Well if I was a satellite
I'd watch you when you sleep
And if I was an undertow
I'd drag you to the deep
And if I was a prison
I would hide you in my walls
And if I was an angel
I would catch you when you fall
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Up there to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
And I will give you everything I have
If I had anything at all
And if I was a memory
I'd creep into your mind
And if I was a tourniquet
I'd never let you die
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
And it's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Up there to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
And I would give you everything I had
If I had anything at all
Anything at all
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
Anything at all
And it's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Up there to heaven
But it's okay cause we're singing with the angels
Anything at all
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
Anything at all
If I was a hurricane
I'd blow your world apart
All over the world
Winners are cheating
Losers are weeping
Take anything at all
All over the world
Lovers are killing
Suckers are willing
Tod:
I'm a bad, bad boy
Everybody tells me so
I'm a bad, bad boy
I get caught with all the wrong faces
Jennifer:
I'm a bad, bad girl
I read it on the bathroom wall
I'm a bad, bad girl
I hang out in all the wrong places
Both:
Take me, take me
It's alright, you won't break me
What's if feel like, could it be like
It's never been before
Tod:
I'm a bad, bad girl
Everybody says it's true
Jennifer:
I'm a bad, bad boy
Both:
But I ain't even started to be bad yet
Take me, take me
It's alright, you won't break me
Could it be like, ecstacy like
It never was before
Tod:
We're going down
Both:
Cause it's a bad, bad world
Cause it's a bad, bad world
Cause it's a bad, bad world
But it's the only one we've got
Jennifer (Tod):
It's a bad, bad world
(It's a bad, bad world)
Always kicks you when you're down
(Always kicks you when you're down)
It's a bad, bad world
(It's a bad, bad world)
Hmm, you dirty little rat
Both:
Take me, take me
It's alright, you won't break me
Could it be like, ecstacy like
It never was before
Tod:
And I need you now
Both:
Cause it's a bad, bad world
Cause it's a bad, bad world
Cause it's a bad, bad world
But it's the only one we've got
Cause it's a bad, bad world
Cause it's a bad, bad world
Cause it's a bad, bad world
When the moon opens up her eye
And the sun bows down his head
You come stealing softly to my bed
When the dogs chase rabbit dreams
Cats are milking up the fire
You dance toward me
Balanced on a slender wire
Balaliaka sing to me
Like a siren from the deep
Balaliaka sing a tender song
Balaliaka soothe my soul
Like you did so long ago
How I miss your sorrow
And your smile
Now the trees are whispering
As I lie here in the grass
Waiting for this long cold night to pass
A thousand eyes are gazing down
Like bullet holes shot into the roof
As I lie here scratching
For a grain or truth
Balaliaka sing to me
Like a siren from the deep
Balaliaka sing a tender song
Balaliaka soothe my soul
Like you did so long ago
How I miss your sorrow
And your smile
Balaliaka sing to me
Like a siren from the deep
Balaliaka sing a tender song
Balaliaka soothe my soul
Like you did so long ago
Drink with me before I have to go
I'm a bad, bad boy
Everybody tells me so
I'm a bad, bad boy
I get clocked with all the wrong faces
I'm a bad, bad girl
I read it on the bathroom wall
I'm a bad, bad girl
I hang out in all the wrong places
Take me take me
It's alright
You won't break me
What's it feel like
Could it be like it's never been before
I'm a bad, bad girl
Everybody says it's true
I'm a bad, bad boy
But I ain't even started to be bad yet
Take me take me
It's alright
You won't break me
What's it feel like
Could it be like ecstasy like it never was before
We're going down
'Cause it's a bad, bad world
'Cause it's a bad, bad world
'Cause it's a bad, bad world
But it's the only one we've got
It's a bad, bad world
Always kicks you when you're down
It's a bad, bad world
Take me take me
It's alright
You won't break me
What's it feel like
Could it be like ecstasy like it never was before
And I need you to know
'Cause it's a bad, bad world
'Cause it's a bad, bad world
'Cause it's a bad, bad world
Slung from the hoary heavens
With disbelief suspended
On a shining pendulum of faith
Hanging half awake and dreaming
Of burning cities gleaming
Beneath a sky of ash and slate
And as the fuselage goes dark
You're thinking ain't it funny
Still owe some people money
It's hard to keep from laughing
No smoking sign is flashing
Your mask descends without a sound
Your starboard hope receding
Even the sky is bleeding
You sure could use a smoke right now
And all the people wave their arms
But you can't hear them screaming
You're floating through the ceiling
There's no gravity that can bring you down again
It's almost over now
And you hope they don't wake you up
Now the sun is shining
Somewhere the sun is shining
On the corner of Bourbon & Division
Crawling down the crooked streets at dawn
She said: don't come back, all is not forgiven
So you fall inside a bottle and a song
Splinters of thought dropping slowly
Snapping like branches in the wind
So you light a dog-end smoke
And you're laughing as you choke
And you give the wheel of fortune one more spin
Do you remember what you came here for?
Her words of wisdom scratched into the door
You can almost taste the emptiness
Hung inside her tallow dress
Can the darkness be as empty as it seems
When the factories of night hum with their dreams?
And you watch a skinny dog cut across that dusty lot
Like the surface of the moon
In the decompression chamber
Cooling in the conversation pit
Sleeping underneath yesterday's papers
And pretending the tsunami hasn't hit
Friday was the crucifixion
Saturday cremation under glass
The Resurrection was on Sunday
No, correction, make it Monday
'Cause Monday's when they come to take the trash
Do you remember what you came here for?
