1.Morning Sickness
You wake and you dress
Wash the dirt from underneath your fingernails
It's a system and it seldom ever fails
To kill these moments before you race to face the day
You sleep on the train,
you get hypnotised by the morning rain
As the caffeine in you belly wears away
You're not sure what you're doing,
but you do it all the same
You guessed, I'm impressed
It's all a mistake,
and the clock keeps ticking away
Every moment that I waste,
it's all a mistake.
The sun came up with a grudge
against the puddles in the yard
And we trudge with certainty towards the car
And look up in the mirror
to see the wreckage that we are
The office awaits,
and you never can afford to let it down
So the pressure in your head begins to mount
Cuz we're caught out by the traffic
on our way across the town
It's all a mistake,
and the clock keeps ticking away
Every moment that I waste,
it's all a mistake.
It's all a mistake,
and these people keep chipping away at me
And I don't have what it takes,
it's all a mistake
2.Almost Certainly Elsewhere
Did you catch a look at your friend
drooling in the drawing room？
His eyes were fixed on yours, dear,
But his mind was almost certainly elsewhere.
He couldn't give a damn if you understand
He's trying to get his hands on your loot.
If you go, I will go
because nothing else seems to fit
Although we know we've been wasting our time
Now we're blinded by it
If you go I will go...
It's been so long
since I saw you waiting at the dock of the bay
When I turned up in my lifeboat
But pretty soon I was beginning to drift away.
I saw you turn and call out to me,
And I think I heard the words that you said.
If you go, I will go
because nothing else seems to fit
Although we know we've been wasting our time
Now we're blinded by it
If you go I will go...
If you go, I will go
because nothing else seems to fit
Although we know we've been wasting our time
Now we're blinded by it
If you go I will go...
3.Highness
I look up, it's 10：15, and what have I achieved？
A dog-end stubbed and an idea scrubbed,
and square one looming dangerously.
I've waited on your favour for what seems a century,
I've hung round town, kicked cans around,
This pauper's life is not for me but
Highness how can you blame me？
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me？
When you play me off against your other lovers
Life flits past my window
like the shadows 'cross my walls.
Patience stretched,
a hopeless wretch lies waiting on your regal call,
And ever since the day we first crossed paths
I must've crossed my heart
A thousand times along these lines,
yet still I worship from afar, but
Highness how can you blame me？
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me？
When you play me off against your other lovers
How can you say I want you,
How can you say I need you,
How can you say I love you,
When Highness, you know it's not true？
How can you say I want you,
How can you say I need you,
How can you say I love you,
When Highness, you know it's not true？
Highness how can you blame me？
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me？
When you play me off against your other lovers
How can you say I love you
4.Step Across
I've got no time for your apologies,
Your butter-wouldn't-melt demeanour doesn't wash with me.
Old Julius, he knew just what he'd done,
He said 'you've got to take your chance
'cause you might never get another one'
So 'Carpe Diem' as those Romans say,
You've got to learn to turn and seize the day.
The day the cat's away, the mice will play,
They'll get their guitars out
and they will play, play, play.
Take my hand, lead me on,
to the banks of the Rubicon,
Step across and it won't be long tonight.
Talk is cheap these days, it's everywhere,
The radio waves are flying through the air.
If you scream your lungs out you just might be heard,
So you'd better be saying something
more than words, words, words.
Take my hand, lead me on,
to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight.
Take my hand, lead me on,
to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight.
Take my hand, lead me on,
to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight.
Shake my hand, tell me 'Son,
you're on the banks of the Rubicon,
Step across and you won't belong that side.
5.Man Bites God
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's good to meet again,
It's good to get you in one place.
Don't think about your lives,
left in the cold outside,
You have no name, you'll leave no trace.
Forget your weary problems
(Take off your clothes)
There's far too many of them
(And it's worse than you suppose)
Indulge your animal instincts
(Unload your heads)
It shouldn't take a moment
(To cross your legs instead)
We're rotten to the core, we're all the same,
we are scum, you were like us,
but when did you become so righteous？
Let's do a roaring trade,
'til the day the Messiah comes,
And stops us having fun
In times of mass hysteria
(Keep track of your friends)
But keep your enemies nearer
(Lest they start pretend...)
ing that they always loved you
(Right from the start)
And try to claim it back off you.
We're rotten to the core, we're all the same,
we are scum, you were like us,
but when did you become so righteous？
Let's do a roaring trade,
'til the day the Messiah comes,
And stops us having fun
We're rotten to the core, we're all the same,
we are scum, you were like us,
but when did you become so righteous？
Let's do a roaring trade,
'til the day the Messiah comes,
And stops us having fun
6.Don't Start Fires
Somebody screamed last night at the cinema
In a prize-winning film about the Spanish Armada
I wasn't into it anyway,
but a girl got enraged and I wanted to say
'Patience, don't start fires
behind the lines in times of peace
Patience, don't start fires'
We leave at dawn,
so you'd better pack your suitcase
Full of intricate things that justify you.
