It's another happy April
To every happy fool.
And you move through my dreams
Like a trout moves through a pool.
Sure I will do anything,
But I blush at the reverie.
Sleeper come and go with me.
And she always was a painter
And she left me her suitcase,
And I still remember
The soft lines of her drunken face,
As she stood there in my doorway,
Like a cat up in a tree.
Sleeper come and go with me.
A small farm in Wisconsin
For a driftless man,
Supper on the table,
And a lover's tender hands,
Though she leaves my salt and woodsmoke,
For a job in the city.
Sleeper come and go with me.
I will take you with my children,
Through the clover, to the creek,
When Orion's gone a hunting
Through the fields our wishes seek,
Where we all can love each other
Like sugar in our tea.
Sleeper come and go with me.
Well the last wild fling is over
And a cold wind brings the dawn,
To rows of parking meters
And the shadow of a blond,
Who is standing by the wild rye
In a pointless dream.
Sleeper come and go with me.
(Nomiya/Takanami)
Translators: Andrei Cunha
nanimo kamo wasurete
shizuka ni nemuru no
atarashii koibito no mune de
yume miru no
shumatsu no date sae
camera ni nerawareteru
sign nara
o-kotowari da wa
kudaranai shitsumon wa
shinaide baby
yumei ni naru
no wa catchy na
koto da kedo
kyo wa tada shinda
mitai ni mmm
nemurasete
radio kara
nagareteru
terebi ni mo
utsutteru
machi-ju ga
uwasa wo shiteru
denwa shite okoshitari
shinaide baby
sou ieba
kono goro wa
wakaranai koto bakari
namae sae
omoidasenai
kudaranai shitsumon wa
shinaide ne
nemurasete
denwa shite okoshitari
shinaide ne
nemurasete
nemuritai
nemurenai
nemui no ni
nemurenai
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i'm going to forget everything and
sleep quietly
dream as i sleep
on my new lover's chest
even if i try to date on the weekend
there's always a camera around
oh please sweetheart
spare me the autograph session
and please honey
don't ask me silly questions
becoming famous
is quite a dream but
please honey
let me sleep today
as if i was
dead
i'm on the radio
people are gossiping
about me on telly
too
the whole town knows
about me
oh please daahling
don't call me i'm sleeping
by the way
i've been forgetting things
of late
can't even recall
my name now what was it
spare me the silly
questions
let me sleep
don't call me
i'm sleeping
let me sleep
i want to sleep
but they won't let me
i'm so sleepy
i can't sleep
O my your fever's high
I lay my hands upon you
O my haven't you heard
The truth is untrue
Now I'm breathing
I could not breathe until you did
I'm one second after you
Just a second after you
Someone inside your room
Who is it there behind you?
What does he want from you?
Sleeper what did you see?
I close the window to the street
Parents died and left their child
Unattented for a while
Sleeper's song will you listen to me sing
The bird is here I can see the edge of his wing
If you die now how can I then live on
Don't give up you must live on
I'm ashamed of me
I look at what you've done for me
I didn't listen to what I heard
The voices swirling around me unscrewing me
You know I let u down
And that im on my own
And I have noone left to help me and keep me hangin on
Hangin on
Witherin' away all the time just waiting
For a sign to convince me I ever had a life
Sat here on the corner of the steps for too long,
I realized that I let my life pass before my eyes
I'd never let you know
You ever let me go
Im left to fend for myself and keep my mind straight
So I can move on
I know u let me down
Im used to strugglin'
You should know that you'll always have me, you'll never be alone.
You're not alone."
(screams by john)
WHY CANT YOU LISTEN TO ME!
Morgan: You walk away I'm.
Witherin' away all the time just waiting
For a sign to convince me I ever had a life
Sat here on the corner of the steps for too long,
I realized that I let my life pass before my eyes
Sittin here lookin at the time just waiting
For a sign to convince me you ever had a life
Sat here on the corner of the steps for too long,
You realized that u let your life pass before your eyes
Hangin on
Give me an answer
Its been so long
Now that we're alone
Convince me otherwise
That we ever had a life
So I can believe
That time is on our side
Now we're turnin around lookin at the time, just waiting
For a sign to convince us we ever had a life
Sat here on the corner of the steps for too long,
We realized that we let our lives pass before our eyes
Witherin away all the time just waiting
Now we're turnin around lookin at the time, just waiting
Sat here on the corner of the steps too long (too long)
It’s been a long time,
but I’m here.
I’m keeping your heart pumping.
‘Cause all the bad guys in your life,
they never taught you nothing.
And all the bad dreams that you had,
I thought they’d amount to something.
You’ll stick around,
but now it’s your time to get out.
And don’t fall,
don’t fall asleep tonight.
Because I,
I won’t fall asleep tonight.
Not tonight.
And don’t fall,
don’t fall asleep tonight.
I won’t let you fall.
Walking on eggshells,
or thin ice.
I’m trying to save a life here.
Just bite your tongue soon
before you end up choking, too.
I’m not convinced you’re any different than before.
And don’t fall,
don’t fall asleep tonight.
Because I,
I won’t asleep tonight.
Not tonight.
And don’t fall,
don’t fall asleep tonight.
I tried to tell you
There's something dead in me
Love lies in moments
Still I cannot grasp one fragment
I can tell you nothing
Answers don't exist
Floors, walls my own asylum
Shades my eyes from all of this
And I kill the one that you loved
Soiled, shaded
But the knife will cut the same skin
Now I still grasp my heart
I can't graze the sadness surface
I'm so tired
I tried to feel it
Guilt wouldn't come to me
Blood soiled pillows
Sheets writhing in agony
I tried to make you feel it
You just wouldn't heal
Skin cold ends the nightmare
Sun seems brighter than before
And I kill the one you loved
Soiled, shaded
But the knife will cut the same skin
Now I still grasp my heart
I can't graze the sadness surface
I'm so tired
Talk shit
It seems to go with you fine
Living up to it when I lie
Can't stand to stare with these dead
Eyes
Turning in the badge cause you can't
Sell the image
Living with another god
He'll tell you he's mine
So you know I don't like you
Still I think you're the best
You can't find the day
So when should I take the bare
Beatings
When I'm alone
See if I can find it
Take it away all the pain cause i'm
Sorry
Can't feel any worse but I'm sure I will
Seems like no one cares but it's all
Right
Find another way
Hey! Ho! How ya' been?
