PLACEBO
Placebo (1996)
Stuck between the do or die, I feel emaciated Hard to breathe, I try and try, I'll get asphyxiated Swinging from the tallest height, with nothing left to hold on to Every sky is blue, but not for me and you Come home (x4) Glass and petrol, vodka gin, it feels like breathing methane Throw yourself from skin to skin, and still it doesn't dull the pain Vanish like a lipstick trace, it always blows me away Every cloud is grey, with dreams of yesterday Come home (x8) Always goes against the grain, and I can try and deny it Give a monkey half a brain, and still he's bound to fry it Now the happening scene is dead, I used to want to be there too Every sky is blue, but not for me and you Come home (x8)
Shine the headlight, straight into my eyes Like the roadkill, I'm paralysed You see through my disguise At the drive-in, double feature Pull the lever, break the fever And say your last goodbyes Since I was born I started to decay Now nothing ever, ever goes my way One fluid gesture, like stepping back in time Trapped in amber, petrified And still not satisfied Airs and social graces, elocution so divine I'll stick to my needle, and my favourite waste of time Both spineless and sublime Since I was born...
Harder faster, forever after (x3) Forever after None of you can make the grade (x4)
We were tight, but it falls apart as silver turns to blue Waxing with a candlelight, and burning just for you Allocate your sentiment, and stick it in a box I've never been an extrovert, but I'm still breathing Someone tried to do me ache (x3) It's what I'm afraid of Someone tried to do me ache It's what I'm afraid of With hindsight, I was more than blind, lost without a clue Thought I was getting carat gold, and what I got was you Stuck inside the circumstances, lonely at the top I've always been an introvert, happily bleeding Someone tried to do me ache... 4-7-2-3-9-8-5, I gotta breathe to stay alive And 1-4-2-9-7-8, feels like I'm gonna suffocate 14-16-22, this skin that turns to blister blue Shoulders, toes and knees, I'm 36 degrees (etc.)
Chinese masseuse, comes between us Talks in haikus, plastic Venus Got a headrush, in her pocket Two rubbers, two lubes and a silver rocket Hang on, hang on to your IQ, to your ID (x2) I'm lonely, I’m lonely (x2) Every morning my eyes will open wide I gotta get high, before I go outside Roll another, for breakfast Burning clouds around, and in my solar plexus Hang on... Legs eleven, makes me stay up late Two fat ladies on my back, and now it's 88 I'm a fool, whose tool is small It's so minuscule, it's no tool at all Hang on...
Alcoholic kind of mood, lose my clothes, lose my lube Cruising for a piece of fun, looking out for number one Different partner every night, so narcotic out of sight What a gas, what a beautiful ass And it all breaks down at the role reversal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me Kind of buzz that lasts for days, had some help from insect ways Comes across all shy and coy, just another nancy boy Woman, man or modern monkey, just another happy junkie Fifty pounds, press my button, going down And it all breaks down... Does his makeup in his room, douse himself with cheap perfume Eyeholes in a paper bag, greatest lay I ever had Kind of guy who mates for life, gotta help him find a wife We're a couple, when our bodies double And it all breaks down...
I know, you love the song but not the singer I know, you've got me wrapped around your finger I know, you want the sin without the sinner I know, I know I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster I know, the last in line is always called a bastard I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster I know, I know I know, you cut me loose in contradiction I know, I'm all wrapped up in sweet attrition I know, it's asking for your benediction I know, I know I know, the past will catch... (x2)
The means are right for taking, fade to grey Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty In this matrix, it's plain to see It's either you or me Bruise, pristine, serene We were born to lose Cast a line with a velvet glove Reading like an open book, in the hands of love In this matrix, it's plain to see It's either you or me Bruise, pristine... Means are right for taking, fade to grey Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty In this matrix, it's plain to see It's either you or me Bruise, pristine...
