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LYRICS |
"Green"
Hey look,
I know it's crazy
but I'm just way too clean
I need to fuck this up
I need to turn it green
Oh sure,
we have a pattern
and that's all very nice
but time has made us lazy
I say we feed this vice
Lets go...
come on, shall we?
You know you want to want me.
Get free and watch her touch me.
I'll make you wet with envy.
Oh shit,
it makes me crazy
when you won't play along
You have to know we need this
You have to let her do this
What's that?
You say it's stupid.
You say it makes you sick.
But I know it makes you flutter
I know it makes you stick
Lets go...
come on, shall we?
You know you want to want me.
Get free and watch her touch me.
I'll make you wet with envy.
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"Backlash"
You've chased
me down
you've found me out
you've pulled my hair
you've made me shout
obscenities
at the top of my lungs
'cause it's so damn fun
'cause it's so damn fun
Am I... drowning
in the things I've said?
Have I... lost you in the doubts I've had?
Will you backlash now, or offer some proof
that book you are quoting is absolute truth?
You've seen
me push
You've helped me shove
I've taken more
though I've had enough
I've bitten off heads.
I've eaten my young.
I've acted on instinct.
though you said I have none.
Am I... rubbing
you in just the wrong place?
Did I... blaspheme you with my lack of taste?
Will you backlash now, or will you, in fact,
reveal your mercy and leave me intact?
You've made
me fight
then watched me fail
Just waiving my arms
through the bars on your jail
I've rallied my strength
still chained to this wall
still screaming cold truth
but you hear nothing at all
Am I... (just)
asking for a mouth full of soap?
Have I... done something to offend your pope?
Will you backlash now, or will you explain
just how the almighty is making these claims?
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"Perverse"
I've got this mirror
that I look in sometimes
just to see what you see
just to see what scares you when you look at me
I know you like it
yeah, I know you love it
Even though it shakes you
Even as you scream that I'm no good...
'cause I'm perverse
clean in reverse and it feels good
yeah I'm perverse
it could be worse, i could be like you
You're slipping under
a wicked spell of boredom
tired of all those morals
tired of all those rules that you repeat
I know you hate it
yeah, I know you loathe it
Even though you preach it
Even as you snitch me out to God...
'cause I'm perverse
clean in reverse and it feels good
yeah I'm perverse
it could be worse, i could be like you
It's true that I think some
unthinkable thoughts
I live without fear - I don't care if I'm caught
I don't live under your blanket of rules
soft fabric for control of a bed full of fools
sleeping and snoring your short life away
oblivious to anything that's not your way
so open your book, recite your prayer
you can live without challenge, but i'm taking the dare
'cause I'm perverse
clean in reverse and it feels good
yeah I'm perverse
it could be worse, i could be like you
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"I'm Trying
To Impress You"
I'm trying to impress you.
Is it working?
Are you thinking about me now?
I'm trying to impress you.
Is it working?
Are you thinking about me now?
What's new to a girl like you?
What's new to a girl like you?
Your eyes just can't see me.
I wish I knew why.
Your eyes just don't see me.
I need to know why.
I'm trying to impress you.
Is it working?
Are you thinking about me now?
Your eyes just can't see me.
I wish I knew why.
Your eyes just don't see me.
I need to know why.
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"Two Sandwiches"
(Vocoder voice only)
It's not cute, it's not cute
it's not cute, it's just wrong...
(Ending)
It's cute, it's cute, it's cute, it's not wrong...
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"Little Goth
Girl"
My little goth girl
She doesn't know how sweet she is
She dresses up to scare me
but all she does is dare me
to lift buttons from her
corset…
smell the clove in her hair…
lost in her extensions
I pretend that I don't care
so she won't think that I’m
romantic
but rather dark instead
and with this slight adjustment
she should love me, but as I've said
it must stay my little secret
that I adore the pale undead of my
perfect
little
goth
girl
Precious goth girl
Wears black lipstick and a solemn frown
She thinks that she intimidates
But her darkness just initiates
the relentless pure devotion
of a lonely normal guy
who wears eyeliner to the club
and you may just wonder why
it’s so she won’t
think I’m romantic
but rather dark instead
and with this slight adjustment
she might love me, but as I’ve said
it must stay my little secret
that I adore the pale undead of my
perfect
little
goth
girl
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"Coming
Clean"
Each night before
I sleep
I think and sometimes freak
out loud about my life
Each time I think of us
The things we don't discuss
those neat, unwrinkled sheets
And now... isn't
quite what we projected
I know tonight won't go as planned
but I want to anyway
even awkward, it's still good
I want to anyway.
