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Lyrics

Album: Hypertension (2003)

  1. Wait In Vain (cover, Bob Marley)

  2. Clockwork

  3. H

  4. Stupid Blues (instrumental)

  5. Less To You

  6. Hey Child

  7. High & Dry (cover, Radiohead)

  8. Swallow You Whole

  9. Butterfly Hurricane

  10. Happy Room

  11. Crazy Johnny

 

Album: Don’t Panic (2009)

  1. Waterfall

  2. Afterglow

  3. Temporary

  4. Gloria

  5. Topeka (instrumental)

  6. Loveproof

  7. Surrender

  8. Rescue Song

  9. The Weather Machine

  10. Wake Up! (instrumental)

  11. What's Left For You

 

Album: Secrets Nobody Keeps (2013)

  1. Telepathy

  2. Ain't Nobody (cover, instrumental)

  3. There's No Need To Be Afraid

  4. Wukan Motorcycle Kid (instrumental)

  5. Deep Cut

  6. Orville (The Secret Of Learning To Fly Is Forgetting To Hit The Ground) (instrumental)

  7. Passionflower

  8. Message In A Bottle (cover, The Police)

  9. Dance Of The Last Rhino (instrumental)

  10. Everything

 


 

Clockwork

 

Will you shut the door

I'm aching from the noise

All my insides

are mechanical toys

 

They show me visions

make me blind

make my decisions

Please be kind

 

Turn me on

I'm still gone

 

It takes all my brain

to feel this confused

I smile like an idiot

And just look amused

 

Turn me on

I'm still gone

 


 

H

 

Please relieve the hypertension

Please relieve, so reassuring

Please receive some close attention

Please receive my insecuring

 

You can keep searching but all you will find is me

Keep searching but all you will find…

 

When they bury me alive

Will they bury my thoughts there with me?

Will the memory survive

For a while?

 

I think I’m coming around

            Coming around

                            Coming around

 

Let yourself surrender

To the humming neon angels

Be your own transcender

To the true, see and tell

 

From the high coming low I am counting you

Counting down to zero

 

When they bury me alive

Will they bury my thoughts there with me?

Will the memory survive

For a while?

 

I think I’m coming around

            Coming around

                            Coming around

 

Effervesce

In cold caress

More is Less

Just say “Yes”

 

Need a fix for my fixation

Hit me smack between the eyes

Please receive my invitation

Please receive and paralyse

 

Am I escaping when all I can see is you?

Try escaping, but all I can see…

 

I think I’m coming around

            Coming around

                            Coming around

 

You’re the one, you’re the one

You’re the one, you’re the one

You’re the one, you’re the one

You’re the one, you’re the one

 



Less To You

 

I hear you at the speed of light, I see you at the speed of sound

The silences don't move so fast, they ain't so graceful pound for pound

I'm turning myself inside out, I want to show you where I hide

Your eyes start burning into me, please look away before it's too late

 

Our fire burns in fits and flashes

Smoke and ashes irritating my eyes

 

Graffiti on your bedroom walls, I read it as I suffocate

I'm terrified my heart has stopped, I need you to resuscitate

My body and my memories show the impressions of your touch

Like battlescars I wear them proudly til it all becomes too much

 

Our fire burns in fits and flashes

Smoke and ashes irritating my eyes

 

Anticipation separates my sense of now

And my elation means less to you

 

I hear you at the speed of light, I see you at the speed of sound

I'm falling to reality, I'm running as I hit the ground

 

I see you at the speed of light, I hear you at the speed of sound

I see you at the speed of light, I hear you at the speed of sound

 

Our fire burns in fits and flashes

Smoke and ashes bringing tears to my eyes

 


 

Hey Child

 

Hey child wearing somebody else's shoes

What's the matter, got your feet dirty on the ground?

