RADIOHEAD
Pablo Honey (1993)
You are the sun and moon and stars, are you And I could never run away from you You try at working out chaotic things And why should I believe myself, not you? It's like the world is going to end so soon And why should I believe myself? You, me and everything caught in the fire I can see me drowning, caught in the fire
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... She's running out again 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
He's bitter and twisted, he knows what he wants He wants to be loved and he wants to belong He wants us to listen, he wants us to weep And he was a stupid baby who turned into a powerful freak But how do you? How do you? How do you? He lives with his mother but we show him respect He's a dangerous bigot, but we always forget And he's just like his daddy 'cause he cheats on his friends And he steals and he bullies anyway that he can But how do you? How do you? How do you?
And the wise man say I don't want to hear your voice And the thin man say I don't want to hear your voice And they're cursing me, and they won't let me be And there's nothing to say, and there's nothing to do Stop whispering, start shouting (x2) And the mother say we spit on your son some more And the buildings say we spit on your face some more And the feeling is that there's something wrong Because I can't find the words and I can't find the songs Stop whispering, start shouting (x2) Dear Sir, I have a complaint Dear Sir, I have a complaint Can't remember what it is It doesn't matter anyway It doesn't matter anyway
Been thinking about you, your record's a hit Your eyes are on my wall, your teeth are over there But I'm still no-one, and you're not a star What do you care? Been thinking about you, and there's no rest Shit, I still love you, still see you in bed But I'm playing with myself, and what do you care? When the other men are far, far better All the things you got, all the things you need Who bought you cigarettes and bribed the company To come and see you, honey I've been thinking about you, so how can you sleep? These people aren't your friends, they're paid to kiss your feet But they don't know what I know, and why should you care When I'm not there Been thinking about you, and there's no rest Shit, I still love you, still see you in bed But I'm playing with myself, what do you care When I'm not there All the things you got, you'll never need All the things you got, I'm planning to please you Please you Been thinking about you
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 wanna be in a band when I get to heaven Anyone can play guitar and they won't be anything anymore 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...
Soul destroyed with clever toys for little boys It's inevitable, inevitable, it's a soul destroyed You're free until you drop, you're free until you've had enough But you don't understand You've no ripcord, no ripcord No ripcord, no ripcord Aeroplane, do I mean what I mean? It's inevitable, inevitable, oh aeroplane A thousand miles an hour and politics in power That you don't understand You've no ripcord... The answer to your prayers, we'll drop you anywhere With no ripcord...
I never wanted anything but this I worked hard, tried hard I ran around in domestic bliss I fought hard, died hard Everytime you're running over me Everytime you're running I can feel I never wanted any broken bones Scarred face, no home Your words surround me and I asphyxiate And I burn all hate Everytime you're running out on me Everytime you're running I can see I'm not a vegetable I will not control myself I spit on the hand that feeds me I will not control myself The waters break, the waters run all over me The waters break, the waters run And this time you're gonna pay I'm not a vegetable...
I can't afford to breathe in this time Nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand Hooked back up to the cathode ray I'm better off dead, I'm better off dead I'm better off Prove yourself (x3) I wanna breathe, I wanna grow I'd say I want it but I don't know how I work, I bleed, I beg and pray But I'm better off dead... Why?
Please forget the words that I just blurted out It wasn't me, it was my strange and creeping doubt It keeps rattling my cage and there's nothing in this world will keep it down Even though I might Even thought I try, I can't Even though I might Even thought I try, I can't So many things that keep, that keep me underground So many words that I, that I can never find If you give up on me now I'll be gutted like I've never been before Even though I might... If you give up on me now I'll be gutted like I've never been before Even though I might...
