15 STEP




you used to be alright
what happened?
did the cat get your tongue?
did your string come undone?
one by one
in procession
it comes to us all
it’s as soft as your pillow


you used to be alright
what happened?
et cetera et cetera
fads for whatever
15 steps then a sheer drop


how come I end up where I started?
how come I end up where I went wrong?
won’t take my eyes off the ball again
you reel me out then
you cut the string






Bodysnatchers




you used to be alright
what happened?
did the cat get your tongue?
did your string come undone?
one by one
in procession
it comes to us all
it’s as soft as your pillow


you used to be alright
what happened?
et cetera et cetera
fads for whatever
15 steps then a sheer drop


how come I end up where I started?
how come I end up where I went wrong?
won’t take my eyes off the ball again
you reel me out then
you cut the string




NUDE




don’t get any big ideas
they’re not gonna happen
you paint yourself white
and fill up with noise
but there’ll be
something missing


now that you’ve found it it’s gone
now that you feel it you don’t
you’ve gone off the rails


so don’t get any big ideas
they’re not gonna happen
you’ll go to hell
for what your dirty mind is thinking












Weird Fishes/Arpeggi






in the deepest ocean
the bottom of the sea
your eyes
they turn me
why should I stay here?
why should I stay?


I'll be crazy not to follow
follow where you lead
your eyes
they turn me


turn me onto phantoms
I follow to the edge
of the earth
and fall off
yeah, everybody leaves
if they get the chance
and this is my chance


I get eaten by the worms
and weird fishes
picked over by the worms
and weird fishes
weird fishes
weird fishees


yeah I
I hit the bottom
hit the bottom and escape
escape


I
I hit the bottom
hit the bottom and escape
escape






ALL I NEED




I am the next act waiting in the wings
I am an animal trapped in your hot car
I am all the days that you choose to ignore


you are all I need
you are all I need
I am in the middle of your picture
lying in the reeds


I am a moth who just wants to share your light
I’m just an insect trying to get out of the night
I only stick with you because there are no others


you are all I need
you are all I need
I am in the middle of your picture
lying in the reeds


s’all wrong
s’alright
s’alright
s’all wrong
s’alright
s’alright
s’alright








FAUST ARP








wakey wakey rise and shine
it’s off again on again
off again on again
watch me fall like dominoes
in pretty patterns
fingers in the blackbird pie
I’m tingling tingling tingling
wt’s what you feel not what you ought to
what you ought to what you ought to
reasonable and sensible
dead from the neck up
I guess I’m stuffed
stuffed
stuffed
we thought you had it in you
but not
not
not
for no real reason


squeeze the tubes and empty bottles
I take a bow take a bow take a bow
it’s what you feel not what you ought to
what you ought to what you ought to
the elephant that’s in the room
is tumbling tumbling tumbling
plastic bags with nothing in them
nothing in them
duplicate and triplicate
dead from the neck up
I guess I’m stuffed
stuffed
stuffed
we thought you had it in you
but not
not
not
exactly where do you get off?
is enough
is enough
I love you but enough is enough
enough of that stuff
there's no real reason
you've got a head full of feathers
you're gonna melt into butter






reckoner






reckoner
you can’t take it with yer
dancing for your pleasure


you are not to blame for
bittersweet distractor
dare not speak it’s name
dedicated to all human beings


because we separate like ripples on a blank shore
in rainbows
because we separate like ripples on a blank shoree


reckoner
take me with yer
dedicated to all human being








house of cards




I don’t want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
no matter how it ends
no matter how it starts
forget about your house of cards
and I’ll do mine
forget about your house of cards
and I’ll do mine
fall off the table and get swept under


denial denial


the infrastructure will collapse
from voltage spikes
put your keys in the bowl
kiss your husband goodnight
forget about your house of cards
and I’ll do mine
forget about your house of cards
and I’ll do mine
fall off the table and get swept under


denial
denial
denial
denial
(your ears should be burning)
denial denial
(your ears should be burning)














jigsaw falling into place 






just as you take my hand
just as you write my number down
just as the drinks arrive
just as they play your favourite song
as your bad day disappears
no longer wound up like a spring
before you’ve had too much
come back in focus again


the walls are bending shape
you got a Cheshire cat grin
all blurring into one
this place is on a mission


before the night owl
before the animal noises
closed circuit cameras
before you comatose


before you run away from me
before you’re lost between the notes
the beat goes round and round
the beat goes round and round
I never really got there
I just pretended that I had
words are blunt instruments
words are sawn off shotguns


come on and let it out
come on and let it out
come on and let it out
come on and let it out


just as you spill the beans
just as you start unravelling
just as you take the mike
just as you dance dance dance


a jigsaw falling into place
so there is nothing explain
you eye each other as you pass
she looks back and you look back
not just once
and not just twice


wish away your nightmare
wish away the nightmare
you got the light you can feel it on your back
you got the light you can feel it on your back
your jigsaw falling into place (you just got paid)








