How come I end up where I started?
How come I end up where I went wrong?
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
You reel me out, then you cut the string
How come I end up where I started?
How come I end up where I went wrong?
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
You still reel me out and then you cut the string
You used to be alright
What happened?
Did the cat get your tongue
Did your string come undone
One by one
One by one
It comes to us all
It's as soft as your pillow
You used to be alright
What happened?
Etcetera, etcetera
Fads for whatever
Fifteen steps
Then a sheer drop
How come I end up where I started?
How come I end up where I went wrong?
Won't take my eyes off the ball again
You reel me out, then you cut the string
Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights?
I stay home forever
Where two and two always makes up five
I lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has april's showers
And two and two always makes up five
Its the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream it, you can shout
It is too late now
Because
You have not been paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
You have not been paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
You have not been paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
You have not been paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
Paying attention
I try to sing along
But the music is all wrong
'Cause I'm not
'Cause I'm not
I swat 'em like flies but like flies the bugs keep coming back, not
But I'm not
All hail to the thief
All hail to the thief
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the box
'Cause I'm not
'Cause I'm not
Oh go and tell the king that the sky is falling in
When it's not
But it's not
But it's not
Maybe not
Maybe not
Oh, I was moved by your screen dream
Celluloid pictures living
Your death could not kill my love for you
Take two people romantic
Smoky nightclub situation
Your cigarette traces a ladder
Here's looking at you kid
Celebrate years
Here's looking at you kid
Wipe away tears
Long time since we're together
Now I hope it's forever
Ideal love flies away now
White jacket black tie wings too
You gave her away to the hero
Words don't express my meaning
Notes could not spell out the score
But finding not keeping's the lesson
Here's looking at you kid
Hard to forget
Here's looking at you kid
At least not yet
Your memory stays
It lingers ever
Will fade away never
This is just a nightmare
Soon I'm gonna wake up
Someone's gonna bring me 'round
Running from the bombers
Hiding in the forest
Running through the fields
Laying flat on the ground
Just like everybody
Stepping over hills
Running from the underground
This is your warning
4 minute warning
I don't wanna hear it
I don't wanna know
I just wanna run and hide
This is just a nightmare
But soon I'm gonna wake up
Someone's gonna bring me 'round
This is your warning
4 minute warning
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
i don't know why you bother
nothing's ever good enough for you
i was there and it wasn't like that
you came here just to start a fight
you had to piss on our parade
you had to shred our big day
you had to ruin it for all concerned
in a drunken punchup at a wedding.
hypocrite opportunist
don't infect me with your poison
a bully in a china shop
when i turn round stay frozen to the spot.
you had to piss on our parade
you had to shred our big day
you had to ruin it for all concerned
in a drunken punchup at a wedding.
the pointless snide remarks
of hammerheaded sharks
the pot will call the kettle black
in a drunken punchup at a wedding.
no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no
If I get old
I will not give in
But if I do
Remind me of this
Remind me that
Once I was free
Once I was cool
Once I was me
And if I sit down and cross my arms
Hold me to this song
Knock me out
Smash out my brains
If I take the chair and start to talk shit
If I get old, remind me of this
That night we kissed and I really meant it
Whatever happens, if we're still speaking
Pick up the phone, play me this song
Above the traffic noise and fires
Can you hear me?
I'm standing right next to you
As the crowds pour out on a cold cold night
There's a place we can go
There's a place where we both can hide
And we'll stay quite still
We won't make a sound
We'll turn out the lights
Then we'll leave and disappear into the night
We turn out the lights
We just want a simple life
We turn out the lights
Please turn out the lights
On down the road we walk alone
Can you see me?
