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All Of One // Alligators Getting Up // Already Yours // Arms Out // Backwards Glance // Beyond Reach // Black Delilah // Blindfold // Caught in the Alleyway // Che // Cherry // Chinese Burn // Clipped // Coast Is Clear // Come Clean // Coming Up Roses // Cotton Candy // Crystal // Cuckoo // Die Like A Dog // Dirty High // Dog Bone // Doppelganger // Fait Accompli // Forgotten Sanity // Frozen // Galaxy // HorrorHead // I Speak Your Every Word // Ice That Melts The Tips // Killer Baby // Left Of Mother // Lillies Dying // Low And Behold // Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus // Missing Link // No Escape From Heaven // Nothing Without Me // Nowhere // On The Wheel // Open Day at the Hatefest // Pink Girl With The Blues // Recovery // Sandpit // Something Familiar // Speedcrash // Split Into Fractions // Storm // Superblaster // Sweetback // Sweetest Pie // Ten Little Girls // The Birds they do fly // The Colour Hurts // Think and Act // Triumph // Turkey Crossing // Turnaround // Unreadable Communication // Wish You Dead // You Don't Know Zoo

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All Of One

Do we see the sun when our days begun
do we hear their voice it seems we have little choice
Far and wide the tide is turning
the long and short wires burning
Please be all of one now that our work is done

Nailed down you melt into the room
distance has made a route for you
Tied down you fall into the trap 
and let yourself dissolve to black
"You told me I knew nothing at all
you told me I meant nothing at all
and I believed you"

Tell me how you know the only way to go
We are all just scum who've come to wipe away your fun
Far and wide the tide is turning
Please be all of one

Nailed down you melt into the room 
distance has made a route for you 
Tied down you fall into the trap
and let yourself dissolve to black
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Alligators Getting Up

Grow out of your obsessions
You think you're bad
But I'm badder than you
Cos mine has come through consideration
While your reaction is nothing new
So go on genius be who you are
You're so flat and one dimensional

If you go my way you won't go wrong
You'll find out where you really belong
If you search it out it will make you strong
Then you'll go on and on and on

You want what's mine
But you don't deserve it
One tenth is all you an have
Why care why share
Stamp your feet cos life's unfair
Why share why care
Stamp your feet cos life's unfair

If you go my way you won't go wrong
You'll find out where you really belong
If you search it out it will make you strong
Then you'll go on and on and on

You have to watch for the smallest details
Just to stop
The alligator from getting up
The alligator from getting up
The alligator from getting up
The alligator from getting up
The alligator from getting up

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Already Yours

A gift from God
a small creation
a prized possession 
without limitations
behind these eyes
what can you see 
that isn't
Already yours
Already yours
Already yours
Already yours

In fact I've never wanted anything more
in fact I've never wanted anything less

Oh you shouldn't treat me like a stranger
you say I have the same effect,
only this time on you
behind your eyes 
what can I see 
that isn't
Already yours
Already yours
Already yours
Already yours

The voices of angels
are in our blood
The voices of angels
are in our blood
The voices of angels
are in our blood
The voices of angels
are in our blood

Behind your eyes 
what can I see 
that isn't

Already there
Already yours
Already there
Already yours

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BackwardsGlance

With a backwards glance I said goodbye
Saw the regret in your eyes
It's too late now to change the truth
While we're living under the same roof
It's a ruse of yours to alter perception, manipulate a violent situation
For your own gain
With my tits in the air I'm strong and proud
You'll see me laughing out loud 
On a crowded street
In the summer heat 
We'll all be there so come and share
It's a ruse of yours to alter perception, manipulate a vital situation
To your own gain and your own needs and your own fear
And your own tears
Seek and destroy, smile and obey
It's a ruse of yours to spoil perfection, manipulate a violent situation
Fo ryour own gain and your own needs and your own fear
And your own tears
Seek and destroy, smile and obey
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Beyond Reach

It's nice to know
It's nice to know
Exactly where you're going
It's nice to know
It's nice to know
Exactly where you're going

Sorry for these bitter words
But I'm in no mood to pretend
Why should I bother with you
When you're not even a good friend
I'm the tosser for thinking
It was any more than it was
But you're the loser
Yes you're the loser
You think you're above god
And beyond reach
Beyond reach
Beyond reach
Beyond reach

It's nice to know
It's nice to know
Exactly where you're going
Never pick a fight
With someone bigger than you
That's what I learnt
When I was at school
Cos it doesn't really matter
How clever you think you are
Those years they leave
All kinds of scars

It's nice to know
It's nice to know
Exactly where you're going
It's nice to know
It's nice to know
Exactly where you're going

Carry on as you always have
And you will get
Your just reward
It may not be what you expected
But then there's nothing
You can't afford
Oh I'm the joker for thinking
It could get much worse than this
But you're the loser
Yes you're the loser
You think you're above god
And beyond reach

It's nice to know
It's nice to know
Exactly where you're going

[top]

Black Delilah

I wish I had a letter
To prove I'm clever
Like a living will
That I fulfil
You know I hold secrets
But where does that leave us
Reaching out to the far beyond
Leaping out to the great unknown
I wish you knew better
When binds are severed
Think you're so on it
When all you do is hum it
Reaching out to the far beyond
Leaping out to the great unknown

How do you feel?
I feel fine
How does it feel?
It feels good
What does it say?
Fuck you and go away
Oh come what may

I'm a sucker for sadness
Confessions of madness
That wash the debris away
I'll side with the liars
And sleep with the buyers
When all else fails
I just don't know
That I'm being bad
I only care
'Cos I've been feeling sad

This is my own
This is my own
Limitation
It's my best friend
It's my best friend

I wish I had a letter
To prove I'm clever
Like a living will
That I fulfil
You know I hold secrets
But where does that leave us
Reaching out to the far beyond
Leaping out to the great unknown
I wish you knew better
When binds are severed
Think you're so on it
When all you do is hum it
Reaching out to the far beyond
Leaping out to the great unknown

How do you feel?
I feel fine
How does it feel?
It feels good
What does it say?
Fuck you and go away

It's a creepy sustainer
How they contain her
Whenever she gets in a rage
She'll bite at the business
While crossing her fingers
And says she's going away
She just don't know
That she's been feeling sad
She only cares
'Cos she's been being bad

This is her own
This is her own
Limitation
[top]

Blindfold

You better believe it ahh ahh
You better believe it ahh ahh
You better believe it ahh ahh
You better believe it ahh ahh

In a conversation
talking of nothing
we were drinking sweet wine
comforting our one and only
in our single business
We have become jealous
satisfied with our desolation
wrapped in our vivid dreams
I remember the two days
that mean alot to me
I remember the two days
where every hour was a day
every minute was a lifetime
where the ocean was a sea
and you dragged me into the mountains
on a flimsy guarantee
the stronger the man
the stronger the woman
if it ended now
would you be willing
I've given you everything
I've given you nothing
I used to think of angels
but that's all gone
I used to dream of love and kisses
wanting to belong
but I'd tear around the corners
blindfolded to the world
I used to think that candyfloss
was only made for girls
see how it feels for me
do you believe in me?

