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At a Later Date

Why must we be put down when we try to get away?
Why must we all grow up when we could just play and play?
Good things in life are free - can't buy everything, that's true
Only one thing wrong with that - what it don't buy I don't use
Only thing I'm thinking of is: why are we all here?
There must be more to do at nights than drinking rotten beer
The world's a very shady place, and you can't trust a soul
"Grin and bear it" seemed the thing, when it just gets a hold
At a later date - it might come out a fright
At a later date - I hope that you're alright
Human beings are dangerous and they call me in the dark
But everything gets twice as cold in marching for a lark
There's loads of things I'd like to do if I could find the time
Working really tires me and I think I'll turn to crime
At a later date - I hope they start it soon
At a later date - before we hit the moon
I just can't be bothered to make an effort here at all
People make you feel your contributions are too small
I just can't be bothered to make an effort here at all
People make you feel your contributions are too small
At a later date - I'll be awful great
At a later date - someone somewhere blew it
At a later date - at a later date

Ceremony

This is why events un-nerve me
They find it all a different story
Notice whom for wheels are turning
Turn again and turn towards this time
All she asks is the strength to hold me
Then again the same old story
Word will travel - oh so quickly
Travel first and lean towards this time
I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Watching her, these things she said
The times she cried, too frail to wake this time
I'll break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows, it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Watching forever - watching forever
Watching love grow - forever
Letting me know - forever

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Chance

Walk - in silence
Walk away - in silence
See the danger - always danger
Endless talking - life rebuilding
Don't walk away - face the danger
Walk - in silence
Don't walk away - in silence
See the danger - always danger
Rules are broken - false emotions
Don't walk away
People like you find it easy
Always in tune - walking on air
They're hunting in packs - by the rivers, through the streets
It may happen soon - then maybe you'll care
Walk away - walk away
Walk away - from danger
I'm - I'm just crossing the line - just crossing the line
Trying to get back - right where I was
Back where I was - see me crossing the line
Don't walk away --

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Exercise One

When you're looking at life in a strange new room
Maybe drowning soon, is this the start of it all?
Turn on your TV, turn down your pulse
Turn away from it all, it's all getting too much
When you're looking at life, deciphering scars
Just who fooled who, sit still in their cars
The lights look bright when you reach outside
Time for one last ride before the end of it all

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Gutz

Don't talk to me girl - you know it's not nice
Don't laugh at murder - I won't pay the price
The facts are too high-powered - it's such a big thrill
I'd give that mess up 'cause it makes you so ill
Blame bad things on me, whatever you do
When I come home my world is different from you
You're such a cheap talk - you're really trussed up
Don't wanna talk to you - just left with your mum
Don't be a puppet - always rush you around
One just for your photo - try and tie me down
I won't tell him I talk like this all night
He must be worried 'cause you're sounding so trite
Respect is only normal - the way to your lives
Ever tried to sleep around with some bag for a wife
We'll have to change you if you start acting that way
If we don't keep our heads alive, I'll never get a say
You know what's special - it's as black as I say
Can you see me, just ourselves - no comment, copycat!

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(Living in the) Ice Age

I've seen the real atrocities, buried in the sand
Stockpiled safety for a few, while we stand holding hands
I'm living in the ice age --
Nothing will hold, nothing will fit
Into the cold - it's not an eclipse
Living in the ice age --
Searching for another way, see them hide behind the door
Live in holes and disused shafts - hopes for little more
I'm living in the ice age --
Nothing will hold, nothing will fit
Into the cold, no smile on your lips
Living in the ice age --

In a Lonely Place

Caressing the marble and stone
Love that was special for one
The waste in the fever and heat
How I wish you were here with me now
Body that curls in and dies
Heart shares that awful daylight
Warm like a dog round your feet
How I wish you were here with me now
Hangman looks round as he waits
Cord stretches tight then it breaks
Someday we will die in your dreams
How I wish you were here with me now

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Sister Ray

Jimmy came from Carolina
Wants to know a way to earn a dollar
Says he's suffering with a fever
Just like Sister Ray says
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
Jimmy's got a new piece
Lying cold for a quarter hour
Took it out of his suitcase
Shot him dead right on the floor
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Just like Sister Ray says
Too busy sucking on a ding dong
Hey don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Too busy sucking on my ding dong
Hey you know you shouldn't do that
I'm searching for my mainline
I couldn't hit it sideways
I'm searching for my mainline
Going to count one, two, three, four
Jimmy came from Carolina
Wants to know a way to earn a dollar
Says he didn't like the weather
It's just like Sister Ray says
Hit on it Jim - hit on it Jim --
Had a good night - had a good night --
Jimmy's got a new piece
Cold hearted for the fingering
Took it out in front of him
Shot him dead right on the floor
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Hey don't you know you'll stain the carpet
Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Don't you know you'll stain the carpet
It's just like Sister Ray said
Just like Sister Ray said
Had a good night - had a good night --
Had a good night - had a good night --
Just like Sister Ray said
Just like Sister Ray said

