Here is a knife
Here is a pointy daggery knife
Here is a knife
And it's pointing to you
Here is a life
Here is a tender trembling life
Herre is a life
And it's quivering under you
Here is a dream
Here is a sweet and terrible dream
Here is a dream
And we're in the middle of it
Oh come off it-not again-do we have to go through all of this again?
All of this again
Here is a knife
Here is a pointy daggery knife
Here is a knife
And it's pointing to you
For those that trespass against us.
Knife
Tell me my life is about to begin.
Tell me that I am a hero.
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger.
Now, in this ugly world,
it is time to destroy all this evil.
Now, when I give the word,
are you ready to fight for your freedom?
NOW
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right.
We must strike at the lies, that have spread like
diseuse through our minds
Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest,
And we'll spread our kindness to all who our love now deserve
Some of you are going to die,
martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide
I'll give you the names of those you must kill,
All must die with their children.
Carry their heads to the place of old.
Hang them on stakes let the blood flow.
Now, in this hate-filled world, we must break all the chains
that have bound us
Now, the crusade has begun, we shall make this a land
fit for heroes
NOW
Stand up and fight for you know we are right... etc
We are only waiting freedom?
WE HAVE WON
Some of you are going to die,
martyrs of course to the freedom that I shall provide
CHARISMA 206 920-270
(p) 1970
o
Words and music by Roddy Frame
Like a child could have the trigger,
And the best man needn't fall,
To understand that heaven,
Could be any place at all,
Just five colours set in motion,
And I try again to place it,
And it's features are obscured
Everytime I turn to face it,
But I still chase it.
Oh it's twists are cruel and hopeless,
Like neglect has worn it thin,
And it could rip the sky wide open,
And let the rain come tumbling in.
And we wait on every whisper,
Like it makes us more alive,
There's a sense we didn't have,
And I feel it in the other five.
See the pity and the pride
In the same sea of emotion,
Cup my hands and touch the tide,
And expect to feel the ocean,
It's just a notion.
And the knife has got my number,
And the number that you keep,
And the knife has called division,
And it's drawn when I'm asleep.
Oh it's twists are cruel and hopeless,
Like neglect has worn it thin,
And it could rip the sky wide open,
Verse 1
You touched my life
With your softness in the night
My wish was your command
Until you ran out of love
I tell myself I'm free
Got the chance of livin' just for me
No need to hurry home
Now that you're
hook
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal?
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
You cut away the heart of my life
verse 2
When I pretend
Wear a smile to fool my dearest friends
I wonder if they know
It's just a show
I'm on a stage
Day and night I go through my charades
But how can I disguise
What's in my eyes?
bridge
I've tried and tried
Blocking out the pain I feel inside
The pain of wanting you
Wanting you
Running through kitchen
Now she's running through the door
Running through the bathroom
Now She's running on the floor
Chashing after me yea i don't wanna know
something in her hand yea i think i gotta go 'cause
she got a knife to my head today
she got a knife to my brain alright
do what i say
dont do what i do
I was on the run no time to think it through
got me on the run you think its really fun
fucking with my head you better go to bed 'cause
she got a knife to my brain alright
she got a knife to my head alright
Put down the knife I thought i told ya
Put down the knife You poke your eye out
Put down the knife you better do it
She, Needs, To, Go ,To, Bed
She got a knife to my head alright
She got a knife to my brain alright
She got a knife to my head alright
She got a knife to my head alright
Running through kitchen
Now she's running through the door
Running through the bathroom
Now She's running on the floor
Chashing after me yea i don't wanna know
something in her hand yea i think i gotta go cuz
she got a knife to my head today
she got a knife to my brain alright
do what i say
dont do what i do
I was on the run no time to think it through
got me on the run you think its really fun
fucking with my head you better go to bed cuz
she got a knife to my brain alright
she got a knife to my head alright
Put down the knife I thought i told ya
Put down the knife You poke your eye out
Put down the knife you better do it
She, Needs, To, Go ,To, Bed
She got a knife to my head alright
She got a knife to my brain alright
She got a knife to my head alright
She got a knife to my head alright
KNIFE!
