Way of Curve 1990/2004 » Les lletres de cançons [+ Afegir +] |
1. _ Mission from God
Call me a color
That only appeals to you
Anyone it doesn't matter
It's the easiest thing you could do
I've gone and messed it up
Messed it up
Messed it up
Yet again
One more time
One more time
And you won't be my friend
Please don't, Let me down
Please don't, Let me down
Life is just a series
Of relative disappointments
But I will be waiting
And my mission is to help you
I've gone and messed it up
Messed it up
Messed it up
Yet again
One more time
One more time
And you won't be my friend
Please don't, Let me down
Please don't, Let me down
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2. _ Low and Behold
It never rains but it pours
On a sleepy town, north of New York
It's an old, old score
It's a cold, cold world
How we gloat
At others misfortune
A nation of reptiles
Given to nothing
It's an old, old score
It's a cold, cold world
Tainted you could say
But never frightened
For it is not in my nature
I was born of stronger stuff
Lies and deceit will never be enough
It's just cause and effect
Effect and frustration
That leads to desperation
And eventual separation
It's an old, old score
La La La La La La La
It never rains
A nation of reptiles
Given to nothing
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3. _ Today Is Not the Day
If the winter was warm the centre would be you
Silhouetted by the blue of the moon
We could change the world
The simplest place is the safest by far
Only in the moments we are
It's the whispers that shiver
And the deaf who deliver
The best news of all
It's the smallest taste when you close your eyes
Reminds me of your paradise
We could change
The whispers that shiver
And the deaf who deliver
The best news of all
Learn how to take it
Today is not the day
Today is not the day
Learn how to bend the truth
Today is not the day
Today is not the day
Learn how to thrill
To keep yourself alive
Today is not the day
Learn how to survive
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4. _ Nothing Without Me
I am me and that ain't so bad
I know who I am and I always have
Let me help you, show you the way
You'll only get lost if you listen to what they say
Your nothing without me
No one of interest
Your nothing without me
Don't forget
You are you and who is that
Now you lie as a statement of fact
Always the victim, never the crime
Now you cry is my life really mine
I'm nothing without you
No one of real interest
I'm nothing without you
Don't forget
La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Your nothing without me
No one of real interest
I'm nothing without you
Don't forget
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5. _ Chinese Burn
She burns friends like a piece of wood
And she's jealous of me because she never could
Hold herself up without a spine
And she'll look me up when she's doing fine
Because the rage it burns like Chinese torture
She's just someone's favourite daughter
Spoilt and ugly as she willingly slaughters
Friends and enemies they're all the same
They'll burn her name
And crush her fame
She'll break a promise as a matter of course
Because she thinks it's fun to have no remorse
She gets what she wants and then walks away
And she doesn't give a fuck what you might say
Because it cuts her up like Irish mortar
Mother's pride is what we taught her
Soiled and petty as we happily taunt her
Friend or enemy we're all to blame
She'll burn us bad
She'll flaunt her flame
She'll make us remember, remember her name
If she sits still like she knows she could
She could win this game and be the queen for good
Save herself up for the cream of the crop
Then she'll look us up when she's ready to stop
Because the rage it burns like Chinese torture
She's just someone's favourite daughter
Spoiled and ugly as she willingly slaughters
Friends and enemies are all that came
To burn her name
Crush her flame
We're all to blame
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6. _ Coming Up Roses
I'm coming up roses now
Flying high
No-one can touch me
As I wave good-bye
I'm tall as a willow baby
Tall as a willow
I'm sure not sorry for that
You wouldn't believe the stuff I know
And have collected
I'm hung up on breathing now
When I want
No-one can hurt me
When I'm in trouble
I'm strong as I'm mellow baby
Strong as I'm mellow
I sure am happy for that
Have you ever seen the things I own
And have neglected
They're all quite strange
And unconnected
And that's why they're strong
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Home is far away
I'm holding the fiddle now
Playing hard
I've learnt my lesson
In self-composure
I shout and I bellow baby
Shout and I bellow
Can you hear me out back?
Can you feel the way I've grown
And disconnected
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
The night is long the day is long
The night is long the day is long
A mile is long when home is far away
The night is long the day is long
The night is long the day is long
A mile is long when home is far away
Coming up roses now flying high
A mile is long when home is far away
Home is far away
A first thought came to the sound
And it filled itself with spectrum
So it can see from the back of its head
It can sense the shifting moods
How little the first thought knows
Its intentions its code of honor
Till it's formed with cunning humor
Feel the beat fall in
Then a second leg came from the sound
What if I just don't deliver
The queen bee the enemy the ecstasy
A beast at the core of its nature
A beast at the core of its nature
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7. _ Want More Need Less
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8. _ Recovery
The months go by,
And I don't think of you,
The signal is frail,
An imprint of what you do,
So I turn up the sound,
And you are nowhere,
I have learnt this to my cost.
But I maintain,
In the slow lane,
I maintain,
In the slow lane.
The scent goes by,
Still I smell of you,
You say I cry,
At the merest thought of you,
So you let me down,
To laugh at nothing,
I have learnt this for myself.
But I maintain,
In the slow lane,
I maintain,
In the slow lane.
