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you don't understand
and you don't try to see
the white is too dull
we need the reds and the greens
you're big time now
a New York TV
a prime time fool
for everyone to see
can't see a heaven
if the sky isn't clear
can't change a mind
if it doesn't want to hear
will we ever get out of here?
stop and think a while
another time and another place
where everyone smiles
you have the rights
or you seem to think
stop dead in their tracks
other people's dreams
all your ideas
questioned by doubt
i'm telling you man
you better get out
can't stop the dancing, the song isn't done
can't stop the change
another hundred and one
will we ever get out of here?
stop and think a while
another time and another place
where everyone smiles
you don't understand
and you don't try to see
you're in the cage
and we've got the key
can't see the future
'til it's in front of you
but you can't escape it
the future brings us down
will we ever get out of here?
stop and think a while
another time and another place
where everyone smiles
hopelessly a man starts to feed your day
once he was there you never looked back
how did you think that his words might just fade away
he seemed harmless enough so you let him in and now you'll pay
i can't see him but he's stalking my thoughts
how does it feel when you can't concentrate?
i just stare
all of your daydreams are a seesaw for him to play on
how does it feel when he calls your name
you can plug your ears but it's not the same
how does it feel when he pulls you back
nobody's wrong nobody's right the birdman wouldn't lie
nobody's wrong nobody's right but i just can't trust him tonight
how do you forget a stranger that plagues your days
we arm ourselves when there's nothing to fear right?
wrong
how does it feel when it comes to pass there's something there
but it's not quite right
how does it feel, does it make you mad?
i've read the bible, i've read Dylan,
i'm reading people now
because it is much more chilling
i sit on a satellite
with the stars made of gold
there's life through that hollow lens
i know supersatellite
i watch the traffic,
i find the seeds
there's one man in particular
who's not what he seems
i can't focus in
on the lies in his head
he's convinced that his blood is blue
but it's red
supersatellite
nothing dazzles me,
i am in his dreams
nothing is shocking,
transparent human being
i let go of the world that was holding
a passenger that could not fly
in search of souls
souls in search of something
let it go
let it slide
when i find out what went on
i'll bring it back
it won't be easy
they won't believe how a man
he could drown
in a starseed
i hoped to find why this world wasn't glowing
glowing it darkens as we end this ride
i've fallen back under the equator
I'm back inside I'm back inside
when i find out what went on
i'll bring it back but it won't be easy
they won't believe the man he could
but i'd choose starseed over nothing
nothing
Hope climbs atop of the piano
reaching out towards the warmth of the sun
some man tries to ask her down
but now maybe that's where she belongs
my god she said,
i'm the sunflower who wants
my god he said,
this woman is gone
into the dark
is there anybody there
my god she said
he climbed up top to find that she was slipping
Let her go, let her go, let me go
how long must we leave before we're winning
they don't know, they don't know they just don't know
If she can't be there I know it's best that
nothing is denied
If she can't be there it's best that
everyone change sides
are you there, and is it comfortable?
did you want to escape, try to escape the population?
the pressure is deceiving,
and for you particularly should we let a young man die?
let him die if he wants to?
I can't live here anymore
it's hard when you reach for that floor and
and there's something that tears me inside, so I can't go
brother are you there?
now tell me is it wonderful
or were you hoping to find something a little more?
climbing down the hours I need to know now
do the hands of time only rule this chapter
i'll have to try once again, i'll have to try when I want to
there he's on his knees again
trying hard to understand
why Naveed would let a young man die
convinced that he might break he reaches for that phone
and then another day has gone
so you feel that stain of dried up discussions without weight
It's that feeling you will not have to destroy
It's that feeling that you will not have to ignore
the dirty walls
So you've been plagued, but is everything okay
I cannot bear the shallow words they throw
It's that feeling that you will not have to employ
it's that feeling that you will not ...
it's got to go
this conversation is going nowhere
it's transparent as fuck
this conversation must be over
because all i see is mud
the telephone is ringing, disconnect the line
the tension is building but I'm alright
the stars are colliding, so you might as well let me go
the television is burning because I set it on fire
the wheels they keep turning, but i'm fine
what about the questions we have locked up inside
somewhere, somehow
we've been denied
hand in hand we walk behind pretending,
defending while our souls are tied
It's only the third hour, my conscience subsides
But something reminds me that you lied
What about the consequences?
