RADIOHEAD Lyrics

I’ve gathered the lyrics from every Radiohead sone and compiled them in chronological order, indicating the year they were written, not when they were released.

I initially gathered this information for creating these posters, but thought others might find it useful as well. The compiled list includes only officially released songs, excluding those exclusive to live performances or found on the MiniDiscs. Feel free to use the collection without the need to compile it yourself.

Please enjoy.

The National Anthem (1984)

Everyone
Everyone around here
Everyone is so near
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on
It’s holding on

Creep (1988)

When you were here before
Couldn’t look you in the eye
You’re just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You’re so very special
But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t care if it hurts
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
When I’m not around
You’re so very special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here
Oh, oh
She’s running out the door
She’s running out
She run, run, run, run
Run
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so very special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t belong here

Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)

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 you’re crazy
Maybe, I think you’re crazy
Maybe
Stop sending letters
Letters always get burned
It’s not like the movies
They fed us on little white lies
I think you’re crazy
Maybe, I think you’re crazy
Maybe
I will see you in the next life

High and Dry (1988)

Two jumps in a week, I bet you
Think that’s pretty clever, don’t you, boy
Flying on your motorcycle
Watching all the ground beneath you drop
You’d kill yourself for recognition
Kill yourself to never, ever stop
You broke another mirror
You’re turning into something you are not
Don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don’t leave me high
Don’t 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
They’re the ones who’ll hate you
When you think you’ve got the world all sussed out
They’re the ones who’ll spit at you
You will be the one screaming out
Don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Oh, it’s the best thing that you’ve ever had
The best thing that you’ve ever, ever had
It’s the best thing that you’ve ever had
The best thing you’ve had has gone away
So don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me dry
Don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me high
Don’t leave me dry

Maquiladora (1990)

Here it comes, here it comes
I can feel the hills exploding
Exploding gracefully, burning up the freeway
Here it comes
Grass is green at the edge of the bubble
Beautiful kids into beautiful trouble
Well, it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you
Oh baby, burn
Fast Toyota, burns rubber
Useless rockers from England
Good times had by all
Just swallow your guilt and your conscience
Blue and white birds stepping hard on the pedal
Interstate Five runs straight down the middle
And it seems to fall out of the sky and come down on you
Oh baby, burn

How Can You Be Sure? (1990)

Seen all the good things and bad
Running down the hill
All so battered and brought to the ground
I am hungry again
I am drunk again
With all the money I owe to my friends
When I’m like this
How can you be smiling, singing?
How can you be sure?
How can you be sure?
If you walk out the door
Will I see you again?
If so much of me lies in your eyes
I am hungry again
I am drunk again
With all the money I owe to my friends
When I’m like this
How can you be smiling, singing?
How can you be sure?
(I don’t want you, I don’t want you)
How can you be sure?
(I don’t want you, I don’t want you)
How can you be sure?
(I don’t want you, I don’t want you)
How can you be sure?
(I don’t want you, I don’t want you)
I don’t want you
I don’t want you anymore
I don’t want you
I don’t want you anymore

Stop Whispering (1990)

And the wise man said I don’t want to hear your voice
And the thin man said I don’t want to hear your voice
And they’re cursing me, and they won’t let me be
And there’s nothing to say, and there’s nothing to do
Stop whispering, start shouting
Stop whispering, start shouting
And the mother say we spit on your son some more
And the buildings say we spit on your face some more
And the feeling is that there’s something wrong
‘Cause I can’t find the words and I can’t find the songs
Stop whispering, start shouting
Stop whispering, start shouting
Dear Sir, I have a complaint
Dear Sir, I have a complaint
Can’t remember what it is
It doesn’t matter anyway
It doesn’t matter anyway
Stop whispering, stop whispering
Stop whispering, stop whispering
Stop, stop

I Can’t (1991)

Please forget the words that I just blurted outIt wasn’t me, it was my strange and creeping doubtIt keeps rattling my cage
And there’s nothing in this world will keep it down
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
So many things that keep, that keep me underground
So many words that I, that I can never find
If you give up on me nowI’ll be gutted like I’ve never been before
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
If you give up on me now
I’ll be gutted like I’ve never been before
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t
Even though I might, even though I try, I can’t

You (1991)

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?
It’s 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

Thinking About You (1991)

Been thinking about you
Your records are here
Your eyes are on my wall
Your teeth are over there
But I’m still no one
And you’re my star
What do you care?
Been thinking about you
And there’s no rest
Should I still love you
Still see you in bed
But I’m playing with myself
And what do you care when the other men are far, far better?
All the things you’ve got
All the things you need
Who bought you cigarettes
Who bribed the company to come and see you, honey?
I’ve been thinking about you
So how can you sleep?
These people aren’t your friends
They’re paid to kiss your feet
They don’t know what I know
And why should you care, when I’m not there?
Been thinking about you
And there’s no rest
Should I still love you
Still see you in bed
But I’m playing with myself
And what do you care, when I’m not there?
All the things you’ve got
That you’ll never need
All the things you’ve got
I’ve bled and I bleed to please you
Been thinking about you

Million Dollar Question (1991)

Was always waiting for the crush
The car to drive right through the shops
To call in sick and late at work
And take a holiday
Was always tangled up in knots
To keep myself from speaking up
But no-one’s listening anyway
They’re just trying to bribe me
And if it’s alright, then what am I doing here?
And if it’s alright, this place is gassed by fear
And if it’s alright, I’ll tell you, ’cause you never understand
And if it’s alright, I’ll beg you, ’cause I’m a begging kind of man
Today I wrote a bad cheque
Packed a bag and took a jet
But no-one’s looking anyway
I hope they miss me
I just think maybe I’m making a mistake

Prove Yourself (1992)

I can’t afford to breathe in this time
Nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand
Hooked back up to the cathode ray
I’m better off dead, I’m better off dead
I’m better off…
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
I wanna breathe, I wanna grow
I’d say I want it but I don’t know how
I work, I bleed, I beg and pray
But I’m better off dead, I’m better off dead
I’m better off…
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
I’m better off dead, I’m better off dead
I’m better off…
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Why?
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself

Stupid Car (1992)

I find it hard
To drive your stupid car
I find it hard
‘Cause I never get that far
And you put my brain in overload
I can’t change gear
I cannot see the road
You got concrete eyes
But I cannot see your face
And I failed in life
‘Cause you crushed me with your hands
And you put my brain in overload
I can’t change gear
I cannot see the road, road

The Bends (1992)

Where do we go from here?
The words are coming out all weird
Where are you now when I need you?
Alone on an aeroplane
Falling asleep against the windowpane
My blood’ll thicken
I need to wash myself again
To hide all the dirt and pain
‘Cause I’d be scared that there’s nothing underneath
And who are my real friends?
Have they all got the bends?
Am I really sinking this low?
My baby’s got the bends, oh no
We don’t have any real friends
No, no, no
Just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
I wish it was the ’60s, I wish we 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 baby’s got the bends
We don’t have any real friends
Just lying in a bar with my drip feed on
Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen
I wish it was the ’60s, I wish we could be happy
I wish, I wish, I wish that something would…
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?