Hard-headed sense of failure
in a narrow mind
I never used to think about
the hurt I left behind
but now it falls upon me
like winter snow
now I turn the same corners
when there's no place left to go
the stronger the man
the stronger the woman
if it ended now
would you be willing
do you believe in me?
this is my own private hour
see how it feels for me this is my own private hour
could you love me? could you love me? could you love me? could you love me?
[top]

Caught in the alleyway

The wall is great, is grey
The wall is flat as my head hits I hear the crack
Smell the blood before it runs
Feel the force before you lunge
Feel the force before you come
Caught in the alleyway, no way back
Left in the gutter, a screwed up wrap
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Che

You want to hurt me
To make me feel what you feel
You want to tear me till I bleed at at the seam
You're so sick of what you live under
You take it to extremes
So sick of what you waste, that you can't even dream
But I know it's the picture you're after
You want to trap me like a fly on the wall
Then you call me useless
For finding the cause
You're so tired of all you left hidden
It falls into obscene
So tired of all the haste and what you could have been
I'm not your slave
You're not my master
But I know it's the picture you're after
This is all I need to know.
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Cherry

Respire my desire
lean on me
fall on me
respond
and it will be
answered
answered
cos I am waiting
for the stars to change
so we will talk again
I'm impatient
for the sun to change
so we can meet again

He was well spoken
and unconnected
caught his tongue
it became infected
he could breathe
venom into the heart
of an issue
he could stare right at you
and never see you
he could crush faith
he could crush minds
he's a cynic
and he love's it
he believe in it
it's more than a man
could ever want

In his own image
in his being
like this leather glove
could be
could be
could be

I am waiting
for the sun to go down
I'm impatient
for the stars to change
[top]

Chinese Burn

She burns friends like a piece of wood
And she's jealous of me because she never could
Hold herself up without a spine
And she'll look me up when she's doing fine

Because the rage it burns like Chinese torture
She's just someone's favourite daughter
Spoilt and ugly as she willingly slaughters
Friends and enemies they're all the same
They'll burn her name
And crush her fame

She'll break a promise as a matter of course
Because she thinks it's fun to have no remorse
She gets what she wants and then walks away
And she doesn't give a fuck what you might say

Because it cuts her up like Irish mortar
Mother's pride is what we taught her
Soiled and petty as we happily taunt her
Friend or enemy we're all to blame

She'll burn us bad                            (This section is in
She'll flaunt her flame                        the video and Steve
She'll make us remember, remember her name     Osborne mix only)

If she sits still like she knows she could
She could win this game and be the queen for good
Save herself up for the cream of the crop
Then she'll look us up when she's ready to stop

Because the rage it burns like Chinese torture
She's just someone's favourite daughter
Spoilt and ugly as she willingly slaughters
Friends and enemies are all that came
To burn her name
Crush her flame
We're all to blame
[top]

Clipped

On the days we get together
we talk in volumes
and drink some coffee
cook the numbers
clear our minds
forget our worries
there untrue and unkind

There's no truth it's instinct
there's no lies that's gone too
there's no truth it's instict
there's no lies that's gone too

All he says causes scandal
I've heard it said
that he's the original verbal vandal
who steals your words
clears out your mind

There's no way you'll convert me
There's no way that's for sure
There's no way I'll get sucked in
There's no way that's damn sure
There's no way you'll convert me
There's no way that's for sure

Hopelessly reaching

There's no truth
there's no lies
there's no way you'll convert me
there's no way that's for sure

There's no way you'll convert me
there's no way that's for sure
there's no truth
there's no lies
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Coast Is Clear

Above my bed
in this ugly room
hangs the whisper
of the sandman

You can be my father
for the love he has shown
it's just a little to late
it's never enough to swallow those pills
now I'm sick
and always will be

Take it
I don't want it
you can have
what you like
just don't try to trick me to sleep
then turn out those lights

You can be my father
for the love he has shown
it's just a little to late
it's never enough to swallow those pills
now I'm sick
and always will be

Ah ah ah ah
drains and radiators
you can be my father
drains and radiators
for the love

You can be my father
for the love he has shown
it's just a little to late
it's never enough to swallow those pills
now I'm sick
and always will be

Ah ah ah ah
just when you thought it was alright
just when you thought it was alright
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Come Clean

When will you come clean
Clean and lean and mean
When will you come clean
Clean and lean and mean
When will you come clean
Clean and lean and mean
When will you come clean
Clean and lean and mean

Come so far
I can't go back
Come so far
I can't go back
Come so far
I can't go back
Come so far

When will you wake up
Up to my loving stuff
When will you wake up
Up to my loving cup
When will you wake up
When will you wake up
When will you wake up
When will you wake up

I've been so far
I can't go back
I've been so far
I can't go back
I've been so far
I can't go back
I've been so far
I can't go back

When will you come clean
When will you wake up
Up to my loving cup
Up to my loving stuff
Clean and lean and mean
Clean and lean and mean

I've been so far
I can't go back
I've been so far
I can't go back
I've been so far
I can't go back
I've been so far

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Coming Up Roses

I'm coming up roses now
Flying high
No-one can touch me
As I wave good-bye
I'm tall as a willow baby
Tall as a willow
I'm sure not sorry for that

You wouldn't believe the stuff I know 
and have collected

I'm hung up on breathing now
When I want
No-one can hurt me
When I'm in trouble
I'm strong as I'm mellow baby
Strong as I'm mellow
I sure am happy for that

Have you ever seen the things I own
And have neglected
They're all quite strange
And unconnected
And that's why they're strong

A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Home is far away

I'm holding the fiddle now
Playing hard
I've learnt my lesson
In self-composure
I shout and I bellow baby
Shout and I bellow
Can you hear me out back

Can you feel the way I've grown
And disconnected

A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
The night is long the day is long
The night is long the day is long
A mile is long when home is far away
The night is long the day is long
The night is long the day is long
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Home is far away

A first thought came to the sound
And it filled itself with spectrum
So it can see from the back of its head
It can sense the shifting moods
How little the first thought knows
Its intentions its code of honour
Till it's formed with cunning humour
Feel the beat fall in

Then a second leg came from the sound
What if I just don't deliver
The queen bee the enemy the ecstasy
A beast at the core of its nature
A beast at the core of its nature

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Cotton Candy

Suck my time, my energy
You can be the enemy
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
You're in charge of all you see
But it isn't me that has to believe
So save yourself instead of me
Show me who you really are
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
I'm not surprised at who you are
Maybe we could go really far

