Confiscate letters like D.E.B.
No natural course of things
For her to expect
Withdraw the feelings 'You can, you can't'
I called your number as you told the world
Someone is wrong
I'll find the answer
You'll take mystery to bed
My sister Coma she was always too shy
You told the story crying
'Darling, too good to last'
We are not
What you've been waiting for
We are not
The things you need
We are not
Softly singing love songs
All we are
Here for is right
Room for one more
Here in this room
We play games
Room for one more
Here in this room
You can feel it all
We need it
To keep the shakes away
We need it
To help us breathe
We need it
For everything we feel
We need it
Like we need you
-repeat chorus-
We break down
Start up the smile I suppose
You learn quick
You learn nothing
One more girl
Just leaves us wanting more
This young love
Just leaves us cold
Get the need
Get it.
I'm in the movies.
Hello young thing
I'm an old film star
Maybe you've seen my picture.
I need it
Like an old newsreel
I'm just fading away.
Bang bang dear
I've got the needles
And I've got the need
If you'd be so kind.
Come on and feel the need in me
Come on and feel the need.
Feel it!
Hello young thing
I've got reverse instructions
In the back of my car.
I need it
Don't cry till this thing is over
And my friends applaud.
Bang bang dear
When can we do this again
And put it all on film
Hello young love
I've got something to show you
And please don't be ashamed.
I'm the man
I'm the atrocity film star
And I've got the need.
Verse 1Nineteen-seventy somethin', nigga I don't sweat the date
My moms is late so I had to plan my escapeout the skins, in this world of fly girls
Tanqueray and Hennessy until I cold hurl
Ten months in this gut, what the fuck
I wish moms'd hurry up so I could get buckwild, juvenile rippin' mics and shit
New York New York, ready for the likes of this, uh
Then came the worst date, May 21st2: 19, that's when my momma water burst
No spouse in the house so she rode for selfto the hospital, to see if she could get a little help
Umbilical cord's wrapped around my neck
I'm seein' my death and I ain't even took my first step
I made it out, I'm bringin' mad joy
The doctor looked and said, "He's gonna be a Bad Boy"Verse 2Now I'm thirteen, smokin' blunts, makin' cream
On the drug scene, fuck a football team
Riskin' ruptured spleens by the age of sixteen
Hearin' the coach scream at my lifetime dream, I mean
I wanna blow up, stack my dough up
So school I didn't show up, it fucked my flow up
Mom said that I should grow up and check myselfbefore I wreck myself, disrespect myself
Put the drugs on the shelf? Nah, couldn't see it
Scarface, King of New York, I wanna be it
Rap was secondary, money was necessary
Until I got incarcerated--kinda scary
C74-Mark 8 set me straight
Not able to move behind the great steel gate
Time to contemplate, damn, where did I fail? All the money I stacked was all the money for bail
Verse 3Ninety-four, now I explore new horizons
Mama smile when she see me, that's surprisin'Honeys is tantalizin', they freak all night
Peep duckin' cops on the creep all night
As I open my eyes and realizin' I changed
Not the same deranged child stuck up in the game
And to my niggas livin' street life
Learn to treat life to the best, put stress to rest
Still tote your vest man, niggas be trippin'In the streets without a gat? Nah, nigga you're slippin'If I'm pimpin on The F with weed on my breath
Original hustler with the muffler on the Tec
Respect to the Mac's and the Ac's
It was hard to avoid
I suppose it was the shame
But they didn't even try
You see we'd never met
And they didn't have names
There was nothing I could do
So I turned on the crowd
And I screamed ";you and you";
";It could have been you";
And they seemed to think
That I looked that way
Or maybe I was wrong
So I said do you know Mr. Wall
And they looked the other way
And then they smiled at me
But the police came
And I said it was me
And I just walked away
The dream police
Slogan: ";What is on your mind?";
The airwave boys
Junkies won't get radio time
The purist league
White trenchcoats in pre-war style
The aging queens
Mister won't you stay a while?
In death row with Harlow
And others like you
I point my finger of hate
At your picture and love you and love you
The radio is talking
Is it you or me?
I must admit
It's far too late to dial police
What is your name?
We are the end of the line
Her eyes went out
Dreaming ";overdose on time";
Hey you old grey eyes
Don't practice dying for real
The only one
September she knows I can feel
It's so quiet and dark
And I shouldn't be here
This machine won't last
For always
Just my steel friend and me
I stand brave by his side
This machine is all
I live for
I can see in your eyes
You're not so sure about me
This machine is my voice
Please listen
It's so noisy and bright
And I just love being here
This machine will last
For my life
Memories lost in faded films of my life
And a friend that used to be something special to me
Red wine and good times if you don't feel at all
There is no point in going on tonight
Something's in the house something's on the stairs
War's in the air
The queer is out of order and me i'm on the ground
But that's no place to be
Jack Burroughs says ";what you doing";
";Oh me, I'm going home";
";Oh what a shame";
Nothing has changed and nothing is new these days
I've been there and seen it
I've been up and down
And I've been fighting for so long.
I can't stop for all your stories
I can't stop for all you young hearts.
Been up on the power
Been down and ashamed
I'm sure I'm guilty of something now.
I'm back and I'm proven
I'm back and I'm strong
Listen up
This is confession
This machine motion is sure to break my heart
Listen up
This is confession
Recorded music sticks in the throat of God.
I O U, you don't own me
I O U, you don't own me
Party time, one mor night, everybody's affected
Listen up
This is confession
You are a poison that flows into my veins.
Listen up
This is confession
I've never been so scared of letting you down.
You know me, so come closer
You know me, so come closer
Party time, one more town, everybody's affected.
I know you, you don't need me
I know you, you don't need me
Party time, one more girl, everybody's affected
Listen up
This is confession
They tell me heaven just has to be somewhere
Listen up
This is confession
I'd lie to God if I could make him believe.
