LIKE EATING GLASS

It's so cold in this house
Open mouth swallowing us
The children sent home from school
Will not stop crying

And I know that you're busy
Do I know that you care
You got your finger on the pulse
You got your eyes everywhere
And it hurts all the time when you don't return my calls
And you haven't got the time to remember how it was

It's so cold in this house
It's so cold in this house

I can't eat, I can't sleep
I can't sleep, I can't dream
An aversion to light
Got a fear of the ocean

Like drinking poison
Like eating glass
Like drinking poison
Like eating glass
Like drinking poison
Like eating glass
Like drinking poison
Like eating…

It's so cold in this house
It's so cold in this house
It's so cold in this house
It's so cold in this bed

Like drinking poison
Like eating glass
Like drinking poison
Like eating glass
Like drinking poison
Like eating glass
Like drinking poison
Like eating…

Come and show me how, how it was…

We've got crosses on our eyes
Been walking into the walls again
We've got crosses on our eyes
Been walking into the furniture
We've got crosses on our eyes
For richer
For poorer
For better
For worse
We've got crosses on our eyes
We've been walking into the furniture

HELICOPTER

North to south
Empty
Running on
Bravado
As if to say, as if to say
As if to say he doesn't like chocolate
He's born a liar, he'll die a liar
Some things will never be different

Stop being so American
There's a time and there's a place
So James Dean
So blue jeans
He's gonna save the world
He's gonna...

Are you hoping for a miracle?
Are you hoping for a miracle?
Are you hoping for a miracle?
Are you hoping for a miracle?

Three out of five, three out of five
(It's not enough)
Six out of ten
Better luck next time
Just like his dad, just like his dad
(The same mistakes)
Some things will never be different
Hungry and dumb, hungry and dumb
(So wait in line)
Queuing up for some more junk food
It's not my fault, it's not my fault
(Just this once)
They're getting so much younger

Why can't you be more European?
Bastard child of guilt and shame
Bury your head in the sand
I'm thinking six, six, six
I'm thinking six

Are you hoping for a miracle?
Are you hoping for a miracle?
Are you hoping for a miracle?
Are you hoping for a miracle?

Are you hoping for a miracle?
(It's not enough)
Are you hoping for a miracle?
(It's not enough)
Are you hoping for a miracle?
(It's not enough)
Are you hoping for a miracle?
(It's not enough)

POSITIVE TENSION

He said
"You're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan
And you squeal and you squelch"

He said
"You're just as boring as everyone else"
Nothing ever happens…

Things replace things
Days replace days
Things replace things

She said
"I'm going to use my teeth and my claws"
She said
"I'm going to use my teeth and my claws"
She said
"I'm going to use my teeth and my breasts"
I'm gonna make it happen
She said...

"Run run run, run run run"
And you cannot run or ever, ever escape
"Run run run, run run run"
You cannot run or ever hide it away
"Run run run, run run run"
Something glorious is about to happen
"Run run run, run run run"
The reckoning

They go
"You're just as boring as everyone else
When you tut and you moan
And you squeal and you squelch"
They go
"You're just as boring as everyone else"
Stuck past-timing

The fear and the yearning
The fear and the consumption
The fear and the yearning
It's gonna to eat you alive
They go...

"Run run run, run run run"
And you cannot hide or ever, ever escape
"Run run run, run run run"
And you cannot hide or ever put it away
"Run run run, run run run"
Something glorious is about to happen
"Run run run, run run run"
The reckoning

They go...
They say...
They go...
They say...
They go...

Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
(success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
(success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get so hysterical?
(success, success, success is over)
Why'd you have to get
So fucking useless!?

Play it cool boy
Play it cool boy
Play it cool

BANQUET

A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I can give you life, I can take it away
A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I'm working it out
Why’d you feel so underrated?
Why'd you feel so negated?

Turning away from the light
Becoming adult
Turning into my soul
I wanted to bite not destroy
To feel her underneath
Turning into the light

She don't think straight
Not, not, not
She don't think straight

She's got such a dirty mind
And it never ever stops
And you don't taste like her
And you never ever will
And we don't read the papers
We don't read the news
Heaven's never enough
We will never be fooled

Turning away from the light
Becoming adult
Turning into my soul
I wanted to bite not destroy
To feel her underneath
Turning into the light

And if you feel a little left behind
We will wait you on the other side

'Cause I'm on fire
'Cause you know I'm on fire when you come
'Cause you know I'm on fire
'Cause you know I'm on fire so stub me out

'Cause I'm on fire
'Cause I'm on fire
'Cause I'm on fire
'Cause I'm on fire

BLUE LIGHT

You'll find it hiding in shadows
You'll find it hiding in cupboards
It will walk you home safe every night
It will help you remember

If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is
If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is
If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is
If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is

I still feel you and the taste of cigarettes
Where could I ever run to?
Just tell me it's tearing you apart
Just tell me you cannot sleep

If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is
If that's the way it is
Then that's the way it is

And I didn't even notice
When the sky turned blue
And we couldn't tell the difference
Between me and you
And I nearly didn't notice
The gentlest feeling

The gentlest feeling
The gentlest feeling
The gentlest feeling
The gentlest feeling

You are the bluest light
You are the bluest light
You are the bluest light
You are the bluest light

SHE'S HEARING VOICES

Hey, hey, hey, hey

She's hearing voices, call her
She's hearing voices, warn her
She just can't sleep in her bed
She just can't sleep
She's falling down the stairs
She's tearing out her hair
She's screaming my name
In the night
To keep her warm

She got a
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Milk of amnesia

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Come on in
I know that you want it
Was it nothing, nothing to write home about?
Did the earth, did the earth not move?

She got a
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill

She got a
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Red pill, blue pill
Milk of amnesia

She's scared of the blacks
And she's scared of the Jews
She is walking around
She is yesterday's news
And she calls out my name
In the dead of the night
She is leaving my room
She is crying on her side
Walking on eggshells
Walking on glass
Burnt by the mirror
Burnt by the light
Feeling rejection
I'll burn down your house
Tearing down posters
I was never, never alive

THIS MODERN LOVE

To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid
I've been paid

To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
You've been trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be lost in the forest
To be cut adrift
I've been paid
I've been weighed
I've been...

Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
Just keep telling me facts
And keep making me smile
Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
I get tongue-tied
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never known what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
I'll be yours

I'll pay for you anytime
I'll pay for you anytime

And you told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Well jump right in shorty
You can gorge away
You told me you wanted to eat up my sadness
Jump right
Baby, you've got to be more discerning
I've never known what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more demanding
Jump left

What are you holding out for?
What's always in the way?
Why so damn absent minded?
Why so scared of romance?

This modern love breaks me
This modern love wastes me

Do you wanna come over and kill some time?
Do you wanna come over and kill some time?
Do you wanna come over and kill some time?
Throw your arms around me

THE PIONEERS

If it can be broke then it can be fixed
If it can be fused then it can be split
It's all under control
It's all under control
It's all under control
It's all under control

If it can be lost then it can be won
If it can be touched then it can be turned
All you need is time
All you need is time
All you need is time
All you need is… time
All you need is… time

If it can be broke then it can be fixed
If it can be fused then it can be split
It's all under control
It's all under control
It's all under control
It's all under control

If it can be lost then it can be won
If it can be touched then it can be turned
All you need is time
All you need is time
All you need is time
All you need is...

We promised the world we'd tame it
What were we hoping for?
We promised the world we'd tame it
What were we hoping for?
We promised the world we'd tame it
What were we hoping for?
We promised the world we'd tame it
What were we hoping for?

A sense of purpose and a sense of skill
A sense of function but a disregard
We will not be the first
We will not be the first
We will not be the first
We won't
We said we were gonna conquer new frontiers
Go stick your bloody head in the jaws of the beast

Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in

So here we are reinventing the wheel
I'm shaking hands with a hurricane
It's a colour that I can't describe
It's a language I can't understand
Ambition, tearing out the heart of you
Carving lines into you
Dripping down the sides of you

We will not be the last
We will not be the last
We will not be the last

PRICE OF GASOLINE

I've been driving a mid-sized car
I never hurt anyone
Is that a fact?
Is that a fact?
Is that a fact?
Is that a fact?

The price of gas keeps on rising
Nothing comes for free
Make like a stone make
Make like a plant make
Make like a stone make
Make like a plant

I can tell you how this ends

We're gonna win this
We're gonna win this
(more, more, more, more)
We're gonna win this
(more, more, more, more)

With spades and truncheons
Guns and trowels
That is how the war will be won
Just swat the fly just
Just swat the fly just
Just swat the fly just
Just swat the fly

Taking care of cars and bodies
Nothing ever comes for me
The ghosts are here the
The ghosts are here red
Red white and blue red
Red white and blue

I can tell you how this ends

We're gonna win this
We're gonna win this
(more, more, more, more)
We're gonna win this
(more, more, more, more)
We’re gonna win…

We're gonna win this
We're gonna win this
(more, more, more, more)
We're gonna win this
(more, more, more, more)
We’re gonna win

SO HERE WE ARE

I caught a glimpse
But it’s been forgotten

So here we are
Again

I made a vow
To carry you home
Home

I really tried
To do what you wanted
It all went wrong
Again

I made a vow
To carry you home
If you fall sick
If you pass out
Out

I figured it out
I figured it out
I figured it out
I figured it out

I can see again
I can see again
I can see again
I can see again
I can see again

LUNO

And you're tired of your mum
And you're tired of your dad
Got you jumping through hoops
Got you shaving your legs
Let it pass, let it pass
Let it pass over you

And you're tired of your face
And you're tired of your nose
Got you jumping through hoops
Got you shaving your legs
Let it pass, let it pass
Let it pass through you

And your nose is bleeding
And your nose is bleeding
You've been lying to me

There will be no hesitation
There will be no confrontation
There will be no indication
There will be no cause

There will be no exultation
There will be no justification
There will be no way at all

And your nose is bleeding
And your nose is bleeding
You've been lying to me

Luno, Luno, Luno

Come back to me the way you were
The way you were when we were young
I'm trying to tell you everything
I'm trying to tell you everything

I can heal the blind
I can cure the sick
I can heal the blind
I can cure the sick
I can say the right things
I can say the right things

Where d'you get so cruel?
Where d'you get so cruel?
Where d'you get so cruel?
Where d'you get so cruel?

Where do you go?
'Cause you're never here

And your nose is bleeding
(You deserve it)
And your nose is bleeding
(You deserve it)
You've been lying to me

Luno, Luno, Luno

Come back to me the way you were
The way you were when we were young
I'm trying to tell you everything
I'm trying to tell you everything

PLANS

Wake up dreamer
It's happening without you
Cut your hair and shave your beard
You squandered your chances
I'll give you a thousand pounds
To show me how you do it
Stop being so laissez-faire
We're all scared of the future

Been training vipers to come for you
In your dreams to release you
Been training vipers to come for you
In your sleep

And the ravens are leaving the tower
And the ravens are leaving the tower
And the ravens are leaving the tower
Make your peace

I've got a taste for blood
Leave the weak
Leave the young
I've got a taste for blood
I'm walking out without you
You will kill or be killed
It's about progress
I've got a taste for blood

Wake up sleepyhead
It's happening without you
Such a nice guy
You tell me everything twice
Whipcrack speed jump
We will run backwards
Stop being so laissez-faire
We're all scared of the future

We make plans for big times
Get bogged down, distracted
We make plans for good times
All neon, all surface
So kiss me before it all gets complicated
I've got a taste for blood

Taste for blood
Taste for blood
Taste for blood
Taste for blood

COMPLIMENTS

We sit and we sigh
And nothing gets done
So right, so clued-up
We just get old

And all the while
Been torn asunder
Nicotine
And bacteria

What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?

TWO MORE YEARS

In two more years, my sweetheart
We will see another view
Such longing for the past
For such completion
What was once golden
Has now turned a shade of grey
I've become crueller in your presence

They say
"Be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way"
This pain won't last forever
This pain won't last forever

Two more years
There's only two more years
Two more years
There's only two more years
Two more years so hold on

You've cried enough this lifetime
My beloved polar bear
Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon
To start anew all over
Remove those scars from your arms
To start anew all over
More enlightened

I know (I know)
My love
This is not the only story you can tell
This pain won't last for ever
This pain won't last for ever

Two more years
There's only two more years
Two more years
There's only two more years
Two more years so hold on

You don't need to find answers
For questions never asked of you
You don't need to find answers

Dead weights, balloons
Drag me to you
Dead weights, balloons
To sleep in your arms

I've become crueller since I met you
I've become rougher
This world is killing me

And we cover our lies
With handshakes and smiles
And we try to remember our alibis
We tell lies to our parents
We hide in their rooms
We bury our secrets in the garden
Of course we could never make this love last
I said, of course we could never make this love last
The only love we know is love for ourselves
We bury our secrets in the garden

LITTLE THOUGHTS

Been thinking little thoughts
Keep on walking try to stand up
Pay attention to the details
We go slowly, slowly down

Been thinking little thoughts
Keep on walking try to stand up
Pay attention to the details
We go slowly
Down!

I'll go back (I'll go back)
If you ask
I'll go back (I'll go back)
If you ask me
I'll go back (I'll go back)
If you ask
I'll go back (I'll go back)
If you ask me
I'll go back if you ask
I'll go back if you ask me
I'll go back if you ask
I'll go back, back, back…
backwards

This world ain't just made of facts
Every half hour is a countdown

If it's 'cause of my age then you're a coward
If it's 'cause of my age then you're a coward
If it's 'cause of my age then you're a coward
I haven't got the guts to stand alone

SONG FOR CLAY (DISAPPEAR HERE)

I am trying to be heroic
In an age of modernity
I am trying to be heroic
As all around me history sinks

So I enjoy and I devour
Flesh and wine and luxury
But in my heart I am lukewarm
Nothing ever really touches me

At Les Trois Garçons
We meet at precisely nine o'clock
I order the foie gras
And I eat it with complete disdain

Bubbles rise in champagne flutes
But when we kiss I feel nothing
Feasting on sleeping pills
And Marlboro reds

Self-pity won't save you

Oh how our, how our parents
They suffered for nothing
Live the dream
Live the dream
Live the dream
Like the eighties never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway
Disappear here

We stroll past the queue
Into the magazine launch party
I am handed a pill and I swallow
With complete disdain

Kick drum pounds, off-beat hi-hats
Remember to look bored
We suck each other's faces
And make sure we are noticed

The cocaine won't save you

Because East London is a vampire
It sucks the joy right out of me
How we longed for corruption
In these golden years

Disappear here

HUNTING FOR WITCHES

I was sitting on the roof of my house
With a shotgun and a six-pack of beer
Six-pack of beer
Six-pack of beer

The newscaster says:
"The enemy's among us"
As bombs explode on the 30 bus
Kill your middle-class indecision
Now is not the time for liberal thought

So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for

(In the) nineties
Optimistic as a teen
Now it's terror
Airplanes crash into towers
Into towers, crash into towers

The Daily Mail says:
"The enemy is among us"
"Taking our women and taking our jobs"
All reasonable thought is being drowned out
By the non-stop baying, baying
Baying for blood

So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for...

