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Al Shama
Fie
Manjoria
Fie Manjoria
Take me home with you tonight
Take me where there’s candlelight
And now I’m in your bedsit
I can’t sit, I can’t
stand, I have to lie in your room
I shiver, I quiver, with doomed
anticipation
I fear for my liver, a soul in isolation
One vodka too many
I think that I should go………
(Go)
home with me tonight
I’ll show you candlelight
Turn the lights down
Never been one to bask in the sodium
glare of a million streetlights,
you know
Turn the lights down
Never been one to ask for a gluttonous
share of attention, leave me alone
Take me home with you tonight
Lie me down with candlelight
Now someone’s in my bed
And I hear my big mouth start to
say
Come on caress me, undress me, molest
me
Turn all the lights down low
See the shadows, they’re just
like
Projections of rejection, your four
foot erection
Is something that I fear
(Fie)
manjoria
Fie manjoria
Turn the lights down
Never been one to bask in the sodium
glare of a million streetlights,
you know
Turn the lights down
Never been one to ask for a gluttonous
share of attention, leave me alone
Alone
I
know that you’ve been drinking
Yeah I know how you drink
I know what you’ve been thinking
Yeah I know how you think when you
drink (keyboard hook for 2 bars)
You’re on the brink
I’ve seen a million faces
They all look just like you
Been to a million places
So what am I doing here with you?
So blue
Paper, scissors, stone
Who cares when you’re alone
Who cares when you’re alone
And he said:
“la
la la la la la la la la la; you
must be going out of your mind”
He said: “la la la la la la
la la la la”; it’s like
talking to a brick wall and I don’t
think I can take much more of this
I know what you’ve been doing
Yeah I know what you’ve done
And I know where you did it
Where you had all your fun with
her
What a slur
And he said:
“la
la la la la la la la la la; you
must be going out of your mind”
He said: “la la la la la la
la la la la”; it’s like
talking to a brick wall and I don’t
think I can take much more of this
Paper, scissors, stone
Who cares when you’re alone?
Who cares when you’re alone?
Who cares when you’re alone?
Who cares when you’re alone?
Who cares when you’re alone?
Who cares when you’re alone?
So scared of the unknown
I’m scared
Who cares?
And he said:
“la
la la la la la la la la la; you
must be going out of your mind”
He said: “la la la la la la
la la la la”; it’s like
talking to a brick wall and I don’t
think I can take much more
He said: “la la la la la la
la la la la; you must be going out
of your mind”
He said: “la la la la la la
la la la la”
Paper, scissors, stone
Who cares?
Bitter Sweet Dreams |
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| See the snow fall
down again
Looking out my window
Should've thought to light the fire
So I could wallow…..in its glow
Hear the rain
pour down again
Staring at the ceiling
And I'm drowning in my tears
Absorb your sorrow……hard and slow
And it's all the same to me
If you don't wanna see me
And it's all the same to me
If you never learn to love me
And it's all the same to me
If you turn your back…
It's not me, it's not me, it's not me, you see
Why did you pull me into this situation
This sticky mess is all your own creation
You got ideas above your station
Why must I be your infatuation?
It's not me, it's not me, it's not me, it's not me, you see…..
But I'm caught by my desire
I'm on my hands and knees now
Yeah, you know how to lead me on
And I just follow…..ain't that a bitch
And it's all the same to me
If you never leave her
And it's all the same to me
If you have to tell me lies
And it's all the same to me
If you turn your back…it's not me
It's not me, it's not me, you see
Why did you pull me into this situation
This sticky mess is all your own creation
You got ideas above your station
Why must I be your infatuation?
You ask me one thing but you mean another
You tell me when we're gonna see each other
And do I have yet another lover
I'm looking forward to the day you discover
It's not me
It's not me
It's not me, you see
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Candy
Compromise |
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| Once in a while
a ship comes in for me
The postman brings a parcel to my door
It's at times like these I exorcise my demons
Purify and clean them, now I know the score
The birds sing in tune, the sun lights up my room
I finally understand what you're trying to say
At times like these I get up off
my knees
Take a step out into the unknown
The rain ain't so cold
I feel I haven't sold out to yet another candy compromise
The birds sing in tune, the sun lights up my room
I finally understand what you're trying to say
Life's good (life sucks) when he
holds my hand
Life's good (life sucks) when I'm with my band
Life's good (life sucks) when she smiles that smile
So good, (it sucks) your pessimism makes me frown
(But) you'll never bring me down
The world puts on a smile, and we can laugh awhile
And you and I don't have to feel so alone
At times like these I exorcise my demons
Take a step out into the unknown
The birds sing in tune, the sun lights up my room
I finally understand what you're trying to say |
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Erstwhile
Companion |
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| There's my erstwhile
companion, he's risen from the dead
Reality replaced with the voices in my head
No, you know I'll never do that again
I'll smoke my joint and you can keep your beer
No, you know I'll never do that again
No more, have I made myself clear?