VIDEOTAPE






when I’m at the pearly gates
this’ll be on my videotape
my videotape
my videotape


when Mephistophilis is just beneath
and he’s reaching up to grab me


this is one for the good days
and I have it all here in
red blue green
red blue green


you are my centre when I spin away
out of control on videotape
on videotape
on videotape
on videotape


this is my way of saying goodbye
because I can’t do it face to face
so I’m talking to you before…
no matter what happens now
you shouldn't be afraid
because I know
today has been the most perfect day
I have ever seen




BONUS CD




MK 1
Instrumental








Down is the New Up




Get yourself together
Let the light pour in
Pour yourself a hot bath, pour yourself a drink
Nothing’s gonna happen without a warning
Down is the new up
What is up, buttercup
Down is the new up, is the new up


Your services are not required
Your future’s bleak, you’re so last week


Ladies and gentlemen, without a safety net
I shall now perform a 180 flip-flop
I shall now amputate, I shall now contort
Because down is the new up
What if I just flip-flopped?
Down is the new up
Down is the new up
Down is the new up, is the new up


You crawled off and left us.
You crawled off and left us.
You bastard. You bastard.


You’re on Candid Camera
The chink in your armor
Topsy turvy town, topsy turvy town
Shake your pockets out
Pass it on, pass it down
Topsy turvy town, topsy turvy town


You crawled off and left us.
You crawled off and left us.
You bastard. You bastard.
You crawled off and left us.
You crawled off and left us.








Go Slowly




Over here
Come slowly
Come slowly to me
I’ve been waiting
Patient
Patiently
I didn’t
But now I can see


That there’s a way out
That there’s a way out


That there’s a way out
That there’s a way out
That there’s a way out





MK 2
Instrumental








Last Flowers






Appliances have gone berserk
I cannot keep up
Treading on people’s toes
Snot-nosed little punk


And I can’t face the evening straight
You can offer me escape
Houses move and houses speak
If you take me then you’ll get relief
relief, relief, relief, …


And if I’m gonna talk
I just wanna talk
Please don’t interrupt
Just sit back and listen


Cause I can’t face the evening straight
And you can offer me escape
Houses move and houses speak
If you take me then you’ll get relief
relief, relief, relief, relief…


It’s too much
Too bright
Too powerful


Too much
Too bright
Too powerful


Too much
Too bright
Too powerful


Too much








Last Flowers




Appliances have gone berserk
I cannot keep up
Treading on people’s toes
Snot-nosed little punk


And I can’t face the evening straight
You can offer me escape
Houses move and houses speak
If you take me then you’ll get relief
relief, relief, relief, …


And if I’m gonna talk
I just wanna talk
Please don’t interrupt
Just sit back and listen


Cause I can’t face the evening straight
And you can offer me escape
Houses move and houses speak
If you take me then you’ll get relief
relief, relief, relief, relief…


It’s too much
Too bright
Too powerful


Too much
Too bright
Too powerful


Too much
Too bright
Too powerful


Too much








Up on the Ladder






I’m stuck in the tardis
trapped in hyperspace
one minute snake charming
the next in a motorcade


all the right moves and
earn the right percent
watch me dance like a puppet
you can almost see the strings


give me an answer
give me a sign
i’ve been climbing up this ladder
i’ve been wasting my time


so long, so long
so long, so long


up on the ladder
no time to escape
up on the ladder
away for fucking sake


up on the ladder
try to call out your name
up on the ladder
you’re all the fucking same


oh, you let the people down
you let the people down
you let the people down








4 Minute Warning








This is just a nightmare
Soon I’m going to wake up
Someone’s gonna bring me ’round


Running from the bombers
Hiding in the forest
Running through the fields


Laying flat on the ground
Just like everybody
Steping over heads


Running from the underground
This is your warning
4 minute warning


I don’t wanna hear it
I don’t wanna know
I just wanna run and hide


This is just a nightmare
But soon I’m gonna wake up
Someone’s gonna bring me ’round


This is a warning
4 minute warning