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Schubert Dip
Children / Long Summer Days / When You're Mine / Travelling Not Running / I Believe / Unbelievable / Girl Of An Age / Admit It / Lies / Longtime
Children
Hold on take your life
Hold on to each reality
They seem so far from you
But really they're close to you
You've got to break each precious dream
Until it breaks you heart in two
Build your life until you find
What's right for you
Children, I know
You deserve, more than this world could ever give
Don't let them take it all
'Cause you know, they're going to take it all
They seem so far from you
But really they're close to you
You've got to break each precious dream
Until it breaks your heart in two
Build your life, until you find
What's right for you
Children, I know
You deserve more than this world could ever give
Long live the new flesh!
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Long Summer Days
Long hot summer days
Travelling out far
This driving music, makes us feel
More than we ever are
Trying hard to get away from you
Trying hard to get away from you
Long hot summer days
Travelling out far
This open window
Make us feel, more than we ever are
Trying hard to get away from you
But sure enough, I'm falling apart
Out you go too far
Stay where you are
You're riding high, but when you fall
You're dead
You'll lose your head
And when you fall, you'll fall so far
Out of here, you don't know where you are
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When You're Mine
Say to me, you're feeling fine
You're on another high climb, lost cause
To save us all
From the start of it all
Say to me, you're feeling fine
This time is ours, time is hype
Talk about, get on out another
Chance for us all
When will I see you
I see the days passing by
When will you say it
I need your words saying
When will your words
Tow the line
And when you're here, don't be here
Cause all I see are your lips
And when you're mine, smile with grace
Because it's the last time, I see your face
When you're mine
When will you do it
When will your hands touch mine
When will I feel yours in mine
When will you say it
I need your words saying
When will your words
Tow the line
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Travelling Not Running
I'm travelling not running
I don't like it here
From cracks in the pavement
Faces appear
I'm sleeping not coming
Fantasy's far
If you don't want to get there
Stay where you are
Sometimes I feel, just a little bit older
Sometimes I feel, for you
I could have been, anything for you
I could have been old
I could have been blue
We could have been two
But I'll make it clear
All of this for you
But I wasn't here
I'm travelling not running
I don't like it here
The crime that I touched you
Was paid for in fear
I'm sleeping not coming
How much can you see
How much do you know
Of the places I'll be
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I Believe
I believe
I believe sometimes I touch
I believe, love
I deserve
I deserve, much more than this
I deserve, love
This is hopeless now
As the minute stall
Sometimes I don't mind at all
Particularly the times with you
O.K. that's fine as long as you believe
The only things moving don't mean a thing
Can you believe it, it's getting blue
Straight through, line for line, trash
Don't touch this
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Unbelievable
You burden me with your questions
You'd have me tell no lies
You're always asking what it's all about
But don't listen to my replies
You say to me I don't talk enough
But when I do I'm a fool
These times I've spent, I've realized
I'm going to shoot through
And leave you
The things, you say
Your purple prose just gives you away
The things, you say
You're unbelievable
You burden me with your problems
By telling me more than mine
I'm always so concerned
With the way you say
You've always go to stop
To think of us being one
Is more than I ever know
But this time, I realize
I'm going to shoot through
And leave you
Seemingly lastless, don't mean
You can ask us
Pushing down the relative
Bringing out your higher self
Think of the fine times
Pushing down the better few
Instead of bringing out the clues
To what the world and everything anger to
Brace
yourself with the grace of ease
I know this world ain't what it seems.