Got my second wind,
I see, what they're in,
Hello. hey out there,
Be sure, what you hear,
Check your eyes,
Check your ears,
TV will disguise,
Radio never lies,
Wahohoaa whoa
I won't sleep, k-keep the radio on,
I won't sleep, k-keep the radio on,
I've seen the audio/visual tryin' to make up my mind for me
I won't sleep - I keep the radio on
Givin' me somethin' so familiar wanna turn off the light, alright?
Will you be my friend until the middle of night?
heard it goes... in the night... but I know... deep inside...
I'm painting pictures in my mind
electronicmellodic groovebeatbreak
radio on, the radio of- the radio on
radio on, the radio of- the radio on
switch
radio on, the radio of, the radio on
radio on, the radio of-, the radio on
keep the radio on... keep the stereo on... keep the radio on
(**? not sure here, but low backing vocals sound something like "snoring" or "normal" and then maybe a clever jest plugged softly with "radio of Zero to 7"?**)
I won't sleep I k-keep the radio on
I won't sleep I k-keep the radio on
I won't sleep I k-keep the radio on
Will you be my friend until the middle of the night?
Heard it goes... in the night... but i know... deep inside...
I'm paintin' pictures in my mind
Throw me your matches 'cos I like to burn stuff
Give me your lighter to keep me amused
Kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
I'm burning them
Kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
I'm burning
As a matter of fact they've just turned black
I think you're attractive but in a strange way
It's always exciting when you're around
Kiss your Bentley goodbye bye bye
I'm burning up
Kiss your Bentley goodbye bye bye
I'm burning
As a matter of fact it's just turned black
Bye bye bye
Bye bye bye
Pyromania
So pyrotechnician I think I love you
When will you let me join in your stunts
Kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
I'm burning them
Kiss your fingers goodbye bye bye
I'm burning
As a matter of fact they've just turned black
Pyromania
Pyromania
Pyromania
So I'll admit that it all started as a scam
'Cos every girl wanted you and a year round tan
We know you're old but you're kind
You're rich and your heart is dicky
Yes I knew that you wanted me
And he said
Hey love how are you fixed
We'll meet at ten past now it's quarter to six
We'll spend the whole night making love on the sofa
It may sound funny but he wasn't supposed to
And then we both settled down to our favourite meal
D'you fancy veal parmesan and a case of warm Chianti
Pass my bag I picked up that bra you fancied
Yes I knew that you wanted me
Oh we knew it couldn't last
And we should have left it long before
One great year and one for luck
And like all good things you soon wanted more
You were always so polite
I think I loved you
And I said
Hey love I'm making it easy on us
I'll leave and a few of our dreams turn to dust
All night making love on your sofa
And it may sound funny but he wasn't supposed to
Summer '92 I remember it clearly
When he choked on the olive in his dry martini
There was dismay from friends he was close to
She's a movie star arrangement
Got a touch of bergman to her face
She wears suits and buys him flowers
Smokes his cigarettes and bakes him cakes
He says uh oh I love you
But I'm not sure I trust you
You seem strange to me
She's got green eyes and she's lovely
Reminds me of the 'it' girl with her lips
Got an automatic license
Reads all dostoievsky's household tips
He says uh oh I love you
But I'm not sure I trust you
You seem strange to me
How come everyone suspects her
Attach her to a lie detector
Watch a thousand housewives fizz and burn
And every time she answers yes
The needles on his polygraph test
Just go round in circles like his brain
She's got long hair but she's ugly
Got a touch of einstein to her brain
She wears fat clothes but she's cunning
People say she's easy all the same
He says uh oh I love you
But I'm not sure I trust you
You seem strange to me
It took a thousand cliches just to scold her
Took a man from stepford and a tape recorder
Got his ego broken so crestfallen
You made a start you made us laugh
Stop it you're a grown man baby
you know that i’d have done it anyways
with or without
you’ve heard that i’ve turned both my shoulders
many times before
and now after all those fading yesterdays
i may do it again
so if it seems a little colder
that’s because it is
make it
then unmake it
just to make it again somewhere else
they’re so fond of you
they’ll drink the water that you tread,
don’t let it go to your head
you’re directionless
you’d only know your right from left
if it would turn a head
and i’ve dined for less
i guess that when your dogs are fed,
they end up in your bed
now go make sure the dogs are fed,
Monday morning, fiction on the tube
Then sorting out the daily mail
Nasty habit, read the horoscope
Pick the skin around
Her nails are shiny, made for making love
Or kissing indiscreetly
At the weekend, miss the drink
That leaves you feeling peaky
Tuesday, lunchtime, itchy in a suit
All dressed up for the pantomime
How d'you know though when you're getting on
Or when you're getting back in?
