Vienna

Ultravox Vienna Lyrics
1.Vienna

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane
Lying and waiting
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out in a piercing cry
It stays with you until

The feeling has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes, pizzicato strings
The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold gray sky
It fades to the distance

The image has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna


2.All Stood Still

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, William Currie, Midge Ure

The lights went out
(The last fuse blew)
The clocks all stopped
(It can't be true)

The program's wrong
(What can we do?)
The printout's blocked
(It relied on you)

The turbine cracked up
The buildings froze up
The system choked up
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me
In tapes you leave behind

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still

The screen shut down
(There's no reply)
The lifts all fall
(A siren cries)

And the radar fades
(A pilot sighs)
As the countdowns stall
(The readout lies)

The turbines cracked up
The buildings froze up
The system choked up
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me
In tapes you leave behind

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still

The black box failed
(The codes got crossed)
And the jails decayed
(The keys got lost)

Everyone kissed
(We breathe exhaust)
In the new arcade
(Of the holocaust)

The turbine cracked up
The buildings froze up
The system choked up
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me
In tapes you might leave behind

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still

We stood still
We all stood still
Still stood still
We're standing still


3.Astradyne


4.Mr. X

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

I found the perfect picture of a perfect stranger
It looked as if it were taken in the forties sometime
Judging by the style

He could be a killer or a blind man with a cane
Perhaps he died in a car crash years ago
Right now it's impossible to tell

I almost thought I saw him standing, whistling on a bridge
I asked him the time but when he turned around
I saw it wasn't him at all

I'm still searching
I'm still searching

I saw him in an airport while he was sitting on a wing
I waved to him but I don't think he noticed me
I've got a funny feeling, I know who he is

Mr. X, Mr. X
Mr. X, Mr. X

Mr. X, Mr. X
Mr. X, Mr. X

Mr. X, Mr. X
Mr. X, Mr. X
...


5.New Europeans

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, William Currie, Midge Ure

In a quiet street washed by the rain
The room within the home
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek
With unique designs in chrome

The mellow years have long gone by
But now he sits alone
He has a brand new radio
But never turns it on

New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans

A photograph of lovers lost
Lies pressed in magazines
Her eyes belong to a thousand girls
She's a wife who's never seen

Their educated son has left
In search of borrowed dreams
His television's in his bed
He's frozen to the screen

New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans

On a crowded beach washed by the sun
He puts his headphones on
His modern world revolves around
The synthesizer's song

Full of future thoughts and thrills
His senses slip away
He's a European legacy
A culture for today

New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans
Young Europeans


6.Passing Strangers

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

We were so young, we were too vain
Dance in the dark, sing in the rain
Time on our hands, hope in our hearts

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We stood alone, silent and proud
Moments unknown, lost in a crowd
Running through memories like thieves in the night
Clutching emotions, holding too tight
Hold turns to dust, shattered by light

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets
Quickly passes, time goes, time goes by too soon

We were talking, passing strangers
Moments caught across an empty room
Wasted whispers, faded secrets


7.Private Lives

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, William Currie, Midge Ure

All the boys are wearing blue tonight
We'll thrive, we'll dive, how can you lose?
All the strangers walk like you tonight
So tall, we fall for every move

We'll laugh and talk, don't stop for breath
And these are private lives
We dance 'til dawn, as they beat the drums
For all our private lives

Close your eyes and use the melody
Who cares, who stares under the light?
See the shadow tailing me again
It shows, it glows, and it grabbed so bright


8.Sleepwalk

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, William Currie, Midge Ure

Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk

Rolling and falling, I'm choking and calling
Name after name after name

Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk

Naked and bleeding, the streetlights stray by me
Hurting my eyes with their glare

Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk

Helplessly breaking, exchanging my faces
Destined, we had to collide
Sleepwalk

Caught on the outside, I'm crumpling and crawling
Watching the day drag away
Spiraling deeper, I can't feel my fingers
Rip round my throat as I dream
Dream

Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk
Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk
Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk
Sleepwalk, sleepwalk, sleepwalk


9.Western Promise

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, William Currie, Midge Ure

Hai

Oh mystical East, on old postcards
Your childhood dreams and energies
Your temples' gardens, old world charm
An ancient culture, torn and scarred

This is my Western promise

Oh mystical East, you've lost your way
Your rising sun shall rise again
My Western world gives out her hand
A victor's help to your fallen land

This is my Western promise

Hai

Mystical East, all taxi-cabs
All ultra-neon, sign of the times
Your Buddha Zen and Christian man
All minions to messiah, Pepsi can

This is my Western promise


10.Passionate Reply

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, Warren Reginald Cann, William
Currie, Midge Ure

Suddenly you'll find
Yourself waiting for a long time
Your back's to the wall
But now you must go

Painting scenes from magazines
Sucking breath from nicotine
Standing tall against the crowd we sigh

Taking turns on telephones
Living lives in other homes
Listening for the passionate replies

Suddenly we find
Ourselves talking for a long time
Our voices are low
But now you must know

Giving all you have to give
Taking all you've got to live
Plotting all mistakes along the way

Find it hard to take it all
Reading names on other walls
Writing down the words we tried to sing

Suddenly you'll find
Yourself waiting for a long time
Your back's to the wall
But now you must go

Suddenly you'll find
Yourself waiting for a long time


11.Waiting

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, William Currie, Midge Ure

Waiting
Waiting
Waiting

Move on as we step in time
Strange words from the other line
Edging forward, feeling strong
Syncopate with the marching song

Thoughts and dreams flick across your mind
Fade away as you wait for your time to go
You're waiting

Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting

Looking back as you head for home
Unsure if you walk alone
Friends call from an open door
Strange voice as you cross the floor

Thoughts of home flick across your mind
Slip away as you wait for your time to go
You're waiting

Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting


12.Herr X

Ich fand ein vollkommenes bild
Von einem vollkommenden fremden
Nach dem oder auf dem bild
Müßte es in den 40er aufgenommen sein

Er könnte ein gerissener oder
Ein blinder mit einem stock
Vielleicht starb er vor jahren
In einem autounfall
Heute kann man es vermutlich wissen

Danach glaubte ich, ich hätte den falschen
Auf einer brücke stehen gesehen
Ich fragte ihn nach der zeit
Aber als er sich umdrehte sah ich
Das er es gar nicht war

Ich suche immer noch
Ich suche immer noch

Ich sah ihn am flughafen
Wo er auf einem stuhle saß
Ich liebte ihn aber ich glaube nicht das er mich veränderte
Ich habe das komische gefühl
Das ich weiß wer er ist

Herr X...


13.Alles Klar