This Picture

This is a calling out to all of you out there on the web. Has anybody out there a fan of this band? I personally only like the first album...A Violent Impression

A Disclaimer

First I'd like to say that I know very little about this band at all. I haven't seen *any* information out there on the web so I decided to start this little 'ole page. For all I know, nobody will ever venture to take a gander at this little page except myself but whatever...

In the News

This Picture's webpage (from the Record Company) Thanks for e-mailing me the URL to this website :).

Someone e-mailed me about this URL. But if you want to know the latest word on what Symon Bye is up to, look here.

Why does this page look so bad?

Well first of all I don't have that much time to sink into making it look better. Second of all I'm particularly bad when it comes to graphics and colors and style and whatnot. Third typing in all the lyrics and stuff is going to take a while and I tend to think that that is one of the most essential things to have when starting a page about a band...but hey whatever...

Message to Visitors of This Humble Webpage

I'd just like to thank everyone out there who has sent me an e-mail telling me about their first experiences of encountering and hearing This Picture. It's always fun and inspiring to hear that other people loved the song, Naked Rain, the first time they heard it as much as I did. :) It's also quite depressing to see so very little information out there on the web about this band. Most of the webpages that I could find indexing "Naked Rain" were singles that people and companies were trying to sell. If I have some time I'll try to put up maybe a 30 second sound clip of Naked Rain so that you'd be able to identify the song if you'd heard it before. (2/24/00).

Band members

The Albums

A Violent Impression (1991)


Naked Rain -- personally my favorite song on this album

The gates are open, my eyes are wide -
burning the candle that keeps me alive
Going in blind, going in blind,
The waters cold, cold, cold murder,
So bring it back to me, bring it back to me and take me in...

She is warm, willing, deep and giving,
She is cold, chilling, painfully forgiving,
Let it be wild, let it be warm, let it be everything.

Your lips move me, your eyes move me, colder than the rain,
Your arms hold me, your body fold me deeper again,
So run with me, run with me, colder than the rain.

She is wild, killing, so I start living
She is warm, thrilling, painfully forgiving

Let it be wild, let it be warm, let it be everything

Your lips move me, your eyes move me, colder than the rain,
Your arms hold me, your body fold me deeper again,
So run with me, run with me, colder than the rain.

Every branch of your body has broken.
Every arch of your body has spoken,
So bring it back to me, bring it back to me, and take me in.

Your lips move me, your eyes move me, colder than the rain,
Your arms hold me, your body fold me deeper again,
So run with me, run with me, colder than the rain.

All I believe in

The time has come to say goodnight feelings rest assured
My words and thoughts are yours tonight just calling at your door
Every breath is sacred now every second blessed
And all the time I spend with you is heaven unconfessed

You are all I believe in, worth waiting for
All I believe in, everything and more...

All the world is here tonight, what kingdom shall we reign?
Your loving eyes fall from sight to capture once again
Are all your words hollow now? Is stillness wht I've seen?
How skin of perfect stone can be beautifully obscene

You are all I believe in, worth waiting for
All I believe in, everything and more...

To lie with, cry with, sleep, dance and fly with
We can soar throught the heavens if we choose

You are all I believe in, worth waiting for
You are all I believe in, everything and more
How much more must I take? How much more before I break?
How much more...

The Great Tree

We are all standing at the bottom of the sea,
We are all staring skywards, what is it we see?
We see a ship sailing westward,
A man running south, with all these crazy words spilling from his mouth,
"He thinks he's a God - I think he's a tree"

So move over water, move over son,
Move towards the only point that's way beyond the sun,
Move over water, move over son, as fast as we can we run for the sun,
I'm getting blinded, I'm getting blinded

I gaze out across the ocean from the top of the world,
I find myself laughing at the stones you have hurled,
As each of them hit me, on the back of the head,
I realise the foolish things mankind has said,
"He thinks he's a king, his Kingdom is dead"

So move over water, move over son,
Make the earth a paradise, don't get burnt by the sun,
Move over water, move over son, is everybody weird am I the only one?
I'm getting blinded, I'm getting blinded

Hey! Run for the sun...

