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When you were here before Couldnt look you in the eye Youre just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special Youre so fuckin special But Im a creep Im a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I dont belong here I dont care if it hurts I wanna have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice When Im not around Youre so fuckin special I wish I was special But Im a creep Im a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I dont belong here Oh, oh Shes running out the door Shes running out She run, run, run, run Run Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want Youre so fuckin special I wish I was special But Im a creep Im a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I dont belong here I dont belong here
Karma police, arrest this man He talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge Hes 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 youll get This is what youll get This is what youll get When you mess with us Karma police, Ive given all I can Its not enough, Ive given all I can But were still on the payroll This is what youll get This is what youll get This is what youll get When you mess with us For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself
A heart thats full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that wont heal You look so tired, unhappy Bring down the government They dont, they dont speak for us Ill take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide And no alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises 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
Please, could you stop the noise? Im trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices In my head Whats that? Whats that? When I am king You will be first against the wall With your opinion Which is of no consequence at all Whats that? Whats that? Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, squealing, Gucci little piggy You dont remember, you dont remember Why dont you remember my name? Off with his head, man, off with his head, man Why dont 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 Rain down, rain down Come on, rain down on me From a great height From a great height, height Thats it, sir, youre 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
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 Dont lose your nerve Breathe, keep breathing I cant do this alone Sing us a song A song to keep us warm Theres such a chill Such a chill And 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 We hope that you choke That you choke We hope that you choke That you choke
A green plastic watering can For a fake Chinese rubber plant In a 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 It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out 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 And it wears him out It wears him out It wears him out It wears She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I cant help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run And it wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time
Dreamers They never learn They never learn Beyond the point Of no return Of no return Then its too late The damage is done The damage is done This goes Beyond me Beyond you A white room By a window Where the sun comes Through We are Just happy to serve Just happy to serve You ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH ​efil ym fo flaH​​
I’ll drown my beliefs To have your babies I’ll dress like your niece And wash your swollen feet Just don’t leave Don’t leave I’m not living I’m just killing time Your tiny hands Your crazy kitten smile Just don’t leave Don’t leave And true love waits In haunted attics And true love lives On lollipops and crisps Just don’t leave Don’t leave
Im the next act Waiting in the wings Im an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all the days That you choose to ignore You are all I need Youre all I need Im in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds Im a moth Who just wants to share your light Im 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 Youre all I need Im in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds Its all wrong, its all wrong, its all wrong Its all right, its all right, its all right Its all wrong, its all right Its all right, its all right
In the deepest ocean The bottom of the sea Your eyes They turn me Why should I stay here? Why should I stay? Id be crazy not to follow Follow where you lead Your eyes They turn me Turn me on to 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 fishes Yeah, I... Ill hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape And I... Ill hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape
Stay in the shadows Cheer at the gallows This is a round-up This is a low-flying panic attack Sing the song on the jukebox that goes Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live Red crosses on wooden doors If you float, you burn Loose talk around tables Abandon all reason Avoid all eye contact Do not react Shoot the messengers This is a low-flying panic attack Sing the song of sixpence that goes Burn the witch Burn the witch We know where you live We know where you live
That there, thats not me I go where I please I walk through walls I float down the Liffey Im not here This isnt happening Im not here Im not here In a little while Ill be gone The moments already passed Yeah, its gone And Im not here This isnt happening Im not here Im not here Strobe lights and blown speakers Fireworks and hurricanes Im not here This isnt happening Im not here Im not here
Two jumps in a week, I bet you Think thats pretty clever, dont you, boy Flying on your motorcycle Watching all the ground beneath you drop Youd kill yourself for recognition Kill yourself to never, ever stop You broke another mirror Youre turning into something you are not Dont leave me high Dont leave me dry Dont leave me high Dont 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 Theyre the ones wholl hate you When you think youve got the world all sussed out Theyre the ones wholl spit at you You will be the one screaming out Dont leave me high Dont leave me dry Dont leave me high Dont leave me dry Oh, its the best thing that youve ever had The best thing that youve ever, ever had Its the best thing that youve ever had The best thing youve had has gone away So dont leave me high Dont leave me dry Dont leave me high Dont leave me dry Dont leave me high Dont leave me high Dont leave me dry
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 its 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 Dont get sentimental It always ends up drivel One day I am gonna grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless Hysterical and Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground 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 gonna grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless Hysterical and Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around
Dont get any big ideas Theyre not gonna happen You paint yourself white And fill up with noise But therell be something missing Now that youve found it, its gone Now that you feel it, you dont Youve gone off the rails So dont get any big ideas Theyre not gonna happen Youll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking
Then into your life, there comes a darkness Theres a spacecraft blocking out the sky And theres nowhere to hide You run to the back and you cover your ears But its the loudest sound youve ever heard And all we trapped rag doll cloth people We are helpless to resist Into our darkest hour But it was just a laugh, just a laugh Just a laugh, just a laugh Even at this angle And so we crumble A ten ton head, made of wet sand Oh, this dread circumference Youve gotta be kidding me The grass grows over me Your face in the glass, in the glass It was just a laugh, just a laugh Its whatever you say it is In split infinity Then into your life, there comes a darkness And a spacecraft blocking out the sky And theres nowhere to hide You run to the back and you cover your ears But its the loudest sound youve ever heard Into your darkest hour When youve had enough of me When youve had enough of me Sweet darling When youve had enough of me When youve had enough of me Sweet darling Sweet times Sweet darling Sweet times
Everything Everything Everything Everything In its right place In its right place In its right place In its right place Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon 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 Everything Everything
This dance, this dance Is like a weapon, is like a weapon Of self-defence, of self-defence Against the present, against the present The present tense No, I wont get heavy, dont get heavy Keep it light and keep it moving I am doing no harm As my world comes crashing down Ill be dancing, freaking out Deaf, dumb, and blind In you, Im lost In you, Im lost I wont turn around or the penny drops Wont stop now, wont slack off Or all this love will be in vain To stop from falling down a mine Its no ones business but mine Where all this love has been in vain In you, Im lost In you, Im lost In you, Im lost In you, Im lost
Reckoner Cant take it with you Dancing for your pleasure You are not to blame for Bittersweet distractors Dare not speak its name Dedicated to all hu– All human beings Because we separate Like ripples on a blank shore Because we separate Like ripples on a blank shore Reckoner Take me with you Dedicated to all hu– All human beings
A moon shaped pool Dancing clothes wont let me in And now I know its never gonna be, oh, me A moon shaped pool Dancing clothes wont let me in And now I know its never gonna be, oh, me A moon shaped pool Dancing clothes wont let me in And now I know its never gonna be, oh, me The sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside That we all can love, that we all can love, that we all Sweet-faced ones with nothing left inside That we all can love, that we all can love, that we all But now I see you messing me around I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know, I don’t want When I see you messing me around I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain Broken hearts make it rain The pieces of a ragdoll mankind That we can create, that we can create, that we can Pieces of a ragdoll mankind That we can create, that we can create But when I see you messing me around I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know, I don’t want When I see you messing me around I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know, I don’t want to know
Fitter, happier, more productive Comfortable Regular exercise at the gym Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease Eating well A patient, better driver A safer car Sleeping well No paranoia Careful to all animals Keep in contact with old friends Will frequently check credit at bank Favours for favours Fond but not in love Charity standing orders On Sundays ring road supermarket Car wash 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 An empowered and informed member of society Will not cry in public Less chance of illness Tires that grip in the wet 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 Thats driven into Frozen winter shit Calm Fitter, healthier and more productive A pig In a cage On antibiotics
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 had too much Come back in focus again The walls abandon shape Theyve 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 youre comatose Before you run away from me Before youre 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 Before you run away from me Before youre lost between the notes Just as you take the mic Just as you dance, dance, dance Jigsaw 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 Youve got the light you can feel it on your back A light you can feel it on your back Your jigsaw falling into place
Whos in a bunker? Whos in a bunker? Women and children first And the children first, and the children Ill laugh until my head comes off Ill swallow until I burst Until I burst, until I Whos in a bunker? Whos in a bunker? I have seen too much I havent seen enough, you havent seen it Ill laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first, and children Here Im allowed Everything all of the time Here Im allowed Everything all of the time 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 it in the fire Throw it in the fire, throw it on the Were not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Were not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Mobiles skwerking, mobiles chirping Take the money and run Take our money and run, take our money Here Im allowed Everything all of the time Here Im allowed Everything all of the time Here Im allowed Everything all of the time Here Im allowed Everything all of the time
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 Im back to save the universe In a deep, deep sleep Of the innocent I am born again In a fast German car Im amazed that I survived An airbag saved my life In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe
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 youre crazy, maybe I think youre crazy, maybe Stop sending letters Letters always get burned Its not like the movies They fed us on little white lies I think youre crazy, maybe I think youre crazy, maybe I will see you in the next life
Rows of houses all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things into position All these things well 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 well one day swallow whole And fade out again And fade out again Immerse your soul in love Immerse your soul in love
When Im at the pearly gates Thisll be on my videotape, my videotape When Mephistopheles is just beneath And hes 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 center when I spin away Out of control on videotape On videotape, on videotape, on videotape On videotape, on videotape, on videotape... This is my way of saying goodbye Because I cant do it face to face So Im talking to you before- No matter what happens now You shouldnt be afraid Because I know today has been The most perfect day Ive ever seen
Were on, thats a nice way to start, Jonny Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights? Ill stay home forever Where two and two always makes a five Ill lay down the tracks Sandbag and hide January has April showers And two and two always makes a five Its the devils 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 You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention You have not been Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention Paying attention I try to sing along But I get it all wrong Cause Im not, cause Im not I swat em like flies But like flies, the bugs keep coming back Not, but Im not All hail to the thief All hail to the thief But Im not, but Im not But Im not, but Im not Dont question my authority or put me in a box Cause Im not, cause Im not Oh, go and tell the king That the sky is falling in But its not, but its not, but its not Maybe not, maybe not
