what I wanted



Mystic
As she walks in the room
centred and torn
hesitating once more
as I take on myself and the bitterness I felt
I realise that love lost ????
they will take me away

and the tenderness I feel
will send the dog home to me
when I follow

through the glory of life
I will scatter them on the floor
disappointed and soar
in my thoughts I have bled
from the riddles I've been fed
another light moves over
????when we make noises????
they will take me away

and the tenderness I feel
will send the dog home to me
when I follow

????when we make noises????
they will take me away

and the tenderness I feel
will send the dog home to me
when I follow


Hunter
No one says
???eden know each other????
and new evidence
is what we require
in this world

I stand on the edge of a broken sky
and down will come and and I don't know why
and if I should fall, would you hold me
or would you pass me by
for know I would ask you for nothing
just to wait for a while

so confused
my thoughts have taken over
unwanted ??rise?? and ??space me instead??
won't let go

I stand on the edge of a broken sky
and down will come and and I don't know why
and if I should fall, would you hold me
or would you pass me by
for know I would ask you for nothing
just to wait for a while


Machine Gun
I saw a saviour
a saviour come my way
I thought I'd see it
the bold light of day
but now I realise that I
only ?????

if only I could see
??tear?? yourself to me
recognise the poison in my heart
there is no other place
no one else I made
remedy ??to how I feel??

here am I ??regretting??
how can I say
for I am guilty
for the ??noise?? that I have made
to scared to sacrifice a choice
chosen for me

if only I could see
??turn myself to me??
recognise the poison in my heart
there is no other place
no one else I made
remedy ??to how I feel??


Peaches
The taste of life
I can't describe
is chocking up my mind
I'm reaching out
I can't believe
fate it can't decide
????? carry on
but underneath
??????????????
but this I can't disguise

oh can't you see
holding on to my heart I plead
the taste of life

the pace of time
I can't survive
it's grinding down the view
breaking out
which way to choose
choice ???? with you
????????
but no but no
I tell myself
I can't disguise

oh can't you see
holding on to my heart I plead
your place
can't you see
the taste of life
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[Mr Ginge]

Only just come back here since the start of the month, so now catching up on the new posts, and I see after all your hard work and effort that noone has even bothered to comment! When I have time I'll play the YouTube clips with your lyrics open in another window and compare and contrast and give you any edits I pick up on...
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[doodinthemood]

Thank you very much to the original poster for help with this. I still had problems in various places, but hopefully members will correct me or find better answers than I did. Here are the lyrics from "Third"
Edit: many corrections have been made by no0ne, so thanks to him for that. Also, the Portugese section is his.

Silence:

Esteja alerta para as regras dos três
O que você dá, retornará para você
Essa lição, você tem que aprender
Você só ganha o que você merece

Tempted in our minds
Tormented inside lie
Wounded and afraid
Inside my head
Falling through changes

Did you know when you lost?
Did you know when I wanted?
Did you know what I lost?
Do you know what I wanted?

Empty in our hearts
Crying out in silence
Wandered out of reach
Too far to speak
Drifting unable

Did you know when you lost?
Did you know when I wanted?
Did you know what I lost?
Do you know what I wanted?

Hunter:

No-one said
We’d ever known each other
And new evidence is what we require
In this world

I stand on the edge of a broken sky
And I will come down; don’t know why
And if I should fall, would you hold me?
Would you pass me by?
For you know I’d ask you for nothing
Just to wait for a while

So confused
My thoughts are takin’ over
Unwanted, arising space me instead
Won’t let go

I stand on the edge of a broken sky
And I will come down; don’t know why
And if I should fall, would you hold me?
Would you pass me by?
For you know I’d ask you for nothing
Just to wait for a while

Nylon Smile:

Ooooo

I’d like to laugh at what you said
But I just can’t find a smile
I wonder why I can’t
I struggle with myself
Hoping I might change a little
Hoping that I might be someone I want to be

Looking out I want to know someone might care
Looking out I want a reason to be there
Cos I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve you
And I don’t know what I’d do without you

Ooooo

Looking out I want to know some way might clear
Looking out I want a reason to repair
Cos I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve you
And I don’t know what I’ll do without you

Ooooo

I can’t say nothing good
Nothing is so bad
I never had the chance to explain exactly what I meant

The Rip:

As she walks in the room
centred and torn
hesitating once more
as I take on myself and the bitterness I felt
I realise that love flows

Well, white horses, they will take me away
and the tenderness I feel
will send the dark home to me
will I follow?

through the glory of life
I will scatter on the floor
disappointed and sore
'n' in my thoughts I have bled
from the riddles I've been fed
another light moves over

Well, white horses
They will take me away
and the tenderness I feel
will send the dark home to me
will I follow?

Well, white horses
They will take me away
and the tenderness I feel
will send the dark home to me
will I follow?