Are you sitting comfortably in the palace of your home,
Forgetting all the places where your mind still could roam,
Like the Great Wall of China, of the Himalayan dawn,
The Forests of the Amazon where our lifeline is born,
"So you think you're a man - Breathe while you can"

Move over water, move over son,
Move towards the only point that's way beyond the sun,
Move over water, move over son, as fast as we can we run for the sun,
I'm getting blinded, I'm getting blinded

Step Up

Step up, re-align yourself step back and I will come clear
Step up, please do what I want you to
(Step Back) Why does it always happen here...

The planets affecting my mind it feels like I'm fighting all of
Mankind, but you are electrifying, yes, you are electrifying my mind

Step up, re-define yourself step back and I will come clear
Step up, please do what I want you to
(Step Back) Why does it always happen here...

I find it hard to explain why the arms of my conscience you cannot chain;
and out of the windows of lies steps a man in a gey suit with love in his eyes

Step up, re-define yourself
Step back and I will come clear
Step up,, please do what I want you to
(Step back) Why does it always happen here...

Death's Sweet Religion

Heading out across the landscape believing so many things
Hearing the sounds of summer fade
You start beating back your winter wings

Every line, every curve of your body sings,
Cover me, save me, reach me, raise me,
Every time we touch my body clings,
Cover, save me, reach me, raise me,
There are places I have never been, worlds I've yet to dream of,
May the stars in the sky match the colours of the eye
My love

I am alive in you, alive with you - you are,
Alive in me, alive with me you are...
Ooh Ooh

Help me stand through the heavens and the heights,
Through the battles and the nights we spend together...
together, together

And so we slide down the banks of the river, time will ease the pain,
Reflections pass, like warriors we glide, you know I'll remain
Every line, every curve of your body sings,
Cover me, save me, reach me, raise me,
Every time we clash I hear you sing,
Cover me, save me, reach me, raise me,
There are places I have never been, worlds I've yet to dream of,
May the stars in the sky match the colours of the eye
My love, because

I am alive in you, alive with you - you are,
Alive in me, alive with me you are...
Ahhh
ahhh

Look at me now I'm running faster, faster, faster
the clouds are alive the clouds are alive

Look at me now

Breathe Deeply Now!

The sound I've found in the night is strong,
Do you notice me where the light once shone,
To hell with your cities, your suburbs and fields
Taste the air and see what it reveals,
We're alive, don't you feel alive? why don't you feel alive?
Just breathe deeply now, Breathe deeply -
Don't you feel alive; The flowers on the citynight drive

Almost there...

The sign of mine my life is long, remember me and where I come from,
To hell with your flares, your flowers and robes,
Think of life as an abstract pose,
We're alive, don't you feel alive? why don't you feel alive?
Just breathe deeply now, Breathe deeply - Don't you feel alive, The flowers on the citynight drive

To hear, to hear that sound again,
The triumphant call that I heard back then,
To hell with your pity, my body's gone cold
And all your words seem a wee bit old,

Just breathe deeply now, Breathe deeply - Don't you feel alive, The flowers on the citynight drive

A Violent Impression

We create dreams when we are alone,
Carve out of words not marble or stone,
Sounds that are distant, broken like bone,
Though we fight against it we live and die alone...

I'm tired of waiting for fools to wake,
tired of relying on fortune and fate,
I know you are present but please can't you wait,
Though we fight against it, feel the tension ache,
How is burns will it never break...

Footsteps on the pavement feeling like I've never felt before
You wonder what the words meant, you're touched by her
How can I recall - what you did to me?

I can't forget the innocence that you and I missed,
Or all the implications of a little child's kiss,
I know I was foolish but how could I resist,
Though we fight against it, feel the tension ache,
How it burns will it never break...

Footsteps on the pavement feeling like I've never felt before
You wonder what the words meant, you're touched by her
How can I recall - what you did to me?

You live and die alone...
You live and die alone...