Inside My Head (1992)

What do you want from me, now you got me?
Now my fingers bleed, now they stare at me
I’m a coward now
I hold my peace
Now you tie me up to your feather bed
And I twist and turn in a Chinese burn
You won’t let go
You won’t let go
You’re inside of my head
Inside of my head
What do you want from me, now you got me?
Now my energy, you suck from me
And I’m holding on
For dear life
Quit smothering me, quit laughing at me
I’ve got a disease, an English disease
It will not go
It will not go
You’re inside of my head
Inside of my head
Whatever you put in that syringe
Whatever you really said to him
He’s sitting there inside of me
And you bother me, you possess me
You’re there again, ahead of me
And I won’t let go, I won’t let go
You’re inside of my head
Inside of my head
Inside of my head, la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Inside of my head

Lurgee (1992)

I feel better
I feel better now you’ve gone
I got better
I got better, I got strong
I feel better
I feel better now there’s nothing wrong
I got better
I got better, I got strong
Tell me something
Tell me something I don’t know
Tell me one thing
Tell me one thing and let it go
I got something
I got something, heaven knows
I got something
I got something I don’t know

Blow Out (1992)

In my mind
And nailed into my heels
All the time
Killing what I feel
And everything I touch
(All wrapped up in cotton wool)
(All wrapped up in sugar-coated pills)
Turns to stone
And everything I touch
(All wrapped up in cotton wool)
(All wrapped up in sugar-coated pills)
Turns to stone
I am fused
Just in case I blow out
I am glued
Just in case I crack out
And everything I touch
Turns to stone
Everything I touch
(All wrapped up in cotton wool)
(All wrapped up and sugar-coated)
Turns to stone

Anyone Can Play Guitar (1992)

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 don’t see no confusion anywhere
And if the world does turn, and if London burns
I’ll 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 won’t 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 don’t see no confusion anywhere
And if the world does turn, and if London burns
I’ll 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 won’t be a nothing anymore

How Do You? (1992)

He’s bitter and twisted
He knows what he wants
He wants to be loved and
He wants to belong
He wants us to listen
He wants us to weep
And he was a stupid baby who turned into a powerful freak
But how do you?
How do you?
How do you?
He lives with his mother
But we show him respect
He’s a dangerous bigot
But we always forget
And he’s just like his daddy
‘Cause he cheats on his friends
And he steals and he bullies
Anyway that he can
But how do you?
How do you?
How do you?

Faithless, the Wonder Boy (1992)

I’ve had these jeans since I was born
And now they’re ripped and now they’re torn
And all my friends have skateboards
I want the toys of other boys
I want a knife and a gun and things
But mum and dad will not give in
And I can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
I can’t put the needle in
No, I can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
And now I know just what it is
It’s called disease and it’s got my head
It always runs where I hide
Too scared to talk, too scared to try
Too scared to know the reasons why
And all my friends say bye-bye
And I can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
No, I can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
And I can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
No, I can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in
Can’t put the needle in

Ripcord (1992)

Soul destroyed with clever toys for little boys
It’s inevitable, inevitable, it’s a soul destroyed
You’re free until you drop
You’re free until you’ve had enough
But you don’t understand
You’ve no ripcord, no ripcord
No ripcord, no ripcord
Aeroplane, do I mean what I mean?
It’s inevitable, inevitable, oh aeroplane
A thousand miles an hour
And politics in power
That you don’t understand
You’ve no ripcord, no ripcord
No ripcord, no ripcord
The answer to your prayers
We’ll drop you anywhere
With no ripcord, no ripcord
No ripcord, no ripcord

Yes I Am (1992)

I resent you calling
I resent your voice
I resent that I don’t have a choice
Anywhere I go
You are always there
Outside the car or in my hair
I think I’ve been here before
Yes, I’ve been here before
The last time you locked all the doors
And I resent you calling
I resent your voice
I resent that I don’t have a choice
And yes, I am wary
Yes, I am
I am
Think I’ve told you once
Think I needed advice
You were such a help, that’s very nice
Think I’ve been here before
Yes, I’ve been here before
But this time I kick down your door
Yes, I am wary
Yes, I am wary

Coke Babies (1992)

Easy living, easy hold
Easy teething, easy fold
Easy listening, easy love
Easy answers to easy questions
Easy tumble, easy fall
Easy rumble, easy doll
I get up on easy love
I get up on easy questions

Vegetable (1992)

I never wanted anything but this
I worked hard, tried hard
I ran around in domestic bliss
I fought hard, died long
Every time you’re running out of here
Every time you’re running I get the fear
I never wanted any broken bones
Scarred face, no home
Your words surround me and asphyxiate
And I burn all hate
Every time you’re running out on me
Every time you’re running I can see
I’m not a vegetable
I will not control myself
I spit on the hand that feeds me
I will not control myself
The waters spray, the waters run all over me
The waters spray, the waters run
And this time you’re gonna pay
I’m not a vegetable
I will not control myself
I spit on the hand that feeds me
I will not control myself

(Nice Dream) (1992)

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 she’s out with her answerphone
She said that she’d 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 (If you think that you’re strong enough)
Nice dream (If you think you belong enough)
Nice dream (If you think that you’re strong enough)
Nice dream (If you think you belong enough)
Nice dream
Nice dream
Nice dream
Nice dream

Banana Co. (1992)

Oh, Banana Co
We really love you, and we need you
And oh, Banana Co
We’d really love to believe you
But everything’s underground
We gotta dig it up somehow
Yeah, yeah
Oh, she said “No go”
She said she’d like to, she’s seen you
And oh, Banana Co
She knows if you die then we all do
And everything’s underground
We’ve gotta dig it up somehow
Yeah, yeah
Everything’s burning down
We gotta put it out somehow
Yeah, yeah

Pop is Dead (1992)

Oh no, pop is dead, long live pop
It died an ugly death by back-catalogue
And now you know it gets you nowhere
And now you know, you realize
Oh no, pop is dead, it just gave up
We raised the dead, but they won’t stand up
And radio has salmonella
And now you know you’re gonna die
He left this message for us
So what? Pop is dead, it’s no great loss
So many facelifts, his face flew off
The emperor really has no clothes on
And his skin is peeling off
Oh no, pop is dead, long live pop
One final line of coke to jack him off
Jack him off
He left this message for us
He left this message for us
He left this message for us

Killer Cars (1993)

Killer cars, cars
Killer cars
Too hard on the brakes again
What if these brakes just give in?
What if they don’t get out of the way?
What if there’s someone overtaking?
I’m going out for a little drive
And it could be the last time you see me alive
There could be an idiot on the road
The only kick in life is pumping his steel
Wrap me up in the back of the trunk
Packed with foam and blind and drunk
They won’t ever take me alive
‘Cause they all drive
Don’t die on the motorway
The moon would freeze, the plants would die
I couldn’t cope if you crashed today
All the things I forgot to say
I’m going out for a little drive
And it could be the last time you see me alive
What if the car loses control?
What if there’s someone overtaking?
Wrap me up in the back of the trunk
Packed with foam and blind and drunk
They won’t ever take me alive
‘Cause they all drive killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Wrap me up in the back of the trunk
Packed with foam and blind and drunk
No they won’t ever take me alive
‘Cause they all drive killer cars
They all drive killer cars
They all drive killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars
Killer cars

Permanent Daylight (1993)

The easiest way to sleep at night
Is to carry on believing that I don’t exist
The easiest way to sell your soul
Is to carry on believing that we don’t exist
It must be hard, hard
With your head on backwards

Lozenge of Love (1993)

I am gone, everybody’s raging
And these fruits, they still taste of poison
I won’t be around
When you really need me
I can’t sleep, why can’t someone hold me?
I need warmth, our restless body cracks and moans
I won’t have the strength
When you really need me

Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was (1993)

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

Street Spirit (Fade Out) (1993)

Rows of houses all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we’ll 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
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
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 we’ll one day swallow whole
And fade out again
And fade out again
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Ah-na-na, ah-na-na
Immerse your soul in love (Ah-na-na, ah-na-na)
(Ah-na-na, ah-na-na)
Immerse your soul in love (Ah-na-na, ah-na-na)

My Iron Lung (1993)

Faith, you’re driving me away
You do it every day
You don’t mean it, but it hurts like hell
My brain says I’m receiving pain
A lack of oxygen
From my life support, my iron lung
We’re too young to fall asleep
Too cynical to speak
We are losing it, can’t 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, we’ll 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 you’re frightened, you can be frightened
You can be, it’s okay
And if you’re frightened, you can be frightened
You can be, it’s 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

Planet Telex (1993)

You can force it but it will not come
You can taste it but it will not form
You can crush it but it’s always here
You can crush it but it’s 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 can’t you forget?
Why can’t you forget?
Why can’t you forget?

