1. NO ONE WINS THE WAR

You try my patience
I break your outer shell
Inside, there's sweetness
But you hide it so well

Hell Is For Heroes
They got another single out
My contemporaries
Top 40 smash, no doubt...

In times of trouble
I am argumentative
And I know I'll suffer
For as long as I live

And at the first sign of an argument
The first sign of a fight...

I crack under pressure
And my head feels like it explodes
I would get so angry
Just another one of my episodes

When I was younger
It seemed so obvious to me
With all my problems
War-like was how I had to be

But everything changes
And I find with least exception you
If everything changes
I guess that I do too

It's all lost now
So much has happened
And it's all a mess now,
All I've achieved

And to my shame
And to my discomfort
I have never felt so relieved

That you will find me out
Yeah you will find me out

Yeah I'm ready!
At last I'm ready!
Yeah I'm ready!
Ready!


2. HORROR SHOW

The rope round my neck
The streak in my hair
The spring in my step
From the socks that I wear
And when I play this song
It's like I'm still there
And you don't know what it means to me

'Cause I try my best to be the best that I can
I want so much to be everybody's friend

Well if it's supposed to hurt
It hasn't done yet
The best of the few
That haven't been met
And the simplest thing could remind me of it
That soft-spoken night
I'll never forget...
Sing!

I try my best to be the best that I can
I want so much to be everybody's friend
Oh yeah, I try my best to be the best that I can
I try so hard to be everybody's friend

And I try
Yes I try

I want so much to be
It's in my heart to be
I try so hard to be
It's in my heart

I try my best
I try my best
And now I don't sleep
I never rest

My aching heart
Is emptiest
When I'm alone

The way that I think
It seldom makes sense
The words don't come out
The way they were meant
So if I'm quiet
Please don't take offence

Cause you don't know what it means to me
No, you don't know what it means to me
No, you don't know what it means to me
No, you don't know what it means to me
No,
No,
No,
No...


3. STUCK IN MY THROAT

These wars of words are pointless
Nothing gets accomplished, no
To see you bent and broken
You'd think I'd like it

But I don't
It disgusts me
That I can be
So petty and so weak

Yeah, you're sorry
Everyones always so sorry
Yeah...
And I thought I heard you say
"To lose is not ok - win is the only way."
Guess what I did with my day
Well, I failed

Despite my reservations
I think it's time that we met, we met
And all these complications
Yeah they make me something I'm not

This is a war
You're kitten as a cat
I know where it's at
Yeah this is where it's at
Yeah...

Yeah you're sorry
Everyone is always so sorry
Yeah...
And I thought saw you stray
But I love you anyway
And I'd like us to be forever
That's what I tried to say
But it got stuck in my throat

And words are missing
Words are missing
Words are missing
Words are missing

Stuck in my throat
Now that I know it could only be you
I try to speak out
But the words are missing
Words are missing


4. OH THE SHAME

Staring you out
And wearing you down
Yeah it's over now
We can talk about it

The smile in my eyes
Is a simple disguise
I have practised now
Finding my way around
The things that I've done
And who I've become

And oh the shame

I lie and I cheat
And I've turned down my dreams
Because I was too afraid

I wish that somehow
I could see now
All the faces I've betrayed

To women in skin
All of my love
Oh this isn't something I usually do or am proud of

I don't pray enough
I'm taking the blame
And oh the shame
Oh the shame

Oh my god!

There it is
I said it
Yeah

It's just like wetting the bed
Shaving my head
And oh the shame...


5. FALL OF THE BASTILLE

You were left all by yourself
You were young, what could you do?
The only girl you ever loved - stood up, abandoned you

And I'm pushing you
I'm shoving you
I wouldn't like to think that I was forcing you
Am I forcing you?
By pushing you? Shoving you?

If you say "nothing left to lose"
Then you have not lost your voice
And if you've got the guts to choose
I will still give you the choice

You can fight, or you can fall
There's no one left to take the blame
One last chance to prove it all
And I just hope you don't fuck it up

Because it's not too late to try
If you believe in anything
Pull the wool down from your eyes
Stop procrastinating

You can fight, or you can fall
No one left to pave the way
One last chance to prove it all
And I just hope you don't throw it away

When you called I was asleep
And unaware of any other impropriety
So act like you're on your own son,
Cause one day you will be

And when you kick and when you scream
You will notice that I am not listening at all...