Still Life

Drive, Drive, Yes,

You've got to watch the TV and count the passing cars,
Dream inside a memory, dance amongst that stars,
Laughing back tomorrow, choking back today,
time is movign forwards we are going the wrong way,
What must I do?
What must I say?
Anything is possible, all things come your way,
All thing will come your way...

Speeding past the daylight, heading into dawn,
I cling to what I havne't got,
Another life is born,
I'm laughing in my sorrow,
I'm choking back the air,
Every time I see your face I realise I care,

So lay down your love and rest on me,
Lay down your love so it rests on me,
Lay down your love

Drive, laugh, I'm down on my knees, well you'll be the last...
Laugh, cry, down on my knees, well I'll tell you why,

Something else is missing, what is going wrong?
You said you would makit it stop, not let the game go on,
I'm laughing in my sorrow, I'm choking back the air,
Everytime I hear you cry I realise I care...

So lay down your love and rest on me,
Lay down your love so it rests on me,
Lay down your love...
Lay down your love.

Do you wanna see me drive,
Do you wanna see me laugh,
Do you wanna see me down onmy knees,
Well you'll be the last,
Laugh, cry, down on my knees, well I'll tell you why,

Ooooh, ohhh,
Ooooh, ohhh,

Oooh aahh, don't stop now,
Oooh, aahh, don't stop now,
Please don't let me down,

Oooh aahh, don't stop,
Oooh, aahh, don't stop,
Please don't let me down,
Let me down, let me down,

Oooh aahh, don't stop,
Oooh, aahh, don't stop,
Please don't let me down,

Don't stop, don't stop,
Please, don't let me drown,
Don't let me drown,
I can't swim without you,

Don't let me down,
I won't let you down,
I swear I won't let you down

5.30 AM

Here I am in the city where the air is getting thin
My throat is growing tighter the walls ae closing in,
why are your words so strong where did we go wrong,

You all look so familiar but I'm scared of what I see
Buildings stretching skywards suffocating you and me
why are your words so strong where did we go wrong?
From the bottom to the top they're not gonna stop you
Stronger, stronger, stronger than life itself...

The song I sing the tune we play
you can hear my voice singing night and day
but why are your words so strong where did we go wrong?

From the bottom to the top they're not going to stop you

It's 5.30am I want to leave I've got to go right now!!

See in, see out of the city
Tell me do you believe me?
I do I think I'm a liar
I think I'm a liar...

As Deep As This One

Did you see that man beat his wife, she in love and he in life?
Did you ever see a scar as deep as this one?
And see that child walk to him, broken mind and battered limb
Did you ever see a divide as deep as this one was? Did you hear that man confess of secrets born in tenderness,
Did you ever hear a lie as great as this one was?
So how can you face the regret time has scared but shall forget?
Did you ever take a stand as great as this one was?

I can't bring myself to say it, I hope you can
Won't you say it, won't you say it please

So you see that man rape his wife, she in love and he in life?
Did you ever see a scar as deep as this one?

And I You

The more I touch
The more I see
The clearer it becomes,
So find the fascination tree,
And see how the childish one runs,
I want to know the way ahead,
I want to be sure,
I need to realise you,
I need to know more -

The chain around my neck you see,
Is a consolation prize,
The time is right, tonight we fight,
The child is in your eyes,
You needn't be ashamed of me,
I will not do you wrong,
I never compromised you,
But I need to move on -

The more you touch the more of me,
Who do you think I am,
You've found the fascination tree,
Symon will do what he can,
He wants to know the way ahead,
He wants to be sure,
He needs to realise you,
He needs to know more -


City of Sin (1994)


The Great Escape

Oh beautiful love explain, Why you've entered my body again? How could I forget, When the years have coiled up around my neck, Helpless and afraid. You used to think that I was brave, Now here is the shell, Here is the slave...Are you waiting for the greatest escape of all, What do you search for with innocent eyes? Are you waiting for the great escape, Or something more? Try, try and find it. Pictures and scenes, All was well in our life of dreams, Then I awoke as you touch me, touch me. In love and proud, Forced to face fear as she cried aloud. That was the day, I cannot forget, This nightmare of mine, Has not left me yet..Are you waiting for the greatest escape of all. What do you search for with, innocent eyes? The great escape is near, The great escape is here...

