At War with the Mystics

The Flaming Lips At War with the Mystics Lyrics
1.Goin' On

Lyricist:Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins

We hold our breath 'til the morning comes
And at last the sun shines through
But the night's so hard that it seems impossible
But what else can we do?

Goin' on
Goin' on

Listen, you'll hear it
We're getting near it
It's coming I can feel it

Listen you'll hear it
We're getting near it
I know I really fear it
But we pretend it's just a another day

Goin' on
Goin' on
Goin' on
Goin' on

We tell ourselves it's all just normal
Till the worst of it is gone
And then you give up, and you give up
And you just can't take it
How we keep goin' on?

Goin' on
Goin' on

Listen you'll hear it
(Goin' away)
We're getting near it
(Goin' away)
It's coming I can feel it
(Goin' away)

Listen you'll hear it
(Another day)
We're getting near it
(Another day)
I know I really fear it
(Another day)
But I pretend it's just a another day++

Goin' on
Goin' on
Goin' on
Goin' on
We're goin' on


2.The W.A.N.D.

Lyricist:Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins

(You've got the power in there)
(Waving your W.A.N.D. in the air)

Time after time those fanatical minds
Try to rule all the world
Telling us all it's them
Who's in charge of it all

I've got a tricked out magic stick
That will make them all fall
We've got the power now
********ckers, it's where it belongs

You've got that right
(You've got the power in there)
You know that it is
(Waving your W.A.N.D. in the air)

They have their weapons
To solve all your questions
They don't know what it's for
(They don't know what it's for)

Why can't they see
That's not power, that's greed
To just want more and more?
(To just want more and more)

I got a plan and it's here in my hand
A baton made of light
We're the enforcers
The sorcerer's orphans
And we know why we fight
(And we know why we fight)

You've got that right
(You've got the power in there)
(Waving your W.A.N.D. in the air)

(You've got the power in there)
(You've got the power in there)
(You've got the power in there)
(Waving your W.A.N.D. in the air)

You've got that right
You know that it is


3.Mr. Ambulance Driver

Lyricist:Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins

Waiting for the ambulance to come
Hoping that it doesn't come too late
Hearing the sirens in the distance
Hold on help is on the way

Mr. Ambulance Driver, I'm right here beside her
And though I'll live somehow I've found
Mr. Ambulance Driver, I'm not a real survivor
'Cause I'm wishing that I was the one that wasn't gonna be here
anymore
The one that isn't here anymore, the one that isn't here anymore

Oh, we can't trade places
Our lives our strangely all alone
Mr. Ambulance Driver, tell me
For everyone that dies someone new is born

Mr. Ambulance Driver, I'm right here beside her
And though I'll live somehow I've found
Mr. Ambulance Driver, I'm not a real survivor
'Cause I'm wishing that I was the one that wasn't gonna be here
anymore

Mr. Ambulance Driver, I'm right here beside her
And though I'll live somehow I've found
Mr. Ambulance Driver, I'm not a real survivor
'Cause I'm wishing that I was the one that wasn't gonna be here
anymore
The one that isn't here anymore, the one that isn't here anymore

Waiting for the ambulance to come, ooh, ooh, ooh
Waiting for the ambulance to come, ooh, ooh, ooh
Mr. Ambulance Driver


4.Vein Of Stars

Lyricist:Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins

Who knows
Maybe there isn't a vein of stars callin' out my name
They'll glow from above our heads
Nothin' there to see you down on your knees

25, 26, 27
Back from the future, may be there ain't no heaven
It's just you and me and may be it's just as well
And if there ain't no heaven, may be there ain't no hell

Who knows
Maybe there isn't a vein of stars callin' out my name
Who knows
Maybe there isn't a vein of stars callin' out my name

Who knows
Who knows
Who knows
Who knows
Callin' out my name

Who knows
Who knows
Callin' out my name


5.Haven't Got A Clue

Lyricist:Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Greg Kurstin

You haven't got a clue
And you don't know what to do
You used your money and your friends
To try and trick me
But you won't trick me

As far as I can tell
You've created your own hell
And now you walk around this place
Expecting pity

Every time you throw a fit
I can't decide if you're full of it
And every time you state your case
The more I want to punch your face

I go, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo

I still can't believe
All your plastic surgeries
And now it's everybody's problem
That you're unhappy, oh, come on

Every time you state your case
The more I'd like to punch your face

Every time you state your case
The more I want to punch your face

And every time you state your case
The more I want to punch your face

I go doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo

Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
Doo doo doo
...


