1. |
lost and lethal
05:36
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Had the wisdom then I didn't
Threw it away in dark terrain
Agent of my own perdition
All of the gilt and dye that built my elegant vision has crumbled away
here we go - build it up pull it down
build it up pull it down build it up pull it down
I didn't know I was wrong
when I was lost and lethal
I collect but I'm not begging
Throw me a line and wish me well
I'm erect but I'm unsteady
All of the temples crumbling looks like everything given is taken away
here we go - build it up pull it down
build it up pull it down build it up pull it down
I didn't know I was wrong
when I was lost and lethal
All of the gilt and dye that built my elegant vision has crumbled away
here we go - build it up pull it down
build it up pull it down build it up pull it down
build it up pull it down build it up pull it down
build it up pull it down
I didn't know I was wrong
when I was lost and lethal
here we go - penitent villain he's done it again
here we go - the penitent villain has done it again
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2. |
shrug
04:41
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we're all here to die
put away all your hating
there's no time to love enough
smile, see the pantomime
shrug off your cloak of melancholy
If there's no time to laugh enough
there's no time to cry
we're all here to die
put your head on the altar
can you swear you've lived enough
or are your ropes chafing?
are your roped chafing.....
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3. |
bluebird
06:26
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you talk in tongues
you bend ear
you say the revolution starts here
where the bluebird flies high above this hazy view
where dormant buds unfold and bloom
and I say right on right on
everything now in darkness will be lighter
and we can raise a joyful song
so it's time
fell the sun
you say the new Messiah has come
he's just hoping you won't see the scuff-marks on his shoes
or see his knuckles bound and bruised
but I say right on right on
everyone's going to heaven as a fighter
and we can raise a joyful song
..and we can raise a joyful song
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4. |
relapse
02:16
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mosquito
how you plague me
take your sickly whine away
I am so tired of this malaise
I could have pleaded wept and begged
had I foreseen this lassitude
these listless eyes...
...but I felt nothing at the time
I was anaesthetised
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5. |
shock treatment
06:13
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Faraday what have you gone and done
they march off hand in hand
just like lovers do
wired up so life can run right through
swaying in the steel insulating womb
love to lift the earth just like the lineman do
like thrushes in the wind
like sailors in a Baltic gale
get me up so I can feel the force that's flung
get me up so I can see the spark's wild run
get me up so I can see the spell being spun
hand over hand and don't look down!
soon I'll strap in place
feel my head whip back from your embrace
need to fill the void
need to make us whole
God protects me from the things I can't control
there's nothing to be done
lean back and let the voltage run
forty thousand coursing from a grid to flee
forty thousand pouring succour into me
forty thousand make this body dance and hum
Faraday what have you gone and done
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6. |
isn't it sad
04:14
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room, paper ruled, flat
hell, hell is like that
find a word but it won't fit
force a rhyme but it's not hip well what is
how d'you feel then
when you know your muse is gone again
she gave it all she had, isn't it sad
when her gift is all you need
but you always lose it
eyes, filmy and vague
fly to window and away
scratch a line, describe the view
coin a phrase but it's not new well what is
how d'you feel then
when your muse has gone to ground again
she gave it all she had
isn't it sad
when her love is all you need, but you always lose it
clocks, fade away dumb
birds, failing unsung
pen that writes runs out of ink
pulse of life but not in sync well what is
how d'you feel then
when you'd kill to hear her voice again
she gave it all she had
isn't it sad
when salvation makes you bleed
but you can't refuse it
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7. |
loaded gun
04:37
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you say that I don't want to win and I say darlin' it's just a game
the more you try to live by different rules the more you stay the same
you thought you'd conquered all your fear but all in vain
find the path to the sea
let it run
'cos you're a loaded gun
you say you're always on your knees and I say darlin' you're such a fake
you always hanker after things you think you want but couldn't take
and now you need your fairy tale but it's too late
gilded sea silent sand
let me run
'cos you're a loaded gun
find the path to the sea
let it run 'cos you're a loaded gun
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8. |
sick baby you
02:51
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sick baby you can't find reasons why you can';t find reasons to die you don't want reasons to live through this pain
and take your place in this world again
sick baby you
have you found the cure for your disease
have you found a medicine man to talk to
has he said here, take one of these
have you found a magic door to walk through
sick baby you lost the will to feel you lost sight of the real you, can't find reasons not live through this pain
and take your place in this world again
sick baby you
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9. |
the kiss-off
04:32
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caught my shadow in the evening sun
it seemed to be far too long
now I meditate all night 'cos thinking gets me down
drives me round in circles on the abstract side of town
and I say...
Have you come to save me?
give me solace in a thought, buried in pre-history
Have you come to spare me?
or have you come to wave me bye-bye.....
no enlightenment in loneliness
I find it helps to talk it out
invite my friends around but now they won't go home
they tell me it's too dark for them to go out on their own
and I say...
Have you come to save me?
give me solace in a thought, buried in pre-history
Have you come to spare me?
or have you come to wave me bye-bye.....
black leather bible hanging in the sky
some cut it down and feed the fire
well I don't think it's necessary asking for reprieves
when I'm stranded in an hourglass with my head between my knees
and if it's not too much to ask I'd really like to know
like what was my existence for and how much do I owe
and I say
Have you come to save me?
give me solace in a thought, buried in pre-history
Have you come to spare me?
Have you come to save me this time?
or have you come to wave me bye-bye.....
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