Just (1993)

Can’t get the stink off
He’s been hanging ’round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he’ll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
And that’s why it 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
Don’t get my sympathy
Hanging out the fifteenth floor
You’ve changed the locks three times
He still comes reeling through the door
One day I’ll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest hell
You do it to yourself, you do
And that’s why it 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 that’s why it 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
(You do it to yourself!)
(You do it to yourself!)
(Oh, you do it to yourself!)
(Oh, you do it to yourself!)

Fake Plastic Trees (1993)

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 plants
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 can’t 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

The Trickster (1993)

Rust in the mountains, rust in the brain
The air is sacred here in spite of your claim
Up on the the rooftops, out of reach
Trickster is meaningless, trickster is weak
He’s talking out the world, talking out the world
Hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
Hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
I wanted you so bad, that I couldn’t say
All things fall apart
We wanted out so bad, that we couldn’t say
These things fall apart
We’re talking out the world, talking out the world
Hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
Hey, hey, hey, this is only halfway
Truant kids, a can of brick dust worms
Who do not want to climb down from their chestnut tree
Long white gloves, police check carefully
Escaped from the zoo, the perfect child facsimile is
Talking out the world, talking out the world
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

Bones (1993)

I don’t want to be crippled and cracked
Shoulders, wrists, knees, and back
Ground to dust and ash
Crawling on all fours
When you’ve got to feel it in your bones
When you’ve got to feel it in your bones
Now I can’t climb the stairs
Pieces missing everywhere
Prozac, painkillers
When you’ve got to feel it in your bones
When you’ve 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, you’ve got to feel it in your bones
Listen, you’ve got to feel it in your bones
Ah, ah, ah

Sulk (1993)

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 you’re on your knees
Disinfected and eager to please
Sometimes you sulk
Sometimes you burn
God rest your soul
When the loving comes but we’re already gone
Just like your dad, you’ll 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 we’re already gone
Just like your dad, you’ll never change
Sometimes you sulk
Sometimes you burn
God rest your soul
When the loving comes but we’re already gone
Just like your dad, you’ll never change

Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong (1994)

I wrapped you inside of my coat
When they came to firebomb the house
I didn’t feel pain, ’cause no one can touch me
Now that I’m held in your spell
Beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Can turn your world into dust
Sell me a car that goes
Sell me a house that stands
I never cared before
I never cared before
I never cared before
Before, before, before
Beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Can turn your world into dust
Beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Can turn your world into dust
I stood in front of her face
When the first bullet was shot

Lewis (Mistreated) (1994)

Bummed out again by your only business friend
The smell of fear is thicker than you think
Don’t do it, don’t jump
Changed shape to fit, in the end, you just feel sick
A million love songs under anaesthetic
Hey, don’t do it, don’t jump
Lewis, save yourself the pain
You’ll never get there
Lewis, save yourself the pain
It never really mattered
We never noticed, we never understood
He just get crushed to fit, he never even smiled at the best
It’s the best, it’s the best day of your life
Lewis, save yourself the pain
You’ll never get there
Lewis, save yourself the pain
It never really matters
No, I swear, I swear, I swear
Oh, mistreated, a low corporate
Mistreated, a low corporate
I don’t want to talk about it
I don’t want to talk about it
I don’t want to talk about Lewis, Lewis, Lewis
I don’t want to talk about Lewis, Lewis, Lewis

You Never Wash Up After Yourself (1994)

I must get out once in a while
Everything is starting to die
The dust settles, the worms dig
And spiders crawl over the bed
I must get out once in a while
I eat all day and now I’m fat
Yesterday’s meal is hugging the plates
You never wash up after yourself

India Rubber (1994)

Did it all for you to say
You never wanted me that way
Now the dogs have had their meat
I think I’ll go plug in the mains
I tumble like a clown
Before your baying hounds
I supplicate myself into your hands
When you spare a make up smile
I’m instantly your biggest fan
How was I to know
That you practiced it beforehand?
I tumble like a clown
Before your baying hounds
I supplicate myself into your hands

Palo Alto (1994)

In a city of the future
It is difficult to concentrate
Meet the boss, meet the wife
Everybody’s happy, everyone is made for life
In a city of the future
It is difficult to find a space
I’m too busy to see you
You’re too busy to wait
But I’m okay, how are you?
Thanks for asking, thanks for asking
But I’m okay, how are you?
I hope you’re okay, too
Every one of those days
When the sky’s California blue
With a beautiful bombshell
I throw myself into my work
I’m too lazy
I’ve been kidding myself for so long
I’m okay, how are you?
Thanks for asking, thanks for asking
I’m okay, how are you?
I hope you’re okay, too

Subterranean Homesick Alien (1995)

The breath of the morning I keep forgetting
The smell of the warm summer air
I live in a town where you can’t 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
They’re all uptight, uptight
Uptight, uptight
Uptight, uptight
I wish that they’d swoop down in a country lane
Late at night when I’m driving
Take me on board their beautiful ship
Show me the world as I’d love to see it
I’d tell all my friends but they’d never believe me
They’d think that I’d finally lost it completely
I’d show them the stars and the meaning of life
They’d shut me away
But I’d be alright, alright
Mom, I’m alright, alright
I’m just uptight, uptight
Uptight, uptight
Uptight, uptight
Uptight, uptight
Uptight

Man of War (1995)

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

Electioneering (1995)

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
It’s 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

Lift (1995)

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

Lucky (1995)

I’m on a roll
I’m on a roll this time
I feel my luck could change
Kill me, Sarah
Kill me again with love
It’s gonna be a glorious day
Pull me out of the aircrash
Pull me out of the lake
‘Cause I’m your superhero
We are standing on the edge
The head of state
Has called for me by name
But I don’t have time for him
It’s gonna be a glorious day
I feel my luck could change
Pull me out of the aircrash
Pull me out of the lake
‘Cause I’m your superhero
We are standing on the edge
We are standing on the edge

Bishop’s Robes (1995)

Dressed in bishop’s robes
Terrifies me still in bishop’s robes
Bastard headmaster
I am not going back
I am not going back
I am not going back
Children taught to kill
To tear themselves to bits on playing fields
Dressed in bishop’s robes
I am not going back
I am not going back
I am not going back

Talk Show Host (1995)

I want to
I want to be someone else or I’ll explode
Floating upon the surface for
The birds, the birds
The birds
You want me?
Fuckin’ well come and find me
I’ll 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
I’m ready, I’m ready
I’m ready
I’m ready
I’m ready
I’m ready

Molasses (1995)

Shake hands, genocide, molasses
Jet powered caravans, molasses
I’m too good, you’re stuck on
Rent free earthquake zone, molasses
I need someone else’s glasses
Starving waitresses in plasters
Fat houseflies, genocide
We’ve been stitched up, molasses

Airbag (1995)

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
I’m back to save the universe
In a deep, deep sleep
Of the innocent
I am born again
In a fast German car
I’m 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

No Surprises (1995)

A heart that’s full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won’t heal
You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don’t, they don’t speak for us
I’ll 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
(Get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises
(Get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises, please
(Get me out of here)

Let Down (1995)

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 it’s 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
Don’t 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
(You know where you are)
Hysterical and useless
(You know where you are)
Hysterical and
(You know where you are)
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

True Love Waits (1995)

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

Exit Music (For a Film) (1995)

