i don't care much for tradition
and i know you'll be leaving one day
i cant promise that i'll ever be the one
but if you love me til monday
lets seran wrap for the weekend
and see who comes up for air first
we can go and break some windows
and run and run til our chests are fit to burst
forget we ever said the word
the future is dead
that's what you said
its all in your head you see
not mine
i am fine
i'm alive
i've arrived
we thought we could make a difference
be remembered when the pyramids are dust
but we've had to learn that these bridges that we build
can be as fragile as a loved one's trust
the future is dead
that's what you said
its all in your head you see
not mine
i am fine
i'm alive
i've arrived
here comes my everything
this is my everything
there goes my everything
bye bye love
the future is dead
that's what you said
its all in your head you see
not mine
i am fine
i'm alive
i've arrived
the future is dead
that's what you said
its all in your head you see
not mine
i am fine
i'm alive
i've arrived
lets forget about the question
we've been dragging 'round for years
clear the smokey air between us
then say goodbye
That’s where we used to go
Come rain or shine or even snow
Even in snow
She shared her secrets there
She shed her clothes and skin and hair
Her beautiful hair
That’s when I made her mine
I carved our names in Emily’s pine
Emily’s spine
That’s where we’d spend our days
And that’s where my lovely lady plays
Come share the shade with me
Come find some peace beneath the tree
Our evergreen tree
And that’s when I made her mine
I carved our names in Emily’s pine
Emily’s spine
Somewhere a radio played
A quiet mournful serenade
She didn’t make a sound
And so I lay my true love down
There on the ground
But when our song was done
My only precious thing was gone
Baby be gone
Goodbye baby, I’m never coming back
Burnt all the evidence and covered up my tracks
Goodbye baby, I’m never coming back
Well you gotta come down to the reservoir
I don't care who the hell you are
If you're a moving violation or a movie star
You're welcome round here now
If you're an untamed youth or an uncouth dame
You've got little letters after but can't spell your name
I really don't care to me you're the same
If you're hanging round here now
Then you can see how strangely quiet we all are
At the reservoir
You gotta come down to the reservoir
I don't care who you say you are
If you're a washed up bum or a gay bourgeious
You're welcome round here now
'Cos at the water's edge we can all lie down
And someone can run and get dreams from the town
But make them sweet for my friends these clowns
Who hang around me now
You need your medicine to help the sugar down
So stick around
So good to see ya
I know the name but not the face
And if you're looking for action baby
This ain't the place, yeah
So good to see ya
You've done something different with your hair
Leave your inibitions at home
And your flick knife over there
You gotta come down to the reservoir.
I don't care who you say you are.
If you're a moving violation or a movie star
You're welcome around here now.
'Cos at the water's edge we can all lie down
And someone can run and get dreams from the town.
But make them sweet
For my friends these clowns
Who hang around me now.
Then you can see how strangely quiet we all are
Switching, turning, itching, burning.
Finding my space, finding my place.
I might be a drifter, or I might be a slave.
But I'm still a believer, who just wanted to say:
You know that song you're playing, it put its hook in
Play it again, play it again, yeah, yeah.
Don't stand me down for no reason.
Don't make me feel that I wanna forget you.
Don't play me on like you're teasing.
Don't make me wish that I never had met you.
I'm on the attack and I'll never come back, ever again.
So full of poison.
So full of shame.
Don't stand me down.
I know all about magic baby, you see I taught myself.
And I've got tonnes of the stuff on my bedroom shelf.
You know that things they're saying made me what I am.
So say it again, say it again, yeah, yeah.
Don't stand me down for no reason.
Don't make me feel that I wanna forget you.
Don't play me on like you're teasing.
Don't make me wish that I never had met you.
I'm on the attack and I'll never come back, ever again.
So full of poison.
So full of shame.
Don't stand me down.
Don't stand me down for no reason.
Don't make me feel that I wanna forget you.
Don't play me on like you're teasing.
Don't make me wish that I never had met you.
I'm on the attack and I'll never come back, ever again.
I'm on the attack and I'll never come back, ever again.
Seems like you’re always a million miles away
As far as I’m concerned that’s where you can stay
But all the time I’m reminded
Used to be a time we had a lot in common
But now as far as I can see, you’ve got something coming
And all the time you’re behind me
And all the time you remind me
Of blitzkrieg and the doodlebug
Salt upon a bubbling slug
You say I can talk to you anytime
But I just wanna cut some rug
Turn yourself away and shrug and say that I can talk
anytime
It’s easy living in a bubble
No complication or trouble
But it’s hard to have responsibility
And judging by you a personality
And all the time you remind me
Of blitzkrieg and the doodlebug
Salt upon a bubbling slug
You say I can talk to you anytime
But I just wanna cut some rug
Turn yourself away and shrug and say that I can talk
I wanna join the army
I wanna see a foreign land
Learn to speak an exotic tongue and
How to kill with my hands
I wanna go to the middle east
I wanna go to Vietnam
Keep the commies out of W3
For HRH and Uncle Sam
See, i'm burning with ambition
I'm waiting for a mission. Woah Woah yeah.
Face me in the right direction
I'm full of good intentions. Woah Woah yeah.