Excuse me, I apologize He likes your attitude, he tries it on for size He spends the afternoon, between your thighs How's that for gratitude, I apologize It seemed to last for hours It seemed to last for days This lady of the flowers And her hypnotic gaze Excuse me, I apologize She's got vacum cleaner eyes, suck you in She's got magazines, filled with pear pies Excuse me, I apologize It seemed to last for hours... She wears her tears on her blouse Confused and racked with self-doubt She stole the keys to my house And then she locked herself out Excuse me, I apologize... It seemed to last for hours... She wears her tears on her blouse... She stole the keys to my house And then she locked herself out She lays me down, she lays me
Confiscate, razor blade, confiscate Hey, Marilyn It kinda went like this Stay with me, stay with me Stop, stop stammering I uh, I uh, I, I Stop, I forgot where I put it I can't remember where I put it, hey Swallow, swallow Hey, hey What, marilyn Yeah , I, I, well I Kind of, it kinda went like this Kinda stay with me, stay with me Stop, stammering Stop stammering I uh, I uh, I, I I forgot, I forgot I uh, I forgot where I put it I can't remember where I put it, I put it Swallow, swallow Marilyn, Marilyn I, well I, stop It kinda went like this Stay with me, stay with me, stay with me Stop, stammering Stop stammering I uh, I uh, I, I Stop, stop I uh, forgot where I put it I can't remember where I put it Swallow, Marilyn Where I put it, yeah I well, well I It kinda, kinda went like this it went, like this it Stay with me, stay Stay with me Stop, stammering Stop stammering I uh, I uh, I
(instrumental)
Without You I’m Nothing (1998)
A friend in need’s a friend indeed A friend with weed is better A friend with breasts and all the rest A friend who’s dressed in leather A friend in need’s a friend indeed A friend who’ll tease is better Our thoughts compressed, which makes us blessed And makes for stormy weather A friend in need’s a friend indeed My Japanese is better And when she’s pressed she will undress And then she’s boxing clever A friend in need’s a friend indeed A friend who bleeds is better My friend confessed she passed the test And we will never sever Day’s dawning, skins crawling (x4) Pure morning (x4) A friend in need’s a friend indeed A friend who’ll tease is better Our thoughts compressed, which makes us blessed And makes for stormy weather A friend in needs, a friend indeed A friend who bleeds is better My friend confessed she passed the test And we will never sever Day’s dawning... Pure morning (x4) A friend in need’s a friend indeed My Japanese is better And when she’s pressed she will undress And then she’s boxing clever A friend in need’s a friend indeed A friend with weed is better A friend with breast and all the rest A friend who’s dressed in leather
Meet the Brick Shithouse (x3) This is the Brick Shithouse (x3) Meet The Brick Shithouse Don't you wish you'd never met her? (x3) Lay him down, lie on - Lay him down Now your lover went and put me in the ground I'll be watching, when he's around Now your lover went and put me in the ground I'll be watching Meet the Brick Shithouse Kiss the Brick Shithouse Meet the Brick Shithouse, kiss Lay him down, lie on - Lay him down Now your lover went and put me in the ground I'll be watching, when he's around Now your lover went and put me in the ground I'll be watching, when he's around When you cum you never make a single sound I'll be watching, when he's around When he's around, when he's around, he's around Don't you wish you'd never met her? (x3)
If it's a bad day, you try to suffocate Another memory, scarred If it's a bad case, then you accelerate You're in the getaway, car You don't care about us (x4) If it's a bad case, you're on the rampage Another memory, scarred You're at the wrong place, you're on the back page You're in the getaway, car You don't care about us... It's your age, it's my rage (x2) You're too complicated, we should separate it You're just confiscating, you're exasperating This degeneration, mental masturbation Think I'll leave it all behind, save this bleeding heart of mine It's a matter of trust (x4) Because, you don't care about us... It's your age, it's my rage (x2)
Time to pass you to the test Hanging on my lover's breath Always coming second best Pictures of my lover's chest Get through this night There are no second chances This time I might to ask the sea for answers Always falling to the floor Softer than it was before Dog boy, media whore It's who the hell you take me for Give up this fight There are no second chances This time I might to ask the sea for answers These bonds are shackle free Wrapped in lust and lunacy Tiny touch of jealousy These bonds are shackle free Get through this night There are no second chances This time I might to ask the sea for answers These bonds are shackle free (x4) Get through this There are no second chances This time, to ask the sea for answers