Her words of wisdom cut into the door
You can almost taste the emptiness
Hung inside her tallow dress
Can the darkness be as empty as it seems
When the factories of night hum with their dreams?
And you watch a skinny dog cut across that dusty lot
You never would believe
The things that I have seen
In my professional career
Well people can be cruel
But honestly I never meant to hurt you
I'm just a car crash collaborator
I'm just a cold cash negotiator
As you crawl from the debris
Remember that it's just the way I feed my family
I'm sorry 'bout the scars
At least you can still count yourself among the living
I keep one eye on the road
And the other on your rear
Because when you least expect it
Got the most to fear
You got the most to fear
From a car crash collaborator
I'm just a cold cash negotiator
Baby I'm a car crash collaborator
I'm just a cold cash negotiator
Sipping on an oxygen cocktail
With an ambulance chaser (x2)
Sipping on an oxygen cocktail
Sipping on an oxygen cocktail
With an ambulance chaser (x7)
Sipping on an oxygen cocktail
In your empty bed
You remember every word she said
And every word rings in your head
Except, "I'm Sorry"
And when the dark comes down
Upon this stark and sullen town
Will all her ghosts still hang around
To wreck the party?
Caroline on the breeze
Whispering in the trees
You caught her like a disease
But they still haven't found the cure
She took what she could skive
With her transparent eyes
And she starved herself of everything
Money couldn't buy
Caroline
Another steel-gray dawn
You wonder whether to go on
When obligations linger on
As if you made them
You're so sick and tired
Of disinfectants, cops, and lawyers
All satan's angels are his choir
Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Caroline on the bridge
Not allot left to give
Never mind what she did
She could only betray herself
She walked a crooked line
Led you deaf, dumb, and blind
And she compromised your
Confidence in every single crime
When I was born, I shamed the dawn
I saw the angels cry
I raised my arms and made the stars tremble in the sky
When I sang, the choirs were humbled
When I danced, the mountains crumbled
I chased the waves back into the sea
I feasted on the fatted calf, I drank whole cities dry
I made the devil dance for me, I spat into his eye
I said, "So long Jack, we hardly knew you,
Here's to hell, and hallelujah
Take this rock and shake it 'til it bleeds"
Refrain:
'cause these are dark days indeed
These are dark days indeed
These are, dark days, dark days,
these are dark days indeed.
We don't know who put this cup of life into our hands
But when we go, our bones will bake on the burning sands
'cause we walk but once among the living
So no regrets, and no forgiving
It's hard to dance when you're down upon your knees
In the cold hard light of day
Do you like the face you see?
Ain't it hard sometimes to say
That your eyes have atrophied?
Because the heart is a slippery one
And it's tricky to dislodge
Carry on as your day dissolves
In a black & white montage
Bodies falling to the floor
They're dropping like flies
In the crest there's an emptiness
Heartbeats ring in hollow halls
And the patient says
He's feeling fine
But that's just the drugs he's on
And you cry, trying to find a voice
That reminds you of your own
But every word
That passes from your lips
Call me a cab and I'll tip the undertaker
That fool couldn't tell a real stiff from a faker
Well I ain't no fool, I just play one on TV
Cause misery loves company
That's why everyone loves me
Now, buy me a drink and I'll tell you all a story
About a bastard who traded in treasure for glory
Well the treasure was true love, the bastard he was me
Cause misery loves company
That's why everyone loves me
Well, I've been a rich man
I've been a poor man
Inside a Saturday night
I've done the works
And there's one thing I know
You can't win if it ain't a fair fight
I ain't seen the pastor since Sunday bloody morning
All the girls in the choir are in labor or mourning
Take one look in my eyes, I think you'll all agree
Cause misery loves company
And that's why everyone loves me
I've done every shit job
Handed out nose jobs
Made a few friends in the tombs
But I've found that in most cases
Fixing the the rat race is
Better than pushing a broom
Now, who shall I marry the junky or the jailer?
Your choices are few when they know you're a failure
But there's one thing that everyone in the bar agrees
That misery loves company
So long Superman
Got a suggestion for ya
Check for kryptonite before ya
Try to break a horse
Hey, ho, here we go now
Pulling onto the freeway
Just like any other weekday
Except there's no remorse
Cause I'm gone
And now nothing seems to matter
Traded in my silver platter
For an empty plastic tray
There was nothing left worth waiting for
The kids burned down the candy store
And I'm waiting for a train
So long, Superman
I'll light a candle for ya
Say a prayer when California
Falls into the sea
L.A. I never know ya
Goodbye, good riddance to ya
Go to hell and hallelujah
You never meant much to me
I don't care
Where the track leads I will follow
I left like Lou Ferrigno
Tearing at the seams
I couldn't take that town to more
A whole world I ain't seen before
So I gave up the gravy
For sweet obscurity
So long, Superman
I'm taking a vacation
I'll miss your medication
It helped to ease the pain
I'll see you back in Reno
Outside the Grand Casino
In your old El Camino
Singing in the rain
No plans
I go where the machine goes
The past is a placebo
Dissolving in a drain
I sleep beside the railroad tracks
No more rent ot income tax
I've got no fixed address now
I'm waiting for the train
I don't care
Where the track leads I will follow
I felt like Lou Ferrigno
tearin' at the seams
I couldn't take that town no more
The kids burned down the candy store
So I gave up the gravy
Oh no, here we go again
It's time to spend the last lucky dollar
Can't you see it now: sleeping on the train
And singing that sad refrain
Oh. You could have been a contender
By the look in their eyes
You can see that they despise you
But you know it doesn't much really matter
Because there's the train, there's the track
Don't say goodbye and don't look back
Because if you do
You know that you're going to shatter
You never took me where I wanted to go
You never told me what I wanted to know
You couldn't see what I was trying to show
It must have been some strange reaction
And you split me when I started to crack
And you forgot me when I went off the track
And you just put another knife in my back
It must have been some strange reaction
Must be some strange reaction of a chemical kind
When all your problems develop complications
Can't get to sleep when all the people on the street
Are just like insects crawling on a carcass
You were crawling when I wanted to fly
You were laughing when I wanted to cry
And where were you when when I wanted to die?
