1. (THIS IS MY)ELEPHANT

When you find your motivation
Is an exercise in pain
And the rehabilitation
Will most surely be in vain
You take that ride you pay the price
And you come to the conclusion
That you won't get out alive

This is my elephant - Ride motherfucker ride
This is my elephant - Ride motherfucker ride

So you hear a little story
About nothing more to tell
And the sorry little bitches
Drowning in the wishing well
I took that ride, I lost my mind
And I finally realized it was all a waste of time

This is my elephant - Ride motherfucker ride
This is my elephant - Ride motherfucker ride

All in all it's tit for tat, you'll come out fine
'Cuz your shit looks good through the looking glass
Fuck all this and fuck all that, silly hat,
Pull that rabbit out of your ass

Intellectual property, two for you and none for me
So take that ride to the winning streak
The noose goes round your neck
While you turn the other cheek

This is my elephant - Ride motherfucker ride
This is my elephant - Ride motherfucker ride


2. SUCK

You want to do it like they do it on TV
You'd be important if you were famous, oh please
Try a little more then try a little harder
Trying not to think is harder than you think
So just leave the motor running
Throw away the fucking key
You fucked up from the beginning
Celebrate stupidity, down on your knees
Suck my rock, suck my rock

You still do it like it's straight to video
If you were famous you'd better for sure
Try a little more then try a little harder
Trying not to look is harder thant it seems
So just leave the motor running
Throw away the fucking key
You fucked up from the beginning
Celebrate stupidity, down on your knees
Suck my rock, suck my rock

Cut twice before you measure, don't look either way
Who wants to live forever when dying is on sale today

You want to do it without dignity or shame
15 seconds later we won't know your name
Try a little more then try a little harder
Trying not to fall is not trying at all
So just leave the motor running
Throw away the fucking key
You fucked up from the beginning
Celebrate stupidity, down on your knees
Suck my rock, down on your knees, suck my rock


3. BLACK OUT

Grind, grind, grind your knuckles to the bone
There's hardly nothing left to bag up and ship home
Dig, dig, dig and try to not get hurt
If you don't finish dinner, you won't get no dessert

Push, push, push while you're always running late
The future don't ask why and it sure as hell won't wait
So run, run, run, run as far as you can
Good luck will turn around just as fast as it began

Black out - access denied
By any means, conquer and divide
Black out - no compromise
Gods will die when super stars collide

Freedom divided by zero,
All hail the king of none
Angel, winner and hero,
Dead, thy will be done

Suck, suck, suck, swallow and smile
As long as you fit in, it makes it all worthwhile
Come on, come on, how low can you go?
You don't need any other reason than
"Because I fucking say so"

Black out - access denied
By any means, conquer and divide
Black out - no compromise
Gods will die when super stars collide


4. ANGEL OF NOISE

Crawling through the sands of time, mind shut eyes open wide
Seven years of plenty as the darkness creeps inside
Burn like the sign of the southern cross against black sky
Five points, two circles and the decaying serpent's eye

Angel of Noise - Promise you heaven
Angel of Noise - Take you to hell - In Nomine, In Nomine

Sweep across the land, black death and pestilence arrive
Climb aboard the sinking ship the rotten on arise
The power of black compels you true tyrannicide
Divine intervention as the spear pierces your side

Angel of Noise - Promise you heaven
Angel of Noise - Take you to hell - In Nomine, In Nomine

Seed the world for me, make it grow for me,
Realize what is to come
Make a path for me. set the strategy for me,
There can be only one


5. SATELLITE

It's all the same to me
I'm only circuitry
I'm a satellite, just floating by
I shine blindingly
Others you can hardly see
F-f-fuck you too

There's no controlling me
I return triumphantly
I'm a satellite, just floating by
Way, way up high
Up high

I travel at speeds you can't comprehend
I have seen things you can't understand
I. I. I.
I see you far below
Dust in the afterglow, I'm a U.F.O.
I hope you like the show
Go. Go. Go.
I'm made of rock 'n' roll
F-f-f-f-f-f-fuck you too
There's things you'll never know
From oh so long ago
I'm a U.F.O.
I hope you like the show

