The Merchant Of Venice

piggy, cash, cash
piggy, crash, crash
loose a pound, a pound like the merchant of venice
piggy, cash, cash
piggy, crash, crash
loose a pound, a pound like the merchant of venice

piggy is hungry, piggy is desperate
piggy is broke like a bad joke
piggy is thirsty, piggy’s unworthy
piggy broke like a twig
piggy, cash, cash
piggy, crash, crash
piggy, crash !

all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily

piggy, sell, sell
rasing hell, hell
drop a share and scare the dukes of ego-nomy
ring, ring, ring the bell
spell defeat for real
what’s the face value of a share
compared to the achings of a heart ?

all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily
all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily

like terror....

crash, crash piggy, crash, crash, piggy, crash !

all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily
all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily

all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily
all these global tragedies won’t make me feel better
cause my love, she ran away
like terror... arbitrarily

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Cowards

what if they're trying to kill me
what if they don't exist after all
and I'm screaming while I'm dreaming
and no one's there to wake me
no one's there to say: "they have left
but I'm still here and I'll stay here"

you're the friend I need to see when a legion’s after me

what if you walk the plank
and noone's there to keep you company
when you're falling, when you're drowning
what if our enemies joined forces
and attacked all at once
well, you know them and we'd show them

sometimes we lost control, sometimes we lost control

please hold on
don't let go of me…

don't let go of me...

you're the freak I couldn't be
and I inscribe my name in thee
you're the ghost that's haunting me

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Under The Spotlight Of The Sun

humble beginnings, it started to end
it started to end on the second of may
the second of may was the day of my birth
the day I stepped unto the shores

already sick, sick and angry
sick and cold, sick and angry
already sick, sick and angry
sick and cold, sick and angry

under the spotlight of the sun
it’s crystal clear what you’ve become
no matter how hard you try to be loved

the plot unraveled in predictable ways
the ways of my father, whose hate I embraced
embracing my mother at the old geezers wake
cracking up, an honest mistake

under the spotlight of the sun
it’s crystal clear what you’ve become
no matter how hard you try to be loved
under the spotlight of the sun
it’s crystal clear what you’ve become
no matter how hard you try to be loved

my innocent need to be...

under the spotlight of the...
under the spotlight of the...
under the spotlight of the sun

sick and old, sick and angry
sick and old, sick and angry
sick and old, sick and angry
sick and old, sick and angry

under the spotlight of the sun
it’s crystal clear what you’ve become
no matter how hard you try to be loved
under the spotlight of the sun
it’s crystal clear what you’ve become
no matter how hard you try to be loved

my innocent need to be...

sick and old, sick and angry

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Bliss Or Bust

her educated rage, it comes and goes with h
in the aftermath of violence, she stumbles on a stage
the show is still the same, twenty years of shame
of vanity and morphine and orchestrated pain

and then she figures he might be the one
who’ll carry her past on his shoulders

sleeping in boxes: photographs of ghosts
to remind us of our losses, the things we miss the most
the crowd remains the same, they’re not the ones to blame
for twenty years of tears, years of „bliss or bust“

and then she figures he might be the one
who’ll carry her past on his shoulders

but she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him

so when it’s time to hit the road
to learn the truth no one’s told
she simply packs and goes
there’s a million different ways
to lose the past, to win the race
anything must go

but she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him
she can’t ever feel him

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Scream Now

it’s the second day
that I’m carrying your fucking world on my back
you know, your ego is hard to take off

scream: „no! I’m the donkey and you`re the sugar“
scream: „no! I’m a junkie and you’re my heroine“

it’s the second day for a broken heart
thank you, I missed you, I loved you, I know it’s too late now
and all that you’ve been to me, you said you’d be there for me
thank you, I missed you, I love you - don’t make a drama

scream: “no! I’m the donkey and you are the sugar”
scream:: „no! I’m a junkie and you’re my heroine“

scream now: „I’m a bunker, you didn’t hurt me“
before you end up a donkey
scream now: „I will learn to drink coffee with or without your sugar“
before you end up a donkey

but me, I just don’t care at all
I’m a donkey and you’re the sugar
I’m a donkey and you’re the sugar
I’m a junkie and I need my sugar
now

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Two

glimpses of a little boy
of my family, my friend
I don’t know why or where they have gone

glimpses of fireworks
in black and white, my friend
I couldn’t tell the truth from celluloid