I feel better, I feel better now you've gone I got better, I got strong I feel better, I feel better now there's nothing wrong I got better, I got better, I got strong Tell me something, tell me something I don't know Tell me one thing, tell me one thing and let it go I got something, I got something heaven knows I got something, I got something I don't know
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 in sugar-coated pills) Turns to stone (x2) I am fused just in case I blow out I am glued just in case I crack out And everything I touch turns to stone Everything I touch (All wrapped up in cotton wool) (All wrapped up in sugar-coated pills) Turns to stone
The Bends (1995)
You can force it but it will not come You can taste it but it will not form You can crush it but it's always here You can crush it but it's always near Chasing you home, saying Everything is broken, everyone is broken You can force it but it will stay stung You can crush it as dry as a bone You can walk it home straight from school You can kiss it, you can break all the rules But still Everything is broken, everyone is broken Everyone is, everyone is broken Everyone is, everything is broken Why can't you forget? (x3)
Where do we go from here? The words are coming out all weird Where are you now when I need you? Alone on an aeroplane, fall asleep Against the window pane, my blood will thicken I need to wash myself again to hide all the dirt and pain 'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath But who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends? Am I really sinking this low? My baby's got the bends, oh no We don't have any real friends, no, no, no Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen Where do we go from here? The planet is a gunboat In a sea of fear, and where are you? They brought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines To blow me away, to blow me sky high My baby's got the bends We don't have any real friends Just lying in the bar... I wanna live, breathe, I wanna be part of the human race I wanna live, breathe, I wanna be part of the human race Race, race, race Where do we go from here? The words are coming out all weird Where are you now when I need you?
Two jumps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy? Flying on your motorcycle Watching all the ground beneath you drop You'd kill yourself for recognition Kill yourself to never ever stop You broke another mirror You're turning into something you are not Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Drying up in conversation You will be the one who cannot talk All your insides fall to pieces You just sit there wishing you could still make love They're the ones who'll hate you When you think you've got the world all sussed out They're the ones who'll spit at you You will be the one screaming out Don't leave me high... It's the best thing that you ever had The best thing that you ever, ever had It's the best thing that you ever had The best thing you ever had has gone away Don't leave me high...
Her green plastic watering can for her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out (x4) She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties But gravity always wins It wears her out (x4) 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 It wears her out (x4) If I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time, all the time
I don't want to be crippled 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 Prozak painkillers When you've got to feel it... And I used to fly like Peter Pan All the children flew when I touched their hands When you've got to feel it...
They love me like I was a brother They protect me, listen to me They dug me my very own garden Gave me sunshine, made me happy Nice dream, nice dream, nice dream I call up my friend, the good angel But she's out with her ansaphone She says she would love to come help but The sea would electrocute us all Nice dream (x7) If you think that you're strong enough If you think you belong enough If you think that you're strong enough If you think you belong enough Nice dream (x4)
Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you And no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the fifteenth floor You've changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door One day I'll get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell You do it to yourself...
Faith, you're driving me away, you do it everyday You don't mean it but it hurts like hell My brain says I'm receiving pain, a lack of oxygen From my life support, my iron lung We're too young to fall asleep, to cynical to speak We are losing it, can't you tell? We scratch our eternal itch, a twentieth century bitch And we are grateful for, our iron lung The headshrinkers, they want everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon (x2) Suck, suck your teenage thumb, toilet trained and dumb When the power runs out we'll just hum This, this is our new song, just like the last one A total waste of time, my iron lung The headshrinkers... And if you're frightened You can be frightened You can be, it's OK
Limb by limb and tooth by tooth Tearing up inside of me Every day, every hour I wish that I was bullet proof Wax me, mould me Heat the pins and stab them in You have turned me into this Just wish that it was bullet proof So pay the money and take a shot Leadfill the hole in me I could burst a million bubbles All surrogate and bullet proof And bullet proof (x3)
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 fifty-eight 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... 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... This is killing me, this is killing me
You bite through the big wall, the big wall bites back You just sit there and sulk, sit there and bawl You are so pretty when you're on your knees Disinfected, eager to please Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes and we've already gone Just like your dad, you'll never change Each time it comes it eats me alive I try to behave but it eats me alive So I declare a holiday Fall asleep, drift away Sometimes you sulk...