Cos I'm living in a place
You don't understand
I'm living in a space
That you don't command
Playing out my life
Free from harmful thought
Looking right and left
So I don't get caught

Suck my time, my energy
You can be the enemy
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
Cotton candy liberty
You're in charge of all you see
But that isn't me

Cos I'm living in a place
You don't understand
I'm living in a space
That you don't command
Playing out my life
Free from harmful thought
Looking right and left
So I don't get caught

[top]

Crystal

There she is in the doghouse
She sure don't know what she's done wrong
Still she lies in the doghouse
Don't think that she can carry on

She holds you down
to free your soul
The hand of god
will make you whole
Here I am in the doghouse
I sure don't know what i've done wrong

"Crystal only ever smiles
through her eyes
crystal only ever lies
through her mouth
just no one sees it"

May I fight for my honour
without the pity you show
May I beg for my dinner
when the feeling takes me so

Just saying sorry
won't ever be enough
Just saying sorry
won't ever be enough
You have squandered my love

"Crystal only ever smiles
through her eyes
crystal only ever lies
through her mouth
just no one sees it"

No one ever want
No one ever needed her
Just saying sorry won't ever be enough
[top]

Cuckoo

I was never just an ordinary girl
who underwent a transformation
I always thought I could see the stars
and watch them grow in my hands
"but my mind was bigger than the world
my choice was being born a girl"

When will I ever learn the truth
without the fiction without the friction without the fiction
When it's the same as before
I conquer nothing or all
"but my mind was bigger than the world
my choice was being born a girl"

I like to watch
so nothing can hurt me
I understand
when your patience deserts you
I think i've loved
but i'm not so sure
can someone tell me
what i'm here for

I was never just an ordinary girl
who underwent a transformation
"but my mind was bigger tan the world
my choice was being born a girl"

You deserted me
left me on the street
To be what I would be
you never gave me your time
made me feel dirty and unkind

To feel the way I do about you
has numbed me to all that's beautiful
To feel the way I feel about you
has made me wonder what I have to do
To feel the way I do about you
To feel the way I do about you 
[top]

Die Like a Dog

Curled up
in a ball
curled up
when I fall 
I will play ball

Out here
in the hall
I have seen
it all
out there
when you call 
I won't play ball

Peace in a world
free from religion
peace in a world
where everyone gets heaven
peace in a world
free from religion
peace in a world

I like to see
the satelites around me
I like to see
the satelites around me

Peace in a world
free from religion
peace in a world
where everyone gets heaven
peace in a world
free from religion
peace in a world

I'm just trying
not to die like a dog
end up alone
wheezing from the smog
I'm just trying
not to die in vain
gonna make my mark
stake my claim

Peace in a world
free from religion
peace in a world
where everyone gets heaven
peace in a world
free from religion
peace in a world

I listen to my eyes click
there colourful confession
while the language of agression
is on everybody's lips
[top]

Dirty High

Please come over
I need assistance
I've taken something
And I have little resistance
Cos mouth, you're dangerous
And highly contagious
You'll say anything
Just to get what you want
I'm low, low, low, low
I'm low, low, low, low
I'm low, low, low, low
I'm low, low, low, low
Lay down, stay down
Lay down, stay down

I'm the least persistent
I'm your callous prescription
I can't eat, can't speak, can't sleep
Well that's my mental description

It's a dirty high
It's an unclean high
I taste as I go by
Taste as I go by
Taste as I go by
It's a filthy high
It's an unclean high
So give it a try
give it a try
give it a try
give it a try

Please come over
I need assistance
I've taken something
And I have little resistance

It's a dirty high
It's an unclean high
I taste as I go by
Taste as I go by
Taste as I go by

It's a filthy high
It's an unclean high
So give it a try
give it a try
give it a try
give it a try

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Dog Bone

It doesn't matter
No one's bothered
If you do it
With one another

You only call when I'm alone
Dog bone dog bone dog bone
Act like a dog without a home
Dog bone Dog bone Dog bone
Oh yeah, oh yeah

You've never wondered
Far from my side
When you've pondered
If I'm your bride
You'll try
But there'll be no surprises

You only call when I'm alone
Dog bone dog bone dog bone
Act like a dog without a home
Dog bone Dog bone Dog bone
You only call when I'm alone
Dog bone dog bone dog bone

I think of you
And all you've shown
And I will never be
What you are

You only call when I'm alone
Dog bone dog bone dog bone
Act like a dog without a home
Dog bone Dog bone Dog bone
You only call when I'm alone
Dog bone dog bone dog bone
Act like a dog without a home
Dog bone Dog bone Dog bone

[top]

Doppelgänger

 
Oh, the devil is in me
oh, the devil is in me
oh, the spirit is in me
oh, the spirit is in me
I don't know what I should do now
show me what I should be doing
am I wearing my right dress
am I wearing the right shoes
am I wearing my right face

You just hate me for being born
you just hate me for being me
you just hate me for being me
you just hate me for knowing you
as I do

All I ever wanted
was to be the light in your eyes
am I thinking the right thing
am I in my right mind
am I wearing my right head

You just hate me for being born
you just hate me for being me
you just hate me for being me
you just hate me for knowing you
as I do

Do I have a real heart
do I think with an open mind
do I have real blood
pumping through my veins
moving through my veins
pulsating through
pushing through my veins

You just hate me for being born
you just hate me for being me
you just hate me for being me
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Fait Accompli

Every day
there is some kind of darkness
that just won't go away
no matter how hard I try
it crawls into your system 
while your guard is down
becomes the ball that you drag around

Every party
at every function
to give to people 
with written instructions
don't try to get away
I'm here to stay
My name is fate

Every night
sleep wonders on its own
never once does it kiss me
with its chloroform
it crawled into my system 
while my guard was down
became the bore I like to have around

Every party
at every function
to give it to people 
with written instructions
don't try to get away
I'm here to stay
My name is fate

I've come to crush your bones 
I've come to make you feel old 
I've come to mess with your head 
cos it'll make you feel good

I've come to make you feel good [2]
I've come to make you feel good alright [4]

Come to the party
come to the function
give me aggression 
with written instructions
don't try to get away
I'm here to stay
hear me now
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Forgotten Sanity

I've forgotten how to write
And I'm giving up on speech
I can't remember how I look
Or the day of the week

Your love is a distant memory
Along with most of my family
I'd get on my knees
But I'm not allowed
Even though I've forgotten how
I've forgotten how
I've forgotten how
I've forgotten how

I've forgotten how to walk
And I can't use my hands at all
I'd cross my heart and hope to die
But I'm heading for a fall

Just let me go for my sanity
Put me out of my misery
I'd get on my knees
But I'm not allowed
Even though I've forgotten how
I've forgotten how
I've forgotten how
I've forgotten how

Decay Decay Decay Decay

Your love is a distant memory
Along with most of my family
I'd get on my knees
But I'm not allowed
Even though I've forgotten how

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Frozen

In my eyes
you smile like an angel
blessed with love
invest in life
but in my heart
you sound like a traitor
blessed with sin
invest in life

In my heart and in my soul
everywhere I go
you are with me
I can feel you everywhere
a certain something in the air
you are with me..

