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1. The Fallen
The Fallen
So they say you’re trouble boy
Because you like to destroy
All the things that bring idiots joy
Well what’s wrong with a little destruction?And the Kunst won’t talk to you
Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
For the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
Yeah we’re all…Up now and get ‘em boy
Up now and get ‘em boy
Drink to the devil and death to the doctorsDid I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
5000 users fed today
as you feed us
won’t you lead us
to be blessedSo we stole and drank champagne
On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
“I never feel pain, won’t you hit me again?”
“I need a bit of Black and Blue to be a Rotation”In my blood I felt bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist an eyebrow burst
You’ve a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fall to the floor fainting at the sight of bloodDid I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdelen or virgin you’ve already been
You’ve already been and we’ve already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us to be blessedSo I’m sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt that you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your nameSo they say you’re troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word – the word is Destroy
I break this bottle and think of you fondlyDid I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel
Or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It’s not a jag in the arm
It’s a nail in the beam
On this Barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdelen or Virgin
You’ve already been
Yeah you’ve already been
We’ve already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
If you judge us
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2. Do You Want To
Do You Want To
When I woke up tonight I said I’m
Going to make somebody love me
I’m going to make somebody love me
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know
That it’s you
You’re lucky lucky you’re so luckyWell do you
Do you
Do you want to
Want to go where I’d never let you beforeWell do you
Do you
Do you want to
Want a go of what I’d never let you beforeWell he’s a friend and he’s so proud of you
He’s a friend and I knew him before youHe’s a friend and we’re so proud of you
He’s a friend and I blew him before youHere we are at the Transmission party
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3. This Boy
This Boy
It seems this boy’s bathed in ridicule
Too forward, way too physical
It’s time that I had another
I’m always wanting more if there’s another one
Give me some more I’ll have another one
I’ll have a slice of your motherThis boy is so spectacular
Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a carI see losers losing everywhere
If I lose it’ll only be the damn I give for another
I am complete, invincible
If I have one set principle
Then it’s to stand on You, brotherThis boy is so spectacular
Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a carIf I like cocaine I’m racing you
For organic fresh Echinacia
One kick’s as good as another
If tired I’m tired of telling you
I’m never tired I’m always better than youThis boy is so spectacular
Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
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4. Walk Away
Walk Away
I swapped my innocence for pride
Crushed the end within my stride
Said I’m strong now I know that I’m a leaver
I love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear
And I am cold
Yes, I’m cold
But not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking awayWhy don’t you walk away?
Why don’t you walk away?
No buildings will fall down
Why don’t you walk away?
No quake will split the ground
Why don’t you walk away?
The sun won’t swallow the sky
Why don’t you walk away?
Statues will not cryWhy don’t you walk away?
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5. Evil and a Heathen
Evil and a Heathen
Words fall from our mouths
Like plates from shaking hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canalI’m evil and a heathen
I’m a heathen and evil like you
There’s not a lot I couldn’t doI like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst
Drink a curse
To the death of death insteadI’m evil and a heathen
I’m a heathen and evil like you
There’s not a lot I wouldn’t doUtrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
When the Ice blows
The Ice Flow knocks youYour teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
The moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
On the night of our livesI’m evil and a heathen
I’m a heathen and evil like you
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6. You’re the Reason I’m Leaving
You’re the Reason I’m Leaving
Some granite wall
Numbs our bones, numbs our all
As we sit on skinny hands
Nothing to say, nothing at all
I don’t know you and I don’t want to
You’re so awkward just like me
But I don’t careYou’re the reason I’m leaving
I ‘d no idea that in four years
I’d be hanging from a beam
behind the door of number ten
Singing fare thee well
I am leaving
Yes I leave it all to youYou’re the reason I’m leaving
As we ride along under an optimistic sun
The radio sings that Everybody song by rem
And Here I Am Fighting Fighting
Yes I’m Fighting not to cry
And that’s another reason
Why I oughta hate you like I do
Like I doI’m the reason you’re leaving
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7. Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn’t dignified to run
But if you run
You can run to the Coney Island rollercoaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water
Leap until the Gulf Stream’s brought you downI could be there when you land
So Eleanor take a Greenpoint three-point turn
Towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
Oh if you run
You can run to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and
Leap, yeah take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you downI could be there when you land
So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
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8. Well That Was Easy
Well That Was Easy
Well that was easy waiting
Everything’s easy now
The days are Oh So Normal
But oh, Hannah
how I miss you
NowI used to lock myself in your bathroom
Swallowing the codeine kept for your back
Numb, so numb
I’d let your words
Come and come
So come on –
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Because I’m leaving you nowThat was easy, but how I miss you
NowI watched you clean the filth off your phone dial
Swallowing the things your finger picked up
Tongue, your tongue
I watched your tongue licking on
Eeuuw
So come
Come on tongue
Ah, come on tongue
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
As I’m leaving you nowThat was easy, but how I miss you
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9. What You Meant
What You Meant
As I took step number four
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes so low
Said we’re cold as the step cementBut I just don’t know what you meant
So Alec you may want a pill
We are so cruel and to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must MDMA our sentimentBut I just don’t know what you meant
If we were feckless we’d be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we’ve been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filamentBut I just don’t know what you meant
‘cause I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive yeah just the same
Same vigour and the same intentSo I just don’t know if that’s what you meant
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10. I’m Your Villain
I’m Your Villain
You toss in a word
I’m your villain
I see the passion emerge
I’m your villain
But serious
You’re so serious
Like a waiter
Hating the rich
But taking their tipsIf I could laugh I’d love you
If I could smile at anything you said
We could be laughing lovers
I think you’d prefer to be miserable instead
If I could love I’d love you
If I could love like anybody elseI know what I am
I’m your villain
I don’t give a damn if
I’m your villain
Because serious
You’re so serious
But I’ve got ready salted
ready on your belly
If you want to have funSee you later
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11. You Could Have It So Much Better
You Could Have It So Much Better
The last message you sent
Said I looked really down
That I oughta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn’t down
I just wasn’t smiling at youAs I look at us now it seems
That your slapping my back
as if it’s al alright
but it’s not
I’m trying to get up
But you’re pushing me down
Yeah you’re pushing me down
So I’ll get on my ownNow there’s some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It’s alright because
She wears this and
He said that and
If you get some of these
It’ll all be alright
Yeah if you get some of these
It’ll all be alright
Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won’t be alright
Oh no it won’t be alright
It won’t be alright
Unless you get up
Come on and get upWell I’m just a voice in your earpiece
Telling you no
It’s not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
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12. Fade Together
Fade Together
So far away
Come on I’ll take you far away
Let’s get away
Come on let’s make a get awayOnce you have loved someone this much
you doubt it could fade
despite how much you’d like it to
God how you’d like it to fadeLet’s fade together
If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you’re far away
Oh god you are so far awayI looked your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I’ve just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I’m starting to fadeLet’s fade together
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13. Outsiders
Outsiders
We’ve seen some change
But we’re still outsiders
If everybody’s here
Then hell knows
We ride aloneI’ve seen some years
But you’re still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you’ve already been hereThe only difference is all I see is now all that I’ve seen
It’s bright on the outside
The bright love the dark side
I know it’s obvious
But sometimes
You just have to say it
So you don’t feel so weak
About being such a freak
Or aloneIn seventeen years
Will you still be Camille
Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
You know what I mean, yeahLove’ll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to beThe only difference is what might be is now what might have been
When you saw me sleeping
You thought I was dreaming of you
I didn’t tell you
That the only dream
Is Valium for meThe only difference is that
What Might Be Is NOW