Because it's not too late to try
If you believe in anything
Pull the wool down from your eyes
Stop procrastinating

You can fight, or you can fall
No one left to take the blame
One last chance to prove it all
And I just hope you don't throw it away

And when this test is over
My arms begin to ache
It's too important
You can't be seen to break
And when this test is over
I will be your friend again
So just don't blow it
And do something stupid when

When all I wanted
Was not to have to hold your hand
And all I wanted
Was not to have to hold your hand

I know. I don't care.


6. FREDDY KREUGER

Well this is for my band
The ones who shared the struggle
The whining and the bitching
I sat on my sofa
My friends all went to college
I still live in my dad's house
Thinking about it
And though you may regret it
You said it 'cause you meant it
Always together
A touch of cabin fever
We find out how we really feel

This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of

When I was fifteen
I swear it looked so easy
You go out and you get paid
Cut you an LP
You slam it on the TV
And now it's just another day down
And it's another month gone
God knows how many shows
Yeah we still keep moving on and on
But that's rock'n'roll I s'pose

Girl...
Girl...
Girl...
Girl...

This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of

Well my name is Freddy Kreuger
And I've got the elm street blues
I've got a hand like a knife-rack
And I die in every film

This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I'm so sick of
This girl that I don't love


7. TONIGHT MY WIFE IS YOUR WIFE

You are so precious
I'll carve you in bone
For all of my efforts
I end up alone, yeah

Anything you say
You will always get your way
But tonight, my life is your life

Think of tomorrow
I take it you don't
And if you get tired
I'll carry you home

So if by design or
By freak accident
We end up apart
I will know what you meant, yeah

I scream and I shout
I will always feel left out
Oh but tonight my life, yeah, is your life

Go!

Woah, and I feel it's clear
I was never welcome here
But at least for tonight
You're mine
You're mine


8. EATING ONLY APPLES

She kisses me like music
And I don't pretend I don't like it
Her lips are soft and Swedish
She leaves me gasping for more

Summer bleeds into my skin
And paints me the colour golden
And I go, and I'm left alone exhausted
I pick myself up off the road

And I won't come down to Earth
It's a long way down to...
No I don't come down to Earth
It's a long way down

Go!


9. OUR SONG

No way I won't go
No way I don't show
Yeah I told you so
Yeah, I said no

All this smiling has become so meaningless
I refuse to play along

Cause I got bored of you
I am so bored
And I got bored of you
I am so bored

Shut my mouth I'm dumb
Close my mind I'm numb
Look what I've become,
Holding my tongue

Always cruising for another big mistake
I make this one my own terms

Cause I got bored of you
I am so bored
Yeah I got bored of you
I am so fucking bored

Let's go!
Yeah, right!
Let's go!
Yeah!


10. LET'S STOP HANGING OUT

Well of all the things that you do best
Disaster makes you happiest
So burn the clothes that you are in
They stink of smoke and sweat and sin/skin

And you cry 'cause I'm so calm inside
You scream, you sob "I'll run, I'll hide"
And still we have no answer to
The question: What do we do?

Oh, let's stop hanging out
Let's stop having fun
Stand in the corner
And think about what you've done

Oh it's easy to over-simplify
When you are not involved
And I get so angry when someone can say
"The answer's there as clear as day!"

And there is a possibility
That you could still cling on to me
'Cause you're filled with such regret
But oh, you must have had your reasons

Oh, let's stop hanging out
Let's stop having fun
Stand in the corner
And think about what you've done
Oh, let's stop hanging out
Let's stop having fun
You deserve to be with no one
No one
No one
No one

Let's stop hanging out
Let's stop having fun

Yeah right!
Yeah!

Of all the things that you do best
Of all the things that you do best
Of all the things that you do best
Of all the things that you do best

Let's stop hanging out!
Well, yeah, well let's stop hanging out!
Let's stop hanging out!
Let's stop, let's stop hanging out!


11. MISSING FINGERS

Wear something red and sexy
So I won't know it's you
It's been so long that I have
Forgotten what to do
Do I pick up the whole bill
Or split between the two
And will you ever see my scars?