But I sometimes have these doubts and
I don't like to talk about them
But it's good to get things out now and then.
I wanna be a general
I wanna be a leader of men
Send my troops on out to fight for
The Dollar, the Euro and Yen
I wanna be the president
I wanna be the bringer of war
If my finger was on the button
Well then I'd settle some scores
See, i'm burning with ambition
I'm waiting for a mission. Woah Woah yeah.
Face me in the right direction
I'm full of good intentions. Woah Woah yeah.
But I sometimes have these doubts and
I don't like to talk about them
I wanna join the army
I wanna see a foreign land
Learn to speak an exotic tongue and
How to kill with my hands
I wanna go to the middle east
I wanna go to Vietnam
Keep the commies out of W3
For HRH and Uncle Sam
See, i'm burning with ambition
I'm waiting for a mission. Woah Woah yeah.
Face me in the right direction
Yesterday has gone, but time is on my side
When I’m on my own, I find a place to hide
You’re rushing through my head
You’re seeping through my skin
Heaven feels so close, it doesn’t feel so late
Underneath these stars, well I don’t know my name
I’m lying in your arms
I’m lying to your face
And right before my eyes
You turned and walked away
One thing she can’t do
Is tell me what I’m trying to prove
And what to say to you
I’ll be straight with you
I think I might be losing my way
Because you left me there for dead
I don’t ever think I’ll get over you
One thing she can’t do
Is tell me what I’m trying to prove
And what to say to you
I’ll be straight with you
Who is she to say you carn't be trusted?
And come to think of it how does she know?
Her doubt is just her faith in disappointment
She can't be blamed if she decides to go.
Her dignity is what makes her an angel
You know she needs it more than she needs you
It doesn't pay to take these things for granted
Something which you always seem to do
You always seem to do
But she just wants to spend some time with you
Just a minute, or just a moment
Just long enough to throw one clean punch.
Now you've reached the point where she sees through you
Your low-esteem and lack of self-control.
Everything she had she handed to you
And what she didn't give you, you stole.
Sometimes I stop to question it all
Must I look at the stars and live in the dirt?
When all I have to show for my doubt is a blow to the lip
Broken star, stay awake
Stay awake and shine for me
Broken star, stay awake
Stay awake, light the road before me
At the end of the day
I’ll be losing my way
So I look to you and I say
Broken star, stay awake
Stay awake and shine for me
Broken star, stay awake
Stay awake, light the road before me
Such a wonderful glow
From a long time ago
And far far away
Diamonds and silver
Pouring from your gaping head
Bathe me in silhouette
Though I know you’re already dead
Broken star, stay awake
Stay awake and shine for me
Broken star, stay awake
Stay awake, light the road before me
As the sparks start to fly
I look up to the sky
And hold you in my eye
Smile down from heaven
As we dismiss all we learn
Fixed to the spot, whilst all around
when i am sad and weary
when all my hope is gone
and i can't put my finger on the time things first went
wrong
i have a little secret i like to tell myself
and until now i haven't told anybody else
you may not see things my way
like my method or my reasons
but you can't tell me that i'm wrong
there's no heart you can't melt
with a certain little smile
and no challenge should be faced
without a little charm and a lot of style
so don't put your faith in time - she heals but doesn't
change
and only a fool won't take the chance to stay the same
when i am sad and weary
when all my hope is gone
i walk around my house and think of you with nothing on
i have a list of things i go over in my mind
when i can just sit right back and watch the world
unwind
you may not see things my way
i don't care 'cause i'm not asking
but you can't tell me that i'm wrong
there's no heart you can't melt
with a certain little smile
and no challenge should be faced
without a little charm and a lot of style
so don't put your faith in time - she heals but doesn't
change
and only a fool won't take the chance to stay the same
I got a tiger in the tank
I got money in the bank
And I've got just myself to thank yeah
Not what you'd call a crime
I got aces in the hole
I got the colours on my pole
But there's an echo in my soul yeah
Rings louder all the time
Cos I hit the runway
With such momentum I can't stop
I'm never dirty in the fight
I never step into the light
I'm never anything but right yeah
Cos I'm never anything
You thought to meet me more than most
But I was really just a ghost
And we were never even close no
Till we were enemies
I hit the runway
With such momentum I can't stop
A big problem to avoid
A big problem to address
Now that we've all
Gone out to regress again
A big problem to avoid
A big problem to resolve
Fumbling around looking for clues
Seeming so naive and confused
All your fragility on display
Makes you such irresistable prey
Baby, back up
Enough is enough
You're freaking me out
Not into that stuff
Baby, back up
Enough is enough
Detailed accounts of all your affairs
Came tumbling out
At the party under the stairs
Looking for understanding and trust
Now what did you find?
Nothing but ridicule and disgust
Baby, back up
Enough is enough
You're freaking me out
Not into that stuff
Nothing is quite
The way it appears
I thought you were cool
But you are just weird
Baby, back up
Enough is enough
Fumbling around under the coats
Just passing the time
Flying a kite, floating a boat
As I begin to get where we are
Right out of the blue
You had to go and take it too far
Baby, back up
Enough is enough
You're freaking me out
Not into that stuff
Nothing is quite
The way it appears
I thought you were cool
But you are just
These are the last
Days of our lives
We should be going at it like knives
Baby, back up
Autumn wearing it's badge of decay,
Smothers Summer and sends her away.
