Airbag

In the next world war

in a jack knifed juggernaut

I am born again

in the neon sign

scrolling up and down

an airbag saved my life

!!in an intastella burst

I am back to save the universe!!

in a deep deep sleep

of the innocent (completely terrified)

I am born again

in a fast german car

I'm amazed that I survived

an airbag saved my life

Paranoid Android

Please could you stop the noise i'm trying to get some REST?

from all the unborn chicken voices in my head

huh? what's that??

When i am king you will be first against the wall

with your opinion which is of no consequence at all

huh? what's that??

ambition makes you look very ugly

kicking squealing gucci little piggy

you don't remember

why don't you remember my name?

off with his head

off with his head

why don't you remember my name

i guess he does...

rain down

rain down

come on rain down

on me

from a great height

from a graeeaa haaaeeeeeiii. haaaaeeeeeiiii

height

height

That's it sir,

You're leaving,

The crackle of pig skin,

The dust and the screaming,

The yuppies networking

The panic, the vomit,

The panic, the vomit,

God loves his children,

God loves his children, yeah!

Subterranian Homesick Alien (Uptight)

The breath of the morning

I keep forgetting

the smell of the warm summer air

I live in a town

where you can't smell a thing

you watch your feet

for cracks in the pavement

up above

aliens hover

making home movies

for the folks back home

of all these wierd creatures

who lock up their spirits

drill holes in themselves

and live for their secrets

they're all up-tight.

I wish that they'd swoop down in the country lane

late at night when i'm driving

take me onboard their beautiful ship

show me the weird world as I'd love to see it

I'd tell all my friends

but they'd never believe me

they'd think that I'd finally lost it completely

I'd show them the stars

and the meaning of life

they'd shut me away

but i'll be alright.

I'm just up-tight.

Exit Music (For A Film)

Wake from your sleep

the drying of your tears

today we escape

we escape.

Pack and get dressed

before your father hears us

before all hell breaks loose.

Breathe keep breathing

don't lose your nerve

breathe keep breathing

I can't do this alone.

Sing us a song

a song to keep us warm

there's such a chill

such a CHILL.

You can laugh

a spineless laugh

we hope your rules and wisdom choke you

now we are one

in everlasting peace

We hope that you choke, that you choke...

Let Down

Transport motorways and tramlines

starting and then stopping

taking off and landing

the emptiest of feelings

disappointed people clinging onto bottles

and when it comes its so so disappointing.

let down and hanging around

crushed like a bug in the ground

let down and hanging around

shell smashed juices flowing

wings twitch legs are going

don't get sentimental

it always ends up drivel

one day

I'm going to grow wings

a chemical reaction

hysterical and useless

hysterical and

let down and hanging around

crushed like a bug in the ground

let down and hanging around

let down again

you know

you know where you are with

you know where you are with

floor collapses floating

bouncing back

and one day (you'll know where you are)

I am gonna grow wings

a chemical reaction

hysterical and useless

hysterical and

let down and hanging around

crushed like a bug in the ground

let down and hanging around

Karma Police

Karma Police,

arrest this man,

he talks in maths,

he buzzes like a fridge

he's like a detuned radio.

Karma Police, arrest this girl,

her hitler hairdo,

is making me feel ill,

and 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

Fitter, Happier

fitter, happier more productive

comfortable

not drinking too much

regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)

getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries

at ease

eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)

a patient better driver

a safer car (baby smiling in back seat)

sleeping well (no bad dreams)

no paranoia

careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)

keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)

will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)

favours for favours

fond but not in love

charity standing orders

on sundays ring road supermarket

(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)

car wash (also on sundays)

no longer afraid of the dark

or midday shadows

nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate

nothing so childish

at a better pace

slower and more calculated

no chance of escape

now self-employed

concerned (but powerless)

an empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not

idealism)

will not cry in public

less chance of illness

tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)

a good memory

still cries at a good film

still kisses with saliva

no longer empty and frantic

like a cat

tied to a stick

that's driven into

frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)

calm

fitter, healthier and more productive

a pig

in a cage

on antibiotics

Electioneering

I will stop,

I will stop at nothing.

Say the right things,

when electioneering

I trust I can rely on your vote.

When I go forwards,

you go backwards,

somewhere we will meet.

Riot shields

voodoo economics

it's just business,

cattle prods and the IMF

i trust i can rely on your vote.

When I go forwards,

you go backwards,

somewhere we will meet.

Climbing Up The Walls

I am the key to the lock in your house,

that keeps your toys in the basement,

and if you get too far inside,

you'll only see my reflection.

It's always best when the light is off

I am the pick in the ice

do not cry out or hit the alarm,

we're friends till we die.

And either way you turn, I'll be there,

open up your skull, I'll be there,

climbing up the walls.

It's always best when the light is off,

it's always better on the outside,

fifteen blows to the back of my head,

fifteen blows to your mind.

So tuck the kids in safe tonight,

shut the eyes in the cupboard,

do not cry out or hit the alarm,

you'll get the loneliest feeling

That either way you turn, I'll be there,

open up your skull, I'll be there,

climbing up the walls.

No Surprises

A heart that's full up like a landfill

a job that slowly kills you

bruises that won't heal.

You were so tired, happy,

bring down the government,they don't, they don't speak for her.

I'll take the quiet life, a handshake of carbon monoxide.

No alarms and no surprises,

No alarms and no surprises,

No alarms and no surprises,

Silent.

Silent.

This is my final fit, my final bellyache with

No alarms and no surprises,

No alarms and no surprises,

No alarms and no surprises please.

Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden.

No alarms and no surprises,

No alarms and no surprises,

No alarms and no surprises please.

Lucky

I'm on a roll,

I'm on a roll this time,

I feel my luck could change.

Kill me sarah

Kill me again with love.

It's gonna be a glorious day.

Pull me out of the aircrash,

Pull me out of the lake,

I'm your superhero

we are standing on the edge

the head of state has called for me by name

but i don't have time for him

It's gonna be a glorious day

I feel my luck could change

Pull me out of the aircrash,

Pull me out of the lake

I'm your superhero

we are standing on the edge

we are standing on the edge...

The Tourist

It barks at no-one else but me

like it's seen a ghost

I guess its seen the sparks a flowing

no-one else would know

sometimes i get overcharged

that's when you see sparks

you ask me where the hell I'm going??

at a thousand feet per second

hey man slowdown. idiot slowdown. 1