Drop Dead Girl

He had a drop dead girl
And he poisoned her
No one in the world believed her
The symbols of all evil

She had a face from a fairytale
And she had a grace unparalleled
But no one in the world believed her
So she took a spike and a needle

And she drove them into his spine
He stumbled back in time
Singing only the psychopaths aren't stupid
Boy you've got a gift you'd better fucking use it

Whatever you do don't shut your eyes
You'll see the pictures of a dead man's bride
Of a spectre scorned when she'll realise
And she's striking you down, down from all sides

He was a simple man
If he saw a spark he ran
He'd chase after it for miles
Get a grip and cling for a while

Until one day the spark exploded
And his self-belief eroded
The final page in a drop dead thesis
Told of a foolish spark lover in pieces

Whatever you do don't shut your eyes
You'll see the pictures of a dead man's bride
Of a spectre scorned when she'll realise
And she's striking you down, down from all sides

That boy is one unbalanced kid
That boy is so damn talented
He should be reaping offers
But he's ripping his, ripping his, ripping his mind to shreds

Whatever you do don't shut your eyes
You'll see the pictures of a dead man's bride
Of a spectre scorned when she'll realise
And she's striking you down, down from all sides

Even If...

I'm in a crumpled cardboard box somewhere
In a bedroom in a house that barely stands
Now the books on shelves are promises
And the cupboards wells of hollow emptied plans

And we don't even know who's guilty, just feel so tired
It takes so much out of you
And even though we hoped, we tried, we're left to reside
Oh it takes so much out of you

All the optimistic notions that
I could reinvent the fear, the facts, all fade
You see I could run and run and not look back
Or I could stay and face the tricks, the traps I laid

But either way is no real way to escape the fight
That just takes so much out of you
And even when there's no commitments left to decide
It still takes so much out of you

All of me is stored out of sight
Packed in boxes for another life
I don't know which direction I
Should be facing to recover myself

Because even if you move away the sting will not hide
It will take so much out of you
And even as you smile you feel it stirring inside
It just takes so much out of you

Sarah & The Multiverse

I miss my dirty rave scene
The shuddering highs
Bricks fall the lights turn hazy
And we come alive

And we dance around the straps on the beds
And we dance around the polystyrene
And we dance to magic dust on the decks
And we dance we dance we dance to death

Sarah is spinning light webs
Loved and wide-eyed
She feels the beats like lightning
Strip her disguise

And we dance down the black corridors
And we dance with ghosts that break from our heads
And we dance against the dark padded walls
And we dance we dance we dance til we fall

Spin

Flip for me, twist for me
Tell me I am not broken
Fighting with the dissonance
Is not a real problem
I am a warehouse of cables
Improperly stored
Sipping at colourful cocktails
And swiping at moths
Comforted by a store-bought
Robot with retina scans
I am badly connected
But I am not broken
Drip drip drip and erode
Flash, sparks, follow
A hole, a door, an avenue
Run, man, run!

Wrestling With A Wrecking Ball

Hand prints in the dust
Tales link back to us
Hard truths yours to bear
Find youth in your despair

All of the stars align inside of her head
All of the answers hide despite her footsteps
All of her prophesying just lies to itself
She's the centre of a universe built for her

Jane stays a vapour trail
Pinned back on the rails
Life's scars carried around
Don't let them lock you out

I am wrestling with a wrecking ball
I am resting on my chemicals
I am wrestling with a wrecking ball

I am praying for a miracle
I am getting far too cynical
I am wrestling with a wrecking ball

So what does the crystal say?
Is that the only way?
She found herself a prince
And I've never seen her since

This is her one and only chance to step off the train
This is her one and only chance to bring me back again
This is her one and only chance to step off the train
This is my one and only chance to bring me back again

I am wrestling with a wrecking ball
I am wrestling with a wrecking ball

I Can't Believe The Things I Said

Saturday was a better day, but there were no winners
I can’t believe the things I said
And anyway, I haven’t changed My feelings remain
I just can’t keep my hands away

You spent all your money on things that take the worry
You spent all your money on things that take the worry

So this is my new face, a hollow space, forged from the deepest fires
I can’t believe the things I said, or I could say

You spent all your money on things that take the worry
You spent all your money on things that take the worry away

It doesn’t make you feel like it used to but you still do it anyway
It doesn’t make you feel like it used to but you still do it anyway

Run

What did I do wrong this time?
How can I still sleep at night?
When she is crying somewhere
On her own, we’re on our own
Everyone feels alone sometimes

I’m in a cave, which way is the light?
I must behave, cuz I’ll pay for these lies
And she is smiling to herself
All alone, put down the phone
Everyone needs to go home sometimes

You be the pretty one, I’ll be your pirate
I see the beast in you but you’re too scared to ride it
You’re such a sweet thing, you’re sting is silent
You bring the peace to it, I’ll bring the fire

I’ll be the dream that you never knew you had
I’ll be the scream in the screams that drive you mad
I’ll be the pilot fish, I’ll bring the rain
Run little pretty thing run, I will eat your simple life away

I’ll be the dream, I’ll be the one
I’ll be the thing that makes you go on
I’ll be your strength, I’ll keep you safe
I’ll be the one thing in your life that will never change

Songbirds Talking

It opens up words like a flood my mind
Sugar-coated, softly spoken in rhymes
Time is running, always running to hide
To lead us on a failing compromise

I hear voices, songbirds talking
I make choices that change nothing

Just because I don't see the fuss don't mean
That it's not there and that I'm not scared of me
Don't despair, just tread carefully
Lose your senses, lose your mind and be free

I hear voices, songbirds talking
I make choices that change nothing

Could this be the moment?