I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
I watched TV, it informed me
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
There must be accountability
Disparate and misinformed
Fear keeps us all in place

So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for

I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
I watched TV, it informed me
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
There must be accountability
Disparate and misinformed
Fear keeps us all in place

WAITING FOR THE 7.18

Waiting for the seven eighteen
January is endless
Weary eyed and forlorn
The Northern Line is the loudest

Sitting in silence in bars after work
I've got nothing to add or contest
Can I still kick a ball a hundred yards?
Now we cling to bottles
And memories of the past

(Give me moments)
Just give me moments
(Give me moments)
Not hours or days
(Give me moments)
Just give me moments
(Give me moments)

Grinding your teeth
In the middle of the night
Let the sadness off those molars
Spend all your spare time
Trying to escape
With crosswords and Sudoku

If I could do it again
I'd make more mistakes
I'd not be so scared of falling
If I could do it again
I'd climb more trees
I'd pick and I'd eat more wild...
Blackberries

(Give me moments)
Just give me moments
(Give me moments)
Not hours or days
(Give me moments)
Just give me moments
(Give me moments)

Let's drive to Brighton on the weekend...

THE PRAYER

Lord, give me grace and dancing feet
And the power to impress
Lord, give me grace and dancing feet
Let me outshine them all

Is it so wrong to crave recognition?
Second best, runner-up
Is it so wrong to want rewarding?
To want more than is given to you?
Than is given to you?

Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

Standing on the packed dance floor
Our bodies throb in time
Silent on the weekdays
Tonight I claim what's mine

Is it so wrong to crave recognition?
Second best, runner-up
Is it so wrong to want rewarding?
To want more than is given to you?
Than is given to you?

Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle them with my wit
Tonight make me unstoppable
And I will charm, I will slice
I will dazzle, I will outshine them all

UNIFORM

There was a sense of disappointment
As we left the mall
All the young people looked the same
Wearing their masks of cool and indifference
Commerce dressed up as rebellion

'Cause we're so handsome
And we're so bored
So entertain us
Tell me a joke
Make it long, make it last
Make it cruel, just make me laugh
We can't be hurt
We can't be hurt

Drink to forget your blues on the weekend
Think about more things to buy
The TV taught me how to sulk
And love nothing
And how to grow my hair long

'Cause we're so handsome
(We're so handsome)
And we're so bored
(We're so bored)
So entertain us
(Entertain us)
Tell me a joke
(Tell me a joke)
Make it long, Make it last
Make it cruel just make me laugh
We can't be hurt
We can't be hurt
We can't be hurt

So why do you go picking fights that you'll lose?
(When you have entertainment)
(When you have things to pass the time)

So why do you go thinking thoughts that are above you?
(You can be happy, just play dumb)
(You can be happy, just play dumb)

Well I was brave and unique
Intelligent, a snowflake
I could have been a hero
No-one can be trusted
Over the age of 14

Tattoo our arms
Converse shoes
Cynical
(We still do it)
We tell ourselves we're different
I've gotten so good at lying to myself

(Oh!)
All my pain and honour is used up
(Oh! Oh! Oh!)
All my guns are rusted

So when you gonna realise
Those are not your wrongs to right?
Have another line
Have another drink
(Pop songs won't change the government,
the government)

I am a martyr, I just need a motive
I am a martyr, I just need a cause
I'm a believer, I just need a moment
I'm a believer, I just need a cause

We're finding it hard to break the mould
We're finding it hard to be alone
We're finding it hard to have time by ourselves
We have nothing at all to say

Uniform
Uniform
Uniform

There was a sense of disappointment
As we left the mall
All the young people looked the same

ON

I am on, switched on
A sudden clearness
A clarity

Hidden away in every locked toilet
I've been waiting for you in the Joiners Arms

I know your name
I know your name
I've danced with you
We're all friends here
Silver slugs lined up like bullets
Rolled-up twenties
They disappear

You make my tongue loose
You make my tongue loose
I am hopeful and stutter-free
You make my tongue loose
You make my tongue loose
I am hopeful

On Friday night
I do all the talking
A pint and a fight
The dance floor is mine
Truth serum
And limbs that won't listen
Drunken “I love you's”
On top of the world

And when it runs out
We're chasing something we'll never catch
And when it runs out, we buy more
A flatness so bleak
I've been bitten by a vampire
A flatness bleaker than the one it replaced

You make my tongue loose
You make my tongue loose
I am hopeful and stutter-free
You make my tongue loose
You make my tongue loose
I am hopeful

I can charm
I can charm them all
I can charm them all

You make my tongue loose
You make my tongue loose
I am hopeful and stutter-free
You make my tongue loose
You make my tongue loose
I am hopeful

I can charm
I can charm them all
I can charm them all

WHERE IS HOME?

After the funeral
Breaking cola nuts
We sit and reminisce about the past
And in her voice
Only sadness
Her only son taken from her

In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us

The second generation blues
Our points of view not listened to
Different worlds and different rules
A question of allegiance

Clinging to her bible and her scapular
And the memory of the way things were
I don't see hope
I cannot smile
I burn with anger all the time

We all read
What they did
To the black boy

In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us

Where is it?
Where is home?
Where is it?
Where is home?

I walk this modern tightrope
Of humility and belligerence
This tommyrot and flag waving
Is getting me down
I want to stamp on the face of every young policeman
To break the fingers of every old judge
To cut off the feet of every ballerina
But I cannot

So I just sigh
And I just sulk
And I pretend
That there's nothing wrong
The teeth of this world tear me in half
And every day I must ask myself
Where, where, where...

Where is it?
Where is home?
Where is it?
Where is home?

In every headline we are reminded
That this is not home for us

KREUZBERG

There is a wall that runs right through me
Just like this city, I will never be joined
What is this love?
Why can I never hold it?
Did it really run out in those strangers' bedrooms?

I
I have decided
At twenty-five
That something must change

Saturday night in east Berlin
We took the U-Bahn to the East Side Gallery
I was sure I'd found love
With this one lying with me
Crying again in the Hauptbahnhof

I
I have decided
At twenty-five
That something must change

After sex
The bitter taste
Been fooled again
The search continues

After sex
(Concerned mothers…)
The bitter taste
Been fooled again
(…of the west)
The search continues

After sex
(Teach your sons…)
The bitter taste
Been fooled again
(…how to truly love)
The search continues

I STILL REMEMBER

I, I still remember
How you looked that afternoon
There was only you

You said "it's just like a full moon"
Blood beats faster in our veins
We left our trousers by the canal
And our fingers
They almost touched

You should have asked me for it
I would have been brave
You should have asked me for it
How could I say no?

And our love could have soared
Over playgrounds and rooftops
Every park bench screams your name
I kept your tie

I’d have gone wherever you wanted

I still remember
I still remember

And on that teachers' training day
(And on that teachers' training day)

We wrote our names on every train
(We wrote our names on every train)

Laughed at the people off to work
(Laughed at the people off to work)

So monochrome and so lukewarm
(So monochrome and so lukewarm)

And I can see our days are becoming night
I could feel your heartbeat across the grass
We should have run
I would go with you anywhere
I should have kissed you by the water

You should’ve asked me for it
I would have been brave
You should’ve asked me for it
How could I say no?

And our love could have soared
Over playgrounds and rooftops
Every park bench screams your name
I kept your tie

I'd have let you if you asked me

I still remember
I still remember
I still remember
I still remember

SUNDAY

Heavy night
It was a heavy night
Feels like we've come back from the dead
Heavy night
It was a heavy night
I cannot remember what I said
(To anyone)

If we get up now, we can catch the afternoon
Watch the under-fifteens playing football in the park
Let's sleep in St. Leonard's
On this alcoholic day
We're doing the best with what we've got

I love you in the morning
When you're still hung-over
I love you in the morning
When you're still strung out

I love you in the morning

I work hard all week
And so do you
We deserve to let off some steam
Less orthodox creeping
We need to rage through this life

There might be ones who are smarter than you
That have the right answers
That wear better shoes
Forget about those melting icecaps
We're doing the best with what we've got

I love you in the morning
When you're still hung-over
I love you in the morning
When you're still strung out

When I'm with you
I am calm
A pearl in your oyster
Head on my chest
A silent smile
A private kind of happiness

You see, giant proclamations are all very well
But our love is louder than words

When I'm with you, I am calm
A pearl in your oyster
Head on my chest
A silent smile
A private kind of happiness
(I love you in the morning)

I love you in the morning
I love you in the morning
I love you in the morning
I love you in the morning

SRXT

Walking in the countryside
It seems that the winds have stopped
I took down the posters from my wall
Left letters for you all

I remember moments of happiness
Endless summer
Acoustic guitars
Being a man made me coarse
When I wanted to be delicate

I called up Eugene
Told him I was drowning
I called up Eugene
Told him I was drowning

Like a castaway on a warm ocean
Waiting for a purpose to rise
They say it’s not becoming
For a boy my age

If you want to know what makes me sad
Well it's hope
The endurance of faith
A battle that lasts a lifetime
A fight that never ends

Walking in the countryside
It seems that the winds have stopped
Tell my mother I am sorry
And I loved her

FLUX

If your right hand is causing you pain
Cut it off, cut it off
If your colours have started to run
Let them all run
Run away from you

There is lightning in this room
Above our heads
Waiting to strike
I'm a thinker not a talker
Put your faith, your faith in God

We were hoping for some romance
All we found was more despair
We must talk about our problems
We are in a state of flux

I'd kill for an adventure
Just you and I, in the Curzon Bar
Dancing till we knew
So all that we've learnt disappears

When you shouted at me
I saw my father in the second grade
Concerned and kind
Yet unable to reach me

We were hoping for some romance
All we found was more despair
We must talk about our problems
We are in a state of flux

(State of flux)
(State of flux)
(State of flux)
(State of flux)

(We are in a state of flux)
(We are in a state of flux)
(We are in a state of flux)
(We are in a state of flux)

We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk
We need to talk

(We need to talk)
We were hoping for some romance
All we found was more despair
(We need to talk)
We must talk about our problems
We are in a state of flux

ARES

War, war, war, war!
I want to declare a war
My fist breaks your porcelain nose
There are other things that hands can do
To create or to destroy
Mini gods and goddesses
First person singular
Set it, set it, set it off!

War, war, war, war!
Keep the past
Future's ours
Man-made natural disaster
Blocking out all of the sun
Supermen and Mitsi turbo
Speed! Agility! Super strength!
Wipe the blood off those knuckles
Spark it
Give me twos on that

War, war, war, war!
I want to declare a war
True say blud that when we ride
We don't stop for nobody
The Africans and the Bengalis
He knows all the rude boys
Reebok, Nike, Adidas, Puma
"Rer, rer, rer, this shit is long!"

It's all getting (It's all getting)
Quite highly charged (Quite highly charged)
Get out of the way (Get out of the way)
Or get fucked up (Or get fucked up)

We dance to the sound of sirens
We dance to the sound of sirens
We dance to the sound of sirens
We dance to the sound

And to think that these hands
Could work wonders with their touch
Listening to dead singers
In your room...
In '98

We dance to the sound of sirens
We dance to the sound of sirens
We dance to the sound of sirens
We dance to the sound

We dance to the sound...

MERCURY

My Mercury's in retrograde...

This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about what's forgotten
Try not to worry about what's been missed

Scars on my shins and scars on my knuckles
Today I woke up in a basketball court
Jonjo's in Sydney and he ain't returning
I'm sitting in Soho trying to stay drunk

In any bar in the world
From Silverlake to Williamsburg
You could pick another stranger
And fall in love

Mercury's in retrograde...

This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about what's forgotten
Try not to worry about what's been missed

Bleeding gums and veins protruding
I'm starting to hate all of your clothes
Neumayr's in L.A. and she ain't returning
I'm sleeping with people I don't even like

In any bar in the world
From Silverlake to Williamsburg
You could pick another stranger
And fall in love

Mercury's in retrograde...

When I say you last night
I wanted to say:
"Run away with me, away from the cynics"
That this could be the start of something truly real
But all that I could say was "hey"
Was "hey"
Was "hey"
Was "hey"

Mercury's in retrograde...

My Mercury's in retrograde...

HALO

It was your hair that did it
It was your hair that lit the fuse
A golden-brown halo
Like sunlight peering through trees

I ask you for the time
But I am asking for so much more
A moth to your light bulb
You made my heart beat faster

Paralyse me with your kiss
Wipe those dirty hands on me
Maybe we're looking for the same thing
Maybe you're the one who'll complete me

Oh how beauty burns
Lips and eyes and your fingertips
The spark of desire
On every point our bodies meet

Behind your eyes were stars
Infinite and serene
How I could suffer for you
You fascinate and magnetise me

Paralyse me with your kiss
Wipe those dirty hands on me
Maybe we're looking for the same thing
Maybe you're the one who'll complete me

Sometimes I think I would float away
If this sadness didn't weigh me down

Paralyse me with your kiss
Wipe those dirty hands on me
Maybe we're looking for the same thing
Maybe you're the one who'll complete me

BIKO

You're not doing this alone...

For my sweetheart, the melancholic
You have crossed the river Styx
And the waves have taken you away
As I lay my head on your chest
I can hear it in your veins
Wake me up when you come to bed

So toughen up
Biko, toughen up
Biko, toughen up
This world isn't kind to little things

(You're not doing this alone)

Was my love not strong enough to bring you back from the dead?
If I could eat your cancer, I would
But I can't

(You're not doing this alone)

So I keep writing these songs for you
To steal you from your grey
We can dance in our front room again

So toughen up
Biko, toughen up
Biko, toughen up
I need you to be strong for us

So toughen up
Biko, toughen up
Biko, toughen up
This world isn't kind to little things

(You're not doing this alone)

Don't you know that when you stand
You stand up for the both of us?
Remember that when the darkness looms

(You're not doing this alone)

Every tear you shed is cleansing
Taking the pain away from you
I left you blueberries in the fridge
The little things that I can do
(So toughen up)
(Biko, toughen up)
That I can do
(Biko, toughen up)
That I can do
I need you to be strong for us

So toughen up
Biko, toughen up
Biko, toughen up
This world isn't kind to little things

You're not doing this alone...

Resist!
Resist!
Resist!
Resist!

So toughen up (resist!)
Biko, toughen up (resist!)
Biko, toughen up (resist!)
I need you to be strong for us

So toughen up (resist!)
Biko, toughen up (resist!)
Biko, toughen up (resist!)
This world isn't kind to little things

You're not doing this alone
You're not doing this alone

TROJAN HORSE

You used to take your watch off before we made love
You didn't want to share our time with anyone

You used to close your eyes when we kissed goodbye
You didn't want to see me draped in sadness

And now there's nothing here
Now there's nothing here at all
In a loft conversion off New North Road

And now there's nothing here
Now there's nothing here at all
You were here, I was here
There was something real here
I know there was

You know I still adore you
But in a different kind of way
You know I still adore you
But things have gotten vague
Baby I don't ask for much
But things have gotten convenient, oh
You know I still adore you
But things have kind of changed

To think I laughed at you for how you saw the world
For all that empty space inside your heart
I have to cling to things now
Doubles and cigarettes
Forever trying to find you on the lips of someone else

Just take me back to the start
When our earthquake was just cracks
You must ask yourself, every day
Just how high are the highs?