I'm scared that I'm losing you
As the crowds press on through the cold cold night
There's a place we can go
There's a place where we both can hide
And we'll stay quite still
We won't make a sound
We'll turn out the lights
Then we'll leave and disappear into the night
We turn out the lights
We just want a simple life
We turn out the lights
Please turn out the lights
All the faults we made, I'd make them all again
I gave my promise and the life we have is sacred
I wouldn't lie to you
I could not lie to you
Turn up, we'll leave the noise behind
So turn out the lights
Please turn out the lights
Drag him out your window
Dragging out the dead
Singing: I miss you
Snakes and ladders
Flip the lid
Out pops the cracker
Snaps you in the head
Knifes you in the neck
Kicks you in the teeth
Steel toe caps
Takes all your credit cards
Get up
Get the gunge
Get the eggs
Get the flan in the face
The flan in the face
The flan in the face
Dance you fucker
Dance you fucker
Don't you dare
Don't you dare
Don't you flan in the face
Take it with the love is given
Take it with a pinch of salt
Take it to the taxman
Let me back
Let me back
I promise to be good
Don't look in the mirror
At the face you don't recognize
Help me call the doctor
Put me inside
Put me inside
Put me inside
Put me inside
Put me inside
I keep the wolf from the door
But he calls me up
Calls me on the phone
Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
Steal all my children
If I don't pay the ransom
But I'll never see 'em again
If I squeal to the cops
Walking like giant cranes
Ah, with my X-ray eyes I strip you naked
In a tight little world
Why are you on the list?
Stepford wives, who are we to complain?
Investments and dealers
Investments and dealers
Cold wives and mistresses
Cold wives and Sunday papers city
Boys in first class don't know we're born just know
Someone else is going to come and clean it up
Born and raised for the job
Someone always does
I wish you'd get up, get over
Get up, get over
And turn your tape off
I keep the wolf from the door
But he calls me up
Calls me on the phone
Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
Steal all my children
If I don't pay the ransom
And I'll never see 'em again
If I squeal to the cops
So I'm just gonna
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights in armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfarre blowing to the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run in the nineteen seventies.
I was lying in a burned out basement with the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement when the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head and I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying and colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home.
In the next World War
In a jackknifed juggernaut
I am born again
In the neon sign
Scrolling up and down
I am born again
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In a deep deep sleep
Of the innocent
I am born again
In a fast german car
I'm amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
And you're invited to
The chance of a lifetime interview
Slow down and breath
Slow down you're terrified to speak
All eyes on you
And you're embarrased too
Afraid of the light
That shines on you
So frail and small
So scared you're terrified by all
The eyes on you
All eyes on you
I am the next act
waiting in the wings
I am an animal
trapped in your hot car
I am all the days
that you choose to ignore
You are all I need
You are all I need
I am in the middle of your picture
Lying in the reeds
I am a moth
who just wants to share your light
I'm just an insect
trying to get out of the night
I only stick with you
because there are no others
You are all I need
You are all I need
I'm in the middle of your picture
Lying in the reeds
It's all wrong
It's all wrong
It's all wrong
It's all right
It's all right
It's all right
It's all wrong
It's all right
It's all wrong
It's all right
Morning bell
Morning bell
Light another candle and
Release me
Release me
You can keep the furniture
A bump on the head
Howling down the chimney
Release me
Release me
Yeah...
Release me
Release me
Where'd you park the car?
Where'd you park the car?
Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture
And I might as well
I might as well
Sleepy jack the fire drill
Run around around around around around..
Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half
Destiny, destiny protect me from the world.
Destiny, hold my hand, protect me from the world.
Here we are with our running and confusion,
and I don't see no confusion anywhere.
And if the world does turn and if London burns,
I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar.
I want to be in a band when I get to heaven,
anyone can play guitar and they won't be a nothing any more.
Grow my hair, grow my hair, I am Jim Morrison,
grow my hair, I wanna be, wanna be, wanna be Jim Morrison.
Here we are with our running and confusion,
and I don't see no confusion anywhere.
And if the world does turn and if London burns,
I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar.
I want to be in a band when I get to heaven,
anyone can play guitar and they won't be a nothing any more.
