If you're impressed by the water
and the sunsets in this town,
please hold on to your seats
'cause now i'm dragging you down
to the villains

Where you'll meet the vandals at the barricades,
and their snobby point of view
Their kind is hooked on moving backwards,
selling souls and sniffing glue
For some of us it's a struggle

And I can't deny connection,
stuck deep down in hooks and lines
Though our vehicle's rusty
it will keep on doing miles
all over rock and rampage

For as long as you're my fire
and my engine and my wheel,
I'll fight the whores of boredom
This kid won't settle for a deal
Still there is hope in hell, girl

I'm a riot dressed in velvet,
number one pick of Antichrist
For some I am a slumber,
and for some a last goodbye
before the final battle

When there's nothing to be said
below this bad November moon
When we're all as ugly as S:t Petersburg,
oh god, let spring come soon

It sure is awkward to be conquered
by a rumour of a way
out of our nest that just caught fire
by a hate that's here to stay
Is that a promise laughing?

A lethal fire will need oxygene,
a futile song will need your ear
Where's the meaning for the martyrs,
what's the use for all our fears
if someone's left already?

Now we've reached some sort of deal
Take what's fairly yours, signed and sealed
And vanish, hopefully healed

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THINKING ABOUT THE BROWN HAIRED BOY

Water tumble and swirl
Blue balloon, funny bird
Me and June on the stair,
not a care in the world

If I could just stop thinking
about the brown haired boy,
Who danced with us a while in '95
Who used to punch the black keys
on 'My Funny Valentine'
Now we're all abandoned, boy
It sends a shiver running down my spine

Such a beautiful day,
all the years washed away
I breathe as deep as I can
But I can't make it fade

The brutal way that fate played
with the brown haired boy
The way I can't accept that seasons change
He always ran so fast,
but I was just a step behind
Said he was looking for the truth
The truth must be impossible to find

And the sound is in the air
It could come from anywhere
Don't analyse or compare,
just keep it ringing there
I see you on the stair,
your brown and curly hair
I guess I should have been there
But I really tried, I swear

And who can make a difference
to the brown haired boy
When seven years inside is not enough
People tell him 'You're not who you where,
now what's your name?'
Every day is just the same,
everything is different again

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WHILE THE TIDE IS HIGH

In the winding, blinding hour
between the winter and the fall
Roses springing from the dead land
and the rain has seized to fall

How come you look so ashen?
You've been sitting out all day
And you park has turned so quiet,
all the birds have flown away

Meanwhile the weeks are passing by
Early May to late July
And the sky's not blue forever
Get up while the tide is high

I know it's sometimes hard to walk straight
and to think and talk and breathe
Everyone's so t-shirt righteous
Everybody holds the key

And it hurts to say that you don't care,
but I wouldn't feel ashamed
Because I know what's there inside you, love
And that's where these words are aimed

So if you want him, take him now
And he'll be yours before you try
I can't tell you how it works, babe
Just do it while the tide is high

Just like time can't be defied
Just like love can't be denied
Miracles will happen
only while the tide is high

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FAILURES AND SPARKS

My friend, you rule the world,
but your hands are bleeding
My friend, you rule the world,
but your hands are bleeding
On top of us all,
but the brothers are leaving
Leaving you far away, way behind

Ain't that hard, son of clouds?
To make a little difference
Does it seem that strange?
Easier said and done
from the right side of the fence

Under a trailer park moon
he was born in September
Under a trailer park moon
he was born in September
Magic failures and sparks
for the kid of September
Bless that love and that moon
that no one remembers

Ain't that hard, son of clouds?
To make a little difference
Does it seem that strange?
Easier said and done
from the right side of the fence

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BLUE GOLD

Bridge to the city
We're driving in late
You're hanging up on me just a mile away

Song on the radio
Such a beautiful tune
Oh, life would be pretty if those words were true

Go back to bed, babe
I'm coming home
But don't fall asleep yet,
not on your own
I saw a star on the horizon
A bit alone, a little cold
But now the sun is rising,
there'll be blue gold

I knew it was you, then
The first time you smiled
I knew when I touched you I was fine for a while

Song on the radio
And the air of the streets
You followed them down, you put me back on my feet

Go back to bed, babe
I'm coming home
But don't fall asleep yet,
not on your own
I saw a star on the horizon
A bit alone, a little cold
But now the sun is rising,
there'll be blue gold

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FIRST BLOOD

Heard about the uprising
The beauty and the beast
of brothers, sisters, bottles grand finale

The cheating musketeer
The loathing and the fear of failure
That haunts the band tonight

I've had it up to here
It won't last another year
I've had a good time,
but the good days made me blind

So I fly away on hijacked wings
I left my keys upon the shelf for you to find
I'm not ok, this is not what I intend to do
Just a thing between me and this sheet of paper

Heard about the blood last night
You saw him swinging a baseball bat,
and you convinced me
that the violence made you numb

It's not a pretty scene,
you know this city's all but clean
Is there a place in your heart
where we could pull the curtains down

