1. RECONSTRUCDEAD

When the fever burns your brain
When your heart has got a name
And you long for generous days
You want a spring in your walk and a smile on your face
Another day inside the pearl
You could have screamed; leaving this world
You laugh'n'joke without a care
And bear a depression you can see from the air

Ride the tail of rhyme
Break the legs of time
Snap it's spine
As a statue wearing complicated clothes
A monument to power, standing, but on reconstrucdead toes
At my feet there's a plate I haven't read
Apart from that then I'll be reconstrucdead

A tambourine rings in my blood
The circus' rolling'n'the cage is locked
So where's the light a match that flares
The pot at the end of the rainbow's where
Pick your nose as you pick your friends
Or spend a life in fear of the end
To tell a nodding shrink won't help
So I say to myself: Hey, get a hold on yourself!

Ride the tail of rhyme
Break the legs of time
Snap it's spine
As a statue wearing complicated clothes
A monument to power, standing, but on reconstrucdead toes
At my feet there's a plate I haven't read
Apart from that then I'll be reconstrucdead, reconstrucdead

My eyes are blind
My mind is numb
But my ears begin to hear
To hear the growing hum
Like a statue, jealous of the rush hour
I'm reconstrucdead like a monument, a monument to power
As a statue wearing complicated clothes
Standing high up as a tower now, but still the cracks will
The cracks will show
A lifetime of frustration
The things that I can't get
Apart from that then I'll be reconstrucdead
Reconstrucdead
Reconstrucdead
Reconstrucdead


2. WRITTEN IN WATER

Set out on a laughless day
Like a troupe of clowns
Peekin' out of a show man's car
Through cabbage town
You feel a cold wind blow
Through your open mind
The end is about to start
So you shut it hard
As the weather girl predicts:
Conducting the clouds with her stick
The day will be clear'n'funny
Before it rains

Written in water
Yeah, it's bound to disappear
Written in water
Down the crater of your ear

As long as the flavor lasts
In c-h-e-w-i-n-g gum
As long as we float around
This golf ball sun
The light to replace the day
Is ten shades of gray
A kiss removes the skin
Shows you where you've been
Under the ultra-violet ray
A rule every fool obeys
Hold up your name in fire
Before it rains
Written in water
Yeah, it's bound to disappear
Written in water
Written on a wave of fear
Written in water
Yeah, it's bound to disappear
Down-the-velvet-crater-of-your-ee-aa-rrr

Yeah, written in water
It's bound to disappear
Written in water
Written on a wave of fear
Written in water
It's bound to disappear
Down the velvet crater of your ear
Written in water


3. HELPYOURSELFISH

I've been bounced around
But I'm still standing up
I've been so far down
That my ears they popped
And it was then I knew
By all the wrongs you do
That if you can't be good
Be careful!
To achieve your happiness
On this terrestial ball
Gotta have a clean conscience
But even better: None at all!
But if you can't be good
Be careful yeah!

It's when a pat on the back becomes a slap in your face now
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
And when your friends begin to loose their way
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
Yeah, it's easy to be hard, if we got everything now
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
Through the revolving door on someone elses push
Yeah it's easy to be hard Easy to be hard

In between those who've got it made
And those who've got to wait
Yeah, I'll offer you a chair
But when you sit down
It isn't there!
Always quick to lend a hand
Sorry, not today I can't
But I'm always there when I need you

It's when a pat on the back becomes a slap in your face now
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
And when your friends begin to loose their way
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
Yeah, it's easy to be hard, if we got everything now
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
Through the revolving door on someone elses push
Yeah it's easy to be hard Easy to be hard
Yeah, when a pat on the back becomes a slap in your face now
And when your friends begin to loose their way
Don't look back just helpyourselfish
Through the revolving door on someone elses push
Yeah, it's easy to be hard Yeah, yeah easy to be hard


4. SOULBENDER

I've got a painters eye
And a skilled musicians ears
And I'm silent in 7 languages
And I've got all my family's fears
What lives inside you?
Yeah, what stuffs your skin?
Someone elses memory
How come I never hear what I wanna hear
How come I never see what I wanna see
The choice is small If there's choice at all
But I'm holding on as if I'm going to fall
Now I know how it feels
To be ragged and wild
Whipped like a stepchild
Feel the soulbender
Fear's knocking at your skin
Feel the soulbender
Just to see if any soul is in

Whether one want them to or not
So far between a while well spent
And the time spent keepin' up
Make one devoted
And settle like a bird
Forgive and try not to hurt
Don't take your garbage
Anywhere but out
Before the pup in your heart
Becomes a dog in your mind
And it's licking my brains
Sucking reason out
It will be cooking my head
With the lid on tight
You know how it feels:
'Till I'm ragged and wild
Whipped like a stepchild
Feel the soulbender
Fear's knocking at your skin
Feel the soulbender
Just to see if any soul is in
Feel the soulbender
Fear's knocking at your skin
Feel the soulbender
Bend you
Break you

With empty eyes; Blank, like two wet stones
In search for a home; In search for a soul
Handed down on the family network
Learning how it works
To be a jerk
Feel the soulbender