Are you lonely?
Are you living on the seat of your pants?
Are you happy?
Wipe that smile off your face
Are you someone?
Kiss my pinball eyes
Are you lonely?
Are you broken all in a vice?
Try what you shouldn't say
And I'll help you
Here's the detective
He's in charge of your case
Here's the detective
And he's hoping to waste my name
And he's trying what is in his arm, but I don't mind
He's trying what is in his arm, but I don't mind
The strength for living, losing
No one inside of my head
Are you crazy?
Are you blessed in bed in his arms?
Mister Mobley [?]
Will you cry us a play in here?
Are you happy?
Crossed legs
Try what you want from me
I'll spin it back
Soft as a denim hand
Spit it back
This world
[?] one and it hurts [?]
On a nose
I wanna know
what you think about your future
Can you tell me what you think,
what you think about your life?
I wanna know
what you think of me, your friends
I wanna know
how you come to be alive
Saw you
take it all
Looking greater
some way 'round
You went there, took it all
And all time now
take the fall
I wanna know
how you feel when you wake up
I wanna know
how you feel when you sleep
I wanna know
what you dream into this world
Where you gonna go
What are you gonna achieve?
When you say
"Want to get"
All your friends say
"Well he's so high"
I'm gonna kick you off your cloud
Want to know
If you want to see the shit
or see my soul
Wants to get between yourself
and I know your reasons
You could always be an astronaut
Well you could be an astronaut
Well you see this world as it had been made
Nowhere I'm too safe now
Where you sing you do it all
You're looking greater when you go
I wanna know
How you feel in this life
I wanna see
How you look when you gonna meet my wife
You could do it better with vibe
You could do it better when you run
When you're losing all your friends
Because you're just fucking stoned
Why would you take it all?
Why would you never take the fall
Who do you think you are
so fucking cool
I think you're nothing more
than a fool
So sad I'd like to make you dare to say
Once to go
But you're already way to drunk and sad
I won't be dared to close your soul
And this water looks like anything
Well this water looks like everything
Down to decide there is not too far to say
Down to the side there is not too far to say
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
You said once or twice
You said I'm going to try this once or twice
You said I'm never gonna be, be addicted
Well you never said you were gonna be so dickhead
Wants to get it on herself
Somewhere I will find it
Well you could be an astronaut
Well you can be an astronaut
Well you're cool enough to be my friend
Well you're cool enough to be my friend
Just don't get to
I don't get to high
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna go to you
I wanna know
I wanna go
I wanna know
I wanna go
Pararara-pa-pa-pa
Pararara-pa-pa-pa
Pararara-pa-pa-pa
(Attention) I wish we'd spin in the eye to (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
A smiling brotherhood (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
(Attention) The unacceptable face of (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
The door selling the good (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
(Attention) A spontaneous feeling (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
The joy of the uprising (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
(Attention) An action with some meaning (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
A brief release of hope (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
Yeah if we stand up they'll
Pull us down again
I wish we'd spin in the eye to
A smiling brotherhood
The unacceptable face of
The door selling the good
(Attention) A spontaneous feeling (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
The joy of the uprising (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
(Attention) An action with some meaning (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
A brief release of hope (Pararara-pa-pa-pa)
Yeah if we stand up they'll
Pull us down again
Pararara, pa-pa-pa, pararara, pa-pa-pa
(Attention)
Pararara, pa-pa-pa, pararara, pa-pa-pa, pararara, pa-pa-pa
(Attention)
Pararara, pa-pa-pa, pararara, pa-pa-pa, pararara, pa-pa-pa
We're rotten fruit
We're damaged goods
What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose
One gust and we will probably crumble
We're backdrifters
This far but no further
I'm hanging off a branch
I'm teetering on the brink
Oh honey sweet
So full of sleep
I'm backsliding
You fell into our arms
You fell into our arms
We tried but there was nothing we could do
Nothing we could do
All evidence has been buried
All tapes have been erased
But your footsteps give you away
So you're backtracking
Ah ah ah
You fell into our arms
You fell into our arms
We tried but there was nothing we could do
Nothing we could do
You fell into our, ah
You fell into a
We're rotten fruit
We're damaged goods
What the hell, we've got nothing more to lose
One gust and we will probably crumble
We're backdrifters
Oh, Banana Co.
