Myriad / E as in X-ray / Ourobouros / Belgian Congo / Life During Wartime
"A Sense Of Urgency" LP
Rabble Rouse / A Sense Of Urgency / Girl Friday / Lovely To Someone / Vulgarity Drifting Diary / Maggie / Every Day, An Elegy / While We're Young (sing me something new) / You Are My Megalodon / If The Mood Should Strike...
Please
Don't let the infinite
Be reduced to mere increments
That limit possibility
Allow for unreality
Spin around and see
Myriad yous and myriad mes
So we go
To and fro
Through another night
This could be every night
Oh, but minds are closed
And no one's home
And you've turned off the light
Well, Sundays
Everything's ok
But in an ordinary way
And what's the fun in being normal
Succumb to unreality
Spin around and see
Myriad yous and myriad mes
So we go
To and fro
Through another night
This could be every night
Oh, but minds are blown
And no one's home
And you've turned off the light
Laughing all the way to the plank
And as you fell my heart sank
Now it's gone
Gone, gone
We could have had it all
We could have had it all
We could have had it all
So it goes
So it goes
So it goes
Sic transit gloria
Every day in a casual way
This could be one for the ages
This could be one for the history books
This could be one for the ages
E as in x-ray
And we as in, we as in
You gave them your all
But all's not enough
And when the well'd been drunk dry
Time marches cruelly by
It's the template of a million heartbreaks
And one-trick rip-offs
This could be one for the ages
This could be one for the mystery books
This could be one for the ages
F is for fake
And we as in, we as in
Don't go, cos I'd like you to know
If you feel froggy, jump
Oh, it's harder than that
Sic semper tyrannus
A lovely thought
To allay the have nots
I love you
This could be one for the ages
This could be one for the history books
This could be all you ever wanted and more
But we as in, we as in
Don't go, cos I'd like you to know
And I'd like you to stay always...
What does he see in her that he doesn't in me?
What does he see in her that he doesn't in me?
What does he see in her that he doesn't in me?
What does he see in her that he doesn't in me?
You're a broken record
Or a scratched CD
'Cos you don't know what a record's for
I can't take it any more
The things you say today are the same as you said before
It's a vicious cycle
Like a snake eats its tail
No beginning and it never ends
I'm sorry that we're friends
At times like this there's only one thing to say:
Shut up
What does he see in her that he doesn't in me?
What does he see in her that he doesn't in me?
And here we go again
You're a broken record
Or a scratched CD
'Cos you don't know what a record's for
I can't take it any more
The things you say today are the same as you said before
It's a vicious cycle
Like a snake eats its tail
No beginning and it never ends
I'm sorry that we're friends
At times like this there's only one thing to say
I can't help you anymore
God knows I haven't tried
If you feel this way again
Just keep it deep inside
So I don't have to hear it
You're a broken record
Or a scratched CD
'Cos you don't know what a record's for
I can't take it any more
The things you say today are the same as you said before
It's a vicious cycle
Like a snake eats its tail
No beginning and it never ends
I'm sorry that we're friends
At times like this there's only one thing to say:
Shut up
Oh no
Don't go into the Belgian Congo
And leave me standing here all alone
Won't you stay tonight?
Don't go
I know it's tempting what they're offering
But if you left it would be awfully
Lonely here
And if you see
A lonely boy who looks like me
Would you wave
Or stay away?
Oh, will you take me through into the new
With you?
Oh, will you be alright
Tonight?
Oh no
Don't go into the Belgian Congo
And leave me stranded here all alone
Stay tonight
Go
I never wanted you to go
I only wanted you to stay
Away
Tonight
And if you see
A lonely boy who looks just like me
Would you stay
Or wave goodbye?
Oh, will you take me through into the new
With you?
Or will you say goodbye
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Won't you heed my impassioned plea
For understanding and clemency?