Coming home after a long, long walk
Coming home after a dozen of a walks
Coming home after a long, long war
Coming home after a dozen of wars
We are out of wind
We have pockmarked chin
We have lots of water
We turn the other cheek and we win
One thousand stories and there's always more
We've been offered one more lap to go
In my hand I hold a key
It's dear to me 'cause I know where it leads
We are out of wind
We have pockmarked chin
We have all this water
The doctor came in the morning
She held my hand
And asked "was it worth it?";
"Could it be worse than this?";
Please recall
Give me a hint
Anything will do
If this was the last time now you should tell us what to
I was afraid I guess
Now I can think no more
I was so concentrated
On keeping things together
I've learned to focus on
I didn't want to disappoint
Now where is everybody
I never knew this could happen to me
I know now fragility
I know there's people who I haven't told
I know of people who are getting old
Wish I could speak in just one sweep
What you are and what you mean to me
Instead I mumble randomly
You stand by and enlighten me
In a dream I lost my teeth again
Calling me woman and half man
Yes in a dream all my teeth fell out
A cracked smile and a silent shout
A cracked smile and a silent shout
If I explain it once thoroughly
He'll have you later 'cause it's never free
You were at the gigantic spree
I caught a glimpse now it haunts me
I'm coming over but I won't be long
I'm coming over
I'm making a new song
I pick a car and it's a fifteen minutes drive
Rock Classics on the radio
To clear my mind
Sometimes in the weekends
We meet up at our favorite café
I'll order a chai tea
And you will have the usual au lait
And when the place gets crowded
Then they freak out
And they play the music louder
Here comes another day in isolation
Hold out your hand, feel my brain burns
You suck and lick but you still don't know why
I could fuck your brains out
Reindeer, reindeer, reindeer
I caught one of your horns
And even if it rains here
It's much worse in the north
Reindeer, reindeer, reindeer
I caught one of your horns
And even if it rains here
It's much worse in the north
And you move like shadows
In the dark
And you glitter and you glimmer
And you bark
Moon's light the feathers
The sleigh this year is heavier
I thought we'd reached Warzava
But we are stuck in Vasa
And Santa here is faster
This house must be the last now
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
Reindeer, reindeer, reindeer
Your formate friend
Humble heavy loaded
And soon it's time again
And you move like shadows
In the dark
And you glitter and you glimmer
And you bark
Moon's light the feathers
The sleigh this year is heavier
I thought we'd reached Warzava
But we are stuck in Vasa
And Santa here is faster
This house must be the last now
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
Moon's light the feathers
The sleigh this year is heavier
I thought we'd reached Warzava
But we are stuck in Vasa
And Santa here is faster
This house must be the last now
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
And we follow mister Santa
To the end
Moon's light the feathers
The sleigh this year is heavier
I thought we'd reached Warzava
But we are stuck in Vasa
And Santa here is faster
This house must be the last now
And we follow mister Santa
You know but you don't do anything
You hear but you won't listen
You're looking but there's nothing there
You have but you're not giving
Aah, aah
Aah, aah
пппппппI'm in love with your brother
what's his name?
I thought I'd come by
to see him again
when you two danced
oh what a dance
when you two laughed
oh what a laugh
has he mentioned my age love?
or is he more into young girls with dyed black hair?
I'm in love with your brother
I thought I'd come by
I'm in love with your brother
yes I am
but maybe I shouldn't ask for his name
and you danced
oh what a dance
and you laughed
oh what a laugh
does he know what I do?
and you'll pass this on, wont you?
and if I ask him once what would he say?
is he willing?
can he play?
I wasn't really looking for some more than
Some company on the dancefloor
and does he know what I do and?
You'll pass this on, won't you and?
I wasn't really looking for some more than
Some company on the dancefloor and
If I ask him once what would he say?
is he willing?
can he play?
Does he know what I do?
and you'll pass this on, wont you?
and if I ask him once what would he say?
is he willing?
can he play?
I wasn't really looking for some more than
Some company on the dancefloor
and does he know what I do and?
