Were in the movies
Were heroes
We sparkle at night

Love among puppets
And one day
Ill pull all the strings

White boys and heroes
White boys and heroes
See boys say Im mayhem

Was my wife the doctor
The patient
Or something obscene

A history of nothing
Like a see-through song in disguise

Heroes are tough
And have no time
For women and boys

I wont cry
Till this thing is over
And someone agrees

White boys and heroes
White boys and heroes
See boys say Im mayhem

White boys and heroes
We have no time for celebration
We have no time left at all
White boys and heroes

Ive been waiting here
Waiting for faith
And the word to fall.
Now the darkness comes
And Ill pray for
The end of us all.

Dont let the dark into me
We killed the angels that warned us of you
Dont let the dark into me
We raised the tower of babel for you
Dont let the dark into me
We let the children build temples for you
Dont let the dark into me
Dont let the vengeance of heaven be you

So pray to me, Im the lords new disease,
Look down into the face of god.
Bow down and cry, Im the black messiah,
The one true divinity.
Kneel before my altar and drink the wine of slaughter,
Who said Id save anyone?
So bleed for me, I need hostility
To lead the faithful and the blind.

Dont let the light shine on me
I am the poison that feeds life to you
Dont let the light shine on me
I am the demon that waits inside you
Dont let the light shine on me
I am the ghost that reminds death of you
Dont let the light shine on me
I am the darkness that crawls into you

When my eyes first saw you
A vision
My heart missed a beat
And I cried
I knew then I loved you
And I do
Now you are my reason for living

And now
You walk in my soul
You dance in my heart
You draw breath for me
Ill stand by your side
Ill kneel at your feet
Share my life with me

Ive waited years
Ive waited all my life for you
You are my world
All of my dreams and I need you

Ill love you forever
And a day
Ill love you till God comes and takes me away

You sing to my soul
You play with my heart
You breathe life for me
Ill always be yours
And Id die for you
Share my life with me

I cant believe
How much you mean to me, and so
Pick up a piece
A piece of my heart
And stay with me

This is nostalgia
And o.b. the hero
Fights for me
And you dear listener
You leave old memories
And such things disgust me
Storm the door
I must get out

Poetry and power ice and fire
This is poetry and power

Youre worse than mirrors
Are you reflecting
I dont know
All this help leaves me cold
This is confusing me again
I must get out

I dont believe in miracles
I dont believe in forgiving
I dont believe in I can go on
I wont remember why
I dont believe in long goodbyes
Never look back for me

Its over
And everything has gone
And everything has gone away

I dont remember the faces
I dont remember the feelings
I dont remember your stories
I wont remember you
I dont remember our secrets
My God just look at me

Ive read the papers
Look at this
They say that Im all over
I dont know
Theyre not the first ones to try
So try
Again

Whats the fashion?
Is it good?
Ill need some convincing
If youve got it
Then Ive seen it before
So try
Again

Welcome to new anger
Do you want it?
Do you want it?

I dont need it
I can stop
I can take this or leave it
You can have it
But if you want it from me
Then come
And try

Ive been bad
Ive been good
Ive been one more hero
Ive been up
And Ive been lower than you
So come
And try

If you want it
Come and get it

When I sleep
I slide into
Some heaven
But no one is there.

If I believed,
If I should wonder,
If I forgive
Then would you come for me?

When I sleep
I hear sad words
Songs of god
That show me the lie.

Ill keep you safe,
Ill keep you warm and
Ill keep you here,
Alone forever.

And I believe in faith and magic.
And I believe in love and wonder.
And Ill believe in you when you come for me.
And Ill believe in you when the world comes apart.

I know that you already take as read
I helped you
You know the back of my hand

I wish that we were enchanted
Girl, now I take it for granted

Your love was starin me right in the heart
Why does our pride make us weak?
While I was wonderin where to start
You were there to show me
All I had to learn

You were way off the mark
Most of it in the dark
Found you now

Tiny light, give the peace
With which we reach indecision
I guess we lived in the meantime
Till we remembered our first lines

We must have missed a turn
Still got a lot to learn
Found you now

So now we live a life of give and take
Day by day
We dont control where it leads us

If we compare the first day we met
I must admit nothings changed
I recognize only one regret
Life embarassments unexpressed

Found you now
Found you now

This isnt music
This is survival
Used up and burnt out
Like an old ford car

No more opinions
Im back in harness
Cold metal rhythm
Takes me back to god

Metal rhythm
Cold and sane
Know my reason
Know my name

Radio station
Thank you for nothing
I like this anger
And I wont forget

This isnt love
Its more like a need
Im a cold metal junkie
And I need the cure

Treated like a refugee
Never seems to be a place for me
In my mind there is a scene I see
My house is burning
No-one returning
To a land once free.

