1.Switched On
I've put on something you can't switch off
I won't buy, you won't cry
I know i will and you know how it feels
on the northside on the southside
they sing along long when you switch on
You switch on for the city
long gone from the city
come on strong winds move on
you belong in the city
I'm long for the city
switch on a sad song when I'm gone
when in new york
I stay indoors go into the city
and switch up the pity
on the train someone says
something about how jesus saves
but I'm too lost to be found
you put on a good face
when i wasn't around
on the eastside
on the westside
they sing along when you switch on
they sing along when you switch on
You switch on for the city
long gone from the city
come on strong winds move on
you belong in the city
I'm long for the city
switch on a sad song when I'm gone
2.No You Don't
don't buy dope from the man you don't know
i don't know you won't
don't get stuck in his pickup truck
in arms reach, front seat
man, you're outta luck
flush it downstream
before its found, drowned,
swimming in your blood stream
if you must, crush it up into dust
if you must cut it up then lie down
but i won't let you tell me
what i can't do
you'll try to scare me
but you're never gonna catch me
so don't you tell me
how to run that race
you said don't back down in your wedding gown
don't make a sound, you never made a sound
don't chime in with your oppinion
you dont need to object, man, you're such a wreck
rush to find a pulse before
you're deep in the dirt
crushed by a cross like
jumping out of a moving train
coming down is such a pain
but i won't let you tell me
what i can't do
you'll try to scare me
but you're never gonna catch me
so don't you tell me how to run that race
3.Vapours
Oh I ventilate.
The vapours might take a sec,
The vapours might make you wet.
Well I hope I satiate,
Whom I entertain.
Hoping you get dancing feet,
Hoping that you like the beat,
And I hope you don't complain.
It's the bassline in your mind!
It's a sexy way to cry!
You know I had my share of doubt,
Until I saw the vapours in your eyes!
So watch me ventilate,
Knock you off your feet where you stood.
You keep dancing if you could,
Well I hope I'm understood.
Tears rolling down your face.
The vapours all up in the place.
Guess I'm alive today at least,
While I ventilate.
It's the bassline in your mind!
It's a sexy way to cry!
You know I had my share of doubt,
Until I saw the vapours in your eyes!
4.Devout
Gone away
Gone away
I miss you
Oh when will I see you again?
Sitting here
Sitting here
The car is idle
When you come back
Well get away
Then the alarm went off
Alarms went off
I heard it
I hope to God I don't hear gunshots
And the window pane explodes away
Some violence sings
Pretty sirens in the distance closing in
Blending in
The casualty shrieking
Casually i headed for the highway
Sold you out
Sold you out
Told them all the things that you had done
Sold you out
Sold you out
Tell me all the things that you had done
You were so devout
You were so committed to me
Then i got away
I was right outside
Born to drive away
Ready to split the money equally
5.Disarming The Car Bomb
I'm not so sure about it
Not so sure I can surmount it
Without losing my head
How about just losing my edge
Seems easy as shit
Then done, but I think I'm done
Uncross my arms
To disarm the car bomb
It's taking too long
Something must be wrong
I had my doubts about it
When I heard your henchmen shouting
Woo-oohoo, we've come looking for you
Wished I'd hid under my bed
With my hands over my head uh-huh
Uncross my arms
To disarm the car bomb
It's taking too long
Something must be wrong
I cut the white like you said
I cut the blue one like you did
I did almost everything you said
So how come I'm dead?
Uncross my arms
Disarm the car bomb
And what did I get?
A gun to my head
Uncross my arms
Disarm the car bomb
And what did I get?
A gun to my head
6.Tender Torture
I'll be your wave, carrying you to shore,
And if your ribs are peeking through your fur,
I'll feed you some more,
I rode out of the city without you in my arms,
Under the moonglow I was a windblown,
cast down, carved out watermelon,
Without you in my arms,
Without you in my arms,
And I've seen some great things,
But I don't wanna see anything,
If I can't see you,
Kicked open a coconut,
Could've shared it with anyone,
But I wanted to share it with you,
Oooh, oooh,
I'll be your strings,
If you pluck them, I'll sing for you,
And if your hands are feeling tender,
I'll take them in my own and make them better,
I rose out of the water,
I can hold my breath for only so long,
I pushed past the breeze from the palm trees,
I'm coming towards you,
I've got to have you in my arms,
I'm gonna have you in my arms,
And I've seen some great things,
But I don't wanna see anything,
If I can't see you,
Kicked open a coconut,
Could've shared it with anyone,
But I wanted to share it with you,
Oooh, oooh,
You send me over in tender torture,
And when it's over it's tender torture.
7.Shining
I took a shining to you
I wasn't lying to you
What are you trying to do
And who are you crying to
You have some singing to do
Some singing for your food
I have something for you
Come into my room
It's back alley I know
But you're made of gold
Just too bright in daylight
Step into the dark to talk
Up against the wall
Empty out all of your content
Don't hold back friend
Give what you owe me then
Count to one hundred slowly
I put a shining on you
Poison pill in your food
Singing la la la
What's that tune?
Bad timing for you
One two three four strikes on you
You put your back on my knife
Made me ask 'Your money or your life?'
Up against the wall
Empty out all of your content
Don't hold back friend
Give what you owe me then
Count to one hundred slowly
8.On Foreigner
Fall in, fall in, fall in, no one will know
Go on, fall in, no one will know
Hold on, foreigner, on you go
Heard it all, I've heard it all but it won't hurt at all
Shy away, shy away, but don't try to get away
Don't draw the needle, don't draw the needle
Don't draw the needle on the groove
And don't move
Turn me on a rousing song for sympathetic ears
No one cares, no one's there and you, you disappear
Fall in, fall in, fall in, no one will know
Go on, fall in, no one will know
Hold on, foreigner, on you go
Left behind, left behind, left behind
But not like a Christian kind
Fall in, fall in, fall in, no one will know
Go on, fall in, no one will know
Hold on, foreigner, on you go
Go on, fall in, no one will know
Hold on, foreigner, on you go
On you go
9.Heartbeat
Heart.....Beat
Heart.....Beat
And I might be wrong
But I don't think you could sing along
To my
Heart.....Beat
Cued up the major third
But you don't know you just take my word
Heart Beat
Heart Beat
Heart Beat
And I will a along
destroy what destroys my home
Heart Beat
I could've written more
But you dont know what to listen for
Heart Beat
Load up the major third
But you don't know if that's what you heard
Heart Beat
Heart Beat
And I will alone
destroy what destorys my home
Heart Beat
And I will alone
destroy what destorys my home
Heeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrttt BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
Control HEART BEAT
10.The Drums
The drums once loudly resonant don't resonate in tune
The drumming feels a little slow yet somehow comes too soon
Bruised skin I can't take another hitwithout you
The pockets were one lined in time
The seams seemed to bare thread
Emptying my pockets now
Finds crumbs where there was bread
Smooth skin asking only for a hit
And asking nice
The drums
11.EOL
A building fell on me
Crushed my will
And took my breath ooh ooh
How could I have known
The windows would be closed
There was nowhere to leave
There was nowhere to go
The endlessness of lines
Drawn across time
Wrapped my finger to you
But you've gone beyond ooh ooh
I went back to look for you
Sifting through the living room, the living room
Fell into a hopeless nest
Misery tattooed
You
Back in back in
You're never coming back
No matter what
The endlessness of lines
Broken like twine
Drawn across time
In a pointless line
A building fell on me
Crushed my will
And took by breath
Away from me ooh ooh
12.Everything Is Under Control
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