I've had it up to here
It won't last another year
I've had a good time,
but the good days made me blind

And now I fly away on hijacked wings
I left my keys upon the shelf for you to find
I'm not ok, this is not what I intend to do
Just a thing between me and this sheet of paper

You duck and cover
'cause your luck won't turn the other cheek
This war is barely over,
just reaching for it's final peak
First blood

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THE STRANGE IS FADING

Traffic howls five flights below me
I chase a shadow through my room
The night was long and insincere,
but now it seems I'm in the clear
For now the strange is fading

There's a dream I come to think of
'Cause only dreams can go that far
Its fire works inside of me,
it's in my blood like mercury
Well, now the strange is fading

Have you been in the white fire?
Out at sea whithout a sail
And all your friends, they sing so soft
They love you with their fingers crossed
Well, now the strange is fading

Think I'll stay inside the music
You'll have to come and get me here
I love it when you sing my name,
come down and meet me in the flames
I know the strange is fading

Been fading for so long...

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MY TEENAGE JUDAS

Let's look into what is your worst fear,
no one knows it better than you
I've been around for several hours now
And I've seen things that just can't be true

I've had a better life than you in many ways
Yet i've been travelling with the living dead
I've lost my heart in battle horror
But can't relate to what's inside your head

So seek for strength and blessing
In higher places, unreachable words
Here's my hand, the last caress and
now hold on tight in this unstoppable swirl

The tune inside your head is getting louder,
orchestrated by your consciense, child
You climbed some stairs but left the purpose bleeding
You left yourself and all your friends behind

I have a better view over this battlefield,
I have the noble knights on my side
Could be I'm an an uptight, hostile angel,
but it's not me who stands up on trial

So seek for strength and blessing
In higher places, unreachable words
Here's my hand, the last caress and
now hold on tight in this unstoppable swirl

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IT WAS 1982

When I was a child, so weary and lonely,
I used to run out in sunday afternoons
I'd play by the river, the trailers, the bridges
The city built houses where grass no longer grew

And it was 1982
Oh yeah, alright
All the world shone bright and new
Oh yeah, alright
Now I'm only passing through
And I can't follow you
You need to change your point of view
We were betrayed in 1982

And I remember the lilacs, the sirens, the circus
I remember my mother, she always seemed confused
We used to go swimming, or riding the Opel
with my little sister before all hell broke loose

Back in 1982
Oh yeah, alright
Days and weeks you can't undo
Oh yeah, alright
Now I'm only passing through
And I can't follow you
You need to change your point of view
We were betrayed in 1982

Back in 1982
Oh yeah, alright
Days and weeks you can't undo
Oh yeah, alright
It was pretty, but untrue
What are you gonna do?
You need to change your point of view
We were betrayed in 1982

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CATHOLIC TUESDAY

Count the years that you have lived
away from mom and dad, and give
a few more years before another countdown begins

You had it all planned, you were bullet proof
Man of the future, got nothing to lose
Except your heart that you kept on a pillow of solid gold

The heart is not safe when doubt is throwing up
If you want out, burn your papers and go, go for a clean cut

My heart's an anchor at the bottom of
the swamp of promise that some call love
or hunger, starvation will drag the strongest down

You will die on a tuesday, bald and old
Hold your firstborn on a friday, that's what I'm told
A strong and healthy child without a christian name

You will lose all hope on a saturday,
when the one you love most ends up in jail
Innocent of course, he's your son! They planted the gun in his hand

'Cause the heart is not safe when doubt is throwing up
If you want out, burn your papers and go, go for a clean cut

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EDDIE

Reach out for me before the night falls
The coast is clear, the sound is strong
You might think I'd turn you down, but I'm not gonna
I've packed our things, the road is long

So wipe your tears, it's our departure
Now hold my seat and hear my song
The trick is to play God and act straight human
And to accept the pack of wolves where you belong

The hand that caused you pain
The brain behind the bad things in your life
The anger in your eyes
The boredom and the panic in your strife

It's not to late to pick another
We're not to old for childish games
But we've crossed that line, we should be fathers
We don't raise kids, but we dream their names

Write lullabies for day dream infants
sung by citizens too bored to die
We're locked up good in cotton cages
We can't face the truth, so we live a lie

The hand that caused you pain
The brain behind the bad things in your life
The anger in your eyes
The boredom and the panic in your strife

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HOLLAND PARK

A searchlight plays in Holland park
as I sit silent in the dark
between a bluebird and a lark
who failed to make it trough

The sky above hangs dark and mute
We're tied to the ground like fallen fruit
Oh, Cupid sure knew how to shoot
the day that I met you

Don't say I did you wrong
I made you fit into my song
And you were there to sing it all night long

It's not a howl, it's not a scream
It's just the sound of the machine
The hero and the heroine
are learning about the tide

You looked so fine in Holland park
as we got ready to embark
I led you up onto the ark
An angel by my side

Love dies, love is born
For you I'd wear a crown of thorns
I hear a thousand voices in my head, they're ringing

'Thank you honey, I had a great time today
I used to be so silent, now the words are flowing'

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