Plot
Vienna, 1924: Puccini, the world-famous composer of operas finds a confidante in the journalist Liza Berman, who will accompany him on a trip into his past: The unrequited love he feels for Elvira, a married woman, who secretly returns his feelings. As a 20-year-old he is living in Milan, in bitter poverty, and barely struggles along as a musician, but upon finishing his studies he makes quite an impression. Full of hope he applies to take part in a contest for opera composers, but he is turned down. Puccini had firmly counted on winning the prize money and now faces financial straits. Thanks to the librettist Fontana, his one-act opera "Le Villi" is performed all the same. The established music publisher Ricordi now commissions Puccini to write the opera "Edgar", which turns out a flop. When Elvira leaves her husband to live with Puccini, the lovers are beset by feelings of guilt. Puccini begins to doubt himself, but due to Ricordi's support, Puccini can write in peace. Soon he triumphs in opera houses all over Europe with "Manon Lescaut", but Ricordi demands fresh supplies. A former lover, who used to be a dancer in the Cabaret, brings the novel "Vie Bohème" to his attention, a subject, which his colleague Leoncavallo is already working on. But it is Puccini who prevails with Ricordi. When Puccini tries to get rid of the overbearing conductor Toscanini as well, Ricordi resists him. "La Bohème" becomes a giant success under Toscanini's musical direction. As Puccini later gets stuck in his work at "Tosca" he waits for inspiration at night in shape of his muse Antilisa, a shy mythological animal. Again Puccini experiences a triumph. Always on the lookout for a new subject, a frustrated Puccini travels to London. There he accompanies his friend Sybil Seligman to the theatre, where "Madame Butterfly" electrifies him. Back in Italy, he develops a platonic relationship with the servant girl Doria. Elvira fires Doria and makes Puccini promise never to see her again. The young woman commits suicide. After initially failing in Milan, "Madama Butterfly" triumphs a few months and several changes later in other European cities. In Vienna, Elvira surprises Puccini with the journalist Liza Berman, but by that time Elvira's love is above the slights Puccini has inflicted on her over the years. She demands that Dr. Landauer thoroughly examines her husband, who is suffering from a chronic sore throat. The final diagnosis shows a malign tumor of the larynx. Meanwhile, the work on "Turandot" has ground to a halt. Liza takes him along to a concert of contemporary music, which he finds fascinating and unsettling at the same time, because it makes him feel that his own music sounds old-fashioned by comparison. While undergoing treatment at a Brussels hospital, Puccini confesses to Elvira that he blames himself for Doria's death. During a sleepless night he tosses the unfinished score to "Turandot" into the fireplace, but Elvira saves the manuscript. Puccini dies not long after-wards. Milan, 1926: "Turandot" is performed for the first time in the presence of Elvira and their children Tonio and Fosca, with Toscanini at the baton. He has the performance interrupted at the exact spot where Puccini had to give up his composition.
Belasco is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe. The character's first appearance was in Ka-Zar the Savage #11; he was created by Bruce Jones and Brent Anderson.
Belasco is an ancient, evil sorcerer serving the Elder Gods, and is perhaps best known for his kidnapping of Illyana Rasputin.
Belasco's early history is told by the poet Dante, though there is some dispute as to the veracity of these accounts. Allegedly, Belasco was a sorcerer in 13th Century Florence, Italy who used his knowledge of alchemy and the black arts to contact the Elder Gods (actually extra-dimensional demonic entities). He forged a pact with them enabling them to cross the barrier to our dimension using a pentagonal arrangement of five Bloodstones. In return, Belasco was granted immortality and immense mystical power. He was also given a demonic appearance, as he was intended to form a new race of Earth-dwelling demons.
To this end, he kidnapped Bice "Beatrice" dei Portinari, beloved of Dante, to give birth to the first of this new race. He fled with her to the Atlantean isle of Pangea, where the Elder Gods directed him to Mt. Flavius, where their summoning ritual could take place. While en route, Belasco raped Beatrice, and she was nine months pregnant by the time they arrived. He embarked onto the island, closely pursued by Dante, and took Beatrice into a network of underground passages designed to resemble Hell. Dante found them just in time to witness Beatrice dying in childbirth and, enraged, he attacked Belasco. During the battle, a pipe was accidentally struck, releasing an unknown liquid that placed Belasco in suspended animation. At some point on the island, Belasco also lost the locket containing the Bloodstones.