SIGNS

Two ravens in the old oak tree
And one for you and one for me
And bluebells in the late December
I see signs now all the time

The last time we slept together
There was something that was not there
You never wanted to alarm me
But I'm the one that's drowning now

I could sleep forever these days
'Cause in my dreams I see you again
But this time fleshed out fuller faced
In your confirmation dress

It was so like you to visit me to let me know you were okay
It was so like you to visit me
Always worried about someone else

At your funeral I was so upset
So up-, so upset
In your life you were larger than this
Statue-, statuesque

I see signs now all the time
That you're not dead, you're sleeping
I believe in anything that brings you back home to me

ONE MONTH OFF

Well, there were seven years between us
Seems that all my friends were right
That we can't survive on your bedroom eyes
And a Spanish guitar

When we started this, it was paradise
Not just Bethnal Green
And it's just not right
This waiting game
Making a cuckold of me

I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies
(If you need time)

And it's just not like me to lash out
But enough is enough
Tell me what the others can do that I can't?

Translucent and sun-bleached skin, yeah
When did you get so L.A.?
How can you desert me
After all we've been through?

Stuck on a dream that somewhere is better
You'll be the one missing out

I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies
(If you need time)

I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
(If you need time)
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies

If you need time
Time, time, time...

I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies
(If you need time)

I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
(If you need time)
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies

I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies

Fighting lies...

ZEPHYRUS

Backwards
Forwards but making no ground at all
Standing in the city with the clocks counting one

And your face is still wet from the fight before
As your tears hit the ground
Blue flowers spring from them
Baby, I'm ashamed of the things I put you through
Baby, I'm ashamed of the man I was for you

And all you said in your quietest voice was
"I needed you as much as they do"

How fast must we run before we can just take off in flight?
How far must we run before they do not recognise us?
So let's take this from the start
You'll be me and I'll be you
And let's try not to complain about your smoking and my distant heart
And my distant heart
And my distant heart

And all you said in your quietest voice was
"I needed you as much as they do"

(Too many mirrors in this house)
(And I don't like to see myself like this)
(I'm becoming the man I used to be, I guess)
(These walls could tell you a thing or two)
(Things that you really don't want to know)
(Lend me your eyes for your point of view)
(Lend me your feet and I'll stand up for you)

And all you said in your quietest voice was
"I needed you as much as they do"

TALONS

And in the dark it comes for me
Malevolent and without form
Uprooting trees
Destroying cars
Cold and relentless
With arms outstretched

No bolt nor brick
Nor crucifix can hold it back
I have been wicked
I have been arrogant

And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
Silent and velvet
And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
And I cannot say that I was not warned or was misled
When it comes it will feel like a kiss

Awaken from dreams of drunken car crashes
You've saddened my friends and claimed all my lovers
I try to stay still
So it will not see me
Its talons rake the side of my face
Oh when did you become such a slut?

And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
Silent and velvet
And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
And I cannot say that I was not warned or was misled
When it comes it will feel like a kiss

And I didn't think I'd catch fire when I held my hand to the flame
And I didn't think it would catch up as fast as I could have run
Fate came a-knocking when I was looking the other way
A new disease came in the post for me today

And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
And when it comes it will feel like a kiss
And when it comes (when it comes)
And when it comes (when it comes)
And when it comes
And when it comes
It will feel like a kiss

BETTER THAN HEAVEN

What's with all this doom and gloom?
You used to be such, such a laugh
It's only sin, original sin
Corinthians (15:22)

Never been a big fan of things
But I'm growing so fond of you
You

You get sadder the smarter you get
And it's a bore

Truth is truth
I ain't no bohemian

Much too, much too safe
Much too, much too typical
Much too, much too typical
Much too, much too

You can use your hands for something else
I'll take you further than the scholars can
Put down your books and molest me
Heaven is here
Where it needs to be

You get sadder the smarter you get
And it's a bore

And there was a time before we were born
When we stood in the garden
If this world does not turn you on
Well, I've got enough for the both of us
The both of us
The both of us

And there was a time before we were born
When we stood in the garden
If this world does not turn you on
Well, I've got enough for the both of us
The both of us

ION SQUARE

Ion Square
Perspex swing
I breathe out
You breathe in
Permanent midnight
Our love
Our love

How we've come to depend on each other to the end
The space between us has disappeared
You finish my, you finish my words for me

I remember how it began
So many great days in a row
Barefoot on Bishopsgate
Trying to find Blake's grave

If we could stay like this
In a silver foil
Trapped in amber for a life
Permanent midnight
Our love
Our love

I carry your heart here with me
I carry it in my heart
I carry your heart with me
I carry it in my heart

Who said unbroken happiness is a bore?
Is a bore?
Who said it, my love?
I don't mind it anymore
Anymore

And I reach out a hand over your side of the bed
Pull that blanket over your shoulders exposed to the night
And the hunger of those early years will never return
But I don't mind
I don't mind

'Cause I love my mind when I'm fucking you
Slowed down to a crawl
Years of crime and the bread line have not at all dimmed your shine

So let's stay in
Let the sofa be our car
Let's stay in
Let the TV be our stars
I found my dancing shoes
But they don't fit
All the bright lights do is bore me
They bore me
They bore me

I carry your heart here with me
I carry it in my heart
I carry your heart with me
I carry it in my heart

LETTER TO MY SON

I found myself at the point where we kissed first
On a rooftop overlooking the East London mosque

They say, they say, they say, they say
"You can't go around breaking young girls' hearts"
I say, I say, I say, I say
"Keep it casual, easy thing"

And you looked so right in that red dress

Oh, how I'd love to be a rock for you
To be anything you could rely on

So I'll try, I'll try, I'll try, I'll try
But I'll get caught out
So we'll try, we'll try, we'll try, we'll try
But we forget the lines
Forget the lines

And you looked so wanton in the back of the car
Like you could start a hundred wars

See what trouble wicked thoughts cause
By the bedroom door, the kitchen floor

I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried

Oh Marlena
I'm too young to be the father to our son

I tried, I tried, I tried
I tried, I tried, I tried

Forgive me Oscar...

YOUR VISITS ARE GETTING SHORTER

I can see it in your eyes now
You have come to resent me
Condescension in the silence
Your fingers are tired girl
How they falter against my thigh
Your kisses are pining for the lips of someone else

Your visits getting shorter
Your heart is getting further from me
Your touch is getting colder
Always somewhere you need to be

Boys in blue blazers
Boys on motorbikes
Boys in your maths class
Who'll do anything you ask

You're pulling the trigger
And the gun is in my mouth
A subtle annoyance laced with disgust
When you get older and those boys grow tired of you
You can come find me
I can never hate you

Your visits getting shorter
Your heart is getting further from me
Your touch is getting colder
Always somewhere you need to be

Boys on your left side
Boys on your right
Boys by your locker
Who'll do anything you ask

Let's spend the whole day in bed then
'Cause if we don't, you'll want to, want to leave
I try to hold something I can
I try to hold something I can never keep
(Never keep)

Your visits are getting shorter
Your heart is getting further from me
Your touch is getting colder
Always somewhere you need to be

Boys on your left side
Boys on your right
Boys by your locker
Who'll do anything you ask

(Dignity)
(All the boys in my)

ONE MORE CHANCE

Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance to love you

So open the door
I've calmed down
Can't you see that I'm trying?
Don't say another word about the other boy
Can't you see that I'm dying?

This time things will be different
And you're gonna see
This time things will be different
And you're gonna see, see

These hands will come around (See)
You'll love their touch again (See)
This time things will be different (See)
And you're gonna see, see

Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance
Give me one more chance to love you

So open the door
I've calmed down
Can't you see that I'm trying?
Don't say another word about the other boy
Can't you see that I'm dying?

This time things will be different
And you're gonna see
This time things will be different
And you're gonna see, see

These hands will come around (See)
You'll love their touch again (See)
This time things will be different (See)
And you're gonna see, see

One more chance
Give me one more chance
One more chance
Give me one more chance
One more chance
Give me one more chance to love you

This time things will be different
And you're gonna see (See)
This time things will be different
And you're gonna see, see

These hands will come around (See)
You'll love their touch again (See)
This time things will be different (See)
And you're gonna see, see
(See)

IDEA FOR A STORY

Lucian
I'm so tired of flesh and blood
My Lord is growing so vile
Shamefulness descends upon our shoulders
Kicking the corpse 'till the fun wears off

Bleeding septums in SW1
Talking Nietzsche 'till the sun comes up
Rich boys, they just need a hand or a hand down from papa

Wouldn't it be too divine with a start, middle and an end?
Wouldn't it be too divine if we could see a way out?

There's a blizzard in the after-hours bars raining my way down The Strand
Who are these fags in their red bow ties ruining it for the rest of us?

Self-content for the young
The younger said that history will always eat itself
Rich boys, they just need a hand or a good old-fashioned war

Wouldn't it be too divine with a start, middle and an end?
Wouldn't it be too divine if we could see a way out?

SO HE BEGINS TO LIE

The camera's watching
He takes a breath
Even though that they know that he knows
That they're onto him
He don't break a sweat
No

Oh, It grows and grows and grows inside of him
There's nothing there
There's nothing there
All along he knows
Those mirrors started to lie to him
His reflection faded

The crowd are waiting
He takes the stage
Cross his heart
Hand on heart
Open heart
That he's gone legit
He was never there
No

Oh, It grows and grows and grows inside of him
There's nothing there
There's nothing there
All along he knows
Those mirrors started to lie to him
His reflection faded

As easy as closing his eyes
So he begins to lie

The camera's watching
The camera's watching him lie

3X3

Three times three
First cut first
Pierce the skin
It binds us
Spit cum blood
Liquid wax

No one loves you
No one loves you
No one loves you as much as us

By all in me that's holy
By all in me that's blessed
I made to you a promise
That this is forever and ever
Amen

Three times three
Lose all fear
Let the flames
Dry those tears
It takes hurt
To be pure

Now you're one of
Now you're one of
Now you're one of
You're one of us

By all in me that's holy
By all in me that's blessed
I made to you a promise
That this is forever and ever
Amen

No means no
No means no...

No, yes
No, yes
No, yes
No
Yes
Yes

OCTOPUS

It hid and it hid in his bedroom
Psycho killer teen dream action film
Gonna show you how we get down in my hood

Bubbling, bubbling cheap champagne
Leyendecker hole wrecker feel no pain
Lying face down when I swing your way and what?
What's my name?
What's my name?

Mary Anna said it's a no-go
She don't feel like
She don't think so
But I don't know why I feel like crying
Well, come on
come on
Say come on

They ran and they ran from his classroom
Roll another 40
Make them scream
Gonna show you how we do things in my hood

Tripping and a-tripping erase all tapes
John Wayne Rob Roy feel no pain
This is the point where you look the other way

You
Done
Lost
Your mind

Mary Anna said it's a no-go
She don't feel like
She don't think so
But I don't know why I feel like crying
Well, come on
Come on
Say come on
Come on

REAL TALK

Can we get real for a moment?
You're my one and only friend
Watch the sunset from your sedan
Let your hand rest on mine

I've lived in every town
But here is where I find home

My mind is open
And my body is yours
Show me the sign
Please

I was so sure I was faulty and not able to love
But then you crept up on me while I was dreaming
Whispered love into my ear

I've lived in every town
But here is where I find home

My mind is open
And my body is yours
Show me the sign

If you're tired, I can drive us
We can go back to my place

My mind is open
And my body is yours
Show me the sign

My mind is open
My mind is open
Show me the sign
Please

KETTLING

We smash the window
Popo don't fuck around
As their cameras take pictures of us
We just laugh
We laugh

Because they can't stop this
We can feel it in our bones
We can feel it in our
We can feel it
The future's ours
Yes it is
We can feel it in our bones

We drop the lighter into the gas
If the whole world is watching us
Let them watch
Let them watch

Because they can't stop this
We can feel it in our bones
We can feel it in our
We can feel it
The future's ours
Yes it is
We can feel it in our bones
We can feel it in our
We can feel it in our bones

DAY FOUR

It's in the trees
It's in the leaves
This time I know
That I'll stay clean

Anything it gives
Anything it gives it will take back
The city's here for you

My light burns low
And I know it's running out
They say "stay brave"
But I know it will return

I've felt death rising from me
From my fingers and out my mouth

If you're ever lonely
If you are alone stay that way
The city's here for you

My light burns low
And I know it's running out
They say "stay brave"
But I know it will return on the fourth day
On the fourth day
On the fourth day
On day four

COLISEUM

Got nightmare walking on two legs
There's a word for people like us
Can't shake the feeling
We're moving backwards
History repeating itself

Ain't got time to prove
Why even bother?
Just ignore the signs
Ain't got time to lose
Can't change the drama
In time you'll see

The Empire never ended

McSweeney draws first blood
Teeth hit the floor
Fingers twitch on the remote
The crowd want more, more, more
They're waiting for the ground and pound
To turn his face into raw meat
Little Johnny turns to mommy
"This is what I want to be"

(Because)

Pain is hopeful
Pain is holy
Pain is healthy
Pain heals

V.A.L.I.S.

When in motion
World is frozen
Talks in circles and Greek

He's into epiphany
He's into philosophy
He's into methyl amphetamines
He's into science
But he's lost his way, oh

He's not the real me
But I can hear
I can hear
I can hear
I can hear him from my future

Show, show, show, show me
Show, show, show, show me
You gotta show me the way...

Past and present are superimposed
He has seen this before

He's into conspiracy
He's into theophany
He's into phenomenology
He's into deeds
He don't mix his words, oh

He's not the real me
But I can hear
I can hear
I can hear
I can hear him from my future

Show, show, show, show me
Show, show, show, show me
You gotta show me the way

Show, show, show, show me
Show, show, show, show me
You gotta show me the way...

TEAM A

How many times do I have to tell you?
That these are my things
That these are my things

Been running your mouth
But people been listening
Say, if you wanna throw down
We can go downtime
Any time
Any damn time
Any time of the week

See I know that you're hating anticipating a breakthrough
I been there
Done that
Over with
Ain't nothing you can teach me
Ain't got no time for Le Baron
Ain't got no time for The Alibi
No we ain't cool boy
Don't even try

I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life

See we ain't at school
Snitches get stitches
You might be fast boy
But I'm faster than you
So let's make this clear
No misunderstandings
Better watch where you're walking
And watch what you say
Any time
Any damn time
Any time of the week

See I know that you're hating anticipating a breakthrough
I been there
Done that
Over with
Ain't nothing you can teach me
Ain't got no time for Yo Yo
Ain't got no time for The Groucho
No we ain't cool
And you don't even, dont even know

I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life

How many times do I have to tell you?
That these are my things
That these are my things

I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life
I'm gonna ruin your life

TRUTH

It was the truth
That fell from these lips
It blinded us
And then the darkness left

So I am yours now
Respectfully
I am yours now
Truthfully

Truthfully

It burnt the stain left on my mind
Our hearts, our hearts
They beat a quarter tone apart

Because I am yours now
Respectfully
(Why can't I do it, I do it?)
(You complete me)
I am yours now
Truthfully
(Why can't I do it, I do it?)
(You complete me)

Oh, our kind is hard, hard to find
To find
And if it will be
It will be with you

I am yours now
Respectfully
(Why can't I do it, I do it?)
(You complete me)
I am yours now
Truthfully
(Why can't I do it, I do it?)
(You complete me)

THE HEALING

Calm down
Let the world spin round
There ain't no other place to be
Take this lifeline
Skin tears
But the flesh will weave back together again
Only scars now

Go easy
Just be
As life gets longer
Got all the time you need
Stay with me
My dear
As life gets harder
Whatever strikes you'll heal
You will heal

Breathe out
Let it come around
Let your colours return
Turn a corner

Every time he barks
Just shut the devil out
Let these arms embrace
You know I'm down

Go easy
Just be
As life gets longer
Got all the time you need
Stay with me
My dear
As life gets harder
Whatever strikes you'll heal
You will heal

Stay with me
My dear
As life gets harder
Whatever strikes you'll heal
You will heal
You will heal
You will heal

WE ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE

Think fast boy
Think on your feet
If you don't know it now
Then you never will, never will
You're too young to be so heavy
Rip off the seal and let me school you

You see angels melt when they touch the ground
You see, you're not dumb
You're just not aligned
Because you could be the one percent
If you wanna

(We've got the doorway)
(We've got the hallway)
(You can't restore yourself)

We're not good people
We're not good people, no
We're not good people, no
We're not good people, no
This is a warning

If God is God then why is he secret?
Today's the day you've been set free
They might claim the best things are hidden
But I was here
You came to me

With these five lines you will be reborn
As superman or maybe a jock
You can crush the whole world in your palm
If you wanna

(We've got the doorway)
(We've got the hallway)
(You can't restore yourself)

We're not good people
We're not good people, no
We're not good people, no
We're not good people, no
This is a warning

You see angels melt when they touch the ground
You see, you're not dumb
You're just not aligned
Because you could be the one percent
If you wanna

(We've got the doorway)
(We've got the hallway)
(You can't restore yourself)

We've got the doorway
We've got the hallway
You can't restore yourself

We're not good people
We're not good people, no
We're not good people, no
We're not good people, no
This is a warning

MEAN

Sometimes when you are sleeping
I wonder what you're dreaming
I wonder about your eyes
And what they see

Yes, I know you're right
Always must win the fight
Who was I to think I'd have a chance?