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things into position All these things we'll one day swallow whole And fade out again, and fade out This machine will, will not communicate These thoughts and the strain I am under Be a world child, form a circle Before we all go under And fade out again, and fade out again Cracked eggs, dead birds Scream as they fight for life I can feel death, can see its beady eyes All these things into position All these things we'll one day swallow whole And fade out again, and fade out again Immerse your soul in love (x2)
OK Computer (1997)
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... (x2)
Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices in my head What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) When I am king, you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy You don't remember, you don't remember Why don't you remember my name? Off with his head, man - Off with his head, man Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does... Rain down, rain down Come on, rain down on me From a great height From a great height, height (etc.) That's it, sir, you're leaving The crackle of pigskin The dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit The panic, the vomit God loves his children God loves his children, yeah
The breath of the morning, I keep forgetting The smell of the warm summer air I live in a town where you can't smell a thing You watch your feet for cracks in the pavement Up above aliens hover Making home movies for the folks back home Of all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits Drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets They're all uptight, uptight (etc.) I wish that they'd swoop down in a country lane Late at night when I'm driving Take me on board their beautiful ship Show me the world as I'd love to see it I'd tell all my friends, but they'd never believe They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life They'd shut me away, but I'd be all right All right (x3) I'm just uptight, uptight (etc.)
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 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 (x3)
Transport, motorways and tramlines Starting and then stopping Taking off and landing The emptiest of feelings Disappointed people clinging on to bottles And when it comes it's so, so disappointing Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around Shell smashed, juices flowing Wings twitch, legs are going Don't get sentimental It always ends up drivel One day I'm going to grow wings, a chemical reaction Hysterical and useless, hysterical and... Let down and hanging around... Let down again - Let down again - Let down again You know, you know where you are with You know where you are with Floor collapsing, floating Bouncing back and one day I am going to grow wings, a chemical reaction Hysterical and useless, hysterical and... Let down and hanging around...
Karma Police, arrest this man He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge He's like a detuned radio Karma Police, arrest this girl Her Hitler hairdo is making me feel ill And we have crashed her party This is what you get - This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us Karma Police, I've given all I can It's not enough, I've given all I can But we're still on the payroll This is what you get - This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself (etc.)
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 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 Wll not cry in public, less chance of illness Tres 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 Tat's driven into frozen winter shit,the ability to laugh at weakness Clm, fitter, healthier and more productive A pig, in a cage, on antibiotics
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 (x2) Riot shields, Voodoo economics It's just business, cattle prods and the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote When I go forwards...
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 when the light is off 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 Put the eyes in the cupboard I've 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
A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired and happy Bring down the government They don't, they don't speak for us I'll take a quiet life, a handshake Some carbon monoxide No alarms and no surprises (x3) Silent - Silent This is my final fit My final bellyache with No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises please Such a pretty house And such a pretty garden No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises please
I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll This time, I feel my luck could change Kill me Sarah, kill me again with love It's gonna be a glorious day Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake I'm your superhero We are standing on the edge The Head of State has called for me by name But I don't have time for him It's gonna be a glorious day I feel my luck could change Pull me out of the aircrash...
It barks at no one else but me Like it's seen a ghost I guess it seen the sparks a-flowing No one else would know Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down Sometimes I get overcharged That's when you see sparks You ask me where the hell I'm going At a thousand feet per second Hey man, slow down (x2)
Kid A (2000)
Kid A, Kid A - Kid A, Kid A Everything, everything Everything, everything In its right place, in its right place In its right place, right place Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon (x4) 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 (etc.)
