The Fisherman & The Sea

Lyrics

Botify the People

Botify The People

Don’t share the wealth
You’ll share health
Keep ‘em crawling, crawling further
Up the ladder ’til the murder

All of those lines
Fine printed lines
Keep ‘em happy not reading
All the bullshit that we’re feeding

Yes you are
A star
On a chart
In a machine heart

Lie after lie
Time after time
Make it look like we’re caring
Your objective: get them sharing

Big Data dumps
Subscriber bumps
We’re a business, not a pre-school
Just tell them what I told you

Yes you are
A star
On a chart
In a machine heart

We need to spotify all of the artists
And shopify all of their guest lists
No need to amplify our reasons
When we can botify all of the people

Kick up upstairs
Like someone cares
What we do with all the money
Keep it close to, to you honey

Yes you are
A star
On a chart
In a machine heart

We need to spotify all of the artists
And shopify all of their guest lists
No need to amplify our reasons
When we can botify all of the people

Don’t give me truth
This is post-you
Swear I’ll cut off all the branches
Throw you back into the trenches

And there you ‘ll be
Just without me
Back to crawing, crawling further
Up the ladder til you murder

Scream into the Void

I’m a guilty soul
I though on my own
I’d change where we’re going

But here I still am
Feeling all scammed
Broke and still paying

(Whistling)

No Instagram Reels
Or Facebook Lives
Will get things rolling

So I’m wondering
If this is my thing
And who am I fooling?

I scream into the void
I scream into the void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
I scream into that void

It’s not people I reach
Just gatekeeper code
Love with a price tag

It’s funny and sad
A code makes me mad
And I forget what I came here for

I scream into the void
I scream into the void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
I scream into that void

Marketing tools
For all of us foold
Look at my trajectory
It might be reversed
At least I rehearsed
And nail it later

I scream into the void
I scream into the void
Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again
I scream into that void

Nobody answers
Beholden to their masters
The algorithms changing faster
Another stillborn beauty voided again

Plastic

I’m floating like a piece of plastic
Floating through the air
I don’t belong, I’m a pollutant
Welcome nowhere

I never knew how to make it
I never knew how to take all of those turns
In their world

That’s why I’m turning
My inside in now
That’s why I’m burning
My prison down now

I wish I was as useful to myself as
To machines
I’m plastic like the most of us
That never get seen

I never knew how to make it
I never knew how to take all of those turns
In their world

That’s why I’m turning
My inside in now
That’s why I’m burning
My prison down now

I never knew how to make it
I never knew how to take all of those turns
In their world

I never knew how to fake it
I never knew how to fake it, taking turns
With all the world

That’s why I’m turning
My inside in now
That’s why I’m burning
My prison down now

Light the Liars on Fire

Lately been feeling kind of vaguely
Like I should start to say things
Although I have no way in

Bubbles causing all my troubles
They burst not from my squabbles
Just when I pay them double

Now I can’t help to be
The things they need from me
I’m always one step off trend

I’m never ahead of time
No matter how early I’m
Collateral, expendable

Light the liars on fire
Let them burn on the pyre
All their promises made
Vanish once they get paid
After that it’s just me
And the heaps of money
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet

I hope that all you are
Is a glitch between our stars
I hope that all you’ll be
Is a fleeting memory

But sadly there’s no way that time-traveling
Is any way of answering what here and now are asking

I’m tired of trying to topple giants
A faceless mob of tyrants but honestly just liars

Let them burn on the pyre
All their promises made
Vanish once they get paid
After that it’s just me
And the heaps of money
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet
I am unwittingly laying down at their feet

I hope that all you are
Is a glitch between our stars
I hope that all you’ll be
Is a fleeting memory
I hope that all I am
Is a strike right through your plans

Conversations with an Algorithm

All day locked up in my home
Staring down my endless phone
Trying to crack that secret code
Trying to squeeze into that, into that, into that mold

We’re searching for life
On our mobile device
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm

All night wide awake in bed
Lettting the world into my head
Trying so hard ot let things slide
Knowing full well it’ll cut me, it’ll cut me, cut me of this life

We’re searching for life
On our mobile device
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm

You change your song
And I try changing along

We’re searching for life
On our mobile device
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm
Oh lo and behold, it’s a conversation
You can’t win, win ‘gainst the algorithm

Oh lo and behold
That’s how we go
Oh lo and behold
That’s how we go

Faith in the System

I can not love
What I can not touch

I can not feel
Something pre-meditated

Why am I here?
Am I only to please?