You really messed up everything You really messed up everything If you could take it all back again Strike up the tinderbox Why should I be good if youre not? This is a foul tasting medicine A foul tasting medicine To be trapped in your full stop Truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up, truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up Truth will mess you up When you take me back Take me back again Will you take me back Take me back again You really messed up You really messed up You really messed up You really messed up this time You really messed up You really messed up You really messed up You really messed up this time You really messed up You really messed up You really messed up You really messed up this time
I slip away I slipped on a little white lie Weve got heads on sticks And youve got ventriloquists Weve got heads on sticks And youve got ventriloquists Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed Standing in the shadows at the end of my bed The rats and the children will follow me out of town Rats and children follow me out of town Come on, kids
I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement And if you get too far inside Youll only see my reflection Its always best with the covers up I am the pick in the ice Do not cry out or hit the alarm You know were friends til we die And either way you turn Ill be there Open up your skull Ill be there Climbing up the walls Its always best when the light is off Its 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 Shut the eyes in the cupboard Ive got the smell of a local man Whos got the loneliest feeling That either way he turns I will be there Open up your skull Ill be there Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls
I dont wanna be your friend I just wanna be your lover No matter how it ends No matter how it starts Forget about your house of cards And Ill do mine Forget about your house of cards And Ill do mine And fall off the table Get swept under Denial, denial The infrastructure will collapse From voltage spikes Throw your keys in the bowl Kiss your husband good night And forget about your house of cards And Ill do mine Forget about your house of cards And Ill do mine Fall off the table Get swept under Denial, denial Denial, denial Denial, denial Denial, denial
Im on a roll Im on a roll this time I feel my luck could change Kill me, Sarah Kill me again with love Its gonna be a glorious day Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake Cause Im your superhero We are standing on the edge The head of state Has called for me by name But I dont have time for him Its gonna be a glorious day I feel my luck could change Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake Cause Im your superhero We are standing on the edge We are standing on the edge
I jumped in the river and what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the figures 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 figures 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 There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
The breath of the morning I keep forgetting The smell of the warm summer air I live in a town where you cant 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 Theyre all uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight I wish that theyd swoop down in a country lane Late at night when Im driving Take me on board their beautiful ship Show me the world as Id love to see it Id tell all my friends but theyd never believe me Theyd think that Id finally lost it completely Id show them the stars and the meaning of life Theyd shut me away but Id be alright, alright Mom, Im alright, alright Im just uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight, uptight Uptight
How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? Wont take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out, then you cut the string How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? Wont 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 It comes to us all Its as soft as your pillow You used to be alright What happened? Et cetera, et cetera Fads 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? Wont take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out, then you cut the string
It holds us like a phantom It touches like a breeze It shines its understanding See the moon is smiling Open on all channels Ready to receive Cause were not at the mercy Of your chimeras and spells Your chimeras and spells Mmmhm We are of the earth To her we do return The future is inside us Its not somewhere else Its not somewhere else Its not somewhere else One day at a time We call upon the people The people have this power The numbers dont decide The system is a lie A river running dry The wings of butterflies And you may pour us away like soup Like were pretty broken flowers Well take back what is ours Take back what is ours One day at a time
I wont run away no more I promise Even when I get bored I promise Even when you lock me out I promise I say my prayers every night I promise I know which side Im spread I promise The tantrums and the chitty chats I promise Even when the ship is wrecked I promise Tie me to the rotting deck I promise I wont run away no more I promise Even when I get bored I promise Even when the ship is wrecked I promise Tie me to the rotting deck I promise I wont run away no more I promise
Now as I go upon my way So let me go upon my way Born of a light, born of a light The wind rushing round my open heart An open ravine with my spirit wide Totally alive and my spirit light Through an open doorway Across a street to another life And catching my reflection in a window Switching on a light, one I didn’t know Totally alive, totally released Waking, waking up from shutdown From a thousand years of sleep Yeah, you, you know what I mean You know what I mean You know what I mean Standing on the edge of You, you know what I mean You know what I mean You know what I mean Different types of love Different types of love Different types of love Are possible Are possible Are possible Are possible
Hey, its me, I just got off the train A frightening place, the faces are concrete grey And Im wondering, should I turn around? Buy another ticket? The panic is coming on strong So cold, from the inside out No great drama, message coming in In the oh-so-smug glassy eyed light of day Glassy eyed light of day Where the path trails off and heads down the mountain Through the dry bush, I dont know where it leads And I dont really care Where the path trails off and heads down the mountain Through the dry bush, I dont know where it leads And I dont really care I feel this love to the core I feel this love turn cold
I do not understand What it is Ive done wrong Full of holes, check for pulse Blink your eyes One for yes, two for no Ive no idea what I am talking about Im trapped in this body and cant get out You killed the sound, removed backbone A pale imitation with the edges all sawn off I have no idea what you are talking about Your mouth moves only with someones hand up your arse Has the light gone out for you? Because the lights gone out for me It is the twenty-first century It is the twenty-first 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 All the lines wrapped round my face All the lines wrapped round my face And for anyone else to see And for anyone else to see Im alive Ive seen it coming Theyve seen it coming Theyve seen it coming Theyve seen it coming
In pitch dark I go walking in your landscape Broken branches Trip me as I speak Just cause you feel it Doesnt mean its there Just cause you feel it Doesnt mean its there Theres always a siren Singing you to shipwreck Steer away from these rocks Wed be a walking disaster Just cause you feel it Doesnt mean its there Just cause you feel it Doesnt mean its there There, there Why so green and lonely? Lonely, lonely Heaven sent you to me To me, to me We are accidents waiting Waiting to happen We are accidents waiting Waiting to happen