Strange infatuation seems to grace the evening tide I'll take it by your side Such imagination seems to help the feeling slide I'll take it by your side Instant correlation sucks and breeds a pack of lies I'll take it by your side Oversaturation curls the skin and tans the hide I'll take it by your side Tick-tock (x3) Tick-tick, tick, tick, tick-tock I'm unclean, a libertine, and every time you vent your spleen I seem to lose the power of speech, you're slipping slowly from my reach You grow me like an evergreen, you never see the lonely me at all I take the plan, spin it sideways, I fall Without you I'm nothing Without you I'm nothing Without you I'm nothing Take the plan, spin it sideways Without you I'm nothing at all
Allergic (To Thouths Of Mother Earth)
Any means in your horizon, heaven in a tourniquet The afterlife to keep your eyes on bitter pill you take you take today With expert levitation forward, polished to the nth degree It takes its smile from every children, you take the beating Any means in your horizon, every mink walks two by two We gamble to be born again, you know I never wanted to With expert levitation forward, polished to the nth degree It takes its smile from every children, you take the beating The light divining (x4) Don't let me down, let me-he Let me down, don't let me Don't let me down, let me-he Let me down, let me
It takes the pain away That could not make you stay It's way to broke, to fix No glue, no bag of tricks Lay me down, the lie will unfurl Lay me down to crawl Your smile would make me sneeze When we were siamese Amazing grace in here I'd pay to have you near Lay me down... Don't go and lose your face At some stranger's place And don't forget to breathe And pay before you leave Lay me down... (x2)
Sucker love is heaven sent You pucker up, our passion's spent My heart’s a tart, your body's rent My body's broken, yours is spent Carve your name into my arm Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed ‘Cause there's nothing else to do Every me and every you Sucker love, a box I choose No other box I choose to use Another love I would abuse No circumstances could excuse In the shape of things to come Too much poison come undone ‘Cause there's nothing else to do Every me and every you Every me and every you, every me - He Sucker love is known to swing Prone to cling and waste these things Pucker up for heaven’s sake There's never been so much at stake I serve my head up on a plate It's only comfort, calling late 'Cause there's nothing else to do Every me and every you Every me and every you, every me - He Every me and every you, every me - He Like the naked leads the blind I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind Sucker love I always find Someone to bruise and leave behind All alone in space and time There's nothing here but what here's here's mine Something borrowed, something blue Every me and every you Every me and every you, every me - He (etc.)
Never thought you'd make me perspire Never thought I'd do you the same Never thought I'd fill with desire Never thought I'd feel so ashamed Me and the dragon can chase all the pain away So before I end my day remember My sweet prince, you are the one (x2) Never thought I'd have to retire Never thought I'd have to abstain Never thought all this could back fire Close up the hole in my vain Me and my valuable friend can fix all the pain away So before I end my day, remember My sweet prince, you are the one (x2) You are the one, you are the one (x2) Never thought I'd get any higher Never thought you'd fuck with my brain Never thought all this could expire Never thought you'd go break the chain Me and you baby, still flush all the pain away So before I end my day, remember My sweet prince, you are the one (x2) You are the one, you are the one (x4) My sweet prince, my sweet prince
Cue to your face so forsaken Crushed by the way that you cry Cue to your face so forsaken What a surprise You try to break the mould before you get too old You try to break the mould before you die Cue to your heart that is racing Stung by the look in your eye Cue to your heart that is racing What a surprise... Cue your face so forsaken Crushed by the way that you cry Cue your face so forsaken Say goodbye Sing for your lover like blood from a stone Sing for your lover who's waiting at home If you sing when youre high and you're dry as a bone Then you must realise that you're never alone And you'll sing with the dead instead You try and break the mould before you get too old You try and break the mould before you die
An introverted kind of soul The earth did open, swallow whole Careening, careening (x2) Her next of kin who lived in sin Was asking God to let her in Careening, careening (x2) I'm a man, a liar, guaranteed in your bed I gotta place it on the rack, got a place inside it Got a place inside it, got a place inside it An extroverted kind of girl did tour the world with MC5 Careening, careening (x2) Her younger sister, had a blister Where I kissed her on her thigh Careening, careening (x2) I'm a man, a liar...