It must have been some strange reaction
I was cursing when you tried to pray
To an idol with feet of clay
You had a party but nobody came
It must have been some strange reaction
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
I'm gonna open up your gate
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
Flowers growing on the hill
Dragonflies and daffodils
Learn from us very much
Look at us but do not touch
Phaedra is my name
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
I'm gonna open up your gate
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
and how she gave me life
and how she made it in
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
Flowers are the things we knew
Secrets are the things we grew
Learn from us very much
Look at us but do not touch
Phaedra is my name
Some velvet morning when I'm straight
Flowers growing on the hill
I'm gonna open up your gate
Dragonflies and daffodils
And maybe tell you 'bout Phaedra
Learn from us very much
And how she gave me life
Look at us but do not touch
(What can you say about our country?)
Once I was happy and I felt no pain
Sang like a sparrow in the pouring rain
Someday those days are coming back again
When you are history
Look like some kind of fallen chimpanzee
Who was it kicked you from the ugly tree?
What makes you think that you're the boss of me?
Why don't you go away?
Everybody say
Hey, clown
We're gonna put you in the ground
We had it all and then you blew it all away
Everybody say
Hey, clown
You turned our happy upside-down
We're gonna burn your flag and piss on your parade
(Piss on your parade)
There's something that I just got to say to you
These are the worst times that I ever knew
And all my troubles are because of you
And your pathetic crew
Every time I see you on my TV screen
I wanna disappear or run and scream
And your existence is the worst bad dream
that I ever knew
Everybody say
Hey, clown
We're gonna put you in the ground
We had it all and then you threw it all away
Everybody say
Hey, clown
You turned our happy upside-down
We're gonna burn your flag and piss on your parade
Spoken:
Dünyada bugün
Broken boy, stone cold and far from home
Sent upon a foolish sacrifice
All your plans buried in desert sands
Paradise comes with a price
Taxi girl, sad luck and Thorazine
Victim of some very bad advice
Little fish caught in a silken purse
Paradise comes with a price
So hold me up
'Cause I feel I'm falling apart
Alone in the dark
Heaven knows
Take my hand
'Cause I feel I'm floating away
Can we ever win?
Somehow, someday
Boy and girl caught in a brutal world
One more drink together alone
Small surprise they'd hoot the messenger
Paradise almost feels like home
So hold me close
'Cause I feel I'm falling apart
Alone in the dark
Heaven knows
Take my hand
'Cause I feel I'm floating away
Can we ever win?
The rent-a-cops are sleeping
There's nobody to watch me pass
And the trees have been weeping
Their tears are still upon the grass
You're the drink I could not swallow
You're the cinder in my eye
I walk among the stones again in the place we said goodbye
Why should I try to hang on?
When the world keeps shutting me out
I've done everything wrong
Since you fell off the face of the earth
Since you fell off the face of the earth
Now as the stars are dying
I hide my head behind the wall
There's seven kinds of sorrow
And darling I can name them all
You're the path I could not follow
To the place where no one cries
I walk among the stones again in the place we said goodbye
Why should I try to hang on?
When the world keeps shutting me out
I've done everything wrong
Since you fell off the face of the earth
Sheepdog, standing in the rain
Bullfrog, doing it again
Some kind of happiness is measured out in miles
What makes you think you're something special when you smile?
Child-like, no one understands
Jack knife, in your sweaty hands
Some kind of innocence is measured out in years
You don't know what it's like to listen to your fears
You can talk to me
You can talk to me
You can talk to me
If you're lonely you can talk to me
Big man (Yea), Walking in the park
Whigwam, frightened of the dark
Some kind of solitude is measured out in you
You think you know me but you haven't got a clue
You can talk to me
You can talk to me
You can talk to me
If you're lonely you can talk to me
Ehh.
Rowww, rrrowow
Hey, Bulldog
Hey bulldog Woof
Hey, Bulldog
Hey, Bulldog
Hey, Bulldog
Hey man
Whats that boy?
Woof
Whaddaya say?
I say, "Rroof"
You got any more?
Rrrrrowerra! Aaaaaaaaaa hah hah!
You got it! that's Right! yeah.
That's it man, Wooohooo, That's it, you got it!
A hah, a hah hah!
Dont look at me man, I only have 10 children
Yahoo! Ahaa... ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Quiet! Quiet!
Quiet!