Emerald leaves turn to gold on the trees and the light
starts to shrink from the day.
Cold winds blowing across this old land,
Whisper voices I can't understand.
The fiction is blurring, the elements stirring, I hope
that a change is at hand.
Time must revolve,
But before we dissolve,
Will you evolve a little with me?
Now your involved, all discord can resolve.
If you evolve a little with me.
Portraits fading to pulp on the wall,
Shadows charting the rise and the fall.
The jugglers and clowns well they're all leaving town
winding down to the ringmasters call.
Time must revolve,
But before we dissolve,
Will you evolve a little me?
Now your involved, all discord can resolve.
I love your bodywork and
your flashy pop-up lights,
the way you hug the corners,
however fast and tight
she comes in 16 colours,
she'll suck your money dry,
gives shitty mileage but come on lets get inside.
i love your slinky spoilers,
they really speak to me,
state of the art sound system,
leasther unholstery
she purrs just like a kiten,
she seems to throb with pride
gives you the feeling you've been taken for a ride
pay no attention to the signs
no stopping anytime
come park that chassis next to mine
I'm on a double yellow line
I love your bodywork and
your flashy pop-up lights,
the way you hug the corners,
however fast and tight
she comes in 16 colours,
she'll suck your money dry,
gives shitty mileage but come on lets get inside.
Pay no attention to the sign
No stopping anytime
Come park that chassis next to mine,
You know
Im on a double yellow liiiiiine...
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba bah....
I like to burn some rubber,
I like to feel the steel,
I like to put my foot down,
I like to take the wheel,
She purrs just like a kitten
She'll go that final mile
But if she's rocking dont come knocking for a while
Pay no attention to the sign
No stopping anytime
Come park that chassis next to mine
You know
Sleep clouds disperse and settle on my bed
Leave my eyes, but cling like cobwebs to my head
It's like a book I never read
All the dust inside my head
Can't be bought and you can keep tomorrow
Can't be saved, there ain't no flies on me
Can't be caught, the plague that ate your soul
Can keep away from me
Down the evening rain falls
Waltzing round my feet
Paints reflections of the houses on my street
Drawn out as the night draws in
By the sound of laughing
The smell of sin
Can't be bought and you can keep tomorrow
Can't be saved, there ain't no flies on me
Can't be caught, the plague that ate your soul
Can keep away from me
Smile again for me
As if you're going to say
Nothing could have done all this
Then gone away
I may have just saved my life
On a childish whim or a pretty rhyme
Can't be bought and you can keep tomorrow
Can't be saved, there ain't no flies on me
Can't be caught, the plague that ate your soul
indecision is a curious thing
it can turn your charity into sin
hesitation or the blink of an eye
can make your truth feel just like a lie
what if you were raised to feel naturally grateful
guilty
what if you were raised to feel naturally grateful
repetition as a way of life
it's a safe way out
but a long hard fight
isolation is a means to an end
it's amazing how fast
you'll forget your friends
what if you don't have what it takes to be humble
worthy
what if you don't have what it takes to be humble
feed your head
save your breath
because one of these days
because one of these days
why must I feel I'm the one
who must show you the way
who must show you the way
feed your head
save your breath
because one of these days
you might need it
why must I feel I'm the one
who must show you to make you believe it
any fool can see that I'm a bad example
if the only advice I bring
is to chew on your food
and save your string
maybe I don't have what it takes to be humble
worthy
maybe I don't have what it takes to be humble
feed your head
save your breath
because one of these days
you might need it
why must I feel I'm the one
who must show you to make you believe it
feed your head
save your breath
because one of these days
because one of these days
why must I feel I'm the one
who must show you to make you believe it
How in the world will i make it to work in the morning?
I've been drinking since we clocked out and now it's
But they're such a generous couple Alfredo and Pauline
When they offer a late night session, you don't want to
offend.
The shutters come down and thats what they're for
we dont want to invite in the law
It's not often the case that we're forced to sacrifice
the jukebox.
But the plug always has to be pulled on the quiz
machine
So you imbibe all you can
cos you're partaking in something forbiden
And time after time you'll wake up face down in the
latrine.
We speak in hushed tones
And dim down the lights
we're staying after hours tonight
Where am I now?
Where am I now?
Where am I now?
