And then I awoke from a dream
I didn't really want to
And then I heard your tiresome scream
I really don't need this
And then you said, "Where's the sun?"
Well, are you really so stupid
And I don't need you or anyone
Oh this feeling is glorious
I've got hope and hate
And I'm feeling kind of great
Kind of great
And now I stand here, just as before
Only maybe more so
And you said you know the score
Well I don't want to know
And there's a whole world outside
That I didn't know about, I don't need it
I don't want you to share your knowledge out
And the feeling's called glorious
I've got hope and hate
And I'm feeling kind of great
Kind of great
It's glorious
Favourite Fallen Idol
When I fail, I want to fail completely
A To Fade In
I remember walking home with my father from the station
I Know You Too Well
I heard you saying the same words that I said
Homeboy
I'm tripping into the back of my mind
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
I took a breath onto a canvas
Cut #2
Why did you say
Crash Sight
Here I stand all alone
Still Life
He was born without a sigh
Breathless
My eager eyes came stumbling down
Feed Me
With eyes like milk, half-drunk now by my greed
Vendetta
Well, I'm upside down and back to front
Man In A Suitcase
A portrait of a life
Submarine
I'd like to be alone
Lettergo
In a room painted beige and blue
Kangaroo Court
I know I'm losing my appeal
Radio Days
Foot down and drive to the sun
Go Easy On Her
Go easy on her
Road Movie
I've been trying so long to get you out of mind
Have You Seen The Light
Half-blind, but knowing no better
Sunshine Smile
And then she smiled
A To Fade In
Sunburnt
I'm slowing down
I'll Be Your Saint
I'll be your saint
Self-Imperfectionist
Then I spoke, not out of turn
Summerside
She lay by the window all summer
Homeboy
Pilot
At the wheel of a car
Contented Eye
You're not perfect within my eye
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Everything's Fine
You took him down to the coast
Seasick Martyr
Well the ship's in the harbor
Obsessively Yours
Everyone says love is lean these days
Favourite Fallen Idol
Mirror Love
Mirror, mirror on the wall Who's the greatest of them all?
Cool Front 23-6
I now know what everyone knows
Kangaroo Court
Dinosaur #3
The next word is gonna end it all
Ballroom
Couples swaying uncertainly (???)
Vendetta
Floating Game
In a body of second-hand clothes
This House Is Rotten
I'm standing on the path to a light that I call my home Sense And Nonsense What's this written on the back of my hand?
Falling For You
There you stand with a rose Boy-King With a wave, a wave of dismay Cabaret Iin a cabaret mood
And when I fall, I want to do it neatly
Travelling side by side
All due haste to my demise
Flickering in firelight
I'm gonna burn like Joan tonight
Oh, this is the angel's sound
With wingtips singed
You're surely heaven bound
I'm only falling now just to entertain you
I'm only failing here, because there's little else to do
Underwater, coming up for air
Wallow in self-pity and despair
Well, I haven't got a care
I've gotta do my hair
I've gotta do my hair
Oh, this is the angel's sound
With wingtips singed
You're surely heaven bound
Oh, your fallen idol
Oh, you're my favorite fallen idol
I'm only falling to entertain you
I'm only falling just to entertain you
I'm only falling just to entertain you
Pretend
Pretence
Pretend
Pretend
Hand in hand, and all alone in silent frustration
And the words he said to me just drifted away in the wind
Like this memory, like the photographs in my father's house
I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in
Can you see me? I can't see myself
Can you hear me? I can hardly hear myself
And I don't want to be a faded memory
All I want is to be me
I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in
I saw you reading the same book that I've read
I heard you singing a song that I wrote myself
I know you too well
I know you only too well
I know you only too well
Mirror faced, tiresome and restless, two extremes
Finite eyes, why follow me?