Tourette's is a disease that makes you tell the truth
I have contracted it in the last days of my youth

What about those missing fingers?
That they make lesser men
Crippled in constant metal
Looked so good on Sean Penn
If I become a cripple what use will I be then?
I could not even play guitar

Tourette's four letter words
Like 'life' and 'love' and 'lust'
And at the base of it a thick layer of trust
Your wounded heart will heal if you don't let it rust
So love

And a little later
All of my thoughts
Are lost in the cross fire
And I'm tied in knots

Crossed my heart for you
But I got it all confused
What's a boy to do
I found it hard
It must be hard for you
Said it's hard
Must be hard
Said it's hard
Must be hard

So much for that
So much for that
So much for that
So much for that
So...
So...
So...
I'll let you go
I'll let you go
I'll let you go
I'll let you go
I'll let you go
I'll let you go


12. SONG FOR SATURDAY

I've been finding out
All these conclusions that you come to
They're so paper thin
And I can see through

It's very excellent
Now that I'm better than you
I worked it out myself
Well someone has to

And then it happened
The whole city was up in arms
So give it a rest, yeah

I don't like it
It's very excellent
Now that I'm better than you
I worked it out myself

Song for saturday
The threat of fear is always here
I keep you safe
I hold you near

The words you said
Become so clear
I'll raise my voice
So you can hear
My song
You can hear my song
You can hear my song
Yeah you can hear my song

My song for saturday
I'll blame you anyway


13. MOVING TO BLACKWATER

Hey you, talking sideways
I know you better than that
Got nothing to prove
So we got nothing to lose
When the sand sinks straight too the bottom
And you forget that I don't have all the answers

Well it's now or it's never
This train won't wait forever
You see me, and I'm laughing
But it's not for, its not for fun
It's not for fun
It's not for fun

And it feels like both boats are sinking
And I've got one foot in each
Should I abandon the plan?
Would every man understand?
And would I even make land if I swam
Or just wash up on the beach?
It's always just out of reach

Oh my smile is fragile
My heart is held together
With string and sellotape
Be gentle please remember:
With string and sellotape
With string and sellotape
With string and sellotape
With string and sellotape!

I don't bleed, I don't bruise
It's always good news
I can't lose, I can't lose
I can't lose

I don't bleed, I don't bruise
It's always good news
I can't lose, I can't lose
I can't lose, yeah
I can't lose....


14. WRONG AND SORRY

Wrong and sorry
But I'm still pissed and I don't want to know
If you still think it's all my fault
Is it still my fault?

Yeah it's a shame
It's a shit when there's no one to blame
I don't want answers or reasons now
It's not important now

Please come home
Your heart won't break
Please come home
Just for my sake

Tearing it down
All this guilt I've been dragging around
Comfy at last just to be myself
Same as everyone else

My pride
And my love of material things
Are two steps away from being complete
I hope I'm never complete

Please come home
I'm still the same
Please come home
No grudge
No blame
No pain


15. PARTIES BREAK HEARTS

I got the situation under control
A little rubber and whole lot of soul
I see the girl who knows it's all rock and roll
And she'll be crying before it's over

And the word on everyone's lips is "oxygen"
And before I catch my breath it's time to drink and dance again

Yeah

I like to hustle with the best of them all
From '54 right to the ugly bug ball
I party hardy marty, fit till I fall
I guess I'll see you when it's all over

I got some action and I'm ready to go
I got a girlfriend but she don't gotta know
I'll take you down with me right after the show
And she'll be crying before it's over

And the word on everyone's lips is "oxygen"
And before I catch my breath it's time to drink and dance again

And no mistake, you meet somebody new
They make the break, it doesn't matter who
Stay awake is all I ever do, yeah I'm watching you

Party!

And the word on everyone's lips is "oxygen"
And before I catch my breath it's time to drink and dance again
All of a sudden it feels like you are in love again
And everything is out of sight but

The party will break your heart tonight
The party will break your heart tonight
The party will break your heart tonight
The party will break your heart tonight


16. DUSK

An eventful year, that it was.
And if I'm still here it's because
The stars have gone out from behind your eyes -
This pain is real, this wound is life-size
And I can't believe it - you need too pull through
And I hope you make it, I'm waiting for you

So you are beginning too choke
But how can you not see the joke?
The sound of your voice still rings in my ears
It's tired and angry and quiet all these years
The situation it tears us apart
And we joke about it, we make jokes of ourselves

But we know
But... but we know

(One day this will all stop, and I won't have to run or rush or push or try. And I'll give back everything I took, and I'll kiss everyone I love, and I'll fall asleep, and I won't wake up for weeks and weeks.)