This can't be right
time can't fix it fast enough,
so we won't notice what it was that went wrong
I saw something there much too familiar
a butterfly with a broken wing
she's fallen under, she's past the end,
communication is down again
the scars have healed but they're back again
we've got to believe this man must bend
because if you could you'd try and destroy her
and there we would be with nothing at all
Is it safe to be a man
when your tired and lonely
only the confident know where to stand
Is it safe to be man
when the world is loaded with thousands
that can't figure out just what they did
time can't fix it fast enough,
so we won't measure just how far below you kept pushing her
you'll have to pay back all of the years that you stole
she's walking backwards,
she's spun around her ears are ringing loud,
how does it feel, does it make you mad?
she's on her knees
please understand how obvious it is
that this man must bend
can you see her standing there trying to find anywhere
there are flowers in her hand but she doesn't know why
offered is advice to you but all you do is fake it
mother, she's only yours tonight and she never cries mother,
I know there is hurt inside Julia
drowning in her own visions,
she's begging the past to stay behind
there's a black cat in the night,
there's a black cat in that sky
offered is advice to you, you left but I don't blame you
we're digging up the past to bury it one last time
I know there's pain inside that truth
but you just have to face it
maybe they'll come back again maybe they're all gone
one day you'll find me sending their message strong
under your feet the city falls down so far the ground is sky
we're under zenith again,
it's healthy if not for long
leave a little room for us to breathe
much more than seven days and you've slipped to deep
much stronger than sympathy, let your best friend pull back that leash
sitting by a frozen man, someone somewhere has to cry
were under zenith again let the cycle run we won't die
leave a little room for us to breathe
I love how you let me fall
under but not to far
I love how you let me fall
only now I see where we are
hold me
all you people can feel it waiting
innocence and love, wrapped in the arms of the burning neon
I feel it, I feel it
it's so entertaining and so wonderful
it magically calls for you
big neon crossing show me the way
big neon crossing save my soul today
don't you worry and don't be afraid
does it send you to the world appealing
where there is spoken word that I can't take
so I'm the liar, I'm the liar
you'd be so disappointed
to find out that the magic was not
really meant for you
do you worry that you're not liked
how long till you break
you're happy cause you smile
but how much can you fake
an ordinary boy an ordinary name
but ordinary's just not good enough today
alone I'm thinking
why is superman dead
is it in my head
we'll just laugh instead
you worry about the weather and
whether or not you should hate
are you worried about your faith
kneel down and obey
you're happy you're in love
you need someone to hate
an ordinary girl an ordinary waist
but ordinary's just not good enough today
doesn't anybody ever know that the
world's a subway...
and Sara thinks she's died here once before
she's crazy
a pop-up book of flowers from grade 4
are driving her insane
no-one knows why
she's sad tonight
no-one can help her find
crying, she couldn't afford the view
crying, these automatic flowers won't do
another brick
another window frames the confusion
her garden blooms but Sara can't see straight
she's drinking herself blind
You know you're not a strong man
and you're just about to cry
hang on it's all right
you worry about the future
the sign said "Yoga class for cats"
it's okay...
the dynamite is waiting
they bankrupted the sky
you're frustrated by the cracks in
the pavement
and every mother's back...
once again
the carnival closed down
but if this world ever turns around
you'll be there
when everyone is sane you'll be there
I've never seen your breath before
but I'm disgusted by the thought of
waiting anymore
If I look up in your eyes
will you notice me or notice it or
fade into this accident
I don't want to find
the big dumb rocket on your mind
its mostly you & mostly me
and a tired gun that's not empty
I've never been this sad before
but I'm disgusted by my fingertips
and what they've done
if I look into your eyes
if it must be true you must believe
I've never held such violent things
I've never talked to God before tonight
but I'm disgusted by...