It still feels like it we should
You took that
Cosmo quiz
it said that things like this
are fine. We'll heal with time
That's great. That's good to hear
sometimes I live and fear
the truth is far more dire.
And now... isn't
quite what we projected
I know tonight won't go as planned
but I want to anyway
even awkward, it's still good
I want to anyway.
It still feels like it we should
Look into my
eyes
just because it's weird
If you see something wrong
I know it won't change a thing
Look into my
eyes
you will find an excuse
Just because it's weird
doesn't mean I don't want to
If you see something wrong
I'll just turn out the lights
I know it won't change a thing
But it'll work for tonight.
And now... isn't
quite what we projected
I know tonight won't go as planned
but I want to anyway
even awkward, it's still good
I want to anyway.
It still feels like it we should
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"I Wish"
I wish I were skinny
all wirey and neat
'cause then I'd wear vintage
and make you feel weak
I wish I had charm
like my charming friend Jack
maybe then I could tempt you
or at least make you laugh
I wish I were more than these
words reveal.
I wish I were sedate
all smooth and elite
not twitchy and glitchy
but calm and complete
I wish I were British
Maybe then I'd seem clever
At least I'd have an accent
a fair trade for shitty weather
You'll never have, you’ll
never have, you’ll never have, you’ll never have the things
that you desire.
I wish I were more than these
words reveal.
I wish the world were black
and white
I wish I could say what I mean
I wish I were a little less bitter
maybe then you'd reconsider
I wish I saw things clearly
or you could see what I've seen
I wish I could stop scrubbing my skin
but I'm sure it's still not clean
I wish I had gotten on my knees
I wish I was better at apologies
or at least, somehow, maybe,
the kind of guy who wouldn't need one now...
I wish you could see
inside of my head
my world of intentions
things I should have said
I wish you could feel
the heat in my hands
how my body just knows you
and my blood understands
I wish I were more than these
words reveal.
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"The Measure
Of Pleasure"
Think on it now
just what do you want?
You want to close your eyes
and be back there again
Confused as you were
you were in love
the minutes were raw
sad and elusive
but the days and the months
those were conclusive
Which brings you to now
Just how you are...
So, how are you?
So, how are you now?
Sleep on it now
just how do you dream?
You build elaborate sets
so you can redesign
the frame of mind
when you weren't happy
at least you were real
lost and alone
your romantic lifestyle-
the perfect exile.
which brings you to now
just how you are...
So, how are you?
So, how are you now?
Oh you know just what the
problem is here but you
wouldn't admit it to anyone near 'cause you
walk at a pace that must always have grace but the
truth of the matter (is) you've never been sadder
and hiding that's madder than any mad hatter
(but) you climb into bed and forget what's been said - again
Blinking and skipping and sprinting and tripping down
memory lane 'til it drives you insane well it's
just not the way that you used to behave and we
all see it coming... the shifting... the dumbing...
the swearing... the thumbing your nose at the people who
want you to be who you know you could be - again
Ponder it now
what could you regret?
You've lost so little
depending on your measure
perhaps a slight drop
in the measure of pleasure
but the things on your list
those right at the top
you've checked them all off
so there's no need to stop
and wonder out loud
just how you are...
So, how are you?
So, how are you now?
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"Selective
Memory Loss"
Static stocking
feet on fuzzy beige plush shag
talking through commercials and the standard sitcom lag
A shock to my system would be so incredibly welcome
but the room just keeps on waiting... the light just keeps on fading...
Tonight I won't
sleep
I don't want to dream
I don't own this life
I don't know what it means
Tonight I won’t move
I don’t want to feel
I don’t know this place
I don’t know what’s real
Faking that
I'm tired so I'm left alone to pout
Laying on the edge of comfort, sagging soft with doubt
A reason to revolt would be everything I need
but the air is stale and silent... the darkness somehow violent...
Tonight I won't
sleep
I don't want to dream
I don't own this life
I don't know what it means
Tonight I won’t move
I don’t want to feel
I don’t know this place
I don’t know what’s real
Won't you show
me how my choices have made me a whore?
Can't you dare me to stop and not do this anymore?
Even casual suggestions or a part-time interventions
would be better than the quiet of this pointless self-confession
Tonight I won't
sleep
I don't want to dream
I don't own this life
I don't know what it means
Tonight I won’t move
I don’t want to feel
I don’t know this place
I don’t know what’s real
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Bonus Track: "Eine Kleine
Booty Musik"
(Printing these is a
little embarassing!)
I want you so just feel it.
Come on come on - just work it down beside me where you'll get it.
Come on come on - just take it where it needs to go.
That's right. That's right. I know you feel me. I know you feel me
now.
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