What, what do you see?
When we're alone
Say what you mean
What, what do you feel?
When you turn away
You're being mean

Sometimes when you are sleeping
I get the strangest feeling
Of all the things I could do whilst you lay

Gazing at your face makes me forget my face
Who was I to think I'd stand a chance?

What, what do you see?
When we're alone
Say what you mean
What, what do you feel?
When you turn away
(When you turn away)
(When you turn away)
You're being mean

Yes, I know you're right
Always must win the fight
Who was I to think I'd stand a chance?

What, what do you see?
When we're alone
Say what you mean
What, what do you feel?
(What do you feel?)
When you turn away
(When you turn away)
(When you turn away)
You're being mean

LEAF SKELETON

The journey starts
As all around
A battle rages on
Battle rages on
Arjuna seeks
He throws his bow and conch up to the sky
Open your eyes
It's all around you
All around you

The pain that you're feeling goes some way to believing hope
The light from inside us, it goes on and on and on
On and on and on

It's in his hands
The glow of flame
The purest water
Purest water
After he dies
He will rise on wings of true, the truest love
Open your eyes
It starts all over
Starts all over

The pain that you're feeling goes some way to believing hope
The light from inside us goes some way to define us all
The pain that you're feeling goes some way to believing joy
The light from inside us, it goes on and on and on
On and on and on

Can you see the pattern?
Can you see the pattern?
Why can't you see the pattern?
Why can't you see the pattern, pattern?
It's all around us

THE LOVE WITHIN

Lord give me grace and dancing feet
As I conquer all anxiety
The angel told me not to fear
That the power to was in me
For I have learnt the way to pray
Like a muscle growing taut now
Bind the past into a knot
And let the love consume us
Let the love consume us
Let the love consume us

Can you hear the stars now sing?
Resounding in D Major
As the god vibration resonates
And pulls us up towards her
Take your shoes off, feel the earth
Beneath your feet respond to touch
And let our laughter now ring forth
As the love consumes us

The love within is moving upwards
Sweeter than any drug
The melody is taking over
Guide my heart through this hurt
Pull back the veil, let your eyes meet this world
The love within is moving upwards
So don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get high?

Don't you want to get high?
Don't you want to get
Don't you want to get high?

ONLY HE CAN HEAL ME

(For only he can heal me)

There are times I get to feeling
That this world has stole my grace
When everyday feels like a hustle
Every day I'm saving face
Tell a lie to make the paper
Put a little coin away
It's never ending

(For only he can heal me)

When the trappings of the body
Lead me to that hopeless place
And I feel my spirit crumble
Under strain and under guilt
Lay me down in rivers
Cleansing where the tall grass
Grows and grows
And let me wait
Until my saviour comes home

For only he can heal me
Help me over come it
For only he can heal me
With his touch
Help me over come it

(For only he can heal me)

From the towns and from the cities
Came a feeling of defeat
From the lame and from the wretched
Pouring forth unto the street
Lead me to my only temple
Where I overcome defeat
And let me rest there by my saviour's feet

For only he can heal me
Help me over come it
For only he can heal me with his touch
Help me over come it

(For only he can heal me)

Oh oh oh
Heal, heal me

(For only he can heal me)

SO REAL

Heartbreak the first
Comes to me in bursts
You danced with him whilst I could see you
Although it hurts
Tears are not enough
To dissolve all the pain I'm feeling

Must not much have mattered must I?
Moving forwards
Did not take long to pass me by
Moving onwards

What am I supposed to do?
When the only good thing about me, was you
What am I supposed to feel?
As you kept the only part of me
That was real
So real

I'll bet you'll claim
To him I was insane
Too much like a girl I bored you
Release a dove
Let grace into your world
Be still your wicked tongue I loved you
Once before our cracks did show
I know I pleased you
But now my baby's got new slang
And a taste for strangers

What am I supposed to do?
When the only good thing about me, was you
What am I supposed to feel?
As you kept the only part of me
That was real
So real
So real

It's got to be real
It's got to be real, oh

THE GOOD NEWS

Spent my commission on another diversion
And I don't got no meaning, no purpose left at all
My pastor tells me that my, my light is dimming
And I've been too long drifting in an ocean
"It's OK, you just need faith"
Been looking for answers in the wrong place
But how do I tell him that there's something missing
And I don't got no substance since you've gone?

Everyday I go down to the water and I pray
Since you left me that way
Oh Lord I'm trying to keep my mind
On the good news
That's in my heart

For the good good news
For the good good news
Since my baby left my light refuses to shine
Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise

Now I can make the eyes at anyone that I desire
Throwing down with all the lost boys
At the very edge of town
Now I can spin a lie that binds me
Up all through the night
Cause I've got
No one home to answer to this time
Everyday is a repeat
Like a carrier bag
Stuck in a tree
I used to find my answers
In the gospels of St. John
But now I find them
At the bottom of this shot glass

Everyday I go down to the water and I pray
Since you left me that way
Oh Lord I'm trying to keep my sights
On the good news
That's in my heart

For the good good news
For the good good news
(Don't got no meaning and I don't got no purpose)
For the good news
(Can't find comfort and I can't find no solace)
Since my baby left my light refuses to shine
Like a bird without a song or a sun that will not rise

FORTRESS

These sheets of ours, Shield our bodies like a fortress
They keep us safe from harm
Intertwined our bodies lay there, like a comma
The arch of your back invites desire
We put our bodies to the test
Follow the curve right down your neck
Your sweat, my sweat stuck in a web
And in the mirror, you relent
It's teasing me with every step
Reach down and feel how strong my love grows
Just for you

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time...

And on the street, our bodies ache for one another
I just can't wait, till we're alone
And I'm a fool for the sight
Of all the gold between your thighs
You still the sea that's stirring deep in me
Make your base right here next to me
As our notes blend in harmony
And when we sex we hear the beat
And it's so serene

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time
And if you're hungry devour your morsel
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time...

Pull me under, under the ocean
Cover my mouth with yours
Put it on me like no one's watching
Like it's the first time...
We kissed

DIFFERENT DRUGS

Every time I go back home
Something's wrong, there's something missing
You're spinning away from me
I don't bitch no I don't moan
But I can't try to fight this anymore
Our common ground has shifted
You're standing in the doorway
With a look I used to know
With all the best intentions
Somehow our cover's blown
We're trapped inside this room
With no window or a view
And now you're backing away from me
Well, what can I do?

And if there was a pill
We could take to find each other
Would you drop with me?
Would you follow me down?
And if there was a leaf
We could smoke to meet each other
Would you blaze with me?
Would you chase with me?
It started as a joyride
Just a way to let off steam
But now we're running off the road
Cause you're asleep at the wheel
Which way do you choose?
Cause right now I choose you
Do you still think of me fondly?
Do you still think of me?

I'm trying to broach the distance
That's growing in our lives
From the night until the morning
Like we're on different drugs
Did I say too much?
Did I take too much?
The temptation to vacate seduces us
I'm trying to beat the static
That's living in our hearts
Like white noise that's in the distance
That will only drown us out
Did I say too much?
Did I take too much?
The temptation to vacate seduces us

It's like we're on different drugs

INTO THE EARTH

This fennel tea that you bought for me
Well it does its magic discretely
I wrote this song for you, it's true
In our only south facing room
See I don't know what the future holds
But I hope we face it together
Cause rock and roll has got so old
Just give me neo-soul

Into the earth our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good looking

You've seen the colour of my cash
Does it not impress, was I way too flash?
Are you backing away from me?
Calm down Yoshi
The fungi is helping this fun-guy deliver
When I get high I dance all night
I'll sing you Al Green songs
I'm just trying to gently blur the lines
With my trusty sensimilla
Don't be so jaded or so coy
When you could just be familiar

Into the earth our bodies will go
We got to keep it all fluid
Into the earth our bodies will go
You're gonna keep me good looking
Take a lover start a life
And try to keep an open mind
I'll dress up for you, I scrub up nice
I'll make your mother proud
I'll make your momma proud

And if I stop
I won't go hungry
Cause I know how to steal
I got to thank my older brothers
For keeping me real

MY TRUE NAME

Into your eye line
Keep me in your sights
I asked about you
And how to get into your life
Like daylight
Through a stained glass window
Our colours run
Her voice sings
Like the Thames in the morning
It makes me strong

If you're looking for devotion
Then come to me
If you're fearing your emotions
You got to believe me that it goes both ways

Into your orbit
I will not be denied
I asked about you
And how to keep you on my side
If we are part of the same constellation
Shifting in the night
She whispers to me
"Don't waste the daylight"
It brings me round

If you're looking for devotion
Then come to me
If you're fearing your emotions
You got to believe me that it goes both ways
Lean on me, I'll take your strain
I'll soften the blow, I'll tease away
And I'll take on anyone That tries to mess with us
Your love should be good enough

From this day forward
You will call me by my real name
You must call me by my true name Today

Today

VIRTUE

Temptation hides
In the space between
Lord help me fight
This desire for fire
Words can cleanse and purify
Or tear down a pack of lies
In your presence consequence
I can't stop trembling

For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?
For all my good fortune
I would change my place with you
This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

This path will lead us back
Will lead us back to ruin
For all of my virtue
Why can I not hold the truth?

Once in a while
The urge resurfaces
So we split hairs
As rumours circulate
And there's a need to fertilise
Behind my lover's trusting eye
Like water drops on burning rocks
I can't stop trembling

I've fallen, I've fallen again
I've fallen, I've fallen again
I've fallen, I've fallen again
I've fallen

EXES

If you seek an explanation
Well I'm afraid there is not one
See all I have are excuses
My daddy was a hunter
And I am my father's son

There was a time for about two weeks
I swore you were the one
I thought I could tell you anything
You were more than a trick
You were more to me than all of it

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

Everything I was proud of
With everything that I'd done wrong
In your eyes, I was someone
With another history another past

In the lobby of the Ace hotel
You will not meet my eye
Secrets spilled on pillows shared
You were more than just slight
You were more to me than all of it

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

(Try! Try!)
But I must try
(Try! Try!)
But I must try
(Try! Try!)
But I must try
(Try! Try!)
But I must try

To all the exes
That I left behind
These words will fall short
But I must try

LIVING LUX

Shirtless and faded
On the Champs-Élysées
The world was ours then
I had conviction
But you, you had style
Such a lethal combination
The years changed us
The money weighed us down
We lost our way
Let me spoil you
Pick a place to go
I want to spend my money on you

Don't you remember?
How this began
You begged me for a chance
Don't waste your sorry, no
Don't waste your goodbyes tonight
From hand to mouth
And now we're living lux

I order the lobster and you the Moët
The waitress thinks that we can't pay
What does she know?
Our pockets are full grown
And we've earned the right to fine dine
So raise your glass my old friend
For we both know that this is the end
For the times we fought
And the times we shared
I'll sing you a song
The way I used to then
Don't you remember?
How this began
You begged me for a chance
Don't waste your sorry, no
Don't waste your goodbyes tonight
From hand to mouth
And now we're living lux

We're living lux

EDEN

Underneath the iron cloud
That will not let my daylight out
So I smoke myself until I go see through
Atomised and bugging out
Signal fails in the CBD
So I hold my breath until I start to glow

Take me to the garden
Stand with me naked by the tree
Feed me poisoned apples
Feed me till I forget everything
With each bite we take
Let the moonlight awaken in us
So we can dance to the beat of the drum
The drum...

Under foot the serpent moves
Watching us with a crystal gaze
Eyes that record every wicked thought
There are times I feel like I've seen everything
That I need to see
Make me someone new

And take me to the garden
Stand with me naked by the tree
Feed me poisoned apples
Feed me till I forget everything
With each bite we take
Let the moonlight awaken in us
So we can dance to the beat of the drum
The drum...

NEW BLOOD

I've been living too long in the tundra
I've been living too long at sea
And all my loved ones, forgot about me
So I tame the urge to fight back
Sounding off to who I see
I used to be a renegade
But now I'm just me

With this new blood you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you
To rise

They said they're going to teach me a lesson
They wanna show me how to kneel
I used to be a wild one but now I'm done
When I brought you an offering of honey
They said you needed blood
And in that moment, I made my choice

Hear my prayer and clear the corners
Let this blood wash away all the sins of all the fathers
Guide my hand and on my honour
I will keep your words alive
I will keep you in my heart

With this new blood you'll hear me
I'm making you a deal
I kept my house in order
So I dare you, I dare you, I dare you
To rise

I dare you, I dare you, I dare you
To rise

PARAÍSO

It was a look that I understood
In another life, maybe I would have been yours
Vision in white standing by the bar
Like a wrecking ball
Like a Japanese wave
It makes the waters rise in me

How do you do that thing you do?
This beautiful charmer could be a deceiver too
It's making me, do things I mustn't do
My appetite for love is now a hunger/thirst
Whoever you are

We spoke of Lagos and Rotterdam
Dancing cheek to cheek, get behind me Satan
And all my good will is coming loose
Like a ball of yarn, like a bad excuse
It makes the embers glow in me
It's your move

How do you do that thing you do?
This beautiful charmer could be a deceiver too
It's making me, do things I mustn't do
My appetite for love is now a hunger/thirst
Whoever you are
Whoever you are

I don't believe in coincidence
You were sent this way for me
For it takes two to step this dance
Let us find a quiet place to sit
Into night is all let me gaze upon your lashes
Let it be known
That I gave myself completely over

Paraíso
Paraíso

EVENING SONG

There's a spirit in our bedroom
That lives between the walls
He listens deeply to our musings
Manifests when we are wrong
In the evening, as we lay sleeping
He peers into our thoughts
He guides us gently to one another
To the point when our dreams meet

For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message
For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message

He is there in leaky faucets
In the creak of wooden floors
As our heartstrings start to harden
As our love becomes unspun
He can sense that we are drifting
In the autumn of our love
In the morning, when we awaken
And our love is all restored

He says...

