2. English Summer Rain

Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages

Always stays the same
Nothing ever changes
English summer rain
Seems to last for ages

I'm in the basement
You're in the sky
I'm in the basement baby
Drop on by
I'm in the basement
You're in the sky
I'm in the basement baby
Drop on by

Hold your breath and count to ten
And fall apart and start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
Start again start again
Hold your breath and count to ten
And fall apart and start again
Start again
(repeat)

 

3. This Picture

I hold an image of the ashtray girl
Left cigarette burns on my chest
I wrote a poem that described our world
And put our friendship to the test
And late at night while I was on all fours
She used to watch me kiss the floor
What's wrong with this picture?
What's wrong with this picture?

Farewell the ashtray girl
Forbidden snowflake
Beware this troubled world
And watch out for earthquakes
Goodbye to open sores
To broken semaphore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture

Sometimes it's faded
Disintegrated
The fear of growin’ old
Sometimes it's faded
Assassinated
The fear of growin’ old

Farewell the ashtray girl
Angelic fruitcake
Beware this troubled world
Control your intake
Goodbye to open sores
Goodbye and furthermore
You know we miss her
We fuckin’ miss her picture

Sometimes it's faded
Disintegrated
The fear of growin old
Sometimes it's faded
Assassinated
The fear of growin old

We hang on
Though we try
It's gone

Sometimes it's faded
Disintegrated
The fear of growin’ old
Sometimes it's faded
Assassinated
The fear of growin’ old

You can't stop growin’ old
You can't stop growin’ old
You can't stop growin’ old
You can't stop growin’ old

 

4. Sleeping With Ghosts

The sea's evaporating
Though it comes as no surprise
These clouds we're seein’
They're explosions in the sky
It seems it's written
But we can't read between the lines
Hush
It's ok
Dry your eye
Dry your eye
Soulmate dry your eye
Dry your eye
Soulmate dry your eye
Cause soulmates never die
This one world vision
Turns its hand to compromise
What good's religion
When it's each other we despise
Damn the government
Damn their killin'
Damn their lies
Hush
It's ok
Dry your eyes
Dry your eyes
Soulmate dry your eyes
Dry your eyes
Soulmate dry your eyes
Cause soulmates never die
Soulmates never die
Never die
Soulmates never die
Never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die

 

5. The Bitter End

Since we're feeling so anesthetized
In our comfort zone
Reminds me of the second time
That I followed you home
We're running out of allibies
From the second of May
Reminds me of the summer time
On this winter's day

See you at the bitter end
See you at the bitter end

Every step we take that's synchronized
Every broken bone
Reminds me of the second time
That I followed you home
You shower me with lullabies
As you're walking away
Reminds me that it's killing time
On this fateful day

See you at the bitter end
See you at the bitter end
See you at the bitter end
See you at the bitter end

From the time we intercepted
Feels alot like suicide
Slow and sad, going sadder
Arise a sitting mine

(See you at the bitter end)

I love to see you run around
And I can see you now
Running to me
Arms wide out

(See you at the bitter end)

Reach inside
Come on just gotta reach inside
Heard your cry
Six months time
Six months time
Prepare the end

See you at the bitter end

 

6. Something Rotten

Get real
It seems
When you're here I miss you something rotten
The stinks
Are here
It's guaranteed all's forgotten
Tell me
Tell me
It's clear
Perhaps you have forgotten
Don't fear
Don't fear
You're clean
All is forgotten
So you stand
So you stand
So you stand
I miss you something rotten
So you stand
So you stand
This crown
Is broken rotten
Tell me
Tell me
No it's not
It's all forgotten
Tell me
Tell me
So you stand
I miss you something rotten
Tell me
Tell me
It stinks
It stinks it's something rotten
Don't fear
Don't fear
You're clean
All is forgotten
And you're left behind

 

7. Plasticine

Beauty lies inside the eyes
Of another youthful dream
That doesn't sell its soul for self-esteem
That's not plasticine

Beauty lies inside desire
And every wayward heart redeemed
That doesn't sell it's soul for self-esteem
That's not plasticine

Don't forget to be the way you are
Don't forget to be the way you are
Don't forget to be the way you are
Don't forget to be the way you are

The only thing you can rely on
Is that you can't rely on anything
Don't go and sell your soul for self-esteem
Don't be plasticine

Don't forget to be the way you are
Don't forget to be the way you are
Don't forget to be the way you are
Don't forget to be the way you are

 

8. Special Needs

Remember me when you're the one whose silver screened
Remember me when you're the one you'd always dreamed
Remember me whenever noses start to bleed
Remember me special needs

Just nineteen a sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavor
Just 19 and dream obscene
With Six months off for bad behavior

Remember me when you clinch your movie deal
And think of me stuck in my chair that has four wheels
Remember me through flash photography and screens
Remember me special dreams

Just nineteen a sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavor
Just 19 and dream obscene
With Six months off for bad behavior

Just nineteen a sucker's dream
I guess I thought you had the flavor
Just nineteen a dream it seemed
Six months off for bad behavior

Remember me
Remember me

 

9. I'll Be Yours

I'll be your water
Bathing you clean
Your liquid peace
I'll be your ether
You'll breathe me in
It won't release
Well I've you suffer
I've seen you cry
A whole life through
I'll be your water
Bathing you clean
Your liquid blue
I'll be your father
I'll be your mother
I'll be your lover
I'll be yours
I'll be your liqueur
Bathing your soul
Juice that's pure
I'll be your anchor
You'll never leave
These shores that cure
Well I've seen you suffer
I've seen you cry
For days and days
So I'll be your liqueur
Demons will drown
And float away
I'll be your father
I'll be your mother
I'll be your lover
I'll be yours

 

10. Second Sight

Walk away to save your face
You never were a genius
Walk away to save your face
You let it come between us
Walk away to save your face
You never were a genius
Walk away to save your face
You never were you never were
Yes it's just the second night
That I would break that guise for you
Yes I know you're the jealous type
Cause I'm cursed with second sight so
Walk away to save your face
You never were an actor
Walk away to save your face
Here comes the morning after
Walk away to save your face
You never were an actor
Walk away to save your face
You never were you never were
Yes it's just the second night
That I would break that guise for you
Yes I know you're the jealous type
Cause I'm cursed with second sight so
Walk away
You never were
Walk away
You never were
Walk away
You never were
Walk away
You never

 

11. Protect Me From What I Want

It's the disease of the age
It's the disease that we crave
Alone at the end of the rave
We catch the last bus home

Corporate America waits
Coffee republic and cakes
We open the latch on the gate
Of the hole that we call a home

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me

Maybe we're victim to fate
Remember when we'd celebrate
We'd drink and get high until late
And now we're all alone

Wedding bells ain't gonna chime
With both of us guilty of crime
And both of us sentenced to time
And now we're all alone

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me protect me

 

12. Centrefolds

Come on Balthazar
I refuse to let you die
Come of fallen star
I refuse to let you die
Cause it's wrong
And I've been waitin’ far too long
And it's wrong
I've been waitin’ far too long
For you to be
Be
Be
Be
Be mine
For you to be mine
Be mine
For you to be mine
And it's wrong
I've been waitin’ far too long
It's wrong
I've been waitin’ far too long
For you to be
Be
Be
Be
All the centrefolds
That you can't afford
Have long since waved their last goodbyes
All the centrefolds
That you can't afford
You've long since faded from their eyes
So be
Be mine
So be
Be mine