Faith, faith
Why don’t I have a little faith, faith
In the system and it’s ways?
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes
Why can’t I be a litle slave
To the system and it’s perfect ways?

I can not see
A person by watching their feed

I can not talk
Through someone’s business mind warp

Is it just me?
Should I bow to the machine?

Faith, faith
Why don’t I have a little faith, faith
In the system and it’s ways?
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes
Why can’t I be a litle slave
To the system and it’s perfect ways?

My need to feel
Just a dying scream here

Faith, faith
Why don’t I have an ounce of faith, faith
In the system and it’s ways?
‘Stead I scream mindfuck and rape, rape
I’m too crass for goodness sakes, sakes
Why can’t I be a litle slave
To the system and it’s perfect ways?

But the Boy is Dead!

I feel so strung out on my own
No pulse, no vital signs to show
All my tax returns I’m ready to burn
Of the universe I’m trying to learn
Just got this inkling in my head

Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!

I feel my fuse is about to blow
Got all this love that needs to grow
You look at me weird all because of my beard
Let out a sigh, take out the pruning shears
While I lay naked on my bed

Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, chip away at the life of me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, get a line inside of me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, get that clickbait into me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Snip-snip-snip, suck the life right out of me
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!

I feel so strung out on my own
No pulse, no vital signs to show
Oh my CEO are you ready to dance?
You flash some bling, I soil my pants
Don’t be a stiff is what you said

Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
That sure don’t mean that he don’t dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
That sure don’t mean that he can’t dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Everybody’s gotta do the dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
So don’t give me attitude, just dance
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!

KIA
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Do it my way
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
Spotify-a
Oh, my word, but the boy is dead!
You are…
Oh, my word, but the boy is… dead!

I Owe an Explanation to Myself Now

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now
To myself now
All the years I pleased myself by clicking all the likes
While I was barely half-alive

Signed out still I know I tried
Clicked like like a hundred times
Always replied
To boost my profile

Feel lost when I go outside
Where’s the sex, where’s the sunny side?
What’s this cold life?
I wanna be inside

Oooh, come back to me
Who’s whispering?
Oooh, come back to me
Obey the screen

Feel anxious when you’re far away
The next room like the Milky Way
I can not put you down
I will not put you down

But then I cracked like a twig in the cold
For a minute felt a hundred years old
I put my phone down
I let myself down

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now
To myself now
All the years I pleased myself by clicking all the likes
While I was barely half-alive

Surface, surface!
I need to re-surface, surface
I can see the surface
Don’t let it drag me down
Don’t leave me to drown

Surface, surface!
I need to re-surface, surface
I can see the surface
And sunlight
Daylight
Wild life
My lost time

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now
To myself now
All the years I pleased myself by clicking all the likes
While I was barely half-alive

Oooh, come back to me
Who’s whispering?
Oooh, come back to me
Obey the screen

I believe I owe an explanation to myself now
To myself now

Songs from Tuesday

Follow Your Love To The Letter

My head is out there hanging in the rain
I’m always doubtful if I’m really feeling pain

I worry too much they say
They worry my head’s in the wrong place

But that don’t worry me none
No, that don’t worry me none

I’m a forest burning as my streams have run dry
I wish I was learning but I’m just playing with my life

I worry too much they say
They worry my head’s in the wrong place

But that don’t worry me none
No, that don’t worry me none

If I was to worry here
You’d have to change things for the better
If I was to worry here
You’d have to follow your love to the letter

I Like Everything That Gets Me Out Of Bed Today

There’s about a hundred ways
That we’re not okay
We’re alone and afraid

There’s about a thousand hurts
That we’ve never learned
To forget and to burn

There’s about a million things
That we’re holding in
That we’re not saying

I like strawberries and cream
I like sleeping and dreams
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today
I’ll take a chance on stupid hopes
I’ll take a chance if I’m not alone
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today

There’s a few odd billion of us
Walking lost
To a place of love

There’s about a trillion men
Little green men
That are not worth my rhyme

I like strawberries and cream
I like sleeping and dreams
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today
I’ll take a chance on stupid hopes
I’ll take a chance if I’m not alone
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today

There's an ocean of
An ocean of
An ocean's worth of life we've lost
An ocean filled
An ocean filled
An ocean of mistakes and thrills
But oh, who's counting now?
Let us come
Back to square one

I like strawberries and cream
I like sleeping and dreams
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today
I’ll take a chance on stupid hopes
I’ll take a chance if I’m not alone
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today

I like turtles and seas
I like big harmonies
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today
I’ll take a chance on stupid hopes
I’ll take a chance if I’m not alone
I like everything that gets me
Out of bed today

Lost in Spaces

Hide me in the night
Where scattered rays of light
Have come to die
Let the dark arise

Slow me down
To the speed of sound
If the Earth is flat and round
Will you stop ranting and bow out?