I’ve got two faces
I’ve got to face it

glimpses of our house by the sea
another fantasy, you said
I couldn`t raise a goldfish by myself

should I try hating you?
kissing or rejecting you, my love?
I don’t know why or where you have gone

so what do you want from me?
the suction of gravity will strike me down
when im lost in little things I live to briefly glimpse (...) of my son

I’ve got two faces
I’ve got to face it

what do you want from me?
the suction of gravity will strike me down
when im lost in little things I live to briefly glimpse (...) of my son

I’ve got two faces
I’ve got to face it

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A Lullaby For Castaways

turn the lights off, turn the tables
wear the shadows as your sables
hit the mattress, hit the pavement
your bed of concrete

turn the lights off, flip the blanket
they built a ship for you and you sank it
yeah, you failed them and you nailed them
when you held your tongue

hope's another day
turn the lights off and make them all go away
you're not quite mad
but you know you're still far from sane

turn the lights off, fluff the pillows
give your mind up to the billows
say your prayers, join the bedbugs
make sure you bite them back

turn the lights off, let the day end
and reason move out of the way and
let the shadows drown the villain
and awake a better man

hope's another day
turn the lights off and make them all go away
you're not quite mad
but you know you're still far from sane

with the lights off you're beautiful
with the lights off you're beautiful
with the lights off

hope's another day
turn the lights off and make them all go away
you're not quite mad
but you know you're still far from sane

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A Vicious Showdown

she burned out, she burned out like a star and moved on
she burned out, she burned out like a match
life goes on and on, it’s a vicious showdown
life goes on and on, it’s vicious

while others fade away in war
and sons and daughters go to waste
cities, buried and forgotten, treasures gone
while fathers pray in trenches
kids and mothers on the fences won’t
won’t let go of what is there for us and always has been

and our fear fits like a glove, our fear fits like…
our fear fits like a glove

blood is spilled so easily
across the face of earth, you see
we share a sin, we share a book and a saviour
and our fear fits like a glove
it fits the axis of love
this is love ?- how you manipulate and operate her

and our fear fits like a glove, our fear fits like…
our fear fits like a glove
and our fear fits like a glove, our fear fits like…
our fear fits like a glove

life goes on and on, it’s a vicious showdown
life goes on and on

it’s vicious, it’s vicious, it’s vicious
don’t you know…

and our fear fits like a glove, our fear fits like…
our fear fits like a glove
and our fear fits like a glove, our fear fits like…
our fear fits like a glove

life goes on and on, it’s a vicious showdown
your life goes on and on
life goes on and on
and on and on…

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1000 Leaves

your cardiac’s on the way
your cardiac’s on the way
way, on the way
the lives we could have led
the end we could have met
underway, underway

a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember thee
a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember

replace your arrogance
with wit and eloquence
find comfort in your insignificance
anesthesia is on the way
anesthesia is on the way
way, underway

a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember thee
a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember

your house of cards, your house of cards
of ailment and skin
soon off the hook, soon of the hook
wilts away

if this is all they sowed, if this is all they sowed
your house of blood
then this is all they’ll reap
if this is all you are, if this is all you are
a storm in a teacup
we’ll drink it down

your house of cards, your house of cards
of ailment and skin
soon off the hook, soon of the hook
wilts away

a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember thee
a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember thee
a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember thee
a thousand leaves fall from a tree
and no one will remember

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Escape Velocity

oh, my father said “once you pack up and run
you can’t come here no more, you can’t make it undone”

all of that, all of that, all of that came true
all of that, all of that, all of that came true

“we’re family, yours to keep”

all of that came true since I’m apart from you
all of that came true since I’m apart from you
all of that, all of that, all that came true
all of that, all of that, all that came true

“we’re family, yours to keep”

from flower to seed
your born to repeat our mistakes
this flower’s disease is what you will keep in your
heart, heart, heart
your heart, heart, heart

oh, my mother said “keep your dreams to your sleep
and keep me in your heart for our love’s running deep”

and all of that, all of that, all of that came true
all of that, all of that, all of that came true

from flower to seed
your born to repeat our mistakes
and we’ll be there… always there…
this flower’s disease
is what you will keep in your heart
and we’ll be there

rinse your blood

your escape velocity, a boyhood fantasy
the stuff of your dreams, play it safe, you know, safe

safe… with us….
safe… with us….
safe… with us….
safe… with us….