Line up, strung up, listen to the sound
Of someone else's fun fair
Always racing they'll catch you
When you thought you'd just got somewhere
There's nothing you can do
I'll make it up to you
You're feeling just like them
Tonight we'll find a different world
Or sign a different treaty
Love makes you forgetful so completely
You're always looking, read about the lives
That loiter in non fiction
While you're waiting
and at the other end of life you’ll sit beside yourself,
was there ever someone else?
purposeful thinking?
how long will you spend dreaming,
with your hours on the leave?
it’s what becomes of us
when we live because we must
then we settle with the dust
breathe in words and save time
open minds and close eyes
and at the other end of life i’ll sit beside myself,
and “was there ever someone else?”
purposeful thinking
it’s long that i’ve been dreaming,
with my hours on the leave
what became of us?
have i lived because i must?
will i settle with the dust?
oh i’ll
breathe in words and save time
You're a big man
But you're out of shape
I could help you
Get it back again
We should both go to bed
Till we make each other sore
We should both stay in bed
Till we make each other roar
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha haa
You're a good man
But you're hard to please
You shouldn't worry
Oh it's just my head that's diseased
We should both get away
And explore our darkest dreams
We should both find a place
Where no one can hear our screams
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha haa
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha haa
You're delicious aha
You're delicious aha
You're so dirty aha
Make it dirtier, make it dirtier
You're delicious aha
i don't need you
it's just that i need
something i can care about
to pick me up and wash me down
and wear me out if i want you
it's just that i need something
i can't do without
to lift me up and let me down
and lay me out to gather me
and give some affection
romeo and juliet marilyn monroe
anthony cleopatra jo di maggio
you can say what you like
but i don't think it's so you
go straight through my heart
little one i don't want you
it's just that i need something
i can't live without
so tear me up and break me down
and bare me out if i want you
i recognise a need in me
i can't disguise a brittle thing
that kicks me like a broken knife
that gathers me and gives me a reflection
you can say what you like
but i don't think its so you go straight
to my heart little one
romeo me come see me
i know what you are
prossession is ninety nine tenths of it all
throw me your matches 'cos i like to burn stuff
give me your lighter to keep me amused
kiss your fingers goodbye, bye, bye
i'm burning them
kiss your fingers goodbye, bye, bye
i'm burning
as a matter of fact they've just turned black
i think you're attractive but in a strange way
it's always exciting when you're around
kiss your Bentley goodbye, bye, bye
i'm burning
as a matter of fact they've just turned black
pryomania
so pyrotechnician, i think i love you
when will you let me join in your stunts
kiss your fingers goodbye, bye, bye
i'm burning them
kiss your fingers goodbye, bye, bye
i'm burning
as a matter of fact they've just turned black
pryomania
pryomania
pryomania
pleased to meet you mr morgan
how you feeling today?
isn't it a lovely morning
seen you looking my way
all the flowers in your garden
make a lovely display
who will keep them tidy for you
maybe I should explain
we could build a caravan
from the ocean to the sea
if we really get along
we decided all along
if we really get along
we'll go rollercoasting
pleased to meet you mr morgan
how are you feeling today?
Isn't it a lovely morning
been a while without rain
all we do is we talk about it
say ou know why I came
from the kitchen to the garden
maybe I should explain
we could build a caravan
we could build a caravan
if we really get along
we could build a caravan
from the ocean to the sea
and it wouldn't bother me
no it wouldn't bother me
we'd go rollercoasting
I could take you home
I see a man all alone in the air
I think that man needs a comb for his hair
He fell from the sky on a cold afternoon
Crashed into earth on a dark afternoon
I just haven't felt the same
But then I'm very sentimental
He's not a bird
He's not a plane
This is a man
Poor flying man
I see a man all alone in the air
Nobody asked what he has to declare
Cos he froze coming down
All the way to the ground
He froze coming down
With that look on his face
I just haven't felt the same
But then you know I'm sentimental
He's not a bird
He's not a plane
This is a man
Poor flying man
He's not a bird
What have you heard?
This is a flying man
This is a man who flies
If I had a moment to live
I'd wish I could fly
I'd go to a place that was ever so high
I'd step from a plane into the sky
A second to live, I wish I could ...
He's not a bird
What have you heard
This is a flying man
This is a man who flies
This is a flying man
going straight has never been easy
close my eyes don't look to the left or right
when it hurts you know it's the price
you can't make it
everyday i hide from the sunlight
anyway i got near it on twice
maybe i have never been brave
yes i want to
please please please
you've got to find a place of your own
before they carve your name on a stone
you've got to lift yourself up from the ground
and it's a strage world dragging you down
please please please
all belief the reason escapes me
letting go can't make you feel any worse
all my life i know i was cursed
you can't break it
please please please
you know it's hard for you mother and me
you know it's not what we wanted to be
you've got to life me up to the sky
there's only seconds left till we die
you know it's not what we wanted to be
you know it's hard for your mother and me
and it's a strage world dragging you down
pistol shot and lights at dawn
and one fine day you'll find her gone
all the ghosts they come for me
make her cry a little and cover them up
broken clocks and bathroom tides
but one fine day old mountains rise
cupboard doors and garden gates
and deep inside some glacier waits
and what in the world did i do then?
its only late for a while
its only scent your skin
what in the world do i do to resist?
its only seventy inches and where do i go?
i know nothing is chaniging but its gone
its really gone
i know its not really life till its gone wrong
there must be a reason
all the lives that i forgot
and one fine day you'll find her gone
all the nights they run from me
make her sigh a little and gather them in
and what in the world do i do then?
its only late for a while
its only breath your skin
and what in the world do i do to be strong?
its only seventy inches and where do i go?