I’m lost in spaces
I can’t escape from
All these wide spaces
In none of which I belong

Feel free to speak
If I may politely leave
We got nowhere with total ease
You won’t listen
And I won’t hear

I’m lost in spaces
I can’t escape from
All these wide spaces
In none of which I belong

No escape for me

The Burglars Are Back In Town

We’re so lost now,
We’re so gone now
We’re breaking in
Into houses of the people
We thought we’re in bed with
For the long haul
And now it’s a thing
The clashes of the classes
And they’re asking

Have you seen me
On the cover of a magazine?
And we’re smiling, we're smiling wide
Take a look around

The burglars are back in town
And we’re taking our money now
If you insist on keeping your crown
We’re ripping those diamonds out

We’re so cross now
But we’re straight now
They know they’re up
’Gainst the real crowd
Not the breakdown
Of quarterly crops

We’re not sorry, we just worry
’Bout the next few months
And we’re lying to our babies
And that’s why we’ve come

Have you seen us?
Do we look like giving up?
And we’re smiling
Yeah, we’re smiling wide
Take a look around

The burglars are back in town

And we’re taking our money now
If you insist on keeping your crown
We’re ripping those diamonds out

Maria and Luis
Kimberly and Steve
Amina and Rashid
People I’ve never seen

All over the city streets
Beautiful anarchy
No-one needs to bleed
Just money being freed

Take a look around
The burglars are back in town
’Cause what’s your's was always ours
Yeah, the burglars are back in town
’Cause what’s your's was always ours

Take Me Back To The Lovely Side

I’m tired and destroyed
I gotta be honest, darling
I’m sleeping awake
And I don’t know who I’m serving

All of these years
I thought that I had found something
I gotta get real
A decade of losing my thing

Take it up with the other side
Take it up with the greedy I
Take it, break it
Take it, break it
Wake me up on the lovely side
Wake me up on the lovely side
Wake me up on the lovely side
Wake me up on the lovely side of life

I’m comfortably numb
Progressing flat out nowhere
Might be that I’m dumb
But I always thought this somewhere

Take it up with the other side
Take it up with the greedy I
Take it, break it
Take it, break it
Wake me up on the lovely side
Wake me up on the lovely side
Wake me up on the lovely side
Wake me up on the lovely side of life

The Hula Hoop Shakes

Hold that thought and stop what you’re doing
Oh I like, I like what you’re saying
Quite a day to be slaving away
So quit that stick and stick with me now

See how all the trees, they be waving?
Look at our little sun finally shining
You know it’s time to leave that spreadsheet behind
Put some sunscreen on and shift it

If somebody tells you, if somebody tells you you’re wrong
Let me just tell them, let me just tell them you’re gone
’Cause…

When the hula hoop shakes the world is definitely on break
The hula hoop shakes I’ll be indefinitely late
We’re wasting our time here
When the hula hoop shakes the world is definitely on break
The hula hoop shakes I’ll be indefinitely late
We’re wasting our time here

Surfs up, wish us luck, no more noodling
If you don’t know yourself, best get googling
And you will find you need executive time
So trust yourself and make up stories

If somebody tells you, if somebody tells you you’re wrong
Let me just tell them, let me just tell them you’re gone
’Cause…

When the hula hoop shakes the world is definitely on break
The hula hoop shakes I’ll be indefinitely late
We’re wasting our time here
When the hula hoop shakes the world is definitely on break
The hula hoop shakes I’ll be indefinitely late
We’re wasting our time here

When the hula hoop shakes
The hula hoop shakes
I’m wasting your time here

Aah-ooh…

The world is definitely on break
The hula hoop shakes I’ll be indefinitely late
We’re wasting our time here
When the hula hoop shakes the world is definitely on break
The hula hoop shakes I’ll be indefinitely late
We’re wasting our time here