I know you better than I know myself
I know you too well
I know you only too well
I know you only too well
I know you only too well
I know you only too well
This is not your voice
This is not your voice
This is not your voice
And this is not you
And your words like angels crash inside
And a word and a movement and a touch
And a word and a movement and it's all too much
It's all too much
I never understood what it meant to be
I never understood what it meant to be misunderstood
And even if I did, I don't think I'd care less
And even if I did, I don't think I'd care less
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
I want to drown beneath the waves
I want to dig myself a shallow grave
And hold you up for all to see
I want to cut you up, I want to watch you bleed, ever so slowly
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
I can't follow what I don't believe in
I can't follow what I don't believe in
And that's why there's nothing left of me
'Cause I don't believe in you
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
Doo-doo-doo-doo, you're my homeboy, you're my
homeboy
Doo-doo-doo-doo, you're my homeboy, you're my
homeboy
Beautiful
Oh god, you're so beautiful
I could not have cared less
About the words spilling out of my mouth in blue and green
It was the nicest sound I'd ever seen
To come stumbling out of my frozen mouth
Sitting in a corner
Smoking a half-drug cigarette
Sitting in a corner
My half-imagined statuette
And with my hand upon my heart
I'll say that she's perfect
And with my hand upon my heart
I'll say that she worth it
And we all go...
Up on the ceiling, I'm going
Up on the ceiling, I'm going
Up on the ceiling, I'm going
Up on the ceiling, I'm going up, up
(Oh, (???) coming on the ceiling
Oh, (???) it's easier than feeling real)
[unfortunately, this is not in the lyrics. Help! -Minstrel]
Up on the ceiling, I'm going
Up on the ceiling, I'm going
Up on the ceiling, I'm going
Up on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, I'm up
That one line that I just so hate?
If only those three words
If only they could just dissipate
Said without meaning
You said half asleep
Said without feeling
You really cut so deep
You really cut into me
You really cut into, you really cut in
Hold on a while
Maybe your heart will follow your mouth
Hold on a while
Maybe you'll feel what came slipping out
Said without meaning
Said half asleep
Said without feeling
You really cut so deep
You really cut into me
You really cut into, you really cut in
Cut into me, cut right through me
Cut into me, cut right through
Cut into me, cut right through me
Cut into me, cut right through
I never thought that you knew me
I never thought that you knew me
I never thought that you knew me
I never thought that you, you
Oh, you cut
Oh, you cut
Oh, you cut, you cut, you cut
My shaking hands are all I own
And your star-struck lips
They just reminded me of what I've missed
What I've kissed
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you shine to view
Shiver when you come crashing through
Shiver at, shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come shining
This is the only way out, this is the only way to go
This is the only way out, this is the only way I know
I know
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you shine to view
Shiver when you come crashing through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come shining through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come...
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come crashing through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come shining through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come crashing through
And she left without a fight
This is not God, it's just the way things are
Be still, my still-born brother
And be still, my still-born lover
And be still
He was buried without a name
She buried love very much the same
This is not love, it's just the way things are
Be still, my still-born lover
And be still, my still-born brother
And be still, my still-born lover
And be still
And be still
Over this pristine view
My second-rate poetry
Just is not enough to describe you
I'm scrambling 'round the floor
Looking for some fresh metaphor
All the words to describe this just do not exist
I feel better than ever before
I'm breathless and speechless
But still, there is so much to say
In words with one syllable
I love you
Fake
She cuts like silk, into this fantasy
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
Ever so, ever so, ever so quietly
She calls ever so, ever so
She fell from grace, parachuteless
I can tell by her face that I don't think she could care less
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
Ever so, ever so, ever so quietly
She falls ever so, ever so soft
Feed me, 'cause I need you to
Need me, and I will bleed for you
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
Ever so
Feed me, 'cause I need you to
Need me, and I will bleed for you
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so quietly
She falls ever so, ever so
Stop
I really don't know where I'm coming from
I feel love has got the better of me
I've got stars in my eyes, scars in my mind
Sometimes, well, I'm star-blind
Okay, maybe all the time
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
For the next time
I'm wrong way around and split right through
I really don't know where I'm going to
I want to go down in history
I'm uncertain but one thing's for certainty
You're going to use these words against me
You may put it down to your vanity
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
For the next time
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
For the next time
Wrapped up in decayed paper tales
Telling half-truths and lies
Cigarettes, bourbon, and betrayal
He took a room with a view
Of the perpetual railway station