i know nothing is changing
but its gone its really gone
i know its not really life till its all gone
and there must be a reason
met a man
a motoway man
he really makes me wonder
slow faced worn and weary
one race left and then
fall over and I see him
every single past me sunlight
on the bonnet so bright
everyone is cracking
slow face on the shoulder
still straight but everything is lacking
floating in and fading out
it seems anyway he waves at me
through the sunbeams
met a man
a motorway man
met a man
he really drags me under
sixteen miles an hour
sixteen miles an hour
baby do you laugh at me
I think you do and you know
that all of us are right behind you
and now I want to go home
but it's too late
how much further to go
before the home
straight wave me by and gently sigh
a smile just starts to break
was it circumstance
or was it merely
that the sky fell down
and made you weary
I told you but you already knew
I will miss you
I will certainly miss you
you look just the same
in all your pictures
still somehow you've changed
a fitting or some fixture
I told you but you already knew
I will miss you
I will certainly miss you
let use pretend that we'll still be friends
you'll stay for a while you all leave in the end
did a thousand stars come out
to greet us now
it's overcast they shake their heads and leave us
maybe I just need somebody who
I will miss you
I will certainly miss you
now I will miss you
Lady love your countryside
Your motorways are very nice
Come and get your aerosols
And help me paint up paradise
Let's get messed up boy, messed up good
Come and suck down meat with me
Until it makes you feverish
I like to watch you eating stuff
Do you kiss your mother with those lips
Let's get messed up boy, messed up good
Climb over here
And we could spend some time drinking and scheming
We'll close our eyes
Until we find ourselves hard to believe in
Face it boy, life is a mess
I want to see you boxing naked to the death
Run and get your cigarettes
They make your lungs all trickley
You shouldn't look at me like that
Unless you want to mess with me
Let's get messed up boy, messed up good
Climb over here
And we can spend some time hacking and wheezing
We'll close our eyes
Until we find ourselves hard to believe in
Face it boy, life is a mess
I want to see you boxing naked to the ...
Come over here
And we could spend some time shopping till it gets
dark
Come over here
And we could spend our lives puking in Belsize
Park
You know, life is a mess
i would like to say that i think “one day,
we will meet again, and things will be the same”
but it’s this life we live, so will you please forgive
my lack of faith, if i’m wrong go on and say so
we were all filled up with a youthful pride
and we took the ocean with us
but most get swallowed up in the tide
they say it’s all in our best interest
when i lose sight i will return to see the redwoods in big sur
and have my vision restored
sometimes things only rearrange
when we thing they have changed
are those who die just those reborn, or is it something more?
all that golden hair
you left yours everywhere
that’s what reminds me, but what reminds you?
don’t forget why you’re here
it’s just a name my dear
we were all filled up with a youthful glow
and we took the winter with us
but most end up buried under the snow
i pray our youthful glows will warm us
when i grow old i will return to wash my body down the creek
and have my soul reborn
(wener)
Got an open mind just for show
Got a one track mind don't I
Got to go got to go but I'm easily lead
Got to go got to go but I'm easily
God I'm lost inside you again
Got an old desire for you
Got to go got to go but I'm easily lead
I'd like to stay and get more bedhead
Higher, higher, higher ooh ah ooh o wow
Higher, higher, higher ooh ah ooh o wow
Yes, yes I think so
Yes, yes I think so
Think I'll try to call you again
Make a nice surprise don't you
Got to go got to go but I'm easily lead
Got to go got to go but I'm easily
Made a note to leave you alone
I'm too drunk to read aren't I
Got to go got to go but I'm easily lead
I'd like to stay and get more bedhead
Higher, higher, higher ooh ah ooh o wow
Higher, higher, higher ooh ah ooh o wow
Yes, yes I think so
Yes, yes I think so
Got to go now, know I must see you soon
We'll get bedhead and stay awake 'til high noon
Yes, yes I think so
Yes, yes I think so
Yes, yes ooh I think so
because of you
I fall asleep for hours
we're made of glue
our bodies crushed and tired
I lie and lie
and now a most peculiar
wave arrives
how it breaks my guard
waits for me
while we slide apart
I know you're taking me nowhere
and now theres nothing else to say
I never was a fan
of the winter
so you'll understand
if I don't stay
we're sick today
turns out we're only hiding
got clean away
so nothing clever finds us
we lie and lie
and all this mess we never talk about
gathers dust and doubt
somebody take the rubbish out
and on what falvour day
did you scramble away
was I lost
or tired or sleeping
didn't I look too great
was it moments too late
when you noticed
your mistake
everyday I know you're
taking me nowhere
and now there's nothing else I can say
I never was a fan of the winter
so you'll understand
if I don't stay
I never was a fan of the winter time
Locked inside of a prison of my own construction
I wish the walls wouldn't run around
So I can't touch them
You think it's amusing
Amuses you so much
You think it's amusing
Do you think it's strange that I took so long to
mess my face up
I'm just so crazed I can't find the space to
wriggle out enough
You think it's amusing
Amuses you so what
You think it's amusing
Ignored me for days just so I'd want you more
Your beautiful face making my eyes feel sore
You're tragically vain
You knew I'd adore you for it
One more day
One more week
I think I've finally found a place where I can
Alice in the playground
She ain't got a boyfriend
Oh, oh, that's a pity
She's not even pretty
Alice hears them whisper
They smile when they see her
Oh, oh, she'll discover
Girls don't hurt each other
Hey, don't kid yourself
Girl love help yourself
Hey, don't kid yourself
Girl love help yourself
I hurt myself
I hurt my Alice in vain
Alice doesn't eat much
Alice don't go out much
Oh, oh, now you're happy
It's too late for Alice
Hey, don't kid yourself
Girl love help yourself
Hey, don't kid yourself
Girl love help yourself
I hurt myself
I hurt my Alice in vain
Alice in vain
I hurt myself (x3)
I hurt my Alice in vain
things have been alright up here on the surface
but now i must dive down, before you waste my time
we leave ourselves behind in those we set aside
right now you may not mind, but i think you will in time
we are all bound somewhere,
and i’m bound nowhere that you are
but maybe someday
i will learn to open up my arms
soon i’ll be headed for the hills
while everyone is at the mills
this is to say goodbye, and to tell you why
though i’ll be gone before this reaches you
sprawled out in the open fields
i always knew the sun would heal
i heard them call,
and i knew i had to go before you held me down
it couldn’t rain enough to wash you from my skin
so now i’ll do the best that i can to start over again
time keeps pressing on, won’t be long before i’m gone
somewhere up in the hills where everything still feels
we are all bound somewhere,
and i’m bound nowhere that you are
but maybe someday
i will learn to open up my arms
soon i’ll be headed for the hills
while everyone is at the mills
this is to tell you why, and to say goodbye
though i’ll be gone before this reaches you
sprawled out in the open fields
i always knew the sun would heal
i heard them call,
Uh huh make me tonight
Tonight make it right
Uh huh make me tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Oh uh huh make it magnificent
Tonight
Right
Oh your hair is beautiful
Oh tonight
Atomic
Tonight make it magnificent
Tonight
Make me tonight
Your hair is beautiful
Oh tonight
Atomic
Atomic
Oh
Early In The Morning
When Your Eyes Are Swollen
When Your Hair's A Mess
And Your Lips Taste Like A Cigarette
Is This Something
Am I Lovesick
Or Is This Some Kind Of Trick In The Meantime
I'll Lay Still
Left To My Own Devices
And Each And Every Evening
Without Reason
I Waste Your Time Cause It Comes Cheap
Then It's Gone In A Heart-Beat
I Know You're Not Sleeping
Did I Hurt Your Feelings
Now You're Lost In A Crowd
Our Silence So Loud
In The Meantime
I'll Wait Here Alone
With My Own Devices
How Long Has It Been
Since You Said Something
I've Anted To Hear
Just Say What You Mean
And Each And Every Evening
I Smash Your Favorite Things
I Fuck Myself To Sleep
Leave The Phone To Ring
Be Still My Heart
I Hate Being Here
and now i see that i’ve been here before
back when i asked the sea for more
and i was swept back to the shore
and now it’s clear that all through the years
it isn’t you i’ve feared
but just our vessels coming near
and if my vessel floats will you come aboard?