The Circus Lyrics
THE GIRL:
I remember a jet slowly scraping
Low and heavy across a sky of slate
I remember the angle of your elbow
As it doubled back
In the crack of fists across a face
I remember the suck of boots in mud
Guttural, sexual, in those clandestine woods
THE KILLER:
Down at the river's edge
Below the concrete bed
The smell of lilac in your hair
Where the stinging nettles grow
And the lonely rushes blow
I left you in a culvert there
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Buildings and dreams dissolve into rust
Now all the flowers are turning brown
Cause the circus is coming to town
Cause the circus is coming to town
THE GIRL:
I remember dying to cry out
But throat-stuck with briars and stones
As your ruddy lips grew much ruddier
THE KILLER:
Step you lightly now
We must keep our voices down
The dogs of remorse
Follow close on the wind
Take your face off, don't be shy
They can't hunt you with their eyes
But surely they know the scent of sin
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Buildings and dreams dissolve into rust
Now all the flowers are turning brown
Cause the circus is coming to town
Cause the circus is coming to town
THE GIRL:
I remember falling, falling back
Into that tangled bed: a mesh of twigs
Deflowered like a virgin bride
In the ground swell of spring
Underneath that deciduous canopy
Propped up with jagged scaffolding
Is that a train or thunder coming?
Is everybody in? Is everybody in?
Well once upon a time there was a
happy ever-after to be starting,
but you wont hear one today.
The man is sweating bullets
and his heart beats out a cold tattoo
as the band begins to play.
So everybody stand,
everybody wont you give a big hand
to the man on the burning tightrope?
He's always walked this tightrope
between the devil and the deep blue sea
a monkey on a wire
but he's drunk his cup of sorrow
hes thrown his curses at the moon
and it festers on the fire.
So everybody stand,
everybody wont you give a big hand
to the man on the burning tightrope?
Come on, people, let's hear it
put your hands together
for the one, the only,
the dieing man on the burning tightrope
(Hurry up, George! It only takes one man to blow the whole parade!)
He could have been somebody,
he could have been somebody else.
Yes, it could have been much worse,
but now the show is over, people.
There's really nothing more to see,
hope you got your money's worth.
So everybody stand,
everybody wont you give a big hand
to the man on the burning tightrope?
Is it just me or is it getting a little warm in here?
Inch by inch, mile by mile, by day by day, by year by year...
throw your caution to the wind, boys
coins are falling from the trees
and moderation is a sin, boys
whats a little hoof & mouth disease?
and nothing you can teach her
about a double feature
let the blood and whiskey flow
because tonight you are a player
tomorrows never there
in the dog & pony show
so take your whistles to the wolves, girls
they've all got pistols in thier paws
but dont you go a runnin till they shoot, girls
cause every contract has a hidden clause
so ride on while your able
find us in the stable
honey you just never know
every wheel's a spinner
and everyone a winner
in the dog & pony show
so come out in and grab a table
its your lucky day
all the drinks are on the house
until we hoist your bones away
dont tip the waitress
she looks famous
back on the rodeo
and welcome to the notorious and legendary
dog & pony show
put em with the other stiffs, boys
take the pennies from his eyes
and seal the deal with a kiss, boys
cause suits and coffins come in every size
dressed up and they'll show ya
how far they can throw ya
funny how the money goes
well you took em to the cleaners
with all the other dreamers
I wana thank you for the song
That saved my life tonight
I wana thank you for the song
That saved my life
I wana thank you for the song
That saved my life tonight
I wana thank you for the song
That saved my life
I wana thank you for the song
That saved my life tonight
I wana thank you for the song
That saved my life
I wana thank you for the song
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine let it shine let it shine
Everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine
After 29 years
On the stroke of 13
I woke up from my life
Like it was all just a bad dream
My get up and go
Had just got up and split
After you ground me under your heel
Like a spent cigarette
When your memory's crashed
When your out on the tiles
Just remember that
Everyone loves a good kid
Who can loose with a smile
When they break both your legs
Don't come running to me
And baby if you were drowning
I'd throw you a funeral wreath
When I burn this place down
I'll make sure you're around
Girl, I want you to see
The big smile on my face
As I hitch a ride out of town
Well, I ain't gonna come to your party
But baby, I'm sure gonna dance on your grave
It's the least I can do
Crouching on the cool white tile
SHe's got to learn to take her medicine
With a professional smile
Holy vessel or a toilet bowl
Puking hopes into a urinal
Sun like a blowtorch
Cuts through aluminum sky
Just like a crippled ballerina
In a pair of too-tight slacks
It's on her face, expensive tastes
But no excess of ready cash
She's completely gone
Oh, but you know she'll be back
She's living on a question mark
But spending exclamation points
It's perjury right from the start
She's only whistling in the dark
Evidence is thin in her defense
And as the prosecution rests
The jury's out, the mood is tense
They're only whistling in the dark
So many ways the game could go
Timer ticks out minutes left
Until it's going to blow
She may stumble, but she won't fall
Waiting for the curtain call
As history repeats in motion slow
And though her repertoire is good
It's just a faded valentine
Between the hammer and the nails
There lies unspoken compromise
Then it strikes you
Right between the eyes
Cause when tomorrow's blown away
Seems like tonight is here to stay
So she just close her eyes and stumble forward
Whistling in the dark
Long live the queen, the queen is dead
So take the crown off of her head
But is that taps or reveille
(Alem Radyo iki bin dinliyor.)