Drop dead, go back where you came
from
Be gone, go back to your beer
Drop dead, can't you see what you've done
No more, don't want you round here
Muk marfe
Voices in my head
There's my erstwhile companion,
he's got me seeing red
Memories of him replaced with the lover in my bed
No, you know I'll never do that again
I'll smoke my reefer, you can keep your beer
No, you know I'll never do that again
No more, have I made myself clear? |
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Everybody's
Talking
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| So carved up I got
an ingrowing tow-hitch.
Schlep me around till I get a stitch in time, saves nine (how
many lives)
Do you have to go looting just to put the boot in?
Amphet e-fit. Vitamin jet-set
Emo mix-up. Get set, fix-up.
Fucked up freak pharm. Blood-suck your arm dry and lifeless.
Gotta try to die less.
Everybody's talking at the same
time
Looking for the same sign
Going nowhere in a storm of mixed-up information.
Low fidelity, no credibility
You jam my signal just to dodge the hostility
White noise ring tones are filling up my brain.
Gotta try to get shot of this stain.
Hair split misfit. Gotta make your
face fit.
Diction friction. Talktime stiction
One-a-penny soundbites the hand that feeds it
Miked-up wire-tap, nobody needs it! |
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Wish Tank |
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Real
life is grey, her dreams have silver hues
True love is warm but can be cold like last week's news
She reads my eyes, says lie with me not to me
I hear her cries submerged in a distant sea
We nearly died, bound together
by that old rope
That serpent's grip overcome by a desperate hope
Bound together still, hope springs eternally
I hear songs of joy spring up from a clear blue sea
Sometimes I can't tell where she
ends and I begin
It feels like everything I've worked for I just haven't
got
I wear responsibility like a leaden cloak
But if you take her away I'll tear you apart
Real life is flesh, her world
is candy floss
Catch a falling star before I catch my last breath
Look at us now, those days we feared have passed
So many more to come, don't let them come too fast
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Free |
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| I'm waiting for
Sunday morning lying here in a dream
Before you give me a written warning look at my self-esteem
He waited till Monday evening sitting there in the dark
Before I was fine, now I’m losing my mind, I took a walk
in the park
Don't judge me for the things I
might have said
I can't help the stuff that goes on in my head
And when you fixed me with those eyes of dread
I just knew you weren't welcome in my bed anymore
Oh how you irritate me
Let me give you a reason to hate me
Then your friends can cast their aspersions on all of my perversions
You know I’m really not worth it
I know you don’t really deserve this
Why don’t you liberate me
Go on and liberate me
Set me free
I’m crying on Tuesday morning,
dying here in a dream
Before you give me another warning hear my primal scream
He blubbered till Wednesday evening, that’s as far as
it got
Before I was sure when I walked out the door, now I’m
losing the plot |
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Johari Panes |
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| What do you see
when you look at me?
You hurl your glances at the windows of my soul
Windows I choose to shine my light through
cast shadows of all of my crosses on you.
Crosses bare and shadow lands on
your secretive heart
and I take your hands.
Do you see them?
Do you know what they mean?
The parts of me that should never be seen.
What you see when you look at me
are broken windows looking back at you.
Can my feelings ever truly be free?
What do you think will see me through?
Windows I thought were boarded and
nailed turn out to be one-way glass.
I’ve failed to notice the changes come over me.
As you look in my eyes tell me what do you see?
Can’t you see what I need you
to do?
Wipe the glass and let the light shine through.
Can your feelings ever liberate you?
What do you need to see you through?
Now as I stand here face to face
My naked personas adopt their places, revealing the spaces
in between.
Tell me how many faces have you seen?
Faces rare and shadows seen on your
secretive heart
Do you know how mean I have been when I’ve wanted to
hurt myself?
Reach beyond, help me search for something else. |
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Next Life |
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| There's
too many people, too many things
What kind of fortune does living bring?
So many pictures on the TV screen
Where do they come from?
What do they mean?
So get run over, take a pill
How many vodkas does it take to make you want to kill?
I'll
see you in the next life baby
Maybe then we'll all get it right
I'll see you in the next life maybe...
Maybe then we'll get to party all through the night
So
many problems, so many selfish dreams
No point in living it often seems
Futile distractions on the TV screen
False needs paraded in trash magazines
So get run over, take a pill
How many vodkas does it take to make you want to kill? |
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Sleepwalking
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earth is traumatised
The world has closed its eyes
We've all been hypnotised, and we sleep
We live our lives through ICT
With no grip on reality
It's just a cruel fantasy, still we sleep
We're
all just killing time while there's still time left to kill
everything
The time has come to wake
To see our big mistake
We have to give as well as take
Still we sleep
We're all just killing time while there's still time left
to kill
Don't wake us up, wake us up. we're sleepwalking
Don't wanna face the truth, and we don't like talking
Don't wake us up, wake us up, we're sleepwalking
Life's better when we're dreaming, so we're sleepwalking
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Sweet Revenge |
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| Didn’t I have
exclusive rights over that word, “goodbye”?