In your way 
you cry like a baby
blessed with shame
invest in life
in the garden
I will grow
a hanging tree
for all to know
you are with me
invest in life

In my heart and in my soul
everywhere I go
you are with me
I can feel you everywhere
a certain something in the air
you are with me..

In my heart
in my soul
everywhere I go
you are with me
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Galaxy

He's got
sugar on his lips
and he knows
that the sickness
is his
and he shows it
he just shows it
he'll give you the remedy
without the chemical
show you the picture
without the scenery
all he wants is
a blow by blow by blow account
always searching for the real thing
scratching the surface
getting nowhere
my place has been stolen
invaded by sharks
covered in gutter
as shiny as glass

The pavement is soft and sweet
the galaxy is so elite
it won't say no
it won't say yes
it won't say no
it won't say yes

Crush me with your ice pick
I am the queen
I've come to take the sweetness
and keep you down in my cave

The pavement is soft and sweet
the galaxy is so elite
it won't say no
it won't say yes
it won't say no
it won't say yes

Everybody knows
I see it in your eyes
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I Speak Your Every Word

I spoke to you
just the other day
I hear your voice
from far away
I can smell deception
in your every word
maybe I'm dreaming
and my vision is blurred
there's something inside you
I see pictures of children
I speak your every word

Ahh oh ahh oh

You, are my saviour
you've come to fix me good
there's something about you
that makes me feel angry
and misunderstood

Ahh oh ahh oh

There's something inside you
there's something about you
I speak your every word

Ahh oh ahh oh ahh oh ahh oh ahh oh
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Ice That Melts The Tips

 
Blue
I'm bluer than the water
it's true, 
I'm cleaner than the air 
you breathe
I'm cleaner than the sunset 
in the picture
of that woman 
in your heart
push me into overload
push me into overload

Cold
I'm colder than ice that melts the tips
of the only question
that really exist
to you
the horizon
throws the moonlight 
in the eye
of my hate
push me into overload
push me into overload

Tell me to the heart
Tell me to the heart
Tell me to the heart
Tell me to the heart
Tell me to the heart
Tell me to the heart

I'm cleaner than the sunset
in the person
that sleeps in your heart
[top]

Killer Baby

I'll put you down as the third alternative
When you get to the bottom of the list
In the call for sanity
Nothing breathes
So I'll put you up as a friend of Mary's
Cos when she's raring to go she's quite contrary
In the race for courage
Everyone's gone blind

You're doing real well now
Killer now baby
Real well now
Killer now baby
Real well now
Killer now baby
Real well now
Killer killer killer killer

Happy in a manic sort of way
But I'm real on a manic high day
The universe has left behind us
All behind

You're doing real well now
Killer now baby
Real well now
Killer now baby
Real well now
Killer now baby
Real well now
Killer killer killer killer

I can't let go of the past
When it's my future
That's safe and rosy
I can't step out onto the street
When it's my moods
That keep me broody
Throw it out and see what happens
Throw it out and see what happens
Throw it out and see what happens
Throw it out and see what happens

[top]

Left Of Mother

Left of mother right for you
What I offer you can't lose
For all you know I could have changed

How about you
Hey how about that
Hey how about you

Carefree lovers understand
that no one bothered to make a plan
For all I know you could have changed
What do you say

Hey how about that
Hey what about you
Hey what do you say
Hey how about it

Call me left field
Something familiar and undemanding
That's why you like me and find me so amusing
unlike the dog you used to kick at home
When your mother was nagging
and you were begging for it to stop
All I know is nothing has changed

How about that
Hey what about you
Hey how about it
Hey how about you
Hey what do you say

You can't say anything to contain my mind
You can try and strip me bare
till you think you know my kind
but I will never be yours
No I will never be yours
You only picked me
because i'm the nearest
and you're lazy
You only picked me
because you can't see clearly
I'm anything but your kind
[top]

Lillies Dying

 
Hard as it may seem
nobody's perfect
not even you
not even you
crawl for me 
like a child
just go back
to where you want
cos I don't like you 
anymore

But there's no problem with you
you can come in
I just don't want to upset you
but make your mind up
sharp and new
cos lillies dying in the front
yeah yeah yeah

Try to understand
nothing is easy
the first time around
the first time around
when angels are all you see
then you can live that misery
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

But there's no problem with you
you can come in
I just don't want to upset you
but make your mind up
sharp and new
cos lillies dying in the front
yeah yeah yeah
[top]

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

Turn it up turn it down
Switch it on switch it off
Called a friend threw the phone
Cut me down i'm lost

I retire you resign
I win you lose
Break it up break it down
Men are from mars, women are from venus

Show me up drag you round
I smile, you frown
Never have I known such a liar
such a liar such a liar
Men are from mars, women are from venus
We won't be happy till we kill each other
Men are from mars

It's the never ending stories
that will be our greatest glory
and our children will believe us
because they know that we can teach trust
The point to living freely
is to hope that we'll see clearly
and manage information
for the next generation
[top]

Missing Link

I had a heart but I buried it someplace
I had a brain but my body won the race
I dream in pictures, pictures of you
A figure of eight just won't do
Oh yeah, oh yeah

You picked the fruit that gave you a sweet taste
You walk the tightrope unwilling to see straight
You pick me up then you pull me down
Made up your mind that i'm the clown
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Accidentally, we talked about the past
Accidentally, we talked about the past
Accidentally, we talked too much
"Was it magic that redefined,
 the missing link to blow your mind"

You had a dream and you thought it religious
You had a taste and it made it contagious
It rips you up then it spits you out
makes you know what it's all about
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Accidentally, we walked away too fast
Accidentally, we walked away too fast
Accidentally, we took too much
"Was it magic that redefined,
 the missing link to blow your mind"

Accidentally, we talked about the past
Accidentally, we talked about the past
Accidentally, we talked about the past
Accidentally, we took too much
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah

"Was it magic that redefined,
 the missing link to blow your mind
 Was there tragedy in the things we did
 Now I know there's no place for it" 
[top]

No Escape From Heaven

I can see through your eyes
to the back of your mind
all you've said is fiction
the blind leading the blind
I'd like to take your clothes off
and play for a while
you'll hold my hand in summertime
we'll walk for miles
and you'd be mine
hold my hand in summertime
you are mine

