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YOUR TICKET OUT OF HERE
Thanks for the present
It was just what I wanted
A photograph of someone I don't know
Smiling and waving and looking kind of haunted
Get in, let's go
Have no worry, have no fear
I'm your ticket out of here
The hostess to fortune
And the mouth with the most
We took the pretty route down the coast
The sun descended like a bright ball of lead
I turned to her and said
Have no worry, have no fear
I'm your ticket out of here
This time I'm doing something for you
Dragging you through this ugly world
Until you emerge brand new
Forget those lazy sugar-coated years
The ones you threw away
Tonight is endless and the road is clear
We're going all the way
SUGAR CRASH
This life's so squeaky clean
Sanitised, cut to fit the screen
It's like drowning in ice cream
Pressed between the pages of a style magazine
Sugar crash
You try to cope with the strain and stress
Of living up to what the world expects
The way I look at it - more is less
I want to roll in the mud and make a mess
Sugar crash
I feel so dirty, I feel so trashed
Thrown from the vehicle, whiplashed
They tried antiseptic and they tried bleach
Disinfected and applied a leech
Trepanned and cleaned my teeth
But there's something here they can never reach
Sugar crash
They spoon it on because they've worked out that
If life tastes sweet, we don't fight back
Sugar crash
Fight back!
NOT A BAD DAY
Battered, bruised, weary and worn
I still remember the day that I was born
The sun was shining in a cloudless sky
Clouds soon came
Followed by the rain
I set out with an unusual name
You're born, you grow up, you live a bit, then you die
But today is not going to be a bad day
I can feel it in my bones
I can see light on the horizon
And I might just head on home
Maybe I'll stop the rot
Maybe I'll cut it away
Maybe at the end I'll say - not a bad day
Maybe I'll catch the ball
Maybe I'll kick it away
Maybe at the end I'll say - not a bad day
Today is not going to be a bad day
I can feel it in my bones
I can see light on the horizon
And I might just head on home
Maybe I'll stop the rot
Maybe I'll cut it away
Maybe at the end I'll say - not a bad day
Maybe I'll jut my chin
Put on a cheesy grin
Shrug my shoulders
And deflect what's coming in
Maybe I can take the heat
Turn around a losing streak
Maybe I can find my feet
Walk 'em up Lucky Street
Maybe it'll turn out right
Maybe it'll be O.K.
Maybe at the end I'll say -
Hey! Not a bad day
SOON AS I FOUND IT, I LOST IT
Down the field, through the broken fence
To the place they warned me against
Soon as I found it, I lost it
Started walking then I just kept on
Every step a new horizon
Soon as I found it, I lost it
Through the wind, through the rain
Up the hill, then down again
Through the rain, through the snow
Where it went, I no longer know
Soon as I found it, I lost it
Life's great, yeah - life's a beach
But everything slips out of reach
Soon as you've found it, you've lost it
Nothing here ever gets resolved
Like a dream, you can feel it dissolve
Soon as you've found it, you've lost it
Through the wind, through the rain
A knife's edge between love and pain
Through the rain, through the snow
What you want, you no longer know
Soon as you've found it, you've lost it
Through the rain, through the sleet
The warp and weft of the city streets
Through the sleet, the snow
Where I'm going, I no longer know
Soon as I found it, I lost it
DRIVER OR PASSENGER
If I was a writer
And I wrote a book
That had everything in it
Would you look?
Driver or passenger
Which one is you?
Are you just here for the ride?
I think you should decide
If your life just happens
Like a movie script
Would you rather play a bit part
Or direct?
Driver or passenger
Which one rings true?
Do you stand up and revolt
Or just do what you're told?
Driver or passenger
Driver or passenger
I wonder which you are
Shift up across the seat
You might feel more complete
Fear of the world's derision
Leads to your indecision
I'm giving you these looks
'Cause I think you could be pushed
Wallflower or superpower
We could find out soon
I'm stoking the fire of ambition
In your engine room
Driver or passenger
Which one seems right?
Would you give anything to feel
Your hand upon the wheel?
Driver or passenger
Maybe I don't mind
Maybe I'm the same as you
Somewhere between the two
ONE MILLION POUNDS
I couldn't tell my remote control from my phone
Deep in the mainstream I still felt alone
I only wanted to see the light
But I was looking right
At the darkness in the bottom of the hole
One million pounds
Wouldn't turn this car around
One million pounds
In my pocket - I'd turn it down
I backed off from the blandishments and the bribes
Peeled away the blindfold covering my eyes
I'd been kneeling down to a tin god
Paid in pennies for a dirty job
They can keep it, now I'm going for a ride
One million pounds
Wouldn't turn this car around
One million pounds
In my pocket - I'd turn it down
Tried out, found wanting, worthless
Thrown aside, passed by, left for dead
But if you scratch off the surface you see the gold
Respond to the urging deep in your soul
I'm going to drive out in the dead of night
Through the roadblocks and red traffic lights
I don't know where I will end up, but I know
One million pounds
Wouldn't turn this car around
One million pounds
In my pocket - I'd turn it down
One million pounds
Wouldn't turn this car around
One million pounds
Worth of nothing - I'd turn it down
EARTHBOUND
So is this one long advertising campaign?
