Empire of the Senseless Homophobic Asshole In times of mediocrity and serial monogamy come unstuck if you tidy up get a shit-faced drunk lobotomy So I was getting quietly jarred got talking about some decent bands and acted like the cheese-eating fans we are After a drink or three you stopped making sense to me Starting cussing gays with hate like you ain't alright if you ain't straight At first I thought it meaningless 'till I realised you were serious When I came to ask you why all you gave me was some lame reply At any time I just don't wanna be around the likes of you Keepsake She carries her teeth in an unmarked pocket They chatter away like a Sunday Market Got an education but no situation Out of home hoping that someone take her on Nailed up by her bed A cross she no longer bears Her mother sends An invitation home again Building so defiant protest against nothing Add proof to existence but still they are nothing Passes by the mirror but it ain't down to shame Just not want to take a look could be to blame Now so far from home Still as close to the bone The sharpest knife Interfered with her life Lonely's her keepsake And tho' it's way too late Make no mistake She'll never go back again Tempting Kate You might be sure you might be strong and sure You might be true reminds me always to What's in a day? Idle my time away You might be sure-how come we still want more? I'm not looking for an answer Answers only cancel out scarcely times you're feeling down I'm not looking for a question Seems to me they're all the same, time and time again You might doubt action just comes from doubt You might choose to look for good or bad news Think you're sane, owner of a big brain Anything that can be done will be done Everytime I see your eyes I see your stare-it's the same as mine Everytime I see your eyes Your stare's the same as mine from despair and wasted time You've had your say Big brain Guess I was tempting Kate, all of my life- It don't matter how I feel It don't matter how I feel Hold it Down Sitting around on your own in any place you could call home Shiver in all you do Not allowed a point of view Wouldn't it be good to say? Wouldn't it be good to say? But no matter how hard you tried You couldn't even buy a life. You never get to know too much so what's the point in earning trust Even when it's 'house on fire' there'll come a day you're called a liar Wouldn't it be good to say? Wouldn't it be good to say? You were never born a clown but it's something else to hold it down. Hold it, hold it down I hate. Counting Friends You sit in on your own Cuz everyone you know Is out they've gone without ya So sit down by the seat And stop to clean your teeth And wipe the blood off the bathroom mirror Everything's alright It's not the first time - counting friends The first to show concern Are the first on you to turn At least now you don't need to answer Wipe tears with your long hair so fucked up now you're there At least you know the answers Everything's alright It's not the first time - counting friends I never cared that much Kinda bore a grudge Its weird how one word can hurt ya So site down by the seat And stop to clean yer teeth And wipe the blood of the bathroom mirror Everything's alright Just one Reason Acting like a whore, shouldn't have been there Crying like I'm four - I feel that - I heard that I can't take it anymore - I feel that - I think that I'll continue to ignore - not face facts - I heard that Is there just one reason that I've happened to ignore Is there just one reason why I never felt that sure In answer to a problem one solution would be fine But if there ain't one reason will I ever find the time I'm dirty and I'm bored I'm dirty and I'm sure I did try confidence - took five before bed Got sad, not arrogant and a sore head There is no end. Cruel Moon I don't mind where we go ext Pay no mind to looks that we get Damn my little, damn my little town Time is running out and be I down I watch the brave seasons change Out in the bold light of day Damn my little, damn my little town Time is running out and I be Trying to get right of way Striving for a finer way Trying to get right of way Trying to get right of way A chance to say I don't get it either way I'm still waiting for the day Trying to get right of way A chance to give it away Primary Instinct Everybody that I know Tell's me that I'm sure to know That in this life Some luck may find What goes around comes back in time As world becomes a smaller place people talk despising race But barriers here are man-made Its time to break, not make, a new blockade Don't tell me that it's not true Don't tell me there's a need to Primary instinct that is in you Bricks are thrown at Waterloo The A.N.L. know what to do The barriers here are man-made As walls come down the jerks are on parade Plan is set and the sun goes down Even hope seems to be a memory. Rise (song for Dean and Gene) Do what you wanna Take what you wanna The message is to rise above Do what you wanna Grow what you wanna The message is to rise above Ice Skating At The Milky Way Somewhere there is a balance where we don't feel alone To share in freedom we don't own We need the pain of feeling, but soft enough to know That each of us is flesh and bone Everytime - I should've told myself to try Everytime - I just fall down and bounce back again Got drunk and knocked you over Watched people pass you by, ice skating at the milky high I'm going around in circles, I keep afloat at best - Didn't have the nerve to suggest. You choose your own direction, I guess you'd had enough, no guarantee could be enough Next time may work out better So we still carry on To find a reason To belong Say What You Will Say what you want, what you will Pour what you want, let it spill Take what you want, what you can Say what you want - yes you can Do what you want in your own direction Do as you do - no need to remember Do what you want and just for the thrill do what you want and say what you will Gazing thru' a rosy veil That time decided to allow Seems we might leave it too late The only thing to do is communicate Runaways If I move too slow, I might stop to find I care And I'll self-destruct, if I find there's nothing there You find it hard to win, when others are around Most the time you're hateful now. The world is yours to roam, you've never called it home And to yourself you're faithful now When I stop to talk you just talk like how I feel I have come to know, I have come in trust alone I wanted to never take the blame, in that way we're the same. Time like blood and past in flames Just to feel that sure, and know what to ignore To feel alive I want it now. Travelling from town to town any trouble can be drowned So tell me if I'm wrong again and I'd be thankful for it. It ain't hard to say - I thought we were the same Runaways We find it hard to win when others are around Spend out time running now. but it don't mean we lose, cuz either way we choose Everytime our paths cross now.