Faith, youre driving me away You do it every day You dont mean it, but it hurts like hell My brain says Im receiving pain A lack of oxygen From my life support, my iron lung Were too young to fall asleep Too cynical to speak We are losing it, cant you tell? We scratch our eternal itch Our twentieth century bitch We are grateful for our iron lung The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon Suck, suck your teenage thumb Toilet trained and dumb When the power runs out, well just hum This, this is our new song Just like the last one A total waste of time, my iron lung The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon And if youre frightened You can be frightened You can be, its okay And if youre frightened You can be frightened You can be, its okay The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon The headshrinkers, they want my everything My uncle Bill, my Belisha beacon
Flies are buzzing round 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 You can try the best you can You can try the best you can The best you can is good enough This ones optimistic This one went to market This one just came out of the swamp This one drops a payload Fodder for the animals Living on an animal farm You can try the best you can You can try the best you can The best you can is good enough You can try the best you can You can try the best you can The best you can is good enough Id really like to help you, man Id really like to help you, man Nervous messed up marionette Float around on a prison ship You can try the best you can You can try the best you can The best you can is good enough You can try the best you can You can try the best you can Dinosaurs roaming the earth Dinosaurs roaming the earth Dinosaurs roaming the earth
It barks at no one else but me Like its seen a ghost I guess its seen the sparks a-flowin No one else would know Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down Sometimes I get overcharged Thats when you see sparks They ask me where the hell Im going At a thousand feet per second Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down Hey man, slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down
Drift all you like from ocean to ocean Search the whole world But drunken confessions and hijacked affairs Will just make you more alone When you come home I’ll bake you a cake Made of all their eyes I wish you could see me dressed for the kill You’re my man of war You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots Yeah, yeah, yeah So unplug the phones, stop all the taps It all comes flooding back To poison clouds and poisoned dwarves You’re my man of war You’re my man of war Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots Yeah, the worms will come for you, big boots For you, big boots
Cant get the stink off Hes been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day hell get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself, you do And thats what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Dont get my sympathy Hanging out the fifteenth floor Youve changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door One day Ill get to you And teach you how to get to purest hell You do it to yourself, you do And thats what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself, you do And thats what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself, just you You and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Self
I will shape myself into your pocket Invisible Do what you want Do what you want I will shrink and I will disappear I will slip into the groove And cut me off And cut me off Theres an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root And now Ill set you free Ill set you free Theres an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root So now Ill set you free Ill set you free Slowly we unfurl As lotus flowers Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick Just to see what if Just to see what is I cant kick your habit Just to feed your fast ballooning head Listen to your heart We will shrink and well be quiet as mice And while the cat is away Do what we want Do what we want Theres an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root So now I set you free I set you free Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick Just to see what if Just to see what is Oh, the bird that’s flown into my room Slowly we unfurl As lotus flowers Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick I dance around the pit The darkness is beneath I cant kick your habit Just to feed your fast ballooning head Listen to your heart
Drag him out your window Dragging out the dead Singing I miss you Snakes and ladders Flip the lid Out pops the cracker Smacks 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 Dont you dare, dont you dare Dont you, flan in the face Take it with the love its given Take it with a pinch of salt Take it to the taxman Let me back, let me back I promise to be good Dont look in the mirror At the face you dont 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 hes gonna mess me up Steal all my children if I dont pay the ransom And Ill never see them again if I squeal to the cops No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no Walking like giant cranes and With my X-ray eyes, I strip you naked In a tight little world and are you on the list? Stepford wives, who are we to complain? Investments and dealers, investments and dealers Cold wives and mistresses Cold wives and Sunday papers City boys in first class Dont know were born at all Just know someone else is gonna come and clean it up Born and raised for the job Someone always does Oh, I wish youd get up Get over, get up, get over, turn your tape off I keep the wolf from the door but he calls me up Calls me on the phone Tells me all the ways that hes gonna mess me up Steal all my children if I dont pay the ransom And Ill never see them again if I squeal to the cops So Im just gonna...
Where do we go from here? The words are coming out all weird Where are you now when I need you? Alone on an airplane Falling asleep against the windowpane My blood will thicken I need to wash myself again To hide all the dirt and pain Cause Id be scared that theres nothing underneath But who are my real friends? Have they all got the bends? Am I really sinking this low? My babys got the bends, oh no We dont 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 60s, 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 babys got the bends We dont have any real friends Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen I wish it was the 60s, I wish I could be happy I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen I wanna live, breathe I wanna be a part of the human race I wanna live, breathe I wanna be a 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?
Everyone Everyone around here Everyone is so near Its holding on Its holding on Everyone Everyone is so near Everyone has got the fear Its holding on Its holding on Its holding on Its holding on Its holding on Smile!
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 shes out with her answerphone She said that shed love to come help, but The sea would electrocute us all Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream Nice dream
Im lost, Im a ghost Dispossessed, taken host My hunger burns a bullet hole A spectre of my mortal soul These rumors and suspicion Anger is a poison The only truth that I could see Is when you put your lips to me Futures tricked by the past Spectre, how he laughs Fear puts a spell on us Always second-guessing love My hunger burns a bullet hole A spectre of my mortal soul The only truth that I can see Spectre has come for me