That don't ask favours or even questions,
that don't get involved
Or expect the truth.
'Patience, don't start fires
behind the lines in times of peace
When troubles wait like storm clouds,
the sun will rise in the East.'
Lights march forward from Hyde Park corner,
Eyes gaze skyward at grey,
everyone seems grey and tired.
Now I've never been a believer,
But my faith in myself has been put to the test.
Nobody dreamed I'd amount to much anyway,
Only time bears the proof, which is why I say...
'Patience, don't start fires
behind the lines in times of peace
'Patience, don't start fires
behind the lines in times of peace
When troubles wait like storm clouds,
the sun will rise in the East.'
Patience, don't start fires
Patience, don't start fires
Patience, don't start fires
7.The Company We Keep
We change our shape to suit the company we keep
But then you know we have our reasons to
They might be watching us
They'd like to lock us up
But come on, infamy's within our grasp
We can be greater than the sum of our parts
You and I, we're like Jekyl and Hide
more than Bonnie and Clyde
But I promise you we'll get by
Just don't expect me to lay down and die
for your wandering eyes
Just make a choice and let it lie
Let's not hear another word about it.
I'll face the consequences of my wicked ways
As long as you will face them with me
And if our sands run out,
We'll leave no room for doubt
Come on, it's a simple thing I ask
We can be greater than the sum of our parts
You and I, we're like Jekyl and Hide
more than Bonnie and Clyde
But I promise you we'll get by
Just don't expect me to lay down and die
for your wandering eyes
Just make a choice and let it lie
Come on, let's get off this carousel
This time is ours, let's make it tell.
You and I, we're like Jekyl and Hide
more than Bonnie and Clyde
But I guarantee you we'll get by
Just don't expect me to lay down and die
for your wandering eyes
Just make a choice and let it lie
make a choice and let it lie
8.It Gets Harder To Be A Martyr
Here's a song for a backwater princess
who relishes the tiniest bit of interest.
The guys in town can't put Emily down,
they just live to see her undressed.
Friday night's a veritable carnival,
the meat is on display for all the cannibals.
You know the rest, and
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
In the rush of the crowd,
you know such weaknesses are not allowed,
They whimper and shout,
but in the end they all just slowly peter out.
Anthony, Darren, Jack and Jonathan
all agree Emily is number one
And Kevin, Tom, Dick and Harry do too,
and I know they're not the only ones.
Emily, you are the catalyst,
the start of all the amateur dramatics
They lick their wounds and
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
In the rush of the crowd,
you know such weaknesses are not allowed,
I won't hold my breath for your next solution,
So I wait in the queue,
trying to find something new to pull me on through.
Emily, what about your family？
They brought you up anything but easily.
It makes no sense and...
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
In the rush of the crowd,
you know such weaknesses are not allowed,
They whimper and shout,
but in the end they all just slowly peter out.
9.Talk To Strangers
People might be bored
People can be hard
People might be late
People can be smart
People might be reading your favourite books
People might be worthy of a second look.
So why do you treat me like a stranger,
when I am not a stranger？
I'm just a little stranger than you
why do you treat me like a stranger,
when I am not a stranger？
I'm just a little stranger
Don't forget, all your friends
were only strangers when you met.
Don't forget, all your friends
were only strangers when you met.
So why do you treat me like a stranger,
when I am not a stranger？
I'm just a little stranger than you
why do you treat me like a stranger,
when I am not a stranger？
I'm just a little stranger
People might be rich
People can be cruel
But people might be struggling to keep their cool
People often don't see the best of you
And people count on people to get them through
Won't you tell me
why do you treat me like a stranger,
when I am not a stranger？
I'm just a little stranger than you
why do you treat me like a stranger,
when I am not a stranger？
I'm just a little stranger
10.Shipwrecked
Adrift among the flotsam and the jetsam.
The last remaining scraps of other people's lives
Cut off from the so-called civilised
We drift along and on the waves that bring me here,
I've travelled far from home to meet the rising sun
But it's not all I hoped,
and now I only crave to see your face.
Shipwrecked in the cold, cold water.
Blood still flows but breath gets shorter,
You can help me back to dry land.
Now our companions all are lost
And there is no way of telling how it's going to end
Each frozen hour has its cost,
But every heated minute more than makes amends.
And though you raise a smile for people drifting by,
They sink beneath the waves that gnaw upon the shore
And promise what you crave
Shipwrecked in the cold, cold water.
Blood still flows but breath gets shorter,
You can help me back to dry land.
Shipwrecked by your cruel enchantments,
Blinded by your loft apartments
Taxis, High Streets, making ends meet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
I see your light burn right the fog,
It's keeping my head above water, I won't ever forget.
How am I alive, how've I survived this far
Keeping my head above water？
I won't settle for less.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water
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