There's no escape from heaven
try as you might
there's no escape from heaven

Lie on the floor
don't open your eyes
just listen to the sweetness
of this lullaby
break my heart in anger
hit me in love
push me into danger
give me that shove
hold my hand in summertime
we'll walk for miles
and you'd be mine
hold my hand in summertime
you are mine

There's no escape from heaven
try as you might
there's no escape from heaven
there's no escape from heaven
try as you might
there's no escape from heaven

Hold my hand in summertime

Hold me, hold me
hold me like you used to
hold me, hold me
hold me like you used to
[top]

Pink girl with the blues

Pink girl
Pink girl with the blues
Pink girl with the blues
Pink girl

If I let it turn to dust
I could play it large and loud
I've got havoc in my veins
I'm just laying out my aim

When I get to stir it up
I forget I'm strong and proud
And I go cruising down the lanes
I'm dying to be entertained
By a festival crowd
By a festival crowd

When I get to stir it up
I forget I'm strong and proud
And I go cruising down the lanes
I'm dying to be entertained
I'm dying to be entertained

Curious yellow
Curious yellow

If I let it turn to dust
I could play it large and loud
I've got havoc in my veins
I'm just laying out my aim

When I get to stir it up
I forget I'm strong and proud
And I go cruising down the lanes
I'm dying to be entertained
By a festival crowd
By a festival crowd

If I'd never let you in

If I let it turn to dust
I could play it large and loud
I've got havoc in my veins
Pink girl with the blues

Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[top]

Recovery

The months go by
And I don't think of you
The signal is frail
An imprint of what you do

So I turn up the sound
And you are nowhere
I have learnt this
To my cost

But I maintain
In the slow lane
I maintain
In the slow lane

The scent goes by
Still I smell of you
You say I cry
At the merest thought of you
So you let me down
To laugh at nothing
I have learnt this
For myself

But I maintain
In the slow lane
I maintain
In the slow lane

So I turn up the sound
And you are nowhere
I have learnt this 
To my cost

But I maintain
In the slow lane
I maintain
In the slow lane

Turn down the sound
You are nowhere
You let me down
To laugh at nothing

I have learnt this
To my cost
I have learnt this
For myself
[top]

Sandpit

Are we savages
born without hope
lost on these highways
existing to cope
you swailed my pride
gutted me from the inside
left me in a pool of doubt
now I don't think I can get out
but you can laugh
but you can laugh
but you can laugh
cos you think that you're better than me

If we are the investigators
of our times
Why do we harmonise 
then revolutionise our crimes
down in this sandpit 
of misbegotten youth
we've been shown
then disowned the one truth
you can laugh
you can laugh
you can laugh
cos you think that you're better than everyone

I'm just trying to do the right thing
I'm just trying to do the right thing
the right thing

Escape to my house
escape to my house
[top]

Speedcrash

Clear around the bend, faster on the lane, there's a crisis up ahead
Slow it down again, there's a crisis up ahead
Slow it down again
You're in the best of hands or so you'd like to think
My turning's up ahead and you don't even blink
My turning's up ahead and you don't even blink
I live for speed, hit the hidden heights
Dial the secret code
There's a crisis up ahead but you don't even blink
There's a crisis up ahead but you don't even blink
I live for speed
You stay unaware without a care
There's no response that's long gone
You crave rapid lights, acid nights
There's no respect
That's long dead, it's long long dead.
[top]

Something Familiar

A Distant stare
I see myself there
Deep in the black
But can he see me
Of this I'm not sure
It's just a feeling
And you know how those things
Have got me in trouble before
I thought I saw something familiar
I thought I saw something

He walks my walk
And speaks my language
All at the same time
But he don't know the half of the hurt
That he left behind
No he don't know the half of the hurt
That he left behind
I bet you saw something familiar
I bet you saw something familiar
I bet you saw something

Should I say
Where have you been all my life
Should I say
Where have you been all my life
Should I say
Where have you been all my life

[top]

Split Into Fractions

I can't take much more from you
I can't cos I don't want to
spiteful
but a fact of life
not everyone you meet is that nice
When you scratch the surface below 

There characters emerge
and paint pictures
that split into fractions 
in front of your eyes

I'm a swooning bitch
and I love to be it
my friends and I
just love to me me
meet all the time
cos we think we're clever
so surreal
he makes us feel better
we think we're so clever

There characters merge
and take pictures
that split into fractions 
in front of your eyes
in front of them
there is nothing to behold
in front of them,
you can't be sure what you're dealing with
and that's got to be good for you
I die on the cross before I crossed you
you know I'd never hurt you
I'm just not that type of girl
[top]

Storm

You find yourself in the middle of a storm
You thought you were hard but you've barely been formed
See who you are as your future is faced
It's not that far
No step is retraced
Today you're safe
Tomorrow who knows
Guarantees are fool's gold
34 turns to 43
See my mistakes
Don't become me.
[top]

Superblaster

I will reach out
to switch you on
I will reach out
till you come
I will reach out
to turn you on
I will reach out
until you come
We're the masters
of the superblaster

"Don't start playing games
 you can't finish
 Don't open doors
 when you don't know what's waiting
 Don't try to close your hands
 they're smaller than the rain
 Have you got anything left to say
 before I shoot myself"

I will reach out
to find the truth
I will reach out
to steal your youth
We're the masters
of the superblaster
"Don't start playing games
 you can't finish
 Don't open doors
 when you don't know what's waiting
 Don't try to close your hands
 they're smaller than the rain
 Have you got anything left to say
 oh no
 oh no"

I will reach out
to switch you on
I will reach out
to steal your youth
And that's the god's honest truth
We're the masters
of the superblaster
[top]

Sweetback

A single sound
Has changed me forever
It's the sound of your love
I never thought
That I would be that lucky
To behold your trust

If I were to die
At this very moment
I'd be happy enough
Let fate decide
If our future's going
As high as the sky above

Then I'll be
Happy in love
I'll be strong and tough
I'll be sad enough
I'll be dirty and rough

It's a lonely world
When the spell is broken
To the beat of your love

If I were to die
At this very moment
I'd be happy enough
Let fate decide
If our future's going
As high as the sky above

Then I'll be
Happy in love
I'll be strong and tough
I'll be sad enough
I'll be dirty and rough

[top]