The Bear & The Bird

The Bear

Simple answers, where can I subscribe?
I’ve been laying down so long I’ve died
At least in your mind

I tower above you my little friend
I’m a giant in your world and you want me dead
Hmmm…cold clear night
Hmmm…winter is nigh

Way up in the mountains I came across
A man covered in nothing but some moss
He said he was boss

I tower above you my little friend
I’m a giant in your world and you want me dead
Hmmm…cold clear night
Hmmm…winter is nigh

At your tables love
I can’t keep losing
Though King Darwin’s dead
He’s still choosing
Without my baby girl
There’s nothing that I would not do

So I killed you tonight
Clawed your face and lit a fire
Only when nature calls for blood
Will you wonder if it’s been enough

For the dead I sing
For my next of kin
For a baby born
Into a world forlorn

Suiciders

I never really paid much mind
To some of my friends talking suicide
It’s just a thing we talk about
And no-one ever acts it out

But that just ain’t the truth no more
The other day I sunk to the floor
What if I never got back up
Would anyone care for what was lost?

Oh Jesus, will you let me drown?

I don’t think I’m well to do
But thanks for asking how ’bout you?
I know you’re never well yourself
But today I’d like you to help

This sure as hell ain’t just a phase
I’m telling you I’ve lost that race
The race for happiness and pride
Neither of which stick by my side

Oh Jesus, will you let me drown?

I don’t think I’m well to do
But thanks for asking how ’bout you?
I know you’re never well yourself
But today I’d like you to help me lose
This aching blues with you

I don’t think I’m well to do
But thanks for asking how ’bout you?
I know you’re never well yourself
But today I’d like you to help

’Cause I don’t want to spend my days
Listening to people with nothing to say
And I don’t like spending my nights
Contemplating suicide

Dead Out Of Time

I am a broken man apart
I hurt but will not lie to you
I am what I am
Just a sham

I count a hundred things we could do without
We both, we brought them home with us
Now home is just a place
To feel alone

I fear I’m losing the light
I’m dead out of time
And everything just melts into the dark
I’m losing this fight
Just ’cause I’m tired
Of my few words never being right

You are so beautiful in my heart
The stars in your eyes I see
But I can’t breathe
And I can’t leave ’cause of the

Fear I’m losing the light
I’m dead out of time
And everything just melts into the dark
I’m losing this fight
Just ’cause I’m tired
Of my few words never being right

Right…

I fear I’m losing the light
I’m dead out of time
And everything just melts into the dark
I’m losing this fight
Just ’cause I’m tired
Of my few words never being right

I am a broken man apart
The stars in your eyes I see
All you’ve done, all you’ve been
Just a dream

I Don’t Know What To Believe In Anymore

Hate, it sounds so biblical
No, what I feel must be a chemical
Sometimes I’m high just like the Jesus kin
Right now I’m down with all the rest of men

Heaven’s gates open up just to rain on me

You wish you saw it in me
A love so watered down
Yeah, nothing’s gonna sting me
I’m gonna wait it out

Love, it sounds so casual
I heart you not, please switch to manual
Everyone expects only the greatest things
Of themselves and the world they’re dreaming in

Heaven’s gates open up just to piss on them

You wish you saw it in me
A love so watered down
Yeah, nothing’s gonna sting me
I’m gonna wait it out

’Cause all the people here
They’ve all found a way
And I’ll follow them right into our doom

Yeah I’m down
With all these other men
Yeah I’m down
And I don’t know what to believe in anymore

You wish you saw it in me
A love so watered down
’Cause all the people here
They’ve all found a way
And I’ll follow them right into our doom

(I Only Ever Listen To) Oasis

I’m a little bit hurt
I’m a little bit lost
That you don’t know Madonna
I’m a little bit baffled for us all

I’m a little bit shocked
I’m a little bit awed
By your whole generation
This shit don’t fly and never will
Got a few more words for you

Roll down your window
And cover your ears
You will not like what
You’re going to hear

All the love I had for you just went out the window
All the love I had for you is d-d-dead, d-d-dead
Wish it was more trouble, but it’s really that simple
My love, my love, my love, my love is dead and gone

There’s a thing you should know
And I’m telling you straight
’Cause I don’t want you not knowing
So let me lay it out for you

I only listen to Oasis
Not because they are the greatest
Though they are but that is not my point here
It’s that you don’t know who they are
But somehow still know Wonderwall