would you give it all, or just what you can afford?
waves flood our ears
we’ve wandered here for years
and now i see that
my body’s just a vessel
and now i see that
and should i see you at the junction
dearest one, please come home
cause i don’t want to be alone
diving down wishing wells
drowning in ocean swells
falling out of window sills
this must be how dying feels
i keep telling myself that i wish you well
i would love to walk with you
see the sights and the avenue
we can talk and look around
but i don’t want to feel the ground
follow me. i’ll take you to
my favorite tree, where imperials flew
if i disappeared what would you do?
He lives on his own
The TV's on loan
He watches old movies
He lives in a flat
The lino's all cracked
But he's got plans, bingo
He sings like Sinatra
With more feel
Plays with his pocket
Roulette wheel all day
And no one stopped him
He got away
Waited all this time with
All this scratching around
In one place
Made it just in time
All this talk about luck
He's just so
Loaded
He's just so
Loaded down
He gets on a plane
He changes his name
He flies off to Las Vegas
He saved up for years
Cashed in his fears
He always had plans, bingo
He packs up his
White lounge lizard suit
Plenty of hairspray
And a big cigar
And no one stopped him
He got away
Took him forty years
To plan his route of escape
From this place
Made it just in time with
All this talk about luck
He's just so
Loaded
He's just so
Loaded down
The first time he flew
Watched the Vegas skyline
Gently melt into view
All this booze
Swore he just saw Elvis
Playing poker at Dunes
He's just so
Loaded
He's just so
Loaded
He's just so
She's seen one and looks funny
It made her cry, said "Boo" to her
She captured one all hairy
Stuck needles in it's eyes, he cries
He's reading a thin book
It's got no words just pictures
She sent him away, it's good to be king
Came back the same day reconstructed him
You're twisted uh huh uh huh
Twisted uh huh uh huh
Twisted, your insides are twisted, oh ho
Twisted uh huh uh huh
Twisted uh huh uh huh
Twisted, your insides are twisted, oh ho
I said the wrong word so shoot me
As long as you don't constrict me
You all look the same, it's spooky
You say the same things, it's ugly
Twisted uh huh uh huh
Twisted uh huh uh huh
Twisted, your insides are twisted, oh ho
Twisted uh huh uh uh uh
Twisted uh huh uh uh uh
Twisted, your insides are twisted, oh ho
Twist, twist
You're twisted
she's shopping for kicks, got the weekend to get
through
keeping the rain off her Saturday hairdo
she stops for a coffee she smiles at the waiter
he winks at his friends and they laugh at her
later
he's cleaning his car on his pebbledash driveway
new chamois leather he got for his birthday
he reads Harold Robbins he flirts with his
neighbour
ignores her at breakfast he's reading the paper
he dreams of a roller she dreams of a fast
getaway.
