It Goes Without Saying

Sitting on a train
Staring at the empty seat in front of me
Beneath the golden sky
Cities roll on by
And I can't get no sleep

When I'm alone sometimes
I try to understand
What things have meaning
And I despise myself for being such a fake

My mind goes up for miles and miles and miles and miles

Sail away with the sea as my engine and the stars as my guide
Sailing to the other side
Sail away with the sea as my engine and the stars as my guide
Sailing to the other side

On a starry night
Walking home in silence while the city sleeps
I try to do whats right
But something in my nature's trying to ruin me
I look out to the sea
A thousand just like me
Needing direction
Just floating out of site into the failing light

As if it's just the way my life is meant to be

Sail away with the sea as my engine and the stars as my guide
Sailing to the other side
Sail away with the sea as my engine and the stars as my guide
Sailing to the other side

I'm setting sail
To the other side
I'm setting sail
To the other side
I'm setting sail
To the other side
I'm setting sail
Sun goes down
And I smile but it's just the same (To the other side)
Our summer is about to end (I'm setting sail)
I don't know if it's gonna be alright (To the other side, I'm setting sail)
Everyone's down and the town is in decay (To the other side)
Wasting our lives away (I'm setting sail)
And i don't know if it's gonna be alright (To the other side)

Turned down three crap jobs now they're cutting off my money
And they only say they do it cause they know whats best for me
Mum and dad wanting me to sell my brains to a factory
Well it feels so good all these people looking out for me
Now they're getting on my back because they know best
But i know i'm better than settling for less

They're killing me with kindness again
Everybody says they're your friend

I've got a box full of reject letters worded carefully
Tearing out my heart with a smile and a handshake
They don't have the faith i can learn to make a milkshake
As they tear down the park and build a fast food earthquake
I couldn't stop laughing as the businessman stood
Telling us progress could only do good

They're killing me with kindness again
Everybody says they're your friend

You can kill with a briefcase, or a pen and dotted line
Or a kick in the balls if it's at the right time
And i know people who will stab you in the back
And pregnant schoolgirls who gave their dad a heart attack yeah
But if somethings killing me it's my lack of meaning
Everybody's smiling but i don't have any feelings
I'm not breaking down on account of executive stress

They're killing me with kindness again
Everybody says they're your friend

Nothing, nothing is going on in my mind
All that i know is i'm getting nothing done
Getting nothing done
Wasted, roaming the highways and feeling low
Wasting my life and i'm getting nothing done
Getting nothing done

As it's caught me in a trap, there's no going back
Future up ahead, i am on the rack
Pulling out my hair, but it's making it worse
Cos everyday i live is another day wasted

Lessons, lessons i've learned in my history
Have had no effect and i'm getting nothing done
Getting nothing done
My schoolbooks, taught me to think like the multitudes
And i'm just a clone and i'm getting nothing done
Getting nothing done

As it's caught me in a trap, there's no going back
Future up ahead, i am on the rack
Pulling out my hair, but it's making it worse
Cos everyday i live is another day wasted

On monday, i get my dole and go to bed, yeah
On tuesday, skip work and watch tv instead
On wednesday, i go out walking in the rain
And then comes thursday, friday, saturday, sunday
Monday comes again...

As it's caught me in a trap, there's no going back
Future up ahead, i am on the rack
Pulling out my hair, but it's making it worse
Cos everyday i live is another day wasted

Sometimes I'm sad and i don't know why
I sit under the stars and I almost cry
and in times like these you know I'm lonely and I wanna die

When you're looking for a cigarette to ease your pain
And your life's a drag and you work in vain
Burned down your office and walk out into the rain

Life is short
You gotta look around
Pretty soon you'll be all grown up
With dead eyed kids and a life of hell
Stick with me and we'll feel swell

Lonely hearts company
Selling shares in sympathy
Lonely hearts company
Share with me your misery

Well i dont like to smoke cuz it takes your cash
And i dont roll notes cuz i aint that flash
But in times like these you know i feel like getting trashed
Yet the thing about you is that you see me through
And I can sit around and just talk to you
This world is such a cynical place
People can be so cruel

Life is short
You gotta look around
Pretty soon you'll be all grown up
With dead eyed kids and a life of hell
Stick with me and we'll feel swell

Lonely hearts company
Selling shares in sympathy
Lonely hearts company
Share with me your misery

Lonely hearts company
Selling shares in sympathy
Lonely hearts company
Share with me your misery...

Loneliness, plays its wicked game with me
Maybe i'll be saved, but i have nothing to believe
With no-one in my arms, underneath a quiet sky
And nothing in my heart, a nothing symphony

The lonely people sail the sea
There'll be a storm inside of me
Until my ship comes in
All i have is what i am
On this island i will roam
Until my ship comes in

The radio, plays the same six songs a day
Automatic words, cruel and comforting to me
Everything is bleak, people-less, hollow and concrete
Staring at the sea, but my thoughts are far from me

The lonely people sail the sea
There'll be a storm inside of me
Until my ship comes in
All i have is what i am
On this island i will roam
Until my ship comes in

I was giving it a little more time
I was giving it a little more time
I was giving it a little more time
But things don't seem to be getting better

The lonely people sail the sea
There'll be a storm inside of me
Until my ship comes in
All i have is what i am
On this island i will roam
Until my ship comes in

I did all the work, my boss got the perks today
I cleaned up the crap, my boss got the cash today
I painted my nails, they told me i was a queer
They kicked in my head and told me to disappear
I'm outta here, cos

The kind of day i've had
It can't get any worse
It feels like i've been born under a bad sign
And i've gotta break the curse

This is a nice place to work, so smile and take it on the chin
He is my supervisor, i must obey him
He is my master, i am his worthless slave
I made a mistake, he took it out of my pay
Thats okay!! cos

The kind of day i've had
It can't get any worse
It feels like i've been born under a bad sign
And i've gotta break the curse
The kind of day i've had
I should've stayed away
I should have stayed at home watching
Children's television, it's been that kind of day...

Stare at the clock...