Roll down your window
And cover your ears
You will not like what
You’re going to hear

All the love I had for you just went out the window
All the love I had for you is d-d-dead, d-d-dead
Wish it was more trouble, but it’s really that simple
My love, my love, my love, my love is dead and gone

Fly away, little bird
Fly away, yes, you heard
Slide away, songbird
Fly away, yes, you heard

All the love I had for you just went out the window
All the love I had for you is d-d-dead, d-d-dead
Wish it was more trouble, but it’s really that simple
My love, my love, my love, my love is dead and gone

The Hurt & The Humour

Hurry

Hurry, don’t take so long to call
I’m worried I can’t do this on my own
And I’m laughing, how much I need you now
When I’m crashing and my luck won’t turn around

Those demon eyes are closing in, yeah
And I am done with holding it in, yeah

All the love and all the sorrow that I feel
It’s just like my mama told me, but now it’s real

Help me, I’m feeling two feet tall
And I’m trembling like I never did before
Ah curse this, the only way is through
But what’s worse is, it doesn’t end here for you

Those demon eyes are closing in, yeah
And I am done with holding it in, yeah

All the love and all the sorrow that I feel
It’s just like my mama told me, but now it’s real
Don’t worry about the hurt you’ll cause tonight
Don’t hurry about the word that wrecks a life

Don’t worry about the hurt
Don’t worry about it

All the love and all the sorrow that I feel
It’s just like my mama told me, but now it’s real
Don’t worry about the hurt you’ll cause tonight
Don’t hurry about the word that wrecks a life

Don’t take so long to call
I’m worried I can’t do this on my own
So please hurry

Beggar Princess

Hey to you my darling
Have you looked into a mirror lately
’Cause I’ve been seeing things
You’ve grown up so much
I can’t see the end of you
You’re head in the clouds and your toes dug in the sand

I want to steal this
From you, my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

Hey to you my darling
I’ve woken up to a morning sun
That draws a halo ’round your head
Innocence I’ve mocked
I’ve laughed in scorn
But now a look at you is like a slap in my old face

I want to steal this
From you, my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

So why should we die?
So why should we die?
We’re special, you and I

We got this far
To fall apart
Oh, but no

Hey to you my darling
Have you seen me lately
Ready for tomorrow, with a light in my eyes

I want to feel this
Like you do my beggar princess
And yes, it’s just a moment
Of truth with you and me in it

So why should we die?
So why should we die?
We’re special, you and I

Skinny Dip

I’m told that I look younger
Than I did a few weeks ago
That I’ve changed from someone sombre
To someone next to intolerable

I smile for no good reason
Yeah, I laugh at the stupidest jokes
My friends they tell me to cool it
You’re still recovering from the last Joe

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want your love but I know you’re lingering
I want it all, I want it all right now
I want the truth to take your shape right now
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want us to fall in love like children

Word to the wiseass
I’ve never felt this way before
So jeer at me if it helps you
I’m sure you’ve never felt such a fool

Yeah, all the shit I stuck through
All of the hope I clung to
Leave me now
I’ve never seen so clearly
Or sounded this damn cheesy
Take me now

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want your love but I know you’re lingering
I want it all, I want it all right now
I want the truth to take your shape right now
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want us to fall in love like children

Homesick

Cold is the night again
Of this desert state that I’m in
The warmth in my bones has gone
And left me with one final thought

The flicker of TV screens
The neon lights in the streets
The way we’re all happy here
Far away from what’s dear

And I feel homesick again
And I feel homesick again

My footsteps they echo out
Through the empty streets of this town
I thought I heard someone speak
But there’s no one ’xcept the rain in these streets

And I feel homesick again
And I feel homesick again

Can you be my way out of here?
This town is built on dead-ends alone
Can you be my diversion?
Lift me and dry these eyes

Don’t let loose of me
Dry these eyes

Cold is the night again
Of this desert state that I’m in
The warmth in my bones has gone
And left me with one final thought

Stuck With A Rhyme

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine it
With anything of might

I want to stick, stick, stick, stick to a plan
But to conjure up a working one takes a better man
Than most self-help software tells me I am

Shush, shush, shush, shush it to death
Keep ideas from leaving my head
Collect all my thoughts and put them back to bed

But then I turn to face a world

It crossed my mind tonight
It’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be

Take, take, take all that you can
I may not be around to blow up this scam
I wish I had clarity but I’m damned