Slightly bemused by his lack of direction - Hey you, hey you Came to this world by caesarean section - Hey you, hey you Chooses his clothes to match his pallid complexion - Hey you, hey you Now it takes him all day just to get an erection - Hey you Things aren't what they seem, makes no sense at all (x2) Goes out to cruise and to meet his connection - Hey you, hey you He never scores he just gets an infection - Hey you, hey you Dreams of a place with a better selection - Hey you, hey you Still it takes him all day just to get an erection - Hey you Things aren't what they seem, makes no sense at all (x2) Things aren't what they seem, makes no sense at all Things aren't what they seem Makes no sense at all (x3) Things aren't what they seem, Luxemburger Queen He's a Burger Queen Slightly bemused by the total rejection - Hey you, hey you Came to this world by caesarean section - Hey you, hey you Dreams of a place with a better selection - Hey you, hey you Dreams of a face that is pure as perfection - Hey you Things aren't what they seem, Luxemburger Queen Luxemburger Queen, Luxemburger Queen He's a Burger Queen
Hey motherfucker, I'm after you. I know where you live I will fuck you up the ass and I will sneak into your room and cut your cock off And stuff it in my mouth and chew it up with my little teeth
Black Market Music (2000)
Come back to me awhile, change your style again Come back to me awhile, change your taste in men It's been this way since Christmas Day, dazzled, doused in gin Change your taste in men Come back to me awhile, change your style again Come back to me awhile, change your taste in men I'm killing time on Valentine's, waiting for the day to end Change your taste in men
Days before you came, freezing cold and empty Towns that change their name and a horn of plenty Days before you came, counting breaths inside me Even crack cocaine couldn't start to hide me Won't you join me now? Baby's looking torn and frayed Join the masquerade, join the masquerade Won't you join me now? Baby's looking to get laid Join the masquerade, join the masquerade Days before you came it always seemed enticing To be naked and profane, there is no denying Days before you came, thunderbolts and lightning Each day a brand new vein, each tourniquet colliding Didn't what you anyway, didn't what you anyway Didn't what you anyway, didn't what you anyway Won't you join me now?... Days before you came (etc.)
Coming up beyond belief on this coronary thief More than just a leitmotif, more chaotic, no relief I'll describe the way I feel, weeping wounds that never heal Can the savior be for real or are you just my seventh seal? No hesitation, no delay, you come on just like Special K Just like I swallowed half my stash I never ever want to crash No hesitation, no delay, you come on just like Special K Now you're back with dope demand, I'm on sinking sand Gravity, no escaping gravity Gravity, no escaping, not for free I fall down, hit the ground, Make a heavy sound, every time you seem to come around I'll describe the way I feel, you're my new Achilles heel Can this savior be for real or are you just my seventh seal? No hesitation, no delay... No escaping gravity (x4) Gravity (x4)
Revolution, dope, guns, fucking in the streets (x2) Aces take your time, queens are left for dead Jacks can stand in line and touch themselves instead Aces take your pity and keep it warm in bed Aces take your time Cut the deck, the queens left for dead Soft and wet, scarf tied to the bed Jack is all tragic when he stands alone Feeling demonic harmonic in a no go zone You look well suited like you came to win Lust, spite and malice, your degrees of sin Cruising for pity and looking pretty as fuck Ace take your chances, queen wish you luck Aces take your time, draw your final breath Jacks are feeling fine, they've clubbed themselves to death Aces take your pity, you sleep with it instead Aces take your time You can play your card, I'll hold onto mine Tied up in the reasons, ace take your time Looks turn to lovers, flames into fires Jack loves his tragedy, Queen her desires You look well suited like you came to win Lust, spite and malice, your degrees of sin Wrap me in your trauma and I may just give you mine Queen take your chances, ace take your time Dope, guns, fucking in the streets (Revolution) Everything will blow tonight Either friend or foe, tonight Cut the deck...