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 When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet Riot shields, voodoo economics, your turn, your turn Its just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F I trust I can rely on your vote When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet When I go forwards You go backwards And somewhere we will meet
All the holes at once Are coming alive, set free Out of sight and out of mind The lonely and their prey The ones you light your fires to keep away Is crawling out upon its belly And all you have to do is say yes All the birds stay up In the trees All the fish swim down to the deep The lonely and their prey I am here Come to me Before its too late The one you light your fires to keep away Is crawling out upon its belly And all you have to do is say yes
One, two, three, four Wakey wakey Rise and shine Its on again, off again, on again Watch me fall Like dominoes In pretty patterns Fingers in The blackbird pie Im tingling tingling tingling Its what you feel now What you ought to what you ought to Reasonable and sensible Dead from the neck up I guess Im stuffed, stuffed, stuffed We thought you had it in you But no, no, no For no real reason Squeeze the tubes and empty bottles And take a bow take a bow take a bow Its what you feel now What you ought to what you ought to An elephant thats in the room is Tumbling, tumbling, tumbling In duplicate and triplicate and Plastic bags and Duplicate and triplicate Dead from the neck up I guess Im stuck, stuck, stuck We thought you had it in you But no, no, no Exactly where do you get off Is enough, is enough? I love you but enough is enough, enough of that stuff Theres no real reason Youve got a head full of feathers You got melted to butter
Morning bell Morning bell Light another candle and Release me Release me You can keep the furniture A bump on the head Howling down the chimney Release me Release me Please Release me Release me Whered you park the car? Whered you park the car? Clothes are on the lawn with the furniture Now I might as well I might as well Sleepy jack the fire drill Round and round and round and round and round and round and round And round Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half Cut the kids in half The lights are on but nobodys home Everybody wants to be a friend The lights are on but nobodys home Nobody wants to be a slave Walking, walking, walking, walking Walking, walking, walking, walking Walking, walking, walking, walking Walking, walking, walking, walking
Come on, come on You think you drive me crazy? Well, 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 easy We ride tonight We ride tonight Ghost horses Ghost horses We ride tonight We ride tonight Ghost horses Ghost horses Ghost horses
This is the place Sit down, you’re safe now You’ve been stuck in a lift We’ve been trying to reach you, Thom This is the place It won’t hurt ever again The smell of air conditioning The fish are belly up Empty all your pockets Because it’s time to come home This is the place Remember me? I’m the face you always see You’ve been stuck in a lift In the belly of a whale at the bottom of the ocean The smell of air conditioning The fish are belly up Empty all your pockets Because it’s time to come home The smell of air conditioning The fish are belly up Ah, let it go Today is the first day Of the rest of your days So lighten up, squirt
I want you to know hes not coming back Look into my eyes, Im not coming back So knives out, catch the mouse Dont look down, shove it in your mouth If youd been a dog, they would have drowned you at birth Look into my eyes Its the only way youll know Im telling the truth So knives out, cook him up Squash his head, put him in the pot I want you to know hes not coming back Hes bloated and frozen Still theres no point in letting it go to waste So knives out, catch the mouse Squash his head, put him in the pot
I get home from work And youre 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 its 58 hours Since that I last slept with you What are we coming to? I just dont know anymore Blame it on the black star Blame it on the falling sky Blame it on the satellite That beams me home I get on the train and I just stand about Now that I dont think of you I keep falling over, I keep passing out When I see a face like you What am I coming to? Im gonna melt down Blame it on the black star Blame it on the falling sky Blame it on the satellite That beams me home Ah, this is killing me Ah, this is killing me
Limb by limb and tooth by tooth Stirring up inside of me Every day, every hour Wish that I Was bulletproof Wax me, mould me Heat the pins and stab them in You have turned me into this Just wish that it Was bulletproof Was bulletproof So, pay me money and take a shot Lead, fill the hole in me I could burst a million bubbles All surrogate And bulletproof And bulletproof And bulletproof Bulletproof
Open your mouth wide A universal sigh And while the ocean blooms Its what keeps me alive So why does this still hurt? Dont blow your mind with whys Im moving out of orbit Turning in somersaults A giant turtles eyes Jellyfish float by Its what keeps me alive
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 was no future left at all I used to think Open up, begin again Lets go down the waterfall Think about the good times and 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 Lets go down the waterfall Have ourselves a good time, its nothing at all Its nothing at all, nothing at all Keep it moving Keep it moving
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea I got a message I cant read Another message I cant read Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea I got a message I can’t read Another message I can’t read Im on your side Nowhere to hide Trapdoors that open I spiral down Youre living in a fantasy world Youre living in a fantasy world Im lost at sea Dont bother me Ive lost my way Ive lost my way Youre living in a fantasy world Youre living in a fantasy world Youre living in a fantasy world The most beautiful woman in the world Come back Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea Another message I cant read Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea Come back Another message I cant read Another message I cant read Another message I cant read Come back Another message I cant read Another message I cant read Another message I cant read Come back
Sleight of hand Jump off the end Into a clear lake No one around Just dragonflies Fantasized No one gets hurt Youve done nothing wrong Slide your hand Jump off the end The waters clear And innocent The waters clear And innocent
The mongrel cat came home Holding half a head Proceeded to show it off To all his newfound 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 dont 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 in a photo in Time magazine Buried in a burning black hole in Devon I dont know why I Feel so tongue tied Dont know why I Feel so skinned alive My thoughts are misguided and a little naïve 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 smartass, but we all like stars Wait, that wasnt my intention, I did it for a reason It must have got mixed up, strangled, beaten up I got myxomatosis, I got myxomatosis I dont know why I Feel so tongue tied
Stop! Stop! Stooooop! Let me do it! No you always play what you want to play. I want to play You dont got no Jodeci or something? All you bitches want is Jodeci, what the fuck? What is a Radiohead anyway? Whatever
Theres a gap in between Theres a gap where we meet Where I end and you begin And Im sorry for us The dinosaurs roam the earth The sky turns green Where I end and you begin 4, 5, 6, 7 I am up in the clouds I am up in the clouds And I cant, and I cant come down I can watch but 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 in the sea In the sea I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies Therell be no more lies I will eat you alive I will eat you alive I will eat you alive
