1. |
Disease Of The Age
02:43
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they swell in numbers
year by year
normal people who want to be more
than they will ever
they want to be rich
don't want to be poor
they want to be known and to be adored
don't want to be normal
don't want to be poor
they want to be something
they want to be more
talent contests
tv dreams
pull yourself up by the hair
change your body
change your face
wear the scars of the disease of the age
fifteen minutes of cashable fame
is all that anybody needs
make yourself consumable
and put a price tag on it
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2. |
Lazy Susan
02:15
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can't i just stay in bed
that's what she said
i think i'm nearly dead
such a sleepyhead
they say 'you snooze you lose'
it doesn't matter to lazy susan
there's nothing worth winning out beyond my blankets
why would i rise and open my eyes
there's nothing worth having out beyond my blankets
turn out the light
don't want to be upright
there's nothing worth having out beyond my blankets
can't i just stay in bed and play dead
there's nothing worth having out beyond my blankets
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3. |
A Bargain
02:28
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she knows what's holding them together
is keeping shtum, is telling lies
they could muddle on forever
if they keep the truth inside them
do you promise you won't be honest
it could be a match made in heaven
or that's the way that it could seem
things unsaid don't need forgiving
so they won't say the things they mean
do you promise you won't be honest
tastes and styles and opinions differ
methods, ethics tactics too
truth is cold and sharp and bitter
if you want to see this through then
do you promise you won't be honest
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4. |
Moving On
02:30
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she tried to walk away
but time and time again he succeeded in making her stay
for a while anyway
but it's only a matter of time before she escapes
moving on
he tried to change
or at least he told her he was trying
trying in vain
she knows he's a fake
she's not an idiot she wasn't born yesterday
moving on
now she's clawed her way free
she can be anything she'd like herself to be
he was only holding her down
and she's busted
and she's broken
and she's burrowed her way out
moving on
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5. |
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your silhouette in the headlights
as they shine on the wall
of a house that nobody lives in
a perfect place for what we're doing
were you followed?
does anybody know you came?
will anyone come looking this far out of the way?
you open the door for me
good, i didn't want to touch the handle
i'll do everything properly
i've brought all the tools i need to do the job
were you followed?
does anybody know you came?
will anyone come looking if you don't get home today?
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6. |
No Where You Are
01:50
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a long life well lived
what memories kept?
can't keep it all
can't keep it all
even that which meant the most in life
can depart you on the fall
and you reach around, you seek around
for anything at all
deep hole
dark earth
no where you are
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7. |
She's A Planet
01:42
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she saw him coming
he's under the thumb
but it's the best thing for him
self-determinism
it never gave him nothing
just let holes in his judgement
drag him under
no she's giving him substance
she's a planet
he is just a rocket burning in her orbit
he's black and white
and she is a colour
he's bleak midwinter
and she is the summer
she's a planet
he is just a comet burning in her orbit
she saw him coming
a mote without purpose
crashing, burning
scratching her surface
he is nothing
nothing to speak of
she's a planet
and now he is just a creature on it
she's a planet
he is just a rocket burning in her orbit
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8. |
Base Under Siege
02:02
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there's a shadow
an unidentifiable shape
looming through the doorway
slip out a side door
but there's no hope of getting away
they've got the place surrounded
how many are in here with us?
what horrors lurk among us?
how will we ever last the night?
how did they get in with us?
well does it matter?
does it matter?
oh we will never survive
we've seen what they can do
we've seen the lengths they go to
we've seen the bodies strewn outside
death is stalking the corridors behind us
and this fortress is just a pile of sticks and straw
eerie silences broken by mysterious noises
dread is a palpable presence
an inescapable presence
inescapable is the only word
inescapable is the essence
dread hovers at every corner
dread is a palpable presence
a beating heart
a once beating heart
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9. |
Hard Day
02:12
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hard day
everybody's breathing down your neck
you're okay
roll one from the medicine chest
hard day
but fading further from your brain
you're okay
breathe out and blow the smoke away
all the time
at the mercy of dark forces
that conspire to keep you blind
you work too hard to push them all outside
can't breathe
just gasping
groping at the air
don't feel
don't see
don't look
don't know
don't care
hard day
yet another of them
all the time
at the mercy of dark forces
that conspire to keep you blind
you work too hard to push them all outside
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10. |
Make An Offer
01:45
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okay so maybe
white trash multiply in these caravans
all and every night
action movies and k-fry
and then they put the lights out
and cell divide
oh but it's a growing neighbourhood
and the prices are still very very reasonable
hose pipes and power lines
oh there's
everything anybody could ever
claim to need to have a
pretty little middle class life
wasp's nest
cyanide
just ten minutes from a shop that sells
potato chips and wine
all yours if you play your cards right
okay none of them look happy
but that's about their lives
not their location
oh and it's a growing neighbourhood
and the prices are still very very reasonable
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11. |
Horrors
01:55
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it's not 'til late at night
that we come alive
shake off the stone personas
that we wear in the day
under the street lights
see a sight for sore eyes
we give a warmer performance
than we gave in the day
monsters
marauders
vampires and troglodytes
horrors
marauders
vampires and troglodytes
in a patch of shadow
we await you breathlessly
keep one eye fixed behind you
there are creatures of prey
monsters
marauders
vampires and troglodytes
horrors
marauders
vampires and troglodytes
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12. |
Ghost
02:11
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lying under the tree
with it's spindly fingers
making scratches on the sky
it's cold
and i can't move any more
lie on the ground
feel it's arms around me
it won't ever let me go
it's cold
and there is nowhere to go
just a ghost
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13. |
Second Sight
01:49
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with your sixth sense
your second sight
how come you never get things right
what's premonition even worth
if you can't make the bastard work
to your advantage
to your gain
it's not a gift you're just insane
with your sixth sense
your second sight
how come you never get things right
what's premonition even worth
if you can't make the bastard work
to your advantage
to your gain
all your clairvoyance is is pain
it's not a gift you're just insane
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14. |
Creepy Little Christians
01:10
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your book is full of murder
homophobic and incredibly sexist
kiss the foot of an arrogant blowhard
lick the crack of malevolent forces
your moral authority should be your own
responsibility is your own
this life is IT
you creepy little christians
don't listen to the little christians
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