You look funny, wearing your mother's heels

Working nights, and then later you're taking to ground

 

Buy you dinner just to put something on your bones

Give you money, expect nothing in return

I don't love you, but somebody surely should

 


 

Swallow You Whole

 

Will you be long

 

Complete me fill me up I'm hollow

I meet myself and we follow

our feet to where we can swallow

you whole

 

Will you be long

to me

 


 

Butterfly Hurricane

 

Butterfly

amplified

into a

hurricane

And again it lifts me off my feet and blows my mind

 

Follow the

human herd

against a

spinning world

Until it turns so fast they're walking past themselves

 

Don't beat your wings in my direction

A victim of unnatural selection

That could be me

Floating down

 

Stand atop

mountain high

shouting out

"Why do I

Have nothing at all to say, I crawl from day to day"

 

Sticks and stones may bust up my bones

But silence never leaves you alone

And when I jump I'll be

Floating down

 

Kisses blown

overflow

into a

hurricane

And again it lifts me off my feet and blows my mind

 

Don't beat your wings in my direction

A victim of unnatural selection

That could be me

Floating down

 


 

Happy Room

 

TV shines from distant lands

Faces seen then disappear

Come out from behind your hands

Say welcome to the post-war years

 

And those of you whom god has blessed

Look down in their shining eyes

Say  "you who bring us all our hope

Welcome to your post-war lives"

 

Say you want me to be happy too

You can find me in my happy room

You got to meet this friend of mine

He's always laughing all the time

You'd never know he's laughing at you

Please don't leave me, I'll be happy soon

 

I met a nice Sri Lankan man

He smiled as he spoke to me

I smiled back, though I didn't understand

But he spoke with such sincerity

 

He said

"Five aeroplanes went bang! explode

The airport in my country

Don't get me wrong I love all life

Cos that is my philosophy"

 

Say you want me to be happy too

You can find me in my happy room

You got to meet this friend of mine

He's always laughing all the time

You'd never know it's gasoline fumes

Please don't leave me, I'll be happy soon

 

Little eyes reflecting back

Pictures of a rising cloud

Bigger eyes connecting back

To things I'd never say out loud

 


 

Crazy Johnny

 

Show you he cares

He'll touch you where nobody else can

And nobody else can

See him up close

Get another dose let him medicate you

He'll uncomplicate you

 

Give him some

He'll take you for another ride

Give him some

and he'll think it's funny

Give him some

           then write a song where I confide in you

 

Gotta give in

to Crazy Johnny

 

A love that's gone

He fears no-one and he cares no more

but behind closed doors (and he keeps 'em closed)

Those cold-light-early-morning eyes

In a face that hides that hides the radiation

Of a contamination

 

Take him home

           I tell his mum I tell his dad

Take him home

           And I tell the news

Take him home

           Then write a song to say he's mad with you

 

Gotta give in

to Crazy Johnny

 

Take him to his favourite place

the end of the pier

Leave him talking softly to the seagulls

Riding on the ferris wheel

we can see the world from here

But nothing gets through anymore

 

Show you I care

I'll touch you where nobody else can

And nobody else can

A love that's gone

I fear no-one and I care no more

but behind closed doors

 


 

Waterfall

 

When faces surround you and seem to see through you

Show everything, show everything

Just try to forget them they’ll go if you let them

Don’t know anything, don’t know anything

 

Just blow through the static it’s all automatic

You’re thinking too much, you’re thinking too much

And don’t concentrate let the force of it claim you

Are you feeling enough, are you feeling enough?

 

As Sarasvati plays, the smoke lifts from the haze

I listen for her call from down the waterfall

Her silver melodies are rising on the steam

I listen to her call from down the waterfall

 

Jab lowg tumhare pas ho nazarshanass

Dekane do unhey, dekane do unhey

Bus bhool jao ke koi dekhta hai

Jesay tumhaien kuch yad nahinhai

 

Bus sab phook do har ek ruut key silsiley ko

Aur ziada mat socho, aur ziada mat socho

Ab ghor mat khar must ho iis jharney ki dhara mein bekhar

Aur mat soch ehsaas kar, aur mat soch ehsaas kar

 

As Sarasvati plays, the smoke lifts from the haze

I listen for her call from down the waterfall

Her silver melodies are rising on the steam

I listen to her call from down the waterfall

 


 

Afterglow

 

In the morning the unforgiving sunlight tears the night apart

Then in the evening, a day of living later, you’re bruised and battlescarred

 

When the truth hits you, she softens the blow

And you still fall down like you always did, but she never lets you hit the floor...