Goodbye.
Hello


6. BECOMING

I see the writing on the wall
It's getting harder to ignore
I see the sky is falling
The other side is calling

Bring me your tired and your poor
I'll be the demon you adore
I feel the world still turning
All the while my heart is burning

Shuffled off this mortal coil
You will become what you destroy
Shuffled off this mortal coil
You will become all you destroy

Aborting count down
The engine is gone
This is the calm before the bomb
A wish upon a fallen star
A one way trip to Shangri-La

I am becoming the abyss


7. THE HUNGER

This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it's not me who's gonna leave
There's not enough here for the two of us
It doesn't matter what you think

There can't be a rapture without sin

You get what you're waiting for hold on
When the darkness creeps in
You get what you're longing for so long
When the night closes in and the hunger begins

The story seems to want to write itself but
We're running out of ink
The ending credits are rolling by but
The silly cast don't want to leave

There can't be a rapture without sin

You get what you're waiting for hold on
When the darkness creeps in
You get what you're longing for so long
When the night closes in and the hunger begins

So now you see it, now you don't
And this is everything you could want
But now you see it, now you don't
You know you should hold on but you won't

You get what you're waiting for hold on
When the darkness creeps in
You get what you're longing for so long
When the night closes in and the hunger begins


8. HERE COMES THE THUNDER

You sacrifice your genius on the altar of ambition
Completely unaccountable for whatever you may do
You fake the unintentional to fit your disposition
Painfully unreliable in whatever you pursue

Put it all in a line then knock it over
Wrapped up in adulation, you better take a bow
Do the math, seems the lines keep getting shorter
Smothered in agitation, playing the villain now

Here comes the thunder, crashing in
Dragging you under, down, again
Here comes the thunder, crashing in
Seizing the wonder, let the end begin

Improvising failed attempts at cutting down the dosage
Meanwhile your own family is taking you to court
Yesterday's convenient lies are still paying the mortgage
Rock 'n' roll's not suicide, it's life support

Put it all in a line then knock it over
Wrapped up in adulation, you better take a bow
Do the math, seems the lines keep getting shorter
Smothered in agitation, playing the villain now

Here comes the thunder, crashing in
Dragging you under, down, again
Here comes the thunder, crashing in
Seizing the wonder, let the end begin


9. AND THEN WE DIE

Don't ask me how I feel
I might be driving but
But my hands aren't on the wheel
Please don't ask me what I know
I'm just a passenger
With nowhere left to go

So close your eyes and say goodbye
The love will last us forever, baby

Please don't ask me what I see
There's more than meets the eye
But nothing to believe
The winding ride, the hollow sky
You gotta learn to read
Between them crooked lines

So close your eyes and say goodbye
The love will last us forever, baby
Stay with me, eventually,
It all works out for the better,
Then we die

So close your eyes and say goodbye
The pain will last us forever, baby
Stay with me, eventually,
It all works out for the better,
Then we die

Another empire of dirt
Unless you sell it
You don't know what it's worth
The more I cut the less I bleed
Unless I question it,
There's nothing to believe


10. MISERABLY NEVER EVER

It seems the problem has become the solution
A lucky break turns to ball and chain
The perfect moment you can feel the conclusion
Triumphantly burning through your veins

So bury everything you know and dig as deep as you can
All the while you hope it never comes back again
Miserably never ever, cross your heart and die
All the while will last forever in your litany of lies

It seems the story will survive the revision
A lucky ride to new blinding heights
But for a second you can taste the incision
Your heart is pulled out and the world ignites

So bury everything you know and dig as deep as you can
All the while you hope it never comes back again
Miserably never ever, cross your heart and die
All the while will last forever in your litany of lies

The grand delusion had been depleted
Ashes trickle down on the scattered
Remains of those who dare to believe
Faith, the culture of deceit in despair
With its own technology
The past is a game and language
Is the only noise history left behind
Truth is salvation with with
Some probability between zero and none
Accept it as dead