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
Don’t lose your nerve
Breathe, keep breathing
I can’t do this alone
Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There’s 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

Lull (1995)

You stop the crowd
I cried out to break the spell
You wake and smile
I just snapped and lost control
Distracted by irrelevance
The stress and the tension
The stress and the tension
I’m in a lull
There’s nothing more dull
Than talking, talking about yourself
But what I meant to say
I’m sorry that I lost control
Distracted by irrelevance
The stress and the tension
Crawling through the keyhole
I’m in a lull

Last Flowers (1995)

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 there 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
You can offer me escape
Houses move and houses speak
If you take me there you’ll get relief, 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
Too bright
Too powerful

Life in a Glasshouse (1995)

Once again, I’m 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
Don’t talk politics and don’t throw stones
Your royal highnesses
Well of course I’d like to sit around and chat
Well of course I’d like to stay and chew the fat
Well of course I’d like to sit around and chat
But someone’s listening in
Once again we are hungry for a lynching
That’s a strange mistake to make
You should turn the other cheek
Living in a glasshouse
Well of course I’d like to sit around and chat
Well of course I’d like to stay and chew the fat
Well of course I’d like to sit around and chat
Only only only only
Only only only only
Only only only only
Only only only only
There’s someone listening in

Polyethylene Pt 1 and 2 (1995)

Go!
Tears of joy now scare ourselves
From all that you want to be
Just got paid and now you’re going
Round inside your place
If I get scared I’ll just call you
And I’ll miss your glow as I unsettle
Oh, and I’ll always feel
I will always be-
-a’right
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 don’t believe me, sell your soul
If you don’t get into it, no one will
Oh
Obtain
Obtain

I Promise (1995)

I won’t run away no more
I promise
Even when I get bored
I promise
Even when you lock me out
I promise
I’ll say my prayers every night
I promise
I know which side I’m spread
I promise
The tantrums and the chitty chats
I promise
Even when the ship is wrecked
I promise
Tie me to the rotten deck
I promise
I won’t 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 rotten deck
I promise
I won’t run away no more
I promise

Nude (1995)

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

Paranoid Android (1995)

Please, could you stop the noise?
I’m trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices
In my head
What’s that?
(I may be paranoid, but not an android)
What’s that?
(I may be paranoid, but not an android)
When I am king
You will be first against the wall
With your opinion
Which is of no consequence at all
What’s that?
(I may be paranoid, but no android)
What’s that?
(I may be paranoid, but no android)
Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking, squealing, Gucci little piggy
You don’t remember, you don’t remember
Why don’t you remember my name?
Off with his head, man, off with his head, man
Why don’t 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
That’s it, sir, you’re leaving (Rain down)
The crackle of pigskin (Rain down)
The dust and the screaming (Come on, rain down)
The yuppies networking (On me)
The panic, the vomit (From a great height)
The panic, the vomit (From a great height)
God loves his children
God loves his children, yeah

Karma Police (1996)

Karma police, arrest this man, he talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge, he’s 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 you get
This is what you get
This is what you get
When you mess with us
Karma police, I’ve given all I can, it’s not enough
I’ve given all I can, but we’re still on the payroll
This is what you get
This is what you get
This is what you 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

The Tourist (1996)

It barks at no one else but me
Like it’s seen a ghost
I guess it’s 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
That’s when you see sparks
They ask me where the hell I’m 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

A Reminder (1996)

Ukončete výstup a nástup, dveře se zavírají
Příští stanice, Jiřího z Poděbrad
If I get old, I will not give in
But if I do, remind me of this
Remind me that once I was free
Once I was cool, once I was me
And if I sit down and cross my arms
Hold me up to this song
Knock me out, smash out my brains
If I take a chair and start to talk shit
If I get old, remind me of this
The way that we kissed, and that I really meant it
Whatever happens, if we’re still speaking
Pick up the phone, play me this song

Melatonin (1996)

Don’t forget that you are our son
Now go back to bed
We just know that you’ll do well
You won’t come to harm
Death to all who stand in your way
Wake, my dear

Climbing Up the Walls (1996)

I am the key to the lock in your house
That keeps your toys in the basement
And if you get too far inside
You’ll only see my reflection
It’s always best with the covers up
I am the pick in the ice
Do not cry out or hit the alarm
You know we’re friends ’til we die
And either way you turn, I’ll be there
Open up your skull, I’ll be there
Climbing up the walls
It’s always best when the light is off
It’s 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
I’ve got the smell of a local man
Who’s got the loneliest feeling
That either way he turns, I will be there
Open up your skull, I’ll be there
Climbing up the walls
Climbing up the walls
Climbing up the walls

Follow Me Around (1996)

I see you in the dark
Corner of the street
Comin’ after me, yeah
Headlights on full-beam
Comin’ down the fast lane
Comin’ after me
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
*
Blowin’ holes in everythin’
Thatcher’s children
See you on the way back down
Drooling looney tunes
Movin’ in a swarm
Movin’ in a swarm
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah
Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah
Nowadays I get panicked
I cease to exist
I have ceased to exist
I feel absolutely nothin’
The words are out of ink
The words you know are out of ink
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
You follow me around
Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah
Na-da-da-da-da-da
Na-da-da-da-da-da, yeah

Fitter Happier (1996)

Fitter, happier, more productive
Comfortable, not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym three days a week
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well
No more microwave dinners and saturated fats
A patient, better driver
A safer car
Baby smiling in back seat
Sleeping well, no bad dreams
No paranoia
Careful to all animals
Never washing spiders down the plughole
Keep in contact with old friends
Enjoy a drink now and then
Will frequently check credit at moral bank
Hole in wall
Favors for favors
Fond, but not in love
Charity standing orders
On Sundays ring road supermarket
No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants
Car wash, also on Sundays
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, but powerless
An empowered and informed member of society Pragmatism, not idealism
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tires that grip in the wet
Shot of baby strapped in back seat
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
That’s driven into
Frozen winter shit
The ability to laugh at weakness
Calm
Fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig
In a cage
On antibiotics

Pearly* (1996)

How’d you get your
Teeth so pearly?
Dew-drop dentures
White-washed fences
She runs from the third world, pearly
Vanilla (Feel it crawl to me) milkshakes (Crawl back again)
From Hard Rock (Whatever you say) Cafés (Make it go away)
That’s where (I feel it crawl to me) she got her (Crawls back again)
Sweet tooth (Make it go away) for white boys (Whatever you say)
She runs from the third world, pearly
Use me, darling use me
Darling use me, darling use me

Meeting in the Aisle (1996)

[Instrumental]

Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors (1996)

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, and there are secret doors
There are doors that lock and doors that don’t
There are doors that let you in and out but never open
And there are trapdoors
That you can’t come back from

How to Disappear Completely (1997)

That there
That’s not me
I go where I please
I walk through walls
I float down the Liffey
I’m not here
This isn’t happening
I’m not here
I’m not here
In a little while
I’ll be gone
The moment’s already passed
Yeah, it’s gone
And I’m not here
This isn’t happening
I’m not here
I’m not here
Strobe lights
And blown speakers
Fireworks
And hurricanes
I’m not here
This isn’t happening
I’m not here
I’m not here
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ahh
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ahh-ah
Ah-ah

How I Made My Millions (1997)

I was stronger
I was better
I left you out
I won’t say when
And don’t tell ’em
Never mind
To get you better
Let you out
Save one
Sit down
Let it fall, let it fall
Let it fall, let it fall

Backdrifts (1997)

We’re rotten fruit, we’re damaged goods
What the hell, we’ve got nothing more to lose
One gust and we will probably crumble
We’re backdrifting
This far, but no further
I’m hanging off a branch
I’m teetering on the brink of
Honey sweets, so full of sleep
I’m 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 you’re backtracking
Ah-ah-ah
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…
We’re rotten fruit, we’re damaged goods
What the hell, we’ve got nothing more to lose
One gust and we will probably crumble
We’re backdrifters