Dreaming like a deportee
Cast away upon the open sea
No hand of friendship for the likes of me.
I feel the thunder
Im going under
And I cant get free.

If there is a heaven
I dont want to hang around this hell.
I could be an angel
Let God (slip? )out of heaven back to hell.

And I say
I wont cry, no more tears
I wont cry, no more tears

Carry me away from here
Cut the crying and the see-through tear
Make emotion dissappear
My life is changing
Im re-arranging
Everything I feel.

I'm not so sure
I still want more of this
My mind's not quite
Behaving, I don't know
I'm not feeling like I'm told I should (???)

This is my life
Welcome to me tonight
I don't feel too
Glad to be here for sure
I'm not feeling anymore at all

This is my head
This is my face
It's all my fault
This is my place
I don't really think I wanna stay

Do you believe in heaven?
That mans soul is eternal?
Our prayers are always answered?
And miracles can happen?

Save me.

But dont you wonder?
The holy ghost and jesus?
In paradise and angels?
That God is all forgiving?

Save me.

Reward the faithful?
He lies to you and deceives.
A dark salvation comes.
Innocence bleeding.

Too dark to see the pictures of heaven
Too dark to find the garden of eden.
Blinded by faith and stories of wonder,
Devine mercy? mercy lies bleeding.

Save me.

These new romantics are oh so boring
I could swear Ive been there once or twice before
I should grow wings and just forget the club
You know the legends never wanted to be me
For too erratic to be o.k. so?
If youre concerned well I dont care
You play games, you play safe
Me I just sighed with relief

Matthews mother. the change disturbs me
Youve everybodys friend. age, I suppose
Just like religion youre going nowhere
Like your so explicit clothes onto the floor
On those occasions when everything broke down
Including you and me
See the boy, see the girl
The exhibition is now over

Confiscate letters like d.e.b.
No natural course of things for her to expect
Withdraw the feelings 'you can, you can't'
I called your number as you told the world

Someone is wrong
Someone is wrong

I'll find the answer, you'll take mystery to bed
My sister coma she was always too shy
You told the story crying 'darling too good to last'
You taste of love just like the sex smell of me

Someone is wrong

There is no longer any normal to me
You're my assassin but you can't see the crime
Pointless possessions of me & you & greed
I looked at you mistaking needles for eyes

Someone is wrong

You are slow poison that glows in the dark
Such isolation is good for the heart
We will take mystery to bed for the night

Love is unsafe Im sure
Wrong love,
Wrong time,
Wrong move.
Love is too short, too sharp.
Wrong men,
Wrong place,
Wrong heart.

Chorus:

I dont believe in love and
I dont believe in you and
I dont believe in anything

Love is too cold, too close.
Because pictures tv
Love is you ? ? ? ? ? ? ? with film.
You dont know me at all.

(repeat chorus to fade)

Why don't you ever listen?
It's you I'm talking to
This time it's your decision
We're into something new
I know that I'm sinking
Oh any fool can see
Time that I was thinking
Of no-one else but me

Change your mind
Nothing ever stays the same
Change your mind
No-one ever plays the game game game
Change your mind
Give up what you can't defend
Change your mind
Think it up and start again 'gain 'gain

Why can't you reconsider
Listen if you care
Take familiar giver
Reject me if you dare
Give me what I'm asking
And save it all for me
Love that's everlasting
That's how it's meant to be

Change your mind
Nothing ever stays the same
Change your mind
No-one ever plays the game game game
Change your mind
Give up what you can't defend
Change your mind
Think it up and start again 'gain 'gain

Change your mind
Nothing ever stays the same
Change your mind
No-one ever plays the game game game
Change your mind
Give up what you can't defend
Change your mind
Think it up and start again 'gain 'gain

Im standing for someone or something
I read it in the papers.
I still remember
I heard it on the radio.