You owe me, and I need you
You owe me, and I need you
Party time, one more game, everybody's affected
This is my confession
This is my confession
Party time, one more lie, everybody's affected
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
Listen Zara
Boys like me
We get used to
Things like you
Boys like me
We don't understand
Lies like yours
Listen Zara
Boys like me
From rags to riches
Bleed for you
Boys like me
Regret things sometimes
Things like you
Listen Zara
Boys like me
We are short stories
Shapes for you
Boys like me
We live in dreams
But they'ew yours not ours.
And this is my story.
My face, the picture's changed
Do you remember me
Now I'm fighting to breathe
It's been such a long time
Do you want to come
Do you want to come
Do you want to come with me now
Nothing here for me now
I can't believe the noise
We'll take this place apart
I won't be here for long
I know they'll find me soon
But now the weakness comes
I'll question everything
I'll trade new dreams for old
I've been waiting for you
I've waited far too long.
Now there's a girl outside my door
She's raw pink shame
She makes love as the machines play
Sound effects of mayhem
She disconnects my young heart at times
The cure comes next
Here am I
Sad and lonely
Here am I
Quite by chance I slide
She has the problem of need
Not conversation
She can only whisper such things
Like 'I tear inside'
She's like a gangster in drag I knew
Skin like china
Here am I
Sad and lonely
Here am I
1
My car slides
My last words are
'Help, Mother I'm'
My car slides
I wait for cold
A fear of the dark
My car slides
And I pray to
Things I've not seen
Here am I
Sad and lonely
Here am I
Quite by chance I slide
My car slides
The radio plays
'Heaven...' something
My car slides
This quiet night
Time plays slow tricks
My car slides
My clock runs down
Tick tock tick...
Here am I
Sad and lonely
Here am I
[Instrumental]
[instrumental]
Sometimes I wonder if God laughs at me
I hear His voice
When I sleep
Sometimes I wonder if The Holy Ghost
Is haunting me
In my dreams
Save me
Save me
Sometimes I wonder, does an angel die?
Rest in peace
Here with me?
Sometimes I wonder if a soul can cry?
I feel a pain
Next to mine
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
I don't think He died for me
I know that Heaven is a burnt out shell
I know forgiveness is the door to Hell
I know confession is a black empty lie
Look in my eyes
Look in my eyes
Save me
Look at me I'm crying
I wish my tears would show
I'm surrounded by a room
That I've been in for years
How can they do this
How can they do this to me
How can they do this to me again
Have you seen all the pictures
Have you seen things they do
Please help me
Love doesn't live here
Take a good look and cry
I remember
I'm broken
And don't hurt and show
No one can hear
Time runs out
Wont someone come
All that I need is you
Look at me I'm dying
My confession
I'll steal anything in sight or sound
My confession
This is the sound of fear
And I'll fall down
I don't need it
If you're gonna leave then do it soon
I don't need it
Everything you've ever seen
I've seen before
Leave her to me
Leave her to me
I don't suppose you ever laughed at me
Your fascination leaves me cold
I don't suppose you ever loved at all
I don't need it
I don't need it
If you want it
Every little girl is welcome here
Love is
Unsafe
Unsure
Wrong girl
Wrong time
Wrong move
Love is
Too short
Too sharp
Wrong man
Wrong place
Wrong heart
I don't
Believe in love and
I don't
Believe in you and
I don't
Believe in anything
I don't
Believe in love and
I don't
Believe in you and
I don't
Believe in anything
Love is
Too cold
Too close
Big house
Pictures
TV
Love is
You buy
We sell
You don't
Know me
At all
I don't
Believe in love and
I don't
Believe in you and
I don't
Believe in anything
I don't
Believe in love and
I don't
Believe in you and
I don't
Don't be a dummy!
Move like honey
Don't be a dummy!
Use your money
Stand out proud, no hiding in the crowd
Find the gear that's worth the grind
Find the gear to suit your mind
They'll suit ya!
Lee Cooper!
Lee Cooper!
Here it comes again
That old familiar pain
Here it comes again
Now it has a name
What am I to do?
And where am I to go?
Here it comes again
I am not myself
Do you think of me?
Do you think of me?
Here it comes again
I'm Tortured and deceived
Here it comes again
If only I'd believed
What am I to say?
And where am I to die?
Here it comes again
And I am not myself
Do you think of me?
Do you think of me?
I'll tell you something that you don't know
I'll tell you something that you don't know
Once is always so don't call me
Jo the waiter spilling wine
Over some ex-friends of mine
In zero cafe number 9
What you gonna say this time
Basic J, say, are you new here
New ones walking down the stairs
Pretty young thing but no-one cares
Jo the waiter drops the tray
Do you always know your name
Jo the waiter smiled at me
Jo the waiter's company
I keep him in a book by my fireside
A drama is my perfect bride
INSTRUMENTAL
Fade to screens of violence
Like a TV screen but silent
Where the victims are all paid by the hour
Staring at the ceiling
That she gyrates all around me
I am trying to forget she's done this all before
Far too many people
For a quiet night with myself
Oh I could be anyone tonight
Focus on a feeling
I've detected while I'm sleeping
Sing a chorus of ";On Broadway"; and deny it all
You are in my vision
I can't turn my face
You are in my vision
I can't move my eyes
You are in my vision
I can't move at all
You are in my vision
Delicate bodies
That decay beneath their clothing
Play cards in an empty house in Paris
The wreckage of a hero
Lies broken in a corner
And everyone pretends they like to live that way
You are in my vision
I can't turn my face
You are in my vision
I can't move my eyes
You are in my vision
I can't move at all
You are in my vision
[Instrumental]
I wonder if at times
You ever think of me
Or even call my name.
I don't suppose you do.
They talk of rain
They talk of time
They talk of pain
They talk of mine.
