SMUDGE
what’s it like to live
forever and ever?
what’s it like to be,
how’d’s it feel to be somebody?
what’s it like to shine
forever and ever?
what’s it like to be,
how does it feel to be somebody?
what’s it like to be
forever and ever?
forever’s just a word
whoever’s growing old
come synthesise the world
come glisten like fool’s gold
and what’s it like to be,
how does it feel to be?
so what’s it like to be,
how does it feel to be somebody?
AND LET THEM GLOW
long may you lie
all puckered and dry
you know
i've been aching for years
there's nothing left for us
bind me with love
and gather and burn
the sticks of my life
i've been aching for years and years and
bind me and let them glow
bind me and let them glow
there's nothing left for us
all toothless and tired
all useless, in vain, oh
don’t you care for us sleepers? no
don’t you care for us?
bind me and let them glow
bind me and let them glow
bind me and let them glow
cleanse me with fire
leave me to fade
with all your heart
i've been screaming
but nothing's coming out
i’ve been all the lonely people
(…and let them glow)
bind me and let them glow
there's nothing left for us.
PYRAMIDS
so far
saints will sing
just follow the butterflies
cause yesterday is over
forever changing
king makers, all you
and you
you painted me white
and filled me with noise overflowing
and you
you tumbled out of time
you mixed your blood with wine
following, following on
from all you saints and singers now
so far
saints will sing
just follow the butterflies
cause yesterday is over
forever changing
and sir duke is back in town
you
you painted me white
and filled me with noise overflowing
and you
you tumbled out of time
you mixed your blood with wine
following, following on
from all you saints and singers now.
NORTHERN SOUL
i’m not one for conspiracies
that take your dreams
and smash to smithereens,
take that thread of history
and weave it to a rope with jealousy
and hang those fools who had
the gall to shine
the balls to beat you at your game
you were so beautiful
you were so beautiful
you were so beautiful
you were so beautiful
you were so full of spark and artistry
you’d take the world
and open wide
and though i know you’re greater than
i’ll ever be
i feel you failing me since 909
you wore my idol away
you wore my idol away
so was it really you?
oh was it really you?
so was it really you?
yeah was it really you?
so was it
you or that impostor William
who smashed my dreams and left me cold?
you took my childhood hero
and strung him good
and left a husk, a shadow and a sham
you wore my idol away
you wore my idol away
you wore my idol away
you wore my idol away
so was that your voice trembling
before the world
in reckless phase?
and is that you now stepping out
in heaven’s shoes
no shame or doubt?
with all my heart i hope
you crashed and burned
blew out your mind
cause Paul is dead to me.
ARSENIK
don’t feed the ham-headed worm
he’ll suck out your brains and eat your tongue
hey, moon, did you grow fat with stars, fat with stars?
15 years, 15 years
for we are all
suckers
don’t feed the nylon-haired buffoon
he’ll stutter and squirm then sell your dreams
a wager worse than Tin Machine, Tin Machine
what a scene…
and there will be blood
and there will be blood now
and bitter almonds,
his eyes are green
his hands are glistening and cold
and oh baby, tell me, don’t you wanna be
pinned on the wall of his masturbatory?
those poor unfortunate souls
those poor unfortunate souls
those poor unfortunate souls
don’t feed the walrus-faced cocoon
he’ll rattle your chains and spout your doom
so what’s your poison, pensioner, pensioner?
emperor, emperor…
and there will be blood
and there will be blood now
and bitter almonds,
his eyes are green
his hands are glistening and cold
and oh baby, tell me, don’t you wanna be
pinned on the wall of his masturbatory?
those poor unfortunate souls
those poor unfortunate souls
those poor unfortunate souls
and we are the creatures you left behind
sold for a place in time
and there will be blood
rising up through the gutters
and into the streets
feel it growing
and we are the creatures you left behind
we are the creatures you left behind
our backs to the wall
here’s my finger and bones
take your aim
(and there will be blood now
and bitter almonds,
his eyes are green
his hands are glistening and cold)
oh, say baby, don’t you wanna be
pinned on the wall of his masturbatory?
those poor unfortunate souls
those poor unfortunate souls
those poor unfortunate souls.
MILLENNIALS
we are millennials
and we are hiding in shadows
mouths screaming
but all i hear are gasps for air; returning
carved to the bed you own
and we
millennials
hypotheticals, scratched
by the walls of passion
take your dreams and leave us be
maybe we’re running on empty
but that’s not me
no, that’s not me
and water knows nothing but fire
and we know your flames
so spit out your shame
and sing me a song worth singing
and rise
we are young
we are free
we are… we are…
we are millennials
and we are bloody, not broken
and stop your sneering:
it’s not us who sold the world for silver
up from your flames we’ll rise
and your
hysterical
ecumenical hell
we will raze to rubble
stand with me and sing with me
maybe we’re safe when you all die
we are millennials
we are millennials
and we are…
ONE BY ONE
watch me flying
fall and skin my knees
tears come streaming
i used to save the world
most days
now we're all sinking
one by one
betrayed the child in me
come running
i used to paint the world
in golds and scarlet
now things don't seem to glow
as bright
now we're all sinking
one by one
i’ve lost the child in me
and let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
all that glisters
all that fills your dreams
with sparks and shivers
what happened to the flames
we burned?
now we'll start searching
one by one
come save the world with me
and let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
let it all out
watch me flying
what the hell is life
when you're waiting
i used to run for miles
for fun
so let it all out
so let it all out
let it all out…
PUKI
we are islands
we are tyrants who bled the seven seas
call the queen
call the Empire
we are taking our lands
while we sing our anthem in tears
no longer ruled
by faceless fools
now shut it down
and the villagers wail
all the villagers wail
we’re free now
cause Jonah killed the whale
we are tiny
we’re the voice of the man who scares the crows
build a wall
build an island
build a fortress in sand
so we’ll rise
once again
with hands on hearts
the Empire’s back!
and all the villagers wail
and all the villagers wail
we’re free now
cause Jonah killed the whale
and there’s lights going out
and there’s lights going out over Europe now
and there’s lights going out
and there’s lights going out over Europe now
and there’s lights…
and there’s lights going out over Europe now
and there’s lights going out
and there’s lights going out over Europe now.
SKIN
winding himself with a word
you've fallen so hard
waking the dead ain't wise
back to your dreams he crawls
woman to child
i thought i knew you
your creases, they border and betray
lain on the ground
i thought i saw you
melt to your bones
winding himself with a word
so cold
if you could see her
drenched in the tears you knew
or hear her bones cry out
if you could feel her
aching with all her heart
then you might hear me
you might believe me
life is for thugs and fools
and it's the fools that bleed
oh it's the fools that bleed.