1. |
Coming Home
03:21
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Oooooh, boom!
Rushing through the traffic & I don't give a damn
Breakin' all the laws & I challenge anyone, to try & calm me down
People jumping back get outta my way,
Staring in my wake because they think I'm crazy, but I gotta get back to you, to you to you to you
Home I'm coming home, home
I'm comin', fast as I.... fast as I can
Thinking of you waiting don't know when I'll arrive
Not sure if I'll be there at all to take you in, my loving arms
No chance to get a message are you gathering dust, or pacing up and down with a head filled full of stuff
That only drags you down, you down you down you down
Home home I'm coming home, home
I'm comin', fast as I.... fast!
Home I'm coming home, home
I'm comin', fast as I.... fast as I can
Don't you give up on me
I've been useless with the promises that I make
But I'll be with you til your final breath
I'll be with you til your final breath
Noooooooo!
Don't give up on me baby,
I know I've been useless with those promises
But if I don't see you now
Well, I, I, I, I'll see you later!
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2. |
Hangin' with the Living
03:16
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Red light across a paste expression
Cold steel blood in my veins
Way down in the soil below us
There a tale at the shovel's end
Stay now sleep now God don't give me away
I'll be swingin' by the end of a rope
Didn't want to mince words with you honey
So I guess it ends up like this
Cuffed hands shiny back seat leather
Uniform cops & radio hiss
And you smiling back at me
Through the distance in your whitest dress
Every sound that I ever I hear
Will remind me of you
Hangin' with the living
Didn't want to lie to you honey
Now I long that I'd never been born
Temper spread to my hands at the wrong time
I'm a dead man walking alone
Stay now sleep now God don't give me away
I'll be swingin' by the end of a rope
With you smiling back at me
Through the distance in your whitest dress
Every sound that I ever I hear
Will remind me of you
Hangin' with the living
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3. |
Precious Injury
03:06
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Slipping away, slipping away & gone
Close enough never to interrupt
If she wanted to if she wanted to if she could
Get back to when nobody spared a thought
They could turn out like that
From the first night and on when there's nothing known to lose
Words are like needles
Now you're wasted away
Go out & find yourself someone
Wasted away
Go out
Don't like to talk
Don't like to talk
Got too much to say
She wanna know right now, she oughta know
Nobody loves, nobody wanna walk beside her all the way
Quite like he does long road back from this shit hey
Words are like needles
Now you're wasted away
Go out & find yourself someone
Wasted away
Go out & find yourself precious injury
Cannot erase it
There for the taking, nooo
You cannot erase it
There for the taking, sucking on useless information
You cannot erase it
There for the taking, nooo
Words are like
Words are like needles
Now you're wasted away
Go out & find yourself
Someone wasted away
Go out & find yourself precious injury
Wasted away
Yeah
Wasted away....
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4. |
Melancholy Intro
01:22
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5. |
Melancholy
03:28
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Sunday is the hardest day
I know exactly what you’re doing
I know exactly who you’re with and where you are
Try to occupy myself doing all the things you didn’t
Speaking tenderly in place of you
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
Sunday is the hardest day
You’re off living out your dreams
I stay home still practicing for mine
Memory of that tragic wakening
Knowing that you didn’t need me
Is the only thought that spurs me on
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
I hold on for one last dream
That you’ll come knocking at my door
If not for that one fantasy....there’s nothing
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
Melancholy still follows me around
Softly now but constantly a shadow
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6. |
Without
06:38
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Not a shade of what we had
So she’s waiting over there
Still I can’t stop this longing for you
Can’t tell you what to be
Not a shade of what we had
So she’s waiting over there
Still I can’t stop this longing for you
Can’t tell you what to be
Without
And this time I’m drawn to wonder
How my conscience will fare
And I worry with good reason
Cause I can’t see my way clear
And this time I’m drawn to wonder
How my conscience will fare
And I worry with good reason
Cause I can’t see my way clear
Without
Got myself another heartache
Ride myself to an early grave
And if I seem a little restless
It’s cause I can’t see no escape
Got myself another heart-ache
Ride myself to an early grave
And if I seem a little restless
It’s cause I can’t see no escape
Without
Losing you and walking outa here alone
Losing you and walking
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7. |
When Monkeys Turn
00:57
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Seems like a slippery slope to madness
What if I really like myself?