Sweetest Pie

If i'm careful I won't hate you
When i'm gracious you won't dare to
Play your little game
Play your little game
Play your little game
with my mind
Oh oh oh oh
When i'm truthful i'm a loser
If i'm honest you can bet I can fool you
Don't you know
"I'm thinking very long thinking very hard
 oh no
 Moving very slow moving very fast
 oh no
 I'm thinking very long thinking very hard
 oh no
 Moving very slow moving very fast
 oh no"
When i'm useful
I can't wait to
Give a little pain
Give a little pain
Give a little pain
to your kind
"Oh no
 I'm thinking very long
 thinking very hard
 oh no
 Moving very slow
 Moving very fast
 oh no
 I'm thinking very long
 thinking very hard
 oh no
 Moving very slow
 Moving very fast
 oh no"
 I'm thinking very big
 thinking very small
 thinking everything's gonna be alright
 I'm thinking very small
 thinking very big
 thinking everything's gonna be as sweet as pie
Sweetest pie
Sweetest pie
Thinking very small
thinking very big
thinking very long
thinking very hard
thinking very small
thinking very big
Moving very slow
Moving very fast
[top]

Ten little girls

You think of no one but yourself
you see the rest of us as fools
you think of no-one but yourself
you see the rest of us as fools
he said
don't feel guilty,
don't go crazy,
don't get paranoid with me

You play the prophet like a man
Makes no sense in the overall
master plan
she said
don't feel guilty,
don't go crazy,
don't get paranoid with me

You can't push your luck around
you can't push your luck around
don't go crazy

Don't feel feel feel
don't get get get

(You can't push your luck around)
(You can't push your luck around)

Ten little girls come out to play
they don't stand a chance
they got blown away
say it isn't so
ten little boys come out to play
they don't stand a chance
they got blown away
say it isn't so
nine little girls got blown away
no, no, no, no
they didn't even have
their own place to stay
say it isn't so
nine little boys got blown away
no, no, no, no
they didn't even have
their own place to stay
the arrogance of youth
[top]

The Birds they do fly

It's 8:55
There's no one left alive
I am on my own or so I dream
In an endless search I came across no one
No animal cry but the birds they do fly
Forgotten what occurred 
Lost all I heard
I haven't got a home or so it seems
I haven't got a home or so it seems
In an endless stream I came across no one
No animal cry but the birds they do fly
[top]

Think and Act

 
I know you
better than yourself
you think and act 
but you can't convince me
I've heard of suspicions 
in the middle of the night
they woke me up
they woke me up
some people say I'm hollow
and some people say I'm false
and some people say I'm narrow
but what do they know
what do they know
they all say I won't listen
I won't listen to any criticism
Well they could be me for a day
if they liked
then they'd know
then they'd say
you just

Burn your soul
you just burn it down
to the ground
you're not worth it anymore
you're not worth it anymore
you're not worth it anymore
you're not worth it anymore

I know you
you think and act 
but you can't
you just can't
I've heard suspicions
they don't mean a thing to me
not now you know me so well

Burn your soul
you just burn it down
to the ground
you're not worth it anymore
you're not worth it anymore
you're not worth it anymore
you're not worth it anymore

You think and act
but you can't
not now you know you
so well
hands move
slowly slowly
we are in paradise
we are in paradise
[top]

Triumph

When will you see me without the lies that hold the key
This is yours This is yours

You're not a prison of your own making
You control your thoughts, they don't control you
You are the master of your own work
You're not a slave to your own ideals

When will you be free
Maybe we could meet for tea

You're not a prison of your own making
You control your thoughts they don't control you
You are the master of your own work
You're not a slave to your own ideals

I am yours, I am yours
That's how it goes, don't you know don't you know
I am yours, I am yours.
[top]

Turkey Crossing

All my friends are english
I heard you say that
and you stand beyond reproach
With everything considered
you don't think you've done badly for yourself
You should consider it an honour

I'm finished with you please be finished with me
All my traits are charming
I know you know that
They live beyond their means
You might consider that a failure
I've had it with you you've had it with me
What shall it be
What shall it be
What shall it be
What shall it be
All my friends are heathens
they like to know that
It keeps them safe from harm
and that just might mean everything
I'm finished with you please be finished with me
I've had it with you you've had it with me
That just might mean everything
[top]

Turnaround

I can hear her in the background but she's a witch
Because she knew it was me and she always did
I'm just glad you listen even though it's not true
I'm glad you're doing what you need to do
We've all tried and all failed to turn you, turn you, turn you around
You leave me hanging on the outside of an open line
You never speak
You're confident most of the time
Take as much as you need
Don't be shy
We've all tried and all failed to turn you, turn you, turn you around
I have waited an hour to get you on the phone
Tell you the good news before you left home
I HOPE YOU GET WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FOR
It will be right for you it will be right for you
Though it won't fit.
[top]

Unreadable Communication

When you hear the way the others talk,
it makes you wonder what they bothered for
When you see the way opinion swings,
it makes you strive strive strive for greater things
I wasn't born to be good enough for you
I am here to be nobody's fool

When you see the way that loose lips talk,
it makes you cry cry cry for it all to stop
I would like to invite you
to my mother's house
to my bedroom
to play those old records
we know all the words to
and I would like you to kiss me
to crush me to lick me
till I beg you to stop
till you drive me crazy

That's all it take
a subtle movement
That's all it takes
to make the programme

When you hear the way loose lips talk
it makes you wonder what you bothered for
When you see the way opinion swings
it makes you strive strive strive for greater things
That's all it takes
a subtle movement
That's all it takes
to make the programme 
[top]

Wish You Dead

 
You can dig that knife
deep down inside me
just don't say never again
it's the only thing
that stops me going crazy
I know you won't
cos you never do
And that's the nicest thing about you
you're so uncaring
so assuming
backstabbing all consuming
don't step over my head
don't step over my head

You can filter 
your poison into my sleep
but I know it's my heart
that you could never reach
I know you won't
cos you do as you choose
and that's the ugliest thing about you
you're so uncaring
so assuming
backstabbing all consuming
I've told a thousand lies through me
I've sold a thousand lies for you
don't step over my line
don't step over my time
don't step over my head
cos I will 
wish you dead
[top]

You Don't Know

I'm sick of you my sickly friend
I used to think on you I could depend
Now I know to my power
The truth of it, the day and the hour
You can trust me, you can trust me
I'm your ally, I'm your alibi
I'm rid of you my tricky friend
There was a time when you and I could pretend
But now I know to my shame
that there's no reason there's no blame
You don't know your destiny yet
You're too wrapped up in what you think
That's all you want to hear
That's all you want to share
You don't know your destiny yet
You don't know, you don't know, you don't know
You're too wrapped up in what you think
You don't know, you don't know, you don't know
Yeh Yeh Yeh you can trust me.
[top]

Zoo

She's had a psychotic dream
for the last ten days
she feels as if she's sinking
in and out, in and out, in and out of phase
she comes up for air
she think she's a queen
starts telling all the choirboys 
where she's been
she dresses in black
only for the occasion
she thinks she's a negro
but she's only caucasian

she can't tune in
she can't tune in
she can't get off that bus
she can't get off that bus
she can't grab hold
she can't grab hold
she's a mess this girl
and it's time you were told