I Will (1997)

I will lay me down
In a bunker underground
I won’t 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 baby’s eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes
Little baby’s eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes
Little baby’s eyes, eyes eyes

Where I End and You Begin (1998)

There’s a gap in between
There’s a gap where we meet
Where I end and you begin
And I’m sorry for us
The dinosaurs roam the earth
The sky turns green
Where I end and you begin
Four, five, six, seven
I am up in the clouds
I am up in the clouds
And I can’t, and I can’t 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
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
There’ll be no more lies
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive
I will eat you alive

Sit Down, Stand Up (1998)

Sit down, stand up
Sit down, stand up
Walk into the jaws of hell (sit down)
Walk into the jaws of hell (stand up)
Anytime (sit down)
Anytime (stand up)
Sit down, stand up
Sit down
Hey, we can wipe you out anytime (stand up)
We can wipe you out (sit down)
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, the raindrops

Pyramid Song (1999)

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

Everything Its in Right Place (1999)

(Kid A, Kid A)
(Kid A, Kid A)
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

In Limbo (1999)

Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
I got a message I can’t read
Another message I can’t read
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
I got a message I can’t read
Another message I can’t read
I’m on your side
Nowhere to hide
Trapdoors that open
I spiral down
You’re living in a fantasy world
You’re living in a fantasy world
I’m lost at sea
Don’t bother me
I’ve lost my way
I’ve lost my way
You’re living in a fantasy world
You’re living in a fantasy world
You’re living in a fantasy world
This beautiful world
Come back
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
Another message I can’t read
Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea
Another message I can’t read
Come back
Another message I can’t read
Another message I can’t read
Another message I can’t read
Another message I can’t read
Come back

Gagging Order (1999)

I know what you’re thinking
But I’m not your property
No matter what you say
No matter what you say
Move along, there’s nothing left to see
Just a body, nothing left to see
A couple more for breakfast
A little more for tea
Just to take the edge off
Just to take the edge off
Move along, there’s nothing left to see
Just a body, blood pouring down the street
Move along, there’s nothing left to see
Just a body, nothing left to see
Move along

4 Minute Warning (1999)

This is just a nightmare
Soon I’m gonna 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
Stepping over heads
Running from the underground
This is your warning
Four 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 our warning
Four minute warning

Optimistic (1999)

Flies are buzzing ’round my head
Vultures circling the dead
Picking up every last crumb
The big fish eat the little ones
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 one’s 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
I’d really like to help you, man
I’d really like to help you, man
Nervous messed up marionette
Floating ’round 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

The Amazing Sounds of Orgy (1999)

I want to see you smile again
Like diamonds in the dust
The amazing sound of the killing hordes
The day the banks collapsed on us
Cease this endless chattering
Like everything is fine
When sorry is not good enough
Sit in the back while no one drives
So glad, so glad you’re mine
So glad, so glad you’re mine
So glad, so glad you’re mine
So glad, so glad you’re mine

You And Whose Army? (1999)

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

Cuttooth (1999)

I will leave a wallpaper life
And run away to the foreign legion
I would leave a wallpaper life
And run away to the foreign legion
As the tanks roll into town
As the tanks roll into town
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
As the tanks roll into town
As the tanks roll into town
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
I don’t know why I feel so tongue tied
I don’t know why I feel so skinned alive
Run until your lungs are sore
Until you cannot feel it anymore
Run until your lungs are sore
Until you find an open door
I build you up to pull you down
Tie you to your feet and watch you drown
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
A little bit of knowledge will destroy you
I build you up to pull you down
Tie you to the stake and watch you burn in hell
In hell
I don’t know why I feel so tongue tied
I don’t know why I feel so skinned alive
I’ll find another skin to wear
I’ll find another skin to wear

Up On the Ladder (1999)

I’m stuck in the TARDIS
Trapped in hyperspace
One minute, snake charming
The next in a motorcade
All the right moves and
In the right places
Watch me dance, I’m a puppet
You can almost see the strings
Give me an answer
Give me a line
I’ve been climbing up this ladder
I’ve been wasting my time
Up on the ladder we’re all tied to a stake
Up on the ladder we wait for your mistake
Up on the ladder, try to call out your name
Up on the ladder you’re all the fucking same

If You Say the Word (1999)

If you’re in a forest, out of your mind
Harpies in the branches breaking your arms
If you’re stuck in rainbows, shattering glass
Where you miss the moment, watching it pass
If you say the word, if you say the word
If you say the word, if you say the word
When you spend your life wishing on a twinkling star
When you forget how lucky you are
Buried in rubble, sixty foot down
If you say the word, if you say the word
If you say the word, if you say the word
Then I’ll come running
When you change your friends like changing your clothes
If you say the word, if you say the word
If you say the word, if you say the word
If you say the word, if you say the word
Then I’ll come running
I’ll come running

Knives Out (1999)

I want you to know
He’s not coming back
Look into my eyes
I’m not coming back
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Don’t look down
Shove it in your mouth
If you’d been a dog
They would have drowned you at birth
Look into my eyes
It’s the only way you’ll know I’m telling the truth
So knives out
Cook him up
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
I want you to know
He’s not coming back
He’s bloated and frozen
Still there’s no point in letting it go to waste
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Squash his head
Put him in the pot

Trans-Atlantic Drawl (1999)

I was born
For your magazine, for your magazine
I am trapped in the society page
Of your magazines, of your magazine
I don’t know what it means
Do you see light
At the end of the tunnel? At the end of the tunnel?
Do you see light
(These are things that get on my nerves)
At the end of the tunnel? At the end of the tunnel?
(You better start naming names)
(You better start naming names)
At the end of the tunnel?
(You better start naming names)
(You better start naming names)
Tunnel
(You better start naming names)
(You better start naming names)
Tunnel
(You better start naming names)
(You better start naming names)
Tunnel
(You better start naming names)
(You better start naming names)

Fast-Track (1999)

Little birds on a tree in a line
Little birds on a tree in a line
Little birds on a tree in a line
Little birds on a tree in a line
Little birds on a tree in a line
Little birds on a tree in a line
Little butterflies
Falling on my own thoughts

Worrywort (1999)

You don’t really talk to me
You don’t really say your words
You’re trying to get off the hook
You’re trying to get off the hook
You’re sprawling on a pin
Hanging off a hook
Trying to get yourself away
Trying to get yourself away
There’s no use dwelling on
On what might have been
Just think of all the fun
You could be having
We know the way you talk
We know what you want
We know what you want
What you really want
Take a look around
The candles on the cake
On what might have been
The road you should have took
Mistakes mistaken
There’s no use dwelling on
No use dwelling on
It’s such a beautiful day
It’s such a beautiful day
Don’t find yourself in doldrums
Go home and get some rest
It’s such a beautiful day
It’s such a beautiful day
Go up to the mic, go up to the mic
Go and get some rays

I Am Citizen Insane (1999)

[Instrumental]

Morning Bell/Amnesiac (1999)

The morning bell
The 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, yeah
Release me
Release me
Where’d you park the car?
Where’d you park the car?
Your clothes are on the lawn with the furniture
And I might as well, I might as well
Sleepy jack the fire drill
Run around, around, around, around
And round
Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half
Cut the kids in half
Release me
Release me
Release me
Release me

Morning Bell (1999)

The morning bell
The 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
Where’d you park the car?
Where’d 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 nobody’s home
Everybody wants to be a friend
The lights are on but nobody’s home
Nobody wants to be a slave
Walking, walking, walking, walking
Walking, walking, walking, walking
Walking, walking, walking, walking
Walking, walking, walking, walking