Well I ain't gonna live in your world no more (Hey Borneo!)
Feelin' like a flunky for a two-bit whore (Here I come Borneo!)
You've got a monkey for a president (Hey Borneo!)
And a head all filled up with cement (Lookout Borneo!)
So I'm getting out of here
And I'm counting one! (Two!) Three!(Four!)
I can't take a minute more!
I'm gonna swing like an ape from a banyan tree (Hey Borneo!)
I'm gonna live me a life of luxury (Here I come Borneo!)
I'll get drunk on toddy and I'll sleep all day (Hey Borneo)
Until your world is washed away (Lookout Borneo!)
So I'm getting out of here
I said, I'm counting four! (Three!) Two! (One!)
Set a course for the rising sun
So I'm getting out of here
Said I'm counting ten! (Nine!) Eight! (Seven!)
This monkey's gonna go to heaven
Gonna set my sails for the virgin soil (Hey Borneo!)
You know I don't wanna die for the price of oil (Here I come Borneo!)
I wanna watch the sun set every night (Hey Borneo!)
Gonna fall asleep in the cool moonlight (Lookout Borneo!)
So I'm getting out of here
Yeah, I'm counting five! (Six!) Seven! (Eight!)
SPOKEN:
I remember when I was a little boy, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire"
SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is
SPOKEN:
And when I was 12 years old, I went to a circus, the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears.
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And so I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle.
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "is that all there is to a circus?
SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is
SPOKEN:
Then I fell in love, head over heels in love, with the most wonderful girl in the world.
We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes.
We were so very much in love.
Then one day she went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't,
and when I didn't I said to myself, "is that all there is to love?"
SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
SPOKEN:
I know what you must be saying to yourselves,
if that's the way he feels about it why doesn't he just end it all?
Oh, no, not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment,
for I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself
SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
It started off like a regular tuesday
the newspaper had nothing much to say
hardly noticed anything peculiar in him
cigarette, cold coffee, first of all
six o clock, the american prodigal son
comin home to the same complete disaster again
well he seemed like the quiet type
nothing out of place
you know he looked kind of familiar
the man with the blurry face
clean cut to green suburban lawns
you win and you see that something's wrong
but the home ain't broken, just the occupants
break down on the main production line
a small oversight in the machine design
another victim of built in obselence
well he seemed like the quiet type
nothing out of place
you know i think i remember him,
the man with the blurry face
the man with the blurry face
he's got a future in television
in the land of infotainment,
everyone can be a star
running late for a very early grave
we all sleep in the bed our parents made
the human element seems to be at fault again
five bodies in the local shopping mall
twenty bullets in the master bedroom wall
i don't think those stains are coming out, my friend
well he seemed like the quiet type
nothing out of place
you know i think i remember him,
the man with the blurry face
the man with the blurry face
coming soon to your surveillance system
in the land of the prisoner and the home of the slave
the man with the blurry face
all he wanted was fifteen minutes
Wake me, break me, take me to your leader
Memorizing, regurgitating, isn't learning wonderful
I can take it
I think I can take it
Preach me, bleach me, teach me to be a robot
My life is a series of accidents and irritants
But I'm waiting
I'm still waiting
And the stars will never shine upon your ill-computed plans
You're just a shadow in the mirror
Just a shadow
I woke up down
I woke up down
Fail me, jail me, feed me into your system
You look alot like aliens but you're acting just like animals
In a movie
And this isn't a movie
Because the stars will never shine upon your ill-computed plans
You're just a shadow in the mirror
Just a shadow
I woke up down
I woke up down
So where do we go, when everyone knows that we're nowhere?
And we're not even nowhere, they say you can't get there from here.
What can we say at the end of the day, but we gave it a shot?
I'll be ok, just leave me here.
Refrain:
'cause there's too many Angels.
Too many angels.
Above this waning world.
You want to know why, though you know that there's never a reason
But all of the kids that you know, keep on turning up blue
You keep searching for something, hell anything you can believe in for now,
'cause the nights are so long, and the days are so few.
(refrain)
(instrumental solo)
Now what can you say, you know that your words count for nothing
And how does it feel when the reel finally reaches the end?
What can you do when the stars that you knew are all fading away?
You don't need a crutch, you just need a friend.
(refrain)
Yes there's too many, too many, too many angels
Wear the crown made of thorns on the day I was born
By the light of a cold television
And I remember the bars on his uniform
As he marched from the field of vision
Well he didn't come home and it was just us alone
The brat and the widowed civilian
Then one April night after Ma took her life
I fell down the street to oblivion
And I took what the dumpsters were giving
And I did my best to survive
'Cause I figured that life's for the living
While you're alive
While you're alive
Bring out the gin and the small violins
I'm a raging success as a failure
And it's colder than hell in this cardboard hotel
Which I share with a chronic embezzler
So I beat my retreat down collister street
To one of my holy places
And they tangled my wings with wire and string
But I'm spinning in a whirlpool of faces
And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving
And I'll do my best to survive
'Cause I still think that life's for the living
Yes I still think that life's for the living
And I'll take what the dumpsters are giving
And I'll pray every night to St. Giles
But I still think that life's for the living
At least for a while
You: back on the town
Skulking around
Looking for something that you lost
What was the price?
And who paid the cost?
And I'm watching.