And when you see a monster
Don't run away
Take it easy and see life's funny
You'll be home someday
Don't be sad, you can't
You're on your own
Eat, get high
Now there's nothing wrong at all
So when you see that monster
Don't run away
Take it easy and see life's funny
when they walk the moon
i'll kiss myself goodnight
i think they'll touch down soon
wonder if she knew
as the crowd get high and sing
i look up through the glass and think
floating up there
would i feel empty?
i'd waltz in the thin air
wishing everyone was okay
when the time was right
i rose so i could laugh
now i hold my head up high
watch the moon and smile
(floating)
up there
would i feel empty?
i'd waltz in the thin air
knowing everyone was okay
when they walk the moon
kissed myself goodnight
hope to be home soon
as it stands taken from the hand
it's just a beautiful image
round and unusual
stupid girl in her bikini and pearls
it's just the fact that she's headstrong
makes her fall like the next one
gifts at the dance or
tokens out for the draft
we shouldn't fear who we talk to
feel is the mightiest
as it stands taken from the hand
it's just a beautiful image
making us feel strong
floating up there
would i feel empty?
i'd waltz in the thin air
knowing everyone is okay
dear friend of mine
we're not so young
our simple lives
have come undone
i follow
to your home
you're in pieces
i hold on
to your hand
we all need that sometimes
i take it back
we're all deceived
those violent times were
not for us to see
i follow
to your home
you're in pieces
i hold on
to your hand
we all need that
so walk on
and shine on
we all need the earth
save it for someone
and say it to someone
who tells you to be strong
who wants you to be home
and preach to the limit
curse the fools who believed it
and this feel has a reason
staring at the stars from this place
the grass it folds around me
hoping that i'll live forever
i dream that i'm at home
you can swallow
you can swallow
shadows creep about and wake me
but fear of my response
my vengeance fuels my lust for power
of which i cannot taste
you can swallow
you can swallow
well i know there's stuff i can't explain
but i'll try to do it anyway
so my demons tell me what to do
yeah they're masterful they'll think of something
ah oh
ah oh
you can swallow
you can swallow
well i know there's stuff i'd like to say
but my feelings shift from white to grey
will my enemies smile as i go
or retire to their homes feeling guilty?
ah oh
ah oh
ah oh
i can't get the distance of
the feeling growing in me
on this wretched windswept pier
nurse me through
the fallen last notes
picked up from the shores
within my restless heartfelt fears
wait for the summer
feel, feel for the summer
i can't feel this fear fall down this year
can't wait too long this year
can't wait too long
i can't feel this fear fall over
in this way, i wish i was wrong
i can't feel this fear fall over
i can't feel this love
can't wait too long this year
can't wait too long this year
asked you to dance
then followed you home
torn by a love that didn't belong
i know
there's something between us
after the dance
we left for the bridge
they followed us there
right up to the ridge
you know
there's something between us
and fall
cursed by your memories
that never ever ever fade away
asked you to dance
to my favourite song
should've known
it couldn't last long
you know
there's something between us
asked you to dance
you led me away
cut off your hair
and buried it there with me
there's something between us
and fall
cursed by your memories
that never ever ever fade away
and reach
reach for those memories
of me on the ground
i'll never fade away
and burn
burn like the bitch that you are
you know that you pushed it too far
you know that you left me right on that hill
and burn
burn like the bitch that you are
you know that you pushed it too far
you know that you left me right on that hill
and fall
cursed by your memories
you never ever ever fade away
and reach
reach for those memories
of me on the ground
you're hair in my lifeless hand
and they won't come near me
and they won't come near me
no no, won't see me
and i kept on screaming
they won't come near me
the earth still haunts me
it started off with the wrong message
we turned our eyes around and left
and then i came again with roses
in my eyes i'd learnt to lie some more
come on make me
come on take me
some things i hate to hear
but there's nothing that i fear
so i'm sorry
and if you and i can learn to fly
we'll find our way
when it's all gone we'll be just foliage
wrapped around and set aside
so say it right and not through roses
stolen from mistakes of everyone
come on make me
come on take me
some things i hate to hear
but there's nothing that i fear
so i'm sorry
and if you and i can learn to fly
we'll find our way
so fly
come on make me
come on take me
some things i hate to hear
but there's nothing that i fear
so i'm sorry
and if you and i can learn to fly
i see holding on
getting strong