Kid A (1999)

I slip away
I slipped on a little white lie
We’ve got heads on sticks
And you’ve got ventriloquists
We’ve got heads on sticks
And you’ve 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

A Wolf At the Door (1999)

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
Don’t you dare, don’t you dare
Don’t you, flan in the face
Take it with the love it’s given
Take it with a pinch of salt
Take it to the taxman
Let me back, let me back
I promise to be good
Don’t look in the mirror
At the face you don’t 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 he’s gonna mess me up
Steal all my children if I don’t pay the ransom
And I’ll 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
Don’t know we’re 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 you’d 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 he’s gonna mess me up
Steal all my children if I don’t pay the ransom
And I’ll never see them again if I squeal to the cops
So I’m just gonna…

Like Spinning Plates (1999)

While you make pretty speeches
I’m being cut to shreds
You feed me to the lions
A delicate balance
When this just feels like spinning plates
I’m living in Cloud Cuckoo Land
And this just feels like spinning plates
My body’s floating down the muddy river

Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box (1999)

After years of waiting
Nothing came
As your life flashed before your eyes
You realize
I’m a reasonable man
Get off, get off, get off my case
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case
After years of waiting
After years of waiting, nothing came
And you realize you’re looking in, looking in the wrong place
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case
After years of waiting
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case
I’m a reasonable man
Get off my case, get off my case, get off my case

Dollars and Cents (1999)

There are better things to talk about
Be constructive
There are weapons we can use
Be constructive with your blues
Even when it’s only warnings
Even when you talk the war games
Oh why don’t you quiet down?
(Maybe I want peace and honesty)
Why don’t you quiet down?
(Maybe I want to live in the children’s land
And you know maybe, maybe I)
Why don’t you quiet down?
(Maybe I’ll wander the promised land
I want peace and honesty)
Why don’t you quiet down?
(I want to live in the promised land
And maybe wander the children’s land)
Quiet down! (Yeah, and there, there we can free)
You don’t live in a business world and
He never goes and you never stay
We all have goals in a liberal world
Living in times when I could stand it, babe
All over, baby’s crying
It’ll all be, baby, I can see out of here
All over the planet’s dead
All over the planet, so let me out of here
All over the, all over the, all over the, all over the
(Quiet down)
We are the dollars and cents and the pounds and pence
And the mark and the yen, and yeah
(Why don’t you quiet down?)
We’re gonna crack your little souls
We’re gonna crack your little souls
(Why don’t you quiet down?)
We are the dollars and cents and the pounds and pence
And the pounds and pence, and yeah
(Why don’t you quiet down?)
We’re gonna crack your little souls
Crack your little souls
We are the dollars and cents

Myxomatosis (1999)

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 don’t 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 don’t know why I
Feel so tongue tied
Don’t 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 wasn’t my intention, I did it for a reason
It must have got mixed up, strangled, beaten up
I got myxomatosis, I got myxomatosis
I don’t know why I
Feel so tongue tied

Idioteque (1999)

Who’s in a bunker? Who’s in a bunker?
Women and children first, and the children first, and the children
I’ll laugh until my head comes off
I’ll swallow ’til I burst, until I burst, until I
Who’s in a bunker? Who’s in a bunker?
I have seen too much, you haven’t seen enough, you haven’t seen it
I’ll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first, and children first, and children
Here I’m alive
Everything all of the time
Here I’m alive
Everything all of the time
Ice age comin’, ice age comin’
Let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides, let me hear both
Ice age comin’, ice age comin’
Throw him in the fire, throw him in the fire, throw him on the
We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We’re not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
Mobiles skwerking, mobiles chirping
Take the money and run, take the money and run, take the money
Here I’m alive
Everything all of the time
Here I’m alive
Everything all of the time
Here I’m alive
Everything all of the time
Here I’m alive
Everything all of the time
and children first, and children first,
and children first, and children first,
and children first, and children first,
and children first, and children first,
and children first, and children first,
and children first, and children first,
and children first, and children first

Kinetic (1999)

You’re being took for a ride
Pulling all the lazies
Please keep moving
Better keep moving
Don’t fall asleep at the wheel
I waited for you but you never came
(Can’t you stop the children screaming)
Please keep moving
Better keep moving
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Please keep moving
Better keep moving
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic
Kinetic, kinetic, kinetic, kinetic

There, There (1999)

In pitch dark
I go walking in your landscape
Broken branches
Trip me as I speak
Just ’cause you feel it
Doesn’t mean it’s there
Just ’cause you feel it
Doesn’t mean it’s there
There’s always a siren
Singing you to shipwreck
(Don’t reach out, don’t reach out)
(Don’t reach out, don’t reach out)
Steer away from these rocks
We’d be a walking disaster
(Don’t reach out, don’t reach out)
(Don’t reach out, don’t reach out)
Just ’cause you feel it
Doesn’t mean it’s there
(Someone on your shoulder)
(Someone on your shoulder)
Just ’cause you feel it
Doesn’t mean it’s there
(Someone on your shoulder)
(Someone on your shoulder)
There, there
Why so green and lonely, and lonely
And lonely
Heaven sent you to me, to me
To me
We are accidents waiting, waiting
To happen
We are accidents waiting, waiting
To happen

I Might Be Wrong (1999)

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
Let’s 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
Let’s go down the waterfall
Have ourselves a good time, it’s nothing at all
It’s nothing at all, nothing at all
Keep it moving
Keep it moving

Hunting Bears (1999)

[Instrumental]

The Gloaming (2000)

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, you’re 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

I Am a Wicked Child (2000)

One, two, three, four
Mother Mary come to me
For I am a wicked child
I’ve sinned and I am so confused
And I am a wicked child
I am a wicked child
I am the devil’s son
And I wish I could be good
I walk a crooked mile
Yet I wish I could be good
I wish I could be good
If I could’ve kept
On the straight and narrow
If I could’ve kept
On the straight and narrow, and not have broke your heart
Not have broke your heart
Now I wake up in the night
It’s tugging at my arms and legs like I was a marionette
Send baby Jesus to radiate his light
To radiate his light

Fog (2000)

There’s a little child running around this house
And he never leaves, he will never leave
And the fog comes up from the sewers
And glows, in the dark
Baby alligators in the sewers
Grow up fast, grow up fast
Anything you want, it can be done
How, did you go bad?
Did you go bad? Did you go bad?
Some things will never wash away
Did you go bad? Did you go bad?

Treefingers (2000)

[Instrumental]

Untitled (2000)

[Instrumental]

Burn the Witch (2000)

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

Where Bluebirds Fly (2001)

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true
Someday I’ll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops that’s where you’ll find me
Oh somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to, oh why, oh why can’t I?