You: hard shiny and cold
And me: feeling so old
Cause I have waited so long
Waited so long
Waited for nothing.
And I... I am the Rain
You: back on the case
Checking your face
Looking for evidence of time
Where has it gone?
Our lines have been drawn
And we follow.
You: antiseptically clean
And me: like a broken machine
And I have been broken so long
Broken so long
Broken and hollow.
And I... I am the Rain
You: antiseptically clean
And me: like a broken machine
And I have been broken so long
Broken and hollow.
After the party, under the bed
Down where the bad dreams grow
You scrape at the embers
That smoke in your head
Cause it's twenty below
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no jokes
We'll sleep by the wishing well
Over the rainbow, a shot in the dark
One more story to tell
Cause I still love you Judas
I feel like hammer for the spike
Remember when we
Shot them holes in the sky?
I still love you Judas
As I walk along this lonesome road
Like a somnambulist on a wire
Polish your pistol, shooting the breeze
Flash me your trademark smile
When you live by the ruler
You die inch by inch
Every day is a mile
Tell me your story, shovel the dirt
Spin me a web of lies
I'd swallow anything offered as truth
That we're on the same side
But it's alright now
How many time do I have to lie
Before you believe me?
And how many time do you have to beat me
Before I learn how to play?
And where are the authorities
When you need somebody blown away
And how many arrows do I have to suffer
Before I'm a martyr?
Is it true that you have to do good
Before people will
Pay for a look at your bones?
You've got to be kidding me
Does this mean that I'll never be a saint?
With my pockets full of platitudes
And my dusty crown of thorns
Yeah it's used but barely worn
And I have crawled broke and desperate
Through the dumpsters of the Lord
And once I was an ugly sea
I wrestled in my sleep
And hurled foul threats and curses
At the sky
I pounded on the stubborn shore
Cause it can never be a symphony
If nobody cries
And how many bodies and how many boxes
Before it's all over?
And how many time do I have to cry
Before they wash me away?
Head I do: It's a comedy
Tails I don't: And I see another day
With my pockets full of platitudes
And my dusty crown of thorns
Yeah it's used but barely worn
And I have crawled broke and desperate
Through the dumpsters of the Lord
Once I was a rusted ship
Forsaken on the rocks
A tangle of green ligament and bone
I wrangled with the sullen sea
For it can never be a tragedy
Well, I don't know where I am but I know my destination (3x)
Knock 'em down, Christian soldiers, knock 'em down
Well the devil likes his liquor and he smokes a big cigar (3x)
But he's always been a real good friend of mine
If there's a hell way down below, I bet you see someone you know (3x)
And we'll all have a fucking good time
So knock 'em down, knock 'em down, another dead soldier hits the ground
Because our time on earth is brief, we don't want no strife or grief
So knock 'em down, knock 'em down, knock 'em down
If there's a heaven in the air, don't expect to see me there (3x)
Knock 'em down, lords and ladies, knock 'em down
Well I don't believe in god cause he don't believe in me (3x)
And he never returns any of my calls (Repeat Chorus)
I don't believe in god cause he don't believe in me (3x)
And he never returns any of my calls
Well the earth just keep on spinning 'round as history repeats (3x)
Knock 'em down, cocks and chickens, knock 'em down
And I hope you all remember me when I'm in my grave (3x)
Fill your glass, get off your ass, and knock 'em down
Through this pain I refine
Tearing me from within
As night sinks me deep, in absence of hope,
you live inside of me
Through this pain I reborn
Against the current
Through your eyes, Through your lips
I reach redemption
Close my eyes, everlasting
My heart returns to you
I give my heart away
Torn! Bleak! Lost! breathless!
If I could only erase this grief, I
Know! You´re always within.
Close my eyes, everlasting
My heart returns to you
Hold me here, never-dying
My heart returns to you
Hope! yearning! save me!
If I could only erase this grief, I
When all it´s said and done and the thirst of the days
devours the night
Why should I bother? Why should I care?
As I repent, all my sins come undone
Into the light I go, covered/shrouded in mist and glow
Into the light I go, hold on to death and let go
As I walk the path unable to die,
I´m loosing senses, one by one.
Ascending in circles, the rings of my mind.
As light shifts to shadows, as the veil falls, I rise.
As the souls emerge, lifting me far above, I can see the
great river bellowing ahead yet
calmly and endless. Death and life, it´s all transition,
to a nowhere place, purposeless.
Each particle of energy, merges into the whole, mutating,
blooming into oblivion and eternity.
All life is what death shall conceive,
All death is what life shall breed.
Into the light I go, I know, I should let go.
Into the light I go, covered/shrouded in mist and glow
Freedom of speech is plain bullshit (bullshit)
morality soaked in green
Stumbling through blindness, just drifting
believing in no-one´s beliefs.
bow down to your knees,
give your soul to the empire
bow down to your knees,
fill the ark of the empire of blood
Free us now, from this pain
Free us now, unify
Free us now, from this pain
free us now, rise inside
we will find the way
we will find our path
we will burn the flag
the flag that holds us down
Progress is a promise of a better life
that leads to a bitter end.
Progress in excess, breaks equilibrium
is easy to see that this progress is failure
bow down to your knees,
give your soul to the empire
bow down to your knees,
fill the ark of the empire of blood
Free us now, from this pain
Free us now, unify
Free us now, from this pain
free us now, rise inside
Free us now, from this pain
Free us now, unify
Free us now, from this pain
free us now, rise inside
Violence leads to violence
leads to violence,
leads to violence,
I had enough of this world and its sickening pace
enough plastic lives and enough apathy.