5. UNOWNED

I found a way of payin' off old debts
Always make more promises, than you can break
An argument that calls for more
Ends with a cold message on the freezer's door
Where there's a will; there's a won'
From I to "we" but still unowned
Read it between the lies
When someone's asking someone something
Then you're proved, that is's a dumb thing
You're telling a drowning man, not to grab for straws
I'm a kid in a rowboat, who's lost his oars

Going through your things; but nothing's new
A wild imagination with the tightest view
Our voodoo dolls are full of holes
You learned by going, where you had to go
Where there's will, there's a won't
From I to "we" but still unowned
Read it between the lies
When someone's asking someone something
And then you're proved that it's a dumb thing
You're telling a drowning man
Not to grab for straws
I'm a kid in a rowboat who's lost his oars
Yeah, yeah
When someone's asking someone something
And then you're proved that it's a dumb thing
Yeah! You're telling a drowning ma
Not to grab for straws
I'm a kid in a rowboat who's lost his oars

'Found a way of payin' off old debts
Always make more promises than you can break
An argument that calls for more
Ends with a cold message on the freezer's door
When someone's asking someone something
And then you're proved that it's a dumb thing
Yeah, you're telling a drowning man
Not to grab for straws
I'm a kid in a rowboat who's lost his oars


6. CANDID

This is the lazy quiz
And you got all the time there is
We'll spend some time on greed'n'wealth
And then some on mental-health
No need to sweat or bite your lips
No grand prize, cars or trips
It's knowing when to quit
If it wasn't for me and the likes of me
And what I choose to do
If you could tell, I'd like to know
Why you've become:
So candid unreserved'n'true
I'd rather you were I, than I were you
Candid
As if you held the truth
Sometimes honesty
Will kill the fool

Now, my word no one relies on
Never said a foolish thing
Then again never said a wise one
It is never what you think
It's knowing when to quit
If it wasn't for me and the likes of me
And what I choose to do
What the hell I'd like to know
Why you've become:
So candid unreserved'n'true
I'd rather you were I, than I were you
So candid
As if you held the truth
Sometimes honesty will kill the fool
So candid unreserved'n'true
Yeah, I'd rather you were I, than I were you, yeaah
Candid
But you don't know me that well


7. BLOOD IN/OUT

Yeah, I've changed but I kept my name
To retell a joke, it won't be the same
My eyes burn new black hollow holes
My fate's revealed my future's told
Mercurychrome
Waitin', when the wound's scraped raw
Bones
The biggest stitches that you ever wore
Blood in blood out
Feel your past unwind
Blood in blood out
Through sweat'n'hair
Blood in blood out
My anorexic mind
Blood in blood out
Gaspin' for air

I'm all right, I'm habituated
So I tip my hand, afraid to play it
And then my ribs goes twang
And off they fly
It wasn't meant for human eyes
Let it go
Yeah, another life, another form
Slow
But, nothing happens when it comes along
Blood in blood out
Feel your past unwind
Blood in blood out
Through sweat'n'hair
Blood in blood out
My anorexic mind
Blood in blood out
Gaspin' for air

Check my heart'n'respiration
I feel I look a little pale
I just missed another station
I'm stepping off the carousel
Blood in blood out


8. PRAYIN' TA A GOD

Yeah, I know I'm in trouble
A case of the unkindest kind
But I resent being reminded
About what's already on my mind
When hope beats high
And I wake up with a sleepy grin
The dream I fell asleep to
Just blew up; I know I never win
I'm prayin' to a God who always says
I'm prayin' to a God who always says: No!
I'm down on my knees for crying out low
I'm prayin' to a God that always says: No!
The light at the end of the tunnel
Is nothing but the burglar alarm
Praying to a God that always says
I'm prayin' to a God that always says: No!

As if each drop of rain is tryin' to get at me
Yeah, the joke's over
And it feels as though my heart's empty
And I can't sleep from hearing
All the things I never said
Because the dream I fell asleep to;
Is just a cloud above my head
I'm prayin' to a God who always says
I'm prayin' to a God who always says: No!
I'm down on my knees for crying out low
The light at the end of the tunnel
Is nothing but the burglar alarm
Praying to a God that always says
I'm prayin' to a God that always says: No!

Yeah, I know, like a shadow when the sun is gone
And it seems the things I wait for never comes
I need someone to believe in me
Yeah, I need someone to throw blue sky at me
Praying to a God who always says
I'm prayin' to a God who always says: No!
Praying to a God who always says
Praying to a God that always says
I'm prayin' to a God who always says: No!
Praying to a God who always says
Yeah, to a God that always says: No!
Yeah, I'm down on my knees for crying out low
I'm prayin' to a God that always says: No!
The light at the end of the tunnel
Is nothing but the burglar alarm
The God who always says: No!
To the God who always says: No!
To the God who always says: No!