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Something Must Break

Two ways to choose - on a razor's edge
Remain behind - go straight ahead
Room full of people - room just for one
I can't break out now - the time just won't come
Two ways to choose - which way to go
Decide for me - please let me know
Looked in the mirror - saw I was wrong
If I could get back to where I belong
Where I belong
Two ways to choose - which way to go
Had thoughts for one - designs for both
If we were immortal - we were not there
Washed up on the beaches - struggling for air
I see your face still in my window
Torments yet calms - won't set me free
Something must break now - this life isn't mine
Something must break now - wait for the time
Something must break

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Sound of Music

See my true reflection - cut off my own connections
I can see life getting harder
So sad is this sensation - reverse the situation
I can't see it getting better
I'll walk you through the heartbreaks - show you all the out-takes
I can't see it getting higher
Systematically degraded - emotionally a scapegoat
I can't see it getting better
Perverse and unrealistic - try to make it all stick
I can't see it getting better
Hollow now I'm burnt out - all I need's a way out
I can't see life getting higher
Love - life - makes you feel we're higher
Love of life makes you feel higher
Higher, higher, higher, higher --

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The Drawback (all of this for you)

Seen the troubles and the evils of this world
I've seen the stretches between godliness and sin
I've had the promise and confessions of true faith
And the hypocrisy that always lies within
And they left it for you - all of this for you --
I've seen the products and the other world of waste
I've seen the colour of corruption deep within
I've seen them lose themselves in dignity and taste
To see in black and white and through to black again
And they left it for you - all of this for you --
And they left it for you - all of this for you
And they left it for you - everything for you
I've seen the troubles and the evils of this world
I've seen the ones who can succeed but always lose
I've seen what's left of poor technology and work
And watched them dying as they leave their ship of fools
And they left it for you - all of this for you --

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The Kill
(Warsaw Demo)

Life can be skewed - good things are nice
Trusting on you - really no threats
The waiting is through - deciphering the scars
Just who fooled who - sit still in their cars
It's another, 'nother, 'nother, 'nother kill --
I can smell through you - your talking's a lie
They turn on to you, before they say "die"
Wrapped in your trunk - to reach out the safe case
So I can detect - the longer it's taking
It's another, 'nother, 'nother, 'nother kill --
Dangerous cues - set by distraction
Deprived of all use, nor in satisfaction
Total destruction - the worst ever met
Kept in apartment - sublimely for you
Who's gone there backstage, to keep you in rocks?
Who's got the vision, that puts in the locks?
Loss of all resource - forced into your head
Just that it was - whacked into the air
It's another, 'nother, 'nother, 'nother kill --

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The Kill
(Still)

Moved in a hired car and I find no way to run
Hurts every moment longer - had no time for fun
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
I had an impulse to clear it all away
I used the tactics - make everybody pay
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
Oh I keep it all clean - I've paid the graces there
No kings of misuse - no sellers of flesh
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
Yeah through it all I kept my eyes on you
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

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The Only Mistake

Made the fatal mistake like I did once before
A tendency just to take, till the purpose stood sour
Strain - take the strain - these days we love
Yeah, the only mistake was that you ran away
Avenues lined with trees planned your course for the day
Yeah, the only mistake, like I made once before
Yeah, the only mistake, could have made it before
Strain - take the strain - these days we love
And the only mistake led to rumours unfound
Led to pressures unknown - different feelings and sounds
Yeah the only mistake, like I made once before
Yeah the only mistake, could have made it before

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You're No Good For Me

Don't know what I'm doing - don't know where I'm going
Leading me to ruin - I should have traded you in
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
Don't know if I care - don't know if I'm there
I just sit and stare - making love to thin air
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me
Na na na na na na na na no good --
I do lots of good - surprised at what you would
Don't call me no crud - I really think I'm good
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
Try to call the tune - I'll probably go and rue it
I'll just get it groomed - all sorts of other clues
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me
I get by the local peer group and their pressures
I can wash the dishes - my soups can taste delicious
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
I've forgotten how you feel - to me you're looking real
Come on let's make a deal - think of where you live
Yeah you think you're something but you're no good for me
Na na na na na na na na no good --
I've forgotten how you feel - to me you're looking real
Come on let's make a deal - think of what you need
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me
Yeah you're being insulted but you're no good for me