He'll leave in a week or two
Unearthed a few truths and a host of frustrations
Oh, he's our man
Oh, he's our man
In a suitcase
Oh, in a suitcase
A bottle of forgotten time
And a diary half remembered
Ringed photo of a ticket up-line
A drunken letter written mid-September
With autumn in his face
Like the battered book, he doesn't understand
Wearing his suitcase
Like a lover's ring on his left hand
Oh, he's our man
Oh, he's our man
In a suitcase
Oh, in a suitcase
He's moving on now
Away from your port of stone
But your lighthouse is calling out
You, coming up for air
Have locked on to my distressed flare
Run aground, all hands going down
You are like a submarine
Gliding under me
And you hounded me out, you hounded me down
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
I could not lose you
Even if I choose to
Hear your sonar call, under my hull
You are like a submarine
Tracking onto me
And you hounding me out, you're hounding me down
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Some fifty-odd years ago
I'm lying here, recalling
Holding her tight at a fairground show
She blessed me with fire and candyfloss
And her sweet-salted lips
It never tasted like this
It never tasted like this
In a hollow tree of childhood games
Of hopes and promises missed
She promised me things
I never could understand
It was a pleasure and a privilege
Then as it is now
It was a pleasure and a privilege
But I'll guess you'll never know
On a visit on a whim
There was nobody home
Save an old lady
That didn't speak my language
So my scrawled note
Stayed in my tatty hand
"It was a pleasure
It was a privilege"
Too many letters don't get sent
Too many letters don't get read
There's too many letters that don't get sent
There's too many letters
Too many letters don't get sent
Too many letters don't get read
There's too many letters under my bed
There's too many letters
Too many letters don't get sent
Too many letters don't get read
There's too many letters that don't get sent
There's too many letters
'Cause I was hung, drawn and quartered before my trial
And every single thing that's not real
Was put before the jury without the privilege of denial
Every single word that I said
Was written down and then misread
Now I find myself alone
I'm accused of being someone that I do not even know
You, you are my kangaroo court
I, I am your kangaroo
You, you are my kangaroo court
And I, I'm just your kangaroo
Your kangaroo
Your kangaroo
Jump to it
You, you are my kangaroo court
I, I'm just your petty little kangaroo
Please catch me darling
Kangaroo court
Your kangaroo
I'm your kangaroo
Your kangaroo
I'm your kangaroo
Your kangaroo
It's raining hard and the radio's on
All I want is what's due to me
Such arrogance, such flippancy
A father-figure slipped a gun in my hand
Saying, "Aim high but don't aim for the sun, son."
Blinded by my own beauty
Of course I did, but then that's my prerogative
If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car
My way
If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car
To my tune
Radio plays remember me
Remember me, and then dismember me
Save all your thoughts and your dreams
Just to buy a memory
I remember when I was small
With a mother-figure standing in the hall
With her blooded kitchen knife, and her blooded kitchen words
She said, "I've seen the light, and it sure isn't pretty."
If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car
My way
If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car
To my tune
She's not everything that she could have been
Go easy on her
She's not everything that she wanted to be
All the papers taunt her constantly
And all these stupid songs haunt her like a memory
And you've followed her 'round
With your cameras and your grubby hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your pens and your poison hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
Go easy on her
She's didn't do everything that she wanted to
Go easy on her
She's done more than you'll ever do
All her crime was that she aimed just a little bit too high
All her crime was that she failed
And you've followed her 'round
With your cameras and your grubby hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your pens and your poisoned hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your cameras and your grubby hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your pens and your poison hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her
Just to watch her
Just to watch her
I've been trying so hard to get you out of my eyes
I've been drinking your words every night
I've been drinking my dreams dry
I've spent sixteen months trying to forget you
Then a black-and-white film plays in my mind
Where we broke for the border in an open-top sportscar
And married, in a town much like mine
And we promised ourselves such implausible things
Told each other our impossible dreams
And you know
Love is easy in my movie show
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Then I flashback
Flashback to a time of stolen memories
We are tied by our lies, we are tied by history
And so we're handcuffed together, like it or not
And drinking our dreams is all that we've got
And the barman just smiles
Oh god, he's seen it all before
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I can never forget you
I can never forget
I spent sixteen months trying to forget you
Then a black-and-white film plays in my mind
Where we broke for the border in an open-top sportscar
And married, in a town much like mine
And so we're handcuffed together, like it or not
And drinking our dreams is all that we've got
And the barman just smiles
Oh god, he's seen it all before
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I can never forget you
Flicker in her moth-light
As she wrote in her loveless love letter
"These are the best days of our lives."
Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
She's wants to burn your lights out
She's gonna burn your lights down
In a diary of days now blanked and lost
Within her perfect frown
On a hillside of mercy, counting the cost
As I watch my hometown burn down
Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
She's gonna burn your lights out
She's gonna put your lights pretty low
Fake
Singles
Sunshine Smile
Just for fraction of a little while
And everything was warm again inside
She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that warms up the corners of my cold room
She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that makes you forget again
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
And then she said
"If I'm going to be someone else
I'd rather be somebody else with you"
That's exactly how I felt to her
How does it feel?
The way I feel
Doesn't feel quite real
How does it feel to feel?
She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that warms up the corners of my cold room
She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that makes you forget again
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
And then she said
"If I'm going to be someone else
I'd rather be somebody else with you"
That's exactly how I felt, uh-huh
How does it feel to feel?
And for that one short while
It was as if she'd only just learned how to smile
(See above)
As we go on
And I'm slowing down
As we go on
We can hold on forever
If we just hold on together
I'm slowing down
I'm slowing down
I'm slowing down
I'm slowing down
Don't look to the sun
You know it will only burn away your eyes
And don't look to me
You know I will only melt away your disguise
If we stop moving we're gonna fall
Right out of the sky
If we stop moving we're gonna fall
Right out of the sky
I'm slowing down, I'm slowing down
I'm slowing down, I'm slowing down
I'm slowing down, I'm slowing down
I'm slowing down, I'm slowing d-d-d-d-d-d-d
I'll Be Your Saint
I'll wear a halo
And I'll perform miracles
If you want me to stoop that low
I'll be a saint
I'll be a saint
I'll be your saint
I'll be your saint
I'll be your word, I'll be your life, I'll be your heart, I'll be your lights
I will be
I'll be word, I'll be love, I'll be heart, I'll be your god
I'll be anything you want
I'll be anything you want
Let me sink my eyes
Down into your holy mine
And come and lay me down
Down, down with your cross to bear
I'll be your saint
I'll be your sinner
I'll be your saint
I'll be your saint
I'll be your word, I'll be your life, I'll be your heart, I'll be your lights
I will be
I'll be word, I'll be love, I'll be heart, I'll be your god
I'll be anything you want
I'll be anything you want
I'll be your word, I'll be your life, I'll be your heart, I'll be your lights
I will be
I'll be word, I'll be love, I'll be heart, I'll be your god
I'll be anything you want
I'll be anything that you want
But more out of hope that he would learn
My feelings for you
But my failing to
I didn't want to
I didn't need to
I didn't have to
I didn't mean to
But being human is just no excuse
For my hideous abuse of your love
Of your love
I want to (???) you
So very much
But you don't hold that trust
You don't believe in us
I didn't want to
I didn't need to
I didn't have to
I didn't mean to
But being human is just no excuse
For my hideous abuse of your love
Of your love
I know I'm imperfect
I'm not just saying it for the fact
I don't want to sacrifice the only thing I've cared for in my life
Forgive me
Waiting silently for her lover
She said, "I've touched the stars"
And she had the scars to prove it
What she didn't realize
Was with reluctance in his eyes, she'd lose it
It's gonna be another hot summer
Stripping the love from one another
Until the leaves float down
With a slowly embrace
Lying in her crumpled bed
Her lips dripping red
It's gonna be another long summer
Stripping the love from one another
Cutting the love from one another
Killing the love from one another
One another
One another
One another
One another
Homeboy
See above
At the wheel of a heart
I gotta keep it on the road now
I gotta keep it on the go now
I'm at the front of a train
I gotta keep it on the track
I'm in the cockpit of a plane
I can't keep it up, I can't keep this love up
I am the pilot of this love
I am the pilot of this love
I am the pilot of this love
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, let's pilot (up? on?)