It's in your reach, concentrate It's in your reach, concentrate If you deny this, then it's your fault That God's in crisis, he's over Every time I rise I see you falling Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart? Every time I rise I see you falling Can you find me space? Find me space It's in your reach... Every time I rise I see you falling Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart? Every time I rise I see you falling Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart? It falls apart, it falls apart, falls apart
I was never faithful and I was never one to trust Borderlining schizo and guaranteed to cause a fuss I was never loyal, except to my own pleasure zone I'm forever black-eyed, a product of a broken home I was never faithful, and I was never one to trust Borderline bipolar, forever biting on your nuts I was never grateful, that's why I spend my days alone I'm forever black-eyed, a product of a broken home Broken home Black-eyed, black-eyed (x4) I was never faithful and I was never one to trust Borderlining schizo and guaranteed to cause a fuss I was never loyal, except to my own pleasure zone I'm forever black-eyed, a product of a broken home Broken home Black-eyed, black-eyed (x4)
I wrote this novel just for you It sounds pretentious but it's true I wrote this novel just for you That's why it's vulgar, that's why it's blue And I say, thank you And I say, thank you I wrote this novel just for Mom For all the mommy things she's done For all the times she showed me wrong For all the time she sang God's song And I say thank you Mom, hello Mom Thank you Mom, hi Mom I read a book about Uncle Tom Where a whitey bastard made a bomb But now Ebonics rule our song Those motherfuckers got it wrong And I ask, who is uncle Tom? Who is uncle Tom? Who is uncle Tom? You are I read a book about the self Said I should get expensive help Go fix my head, create some wealth Put my neurosis on the shelf But I don't care for myself, I don't care for myself I don't care for myself, I don't care I wrote this novel just for you I'm so pretentious, yes it's true I wrote this novel just for you Just for you, just for you
Run away from all your boredom Run away from all your whoredom and wave your worries and cares goodbye All it takes is one decision A lot of guts, a little vision to wave your worries and cares goodbye It's a maze for rats to try (x2) It's a race, a race for rats A race for rats to die It's a race, a race for rats A race for rats to die Sick and tired of Maggie's farm She's a bitch, with broken arms to wave your worries and cares goodbye It's a maze for rats to try... Burn away - Run away Run away...
You're the one who's always choking Trojan You're the one who's always bruised and broken Sleep may be the enemy, but so's another line It's a remedy, you should take more time You're the one who's always choking Trojan You're the one whose shower’s always golden Spunk and bestiality well it's an Assisi lie It's ahead of me, you should close your fly I understand the fascination The dream that comes alive at night But if you don't change your situation Then you'll die, you'll die, don't die, don't die Please don't die You're the one who's always choking Trojan You're the one who's always bruised and broken Drunk on immorality, Valium and cherry wine Coke and ecstasy, you're gonna blow your mind I understand the fascination I've even been there once or twice or more But if you don't change your situation Then you'll die, you'll die, don't die, don't die Please don't die (x4)