Chorus:
Im a slogan, an old story,
A disease, never again.
I dont like this, new anger,
These young boys, just make me laugh.
This picture, Im so nervous,
The dj says who are you?
Look at me, Im shaking,
I dont know if I can move.

Working boys ? ? ? ? ? ? tonight

I dont want to be a ? ? ? ? picture
I dont want to be an old man
I dont want to be a good friend
I dont want to be a hero.

(repeat chorus)

The alarm rang for days
You could tell from conversations
I was waiting by the screen
I couldnt recognise my photograph
Me, I disconnect from you

I was walking up the stairs
Something moved in silence
I could feel his mind decaying
Only inches away from me
And I disconnect from you

Please dont turn me off
I dont know what Im doing outside
Me and the telephone that never rings
If you were me, what would you do?
Me, I disconnect from you

Im playing at ice
But Im finding it hard
She didnt break the wall
She just caught me off guard

Can you see ice in my eyes
Can you see ice in my eyes

Im just a little bit sorry
But I havent decided why
Could it be my memory
Or did I ever really cry

Can you see ice in my eyes
Can you see ice in my eyes

Fill my head with your false feelings
I cant trust anything you say
Today I missed a special friend
That never really cared anyway

Can you see ice in my eyes
Can you see ice in my eyes
Can you see ice in my eyes
Can you see ice in my eyes

I intrude on patience
I intrude on young hearts
I intrude on all such things
That can take you by surprise
Time and time again
So?

Ive no welcome for you
Ive no welcome for talk
Ive no welcome in my house
Ive tried too long you know
Time and time again

Oh look theres a man inside
The heads not the museum its supposed to be
We sleep with machines that breathe
And some even have names the executive dream

Were all so sincere
Ill sing a song from the film that broke your heart
Oh look at the smile that cracks
Tomorrow well be civilized
And buy the whole world clothes

We dont believe in you
Were specialized mechanics in repairing the bitch
You bounce around my head
You say its a little but Im sure its ok

It's so quiet and dark
And i shouldn't be here
This machine won't last
For always

Just my steel friend and me
I stand brave by his side
This machine is all
I live for

I can see in your eyes
You're not so sure about me
This machine is my voice
Please listen

It's so noisy and bright
And i just love being here
This machine will last
For my life

Im in outland
Sex tension
She whispers things I need

Look in her heart
Slow motion
Ive been expecting you.

Im in outland
Ill do anything.

Im in outland
Storm my heart
Tear me up if you like.

Come closer
Say nothing
Ive got something for you.

I shape sound
I shape time
Ill shape your world for you.

Im in outland
Ill do anything.

Im in outland
Emotion
Dark whispers in my head.

Got the sex scream
On new film
Ive got the friend I need.

Dont play safe
Dont play clean
Dont play if you cant lose.

Im in outland
Ill do anything.

Well youre pretty quick to say you love me
But Ive met your kind before
So I took you twice on our first night
That doesnt mean Im going to trust you too far

Love your blue eyes
When you cry
Love your blue eyes

You tried to make me crawl far too soon
But you should know me better by now
I didnt even feel like trying with you
I knew that I could break you somehow

Love your blue eyes
When you cry
Love your blue eyes

Help me
I'm in disgrace
Witness slow death
All over my face


Help me
Pick up my heart
Tell my friends
Wherever they are


Listen
They stole my dream
New corruption
Know what i mean?


Listen
Do you think i don't know?
I've got a face like metal
And a radio


Listen up
Listen up good
New man's fame
Is new man's poison


Stand up
Stand up and fight
Stand up i won't quit so
Stand up and play


Stand up
Stand up and scream
Stand up i won't run so
Stand up and lose


Listen up
Listen up good
Innocence
Is new corruption


Memories?
I don't need
A dead museum
And a grudge to feed


Memories
Rewrite shame
Rearrange the feelings
To ease your pain


Big lie
So this is the word
A needle in the back
And my voice unheard


Big lie
So this is the news
Radio lost
And i've nothing to lose


Nu voice
Said this is insane
I'm trying to learn the rhythm
Of the rule change game


Nu voice
I'm a clock with no hands
Someone said forgive them
I don't know if i can


Tell me
What did i do?
You'd think i'd sold perversion
To the son of god (who?)