Once again, Im in trouble with my only friend She is papering the windowpanes She is putting on a smile Living in a glasshouse And once again, packed like frozen food and battery hens Think of all the starving millions Dont talk politics and dont throw stones Your royal highnesses Well of course Id like to sit around and chat Well of course Id like to stay and chew the fat Well of course Id like to sit around and chat But someones listening in Once again we are hungry for a lynching Thats a strange mistake to make You should turn the other cheek Living in a glasshouse Well of course Id like to sit around and chat Well of course Id like to stay and chew the fat Well of course Id like to sit around and chat Only only only only only only only only only only... Theres someone listening in
You can force it but it will not come You can taste it but it will not form You can crush it but its always here You can crush it but its always near Chasing you home Saying Everything is broken Everyone is broken You can force it but it will stay stone 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 All of the rules But still Everything is broken Everyone is broken Everyone is, everyone is broken Everyone is, everything is broken Why cant you forget? Why cant you forget? Why cant you forget?
Appliances have gone berserk I cannot keep up Treading on peoples toes Snot-nosed little punk And I cant face the evening straight You can offer me escape Houses move and houses speak If you take me there youll get Relief, relief Relief, relief And if Im gonna talk I just wanna talk Please dont interrupt Just sit back and listen Cause I cant face the evening straight You can offer me escape Houses move and houses speak If you take me there youll get Relief, relief Relief, relief Relief, relief Its too much, too bright, too powerful Too much, too bright, too powerful Too much, too bright, too powerful Too much, too bright, too powerful
I want to I want to be someone else or Ill explode Floating upon the surface for The birds, the birds The birds You want me? Fuckin well come and find me Ill be waiting With a gun and a pack of sandwiches And nothing, nothing Nothing, nothing You want me? Well, come on and break the door down You want me? Fuckin come on and break the door down Im ready, Im ready Im ready Im ready Im ready Im ready
I sailed the moon I spoke too soon And how much did it cost? I was dropped from moonbeams And sailed on shooting stars Maybe youll be president But know right from wrong Or in the flood youll build an Ark And sail us to the moon Sail us to the moon Sail to the moon
While you make pretty speeches Im being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance When this just feels like Spinning plates Im living in Cloud Cuckoo Land And this just feels like Spinning plates My bodys floating down the muddy river
The Moonies are up on the mountain The lunatics have taken over the asylum Waiting on the rapture Singing, Were here To keep your prices down Feed you to the hounds To the Daily Mail” Together, together You made a pigs ear You made a rude mistake Paid off security And got through the gate You got away with it But we lie in wait Hey hey, hey hey hey hey Hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey Wheres the truth, whats the use In hanging around, lost and found With your head in the sand Fat chance, no plan No regard for human life Keep trying, you’ve no right Fast and loose, win or lose Jumped the queue, go back again President for life Lord of all that flies in the sky The beasts of the earth, the fish in the sea You’ve lost command Hey hey, hey hey hey Uh uh, uh uh uh Uh uh uh
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? Its like the world is gonna end so soon And why should I believe myself? My– You, me and everything Caught in the fire I can see me drowning Caught in the fire You, me and everything Caught in the fire I can see me drowning Caught in the fire
After years of waiting nothing came As your life flashed before your eyes, you realize Im a reasonable man Get off, get off, get off my case Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case After years of waiting After years of waiting nothing came And you realize youre looking in, looking in the wrong place Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case After years of waiting Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case Im a reasonable man Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case
Its like Ive fallen out of bed From a long and vivid dream The sweetest flowered fruits were hanging from the trees Falling off the giant bird thats been carrying me Its like Ive fallen out of bed From a long and vivid dream Just exactly as I remember Every word, every gesture Ive my heart In my mouth Like Ive fallen out of bed From a long and vivid dream Finally Im free of all the weight Ive been carrying And as that woman blows her cover In the eye of the beholder Im a fish now out of water Fallen off a giant bird thats been carrying me I fell open, I lay under At the tip off I lost your number I wanna slip over And get back under And if you think this is over Then youre wrong If you think this is over Then youre wrong If you think this is over Then youre wrong If you think this is over Then youre wrong Like Ive fallen out of bed From a long and vivid dream Finally Im free of all the weight Ive been carrying When at last, you give in When at last, you give in Wake me up, will you wake me up? Wake me up, will you wake me up? Wake me up, will you wake me up? Wake me up, will you wake me up?
I will lay me down In a bunker underground I wont 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 babys eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little babys eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes Little babys eyes, eyes eyes
Sit down, stand up Sit down, stand up Walk into the jaws of hell Walk into the jaws of hell Anytime Anytime Sit down, stand up Sit down Hey, we can wipe you out anytime We can wipe you out Anytime Anytime Stand up Sit down The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops The raindrops, the raindrops
No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no No no no no no no I dont know why you bother Nothings ever good enough for you I was there, it wasnt like that Youve 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 Dont 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 hammerheaded sharks The pot will call the kettle black Its a drunken punch-up at a wedding, yeah No no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no No no no no no no no no no no no no no no
There are barn doors and there are revolving doors Doors in the rudders of big ships and there 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 dont There are doors that let you in and out but never open And there are trapdoors that you cant come back from
Been thinking about you Your records are here Your eyes are on my wall Your teeth are over there But Im still no one And youre my star What do you care? Been thinking about you And theres no rest Should I still love you Still see you in bed But Im playing with myself And what do you care when the other men are far, far better? All the things youve got All the things you need Who bought you cigarettes Who bribed the company to come and see you, honey? Ive been thinking about you So how can you sleep? These people arent your friends Theyre paid to kiss your feet They dont know what I know And why should you care, when Im not there? Been thinking about you And theres no rest Should I still love you Still see you in bed But Im playing with myself And what do you care, when Im not there? All the things youve got That youll never need All the things youve got Ive bled and I bleed to please you Been thinking about you