I was hanging from a tree, unaccustomed to such violence Jesus looking down on me, I'm prepared for one big silence How'd I ever end up here, must be through some lack of kindness And it seemed to dawn on me, haemoglobin is the key Haemoglobin is the key to a healthy heart beat (x2) At the time they cut me free, I was brimming with defiance Doctors looking down on me, breaking every law of science How'd I ever end up here? A latent strain of color blindness Then it seemed to dawn on me, haemoglobin is the key Haemoglobin is the key to a healthy heart beat (x4) Now my feet don't touch the ground (x4) As they drag me to my feet I was filled with incoherence Theories of conspiracy, the whole world wants my disappearance I'll go fighting nail and teeth, you've never seen such perseverance Gonna make you scared of me, ‘cause haemoglobin is the key Haemoglobin is the key to a healthy heart beat (x4) Now my feet don't touch the ground (x8)
Slip and stumble at my first offences It's not treason, it's no lie You talk in paragraphs, I write my sentence It's not treason, it's no lie It seemed a place for us to dream (x2) Crush and crumble under your defenses It's not treason, it's no lie You frame the photograph, I sit on fences Change of season, love can die It seemed a place for us to dream (x4) If we tear out the tumor, it's later, never sooner (x2) It seemed a place for us to dream (x2) You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up (x2) Wake up (x3) It seemed a place for us to dream (x2) You'd better keep it in check Or you'll end up a wreck And you'll never wake up (x4) Wake up
I'm careful not to fall, I have to climb your wall 'Cause you're the one who makes me feel much taller than you are I'm just a peeping tom on my own for far too long Problems with the booze, nothing left to lose I'm weightless, I'm bare I'm faithless, I'm scared The face that fills the hole that stole my broken soul The one that makes me seem to feel much taller than you are I'm just a peeping tom on my own for far too long Troubles with the gear, nothing left to fear I'm weightless, I'm bare I'm faithless, I'm scared (x2) With every bet I lost and every trick I tossed You're still the one who makes me feel much taller than you are I'm just a peeping tom on my own for far too long Problems with the booze, nothing left to lose I'm weightless, I'm bare I'm faithless, I'm scared (x3) I'm scared (x4)
Wasted face, that swallowed time With Armageddon crawling She's insane, this friend of mine And she's always bawling Hear her calling, hear her calling you Hear her calling, hear her calling you There's a place within her mind With rains already falling She's insane, this friend of mine And she's always bawling Hear her calling, hear her calling you Hear her calling, hear her calling you She's preparing for the flood The deluge and the sliding mud She's preparing for the flood Running on black market blood Black market blood
Sleeping With Ghosts (2003)
(instrumental)
Always stays the same, nothing ever changes English summer rain seems to last for ages Always stays the same, nothing ever changes English summer rain seems to last for ages I’m in the basement, you’re in the sky I’m in the basement baby, drop on by I’m in the basement, you’re in the sky I’m in the basement baby, drop on by Hold your breath and count to ten And fall apart and start again Hold your breath and count to ten Start again, start again
I hold an image of the ashtray girl as the cigarette burns on my chest I wrote a poem that described her world that put my friendship to the test And late at night whilst on all fours she used to watch me kiss the floor What’s wrong with this picture? What’s wrong with this picture? Farewell the ashtray girl, forbidden snowflake Beware this troubled world, watch out for earthquakes Goodbye to open sores to broken centre floor We know we miss her, we miss her picture Sometimes it’s faded, disintegrated For fear of growing old Sometimes it’s faded, assassinated For fear of growing old Farewell the ashtray girl, angelic fruitcake Beware this troubled world, control your intake Goodbye to open sores, goodbye and furthermore We know we miss her, we miss her picture Sometimes it’s faded... Hang on, though we try it’s gone (x2) Sometimes it’s faded... Can’t stop growing old (etc.)