So I turn up the sound,
And you are nowhere,
I have learnt this to my cost.
But I maintain,
In the slow lane,
I maintain,
In the slow lane.
Turn down the sound,
You are nowhere,
You let me down,
To laugh at nothing.
I have learnt this to my cost,
I have learnt this for myself,
I have learnt this to my cost,
I have learnt this for myself.
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9. _ Chinese Burn [Lunatic Calm Mix]
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10. _ Falling Free [Aphex Twin Mix]
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11. _ Coast Is Clear
Above my bed, in this ugly room
Hangs the whisper of the same man
You can't be my father
For the love we've shown
It's just a little to me
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, and always will be
Take it, I don't want it
You can have what you like
Just don't try to trick me to sleep
Don't turn out the lights
You can't be my father
For the love we've shown
It's just a little to me
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, and I always will be
Dreams of meeting truth
Be my father
Dreams of meeting truth
For the
Dreams of meeting truth
Be my father
Dreams of meeting truth
Now I'm sick, always, always, always
Just when you thought it was all right
Just when you thought it was all right
Just when you thought it was all right
Just when you thought it was all right
Open your eyes now, girl
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
Coast is clear
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12. _ What a Waste
I could be the driver an articulated lorry
I could be a poet I wouldn't need to worry
I could be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars
I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
[Chorus]
Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band,
First-night nerves every one-night stand.
I should be glad to be so inclined.
What a waste! What a waste!
But I don't mind.
I could be a lawyer with strategems and ruses
I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises
I could be a writer with a growing reputation
I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station
What a waste [Repeat: x4]
[Chorus]
I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution
I could be an inmate in a long-term institution
I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die
I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by
What a waste [Repeat: x4]
[Chorus: x4]
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13. _ Hell Above Water
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14. _ Nice and Easy
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15. _ Arms Out
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16. _ Perish
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17. _ Ten Little Girls
You think of no one but yourself
You see the rest of us as fools
He said
Don't feel guilty
Don't go crazy
Don't get paranoid with me
You play the prophet like a man
Makes no sense in the overall master plan
She said
Don't feel guilty
Don't go crazy
Don't get paranoid with me
The arrogance
Microphone
Know
As the fear starts to grow inside
See what it's like to feel alive
Nothing is right
You thought it was
You know the cause what he had
My friend is lost, drifting away
And I feel I could play another day
Like I (go) my friends like I (go)
It doesn't matter what I say
You can push your (luck)
Don't go crazy
Don't feel
Don't get
Take you down with the sound
Know that the time has passed
You climb into another rhyme designed too fast
It doesn't matter how
Now you find out you were younger then
Looking back
Don't have to pretend
That it was you who was not
That's what you got
Nostalgic
That's right, Jack
The arrogance
Flapjack
Come along too strong
Ah hah, but you know
And now you realize all the lies
Wise up
'Cause my eyes can see the truth, reality
Ten little girls come out to play
They didn't stand a chance
They got blown away (say it isn't so)
Ten little boys come out to play
They didn't stand a chance
They got blown away (say it isn't so)
Nine little girls got blown away (no, no, no, no)
They didn't even have their own place to stay (say it isn't so)
Nine little boys got blown away (no, no, no, no)
They didn't even have their own place to stay (say it isn't so)
Arrogance
The arrogance
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18. _ Sigh
... Came in through the back yard
[sweet] "come into my parlor"
I am the scarlet in your dreary life
I've come to save you
and show you who I am
Just ... to see
...
Watch again
And I know it's the end
[I know it's a disaster]
... About what I am
Sigh
You just never look back
You just keep on moving, [screaming] ...
You just never look back
You just keep on moving, keep on moving
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19. _ On the Wheel
On a treadmill, you cant get off.
You've tried and searched, but the feeling just wont stop.
So your on the freeway with your new best friends,
Who don't ask questions and you don't pretend
Easy life. I want an easy life
You met some girl, who hitched a lift.
Who sucked your dick before she split.
No questions asked. Just existing
The core of me Is all resisting.
Easy life. I want an easy life.
With easy girls. I want an easy girl.
I want nothing that's jagged or jarring,
I want an easy life with no commitment.
No one to hit me, no one can hurt me.
I am iron I am steel. Nothing can break me when I'm on the wheel.
I'm on the wheel. I'm on the wheel.
No questions asked. Just existing.
The core of me Is all resisting.
I am iron I am steel.
Nothing can touch me when I'm on the wheel.
I'm on the wheel. I'm on the wheel.
Nothing can break me when I'm on the wheel.
Nothing can touch me when I'm on the wheel.
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20. _ Triumph
When
Will
You
See
Me,
With-
Out
The lies
That hold
The key?
This is yours
This is yours
You're not a prison of your own making
You control your thoughts
They don't control you
You are the master of your own work
Your not a slave to your own ideals
When
Will
You
Be
Free,
Maybe
We
Could meet
For tea?
Your not a prison of your own making
You control your thoughts
They don't control you
You are the master of your own work
Your not a slave to your own ideals
I am yours
I am yours
[That's how it goes
Don't you know, don't you know?]
I am yours
I am yours
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