What the fuck was that
It's unbelievable
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Girl Of An Age
It's a plentiful day
Holding us together this way
The only things real to us are the words
We know we can have it all
Upon the heads of our youthful charms
But as far as I can see, all you see
Emotions flooding you to me
I touch, you're never there
I call, but we never seem to reach that far
Each time we fall, I call
You're a girl of an age
Who isn't touched by anyone
Out of reach, out of disbelief
You're a girl of an age
It's a plentiful day
Holding us together this way
The only things real to us are the words
Words are fine, each one we say
At the time we fall, to each others arms
But as far as I can see, all you see
Emotions flooding you to me
We belong to an age of love
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Admit It
Good time, last night
I must admit, I was frightened
But you were cruel
When I awoke, I was enlightened
Will you admit it
Will it show through your clear blue eyes
When will you admit it
When will you admit you're doing
Bad things to me
Everything's alright
I'll never say what you were doing
We'll keep it quiet
It's just a thing I need proving
Doing it right
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Lies
You said too much
And what you said it was a lie
You said too much
And what you said it was a crime
I've bled too much
With every lie you keep on telling
I've bled too much
This time, each time
The harder we fall, the closer we are
I don't feel blue, when I'm with you
You said too much
And what you said, it was a lie
Lie
And what you said, it was a lie
Each time we fall
You say too much
This time, each time
This time I don't feel so blue
When I'm with you
I've got a gun, got hollow point bullets
Do it
That's the way destiny works
You don't always question it
Right now, do it now
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Longtime
You come, you go
I see you, it snows
I see you, its fine
Let it happen slowly
You come, you go
You've got a life, and that's fine
But you're here, and you're mine
I haven't seen you in a long time
Gonna make it, gonna do it
Now it's dark
Now it's time
Gonna make it, gonna do it
Through the darkness you're mine
The way it's going to happen
It's the way it's going to go
It's the only way to do it
It's the only way I know
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All lyrics © 1991 except "Unbelievable" © 1990 by EMI Records. "Children", "Long Summer Days", "When You're Mine", "Travelling Not Running", "I Believe", "Girl Of An Age", "Lies" and "Longtime" produced by Pascal Gabriel and Ralph Jezzard. "Unbelievable" and "Admit It" produced by Ralph Jezzard. Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Unexplained EP
Getting Through / Far From Me / The Same / Search & Destroy
Getting Through
I'm too honest when I'm scared
When I first looked in I was young and cared
These are ways of getting through
I left my trust on the tail of youth
We were so unsure of the things we'd seen
These are ways of getting through
These are things I do for you
And ask me and ask me
I'll be there too
I never learned to ask what's fair
It's just the words we use take us there
(chorus)
I never touch fortune
And never regret
It's just a simple task
To touch your depths
(chorus)
I never touch fortune
And never regret
It's just a simple task
To touch your depths
And I'm always too honest when I'm scared
When I first looked in I was young and cared
(chorus)
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Far From Me
I hold myself
Upon this ground
Only time will tell
Or whether it will
Just stand still
Leave me, and leave me
It's a trap of shame
When time and age
Leave a taste
And faced with this
I'll think I'll miss the part of it
That makes it click
And it seems to me
Like you always seem to be
Far from me
I've lost it all
I've lost your face
Only time will tell
Or whether it will
Just stand still
Leave me, and leave me
It's a trap of shame
When time and age
Leave a taste
And faced with this
I'll think I'll miss the part of it
That makes it fit
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The Same
When you came here, I saw you
When I saw you, I knew you
When I knew you, I hunched up
Turned you away
I have a friend, who takes my hand
Shows me new consciousness, understands
That the risks obscure, are plainer to see
Than the risks you get from me
For real it washes in the rain
Hanging out, it never quite seems the same
For real, it washes in the rain
Hang it out, hang it out sometime
It's never the same
I have a tendency to take what I find
Show my awareness, not feel blind
That the risks obscure, are plainer to see
Than the love, you get from me
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Search & Destroy
I'm a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm
I'm a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb
I am a world's forgotten boy
The one who searches and destroys
Honey gotta help me please
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby detonate for me
Look out honey, 'cause I'm using technology
Ain't got time to make no apology