The sea's evaporated though it comes as no surprise These clouds we’re seeing, their explosions in the sky It seems it’s written but we can’t read between the line Hush, it’s OK, dry your eye Dry your eye, soulmate dry your eye Dry your eye, soulmate dry your eye 'Cause soulmates never die This one world vision turns us in to compromise What good’s religion when it’s each other we despise Damn the government, amn the killing, damn the lies Hush, it’s OK... Soulmates never die
Since we're feeling so anesthetised in our comfort zone Reminds me of the second time that I followed you home We're running out of alibis from the second of May Reminds me of the summer time on this winter's day See you at the bitter end (x2) Every step we take that's synchronized, every broken bone Reminds me of the second time that I followed you home You shower me with lullabies as you're walking away Reminds me that it's killing time on this fateful day See you at the bitter end (x4) From the time we intercepted Feels more like suicide... See you at the bitter end
It seems we’re here, I miss you something rotten The stinks are here, it’s guaranteed all’s forgotten Down here, down here it’s clear that your uncut Don’t fear, don’t fear, keep all this forgotten Face down, face down, face down, I miss you something rotten Face down, face down, this crown is broken rotten Down here, down here, I know it’s not, it’s all forgotten Down here, down here, face down, I miss you something rotten Down here, down here it stinks, it stinks of something rotten Don’t fear, don’t fear, keep all this forgotten There’s something rotten down here (x4)
Beauty lies inside the eye of another youthful dream That doesn’t sell it’s soul for self-esteem That’s not plasticine Beauty lies inside desire and every wayward heart redeemed That doesn’t sell it’s soul for self-esteem That’s not plasticine Don’t forget to be the way you are (x4) The only thing you can rely on is that you can’t rely on anything Don’t go and sell your soul for self-esteem Don’t be plasticine Don’t forget to be the way you are (x4)
Remember me when you’re the one who’s silver screen Remember me when you’re the one you always dreamed Remember me when everyone’s noses start to bleed Remember me, special needs Just nineteen and sucker’s dream I guess I thought you had the flavour Just nineteen and dream obscene with six months off for bad behaviour Remember me when you clinch your movie deal And think of me stuck in my chair that has four wheels Remember me through flash photography and screams Remember me, special dreams Just nineteen and sucker’s dream...
I’ll be your water, bathing you clean the liquid piece I’ll be your ether, you’ll breathe me in, you won’t release Well I’ve seen you suffer, I’ve seen you cry the whole night through So I’ll be your water bathing you clean, liquid blue I’ll be your father, I’ll be your mother I’ll be your lover, I’ll be yours (x2) I’ll be your liqour bathing your soul, juice that’s pure And I’ll be your anchor you’ll never leave shores that cure Well I’ve seen you suffer, I’ve seen you cry for days and days So I’ll be your liqour, demons will drown and float away I’ll be your father...
Walk away to save your face, you never were a genius Walk away to save your face, you let it come between us Walk away to save your face, you never were a genius Walk away to save your face, you never were, you never were Yes, it’s just the second night But I would break back nights for you Yes, I know you’re the jealous type ’Cause I’m cursed with second sight so Walk away to save your face, you never were an actor Walk away to save your face, here comes the morning after Walk away to save your face, you never were an actor Walk away to save your face, you never were, you never were Yes it’s just the second night... Third verse same as the first Walk away to save your face, you never were a genius Walk away to save your face, you let it come between us Walk away to save your face, you never were a genius Walk away to save your face, you never were, you never were Yes it’s just the second night... Walk away (x4) Walk away (you never were) (x4)
It’s that desease of the age, it’s that desease that we crave Alone at the end of the race we catch the last bus home Corporate America wakes, coffee republic in case We open the latch on the gate of the hole that we call our home Protect me from what I want (x3) Protect me, protect me Maybe we’re victims of fate, remember when we’d celebrate We’d drink and get high until late, and now we’re all alone Wedding bells ain’t gonna chime, with both of us guilty of crime And both of us sentenced to time, and now we’re all alone Protect me from what I want...
Come on Balthasar, I refuse to let you die Come on fallen star, I refuse to let you die 'Cause that’s wrong and I’ve been waiting far too long It’s wrong I’ve been waiting far too long For you to be, be - Be, be Be mine, for you to be mine Be mine, for you to be mine And it’s wrong, I’ve been waiting far too long It’s wrong, I’ve been waiting far too long For you to be, be - Be, be All the centrefolds that you can’t afford Have long since waved their last goodbyes All the centrefolds that you can’t afford You’ve long since faded from their eyes So be, be mine (x2)