Tell me
What did i say?
I don't believe that honesty
Pays


Listen up
Listen up good
New man's fame
Is new man's poison


Listen up
Listen up good
Innocence
Is new corruption

All my life
They've been here.
Waiting for you.
Patiently.
All they want is your heart and soul
They want your tears to fall
All they want is your purest sin
They want to welcome you in
They will seem
Innocent,
But they will lead you
Back to me.
All they need is one tortured soul
They need walking shadows
All they need is your last confession
They need your pain to show me
I'm waiting for the unforgiven
Waiting for sleep to come
I waiting for my one obsession
Waiting for you to come home

'Innocence is pain in disguse'
They said.
Now I believe

All I know is you're not with me,
Like me.
Some can shine,
Some can fly,
Some are glorious,
Some are ancient.
Some are wise,
Some are strong,
Some are everything
You could dream of.
Some are clouds,
Some are rain,
Float like angel wings
On an ocean.
Some can sing
Songs of Gods,
Words so beautiful
They fall like raindrops.
But none are like me,
All I know is you're not with me,
Like me.
Some will cry,
Cry for you,
Take your pain away
When you're sleeping.
Some will die,
In your name,
Give their soul to you
For safe keeping.
All I know is your not with me,
Like me.

This is a story
And this is a song
Every little thing that they
Tell you is wrong
This isnt evil
This is a sound
And this conversation is possibly down.

I know that Im not all that pretty
I know that I dont sound like I should
I dont even belong to fashion.

This is a secret
And all this is true
Everything I tell you belongs here with you
Im not a hero
Im no good
I dont belong here but my heroes should

And Im moving
And Im lying down
And Im losing
And Im losing.

This is uncertain
This is unsound
Is this a feeling or something Ive found?
This is a story
This is a song
Every little thing that Ive told you is wrong.

These are words
Just for you
Only words
But it's all i can do


Reasons fade
As reasons can do
All i want
Is to talk with you


You cried with me
Laughed at me
Talked to me
Sheltered me
Fought by me
Lied for me
You lived for me


So call me
And i'll run to you
Ask me
And i'd die for you


You were there
You were always there
Like a friend
Like a lifelong friend
And i love you


I broke your heart
And you stole mine
Memories lie
But they're all i can find


Call my name
Sing my song
Call for me
I've been waiting so long


Just call me
And i'll run to you
Ask me
And i'd die for you


You were there
You were always there
Like a friend
Like a lifelong friend
And i miss you

So Ive seen my future
And Ive seen dream killers
And Ive seen you everytime.

So Ive heard opinions
And Ive heard dark rumours
And Ive heard you everytime.

You hurt my feelings
You hurt my family
You hurt my reasons to try
I cant forgive you
I will remember
Ill pay you back one cold day.

So Ive seen my weakness
And Ive seen my heart break
And Ive seen you everytime.

So Ive heard promises
And Ive heard every lie
And Ive heard you everytime.

You lied to father
You lied to mother
You lied to brother and me
I used to dream, now
I forget how to
So should I learn how to lie?

You take my picture
You take my ghosts and laugh
You take my reason
You take my soul away.
You take my heartbeat
You take my innocence
You take my dreams and
Youll take my life away.

So now Im old news
And you would change me
But Im so tired of this
There is no comfort
In fame when it dies
And Im so tired of it.

And what if gods dead
We must have done something wrong
This dark facade ends
Were independent from someone

This wreckage I call me
Would like to frame your voice
This wreckage I call me
Would like to meet you, meet you
Soon

We write suggestions
Suggesting fading to silence
And that must please you
My mirrors tarnished with no-help

This wreckage I call me
Would like to frame your voice
This wreckage I call me
Would like to meet you, meet you
Soon

(japanese phrase - means goodbye, forever)

Turn out these eyes
Wipe off my face
Erase me

Replay the end
Its all just show
Erase you

I need to I need to I need to

This wreckage I call me
Would like to frame your voice
This wreckage I call me
Would like to leave you, leave you
Leave you, leave you soon

(japanese phrase - means goodbye, forever)

I read a book
About conversation and you
I listen to
Stories that intrude on my heart again

This is my house
Welcome is here
This is my house
Welcome to me

My picture of your face
Will disappear with time
Patience in eyes
That say occupied
Quite peculiar

This is my house
Welcome is here
This is my house
Welcome to me

Listen to my voice.
We are gathered here today
To speak of things we have to do,
And the friends we have to call,
From the middleground,
From the darkness.