They whisper names
They whisper news
They whisper 'shame'
They whisper you.
I tried to look for you.
I tried for years and years.
I wonder if you knew?
I don't suppose you cared.
'I leave old memories
Ghosts in hearts like yours.
I left your words unheard
Like whispers in my heart.'
I think of tears
I think of who?
I think of years
I think of you.
And sometimes,
When I'm lonely,
I think of you
And I wonder
And sometimes,
When someone
Calls your name,
I wonder
You changed my life
And you could have changed my world
And I
Miss your voice and
I miss your heartbeat
I miss your face and
I miss you
And sometimes
When I'm sleeping,
I dream of you
And I wonder
And sometimes
When I forget,
I call for you
And I wonder
You said 'goodbye'
Said 'It's over'
You said 'I'm tired
I can't wait
All my life
I won't cry
Anymore'
And sometimes when
I wonder
I cry for you
And I miss you
And sometimes I
Remember
How to feel again
And I miss you
so i fall
like the rain
sometimes i almost cry again
i've seen my pictures
peeling from walls
it's like a witness of truth
to the end of it all
here we are
no-one came
i've been waiting for this for years
do you wonder
how i'm feeling?
did you whisper the truth
like a memory of pain?
no angel
to guide me
no angel
can find me
walk away
walk away from me
i won't cry, i won't cry
take my life
take my life from me
i won't cry, i won't cry
like a whisper of truth
You are you are
Hopefully mistaken
Like old ties
You'll soon be broken down
Like all the rest who tried
You are you are
Something quite surprising
Story's odd
Concerning love
The scene will change for you, you know
You are you are
Just a good reflection
Nothing more
You'd like to take me for the world
To see you leave
You are you are
A living exhibition
Defying age
Like a seasoned veteran
Of men for cash
I know how to hide and wait for you
I know how to wait I won't forget
Exactly what you are
See her shine like stars
Before they burn
See her shine with stars
Before they fade away
Such a shame
The best of fame
All my life,
they've been here.
Waiting for you.
Patiently.
All they want is your heart and soul.
They want your tears to fall.
All they want is your purest sin.
They want to welcome you in.
They will seem
innocent,
but they will lead you
back to me.
All they need is one tortured soul.
They need walking shadows.
All they need is your last confession.
They need your pain to show me.
I'm waiting for the unforgiven.
Waiting for sleep to come.
I'm waiting for my one obsession.
Waiting for you to come home.
'Innocence is pain in disguise,'
they said.
Now I believe. (x7)
I fall
Down
No control somehow
No help
Now
My favour slides
No one comes
Here
Now I'm feeding strangers
Thin air
Like cold death
Here in my heart
I fell for so long for you all
I fell for so long for you
I fell for so long for you
Come in
I'm the ghost
Of the white faced clown
She's gone
Gone. I won't look back
She's gone
I'm old
So old
This infection of time
My skin
Age
Shows no kindness to me
I fell for so long for you all
I fell for so long for you
I fell for so long for you
Me I've just died
But some machine keeps on humming
I'm just an extra piece of dead meat to keep running
Why won't you let me die in peace?
Why won't you let me die with some kind of honour?
Why won't you let me die at all?
I know
You've got your principles
My body lies immobile
I left it days ago
And me I watch from somewhere as the loved ones come and go
I see them glancing at the switch
I hear them whispering ";maybe it's better that way";
I see the love turn into feelings
I know
Aren't quite the same
I see the men of learning
Pacing to and fro
But how can I expect the sane to ever know?
I'd rather die than have no mind
I know my brain is gone ";damaged beyond repair";
I see an empty shell below me
I know
I've had my time
We are so fragile
Advertising lies that are whiter than yours
We are so fragile
They could give us a war just to keep us amused
We are so fragile
I could stay here inside and say it's all been done
We are so fragile
Just pretend I never tried, I'll leave it up to you
We are still so young
And it must be wrong but I'd do it all the same
We are really so shy
There's nothing I can do except believe in you
We could always go home
But everyone says this is the place to be
We are so unnatural
But you wouldn't understand, you only deal with men
I like new fashion
I like old stories
Like my sister used to tell
This is the voice
This is the picture
I like romantics
But I don't like Steven
Old men love war songs
Love Vera Lynn
Old men love war songs
Now I'm Vera Lynn
I like the welcom
I like my sunbed
But it burns me alove
I like old heroes
I like old filmstars
Dirty pictures........snap snap
I like intrusion
When she's dressed in white
A nervous bride
I don't remember
If she's black or white
This is the heart
Old men love war songs
Love Vera Lynn
Old men love war songs
Now I'm Vera Lynn
This could be it
This could be nothing
Will you remember
When the sparkle dies down
I like Ferraris
I like the fame
Appreciation in the strangest ways
I could believee
In such things for now
Don't like to crash........ climb, climb
I like the dancer
Like you're supposed to
I'll keep my mouth shut
But I don't like this
Old men love war songs
Love Vera Lynn
Old men love war songs
Now I'm Vera Lynn
Stone shapes and me
I'll stay now
Nothing's forever
This time there's no goodbye
A female son
But I won't change again
One of these days
I'll love it all and sleep
You are slow poison young friend
Just give me time to reply
What am I saying
There's nothing left to steal
One of these days
[Instrumental]
We are young we can break
Watch us fall
We can take some train
Down to the sea
We are glass, we are glass
We are real you can touch
Just for now
And then say
'Hey you, which way is down'
We are glass, we are glass
We are strong we run though
We have time
And to you I'm just
One of those boys
We are glass, we are glass
We are cold
We're not supposed to cry
But it's all just a thought
So here am I
We are glass, we are glass
They run fast
Impressions of the floors inviting
Stay with me, stay with me
They run past
With telephones they scream
Well would you turn all this down
Turn all this down