Dont hurt me, dont hurt me Dont hurt me, dont hurt me Dont hurt me Gather up the lost and their souls Into your arms Into your arms Gather up the pitiful Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms What seems impossible Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms I think I have had my fill Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms I think I should give up the ghost Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms Into your arms
Keep your distance Then no harm will come No ill wind Will blow Will blow Sudden words Must never be spoken All ill wind Will blow Will blow Keep your cool Do not give into emotion An ill wind Will blow Will blow
I dont want to be crippled and cracked Shoulders, wrists, knees, and back Ground to dust and ash Crawling on all fours When youve got to feel it in your bones When youve got to feel it in your bones Now I cant climb the stairs Pieces missing everywhere Prozac, painkillers When youve got to feel it in your bones When youve got to feel it in your bones And I used to fly like Peter Pan All the children flew when I touched their hands Listen, youve got to feel it in your bones Listen, youve got to feel it in your bones
Something for the rag and bone man Over my dead body Something big is gonna happen Over my dead body Someones son or someones daughter Over my dead body This is how I end up sucked in Over my dead body Im gonna go to sleep And let this wash all over me We dont really want a monster taking over Tiptoe round, tie him down We dont want the loonies taking over Tiptoe round, tie him down May pretty horses Come to you as you sleep Im gonna go to sleep And let this wash all over me
You bite through the big wall The big wall bites back You sit there and sulk You sit there and bawl You look so pretty When youre on your knees Disinfected And eager to please Sometimes you sulk Sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes but were already gone Just like your dad, youll 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 Sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes but were already gone Just like your dad, youll never change Sometimes you sulk Sometimes you burn God rest your soul When the loving comes but were already gone Just like your dad, youll never change
Im 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 Yesterdays headlines blown by the wind Yesterdays people end up scatterbrain there Any fool can easy pick a hole, I only wish I could fall in A moving target in a firing range Somewhere Im not Scatterbrain Somewhere Im not Scatterbrain Lightning fuse, powercut Scatterbrain
There are better things to talk about Be constructive Bear a weapon we can use Be constructive with your blues Even when its only warnings Even when youre talking war games Why dont you quiet down? Why dont you quiet down? (Maybe I want to live in the childrens land And you know maybe, maybe I) Why dont you quiet down? (Maybe Ill wander the promised land I want peace and honesty) Why dont you quiet down? (I want to live in the promised land And maybe wander the childrens land) Quiet down! You dont live in a business world and You never go out and you never stay We all have goals in a liberal world Living in times when I could stand it, babe All over, babys crying Itll all over, maybe, I can see out of here All over the planets dead All over the planet, so let me out of here All over the, all over the, all over the, all over the We are the dollars and cents and the pounds and pence And the mark and the yen, and yeah Were gonna crack your little souls Were gonna crack your little souls We are the dollars and cents and the pounds and pence And the pounds and pence, and yeah Were gonna crack your little souls Crack your little souls We are the dollars and cents
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, youre murderers We are not the same as you Genie let out of the bottle Funny, ha-ha, funny how When the walls bend, when the walls bend With your breathing, with your breathing When the walls bend, when the walls bend With your breathing, with your breathing With your breathing They will suck you down to the other side They will suck you down to the other side They will suck you down to the other side They will suck you down to the other side 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 They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing They should be ringing, they should be ringing This is the gloaming
Dont turn nasty now The dusts of hell A pillar of my salt The last one out of the box The one who broke the spell Little by little, by hook or by crook Im such a tease and youre such a flirt Once youve been round youve been around enough Ooh Little by little, by hook or by crook Never in earnest, never get judged Im no idiot, I should look Ooh The glue wont hold The thread unpulls Uncurling with my love The last one out of the box The one who broke the seal Obligations Complications Routines and schedules The drug that will kill you Kill you Little by little, by hook or by crook Never in earnest, never get judged Im no idiot, I should look Little by little, by hook or by crook Im such a tease and youre such a flirt
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? Flea-bitten, moth eaten? We suck young blood We suck young blood Wont let the creeping ivy Wont let the nervous bury me Our veins are thin Our rivers poisoned We want the sweet meats We want the young blood
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 dont see no confusion anywhere And if the world does turn, and if London burns Ill 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 wont be a nothing 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 dont see no confusion anywhere And if the world does turn, and if London burns Ill 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 wont be a nothing anymore
Over here, come slowly Come slowly to me Ive been waiting Patient, patiently I didnt get it, but now I can see That theres a way out, that theres a way out That theres a way out, that theres a way out That theres a way out
Go! Tears of joy now scare ourselves From all that you want to be Just got paid and now youre going Round inside your place If I get scared Ill just call you And Ill miss your glow as I unsettle Oh, and Ill always feel I will always be- -aright One, two, three Four So sell your suit and tie And come and live with me Leukemia schizophrenia Polyethylene There is no significant risk to your health She used to be beautiful once as well Plastic bag, middle class Polyethylene Decaffeinate, unleaded Keep all surfaces clean If you dont believe me, sell your soul If you dont get into it, no one will Oh Obtain Obtain
Were rotten fruit Were damaged goods What the hell, weve got nothing more to lose One gust and we will probably crumble Were backdrifting This far, but no further Im hanging off a branch Im teetering on the brink of Honey sweets, so full of sleep Im backsliding You fell into our 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 youre backtracking You fell into our arms You fell into our arms We tried but there was nothing we could do Nothing we could do You fell into our, you fell into our... Were rotten fruit Were damaged goods What the hell, weve got nothing more to lose One gust and we will probably crumble Were backdrifters
I was stronger, I was better Picked you out Now dont say a word, no, dont yell out Never mind Let you let out, led you back Stay on, sit down Let it fall, let it fall Let it fall, let it fall