It's like watching my own dream
this is not what it seems
so calculated
now that's infiltrated
in the harshness of daylight
I'm frightened by sunlight
but I know those night-eyes
will keep me from harm

she can't tune in
she can't tune in
she can't get off that bus
she can't get off that bus
she can't grab hold
she can't grab hold
she's a mess this girl
and it's time you were told

Mamama mamama
keep on keeping me from harm
keep on keeping me from harm
keep on keeping me from harm
keep on keeping me from harm
[top]

Arms Out

Oh I've seen that chapter in your eyes
it will tear us apart
Something I don't understand
has taken hold of you and made you less than a man

Now here is open space
that was filled with you
Solitude is the only answer
to disconnect will be my shelter
Time is running on you 
time won't be abused

If only it were true
i'd be in love with you
If only you cared
I would throw my arms out

You call me a nutter on the phone
You have watched me die
with the secrets you have told
it's the end of us
Time is getting in your way
it's only time that can truly say

If only you knew
when you're beaten black and blue
When you come to care
I would throw my arms out
[top]

Falling Free


You never know
how to make the choice
to be your winner
you make a miracle voice
on the top floor
turning off the faxes
i think i live in this one 2x
pick up the paper and file it somewhere
my mood is unreal

You're {...} near me {/nothing ugly}
You will catch {/crush} me
And believe me,
you will catch my falling heart
The sun will be shining through the window
when my moves unreal
might kill us when you win
you told me you were christ
(you told me you would cry)

I think I live in this one

I pick up the paper and file it somewhere
the sun will be shining through
when our room is unreal
         rumours are real
who told me you were christ

Falling Free ------------ Unbelievable how to meet the chance to be a winner to make miracle (voice) on the top floor turning out the faxes i think i live in this one pick up the paper and file somewhere my move is a ..... you catch me i believe you,will you catch my falling apart? the sun will be shining through the window when my mood is unreal.. my mood is unreal you told me you were christ (could ...) 2x i think i live in this one pick up the paper and file somewhere the sun will be shining through (and then)/(when) my mood is unreal you told me you were christ (could ...) 2x [top]

Habit

Eduardo <jefrazo#sti.com.br> posted the first version and suggestions offered between () were then posted by Ian Spreadbury <Ian.Spreadbury#bristol.ac.uk>.
It's too much to think about so far to go
she'll need that twisted (twist) when she gets to crossroads
because it's too much to learn about - it's only a turn (in so little time)
she'll deal that caught (card) when she gets to sleeve (see) the starshine (stars shine)
but the only (boy will they) shine 

She'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave
she'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave

It's so hard but it's so good, 'cos I've done it well
but it's too soon to know how the story will turn (tell) - (who will I) could you all tell?

She'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave
she'll be habit for the rest of my days
and just to have it all I will be a slave

She'll need (deal) that twisted (twist) when she gets to crossroads
it's too much to think about, it's too much to learn about so far...
[top]

Horror Head

  
The fireworks red and green
I can see what they're saying
It's you or me

A boxing ring with blackened walls
It can only see from the inside
Across the board

There's a horror in my head when the blanket is gone
from the throne in my castle where I see the sun from
In the comfort of this room the challenge died
remember you and me, we laughed till we cried
[top]

Low and Behold

It never rains but it pours
On a sleepy town, north of New York

It's an old old score
It's a cold cold world

How we gloat at others' misfortune
A nation of reptiles given to nothing

It's an old old score
It's a cold cold world

Tainted you could say but never frightened
For it is not in my nature
I was born of stronger stuff
Lies and deceit will never be enough

It's just cause and effect
Effect and frustration that leads to desperation
And eventual separation 

It's an old old score
La La La La La La La
It never rains
A nation of reptiles
Given to nothing
[top]

Midnight & Royal

Eduardo <jefrazo#sti.com.br> posted the first version and suggestions offered between () were then posted by Ian Spreadbury <Ian.Spreadbury#bristol.ac.uk>.
(chorus 1)
Clouds bring mist, thunder and rain
the days flow by but not (none) the same
blue is baby, midnight & royal
the curtain comes down but it still doesn't fold (fall)

I layed (need) my disease, it runs in my family
from generation to generation, it's all around me
from the moment I wake, it controls my mood
from generation to generation we've all been the fool

(chorus 2)
Tell me something I don't know to keep me high when I feel low
show me something that I (you) truly own
keep me warm 'cos I feel cold (3x)

(chorus 1)

(chorus 2)

Keep me high cos I feel low (3x)

I made (need) my disease, it runs in my family [I've made (need) my disease]
from generation to generation, it's all around me
(from generation to generation)
from the moment I wake, it controls my moods
from generation to generation, we've all played the fool
(from generation to generation)

I made (need) my disease 
(from generation to generation, it's all around me)
[top]

Mission From God


Call me a pinhead        "Call me a ?fool?         
Only appears to you      Always was to you"       
And god it doesn't matter
It's the easiest thing you could do

I've gone and messed it up long ago
One more time, one more time
You won't be my friend                      (memory wonderful)
Please don't let me down 

Might face just the same rules/!fools!
i'm ready to disobey my ones
?
it's (the only/a lonely)  (mission/wishes) to (find/thank) you
                              wishes to thank you
     it's my only mission to thank you


I've gone and messed it up yet again
one more time one more time
You won't be my friend
I've gone and messed it up yet again
Please don't let me down
Let me down
Down...
Mission from God ---------------- Call me a pinhead only appears to you and god it doesn't matter it's the easiest thing you could do I've gone and messed it up yet again one more time one more time.. and you won't be my friend please don't let me down Might face just the same rules I'm ready to disobey my ones But I know that you won't tell me now and I'm to wishing to....???? I've gone and messed it up yet again one more time one more time.. and you won't be my friend I've gone and messed it up yet again please don't let me down [top]

Nothing Without Me


I am me and that ain't so bad
I know who I am and I always have
Let me help you, show you the way
You'll only get lost if you listen to what they say

You're nothing without me, no one of real interest
You're nothing without me, don't forget

You are you and who is that?
Now you lie as a statement of fact
Always the victim, never the crime
Now you cry "Is my life really mine?"

