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Lifestyles
03:41
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Christ ran away from here
Spurned the cross and fled in fear
Hid his face and cleaned his bloodied knee
Now I’m at the water’s edge
Is John prepared to wet my head
Even though I say I don’t believe
This lifestyle we prayed for
Or bargained, or cheated
Swear and rant and rage our way
Through another hopeless godless day
Cross ourselves and slash our souls to bits
This lifestyle we prayed for
Or bargained, or cheated
This lifestyle we prayed for
So hollow, so hollow
This dark becomes our life
We’ve lost ourselves in minefields of desire
It don’t make no sense at all
Now I’m in the desert’s grip
Falling beneath temptation’s whip
Bite the dust, catch the grains in my teeth
And give myself to all three
This lifestyle we prayed for
Or bargained, or cheated
This lifestyle we prayed for
So hollow, so hollow
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I Don't See It
03:59
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When you say there’s no way out
When your world’s awash with doubt
When you tell me hope is lost
I will hear you out
When you tell me all is pain
I’ll be honest
I don’t see I don’t see it myself
I don’t, I don’t see it
When you say the world’s not fair,
Well goddamn, you’re right
When standing’s too much to bear
When fatigue eclipses care
I will take your arm
Haul you upright from your despair
Because to be honest
I don’t, I don’t see it myself
Stay calm, there’s always a light
I don’t, I don’t see it myself
Stay calm, there’s always a light out there
Everyone’s hurt is their own
And drills a hole inside
But tomorrow’s never gone
There’s always hope even if
You don’t, you don’t see it yourself
We’re your friends, let us show you the way
You can’t, you can’t see it yourself.
We’re your friends, let us show you the way out
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Einmal Ist Keinmal
04:31
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Found you
Need you
Understand
Touch me
Taste me
Pin me down
World of
Dreaming
In my hand
——
We can
Hide out
Go to ground
You should not have come around
The world won’t hear us just this once
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Islands
02:06
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My head is full of lights
Exposing me
When I’m with you
They’re all dimmed
I forget myself
Islands all around me
Urged on by frail mortality
Shameful grey morality
And the promise of ecstasy
The sirens haul me out to sea
Now I know
What I must do
To forget you
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Waiting for something real to be said
Waiting for awkward hours
Take me to your bed to get into my head
If mischievous fates allow
You and me to turn the key
Then you and me can yearn to be
More than a reverie, more than a memory
More than a one night thing, lonely is a state of mind you’re in
My pleasure is the pleasure of your company
Let go of your rictus grin, lonely is a state of mind you’re in
Let me help you find the way home
Wearing my halo, wearing my horns
Tempted by something easy
Like you and me, stumbling home
You and me and every unknown
More than a reverie, more than a memory
More than a one night thing, lonely is a state of mind you’re in
My pleasure is the pleasure of your company
Let go of your rictus grin, lonely is a state of mind you’re in
Let me help you find your way home
You and me, out until dawn
You and me, sick on the lawn
You and me, stumbling home
You and me despite every unknown
We’re still turning the key
We’re still yearning to be
More than a reverie, more than a memory
More than a one night thing, lonely is a state of mind you’re in
My pleasure is the pleasure of your company
Let go of your rictus grin, lonely is a state of mind you’re in
Release you - it’s what you wanted, reach for the summit
Release you - it’s what you wanted
‘Cause lonely’s just a state of mind you’re in
Release you - it’s what you wanted - lonely is a state of mind you’re in
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6. |
The Body Beautiful
04:50
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When you see the fires
Be inspired
All will melt
And reform
Far behind us then
Amidst it all
We were meant
To learn
Call out the body beautiful
We’re on the move again
Call out the body beautiful
We learn the truth but then
How they roar and weep
When sirens jerk them
From their sleep
And line them up
Out the fire escape
Leave the
Mess that you make
We’re breaking free
Call out the body beautiful
We’re on the move again
Call out the body beautiful
We learn the truth but then
They fall
Now we’re the body beautiful
We’re on the move again
Feed me the body beautiful
To learn the truth and then
They fall
Now you’re my body beautiful
You’re on the move again
Taste the rain my body beautiful
I will not see the end
I fall
When we were the body beautiful
We never saw them come
They tore down the body beautiful
Buried every one
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What You Make Of It
04:02
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When you’re given time
For one last prayer
Don’t waste pleas
On deities
Life is just what you make of it
So don’t despair
When you get down to it
There’s nothing there
And life is what you can make of it
You’re the only one
Who can make change
Be yourself
Raise your eyes
Don’t despair
Life is just what you make of it
So don’t despair
Look to the sky and see
There’s nothing there
Your life is what you can make of it
Don’t measure your care
Life is just what you make of it
So don’t despair
Now look to the sky and see
There’s nothing there
Your life is what you can make of it
Don’t measure your care
Your life is just what you’ll make of it
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8. |
Worth My Bones
04:09
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I just want to be worth my bones
I’m trying to be worth my bones
I’m letting down those at home but
I’ve got to be worth my bones
Everyone needs some kind of external validation
I’m not proud it’s just a fact to say that this is mine
It’s that moment when you realise that you are an arsehole
And you know you’re irredeemable and that’s just fine
I just want to be worth my bones
I’m trying to be worth my bones
I’m letting down those at home but
I’ve just got to be worth my bones
Drowned out in the 80s by the vicious cocaine treble
Muffled in the 90s by the MDMA bass
I wish that I could tell you now I’m on the straight and level
But making up for past defeat is chance I can’t waste
I just want to be worth my bones
I’m trying to be worth my bones
I’m letting down those at home but
I’ve just got to be worth my bones
I just want to be worth my bones
How can I be worth my bones
When I’m letting down those at home ‘cause
I just want to be worth my bones
Live once, live well
I just want to be worth my bones
I’m trying to be worth my bones
I’m letting down those at home but
I’ve just got to be worth my bones
I just want to be worth my bones
How can I be worth my bones
When I’m letting down those at home ‘cause
I’ve got to be worth these bones
Live once, live well, break out of your boundaries
I just want to be worth my bones
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9. |
Wounded Lion
08:56
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Solid ground dissolving under me
Like vapour trails in the sky
I don’t deal well with open questions
Change never did agree with me
I was never taught how to cope
We’re men of faith, you’re doubting Thomas
We’re agents of change that you promised
Attacking what’s begotten
The stench of something rotten
And the values we’ve forgotten
From this wounded lion
Can I blame being tired of being me
For taking the fight to them?
Soothing weight of the homemade jacket
The genius that kissed me
To scribe my name in the history
Of this wounded lion, clapped in irons, reveal yourself to me
The image was appealing
We were sent to defend the fallen bride
Protect the lion’s heart
Don’t leave! Things look black without you.
Things look bleak without you in my life. Please don’t leave
Burning down the churches
Howling in the cloistered dark
Dictating what we eat, their audacity beggars my belief
Don’t leave! I need you here to guide me
To give me children who’ll survive me and tell tales of the man I am
Don’t leave.
Please don’t leave.
The current in the wire
Sets the all-consuming fire
That reveals me as a liar
To this wounded lion
Clapped in irons, relinquish your beliefs!
You can’t rely on this wounded lion
To redefine what’s free
Wounded lion, wounded lion
You made me the enemy
I’m the enemy?
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