Well I've been contused and bruised by subterfuge
I'm sick and tired of being used
If I can't have a farewell kiss
I'll settle for an armistice
That's just life during wartime
Me, languishing on my own
In every station and every home
Well I've been alone and thrown out in the cold
Broken, bleeding, bled 'til dead
If I can't have a farewell kiss
I'll settle for an armistice
That's just life during wartime
Bombadiers and grenadiers
Lob heated exchanges for all to hear
Well I've been contused and bruised by subterfuge
I'm sick and tired of being used
If I can't have a farewell kiss
I'll settle for violence
That's just life during wartime
Guernica and Normandy
Waterloo
You and me
Endlessly
That's just life during wartime
Trapped by circumstance
In the throes of no one knows
Oh, honeypie
Who was I in a past life to deserve this?
Oh, won't you tell me?
Feet on the ground
Earthbound
Gravity's pull is our deadliest foe, oh
Who was I in a past life to deserve this?
Oh, won't you tell me now?
I wrote upon the walls in a doctor's scrawl
Calligraphy known only to me
And it said, "I don't want to be here
Lift me up into the stratosphere and fly..."
Damned by happenstance
In the grip of nowhere quick
It makes me sick on the sidewalk
Right on the spot where my chalk outline will be
God willing
But change your mind
And let me go
We can't be ourselves
Back home....
I wrote upon the walls in a doctor's scrawl
Calligraphy known only to me
And it said, "I don't want to be here
Lift me up on high
And save me...."
A sense of urgency
Is building up inside of me
God bless the rejects
God bless the audience
Wedged between Wavelands
I am slowly scaling mountainsides
Will I reach the summit?
Or will I merely plummet again?
Who knows these things?
Lord knows I don't
Caution flung among the hurricanes to stay
And la di da di dai
Oh, no....
All sense is urging me
To give up these childish dreams
God bless us lovely ones
God bless us everyone
Or should I set these thoughts aside
And sacrifice comfortable life
Will I be glad I did it?
Or will I just regret again?
I know, I don't know
I know, I don't know...
I've made my mind, made my mind up
Now that it's here
It's so clear
Girl Friday, come rescue me
I love your asymmetry
Boy Monday, typically alone
Persona unknown
It's so wonderfully overcast when you come
It's November air everywhere when you've smiled or sung
Autumn in my arms
All year long
I feel the breeze through naked willow trees
And through my dizzy head
The rest is best left unsaid
Girl Friday, slack-jawed in awe
I love your je ne sais quoi
Autumn in my arms
All year long
I see the glow through a star-shaped halo
Circumnavigate your globe
When seen from down below...
There isn't much reason to be on your own
Every boy and every girl
Underneath the sun
Why can't I be lovely to someone?
Every flower and every tree
Nourished by the sun
Why can't I be lovely to someone?
I can't help thinking for myself
Instead of everyone
Why can't I be lovely to someone
If you can't love a flower
Then you're going straight to hell
It's not my choice
It's just the way it is
And always will be
I sped-read through the Book of the Dead
And my head ached
Christ spoke, so I broke for a smoke
And dreamed a dream, re: my diary
A laundry list of all my fantasies
A laundry list so vulgar
So vulgar and obscene...
My God, should I weep or applaud?
Maybe both, if prophecies are believed
This albatross necklace will hang so heavy on our necks
If balances aren't checked and
I'll see it in my wildest dreams
Wham bam, thank the man
His underhanded plan has landed all of us in boiling lava
If slovenly sees as he believes
Then the common man couldn't see Yellowstone for the trees and
I've seen it in my wildest dreams
God knows
I've seen it in my wildest dreams
And when you go, you go too slow
And when you grow, oh...
Apocalyptic apoplexy vexes me
As I attempt to text thee on this rotary phone
No dial drone
An S.O.S. upon deaf ears
I've screened this scene, it makes me want to
Oh, oh
By God, by the cane or the rod
We'll prevail where other mothers have failed
All in cahoots in birthday suits
We must be resolute
Or we will all get the boot and
I'll see it in my wildest dreams, I know
I'll screen it in my...