You are replaced you are you
And our dreams are real
And dreams are all we need
We are glass, we are glass
We slip down
And old eyes don't cry for me
Cause I doubt I'm and I doubt you
And never never going to doubt
We are glass, we are glass
They run fast
Impressions of the floors inviting
Stay with me, stay with me
They run past
With telephones they scream
Well would you turn all this down
Turn all this down
I can see in your eyes
(You're) talking good but there's nobody home
And I'm breathing it in
But I'm sure that I've heard it before somewhere
I'm alive with the need
And your welcome to this exhibition 'cos I'm feeding on me
Now there's far to many opinions here
Voices like whispering friends
Voices are calling again
Voices no one can see
Voices are welcome to me
And I've been here once before
I don't know why I'm here
But I'm going to take what I can
I don't know who to fight
I can't run so I'm turning on you again
I think I need a freind
I need someone inside with the news
I think I need to sleep
Now and maybe forever
Got to pull it up
Got to pull it out
Got to survive
Got to stay calm
Got to think fast
Don't want to burn
Searching for a door
Searching for a way
Out of this thing
I don't know what's wrong
Don't know what to do
I'm out of control
Nothing I can do
Nothing seems to work
I'm barely alive
Got to slow it down
Got to do something
Or give in
Watching us fall
Trying everything
Fighting for life
Running out of time
I don't have a choice
I'm riding it in
I'm inside and I'm trying to get out
I'm inside and I'm screaming for some help
And everything's gone wrong
I'm listening to the sound of my own fear
I'm listening to the sound of someone's tears
I'm listening to me
This is the fear
This is nothing like
You could believe
Panic in my heart
Like a cold hand
Pulling at strings
I'll do anything
Even pray to God
Just let me out
Turn off the machine
Turn off all the noise
Turn off the world
I'm inside and I'm trying to get out
I'm inside and I'm screaming for some help
And everything's gone wrong
I'm listening to the sound of my own fear
I'm listening to the sound of someone's tears
I'm listening to me
I'm inside and I'm trying to get out
I'm inside and I'm screaming for some help
And everything's gone wrong
I'm listening to the sound of my own fear
I'm listening to the sound of someone's tears
I'm listening to me
You learn fast when everything breaks down
You learn fast when that's all that you can do
You learn fast or nothing
I'm not so sure
I still want more of this
I might not quite
Be behaving like I'm told I should
This is my life
Welcome to me tonight
I don't feel too
Glad to be here for sure
I'm not feeling any more at all
This is my head
This is my face
It's all my fault
This is my place
[Instrumental]
I read a book
About conversation and you
I listen to
Stories that intrude on my heart again
This is my house
Welcome is here
This is my house
Welcome to me
My picture of your face
Will disappear with time
Patience in eyes
That say occupied
Quite peculiar
This is my house
Welcome is here
This is my house
Welcome to me
[Instrumental]
We are strangers here
I suppose
We are not welcome
Or so I'm told.
We are not old friends
But believe this,
We can be nightmares.
Picture the man when the heartbeat stops
This is new love.
We are the hunters,
So one by one
You know we'll find you.
Picture the man when the heartbeat stops
These boys of passion
Will rule the world
Put their fingers in a dyke
";Well you know it's what she needed";.
These boys of passion
With cruel idiot smiles
Fight for you.
You know, they said so.
Cold fascination
with dead sound.
Oh God let me sleep
Forever.
Picture the man when the heartbeat stops.
Tread careful
Because you're treading on my dreams.
Tread careful
Because I've just one heart
Tread careful
Let me down slowly
Or I'll forget how to dream.
Chorus:
I won't forget anything
(I love you)
I won't forgive anyone
(Do you love me?)
Tread careful
You hear the sound of my breathing
Tread careful
Because I feel this sound
Tread careful
I'm falling in a glasshouse
I'm trying hard to begin
Because I want it to get harder
Tread careful
Before I change my mind
Tread careful
I could surprise you
I know something you want to do.
(repeat chorus)
Tread careful
I'm sure you don't care but
Tread careful
I could change your mind
Tread careful
I've been waiting for you
There is no comfort in here.
(repeat chorus)
Sometimes I feel
I live like a prisoner
But I don't know
If this really is pressure
Surprise you win
I'm lost as screamers roll in
Sometimes I feel
Like leaving this room I'm in
Faded film people dropping words
About the real things to say
? (Not "Someone pulls me deeper", as in CD booklet)
And tells me who I will be if I stay
A clever machine writes pretty words
For pretty boys
To sing to us all
We're all so grateful
My face you cry
And I show my darker side
The night is yours
And I just switch off and hide
Cafe and sin
The wine's not to my liking
My face you cry
Oh my didn't I say come in?
Frown (?) in my eyes showing nothing
But surprise about you
And what are you thinking
About my life and her drinking to you too
A dying non-human writes unkind words
For unkind friends
And as for the tears, they'll never show
Asylum people calling on my door
From day to day
The image must fall
I've had my time
And what if God's dead
We must have done something wrong
This dark facade ends
We're independent from someone
This wreckage I call me
Would like to frame your voice
This wreckage I call me
Would like to meet you, meet you
Soon
We write suggestions
Suggesting fading to silence
And that must please you
My mirror's tarnished with 'no-help'
This wreckage I call me
Would like to frame your voice
This wreckage I call me
Would like to meet you, meet you
Soon
(Japanese phrase - means ";Goodbye, forever";)
Turn out these eyes
Wipe off my face
Erase me
Replay 'The end'
It's all just show
Erase you
I need to I need to I need to
This wreckage I call me
Would like to frame your voice
This wreckage I call me
Would like to leave you, leave you
Leave you, leave you soon
(Japanese phrase - means ";Goodbye, forever";)
This is love
This is pain disguised as a dream
Memories
Are guaranteed to break your heart.