Soul radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight
Honey gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby penerate my mind
And I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
And honey I'm the world's forgotten boy
The one who's searchin', searchin' to destroy
Forgotten boy, forgotten boy
Forgotten boy said hey forgotten boy
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All lyrics © 1992 by EMI Records except 4, © 1973 Pop/Williamson. Produced by Ralph Jezzard from Strychnine Productions, Ian Dench and James Atkin. Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Stigma
They're Here / Arizona / It's You / Never Know / Blue Highs / Inside / Getting Through / She Bleeds / Dog / The Light That Burns Twice As Bright
They're Here
(Music that exists, simply for its own sake)
I'm breathing with a sinking earth
Gasping for air feeling hurt
Showing my rage as I turn the pages
Reading the words and between the spaces
Could it be, could it only be
The things that have been left to bleed
Tell me the earth turns for the worst
I'll tell your words are blind and cursed
I'm waiting for the world to change
Turn around, change the way
We breed ignoration of beauty and creation
A non stop battle with life at the saddle
Could it be, could it only be
The things that have been left to bleed
Tell me now with all honesty
This precious world of yours is free
And if you see me staring
You know that I'm not here
I'm searching for reasons to overcome the fear
They're here, they're here, around me
He stands, he stands, beside me
Could it be could it only be
Competing with the loud demands
See the sights and hear the sounds
Of desperation of war and creation
The earth must cost and now we're faking
Could it be, could it only be
Chances slip through our fingertips
Tell me the earth turns for the worse
I'll tell your words are not the first
repeat chorus
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Arizona
Amongst all my come downs
I've seen the sun rise over my head
It's something can't be seen or said
To feel your world turn inside out
And if we have these visions
To define our state of mind
The beauty of this and all it holds
And all the feelings we find
Love your state of mind
And the beauty of this
Is in the feeling you find
Here with our close friends
We haven't exchanged a word all night
But felt the comfort of being
With others who has also seen
And if we're on this mission
To define our state of mind
The beauty of this and all it holds
Is in every time we tried
(chorus)
There are no remnants here
Just a swathe of bright light
That spreads in the distance
And starts our imagination to fly
And if we're on collision
To defy our state if mind
The danger of this and all it holds
Is in all the feelings we find
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It's You (That Leaves Me Dry)
I feel like a world gone crazed
At the thought of you
Your hot ways still chill
I'm closing in on you
Temptation never leaves me
But leaves me every once and a while
And it's you, it's you
That leaves me dry every time
And I only need to take it so far
Before all these tears leave their smears
And the thoughts of you disappear
It's you, it's you
That leaves me dry every time
Torch my soul and leave the core
You take it all, you take it all
And you can take this and more
Just before I shut the door
All these tears leave their smears
And the thoughts of you disappear
(chorus)
We gotta go down south
Just about as far as you gotta go
Across the border
You know the way it goes
(repeat chorus)
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Never Know
Oh Mother
There's a hole in my side
And comfort is only a need of mine
And I'll get lonely
At any chance that I might get
Your arms can't hold what's gone on inside
And you'll see just what you want me to be
And I'll be fine just as soon as I find
If the words I say
Throw and sway
I've seen myself mixed up
I've never had this much
Your heart always beats
You will always sleep
And you would never know
You say you've won a part in life
I say, you've been bitten by the cold
And you'll swing at any chance that you might get
(chorus)
If the words I say
Throw and sway
I've seen myself mixed up
I've never had this much
The words I say
Seem maybe tame
I've seen my mixups
Never really come to much
(chorus) x 2
Maybe I should find a place to hide
Or maybe burn down the place I hide
And I get lonely at any chance I might get
And I'll get lonely just as soon as I find
Some hope
Some truth
Let it be born again
And you need never know
(chorus)
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Blue Highs
(It's just a dream)
Yellow planes fly
I follow without asking why
Scared of bigger things
And thngs that pass me by
All my friends would follow
Happy always till tomorrow
For my weaknesses they mock me
Love me, cut me and rock me
Crazy head spins
I took it without asking where
I got it from
And at the time I didn't care
My whole head hollows
As my lost spirit follows
In the end I don't know how
But I got there
Crazy head spinning
Take more time thinking
Then falling from blue highs
And time is what I want (x 4)
And time is fatal
And time is what I...
