1.Fairground
As the signs outside proclaimed, nature sometimes makes
mistakes. Was it the mother or the
father to blame, inside the damp grass and tilted tent？ As the
signs outside proclaimed,
nature sometimes makes mistakes. Was it the mother or the father
to blame, inside the damp
grass and tilted tent？ ／ Won't you come with me to the
fairground？ ／ Your head ／ will be
spinning, ／ I said your head ／ is your feet. ／ And the man at
the side of me starts a lewd
laugh ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ at the cat with two
heads and the dog with
eight legs. ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ The man has
come between us, his cheeks
rattle like a fence, ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ He's
come between us, and he
starts a lewd laugh. ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ I sought
shelter from the storm in a
small inn by the coast. In the children's room three identical
sisters sat, except for the
one who was hideously deformed; her grotesque features seemed to
parody her sisters'
beauty, ridiculing and mocking everything I held dear. ／ Won't
you come with me to the
fairground？ ／ Your head ／ will be spinning, ／ I said your head ／
is your feet. ／ And the
man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha!) ／ at the cat
with two heads and the dog with eight legs. ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha!) ／ The man
has come between us, his cheeks rattle like a fence, ／ (ah ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!)
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh. ／ (ah ha ha ha
ha ha ha!) ／ The
fish-eyed foetus floated blankly in the yellowed waters, still
as wax. The man came
between us, my sister and I, ridiculing and parodying everything
we held dear, making a
mockery of our former emotions. Dragging it all down to his
level. ／ Won't you come with
me to the fairground？ ／ Your head ／ will be spinning. ／ And the
man at the side of me
starts a lewd laugh ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ at the
cat with two heads and the
dog with eight legs. ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ The
man has come between us, his
cheeks rattle like a fence, ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／
He's come between us, and
he starts a lewd laugh. ／ (ah ha ha ha ha ha ha!) ／ And then we
went for rides.
cars boys and make the girls
scream! The louder you scream the faster we go! Come on, roll
up, go on, ladies and
gentlemen, boys and girls, for the ride of a lifetime. There's
plenty of seats, come on,
don't be shy! Roll up, come on, come on! ／ [shreiking and
wailing laughter] ／ And then we
went for rides.
2.I Want You
Hey, ／ you can look, you can look just like anyone else ／ if
that's what you want to do.
I, ／ I could laugh, I could laugh in your face if I want ／ oh,
but I'm not going to.
ba ba ba ba) ／ I couldn't make a sentence, ／ I couldn't even say
／ what I meant to say：
that I want you ／ (it doesn't hurt to say I want you), I need
you ／ (I never thought I'd
say I need you), I'll keep you, ／ oh yes I'll keep you and I'll
throw myself away, away,
away, ／ and I'll break you ／ because I lose myself inside you,
I'll make you ／ fit in the
space that I provide you, I'll take you, ／ oh yes, I'll take you
just to push you far
away, away, away. ／ Yes, ／ yes, you're all, yes you're all that
I ever desire, ／ still
I'll kill you in the end. ／ When, ／ when it seems, when it seems
that it's getting too
ba ba) ／ There's someone
don't betray your feelings,
no don't talk anymore, ／ never dare to say ／ that I want you ／
(it doesn't hurt to say I
want you), I need you ／ (I never thought I'd say I need you),
I'll keep you, ／ oh yes I'll
keep you and I'll throw myself away, away, away, ／ and I'll
break you ／ because I lose
myself inside you, I'll make you ／ fit in the space that I
provide you, I'll take you,
oh yes, I'll take you just to push you far away, away, away. ／
Now, ／ now we come, now we
come to the end of it all, ／ see it squirming, almost dead. ／
No, ／ you can't leave, you
can't leave it to die here in pain. ／ You've got to stamp upon
it's head. ／ ([backing
vocals：] ba ba ba ba) ／ I'll go out and you'll stay home ／
／ facing up to living, ／ living on your own, ／ and I'll curse my
pride, ／ curse my pride,
／ curse my stupid pride ／ because I want you ／ (it doesn't hurt
to say I want you), I need
you ／ (I never thought I'd say I need you), I'll keep you, ／ oh
yes I'll keep you and I'll
throw myself away, away, away, ／ and I'll break you ／ because I
lose myself inside you,
I'll make you ／ fit in the space that I provide you, I'll take
you, ／ oh yes, I'll take
you just to push you far away, away, away.