Its been many years,
Many years,
Since we have faced a danger such as this.
There is nowhere left to hide.
No safety in old glories.
No sanctuary.

Ive seen the same nightmare in all our dreams,
But now its come to earth in search of us,
And through treachery, we are found.
So we must pray to the maker of all things,
And wait for the storm to come.

Maker
We are disciples to your desire.

Maker
We are the voices that sing your praises.

Maker
We are the rage that feeds your devotion.

Maker
Rise from the ground and be our salvation.

Cars

Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
Its the only way to live
In cars

Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for ( nights )
- this is the only wrong word you put days
In cars

Here in my car
Where the image breaks down
Will you visit me please?
If I open my door
In cars

Here in my car
I know Ive started to think
About leaving tonight
Although nothing seems right
In cars

Does she make you laugh?
Does she make you cry?
Does she call your name?
Let me tell you why.

Have you ever tried to look into her eyes?
Have you ever tried to look into her heart?

There is no-one home.
Time will heal you
Time heals everything
Just an empty room.
Time will help you
Time helps you forget
Theres no tears for you.
Time will heal you
Time heals everyone
Theres no heart at all.
Time will help you
Time helps you forget me.

She will change your world.
She will change your mind.
She will change your rules.
She will make you blind.

You will never try to look into her eyes.
You will never try to look into her heart.

See theres no-one home.
Time will heal you
Time heals everything
See an empty room.
Time will help you
Time helps you forget
See no tears for you.
Time will heal you
Time heals everyone
See no heart at all.
Time will help you
Time helps you forget me.

Ill leave you
Youll try to forget.
Ill haunt you.
Like someone haunts me.
Ill leave you.
Youll try to forgive.
Ill haunt you.
Like someone haunts me.

Does she laugh at you
Like she laughed at me?
Does she break your heart
Like she broke mine?

Im a ghost in the dark and Im yours.
I belong in the past and Im yours.
Like a song you forget, and Im yours.
Like a dream in the night, and Im yours.

The wrong place?
The wrong time?
I dont know.
The wrong face?
Yours or mine?
I dont know.

Like a tear when you sleep, Ill be yours.
Like a scar that wont fade, Ill be yours.
Like a pain in the cold, Ill be yours.
Like a fear in the heart, Ill be yours.

The wrong word when you cry
I will be
Like the seed of a lie
I will be
Like the germ of disease
I will be
Like the last one who cared
I will be

Like your shadow
I will haunt you
Do you remember?
I said to you
love is a mountain
But harder to climb.
It should be forever
But love is unkind
To me.
Dont let me down.

And you let me down.

We are deceived
Valhalla is falling
We are betrayed
We are lost and forsaken.
Hes sold the world
Sold us all to the hunger
The body of christ
Is as black as his soul.

The word of the lord
Is the lie of your father
This mortal sin
Is a voice of shame.
Look at the storm
Like a dying apostle
Cruel and divine
Like the ghost of man.

And now you realise
I am the truth.

Worship the dead
The damned and misled
Tortured and bled
Like the voices of reason.
Sacred and pure
Sanctified obsession
Holy and cured
Like a doorway to heaven.

Sisterhood cried
Innocence lied
Purity died
With the angels of passion.
Blessed are they
Who pay homage to rumour
Ive seen the light
Shine on the grave of man.

And now you realise
I am the truth.

And I believed.
Amen.

I can't believe
That you're gone and we're alone
I can't believe
That we'll never see your face
I can't believe
That you're at the gates of Heaven
I can't believe
That we'll never know you
If only, if only
Miracles happened every day
If only, if only
I could believe in something
Helpless we cried over you
Empty and lost over you
How in the world
Can they say that you're at peace?
How in the world
Can they say that time will heal us?
How in the world
Can we hope to be forgiven?
How in the world
Can we know how we feel?
If only, if only we could all live forever
If only, if only. No memories to remember.
Words were not spoken for you
No grave marks our love for you
Broken our hearts call for you
No-one can blame us but you
How in the world can we ever smile again
How in the world can we live without you

Sometimes i feel
I live like a prisoner
But i don't know
If this really is pressure
Surprise you win
I'm lost as screamers roll in
Sometimes i feel
Like leaving this room i'm in

Faded film people dropping words
About the real things to say
? (not "someone pulls me deeper", as in cd booklet)
And tells me who i will be if i stay
A clever machine writes pretty words
For pretty boys
To sing to us all
We're all so grateful

My face you cry
And i show my darker side
The night is yours
And i just switch off and hide
Cafe and sin
The wine's not to my liking
My face you cry
Oh my didn't i say come in?