You took it for granted and nodded along
Just a sheep among wolves idolizing frauds
You changed the stone and you stumbled again
burn the foundations and start all over
love-hate, borned-killed, spiraling centuries
What´s the point motherfucker?
Just circles in circles in circles in circles...enough!
What if I said there´s no tomorrow?
Will you help me to stand free? (will you point your
finger at me?)
What if I said our time is borrowed?
Will you give this shell for free?
I know I know, I should let go
Righteous, oh you´re so righteous
A scorching flame looming above the sea
Barren, your tongue is worthless
A flickering flame crushed by my feet
I had enough of this world and its sickening pace
enough plastic lives and enough apathy.
love-hate, borned-killed, spiraling centuries
What´s the point motherfucker?
Just circles in circles in circles in circles...enough!
What if I said there´s no tomorrow?
Will you help me to stand free?
What if I said our time is borrowed?
Will you give this shell for free?
I know I know, I should let go
What if I said there´s no tomorrow? (will you point
your finger at me?)
Will you help me to stand free? (will you wage this war
with me?)
What if I said our time is borrowed?
Eternal return to the hatred
You can’t deny what ever is this
Bound to fulfill our destiny
Just close your eyes and leave none behind
None
No regrets as you’re ok my friend, no regrets
No regrets for the blood that we’ve spilled no regrets
Once you’re in it, no way out
You cannot run from your self
No way out [x2]
Meaningless
Senseless
There’s no other way don’t pray for a saviour
The answer within, within you.
The life that you’ve killed, the life that you’ve
inhale
The answer within, within you.
As higher as deeper the fall
Burn them all to feel the warmth
Of the innocents souls that we’ve slaughtered
Just close your eyes and leave none behind
None behind [x2]
No regrets as you’re ok my friend, no regrets
No regrets for the blood that we’ve spilled no regrets
Once you’re in it, no way out
You cannot run from your self
No way out [x2]
Meaningless
Everybody talks
Nobody understands
Everyone takes
Just as much as they can
But at the top of the stairs,
There's a room with a key.
'Cause I got a secret inside of me.
And everybody's lost
and nobody is found
The pathway should walk
Across this treacherous ground
But I go where I like,
and I do what I please
Because I got a secret inside of me,
and no one can take that away.
And everybody comes
and everybody goes
when your number comes up
Nobody ever really knows.
But my eyes are wide open
and my conscience is clean.
'Cause I got a secret inside of me
and no one can take that away.
Seems like everything I do
Everything I play,
everything I try,
every single day
always seems to come out backwards for me
Meanwhile, everybody laughs,
everybody lies,
everybody lives,
everybody tries
Just to make it through another day
And everyone shut up
maybe I could hear myself scream
'Cause I got a secret inside of me
and no one can take that away
Seems like everything I do
Everything I play,
everything I try,
every single day
always seems to come out backwards for me
Meanwhile, everybody laughs,
everybody lies,
everybody lives,
everybody tries
Just to make it through another day
And everybody comes
and everybody leaves
and everyone tries,
but nobody sees.
But I'm never gonna give up,
I'll never give into the grief
because I got a secret inside of me
and I'm gonna lock it away
Yeah, I got a secret inside of me
Coming down from on high
crippled wings
x's for eyes
and the clouds are screaminG headlines across a tabloid sky
this isn't me
it's just a joke
all this breathing makes me choke
and i hang like a puppet skeleton on twisted wires
(chrous)
she's the mistake
i've been dying to make
since i can remember
golden arrow
straight to the MARROW
OLDER THAN FLAME
she is the drug
i've been dying to take
forever and ever
i'm hooked and helpless
tangled and hopeless
floating away
the music stops and there she stands
with a promise in her hands
she's a surveillance camera super star
without a prayer
and every passing LIGHT that penetrates my shutterED mind
illuminates the grim parade
that swirls around me
Daddy was a dirty fighting man
He walked tall with his money in his shoe
With a left and a right
And a sonny say goodnight
Eyes were a cold steel blue
Momma went down like a ton of coal
Shared her bed with anyone who dared
Wash your hands
Take it like a man
Never let em know your scared
Never let em know your scared
Oh, what shall we do with the drunken failure?
Shanghai the bastard to Australia
If we never see you again
Buddy that'll be too soon
Everybody knows that the odds ain't even
Show me a god that's worth believing
Better place your bets cause the boat is leaving
Underneath an eastern moon
Underneath an eastern moon
Sissy had a thing for contraband
Nose to the grindstone
Finger in the pie
No way out
Give the kid a clout
Drowned her in a pint of rye
Brother was a drunken gambling man
Rolled his dice and always played the fool
Roll 'em high
Sock 'em in the eye
Beat him like a rented mule
Beat him like a rented mule
Oh, what shall we do with the drunken failure?