9. NAKED (BUT STILL STRIPPING)

My tongue's tied and sliced in two
And wagging at both ends
Yeah, I've learned to talk
Both sides of my mouth makes sense
You'll see the skin of my teeth
But you won't see a smile
So here it is, the big truth
Hiding in the little lie
My throw decides my aim
And with a phony voice
Unserious to the end
As if I had a choice
Here's my heart; my hope's drowning
Here's my eyes; the light is blinding
Here's my hands; my feet are running
Here's my head; my ass' coming
I'm naked but still stripping

Luxury tends to be the same every day
But I know misery's for each in his own way
I count on amputated fingers who I call a friend
The end is hard when brought about
By what you thought made sense
My throw decides my aim and with a phony voice
Unserious to the end as if I had a choice
Here's my heart; my hope's drowning
Here's my eyes; the light is blinding
Here's my hands; my feet are running
Here's my head; my ass' coming
I'm naked but still stripping

Some people live so close
To their bones; with just themselves to be
But I run around; inside myself
Like something's after me
I take off my skin
Underneath there's nothing
Everything's gone
A naked skeleton!
Piece of an arm piece of a leg
A piece of my tongue
And peace for everyone
Here's my heart; my hope's drowning
Here's my eyes; the light is blinding
Here's my hands; my feet are running
Here's my head; my ass' coming


10. ARE WE ALIVE HERE???

We're leaving every turn unstoned
And every lesson is unlearned
With nothing said and nothing done
I know it works on everyone
Because love cools and friends drift apart
Too old to be shy
But I wonder what to say
After I said: Hi!
Are we alive here? Are we loosers are we winners
Are we alive here??
Sometimes I doubt, but if we get it all out; it's so clear
But, hey what's on for dinner?
Are we alive here?
Would you please pass the guilt

Just like a tune on ears of stone
It will be ringing through your bones
It's the push that no one sees
That gives a mouth of broken teeth, yeah!
Because love cools yeah, and friends drift apart
And the sky's weighed down with clouds of stone, yeah!
And the mirror stares back on a smile of it's own
Too old to be shy and I wonder what to say
After I said: Hi!
Are we alive here? Are we loosers are we winners
Are we alive here?
Sometimes I'm in doubt, but if we get it all out it's so clear
But, hey what's on for dinner?
Are we alive here?
Are we alive or not do we have nothing in our head but
I know it's time to go now we've said hello!
Are we alive here? Are we loosers are we winners
Are we alive here?
Sometimes I doubt, but if we get it all out, it's so clear
But, hey what's on for dinner?
Are we alive here?
Would you please pass the guilt yeah!
Love cools yeah, and friends drift apart
And the sky's weighed down with clouds of stonehn
Are we alive here? Are we alive here? Are we alive here?


11. IT'SWHENIT'SWRONGIT'SRIGHT

There's many a difference quickly found
Between the different people walking around
But you know it's a strange illusion, chaos and confusion
When the tree of life is cut down to where
There's nothing left, but a toothpick of despair
So instead of support you
We find it's cheaper to deport you!
I carry it over my shoulder like a lance
A pole with a banner sayin'; Tolerance!
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright

Some have more than some will ever get
A farewell to arms; a farewell to legs
You know it'll only get worse, when it stops getting better!
The smell of a dozen countries cooking
The whole beserk package on end while you're looking
There'll be no red light that stops us when the road is ending
I carry it over my shoulder like a lance
A pole with a banner sayin'; Tolerance!
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It'swhenit'swrongit'sright
It's all wrong but that's all-right!


12. FLAT

Small ideas on little minds
Many fish of many kinds
Easy cash'n'lots of leisure
Above primal law; the prize of pleasure
It pulls you down
It's perfectly clear
There's an end
To even the worst career
Everybody knows it's up'n'down
But here it's forth'n'back
And though money makes the world go around
It often makes it flat

All talk of taste's beside the point
Shift your ideas; make up your mind
Did you know fun, was this much work
If there's a cost, is it still worth it
But, I declare each one a friend!
And take day by day untill the end
Everybody knows it's up'n'down
But here it's forth'n'back
And though money makes the world go around
It often makes it flat
It often makes it flat
But I declare each one a friend
And take day by day untill the end
Everybody knows it's up'n'down
But here it's forth'n'back
Though money makes the world go around
It often makes it flat
Everybody knows it's up'n'down
But here it's forth'n'back
Though money makes the world go around
It often makes it flat
It often makes it flat
It often makes it flat


13. TIME SWALLOWS TIME

If you hide; the kid inside
The more you live; the more he dies
That's the cost of livin
Always taking, never giving

Give up things, that won't come back
'Coz what you lost was all you had
I look around to see
Is there anyone like me?

I'll close my eyes and try to understand
All there's left of my rock's a grain of sand

Time swallows sand
And year swallows year
Time swallows time
And all the time it disappears
Time swallows time

Float around, stay low and wait
I close my mouth around the bait
Pull it when you're able
I'm a goldfish on a table

Believing things that isn't true
There's a kid inside of you
And you don't hear him crying
But slowly he's dying

I'll close my eyes and try to understand
All there's left of my rock's a grain of sand

Time swallows time
And year swallows year
Time swallows time
And all the time it disappears
Time swallows time
And year swallows year
I guess it does; it's this time a year

All the time just disappears
I guess it does; it's this time a year
Time swallows time
And down the throat next year slips
Time swallow time
And year licks it's lips