I walked around my good intentions
and found that there were none
I blame my father for the wasted years
we hardly talked
I never thought I would forget this hate
then a phone call made me realize
I'm wrong
If I don't make it known that
I've loved you all along
just like the sunny days that
we ignore because
we're all dumb & jaded
and I hope to God I figure out
what's wrong
I walked around my room
not thinking
just sinking in this box
I blame myself for being too much
like somebody else
I never thought I would just
bend this way
so you fucked this up again
it's time for you to leave
you never had many friends
and you thought this was all right
you're rushing to meditate
you should eat but probably wait
you never thought of yourself
why are you shaking
why are you right
when I will be the only one who gives
and lets you in tonight
walk you could never walk away
from this speedfreak collagen
caffinated place
you were always reaching in
looking for somewhere to go
nobody needs to find out
nobody needs to know what you know
so you wonder about the past
when you know that its already been
nothing seems to last
can it last will it last
throw away the radio suitcase
that keeps you awake
hide the telephone in case, you
realize that sometimes you're not okay
you level off but its not all right now
you need to understand
there's nothing strange about this
you need to know your friends
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
watching you scream
quiet or loud
maybe you should sleep
maybe you just need a friend
as clumsy as you've been
there's no one laughing
you will be safe in here
Throw away this very old shoelace
that tripped you again
try and shrug it off
it's only skin now
you need to understand
there's nothing fake about this
you need to let me in
I'm watching you
over there well he's wondering
is Oskar there is Oskar all right
was never cool not allowed to fit
he never knew what he liked
over there he's the rubberman
a rubber dress with Betty Page eyes
was never cool he'll never settle down
he's not allowed to drive
he'll build a bridge then walk around
don't ever call him dumb
he's not that bright
he's just not himself
I will take you somewhere
somewhere to unwind
you're tangled up in all this shit
I will make you mine
over there he's a superstar
a taximan and a young Eisenstein
hey what do you see
its not me not me
why won't you share
it's not fair
there's a bicycle show
where the bicycle's float
and I wouldn't of cared
I won't be the one who bothers you
I won't be the one who lets you down
now that you're there
you're not scared
why would you care
it's your dream
not theirs
there's a cigarette thief
stealing cigarette disease
I wish I was there
help yourself
if you know why you came
cause if you need help she says...
there's something I've got saved
this is not what you wanted
these candy coated fakes
this is not what you wanted
this is pain
anacin, we're stumbling again
it's the story of a hundred aisles
walk away from simple on a tray
cause if you need help she says
these fancy pills don't rate
this is not what you wanted
a miracle today
time is not for sale today
time seems so far away
you need more than this
depressed come here try this
tired & jaded
this road is unsafe
have you been there
but time is on your side
you're too stubborn to wait
are you listening
they want you to know
they want you to stay
but its too much to take
so you're running away
it's more than I can bear
car crash
ending your day
at the side of the road
are you trembling
they'll wake up today
to the papers that say
"oh well" it was too hard to tell
he was swerving they were swerving
much too late
Take these plastic people
Read their lips, now let it linger
Is there anything that makes them sound sincere?
Tightly hold your hand Take a deep breath, give them the
finger
Are you worried
That your thoughts are not quite clear?
(Twitch)
Overlooked, unfit appearance
I remember falling
I remember marching
Like a one man army
Through the blaze
I remember coughing
I believe in something
I don’t want to remember falling
For their lies Unbutton your clothes
Undress your soul, show them your vigor
Are those inhibitions easiest to fear?
Take this gasoline tin
Head up high , walk like a winner
Let the bare feet be the last sound that they hear
I confess
Everyone is overweight
And I'm obsessed
Talking is just masturbating
Without the mess
Addiction leaves you sad today & unimpressed
I can't remember all the names because
Everyone you meet today
Is just so fucking vain
Bored again by happiness
All those friends I've (die) lost in there
I'm upset
Happiness is not a fish
That you can catch
Imagination can't resist
This laziness
That pins you down, get on your knees
Everyone you meet today
Is feeling useless & ashamed
We live, we die
I don't know the reasons we ask why
We hate, we push
Recent tests show we are all misunderstood
Something's seizing
You know you lost your mind
You know we all need saving
She found you late last night
You feel the madness gaining
You know you just can't win
You know this
But I'm just so tired of waking up on the ground
I never knew the girl
And I never knew the world hurt
We beg, we pray
But everything still happens anyway
Something's teasing
Your conscience can't decide
She stopped your will from caving
But left you paranoid
You feel the constant straining
She reappears divine
You noticed
But I'm just so tired of waking up all alone
Lately I can't breathe
Waiting they're chasing me
No one listens but I'm OK with it
Only I wonder why
If only my hands weren't tied
The world's a blister
But I'm OK with it
What if I was there
What if I was scared
I'm waiting for...