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8. |
Arms Open
02:55
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Snuck behind your enemy line to find your Achilles Heel
And she won, she won
Playing crazy playing little tramp for you
And she won. For now
Playing crazy playing sweet for you
Playing crazy playing sweet for you
Hey Hey
Playing at a tigress when you're just cheap pussy Hey Hey
Are you ready cos I'm taking you down
Arms open legs wide
Whoring's never been cheaper suck on this & swallow
Blowing your acid brains out is she done
Pity girlie waits again & again
No shame, no pride, still crying
How does it feel to win & lose all over again
How does it feel to win & lose all over again
How does it feel to win & lose all over again
How does it feel to be a loser
Playing crazy playing sweet for you
Playing crazy playing sweet for you
Hey Hey
Playing at a tigress when you're just cheap pussy Hey Hey
Are you ready cos I'm taking you down Hey Hey
Arms open legs wide
Whoooooooo-u
Whoooooooo-u
Filthy little snake in the grass Whoooooooo-u
Filthy little snake in the grass Whoooooooo-u
Filthy little snake in the grass Whoooooooo-u
Filthy little snake in the ..... grass
Playing crazy playing sweet for you
Playing crazy playing sweet for you
Hey Hey
Are you ready cos I'm taking you down Hey Hey
Arms open legs wide
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9. |
Sorry Now
03:40
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Whenever you’re done here
Swinging that wrecking ball
And sadness lines your face
Over your shoulder
Don’t wanna talk about ‘em
Left there in your wake
Give my regards to whoever wants them
Give my regards
You would waste it all
You would waste it all
On someone who wants to listen
No one wants to listen
Whatever you’ve broken
Re-constructs itself
To settle in your place
Corner to corner
Cause nobody wants to share
Your self infected rage
Give my regards to whoever wants them
Give my regards
You would waste it all
You would waste it all
On someone who wants to listen
No one wants to listen
You would waste it all
You would waste it all
On someone who wants to listen
No one wants to listen
Hey, nothing I can use
I don’t care about it
Hey, nothing I can use
I don’t care about it
I don’t care about it
Hey, nothing I can use
I don’t care about it
You would waste it all
You would waste it all
On someone who wants to listen
No one wants to listen
Hey, nothing I can use
I don’t care about it
Hey, nothing I can use
I don’t care about it
Hey. nothing
Hey. nothing
Hey, yeah yeah yeah
Hey, nothing I can use
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10. |
Nobody Wants
03:22
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Shortest fusing lunatic work in ways I can't comprehend
Does it feel like a walk in my shoes looking from outside in
Does it feel like you lost your mind
Like you lost your mind
Back to the wall should be easy enough to make it
Nobody wants the sound of your voice
Everywhere all of the time
Nobody wants
Bated breath for you & your arrival stagger to the wall
All the friends you thought you were making
Wanna leave you alone
Does it feel like a walk in my shoes looking from outside in
Does it feel like you lost your mind
Like you lost your mind
Back to the wall should be easy enough to make it
Nobody wants the sound of your voice
Everywhere all of the time
Nobody wants
Scratching the walls, scratching the walls
Should be easy enough to make it
Easy enough to make it
Easy enough to make it
Easy enough to make it
Easy enough to make it!
