1. MOTHER CIGARETTE


2. GOD'S BROTHEL

By God I've figured out why it still rains at night,
Your tired gloomy eyes set fire to this January sky
And as you drift away like a boat at sea,
I'll rattle your face like a tambourine
Some early morning far from now
You'll know just what I've talked about
You don't have the eye to say those things,
There's not enough water left for me
But God I've figured out why it still hurts inside
It's you, you, it's always been you
There's no other reason
There's no other reason than you

3. MODERNISM

Relentless moroder,
Finding its way
Give me a break
As they say
Weather will change,
But your face stays the same
(Cannibal stray,
Facing away
Reluctantly fine
Falls far behind)
(I don't like that fat you've put on
Take a look at what you've become)

My tea was so hot I got a refund
Can't tell if choking or if being stunned
You know I'm joking, you know I'm joking
Have you been smoking? You smell like moanin'
And sex

Give it a break, it's okay
As long as you're thin you can make no mistakes
Give it away, no more stay
Control what you kill or be forced to betray
Running away
Running away
Fear if you may
Running away

CANCER

I don't believe we've met,
Allow me to introduce myself
Do you remember me?
I'm the ghost that lives inside your head,
I'm the cancer burning in your chest
And I'm breathing
I'm breathing


4. LAUDANUM

The night was dark.
There were no stars.
The air was cold
So was your heart
If I collect you, will I regret you?
You've got your icy winter stare pierced through my chest
She's going to starve inside this jar
Can't see no complications,
My concentration's been interrupted by you
Time after time

Leave me alone x8

The night was dark.
There were no stars.
The air was cold
So was your heart
If I collect you, will I regret you?
You've got this icy winter stare pierced through my chest

The unforgiving arms of time turned
Faster and faster until the sky opened up
And down fell the sorrows of the seven nations,
All blurred out till' the point of disappearing slowly,
Fading into the desert storm you call your soul
I tried to look out for you but were never there
I felt this strange presence,
An entity of some sort, it stared at me
All through the nights
The dark nights without stars and air cold as your heart

Take me home, I want to go home
Be my guide, be my coach
Lead me through this storm, I want to go home
Take me home, I want to go home
Leave me alone x4


5. WHEN THE MOON TILTED BACKWARDS

When the moon tilted backwards and the oceans were dry
We could wish for some better times to form from this storm
All those nasty and evil things are far from our home
But when the moon starts tilting backwards
There will be blood, death and gore
I'm so troubled, my darling
We've been at it so long
When it never gets easy there's no reason to try

When the moon tilted backwards and the stars were all lies
We could live to tomorrow, but I'd rather not try

I tried, I tried, I tired
I don't know if you'll live till' today or you'll go away
Sleep away the day
We, we are too, too old for this


6. CASSETTE DECK

I believe in the good of the bad
The distorted truth of the promised land
Your touch, your touch
It nails me to my sleep
I believe it's the law of the sands,
The deepest depths of yourself
Step up, look out
I believe there are ghosts in your bed
They're everywhere, everywhere
Step up, look down
Around your tongue
She bruised her neck
Made such a wreck round the cassette deck
The sheets are soaked
Find me some more

7. TWISP AND THE CONE

The moon's so bright and the mood's so low
Everybody's longing for that rock'n'roll
Moon's so bright, mood's so low
Everybody's longing for rock'n'roll
The city's asleep and the town is dead
Everybody out here's got a gun instead
City's asleep, town is dead
We could fall in love instead

The streets have cracked, pavement's black
Streets cracked, pavement's black
Pavement's black, street's cracked
You could spend the night in my bed
There's a jarful of hate down in Tram Stop Town,
Everybody seems to get along somehow
Jarful of hate, Train Track Town
Nothing gets as good as when it's done

You are blind
There's no end x2
You're so blind
There's no end x2

The moon's so bright and the mood's so low
Everybody's longing for that rock'n'roll
Moon's so bright, mood's so low
(There's a jarful of hate down in Tram Stop Town,
Everybody seems to get along somehow
Jarful of hate, Train Track Town
Nothing gets as good as when it's done)
(Everybody's longing for rock'n'roll
The city's asleep and the town is dead
Everybody out here's got a gun instead
City's asleep, town is dead
We could fall in love instead)


8. INVERTED ABSTRACTION

You should be left alone to rot away
But there's a part of me that wants to disengage
This town smells sweet at night
When you're here by my side
The screen turns black, just don't turn back
She's like a shadow cast on its own now

(Reversed part:
It's been seven years since I've seen your face,
Seven years since I held your hand in mine
I don't know you, I don't feel you, I can't hear you
I don't wanna be alone)

9. HONEYBUCKET

Demolition is a nasty thing, it can never end well
If you're out here looking for a something
I won't begin to pretend that you're anything but dust
Control yourself, we're halfway there, it's not that far
I believed in you, now I'm seeing you everywhere,
I won't begin to pretend that you're anything but dust

So if you're looking for an explanation it's most likely not here
If you're planning on growing old you better get to it then,
No time to lose, just play it cool
She's got a stone in her chest and it's not going away,
Not today

10. POWER OF THE HOUR

It was so long ago,
What's left are only fragments
Not truth nor lies
Just something that I saw,
With you and no one else
Never underestimate the power of the hour,
The hour goes far past and beyond you
There's a light but never anything to light it up with
I guess it's better if we all go to sleep
(Give her a rest now)

I've had this vague scenery in the back of my mind,
There are no colors or reflections,
Like a dream without a texture
And she goes unnoticed in the cold cyan night,
Her hands look pale with that electric cigarette
But the wind blows,
And the air chokes,
(Give her a rest now)

Lay it to rest now and have no fear,
If the sky turns red you just get back on your knees,
And make it rain

11. JOASTELLE

Don't know, it's just been so quiet lately when you're around,
I seem to've lost myself completely this time, but I don't mind
She is full of expectations I could never satisfy
I can hear her exhalation and can only fantasize
There's a room full of people but there's nobody home
The curtain's on the floor, the good ones die alone
And as we gathered all the silver from the snow,
There was a moment when the moonlight hit our plough,
And we bled

There's our only fear floating up the stairs,
Hold your hand in mine, sway away the night

Joastelle, it's like the heavens never cared enough