Shanghai the bastard to Australia
If we never see you again
Buddy that'll be too soon
Everybody knows that the odds ain't even
Show me a god that's worth believing
Better place your bets cause the boat is leaving
Underneath an eastern moon
Underneath an eastern moon
All the locks are broken
Everything's been stolen
Hold on, Slow John
All she left you was a slogan
Now your heart is breaking
Lonesome and forsaken
Hold on, Slow John
There's always a chance
For the taking
Hey now, two is a crowd
Plus that's what you get
For dogging around
Nothing I can say to you
Will return her grace to you
Nothing I can do for you now
Remember when you couldn't wait
To get out of the starting gate
Well, that all seems like history now
Trucks along the highway
No one's going your way
Inside a crippled car
Celibate stars
You wonder if anyone's noticed
You're gone
So hold on, Slow John
There's no getting used
To the taste of a gun
Looking for the silver lining
Where's the fucking happy ending
Words reverberate and then decay
There's no need to say you're sorry
Cause you know that she ain't sorry
Moon's throwing daggers
At the targets on the street
Trucks wipe the sweat out of their eyes
The brain is making promises
The body cannot keep
You duck inside a doorway
And you change into your favorite disguise
Black hole in your pocket
But there's jingles up your sleeve
Going down like a pederast in a boy's school
And you wish that you could stop it
But the handle's out of reach
Sinking like a calliope in a whirlpool
Oh no.
You're waiting for the green light
Hanging on for the cold opportunity
You're waiting for the green light
As every second of your life keeps slipping
The time keeps ticking
The the green light is looking like
It's never gonna change for you
Time carves initials
Into the prison of your face
Creeping like a spy on broken glass
Cars kiss the tarmac
As they cut right to the chase
Cut price epiphany
Maybe I could be a billionaire
If I wasn't always broke
And I could be a comedian
If I wasn't such a joke
Guess I knew it all along
Being born's where I went wrong
I always took the medication I was fed
Get out of my head
Get out of my head
I could train to be an astronaut
If I weren't afraid of heights
And you know I could be a supermodel
If you turned out all the lights
But all my days are painted grey
And I got nothing much left to say
My ambition is lying underneath the bed
Get out of my head
Get out of my head
Hey all you prestidigitators
Why don't you disappear for good
'Cause Hitler could have been a mediocre painter
Instead of a supercrook
Instead of a supercrook
Maybe I could have a great career
If I could just hold down a job
Or maybe I could be a social butterfly
If I wasn't such a slob
I always wreck everything I got
On every bullet I ever shot
Missed the target 'til I finally hit the red
Get out of my head
Ain't nothing like it
When it's twisting and reeling
They'll put the boot right in your eye
Because when the floor turns into wall
And then the wall turns into ceiling
Oh what a lovely way to die
Another perfect catastrophe
Is just waiting to happen
Waiting for the moment to transpire
Another perfect catastrophe
Is just dying to go down
It's only looking for the
Perfect place and time
Oh wouldn't you love
To be my partner in crime
So many tricks that we could try
So if you want to find out
What it would been like to my
Co-conspiritor
Open up the door and step inside
When retreat is not an option
And remorse just ain't your style
There must be something left to do
Because every tragedy is a comedy
Unless you're the victim
Hey Mr. Cardiac
Where's my heart attack?
I placed my order six hours ago
Come on, listen man
You got to understand
I got places to meet
And people to make
And money to blow
Heyy Mr. Solitaire
I ain't no Frigidaire
Don't play the martyr
Like the rest of those clowns
Get off your easy chair
Call Tony Millionaire
'Cause we're going to town
And you're setting 'em up
And I'm knocking them down
Hey Mr. Cardiac
Please can you spare me ten dollars?
Hey, what do you say Mr. Cardiac
I'll pay you on Friday
But can't you help me with a dime?
Don't tell Chameleon Man
He never understands
Sits on his fortune
And stares at the wall
Let's hot-wire a Cadillac
Take it to hell and back
Let's get away from it all
You've got her in your hand
She's got him by the balls
Hey Mr. Cardiac
Please can you spare me ten dollars?
Hey, what do you say Mr. Cardiac
I'll pay you on Friday
But can't you help me with a dime?
Little Miss Succubous
Caught a downtown bus
Chasing the dragon
A quarter to five
Spare me the tickertape
Time to negotiate
Give me the long and the short
Are you on the inside?
Is she dead or alive?
Hey Mr. Cardiac
Please can you spare me ten dollars?
Hey, what do you say Mr. Cardiac
Can you spare me ten
Can you spare me ten dollars?
Hey, what do you say Mr. Cardiac
Can you spare me ten
Can you spare me ten dollars?
Hey, what do you say Mr. Cardiac
Can you spare me ten
Can you spare me ten dollars?
Hey, what do you say Mr. Cardiac
Ill pay you on Friday
Johnny wiped out
He can't walk
He's got a prosthetic hip
(yeah yeah)
And Jenny don't care
She can't talk
She got Prozac 'scrip'
(oh no)
And daddy's alright
Just retired
He's got an artificial heart
(yeah yeah)
But mommy don't mind
She gets her loving
At the Jiffy Mart
(oh no)
And they look so sad
In their regulation check-out clothes
It makes me so glad
That I'm not one of those
No, I'm not one of those
Will Jimmy's going down
But it's okay
He's got elevator shoes
(yeah yeah)
And sissy got a jones
Riding her bones
She got the methadone blues
(oh no)
But I'm on hold
And I don't mind
I've got the muzak groove
(yeah yeah)
Cause it's gone cold
But I won't fight
Cause I'm born to lose
(oh no)
And they look so sad
In their regulation check-out clothes
It makes me so glad
That I'm not one of those
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
