Airbag
In the next world war
in a jack knifed juggernaut
I am born again
In the neon sign
scrolling up and down
I am born again
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In a deep deep sleep
of the innocent
I am born again
In a fast german car
I'm amazed that I survived
an airbag saved my life
In an intastella burst
I am back to save the universe
In an intastella burst
I am back to save the universe
In an intastella burst
I am back to save the universe
Paranoid Android
Please could you stop the noise i'm trying to get some rest
from all the unborn chicken voices in my head
what's that? (my name is paranoid....i am your android)
what's that? (my name is paranoid....i am your android)
When i am king you will be first against the wall
with your opinion which is of no consequence at all
what's there? (my name is paranoid....i am your android)
what's there? (my name is paranoid....i am your android)
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambition makes you look pretty ugly
kicking squealing gucci little piggy
you don't remember
you don't remember
why don't you remember my name?
off with his head
off with his head man
why don't he remember my name?
i guess he does
rain down
rain down
come on rain down
on me
from a great height
from a great heiiiiaaaaheiiiiahhhhhght
rain down
rain down
come on rain down
on me
from a greaaaahhhhhheaaaahhheaaaaa
(Thom/Ed)
that's it sir, you're leaving (rain down)
the crackle of pig skin (rain down)
the dust and the screaming (come on rain down)
the yuppies networking (on me)
the panic, the vomit (from a great height)
the panic, the vomit (from a greaahhhhhheahhhhhhh)
god loves his children
god loves his children yeah
Subterranean Homesick Alien
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
And up above
aliens hover
Making home movies
for the folks back home
Of all these weird creatures
who lock up their spirits
through holes in themselves
and live full of secrets
They're all
uptight, uptight
uptight, uptight
uptight, uptight
I wish that they'd swoop down in a country lane
late at night when I'm driving
Take me onboard their beautiful ship
Show me the world as I'd love to see it
I'd tell all my friends
But they never believe me
They'd think that I finally lost it completely
I'd show them the stars
and the meaning of life
they'd shut me away
but I'd be all right
all right
all right
all right
I'm just
uptight, uptight
uptight, uptight
uptight, uptight
uptight, uptight
uptight
Exit Music (For a Film)
wake
from your sleep
and dry off 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 loose
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 spinless laugh
as all your rules and wisdom choke you
now
we are one
in everlasting peace
we hope, that you choke, that you choke
we hope, that you choke, that you choke
we hope, that you choke, that you choke
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 on to 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 am 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
I don't know where
I don't know where
I don't know where
you know, you know where you are with
you know where you are with
floor collapses
bouncing back and
one day
i am 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
Karma Police
Karma Police,
arrest this man he,
talks too much,
he's buzzing like a fridge,
he's like a detuned radio
Karma Police
arrest this girl her
hittler 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,
phew for a minute there,
I lost myself
I lost myself,
phew for a minute there,
I lost myself
I lost myself,
phew for a minute there,
I lost myself
I lost myself.
Fitter Happier
fitter happier more productive
comfortable
not drinking too much
regular excersise 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 the wall)
favours for favours
fond but not in love
charity standing orders
on sunday 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
tyres 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 for nothing.
Say the right things,
when out electioneering.
I trust I can rely on your vote.
When I go forwards,
You go backwards,
Somewhere we will meet.
When I go forwards,
You go backwards,
Somewhere we will meet.
Riot shields
Voodoo economics
It's just business,
cattle prods and the I.M.F.
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards,
You go backwards,
Somewhere we will meet.
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 to far inside,
you'll only see my reflection,
I am afraid since she sleeps tonight
I am the pick in the ice
do not cry or hit the alarm
you know we're friends til we die
Either way you turn
I'll be there,
to 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
15 blows to your head
15 blows to your mind
So tuck the kids are safe tonight,
shut the eyes in the cupboard,
i gotta smile all alone tonight
you'll get the loneliest feelings.
either way you turn
I'll be there,
to open up your skull
I'll be there,
climbing up the walls
climbing up the walls
climbing up the walls
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
No Surprises
a heart that's filled up like a landfill
a job that slowly kills you
bruises that won't heal
You look so tired; unhappy
bring down the government
they don't they don't speak for us
I'll take a quiet life
a handshake
some carbon monoxide
and no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
no alarms and no surprises
silence,
silence,
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,
Cause 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,
Cause 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 it's seen the sparks before
No one else would know
Hey man, slow down
slow down
Idiot, slow down
slow down
Sometimes I get over charged
That's when you see sparks
They ask me where the hell I'm going
1000 feet per second
Hey man, slow down
slow down
Idiot, slow down
slow down
Hey man, slow down
slow down
Idiot, slow down
slow down