In the middle of nowhere when we're looking for something
Then we raise our heads for the color red
I am too a spirit and a wonderer
And I welcomed the dew as much as you did
When we're looking for brushwood
In the nearest neighbourhood
Then we follow the sky with the eye
We search vegetation and surprised by the rain
We're stumbling, tripping home again
In the middle of nowhere when we're looking for something
Then we raise our heads for the color red
I am too a spirit and a walker
And I welcomed the dew as much as you did
We found the little man and his aeroplane
But we never located the animal
Examined the dirty ground
I've got a new story now and it goes like this
I took my hand out of my pocket up came a fist
It was headline news
One more abuse
I've got to tell it with a fist
And it goes like this
How how how how
Who who who who
So where's the femininity
The one with skirts and high heels
A shiny sink and home made meals
The one and only way
If you enter you'll stay
Sons and daughters you will breed
As long as you breastfeed
Yeah being a man is a bliss
One hit, one kiss
How how how how
Who who who who
Then the lights came on, it was all a scene
Bend back, give head it's not pornography
If you do it with lights then it's art you see
If you do it with a twist
Yes, artistically
How how how how
Who who who who
I could do the laundry
The women's work
For a reasonable salary I would wash the world
It wouldn't affect my libido or my self esteem
Don't need to mark my territory
It's all obvious to me
It's manhood's bliss
One hit, one kiss
Spending time with my family
Like the Corleones
How how how how
Who who who who
Spending time with my family
Rumors telling me you are mourning
And you haven't slept for several days
You've been turning inside out, looking for reasons
And your black sorry eyes made you pale
And you couldn't catch them
You couldn't be there
You couldn't help them at all
And it was cold
If we say there is something above the mountains
If we say that there is something we can't see
Promise you will never believe me
'Cause I guess I'm just trying to make it easy
Everybody was laughing when they found us
One for you and one for me
Then they let us go to hunt us down again
And still you refuse to see
All new evening
You woke up yesterday
Now I love you
All new evening
You woke up yesterday
Now I love you
We've been waiting so long
Then you woke up
Don't waste time now
There's so much to catch up
We've been waiting so long
Then you woke up
Don't waste time now
There's so much to catch up
All new evening
You woke up yesterday
Now I love you
All new evening
You woke up yesterday
Now I love you
We've been waiting so long
Then you woke up
Don't waste time now
There's so much to catch up
We've been waiting so long
Then you woke up
Don't waste time now
There's so much to catch up
Now I love you
All new evening
You woke up yesterday
Eyes are sober, this is the plan
I'm sitting in a car heading Neverland
A fancy man, a fancy man
He's pointing with the fingers that are left on his
hand
Eyes are hazel, but far too cold
Looking out for love
But none of us can
Where's the monkey that I've been told of
I'm staring at the money that burns in my hand
I'm dancing for dollars
And for a fancy man
Come right over, I'll knock on your shoulder
This is a story and this is what I've planned
An angry man, an angry man
Nothing is more fatal than an angry man
Vulnerable heights
Feed the hand that bites me
Following the steam into another room
Standing in the corner
Is this my home
Showing us love that none of us can
I'm singing for money
That burns in my hand
Tell me
Will I make it home tonight
I'm doing it for dollars and for a fancy man
Something's gotten all over my head
And it won't leave me alone
Yeah, and when you come on
Something's gotten all over my head
And it won't let me go
Yeah, and when you come on
Something's got a hole in my head
And I didn't know
Yeah, and when you come on
Something's got a hole in my head
And I didn't know
Yeah, and when you come on
(And you)
Come on
It brings a new type of grace
And it keep coming back for more
And it leaves me with a shimmering face
And it keep coming back for more
And it brings a new type of grace
And it keep coming back for more
And it leaves me with a shimmering face
And it keep coming back for more
Neon, when you come and go
Neon, when you come and go
Neon, when you come and go
Neon, when you come and go
Neon, when you come and go
Neon, when you come and go
(Neon)
And it brings a new type of grace
And it keep coming back for more
(Neon)
And it leaves me with a shimmering face
I've got soul in my bones
Got a home, a dog and a man to call my own
Every month
I've got my period
To take care of
And to collect in blue tampons
Na na na
Na na na
I've got mace, pepper-spray
And some shoes that runs faster than a rapist rapes
What I need is chemical castrations, hope and godspeed
Na na na
Na na na
This is our last goodbye
Now you should be holding me
Punkrock t-shirt, black cap and tatoo
The first things I noticed about you
Now you should be holding me
I cut your nails and comb your hair
I carry you down the stairs
I wanted to see right through from the other side
I wanted to walk a trail with no end in sight
The moment we believe that we have never met
Another kind of love it's easy to forget
When we are all alone then we do both agree
We have a thing in common this was meant to be
You close my eyes and soothe my ears
You heal my wounds and dry my tears
On the inside of this marble house I grow
And the seeds I sow will grow up prisoners too
The moment we believe that we have never met
Another kind of love it's easy to forget
When we are all alone then we do both agree
We have a thing in common this was meant to be
Now where's your shoulder
What is it's name
What's your scent
Say it again
If it goes faster can you still follow me
It must be safe when it's on TV
I raise my hands to heaven of curiosity
I don't know what to ask for
What has it got for me?