For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message
For I have a message, it's in my voice
For I have a message

If you should fall or come undone
My voice will lead you home
If you should fall or come undone
My voice will lead you home

DAY DRINKER

They find me face down in the bins taking out the trash
Still, I won't be told, copacetic, everything is fine
I was carrying too much weight, so I break, habit escalates
Sometimes I enter rooms and forget why

Got me looking stressed
Got me looking pressed
Got me looking vexed
In the liquor aisle
Tripping over names
Tripping over dates
Tripping over texts
So I style it out
Just the other day, what you trying to say?
What you trying to say?
I was looking wild
Why does everyone keep buying me books?

Little brother knows the tango
Little bro can sing the blues
Little bro knows lots of things
That he's not afraid to use

He says he knows when I've been drinking
He says he knows when I'm lost
He says he knows when I am lying
And he knows when I am not
But it works both ways, brother
I know you're loving this
My little brother does a lot

My frenemy lives in town and I see him almost twice a week
So we shoot the shit and pretend that this is all it is
God hates the faint of heart
The weak willed and the profligate
Do you remember summers learning Bible verse?

Got me looking stressed
Got me looking pressed
Got me looking vexed
Does my breath smell like wine?
Tripping over names
Tripping over dates
Tripping over texts
Running out of time
Spit it out, bro, what you trying to say?
What you trying say?
I was looking wild
What you need to watch is your conniving tongue

Little brother wrote a letter
Little bro prepared a speech
Little bro rehearsed it all
But he will not cop to it

TRAPS

Hey fun-size, is it your first time?
Let me show you things
That they warned you about
You've got bite, I like that
You're going to need it
You're not making it easy for me
Strutting round here in those pum pum shorts
Twist for me, bend for me
We can do it if you like?

There you go-go
Looking like a snack
Cute like Bambi
But you're headed to a trap
Meet me in the boom boom room
And we can do what you like
I wanna be your education
I wanna be your contact high

Lick lick lick, lickety split
Raise the stakes
Talk dirty to me
You're so maverick, you're a bit of me
You can get it anytime that you want
Chills
They run down my spine
They're multiplying
Feels
I'm supposed to say no
But then there
But then there
But then there

There you go-go
Looking like a snack
Cute like Bambi
But you're headed to a trap
(It's a trap)
Meet me in the boom boom room
And we can do what you like
I wanna be your education
I wanna be your contact high

I wanna be your contact high
I wanna be your contact high
I gotta be your contact high

Don't be like that
Tell me your name
I'm just trying to get next to you
Sweet like Mary Jane

YOU SHOULD KNOW THE TRUTH

Was it something that you felt?
(Not certain of it)
Was it something that you meant?
(Not wild about it)
Do you remember who you were before
I picked you up on West 34th?

You should know the truth, you should know the truth, you
You should know the truth, you should know the truth, you
You should know the truth, you should know the truth, you
You should know the truth, you should know the truth, you

I was only playing nice
(Cos I wanted something)
I was only listening
(I was on the make)
Giving your light to nameless boys
Giving that light to anyone

Was it shady and obscene?
Was it the worst it had ever been?
Do you remember what you had to do
Before I saw something in you?

From the start I made it clear
I could only try to be sincere
And if I failed I would keep my word
Oh! what's wrong with being kept, my love?

You deserve know the truth, you deserve know the truth, you
You deserve know the truth, you deserve know the truth, you
You deserve know the truth, you deserve know the truth, you
You deserve know the truth, you deserve know the truth, you

CALLUM IS A SNAKE

I had a lot of time for you
But now you got me in the streets
Looking like a mug
And it's not the look I'm going for
See, what you're not going to do
Is play me for a fool
Callum is a snake
You have been warned

See I don't like the way you talk
Got dirt on the boss
See I don't like the way you walk
Moving nervous

Callum is a snake (snake!)
Callum is a snake (snake!)
(Ssss)

So you can cut that right out
Rosie with the nose ring
She told me what you said
Ooh, you're a wrongun
I'm officially washing my hands of you

If you had anything about yourself
You would have let me know
I thought you came from better stock
Go on, have your moment

No, I don't trust him
His eyes are too close together

My plan was to keep my big mouth shut
And let the posh boys fuck it up
But he's desperate for a storyline
And he's not giving up

I know when someone is speaking in blessings
And I know when someone's speaking in curse
Ooh, you're a snide little fuck

Callum is a snake (snake!)
Callum is a snake (snake!)
(Ssss)

I don't need friends that I can't trust
Callum is a snake (snake!)
You have been warned

ROUGH JUSTICE

Matte black 'rari
When we pull up, they're sorry
Blacked-out windows
Strictly for those who are in the know
Talking real extra
Let me get you all the way together
Looking supa dupa aeroplane fly
But now you got a crush

We be the kind that ain't got no scruples
We be the kind that break the law

Two steppin' all through this town
Maxing out your credit card
We tell them nothing
So they make shit up
I don't need any new friends

We got the fury, we got the smarts
We're waiting in the parking lot

You can't hang... with us
You can't hang... with us

See, we be kind of choosy
Put us in a movie
First in the jacuzzi
Gang gang all the way
Pupils dilated
You love it 'til you hate it
Follow me 'round the party
But I'm not in the mood

You can't hang... with us

They're cutting it with seltzer on the low-low
Repping Baron Samedi from the get-go
The things you do for blow or a little guest list
Have consequences
(Consequences, consequences)

We don't like to role play
We need the real thing all day
Giving you the business
Kept boys and mistresses
We chase you 'round the houses
We can find where you live
Make you disappear
Make it look like an accident
Champagne in plastic glasses
Inside us is a wildness
So don't make it obvious
Keep my name out your mouth
So don't make it obvious
Don't be an easy lay

My! my! my!
How the tables have turned
I wouldn't sit down if I were you
What?
Did you think I was ramping up for an apology?

If you see us in the cut freely
Wired as fuck, double drop, breezy
If you see us in the cut
It's easy, turn and run

THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING

Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey
The girls are fighting
Hey, hey, hey
The girls are fighting
Hey, hey, hey
The girls are fighting
Hey, hey, hey

I do my grieving early

It's a riot at Infernos
The filth are on their way
Lusty Casanova been making eyes again
The bouncers made a movie, upload it to Worldstar
Scrag fight!
She wants to send a message, but she's taking it too far
There's blood on the dancefloor
Extensions on the bar
I blame the Jägermeister and the vodka lemonade
And now these boys can't cope

Hey, hey, hey
The girls are fighting
And the boys can't cope
Hey, hey, hey
The girls are fighting
And the boys can't cope
Hey, hey, hey
The girls are fighting
And the boys can't cope
Hey, hey, hey

I do my grieving early

How many times will he use the same lines?
How many maidens will fall for his charms?
How many? How many?
He crossed a line he should never have crossed
He promised her things

Hey, hey
The girls are fighting
And the boys can't cope
How many times will he use the same lines?
Hey, hey
The girls are fighting
And the boys can't cope
How many times will he use the same lines?
Hey, hey
The girls are fighting
And the boys can't cope
How many times will he use the same lines?
Ooh! The girls are fighting

The girls, the girls, the girls, the girls
The boys, the boys, the boys can't cope
The boys, the boys, the boys can't cope
The boys, the boys, the boys can't cope
The boys, the boys, the boys

OF THINGS YET TO COME

That year I lost a lot of friends
They span away, not to return
It was for the best
The party stalls, the embrace ends
You don't pick up when I come to your town
Am I best left in the past?
So I make a space for things to flow
I trim my leaves in search of growth
I'm OK with it

There I go, making a show of myself again
I'm still wedded to the idea that you
Are still there again
Somewhere underneath

You were a good man
You were the best

The pills don't cure, they keep at bay
Instead of black, my days are grey
(You were a good man)
So I put my faith in what's to come
For it's the thing you would have done
(You were the best)
If I couldn't have it all
I wanted nothing
If I couldn't have the depths of you

There I go, making a show of myself again
(It's going through me now)
I'm still wedded to the idea that you
Are still there again
Somewhere underneath

You were a good man
You were the best

Now you're less than a memory
You're an echo now
Faint facsimile
You said hope is something you give yourself
But it's not the same
I don't know how to get over you

Of things yet to come
Of things yet to come
Of things yet to come
Of things yet to come

SEX MAGIK

Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, earth earth, air air

In my sixteenth year, she taught me things
Protect myself with flames and wind
With laugh that sounded like the shore
It's as real as real can be
Between her legs, divinity
She said, "meet me in the forest after dark"

Oh, I see you, as you truly are
And I see what you will become

Find your root
Find your core
Then go clear
Like the air in our lungs
Ask the earth for resolve
Ossify
Like the marrow
In our bones

Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
(In our bones)
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, earth earth, air air

She showed me things I can't unsee
In her presence I'm made to kneel
(Kneel)
With a touch like moonlight on my bare skin
Afterwards, we would drink tea
Sat on her floor, she'd read my leaves
With a sigh that sounded like a golden dawn

Find your root
Find your core
Then go clear
Like the air in our lungs
Ask the earth
For resolve
Ossify
Like the marrow
In our bones

Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
(In our bones)
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water

Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
Earth earth, air air, fire fire, water water
(In our bones)
Earth earth, air air, fire fire fire fire...

We make believe
We make believe
We make believe
We make believe
We make believe

Stealth mode
Beast mode

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

She walks as in by remote control
Wicked fingers pull her strings
All is not what it seems
The girls that flirt don't get very far
Eyes on the prize
Remember where you are
This is not the time to go rogue

She said, I'm goin' do it, then I'm goin' dip
Gonna set things right, gonna start this shit, then finish
I'm goin' do it, then I'm goin' dip
By any means necessary

She wants to rough him up
She wants to put her hands, hands, hands on him
She wants to rock his world
Gonna send a message back, back to the streets
Coming out of character
Jus for a while
Just so she can
See the whites of their eyes
This is not the time to go rogue, no

She said, I'm goin' do it, then I'm goin' dip
Gonna set things right, gonna start this shit, then finish
I'm goin' do it, then I'm goin' dip
By any means necessary

They don't get to know one thing about me
They don't get to know what I really think
I'm goin' do it, then I'm goin' dip
By any means necessary

I will die, die, die and be born again
Before I fuck with you again
I will die, die, die and be born again
(Do what you got to do)
Before I fuck with you again
(Do what you got to do)
They don't get to know one thing about me
(Do what you got to do)
They don't get to know what I really think
(Do what you got to do)
I will die, die, die and be born again
(Do what you got to do)
By any means necessary
(Do what you got to do)

IN SITU

They say you're high mileage
High mileage, but low rent
Somehow I am still impressed
You're becoming an island
Everything you want
Everything you crave
It's in your reach, but

You need to get your hustle on
(Ooh, you've got a smart mouth)
You need to get a move on
(My baby's got a smart mouth)
You need to get your hustle on
If you're lollygagging on the way
Trust and believe you will be replaced

Talking about cryptocurrencies with the boys of LSE
Getting real deep in the middle of the street
As the sniper holds his breath
He's waiting in the wings
To deliver on the threats
To make good, focus

IF WE GET CAUGHT

Chill
You're losing it
You're gonna give the game away
Stick to the story
Better with an alibi
Create diversion
Take control with sleight of hand
You're gonna give the game away

If we get caught
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I want you to know
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I have always
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
Rode for you
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
If we get caught
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I want you to know
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I will always
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
Ride for you
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)

Let's have it right
I wouldn't flip even under oath
Let's have it right
Where you go, I will go
In forensic detail, they follow the trail
And it leads straight to us
Breathing light like a samurai
No, they won't take us alive
With the money in the glove box
The burner on the dash
Meet me in the getaway car

And if an angry sun god melts the wax in our wings
For daring to want more
For daring to think big
Get those kitten heels off
Seems our number is up, my love
Stay by my side

Caught, caught, caught, caught
Caught, caught, caught, caught
Caught, caught, caught, caught
Caught, caught, caught, caught

If we get caught
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I want you to know
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I have always
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
Rode for you
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
(I will always ride for you)
If we get caught
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I want you to know
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
I will always
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)
Ride for you
(Caught, caught, caught, caught)

THE PEACE OFFERING

I was filming my final scene the other day
When something really rather grave came over me
"Don't take it so personal," you used to say
"It's only a game"

The first thing I lost was belief in the system
But in the end, the system always wins
I bet you want to know what happens next, don't you?
Patience

So if I'm being frank
I have no need for your scented candles
I don't need your peace offering
I'd rather have the money you spent
If I'm being frank

So I ride into town on a blood-red horse
Thinking about the thought that connects all thoughts
Where did it get you being Mr. +1?
You're not being honest

As heaven's my witness
I did you no harm
There was no, no malice in my heart
Even after everything you've done
No, I don't wish you death by stinging nettles
I don't with you death by a 1000 paper cuts
No, not anymore

But I, I think it's better
You, you stay where you are
And I continue to support you from afar
Through the whispered words of mutual friends
Or the Society Pages of the Evening Standard magazine

See, I remember how you operate
And I see now what was really at stake
So when we meet again at the crossroads
And you see me the way I see you
There will be no bitterness
Just next time
Do the right thing

Do the right thing
Don't be evil
And do the right thing

ACTING OUT

I was minding my beeswax
Trying to be a better me
Trying to stay with Jesus
But something's kinda off
I'm starting to feel triggered
Like a flame burning on a fuse
You and me, we're doing good
And now we gotta fall out

You could choose to receive
You could choose to ignore
(First trickle of rage)
I have not sent for you
So, I will not hesitate to put you back in your place

Act like actors
I'm acting out (He's acting out)

You're acting real thirsty, Kirsty
That snake bitch move right then
What do you mean "what do I mean"?
Full-time fancy
Cut you down to the white meat

You could choose to receive
Or you could choose to ignore
(First trickle of rage)
I've not sent for you
So, I will not hesitate to put you back in your place

Act like actors
I'm acting out (He's acting out)
You better act like you know
I'm acting out (He's acting out)
You better act like you know

Act like actors
I'm acting out (He's acting out)
You better act like you know

THE ROBOT AND THE PSYCHONAUT

There's dishes in the sink
We're living like bachelors
Hidden compartments and secret rooms
Is that what we've come to?

How could I convey to you the many ways I'm being pulled?
There are things above my head that you just can't see
So, if I choose to float in the breeze like a dandelion clock
Let me be

Tell me what to say to get through to you
(Tell me what to say to get through to you)
Tell me what to do to get through to you
To get through to you

Distance when we pass
We're leaving room for Jesus
The A.I. won't compute complexity
How'd you code forgiveness?
I know it's what we do
I signed up for this life too
But the silence in our days it gets me down
Although you're by my side
I can sense that you're not here
Where is it that you go when we're alone?

