The Lyrics

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Angeline (music: Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

now she wants to gain the affections/of the one's she once let down/say's she can't handle rejection/but rejection is what life's about/and the faces sure seem happy/but from the corner of her eye/catched a glimpse of her daddy/she could have sworn that he would cry/Angeline - she potrays herself the tragic/a part-time victim for the cause/well I can see/she's nothing but pathetic/it's a lesson for us all/and she thinks she could change/everything could be better/what's the point of it all?/I can't tell her/well she thinks it's in her mind now/could it be so long ago/five years since she left here/took the bus down the old road/she thinks that things look different/but everything must change/the climate's getting hotter/Angeline remains the same

Cultivar (music: Andrew, Bates, Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

it filters out the light/the light that made the elders pledge/pain lends space to time/time and half the moon are fed/time and half the moon are almost dead/hurry Cultivar come take the rest/darker water under us now/hydration is the fear/the little ones they need their ether near/and out beneath the earth/the ones back home will never have to starve/the lucky bastards never have to starve/yes back on earth they waste their Cultivar/what you'll never know/the commissioner lost three of his own/but he'll never explain/these are our wives/what can we say?/what the hell do you expect me to say/quicken Cultivar we need your grain

Half As Much As I (music: Andrew, Bates, Shaw, Wright lyrics: Shaw)

so the past has made you sure/that the best things come and go/without reasons to be pure/you would restle with your ghosts/every test must leave a door/so compelling don't you know/if illusion sets you free/taste the salt in me/it's not half as much as I/it's not half as much as I/it's not half as much as I/if I don't look then I won't find/Maybe somethings should be left/where excuses do no good/I believe that something said/is far better if it's true/throw away the life you led/keep the whole and see it through

Intrigue/Fatigue (music: Andrew, Bates, Shaw, Woodcock, Wright lyrics: Woodcock)

I crept out tonight/and stole into the opera/you weren't performing right/and the audience wasn't chocker/read the programme again/or secrete it in a locker/this overture's a pain/but the whole first act's a shocker/intrigue/fatigue/some things you can only do for me/intrigue/fatigue/some things you need my eyes to see/you need my ears to hear/you need my vision oh so clear/you'll need me everyday my dear/'cos only I can stop the fear/but that'd be as right/as smack-heads at the opera/yeah all just sitting there/and shooting-up through Tosca/so call the doorman again and get him to summon the copers/read just a reflecting pace/then shut up or start talking proper/somewhere I'd read the reviews/but this part wasn't in it/failed to get the muse/and I wish this show'd finish

I Will Watch You Sleep (music: Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

faith in human nature draws us to this place/I find my dreams will linger on your face/I sit with you in this silent room/I find my peace when I'm holding you/oh I wil watch you sleep/because I love you/take some rest in me/and hold me near you/find a moment in the day to spend some time/the willow holds it's arms out to the lime/another time I suppose we knew/I find my way when I'm holding you

Judas (music: Andrew, Bates, Damms, Shaw, Woodcock, Wright lyrics: Bates, Woodcock)

wishing I was elsewhere/I'd break out, breaking free/I'm not allowed to escape/you take aim, you shoot me down/now I feel the pain/of your writhing words take me away/take me away/'cos you're breaking me down/I wait in line 'til I'm called/I'm fighting for the lost cause/A paroxyismic pause/as I see hope fade away, away, away, away, away/why's your love so unfair?/Ifreak out, 'cos you're breaking me/as you betray our fate/you lock your chains/that pin me down/and it's the same again/I hear your writhing words drag me away/drag me away/I see you everywhere/the quisling woman in my nightmare dreams/I realised too late/you take hold, you lie me down/and our love is feighed/by your poison kiss, and I'm betrayed/I'm betrayed

Just Like Crusoe (music: Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

you fill your lungs with sacred air/with your arms strapped to the chair/you live in your perfect paradise/while the whole world waves as you pass them by/your children run for cover now/they duck their heads behind the couch/you seem to love like I will share/a million miles from anywhere/but you know that you love them so/but you want to be just like Crusoe/drift away/oh get away/surf away it's better that way/she speaks to him in harsher tones/but only when they are alone/I remember way back when/they really used to be the best of friends/now on Tuesdays he goes out/and she likes to cry out loud/why can't I get some peace 'round here?/I really wish I could dissapear/but you know that she loves him so/but she wants to be just like Crusoe

Lotus Flower (Infection Supply) (music: Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

conciousness hit me from the start/arrived like a toxic scent and left me in the dark/exfoliate these scars/from a bed that lies between the stars/ an injury that never leaves a mark/a lotus flower will die/while you endorse the infection supply/you imprint on me/like I'm Konrad Lorenz/but the motion that you leave behind/will rarely spell my death/we're forced to face remarks/from a child that should by right be ours/an apology shouted from afar/we fail from the start/but that doesn't mean you should cut me out/you cut me out/with randomness/the universe was born/a pulse in the mind of Brahma/began this earthly dawn/the forces call to us/ on a par with what the Aztecs lost/the bitterness this chrysalis has cost