The others say we're hiding
It's as forward as can be
Some things I do for money
I don't like slippery old men
Who's got no women friends
Too rigid and too well-paid
I like the feminist way
I don't like national borders
I don't like them who like meat
We like to swing with our friends who
Are solitary to greet
Don't like the astrolic reviewer
He has his head up his ass
He liked the smell of the inside
Through the sound of rock'n'roll
Rock'n'roll
Hoa, hoa, hoa
Don't like the voices of the right wing
Got my heart to the left
I like the lady in red, yeah
This is a socialist
Hoa, hoa
Hoa, hoa
Listen now, I am afraid of everything
When you told me I was special
It was the happiest moment for a long, long time
Listen now, I keep forgetting your name
When you laid down on the kitchen floor
It was the happiest moment for a long, long time
We seek new seed new
Some revolutionary
And you will never get a hold
We seek and we will find
Reason to stay alive
The price has never been this low
Listen now, I was afraid of everything
Then I straightened my head up
Sharpen my body like a pen
Come on I need to show it
Something too small for a lens
If I rub it if I wipe it
Guiding with one single hand
Nothing's wrong you like the feeling
I am all over the land
Come on I need to show it
Back on the mountain again
I was standing watching seasons
You're now my only friend
I'm too heavy, I'm the burden
Sitting and picking on myself
It's a shiny, shiny morning
And when the light finds my eye
I'll be fleeting like a scent
I hold my breath and I count to three
On and on outworn
It must be five hundred degrees
Will it show, in my show
Charlotta making lasagna
With Mia above the clouds
Charlotta making lasagna
With Mia above the clouds
But you could have waited
You could have locked yourself up
For ten years or so
And when you finally came out
There would still be new chances for you
Charlotta running around with Felicia
Charlotta running around with Felicia
But you could have waited
You could have locked yourself up
For ten years or so
And when you finally came out
There would still be no chances for you
I look for looks and I search for breaths
Sneaking leaves me
Thinking about death
I look for looks and I search for breaths
Sneaking leaves me
Thinking about death
You did full sky by car
And leaving town for a while
You are a yellow surprise
No distain water is friendly sometimes
But you could have waited
You could have locked yourself up
For ten years or so
And when you finally came out
There would still be no chances for you
But you could have waited (waited)
But you could have waited (waited)
I look for looks and I search for breaths
Sneaking leaves me
Thinking about death
I look for looks and I search for breaths
Sneaking leaves me
Thinking about death
Waited
Waited
I heard a puff
I heard a blow
I felt the ground
I felt the snow
I thought of linen and of lace
I never really saw his face
I heard a grunt
I heard a moan
I felt the sun
I saw the moon
I saw the northern light above
and the eclipse of the sun
I am a breath
I am a wish
I am a rocket
and a fish
I felt his measures and his weight
my own body as a scale
I heard a wisper in my ear
”you are not here, you are not here”
I saw the northern light above
and the eclipse of the sun
my feet was hurt and heals were sore
and I wondered why it burned
and I wondered why it burned
(repeat from start)
Then I had to climbe down
I went down to see the sun rise
and then I had to climbe back up again
I had to be there to see the sun rise
All the air that you sent to guide me
had a tone of the elephant grey
we were all there in the morning
we were there and we wanted to stay
(repeat)
So quite alot of what people had hear was right, some
No more tears and you'll be fine
I stay here all night
And when I've stayed all the night
We go out in the morning light
We go out in the morning light
And then you strive to live they day
Don't know how, don't know what to say
Is it medicine or social skill?
