Airbag
In the next world war In a jackknifed juggernaut I am born again In the neon sign Scrolling up and down I am born again In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In a deep deep sleep of the innocent I am born again In a fast german car I’m amazed that I survived An airbag saved my life In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe
Paranoid Android
Please could you stop the noise, I’m trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices in my head What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) When I am king, you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What’s that…? (I may be paranoid, but no android) Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy You don’t remember You don’t remember Why don’t you remember my name? Off with his head, man Off with his head, man Why don’t you remember my name? I guess he does…. Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height… height… Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height… height… Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me That’s it, sir You’re leaving The crackle of pigskin The dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit The panic, the vomit God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!
Subterranean Homesick Alien
The breath of the morning I keep forgetting The smell of the warm summer air I live in a town Where you can’t smell a thing You watch your feet For cracks in the pavement Up above Aliens hover Making home movies For the folks back home Of all these weird creatures Who lock up their spirits Drill holes in themselves And live for their secrets They’re all uptight Uptight.. [x7] I wish that they’d swoop down in a country lane Late at night when I’m driving Take me on board their beautiful ship Show me the world as I’d love to see it I’d tell all my friends But they’d never believe me They’d think that I’d finally lost it completely I’d show them the stars And the meaning of life They’d shut me away But I’d be all right All right.. I’m just uptight Uptight.. [x7]
Exit Music (For A Film)
Wake.. from your sleep The drying of your tears Today we escape, we escape Pack.. and get dressed Before your father hears us Before all hell breaks loose Breathe, keep breathing Don’t lose your nerve Breathe, keep breathing I can’t do this alone Sing.. us a song A song to keep us warm There’s such a chill, such a chill You can laugh A spineless laugh We hope your rules and wisdom choke you Now we are one in everlasting peace We hope that you choke, that you choke We hope that you choke, that you choke We hope that you choke, that you choke
Let Down
Transport, motorways and tramlines Starting and then stopping Taking off and landing The emptiest of feelings Disappointed people clinging on to bottles And when it comes it’s so so disappointing Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around Shell smashed, juices flowing Wings twitch, legs are going Don’t get sentimental It always ends up drivel One day I’m going to grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless Hysterical and … Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around Let down again Let down again Let down again You know, you know where you are with You know where you are with Floor collapsing Floating, bouncing back And one day…. I am going to grow wings A chemical reaction Hysterical and useless Hysterical and… Let down and hanging around Crushed like a bug in the ground Let down and hanging around
Karma Police
Karma police, arrest this man He talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge He’s like a detuned radio Karma police, arrest this girl Her Hitler hairdo is Making me feel ill And we have crashed her party This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us Karma police I’ve given all I can It’s not enough I’ve given all I can But we’re still on the payroll This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself For a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there I lost myself, I lost myself
Fitter Happier
more productive comfortable not drinking too much regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week) getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries at ease eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats) a patient better driver a safer car (baby smiling in back seat) sleeping well (no bad dreams) no paranoia careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole) keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then) will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall) favours for favours fond but not in love charity standing orders on sundays ring road supermarket (no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants) car wash (also on sundays) no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate nothing so childish at a better pace slower and more calculated no chance of escape now self-employed concerned (but powerless) an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism) will not cry in public less chance of illness tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat) a good memory still cries at a good film still kisses with saliva no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick that’s driven into frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness) calm fitter, healthier and more productive a pig in a cage on antibiotics
Electioneering
I will stop I will stop at nothing Say the right things When electioneering I trust I can rely on your vote When I go forwards you go backwards and somewhere we will meet Riot shields Voodoo economics It’s just business Cattle prods and the IMF I trust I can rely on your vote When I go forwards you go backwards and somewhere we will meet
Climbing Up The Walls
I am the key to the lock in your house That keeps your toys in the basement. And if you get too far inside You’ll only see my reflection. It’s always best when the candle’s out, I am the pick in the ice. Do not cry out or hit the alarm, You know we’re friends 'til we die. And either way you turn I’ll be there Open up your skull I’ll be there Climbing up the walls It’s always best when the light is off, It’s always better on the outside. Fifteen blows to the back of your head, Fifteen blows to your mind. So lock the kids up safe tonight And shut the eyes in the cupboard. I’ve got the smell of a local man Who’s got the loneliest feeling. That either way he turns - I’ll be there Open up your skull - I’ll be there Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls Climbing up the walls
No Surprises
A heart that’s full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won’t heal You look so tired, unhappy Bring down the government They don’t, they don’t speak for us I’ll take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises Silent, silent This is my final fit, my final bellyache with No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises please Such a pretty house, and such a pretty garden No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here) No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here) No alarms and no surprises please (let me out of here)
Lucky
I’m on a roll, I’m on a roll This time, I feel my luck could change Kill me Sarah, kill me again with love It’s gonna be a glorious day Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake 'Cause I’m your superhero We are standing on the edge The Head of State has called for me by name But I don’t have time for him It’s gonna be a glorious day I feel my luck could change Pull me out of the aircrash Pull me out of the lake 'Cause I’m your superhero We are standing on the edge We are standing on the edge
The Tourist
It barks at no one else but me Like it’s seen a ghost I guess it seen the sparks a-flowing No one else would know Hey man slow down, slow down Idiot, slow down, slow down Sometimes I get overcharged That’s when you see sparks You ask me where the hell I’m going At a thousand feet per second Hey man slow down, slow down Idiot slow down, slow down Hey man slow down, slow down Idiot slow down, slow down