Plastic:

I wonder why
I don’t know what you see?
Of course I care,
I won’t pretend
It’s just a thorn,
I’d said enough

Don’t you know life turns me
Always wants me
I can hold the fight

I could try
But don’t know what you hear
Cos in my heart, you are so clear
Just a thorn,
I’d said enough

Don’t you know life turns me
Always wants me
I can hold the fight

On your stage
a show that you create
all by yourself
I am nowhere
You never notice
You are so sure

Don’t you know life turns me
Always wants me
I can hold the fight

We carry on:

The taste of life
I can't describe
is choking up my mind
I'm reaching out
I can't believe
with faith it can't decide

On and on, we carry on
but underneath are my…
On and on, I tell myself
but this I can't disguise

oh can't you see
holding on to my heart I plead
the taste of life

the pace of time
I can't survive
it's grinding down the view
breaking out
which way to choose?
A choice I can’t renew

On and on, we carry on
But underneath are my…
On and on, I tell myself
It’s this I can't disguise

oh can't you see
holding on to my heart I plead
your place, you save
can't you see
the taste of life

Deep water:

I’m drifting in deep water
Alone with my self-doubting, again
Try not to struggle this time
For I will weather the storm

Gotta remember (gonna remember)
Don’t fight it (don’t fight it)
Even if you (even if you)
Don’t like it (don’t like it)

Somehow, turn me around
(Somehow, turn me around)

No matter how far I drift
Deep water (Deep waters)
Won’t scare me tonight.

Machine Gun:

I saw a saviour
a saviour come my way
I thought I'd see it
at the cold light of day
but now I realise that I’m
Only for me

if only I could see
You turn yourself to me
and recognise the poison in my heart
there is no other place
no one else I face
remedy, we’ll agree, is how I feel

here in my reflecting
What more can I say?
for I am guilty
for the voice that I obey
too scared to sacrifice a choice
chosen for me

if only I could see
You turn myself to me
recognise the poison in my heart
there is no other place
no one else I face
The remedy, to agree, is how I feel

Small:

If I remember the night that we met
Tasted a wine that I’ll never forget
Opened the doorway and saw through the light
Motions of movement 'n' I felt alive
She spoke of freedom, “the way in” she said
“The wisdom that took me away from the bed”
Spoke of a glory that we have become
I felt forgiven and what I’ve become

Small, tasteless and flawed
Hoping to see, blinded like me
You tried to understand, but you're just a man
Hoping to score just like me

Thrill, you were again,
Tried to pretend, who you were then
Who you are now
Late in the law (late in the law)
Late in the law (late in the law)

Small, tasteless and flawed
Hoping to see, blinded like me
You tried to understand, but you're just a man
Hoping to score just like me

Thrill, you were again,
Tried to pretend, who you were then
Who you are now
Late in the law (late in the law)
Late in the law (late in the law)

Magic Doors:

I can't deny what I've become
I'm just emotionally undone
I can't deny I can with someone else
When I have tried to find the words
To describe this sense absurd
Try to resist my thoughts but I can't lie

All the muse in myself
My desire I can't hide
No reason I thought

I can't divide they'll hide from me
I don't know who I'm meant to be
I geuss it's just the person that I am
Often I've felt that I don't wade
Into the gift of my mistake
Again, again I'm wrong, and I confess

All the muse in myself
My desire I can't hide
No reason I thought

All the muse in myself
My desire I can't hide
No reason I thought

Threads:

Better if I could find the words to say
Whenever I take a chance it turns away

Amore, Tired of my mind
Amore la, thinking of why

I’m always so unsure

Embed are my thoughts I find I can’t explain
I’ve travelled so far, somehow, I feel the same

Amore, Tired of my mind
Amore da, thinking of why

I’m always so unsure
I’m always so unsure

Amore, Tired of my mind
Amore da, thinking of why

I’m always so unsure
I’m always so unsure (I’m always so unsure)
I’m always so unsure (I’m always so unsure)
I’m always so unsure

riddle of life
will I see?
what do I know?
and how do I go?
I could burn
all too blind!

tame that...
tame what?
tame what?
tame what?
tame what?
tired of what?
tame... what?
(tired of what?)
where do I go?
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[no0ne]

riddle of life
will I see?
what do I know?
and how do I go?
I could burn
all too blind!

tame that...
tame what?
tame what?
tame what?
tame what?
tired of what?
tame... what?
(tired of what?)
where do I go?
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just what i want to hear at the end of threads for now
but...
i'm always so unsure... (;

big thanks to [P] for this awesome masterpiece!
can hardly wait for the "third" of fourth...
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[AbjectEvolution]

Did you just try to add your own lyrics to the end of Threads?
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[no0ne]

that's just what i get from the distorted part at the end of threads
dood wanted help for (;
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[doodinthemood]

Good stuff no0ne. I'm not completely sure about "and how do I go?" but it's definitely a possibility. Have editted it in to my post.

edit: more corrections from no0ne were messaged to me and I've updated my lyrics with the ones I agree with. I've also added the start of silence, which I was never in a million years going to get
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[no0ne]

just to correct dood one last time (;

as mentioned in the pm... the portuguese intro has been copied from the other "leaked" thread (page 6)
where havah & pjpro posted text & translation
credit & thx go to them of coz (:
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