i feel something's wrong
my cold undone
and walk down
fall, drown
and walk away
don't make a sound
and walk away
just make us proud
i need nothing new
my simple few
i wake holding on
whatever's wrong
walk down
fall, drown
and walk away
don't make a sound
and walk away
just make us proud
and walk away
don't make a sound
and walk away
plague
altered and proposed
tell them what you know
wait till the end
never mend
i know where you're at
i can't take the infiltrate and
i don't know just why i'm sinking
all right in the end
all right in the end
solid but unknown
leave 'cause it's our turn
fall like a falling dream
i can't break it down
i can't take the infiltrators
i don't know just why i'm sinking
all right in the end
all right in the end
and i favoured all of them
cut my hand off and i ran
and i ran from all of them
took my chances and i
sing with the fear
'cos i won't go near and
i don't do it all in vain
won't let it show
'cos they're so damn fine
and they're doing it all for us
ease off my little white sharks
my little white sharks have fears
and i tainted all my peers
for no reason but my fear
and i ran from all of them
took my chances and i
sing with the fear
'cos i won't go near and
i don't do it all in vain
and i won't let it show
'cos they're so damn fine
and they're doing it all for us
ease off my little white sharks
Lawman took him away before I could do it my way
I hope that they beat him up, I hope they do it good
I hear that they do that in this neighbourhood
Lawman put him away for what I don't know nor do they
They say he's a reformed man, you shouldn't have a go
They say that I'm an honest man, it shows you just don't know
Well it's harder now, so much harder now
To try and give and try and let it go
And I'm older now, so much older now
I can't forgive, I can't let go
Lawman let him walk free to where he has gone don't bother me
I hope that he's happy in his small little world
I just want him beat up and buried in a hole
Well it's harder now, so much harder now
To try and give and try and let it go
And I'm older now, so much older now
I can't forgive, I can't let go
Don't say you're sorry, don't say you're sorry
it makes me proud
what i have done
but it makes me sad
what i have done for gain
i'm doing it on my own
got to push through 'cos there's nobody home
and i will not
will not fail
yeah you're so clean
yeah you're so pure
what the big cheese wants
the big gun threw away
i'm doing it on my own
got to push through 'cos there's nobody home
and i will not
will not
i've been lost
so i've been lost
for that you said
my head is in the garden
my garden's in the front of your head
and when we're all down
i'll burn it to the ground
and i want to be young
swim in the red sun
and when we're all there
i'll throw my arms in the air and shine
i'm doing it on my own
got to push through 'cos there's nobody home
i'm doing it on my own
got to push through 'cos there's nobody home
when the wall came down
you and i we found
we want the finest things
from here we see the trees
our boots are nice and clean
we got the finest things
got the finest things
it's a long long way to come
to find the same old road again
don't hold me back my friend
just hold me close
we built the wall back up
to show we'd had enough
of all the finest things
and we could hear them cry
"you built it way too high"
and lost the finest things
lost the finest things
it's a long long way to come
to find the same old road again
don't hold me back my friend
just hold me close
did you find your place?
well they keep us high over here
when you fall from grace
just close your eyes
long long way to come
to find the same old road again
don't hold me back my friend
just hold me close
Thought she was the most important person in the world
Dressed him up in chloroform he hasn't said a word
But he came round
Came, came round, hit the wall
She's got 15 ways to run around and make him cry
And he's got 15 ways to wander round and wonder why
I've got a feeling there are better people
Dragged him down the stairs into the back seat of her car
Should have seen it coming, he was hazy, it was dark
But he broke out
Broke, broke out jumped the wall
And she's got 15 ways to run around and make him cry
And he's got 15 ways to wander round and wonder why
I've got a feeling there are better people
And she's got 15 ways to run around and track him down
And he's got 15 ways to run around and try to hide
I've got a feeling there are better people
She killed them all
Well they're the ones that recognize
They're the ones that spit in your eye
But she drove right
Drove, drove right at the wall
And she's got 15 ways to run around and make him cry
And he's got 15 ways to wander round and wonder why
I've got a feeling there are better people
I cut the wings off an angel's
butterfly, hope she cries for you and i
life is hard
do or die
ain't got
nothing left
it's hot as hell
today, pray
oh mum, what has become of the evergreen?