We really love you
And we need you
And oh, Banana Co.
We'd really love to believe you
But everything's underground
We gotta dig it up somehow
Yeah, yeah
Oh, she said: No go
She said she'd like to
She's seen you
And oh, Banana Co.
She knows if you die then we all do
And everything's burning down
We've gotta dig it up somehow
Yeah, yeah
Everything's burning down
We gotta put it out somehow
Yeah, yeah
you bit me, bit me, bit me, oh
you bit me, bit me, now I want more
I'm standing at the hall
I'm puking at the wall
it's all in sound to the conger eel
the bangers in the mash
the negatives for cash
you're either in the club, baby, or you're not
whatever turns you on
whatever gets you up
chief of police or vice-chancellor
lord and lady bla bla
the vicar and the judge
you're all dancing to my little red book
because you bit me, bit me, bit me, oh
I got the poison, poison, and now I want more
if you are on the top
then it is a long drop
the pyramid is power
we're changing by the hour
if you are on the top
then it is a long drop
if you stare into the dark
the dark will stare back
back into your soul
I'm taking you down, I'm taking you down
I'm taking you down when I go down
I'm taking you down, I'm taking you down
I'm standing in the hall, I'm puking at the wall
because you bit me, bit me, bit me, oh
the poison, I got the poison, I got the poison now
I got the poison
This town don't feel mine
Fast to get away
Far
I dressed you in her clothes
Now drive me
Far away, away, away
It feels good to know you're all mine
Now drive me, So
Far away, away, away
Far
Away
I don't care where Just far
Away
I don't care where Just far
Away
I don't care where Just far
Away
I don't care
Don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
That ain’t the way it’s meant to be
I ain’t so blind that I can’t see
Just let it lie, let it be
So don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
Well, I know you think I'm crazy to keep hanging’ round
But I was sort of hopin’ you’d change from the girl I found
But your words just sound like rock’n’roll lines to me
And they’re just about as burnt out as a worn out forty-five
And you can’t expect them to keep our love alive
So don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
That ain’t the way it’s meant to be
I ain’t so blind that I can’t see
Just let it lie, let it be
So don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
Well, I guess you had me fooled for a while
With your come on looks and your Mona Lisa smile
But your rock’n’roll is getting out of time for me
Go sing your lines to someone else, cause someone else may be
The fool you always thought you saw in me
So don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
That ain’t the way it’s meant to be
I ain’t so blind that I can’t see
Just let it lie, let it be
Don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
Just let it lie, let it be
Don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll, no
Don’t play your rock’n’roll to me
Just let it lie, let it be
Don't get any big ideas
They're not gonna happen
You paint your house white and feel the noise
But there'll be something missing
And now that you found it, it's gone
Now that you feel it, you don't
I'm not afraid
She stands stark naked and she beckons you to bed
Don't go you'll only want to come back again
So don't get any big ideas
They're not gonna happen
You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking
And now that you found it, it's gone
And now that you feel it, you don't
I'm not afraid
Dressed in Bishop's robes
Terrifies me still
In bishop's robes
Bastard headmaster
I'm not going back
I'm not going back
I'm not going back
Children taught to kill
To tear themselves to bits
On playing fields
Dressed in bishop's robes
I'm not going back
I'm not going back
I'm not going back
I get home from work
And you're still standing
In your dressing gown
Well, what am I to do?
I know all the things
Around your head
And what they do to you
What are we coming to?
What are we gonna do?
Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite
That beams me home
The troubled words
Of a troubled mind
I try to understand
What is eating you
I try to stay awake
But it's 58 hours since
That I last slept with you
What are we coming to?
I just don't know anymore
Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite
That beams me home
I get on the train
And I just stand about
Now that I don't think of you
I keep falling over
I keep passing out
When I see a face like you
What am I coming to?
I'm gonna melt down
Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite
That beams me home
Too late, this is killing me
Too late, this is killing me
Open your mouth wide
The universal sigh
And while the ocean blooms
It's what keeps me alive
So why does this still hurt?
Don't blow your mind with whys
I'm moving out of orbit
(Turning in somersaults)
Turning in somersaults
(A giant turtle's eyes)
A giant turtle's eyes
(And jellyfish float by)
And jellyfish float by
It's what keeps me alive
In my mind and nailed into my heels.
All the time killing what I feel.
And everything I touch
[All wrapped up in cotton wool]
[All wrapped up and sugar coated]
turns to stone.
And everything I touch
[All wrapped up in cotton wool]
[All wrapped up and sugar coated]
turns stone.
I am fused just in case I blow out.
I am glued just because I crack out.
Everything I touch turns to stone.
Everything I touch
[All wrapped up in cotton wool]
[All wrapped up and sugar coated]
I do not
Understand
What it is
I've done wrong
Full of holes
Check for pulse
Blink your eyes
One for yes
Two for no
I have no idea what I am talking about
I am trapped in this body and can't get out
You killed the sound
Removed backbone
A pale imitation
With the edges sawn off
I have no idea what you are talking about
Your mouth moves only with someone's hand up your ass
Has the light gone out for you?
Because the light's gone out for me
It is the 21st century
It is the 21st century
It can follow you like a dog
It brought me to my knees
They got a skin and they put me in
They got a skin and they put me in
On the lines wrapped round my face
On the lines wrapped round my face
And for anyone else to see
And for anyone else to see
I'm a lie
They've seen it coming
They've seen it coming
They've seen it coming
They've seen it coming
I don't want to be crippled and cracked
Shoulders, wrists, knees and back
Ground to dust and ash
Crawling on all fours
When you've got to feel it in your bones
When you've got to feel it in your bones
Now I can't climb the stairs
Pieces missing everywhere
Prozac painkillers
When you've got to feel it in your bones
When you've got to feel it in your bones
And I used to fly like Peter Pan
All the children flew when I touched their hands
Listen, you've got to feel it in your bones
Listen, you've got to feel it in your bones
Limb by limb and tooth by tooth
Stirring up inside of me
Every day, every hour
Wish that I was bulletproof
Wax me, mould me
Heat the pins and stab them in
You have turned me into this
Just wish that it
Was bulletproof
Was bulletproof
So, pay me money and take a shot
Lead, fill the hole in me
I could burst a million bubbles
All surrogate
And bulletproof
And bulletproof
And bulletproof
Bulletproof
Stay in the shadows
Cheer at the gallows
This is a round up
This is a low flying panic attack
Sing a song on the jukebox that goes
Burn the witch
Burn the witch
We know where you live
Red crosses on wooden doors
And if you float you burn
Loose talk around tables
Abandon all reason
Avoid all eye contact
Do not react
Shoot the messengers
This is a low flying panic attack
Sing the Song of Sixpence that goes
Burn the witch
Burn the witch
We know where you live
We know where you live
This is why events unnerve me
They find it all a different story
Notice whom four wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she asks the strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
World will travel oh so quickly
Travel first and towards this time
Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows It's got to be this time
Watching her, these things she said,
Times she cried, to frail to wake this time
Oh I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows It's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever, forever
Watching love grow, forever
Letting me know, forever.