Look at me
I woke up and found me alone
I wonder
If you'll ever think of me.
I won't cry
Now you're gone
I won't cry.
I should take
Your picture
From the wall.
This is love
What's it for?
It takes everything.
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
I'm standing for someone or something
I read it in the papers.
I still remember
I heard it on the radio.
CHORUS:
I'm a slogan, an old story,
A disease, never again.
I don't like this, new anger,
These young boys, just make me laugh.
This picture, I'm so nervous,
The DJ says "who are you?"
Look at me, I'm shaking,
I don't know if I can move.
Working boys? tonight
I don't want to be a? picture
I don't want to be an old man
I don't want to be a good friend
I don't want to be a hero.
Silently I wait alone for you
I've got to put my fear back in its box
Silently I feel you breathe on me
And I hear mercy sigh and leave the room
You could hurt me
Take my breath away.
Would you like that?
You could rip me
Leave me torn and cold.
Would you like that?
One More Sin. Make me unforgiven
Silently, I turn and play begins
I watch you smile
Just like a dead things smiles
Silently I lose and darkness comes
I hear you laugh as God abandons me
You could cut me
Let me die for you.
Would you like that?
Say
And I say 'me'
Boys with their ambition
The sparkle dies down
I could believe in such things
Boys with their ambitions
Sparkle dies down
I could believe in such things
This house is cold
This house is mine
This house is yours
Like friends of mine
Ooh, I could boys like down like some down like boys suppose
Ooh, I could down like boys like could down like you
Ooh, I could down like boys like could boys like could down like cries
Boys cry
Boys scream 'down'
Like boys fell down
I could believe in such rain
Me falling down
Falling boys
Like and I
And I can see such... no
This house is mine
This house is cold
This house is yours
These friends of old
Ooh, like could down like boys on the ground like I suppose
Ooh, I could down like boys underground like you
Ooh, I could down like boys on the boys on the ground like me
Boys like
Crying 'down' like
I saw him turn on
Like a machine in the park
Saying `please come with me'
But you've been there before
I saw him whirr away
Into the night
Like a nightmare on wheels
Saying `never again'
I'd give it all up for you
I'd even be a number just for you
The strangest living boy
You could ever wish to see
`That's me'
Yellowed newspapers
Tell the story of someone
`Do you know this man?'
Tomorrow the cure
Only police ever
See night time for real
Turn on the light
And cry `no more, no more'
I was standing outside your door
Waiting for the grey men to go
When my mind turned on me
With a vengeance I had never known
My own
Everyone heard
The voice on the radio
Saying `why move around
And waste my time'
There are no
Independents anymore
The tape is a circle
But who really cares
I saw you behind the wall
I even heard you laugh at me
You disgust me tonight
With your answer to something new
That's you
This is
This is emotion calling
Inside
You don't know me
One game
A miracle of invention
You lose
These rules are mine
Dirty pictures
You're in the movies
Move in
Move out
I'm in slow motion
One love
One tear
One night
Of fear
One game
You lose
This is
Emotion
Look left
There's nothing over there but vengeance
Look right
There's nothing over there but greed
Look up
There's nothing up there but rumours
Look down
There's nothing down there but me
One love
I don't want to talk about it
One love
One pain
I don't want to talk about it
One pain
One more
Another night to remember
One more
Another name to forget
One more
Another young heart to play with
One more
Another young heart to break
We've got to get out
We must get out of here
We've got to get out
We've got to get away
I'm listening to stories
Of love and affection
That I don't believe
I'm listening to liars
With pretty young faces
And eyes that deceive
You're welcome to fame
You're welcome to try
I've been on TV, sold my face to you
You're welcome to love
You're welcome to me
I burned my dream, sold my heart, nobody knew
Listen children
I've seen my future
Call it the deadline for now
I've heard secrets
I've heard excuses
I've heard a voice in the dark
You're waiting for me
You've made a mistake
I'll give you nothing but lies, or nothing at all
I'm playing a game
I'm playing with you
I call it shameful, 'the skin game,' don't you?
You're playing it cold
(Ripping it up)
You're playing for time
(I don't like pictures)
You're breaking my rules and I won't let you go
I'm looking for you
(Welcome to me)
Somebody screamed
(It's no use talking)
I've connections with God. What do you need?
Lost in junk sick
No sleep no motion
She said 'he's nothing to lose'
Love sick? Skin game
Welcome to romance
She's like the heart of the world
I'm still breathing
Welcome to my house
I'd steal from God, wouldn't you?
One more question
Am I in danger?
Rumours. And I've got the fear
Looking for you
Is it any wonder?
Tearing it up
Living on empty
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
This disease
I'm out of my class
This disease
I'm needle sick again
This disease
We must expect such things
This disease
She finds me the girls
Tick tock tick
All gone all gone all gone
Tick tock tick
Whispering goodbye
Tick tock tick
Who is talking?
Tick tock tick
I don't have the choice
Look at me
A puppet dancing on strings
Look at me
And this is easy?
Look at me
I got the screams
Look at me
Words failing
This disease
This disease
This is a story
And this is a song
Every little thing that they
Tell you is wrong
This isn't evil
This is a sound
And this conversation is possibly down.
I know that I'm not all that pretty
I know that I don't sound like I should
I don't even belong to fashion.
This is a secret
And all this is true
Everything I tell you belongs here with you
I'm not a hero
I'm no good
I don't belong here but my heroes should
And I'm moving
And I'm lying down
And I'm losing
And I'm losing.
This is uncertain
This is unsound
Is this a feeling or something I've found?
This is a story
This is a song
Every little thing that I've told you is wrong.
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
I intrude on patience
I intrude on young hearts
I intrude on all such things
That can take you by surprise
Time and time again
So?