Don't have answer and nobody will
Do it screaming or without a word
Being sane is a full time work
Another day has come to an end
I take time
I take time
I ride your bullet from the south
A different taste in my mouth
I ride your bullet from the south
A different taste in my mouth
I take time
I ride your bullet from the south
Somebody saw me
Watching schoolgirls in the knees
But I really don't know why
I am a schoolgirl's dream
I am a hunger ready to eat
But I really don't know why
I just had to die
(aaaaaaa...)
Somebody saw me
Watching schoolgirls in the knees
But I really don't know why
I am a schoolgirl's dream
I am a hunger ready to eat
And I can't tell you why
I had this urge to die
(aaaaaa...)
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
Hey little girl is your daddy home?
Got a bad desire
Who wants to be ordinary
Who wants to be sweet
Who wants to know mid-term
Which hasn't been dried for weeks
One night to be confused
one night to speed up truth
we had a promise made
four hands and then away
both under influence
we had divine scent
to know what to say
mind is a razor blade
To call for hands of above to lean on
wouldn't be good enough for me oh!
One night of magic rush
the start: a simple touch
one night to push and scream
and then relief
ten days of perfect tunes
the colours red and blue
we had a promise made
we were in love
To call for hands of above to lean on
wouldn't be good enough for me oh!
To call for hands of above to lean on
wouldn't be good enough for me oh!
And you
you knew the hand of a devil
and you
kept us awake with wolves teeth
sharing different heart beats in one night
To call for hands of above to lean on
I keep my dick hangin' out of my pants
So I can point out what I want
I was chosen by standard procedures
And I'll assure you I don't mind
I'm the head of a small business
Employing old male friends of my kind
They keep their dick hangin' out of their pants
So they can point out what they want
When I saw you
I thought that you were the one
Looking good, I assumed you were handy
You introduced yourself as Andy
I thought you were the handy-man
I laid my life in your hands
Andy my man
I thought you were the handy-man
Then something went wrong
And the feeling was so gone
Slipped the hammer on your thumb
And the saw got caught in your thong
I thought you were the handy-man
I laid my life in your hands
Andy my man
I thought you were the handy-man
Then something went wrong
And the feeling was so gone
Slipped the hammer on your thumb
And the saw got caught in your thong
I thought you were the handy-man
I laid my life in your hands
Andy my man
I thought you were the handy-man
I thought you were the handy-man
I laid my life in your hands
Andy my man
I thought you were the handy-man
Handy-man
Handy-man
Handy-man
I thought you were the handy-man
Handy-man
Handy-man
Handy-man
Fuck!
I got to got to let you down
But in an hour I will change my mind.
I got to got to let you down
But in an hour I will change my mind.
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven
easily.
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven
easily (easily).
Fuck!
I know she lets me down
but just a short while then
she changes her mind.
I know she lets me down
but just a short while then
she changes her mind.
She does it all the time
Making mistakes and then I
ease her mind.