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with it all
Want to but I can not seem to recall what I want
Or what I’m here for

And so I turn to face the world

It crossed my mind tonight
It’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be

Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine
Stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck with a rhyme
Want to but I can not seem to combine it ahead

You crossed my mind tonight
Now it’s pencil to paper time
All of this, all of this leaves
If I get to, I get to be
Someone
Someone
Someone

The Undertaker

A winding path to the lake
Beneath the trees of my grave
A gentle rain soaks me whole
At least I’m not here on my own
The lake it shimmers through the trees
And sees me

So the undertaker smiles
Curse the love he found in time
’Cause what I’m gonna say
And what I’m gonna do
Will hurt you
I’ve dug another ditch
I’ve dug another grave
To fall into

The lake lay silent and still
Just as you and I will
The house guards the water’s edge
Silent fulfilling its pledge
The walls they weep from the rain
Rotten

So the undertaker smiles
Curse the love he found in time
’Cause what I’m gonna say
And what I’m gonna do
Will hurt you
I’ve dug another ditch
I’ve dug another grave
To fall into

No one can burn this house down
No one can burn this ancient ground
The water is your mirror here
No fear

So the undertaker smiles
Curse the love he found in time
’Cause what I’m gonna say
And what I’m gonna do
Will hurt you
I’ve dug another ditch
I’ve dug another grave
To fall into

Ugly

I’m ugly to look at
I’m ugly to listen to
Dear God, there’s always something awry

The machinery kills me
The days of killing machinery
Are way in perpetual tomorrow

I’ve been trying hard
To just let this go
I should be trying harder

’Cause there’s always someone with a smile
That’ll shiv you
And there’s always someone that you trust
That’ll stiff you
And it’s always someone you love
Yeah, it’s always someone you love
And live for

In your arms I die lying
Yeah the truth eludes me lately
Wish I kept it together

And how I wish I had answers
But the only answer I can get is
”Yeah man, maybe tomorrow...”

I’ve been trying hard
To just let this go
I should be trying harder

’Cause there’s always someone with a smile
That’ll shiv you
And there’s always someone that you trust
That’ll stiff you
And it’s always someone you love
Yeah, it’s always someone you love
And live for

Life In The Service Of Others

I never thought I’d crash and burn
I make nice to a point of no return
Expectations fly so high
I drown inside

Automated sycophant
An enduring elephant
I raise smiles, never questions
Like am I jesting?

It’s a life on the lines
It’s a life in the service
The service of others

It’s a life on the lines
It’s a life in the service
The service of others like you my dear

The computations in my head
Tell me when and how to care
You think it’s love but it’s a system
Just listen

One plus one is always three
It can not work without the me
Soon as it’s fixed I’ll go on home
One plus one alone

It’s a life on the lines
It’s a life in the service
The service of others

It’s a life on the lines
It’s a life in the service
The service of others like you my dear

My head cracks open and your ”love” flows in
You crack a smile and pat me gently on the head
Good night sleep tight while I lay waste to your mind
Admit it to me boy you never wanted life

It’s a life on the lines
It’s a life in the service
The service of others

It’s a life on the lines
It’s a life in the service
The service of others like you my dear

The Fairytale Waltz

I bask in words of gloom
I love the fact we’re all doomed
So while you stand there sniggering
Beware of the wrath you’re triggering

But that snigger turns into a smile
And you won’t step aside

All of my black days suddenly burst into light ’fore my eyes
It’s like a childrens book where everything is neat and alright
I hate a fairytale as much as anyone might
But it’s time for me to die

The hell am I to do with you girl?
Where’s the catch in changing my world?
Bag up your love and leave me rotting here
I won’t be no punchline in a romantic comedy

Am I sure I don’t want to go?
Well girl, I’m fucked if I know

All of my black days suddenly burst into light ’fore my eyes
It’s like a childrens book where everything is neat and alright
I hate a fairytale as much as anyone might
But it’s time for me to die

All of my black days suddenly burst into light ’fore my eyes
It’s like a childrens book where everything is so neat and so right
I hate a fairytale as much as anyone might But it’s time for me to die
Yeah it’s time for me to die
Tonight I must die

A Song For The Hills

A song for the hills
Caught my ear and it gave me chills
A love so divine
Blossomed in this heart of mine

No time like the now
Whispered my love but I shot her down
In the veil I’ll remain
Never see the horizon change

