the trickster

rust on the mountains
rust in my brain
the air is sacred here
in spite of your claim
up on the roof tops
out of reach
trickster is meaningless
trickster is weak.

he's talking out the world
hey! this is only halfway.

i wanted you so bad
and i couldn't say
all things fall apart
we wanted out so bad
that we couldn't say
these things fall apart
...
we're talking out the world
hey! this is only halfway.

truant kids - a can of brick dust worms
who do not want to climb down from
their chestnut tree
long white gloves
police tread carefully
(escaped from the zoo)
the perfect child facsimile is
talking out the world
talking out the world

hey! this is only halfway


Lewis (mistreated)

bummed out again by your only business friend
the smell of failure is thicker than you think
don't do it
don't......jump.

changed shape to fit in the end you just feel sick
a million lovesongs under anaesthetic
hey don't do it
don't......jump.

lewis
save yourself the pain
you will never get there
lewis
save yourself the pain
it never really mattered.

we never noticed we never understood
he just got crushed to fit
he never even smelt like the best
it's the best
it's the best day of your life.

lewis
save yourself the pain
you will never get there
lewis
save yourself the pain
it never really mattered.

ohhh mistreated a low
corporate
hummmmmmistreated a low
corporate hum.


Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong

i wrapped you inside my coat
when they came to firebomb the house.
i didn't feel pain
kos no-one can touch me
whenever i'm held in your spell

a beautiful girl
a beautiful girl can turn your world into DUST

sell me a car that goes
sell me a house that stands up
i never cared before i never cared before i never
cared before, before, before.

a beautiful girl
a beautiful girl can turn your world into DUST

i stood in front of your face
when the first bullet was shot.


Permanent Daylight

the easiest way to sleep at night is to
carry on believing that i don't exist
the easiest way to sell your soul is to
carry on believing that we don't exist
it must be hard...hard...
with your head on backward.


Lozenge of Love

i am gone
everybody's raging
and these fruits
they still taste of poison.

i wont be around
when you really need me

i can't sleep
why can't someone hold me?
i need warm
my restless body cracks and moans.

i won't have the strength
when you really need me.



You Never Wash Up After Yourself

I must get out once in a while
Everything is starting to die
The dust settles the worms dig
The spiders crawl over the bed
I must get out once in a while
I eat all day and now I'm fat
Yesterday's meal is hugging the plate
You never wash up after yourself