I've no welcome for you
I've no welcome for talk
I've no welcome in my house
I've tried too long you know
Time and time again
Oh look there's a man inside
The head's not the museum it's supposed to be
We sleep with machines that breathe
And some even have names the executive dream
We're all so sincere
I'll sing a song from the film that broke your heart
Oh look at the smile that cracks
Tomorrow we'll be civilized
And buy the whole world clothes
We don't believe in you
We're specialized mechanics in repairing the bitch
You bounce around my head
You say it's a little but I'm sure it's OK
I'm in a big clean room
There's blood on my shirt
I'm in bad shape from the crash
Now I know it's all over
Now I know it's all over you
Something's wrong.
Now I know it's all over
Now I know the hunter's you
Oh you have the face
But I have the pictures
A secondhand love in a dying machine
This game turns me cold
I could show you some things
A child with a ghost in her eyes cries for me
We break out
And we break out hungry
We're looking for the priest
And we're looking for you
I can't believe the noise
There's nothing I can do
We'll never get out of here alive
Something's wrong
I can't believe it.
I won't pray here,
or bow my head.
I won't praise your name,
I won't kneel down.
I won't pray to you
on this side of sane. (Oh Lord)
I won't pray to you
on this side of Hell. (Father)
I won't pray to you
on this side of Heaven again.
I don't need faith,
forgiveness of sin;
I don't need saving,
I don't need lies.
I don't believe
in the angel wars .(Oh Lord)
I don't believe
in the Virgin Birth. (Father)
I don't believe
in the cross on the hill. (Jesus)
I don't believe
in the kindness of God to man.
I'll drive a stake
through the black of your heart. (Oh Lord)
I'll pull down your temples
and burn every word. (Father)
I'll kill all the angels
that show me "the light". (Jesus)
I'll drift into darkness
Here in my room
Where the paint dries like your face
I'm still confusing love with need
Tonight at 10
I'll cry for a while
They'll get me for sure
It's just a question of time
We're the crazies
Some things I do
I feel so ashamed
But I have run of points of view
The man is a thinker
Who thought that he died
Just sits in the corner
Looking somewhat surprised
We're the crazies
I only exterminate
In my spare time
I fight the machine for the passers by
I know I'm wrong
But what makes you right
The simple solution is to end it all
Gary Numan
Miscellaneous
The 1930's Rust
Listen good
Don't cry for me
Don't cry anymore
Now just shut your mouth
This point of view
Appeals to me
Listen Babe
Say you've got no-one tonight
Same old smile
That cracked a thousand hearts
But not mine
Same old line
I've read the book
And I know you well
Listen Babe
Say you've got no-one tonight
What's this feeling
That I don't believe
No concern on my face
What's it for
You dream of something
Like I dreamed of you
Listen Babe
Hello, I'm the aircrash bureau
I bet you're so surprised to see me
I could specialise in rumours
I'll send shivers up your spine
Pilot, back, I need my squadron
I was flying before D-day
Now I'm warning you of falling
I'll tell you when you're going down
Sometimes I get these questions
It reminds me of the skin game
We used to stand around on corners
Saying 'well here we are again'
So now she motions closer
Now that's what I call romance
Someone's calling me but vaguely
I've seen them come
I've seen them go
I've seen them all
Call this affection
I've seen them do things
You wouldn't believe
I can't remember your name
I can't remember the time
I can't remember at all
Never again
She wants film
She wants sound
She wants everything
It's not love
In slow motion
It's a strange new game
You've got a picture of me
And I've got a picture of you
But who's got a picture of us?
Never again
Do it once more for the man on the phone
Do it once more for the boys in the band
Do it once more for the girl with no heart
Will you do it once more for me?
She's black
She's white
She could be anything
She looks good
She looks bad
She could tear me apart
Just say goodbye when you leave
And I'll say goodbye when you're gone
We'll say goodbye in the dark
But never again
Do it once more for the man on the phone
Do it once more for the boys in the band
Do it once more for the girl with no heart
Will you do it once more for me?
I've heard your story before
I'll hear your story again
Now I've got a story for you
Never again
Do it once more for the man on the phone
Do it once more for the boys in the band
Do it once more for the girl with no heart
Will you do it once more for me?
Do it once more for the man on the phone
Do it once more for the boys in the band
Do it once more for the girl with no heart
Will you do it once more for me?
[Instrumental]
I don't know
I don't know
The dream was everything
I don't know
I don't know
If it's all falling down.
I lose connection as they let me down
What you gonna think?
What you gonna do?
What you gonna say?
Are you gonna scream 'Oh no'?
What you gonna think?
What you gonna do?
What you gonna say?
I just don't like this thing, at all.
(Strange charm)
Let the boys out
Let the boys out
And let the fun begin
Let the boys out
Let the boys out
And let the night come in.
We don't like it
We don't like it
We're from the factory and we've come to play.
Let the boys out.
You push too hard
You push too hard
Come closer and talk to me
You push too hard
You push too hard
D'you get the picture now?
You won't like it
You won't like it
We get impatient as the time runs out.
Let the boys out.
Johnny's got a job
Spreading the cure
Self employed
He's a one man crusade
We want to give you your soul protection
Something inside
Big mistake
Spread the word
To the new generation
We want to give you your soul protection
One more night
One more dream
One more time
One more scream
One more heart
One more name
One more chance
For your soul protection.
Johnny's got pride
'I'll pay it all back'
Now he calls it
'The poetry of motion'
We want to give you your soul protection
Listen to this
This is life
Listen to your heart
And you're living under clock law
We want to give you your soul protection
Hide your fear
Hide your shame
Hide your tears
And hide your pain
Hide your face
Hide your name
Hide your need
For your soul protection
Everybody's scared
Big glass house
Don't throw stones
At your soul protection
We want to give you your soul protection
Johnny's got faith
Prays to God
Mention love
And he calls it 'nostalgia'
We want to give you your soul protection.