I slipped away, I slipped on a little white lie We’ve got heads on sticks And you’ve got ventriloquists (x2) Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed(x4) Rats and children, follow me out of town (x2) Come on, kids
Everyone, everyone around here Everyone is so near What's going on? What's going on? And everyone, everyone is so near Everyone has got the fear It's holding on - It's holding on It's holding on (x3)
That there, that's not me I go where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey I'm not here, this isn't happening I'm not here, I'm not here In a little while, I'll be gone The moment's already passed, yeah it's gone I'm not here, this isn't happening I'm not here, I'm not here Strobe lights and blown speakers Fireworks and hurricanes I'm not here, this isn't happening I'm not here, I'm not here
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Flies are buzzing around my head Vultures circling the dead Picking up every last crumb The big fish eat the little ones The big fish eat the little ones Not my problem, give me some You can try the best you can You can try the best you can The best you can is good enough (x2) This one's optimistic This one went to market This one just came out of the swamp This one dropped a payload Fodder for the animals Living on an animal farm You can try the best you can... I'd really like to help you man I'd really like to help you man Nervous messed up marionette Floating around on a prison ship You can try the best you can... Dinosaurs roaming the earth (x3)
I'm the first in the Irish Sea Another message I can't read (x2) I'm on your side, nowhere to hide Trapdoors that open, I spiral down You're living in a fantasy world (x2) I'm lost at sea, don't bother me I've lost my way, I've lost my way You're living in a fantasy world (x3) This beautiful world I'm the first in the Irish Sea Another message I can't read (etc.)
Who's in bunker? Who's in bunker? Women and children first, women and children first, women and children I'll laugh until my head comes off I swallow till I burst, until I burst, until I... Who's in bunker? Who's in bunker? I've seen too much, I haven't seen enough, you haven't seen enough I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first, and children first, and children... Here I'm alive, everything all of the time (x2) Ice age coming, ice age coming Let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides, let me hear both... Ice age coming, ice age coming Throw me in the fire, throw me in the fire, throw me in the... We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Mobiles working, mobiles chirping Take the money and run, take the money and run, take the money Here I'm alive, everything all of the time (The first of the children) (etc.)
Morning bell, morning bell Light another candle Release me, release me You can keep the furniture, a bump on the head Coming down the chimney Release me, release me, please Release me, release me Where'd you park the car? Where'd you park the car? Clothes are all over the furniture Now I might as well, I might as well Sleepy jack the fire drill Run around, around, around, around, around Around, around Cut the kids in half (x3) The lights are on but nobody's home Everybody wants to be a The lights are on but nobody's home Nobody wants to be a slave Walking, walking, walking, walking (etc.) (x2)
Red wine and sleeping pills Help me get back to your arms Cheap sex and sad films Help me get where I belong I think you're crazy, maybe I think you're crazy, maybe Stop sending letters Letters always get burned It's not like the movies They fed us on little white lies I think you're crazy, maybe I think you're crazy, maybe I will see you in the next life
Amnesiac (2001)
Pakt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
After years of waiting nothing came As your life flashed before your eyes You realize I'm a reasonable man Get off, get off, get off my case I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case After years of waiting After years of waiting nothing came And you realize you're looking, looking in the wrong place I'm a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case (etc.)