 

The world melts down into my pillow

I’m wading into the Afterglow

 

The seed that I’ve sown, now it has grown and it curls its vines around me

The flowers bloom, their thick perfume intoxifies me

 

But she breathes new oxygen

And the mouth to mouth sends us flying south to where the weather’s warm for sure

 

The world melts down into my pillow

I’m wading into the Afterglow

 


 

Temporary
 

She’s panic buying,

walking down the aisle that she feels identified in

It’s number seven,

where the colour smears into photographs of heaven

 

Don’t raise your voice if you’re talking to me

We’re only Temporary

 

She plays the numbers,

seconds hiss away until a day is just a flicker

Her goddess slumbers,

waiting in her dream until the memory is quicker

 

Don’t raise your hands it’s easy can’t you see

We’re only temporary

 


 

Gloria

I remember that kiss, It was a moment of pure bliss

My stomach went tight, My head set alight, And I thought “hey what’s this?”

I remember your arms, And a few other bodyparts,

And I knew I’d make sure, That nothing of yours, Would go unexplored

 

And I sang...

“I don’t need no food, Just give me Gloria

And I don’t need no music, When I’m with her”

 

I remember your dad, Cos he had a skinhead

And he had a tattoo, That the years had turned blue, It said “don’t fuck with me”

 

I remember your house, In the yard was a kitchen sink

And your mum would make tea, And Benson’s for three, And tip me the wink

 

And I sang...

“I don’t need no food, Just give me Gloria

And I don’t need no music, When I’m with her”

 

I remember your kiss punch, Cos you nearly brought back my lunch

But the most painful part, Was I knew that you’d hate me for evermore

 

But I think of you still, In fact you’re actually in my will

I leave you my car, It’s been pretty far, And it doesn’t like hills

 

And I sing...

“I don’t need no food, Just give me Gloria

And I don’t need no music, When I’m with her”

 


 

Loveproof

They live in a lighthouse

Where they keep each other safe and warm

And wait the night out

Til the morning crashes on the shore

 

She finds the deepest grooves

that cannot be resisted

But you can’t force a man to listen

 

Loveproof

 

He says he loves her

And he knows he’ll mean it some day soon

The stars above her

couldn’t make her feel any smaller

 

So she will write a song where

they can live together

She’ll weave a tangled tune

to bind forever

 

Loveproof

 

You can’t lead him

 


 

Surrender

 

Blind, blind, I’m throwing punches in the dark

Blind, blind, I’m throwing punches in the dark

You launch a heart attack, And my defense is blown apart

 

You found the secret I can’t keep

You found my weakness underneath

I surrender

 

Run, run, a river's running out your mouth,

Run, run, a river runs right out your mouth,

You love to push me in, Just so that you can fish me out

 

You found the secret I can’t keep

You found my weakness underneath

I surrender

 

Please, please, there must be something I can say

Please, please, there must be something I can say

You sting me tenderly, Then take the antidote away

 


 

Rescue Song

 

From a sinking ship

From an evil scientist

From a shaking lip

I will save you

 

From a burning car

From a dream that haunts you

From another’s charm

I will save you

 

From a love grown cold

From the endless road you’re on

From ever growing old

I will save you

 

I will rescue you

Or I’ll do my best to

 


 

The Weather Machine
 

It’s high noon at the Last Chance Saloon

Second home to racketeers

Where magic man sells his masterplan

He’s a global pioneer

 

He says “Villains roam towards our homes

And they’ll burn away the clouds,

But my new invention, my weather engine

Is already eastward bound”

 

Terraform the desert into paradise

With our weather machine

We’ll perform the necessary sacrifice

With our weather machine

 

So the giant device spewing liquid ice

Is flown to foreign lands

Where the locals curse their forever thirst

And the neverending sands

 

But the rain falls hot with a kilowatt

Of the magic man’s bloodlust

And funny little rivers form

Black ribbons in the dust

 

Terraform the desert into paradise

With our weather machine

We’ll perform the necessary sacrifice

With our weather machine

 

Spinning words at the hungry herds

He’s twisting a new truth

It’s the magic man and his faithful gang

Dreaming of eternal youth

 

He says “Villains roam towards our homes

And they’ll burn away the clouds

But worry not cos I wrote the plot

And I know how it turns out”

 


 

What’s Left For You?