You're no angel, but neither am I
I'm not looking for your love
Well, not to speak of
I don't want to put the world on your shoulders
I just want to hold you, to hold you, to hold you
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
See above
Just to get away
There they sat within the dunes
Not knowing what to say
You told him, well maybe lied
Mother's gone away for a while too
And she told me to say
That she still loves you
And everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
He turned to hide his eyes
From the eyes of memory
Remembered kiss of see-salt lips
Tied up in history
And when you held him just as he had held her
He whispered "I need you"
And looking skywards he lied
"Everything's fine"
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Fine
Fine
Fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
In the boy's face, he saw his own
Blood, eyes, and arms outstretched
Hand in hand, within wet sand
They slept
Down to the beach, down to the sea
The wind, the rain and he
And everything is gonna be just fine
Everything's fine
Fine
Everything's fine
Fine
Fine
Fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Harbor no fear
With the words of her father
Ringing in her ears
She's sunshine and seasick
And the salt water taste
And the waves on the beach heads
Laughing around her face
And her uncle said
That the snow came too soon
It hardly ever happens here
And least of all in June
The seagulls above
The crumbling pier
And she never knew love
But she knew how to disappear
Isn't the sun far away?
And isn't the sea cold today?
And isn't the sun far away?
And don't you just wish you could drift away?
And her uncle said
That the snow came too soon
It hardly ever happens here
And least of all in June
When she saw the snow
She knew it was a sign from the man in the know
Oh god, let her go
Oh god, let her go
Oh god, let her go
Oh god! Let her go! Let her go! Let her!
Go!
And everyone pays for their dreams in some way
I haven't got you, or dishonorable intentions
All I hold is a photograph of my magnificent obssession
You could purify me, make me true-to-form
And you could defy me, 'cause you defy it all
You could beautify me, make me beautiful
Magnificent to a fault
I dream alone
I dream alone
I dream alone
I dream alone, I dream alone, I dream alone, I sleep alone
Everyone says these days
Everyone pays in some way
Everyone says these days
Everyone pays in some way
Favourite Fallen Idol
See above
You only love the ones who say it's you
Oh, own reflection
My own reflection
Is based upon mirror-affection
It's funny how you only care for
The ones who say they only care for you
At least say they do
Oh, own reflection
My affection
Is based upon your reflection
Mirror love
Mirror love
Mirror love
Mirror love
I lost your love when I lost my clothes
In a softening bed made of sickening blows
A suffering head now knows
You saw me fall, ever smiling
Ever trying, ever knew
You made me crawl, and you were smiling
Ever cool, ever you
My naivety, that you first found endearing
And then blamed stupidity
Stripped by your cool, cool eyes
To this unity
You confuse me
You can use me
Touched by your cool, cool, hands
So impassionately
'Cause you are cruel
I don't mean that in a cool way
And you are cruel
In your cool way
And you are cruel
In such a cruel way
You are cruel
I don't mean that in a cool, cool way
The winter sun made up
Our dreams and cigarettes
Sleepless nights spent speaking of
Half-past regrets
I now know what everyone seems to know
I lost your love when I lost my clothes
In a softening bed made of softening blows
A sickening head now knows
You are cruel
I don't mean that in a cool way
And you are cruel
In such a cool, cool way
And you are cool
In such a cruel way
You are cruel
I don't mean that in a cool, cool way
Kangaroo Court
See above
You're gonna send me down reeling
Your next move is gonna end it all
You're gonna touch me without feeling
So just sit back on the corner of your bed
Don't say anything
Just sit back in the corner of your head
Don't do anything
This is the sound, the sound of silence
This is the sound of your violence
So just sit back, watch the world turn
Just sit back and watch the sun burn
I feel as much the same for you and me
Rosetta fading on my wall
Two years too late, I know
I've lost you all to my ballroom
In my ballroom
In my ballroom
Walking you home through rain-kissed streets
If only you'd crush me, like you crushed these feet
I tip my hat now to the band (Play more...)