I am the key to the lock in your house
That keeps your toys in the basement
And if you get too far inside
You'll only see my reflection
It's always best with the covers up
I am the pick in the ice
Do not cry out or hit the alarm
You know we're friends 'till we die
And either way you turn
I'll be there
Open up your skull
I'll be there
Climbing up the walls
It's always best when the light is off
It's always better on the outside
Fifteen blows to the back of your head
Fifteen blows to your mind
So lock the kids up safe tonight
Shut the eyes in the cupboard
I got the smell of a local man
Who's got the loneliest feeling
That either way he turns
I'll be there
Open up your skull
I'll be there
Climbing up the walls
Climbing up the walls
Climbing up the walls
Sleight of hand
Jump off the end
Into a clear lake
No one around
Just dragonflies
Fantasize
No one gets hurt
You've done nothing wrong
Slide your hand
Jump off the end
The water's clear
And innocent
The water's clear
And innocent
Easy living, easy hold
Easy teething, easy fold
Easy listening, easy love
Easy answers to easy questions
Easy tumble, easy doll
Easy rumble, easy fall
I get up on easy love
I get up on easy questions
When you were here before
Couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fucking special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I'm not around
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
Oh, oh
She's running out the door
She's running out
She run, run, run, run
Run
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fucking special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here
Wish that I could come out of the phone
Superhero powers
Burst out of the sand
In a bunch of flowers
You just say the word that I wish it comes
With a long and winning handsome smile
Wish we could connect
Step into the void
Of the diving board
Blend into the light
Down the cable lines
Roll onto the earth
Reforming on the wind
Two places at once
Taste the air with you
Undo all the ties
Wish that I could flip one of those lies
Lift this all away
See that stretchy smile, go
Right across your
Face
Cut a hole
Cut a hole
A hole
A hole
I will leave the wallpaper life
And run away to the foreign legion
I will leave the wallpaper life
And run away to the foreign legion
And as the tanks roll into town
As the tanks roll into town
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
As the tanks roll into town
As the tanks roll into town
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied
I don't know why I feel so skinned alive
Run until your lungs are sore
Until you cannot feel it any more
Run until your lungs are sore
Until you find an open door
I'll build you up to pull you down
Tie you to your feet, and watch you drown
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
I built you up to pull you down
Tie you to the stake, and watch you burning in hell, in hell...
I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied
I don't know why I feel so skinned alive
I'll find another skin to wear
I'll find another skin to wear
trying to sing but it doesn't come off that well
trying to build a wall that is high enough
so we're boiling over
oh we're boiling over
trying to see your eyes, trying to sing his songs
trying to run but he follows you up a hill
so we're boiling over
oh boiling over
your love owns
your love owns
no more conversation
no more conversation
you should've took me out when you had a chance
you should've took me out when you had a chance
i run to nobody
??
don't turn away
don't turn away
??
we're really lonesome
we're turning away
we're really lonesome
Dreamers
They never learn
They never learn
Beyond the point
Of no return
Of no return
It's too late
The damage is done
The damage is done
This goes
Beyond me
Beyond you
A white room
By a window
Where the Sun comes through
We are
Just happy to serve
Just happy to serve you
Then in your life, there comes the darkness
There's a spacecraft blocking out the sky
And there's nowhere to hide
You run to the back and you cover your ears
But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard
And are we trapped? Rag-doll, cloth people
We are helpless to resist
Into our darkest hour
But it was just a laugh, just a laugh
Just a laugh, just a laugh
Even at this angle
And so we crumble
A ten ton head, made of wet sand
This dread circumference
You gotta be kidding me
The grass grows over me
Your face in the glass, in the glass
It was just a laugh, just a laugh
It's whatever you say it is
Split infinity
And into your life, there comes a darkness
And a spacecraft blocking out the sky
And there's nowhere to hide
You run to the back and you cover your ears
But it's the loudest sound you've ever heard
Into your darkest hour
When you've had enough of me
When you've had enough of me
Sweet times
When you've had enough of me
When you've had enough of me
Sweet times
Sweet times
Sweet times
Sweet times
Now as I go upon my way
So let me go upon my way
Born of a light
Born of a light
The wind rushing round my open heart
An open ravine
In my spirit light
Totally alive
In my spirit light
Through an open doorway
Across a street
To another life
And catching my reflection in a window
Switching on a light
One I didn’t know
Totally alive
Totally released
Waking, waking up from shutdown
From a thousand years of sleep
Yeah you, you know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
Standing on the edge of you
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean
Different types of love
Different types of love
Different types of love
Are possible
Are possible