he's not a prince he's not a king
she's not a work of art or anything
it makes no sense another year
what kind of A to Z would get you here
he's nothing special, she's not too smart
he studies fashion, she studies art
i though i told you right from the start
you were just my inbetween
just my inbetween
you're such an inbetweener
she went to the dream boys got tickets from Keith
Prowse
she cancelled his lifelong subscription to
Penthouse
she goes round the corner she sees Harry Conway
she says to herself that she'll leave him on
Monday
he dreams of a roller she dreams of a fast getaway
he's not a prince he's not a king
she's not a work of art or anything
it makes no sense another year
what kind of A to Z would get you here
he's nothing special, she's not too smart
he studies fashion, she studies art
i though i told you right from the start
you were just my inbetween
just my inbetween
you're such an inbetweener
now it's much too late to ask me where i've been
She's so small
Tiny and crushed up
54, the size of a child
Long pale hair
Her eyes are all red
She's got skin the colour of bread
He's all bald
Crusty and oozing
Got six arms, lips like a frog
Great big hump
Tiny and hunched up
He can't speak, just barks like a dog
Don't come outside with those freakshow eyes
Don't look at me with those freakshow eyes
I'm not like you at all
Don't touch me, you must be crazy
I don't like the shape that you're in
The way you look reminds me of something
It's all because you're nothing like me
Don't come outside with your freakshow eyes
Don't look at me with those freakshow eyes
Just stay inside I'll be safe
Don't come outside I'll feel safe
Don't visit me with your freakshow
Eleven o'clock on a motorway it wasn't very nice
still raining, spied a man he looks away
I never liked him much no conversation
skills went on a quiz show once
and nearly won, encyclopaedic
Sunday drive to birthday lunch
had an argument, they're car sick
oh, shiver on to your own front door
so much to get back for
clumsy, clumsy aren't we, dressed in paper and
fears
can't pay attention when you've got glue ears
seven o'clock on a motorway, she isn't going out
she's only
visiting dad who was locked away
now he just recites lines from movies
kid in the back is eating flies
wish his mother didn't dress him funny
she still sighs still dots her eyes
busy drinking gin
in a bar at biloxi
but i've only had four
only had four
benny and the jets
and a waitress called roxy
and she's all you want for
all you want for
cynical me
come on come on
cynical me
she is a firecracker
come on come on
she is a firecracker
and i'm in love
i'm in love
heard you bought a ring
bet the diamonds go rusty
and its only got four
only got four
fifty seven kids
and all of them ugly
and I only want four
only want four
cynical me come
on come on
cynical me
he is a firecracker
come on come on
he is a firecracker
and i'm in love
i'm in love completely
for one time only
i've searched
these green fields
all day long
i'm in love completely
for one time only and on one knows me
like you do
oh cynical me
come on come on
I must be dreaming, live in a small world with dust over it
I've got no feelings, wear thin shoes with glass under them
Click off gone
They made him lie down, keeping the ground warmwhile life drips on it
They turned him right down, collected a life and said goodbye to it
Click off gone
Don't make it anything specil, tucked in with words over it
Click off gone
Luca Brasi's got nothing on you
There's something wrong 'cause I can leave if I want to
You don't stay long but I imagine your real
Invited you for a meal
I must be dreaming, the pictures are gone nowi'mnot sure of it
I've got no feelings. I turned down the sound now there's no more of it
Click off gone
everything is quite
everything is cruel
god you never noticed me
or anything at all
but i breathe
all of us are broken
all of us are stained
all of us are taken down
bought and thrown away
can i breath?
can i breathe at all
who are we tonight?
breathe at all
ooh you maybe right
everything is crazy
everything is still
god you never noticed me
or anything at all
but i breathe
can i breathe?
all the days are drawn
on tracing paper drift
away away they fall
breathe at all
ooh you maybe right
everything is quite
rides his bike on a tarmac causeway
makes him ten feet tall and drives him anywhere
dreams of rockets and home-run heroes
takes the brakes off on the big hills for a dare
oh when its dark here
there's a voice that will always call you in
but you don't care
you still sleep without thinking
best of luck Mr Gorsky all the world's waiting for you
there's a clock on the wall
and it ticks when you're small
counting for you
good luck Mr Gorsky all the worlds waiting for you
there's a plaque on the wall
that your wife won at school
cleans it for you
making holes in the tall white fences
and a hundred curtains flicker as you pass
think that man must be ninety-seven
built a telescope he focused on the stars
models in boxes never look like the pictures on the front
but that's o.k.
this man lives in the ocean
he puts his favourite clothes on
and drifts away day after day
and you can't hear me call
this man needs a direction
you want my blind affection
and i'm not sorry that i came
i stayed too long that's all
and you're a bad habit
glad of it
i'm not so sure i can help you
sad for it
thanks for it
i'm not so sure i can make you
stop your crying it's not helping
stop your crying it's no help
did you still think that my love
could make you special
pulled me in on a high tide
how well you hid your flipside
it won't do to comfort you
each time you cough or call
you think i wanted to use you
complex issues just confuse you
you don't care you're unaware
two ferries collide and you'll be the one
standing on the dock reading papers in the sun
the ice age arrives you'll keep me warm
falling at your feet with no feelings of my own
what do i do with you lately
what can i do with you lately
two robbers arrive big guys with guns
you'll be the one looking backwards as we run
crusaders come by fat guys who sing
you'll be the one not believing anything
what do i do for you lately
what can i do for you
i'm not afraid of you you're very nice in fact
now give me all your cigarettes
these little love attacks
are making me feel queasy
can't get my heart rate down
two missionaries come with conversion kits
you'll be the one sewing cotton through their lips
we wear out the sun you'll be the one
lying on the roof wearing factor 41
i'm not afraid of you you're very nice
in fact you've got it all, you're very tall
i'm totally impressed, can't get my heart rate down
i'm not afraid of you you're very nice
in fact you've got it all but i'm bored
of being sycophantic
friday's gym and sunday's grim
he sees an analyst on tuesday morning
she's no happier than him
she only likes to hear her own voice talking
oh well have you seen her face
soaked in hype and foolishness
they say when you upped and left
your parents didn't even notice
50 years to go, ooh la la
and it seems to me that you're all dead already
wifey works on style mags
thin girls with bruises in her pictures
halfway down she lost herself
i think they call it butterfingers
oh well it's a cosy place
occasional domestic flare-ups
oh well have you seen her face
she actually believes in haircuts
you sold your old punk records
read the book instead
you lost your sense of humour
but you kept the queen is dead
you don't look yourself
you got me yeah
you got me yeah
whenever you want me yeah
whenever you want me yeah
you got me
you're not alone you got me
you know whenever you want me yeah
whenever you want me yeah
i'll breath with you leave with you