Frown (?) in my eyes showing nothing
But surprise about you
And what are you thinking
About my life and her drinking to you too
A dying non-human writes unkind words
For unkind friends
And as for the tears, they'll never show
Asylum people calling on my door
From day to day
The image must fall
I've had my time

This is
This is emotion calling
Inside
You dont know me
One game
A miracle of invention
You lose
These rules are mine

Dirty pictures
Youre in the movies
Move in
Move out
Im in slow motion

One love
One tear
One night
Of fear
One game
You lose
This is
Emotion

Look left
Theres nothing over there but vengeance
Look right
Theres nothing over there but greed
Look up
Theres nothing up there but rumours
Look down
Theres nothing down there but me

One love
I dont want to talk about it
One love
One pain
I dont want to talk about it
One pain
One more
Another night to remember
One more
Another name to forget
One more
Another young heart to play with
One more
Another young heart to break

Weve got to get out
We must get out of here
Weve got to get out
Weve got to get away

Im listening to stories
Of love and affection
That I dont believe
Im listening to liars
With pretty young faces
And eyes that deceive

Got to pull it up
Got to pull it out
Got to survive
Got to stay calm
Got to think fast
Dont want to burn
Searching for a door
Searching for a way
Out of this thing
I dont know whats wrong
Dont know what to do
Im out of control
Nothing I can do
Nothing seems to work
Im barely alive
Got to slow it down
Got to do something
Or give in
Watching us fall
Trying everything
Fighting for life
Running out of time
I dont have a choice
Im riding it in

Im inside and Im trying to get out
Im inside and Im screaming for some help
And everythings gone wrong
Im listening to the sound of my own fear
Im listening to the sound of someones tears
Im listening to me

This is the fear
This is nothing like
You could believe
Panic in my heart
Like a cold hand
Pulling at strings
Ill do anything
Even pray to god
Just let me out
Turn off the machine
Turn off all the noise
Turn off the world

Im inside and Im trying to get out
Im inside and Im screaming for some help
And everythings gone wrong
Im listening to the sound of my own fear
Im listening to the sound of someones tears
Im listening to me

Im inside and Im trying to get out
Im inside and Im screaming for some help
And everythings gone wrong
Im listening to the sound of my own fear
Im listening to the sound of someones tears
Im listening to me

You learn fast when everything breaks down
You learn fast when thats all that you can do
You learn fast or nothing

She likes film
Pictures too
A friend of mine
Something new


She likes girls
Lives my dreams
Eats my face
She says 'time to make me scream'


No crying
She don't like tears
My one chance
Is corruption


(so get up
So get up and dance)


She likes pain
'e please bob'
Some heroes
But she don't like god


She likes rock
Mtv
Sex machines
She says 'time to make me bleed'


No romance
No surprise
My one chance
Is perversion


So this is
My secret
So this is
A new way to hide


So this is
My nightmare
And you're my
Solution


No memories
Nostalgia
My one chance
Is slow motion


So this is
The big lie
So this is
My reason to leave


So this is
My future
And you're my
Corruption


She likes speed
Low fast cars
Love and hate
Rock and roll stars


She likes cream
Long goodbyes
Someone to watch
And she says 'time to make me cry'


I'm nervous
She scares me
My one chance
Is emotion


So this is
Religion
So this is
Something to believe


So this is
God's disease
So this is
A new kind of cure


So this is
A new world
And you're my
Machine and soul

This heart is empty
Ive barely hidden memories
Ive found a picture that haunts me again

Ive no sad expression
Ive no tears in my eyes
But I am the clown who forgot how to laugh

I wonder, does she think of me?
I wonder, I wonder
I wonder, does she call my name?
I cried
Dont leave me here alone
I cried
Dont leave me, dont leave me

Love is like clock law
Tick tock my heartbeat
I was a passion that passed her spare time