I jumped in the river, and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars All the things I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt I jumped into the river Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the things I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt (x3)
There are barn doors And there are revolving doors Doors on the rudders of big ships We are revolving doors There are doors that open by themselves There are sliding doors and there are secret doors There are doors that lock and doors that don't There are doors that let you in and out, but never open But they are trapdoors that you can't come back from
Come on, come on, you think you drive me crazy Come on, come on, you and whose army? You and your cronies Come on, come on, holy Roman empire Come on if you think, come on if you think you can take us on You can take us on You and whose army? You and your cronies You forget so easily We ride tonight - We ride tonight Ghost horses - Ghost horses (x2)
I might be wrong, I might be wrong I could have sworn, I saw a light coming on I used to think, I used to think There is no future left at all, I used to think Open up, begin again Let's go down the waterfall Think about the good times Never look back, never look back What would I do? What would I do? If I did not have you Open up and let me in Let's go down the waterfall Have ourselves a good time It's nothing at all, it’s nothing at all Nothing at all
I want you to know, he's not coming back Look into my eyes, I'm not coming back So knives out, catch the mouse Don't look down, shove it in your mouth If you'd been a dog, they would have drowned you at birth Look into my eyes, it's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth So knives out, cook him up Squash his head, put him in the pot I want you to know, he's not coming back He's bloated and frozen, still there's no point in letting it go to waste So knives out, catch the mouse Squash his head, put him in the pot
Morning bell, morning bell Light another candle Release me, release me You can keep the furniture, a bump on the head Coming 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 all over 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 (x3) Release me, release me Release me
There are many 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're talking war games Why don't you quiet down? (x3) Quiet down! You don't live in a business world You never go out and you never stay We'll have goals in a liberal world Living in times when I could stand it, babe It's all over baby's crying, it's all over baby I can see out of here All of the planet's dead, all over the planet So let me out of here, all over... 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 Crack your little souls We are the dollars and cents
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While you make pretty speeches I'm being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance And this just feels like spinning plates I'm living in cloud cuckoo land And this just feels like spinning plates My body is floating down the muddy river
Once again I'm in trouble with my only friend She is papering the window panes She is putting on a smile Living in a glass house Once again, packed like frozen food and battery hens Think of all the starving millions Don't talk politics and don't throw stones Your royal highnesses Well, of course I'd like to sit around and chat Well, of course I'd like to stay and chew the fat Well, of course I'd like to sit around and chat But someone's listening in Once again we are hungry for a lynching That's a strange mistake to make You should turn the other cheek Living in a glass house Well, of course I'd like to sit around and chat Well, of course I'd like to stay and chew the fat Well, of course I'd like to sit around and chat Only, only, only, only, only, only, only, only, only, only There's someone listening in
Hail To The Thief (2003)
Are you such a dreamer to put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever, where two and two always makes five I'll lay down the tracks, sandbag and hide January has April's showers, and two and two always makes five It's the devil's way now, there is no way out You can scream and you can shout, it is too late now Because You have not been Paying attention, paying attention Paying attention, paying attention (x4) I try to sing along but the music's all wrong 'Cause I’m not, ‘cause I’m not I swat 'em like flies but like flies the buggers keep coming back And 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 dock '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
Sit down, stand up Sit down, stand up Walk into the jaws of hell (sit down) Walk into the jaws of hell (stand up) Anytime (sit down) Anytime (stand up) Sit down, stand up Sit down, stand up We can wipe you out anytime (sit down) We can wipe you out (stand up) Anytime, anytime Stand up, sit down The rain drops (x47)
I sucked the moon, I spoke too soon And how much did it cost? I was dropped from moonbeams And sailed on shooting stars Maybe you'll be president But know right from wrong Or in the flood you'll build an Ark And sail us to the moon Sail us to the moon (x3)
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 backdrifting There's far but no further I'm hanging off a branch I'm teetering on the brink of honey sweet, so fall asleep I'm backsliding You fell into your 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
Something for the rag and bone man Over my dead body Something big is gonna happen Over my dead body Someone's son or someone’s daughter Over my dead body This is how I end up sucked in Over my dead body I’m gonna go to sleep and let this wash all over me We don't really want a monster taking over Tip toe around, tying down We don’t want the loonies taking over Tip toe around, tired now May pretty horses come to you as you sleep I’m gonna go to sleep and let this wash all over me
There's a gap in between There's a gap where we meet Where I end and you begin I'm sorry for us The Dinosaurs roam the Earth The sky turns green Where I end and you begin I am up in the clouds I am up in the clouds And I can't, and I can't come down I can watch and not take part Where I end and where you start Where you, you left me alone You left me alone X will mark the place Like the parting of the waves Like a house falling into the sea Into the sea I will eat you alive (x4) There’ll be no more lies (x4) (etc.)