She does it all the time
But she´s so pretty and I
don´t mind
I got to let you down, but in an hour I will
Change my mind
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven so easily
(I got to let you down
Got to let you down
got to let you down
got to let you down)
I know she lets me down
But just a short while then she
Changes her mind
I know she lets me down
But just a short while then she
Changes her mind
She does it all the time
Making mistakes and then I
Ease her mind
she does it all the time
Making mistakes and I
Ease her mind
She does it all the time
but she´s so pretty and I
We were looking for a room
We were looking for a hotel
We were in between
We were a few chosen
Somewhere to fit in
Something that's fitting
After one day it started itching
And we rubbed until it was bleeding
And we laughed
At the moonlight far beyond
And we ran through
The moonlight far beyond
We were looking for something to blow up
We were looking for someone to follow
We were had one way out
We were some hours left
We were so close
We knew we were chosen
We aimed for high speed
Too far away from the city
Some kids left on their own
They said we have a communist in the family
I had to wear a mask
Too far away from the city
We had to make this room
Fathers were football players, formal works, policemen
What the mothers did I didn't know
Music tonight
I just want your music tonight
I saw her by the organ
She was laughing while pressing the keys
She said my favourite book was dirty and
"You shouldn't show you can read"
Too far away from the city
We never heard its noise
We learned how to stay fit and things like
Green-tones hide the blush
Music tonight
I just want your music tonight
Music tonight
I just want your music tonight
Too far away from the city
We came to breathe clean air
Nature left a safe oasis
And the mothers walked towards the forest
Music tonight
I just want your music tonight
Music tonight
If I was a bird
I would fly high over the world
Come home at night to your garden
Build a nest among the branches
And I'll comb your hair with my beak
If I was a bird
I would count my time in pearls
Under my wings you'll find shelter
You'll breed bugs and keep me well fed
And I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
But you wanted me to be a girl
Without feathers without urge
Then my wings quick disappeared
And left was only fear
And I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
Proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
We have lost the joy of the household
and the solace of our old age
She must have known how we loved her
oh that she could now know how deeply
how tenderly we do still
and shall ever love her dear joyous face
Pure and transparent
her eyes sparkled brightly
she often smiled
I'm afraid of you
Well I do
Was it what I felt?
No, it was what I was dealt
I'm afraid of you
Well I do
Was it what I felt?
No, it was what I was dealt
It was can away
Then we'll turn away
I'm afraid of you
Well I do
Was it what I felt?
I'm a crusader
I'm the darkest lady
I'm the taste on your tongue
I'm Darth Vader
I know what I'm made of
?Cause I was warmed by the sun
The sun
You're looking for me
But it's not what you seek
I've got a twisted personality
You're a crusader
You're the darkest lady
I like the taste of your tongue
You are Darth Vader
I know what you're made of
And you were warmed by the sun
By the sun, by the sun, the sun
And I'm looking for you
And I'm glad I found me
A special kind of personality
When the spark goes out of you
And [unverified] fear me
I am your lung
I'm Darth Vader
I know what I'm made of
?Cause I was warmed by the sun
By the sun, the sun, the sun
I was looking for you
I'm not glad I found me
A special kind of personality
Yes, you are the crusader
You are the lady
I want to chase your tongue
You are Darth Vader
I know what you're made of
You are like a lung
A lung, a lung, a lung
(And you were warmed by the sun)
You're looking for me
(By the sun)
But it's not what you seek
(By the sun)
I've got a twisted personality
By the sun
You're looking for me
But it's not what you seek
I've got a twisted personality
We can not wait much longer
We want happiness back
We want control of our bodies
Everything we've lacked
I think I even liked it
If the feeling was mine
A little something about my body
Is it the warmth inside
When we come home, we want it quiet and calm
We want you to sing us a song
When we come home, we pull the curtains down
Making sure that the TV is on
If you move a little closer
I'll tell you what's my aim
It's every evening on a big screen
Hosted by celebrities
I had a dream about deleting and killer whales
Is it the feeling of your body
Or is it the feeling of mine
When we come home, we want it quiet and calm
We want you to be around
When we come home, we pull the curtains down
Making sure that the TV is on
From off to on
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We are here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
I'm in the first row on your show, in the first row
on the First Floor Power show
Your vibrato's like vulnerable leaves,
You do it crazy, that's how you talk to me
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We are here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
I heard you for the first time on the radio
When I was going somewhere in a car
You touched my heart, like a knife that's very sharp
Or like a bird, you just set free
That's just like me, when I hear you speak
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We are here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
I like vanilla and I like sex
I ride the pony that I like best
I knew I that there was something I missed
I was fifteen when I first got kissed, before I knew
about the equality way
I wanted to get laid to
Take my breath away
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We are here to stay
And we raise our heads for the colour red
We are the people who's come here to play
I don't like it easy
I don't like the straight way
We're in the middle of something
We are here to stay
You try to feel but you can't wake up
you try to touch but you can't wake up
you're holding eyes and you don't wake up
increase the size and you don't wake up
I do it backwards but I don't wake up
try to reverse but I don't wake up
I sit astride but I still don't wake up
more than a second
when reading the newspaper
I felt the war
I felt her exposed position
I saw myself in the picture
and I
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
instead of paying enough taxes
I took a cab there to hold her
I took a plane there to feel what she felt
you make me like charity
We came down from the north
Blue hands and a torch
Red wine and food for free
A possibility
We share our mothers' health
It is what we've been dealt
What's in it for me?