Tell me what to say to get through to you
(Tell me what to say to get through to you)
Tell me what to do to get through to you
(Tell me what to do to get through to you)

The gift of love is we only get out what we put in
(The curse of love is we only get out what we put in)
Tell me what to say to get through to you
To get through to you

The flies have come inside
And it can taste the dying
Algorithms for your time
Ayahuasca on my mind
If we can undo all the hurt that had been done onto us
Then maybe it could have worked

I used to have the words to get through to you
(I used to have the words to get through to you)
I used to know the ways to get through to you
(I used to know the ways to get through to you)

The gift of love is we only get out what we put in
(The curse of love is we only get out what we put in)
Tell me what to say to get through to you
To get through to you
To get through to you

STRUT

Lewis had a wobble
But he's back on his feet
Slick and dedicated
Coming off a losing streak
Tranced in the ether
But he's giving off too much heat
Working himself skinny
Add protein, then repeat
Acting like a larrikin every Friday night
Crush it with a credit card
Good time all the time
He checks himself in the mirror
And he's liking what he sees
Blows himself a kiss "they're not ready for it"

Game face
Game face
Lock and loaded
Kick it up
Kick it up then start it over

This is your moment
Seize it
Thought it's not the one you seek
It's the only one you'll see
Get real, get real
Now strut
Strut

Stuck to him like Velcro
The demons pull him down
Looking like it's OK
It means it will be fine
Just focus on the money
We all have bills to pay
You can bang bang bang on the weekend

This is your moment
Seize it
Thought it's not the one you seek
It's the only one you'll see
Get real, get real

The mouth, mouth doesn't need to repeat what the eye, eye sees
The mouth, mouth doesn't need to repeat what the eye, eye, eye sees

Game face
Game face
Lock and loaded
Kick it up
Kick it up then start it over

Game face
Game face
Lock and loaded
Kick it up
Kick it up then start it over...

STAYING FAT

I rely on
(Bitter cold)
I depend on
(Arctic snow)
A pair of trainers
(I've got mine)
Could make a God of the two of us
(I want yours)

I exist on
(Apropos)
I insist on
(Arctic snow)
A change of clothing
(Will fill the void)
Could lift us into fidelity
(Will suck you in)

The sound keeps you hemmed to the past
(The walls are coming in again)

The streets grid alone from the door
(You gotta spin the fucking dread or...)

I rely on
(Bitter cold)
I depend on
(Arctic snow)
The manmade fibres
(I've got mine)
That are the stuff of my birthright
(I want yours)

I decide on
(Apropos)
I retreat from
(Arctic snow)
The dregs of discourse
(Will fill the void)
For a new world order
(Will suck you in)

The sound keeps you hemmed to the past
(The walls are coming in again)

The streets grid alone from the door
(You gotta spin the fucking dread or...)

In a pile of days between no oceans
(All the kids are rioting)

There's no art in a broken head
(All the kids are staying fat)

And I'm air-kissing
Back-slapping
Check the body for valuables
It's called progress
Come on pilgrim
Sing to the pyres
The time has come
It's called progress
If they want to kill themselves
We're gonna buy them the gowns
It's called progress

Progress
Progress
Progress
Progress

THE MARSHALS ARE DEAD

Attention
Unbelievers
Fashion victims
Opportunists
Blood sport
Cop killer
Don't trust art
Don't trust culture

Cancel
Your thoughts out forever
(Forever)
Milk it and strain it to residue
An insult that dilates forever
(Forever)

Passing
From history that's made from arrangements
(Forever)
Of tannoys and cordons in symmetry
That cancel forever
(Forever)

A curse on
Your houses
Rivers run
With your sons' blood
No case for
Extenuation
All the marshals are dead
Dead
Dead
Dead

Cancel
Your thoughts out forever
(Forever)
Milk it and strain it to residue
An insult that dilates forever
(Forever)

Passing
From history that's made from arrangements
(Forever)
Of tannoys and cordons in symmetry
That cancel forever
(Forever)

Spring breaks
In ranks and in boulevards
A country that makes us
But cannot contain us

THE ANSWER

Feeding the five thousand
Was not done with prayers alone
It takes blood and guts
And it takes devotion
So tired of standing up
And so tired of drawing breath
It's your turn to take the map
And it's your turn to drop the soap

We got
Pretty pretty boys
Sucking on a cola
Money to burn
Money to burn
Money to burn
We got rules to protect us
Isaac and Ishmael
The magazine says it's okay
Life as a billboard

If you are the answer
We are going straight to hell

Grown in a parental fugue
(Did I know?)
(Did I know?)
(Did I know?)
(Did I know?)
Weight loss in self-respect
(Tell me things)
(Tell me things)
(Tell me things)
(Tell me things)
Bomb
Bomb
Bomb us back together
(Tell me facts)
(Tell me facts)
(Tell me facts)
(Tell me facts)
A new way into a lost answer
(We found you)
(We...)

You could talk a little less
And you could talk a little less
And you could talk a little less
And you could talk a little less

Grown in a parental fugue
Weight loss in self-respect
Bomb
Bomb
Bomb us back together
A new way into a lost answer

TULIPS

When you said tulips
I knew that you're mine
When I caught you there
Crying in the night
Wearing my jacket
Wearing that smile
I knew that I'd found you

This could be an opportunity
This could be an opportunity

Were you unawares?
Did it catch you out?
Or did it break you in right from the start?
It's as pure as fire
It's as pure as snow
I knew that I'd found you

This could be an opportunity
This could be an opportunity

If you promise to let it
If you promise to let it grow

'Cause you're the one I love
'Cause you're the one I love
'Cause you're the one I love
'Cause you're the one I love

STORM AND STRESS

Promise you'll say if it gets
Promise you'll say if it gets too much
Don't be so scared of corners
Don't be so tired of this life
Of this life
Of this life
Of this life

You drink to laugh
You drink to cry
You wear me in
You wear me

You really suffer for it
You really suffer for your art
Don't be a martyr for it
Don't be a martyr for the cause
Your eyes tell it
Your eyes tell it
Your eyes tell it
Your eyes tell the truth

You drink to laugh
You drink to cry
You wear me in
You wear me

You're not always
You're not always right
You're not always
You're not always right
You're not always right

(A new fight for a last rite)
(A new fight for a last rite)
(You can fight a new fight)
(You can fight it's alright)

You're the life of the party
You're the life of the party
You're the life of the party
You make my world spin around

(A new fight for a last rite)
(A new fight for a last rite)
(You can fight a new fight)
(You can fight it's alright)

(A new fight for a last rite)
(A new fight for a last rite)
(The first time is the next time)
(The next time is the last time)
(And this time is the last time)
(And this time is the last time)
(Cos I will always fight)

You're not always right
You're not always right
You're not always right
You're not always right

SKELETON

All my thoughts are of ice
All my thoughts are of ice
All my bones are so tired
All my bones are so tired
So young and so handsome
So easily led
They told me to wait
They said

It makes a man out of me
It makes a man out of me
It makes a man out of me
It makes a man out of me
You take the fun out of me
You take the fun out of me
You take the fun out of me
You take the fun

And I've been consistent to the fucking dream
And I've paid my dues
Just to get them all back
A simple man with simple desire

What should I have said?
What should I have done?
The horses are here
The damage is done
So just take off your shirt
And just take off your dress
We can go dancing
On a Saturday

It makes a man out of me
It makes a man out of me
It makes a man out of me
It makes a man out of me
You take the fun out of me
You take the fun out of me
You take the fun out of me
You take the fun

And I've been consistent to the fucking dream
And I've paid my dues
Just to get them all back
A simple man with simple desire

I'm just a skeleton
I'm just a skeleton
I'm just a skeleton
I'm just a skeleton

And I've been consistent to the fucking dream
And I've paid my dues
Just to get them all back
A simple man with simple desire

I'm just a skeleton
I'm just a skeleton
I'm just a skeleton
I'm just a skeleton

STRAIGHT THRU CRU

She likes my voice, but I'm not dumb
When we're talking sweet in her brother's room
Under her dress is nothing at all
It's just words and words and words

She knows the faces on the door
Make the city shake
Make the city roar
What the hell did she ask me for,
If you knew what I would say?
And you know what I'm gonna say

Don't sweat it, don't sweat it
Don't sweat it, don't
This is what it feels like to win

She says I don't care about the way thing were
'Cause you're here tonight and that's the way things are
Don't be a bore or an open wound beause it's tired
And you're making me tired

Let's pretend that it's just a game
As we set controls to go all the way
Uptown
Downtown
Williamsburg
It goes on
And on and on...

Don't sweat it, don't sweat it
Don't sweat it, don't
This is what it feels like to win

And we won

There's a lifetime of bad karma
And it's waiting here for us
And you swore it would be different
And you swore it would be cute
But today's the day you learn
It's time to give up

LEAN

We took a room down by the sea
Where one day at a time
We learnt to be free
I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me

It's easy
Stay easy
Stay lean

If you really want to do this
Then come correct
Keep telling me stories
And I'll keep making you laugh
I don't belong to you
And you don't belong to me

It's easy
Stay easy
Stay lean

There ain't nothing on this Earth to be afraid of
The only truth we had, it's in our bodies

It's easy
Stay easy
Stay lean

There ain't nothing on this Earth to be afraid of
The only truth we had, it's in our bodies

BLACK CROWN

"Because it's the rules"
Teacher said to boy

"Not my rules"
He said
"No"

Talking in Ebonics
Talking in italics
Talking talking talking talking
Just remember

That you wear a crown
Oh-oh, oh-oh
That you wear a crown
Oh-oh, oh-oh

"Because it's the rules"
Policeman said to boy
"Not my rules"
He said
"No"

Who will love the prophet?
Who will love the madman?
Who will-, who will-, who will love the genius child?
Just remember

That you wear a crown
Oh-oh oh-oh
That you wear a crown
Oh-oh oh-oh

Angela Davis
Charlie Parker
Cassius Clay

"Not my rules"
They said
"No, no, no"
"Not my rules"
They said
"No"

RATCHET

Who got the beat this time?
Who go the beat beat down?
Tell it, tell it
Who got the beat this time?
Keep it 100

What you gonna show me fam?
What you gonna show me bro?
That ain't been done
You want a word with me?
You want to tell me sumthin?

And tell your bitch to get off my shit
Smoking on that homegrown
You know that I keep it on point

See
I could'a came out tonight
With a flex and a flow
And you know it might
Wanna get fucked up
Wanna get half cut
Gonna make them prang
Get rowdy

Hey yeah
Make a scene
Make it real
Make 'em feel
Hey yeah
Make it loud
Make it proud
Make it count

We go, go ratchet
We go, you better watch yourself
We go, go ratchet
We go, you better watch

Imma let you have your say
But I ain't let you have your way
Imma see Imma
Imma let you have your say
But...

Like it
Don't like it
Don't force
It in the club
Or the street where we owns it
And a 2 shots
And a world of pain
And a 2 shots, and a

Tell your dudes that we get rude
Smoking sour diesel
You know that that shit be so bate

So gimme a rhythm
And I'll step
And I'll go
Kissing your teeth
And I'm vexing bro’s
Rocking your world
Then I jack your phone
And I told them
I said

Hey yeah
Make a scene
Make it real
Make 'em feel
Hey yeah
Make it loud
Make it proud
Make it count

Hey yeah
Make a scene
Make it real
Make 'em feel
Hey yeah
Make it loud
Make it proud
Just make it count

I said make it count
I said make it count
I said make it count

And get ratchet!

Hey yeah
Make a scene
Make it real
Make 'em feel
Hey yeah
Make it loud
Make it proud
Make it count

Hey yeah
Make a scene
Make it real
Make 'em feel
Hey yeah
Make it loud
Make it proud
Just make it count

And just make it count
And get ratchet!

OBSCENE

If you must ask
You were in my heart always
If I did not comfort you or say the right things
You were here every time I looked within

I don't know where I've been
But all I really know is this seems obscene
Forgive me for what you've seen
All I really know is I've been obscene to you
I wish you luck, luck...

I wish you luck
Luck...

Every breath was for you
Even though you won't believe me
And as I walk away
Tears flow in my eyes
We both know that this love was never right

I don't know where I've been
But all I really know is this seems obscene
Forgive me for what you've seen
All I really know is I've been obscene to you
I wish you luck, luck...

I wish you luck
Luck...

I wish you

I wish you luck
Luck...

I wish you

FRENCH EXIT

Let's get it straight
I'm not good with goodbyes
But it was getting kinda dry
Best believe I better bounce
Got one foot out the door
And the other inside
We were running out of money
See you ain't got nothing for me
I wish I could say that at least we had fun
Thanks for the memories
But we know there were none
Matter of fact I was kinda hoping
You would pick up the bill
Don't get it twisted
See, this is how we're living

Get mad, stay mad
Then get even
Use them all up
Leave them bleeding
Don't give a fuck
They're still breathing
Get mad, stay mad
Then get even

Did I... rinse it?
Yes you did
Did I... rinse it?
Yes you...
Yes you did
Did I... rinse it?
Yes you did
Did I rinse?
Yes!

Let's get real
Who's really to blame?
We said we'd do it once [We're slipping through it once]
And never ever again
Is it really so bad if this is the end?
I was never gonna care
You were never gonna change
So dance with your heart
And on top of the game
Don't stop when they're done
Re-enter as you're playin' [we entered to play]
You see, I got a plan that outruns everyone
You done, I'm looking out for number one

Get mad, stay mad
Then get even
Use them all up
Leave them bleeding
Don't give a fuck
They're still breathing
Get mad, stay mad
Then get even

Did I... rinse it?
Yes you did
Did I... rinse it?
Yes you...
Yes you did
Did I... rinse it?
Yes you did
Did I rinse?
Yes!

MONTREAL

The snow is still falling on St. Catherine's
Losing the daytime to faire le goûter
Tony keeps calling, says he wants his money
You're messing with the big boys
Don't you know?
"When are you coming back home?"
Asks Lucille
"I miss you"

But then I tell her that it's not my home anymore
And they've made it perfectly clear

Don't you get lonely all locked in your room
Losing the nighttime to sit and to speak
Tony keeps calling, says "you better be here"
You're messing with the big boys
Don't you know?
"When are you coming back home?"
Asks Lucille
"I miss you"

But then I tell her that it's not my home anymore
And they've made it perfectly clear

CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE

If you're reading this
Then it means we failed
But all hope's not lost
It is not, it is not
If these words ring true
My mulatto brew
It has been foretold
It is yours, it is yours

Yes
(The) children of the future
Yes
(The) children of...
They're the next phase
They're the next stage
They're the next great
They're the next wave
Time is on their side

This is how it grows
It will ebb and flow
So don't lose your knack
Or your heart, or your heart
They will silence you
Try to punish you
You will find the way
In the stars, in the stars

Yes
(The) children of the future
Yes
(The) children of...
They're the next phase
They're the next stage
They're the next great
They're the next wave
Time is on their side

Be all that you can be
Be all we never were
Succeed where we failed
And make them eat it

If you're reading this
Then it means we failed
But all hope's not lost
We will not
Be the last
We will not

X-CUTIONER'S SONG

Tick-tock, sit it out
I'm at the stage in central park
Don't want your words or apologies
You're gonna pay for it
Pay for it

Take back what you stole
I'm sure you meant it all
The world will see what I can do
This is my legacy
And it starts with you

Because you gave me away
Why?
Because you gave me away
Why?

Burnt flesh
Broken bones
They watch the screens as it unfolds
Let me out so I'm not here
You posed the question
This is my reply
Why'd you think I'd let it go
With your 'yes mans' and pay and all?
Well then I ask you
Are you prepared?

Because you gave me away
Why?
Because you gave me away
Why?