Turn the T.V. on and it screams at you all day
The opinion shapers hold sway
Every lunatic idea has its say
Before you know it you become susceptible to
Every screech and howl in this human zoo
Just like the book you lost or the favourite song
Whose words you forgot so now you just hum along
Just like the meal you ate that came on a plastic tray
Difficult to know which bit to throw away
Before you know it you become disposable too
Captured, tamed and caged in this human zoo
I know I'm earthbound
My feet are made of clay
Still I won't stand around
And waste my life away
>From impetuous youth to the long-in-tooth
Legions breaking out of this human zoo
I know I'm earthbound
My feet are made of clay
Still I won't stand around
And waste my life away
I know I'm earthbound
I'm dragging round these chains
Spun round and dumbed down
But I'm not here to stay
FOR EVERY HIT THERE'S A MISS
While waiting for a cure for cancer
You get the idea
You're in the care of a spin doctor
Whose motivation's clear
See the money changing hands
Out of sight of the cameraman
It's all so insincere
According to this confidence trick
So intricate and slick
You're healthy, happy and hip
The facts don't fit
Truth moves and slips
But every time you fall for it
For every hit there's a miss
While waiting for a change of fortune
You get confused
You only want to be useful
You end up being used
They're stepping up to the microphone
Spouting out in an endless drone
And somehow it's always good news
The facts don't fit
Truth turns and twists
You never get the whole of it
For every hit there's a miss
You only hear one side of the story
The one they want you to
The one that leads to a happy ending
Though it won't apply to you
The facts don't fit
Truth moves and slips
But every time you fall for it
For every hit there's a miss
The facts don't fit
Truth turns and twists
You never get control of it
For every hit there's a miss
So when you feel you're on their list
To get shot down
Remember this:
You're not a target
Nothing's fixed
Which way you'll move they can't predict
For every hit there's a miss
SWIMMING IN THE FLOOD
On show
And if you miss it this time
Well, it all comes round again
But while it's on screen
It's just like having a good dream
And you don't get many of them
You get unlimited editions
Conflict and competition
Swimming in the flood
Unlimited expression
Disappointment and depression
Swimming in the flood
On show
Feels like you could be someone
And it's only a matter of who
So when the crowd yells
And the camera's on you
Well, you know what you must do
Join the unlimited editions
Telling all on television
And swimming in the flood
Unlimited expression
Aberration and obsession
Swimming in the flood
Who built the dam? We built the dam
So these things could be contained
And not used for entertainment
On show
Feels like you're getting somewhere
Now the whole world knows your face
But you're a cheap option
And you're soon forgotten
Once the next one takes your place
There's an unlimited edition
Stripping off their inhibitions
And swimming in the flood
Unlimited expression
Spilling out in all directions
And swimming in the flood
LIKE A ROCKET
It's got the power to save your day
And you want it right away
'Cause you won't get any fun
Until the working week is done
But work's a state of mind
Infliltrates your leisure time
Until the boundaries blend
And as you count down to the end
A nanosecond is simply too long
In this world where the good stuff's soon gone
Have you got time to waste?
Goes like a rocket
Into cyberspace
Goes like a rocket
Have you got time to waste?
And the urge to quit is strong
But the novelty lingers on
And you won't get any rest
Until you're fastest, first and best
What if you were suddenly braking?
Standing still instead of overtaking?
Have you got time to waste?
Goes like a rocket
Into cyberspace
Goes like a rocket
This inhuman race
Tomorrow will break your heart
The beauty's over before it starts
You won't see your mistakes
Until the after-image fades
I wouldn't give you anything for it
Despite the bells and the whistles on it
But if you've got money to waste
Goes like a rocket
Into cyberspace
Goes like a rocket
If you've got money to waste
Goes like a rocket
Have you got time to waste?
THE FUTURE USED TO BE BETTER
The sights I've seen, the things I've heard
While sliding down the learning curve
Their contract promised me the earth
Through toothy grins and weasel words
With normal jobs and normal lives
They force us to this compromise
Where labour lives and leisure dies
And most of us get by
But I remember the future used to be better
I still remember, the future used to be better
Now voyager, what's left?
You moved so fast you missed the best
And all you got was out of breath
You could call that success
But I remember the future used to be better
Do you remember? The future used to be better
Go on, admit it - you know you want to see
All those blank pages in my diary
I'm long on patience, short on cash
My car and my computer crashed
I'm halfway there and halfway back
The world pissed on my purple patch
The light's blocked out, now nothing grows
They've dumbed me down with news and soaps
The end result of all my hopes -
Paper cuts from the edge of the envelope
But I remember
When the future used to be better
THE REVOLUTION'S THE SAME
We know we're being watched
There's only rubbish in the shops
Don't know where to put a cross
Just want to make it stop
You can change your style
Start breaking rules
Roll in on a big wheel
Dominate the news
You can change your clothes
You can change your name
Do you think we don't know the difference
Between real and fake?
Don't want to spend my life
Staring into space
Blinded by the half-light
Shining in my face
The unwanted gift that keeps on giving
Is a total disgrace
You're not fooling anyone
The revolution's the same |