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The Lyrics dataset parsed from Genius. This dataset is designed to generate lyrics with HuggingArtists. Model is available here.

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How to load this dataset directly with the datasets library:

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("huggingartists/radiohead")

Dataset Structure

An example of 'train' looks as follows.

This example was too long and was cropped:

{
    "text": "Look, I was gonna go easy on you\nNot to hurt your feelings\nBut I'm only going to get this one chance\nSomething's wrong, I can feel it..."
}

Data Fields

The data fields are the same among all splits.

  • text: a string feature.

Data Splits

train validation test
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'Train' can be easily divided into 'train' & 'validation' & 'test' with few lines of code:

from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset, DatasetDict
import numpy as np

datasets = load_dataset("huggingartists/radiohead")

train_percentage = 0.9
validation_percentage = 0.07
test_percentage = 0.03

train, validation, test = np.split(datasets['train']['text'], [int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*train_percentage), int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*(train_percentage + validation_percentage))])

datasets = DatasetDict(
    {
        'train': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(train)}),
        'validation': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(validation)}),
        'test': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(test)})
    }
)

Dataset Creation

Curation Rationale

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Source Data

Initial Data Collection and Normalization

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Who are the source language producers?

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Annotations

Annotation process

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Who are the annotators?

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Personal and Sensitive Information

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Considerations for Using the Data

Social Impact of Dataset

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Discussion of Biases

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Other Known Limitations

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Additional Information

Dataset Curators

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Licensing Information

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Citation Information

@InProceedings{huggingartists,
    author={Aleksey Korshuk}
    year=2021
}

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