In the next world war
in a jack knifed juggernaut
I am born again

in the neon sign
scrolling up and down
an airbag saved my life

!!in an intastella burst
I am back to save the universe!!

in a deep deep sleep
of the innocent (completely terrified)
I am born again

in a fast german car
I'm amazed that I survived
an airbag saved my life

Paranoid Android

Please could you stop the noise i'm trying to get some REST?
from all the unborn chicken voices in my head
huh? what's that??

When i am king you will be first against the wall
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
huh? what's that??

ambition makes you look very ugly
kicking squealing gucci little piggy

you don't remember
why don't you remember my name?
off with his head
off with his head
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 graeeaa haaaeeeeeiii. haaaaeeeeeiiii

That's it sir,
You're leaving,
The crackle of pig skin,
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!

Subterranian 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 wierd creatures
who lock up their spirits
drill holes in themselves
and live for their secrets

they're all up-tight.

I wish that they'd swoop down in the country lane
late at night when i'm driving
take me onboard their beautiful ship
show me the weird 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'll be alright.

I'm just up-tight.

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...

Let Down

Transport motorways and tramlines
starting and then stopping
taking off and landing
the emptiest of feelings
disappointed people clinging onto bottles
and when it comes its 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

you know
you know where you are with
you know where you are with
floor collapses floating
bouncing back
and one day___
I am gonna grow wings
a chemical reaction (you know where you are)
hysterical and useless (you know where you are)
hysterical and (you know where you are)

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.

phew, for a minute there i lost myself i lost myself

Fitter, Happier

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,
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,
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 light is off
I am the pick in the ice
do not cry out or hit the alarm,
we're friends till 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 tuck the kids in safe tonight,
shut the eyes in the cupboard,
I've got the smell of a loco(?) man
who's got the loneliest feeling

That either way you turn, I'll be there,
open up your skull, I'll be there,
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 were so tired, happy,
bring down the government,they don't, they don't speak for us.
I'll take the 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, such a pretty garden.

No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises please.

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
I'm your superhero
we are standing on the edge

we are standing on the edge...

It barks at no-one else but me
like it's seen a ghost
I guess its seen the sparks a flowing
no-one else would know

sometimes i get overcharged
that's when you see sparks
they ask me where the hell I'm going??
at a thousand feet per second

hey man slowdown. idiot slowdown.