when everyone else is gone
we'll leave a door open a glass broken
a perfume of rain on an ocean of calm
i'll drink like you think like you
when everyone else is wrong
we'll tear their seams open
a small token lying around
like a bruise on their arms
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
i'll stay with you all day with you
whenever you're incomplete
i'll be a match for you a deep scratch
when your gravity's gone and your full of defeat
i'll lie with you a spy with you
whenever you're on your own
i'll be around for you a clown for you
a cord you can pull
our hero's fallen down again
its not a big surprise
two weeks wages on a suit
a crappy pair of shoes
he's only handsome
in the right light
now what are we going to do
you never really knew
and no one knows where connie goes
she's wearing shiny clothes
paper wrapes and skinny guys and
all her neighnours
eyes say running riot
our hero knows the papers
just need their news
they never really knew
but they decided where you're going to
we're ready for you don't write don't call me
unless you're lying in a traffic accident
unless you're dying in a traffic accident
and somewhere in a whitehall room
who's popping prostitues full
of scotch and falling off
and that persistant cough a cosy number
and all those goons
they're only afraid of truth
they never really knew
that in the end
it would desert them too
we're ready for you
don't write don't call me
unless you're lying in a
traffic accident
unless you're dying in a
traffic accident
are we violent
are we stupid
are we vacant
are we useless
hello work life
farewell parklife
have you come for me
don't write don't call me
or are we giving ourselves away
woke up this morning
and am i giving myself away
they owe you something
unless they're lying
This little creature
Lives in your wardrobe
He's seen you fake it
He's seen you naked
He's been through your pockets
And sucked out your secrets
He stole all your best lines
Seems just like the old times
There
He comes
She swallows
That's no lover
That's a vanity thief
That's no lover
That's a vanity thief
Seen through your good shoes
Rubbed off your red lips
He sits like a fatman
Curled round your thin hips
He messed up your bed sheets
Sucked up your secrets
He stole all your best lines
Seems just like old times
There
He comes
She swallows
clean clean superclean
god knows that's all
you'll be without me
but i'd do anything to have you
yes i'd give anything to have you
clean clean superclean
how come there's
never a mess around you
no spare anywhere
how orderly you are
to talk to
but i'd do anything to have you
and i'll do anything to
make you feel good
clean clean superclean
god knows a jagged edge
would suit you
friends friends
who needs friends
sometimes they're better
off without you
but i'd give anything to have you
and i'd do anything for you
I will make you brave
I won't make you
shave your head
I will make you good
I won't make you change
your hair style
I will make you glad
I will make you mean
something fall asleep on me
and I will make you better
fall asleep on me
i'll put you back together
fall asleep on me
or pull yourself together
clean clean superclean
god knows that's all you
We should spend the night in a small hotel like this
Drinking champagne in it
We could drive your car through the east end streets to the city
And still make a day of it
Take all I have, I've no secrets left to steal
What would you give me for a trip behind your steering wheel
I need high heels just to stand up
Got to carry some stairs to get near enough
I need some wheels to move you around
I've borrowed some tools to chisel you down
Tie me up and I'll confess
A thousand ways that make you statuesque
And it won't last for long better do your worst
While I'll forgive you of anything
Oh, you're so rehearsed, 'cause some wise guy built you pretty
So you'd get away with it
Take all I have, I've no secrets left to steal
What would you give me for a trip behind your steering wheel
I need high heels just to stand up
Got to carry some stairs to get near enough
I need some wheels to move you around
I've borrowed some tools to chisel you down
Tie me up and I'll confess
A thousand ways that make you statuesque
Take all I have, I've no secrets left to steal
What would you give me for a trip behind your steering wheel
I need high heels just to stand up
Got to carry some stairs to get near enough
I need some wheels to move you around
I've borrowed some tools to chisel you down
I need high heels just to stand up
Got to carry some stairs to get near enough
I need some wheels to move you around
I've borrowed some tools to chisel you down with it
Statuesque
But everyone said she was a goddess
they've got a Rolex
telling the same time for everyone
but you wouldn't notice
You'd better just come down
come down
She's a good girl
but no one is giving you the reason
they've got a machine
making you someone for everyone
but you wouldn't notice
you'd better just come down
If you make her happy
make her happy with her
happy with herself
Shall I say it slowly
Make her happy with her
happy with herself
She's a good girl
an alien make up on a green skin
holding her breath in
maybe she's melting
just like everyone
but you wouldn't notice
You'd better just come down
What will make you feel better
what will make you feel glad
did you decide that all by yourself
there's no time for moderation
what will make you feel better
what will make you feel better
through the long nights cover yourself
We step through London
The streets holding on to us
We'll stand where the river bends
I hope we fall in
So this time maybe
Lets take a photograph
We'll burn all the negatives
I hope we fall in
It's never gonna be this good so just climb in
How long till reason makes us small again?
And it feels just like we just got started
It's still you
Taking me under
We turn to be scared
Then decide that we don't care
Wear ourselves out on the way down
It's still you
And the moment you left me you said I was cheap -
You were the sale of the century
Grease ourselves up on the way down
And now I touch you
I don't know where you begin
Sometimes you're a piece of me
I hope we fall in
It's never gonna be this good so just climb in
How long till reason makes us small again
It feels just like we just got started
It's still you
Taking me under
We turn to be scared
Then decide that we don't care
Wear ourselves out on the way down
It's still you
And the moment you left me you said I was cheap
You were the sale of the century
Grease ourselves up on the way down
It's been too long, so it could just be something ate
It feels just like we just got started
It's still you
Taking me under
We turn to be scared
Then decide that we don't care
Wear ourselves out on the way down
It's still you
And the moment you left me you said I was cheap
You were the sale of the century
The seas overtaken with fire, men giving into their own desires.
The world wrapped up in itself, not even noticing truly what is wealth.
And I donæ° know what to do.
And Iæ¦ waiting for you.
Wake up O sleeper, rise from the dead and Christ will shine on you.
Lay there no longer itæ¯ time to arise and never go back through.
Scared of the thoughts, the way youæ®e in, wanting to get out of this sin.
You look around and just feel walls, and canæ° get out of this eternal crawl.
And I donæ° know what to do.
I'm only sleeping (x2)
Woke up this morning going back to bed
Alarm clock ringing in tune with my head
The ....................... to leave my boredom
...................... just 'cos I cannot ..............
........... tv is my tv
Because the council ............ after me
And when it's on it's pictures .............