On a train, the landscape is a rush-a grey,

And tears are streaming down the window pain,

I contemplate nothing

 

Old man sits down and faces me,

He’s got a smile, I think it’s aimed at me,

He says “I know your problem,”

 

“If music’s for dancing,

And magic’s for the spellbound,

And love is for lovers,

What’s left for you?”

 

I ask “What the hell’s that supposed to mean?”

He says “Listen man, you’re the door now here’s the key,

Just open up and you’re free,”

 

“You wonder why you never understand,

And everybody seems to have their masterplans,

But you don’t know nothing”

 

“If music’s for dancing,

And magic’s for the spellbound,

And love is for lovers,

What’s left for you?”

 

But his words they seemed like mockery,

And nobody’s allowed to teach me,

nobody can teach me nothing.

 


 

Telepathy


Say, say what you want,

Cos I, I can't read your mind,

Please, please teach me Telepathy.

 

I can't get to sleep,

My thoughts are my enemies,

They sing to me

A carousel song

Revolving around my head,

With what you said...

 

I'm so tired but so awake,

Solutions come but much too late.

 

Say, say what you want,

Cos I, I can't read your mind,

Please, please teach me Telepathy.

 

I'd die for your sins,

We both cry in sympathy

With our cruelty,

And nobody wins,

But I lose more expertly,

So you turn and flee...

 

The saints come marching in,

I sing myself to sleep again.

 

Say, say what you want,

Cos I, I can't read your mind,

Please, please teach me Telepathy.

 

I can't get to sleep, my songbird captivity,

Oh sing to me!

 



There's No Need to Be Afraid
 

Everything you've lost

it's a hole that's getting deeper.

You've dug yourself a well

 

so fill it up now,

Fill it up with water.

 

There's no need to be afraid

 

So hold your chin up high,

an army stands before you.

Just look into their eyes,

you're reflected back now.

There's ten thousand of you...

 

There's no need to be afraid

 

Look how far you've come!

A forest closes 'round you.

So climb the tallest tree

Can you see your home now?

You've built your home inside you.

 

There's no need to be afraid

 



Deep Cut


When the night draws in I thank it.

Wrap it around me like my momma's blanket.

Behind the city night's boarded-up silence

there hides a million kinds of violence.

 

So my head begins to echo

with a deep cut from long ago.

I am dancing to the rhythm

of a dis-United Kingdom.

 

It's a deep, deep, deep

Deep cut, yeah...

 

Let the rhythm guide you!

Let the rhythm guide you!

Let the rhythm guide you!

Let the rhythm guide you!

 

Everybody looks the same at sunset,

or by the glowing of another funny cigarette.

You might look down upon a poor man thief, yeah,

But I'm lookin' down upon the rich men stealing.

We’re all in it together!

 

I would teach them all my moves,

hear the shuffling of hooves.

We'd be dancing to the rhythm

of the dis-United Kingdom.

 

It's a deep, deep, deep

Deep cut, yeah...

 

Let the rhythm guide you!
 


 

Passionflower

Born in your tiny prison cell

A million times smaller than you are

One single drop, and you're risen up

Afraid of the dark

Bloom
Bloom
 

You crack up through the pavement

In super, super slow motion

Though your back is gently breaking

You reach for the light

Bloom
Bloom
 

We can see everything

We can hear everything

We can see everything

We can hear everything

 

Weakness is not your weakness

You are what you grow into

You're not what you were


Bloom

Bloom

 



Everything

I'll tell you all of my fears

I'll tell you all of my shame

If you'll just lend me an ear

That's all I want

 

There is no word I can say

There is no chord I can play

To make me more of a man

And that's all I want

 

That's Everything...

 

Take my hand I'll lead you and we'll never be alone

Take my hand I'll lead you and we'll never be alone

 

The city's making you ill

It's like you're running uphill

Let's jump off the treadmill

Just close your eyes

 

I'm gonna build you a house

I'm gonna build you a wall

To keep you safe from it all

Just close your eyes

 

That's Everything...

 

Take my hand I'll lead you and we'll never be alone

Take my hand I'll lead you and we'll never be alone

 

Back at the dawning of time

When god made Everything

He had but one thing in mind

To make you mine

 

You're everything to me....

 


 

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