This Modern Glitch

The Wombats This Modern Glitch Lyrics
1.Our Perfect Disease

We don't admit it but we never seen eye to eye
My hobby's moaning and yours is making money
It's always a shock when old friends pass by
But with you it's no death in the family
Let's not talk about hate when there's hell to pay
For my cowardice and your bad timing
We don't admit it but we never seen eye to eye
But it's not through a lack of trying

It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who do I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad

I didn't say it but you never were the honest type
You tried to fabricate a bedtime story
And now I miss those games we had of Jekyll and Hyde
Ever since the day that we parted company
Don't send a helping hand
I need a battering ram
To beat the reasons that I miss you so sorely
We didn't say it but we never saw eye to eye
Now life is carefree and equally as boring

It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who can I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And in its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad

I need you in the TV
I need you on the train
I need you every single which way
I need you in the mirrors
I need you in my bed
I needed you to wreck my head
I need you in the TV
I need you on the train
I need you just to stand in my way
I need you in the mirrors
I need you in my bed

It was the perfect disease we had
Something to argue and scream about
Who can I see about contracting it back?
And locking it somewhere it can't get ripped out
It was the perfect disease we had
And in its absence lies a painful fact
We all need someone to drive us mad


2.Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)

We're self imploding
Under the weight of your advice
I wear a suitcase
Under each one of my eyes
Finally I know now what it takes
It takes money and airplanes

If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo
Where the demons from my past
Leave me in peace
I'll be animating every night
The grass will be greener on the other side
And the Vampires and Wolves
Won't sink their teeth
I'm sick of dancing with the beast

Astrophysics you'll never be my closest friend
I find no comfort in what my mind can't comprehend
Finally I work out what it takes
It takes money and airplanes

If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo
Where the demons from my past
Leave me in peace
I'll be animating every night
The grass will be greener on the other side
And the Vampires and Wolves
Won't sink their teeth
I'm sick of dancing with the beast

No matter how much it needs me
Go and follow someone else's lead

If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo
Where the demons from my past
Leave me in peace
I'll be animating every night
The grass will be greener on the other side
And the Vampires and Wolves
Won't sink their teeth
I'm sick of dancing with the beast


3.Jump Into The Fog

What a great achievement it was to get a hotel room this late
I bet they charge by the hour here
The kind of place where you should bring your own UV ray
It's not a big problem with me, love
You don't look that hygienic anyway
I'm only here because I want to twist the structure of my
average day

We feel nothing so jump into the fog
And I hope that we hit the ground upright
We feel nothing so jump into the fog
I just hope it's your bones that shatter not mine
We feel nothing so jump into the fog
And I hope that we hit the ground upright
We feel nothing so jump into the fog

What a great achievement it was
To find someone who shirks such little self-restraint
I'm a non-believer but I believe in these dirty little wicked
games
Snakes and ladders abandoned here love
The climb's too rough to slide back down again
I'm only here because I feel the day deserves a truly sordid end

We feel nothing so jump into the fog
And I hope that we hit the ground upright
We feel nothing so jump into the fog
I just hope it's your brains that splatter not mine
We feel nothing so jump into the fog
And I hope that we hit the ground upright
We feel nothing so jump into the fog

I've made some bad decisions, I'll admit that freely
It's just that life tastes sweeter when it's wrapped in
debauchery
So drop your map, drop your plans, drop that five-step program
Because there's not an ounce of faith in this leap
It's clear you feel nothing so jump into the fog with me


4.Anti-D

Please allow me to be your anti-depressant,
I too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestant

We kick back and let the pills do the talking
People hear a distinct rattle when we're walking
Then there's the extra two stone that's our only guarantee

Our vivid dreams are just like big production movies
They get entangled well within our daily routines
So please re-think or use my dream-on strategy

And please allow me to be your anti-depressant,
I too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestant

It's hard to smile when you're as flattened as a pancake
The only tears come from our heads when we concentrate
Perhaps I'm being unjust or perhaps you agree

Still I've thrown away my citalopram
I need more than what was in those forty miligrams
So cast away with the doctors plans

And please allow me to be your anti-depressant,
I too, am prescribed as freely
As any decongestant

Still I've thrown away my citalopram
Although I felt as grim as the reaper man
So cast away with the doctors plans
Like me


5.Last Night I Dreamt

I'm a good friend and an excellent lover
I can fool myself just like no other person can
I'm turning into a twisted man

I haven't got time for selfless deeds
What I do for you is indirectly for me
I'm a stubborn boy,
There's nothing here that you can break or destroy

Then as I count sheep in my bed
A train of worry pulls through my head

Last night I dreamt I died alone
Through all my talk of self-defeat
A fearful bomb ticks underneath
Last night I dreamt I died alone
From now I'll curb the cynical speaking
It seems that dream has sent the biggest chill through me

Someone once said I don't have any feelings
Well I think that emotions can be misleading
And thinking back
I might have nailed the coffin shut with that

As I tend to cry in a room full of laughter
Is the cheese finally sliding off of its cracker?
I don't know I'll just prepare myself to let it go

As I count sheep in my bed
A train of worry pulls through my head

Last night I dreamt I died alone
Through all my talk of self-defeat
A fearful bomb ticks underneath
Last night I dreamt I died alone
From now I'll curb the cynical speaking
It seems that dream has sent the biggest chill through me
It seems that dream has sent the biggest chill through me
It seems that dream has sent the biggest chill through me
Last night I dreamt I died alone
And apart from when I lost my virginity
I've never been know to frighten easily


6.Techno Fan

East London's not a bomb site
It is a treasure chest
We use our penguin costumes
More than our evening dress
She said I should come over
Though the music's not my type
Don't you know I'd chop a limb off
Just to have a good time