I numb to the war in a distant country
I'm only sleeping
So I cover myself ................. my quilt
My power's run down and so is my guilt
At times like this I'm at a loss
Drifting in dreams ...................
............. my face and I ....... the fact
The dss is on my back
I used to care a lot
Now the world spins before me
These days consist of sleep
......... days ........... tv
? ? ?
I'm only sleeping (x2)
Don't wake me, don't wake me
I'm only sleeping
Don't call me, don't wake me
I'm only sleeping
? ? ?
Don't wake me, don't shake me
I'm only sleeping
Don't wake me, don't wake me
I'm only sleeping
I can beat this make it smaller make it smaller
I can forget just as easy as anyone, fuckin' anyone
If we get caught, gonna tell 'em it was all your fault
Sleep more, lose time, keeps my mind from catching up
Lie down if you can't stand, you can have my bed tonight
I can beat this make it smaller make it smaller
I can forget just as easy as anyone, fuckin' anyone
If you give up, gonna know it's 'cause you sleep too much
Sleep more, lose time, keeps my mind from catching up
Lie down if you can't stand, you can have my bed tonight
You go to sleep with me, you wake me up
I can't breathe, can't do anything
You've got me gagged and bound
I'm only sleeping
Woke up this morning, going back to bed
Alarm's clock ringing in tune with my head
The booze I abused to relieve my boredom
I don't do drugs 'cause I can't afford them
Now my TV is mind TV
Because the counsel ? after me
And when it's on, it's pictures of me
I'm numb to the world in a distant country
I'm only sleeping
So I cover myself beneath my quid
My power's run out and so is my guilt
In times like this I'm outta lust
Sifting in dreams of volturious
El Caco sees my face and remember the fact
The B.S.S. is on my back
I used to care alot, now the world spins before me
These things consist of sleep and daytime TV
Rub it off, rub it on
I'm only sleeping
Don't wake me, don't wake me
I'm only sleeping
Don't call me, don't wait
I'm only sleeping
Leave now
Don't wake me, don't shake me
I'm only sleeping
Don't wake me, don't wake me
I'm only sleeping
Leave now
I'm only sleeping
Don't wake me, don't wake me
I'm only dreaming
Don't wake me
Don't shake me
Don't break me
Don't shake me
Don't wake me
I'm only sleeping
"Well? Suppose I come back next week?"
When I'm left alone
Down at the heart of it
My doubt was never a sign of strength
I wish I'd known that You were never far
I guess I would've known if I would've been awake
I've been dreaming life away
Sleeper, no deeper
Lift your eyes
Awake from dreaming
Sleeper, arise and you will find life
The answer is in Me
Every dream I knew was but a mere attempt
At what I truly thought would satisfy
Seeking out the truth
If real or make believe
My eyes wide open will really see
Love and life in all You say
Sleeper, arise and you will find life
Sleeper
In the ocean
That was once reserved
For the
Vast amount of serpents
That walked among us
My mind controls the ribbons of color
Trapped in shear
My lungs pump fluently
Path finding the starts to separate reality
From the imaginary
The sleeper has awakened
Bellowing from the bulk of the earth
The sleeper has awakened
The sleeper has awakened
Lamentations
Trace new lines
Listen
To the fall of man
To the rise of power
To the fall of man
Am I still what you're looking for?
All the questions, all the words you just threw out the door
For every good look, I'd exchange for bad
I thought there was no one like you
You're the worst to say I never had
I know you'd choose me instead
At least what you meant
Oh, how much I've missed you
I wished you'd wake up at 3 AM
It's so hard to sleep when my anxiety's got the best of me
I can't just let this go,
Would you please just answer your phone?
Giving up is the hardest part of life
especially with a torn apart mind
You're so obsessed with yourself
To take you in
Is to feel a great sadness
Is to hold a great hope
Heavy in my chest
To let you go
Is to lose my balance
Is to fall into silence
Is to wait, wait, wait
Oh sleeper, my keeper of days
We can't get back the Spring
Once it's passed
For I was born
In a colder time
And we made our vows in ice
And steel
Oh sleeper, you kissed me for luck
Did you know we found
The morning
Oh sleeper, my keeper of days
We can't get back the Spring
Once it's passed
To take you in
Is to feel a great sadness
Is to hold a great hope
So I'll make you a bed
In a bed in fields
'Cause we can't get back the Spring
It's another happy April
to every happy fool.
And you move through my dreams
like a trout moves through a pool.
Sure I will do anything,
but I blush at the reverie.
Sleeper come and go with me.
And she always was a painter
and she left me her suitcase,
and I still remember
the soft lines of her drunken face,
as she stood there in my doorway,
like a cat up in a tree.
Sleeper come and go with me.
A small farm in Wisconsin
for a driftless man,
supper on the table,
and a lover's tender hands,
though she leaves my salt and woodsmoke,
for a job in the city.
Sleeper come and go with me.
I will take you with my children,
through the clover, to the creek,
when Orion's gone a hunting
through the fields our wishes seek,
where we all can love each other
like sugar in our tea.
Sleeper come and go with me.
Well the last wild fling is over
and a cold wind brings the dawn,
to rows of parking meters
and the shadow of a blond,
who is standing by the wild rye
in a pointless dream.
Say goodbye
We've been quiet for way too long, keeping silent as our defense
See them writing on the wall
You see them pressed against the floor
You see the fire in their eyes, and yet you feel so torn? You see them falling by your side
You see their faces on your lawn
You hear them screaming in your sleep, still you sit back and watch? Wake now, oh sleeper
Wake now, it's time
Wake now, oh sleeper
Wake now it's time to be heard
You always play the fool
You always play the victim
Watching this unfold with no reply
The corporate eyes around, scoping out their targets
Out to kill the weak with no regard
All this time, no regret, no where to go
The signal's lost, we're breaking up, it's out the door
We rise to fall
We rise to fall, and its all your fault