dear dad, don't be so sad
it's the way it's to be
it's like we took too much
i kissed the ring from a preacher's
bible hand, nice and tanned
"forgiven son"
setting on a plot of land
that i stole
from uncle sam's
mighty plan
to burn us all
oh mum, what has become of the evergreen?
dear dad, don't be so sad
it's the way it's to be
it's like we took too much
took too much
took too much
go out, make love to your wife
and behold you are free
oh yeah you're king of the world
'til you burn like us all like me, yeah
oh yeah you're king of the world
'til you're broken at heart
oh yeah you're king of the world
'til the next one is born
oh yeah you're king of the world
'til you're broken at heart
you're king of the world
calling me a joke my friend
everyone is wrong
shared with you my thoughts my friend
this time i'm coming home
so feel like i feel
walk like i walk
left his life on an empty bus this time
what a way to go my friend
love what i have done
the wild is not my foe my friend
it's me you can't deny
so feel like i feel
walk like i walk
breathe like i breathe
left his life on an empty bus this time
left his life on an empty bus
left his life on an empty bus
so feel like i feel
walk like i walk
breathe like i breathe
speak like i speak
live like i live
breathe like i breathe
feel like i feel
take me away
take me away
thank god i'm paid
only today
see the world i'm mourning
won't see it all today
while the world is pouring
i'll be out to play
he has no conscience
he is unconscious in love
he does no favour
he's just a saviour in love
take me away
take me away
thank god i'm late
only today
see it all i'm leaving
burnt it all away
try to keep me reeling
drove them all away
he has no conscience
he is unconscious in love
he does no favour
he's just a saviour in love
he does no favour
he's just a saviour in love
in love
i saw the light
saw the light
just for 15 seconds
it burnt so bright
burnt so bright
but i was medicated
and it grows
turned by the haze
woke with graze
just for 15 seconds
saw in your face
final rage
and you were dead against it
and it shows
moving on
be strong
moving on
i was so strong
i escape
can't afford all the things you said
there's a fuzz in my head-com set
i escape to my left side
can't afford all the things you said
i fought them all
you and all
just for 15 seconds
you turned and ran
scared a man
but it was medication
that you saw
moving on
be strong
moving on
i was so strong
i escape
can't afford all the things you said
there's a fuzz in my head-com set
i escape to my left side
can't afford all the things you read
i've got soft clouds in my head
can't ignore all the things
i'm meant to have seen
i saw the light
saw the light
just for 15 seconds
it burnt so bright
burnt so bright
i was dedicated
and it shows
i escape
can't afford all the things you said
there's a fuzz in my head-com set
i escape to my left side
can't afford all the things you said
come on and save myself
come on and save myself
come on and save myself
come on and save
come on and save
i've never ever ever been told
bored of losing, tired and cold
never ever ever been lost
in my words
so don't
leave
don't
leave
be one of us
be free
'cause i'm moving on up
got to find a better place
got my head in my hands
'cause i can't show face
i am the greatest
you already know
i am the greatest
i've never ever ever been free
never ever ever been me
what's inside i decide
'cause i deceive
so don't
leave
don't
leave
be one of us
be free
'cause i'm moving on up
got to find a better place
got my head in my hands
'cause i can't show face
i am the greatest
you already know
i am the greatest
Just give them all they want
Which is hurt, hurt, hurt
And tell them what they want
But it's so far away now, sing!
I know you can bring me down
And I know you live far away
Now tease them if you want
'Cos it's fun, fun, fun
Now take them if you can
'Cos you know you always win now, sing!
I know you can bring me down
And I know you live far away
And I know you want me for nothing
I know you live far away
Save myself
Save myself
Just give them all they want (x3)
Just feed us like we want
Just give us all we want
All we want is love, sing!