Nobody want the sound of your voice
Everywhere all of the time
Nobody wants
Nobody want the sound of your voice
Everywhere all of the time
Nobody wants
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11. |
Island
03:02
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All hail to the spirit God
Say we a match made in hell
And if that’s what you think, that’s OK I guess
Just not something I’d contemplate
All hail to faces and the chatter
And the noise that never seems to end
And the miles and miles of enquiry
And curious hands
I never seem to get exactly what the deal is with all that
It just goes round and round til I forget
What I came here for
Nobody wants to be by themselves
But I wish I could be left alone
So I could sit here and talk with you
So we can walk outa here closer than where we came from
Now all this interference
You’ve got your deeper distance
You made yourself and Island
So have I
All hail to every second we attempt to control
The shit that goes on around us
I thought you told me we were through
So I climbed aboard some train-wreck of a passer-by
And gave everybody, even myself, the wrong impression
And for a second there managed to delude myself long enough
To think that everything was gonna work out just fine
But in the early small hours, I hated where I was, who I was with
And this total disconnection from anything real
Where you belong
Where you belong
Now all this interference
You’ve got your deeper distance
You made yourself and Island
So have I
And they won’t leave us alone
To gather the pieces
And talk our way home
Relax come on
Relax come on
Relax come on
Now all this interference you got
Now all this interference
Hey all this interference
You’ve got your deeper distance
You made yourself and Island
So have I
And they won’t leave us alone
To gather the pieces
And talk our way home
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12. |
Hotel Room
03:19
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Back against the fence, leg wrapped around me
Somebody heard us & now the neighbour knows
My car across the street, bitumen too narrow
For anyone to miss it now that a stranger was at home
And your husband's crazy
He's got everybody covered
Now he's gonna want me with my head on a plate
Shoulda kept it to the hotel room
Or the back of my car
Jesus I tried to stop you screaming
I could see the old lady looking over the wall
Simple brief hello, held a conversation
Somewhere by the alcohol away from your friends
Backyard in suburbia of a mutual acquaintance
Humble enough beginnings for a lust that won't quit
And your husband's crazy
He's got everybody covered
Now he's gonna want me with my head on a stake
Shoulda kept it to the hotel room
Or the back of my car
Jesus I tried to stop you screaming
See the old lady looking over the wall
Better let the phone ring out
Cos he's just mad enough to call
Turn me into pulp in a couple of seconds
I can see him out front waiting for me to show
Your husband's crazy, he's got everybody covered
But every night your blue-eyed stare looks in on my dream
So I cannot discontinue this dangerous fascination
Cos nobody fits you so well or knows you like I do
Now I keep it to the hotel room
Or the back of my car
Jesus I tried to stop you screaming
I can see the old lady looking over the wall
Hotel room
Or the back of my car
Jesus I tried to stop you screaming
See the old lady looking over the wall
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13. |
Skeleton
03:22
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No doubt about it now
Must have been insane not to attend to us
Every time I run around
And always with your eyes on anyone but me
Sobering to think too much
You can have that mean whatever you want
But you strike me with that glazing look
Deflect any smile that I can shape
Whoa, it’s not a shame to be one of your skeletons
Whoa, just so long as you shove me down the back somewhere
If I’m gathering dust so be it
Well I guess I took the wrong impression
Basing every reaction on who I thought you didn’t want
Every time I see you girl
We’re walking home in opposite directions
But tell me do you need to be so cold
Tell me do you need to be so cold
Whoa, it’s not a shame to be one of your skeletons
Whoa, just so long as it’s eating you alive somewhere
If I’m gathering dust so be it
Whoa, it’s not a shame to be one of your skeletons
Whoa, just so long as it’s eating you alive somewhere
If I’m gathering dust so be it
If I’m gathering dust so be it
If I’m gathering dust so be it
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14. |
Crook Plumbing
00:57
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15. |
Betrayer
05:09
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Dappled light touching her hair
She almost looks beautiful
Slack features no phony smile
To draw you in
Oooooh
On her hand the ring she wished you gave
Elegantly dressed for your latest meeting
Never suspecting
The victim becomes the aggressor
Oh Betrayer
Oooooh
Mud on her face
Shoe lodged in the reeds
Eyes that I despise, eyes that realise she’s not the only one
To do extremes for love
Oh Betrayer
Final scene diminishes in the side mirror
As I pull out onto the highway
Wonder what you’ll suppose
When you find both women missing
Oh Betrayer
Was no friend of mine
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