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Intro
02:11
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2. |
What Can I Do For You
04:17
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The last thing you did before you went away
You built a bonfire of our dreams, made it a holiday
You filled it with pain, you filled it with champagne
Said goodbye darling, said never again
What can I do for you, that you haven’t done for me?
What can I do, what can I do for you?
Your broke your heart running after me
Then nearly broke your legs running to be free
I treated your vision with polite derision
Love turned into lust, trust became suspicion
What can I do for you, that you haven’t done for me?
What can I do, what can I do for you?
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3. |
VALIS
05:12
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Everything I’ve always wanted…
All the dreams that come to haunt me
Are right here now
I close my eyes
And from the skies
I feel the presence of a
Vast And Living Intelligence
Vast And Living Intelligence System
Source of energy, source of wisdom
Vast and living
Vast And Living Intelligence System
Information of life insistent
Vast and living
Vast and living
All-forgiving
Immanent and transcendent
Intelligence
Vast and living intelligence
Filling my brain, my every sense
With ecstasy
Of VALIS
Vast And Living Intelligence System
Source of energy, source of wisdom
Vast and living
Vast And Living Intelligence System
Information of life insistent
Vast and living
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4. |
Datakill
04:36
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Electric eyes, cattle prods
Sticky tape recorders
Tear gas, barbed wire words
Games and economic behaviour
The name of this game is small high bizmanship
Small high bizmanship
We engineer technofear
We engineer technofear
Technofear
Shipping overseas to the promised land of gold and diamonds
Golden boys, golden girls
Shipping, shipping
Electric eyes, cattle prods
Sticky tape recorders
Tear gas, barbed wire words
Games and economic behaviour
Well, I know these things happen
I know people get killed
But I leave my work in the office
At home I play games
Games and economic behaviour
Digital stimulation
Datakill
State of the art, art of the state
Datakill
Lay your hands on our product
Lay your hands on us
Datakill
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5. |
Ground
04:35
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We’re going up, up into space
Among the stars, into the holes
Into the sea, into the dark
We’re drowning now, space is cold
We’re swimming in the sea, swimming with the Lord
He’s with us now, he’s with us here
Swimming in the sea, swimming with the Lord
He’s with us now, here comes the word
We fall and fall, fall and fall
Fall and fall, and fall, and fall, and fall
We pull the stuff, up from the ground
Our enemy is gravity, we can’t go down
We freeze the earth, up in the air
We can’t go on, we can’t go on
We just fall, and fall and fall
And fall and fall, and fall, and fall, and fall
Bite the hand, the hand that feeds
Raise your head, challenge the sun
Bite the hand, the hand that bleeds
Kill the desire, be with the one
We fall and fall, fall and fall
Fall and fall, and fall, and fall, and fall
We’re going up, up into space
We’re going up, among the stars
Into the dark, into the sea
We’re drowning now, we’re drowning now
We fall and fall, fall and fall
Fall and fall, and fall, and fall, and fall
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6. |
Why?
04:52
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I saw my father die when I was six years old
I saw him kiss my mother with his last breath
I saw my mother die two hours later
Crushed by the weight of the soldier that raped her
Why is the world like it is?
They took me away, gave me a gun
Told me to shoot my friends, do it or starve
They raped my sister, then I raped my sister
It wasn’t funny at the time
Why is the world like it is
So we went to the jungle and painted our faces
Found the old temples, found the old gods
We worshipped them animals, worshipped them with helicopters
We worshipped them with people, we built a sausage machine
Why is the world like it is?
You come from the city, what do you know of our gods?
You’ve never seen blood, you never seen happiness
You’ve never known freedom., you’ll never be free
Till you die
Why is the world like it is?
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7. |
Second Shot
06:24
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The return of the Freedom Seven
A shepherd following his dog to the ends of the Earth
Second by twenty-three days, Alan; no-one knew your name
You didn’t get your sixteen minutes of fame
Just a second, second shot
Second, second shot
All that glitters isn’t gold, but who cares, anyway?