Old men plot
I reason without asking why
I have no god
But I'm sure there's something in the sky
Hear something listens
And every deep cut glistens
In the end I don't know how
But I got there
Old men plotting
Take more time rotting
Then falling from dim eyes
And time is what I want (x 4)
(chorus)
(It's just a dream)
Old men plodding
Take more time running
Then falling from dim eyes
(Your whole life, it's just a dream)
It's fatal, but time is what I want (x 4)
(It's just a dream)
(Your whole life, it's just a dream)
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Inside
Hunched up touch up
I've seen myself and all I've fucked up
I've been sold a million times
It's just as well
I can take it from time to time
Fine
Did you forget you had it inside you
You always had it inside you
Gone far looked hard
I've seen myself and all I've messed up
I've been told a million times
It's just as well
I can see as the signs go by
Fine
Did you forget you had it inside you
You always had it inside you
And I've lost all reason
I've got nothing to believe in
And it hurts to see you
I've seen you I've seen you
I've been with you I've lived for you
I've seen our emotion pass away
And left us with nothing to say
Shame
Did you forget you had it inside you
You always had it inside
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Getting Through
I'm too honest when I'm scared
When I first looked in I was young and cared
These are ways of getting through
I left my trust on the tail of youth
We were so unsure of the things we'd seen
These are ways of getting through
These are things I do for you
And ask me and ask me
I'll be there too
I never learned to ask what's fair
It's just the words we use take us there
(chorus)
I never touch fortune
And never regret
It's just a simple task
To touch your depths
(chorus)
I never touch fortune
And never regret
It's just a simple task
To touch your depths
And I'm always too honest when I'm scared
When I first looked in I was young and cared
(chorus)
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She Bleeds
I met her on a midnight flight
From Mexico to San Delight
I saw her on a top floor bar
That glows flourescent from afar
She's real to me
I have a place for my feelings
Beneath purple curtained ceilings
And when I wanted to be free
I said to her to leave me be
She left alone
And she think that tomorrow holds
Things you remember from your past
I saw her on a railway station
As I passed some faded destination
I saw her smiling in a crowd
When we played some far off distant land
I felt so alone
And you thought you were taking risks
The chances you took would never last
She's real to me
I saw her in an alleyway
Street lights dim with frustration
She comes at night when I pray
And brings a moment of elation
I've seen her distance coming near
I almost want her to be here
But when she comes she disappears
I'd wait if I was patient
And you don't know what cages are
Cages don't always have bars
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Dog
Bring out your dead thoughts
Let's start again
Building to break
Nuture to hate
Your title
Your reason to be
Part of something when I know it
When I'm high
Part of nothing when I know it
When I crack
And I could be your god
I could be your law
And I could be your dog
And I could be more
And I could be your
Tinker tailor soldier sailor rich man poor man male or female
Look in detail for a sign
The crown of thorns is mine
Be my suspect
My accessory to murder
Cause I wanna get on further
(chorus)
My life depends on drops
For what I am and what I'm not
All I ever wanna be
Is only a shadow of how you see me
And if you didn't look
Being a part of it requires dedication
It's what I need
It's inspiration
It's what I feed on
It's what I need when I bleed
Empty head empty head empty head
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The Light That Burns Twice As Bright
You had it hard, it's all that you knew
You made me know it, I've been there too
Working so hard, is life so much
Days that cut, nights to touch
I need a sign to find my way
I need to trust, I need to pray
But I always turn away
I always fail, it's part of my life
Trying is murder, success no further
The grass gets greener and it all comes clearer
And when I see her, there's a whole lot of fear
I need a sign to find my way
I need to touch, I need to pray
But I always turn away
Life
World
You're going to burn
Burn, you're gonna burn
Beautiful life beautiful world
You're gonna burn, you're gonna burn
You walk the earth
Your paths layed down
Forward motion never turn around
Your words are worth a handful of ties
I'll let you loose on these feelings of mine
(chorus)
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All lyrics © 1992 by EMI Records. Produced by Ralph Jezzard from Strychnine Productions, Ian Dench and James Atkin. Published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Cha Cha Cha
Lyrics lovingly transcribed by Meta.
Perfect Day / La Plage / The Day I Was Born / Secrets / Shining / Bring Me Down / Skin / Slouch / Bleeding You Dry / Patterns / When Will You Come / West Of The Cox / Ballad O' The Bishop / Glass Smash Jack
I've had it all like raindrops in the ocean
So we turned it on, tuned it in
I've had it all been swimming in emotion
I always run away from the things I cannot see
I've had it all, like drowning in devotion
It's a perfect day
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Perfect Day
I asked my friend I.D.