3.Being Followed Home
I'm being followed home, ／ I'm being followed home, ／ I don't
know what for, ／ I don't
know by whom. ／ The smell of your dress, ／ a face in the rain, ／
the pavement shines wet
in focus again. ／ Oh... ／ oh... ／ oh... ／ oh. ／ In a dead
seaside town ／ I tried to change
my mind ／ for a well-balanced view ／ that was not mine to find.
／ Heaven knows, all your
stars are on show, they last a lifetime, ／ and your hands leave
their ／ marks in the sand,
they last for ever, ／ for ever. ／ It's clear to me： ／ you fit so
perfectly ／ in a dimly
lit room ／ just inside of the sea. ／ His twisted face ／ tells me
to leave this place.
You know somewhere, ／ but I shouldn't go there, I shouldn't go
there. ／ Heaven knows, all
your ／ stars are on show, they last a lifetime, ／ and your hands
leave their ／ marks in
the sand, they last for ever. ／ They've followed me home - the
one with the dog-breath in
the tattoo bar says something in a language that I don't
uderstand. The street stinks of
piss and dead fish. Jump a garden wall, landing on the slimy
grass, air roaring in my
lungs. Hear him swear as he stumbles and falls behind me. Down
another cobbled street,
footsteps bouncing off the walls. Which way？ A bottle smashes.
The glint of a blade in the
moonlight. Someone laughs, the corners turned... and it's too
late. The first blow
falls... then nothing. ／ I awoke on the beach sometime later ／
to a grey and sunless sky.
／ Your voice still slithers in my head, ／ I can't remember what
you said. ／ I get to my
feet, my body aches. ／ I make for the town for no-one's sake. ／
My mind is a blur, I feel
so weak, ／ I see your reflection in the street. ／ 'It's what you
deserve, it's what
you need. ／ Just like those stupid books you read.' ／ I look to
the sky, I see your
face, ／ collapse in the road I hear you say ／ I shouldn't go
there, I shouldn't go there!
／ My wound's healing now ／ and your imprint fades, ／ now just a
pale scar ／ for five
vanished days. ／ Your voice is so weak, ／ your face is unclear,
／ your body a legend from
a forgotten year. ／ I've been followed home. ／ I've been
followed home. ／ I've been
followed home. ／ I've been followed home.
4.Don't You Know
There's not much time for talking, ／ all your friends are ／
going to walk away. ／ If there
was time for talking ／ all too soon you'd be ／ lost for things
to say. ／ Don't you know
she could break you, ／ every bone that's inside of you？ ／ Then
again she might make you
everything that you want her to, ／ and if you could walk away, ／
where would you go
anyway？ ／ And if you've still got the chance, I know you know ／
you'll stay, ／ stay. ／ I
don't need your excuses; ／ are you tired of ／ trying to stay on
top？ ／ so just lie back
and enjoy it ／ and save your tears for ／ when the kissing stops
／ (oh, you know it's got
to stop.) ／ Don't you know she could break you, ／ every bone
that's inside of you？ ／ Then
again she might make you ／ everything that you want her to, ／
and if you could walk away,
／ where would you go ／ anyway？ ／ And if you've still got the
chance, I know you know
you'll stay, ／ stay. ／ Oh, you'll stay, ／ oh, you'll stay. ／
Don't you know she could
break you, ／ every bone that's inside of you？ ／ Then again she
might make you ／ everything
that you want her to, ／ and if you could walk away, ／ where
would you go ／ anyway？ ／ And
if you've still got the chance, I know you know ／ you'll stay, ／
stay. ／ Oh, you'll stay,
／ oh, you'll stay. ／ Oh, you'll stay, ／ oh, you'll stay, ／ oh,
you'll stay, ／ oh, you'll
stay, ／ oh, you'll stay.