We Suck Young Blood (2001)

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
Won’t let the creeping ivy
Won’t let the nervous bury me
Our veins are thin
Our rivers poisoned
We want the sweet meats
We want the young blood

Sail to the Moon (2001)

I sucked the moon
I spoke too soon
And how much did it cost?
I was dropped from moonbeams
And sailed on shootin’ stars
Maybe you’ll be president
But know right from wrong
Or in the flood you’ll build an ark
And sail us to the moon
Sail us to (to) the moon
Sail to

A Punchup at a Wedding (2001)

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 don’t know why you bother
Nothing’s ever good enough for you
I was there, it wasn’t like that
You’ve 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
Don’t 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
It’s 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

Go to Sleep (2002)

Something for the rag and bone man
Over my dead body
Something big is gonna happen
Over my dead body
Someone’s son or someone’s daughter
Over my dead body
This is how I end up sucked in
Over my dead body
I’m gonna go to sleep
And let this wash all over me
We don’t really want a monster taking over
Tiptoe ’round, tie him down
We don’t want the loonies taking over
Tiptoe ’round, tie him down
May pretty horses
Come to you as you sleep
I’m gonna go to sleep
And let this wash all over me

2 + 2 = 5 (2002)

We’re on, that’s a nice way to start, Jonny
Are you such a dreamer
To put the world to rights?
I’ll stay home forever
Where two and two always makes a five
I’ll lay down the tracks
Sandbag and hide
January has April showers
And two and two always makes a five
It’s the devil’s 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 I’m not, ’cause I’m not
I swat ’em like flies
But like flies, the bugs keep coming back
Not, but I’m not
All hail to the thief
All hail to the thief
But I’m not, but I’m not
But I’m not, but I’m not
Don’t question my authority or put me in a box
‘Cause I’m not, ’cause I’m not
Oh, go and tell the king
That the sky is falling in
But it’s not, but it’s not, but it’s not
Maybe not, maybe not

Scatterbrain (2002)

I’m 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
Yesterday’s headlines blown by the wind
Yesterday’s 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 I’m not
Scatterbrain
Somewhere I’m not
Scatterbrain
Lightning fuse, powercut
Scatterbrain

Paperbag Writer (2002)

Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
It was nice when it lasted, but now it’s gone
It was nice when it lasted, but now it’s gone
Blow into this paper bag
Take your armour off, you’re not under attack
Take your armour off, you’re not under attack
Come on, come on
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Blow into this paper bag
Go home and stop grinning at everyone
Like they were honeybees or a plague of rats
Take your armour off, you’re not under attack
Blow into this paper bag
Blow into this paper bag

Morning Mr. Magpie (2002)

You got some nerve coming here
You got some nerve coming here
You stole it off, give it back
You stole it off, give it back
Good morning, Mr. Magpie
How are we today?
Now you’ve stolen all the magic
And took my memory
Ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-ooh
Ooooh-ooh
You know you should, but you don’t
You know you should, but you don’t
Good morning, Mr. Magpie
How are we today?
Now you’ve stolen all my magic
Took my melody

Weird Fishes/Arpeggi (2004)

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 into phantoms (Way out)
I follow to the edge (Way out)
Of the earth (Way out)
And fall off
Yeah, everybody leaves (Way out)
If they get the chance (Way out)
And this (Way out)
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
I hit the bottom
Hit the bottom and escape
Escape
I
I hit the bottom
Hit the bottom and escape
Escape

Bangers + Mash (2004)

You bit me, bit me
Bit me, oh
You bit me, bit me
And now I want more
I’m standing in the hall
I’m puking on the wall
It’s all heading south to the Conger Hill
The bangers and the mash
The negatives for cash
You’re either in the club, baby, or you’re not
Whatever turns you on
Whatever gets you up
Chief of police or vice chancellor
Lord and Lady blah-blah
The vicar and the judge
You’re all dancing to my little red book
Because you bit me, bit me
Bit me, oh
I got the poison, poison
And now I want more
If you are on the top
Then it is a long drop
The pyramid is power
We’re changing by the hour
If you are on the top
Ehen it is a long drop
If you stare into the dark
The dark will stare back
Back into your soul
I’m taking you down
I’m taking you down
I’m taking you down, when I go down
I’m taking you down
I’m taking you down
I’m standing in the hall
I’m puking on the wall
Yeah, because you bit me, bit me
Bit me, oh
The poison, I got the poison
I got the poison now
Yeah, I got the poison

House of Cards (2004)

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
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 ‘goodnight’
And 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, get swept under
Denial, denial
Denial, denial
(Your ears should be burning)
Denial, denial
(Your ears should be burning)

The Daily Mail (2005)

The Moonies are up on the mountain
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
Waiting on the rapture
Singing, “We’re here
To keep your prices down
Feed you to the hounds
To the Daily Mail”
Together, together
You made a pig’s 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
Where’s the truth, what’s 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

I Want None of This (2005)

You can keep what you want
I want none of this
They’re just bad memories
I don’t want
In my sunshine (shine, shine)
You can pack it all up
And be gone
And be gone
If it matters to you
You can sell it all up
If the price feels right
I won’t judge
If you get off your knees
You’ll be out on the breeze
Take a lesson from me
Don’t get stuck on a dream

Supercollider (2005)

Supercollider
Dust in a moment
Particles scatter
Coming up from the soup
Swimming upstream
Before the heavens crack open
Thin pixelations
Coming up from the dust
In a blue light
In a green light
In a half-life
In an arc light
I’m a B-spin
Flip-flopping
I’m a pulse wave
Outstepping
I put the shadows back into their boxes
I am open
I am welcome
For a fraction
Of a second
I have jettisoned (Supercollider)
My illusions (Dust in a moment)
I have dislodged (Particles scatter)
My depressions (Parting out from the soup)
I put the shadows back into their boxes
I put the shadows back into their boxes
I see angels hanging over the balcony
I see angels hanging over the balcony
I see angels hanging over the balcony

Videotape (2005)

When I’m at the pgates
This’ll be on my videotape, my videotape
When Mephistopheles 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, 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’ve ever seen

MK 1 (2005)

[Instrumental]

Bodysnatchers (2005)

I do not
Understand
What it is
I’ve done wrong
Full of holes
Check for pulse
Blink your eyes
One for yes
Two for no
I have no idea what I am talking about
I am trapped in this body and can’t get out
You killed the sound
Removed backbone
A pale imitation
With the edges sawn off
I have no idea what you are talking about
Your mouth moves only with someone’s hand up your arse
Has the light gone out for you?
Because the light’s 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
On the lines wrapped ’round my face
On the lines wrapped ’round my face
And for anyone else to see
And for anyone else to see
I’m a lie
I’ve seen it coming
They’ve seen it coming
They’ve seen it coming
They’ve seen it coming

Faust Arp (2005)

One, two, three, four
Wakey wakey, rise and shine
It’s 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
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
The elephant that’s in the room
Is tumbling, tumbling, tumbling
In duplicate and triplicate and
Plastic bags
In 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 got melted to butter

Jigsaw Falling into Place (2005)

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
They’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’re 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
Before you run away from me
Before you’re lost between the notes
Just as you take the mic
Just as you dance, dance, dance
A jigsaw falling into place
So there is nothing to 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
A light, you can feel it on your back
Your jigsaw falling into place

Go Slowly (2005)

Over, Maria, come slowly
Come slowly to me
I’ve been waiting
Patient, patiently
I didn’t care, 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

15 Step (2005)

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
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
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
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, then you cut the string

All I Need (2005)

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’re 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’re all I need
I’m in the middle of your picture
Lying in the reeds
It’s all wrong, it’s all wrong, it’s all wrong
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
It’s all wrong, it’s alright
It’s alright, it’s alright

Down Is the New Up (2005)

Get yourself together, let the light pour in
Pour yourself a hot bath, pour yourself a drink
Nothing’s gonna happen without warning
Down is the new up
What is up, buttercup?
Down is the new up
Is the new up
(Won’t you be my girl?)
(Won’t you be my girl?)
Your services
(Won’t you be my girl?)
Are not required
(Won’t you be my girl?)
Your future’s bleak
(Won’t you be my girl?)
You’re so last week
(Won’t you be my girl?)
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-flop?
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’re on candid camera
(You crawled off and left us)
The chink in your armour
(You crawled off and left us)
Topsy turvy town
(You bastard)
Topsy turvy town
(You bastard)
Shake your pockets out
(You crawled off and left us)
Pass it on, pass it down
(You crawled off and left us)
Topsy turvy town
(You bastard)
Topsy turvy town
(You bastard)

MK 2 (2005)

[Instrumental]

Reckoner (2006)

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 hu–
All human beings
Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore
(In rainbows)
Because we separate like ripples on a blank shore
(In rainbows)
Reckoner
Take me with you
Dedicated to all hu–
All human beings