I know you can bring me down
And I know you live far away
And I know you want me for nothing
I know you live far away
I know you won't bring me down
Don't breathe
don't breathe
has no control and
he has no control and
i have no control and
have no control
and i breathe
it's the greatest thing
it's the greatest thing
and i won't be afraid
'cause the crash just the same again
all we do
all we do
is dream
don't breathe
don't breathe
has no control and
he has no control and
i have no control and
have no control
and i breathe
it's the greatest thing
it's the greatest thing
and i won't be afraid
'cause the crash just the same again
all we do
all we do
is dream
all we do
all we do
is dream
it's the greatest thing
it's the greatest thing
and i won't be afraid
'cause the crash just the same again
hung myself on a wire
hung myself on your desire
we fought it out like fields on fire
a burning end to an eternal lie
and you
yeah you
you wanted more than to fill a
room with careless lies
and you yeah you
you were the apple, no the cause of my strife
i ran so hard it got me wired
i felt my knees buckle to my heart
well i wish you knew i wish you cared
about the image of me that was impaired
and you
yeah you
you wanted more than to fill a
room with careless lies
and you yeah you
you were the apple,
no the cause of my strife
shot myself a final gaze
through the glass of the watch
that you engraved
"to my love, my eternal love"
you lied you bitch, i screamed from above
and you
yeah you
you wanted more than to fill a
room with careless lies
and you
yeah you
got myself a 61
it smells so sweet i can call it baby
the bad man said he'd show me how
he's in my head yeah
but that's ok, baby now
what if god chose to hate me yeah
what if god chose to hate me yeah
if he don't
he surely will, oh
see the eyes of all that sinned
bulging out with smirky grin
i cannot deny i'm proud
of the ones whose blood i've spilled
they beat up with my lovely gun
that smelt so sweet i had to try
i swore to those who kicked me down
i could hear the devil
if god chose to hate me yeah
what if god chose to hate me yeah
if he don't
he surely will
if he don't
he will
i am not the image of
everything that you must hate
i hear the screams in my moist dreams
if everyone's jealous feel
beat me up beat me down
i cannot release this sound
"kill someone, kill someone
live it up and have some fun"
what if god chose to hate me yeah
what if god chose to hate me yeah
what if god
what if god
Is this how it must end
All of us on our hands
Is this how it must end
Dirtied from where we land
Everybody feels the same
So give it all you want
Come on and give it all you've got
No shame in what you're not
Just take a chance and see that everybody feels the same
Now that you've seen it through
There's nothing you can't do
Break from the normal crowd
Shine bright and just be proud
Everybody feels the same
So give it all you want
Come on and give it all you've got
No shame in what you're not
Just take a chance and see that everybody feels
Everybody feels the same
The same
So give it all you want
Come on and give it all you've got
No shame in what you're not
Come on and give it all you've got
Give it all you want
Come on and give it all you've got
No shame in what you're not
So just take a chance and see that everybody feels
don't forget my name
or peer at me in vain
as the creatures go
as the creatures go
we're all a little slow
yes we're all a little slow
walk amongst the trees
but breathe within your means
yes, we had it all
yes, we had it all
kiss ourselves that's all we'll ever have
you said just let it go
tried to claw you in to let you know
had to form a line but they don't show
tried to get you in but you said no
had to come in
had to calm down
had to close my eyes
don't forget your name
or come to me with blame
yes we had our chance
yes we had our chance
kiss ourselves, that's all we'll ever have
you said just let it go
tried to claw you in to let you know
had to form a line but they don't show
tried to get you in but you said no
had to come in
had to calm down
had to close my eyes
had to come in
had to calm down
had to come in
he said just let it go
tried to claw you in to let you know
had to form a line but they don't show
tried to get you in but you said no
had to come in
had to calm down
had to close my eyes
had to come in
had to calm down
they don't mind
they don't walk
falling out
is just a line
take a walk
among the trees
find your feet
and walk
in my lies
and talk
in my eyes
there's a wall
described by me
pull it out
to find your feet
find a home
build a boat
and don't look back
and walk
in my lies
and talk
in my eyes
and what they give
they give us strife
and when they turn
they love what's in sight
and what they give
they give us life
and what they give
they give us strife
and when they turn
they love what's in sight
and what they give
they give us life
give us life
Trust me
i'm as good as my word, my word
but my bright eyes
hide the dark lies that i crave
i'd like to take back
