Better Than the Rest (working title of Fade Away)
Mission: Submission
The Party's Over
She's a Study
The Grays
Both Belong
Friend of Mine
Oh Well Maybe
Spooky
Very Best Years
Outdoor Miner (Wire cover)
Jellyfish
The Man I Used To Be
Better Than the Rest
(TV Eyes)
There's something hiding behind your eyes
Havin' trouble deciding if you deserve the prize
Want my opinion? Take the money and run away
Don't hesitate
Playtime is over, time to put it down
Gotta change our focus, gotta turn it around
In the name of progress they took a piece of you, oh, you
You know that isn't true
Chorus:
There's a place you can taste in the back of your mind
That you kept well intact, where the sun still shines
When you want somewhere else, a place you can hide
We can lock all the doors and we could stay inside
If you need a little speed we can go for a ride
??? every single time
You could be better than the rest
You're getting closer to the kind of truth
Maybe it's a blessing, a return to your youth
You've pulled no punches, they wanted proof, well now
You're gonna show 'em how
(chorus)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You could be better than the rest
(You could be better, you could be better) 2x
(chorus)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
You could be better than the rest...
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
We could be better than the rest...
Mission: Submission
(TV Eyes)
Hello...
May we have a minute of your precious time?
Hello...
Please answer our questions of the urgent kind
Our service is perfect in every way
We've not had to answer a single complaint
Hello...
Tranmission of tension down your telephone line
Chorus:
We create what you think is real
We're behind all the biggest deals
We control every rumor hissed
Every punchline missed
Every lover kissed
Hello...
Permission is granted, we're right on time
Hello...
Conditions are met, you know where to sign
(on the dotted line)
We're selling a future where doors never close
You'll view your computer in a primitive pose
Hello...
Our mission: submission, give us your mind
(chorus)
By you...
Hello...
We promise our service is always on time
It's clean and efficient and all in your mind
Chorus 2:
Complicated heaven and hell
Contaminated your single cell
We control every business risk
Every future pissed
away....
We create what you think is real
We're behind all the biggest deals
We control every rumor hissed
Every punchline missed
Every lover kissed
Every lover kissed
The Party's Over
(TV Eyes)
(Check it out)
Get 'em outta here
I can't take anymore
Decisions made in fear
That don't work anymore
Yeah the enemy is different
But still acts the same
Things have gotten worse
Ah, where's your shame?
Chorus:
When the world went black and white
Did your dreams die overnight?
Did you think from grace you'd fall?
Did you even think at all?
The party's over
(check it out)
Oh, I wanted something cracked
Sensory attack
Taken to the max
It'll break your mama's back
Yeah they think they're swingin'
They couldn't swing if they were hung
When they all fade away
Well then our job is done
it's done
Chorus:
When the world went black and white
Did your dreams die overnight?
Did you think from grace you'd fall?
Did you even think at all?
The party's over
Ah, the party's over
Did you save your money?
Hope you invested well
'Cos there's nothin' funny
About a season in hell
(chorus)
The party's over
Ah, the party's over
The party's over
Yeah, the party's over
She's a Study
(TV Eyes)
She brushes against you and says, "Ooh, I'm sorry"
Flashes a smile and she's gone in a hurry
And as she walks away
Do you go after her and test the water
Or are you gonna settle for remembering her?
The stage is set and the show is beginning
It's just beginning
She's a study
With eyes of blue
You think of the trouble you should get into
Tells a friend she'll be back in a few
It's up to you, it's up to you
Chorus:
In the time it takes to think of what to say
(of what to say)
She could walk away
And you'll be all alone like yesterday
Shoulda said it anyway
In the time it takes to think of what to say
(of what to say)
She could walk away
And you'll be all alone like yesterday
Shoulda said it anyway
Ah, say something today
Her friends size you up as you come into play
What's she gonna say?
She crosses her legs and then looks away
Ah, here we go again
Well if no means you have to second guess
Why is an innocent crush always a brutal test?
The stage is set and the show is just beginning
It's just beginning
She's a study
With eyes of blue
You think of the trouble you should get into
Tells a friend she'll be back in a few
It's up to you
It's up to you
(chorus)
(Think of the trouble you could get into)
She's a study
(chorus)
What to say...
Of what to say...