If he could recall
The last 24 hours and the tv on the floor
Shopping with bricks
In the name of fun I'd take it back officer
But I don't know what I've done
Like shadows in the night
The devils in my head have gone away
It's a perfect day
Got ourselves a beer
Sat down, began to watch
Everythings clear
Things degenerated we began to sing
Bart Simpson says to us "Elvis was king"
Been swallowed by the night
The devils in my head are here to stay
It's a perfect day
In a sort of pathetic way
But when you see double, which one do you believe?
I tried to get some help, I called for my man
He popped up on the tv in a baked been can
Like waiting for the night
The devils in my head have gone away
In a sort of pathetic kind of way
But fuck it
It's a perfect day
In a sort of pathetic kind of way
La Plage
It's hip to skip, and cool to fool
So jump to it, 'cos faster rules
On your feet on your head
On the surf 'cos Lenin's dead
Oh la plage
I'm in to it, I'm out of it
Up to it, in holy shit
Give an inch, take a mile
Fuck it up and smile
Oh la plage
I'm losing it, so watch me flip
Give me a rope and see me swing
Jive alive, hip to skip
Watch me croak, hear me sing
Oh la plage
Jive alive, hip to skip
Jive alive, hip, hip, skip, skip
Jive alive, hip to skip
I'm alive on my surf tip
Des peches sur les plages
La mer sous la mer
Des poissons nu qui dansent sur le sable
Tu regardes elle regarde
Se peux voir si loin, en lunette noir sans bouger
Je me laisse aller jusqu'a la fin d'une parfaite journee
Le soleil descends comme un tripp dans mon ventre
Et elle est t'encore la
Where you sleep, where you drop
Some you ride, some you pop
Ride a pipe, curl a rip
No bullshit, hip to skip
Oh la plage
Jive alive, hip to skip
Jive alive, hip, hip, skip, skip
Jive alive, hip to skip
I'm fuckin' live on my surf tip
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The Day I Was Born
Wish me luck
I'll take anything this world can throw me
I'll love it and leave it and
Kiss the world goodbye you see
I'll travel my journey
With a suicide pack
I'll be free
Hello, goodbye, the best of luck
I'm gone
From the day I was born
I lived my live to the full
Tried everything once
Now I'm ready for more
Now I'm ready for more
I'll think of my live
The days turn from months, to years
To nothing
I didn't think, I'd have the guts
To go with it
I'll think of my friends
The people I hate and the people
I never got to meet
Hello, goodbye, the best of luck
I'm goneFrom
The day I was born... Etc
So good to see you
But now I'm movin' on
Been good to be here
But it's gone on too long
It's good to see you... So good
To see the back of you
Where you ever misunderstood?
Did anyone say you have to stay?
Think of the happiness you bring
Think of the day you were born
Remember my family yeah
Keep my habits clean you see
I'll bless the beggar's dog
If god blesses the trees
Stay out of trouble you know
Keep the cream on the cake
Take no ones word for nothing
Thank you goodnight
Best of luck
I'm gone
From the day I was born... Etc
[chorus]
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Secrets
The children say run away
On the streets no one plays
Going down to the bargain basement
See what you find if you have the patience
Down so low your nerves were raw
You find them all beneath the floor
Pass it by friends to meet
You find them all beneath the street
Too many secrets
Reasons to defeat us
Precious little reasons
To while away the days
Behind you, beneath you
Above you, all around you
It could have been you
Too many secrets
Reasons to defeat us
Precious little reasons
To while away the years
Behind you, beneath you
Above you, all around you, all around you
It's so complicated
Your problems were related
Crawling long and lowly
It's dawning on us slowly
Too many secrets
Reasons to defeat us
Precious little reasons
To while away the days
Behind you, beneath you
Above you, all around you, all around you
What happened in there did you lose your mind?
When they knocked at the door did you make it in time?
Did you talk to god to see a sign?