I dont remember a thing,
I dont remember, remember a thing
Lord only knows what kind of poison i'm drinking
I can't read the label
So i'll just dance off my cares like Fred Alistaire
Up here on the table
The shutters come down and thats what they're for
We dont want to invite in the law
We speak in hushed tones
And dim down the lights
If you go away then
Don't you come back round here no more
And if you make the move then
Don't expect to come home to an open door
I'm not the same person I was a year ago
You cut me deeply and the scars still show
You've walked between the raindrops for far too long
You're gonna get what's yours
And if you go away then
Don't you come back round here no more
I'm not the same person I was a year ago
You cut me deeply and the scars still show
You make me act like a fool over you and now you drive me
away
You make me act like a fool over you and now you drive me
away
You make me act like a fool over you and now you drive me
away
God made this glorious day and over arching sky
For rolling in the hay and watching clouds go by
God made this single day for sinners everywhere
So fill your heart with abandon
And drink in the golden air
We shared signs of bad design
But have we lost the plot
It's not the world we saw for ourselves
But it's the only one we've got
God made this beautiful day for sinners everywhere
And if your ears are burning, maybe I'm thinking of you
They haven't written the guidebook yet
A set of rules that really fit
We make our own up bit by bit
Seven levels below
Acknowledge if you will this peaceful perfect night
How still the day seems now the lips been starved of light
Under the moon and stars the freaks come out to play
Whatever gets you through it
Hey brother that's ok
They haven't written the guidebook yet
A set of rules that really fit
We make our own up bit by bit
Seven levels below
God made this beautiful day for sinners everywhere
So fill your heart with abandon
And drink in the golden air
They haven't written the guidebook yet
A set of rules that really fit
We make our own up bit by bit
Seven levels below
They haven't written the guidebook yet
A set of rules that really fit
We make our own up bit by bit
I think that I might have
Broken your fist with my face
I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean it
I won’t flinch and offer you a clean hit
You’re no fun anymore
You used to be once, but that was before
Tip off your face and get off the floor
Cos you’re no fun anymore
I keep hearing the same rumours
About you and satsumas
Role playing sensation
Strange games with asphyxiation
I can’t say the word, whoa lux Luxembourg
I can’t say the word, whoa lux Luxembourg (x2)
What you waiting for, what you waiting for?
Rip into me, rip into me
Oh, you’re no fun anymore
You used to be once, but that was before
Tip off your face and get off the floor
Cos you’re no fun anymore
You’re no fun anymore
You used to be once, but that was before
Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone
It's a lonelier place
I kiss the morning goodbye
But down inside
You know we never know why
The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes
And the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall
I stumble and fall
But I give you it all
I am a woman in love
And I'll do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It's a right I'll defend
Over and over again
What'do I do ?
With you eternally mine
In love there is
No measure of time
We planned it all at the start
That you and I
Live in each other's hearts
We may be oceans away
You feel my love
I hear what you say
No truth is ever a lie
I stumble and fall
But I give you it all
I am a woman in love
And I'll do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It's a right I'll defend
Over and over again
What'do I do ?
I am a woman in love
And I'm talking to you
Cause I know how you feel
What a woman can do
It's a right I'll defend
Over and over again
I am a woman in love
And I'll do anything
To get you into my world
And hold you within
It's a right I'll defend
Over and over again
What'd I do ?
What do I do ?
What'd I do ?
You left me unguided
You left me divided with room to complain
So I’ll say in this song, the wait is too long
I thought I had seen it, I thought I had learned
There’s something around each corner I turn
Can’t stay still forever, got to get it together
If you’d seen with these eyes and lived with these lies
I thought about father and I thought about here
And I knew that this wasn’t for me
Now the beast can subside, a boy needn’t hide
Oh, if you’d seen with these eyes
Never dares to sow, on and on she goes
Knowing what she knows – nothing
Major’s whipping boy, facing one old toy
One more day in the valley
Then I’m free to roam
One more night of insect bites
And beating myself to a foam
But that’s the way it goes, I suppose
Everything that you taught me
Was all I’ve ever known
We took this ride, side by side
But guess what? I got off alone
And that’s the way it goes, I suppose
And that’s the way it goes
But then again, who really knows?
When I walk into this room
I turn to stone
In this place that gave me sleep
That once upon a time
I called home
That’s the way it goes, I suppose
That’s the way it goes
Land of the free
Home of the brave
Those who can’t afford it
Wanna be deported
These liberties were never meant for me
Now I can afford it
I wanna be deported
The eagle opens her wings
She circles over and sings
Fall under my shadow
Fall under me
I left but she found me again
Threw borders around me again
Smothered and drowned me again
Walks the walk, talks the talk
I fake it and smile
Live in denial
And I bleed and I ache
I’m barely awake
The eagle opens her wings
She circles over and sings
Fall under my shadow
What's that sound?
Like an aeroplane coming down
Like every banshee in every hill
Uniting in one diabolical yell
They said we're eight miles down
And we're eight miles down
We don't know much but we know what we like
A particular chord when you strike it just right
This is the brain
It's the center of all our pain
Where every banshee in every hill
Is uniting in one diabolical yell.
They said we're eight miles down
And we're eight miles down
We don't know much but we know what we like
A particular chord when you strike it just right
We've been here all along
We sing our lonely song
First in on every sigh
Lions and tigers and bears oh my
Stop making a stand
(turn it up turn it up)
Take matters in hand
(turn it up turn it up)
We've sung the first hit already, flip it over again
(turn it up turn it up)
We're eight miles down
We're eight miles down
We don't know much but me we know what we like
A particular chord when you strike it just right
First in on every sigh
Lions and tigers and bears oh my
Stop making a stand
(turn it up turn it up)
Take matters in hand
(turn it up turn it up)
We've sung the first hit already, flip it over again
(turn it up turn it up turn it up turn in up turn it
up!)
