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 and you cut the string 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 First you reel me out and then you cut the string You used to be alright What happened? Did the cat get your tongue Did your string come undone One by one One by one Comes to us all It’s as soft as your pillow You used to be alright What happened? Etcetera etcetera Feds for whatever Fifteen 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 and you cut the string. |
I do not understand
What it is I’ve done wrong Full of holes. Check the pulse Blink your eyes, 1 for yes, 2 for no I’ve no idea what I am talking about I’m trapped in this body And can’t get out Ooh You killed the sound. Removed backbone A pale imitation. With the edges sawn off I’ve no idea what you are talking about Your mouth moves only With someone’s hand up your ass Ooh Has the light gone out for you? Because the light’s gone for me It is the 21st century It is the 21st century It can follow you like a dog It brought me to my knees They got a skin and they put me in They got a skin and they put me in On the lines wrapped round my face On the lines wrapped round my face Are for anyone else to see Are for anyone else to see I’m a lie I’ve seen it coming |
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 Don’t get any big ideas They’re not gonna happen You’ll go to hell For what your dirty mind is thinking |
In the deepest ocean
The bottom of the sea Your eyes They turn me Why should I stay here? Why should I stay? I’d 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 Of leave This is my chance I get eaten by the worms And weird fishes Picked over by the worms Weird fishes Weird fishes Weird fishes I hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape I hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape |
I’m the next act
Waiting in the wings I’m 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’m 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’m in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds It’s all wrong It’s all right |
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 It’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 we 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 it to butter |
Reckoner
You can’t take it with you Dancing for your pleasure You are not to blame for Bittersweet distractor Dare not speak its 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 shore Reckoner Take me with you Dedicated to all human beings |
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) |
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 bended shape You’ve 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 a sawn off shotgun Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Before you run away from me Before you’re lost between the notes Before you take my mike Just as you dance, dance, dance Jigsaws falling into place So there is nothing to explain You eye each other as you pass She looks back, you look back Not just once Not just twice Wish away the nightmare Wish away the nightmare You’ve got a light you can feel it on your back You’ve got a light you can feel it on your back Your jigsaw falling into place |
When I’m at the Pearly Gates
This’ll be on my videotape My videotape My videotape Mephistopholis 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 In red blue green You are my centre when I spin away Out of control 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 I won’t be afraid Because I know Today has been the most perfect day I have ever seen |