Silly Charlie
We caught his fingers in the kitty
Silly Charlie
We caught his fingers in the till

Opened up our eyes
Now we see he's playing both sides

Silly Charlie
We caught his fingers in the till

HIGH LIFE

If you want, if you will, you know I'm good for it
If you want, if you will, you know I'm all about it
See, I've been waiting patiently to catch a falling star
Now here you are, I want you

Are you ready for the high life?
For things to go our way
Are you ready for the big time?
Turn night into day
Are you ready for the high life?
For things to go our way
Are you on?
'Cause I'm on

We'll take a car to the West End to catch a Broadway show
Call ahead to book our table
We'll find a place to go
Or if you're feeling wildern, yeah
We'll find a plot to talk 'bout situations
About temptations

Are you ready for the big time?
Turn night into day
Are you ready for the high life?
For things to go our way
Are you on?
'Cause I'm on

You were a lifeline in this darkest time
You pick me up, you spun me 'round
You got me back in line (come on)
You were a lifeline in this darkest time
You better believe it
But there ain't no getting over it
(Ain't no getting over it)
There ain't no going under it
(Ain't no stepping over it)
There ain't no tripping over it
(Ain't no getting used to it)
There ain't no use going around it
(Ain't no getting over it)

You're such a flirt
You're such a flirt
You're doing too much
You're such a flirt
(flirt, flirt)
And you're doing too much
You're doing too much

Are you ready for the high life?
Are you ready for the big time?
Are you ready for the high life?
For things to go our way
Are you on?
'Cause I'm on

'Cause I'm on
(Are you?)
'Cause I'm on
(Are you?)
'Cause I'm on
(Are you?)
'Cause I'm on
(Are you?)

KEEP IT ROLLING

So was it worth it, kissing the toad?
I wanna know
I wanna know
Did it come through, your miracle?
I wanna know
I gotta know
Now we can fake this now
(Fake this now)
We can repeat this loud
(Repeat this loud)
Thought we would live in clouds
(Live in clouds)
Guess we will live in clouds

So much travel
So much tone
Spikes in tires
On our own

Can you keep this rolling?
(I know)
Can you keep this rolling?
(I'm not gonna hate it)
Can you keep this rolling?
(Play more records)
Can you keep this rolling?
(Let's just play through)

Let me help

It's history fuel
Language we've pioneered
Eager choir of troops
Humming into my ear
So what I'm trying to say is
(Trying to say is)
After working the grave shift
(Still have no takers)
Our mission is tainted
Our life choices
(All downhill, downhill from here)

So much travel
So much tone
Spikes in tires
On our own

Can you keep this rolling?
(I know)
Can you keep this rolling?
(I'm not gonna hate it)
Can you keep this rolling?
(Play more records)
Can you keep this rolling?
(Let's just play through)

Let me help
Let me

But I don't care anymore if you
Go away
Don't break
Your fate
Just take
Your shame
Your shame

So was it worth it?
Don't know what was worth it

BLUE

Blue, it was lagoon blue
Your 57 Ford Anglia
You picked me up in it
Your horned rimmed glasses get in the way
So we do air kisses
Let me breathe you in

In the time it takes for two ticks to go blue
It seems I’m smitten
It seems I’m into you
He does it on purpose
He wants to make me wait
I could wait a lifetime for him

He says he likes the way I say his name
And I like the way he says mine

I choose you with grace
I choose you with sensitivity
I choose to reveal
Day after day

It was blue
Cerulean blue

We watch the tankers fade from our view
He asks nothing of me
I ask of nothing of him
Let the shore we walk on guide us

He says he likes the way I sigh
When his hand brushes against mine

I choose you with grace
I choose you with sensitivity
I choose to reveal
Day after day
I choose you with love
I choose you with hunger in my heart
I choose you today and all of the days

And if you feel overwhelmed
If your prone to doubt
To apprehend
Take my hand
Run with me
Let's feel the blood in our cheeks

This break of routine has shown me how great these days can be
It’s made me forget everything
This day by your side has shown me how sweet this world can be
You've made me forget everything

If I could just steal these hours from days
To feel you with you in every way
And I feel right by your side

The night descends so we head in
To watch a Japanese animation
I fall asleep on your sleeve
With those three word
In my dreams

THE BLOOD MOON

At first I don't see it
I only hear it
Like the beating of our heart
Under the floorboards, torn apart
I run but it's faster
It's toying with me
Walked in this cursed city
Lead to the same place
It seems

Fate
It's a dangerous game on a dangerous land
Fate
A lane you can't escape

The fear in me rises, rises through my skin
It can feel which way I'm headed
It can sense what I'm thinking

Everything I've known
Everything I've worked for is slipping through my reach
Feelings that I've had
Feelings that I've never had
I can't control it
Everything I've ever known
(Been taken by the moon)
(Taken by the blood moon)
Everything I've ever known
(Been taken by the moon)
(Taken by the blood moon)

It has me in its grip
I am intoxicated
Rising through the night
And it has taken me on to it
I cannot resist this
The battle in me gone
I give myself over
Let the victor claim the spoils

The blood moon and its stars disappear behind his eyes
And I cannot fathom why this moment feels like home

WE WERE LOVERS

We meet inside the café
The air is thick like hospital
Choked by the gold on your finger
We were lovers

Bury the thoughts that resurface
Those hands were mine

And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself
For just a little while
But it was you
It was really you

Staring into my coffee
It is not black, just a shade of brown
Too scared to let our eyes meet
What will we see?

And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself
For just a little while
But it was you
It was really you

And now our love has been forgotten
Like it was never there
We're just sitting here like strangers
You gave me yourself
For just a little while
But it was you
Really you

The space between us
Will not be beat
Oceans and past lives
We were lovers

CAIN SAID TO ABEL

Cain said to Abel:
"Brother I've been bad
Killed a fleet of angels with my bare hands"

Cain said to Abel:
"Brother I've been bad, and I can't find my glasses"

This self-obsessed sinner
I hear he loves to drink
This self-obsessed sinner
I hear he loves a fight

Success has been cruel
This year has been hard
Falling out of love with the one thing I had loathed

This self-obsessed sinner
I hear he loves to drink
This self-obsessed sinner
I hear he loves a fight

Discipline, discipline
Disappearing
Echoing, echoing
Exiting

Discipline, discipline
Disappearing
Nothing there
Nothing works
Nothing matters

Every time, every time
I look over
Everything
Everyone
Every time
Family, family
Shredded by
Liberty, liberty
Literally

You can be, you can be
You can see
Eventually
Literally
Instantly
History, history
Disappearing
Echoing, echoing
Exiting

You look up
You look over
You can see it
Disappearing, disappearing
Instantly
Literally, literally
Telling them
They'll be different
They'll be special
They'll be better

This self-obsessed sinner
I hear he loves to drink
This self-obsessed sinner
I hear he loves a fight

VERSION 2.0

Harder, faster, better, stronger
Replace the broken
Replace the bland

Skinheads
Rude boys
Goths and ravers
Search for truth in
A false world

This world is vast
This world is crowded
Give us our voice
Give us our corner
This world is vast
This world is crowded
Give us our voice
Give us our

Remix
Relaunch
Matrix
Reloaded
Nothing is or was ever really complete
Dye my hair and tattoo my skin
Silicone breasts
Free time to...

This world is vast
This world is crowded
Give us our voice
Give us our corner
This world is vast
This world is crowded
Give us our voice
Give us our
Give us our

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

Well I guess
This will be dismissed
As bitterness and sour grapes

Champion grudge-bearer
Too much time with my own thoughts
It should be my name on their lips
But it's not

And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait
However long it takes
However long it takes

See, you're gonna be the next big thing
All the young girls you could ever want

I heard your song on the radio
Like a fire-brand on my skin
So the war has begun
A pox on your houses

And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait
However long it takes
However long it takes

I say round of applause
I say round of applause
(The new king of baloney says whatever he wants)

I say round of applause
I say round of applause
(Objection, overruled)

Passive yet aggressive
Drunk on schadenfreude
Success has been cruel to me
My time will come again

And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait

SECRETS

Boy
Keep your stories close to your chest
To your chest
I said boy
Keep your secrets secret

They will make you an exhibit
Nail you to a wall
Something safe for the fireplace
A warning for their kids
For their kids

RHODODENDRONS

On the hottest night of the year
Lying in a patch of rho-
Rhododendrons

A bottle of whiskey under my arm
Trying to count a sky full of stars
I dream of order
I dream of fleets
Of Napoleon in aquamarine

He said:
"Linus, put that blanket down
You've slammed your door too many times"
He said:
"Linus, put that blanket down
The world won't wait"

Boy
What you gonna do with your life?
Boy
What you gonna do with your life?

When I was your age
I was command-, commanding fleets
When I was your age
I was soaked in victory

And now you can't keep a job
And you can't keep a wife
What a horrible mess you're gonna make of your life
Watched way too many American films
To be John Wayne, Brando or James Dean

Waiting so long for your wrists to get thick
Waiting so long for the next great party
So many questions
So little to say
You don't need these weights

Boy
What you gonna do with your life?
Boy
What you gonna do with your life?

So you want to be an artist
Want to be a singer
Want to be remembered for what you could create

So you want to be a cowboy
Riding to the distance
Never have to listen or answer to anyone

So you want to be a boxer
Surviving on your instincts
Relying on your fists
And the quickness of your wit

Are you bigger than these buildings
And the grey around you?
Is your pain more worthy than everybody else?

Drunk again in the rhododendrons
Drunk again in the rhododendrons
Drunk again in the rhododendrons
Drunk again in the rhododendrons

ENGLAND

The kids are restless
They just need something to do
From Ilford to Ladywell
The streets have become cruel

He said:
"I will not listen and I won't be told
England is mine, I will take what I want"

He said:
"I will not listen and I won't be told
We will roam these satanic mills"

They stood on his fingers
Kicked the back of his head like a ball
They filmed the beating on their mobile phones

She said:
"I will not listen and I won’t be told
England is mine, I will take what I want"

She said:
"I will not listen and I won’t be told
We will make up our own rules"

I'm waiting for something cruel
I'm waiting for something cruel

I'm just waiting for something cruel
I'm just waiting for something cruel

I'm waiting for something cruel to happen

VISION OF HEAVEN

Vision of heaven
Walking a pier
On my own
Telegenic
Windswept day
Desolate

Left my white Converse on the cold sand
Threw my mobile phone into the sea
I cannot be called or reached

Vision of heaven
No-one around for miles

Cut the wires and the cables that run under the sea
The walls are white
The rooms are cruel
In the house where I worry
These days I just want to be alone
These days I just want to be alone

I cannot remember the Lord's Prayer
I cannot remember
Oh, but I don't care
I cannot recall my best friend's face
Blurs and outlines
Eternal fall

Cut the wires and the cables that run under the sea
The walls are white
The rooms are cruel
In the house where I worry
These days I just want to be alone
These days I just want to be alone

SELFISH SON

I took it too far
I took it too far again
Cut me down
I took it too far
I took it too far again
On the Lower East Side

I took it too far
I took it too far again
Night bleeds into day
I took it too far
I took it too far again
I nearly lost you

I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
My love

Typical me
Typical Libra
Spit the dummy
Typical me
Typical Libra
The grass is always green

This city is razed on borrowed time
Taxi meters
Police sirens
This city is razed on borrowed time
I nearly lost you

I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you

I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
My love

Selfish son
Selfish brother
Selfish child
Selfish lover...

I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
I can be cruel
I can be cruel to you
My love...

ATONEMENT

It will be hard, my love
It will be hard, but it can be done
My kisses will put out the forest fire I started
I will not let
I will not let you get further from me
You must fight for me

Oh, it was a funny feeling to be wanted
So, it was a funny feeling
We only ever notice
We only ever notice
When it seems like all is lost
You know it meant nothing to me

Remember the good times
Remember me sleeping by your side
Remember the feeling
That you were safe in my arms
I still see sons in you
My sons of sons in your eyes
This love's not over
This love's not over

Oh, it was a funny feeling to be wanted
So, it was a funny feeling
We only ever notice
We only ever notice
When it seems like all is lost
You know it meant nothing to me

And we can make a raft from all the dead trees
And set sail for better times
To a time when this love was not poisoned
And I was kind
And I was kind

(Atonement)

Oh, it was a funny feeling
To be wanted
(This is my atonement)
So, it was a funny feeling
(This is my atonement)
We only ever notice
We only ever notice
When it seems like all is lost
(This is my atonement)
You know it meant nothing to me
(This is my atonement)

It will be hard, my love
It will be hard, but it can be done

CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS

Three is evil
The most evil of all the numbers
Coarse and hateful
Full of unrest and neglect
(Hey!)

When they get here
You become someone else
Cruel and distant
A Cavalier to my Roundhead

And as you make your pretty speech
(Hey!)
I seethe
(Like Vesuvius)

With reason drowned by toxic thoughts
I'm going to the dark side
'Cause

Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you

I want reparations
The streets are run with your blood
I want the limelight back
I want it back

There is no reason to pretend that we are closer than this
(Hey!)
For I know that you know that I know that you know
I would rather claw out your eyes

With reason drowned by toxic thoughts
I'm going to the dark side
'Cause

Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you

I want reparations
The streets are run with your blood
I want the limelight back
I want it back

Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you
Sometimes I want to hurt you

I want reparations
The streets are run with your blood
I want the limelight back
I want it back

EMMA KATE'S ACCIDENT

And you will say
You did it to yourself
And you will say
You fell down the stairs
And you will say
You walked into a door

And you will say
You have two left feet
And you will say
It was your own fault
And you will lie
But I know the truth

There is a difference
In loving and being in love

When we talk now
I listen for the truth in your lies
That we're doing so good
How your heart still belongs to him

There is a difference
In loving and being in love

THE MARSHALS ARE DEAD

Attention
Unbelievers
Fashion victims
Opportunists
Blood sport
Cop killer
Don't trust art
Don't trust culture

Cancel your thoughts out forever
(Forever)
Milk it and strain it to residue
An insult that dilates forever
(Forever)

Passing from history that's made from arrangements
(Forever)
Of tannoys and cordons in symmetry
That cancel forever
(Forever)

A curse on your houses
Rivers run with your sons' blood
No case for extenuation
All the marshals are dead
Dead, dead, dead

Cancel your thoughts out forever
(Forever)
Milk it and strain it to residue
An insult that dilates forever
(Forever)

Passing from history that's made from arrangements
(Forever)
Of tannoys and cordons in symmetry
That cancel forever
(Oh! Forever)

Spring breaks in ranks and in boulevards
A country that makes us
But cannot contain us

THE ANSWER

Feeding the 5,000 was not done with prayers alone
It takes blood and guts
And it takes devotion
So tired of standing up
And so tired of drawing breath
It's your turn to take the map
And it's your turn to drop the soap

We got pretty pretty boys sucking on a cola
Money to burn
Money to burn
Money to burn
We got rules to protect you
Isaac and Ishmael
The magazine says it's okay
A life as a billboard
And if you are the answer
We are going straight to hell

Grown in a parental fugue
Weight loss in self respect
Bomb, bomb, bomb us back together

A new way into a lost answer

You could talk a little less
And you could talk a little less
And you could talk a little less
And you could talk a little less

Grown in a parental fugue
Weight loss in self respect
Bomb, bomb, bomb us back together
A new way into a lost answer

STAYING FAT

I rely on (bitter cold)
I depend on (arctic snow)
A pair of trainers
(I've got mine)
Could make a God of the two of us
(I want yours)

I exist on (apropos)
I insist on (arctic snow)
A change of clothing (will fill the void)
Could lift us into fidelity
(Will suck you in)

The sound keeps you hemmed to the past
(The walls are coming in again)

The streets grid alone from the door
(You gotta spin the fucking dread or...)

I rely on (bitter cold)
I depend on (arctic snow)
The manmade fibres
(I've got mine)
That are the stuff of my birthright
(I want yours)

I decide on (apropos)
I retreat from (arctic snow)
The dregs of discourse (will fill the void)
For a new world order
(Will suck you in)

The sound keeps you hemmed to the past
(The walls are coming in again)

The streets grid alone from the door
(You gotta spin the fucking dread or...)

