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AIRBAG

In the next world war
In a jack knifed juggernaut
I am born again
In the neon sign scrolling up and down
I am born again
In an intastella burst I am back to save the universe
In a deep deep sleep of the innocent
I am born again
In a fast german car
I'm amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life
In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe
In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe

PARANOID ANDROID

Please could you stop the noise i'm trying to get some rest
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's there... what's there..
When I am king you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's there... what's there..
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking squealing gucci little piggy
You don't remember you don't remember
Why don't you remember my name
Off with his head off with his head man
Why don't you remember my name I guess he does..
Rain down rain down come on rain down on me
From a great height
From a great height height height
That's it sir, You're leaving
The crackle of pig skin
The dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
The panic, the vomit
The panic, the vomit
God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah.

SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN

The breath of the morning
I keep forgetting the smell of the warm summer air
I live in a town where you can't smell a thing
You watch your feet for cracks in the pavement
Up above aliens hover making home movies
For the folks back home
Of all these weird creatures who lock up their spirits
Drill holes in themselves and live for their secrets
They're all uptight, uptight, uptight
I wish that they'd swoop down
In the country lane
Late at night when i'm driving
Take me onboard their beautiful ship
Show me the weird world as I'd love to see it
I'd tell all my friends but they'd never believe me
They'd think that I'd finally lost it completely
I'd show them the stars and the meaning of life
They'd shut me away
But i'll be all right all right
I'm just uptight, uptight, uptight

EXIT MUSIC (FOR A FILM)

Wake, from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today we escape, we escape
Pack, and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before, all hell breaks loose
Breathe, keep breathing
Don't lose, your nerve breathe, keep breathing
I can't do this, alone
Sing us a song, a song to keep us warm
There's such a chill, such a chill
You can laugh a spineless laugh
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you
Now we are one in everlasting peace
We hope that you choke, that you choke...

LET DOWN

Transport
Motorways and tram lines starting
And then stopping taking off and landing the emptiest of feelings
Disappointed people clinging onto bottles
And when it comes its so so disappointing
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around
Shell smashed
Juices flowing wings twitch
Legs are going don't get
Sentimental it always ends up drivel one day
I'm going to grow wings a chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless hysterical and
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around
Let down again
You know you know where you are with
You know where you are with
Floor collapses floating
Bouncing back and one day
(You'll know where you are)
I am gonna grow wings a chemical reaction
Hysterical and useless hysterical and
Let down and hanging around
Crushed like a bug in the ground
Let down and hanging around

KARMA POLICE

Karma Police, arrest this man, he talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge he's like a detuned radio
Karma Police, arrest this girl, her hitler hairdo
Is making me feel ill, and we have crashed her party
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with us..
Karma Police, I've given all I can, it's not enough
I've given all I can, but we're still on the payroll
This is what you get, this is what you get
This is what you get, when you mess with us..
And for a minute there
I lost myself I lost myself
Phew for a minute there
I lost myself I lost myself...

FITTER, HAPPIER

Fitter, happier
More productive
Comfortable
Not drinking too much
Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week)
Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries
At ease
Eating well (no more microwave dinners and saturated fats)
A patient better driver
A safer car (baby smiling in back seat)
Sleeping well (no bad dreams)
No paranoia
Careful to all animals (never washing spiders down the plughole)
Keep in contact with old friends (enjoy a drink now and then)
Will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in wall)
Favors for favors
Fond but not in love
Charity standing orders
On sundays ring road supermarket
(No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants)
Car wash (also on sundays)
No longer afraid of the dark
Or midday shadows
Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate
Nothing so childish
At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape
Now self-employed
Concerned (but powerless)
An empowered and informed member of society (pragmatism not idealism)
Will not cry in public
Less chance of illness
Tires that grip in the wet (shot of baby strapped in back seat)
A good memory
Still cries at a good film
Still kisses with saliva
No longer empty and frantic
Like a cat
Tied to a stick
That's driven into
Frozen winter shit (the ability to laugh at weakness)
Calm
Fitter, healthier and more productive
A pig
In a cage
On antibiotics

ELECTIONEERING

I will stop, I will stop at nothing
Say the right things, when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet
Riot shields voodoo economics
It's just business, cattle prods and the IMF
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards, somewhere we will meet.

CLIMBING UP THE WALLS

I am the key to the lock in your house
That keeps your toys in the basement
And if you get too far inside
You'll only see my reflection
It's always best when the light is off
I am the pick in the ice
Do not cry out or hit the alarm
We're friends till we die
And either way you turn, I'll be there
Open up your skull, I'll be there
Climbing up the walls
It's always best when the light is off
It's always better on the outside
Fifteen blows to the back of my head
Fifteen blows to your mind
So tuck the kids in safe tonight
Shut the eyes in the cupboard
Do not cry out or hit the alarm
You'll get the loneliest feeling
That either way you turn, I'll be there
Open up your skull, I'll be there
Climbing up the walls

NO SURPRISES

A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal
You were so tired, happy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for her
I'll take the quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent... Silent..
This is my final fit
My final bellyache with
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises please
Such a pretty house
Such a pretty garden
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises please

LUCKY

I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll....this time
I feel my luck could change
Kill me Sarah Kill me again....with love
It's gonna be a glorious day
Pull me out of the aircrash
Pull me out of the wreck
Cause I'm your superhero
We are standing on the edge
The head of state has called for me my name
But I don't have time for you
It's gonna be a glori us day
I feel my luck could change
Pull me out of the aircrash
Pull me out of the wreck
Cause I'm your superhero
We are standing on the edge
We are standing on the edge...

THE TOURIST

It barks at no one else but me
Like it's seen a ghost
I guess it seen the sparks a flowing
No one else would know
Hey man slow down, slow down
Idiot slow down, slow down
Sometimes I get overcharged
That's when you see sparks
You ask me where the hell I'm going?
At thousand feet per second
Hey man slow down, slow down
Idiot slow down, slow down
Hey man slow down, slow down
Idiot slow down, slow down