1.The Crowning
Brighten the corners and clear out the room
Color the flowers in rose and maroon
Light up the fires and season the swine
We're gonna party like it's 1699
Slaughter the rabbits, the ducks, and the boars
And lay all the tables and open the doors
The creme de la creme will be waiting on one guest of honor
Oh, up go the curtains and down go the virgins
Oh no! Mothers are crying
Ladies of virtue will stand to accuse you of heartbreak and
theft
Bells are gonna ring
Birds are gonna sing
Let the people begin
The crowning of your big head
Young drunken girls in a hideous dance
Sing a heartfelt lament of the death of romance
Beautiful boys turn and offer their cheeks
Preening and prancing, the outcome looks bleak
Good times are rolling but outside these walls
Our houses will crumble, the city will fall
But a few broken pawns don't mean nothing
To our guest of honor
So let's raise our glasses
To murderous asses like you
May you sleep soundly
Once we have laughter you got what you're after
Oh you wear it well
Bells are gonna ring
Birds are gonna sing
Let the people begin
Hear how the hearts are pounding
We're all witnessing the crowning
Of your big bleeding head
Bells are gonna ring
Birds are gonna sing
Let the people begin
Hear how the hearts are pounding
Your eyes, nothing but astounding
We're all witnessing the crowning
Of your useless, ruthless head
2.Stronger Than Jesus
Who told you love is the Alpha and Omega
And that you're heart will lead you to the only one
It's a curse, it's the hammer that will break ya
It's a poison hidden in a bonbon
Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
Bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun
Can't resist them, the sailors and the soldiers
Taking aim, a rabbit on a rifle range
Pay no mind to what your mama told ya
You're the fool who's chasing down the candy cane
It's a riddle how lovers can stay alive
That we bloom and breed and multiply
Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
So bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun
See the people heading for disaster
Standing in line just looking for a little fun
Love is a fire, a hot, hot blaster
And we're the Belgians burning in the Congo sun
We believe there's trust in strangers
Any monkey looking like a savior
It's a riddle how we're still living now
Oh, how little we know!
Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
Bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun
Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
Bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun
3.Bear On The Beach
Iris in the morning rain sitting in a sea
It's hard to tell the blues apart
She's salty just like me
She thinks she's on an island
Or she wishes that she were
She thinks she hears the sirens
But I think it's only
Iris in the morning rain sitting in a sea
She didn't want to see,
the fruit was out of reach
She's caught between the ocean
and the bear upon the beach
Imaginary waves could never drown ya
And I didn't want to tell her
Didn't wanna tell her
Iris on a ladder, climbing closer to the sky
Iris
Rising from the ground she is a quitter just like I
High rise
Sitting on a rooftop watching molecules collide
Safe above it all, she's drinking mercury on ice
Iris on a ladder, climbing closer to the sky
Iris
She didn't want to see, the stars were out of reach
She's caught between the ocean and the bear upon the beach
Imaginary gulls could never save ya
And I didn't want to tell her
I didn't wanna tell her
She didn't want to see, the stars were out of reach
She's caught between the ocean and the bear upon the beach
Imaginary gulls could never save ya
But I didn't want to tell her
I didn't wanna tell her
Didn't wanna tell her
I didn't wanna tell her
4.Love Has Left The Room
Love has left the room
The party is over, but I can't get sober
Obsession is towing me deep down down
Love has left the room
It fled out the back door
And all that I asked for was forever more
Or a real bye-bye
It didn't say bye-bye
I let go if you just tell be
Give back the pieces of dreams that you sell me
They trick my mind
I let go if you just let me
I will forget you if you will forget me
I'll slip your mind
I will slip your mind
Tie me to the mast
Cast me in iron
I hear the sirens
They sing of desire
The fatal kind
This love is my last
My final possession
Most violent caress
It's a beautiful mess
And it's deep down down
It's really deep down down
And I let go if you just tell be
Give back the pieces of dreams that you sell me
They trick my mind
I let go if you just let me
I will forget you if you will forget me
I'll slip your mind
I will slip your mind
Once it settles down
And the fire has burned out
What do you think you'll find
Poking through the embers
Memories that sting
With the splinters of your doubt
Things that you can live without
So I die, give back the pieces
And dreams that you sell me
And trick my mind
I let go if you just let me
I will forget you if you will forget me
I'll slip your mind
I will slip your mind
I will slip your mind
I will slip your mind
