The Pleasure Principle

Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle Lyrics
1.Airplane


2.Metal

We're in the building where they make us grow
And i'm frightened by the liquid engineers
Like you

My mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like i'm real
Like you

The sound of metal i want to be you
I could learn to be a man
Like you

Plug me in and turn me on
Oh everything is moving

I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
Singing 'i am an american'
Do you?

Picture this if they could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?

And who are you and how can i try?
Here inside i like metal
In you

All i know is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need


3.Complex

They won't come back
You know it's always the same
And they're sure to forget
Saying 'everyone lies'

So i'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air
And you're here by my side
With all your waving and smiles

Please keep them away
Don't let them touch me
Please don't let them lie
Don't let them see me


4.Films

I don't like the film
I don't like the film
Play it all back
Play it all back

And i don't like the scenery
And i don't like the set so
Pull it all down
Pull it all down

But i like the actors
And i like the show

We're so exposed
We're so exposed
Anything can happen
Anything can happen

Don't let them see
Don't let them know
And you wonder why
And you wonder why

Turn off the lights
And turn off the sound


5.M.e.

And m.e. i eat dust
We're all so run down
I'd call it my death
But i'll only fade away
And i hate to fade alone
Now there's only m.e.

We were so sure
We were so wrong
But there's no one left to see
And there's no one left to die
There's only m.e.

Why shoud i care
Why should i try
Oh no, oh no
I turned off the pain
Like i turned off you all
Now there's only m.e.


6.Tracks

Where are the tracks?
Where are the lines?
Where are the tracks, dear?
Where is the time?

You were so cold
You were so slow
You were so old
And we were unsure

And i want your lines
And i want your time
And i want your face, dear
And you can have mine


7.Observer

I could stand here for days
Or i could stand here for hours
I could stand here for a lifetime
Watching you and waiting always
I could observe you all

I could wait for a day
Or i could wait for an hour
I could wait here for a lifetime
Watching you and thinking always
I could observe you all


8.Conversation

Oh it's so easy
When parts take over
My conversation
Is nothing more than lies

You're just the viewer
So cold and distant
I've no intentions
Of saying 'i love you'

My conversation

We are not gods
We are not men
We are not making claims
We are only boys

You are not strong
You are not force
You are not regular
You are just wrong

There are no faces
This is my complex
You are my picture
I call you 'mirrors'

These are not my tears
Not my reflection
Am i a photo?
I can't remember

My conversation


9.Cars

cars

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars

Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for ( nights )
- this is the only wrong word you put days
In cars

Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please?
If i open my door
In cars

Here in my car
I know i've started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars


10.Engineers

All that we are
Is all that we need to be
All that we know
Is you and machinery
We're engineers

We are your heartbeat
We are your night life
We are your 'low-line'
We keep you alive for now
We're engineers

We are your voice
We are your blood flow
We are your eyes
We're all you need to know
We're engineers

All that we are
Is all that you'd love to be
All that we know
Is hate and machinery
We're engineers


13.Asylum

Instrumental


14.Me! I Disconnect From You

The alarm rang for days
You could tell from conversations
I was waiting by the screen
I couldn't recognise my photograph
Me, i disconnect from you

I was walking up the stairs
Something moved in silence
I could feel his mind decaying
Only inches away from me
And i disconnect from you

Please don't turn me off
I don't know what i'm doing outside
Me and the telephone that never rings
If you were me, what would you do?
Me, i disconnect from you


15.Bombers

Look up i hear the scream of sirens on the wall
I see a policeman crying in the backseat of a dying ford
Hotel waiters leave the bedrooms of stars
Who are far too old
And no-one ever told me
That i could be so cold

Bombers fight at zero feet
Bombers fight at zero

I see an old man knocked to the ground
And beaten by the vicar's wife
No-one stops to help they're far too busy
Trying to save their own lives
A tiny girl screams for mother
And wanders out into the street
I saw her going down underneath
A thousand people's running feet

Bombers fight at zero feet
Bombers fight at zero

All the junkies pulling needles from their arms
Hope it lasts all night
And all the soldiers curse the day they joined the army
And prepare to fight
In silent bars, in silent rooms, in silent cars
You hide where you can
And me i know just where you are, you see
I'm a bomber man

Bombers fight at zero feet
Bombers fight at zero


16.Remember I Was Vapour

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

Remember, i was vapour
Remember, i was just like you
Remember, i was liquid
Remember, i was someone too

Remember, i need others
Remember, i need oxygen
Remember, i need lovers
Remember, i need to forget

Chorus

Remember, i am human
Remember, i feel just like you
Remember, i had reasons
Remember, i had friends like you

Remember, i grow tired
Remember, i could end all this
Remember, i have memories
Remember, i need to forget


17.On Broadway

They say that
Neon lights are bright on broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walking down the street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The city all lights up and you're nowhere

They say
The girls are something else on broadway
Looking at them just gives me the blues
'cause how're you gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

They say that
Love won't last too long on broadway
Now catch a greyhound bus for home
They all say
I bet they're wrong, i know they are
'cause i can play this here guitar
And i won't quit 'till i'm a star
On broadway