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Buying New Soul
(10:24)
Dried up, a guitar upon my knee I should have sold out when the devil came for me Dig a hole and throw it out to sea Break the code, how happy I could be
I still wave at the dots on the shore And I still beat my head against the door I still rage and wage my little war I'm a shade and easy to ignore
White wall, I had to paint a door I always find that I've been through it before Close it up and throw away the key Break the code, how happy I could be
I woke up and I had a big idea To buy a new soul at the start of every year I paid up and it cost me pretty dear Here's a hymn to those that disappear
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Access Denied
(3:35)
Access denied All of the smarter kids they stay inside But out in the pouring rain You're kicking me with that look of sheer disdain
The fat controller man He doesn't understand he's my biggest fan So I'll stay here on the floor It's better to be ignored than to be adored
Church spires ticking Hose pipes hissing
Don't want to smother you Just want you to be the mother of my children (now) And you do
Good morning lucky man I hope you enjoyed your sojourn in Japan It's such a perfect scene Back here in Golders Green - cut...end of dream
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Cure for Optimism
(6:11)
Up there a mountain rises Down here an ocean dives A stranger with a head full of lead Photographs me
Steel bars and a doctor's note Don't give up They can plead and beg but don't let them fix your head
Outside a path to knowledge Inside a waste of cells A serpent with a mobile phone Sweet talks me
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Untitled
(8:53)
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Disappear
(3:37)
We made the world believe we didn't care We gate crashed parties and just stood and stared We moved to London and stayed in all year You wrote poetry while I disappeared
You made a choice for us to live it up I've got a voice inside me saying give it up Let's get out of here, let's find a new career You be famous, I'll disappear
Disappear - I erase myself again
I need security, you favour chance I ponder everything, you advance You bring the world to me and I just sneer Standing next to you I disappear
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Ambulance Chasing
(6:32)
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In Formaldehyde
(5:19)
Dust in the kitchen Coffeepot Microdots
Now we are coasting Talking less Breathing stress
Somewhere inside I have died So I will lie In formaldehyde People walk Through my insides
When I get out of here I get a plastic vase And you get to keep the car
Or do you want me to stay ? The things that I have to say You've heard it all anyway
Send me to sleep You always could Fatherhood
Tie up loose ends Make it stop Forget me not
And would you really mind If I told you a millionth time The story of my decline ?
You never seem to take The time to contemplate Before you annihilate
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Even Less - full length version
(13:55)
A body is washed up on a Norfolk beach He was a friend that I could not reach He thought I was cold but I understand But for the grace of God goes another man
And I may just waste away from doing nothing But I'm a martyr to even less
A choir boy is buried on the moors Where we used to go dreaming when we were bored Some kids are best left to fend for themselves And others were born to stack shelves
And I may just waste away from doing nothing But I'm a martyr to even less
Fuck you and your book too You can have it back When I'm gone these songs will Will be my tracks
And I had a stupid dream that I could change things But I'm a martyr to even less
I hate the ground that I have walked upon Nothing I've done has ever mattered long
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Oceans Have No Memory
(3:06)