So bury everything you know and dig as deep as you can
All the while you hope it never comes back again
Miserably never ever, cross your heart and die
All the while will last forever in your litany of lies


11. TONIGHT

It's too late for suicide, we've been dead for quite a while
We don't look for cover when the bombers come in low
We don't turn the other cheek,
We're too brave to think we're free
It's too late to let it go,
We've been dead for quite a while

Dance for me, strip away the pain,
You know the world is ending here tonight
Dance for me, strip away the pain
And don't you let me die alone tonight
Tonight, everything will change tonight

It's too late for suicide we were dead from the very start
We don't look for shelter when the sirens start to wail
So be all that you can be, nihilist apostasy
Sink your teeth into your tail
We've been dead for quite a while

Dance for me, strip away the pain,
You know the world is ending here tonight
Dance for me love, strip away the pain
And don't you let me die alone tonight
Tonight, everything will change tonight

You suffer for the artist not for the art
You pay to see the ending start
Tonight, everything will change tonight,
Everything will change

Dance for me, strip away the pain,
You know the world is ending here tonight
Dance for me love, strip away the pain
And don't you let me die alone tonight
Tonight, everything will change tonight,
Everything will change


12. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

Trapped beneath the noise, stuck in undertow
I know it's the end of the road
Still the gospel rage and the cold blood flow
I know
What you see is what you get
Nothing more and nothing less
What you see is what you get
No excuses, no regrets
So hold on tight and don't forget
What you see is what you get

Cut from bleeding dreams, dust and shattered bones
I know it's the end of the road
Reality collides with the stardust in my eyes
I know
What you see is what you get
Nothing more and nothing less
What you see is what you get
No excuses, no regrets
So hold on tight and don't forget
What you see is what you get

And out of the black comes a small ray of light
The light, I walk to the light
I'm falling apart at the seams but I'm here so lonely
The light goes away and it all turns to black, so black
There's nothing blacker
The life of a friend flashes by but I'm still here lonely

What you see is what you get
Nothing more and nothing less
What you see is what you get
No excuses, no regrets
So hold on tight and don't forget
What you see is what you get


13. POLKA DOT DRESS

This means nothing to me
I am only a drop in the sea
This means nothing to me
My existence is only a dream
To me

This means nothing to me
I'm as blind as the darkness I see
This means nothing to me
You will never be anymore free
Than me

Oh that girl,
I followed her and
She led me to a dark, dark place
Oh that girl,
I followed her
Her and her polka dot dress

This means nothing to me
I just write as my consciousness bleeds
On me
This means nothing to me
I leave nothing behind as I leave
Oh, this means nothing

Oh that girl,
I followed her and
She led me to a dark, dark place
Oh that girl,
I followed her
Her and her polka dot dress

This will teach you
To follow your dreams,
Like me

Oh that girl,
I followed her and
She led me to a dark, dark place
Oh that girl,
I followed her
Her and her polka dot dress
Oh that girl,
I followed her and
She led me to a dark, dark place
Oh that girl,
I followed her
Her and her polka dot dress


14. DESERVE

Such a lovely misconception
Laying naked in the dark
The gesture is so genuine
It's sure to leave a mark
If the chain's a little tighter
Than it ever was before
You will understand
That's what you get
For being such a little whore

You deserve so much better,
You deserve so much more

Cut, cut, cut
The pain runs deeper
Than the crocodile can swim
But there's a glimpse of fascination
As the fat lady sings
Her songs about the end of days
And dignity deprived
Because further down the river
You'll be Lord of the Flies

You deserve so much better,
You deserve so much more
You deserve so much better,
You deserve so much more

And as the crying wolf travels
Across the great divide
A sudden change of scenery
And you're gobbling up the lies
The vantage point is everything
And that's everything you see
But the road to salvation runs
Through private property

You deserve so much better,
You deserve so much more
You deserve so much better,
You deserve so much more