Making a Date With The Devil (music: Bates, Shaw, Woodcock lyrics: Woodcock)

the party's passed/and the guests are gone gone gone/if the hours pass so fast/why do they take so long?/just look at my limbo past/where time is meaningless/and tho' my thoughts are flashing fast/none of them could care less/well no, no, no, no, no/not in speed time/whoah/not in speed time/'cos I got a date with the devil/aaah/you know you're wrong to think it evil/aah/washing powder's so expensive/these days/but if you use just enough/it can wash away your stains/my hopes are dashed/and the truth is too, too far/how much longer can we last?/with our faith in a falling star

Purple Flags (music: Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

what was said in the evening light/when Sirius was high/star chance was good for nothing/but the conversation died/so I sat around making plans for my domination dance/the time frame shifted/if I was gifted/I really couldn't understand/if you ask yourself one thing/you know it never stops/I got caught up in the whirlpool/under flags that spoke of purple/I hope my angle doesn't hurt you/so if this place looks kind of strange/bite your lip and don't complain/don't you know my house has many rooms?/so if you thought that no-one cares/just give me that icy stare/and I'll know to leave you on your own/what was said I do not know/but if the ticket works let's go/time to move/time to pass/time to pack the winter coat/so I left the rest to sink in time/for a cutting of quick-sand/the beast it feeds to find release/I really didn't stand a chance/I left my drink to settle down/and hit the miners town/when the bottle blew/the diamonds flew/I really couldn't stand my ground

Take What You Can (music: Bates, Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

not once, not twice I have laboured on my own/three times before the kitchen knife when clean through the door/in every single room/there was a double bed/one day I'll make it good/someday I'll make amends/you pay your way/I'll give you what is fair/all the cards/all the plans/take what you can/the loss is great you have troubles in your head/four hours before your little mouth called to hit the floor/in every single word/I think I see the cup/someday I'll make amends/someday I'll sow it up/in time you will pay me back your share/a thousand eyes with daggers sharp and wet

The Govenor's Fingers (music: Bates, Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

the words are flat they make me angry/the govenor will shake his fingers high/the long goodbye/but still there's a nagging feeling/that Mao won't sleep tonight/and the red that's in their eyes/won't decrease their pride/in an economic tide/screaming inside/half way down and the commission claimed/I left the brakes on/waiting for a chance/to free my hands/but my luck's a half bred tiger/so I don't feel I can/I wish the walls would move for me/I wish the chains would come unstuck/invite the devil 'round for tea/wish him the best of luck/condition there is mourning/there is a place where we might find a bed/let's go ahead/but still there's a nagging feeling/the best of us are dead

The Morning's Gone (music: Bates, Shaw lyrics: Bates)

what would you say/when the morning comes/if I/if I was still here?/would you really mind a bit/if I stayed a while?/now it is the time/but I know what I leave behind/it would have happened anyway/so why not now?/some time some place/and you won't know that I'm here/somewhere someday/the morning's gone/at another time/on another day/and then I'll not be here/should we say our 'goodbyes' or wait a while?/I don't know what to think/it's better that way/no-one can read your mind/just ignore all that they say/it's up to us now/the way to/in a funny way/maybe it's for the best/if we go with what feels right/and when we look back/we'll know we were right

The Sequel (music: Bates, Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

it's the year when our destiny was made/Imhotep to form a state/and the Nile turned red/with the blood of all the slaves/and the world began to count/and the years began to pass you/turn around/begin/forgetting/we're still here/a light in the system/translates the inscription/seventh one/seventh sun/Plato's child/Viracocha knows/fall in line keep you knowledge underground/secret cult will rise again/when they block out the sun/with the gold of the serpents womb/and the world began to count/and the years began to mean more/take a stand/release/remember/we're still here

Three Days In Liechtenstein (music: Bates, Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

roped in on the way to Bern/summer held in the second world/sky filled to the brim at last/while the French stood by dropped their coins and laughed/no it's not the sex/it's not the crush that makes me better/for the love of God stop me at the Rhine/three days spent in Liechtenstein/breathing shipping/drinking wine/and the communists look better than before/red caps on the road from Bern/taking naps in the panel van/held back to fulfill our task/while the tourist's kids licked their lips and laughed/and the communists look better everyday/I don't think it's right/this isn't Nova Scotia/I don't think it's right/that wasn't the order/hold on for your life/lost in the water/floating down the Rhine/to Francophone waters/broken legs from the summer heat/take pearls from his sisters keep/headstrong to forget that day/and the tourists drink half their dreams away

What Will Our Children Say? (music: Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

lost a lot of good friends over this/now I know my place I won't get lost/took it's time to come but who can say?/for every good thing/there is a cost/oh I must be losing face/I try to grab my faith/but it slips away/we fight to gain a little space/ out hearts in the right place/what will our children say?/yesterday it's clear some children died/walking a tightrope they hold your hand/like figurines distant from past lives/they shatter and scatter on my command/oh in my life there are some questions/but every answer has it's problems/can't you see I'm going crazy?/with my sanity in ruins/I find the strength to see straight through it/and I find a little space

When You Come Around (music: Bembridge, Shaw lyrics: Shaw)

laying back in the deepest blue I know/for what it's worth I know you been so low/I've read the news about it/so I know the truth about it/hope something digs us out of this hole/you come around/late night tv test-card heaven/words can't be found/to explain away this kind of pleasure/doing things I never thought I would/that's the price you pay for being so good/give me a clue for once/it's best with half a chance/time to start doing things you know we should