Fine
Then I'll agree
Trees there will be
Apples, fruits maybe
You know what I fear
The end is always near
Say you like it
Say you need it
When you don't
Looking better
Shining brighter
Than you do
(Repeat the 'Say you like it' sequence with the 'Trees
In the morning I went down to the beach
and gazed out to the sea
Suddenly I was only a leaf
and you were an ancient flower
When I’m away do you think of me
or is it only when I’m present
on the cliff I lay my head down
now where the sun is
How is Charles
I haven’t heard from him for a long long time
A thousand years seem to pass
So quickly
We wash our hands in water
and we rub them with the cloth
I have an idea what comes after
what will happen when I’m gone
Along the coastline we sow some seeds
It is lemon it is mint
Then the buzzing cicadas
rock us to sleep
How is Charles
I haven’t heard from him for a long long time
A thousand years seem to pass
I am a cop, shut up
I piss in your mouth
I am a cop, shut up
I shoot you in the face motherfucker
I piss in your mouth
I am a cop, shut up
I shoot you right on the spot
I had a drink and it got me to drinking
How many more till im on my back
I had a thought and it got me to thinking
It seems im rolling right off the tracks
I see you walking across the room
I like the line that you're selling
My razorblade wants a taste of you
Come a little closer darlin
Now i see the knife that cuts me in
Im counting on a letdown
cant see that ill never be back again
Now i see it
Now i see the knife that cuts me in
im counting on a letdown
cant see that ill never be back again
come on g-g-g-give me some more
she was someone only seen on the weekends
and now im calling on her every day
her voice is in my head and shes screaming
you know you cant ever turn me away
me and you we should leave the room
come see the line that im working
i know you've got nothing better to do
and the night is only started
now i see the knife that cuts me in
im counting on a letdown
i cant say that ill never be back again
and now i see it
now i see the knife that cuts me in
im counting on a letdown
i cant say that ill never be back again
g-g-g-give me some more
g-g-g-give me some more
now i need the knife that cuts me in
i know there'll be a let down
i told you that i would be back again, oh
g-g-g-give me some more
now i see the knife that cuts me in
im counting on a letdown
i cant say that ill never be back again
and now i see it
now i see the knife that cuts me in
im counting on a letdown
i cant say that ill never be back again
g-g-g-give me some more
g-g-g-give me some more
I can look in the mirror and not recognize
The reflection that is appearing on the other side
I know that hat and that coat that shirt and that tie
But I can't seem to remember who's been living inside
Sometimes I think I'll go and get a knife
And cut all of my clothes down in to rags
Sometimes I think I'll take a holiday
From wearing my opinions like a badge
Well I've been down on the pavement I've been shopping for clothes
But it's just one uniform then another all standing in rows
A new outfit a new outlook another show
I shed one skin from my body then another one grows
Sometimes I think I'll go and get a knife
And cut all of my clothes down in to rags
Sometimes I think I'll take a holiday
From wearing my opinions like a badge
I can look in the mirror and not recognize
The reflection that is appearing on the other side
I know that hat and that coat that shirt and that tie
But I can't seem to remember who's been living inside
Sometimes I think I'll go and get a knife
And cut all of my clothes down in to rags
Sometimes I think I'll take a holiday
You touched my life
With your softness in the night
My wish was your command
Until you ran out of love
I tell myself I'm free
Got the chance of livin' just for me
No need to hurry home
Now that you're gone
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
You cut away the heart
Of my life
When I pretend
Wear a smile to fool my dearest friends
I wonder if they know
It's just a show
I'm on a stage
Day and night I go through my charades
But how can I disguise
What's in my eyes
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
You cut away the heart
Of my life
And, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh…
I've tried and tried
Blocking out the pain I feel inside
The pain of wanting you
Wanting you
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal
I'm so deeply wounded
You cut away the heart
Of my life