Stop making a stand
(turn it up turn it up)
Take matters in hand
(turn it up turn it up)
Here we are at the end already, flip it over again
(turn it up turn it up turn it up turn it up turn
Nothing I can do could ever bring those feelings back
I've taken everything - my body is a bloated sack
The days behind me start rolling into months
Is time running out?
My head feels too heavy
My legs feel too weak
All I can do now is sleep
Everything is empty now, the things I knew are gone
Darkness lays dormant now - a colour once shone
Hope reminds my conscience just to get me through the
Is this my reward?
And I'm going on journeys
I'm exhausting my muse
I'm taking from everything
To see what I can use
If I found a brand new colour
Something no-one had ever seen
I dug it up right there in my garden
That would be the greatest thing
Nothing I can do could ever bring those feelings back
I've taken everything - my body is a bloated sack
The days behind me start rolling into months
Is time running out?
And faced with having to
Have and then lose
I'd choose never to have had, yeah
If I found a brand new colour
Something no-one had ever seen
I dug it up right there in my garden
That would be the greatest thing
I only want to speak to you
I only want to let you know
That time and again my feelings
Never seem to show
If I found a brand new colour
Something no-one had ever seen
I dug it up right there in my garden
That would be the greatest thing
Baby�s talking it�s what she does best
I�ll just sit and agree
Florid insults glide out on her breath
Mostly �bout me (she says)
Can�t you see past the mirror sometimes?
Take a look at your peers
Stretching out all their half assed ideas
Into half assed careers
Tiger Lily, it's four in the morning
Tiger Lily, you've got to stop calling me
Can't catch up with the hours you keep
Tiger Lily, just go back to sleep
How'd you keep up with all that goes on?
Names and dates set me reeling
But when you dialled those numbers that tallied with
mine
Did you notice the time?
Where did it go?
Now it's twilight outside and we've talked half the
night
And what did we say?
Luck could change, maybe today
Baby's talking it's what she does best
I'll just sit and agree
Contradictions glide out on her breath
Mostly 'bout me
And where went the time?
Now it's twilight outside and we've talked half the
night
And what did we say?
How will you ever learn,
When your hands are tied and your bridges burned?
When will you get to see that your only option lies with
Must you be kicked right down, ripped from limb
Taught to drown, but told to swim
The way to be, the way to act is
Not to preach what you practice
Things change, but a part of its present formula remains
Things needn’t be so if you let me through
It must be true, he said I found you
How will you ever learn,
When your hands are tied and your bridges burned?
When will you get to see that your only option lies with
Must you be kicked right down, ripped from limb
Taught to drown, but told to swim
What is it makes us feel so superior?
Where do we get this inkling we can't lose?
What is it makes us more than mere bacteria?
Formed in a fragrant clump with hair and shoes
I lifted my head
I looked all around
I rolled back my eyes
I fell to the ground
And that's when it struck
Maybe it's love
Keeps us down
What is it keeps us so far from the garden now?
Why can we not sit and maim the beasts?
Could this be evolution in her purest form?
Could this just be our own unique disease?
I lifted my head
I looked all around
I rolled back my eyes
I fell to the ground
And that's when it struck
Maybe it's love
Keeps us down
This is the end of the day
This is the end of the day
I can measure a difference you make
This is the end of the day
If you have something to say
If you have something to say
Now is the perfect time and place
If you have something to say
Love is the only escape
Love is the only escape
Love is the cause, the effect and the afterthought
Please, your sympathy’s not what I crave
Nor judgement on how I behave
Or to wake up beside you today
Try as I do to let somebody in
Well I never know where to begin
It’s just a sweet word and onto the next thing
But whenever I hear your name
A mist comes down over my eyes
The burden of hiding my shame
It grows weak and eventually dies, then it dies
And what can I say, if confession won’t send them away?
These demons inside are refusing to die
I hope against hope but they stay
And I’ll disprove all that you’ve heard
The shortcomings of all their long words
Chattering of little birds
Now hormonal suppression kicks in
And I’m lost in the scent of your skin
And it hits like a left to the chin
But whenever truth starts to ring
A mist comes down over my eyes
The pain and the guilt that it brings
Loses faith in its host and then dies, then it dies
But whenever I hear your name
A mist comes down over my eyes
The burden of hiding my shame
It grows weak and eventually dies, then it dies
And what can I say, if confession won’t send them away?