6.Pompeii AM Gotterdammerung

Lyricist:Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins

Running to the station, holding hands
Now the volcano is flowing red
Something there will change us into sand

Now, we'll be forever holding hands
Lava and tephra will form our bed
Now, the royal flames of Pompeii, bless
All our senses, all our senses, all our senses


7.The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)

If you could blow up the world with the flick of a switch
Would you do it?
If you could make everybody poor just so you could be rich
Would you do it?
If you could watch everybody work while you just lay on your
back
Would you do it?
If you could take all the love without giving any back
Would you do it?
And so we cannot know ourselves or what we'd really do...

With all your power
With all your power
With all your power
What would you do?

If you could make your own money and then give it to everybody
Would you do it?
If you knew all the answers and could give it to the masses
Would you do it?
No No No No No No Are you crazy?
It's a very dangerous thing to do exactly what you want...
Because you cannot know yourself or what you'd really do...

With all your power
With all your power
With all your power
What would you do?


8.The Sound of Failure / It's Dark... Is It Always This Dark??

She's starting to live her life
From the inside out
The sound of failure calls her name
She's decided to hear it out

So go tell Britney and go tell Gwen
She's not tryin' to go against all them
'Cause she's too scared and she can't pretend
To understand where it begins or ends
Or what it means to be dead
It's just a sound going through your head
Let them go on

Standing there in the graveyard
While the moon sprays its fireworks in your hair
The sound of failure calls her name
She's decided to hear it out

So go tell Britney and go tell Gwen
She's not tryin' to go against all them
'Cause she's too scared and she can't pretend
To understand where it begins or ends
Or what it means to be dead
It's just a sound going through your head
Let them go on
Where it begins or ends
Or what it's like to be dead
It's just a sound going through your head
Let it go on


9.My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of
Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)

They tell us 'Autumn's a comin' and soon everything around us
will die
Only a fool believe that he is different from the birds in the
sky
All those birds go chasin' some better sunny days
You can't hear them singing 'cause they've all gone away'

But this one bird didn't leave you
It stayed through the wintertime
You can't hear it sing but you can hear it as it flies
So don't you believe them?
They'll destroy you with their lies
They only see the obvious
They see the sun go down buy they don't see it rise

This one bird didn't leave you
You can hear it as it flies
It's not very loud but you can hear it if you try
So don't you believe them?
Yes it's true someday everything dies
We won't let that defeat us
We can't hear them singing
But we can hear it as it flies


10.The Wizard Turns On... The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His
Werewolf Moccasins


11.It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big... I Am So Small... Do I
Stand a Chance?

It overtakes me, It overtakes me
It overtakes me... Oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, It Master-Slaves me
It overtakes me... Oh oh oh I

It overtakes me, It overtakes me
It overtakes me... Oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, It Wakes and Bakes me
It overtakes me... Oh oh oh I

You know that it isn't real
You'll disappear in a black hole
You know that it isn't real
Floating out of control.... Oh Wow

It overtakes me, it overtakes me
It overtakes me... Oh oh oh I
It overtakes me, It Master-Slaves me
It overtakes me... Oh oh oh I

And I'm there, looking up at the sky
And I'm scared, thinkin' 'bout the way that I
Don't understand anything at all...
And how it overtakes me... and I am just so small...
Do I stand a chance?


12.Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading
with a Suicide Bomber)

You think you're so radical...I think you ought to stop [say
what?]
But you're going international...they're gonna call the cops
You're turning into a poor man's Donald Trump
I know those circumstances make you wanna jump

You think you're radical
But you're not so radical
In fact you're fanatical
You think you're radical
But you're not so radical
In fact you're just Fanatical!!! Fanatical!!!

I'll tell you right now...you ought to change your mind
All of your friends are standin' in a line
They're getting tired of you attitude fast...(you better lose
it)
Without all your bodyguards...How long would you last?...(not
long)


You think you're radical
But you're not so radical
In fact you're fanatical
You think you're radical
But you're not so radical
In fact you're just Fanatical!!! Fanatical!!!