A Holiday On Planet A

I'm going to put the world in a box
And dance around it
I'm going to draw us in a bubble
Of love and of lust
And we'll be one together
And as one surrender

Fate has thrown us off a cliff
And we're together as we fall
Together as we shatter
The fragments are many and randomly scattered
And I am just a monkey
With no sense of repair

I'm on a different planet
Dazzled by a dark star
With time and consequence in a box
No more laws and no more models
No more hiding from each other
If only I could stop the box from opening again

Blood

All the sorries in the world
Won't bring back my little girl
No tickets to the time of my life
Can undo that which has been done

And though you make me laugh
And though you make me smile

The blood is still on the floor
No matter how you tread around
The blood is still on the door
No matter how you play it down

I hauled a rock off you
And I can let it drop
And grind what is left of you
Into dirt where you belong
Cuz I really fell for you
And I paid the cost
I fought fought a war for you
And I was the one who lost

And though you make me laugh
And though you make me smile

The blood is still on the floor
No matter how you tread around
The blood is still on the door
No matter how you play it down
The blood is still on the floor
No matter how you tread around
The blood is still on the door
Forever stained with this mess you made

The Heat

Sentence me, I deserve it
Promise me you'll never change your mind
Punish me until I learn
Jealousy is welling in your spines

I forget I forget all that I've learned
In the heat in the heat the heat of the urge

Terraform, stretch your nerves
Slavery, hips and curves, twists and turns
Don't tamper with the machine!

I forget I forget all that I've learned
In the heat in the heat the heat of the urge
I forget I forget all that I've learned
In the heat in the heat the heat of the urge

This City

Despite all the charity this is a desolate place
Where dust and ash seep from the taps
And it mourns for its sense of self
And its sense in general

This suburb fell victim to a chemical spillage
Now it just murmurs from amongst its own rubble
Its poisoned bubble, just poised to give up the struggle

But this city is a light, a beacon
This city is alive and beating
All the scattered, smiling breathing
Cuz this city is alive

Out in the villages her stone walls are worn away
By acid rain, piece by piece they're ground down
And trampled back into life's cycle

This town was kicked and beaten
This town was bruised and bleeding
This town was a shadow, a shadow of Eden

Watch her stumble
Watch her turn
Watch her blurry-eyed attempts to learn

Now this city is a light, a beacon
This city is alive and beating
All the scattered, smiling breathing
Cuz this city is alive

Plagued By Conscience

There was a wooden figurine in a grainy picture
A plasma flicker on a mountainside
And on a different cliff there were men with telescopes
They saw thae flicker but they couldn't hear the cries

With electric vines we pierce our veins
Shut our eyes and feel the chemical flow
Let our urges build and burst into flames
And torch this palace, scar our faces, break our bones

The wooden figurine has seen all that has happened
But like a prisoner it is sealed and taped
And like a gunshot it is drowned out by the euphoria
Of being plugged into space, into painful escape

There are predators out on the mountainside
But I can't stop poisoning myself
Scavengers snapping out of a blood-thirst frenzy
And the consequence of submission in the absence of help

You don't know when to stop
I don't know how to stop
Hyde

Red Hot Wires

We are the cracks in the hull
We are the powder in the bones
We are the creaking in your skull
We are the static on the phone
We are the creep behind the door
We are the moaning in the pipes
We are the squeak beneath the floor
We are the flicker in the lights
We are the screach from next door
We are the ghost in your bed
We are the breach in the wall
We are the demon in your head

And we took our grid of red hot wires
We took it and pressed it against your eyes
Singing this is what you, this is what you, what you'll get

Trapped Messenger

Somebody tell me what to say
My trapped messenger
You hear it huff, don't let it in
My trapped messenger

Haven't got a clue what's happening
All dark tunneling
And at the twist you crumble in
Water funneling

I got my implant, bulletproof glass to keep my mindstate here in this factory
I got my colourful magazines
Give me fast relief, give me prozac please, give me anything

I never asked for answering
You're not listening
Haven't got time for pondering
You're not listening

I got my implant, bulletproof glass to keep my mind asleep in this factory
I got my colourful magazines
Give me fast relief, give me prozac please, give me anything

I've got my dumbstruck legacy
My trapped messenger
A victim of society
My trapped messenger

I got my implant
I got my bulletproof glass

Treetops

We all want understanding
To break the rocks
Not all our vision
Centred outside

We mistake our riches
Among the tops of trees
We come down intending
To conquer the seasons

We all want understanding
Our greatest curse
A thought to accompany
The rip, the crack, the stab

Where is your comfort?
Where did you come from?

Innovator he is basking in the thick glow of the risen fog, and as it covers up
Hidden data and the tracks in dirt, the eyes in the walls and the ears in the doors
Are gonna getcha
They're gonna getcha
They're gonna getcha

Good Morning Girlwonder / Are You Cold?

Good morning girlwonder
What do you want me?
There is a sapphire shine
On my mind in view

Come into the light
Where do you want me to stand?
I am dirt in a dream
Sparkling clean are you

Because she'd fold for anybody's sake
Things fortold were never worth their weight/wait
One line jokes tell me how you've been
Are you cold?

Good god girlwonder
Why do you want me?
Still around
Calming down the sea

Because she'd fold for anybody's sake
Things fortold were never worth their weight/wait
One line jokes tell me how you've been
Are you cold?

Because she'd fold for anybody's sake
Things fortold were never worth their weight/wait
Are you cold? Do you ever lose control?

She's not like anybody
She's not like anybody else