i'd like to go back
won't you stay
won't you recognise
the fire burns
deep inside our lungs
won't you stare at my blood sky
the fire burns
yeah the fire burns inside
you know
i could twist your little arm, little arm
take the good things
out from under your charm
back to my home
not a nice home
won't you stay
won't you recognise
the fire burns
deep inside our lungs
won't you stare at my blood red sky
the fire burns
yeah the fire burns inside
won't you stay
won't you recognise
the fire burns
deep inside our lungs
won't you stare at my blood red sky
the fire burns
yeah the fire burns inside
won't you stay (x3)
young
won't you stay (x3)
Wrong time
wrong place
wrong mind
wrong fears
let me be
let me be strong
wrong mind
wrong fears
let me
have careers
let me be
let me be strong
when it grows
be true and
blame it on us all
be cruel
blame it on us all
when it grows
be true and
blame it on us all
be cruel
blame it on us all
it's the right words
in the wrong way
let me be
don't get hollow
watch and follow
mind what god says
don't get freaked
follow me
fall down
get up
what's in my love
forgive me if i try
letters all inside
fell down
messed up
climbed back
dressed up
watch what they say
don't get freaked
follow me
fall down
get up
what's in my love
forgive me if i try
and as you are
falling down again
and as you are
taught it all in vain
and i wait for
this one
standing high up in the sky
i follow down
makes me proud
staring high up in the sky
i've found my zone
feels like home
and i wish that
i could
damned as we are
looking back again
pushed us too far
cleanse it all in stars
and i wait for this one
standing high up in the sky
i follow down
makes me proud
staring high up in the sky
i've found my zone
feels like home
and i wish that
i could
and i wish that
i could
follow
standing high up in the sky
i follow down
makes me proud
staring high up in the sky
i've found my zone
feels like home
and i wish that
It's a fine time to get yourself back on your feet
It's a bad sign to drown the kids in your deceit
And it's funny how they make us look each way
It's funny how they make us look today
He's the wrong man to get yourself deep in his way
Confusion betrays you 'cos it's just not his day
It's funny how they make us look each way
It's funny how they make us look today
It's a fine time to get yourself back on your feet
It's the wrong time to take the blame for your deceit
It's funny how they make us look each way
It's funny how they make us look each way
It's funny how they make us look today
Everyone needs someone inside
Everyone needs someone inside
guess i'll say it's true
this one's all for you
and i'll paint it blue
to try and hide the truth
take a walk around
admire the view, just you
take a walk around
admire the view
just you and i
giving it all away
yes it's true
i'm giving it all away
yes it's true
tell me what you've seen
from badgers to machines
then i'll paint it blue
to try and hide the truth
just walk around
get on down
for you and i
giving it all away
yes it's true
i'm giving it all away
yes it's true
i'm giving it all away
yes it's true
giving it all away
yes it's true
i'm giving it all away
yes it's true
giving it all away
yes it's true
i'm giving it all away
yes it's true
giving it all away
in the end
they said it won't seem long
for you and i
they'll steal your heart
with subtle brittle bones
just like you and i
taste the snow
give back to those you hurt
along the way
and if i fail
it's down to only me, just me
if we all want one thing
i'm going to try and make it easy
i'll hold you up
i'll hold you up my boy
'til you become a man
in the end
they'll just be like you and i
they'll flee the nest
and you and i will shudder
no more
if we all want one thing
i'm going to try and make it easy
i'll hold you up
i'll hold you up
if we all had nothing
but the thought of what we wanted
i'll hold you up
i'll hold you up my boy
so you can try again
i've got to ask
would you do it all again?
if we all want one thing
i'm going to try and make it easy
i'll hold you up
some pull you down
we struggled hard
worth the time
if we all want one thing
i'm going to try and make it easy
i'll hold you up
i'll hold you up
if we all had nothing
but the thought of what we wanted
i'll hold you up
i held you up my boy when you
they
they were tied to the infinite heart
of the us, faded empty town
and, and as they fought
where their image of fate
hand in hand as they ran
through the grass to the mill
where they swam and they laughed
for a long time
kissed wildly
like old hens and
just one came back
she only falls down
but she ain't broken
only falls down
but she ain't broken
don't look for my old photograph
only falls down
but she ain't broken
don't look for my old photograph
only falls down
but she ain't broken
fall and grow like the girl
who was born long ago
take the bus on the road
to the mill which is gone
where you swam with that girl
who had run from this place
who you said who had drowned
who appears as a ghost in a frame
only falls down
but she ain't broken...