We've danced in sawdust
Until you understand my ballroom
I want to take you home
I'm getting tired of dancing alone
In my ballroom
In my ballroom
In my ballroom
In my ballroom
Vendetta
See above
Second-hand thoughts and dreams
She floats from the town bridge
Ever more down the stream
Not drowned, just smiling at stars
Happy to see once again
In a town where she flowed as a child
And flows as a woman once more
Happy to be onwards to sea
Happy to be alive
Happy to be onwards to sea
Happy to see the light
Built with a hammer and a lover, of hope and stone
With a window that can sing
And a door that cannot shut shut out everything
And a bath that is watching our love just drain away
(That's what they say)
This house is rotten, it's rotten to the core
This house I built, with a lover and a saw
This house is rotten, it's rotten to the core
This house is rotten
Under a roof that has heard one thousand lies
And a bed that has tripped us up too many times
Not everything is worth saying
Not everything is worth saving
Not everything is worth anything
(Or so I've heard)
This house is rotten, it's rotten to the core
This house I built, with a lover and a saw
This house is rotten, it's rotten to the core
This house is rotten
This house is rotten, it's rotten to the core
This house is rotten, though I've said it all before
This house is rotten, it's rotten to the core
This house is rotten
I want to knock you down
I want to raise you to the ground
I want to shake you 'round
I want to watch you blazing down
This house is rotten
This house is rotten
This house is rotten
This house is rotten
It's a word I don't understand
The word, this word is "you"
All the things we had, unspoken
Now lie upon the floor, all broken
Just things, just things, and now nothing more
Oh, nothing more
I'm not sure if I know you anymore
I'm not so sure even if I want to
I'm not sure if I owe you anymore
And I am pure, I am pure
Because I just said so
What's this choking in the back of my mouth?
It's a word, escaping out
A word, and this word is "true"
I don't owe you
I don't know you
I don't own you
I don't want to
I'm not sure if I know you anymore
I'm not so sure even if I want to
I'm not sure if I owe you anymore
And I am pure, I am pure
Because I just said so
I don't believe I know you
I'm not sure if I know you anymore
I'm not so sure even if I want to
I'm not sure if I know you anymore
And I am pure, I am pure
Because I just said so
Miscellaneous
In your painted hand
And here I lie
I do not quite understand
You give me flowers and I give you hell
Is that what you want?
You give me everything
I can not tell quite what I want
I've been falling, falling for you
Quite sedately
I've been falling over myself
Not just lately
I'm getting tired
Of falling in love
When I do it's always with someone
Someone like you
I'm getting tired of falling from skies
High above me
I'm getting sick trying to disguise
Constantly
You give me things, I cannot (???)
'Cause that's what you want
I give you everything, please do not tell me what I want
I've been falling, falling for you
Quite sedately
I've been falling over myself
Not just lately
I'm getting tired
Of falling in love
'Cause when I do it's always with someone
With someone like you
Someone like you
Someone like you
Someone like you
Someone like you
I'm getting tired of falling in love
'Cause when I do, it's always with someone
Or someone like you
I'm getting tired of falling in love
'Cause when I do it's always with someone
With someone like you
I hired a poet, a guard, and a horse for the day
I, I'm building my throne
Of paper and stone
In my backyard
It's my God-given right
This power's an attempt to lie
My gold, my gold's in a tower
And a paper crown upon my head
I'm lying in state
For my boy-king is dead
Long live my boy-king
Long live my boy-king
Long live my boy-king
And your cabaret shoes
The glare of lights is starting to become faded
And you're dragging me down
To your gutter glitz world
And your harbored, clipped words are starting to sound jaded
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
In a cabaret mouth
And all it sings out
You're starting to despise the ones whose eyes you once dreamed of
With a pigeon-touched life
Where we all sing
Ba-ba-ba-ba-bop-ba
Which means nothing
I wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Go go
Cabaret, I want someone to talk to
Cabaret, I want someone to talk to
Cabaret, I want someone to talk to
Cabaret, I want someone
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Wanna go
Go to go-go world
Cabaret
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