Are you hungry? Are you sick? Are you begging for a break? Are you sweet? Are you fresh? Are you strung up by the wrists? We want the young blood Are you fracturing? Are you torn at the seams? Would you do anything? Fleabitten, motheaten? We suck young blood We suck young blood Won’t let the creeping ivy Won’t let the nervous bury me Our veins are thin Our rivers poisoned We want the sweet meat We want the young blood
Genie let out of the bottle, it is now the witching hour Genie let out of the bottle, it is now the witching hour Murderers, you’re murderers, we are not the same as you Genie let out of the bottle, funny ha-ha, funny how? When the walls bent, when the walls bend With your breathing, with your breathing When the walls bent, when the walls bend With your breathing, with your breathing With your breathing They will suck you down to the other side (x4) To the shadows blue and red, shadows blue and red Your alarm bells, your alarm bells Shadows blue and red, shadows blue and red Your alarm bells, your alarm bells They should be ringing, they should be ringing (x6) This is the gloaming
In pitch dark I go walking in your landscape Broken branches trip me as i speak Just 'cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there Just 'cause you feel it doesn’t mean it’s there There's always a siren singing you to shipwreck Don't reach out, don't reach out (x2) Steer away from these rocks, we'd be a walking disaster Don't reach out, don't reach out (x2) Just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it's there There’s someone on your shoulder (x2) Just 'cause you feel it doesn't mean it’s there There’s someone on your shoulder (x2) There there Why so green and lonely, and lonely, and lonely Heaven sent you to me, to me, to me We are accidents waiting, waiting to happen We are accidents waiting, waiting to happen
I will lay me down In a bunker, underground I won’t let this happen to my children Meet the real world coming out of your shell With white elephants, sitting ducks I will rise up Little babies' eyes, eyes-eyes-eyes (x2) Little babies' eyes, eyes
I don't know why you bother Nothing's ever good enough for you I was there, it wasn't like that You've come 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 punch-up at a wedding, yeah Hypocrite, opportunist Don't infect me with your poison A bully in a china shop When I turn 'round you stay frozen to the spot The pointless snide remarks Of hammer-headed sharks The pot will call the kettle black It's a drunken punch-up at a wedding, yeah
The mongrel cat came home holding half a head Proceeded to show it off ro all his new found friends He said I been where I liked, I slept with who I like She ate me up for breakfast, she screwed me in a vice But now I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied I sat in the cupboard and wrote it down in neat They were cheering and waving, cheering and waving Twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis But it got edited fucked up, strangled, beaten up Used as a photo in time magazine Buried in a burning black hole in Devon I don’t know why I feel so tongue-tied Don’t know why I feel so skinned alive My thoughts are misguided and a little naive I twitch and I salivate like with myxomatosis You should put me in a home or you should put me down I got myxomatosis, I got myxomatosis Yeah, no one likes a smart ass but we all like stars That wasn't my intention, I did it for a reason It must have got mixed up, strangled, beaten up I got myxomatosis, I got myxomatosis I don’t know why I feel so tongue-tied
I'm walking out in a force ten gale Birds thrown around, bullets for hail The roof is pulling off by its fingernails Your voice is rapping on my windowsill Yesterday's headlines blown by the wind Yesterday's people end up scatterbrain Any fool can easy pick a hole I only wish I could fall in A moving target in a firing range Somewhere I'm not, scatterbrain Somewhere I'm not, scatterbrain Lightning fuse, powercut, scatterbrain
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 lovers, give and 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 And I'll never see 'em again if I squeal to the cops Walking like giant cranes and With my X-ray eyes I stripped her naked In a tight little world and are you on the list? Stepford wives who are we to complain? Investments and deals, investments and deals Cold wives and mistresses Cold wives and sunday papers City boys in first class Don't know they're born, they know Someone else is gonna 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, turn your tape off I keep the wolf from the door... So I just go