Was the devil next door was your soul on the line
Did it just appear did you ever chase it
Did you really fall down can you ever face it
Do you always remember what you do
'Cause it could have been you
It could have been you
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Shining
I met you on a rollercoaster
Drive by shooting
In a big black roadster
- It felt so good
We danced in clubs
In ballroom gowns
Lined them up and all fell down
- It felt so good
We played our cards for the promised land
Walked on air and you took my hand
- It felt so good
It met you where our worlds collide
No-one could touch us side by side
- It felt so good
Now you see it, now you don't
Maybe get it, maybe you're wrong, maybe you're right
Now you see it, now you don't
How could you lose it
When you shine so bright, when you feel so right?
I loved you with a 45
A bullet jig at a roadside jive
- It felt so good
We chased a demon through the night
And laced our dreams with neon lights
- It felt so good
We lost our heads in a winning streak
Touched the sun and felt the heat
- It felt so good
I loved you a 45, a cadillac
And we got away alive
- It felt so good
Good won't last
Now you see it, now you don't... Etc
When you shine so bright, when you feel so right?
What did you feel in your drunken haze
Did you feel better, than your better days
- When you shine so bright?
How did you feel on your higher plain?
How did you feel and would you do it again
- When you shine so right?
I met you on a rollercoaster
Drive by shooting
In a big black roadster
- It felt so good
We danced in clubs
In ballroom gowns
Lined them up and all fell down
- It felt so good
We played our cards for the promised land
Walked on air and you took my hand
- It felt so good
I lost you to a dollar deal
I didn't know if it was real
- It felt so good
Good won't last
Now you see it, now you don't... Etc
When you shine so bright, when you feel so right?
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Bring Me Down
Many things have changed
But your absence changed it all
Many things are strange
You're the strangest of them all
I count the times it's rained
In the summer before the fall
Like nothing before felt the world was cruel
Had a feeling inside
Hurt me, you hurt me
Bring me down
Bring me down
When I try
You bring me
Many things have changed
But your answer don't change at all
Your excuses lame
Your story's were tall
I count the wasted years
And the cracks in the wall
Like nothing before felt the world was cruel
Had a feeling inside
Hurt me, you hurt me
Bring me down
Bring me down
When I try
You bring me
The times we cried
Those wasted years we lied
The times that we tried
You bring me down, you bring me down
Things change
Bring me down
Bring me down
When I try
You bring me
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Skin
Way too many dreams
Get lost in silent screams
How can you count the cost of a city
Bursting at the seams
With red lights, quiet sinners
Killer cops, t.v. Dinners
A wind of change for all the deadheads
That need blowing away
I blew you far away to have a dream
And you came back to say it's out there
Don't let it get away
But still you're here with hours to kill
You're murdered so many, you're serially ill
You'll wait for another
And you'll kill again
Show me your skin
I need to get in
Why did you do it
Was it just for fun
To put me out the picture
Or out of misery
Was it a shock
Was it a plea
Was it a question, tell me
Did you get any answers?
Show me your skin
I need to get in
Have you seen what it's like
To be really free
Or is everything a mess
Like it is inside
Is it a test
A russian roulette
A gamble with life
Or just a bet?
Is it London town
Is it n.y.c
Is it anarchy
Tell me did you get any answers?
Show me your skin
I need to get in
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Slouch
Boots and fists etc.
Who the fuck are you?
Coming round my house with your fucking smarm
Been down the bingo
With ya fucking perm
Who the fuck do you think you are?