These demons inside are refusing to die
I think I pulled it off, I think I killed my brain
Ejected out in my sleep, I didn't suffer pain
Through years of slow decline and lack of proper care
I'm happy to report my mind's no longer there
Can't pretend that I'll miss it that much
But it was handy for the crosswords and such
All in all I'm a happy lobotomy
I used to contemplate until it hurt my head
I fix a milky drink and put myself to bed
Now I can lie and stare at things for hours on end
Not caring who or what or why or where or when
Can't pretend that I'll miss it that much
But it was handy for the crosswords and such
All in all I'm a happy lobotomy
It's fair to say I've opted out
Forsaken all I cared about
But when a push becomes a shove
I'll sign again for all the above
So if you see me sitting
With my expression frozen
Don't waste your precious pity
This is the path I've chosen
Through years of willful neglect
My old grey matter is wrecked
I can't tell quorn from Quebec
There's nothing north of my neck
Can't pretend that I'll miss it that much
But it was handy for the crosswords and such
God knows I’ve tried to bridge the gap
I’ve tried to be me and time after time I’ve lied
Just to say the things you wanted to hear
Look, look what I’ve done, look what I do
I’m starting to pull myself through
Hell could feasibly freeze, but in your eyes I’ll
always be
The fountainhead, the boy whose thoughts keep running
away
And you know I’m right
Wasn’t it you who said
That when looking to open the eyes in my head
And now I can see from your mistakes
You’re as blind as me
God knows I’ve tried, god knows I try
To be something more than I am
Hell could feasibly freeze, but in your eyes I’ll
always be
The fountainhead, the boy whose thoughts keep running
away
And you know I’m right
What can I say about being a fount?
It’s a game that we play it goes round and around
I shall stick to the rules but I won’t suffer fools
And I won’t lose the plot and I won’t lose my cool
Can’t you see what I’ve done, can’t you see what I do
It’s not really unique and it’s hopelessly crude
But these are my decisions, these are my mistakes
You think that everything's alright
I think you might be wrong
You just don't know how hard I try
I try to catch your eye
I missed again
You know it really gets me down
To see you with some clown
Who thinks he's so in touch with you
But he don't have a clue about
The things you need,
The books you read
The friends you keep,
On which side of the bed you sleep,
Or anything about you
Everywhere I go I feel you creeping out of nowhere
You're the demon on my shoulder
You're the devil behind my smile
Devil behind my smile
I'm in a state and on a roll
It's getting hard to keep control
You'll never know how hard I try
I try to catch your eye
Everywhere I go I feel you creeping out of nowhere
You're the demon on my shoulder
You're the devil behind my smile
Every single time I try to keep you from my mind
I feel you creeping up my spine
Where did you go
when things went wrong for you,
when the knives came out for you?
Where did you go?
All you needed was a friend.
You just have to ask and then-
You don't have to have the solution,
you've got to understand the problem,
and don't go hoping for a miracle.
All this will fade away
so i'm coming home.....i'm coming home
What did you learn,
locked away all on your own,
chance and your head all blown
What did you learn,
It was unfortunate,
you missed you chance to find out that
You don't have to have the solution,
you've got to understand the problem,
and don't go hoping for a miracle.
All this will fade away
so i'm coming home.....i'm coming home
[Instrumental]
You don't have to have the solution,
you've got to understand the problem,
and don't go hoping for a miracle.
All this will fade away
so i'm coming home.....i'm coming home......i'm coming
home
I hear something in the basement
When I shouldn't hear a sound
Voices speaking there in whispers
People moving stuff around
Now this was causing me to lose sleep
So I thought I'd check it out
But the dust out there was this deep
And there was no-one about
I think I'm starting to lose what grip I had
Think I'm starting to slide
Be so bright
You decide
And my power running out for the outside
I told the doctor of my symptoms
And he didn't say a word
I'm getting hives on my shoulders
And I feel tired like a small bird
And soon my friends are coming over
Cos I just lay there on the bedspread
Listening to voices in the basement
Or is that voices in my head?
I think I'm starting to lose what grip I had
Think I'm starting to slide
Be so bright
You decide
And my power running out for the outside
I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
Yeah I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
Yeah I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
Ooh I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
I catch you later get me outta here, outta here
You with an empty page
And a quiet rage
Feel the doubters creeping in
Reach for the savoir faire
But it isn't there
The whole facade is wearing thin
Are the cracks about to show?
If they were, how would you know?
Should you try and [?]
If the appetite is gone?
And it's lying to yourself
Well, you're such a crime
Words get thrown away
When did you fix your ways?
Is it just a phase?
Well that's not so hard to believe
There are rumours in the room
There are harbingers of doom
Say you've done a Kerouac
Say you're never coming back
But we won't lose any sleep
Cos talk is cheap
Words get thrown away
Thank you, not today
There are rumours in the room
There are harbingers of doom
Say you've done a Kerouac
Say you're never coming back
But we won't lose any sleep
Cos talk is cheap
Words get thrown away
I don’t have to be feeling down to speak with you
But I’ll visit you not only when I’m feeling blue
You make me happy when I was happy to start with
You make my life so precious and so easy to part with
Life rolls along and teaches us nothing
So why am I still around waiting for something?
Do you have the answers to all of my questions?
Maybe not, but I’d like to hear your suggestions
Talk to me, you don’t talk to me
Talk to me, you don’t talk to me
People in corridors, people in doorways
People wherever I turn
So many people round out the shadows
So many people to learn
And to burn
Communication is blurred, I can’t understand a word
Though there’s nothing to be heard, it’s all gone quite
I know its getting late
But if you'd like to talk a little more
Well thats alright with me
I'm feeling kinda tired
But it aint exactly beating down my door
Now just why could this be?
And I know you shouldnt say
But youve been acting strange the last few days
And this has made me think
Your pills have cost too much
And you cant feel them working anymore
So pour them down the sink
And listen to me
*Chorus*
All you gotta do
Is baby kick off your shoes
And lay down
Climb up here with me
And lets forget about sleep
And lay down
Why hide your face from me?