[Instrumental]
She sits in the corner
Where it's reasonably quiet
Drinking coffee with cream
Thinking stories of young love
She calls to the waiter
'Won't you lend me some time?
You can sit by my side
And I'll let you be friends with mine.'
The cafe is old
But the candlelight's new
She orders Beaujolais wine
And says 'I've thought of you too'
She whispers 'Isn't it odd
You remind me of songs
That I'd rather forget
Like feelings I longed for
You haunt me inside
Sometimes I recall
Question mistakes
Who grew to nothing at all'
I hear voices that cry
And one of them's mine
All the things I could say
Are the reasons I can't
She says 'I've seen you before
In thoughts I call 'son'
Like an old film with sound
When the link comes undone'
The waiter is me
And the woman is you
And we are the story
Just like others I knew
I know how to read alone
Here in the dark some old stories are told.
The telephone haunts me
Like a picture of things that I'd never
Bring home.
CHORUS:
She cries like I do
Too late for new words.
She cries like I do
???? it's a man.
No-one is allowed in here
I'm the ????? new feelings ???
This edge in my voice lacks? sense
I never touched your heart
I suppose.
(repeat chorus)
She cries like I do
Like we're supposed to
She cries like I do
Here in the dark.
I'm so surprised.
I've done things God should've questioned
But I don't care.
I've seen things that made my flesh crawl
But I was young.
I've said things that you believed in
But I don't mean.
I heard things, one more confession that
Leaves me cold.
My picture ashames you
My picture
My picture ashames me
My picture
This ain't love, this ain't affection
But you don't care.
This ain't need, I'm not the fashion
So leave my heart.
So good God were you mistaken
Now will I burn?
No more lies no more distraction
So pay you back.
Religion ashames you
Religion
Religion ashames me
Religion
I'm lying shame on me
(secrets forever)
This disease shame on me
(secrets forever)
My memories shame on me
(secrets forever)
Abandon,abandon me
(secrets forever)
This fashion ashames you
This fashion
This passion ashames me
This passion
I'll never ashame you
I'll never ashamed me.
A stranger, shame on me
(secrets forever)
Nostalgia, shame on me
(secrets forever)
Religion, shame on me
(secrets forever)
Abandon, abandon me.
I've done things God should've questioned
But I don't care.
I'm not
Crawling around
Looking for a friend.
I'm not
Thinking the big I am.
I'm not
Down on the ground
Looking for a cure.
I'm not
Saying that I'm the man.
And I'm not asking for your opinion.
I'm not asking for a miracle.
And I'm not asking you to remember me,
Not asking for the ghost to call.
I'm
Cold and corrupt
Looking for a heart.
I'm
Trying to hide my scars.
I'm
Talking to you
Like a shadow in the dark.
I'm
Just trying to survive.
(Call my name, hide my shame)
I call this human emotion.
(Save my soul, save my soul)
I call this human corrosion.
And I'm not asking you for emotion,
I'm not asking for the sky to mend.
And I'm not asking you for nostalgia,
I'm not asking for the world to end.
And I'm not asking for your opinion,
I'm not asking for a miracle.
And I'm not asking you to remember me,
Not asking for the ghost to call.
We are
Walking nostalgia
Like old movies for real
Look at me, look at you
Look at them, look at us
I'm young
Sell a slim body to the man next door
Sell a slim body to the man next door
Like my sister Surprise
We'll wait for you
We are
The pleasure creation
Gone wrong. Gone wrong.
We are
Walking ghost stories
No religion
No relief
No old wisdom
No belief
Sometimes I could scream
We'll wait for you
This is icehouse
I've seen them, I've seen the danger
I've seen some things
I'll remember if I live forever.
CHORUS:
I need dream killers
I need your pictures
I don't need heroes
I need opinions
I need religion
I don't need heroes
I'll use the trick
It hurts but I'm thinking clearly.
You bite with sound
Recorded speech is in the throat of your God
(repeat chorus)
Don't break my heart
(repeat chorus)
Wrong place, wrong time.
The American dream's sure to save me.
One more mistake,
So this is the art of survival.
(repeat chorus)
I would take your place
If your world fell down
I would take your pain
And leave a smile
For you
If you feel a kiss
When you're dreams are dark
And a voice guides you home
When you are lost
That was me
Sometimes love breaks my heart
Sometimes love breaks my heart
I will keep you warm
And I'll wipe your tears away
I'm a shadow
Watching over you
All my life
I would die for you
I would give the world to you
And I'd sell my soul to keep you safe
I love you
Sometimes love breaks my heart
Sometimes love breaks my heart
And when God comes for me
I won't go far
Like a smile in your heart
I won't be far away
If you're afraid and need to find me
I'll be here with you
And when you dream and hear me calling
You'll see me again
Sometimes love breaks my heart
I listen to rumours
Stone cold and bleeding
They burn my heart away
Left me alone and afraid
Words seem to leave me
Just when I needed them
Just like I need you
Like I'm supposed to do
They say:
Love is deceiving
She won't stay forever
Love is deceiving
Is all that she knows
Love is deceiving
She'll leave you forever
Love is deceiving
She comes and she goes
I wonder
I wonder
I listen to rumours
Listen to everyone
Everyone but you
And now it's all too late
The new law is moving in
Now you see them now you don't
Like a Shadow in my diguise
Like a soft machine on ice
Who are you?
'I'm the man
I am the cure and disease'
Who am I?
I'm the need
I am the weakness that feeds
I've got to rip it up
I've got to tear it down
I've got to break the word
I've got to fight for you
Who am I to criticise
I'm unsafe at any speed
'We can change the world' she said
Never changed it never tried
I'm cold and hard
But I don't mind
I've been everything I can be
I've been sick
And I've got he screams
These boys don't know when to push
Did you know that I don't run
Did you know that I don't hide
Did you know that I don't sleep
Did you know that I don't care
I am the soft machine
I am the word and the law
I am the new machine
I am your feelings and more
Come inside and Play with me
I'll show you things to forget
No-one talks
And no-one leaves
No-one remembers the way
I've got to fight the man
I've got to fight the need
I've got to fight the law
I've got to fight the word
I'll get down on my knees.