They're at my door
But I'll be back again
Lonely, I'm wandering
Patrolling for enemies
No one listens but I'm ok with it
Goodbye, the future's sold out
There's no use screaming
Who thought we'd ever get this far
Tonight, your faith has come down
To money & a TV
Psychics who've never been to mars
And nazis breast feeding
I know you must be upset
I can't find meaning
I'm sorry, we're sorry
We're all scared, all scared
Hey is anybody home
Has anybody wasted tears on the loneliness
That everyone becomes
Goodnight, the truth has come out
Everyone's needy
White teeth, a ticket to meet god
Be all that you envy
The shotgun under your bed has
Started breathing
You shot it, you shot it
I'm bare, I'm bare
Hey, is anybody home
Has anybody painted fear
On the bedroom walls that save us from...
Hit the ground
Weighed down again
You walked out
But I'm sure you're my friend
It must have been good
This can't be for good
Everyone's....
Is everyone OK
I waited
But I must be too dumb to be proud
Because I waited, I waited
Woke to sounds
I prayed you were there
I fell back down
But I'm sure you still care
I don't want to understand this horror
There's a weight in your eyes that I can't admit
Everybody ends up here in bottles
But the name tags the last thing that you wanted
As the world explodes we fall out of it
But we can't let go because this
Will not go away
There's a house built out in space...
I can't see that thief that lives inside of your head
But I can be some courage at the side of your bed
I don't know what's happening and I won't pretend
But I can be your....
Someone help us understand who ordered
This disgusting arrangement with time and the end
I don't want to hear who walked on water
Because the hallways are empty and the clock ticks
I'm here to wear you out
I'm here to watch you hide
Nothing to figure out
I'm here to watch you die
Running away from the breast of
Your busy giant healing machine
Nobody left in line
No-one to make you shine
Hanging on to the backs of opinions
You've borrowed & betrayed
Lying awake
Don't ask why you should pay for this
A mother
Another
A shameless abusing
But this time we're saving you
I'm here to break you down
I'm here to bury time
Nothing to talk about
Nothing to change my mind
You're a little bit shy
A little too quiet
You're the mixed up girl
That everybody leaves behind
A little bit weird
A little too bright
But you just might be
That little bomb at their side
They'll pull your hair
They'll leave you wide-eyed
But did anybody wonder
What Annie might have in mind
Oh, no
There's something in the way she explains to me
"Please be careful, i exist in someone else's head"
Oh, no
There's something in the way that she makes believe
Please be careful,
Annie dreams that everyone is dead
You're a little bit dry
A little uptight
You're the messed up girl
That every body tries to hide
You've had enough
They're too unkind
But did anyone consider
What Annie might have in mind
Oh, no...