Why turn away?
All I wanna do is pull you closer and say
Im feeling kinda tired
But it aint exactly beating down my door
Now just why should this be
Will you listen to me
Chorus
Lay down with me
Lay down next to me
Lay down with me
I know I shouldnt say
But youve been acting strange the last few days
And this has made me think
(you know Im not for thinkin)
Your pills have cost too much
And you cant feel them working anymore
you refuse to leave the house
not chancing stepping out
the air seems so unclean
away from judging eyes
that seem to pierce the night
you'd rather not be seen
well i'm the same as you
i like to stay here too
say you'll have me
maybe the sky will fall
and maybe kill us all
or just the very tall
and if your special needs
require a special means
could i help you see them through?
'cause i'm the same as you
i like to stay here too
say you'll have me, have me
maybe the sky will fall
and maybe kill us all
or just the very tall
if you can hear me let me in
say you'll have me
have me
maybe the sky will fall
and maybe kill us all
or just the very tall
If we put our heads together, I think we can salvage it
If we ride the stormy weather, will we really benefit?
Is there anything left to save now anyway?
When you're near my heart beats quicker, faster
It's your skin as pale as alabaster
It has to be, it has to end
Losing a lover, gaining a friend
Yesterday your virtue inspired me
And yesterday you ignited the flames that burnt inside
of me
So why when I wake up today are the ashes about us?
Now i've lost the strength to crush a flower
And now I grow weaker with the passing hours
You once was the fire, you once was the glow
I was so sure then, and now I don't know
I've wasted time away,
But I think that it's ok cos
I've wasted time away with you
Now look what we've built together
We didn't waste anything
We've built a fire that burns too strong to die
Or am I a liar who smothers the flames?
When you're near my heart beats quicker, faster
It's your skin as pale as alabaster
It has to be, it has to end
Losing a lover, lying to a friend
I've wasted time away,
But I think that it's ok cos,
Some words will cut you
Like the sharpest blade
I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
Nothing is different
But something has changed
I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
As I speak these words
I cant believe what I'm saying
I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
I keep my thoughts in little boxes
Labelled A-Z
Some words can break the skin
And let the daylight in
I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
Your once charming foibles
Now drive me up the wall
I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
I keep my thoughts in little boxes
Boxes underneath the bed
Under the bed with your photograph
And the image is fading
Time has flown
You're all alone
You've always known
Its never going nowhere
Act your age
Turn the page
Leave the stage
It's time to move on
And me and you
How high we fly
We always knew
Its never going nowhere
I keep my thoughts in little boxes
Boxes underneath the bed
Under the bed with your photograph
And the image is fading
Time has flown
You're all alone
You've always known
Its never going nowhere
Act your age
Turn the page
Leave the stage
It's time to move on
And me and you
How high we fly
We always knew
My neighbour's house is burning down
And I cannot say why
Ten million angry mouthless tongues
All lapping at the sky
My neighbour's house is burning down
And soon will mine be too
For the wind is slowly turning
And there is nothing I can do
So I don't
Do a thing
I just stand
There and grin
Like I'm one of the idiots
My neighbour's house is burning down
I turn the other cheek
Choose not to hear his cries of help
With masterful technique
My neighbour's house is burning down
And I wish that I could care
I search for fellow feeling
To find there's nothing there
Just a sense
Of relief
That it's him
And not me
Always one of the idiots
If it proves to be some kind of test
Can I say that I gave it my best?
If my neighbour cannot be my friend
Then we're both gonna burn in the end
My neighbour's house is burning down
My neighbour's house is burning down
My neighbour's house is burning down
My neighbour's house is burning down
My neighbour's house is burning down
My neighbour's house is burning down
If it proves to be some kind of test
Can I say that I gave it my best?
If my neighbour cannot be my friend
I see you in the darkness
Across the cotton plain
Peace permeates throughout you
Your slender, fragile frame
I know I shouldn't be here
But just can't keep away
You'll be mine in the morning
And that's how you shall stay.
The seconds and the moments
I steal away with you
Must be some indication
Must be some kind of clue
Of hope in my existence
Of worth in all that's lost
You'll be mine in the morning,
No matter what the cost.