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Bleeding You Dry
Drinking there's no tomorrow
Drowning sins and sorrows
I've passed this way before
And just drank some more
I woke up with a red face
And war paint
And a loss of grace
I won't be back in second place
By taking something with bad taste
I catch it every time
I don't know why but I like this feeling
Part of something higher
And I'm not just bleeding you dry
Daylight is a mystery
When quoting lines from history
Of famous drunks that used to be
But now all this is lost to me
Their contributions used to grate
As I explained away their fate
With deadlines I'll never make
And the fact I'm doing nothing
I catch it every time
I don't know why but I like this feeling
Part of something higher and I'm not just bleeding
Don't know why, why, why but I like this feeling
Part of something higher and I'm not just
Bleeding you dry
Faster, faster my chemical master
My problem solver, my powered saint
Give me the power to go forever
And make my blood just red wet hate
I don't know why but I like this feeling
Part of something higher and I'm not just bleeding
Don't know why, why, why but I like this feeling
Part of something higher and I'm not just
Bleeding you dry
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Patterns
She fell fifteen floors
Then she died
It was the only way to see inside
The reasons trickle
From her fingers
And the brightness fades from her eyes
She'd tell me it was nothing
A mistake and now she's well
She'd work a spell, and then
As if nothing bad had happened
She'd be sitting making patterns
With my scared tired eyes
When she cuts, then she bleeds
It's the only way she gets what she needs
Sitting making patterns with my scared tired eyes
And then
She'd take me to a doorway
And to the other side
She'd take me through with passion, tenderness and pride
She brought me back with her hands
Making promises and plans
I left her in barren lands when I came inside
I'd see her glazed eyes
And crazed lies
And the as if nothing bad had happened
As if nothing bad had happened
She'd be sitting making patterns
With my scared tired eyes
She'd be sitting making patterns
'Cause my promises were lies
My promises were lies
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When Will You Come
When will you come?
The children are dying
The mothers are crying
The fathers get drunk for you
They're building shrines to you
When will you come?
The days are dark
The nights hide faces
I feel the faces inside
And I can't see anymore
When will you come?
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West Of The Cox
Bubble burst, wave break
You got us wrong, make no mistake
Lost treasures, classic brief
They let us out it's no relief
Come on chief let me off
The last mohicans camped it up
And all that's left said in jest
Displayed upon a perfect chest
Where have you been sunny Jim?
Where have you been all this time?
Drinking the last of the summer wine
On the run in the sun
High on the rocks
West of the Cox
Wake up quick, no one sleeps
When we're awake we go for weeks
Our eyes are red but we feel great
We went to sea aboard a beer crate
And have you heard the classic tune
And read the book and seen the film
And is this boy our local loon
Have you heard him play the egg and spoon
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Where have you been?
Up and down yo yo saito
Always ready so polite-o
We had it all in every port
All so susses a last resort
We'll drift along for a while
'Cause we've got bite and country style
And we've got this big decision to make
A country mile or a u.s. Pancake
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Ballad O' The Bishop
I've been out all night
I've been out drinking
What will you do
When you just can't see
Will you break like a branch
Or will you stand like a tree?
Will you scream like the wind?
Will you stay in the breeze?
Are you crushed by my will
Or will you do what you please?
I've been out seeing the sunrise
I've been out thinking
What will you do
When you don't feel good?
Will you fall apart
Or will you do what you should?
Will you break your rules?
Will you make it right?
Will you just let go
Or will you put up a fight?
What will you do
When you can't stand still
Will you make your move
Or will you just stay put?
Are you sad to be still
When there's places to go
Can you keep it together
Do you really, really know?
What's gonna happen
When it's do or die?
Will you face the truth
Or will you just let it lie?
Will you sail on through
Will you just get by?
Can you stand on two feet
Or will you just get high?
I've been out seeing the days in
I've been out drinking
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Glass Smash Jack
Jimmy jack, flash smash
Broken bottle, broken crash
Shooting rotten, rotten hash
Drinking bottles, what an arse up
What a slip up, shouting flipping
Screamers, laughers, trippers tripping
Now my grasp on reality's slipping
My straight-jacket ain't fitting
Glass smash jack is having a bash
See me now I have the mark
See me glowing in the dark
Play at night in the park
Balls and razors, what a lark
Knives and guns, guns are fun
I'm on the run from falling over
Over-dosed on four-leaf clover
A drink with byte I'll call it rover
Glass smash jack wants you
Everybody wants you
Wants your co-operation
Jack smash has a mission
He is in a delicate position
For the performance of his ploy
To do and then destroy
Preferably with a hat
It's quite a trip to hell and back
And rather warm when you're in to bat
And it's really isn't cricket
Glass smash jack wants you... Etc
Mischiefs done no turning back
You're on your own now jimmy jack
And all those memories that you bring
From childhood to the power thing
Don't they haunt you
Don't cry
And don't you hate
And don't you wish
It wasn't too late
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All lyrics © 1995 EMI Records. Published by Warner Chappell Music.