Both Belong
(The Grays)
This man climbs another step and wonders if his life is worth the living he hasn't done much of
Denying any notion that emotion may be token for nostalgia A gesture all the same
He's got his private wars just like the million other wars
That keep you and I from getting where we both belong, both belong
'Cause I see you making eyes with yourself again
Shaking hands with invisible friends
Looking 'round for encouragement
No not me I'm just hangin', hangin' 'round for a new thrill
'Cause I'm tired of the old ones
And I can't be the only one
Whose in life there's some sunshine, yeah
And baby you're a tough one but your love has long forgotten how to scratch its way from such a guarded heart
One day you'll realize that nothing sticks from nothing and go write a book that no one ever reads
You've got your private wars just like the million other wars
That keep you and I from getting where we both belong, both belong
'Cause I see you making eyes with yourself again
Shaking hands with invisible friends
Looking 'round for encouragement
No not me I'm just hangin', hangin' 'round for a new thrill
'Cause I'm tired of the old ones
And I can't be the only one
Who's in life there's some sunshine, yeah
Don't try to understand
Or offer your gentle hand
To me...to me...
'Cause you are not alone in wonderin' how you got so far from home
When every memory you own is beggin' for your time
But you're running out of sand
As you clutch the feeble hands
And embrace the thing referred to as the past
And I see you making eyes with yourself again
Shaking hands with invisible friends
Looking 'round for encouragement
No not me I'm just hangin', hangin' 'round for a new thrill
'Cause I'm tired of the old ones
And I can't be the only one
Whose in life there's some sunshine
Friend of Mine
(The Grays)
A friend of mine once asked me the key to tranquility
Without my obvious worn-out reply;
"I don't know, it's individual
We're all different and nothing's universal"
I took my time
Combed my mind for something of value
And after much deliberation I've found
No matter how much time
Your luck's as good as mine
You've got to find your self
In your heart there's so much wealth
I sleep with angels
But devils wake me up
And remind me of all the wicked evil things
That torture us all with curiousity
I throwed 'em out
Apologies for misunderstanding
But we'll meet again
And have another sip of vanity
In spite of all these deviations I've found
Oh Well Maybe
(The Grays)
I lay my hands on you
My heart is oh so true
But when the forest fires burn
Isn't it really cause they yearn
Hoping someday we'll take a turn
Possibly learn
Oh well maybe
My dreams keep me awake
I know they do this cause they tell me
I know she's smiling cause I'm funny
Take my hands from you
You haven't got a clue
That love's a strange one don't you think?
My heart is black and blue
Spooky
(The Grays)
Something's swallowing me
Someone's following me
There's one thing left to do, oh
I know what to do
Take you down to the wrong side of town my darling
Replace your fear with some truth you'll endear by mourning
Trouble you bring could haunt you very soon
The song that you sing could use a change of tune
'Cause it all comes down at the wrong time, shutter my eyes
All you see at the right time feeds your disguise
It all comes down at the wrong time, I shutter my eyes
And all you say at the right time feeds your disguise, yeah yeah...
My senses take me back again
To long before you were my friend
My god I see, well I see my, myself in you...
I'll take you down to the wrong side of town my darling
Replace your fear with some truth you'll endear by mourning
You ain't the truth but more part of the lie
You ain't the truth but more part of the lie
I'm not the one who's trembling as I die
Very Best Years
(The Grays)
Okay it started a long time ago when I was a little boy
Sometimes a little one don't do what he's told and mother puts back his toy
Chorus:
Yes there is something you can do my love
Won't you help me through these troubled times
And serve to remind
That everything is gonna be alright despite my fighting bitter tears
These are the very best years
These days father's not the man that we knew and you know we get so low
That's when you find me alone with my will, and my wine, and these scars that show
(chorus)
I was just five years old
had this dream that took me far away
and brought me here today
where my hopes and fears
are gathered around
can't you feel them hangin' round
Yes there is something you can do my love
Won't you help me through these troubled times
And serve to remind
That everything is gonna be alright despite my fighting bitter tears
And serve to remind
Yes everything is gonna be alright despite my fighting bitter tears
'Cause these are the very best years, yeah
These are the very best years
Outdoor Miner
(Wire cover)
No blind spots
In leopard's eyes
Only helps
To jeopardize
The lives of lambs
The shepherd cries
An after life
For a silver fish
Eternal dust
Less ticklish
Than a clean room
A house gets swept
Chorus:
He lies on his side
Is he trying to hide?
In fact it's the earth
He's known since birth
A face worker
A serpentine miner
The roof falls
An underliner
Of leaf culture
The egg timer
The Man I Used To Be
(Jellyfish)
I hope you remember me, I was your daddy once
Wearing a sailor cap and dirty nails
To you I'm just a picture on your mother's mantlepiece
Who chose to fight the good fight in time to fail
Into battle
and in your shadow
your daddy loves you still
yes i do
I never thought it'd be so hard to see you grow so fast
And turn into the man I used to be
But I hope you have more sense than I in matters such as these
'Cause medals don't mean shit when a family is lost at sea
I save every moment I've reached out and almost touched you
But they all fade away must be a bad memory