Let me bounce off your lens and into the trees
Playing handball with my conscience
America, come back to me
For a second, second shot
Second, second shot
The Great Escape, tunnelling through the air
One man and his dog, playing all the time
One small ball for a man
One giant game for mankind
And a second, second shot
Second, second shot
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8. |
Motherad
06:07
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Night falls over the city like a cloak of invisibility
Wrapping around me, wrapping me round
It’s penetrating, it’s reaching down, down, down, down
It’s grabbing my genes and it’s twisting, it’s twisting
I can’t see you, but I know you’re there
You’re the one who’s nursed the human race for centuries, for centuries
I want to leave you, I can’t wait to run away
You had your chance, you twisted me
But you didn’t win
Win
You didn’t win
You think that I can’t live outside you
You surrounded everything with safety
But I won’t eat your food, I won’t drink your milk
I want to grow old and cold and lonely
As long as you don’t win
Win
You didn’t win
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9. |
Tell Me
05:48
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Love is blind, but I’m learning sign language
Love is blind, but I’m learning to see
Learning to be what you want me to be
Learning to be all that you need
I was brought up to believe in love
I was brought up to believe in everything
And I do, every time I see you
I believe nothing else is true
Tell me, tell me all that you want from me
Tell me, tell me all that you need from me
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
Love is blind, I wish I could see
What’s in you mind, when you look at me
If love is blind, then understand me please
Why it took so long for me to see
Tell me, tell me all that you want from me
Tell me, tell me all that you need from me
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
I woke up last night, looked like the sky was on fire
I kissed your lips, watched the flames grow higher
You are my sky, you are my funeral pyre
All that exists is all you desire
Tell me, tell me all that you want from me
Tell me, tell all that you need from me
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
Tell me, I’ll be right there for you
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10. |
The War Against Sleep
03:20
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It’s dark outside, the screen is lit
I’m sitting where I always sit
Knowing that I will submit
And once more play the hypocrite
I need this life, I’ll never quit
Though everything is counterfeit
I’ll grit my teeth and take the shit
I must admit I will submit
We’ll live & die, we’ll laugh & cry
We’ll never even wonder why
In the War Against Sleep (x2)
We’ll never do just what we please
We’ll live our life down on our knees
In the War Against Sleep (x2)
It’s doesn’t matter if you give me pain
I’ll sit here silent I won’t complain
I’ll stick the needle in my own vein
If you will keep me entertained
I don’t care if my life’s insane
As long as I can stay in chains
Learn to drink some more champagne
And say that it’s all just a game
We’ll live & die, we’ll laugh & cry
We’ll never even wonder why
In the War Against Sleep (x2)
We’ll never do just what we please
We’ll live our life down on our knees
In the War Against Sleep (x2)
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11. |
Kneel to the Boss
05:28
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Kneel to the boss
Kneel at my feet
Kneel
Kneel
Let’s make a deal
Kneel
Kneel
Feel you bow beneath my heel
What can you do when you rule the world?
What can you do when you have it all?
What can you do when all you have are slaves?
Kneel
Kneel
Feel the pain you can’t conceal
Kneel
Kneel
Feel your blood upon the steel
Industry
Kneel
Kneel
Feel the joy you can’t conceal
Kneel
Kneel
Feel you bow beneath my heel
The slaves shall serve
So serve me now
Kneel…
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12. |
Speed of Sound
06:40
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6am and I'm alone again
In a bed in a Northern town
The sun's coming up, and I'm feeling rough
And I'm coming down
It's always morning somewhere
The sun will always rise
But when the sun goes down, will I turn around
And wake up beside you?
I'm wired for the speed of sound
I die if I stay on the ground
I live in undiscovered lands
And shifting sands
Do I do what I always do?
Or try to be something new?
Be the man of experience
Or the boy that never grew?