Little By Little (2007)

Don’t 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
I’m such a tease and you’re such a flirt
Once you’ve been ’round you’ve been around enough
Ooh
Little by little, by hook or by crook
Never in earnest, never get judged
I’m no idiot, I should look
Ooh-ooh-ooh
The glue won’t 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
Oh, you
Little by little, by hook or by crook
Never in earnest, never get judged
I’m no idiot, I should look
Little by little, by hook or by crook
I’m such a tease and you’re such a flirt

Ill Wind (2007)

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
[Instrumental]
Keep your cool
Do not give into emotion
An ill wind
Will blow
Will blow

Present Tense (2008)

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 won’t get heavy, don’t get heavy
Keep it light and keep it moving
I am doing no harm
As my world comes crashing down
I’ll be dancing, freaking out
Deaf, dumb, and blind
In you, I’m lost
In you, I’m lost
I won’t turn around or the penny drops
Won’t stop now, won’t slack off
Or all this love will be in vain
To stop from falling down a mine
It’s no one’s business but mine
Where all this love has been in vain
In you, I’m lost
In you, I’m lost
In you, I’m lost
In you, I’m lost

These Are My Twisted Words (2008)

These are my twisted words
Went off the roof still walking
I know I should not look down
But I’m so sick of just talking
When are you coming back?
I just can’t handle it
When are you coming back?
I just can’t handle it
When are you coming back?
I just can’t stand it
I just can’t handle it

Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (2009)

I am the only one that got through
The others died wherever they fell
It was an ambush
They came up from all sides
Give your leaders each a gun and then let them
Fight it out themselves
I’ve seen devils coming up from the ground
I’ve seen hell upon this earth
The next will be chemical
But they will never learn

Give Up the Ghost (2009)

Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me
Gather up the lost and their souls (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Gather up the pitiful (Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
(Into your arms)
What seems impossible (Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
(Into your arms) (Don’t hurt me)
(Into your arms)
I think I have had my fill (Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
I think I should give up the ghost (Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Into your arms) (Don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)
Into your arms (Don’t hurt me)

Lotus Flower (2009)

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
There’s an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
And now I’ll set you free
I’ll set you free
There’s an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I’ll set you free
I’ll 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 can’t kick your habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart
We will shrink and then be quiet as mice
And while the cat is away
Do what we want
Do what we want
There’s 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 can’t kick your habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart

Staircase (2009)

I walk down the staircase
Magnetic pull
Back to the other place
That I cannot go
I’m sending a chopper
To steal you away
The pot is full, let me take control
Let me take control
The pot is full of secrets to be told
Secrets to be told
Out of orbit
And I always will
The pot is full, let me take control
Let me take control
The pot is full of secrets to be told
Secrets to be told

Separator (2009)

It’s like I’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
The sweetest flowered fruits were hanging from the trees
Falling off the giant bird that’s been carrying me
It’s like I’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
Just exactly as I remember
Every word, every gesture
I’ve my heart in my mouth
Like I’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
Finally I’m free of all the weight I’ve been carrying
And as that woman blows her cover
In the eye of the beholder
I’m a fish now out of water
(Did so much, did so much)
Fallen off a giant bird that’s 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 you’re wrong
If you think this is over, then you’re wrong
(Wake me up, will you wake me up?) If you think this is over, then you’re wrong
(Wake me up, will you wake me up?) If you think this is over, then you’re wrong
(Wake me up, will you wake me up?) Like I’ve fallen out of bed from a long and vivid dream
(Wake me up, will you wake me up?) Finally I’m free of all the weight I’ve 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?

Bloom (2009)

Open your mouth wide
A universal sigh
And while the ocean blooms
It’s what keeps me alive
So why does this still hurt?
Don’t blow your mind with whys
I’m moving out of orbit
(Turning in somersaults)
Turning in somersaults
(A giant turtle’s eyes)
A giant turtle’s eyes
(Jellyfish float by)
Jellyfish float by
It’s what keeps me alive

Codex (2009)

Sleight of hand
Jump off the end
Into a clear lake
No one around
Just dragonflies
Fantasised
No one gets hurt
You’ve done nothing wrong
Oooh
Oooh-ooh
Slide your hand
Jump off the end
The water’s clear
And innocent
The water’s clear
And innocent

Feral (2009)

You’re not mine
I’m not yours
It’s all fine
Please don’t judge, judge
(You’re not mine)
Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge, Judge

The Butcher (2009)

Beauty will destroy your mind, spare the gory details
Give them gift-wrapped for the man with everything
Though I lived a lonely life, I was confused
A butcher, I feel nothing
As it courses up my arms in a position of the worms
Up, up, through my heart into my brain
Arm a bit slack, a basic combination
Cut out of chopped liver on the block
My heart’s still pumping
My heart’s still pumping
He’s a warrior, a warrior
Here’s a little bitch coming out of him
He’s a warrior, a warrior
Here’s a little bitch coming out of him
Coming out of him

Identikit (2011)

A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won’t let me in
And now I know it’s never gonna be
Oh, me
A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won’t let me in
And now I know it’s never gonna be
Oh, me
A moon shaped pool
Dancing clothes won’t let me in
And now I know it’s 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
The 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
The 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

Ful Stop (2011)

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 you’re 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 (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
Truth will mess you up
Truth will mess you up (All the good times)
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

Spectre (2014)

I’m lost, I’m 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

Daydreaming (2014)

Dreamers
They never learn
They never learn
Beyond the point
Of no return
Of no return
Then it’s 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

Glass Eyes (2014)

Hey, it’s me, I just got off the train
A frightening place, the faces are concrete grey
And I’m 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 don’t know where it leads
And I don’t really care
Where the path trails off and heads down the mountain
Through the dry bush, I don’t know where it leads
And I don’t really care
I feel this love to the core
I feel this love turn cold

Desert Island Disk (2015)

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

The Numbers (2015)

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 we’re not at the mercy
Of your chimeras and spells
Your chimeras and spells
Mm-hmm
We are of the earth
To her we do return
The future is inside us
It’s not somewhere else
It’s not somewhere else
It’s not somewhere else
(One day at a time)
One day at a time
We call upon the people
The people have this power
The numbers don’t decide
The system is a lie
A river running dry
The wings of butterflies
And you may pour us away like soup
Like we’re pretty broken flowers
We’ll take back what is ours
Take back what is ours
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One day at a time

Decks Dark (2015)

Then into your life, there comes a darkness
There’s a spacecraft blocking out the sky
And there’s nowhere to hide
You run to the back and you cover your ears
But it’s the loudest sound you’ve 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
You’ve 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
It’s whatever you say it is, in split infinity
Then into your life, there comes a darkness
And a spacecraft blocking out the sky
And there’s nowhere to hide
You run to the back and you cover your ears
But it’s the loudest sound you’ve ever heard
Into your darkest hour
When you’ve had enough of me
When you’ve had enough of me
Sweet darling
When you’ve had enough of me
When you’ve had enough of me
Sweet darling
Sweet times
Sweet darling
Sweet times

Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief (2015)

All the holes at once
Are comin’ 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 it’s 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

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You (1991)

Thinking About You (1991)

Million Dollar Question (1991)

Prove Yourself (1992)

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Lozenge of Love (1993)

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Let Down (1995)

True Love Waits (1995)

Exit Music (For a Film) (1995)

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Last Flowers (1995)

Life in a Glasshouse (1995)

Polyethylene Pt 1 and 2 (1995)

I Promise (1995)

Nude (1995)

Paranoid Android (1995)

Karma Police (1996)

The Tourist (1996)

A Reminder (1996)

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Climbing Up the Walls (1996)

Follow Me Around (1996)

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