And this is it for me
If it all comes crashing down
There's no security or road out of this town
A blackened name
A broken frame
I'm far too delicate for this
Tonight I'm wound tighter than a watchspring
Tonight you owe my patience quite a debt
Tonight we're not gonna solve anything
I might say something that we both regret
And now the pressures on, the heat is rising
The time has come to stop apologising
'Cause when the skies are clear
The threat of rain is always here with you
Tonight the geese are flying
And everything you say is a call to arms
Tonight there's something in the air
Don't come too close and you'll come to no harm
And now the pressures on, the heat is rising
The time has come to stop apologising
'Cause when the skies are clear
The threat of rain is always here with you
And now the pressure's on the heat is rising
The time has come to stop apologising
With all thats gone before
My motive's never felt so pure
And now my heart's beset
With 18 carat gold regrets
'Cause when the skies go clear
Fall apart with grace, flies without the merest trace
A sweet ascension across a new dimension
Fall apart with pride, eternity shall be your bride
Go to find her, the star in Ursa Minor
An ashen cloud of dust, the world will darkly hang
about you
But as your eyes adjust, you see the things you’re not
supposed to
And though you’ve shifted plains it’s here that is your
home
Tonight the universe has claimed you for her own
Fall apart with grace, flies without the merest trace
A sweet ascension across a new dimension
Fall apart with pride, eternity shall be your bride
Go to find her, the star in Ursa Minor
Reason has left this place, it hides behind its
compromises
And if he is embraced, it takes to the streets and
advertises
But all we learnt from you remains within our bones
Oracle of this bear, wherever you have flown
Fall apart with grace, flies without the merest trace
A sweet ascension across a new dimension
Fall apart with pride, fall apart with pride
Fall apart with grace, flies without the merest trace
A sweet ascension across a new dimension
Fall apart with pride, eternity shall be your bride
Ugly hyena
Your misdemeanor,
Reveals the truth beneath your veneer
Filthy quizling, empty changeling
Not quite as lily-white as you once appeared
Are you aware of what you're doing?
Do you even care just who you're screwing
Back stabber, money grabber
You want to grind my bones to climb the ladder
Insipid, and weak with it
But I mistook you for a kindred spirit
And to think that you almost fooled us
With promises and acquired kudos
(CHORUS)
Liquid lips wants
Liquid lips gets
Liquid lips too shallow to have any regrets
Liquid lips suck
Liquid lips blow
liquid lips knows how the conspiracy goes
Liquid lips once
Liquid lips twice
Some men will love you
Some men will hate you
Some men just seem intent to disintegrate you
Without a motive, without a reason
Maybe your kinda face just ain't in season
You got a style that is so attractive
But when you smile it's radioactive
(CHORUS)
Are you aware of what you're doing?
Do you even care just who you're screwing?
(CHORUS)
Liquid lips baby you would sleep on ice
Liquid lips over
City living well it ain't for most
And that's a fact not an empty boast
Street scene and robotin din
Sun shines but you can't get it
Many souls have been lead astray
You've gotta love it anyay
City life well it ain't for most
You gotta be tough or you're gonna be toast
Many sizes and many names
From a distance they're all the same
Plenty people like open space
But give me a perfumed alley way
Give me clouds and give me buildings
Give me rotting vegetation
Give me concrete, give me ceilings
Give me over-population
I love the city
Many people like open space
But give me a perfumed alley way
Give me clouds and give me buildings
Give me rotting vegetation
Give me concrete, give me ceilings
Give me over-population
Can I stay at you house?
I'll sleep on the floor,
My home is war zone,
I've no stomach for more.
You can't hold a candle,
To what I saw today,
More than I can handle,
So I'm running away
And those Home fires burn scorching a hole through me,
And I am welcome no more.
It's the harrowing story,
Of one mans mistake,
And the names have been left out,
For the innocents sake.
And that man who would save us,
From the hurt the world brings,
Neglected to mention,
Who would save us from him?
And those Home fires burn scorching a hole through me,
It's like the third degree.
Now I've no one to turn to,
I guess I'm at my wits end,
I'm beginning to learn who,
Are really my friends.
And those Home fires bun scorching a hole through me
It's like the third degree,
If you
Get out
Before September
Remember
That I'm
Still inside
But I'm dry
I'm dry
And you
When you try
To make a difference
You're so different
And then I
And just die
I die
You know
That I need
You more than I want ya
But I want ya
For all time
So I
I guess on the line
It's all that I can do
To sing these stupid songs to you
I give up half my time
Just trying to think up words that rhyme
I ain't getting any younger
But you wouldn't know
So it's on
With the show
Sometimes
A smoke
A drink and a ponder
Can work wonders
When you're down
Takes your frown
Turns it 'round
Around
And you
When you try
To make a difference
You're no different
Than when I
And just die
I die
...and now
That your day-
Dream is forgotten
And forgiven
And the world
Has been saved
Be brave
It's all that I can do
To sing these stupid songs to you
I give up half my time
Just trying to think up words that rhyme
I ain't getting any younger
But you wouldn't know
Cos I walk
In shadow
And I never ever
Really show my face
But I'm only ever seen
In the shadow of these black suburban hills
Dreamed by architects who've given up their will
There's an emptiness that never can be filled
Have you ever known a world to be so still?
Have you ever heard a silence be so shrill?
As you rise to smell the air before a kill
In the absence of distraction or a thrill
Always your first instinct
Compels you to jump headfirst in
The comfort you crave
Is not in the grave
But here in my arms
In the moments when your vices are innate
Are you left abandoned and afraid?
Do you question the decisions that you've made?
Are you haunted by the ghosts that you've betrayed?
Always your first instinct
Compels you to jump headfirst in
The comfort you crave
Is not in the grave
But here in my arms
Have you ever known a world to be so still?
Have you ever heard a silence be so shrill?
As you rise to smell the air before a kill
In the absence of distraction or a thrill
Always your first instinct
Compels you to dump all hope and jump
The comfort you crave
Is not in the grave
