1. |
The Bible
04:38
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you could lie with me tonight
now the traffic lights are flashing black and white
and you're alive again
we could leave the factory life
now the fire we used to strip ourselves beside
is growing wild again
if you'll take the risk we can sing along
to my secret list of forbidden songs
long as you can tell me what you've done and where you've gone
were you reading the bible
learning the bad words
did you get sanctified
by the blackbirds
did you do any violence
or make any scenes
is there a secret prayer you want me to receive
you say blame your paper route
or the armchair where you waited out your youth cos life was elsewhere
I say blame your birthday suit
or the bed where all the thoughts you got removed will haunt who lies there
if I want a clue can I hold you close
it's just me and you and the holy ghost
because you believe in alchemy and I don't
is there nothing I can say to make you show
were you reading the bible
learning the bad words
did you get sanctified
by the blackbirds
did you do any violence
or make any scenes
Is there a secret prayer you want me to receive
there was heavy clouds above
there were broken clouds behind
was it motion sickness or was it just the feeling of being alive
you was holding on for love
I was holding on too tight
I said get out if you mean it, stay home if you'll keep it inside
if you want to stay I won't lead you on
we could even do the thing you wanted all along
but then after all is done and said we might get it wrong
were you reading the bible
learning the bad words
did you get sanctified
by those blackbirds
did you do any violence
or make any scenes
is there a secret prayer you want me to receive
are you running or kneeling
being or seeming someone good
giving your sad old smile to the bombed-out neighbourhood
would you say you're a nightmare
or a holy dream
meanwhile the people hold your picture up on tv
cos they don't want to know
cos the've seen it said
but they've never seen it shown
and they couldn't take
what you had to say
and they let you go, and they let you go away
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2. |
Reckless
03:22
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you call me names and just sit there
gaunt in your swimwear
all the nights that we drank the rain
all the lights that we can't explain
you blame the age gap
I never said that
guess they'll send me to Holywood
if I don't come back it's understood
I wanna be reckless
I think I've only been half awake
I wanna regret this
I want to be the fool
if everybody wants the truth
I think I'll be the fool
if everybody wants me to
the family is so normal
I am so formal
I call all blood relations 'sir'
I salute every spooky bird
bad for each other
shall I be mother
guess that makes you a dirty old man
if I don't come back you'll understand
I wanna be reckless
I think I've only been half awake
I want to regret this
I want to be the fool
if everybody wants the truth
I think I'll be the fool
if everybody wants me to
one bump in the bloodstream
two priests who are twins
three rats on the roofbeam
four sheets to the wind
five heads on a necklace
six feet from the end
I want to be reckless
you want to pretend
bad for each other, should I recover
guess they'll send me to Calvary
if you see bitemarks you'll know it's me
I wanna be reckless
I think I've only been half awake
I want to regret this
I want to be the fool
I wanna be reckless
I think I've only been half awake
I want to regret this
I want to be the fool
If everybody wants the truth
I think I'll be the fool
if everybody wants me to
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3. |
The Mouth in the Mirror
02:46
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oh your eyes
silver as a red hot butcher knife
far from the kitchen island life where you and I crushed the ice
and you know that your role is only this
to finally at last accept the risk
and the mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
oh your teeth
glitter from across this rainy street
far from that brief encounter we get messy with bedridden meat
and you know that your filthy final kiss
offers me a kind of happiness
and the mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
...
here and there
leave a little strand of downy hair
leave while the baby billionaires make spiderwebs from threads of air
and you know that your role is only his
even if you really really don't exist
and the mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
mouth in the mirror says no excuses
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4. |
Losing You Too
02:50
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millions of reasons not to be good
giving up smoking or giving up love
don't you want a someone you can dance with
choosing a living that's like being dead
losing friends through the hole in your head
but look at me again if you can stand it
or oh am I losing you too, could it really be true, that the love that we knew, let us down
how did we end up like this every fool gets his wish, when he's sick of himself, throwing the knives at somebody else
I can't defend the way that I lie
that script was written when I was a child
lord I can't explain it I just lived it
nighttime remembers, daytime forgets
all the tender things that we said
If I could say it all again, I'd sing it
cos oh am I losing you too, could it really be true, that the love that we knew, let us down
how did we end up like this every fool gets his wish, when he's sick of himself, throwing the knives at somebody else
oh could this be loneliness by some forgotten name
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