In a pile of days between no oceans
(All the kids are rioting)

There's no art in a broken head
(All the kids are staying fat)

Progress
Progress
Progress
Progress

HERO

Another bad day
Waste of promise
Are we really getting near?
Kick off your work shoes
Rest a little
There's nothing for you to prove

Is it funny or is it sad?
We leave and enter on our own
Is it funny or is it sad?
We never really know anyone

(Hero)
I'm telling you my only secret
I'm so lonely, she said
(Hero)
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day

(Hero)
A heaviness so relentless
An emptiness so monumental
(Hero)
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day

Across the sea
I can hear you're tired
What is there left to see?

I smash a keyboard into their faces
A silence so satisfying
I can understand why you left your home
I can understand

(Hero)
I'm telling you my only secret
I'm so lonely, she said
(Hero)
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day

(Hero)
A heaviness so relentless
An emptiness so monumental
(Hero)
I'm waiting for a hero to save the day

'Cause we're twenty, twenty, twenty-two
Bleeding stars, stars and happy thoughts
'Cause we're twenty, twenty, twenty-two
Waiting for the rain, the rain to stop

'Cause I'm a boy and you're a girl
And what else is there in this world?
I can make you smile
I can make you laugh
What else is there in this world?

So take my hand and marry me
I'll make your branches sprout a-green
I can make you smile
I can make you laugh
What else is there in this world?

(Hero)
And if you take my hand
I'll lead you to the promised land
(Hero)
Just call in sick
Our time is now

(Hero)
I've got so much love to give
A vessel to receive it
(Hero)
Take the day off work
Our time is now
Our time is now

ALWAYS NEW DEPTHS

All the clouds are black
Mother is cried out
Someone else broke my fall
I don't remember
Internationally bastardised
Internationally tongue-tied
The truth is I'm not sorry
It's bigger than the both of us

A pillar of salt
A box of want
You were pulled out of the embers
It was never my intention
All the clouds are black
Mother is cried out

Summertime has come and gone
All used up with wishful thinking
Get sussed out
Get cynical
In this world there are no second chances

You don't need to preach to me
I'm a believer, baby
You don't need to preach to me
I'm a believer

If you want lies
I can tell them
If you want lies
I got 'em
All the pennies in the Thames will not make it how it was

Summertime has come and gone
All used up with wishful thinking
Get sussed out
Get cynical
In this world there are no second chances

Crawling round on all fours
You gotta curl yourself into a circle
I will tear myself apart
If you promise to paint me as a work of art
As a work of art
As a work of art
As a work of art

You're my work of art
You're my work of art
You're my work of art
You're my work of art
Art, art, art, art...

Always new depths
Always new depths
Always new depths
Always new depths

THE PRESENT

If you're cold and you're alone
And you don't know where to go
You can call me anytime
Nothing's changed
I am still here

If you're running out of breath
And your building's burning down
You can jump
I will catch you
Nothing's changed
I am still here

With heavy hands and absent mind
Did I blow your candle out?
With shortened words and a lack of time
Am I ever on your mind?

Was I cruel and never there?
Nothing to rely on
Was our romance a black hole?
You kept the better half than me

Well if you really wanted to know
Well no, the Earth's not moved for me since
I wish I could've given you lightness
The lightness that you deserve

And they say "time is a healer"
And "time will look after you"
I can't wait
I can't wait
I can't wait
I can't wait
Come over

Come over
Come over
Come over
Why don't you come over?
Why don't you come over?
Why don't you come over?
Why don't you come over?

Well if you really wanted to know
Well no the Earth's not moved for me since
I wish I could've given you lightness
The lightness that you deserve

And they say "time is a healer"
And "time will look after you"
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Come over

And I stole you that ring
'Cause I wanted you to have it
And it wasn't about me
I just wanted you to have it
Your smile
Baby, your smile
Baby, I come alive

I feel so naked
Like before we met
Last night I was so close to just calling you up
They say it takes time to heal the wounds
I can't wait
I can't wait
Come over

FLIRTING AGAIN

Tonight I'm taking names for the game
Can I be tamed?
I take a blue pill for the thrill
Sip it with alcohol
Any of them will do
Give me two at the same time
I go sowing my oats, far and wide

Sent a text to my ex on Valentine's Day
But nothing came back so I fuck the pain away
(Fuck the pain away)
Take a bite if you like
The first is free
The second you'll pay
I'm a reasonable man

And now I'm flirting again
Again, again, again, again
Now I'm flirting again
Again, again, again, again
And now I'm flirting again
Again, again, again, again
With this one
With that one

Call me Ace of Spades, Lemonade
As I maintain your gaze
I don't know your name
Pink cocaine coursing through my veins
You could be my flame
All paths lead to the same place
I'm so tired of this scene
Make an honest man of me

So I dust off the moves that the dream boy taught me
Shave my chest, bench press
I keep it chill but naughty
So I dust off the moves that the go-go boy taught me
A whole lifetime ago

And now I'm flirting again
Again, again, again, again
Now I'm flirting again
Again, again, again, again
And now I'm flirting again
Again, again, again, again
With this one
With that one
Oh

(Flirt!)
Could you be the one?
(Flirt!)
Could you be the one?
(Flirt!)
Keep me on my toes
(Flirt!)
My tippy toes
I keep my cards close to my chest
(Close to my chest)
(Flirt!)
I keep my heartbreak all to myself

Tonight I'm taking names for the game
Can I be tamed?
I take a blue pill for the thrill
Sip it with alcohol
Any of them will do
Give me two at the same time
I go sprinkling my love over SW4

He's flirting again
He's flirting again
He's flirting again
Oh

STUNT QUEEN

Oh, Kurosawa, let's be clear, I am not your mate
I did not come to kick you, I came here to collect
So tell me something other than the money's been spent
Better start talking
Oh, Kurosawa, let's be clear, I know all the tricks
But I did not come to gas you through, I came to get rich
So, if you want to test me, you will pick up a stitch
Better start talking

I've got friends in high places
I know what you don't know
Been round the block a while
In my time, I've pulled a stunt or two

Kurosawa, let's be clear, I am no local
See, I am not the one for your shenanigans
And if you want to try me, I will give you the most
Better start talking

All these youth think they've changed the game
Running round my endz in their SUVs
Talking grease out the side of they neck
No one likes a grass
I don't give a fuck about Cindy Lou
If you get your mans, I'll get mine too
And I'll show you what this old-timer can do

I've got friends in high places
I know what you don't know
Been round the block a while
In my time, I've pulled a stunt or two

All these yout think they've changed the game
Prancing round my ends in Huaraches and fades
A few more reps on chest day, son
If you wanna contend
See, I don't give a fuck about the Old Bill
If you bring the filth, I'll bring my goons
I'll show you what this old-timer can do
Sayonara

I've got friends in high places
I know what you don't know
Been round the block a while
In my time, I've pulled a stunt or two
I've got friends in high places
I know what you don't know
Been round the block a while
In my time, I've pulled a stunt or two

AMERICAN KIDS

In your house, your daddy's car
You salt the slugs, keep at bay
Happy when your eyes are close
In vogue this year I hate your kind

I just can't stop

BLUE MOON

(Do-do-do-do-do)
I have been trying,
(Do-do-do-do-do)
Trying to find my way back to you
(Do-do-do-do-do)
On the lips
Of a total stranger

Now I've started drinking I've something to do
Something to hold onto coz I cannot hold onto you
Now I've started smoking I've something to do
I wear grey every day

(Do-do-do-do-do)
If you're so right,
(Do-do-do-do-do)
Why does it always go wrong?
(Do-do-do-do-do)
I've read the right books
But I spent every night alone

Now I've started drinking I've something to do
Something to hold onto coz I cannot hold onto you
Now I've started smoking I've something to do
I wear grey every day

I have this dream:
You're behind a mirror
If I smash it with my hands
You'll be here with me

I came home Sundays
I played your guitar
...when you were strong
Or loved

I'm waiting
I'm waiting
I'm waiting
I'm waiting

I'm waiting
For a blue moon
I'm waiting
To crash into you

I'm waiting
For a blue moon
I'm waiting

CELLS SHAPED LIKE STARS

This house is sick, it ruins us
The scent of death in every kiss
In every room we have shed tears
Iím calling time

I'll bring you back, back from the brink
I'll dry your tears

You see, in our bodies, in our bodies
There are cells shaped like stars
ëCause in our bodies, there are universes
Everything that ends will one day start again
We must think our way through this

Such rosy cheeks, a healthy smile
We must put this behind us
She's watching us from the stars
Her requiem

You see, in our bodiesÖ

I know that she would
Have been a girl
You'll meet her one day
Sheíll remember you

THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION

This is not a competition
You will see when I am gone
Can't you see that I am trying?
Love fifteen; fifteen all
I made a vow to carry you home
If you fall sick, if you pass out
I made a vow to rescue you
If you're in trouble, if you flake out

If you need to ask
I ache because you ache

What was it you could not tell me?
Why are there cuts on your arm?
What is it you run away from?
Why have all the clocks stopped?

If you need to ask
I ache because you ache

TEEN CRISIS

It's my mess and I'm to blame
Like father, just like son
And I don't know how they're supposed to help you
But it hurts to feel so far from God
So if you wanna piece of me
Fucking well wait in line
Promises made to be broken
I became the thing I hated

I'm gonna say no when you ask me to dance
Bite my tongue, not laugh at your jokes
You swore it'd be different the second time round
And I believed you, I believed you
But you broke me with your hands
Buy you flowers, just break down
Cry a little every now and then
Cry a little, I'll never change

LEAD BY EXAMPLE

Black ice claimed another life
When I jumped into the mainstream I was thinking of you
Bury the kids and respray your house
It was you who blew my candle out
Maybe these days there's no desire to rise above or stand against
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
Snort your lines we dream tonight

It's what it is and nothing more

Cocaethylene germolene euthanasia It doesn't feel like we're at war, it doesn't feel at all
And if you want we'll march against
March into the pyres
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
Snort your lines we dream tonight

Just one kiss that'll make it better, just one kiss now it's all alright

LIFE OF THE PARTY

You're the life of the party
When you smile
So come up and see me
Once in a while
You're the life of the party
When you smile
So just keep on dancing
By my side
Keep on dancing

You take the pain out of living
When you smile
So why'd I want another one
But you
So why'd I want another?
So what's the point of another one
But you
What's the point of another

Just what the hell do you see in me?

MACHINE

And what do I care
Skies are blue
I never reallyÖ.
And what do I careÖÖ
Cuz people are afraid to merge on the freeways
People are afraid to merge
Cuz people are afraid to merge on the freeways
People are afraid to merge
In all the malls in all the townsÖ
iPods, discmans, cellular phones a thousand channels...
Just make me cruel just make me crueler
Cuz people are afraid to merge on the freeways
People are afraid to merge

Machine
Machine
Machine

We are the color
Celebrate the futureÖ
With hip-hop, rap, rock and roll

We all deserve a fifteen minutes worth
Roll me out the red carpetÖ.
ÖÖ.

Machine
Machine

People are afraid to merge on the freeways
People are afraid to merge

Cuz people are afraid to merge on the freeways
People are afraid to merge

CHINESE BURN

Hurry up boy
You're making me wait
Twist my arm boy
Chinese burn
You smell like shit boy
What have you been doing?
You smell like shit boy
Me and you
Suffocate you
Sweat and semen
Negate desire
With promises
We've all been hurt and learn the hard way
Tear it down, start again

God sends disasters, God sent you to me

Why so worried?
You didn't bring me down
Come back to bed boy
You didn't bring me down
If you don't feel it
Like the others
If you don't feel it
You never will

The flames of desire have taken hold
If I don't burn with you I burn alone

RIVULET

In my dreams I've come undone
My blood in everything
My teeth are falling out
Your words are in my mouth
Hack hack hack, hack off my limbs
Suffer in this tourniquet
Silently into extremes
Waiting for the phone to ring

If you can go without, well I can go without too

Drip drip drip, dripping away
You hang me out to dry
Trickle turns to rivulet
Immerse yourself in the blood of the lamb

You made me wait too long

AN ACT OF CONTRITION

They're burning books and they're burning kids
Jesus says that it's okay

We're mired, votive candles, say a prayer release me
The Lord says, wait upon me, it's not easy
It's not found in flowers, hoping for catharsis
if you just had faith, you'd stop crying, say a prayer release me

We resist

You're not making any friends
We got heat, we got bonfires
Learn to die a little everyday
We got something to believe in

COMPLIMENTS (Demo)

We walk and we talk, but nothing gets said
Another day, another day
Flatter and corrupt

We sit and we sigh, but nothing gets said
So modern, so right, we just get old

SONG FOR CLAY (DEMO)

(previously known as 'The War's Not Over')

I'm aware, there is a world there, outside of my window, my window.
When I reach out to touch it, it shrinks away, away from me.
These days, I'm never angry, only ever bored find me*
The next great special occasion, next great party, nothing, ever touches me.

At the Les Trois Garcons, we meet at precisely nine o' clock
I order the foie gras and I eat it with complete disdain

Bubbles rise in champagne flutes
But when we kiss I feel nothing
Feasting on Xanax and Marlboro Reds
Self-pity won't save you

(oh-ho) how our parents they suffered for nothing
Live the dream (x3)
like the 80s never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
to merge on the freeway
These days I'm only bored.

We stroll past the queue, into the magazine launch party
I'm handed a pill and I swallow with complete disdain

Bass strum pounds and high hi-hats
We make sure to look bored
We suck each other's face and make sure we are noticed
The cocaine won't save you

(oh-ho) how our parents they suffered for nothing
Live the dream (x3)
like the Eighties never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
to merge on the freeway
These days I'm only bored.

And in Gary's bar ?
Took (into?) ?? Jefferson? ??
Until he emerged? (?? ??)
Until his life? (Until his light?)

Because East London is a vampire, it sucks the joy right out of me
How we longed for corruption in these golden years

(oh-ho) how our parents they suffered for nothing
Live the dream (x3)
like the Eighties never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
to merge on the freeway
These days I'm only bored.

These days I'm only bored.

HUNTING FOR WITCHES (Demo)

I'm sitting on the roof of my house with a shotgun
And a six-pack of beer, six-pack of beer, six-pack of beer

The newscaster says the enemy's among us
As bombs explode on the 30 bus

Put away those pamphlets and vegetarianism
Now is not the time for liberal thought

So I go hunting for witches
So I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for

In the 90s
Everything is possible,
The place of terror,
as Airplanes crash into towers, into towers, crash into towers

The Daily Mail says the enemy's among us
Taking our women and taking our jobs
All reasonable thought is being drowned out
By the non-stop ringing, ringing of fire-alarms

So I go hunting for witchesÖ
So I go hunting for witchesÖ
Heads are going to roll,
I go hunting for...

I'm an ordinary man with ordinary desire
I watched TV, it informs me
I'm an ordinary man with ordinary desire
There must be accountability
In this age of the hyper real
Fear will keep us all in place

So I go hunting for witchesÖ
So I go hunting for witchesÖ
Heads are going to roll,
I go hunting for ..

I'm an ordinary man with ordinary desire
I watched TV, it informs me
I'm an ordinary man with ordinary desire
There must be accountability
In this age of the hyper
Fear will keep us all in place