Shut up and move with me, move with me, or, or get out of my
face
I didn't queue for an hour to leave straight away
Shut up and stay with me, stay with me, or, or let go of my hand
The lasers fill our minds with empty plans
I never knew I was a techno fan

This is not a weird weekend
It's an angry wormhole
I'm talking like a city boy
And drinking with a northern soul
She said I should come over
Though it's carnage at times
It still seems I'd chop a limb off
Before I put up a fight

Shut up and move with me, move with me, or, or get out of my
face
I didn't queue for an hour to leave straight away
Shut up and stay with me, stay with me, or, or let go of my hand
The lasers fill our minds with empty plans
I never knew I was a techno

We are the 1980s
We are the Detroit lights
And I never wanna, I never wanna see this stop
I'm in debt to you
But don't feed me plant food

Just shut up and move with me, move with me, or, or get out of
my face
I didn't spend 20 sheets to not cut a shape
Shut up and stay with me, stay with me, or, or let go of my hand
The lasers fill our minds with empty plans
I never knew I was a techno fan


7.1996

I had no cares in the 1990s,
I knew of no downfalls,
The war was breaking out all around me,
My concerns were with prank calls.

She kissed me on the cheek,
She kissed me on the cheek,
Right in front of the older kids,
When my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn't scarred by the modern itch.

'Cause now it feels like,
We kissed with one eye on our TV set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile,
There's little here to miss,
Bring back 1996
Bring back 1996,
I want to beat those teenage kicks,
Bring back 1996.

We were cloning sheep in the 1990s,
We were building telescopes,
And sugar filled the whole of my body,
As I edged it all to grow.

I kissed her on the cheek,
I kissed her on the cheek,
Just to impress the older kids,
But my self belief, my self belief,
Wasn't lost in the modern glitch.

'Cause now it feels like,
We kissed with one eye on our TV set,
And the more I give, the less I get,
Using fairground rides just to spark her smile,
There's little here to miss,
Bring back 1996,
Bring back 1996.

Stop talking, stop talking,
I need a lover, not a friend tonight,
I'm leaving, I'm leaving,
I'm not cut out for the modern life.

I'll never beat those teenage kicks.
I'll never beat those teenage kicks.
I'll never beat those teenage kicks.
Bring back 1996


8.Walking Disasters

She used to get her kicks from a fall to the floor
But now she's always wasted
A total looker, but she's jaded
The kind of shivering wreck that I adore
I can't offer you a rescue
I can tell you what I'd do

I'd tell my mother that I love her dearly
And tell my father that I need him back again
And if these words won't drop from your lips
I will be your Freudian slip

And flowers might wilt when we walk past
And self-help might help when it makes us laugh
Only finding questions in answers
You and I are just walking disasters

She only finds her love in a downtown score
Consumption makes her stronger
You're the sweetest anaconda
The kind of lack of respect that I adore
I can't offer you a rescue
But when you've lost all that you have left to lose

I'd tell my mother that I love her dearly
And tell my father that I need him back again
And if these words won't drop from your lips
I will be your Freudian slip

As sharp as a knife and as blunt as a wheel
You be my calm I'll be your pneumatic drill
And what we'll never want, we'll always need
Right now we need some pop psychology
To keep us up-beat

So tell your mother that you love her dearly
And tell your father you won't lock him out again
And if these words won't drop from your lips
I will be your Freudian slip

And flowers might wilt when we walk past
And self-help might help when it makes us laugh
Only finding questions in answers
You and I are just walking disasters


9.Girls,Fast Cars

The Wombats - Girls / Fast Cars
We don't care for romance
Romance or shooting stars
They were last found together in 18th century memoirs
We don't care for lovers
If loving's all that they've got
There must be other hobbies if they want to keep the plot

I'm a man of simple tastes,
No whiskey or caviar
And what I feel is what I say
I'm not trying to be smart

I like girls, girls and fast cars
You too will feel this shallow when one melts your little heart

We don't care for New Year, New Year or fireworks
If all they represent is how to go from bad to worse
Let's not feel disheartened
There's no need to change the locks
We'll stick to what we know and what we know is not a lot.

I'm a man of simple tastes
No chewing on fat cigars
And what I feel is what I say
I'm not trying to be smart

I like girls, girls and fast cars
It's cheap and it's pathetic,
But you can't hate me just because
I like girls, girls and fast cars
You too will feel this shallow when one melts your little heart

I'm a man of simple tastes,
No whiskey or caviar
And what I feel is what I say
But don't overthink this next part

I like girls, girls and fast cars
It's cheap and it's pathetic,
But you cant hate me just because
I like girls, girls and fast cars
You too will feel this shallow when one melts your little heart


10.Schumacher The Champagne

My teeth have never looked quite this yellow and my body never
quite this fat
I'll pay well over the odds just to have some teenage abandoned
back
I hit the ice on the 5th of Jan and I swear it was an act of
fate
But I don't get angry when I'm feeling down
I just take my problems to the center of town

And Schumacher the Champagne
Whoever needed good cause to celebrate
Schumacher the Champagne, you might as well be proud of last
place

We used to set ourselves on fire when chemistry was twice a week
And now I pay for it over a counter whilst they become fitness
freaks
My bad habits are taking over all the good left inside
But I don't get angry when I'm feeling down
I just take my problems to the center of town

And Schumacher the Champagne
Whoever needed good cause to celebrate
Schumacher the Champagne, you might as well be proud of last
place

Schumacher the Champagne
Who ever needed good cause to celebrate

Oh take me as I am
Oh take me as I am
Oh take me as I am
Or not at all