on the table by your bed
'cos all
that you have
it's that old photograph
of that girl
that you kissed
don't look for my old photograph...
right there
on the grass
don't be scared
like the old folk
just be strong like that girl
and go
you're like a fish in a bottle
you can't move 'cos it's awkward
just go
Just give them all they want
Which is hurt, hurt, hurt
And tell them what they want
But it's so far away now, sing!
I know you can bring me down
And I know you live far away
Now tease them if you want
'Cos it's fun, fun, fun
Now take them if you can
'Cos you know you always win now, sing!
I know you can bring me down
And I know you live far away
And I know you want me for nothing
I know you live far away
Save myself
Save myself
Just give them all they want (x3)
Just feed us like we want
Just give us all we want
All we want is love, sing!
I know you can bring me down
And I know you live far away
And I know you want me for nothing
I know you live far away
I know you won't bring me down
And I want you far away
staring at the stars from this place
the grass it folds around me
hoping that i'll live forever
i dream that i'm at home
you can swallow
you can swallow
shadows creep about and wake me
but fear of my response
my vengeance fuels my lust for power
of which i cannot taste
you can swallow
you can swallow
well i know there's stuff i can't explain
but i'll try to do it anyway
so my demons tell me what to do
yeah they're masterful they'll think of something
ah oh
ah oh
you can swallow
you can swallow
well i know there's stuff i'd like to say
but my feelings shift from white to grey
will my enemies smile as i go
or retire to their homes feeling guilty?
ah oh
ah oh
ah oh
ah oh
i saw the light
saw the light
just for 15 seconds
it burnt so bright
burnt so bright
but i was medicated
and it grows
turned by the haze
woke with graze
just for 15 seconds
saw in your face
final rage
and you were dead against it
and it shows
moving on
be strong
moving on
i was so strong
i escape
can't afford all the things you said
there's a fuzz in my head-com set
i escape to my left side
can't afford all the things you said
i fought them all
you and all
just for 15 seconds
you turned and ran
scared a man
but it was medication
that you saw
moving on
be strong
moving on
i was so strong
i escape
can't afford all the things you said
there's a fuzz in my head-com set
i escape to my left side
can't afford all the things you read
i've got soft clouds in my head
can't ignore all the things
i'm meant to have seen
i saw the light
saw the light
just for 15 seconds
it burnt so bright
burnt so bright
i was dedicated
and it shows
i escape
can't afford all the things you said
there's a fuzz in my head-com set
i escape to my left side
can't afford all the things you said
come on and save myself
come on and save myself
come on and save myself
come on and save
come on and save
come on and save
Wrong time
wrong place
wrong mind
wrong fears
let me be
let me be strong
wrong mind
wrong fears
let me
have careers
let me be
let me be strong
when it grows
be true and
blame it on us all
be cruel
blame it on us all
when it grows
be true and
blame it on us all
be cruel
blame it on us all
it's the right words
in the wrong way
let me be
let me be strong
Thought she was the most important person in the world
Dressed him up in chloroform he hasn't said a word
But he came round
Came, came round, hit the wall
She's got 15 ways to run around and make him cry
And he's got 15 ways to wander round and wonder why
I've got a feeling there are better people
Dragged him down the stairs into the back seat of her car
Should have seen it coming, he was hazy, it was dark
But he broke out
Broke, broke out jumped the wall
And she's got 15 ways to run around and make him cry
And he's got 15 ways to wander round and wonder why
I've got a feeling there are better people
And she's got 15 ways to run around and track him down
And he's got 15 ways to run around and try to hide
I've got a feeling there are better people
She killed them all
Well they're the ones that recognize
They're the ones that spit in your eye
But she drove right
Drove, drove right at the wall
And she's got 15 ways to run around and make him cry
And he's got 15 ways to wander round and wonder why
I've got a feeling there are better people
People