I'm nothing without you, no one of real interest
I'm nothing without you, don't forget
La La La La La La La
You're nothing without me, no one of real interest
I'm nothing without you
Don't forget.
[top]

Nowhere

Fire Fire burning bright in the darkness of the night
It casts its glow on everyone cause it whistles clear loud and true
For the blackness is no fool when daybreak is its only sun

While the angel sleeps, the rest are nowhere to be found
While the wicked speak, the devil's nowhere nowhere nowhere

Tinkle tinkle go to the bell
Fire burnt and London fell
An end must come to all this fun
You'll see me rising up and above the fog
I see my house, my love, my dog
There growing for the world to see
They're growing there for you and me

The harder you run the less you achieve
The more that you give the less you receive
While the angel sleeps the rest are nowhere to be found
While the wicked speak, the devil's nowhere nowhere nowhere

Fire fire burning bright in the darkness of the night.
[top]

Open day at the Hatefest

Lola, Lola, Lola
Light my Marlboro you trainspotting bastard
Is this what you really want, Cos I accept the invitation
Lola, Lola, Lola Answer the question, listen to the voices
Lola, Lola, Lola Answer the question, listen to the voices
Lola, Lola, Lola Is that what you really want?
Stand to attention Open your eyes Open your eyes
Is this what you want What you really really want
That's a clever lie
I tied your tongue to the roof of your mouth
It's on the roof of your mouth
Chain your hands to the back of the chair
Open day at the hatefest
Open day at the hate fest
Lola, Lola, Lola
I will shout and you will hear me
You must know me
It's saturday morning
Saturday morning Lola, Lola, Lola
Tie your tongue to the back of your mouth
Open your eyes Open your eyes
I accept the situation, I accept the invitation
You speak of questions unanswered
It's just a minute of time phase
Is this what you want What you really really want
Chain your hands to the back of the chair It's a tricky business
It's a tricky tricky business
It's just a minute
Open day at the hate fest
Honey, Honey, Honey Honey, Honey
it's just a minute.
[top]

On the Wheel


On a treadmill
You can't get off
You've tried and searched
But the feeling just won't stop
So you're on the freeway with your new best friends
Who don't ask questions and you don't pretend

Easy life, I want an easy life

You met some girl who hitched a lift
Who sucked your dick before she split
No questions asked, just existing
The core of me is all resisting

Easy life, I want an easy life
With easy girls, I want an easy girl

I want nothing that's jagged or jarring
I want an easy life with no commitment
No one to hit me, not one can hurt me
I am iron, I am steel
Nothing can break me when I'm on the wheel

I'm on the wheel, I'm on the wheel

No questions asked, just existing
The core of me is all resisting
I am iron I am steel
Nothing can touch me when I'm on the wheel
I'm on the I'm on the wheel
Nothing can break me when I'm on the wheel
Nothing can touch me when I'm on the wheel
[top]

Robbing Charity

As posted by Lesley Snyder (lesley.snyder#conted.gatech.edu):
Well, below's my attempt at the lyrics for the new CURVE song "Robbing Charity". If you haven't heard it yet, I think you'll love it. It's mostly spoken words by Toni with a sort of ambient but dancey beat like "Falling Free".

Kind show me charity
Don't rob me of everyone I care for
Care for
Kind be kind to me
Don't rob me of everything I've worked for
Worked for

I have lost my soul
Dead and cheap (chic?)
Dignity's gone
Sad and lonely
When I could've shown
It's a repetition of madness
Skips a beat
My heart pounds
Even when I sleep
Even when I sleep

Robbing charity (X 5)

I could've shown
Sad and lonely
Dignity's gone
Dead and cheap
I have lost my soul
I have lost my soul
In a horrible vision of madness 
In a horrible vision of madness

Robbing charity (X 14)
[top]

Sigh

Jerome offers a transcription.

[Left vocal]... 
Just when you came in through the back yard
Sweet cum/come into my parlour
I am the scarlet in your dreary life
I've come to save you and show you who I am

[Right vocal]
Just come and see and watch again
And I know it's the end
about what I am
I am the scarlet in your dreary life
I've come to save you and show you who I am

Sigh, Sigh
Sigh, Sigh
I know, I know,
I know, I know,

Just never look back
You just keep on moving, (Lesley: Eyes keep on moving straight ahead)
Just never look back
keep on moving,
Just give me one heart
Just keep on moving, keep on moving

[top]

Test

The following (unofficial) transcriptions of lyrics for Test were posted to the mailinglist by Diana de Bruin (DdBruin#cdiv.azl.nl) with corrections by Lesley Snyder (lesley.snyder#conted.gatech.edu) and Gerry Valle (gerry#qcworld.com).

It's a shame
I'm the same
All the rest
In too deep

Thoughts, I've worked long and hard
And I've convinced myself
To depart, to depart
Laughed
When I wanted to cry
And I've lived
When I wanted to die

It's a shame

*** (To be brave is such a/In search of) stepping stone(s) ***
To feel when you're just ash and bone

It's a shame
It's the world who'll get the love

Well
How long will it take
Earn myself a
Golden handshake, golden handshake
Cause I worked when I wanted to sleep
And I run when I'm in too deep
The truth is such a subtle thing
To fear the questions that it brings

It's a shame
It's the world who'll get the love
I'm the same
All the rest
In too deep
[top]

The Colour Hurts

It was the beginning The final curtain descends The doorway to dating has revealed its potence The colour hurts in this last birth of sins, why do you grow inside me? It smells of dew as it spirals to victory, it says why do you grow inside me? Leave me alone I was doing okay before But now you're here, hold my hand Now you've won I understand The colour hurts in this last birth of sins, why do you grow inside me? It smells of dew as it spirals to victory, it says why do you grow inside me? Leave me alone... (It's a younger world for the complex is an eternity) The colour hurts in this last birth of sins, why do you grow inside me? It smells of dew as it spirals to victory, it says why do you grow inside me? Send me some rebirth It's a destiny of sorts Smell of the earth [top]

Today is not the day


If the winter is warm the center ......
......... and I could change ..........

...
only       we are
..
definitely
....

the mind's .........              paradise
and I could change
whispers that shimmer ....
...... could know (the spring/grasping) would .....

but not today
today is not the day (2x)
learn how to....
today is not the day (2x)
learn how to feel to keep yourself away (your symphony)
learn how to
learning from
hopeful and long

Today is not the day
--------------------

And if the winter is gone the center of ...
the same when you waited by the ........
and you could change the world

some place for some to surface on my ....
only in the moods you .....
it's clear spring for ..... 
definite(ly)  ..............
their spring........down
and mines...... the paradise
and we could change
whispers a    shallow lie
definite ... 
their spring ..........

but not today
today is not the day
learn how to penn the truth
today is not the day
learn how to forget to keep soul for ...
today is not the day
learn how to survive and feel like noone before and feel noone?????????
Jerome offers:
TODAY IS NOT THE DAY

If the winter's born in the summertime we know
Silhouetted by the glow of the world
We could change them
Some days are priceless ..by far
And only in ..we are

Its peaceful in 
Death would deliver here
Its almost
And now I am...

We could change
and whispers would shimmer
and death would deliver her, my best friend home

Best friends are home
Kinda hard to take
Today is not the day
Today is not the day

Time to tell the truth
Today is not the day
Today is not the day

Learn how to keep yourself alive
Today is not the day
Learn how to survive
I feel alone/I'm flying home
[top]

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