I will slip your mind
I will slip your mind
5.Golden Teeth And Silver Medals
Anybody tell you that there is no resale value
When your romance goes to hell
You better say farewell to what you thought was wealth
Ever get the feeling that the paint is started peeling
Are you staring at the ceiling of your castle
Dreaming that you're someone else
Would you like to meet me in this song？
I been hoping to
Would you like to come and prove me wrong？
No, I'll agree with you
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we've got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we've got
Maybe if I had another drink I'd see the pattern
In the blinking of the traffic lights
Do you think you're happy, Nicolai？
I don't know the answer, Nina
Life is like a melody
A pendulum that swings between the major and the minor
It's a lullaby
Now I'm so glad I met you in this song
I'm so glad you're here to singalong
My voice into the flow
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we've got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we've got
I'm a little worried that the worst is yet to come
I'm afraid they'll leave us out here melting in the sun
We'll be second best until we know we have won
But until we do, we'll sing this song
'Till we know we won
We'll sing until our need for it is gone
We'll be singing this song
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we've got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we've got
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we've got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we've got
6.Here Are Many Wild Animals
The ride of our journey is traced out in pink
A map of a continent waiting to sink
We're an army training, me and my band
Making camp in the evenings, grazing the land
We're never alone here
There is lots of unknown here in the brush
Here are many wild animals
We follow the highway through a forest of spars
They grouped us in twos when we boarded the arc
Shipped off to a city, stripped of our tongues
Now we live in a playground eating our young
We're never alone here, no
There's lots of unknown here in the crowd
Here are many wild animals
Ohh they're dropping the bomb
Ohh they're dropping the bomb
Like in the beginning the number is three
It's a small party of roaches, scorpions, and me
Forever alone here
There's lots of unknown here in the glow
Here are many wild animals
Come little kitty
Come little elephant
Come, come hither
Be with your mama
Come little bastard
Come little millionaire
Come, come faster
This is the murk of
Come little votive
Come little carnivore
Eat your dinner
7.Chinatown
Every town has a secret heart that beats
In every citizen in underground
I set my clock to a bootleg meter
A broken hand spinning round and round
I'm on my way just like every day
To get milk and kerosene
But my reflection in the butcher's window
Isn't me
I freeze
This is Chinatown
A state of mind
This is Chinatown
It's just a state of mind
The sky was blue, but I wouldn't know
I was counting cracks in the concrete
I memorized them from A to B
A choreography, a part of me
It's not the future,
It's not the past,
It's not now
The prize will double if you try to look
Them in the eye
Don't ask why
'Cause this is Chinatown
A state of mind
This is Chinatown
A state of mind
In Chinatown
Read my fortune in my metro card
You'll see nothing if you search too hard
Read my fortune in my metro card
You'll see nothing if you search too hard
8.My America
9.Eau De Colonia
10.I Signed The Line
Don't send me letters in bottles anymore
And don't come a-knockin' or darken my door
We've got a contract, devotion nevermore
We're legally bonded, in richness and in poor
I signed the line that was dotted
I like to end what I started
I signed the line
And I realized a lotta lies
Were written in letters
And bottles they tend to run aground
Don't give me platinum, to weigh down my wrist
I've got injunctions, so cease and desist
I've got a bottle, a ball, and a chain
You have the one thing of value that remains
I signed the line that was dotted
Oh, I like to end what I started
There's too much I need
I gotta plead insanity
So don't give me platinum
It just weighs me down
I signed the line
And I realized a lotta lies
Were written in letters
And bottles they tend to run aground
11.To Be Human
It's not easy to be human anymore
And what used to please me
Just don't please me anymore
Animals kill in the jungle
People would like to
But it's not that easy
To be human anymore
Animals kill in the jungle
People would like to
But it's not that easy
To be human anymore
12.The Weed Got Here First
For reasons that I don't understand
I was out with a shovel in my hand
If someone seen me, let me know
I must have been looking for sand or snow
I had a garden on my mind
Ivy was growing around my spine
I lost a needle in the hay
I'm hoping I'll never need it anyway
I wanted to plant a little seed
To fertilize the dirt
I didn't see the sleeping weed
The weed had got there first
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