I sped-read, eating crackers in bed
But my nose bled
And someone disconnected the phone, oh no
That tapped phone keeps me from feeling lonely
Oh, oh
Blessed are the meek, shoved up a creek
Blessed are the meek, now go to sleep
Go to sleep....
Every time you talk
It breaks my heart
What more can I say
That I haven't said before
(You're my amore)
Oh, and it kills me
But every time I view you
You're in a different guise
(It's in the eyes)
And your hair
And your lips and your face and your thighs
And everything else
Every time you talk
It breaks my heart
Every time you say those words
It makes me fall apart
I always go to pieces
When you brush your hair behind your ear
In my mind, I fantasize
But my stomach turns to ice whenever you are near
What more could I hope to do
When I haven't done a single thing?
(Might as well sing)
Oh, and I'm dying
Your grace is an example
For every ingenue
(You know it's true)
You're a star
And your light shines so bright its celestial glory ignites
Every furtive glance gets a glacial glare in return
You'd think that one of these days I'd learn...
Pigtail plastic screen
No cheap idolatry
There's wisdom in those words you speak
Don't understand a thing
Finding nothing new
I've got to say to you
"Goodbye....."
Every day is an elegy
A memory of the one that came before
And what's in store
From a loaded gun?
And with the aid of hand grenades?
When you see what she's become
Oh my God
She's not the only one
Oh, my...
Heaven forbid the kids should have a chance
At a decent life
Existence free of shrapnel, scuds and strife
Sand between their toes
And mortar lodged inside their bones...
From a loaded gun
And with the aid of hand grenades
When you see what he's become
Oh my God
Just someone's misbegotten son
Oh, my...
And when he dies
Withered on the vine
Where sweet ambrosia turns to turpentine...
When the curtain's called
Broken promises
Are what linger on
In the memories of the dead
While We're Young (sing me something new)
Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba
(Oh, while we're young)
Unwashed, unsung and unappreciated
(Oh, while we're young)
Too pure to ever be premeditated
(Oh, while we're young)
"Orange and yellow, green and red", you said to me
(Oh, while we're young)
It's all so elementary to me
(Oh, while we're young)
All scurves and curb checks littering my mind
(Oh, while we're young)
The Loser Crew won't make it home tonight
(Oh, while we're young)
Too bemused to choose
Too amused to ever truly
Lose our heads over expenses
(Sing me, sing me)
Canonized and vilified
(Sing me something new)
In equal measure
Oh, a worthy price for living lives of leisure
Darling, ah...
Canonized and vilified
And I don't know why...
Relics relegated to the past
Always seem to slip back through the cracks
Archealogy is not for me
Yet here I stand with dirt on my hands
I want you to know
So listen up
A thousand lines ring my eyes
I need something new to sink my teeth into
Anthropology has ruined me
For other human beings
I want you to go
So why do you stay there right where you are?
Leave me alone
I can't take this
Let lying dogs sleep
Let time wound all heels
Let cliches be my therapy
Cryptozoology is more my speed
And I can't be on my own
Stay where you are
I don't want it to change
I can't take this....
Ay, me!
Ay, me it seems you're all alone
Desperately clung complacency
Oh, I know I know I know I know
It's hard but there's still hope
Inside your dessicated hands
And of your plans fell through
So did you
But lash yourself to the mast
And brave these seas of treacheries
And lo!
Will you make it out alive?
Who knows?
But when the stars align tonight
And if the mood should strike
Set it alight and start anew
All-new
And when the feeling goes away
It goes to stay
So clutch it while you can
In reinvigorated hands
And bid adieu, adieu, adieu, adieu
To ashes of your old life
And will you make it out alive?
I don't know
But if the stars align tonight
And if the mood should strike
Set it alight and start anew
All-new
And if the feeling goes away
I swear to you
That anyway you go
I'll go high or low
Just to be with you
And damn the consequences
We'll fly away tonight
To stratospheric heights
If the mood should strike....