What gave you the right to throw it back in my face?
The ground shook and my head exploded
That was the bitterest pill I ever had to swallow down
But I’ve found...sweet revenge
Sucked a python’s venom, spat
it in your face
Bedded your best friend in leather boots and lace
No, you’re never gonna win
that game you started
Your violating ways will come back to you three-fold
You shouldn’t mess with what you don’t understand
The wise woman told me that I'd blessed be
Sweet revenge
Bedded your solicitor, washed your
clothes in Vim
Out drinking with your brother, now I’ll go down on him
I just want to make you understand
all the anger, the hurt and all of the pain
The way I shake, the way I bite my hand, just why it seems
I’ve gone insane
Humiliation is my middle name, if you want a competition I
can play that game
You see I’ve seen it all before, and I know how to settle
a score
Didn’t I have exclusive rights
over that word, “goodbye”?
What gave you the right to throw it back in my face?
Sweet revenge
Burnt all your CDs, smashed up your
guitar
Did I ever get to tell you what a waste of space you are? |
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Tryst |
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| They’re watching,
they’re waiting
Trouble in your life
You don’t wanna be the wife who sits home all day with
nothing to say.
The man in black don’t ever talk back so the men in white
come to shed some light
They took you to a room
They showed you your tomb
They took you to your...
All they want is to change your life so they can plunder your
soul in time
All they want is to claim your soul, and then they'll take
you away yeah
Let's hear it for Kundalini, Jung, Swami, Gita and old Houdini
Let's hear it for old Houdini!
They changed your life
They changed your...
Watching and waiting
They showed you the Japanese wind
god demon
Sacrificed a seed for the Great One’s semen
You ran to the church,
the priest was a clown
He said, 'pray now’ and he lay you down
Still watching and waiting
The man by the sea washed over from
the States,
The states of the mind that they stole from you
You drowned when you thought you
were waving
Take back all the freedom that you once gave him |
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The Void |
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A new millenium
A brand new place to go, won’t need to leave your room
You’ve got the world in there
It’s virtual but it beats the world outside
Computer monster whore
Seduced the masses with her sexy lingerie
She’ll suck you in and spit you out
Pretend to be your friend just for a laugh
Welcome to cyberland, all
you need is your right hand
A load of time to waste, so you can click your life away
Welcome to cyberspace, where time is lost without a trace
Yeah, life there is so good that we just click it away
(In the void)
Your world will be destroyed (in the void)
Just like an asteroid (in the void)
I get so paranoid (in the void)
When I’m not in the void
(In the void)
Your life will hold more pain (in the void)
You might just go insane (in the void)
I’m vodka
down the drain when I’m in the void
I met a man in cyberland
He made me wash my dirty laundry right there in the void
The final spin was much too hot
I melted and he walked all over me
My boyfriend’s paranoid
when I’m stuck in the void
I get so paranoid when I’m not in the void
He gets so, he gets so, he gets so damn annoyed
Most of the people who read Mr Freud (I get so, I get so,
I get so, I get so)
Get so paranoid (I get so paranoid)
You’ll find them in the void (when I’m in the
void)
Most of the people who read Mr Freud (I get so, I get so,
I get so, I get so)
Get so paranoid (I get so paranoid)
And now they’re in the void (when I’m in the void)
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| Am I ungrateful
or misunderstood?
The dreams we dream aren’t bad, they just ain’t
so good
I long for some truth
Stop turning your back to me
And we all break ranks
We've got ourselves to thank for this
Oh, why you so blue?
Is there one more thing that you want me to do?
No, I'll never try to stop them and I'll never be your problem
You're suffocating me
So many lies they keep on telling
us
But I see through their disguise and it’s ominous
Who wants a revolution these days?
Seems revolution’s just another word for phase
These trivial pursuits, they don’t
mean shit to me
Too many old white men in suits telling us that we’re
free
I wish I could get to them like they got to me now
And we all break ranks
We’ve got ourselves to thank for this
Stop suffocating me |
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World Caves
In |
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| This waiting’s
frustrating and I don’t know what to say
But of course this discourse will never see the light of day
You stop me, you drop me like a glove you never wore
I made you, obeyed you like a slave under the floor
Now you’ve found out your God
is the Devil your head’s in a spin
Now you’ve found out your God is the Devil your whole
life’s a sin
Now you’ve found out your God is the Devil you have to
give in
Now you’ve found out your God is the Devil your world
caves in
Don’t trust you, I just knew,
‘cos I’ve seen it all before
I still came crawling on all fours right to your door
You claimed me, you drained me of my personality
I craved you, forgave you like a mouse under the floor
I wish I could get high on hurting
you somehow
I wish I could get by on living just for now
But you claimed me, you drained me of my personality
I let you forget to make me want you want me |
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