The Pleasure Principle

We're in the building where they make us grow
And i'm frightened by the liquid engineers
Like you

My mallory heart is sure to fail
I could crawl around the floor just like i'm real
Like you

The sound of metal i want to be you
I could learn to be a man
Like you

Plug me in and turn me on
Oh everything is moving

I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
Singing "i am an american"
Do you?

Picture this if they could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?

And who are you and how can i try?
Here inside i like metal
In you

All i know is no one dies
I'm still confusing love with need

And m.e. i eat dust
We're all so run down
I'd call it my death
But i'll only fade away
And i hate to fade alone
Now there's only m.e.

We were so sure
We were so wrong
But there's no one left to see
And there's no one left to die
There's only m.e.

Why shoud i care
Why should i try
Oh no, oh no
I turned off the pain
Like i turned off you all
Now there's only m.e.

I don't like the film
I don't like the film
Play it all back
Play it all back

And i don't like the scenery
And i don't like the set so
Pull it all down
Pull it all down

But i like the actors
And i like the show

We're so exposed
We're so exposed
Anything can happen
Anything can happen

Don't let them see
Don't let them know
And you wonder why
And you wonder why

Turn off the lights
And turn off the sound

Where are the tracks?
Where are the lines?
Where are the tracks, dear?
Where is the time?

You were so cold
You were so slow
You were so old
And we were unsure

And i want your lines
And i want your time
And i want your face, dear
And you can have mine

They say that
Neon lights are bright on broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walking down the street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The city all lights up and you're nowhere

They say
The girls are something else on broadway
Looking at them just gives me the blues
'cause how're you gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes

They say that
Love won't last too long on broadway
Now catch a greyhound bus for home
They all say
I bet they're wrong, i know they are
'cause i can play this here guitar
And i won't quit 'till i'm a star
On broadway

They won't come back
You know it's always the same
And they're sure to forget
Saying "everyone lies"

So i'm down to this
I'm down to walking on air
And you're here by my side
With all your waving and smiles


Please keep them away
Don't let them touch me
Please don't let them lie
Don't let them see me

[instrumental]

The alarm rang for days
You could tell from conversations
I was waiting by the screen
I couldn't recognise my photograph
Me, i disconnect from you

I was walking up the stairs
Something moved in silence
I could feel his mind decaying
Only inches away from me
And i disconnect from you

Please don't turn me off
I don't know what i'm doing outside
Me and the telephone that never rings
If you were me, what would you do?
Me, i disconnect from you

There's nothing here but us
There's nothing here but us

Remember, i was vapour
Remember, i was just like you
Remember, i was liquid
Remember, i was someone too

Remember, i need others
Remember, i need oxygen
Remember, i need lovers
Remember, i need to forget

Chorus

Remember, i am human
Remember, i feel just like you
Remember, i had reasons
Remember, i had friends like you

Remember, i grow tired
Remember, i could end all this
Remember, i have memories
Remember, i need to forget