Take all your pills and divide them
By color & size
Take all your problems and advise them
That everything's fine
Since you ran away you've been beating
Your habits to death
But if you were to stay would you feed them
This white happiness
Nobody wants to harm you
When you're outside
But it's hard to believe
When everyone's killing time
Somebody knows
That you're not laughing
Take all your pills and divide them
By number and might
Take all your problems chastise them
Because everything's fine
Since you've ran away you've been beating
Those ladders instead
But if you were to stay would you feed them
With violence
Stealing Babies (featuring Elvin Jones)
I'm teething on the answers you're saving
How are you going to make me understand
I'm dreaming while your stealing babies
How are you going to help me sleep again
How should I say "I'm so sorry"
How should I pray to know that we're alive
Eve stands alone
By the knock on the door
By the thin in her bones
She's courageous & loving
Exhausted & cold
She's not ready to go
But the ghost on the phone
Helps her safely into her dream
You're leaving pieces of family
How are you going to help them understand
I'm screaming while you're stealing babies
Why do you want to knock us down again
Trapeze
can't believe she fell so you never knew him well so far as desperate as you felt so you struggle with the will so far and he walked away from can't believe she fell
turn off your mind, relax and float downstream, lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void, yet you may see the meaning of within love is all and love is everyone and ignorance and hate mourn the dead but listen to the colour of your dreams so play the game "Existence" to the end
dear prudence, won't you come out to play dear prudence open up your eyes look around dear prudence let me see you smile
The Needle and the Damage Done
i caught you knockin' at my cellar door i hit the city and I lost my band i sing the song because I love the man i've seen the needle and the damage done
Eternal life is now on my trail
This is our last goodbye
Her green plastic watering can for her fake chinese rubber plant
Karma police arrest this man he talks in maths
the silence was unnerving
the crowd began to yell
was the thought of her returning
but you know what you've been seeing
these images of guilt
and the concrete in her hair
these lions still need taming
it's very sad very sad
no no
she fell very far very far
no no
for this cannonball, this cannonball
were you strong enough to leave him
oh you need to know him well
he's an angry acrobat
with the will that you've been seeing
these images of guilt and the concrete in her hair
these lions still need taming
it's very sad very sad
no no
she fell very far very far
no no
for this cannonball, this cannonball
and he walked away from
and he walked away from
and he walked away from
and he walked away from
well it happened in a turning
struggle with the will but the thought
of this the thought of this
it is not dying, it is not dying
it is shining, it is shining.
it is being, it is being
it is knowing, it is knowing
it is believing, it is believing
it is not leaving, it is not leaving
of the beginning, of the beginning
dear prudence, greet the brand new day
the sun is up, the sky is blue
it's beautiful and so are you
dear prudence won't you come out to play?
dear prudence see the sunny skies
the wind is low the birds will sing
that you are part of every thing
dear prudence won't you open up your eyes?
look around round round
look around
dear prudence like a little old child
the clouds will be a daisy chain
so let me see you smile again
dear prudence won't you let me see your smile?
"i love you, baby, can I have some more"
ooh, ooh, the damage's done
i watched the needle take another man
gone, gone, the damage's done
i know that some of you don't understand
milk-blood to keep from running out
a little part of it in everyone
but every junkie's like a settin' sun
Got my red glitter coffin man, just need one last nail
While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games
There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names
And as your fantasies are broken in two
Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you?
You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal
Angel
Racist everyman, what have you done?
Man you've made a killer of your unborn son
Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun
All i want to do is love everyone
And as your fantasies are broken in two
Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you?
You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal
There's no time for hatred, only question
What is love, where is happiness, what is life, where is peace,
When will I find the strength to bring me release?
Tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said?
Man, it sounds to me just like a prison for the walking dead
And I've got a message for you and your twisted hell
You better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye to life eternal
Angel
I hate to feel the love between us die
But it's over
Just hear this and then I'll go :
you gave me more to live for,
more than you'll ever know.
This is our last embrace,
must I dream and always see your face
Why can't we overcome this wall
Baby, maybe it is just because I didn't know you at all.
Kiss me, please,
Kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation
You know,
it makes me so angry 'cause I know that in time
I'll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye.
Did you say "no, this can't happen to me,"
and did you rush to the phone to call?
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind saying,
"maybe... you didn't know him at all."
Well, the bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memory
Of her sighs that, "it's over... it's over..."
in the fake plastic earth.
that she bought from a rubber man in a town full of rubber plans
to get rid of itself - it wears her out.
She lives with a broken man,
a cracked polystyreneman who just
crumbles and burns.
He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties but GRAVITY always
wins and it wears him out.
She looks like the real thing.
She tastes like the real thing,
my fake plastic love.
But I can't help the feeling.
I could blow through the ceiling.
If I just turn and run.
and it wears me out.
If i could be who you wanted all the time..
He buzzes like a fridge he's like a detuned radio
Karma police arrest this girl her Hitler hairdo
Is making me feel ill
& we have crashed her party.
This is what you get. This is what you get.
This is what you get when you mess with us.
Karma police I've given all I can it's not enough
I've given all I can but we're still on the payroll.
This is what you get. This is what you get.
This is what you get when you mess with us.
Phew for a minute there I lost myself I lost myself
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