1. CAVE IN (ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING)

You search her eyes but you find yourself, along the lines that crack her face
But certain things never seem to change – the poison words, the space between them now

The sound of desperation rips like a wave through the crowd in this quiet bar
Where the chosen few drink to better days, and other happy endings

Another happy ending lost, and you feel your heart cave in

A flood of red, a city drowning in its sleep
It passes by like a blue of grey, with its neon suns and discount glamour girls

The quiet resignation sinks in the eyes of the men on the last train home
Where the chosen few think of better days, and other happy endings

Another happy ending lost, and you feel your heart cave in
Another happy ending lost, and you feel your heart cave in


2. THE RISING TIDE

The tragedy read of children scarred with the faces of men
Consumed by the malice that runs through their veins
A fistful of broken dreams

Gun City, you're sleepless tonight
Gun City, we're drowning together

An ex-beauty queen with the sunken eyes of a hopeless bride
Consumed by the poison that burns in her veins
The cruelty of wasted years

Gun City, you're sleepless tonight
Gun City, we're drowning together
Gun City, you're sleepless tonight
Gun City, we're facing the rising tide


3. RED

All the president's men, standing in line in their sunday best
Bastard sons of unspeakable days
The pride of the nation in the glory of men
Haven't you learned a thing?

There's a deafening sound as the Earth swallows red with regret
It's the echoes of thirty six
And she wonders what goes through your head, little man

Still the rivers run crimson and gold
Haven't you seen enough?
Still the rivers run crimson and gold
Haven't you seen enough?

It's a desperate lie, of peace and progress and the future of men
Because the ghosts you forgave should have taught you to think
But this is a fucking disgrace

Still the rivers run crimson and gold
Haven't you seen enough?
Still the rivers run crimson and gold
Haven't you seen enough?


4. WARGASM ACOUSTIC

You must be proud
The headlines claim you won the war
And you wear that flag on your lapel
But across your street
A teenage girl is leaving school
To look after the kids

He leaves a young wife and a son behind
As your mother trails behind the funeral parade
We need our heroes now
The population is losing faith
Turn to page three

I remember shots
Of bodies in a long embrace
Like they never knew in life
Across your street
A teenage girl is leaving school
To look after the kids

He leaves a young wife and a son behind
As your mother trails behind the funeral parade
We need our heroes now
The population is losing faith
Turn to page three