Highrise

Up in the highrise watching the girls eyes, Waiting to hear you, I am alive. Up in the highrisetonight where the fun lies, Waiting I fear too...the elements rise. We're over the hill, its down to just luck, Nobody cares when you're in this rut. We're over the hill, down and door shut, Nobody gives when you're in this rut. They're coming out of the walls... They're coming out of the walls tonight, They're coming out of the walls... They're coming out of the walls tonight. Up in the highrise do you notice the neon eyes, They reach in and hold you, I will control you. Up in the highrise where even the dog cries, Reach from the ground...or men without sound, We're over the hill, down on our luck, Nobody lives in this cardboard hut. We're over the hill, down and door shut, Nobody gives when you're in this rut. They're coming out of the walls...Coming out of the walls tonight. They're coming out of the walls...Coming out of the walls tonight. They're coming out of the walls, By day or by night. They're coming out of the walls...Set us free tonight. We're over the hill, it's down to just luck, Nobody cares when you're in the rut. We're over the hill, down and door shut, Nobody gives when you're in this rut. They're coming out of the walls, Coming out of the walls tonight. They're coming out of the walls... Coming out of the walls tonight. They're coming out of the walls...By day or by night. They're coming out of the walls...Coming out of the walls tonight. They're without sound...Highrise...Men without sound...

Hands On My Soul

Are you in the mood, do you have the time? Whatever the cards say tonight, will you be mine? Come and lay beside me, Our love is alive. Let the wars of the day go by, And our senses will thrive, As we join together can you feel it begin...So lay your hands on my soul. It's there to be taken whole. Lay your hands on my soul, Your eyes are the door to the soul. Were you here for me, As I danced alone? How could I tell you enough, Love fuels the unknown. Night brings us together, Are we going to let it win? Love has taken over us from the depths, Of it we swim, So we come together can you feel it begin...So lay your hands on my soul, It's there to be taken whole. Lay your hands on my soul, Your eyes are the door to the soul, Just lay your hands on my soul...It's you and I together it's, you and I alone it's, You and I forever lets, carve it in stone. We join together, can you feel it begin yeh...So lay your hands on my soul, It's there to be taken whole. Are you in the mood, Do you have the time? Were you here for me, As I danced alone...? Lay your hands on my soul, It's there to be taken whole. Lay your hands on my soul, Your eyes are the door to the soul...

Sycamore Seeds

There's a crack in the wall, I have never seen this one before. But I'm glad to say that I am allowd to say, That this will be my finest hour. Has anybody seen my magic tower? It stands a thousand feet tall, Words cannot reach it, if only I could draw it for you. Pyramids and squares, glass like chairs, Anything is possible to he who dares to...Come alive of the mind over we'll go, Climbing the wall of doubt, don't you know. For tonight we could reach it, When the insults are hurled. For tonight we could reach it, If you'd only show the world...There's a gap in the wall. Through which any brave man can carwl. To see the other side, To see this paradise glorified. This is my finest hour...This is my magic tower. We lie, eyes to the floor, There I was, at the holy man's door. I was ready to enter, ready to believe, In the comfort of time, in the sycamore seeds. Come alive of the mind, over we'll go. Climbing the walls of doubt don't you know. For tonight we could reach it, When the insults are hurled. For tonight we could reach it, If you'd only show the world...Be whole, be whole, be whole once more, Be whole, be whole, be whole, once more, I'll beg no more. There's a God in the hall, He smiles and says, Begin again, stand don't crawl. to see what he will hide, To see his paradise glorified, This is my final hour..This is my magic tower. Come alive of the mind over we'll go, Climbing the walls of doubt don't you know. Come alive of the mind we'll go, Climbing the walls of doubt don't you know. For tonight we could reach it, If you'd only show the world...Pick yourself up see what I really am, Flesh is alive in every soul and man. Pick yourself up raise your eyes from the floor, Be whole, be whole once more. Be whole, be whole once more, I'll beg no more, On the sycamore...


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