I'm wired for the speed of sound
I die if I stay on the ground
I live in undiscovered lands
And shifting sands of you
Fragile right from the start
One mistake and we fell apart
Nothing to say, nowhere to go
So... on with show
6am and I'm alone again
In a bed in a Northern town
The sun's coming up, and I'm feeling rough
And I'm coming down
I'm wired for the speed of sound
I die if I stay on the ground
I live in undiscovered lands
And shifting sands
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13. |
We Defend Ourselves
05:32
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No military, no armored cars
No helicopters, or planes with stars
Just men with RPGS and scarves
And little children with scars
Pregnant woman in a burka
One shot takes two from afar
Mother sits beside a grave
Shouldn't have spread her legs apart
Kid with a rifle means its harder
But you still need to make that shot
Still your beating heart
And stop his on the spot
We defend ourselves
We defend ourselves
Worst case scenario
Burn the pages
Eat the pigs
Take off your clothes
You're not so big
I'm in charge and you're in jail
In a foreign land without appeal
So do as you're told or take a swim
In a bucket of water filled to the brim
We defend ourselves
We defend ourselves
Worst case scenario
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14. |
Nightfall
03:46
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When I hear you calling I won’t answer
When I hear you calling I won’t be there
I’ll be flying over some other Europe
Filled with darkness, filled with despair
Night falls over Western Europe
Jihad is coming, jihad is coming
The Third World War is coming home
Night falls over Western Europe
The hills are alive with the sound of gunfire
Kill them all, God will know his own
And night falls over Western Europe
Night falls, and we’re alone
Night falls over Western Europe
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15. |
Too Stupid To Sin
04:58
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You think that you can tell me how to live my life
Well, I’m tired of hearing that
I’m tired of hearing that from you
I’m tired of hearing assholes
Telling me I’ll never be good enough
Good enough for them
Good enough for you
Stupid!
I see you every night on the T.V.
I see you every day in the city
You’re beneath my feet, beneath my words, beneath contempt
You’re beneath my pity
Because you’re stupid
Stupid!
Too stupid to sin
You think that I must be lonely
Because I don’t want to be with you
But you’re never alone with an asshole, baby
You never walk alone
You never walk alone!
Because you’re stupid
Stupid!
Too stupid to sin
You think that you can tell me how to live my life
Well, I’m tired of hearing that
I’m tired of hearing that from you
I’m tired of hearing assholes
Telling me I’ll never be good enough
Good enough for them
Good enough for you
Stupid!
Too stupid to sin
Let your heart fall in!
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Presents
05:01
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Let’s all go back in my time machine
My window to the world, it’s hit and myth
Back to old age, swinging Sixties
Swinging from a tree
When I was a child I thought I was a man
I was right
All I needed was a little bit of experience
All I needed was a window
All I needed was a window to the world
So much for nothing
I’ve got a window to the world
In my house
Made in the Sixties
Built of concrete, built of glass
Not built by computer
Built by an idiot
Built by an idiot, yeah, yeah
So much for nothing
When I grow up I’m gonna buy myself a great big bomb
I’m gonna buy a bomb big enough, I’m blow up the future
Then everybody can be happy, everybody will be happy
Happy, happy, happy, happy
Happy, happy, happy, happy
So much for nothing
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17. |
Old Boys Network
04:05
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I can do what I want
I can get what I want
Because me and my friends are the people who matter
I can go anywhere I want
I only eat at the best restaurants
You run the race but we run the world
You do the work and we take the spoils
You can't come in here because you're not on the list
If you know what's good for you
You'll shut up and do what you're told
Don't talk back, do as you're told
Don't talk back, don't talk back
We don't need girls, who wants girls?
Too much makeup and too many curls
They're just good for cooking and breeding
Our biggest mistake was teaching them reading
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18. |
Moscow Idaho
05:03
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HELLO AMERICA
Hello America is a compilation of our early 12″ EPs from 1985-1986, plus a couple of previously unreleased extra tracks.
The album was originally compiled as our first release in the USA, and the title is taken from a collection of J. G. Ballard stories – we wanted to acknowledge how much he had influenced us. If you haven’t read any of J. G Ballard’s books you should do so, he’s extremely good. I especially recommend The Atrocity Exhibition , a book whose title had previously been used by Joy Division for one of their songs.