This room is prison
Love doesnt come here
These quiet nights will slowly kill me

I wonder, does she think of me?
I wonder, I wonder
I wonder, does she call my name
I cried
Dont leave me here alone
I cried
Dont leave me here alone
I cried
Dont leave me, dont leave me
Dont leave me, dont leave me
I cried
Dont leave me, dont leave me here
Im quite alone

Instrumental
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Something isnt right
I get the feeling Im not driving
Something hasnt quite
Taken over but its trying

Check it, check it

The question now is time
The hours pass so slowly
I know were moving out of line
But thats the risk youre taking with me

I flicker like an old film - black white
Im losing track of whats real - I know
My sense of timings not quite - ok
Maybe Ill stay tonight - so so

Fadeout, as in lose
My character is shrapnel
Broken by the views
Of men who claim to know all
(there is to know)

Something isnt right
I get the feeling I am no-one
Something hasnt quite
Stopped me from being someone

Nothing in the mirror - check it
No photo by my bedside - check it
My self control is missing - check it
Ill leave with your permission - check it

This disease
Im out of my class
This disease
Im needle sick again
This disease
We must expect such things
This disease
She finds me the girls

Tick tock tick
All gone all gone all gone
Tick tock tick
Whispering goodbye
Tick tock tick
Who is talking?
Tick tock tick
I dont have the choice

Look at me
A puppet dancing on strings
Look at me
And this is easy?
Look at me
I got the screams
Look at me
Words failing

This disease
This disease

And I have seen wonders
And I have seen miracles
Oh, I have seen some things
Its all lost to me now
Like tears in the rain

And I have seen sadness
And I have seen time run out
Ive even seen men cry
Its all lost to me now
Like tears in the rain

And my memories
I cant give them away
So its easy
Like a long long sleep
Im so tired
Now its my time to die
Welcome home
Welcome home

No exhibition
No screaming war songs
No conversation
No more opinions here

And I have seen new wars
And I have seen things
That you wouldnt believe
And I have seen my days
Its all lost to me now
Like tears in the rain

Only one recording of this song by gary numan is known, and no official
Lyrics are available. it seems that gary has combined elements from two
Different versions of the song - the original velvet underground version
And the david bowie cover - and then added some of his own, which is why
Ive elected to credit all three musicians.
Original velvet underground version

White light, go on messing up my mind
Dont you know its gonna make me go blind?
White heat, it tickles me down to my toes
Have mercy, white light, have it, goodness knows

White light, go on messing up my brain
White light, its gonna drive me insane
White heat, it tickles me down to my toes
White light I said now, goodness knows, do it

I surely do love to watch that stuff shooting itself in
Watch that side, watch that side, dont you know, gonna be dead and bright
Yeah, foxy mama, watch her walking down the street
Come upside, your heads gonna make a dead end on your street

White light, move in me and drain my brain
White heat, it tickles me down to my toes
White light, I said now, goodness knows

White light is lighting up my eyes
Dont you know it fills me up with surprise?
White heat, tickle me down to my toes
White light, I tell you now, goodness knows

Oh, she surely do move, speed
Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak,
Everybody gonna make it every week
Sputter mutter, everbodys gonna kill their mother
Here she comes, here she comes, everybody get it, gonna make me run, do it
Higher

David bowies version

White light - white light gonna drive me out of my brain
White light - white light gonna make me feel so insane
White heat - white shapin them down to my toes
White light - white lights got it now, goodness knows

White light - white light gonna drive me out of my mind
White light - white lights surely gonna make me blind
White heat - white shaping way down to my toes
White light - white light could kill me now, goodness knows

Oh, oh, white light
Oh, oh, white light
Oh, oh, white heat
Oh, oh, white heat

Verse 1

Verse 2

Chorus (twice)

White lights a-flashing

White light
Still feels right
Whats that sound, whats that sound
Dont turn on, be dead or alive
No feeling
Here she comes
Oww, yeah
(oh, oh, oh, oh) here she comes
(oh, oh, oh, oh)
(ah, ah, ah, ah)

So here am I quite by chance near the phone
I could call and make you crawl into bed
Questions always questions
Ill just speak in slow motion,
About obsessions with boys on the floor.

Take that smile off your face,
Wipe that tear from your eye,
Dont say youre sorry for me.