And should I die of a, a broken mind
Don’t let me leave before you’ve sung it to me

Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
Rest here tonight
Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
With the hills in sight

A song for the hills
Caught my ear after all these years
My love I’m tired
But I will rise to this one last cry

And should I die of a, a broken mind
Don’t let me leave before you’ve sung it to me

Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
Rest here tonight
Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
With the hills in sight

A song for the hills
Caught my ear and it gave me chills
My love I’m tired
But I will rise to this one last cry

And should I die of a, a broken mind
Don’t let me leave before you’ve sung it to me

Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
Rest here tonight
Ooh-na-na-na, ooh-na-na-na
With the hills in sight

A song for the hills
Caught my ear and it gave me chills

The Bear

Simple answers, where can I subscribe?
I’ve been laying down so long I’ve died
At least in your mind

I tower above you my little friend
I’m a giant in your world and you want me dead
Hmmm…cold clear night
Hmmm…winter is nigh

Way up in the mountains I came across
A man covered in nothing but some moss
He said he was boss

I tower above you my little friend
I’m a giant in your world and you want me dead
Hmmm…cold clear night
Hmmm…winter is nigh

At your tables love
I can’t keep losing
Though King Darwin’s dead
He’s still choosing
Without my baby girl
There’s nothing that I would not do

So I killed you tonight
Clawed your face and lit a fire
Only when nature calls for blood
Will you wonder if it’s been enough

For the dead I sing
For my next of kin
For a baby born
Into a world forlorn

Christmas on a Mountain

I’m climbing up a mountain
I’m struggling through the snow
I seek a little freedom
In the starry night alone

So imagine my surprise when
On the top I spy a soul
Now we’re joined under the starlight
To descend again as whole

To wish a merry merry Christmas
To your loved ones and mine

We have come here through the darkness
We have come here for the light
Escaped the city and all it’s turmoil
And the show we call our lives

I’ve come for peace and quiet
I’ve come to heal again
I’m glad you’re beside me
Yeah, I’m glad to have a friend

So merry merry Christmas
To your loved ones and mine
loved ones and mine
To your loved ones and mine
loved ones and mine
So merry merry Christmas
To your loved ones and mine

Now it’s time to leave the mountain
Now it’s time to get back
To the souls we share a love with
Embrace them and just relax

So merry merry Christmas
To your loved ones and mine

I Can't Alone

Skinny Dip

I’m told that I look younger
Than I did a few weeks ago
That I’ve changed from someone sombre
To someone next to intolerable

I smile for no good reason
Yeah, I laugh at the stupidest jokes
My friends they tell me to cool it
You’re still recovering from the last Joe

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want your love but I know you’re lingering
I want it all, I want it all right now
I want the truth to take your shape right now
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want us to fall in love like children

Word to the wiseass
I’ve never felt this way before
So jeer at me if it helps you
I’m sure you’ve never felt such a fool

Yeah, all the shit I stuck through
All of the hope I clung to
Leave me now
I’ve never seen so clearly
Or sounded this damn cheesy
Take me now

I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip put me in
I want your heart but I know you’re suffering
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want your love but I know you’re lingering
I want it all, I want it all right now
I want the truth to take your shape right now
I wanna skinny dip, dip, skip throw me in
I want us to fall in love like children

Naive

So I’m here again
Like an honest man
Working hard all day
Bringing home my pay

But you spent your share
On your friends and hair
You thought I wouldn’t care
Since I’m never there

But it feels like you’re making me go
And it feels like I’m pushed to move on
I just feel like a puppet in your show
When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying no

So now here we are
With our lonely hearts
Under the same stars
Already worlds apart

And it feels like you’re making me go
And it feels like I’m pushed to move on
I just feel like a puppet in your show
When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying no

When you smile it’s just a kind way of saying go

A Man With No Dance

I’m building a grand wall
To keep all you lovely people in
You can not leave me here
Once the wolves start creeping in

I might build a tower
To see the horizon and beyond
I’m building a fortress of love
But I can’t alone

Ooh
Oh no man no
I’m just a man with no dance
Ooh
Oh no God no
I’m just a boy for romance

I’m just a man
With a real good plan
To save the world
Make it a better place for Man
It’s a simple plan
But all the love it would take
Just drifted some place...
Else

You curse me a dreamer
You curse me a many evil things
But you’re welcome to join us here
’Cause you’re just like me