I'll do anything I can.
I'll even walk upon water.
I'll burn the soul of man.
I'm so sick with need.
I'm so sick with pain.
I'll lay before the cross and pray.
I'll bleed like holy rain.
Hey, I've done nothing to you (x4)
I'll rip the skin from God's face.
I'll say I'm searching for the truth.
I'll steal the light from Heaven's Gate
if it can guide me to you.
I'll give life to obsession,
I'll give life to disease,
I'll give you one last sin or cure,
and then I'll do as I please.
Hey, I've got something for you. (x2)
I've got something for you.
We are deceived
Valhalla is falling
We are betrayed
We are lost and forsaken
He's sold the world
Sold us all to the hunger
The body of Christ
Is as black as his soul
The word of the Lord
Is the lie of your father
This mortal sin
Is a voice of shame
Look at the storm
Like a dying apostle
Cruel and divine
Like the ghost of man
And now you realise
I am the truth
Worship the dead
The damned and misled
Tortured and bled
Like the voices of reason
Sacred and pure
Sanctified obsession
Holy and cured
Like a doorway to heaven
Sisterhood cried
Innocence lied
Purity died
With the angels of passion
Blessed are they
Who pay homage to rumour
I've seen the light
Shine on the grave of man
And now you realise
I am the truth
And I believed
[Instrumental]
[Instrumental]
Send in someone else
I'm tired of romance
They call me 'the game'
And anyone can play.
Won't you come in and play with me?
They call this 'the house'
We have need without feeling
Do you want the shame?
I can't escape from the sound
Won't you come in and play with me?
My heart beats slowly
I'll tear your heart to pieces
I'm the face of love
And this love burns cold
There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us
Remember, I was vapour
Remember, I was just like you
Remember, I was liquid
Remember, I was someone too
Remember, I need others
Remember, I need oxygen
Remember, I need lovers
Remember, I need to forget
Chorus
Remember, I am human
Remember, I feel just like you
Remember, I had reasons
Remember, I had friends like you
Remember, I grow tired
Remember, I could end all this
Remember, I have memories
This is nostalgia
And o.b. the hero
Fights for me
And you dear listener
You leave old memories
And such things disgust me
Storm the door
I must get out
Poetry and power ice and fire
This is poetry and power
You're worse than mirrors
Are you reflecting
I don't know
All this help leaves me cold
This is confusing me again
I must get out
[Instrumental]
Slowly the thought
";There is no one to replace";
Came into view
And he began to cry
Now only boys
That love only boys
The perfect picture
Of a boy/girl age
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
Grey overcoat
And he could be anyone
A random poll check
";Do you ever think of women?";
They broke him down
Into a torn old queen
Living somewhere
Between dead and dying
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
There are no more
Do you begin to see?
The corner of my eye
Could give me away
Isn't it strange
How times change?
I can't imagine
Living any other way
I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens
Help me
I'm in disgrace
Witness slow death
All over my face
Help me
Pick up my heart
Tell my friends
Wherever they are
Listen
They stole my dream
New corruption
Know what I mean?
Listen
Do you think I don't know?
I've got a face like metal
And a radio
Listen up
Listen up good
New man's fame
Is new man's poison
Stand up
Stand up and fight
Stand up I won't quit so
Stand up and play
Stand up
Stand up and scream
Stand up I won't run so
Stand up and lose
Listen up
Listen up good
Innocence
Is new corruption
Memories?
I don't need
A dead museum
And a grudge to feed
Memories
Rewrite shame
Rearrange the feelings
To ease your pain
Big lie
So this is the word
A needle in the back
And my voice unheard
Big lie
So this is the news
Radio lost
And I've nothing to lose
Nu voice
Said this is insane
I'm trying to learn the rhythm
Of the rule change game
Nu voice
I'm a clock with no hands
Someone said forgive them
I don't know if I can
Tell me
What did I do?
You'd think I'd sold perversion
To the son of God (Who?)
Tell me
What did I say?
I don't believe that honesty
Pays
Listen up
Listen up good
New man's fame
Is new man's poison
Listen up
Listen up good
Innocence
Is new corruption
Listen to my voice.
We are gathered here today
To speak of things we have to do,
And the friends we have to call,
From the middle ground,
From the darkness.
It's been many years,
Many years,
Since we have faced a danger such as this.
There is nowhere left to hide.
No safety in old glories.
No sanctuary.
I've seen the same nightmare in all our dreams,
But now it's come to earth in search of us,
And through treachery, we are found.
So we must pray to the maker of all things,
And wait for the storm to come.
Maker
We are disciples to your desire.
Maker
We are the voices that sing your praises.
Maker
We are the rage that feeds your devotion.
Maker
Here is my
Small black box
Filled with hurt
Sent by you
Here is my
Small black book
Filled with lies
Told by you
Here is my
small black house
Filled with fear
Thanks to you
Here is my
Small black heart
Filled with shame
Left by you
See I
See I Don't know
And I don't feel the pressure
And I don't feel the pressure
Here is my
Small black doubt
Filled by tears
Cried for you
here is my
Small black wish
Filled by dreams
Lost by you
See I
See I Don't know
And I don't feel the pressure
Confiscate letters like D.E.B.
No natural course of things for her to expect
Withdraw the feelings 'You can, you can't'
I called your number as you told the world
Something is wrong
There is no longer any normal to me
You're my assassin but you can't see the crime
Pointless possessions of me & you & greed
I looked at you mistaking needles for eyes
Something is wrong
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