5.They Suffocate at Night
His body loved her, his mind was set on other things
Keep your face out of sight and your thoughts to yourself
And this went on for several nights festering in silence,
growing in the dark
And this they saw as love.
Love
So sad to see
They suffocate at night
Oh this they saw as love
Love
So sad to see to see it slowly die
She met his wishes, he found that he had changed his mind
Now the fit is too tight and the bedroom too warm
The days are filled with things to do
Night-time lies so hollow and memories betray
Oh memories of love
Love
So sad to see
They suffocate at night
Those memories of love
Love
So sad to see to see it slowly die
Two years have passed, two years of emptiness inside
And the grey skies above just show how far I went wrong
I wonder if she's living there the way that I recall
The way I'll always think of you
And when I think of you I think of love
Love
So sad to see
They suffocate at night
You know I think of love
Love
So sad to see to see it slowly die
I wrote you a letter
I threw it away
I wrote you a letter
I threw it away
I need her
I know I don't need her
I need her
Oh Oh-oh...
Dadalala...
6.There's No Emotion
As I lay ／ down in the bedroom, ／ there came a sound ／ from far
away. ／ As I strained ／ my
ears to listen ／ I could hear ／ a thin voice say：／ 'In your
heart ／ there's no
emotion, ／ and your soul, ／ your soul just dried away. ／ There's
no love, ／ no love left
in your ／ body; ／ standing empty forever, ／ and colder ／ every
day.' ／ So I spent ／ a
night without you, ／ oh yes, I spent ／ a night outdoors. ／
Staring in ／ to unknown faces,
／ trying to feel ／ just like before. ／ In your heart ／ there's
no emotion, ／ and your
soul, ／ your soul just dried away. ／ There's no love, ／ no love
left in your ／ body;
standing empty forever, ／ and colder ／ every day. ／ Oh yeah. ／
No I don't ／ believe in
voices, ／ because I hear ／ them all the time, ／ scraping tears ／
from hardened faces
with their stu- ／ pid ugly rhymes. ／ In your heart ／ there's no
emotion, ／ and your soul,
／ your soul just dried away. ／ There's no love, ／ no love left
in your body; ／ standing
empty forever, ／ and colder ／ every day. ／ Standing empty
forever, ／ and colder ／ every
day. ／ And this is where the story starts, ／ holding hands ／
that hold you forever, ／ only
love ／ will keep you together. ／ Holding hands ／ that hold you
forever, ／ holding hands
that throw you forever ／ away, ／ away, ／ oh.
7.Master of the Universe
I am the master of this universe ／ and I've got so big it hurts
／ Raise your eyes and
graze your knees ／ oh for your master is displeased ／ because
you dared to doubt his word
／ his polished surface dulls and cracks ／ Your bitter laughter
breaks his back ／ I am the
master of this universe ／ I taught you everything you know ／ now
you must bear your
master's curse ／ oh for I will not let you go ／ Now you must
walk this town 'til dawn ／ in
every public open place ／ your master's look upon your face ／ Oh
now look what you have
done ／ you've spoilt it all for everyone ／ The master
masturbates alone ／ in a corner of
your home ／ You feed him scraps when in the mood ／ You beat him
hard and keep him nude
You cut your master down to size ／ Now he cries and he cries now
／ Lalalalala lalala...
And now he begs both night and day ／ He lets you take him on
your knee ／ He keeps on
losing consciousness ／ he dearly loves his new mistress ／ Now he
repeats it every night
Every night on point of death ／ 'You are the master of this
universe' ／ Now he
cries and he cries now ／ 'You are the master of the universe ／
You are the master of
the universe ／ You are the master of the universe ／ You are the
master of the
universe!'