Are possible
Are possible
There are better things to talk about
Be constructive
Bear witness we can use
Be constructive with your blues
Even when it's only warnings
Even when you turn the water green
Why don't you quiet down
Why don't you quiet down
Why don't you quiet down
Why don't you quiet down
Quiet down
You don't live in a business world
You never go out and you never stay
We all have goals in a liberal world
Living in times when I can stand it babe
It's all over baby's crying
It's all over, baby, I can see out of here
All over the planet's dead
All over the planet, so let me out of here
All over the world
(Why don't you quiet down)
We are the dollars and cents
And the pounds and pence
And the mark and the yen
And yeah we're gonna crack your little souls
We're gonna crack your little souls
We are the dollars and cents
And the pounds and pence
And the pounds and pence
And yeah we're gonna crack your little souls
We're gonna crack your little souls
We are the dollars and cents
Get yourself together
Let the light pour in
Pour yourself a hot bath
Pour yourself a drink
Nothing's gonna happen without a warning
Down is the new up
What is up, buttercup?
Down is the new up
Is the new up
(Won't you be my girl?)
(Won't you be my girl?)
Your services are not required
(Won't you be my girl?)
Your future's bleak
(Won't you be my girl?)
You're so last week
Ladies and gentlemen
Without a safety net
I shall now perform a 180º flip-flop
I shall now amputate
I shall now contort
Because down is the new up
What if I just flip-flopped?
Down is the new up
Down is the new up
Down is the new up
Is the new up
(You crawled off and left us)
(You crawled off and left us)
Caught on candid camera
The chink in your armor
(You bastards, you bastards)
Topsy turvy town
Topsy turvy town
(You crawled off and left us)
(You crawled off and left us)
Shake your pockets out
Pass it on, pass it down
(You bastards, you bastards)
Topsy turvy town
Topsy turvy town
I will stop, I will stop at nothing
Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
Riot shields, voodoo economics
It's just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F.
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
(Kid A, Kid A)
(Kid A, Kid A)
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon
Yesterday, I woke up sucking a lemon
Everything
Everything
Everything
In its right place
In its right place
In its right place
Right place
There are two colours in my head
There are two colours in my head
What, what is that you tried to say?
What, what was that you tried to say?
Tried to say, tried to say?
Tried to say, tried to say?
Everything
Everything
Everything
Everything
Wake from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today we escape
We escape
Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before all hell
Breaks loose
Breathe, keep breathing
Don't lose your nerve
Breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this alone
Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There's such a chill
Such a chill
And you can laugh a spineless laugh
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you
Now we are one in everlasting peace
We hope that you choke, that you choke
We hope that you choke
That you choke
We hope that you choke
That you choke
I've had these jeans since I was born
And now they're ripped and now they're torn
And all my friends have skateboards
I want the toys of other boys
I want a knife and a gun and things
But Mum and Dad will not give in
And I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
No I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
And now I know just what it is
It's got disease and it's got my head
It always runs where I hide
Too scared to talk, too scared to try
Too scared to know the reasons why
And all my friends say bye bye
And I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
No I can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
Can't put the needle in
A green plastic watering can
For a fake Chinese rubber plant
In a fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plants
To get rid of itself
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
It wears her out
She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the 80's
But gravity always wins
And it wears him out
It wears him out
It wears him out
It wears
She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run
And it wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
It wears me out
And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time
All the time
One two three four
Wakey, wakey
Rise and shine
It's on again, off again, on again
Watch me fall
Like dominoes
In pretty patterns
Fingers in the blackbird pie
I'm tingling tingling tingling
It's what you feel now
What you ought to, what you ought to
Reasonable and sensible
Dead from the neck up
Because I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
We thought you had it in you
But no, no, no
For no real reason
Squeeze the tubes and empty bottles
Take a bow take a bow take a bow
It's what you feel now
What you ought to
What you ought to
An elephant that's in the room is
Tumbling tumbling tumbling
In duplicate and triplicate
Plastic bags and
Duplicate and triplicate
Dead from the neck up
Guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed
We thought you had it in you
But no, no, no
Exactly where do you get off
Is enough is, enough is enough
I love you but enough is enough, enough
A last stop
There's no real reason
You've got a head full of feathers
You got melted to butter
You are not mine
And I am not yours.