Now look at me like a stormtrooper in drag
And Ill let you feel exactly like I do,
Its so disgusting Im so tired of rhythm
And needles in arms,
I dont want your point of view.

Nothing to do,
Nothing to steal,
And theres nothing to say.

Love it love it I need to.

Where are the tracks?
Where are the lines?
Where are the tracks, dear?
Where is the time?

You were so cold
You were so slow
You were so old
And we were unsure

And I want your lines
And I want your time
And I want your face, dear
And you can have mine

I remember one girl
Saw her again in a magazine
Front cover, big star
Showing things that Id never seen
Well maybe

Can you feel it? can you?

I remember one girl
Whod believe shed be so devious
Bad decision, bad move
She told the papers everything
Well maybe

Do you need it, do you?
Do you want it, do you?
Come and get it

I remember one girl
Shed only make friends in expensive cars
Television, good wine
Leather seats and a friend of mine
Well maybe

Somethings coming
Oh no

See the strange boy keeping to the shadows
Hes a very good friend of mine
Ive seen you running from the ladies
Dont tell me youre not that kind
Ive got the time if youve got the money
Mister youll be pleased youll see
Well meet by the tubeway as the screamer cries eleven
And you can have your way with me
Youre gonna make me feel so cold

See my one love talking to the pretty boy
I never did like her taste
My skin is rubber on a skeletal body
Im physically going to waste
Feel my eyes and the tongue of a killer
Im a humanoid logic machine
Dont touch me with your painted little fingers
cos I know where theyve been
Youre not gonna put those scabs on me

I must hide from a thousand grinning faces
All sucking from my crazy mind
Take a ride out in my imagery of ages
And heaven knows what you will find
Ive no time for the chitter-chatter ladies
Im so busy trying to break this wall
Hear my words cos emotion now is leaving
You see Im really not a human at all
And I dont think I wanna stay

The dream police
Slogan: what is on your mind?
The airwave boys
Junkies wont get radio time
The purist league
White trenchcoats in pre-war style
The aging queens
Mister wont you stay a while?

In death row with harlow
And others like you
I point my finger of hate
At your picture and love you and love you
The radio is talking
Is it you or me?
I must admit
Its far too late to dial police

What is your name?
We are the end of the line
Her eyes went out
Dreaming overdose on time
Hey you old grey eyes
Dont practice dying for real
The only one
September she knows I can feel

Shes like death on two legs
She is raw pink shame
Please stop the God film
Its all wrong
But Im not to blame

These boys of image
Carry banners
Believe in slogans
Kill policeman
Say its freedom
Say its goodness
Say its peaceful
Im lonely
Im feeling down (everyone I know has been and gone)

Its such a sick picture
She says i cure everyone
Im alone in a corner
I wont ever forgive
I must be broken
I dont know
Who on earth can I blame?

We have a random on the westside
Personality malfunction
He says I cant give you anything at all
Just a room with a bad view of you
He sent a letter to a downstat
Saying sorry that I missed you
But I cant think of anything to do
Hes addicted to the time track

We have a technical
We have a technical

Hes in a hotel where they all go
Saying boy, Ive lost my memory
Its so surprising
Just how quickly things can end
Like a hero on a platform of friends
This table is so crowded
With people that I dont know
And I never really turn
My thoughts on you
So the image breaks down again

We have a technical
We have a technical

I suppose its very shady
At least until the lights go out
Advertising posters on the wall
And the young boys singing softly
Do they ever come back
Or is it always at the wrong time
I could crawl around the floor
Just like Im real
And move a hand in front of my eyes

We have a technical
We have a technical

Why give orders?
Why give speeches?

No more questions
No more answers
All thats left is the fear

I can feel theyre here
I can feel the cold
I cant fight for long
This machine runs down

If I had a picture
I could say its all for you.

Why give orders?
And why make speeches?
Give me a reason to stay

This dying machine
I can hear me scream
Ive nowhere to run
Ive nowhere to hide

I can only wonder
I can only wonder why

Why give orders?
And why make speeches?
Give me a reason to die

This shape comes apart
Everything breaks down
And me, Im trapped inside
And here inside it ends.

Theres nothing I can do
Theres nothing I can do now
If I had a picture
I could say its all for you
I can only wonder
I can only wonder why.