We recorded these tracks on a tiny budget, and were really still learning how to make records. The original CD release was one of the very early independent CDs created and it wasn’t pressed the way we wanted it. So in 2019 we remastered and re-released this album and now it finally sounds the way it did when we originally recorded it. You can listen to it here…
MOSCOW, IDAHO
Don’t look now, we’re flying over
A little place that lies below
It’s nothing very special, it’s just a town
Called Moscow, Moscow, Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
It’s not that far from here, it’s not that far away
It’s just around the corner, over the sea
Over the sea, over the waves
Over the sea, over the waves
Moscow, Idaho
You may not have heard of our little town
That’s not surprising, no-one lives there
Anyone with any sense lives in Los Angeles
Anyone who’s anyone lives in L.A.
City of angels
We’re all angels
Just down the street in Moscow, Idaho
Lives a boy, prettiest boy in world
He’s in love with the prettiest girl
Who lives next door, she always lives next door, in
Moscow, Idaho
That’s what love is all about
In an empty town, it always lives next door
Or next door but one, let’s be Frank
Let’s be Frank, let’s be Frank
Moscow, Idaho
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I could die if I touched you
A long, slow, torturous death
Of a thousand cuts
In a thousand ways
I can only hold you through a piece of plastic
With your name on it
With your name on it
I feel a million miles away from you
But it’s just
It’s just a millionth of an inch
So hold me, hold me close right now
Take me in your arms
But not too close
Not too close
I could die if I touched you
And you could die of me
You could die in my arms
Die in my dreams
We close our eyes so we can’t see
How much we hurt each other
When we fall
When we fall between the sheets
So hold me, hold me close right now
Take me in your arms
But not too close
Not too close
We will lose our lives
We will lose our lives, we will lose our fears
We die a million times
A million times, a million times
And a million times, and a million times again
So hold me, hold me close right now
Take me in your arms
But not too close
Not too close
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Into The Heart
04:28
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In a boat heading upriver
In a boat heading to your heart
The end of comfort, the end of artifice
The end of everything, the end of everything
Into the heart
I snort some coke
It’s in my brain
Makes me feel alive
Makes the world insane
Into the heart
I see the colours
Of the trees
Out there’s the enemy
Waiting for me
Into the heart
I got an Uzi
The only work of art
And on the handgrip
I paint my heart
Into the heart
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21. |
Something Came Over Me
02:17
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22. |
Dion Fortune
06:41
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She is the sea that holds all things within her
My life is between her hands
She is space and earth (and life) and water
She is all, and she will understand
I go to her across the shadowy river
She keeps my soul until the dawn
The Dark Queen comes, comes to renew me
From Death’s caress, I rise reborn
Awaken me with kisses in the darkness
Isis, the giver of life
I am dead until you come to save me
I am dead till you become my wife
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23. |
Gunship
12:58
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And you kick me down
And you hold me down
And you turn me around
And you feel the heat
And you take me down
And you kick me down
And I feel your breath on my cheek
And I feel you touch my hair
And you kick me down
And you take me down
And you swing me around
And you hold me down
And I see the fear in your eyes
And you’re near me now
And you kick me down
And you push me down
And you kick me down
And you kick me down
And I take the knife, lift my throat
And I see the fear in your eyes
And I see the fear
And I know that I’ve won
And you kick me down
And you kick me down
And you hold me down
And you kick me down
And I know that I’ve won
And I smile at you
And I feel the heat
And I know that I’m dead
And you’re flying above
And I taste the smoke coming from your lips
And I know that I’ve won
And I take the gun from my hips
And I take the gun
And I shoot you down
And I feel the shot
And I feel the blood between my legs
And it hurts me now
And I feel the heat between my hands
And I feel the throb of your death
And I fall back on the cockpit floor
And I’m flying above
And I’m in you now
And you know it’ll never be the same
And I’m in you now
And I see my skin getting whiter every minute
And I’m in you now
And I take your body
And I make it my own
And I am you
And I’m everyone
And I’m in you now
Take me home
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