And that's okay.
Please don't judge me.
Fitter, happier, more productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym
Three days a week
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well
No more microwave dinners and saturated fats
A patient better driver
A safer car
Baby smiling in back seat
Sleeping well
No bad dreams
No paranoia
Careful to all animals
Never washing spiders down the plughole
Keep in contact with old friends
Enjoy a drink now and then
Will frequently check credit at moral bank
Hole in the wall
Favours for favours
Fond but not in love
Charity standing orders
On Sundays ring road supermarket
No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants
Car wash
Also on Sundays
No longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
Nothing so childish, at a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape
Now self-employed
Concerned but powerless
An empowered and informed member of society
Pragmatism not idealism
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tires that grip in the wet
Shot of baby strapped in back seat
A good memory
Still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva
No longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick
That's driven into frozen winter shit
The ability to laugh at weakness
Calm fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig in a cage on antibiotics
There's a little child
Running round this house
And he never leaves
He will never leave
And the fog comes up from the sewers
And glows in the dark
Baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast
Grow up fast
Anything you want it can be done
How did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
Somethings will never wash away
Did you go bad?
Did you go bad?
I see you in the dark
Corner of the street
Comin' after me, yeah
Headlights on full-beam
Comin' down the fast lane
Comin' after me
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
Blowin' holes in everythin'
Thatcher's children
See you on the way back down
Drooling looney tunes
Movin' in a swarm
Movin' in a swarm
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
Yeah
Yeah
Nowadays I get panicked
I cease to exist
I have ceased to exist
I feel absolutely nothin'
The words are out of ink
The words you know are out of ink
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
Yeah
Yeah
You really messed up everything
You really messed up everything
If you could take it all back again
Strike up what's in the box
Why should I be good if you're not?
This is a foul tasting medicine
A foul tasting medicine
To be trapped in your full stop
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
(All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
(All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
(All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
(All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up
When you take me back
Take me back again
Take me back
Take me back again
You really me-
Really mess-
You really messed up
You really messed up
You really messed up
You really messed up this time
You really messed up
You really messed up
You really messed up
You really messed up this time
I know what you're thinking
But I'm not your property
No matter what you say
No matter what you say
Move along, there's nothing left to see
Just a body, nothing left to see
A couple more for breakfast
A little more for tea
Just to take the edge off
Just to take the edge off
Move along, there's nothing left to see
Just a body, pouring down the street
Move along, theres nothing left to see
Just a body, nothing left to see
Move along
She said she wanted more of that stuff
The stuff that makes your heart go pitter-pat
The stuff that makes everything turn blue and green
She said that she preferred it like that
Give it up (x3) Hey!
Give it up oo-oh!
Give it up, hey!
She said that ??????????????
Too many people starving and fighting
Too many salesmen, too many factories
But she likes getting high cos it's pretty
Give it up (x3) Hey!
Give it up oo-oh!
Give it up, hey!
Give it up
Give it up (x3) Hey!
Give it up oo-oh!
Give it up, hey!