8.The Never-Ending Story
When all should be done and gone, ／ he comes round again to see,
／ he can't keep himself
away. ／ He touches her hand and it starts again. ／ His work is
an ugly mess. ／ He prods
and it cries in pain. ／ He kicks and it starts to scream. ／ He
hurries away when she
cannot see. ／ When all should be done and gone, ／ he comes round
again to see, ／ he can't
keep himself away. ／ he touches her hand and it ／ starts again.
／ Moving so slowly,
droplets of kindness ／ that poison and choke ／ when this thing
should have died long ago.
／ The entrails are soft and warm, ／ this time it must be the
end. ／ One touch and it lives
again. ／ He keeps it alive to be part of its pain ／ (and that's
mercy. ／ And that's
compassion. ／ And that's being good friends in a crisis. ／
What's one corpse between
friends？) ／ Oh ／ oh-oh-oh... ／ Leave it, boy. ／ Just leave it
alone. ／ Stop scratching, or
it'll never heal. ／ Just let it lie in peace. ／ Get out of the
way, ／get out of the way,
the brakes cannot last for long. ／ He knows he must let it go, ／
he knows but he keeps a
hold. ／ He touches her hand and it ／ starts again. ／ Ah! ／ Ah! ／
Ah! ／ Moving so slowly,
he drops it so gently, ／ urging its life ／ to a peak to torment
it again!
9.Life Must be so Wonderful
Life must be so wonderful, living here on your own, ／ please
call ／ around to see. ／ And
maybe I've been loving you for too long, ／ and now blind, ／ I
watch you bleed. ／ You rot
in your bedroom, you cry on the phone. ／ Well I'm sorry ／ but
he's not at home. ／ You give
me your secrets, you give me your heart ／ and I smile whilst you
fall apart. ／ Oh no,
please not now, ／ can't you see there's no time？ ／ No, I haven't
the time. ／ Can't you see
there's no time？ ／ Oh-oh, ／ oh-oh-oh-oh, ／ oh-oh, ／
oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh... ／ Now all our
dreams melt ／ in the sun, ／ and visions ／ dwindle ／ one by one
by one. ／ Perhaps you
should move somewhere ／ far away, ／ to another town ／ where
maybe they ／ could see things
in your way. ／ It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be hard.
／ I smile whilst you fall
apart. ／ You're sorry, you're sorry, is all that you say. ／
Well, ／ I'd stop it, but I
can't find a way. ／ Your life must be so wonderful, ／ your
visions die and fall. ／ And in
the end, ／ nothing ends, ／ just grows fainter ／ and farther ／
away.
10.Anorexic Beauty
Sitting alone on ／ a cold bar stool, ／ your cold, hard eyes make
me ／ feel a fool.
Pastel-white features, ／ high cheek-bones, ／ scarlet-blooded
lips and deathly tones. ／ The
girl of my nightmares, ／ sultry and corpse-like. ／ The girl ／ of
my ／ nightmares.
Brittle fingers, ／ and thin cigarettes, ／ so hard to tell apart,
／ (she hasn't spoken
yet.) ／ You put your hand on mine, ／ death white on brown, ／
those whirlpool eyes; ／ well,
I begin to drown. ／ The girl of my nightmares, ／ erotic and
skull-faced. ／ The girl ／ of
my ／ nightmares. ／ Anorexic beauty, ／ feather-weight perfection,
／ anorexic beauty,
underweight ／ goddess. ／ Sitting alone on ／ a cold bar stool,
your ／ so hard to tell
apart, ／ (she hasn't spoken yet.) ／ Pastel-white features, ／
high cheek-bones,
scarlet-blooded lips and deathly tones. ／ The girl of my
nightmares, ／ sultry and
corpse-like. ／ The girl ／ of my ／ nightmares. ／ Anorexic beauty,
／ feather-weight
perfection, ／ anorexic beauty, ／ underweight ／ goddess.
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