this flower’s disease
is what you will keep in your heart
and we’ll be there

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Modern Suicide

sucking up to keep a job
is suicide, suicide
and talking to the tube all night
is suicide, suicide

break your back and earn that wage
and feed the kids and get it right
and pay your bills and mow the lawn
the end is nigh, the end

blending in to keep in touch
is suicide, suicide
keeping all your fears inside
is suicide, suicide

break your back and earn that wage
and feed the kids and get it right
and pay your bills and mow the lawn
the end is nigh, the end
shake a leg, betty, turn and twist, daddy
if you can dance than I can too
toss the rules, betty, step into the light
we’re comitting modern suicide

sucking up to keep a job
kissing ass to make the top
is there something, is there something... is there something more ?
a message in the neon lights ?
is there something, is there something... is there something more ?
is there something... is there something more ?
keeping all your fears inside
trading dignity for pride

break your back and earn that wage
and feed the kids and get it right
and pay your bills and mow the lawn
the end is nigh, the end
shake a leg, betty, turn and twist, daddy
if you can dance than I can too
toss the rules, betty, step into the light
we’re comitting modern suicide

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Rip-Off

in the morning I wake up
and my mother’s womb closes down
i step out in the sunlight
find myself a wholly different town
you said - you feel - me in your bones now
you said - you won’t - put up a fight

for no real reason
no real motive
for no real reason
I ripped you off and now I’m out on parole
and there are no hard feelings
I ripped you off and now I’m out on parole
and there are no hard feelings

you said - you got - me in your bones now
you said - you won’t - put up a fight
seems the road is contagious
it’s pulling me further from my roots

for no real reason
no real motive
for no real reason
no real motive
I ripped you off and now I’m out on parole
and there are no hard feelings
I ripped you off and now I’m out on parole
and there are no hard feelings

my own bitterness made me
a travelling bum heading south
with only maps and a walkman
and a fainting voice that says:

shouldn’t you care for yourself?
shouldn’t you care for yourself?
shouldn’t you care for yourself?
shouldn’t you care?

I ripped you off and now I’m out on parole
and there are no hard feelings
I ripped you off and now I’m out on parole
and there are no hard feelings

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Human Error

trade us a gun for labour
chain us to a worldwide saviour
make us watch, reshape us out of glass
you entertain the human race
you made me famous, gave me space
for all the friends I never met

some paranoia is enough to spark a fire
some paranoia to correct the human error

how many more will follow
into the sacred hollow
before we see you dangling from a rope
you televised our vanity
sought profit in profanity
you’re a sun when we are merely stars

some paranoia is enough to spark a fire
some paranoia to correct the human error
some paranoia, enough to build a choire
some paranoia to correct the human error

I don’t mind whatever happens, I don’t mind whatever happens
death to your design!
I don’t mind whatever happens, I don’t mind whatever happens
death to your design!
death to your design!

I don’t mind whatever happens, I don’t mind whatever happens
death to your design!
I don’t mind whatever happens, I don’t mind whatever happens
death to your design!
death to your design!

some paranoia is enough to spark a fire
some paranoia to correct the human error
some paranoia, enough to build a choire
some paranoia to correct the human error

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Summer In Alaska

we swear a lot, we care a lot
we monitor our enemies and friends alike
like we're tying knots
evaluating symmetries
our secret longings filed away
we never sleep, we weep a lot
we know it's there, we know it’s not
and no one dares to have a look

I can’t smile, I won’t smile when my head’s a mess on the wall
a dragonfly and a mayfly are prodigies

enjoy the trip, enjoy the fuss
keep your stash close to heart
remember when we used to say
we'd be there when the ending starts
deceive yourself, enjoy the heist
lock your lovers in your heart
you’re coming down, you're crashing hard
you're out of cash and out of style

I can’t smile, I won’t smile when my head’s a mess on the wall
a dragonfly and a mayfly are both prodigies

is anything wrong, mr. plain to see?
you left all your cash in the pharmacy
is anything wrong, mr. mickey mouse?
It’s fatally wrong to let a cat in the house

is anything wrong, mr. plain to see?
you left all your cash in the pharmacy
is anything wrong, mr. mickey mouse?
It’s fatally wrong to let a cat in the house

another son is spending summer in Alaska
life’s a bummer, bummer, summer in Alaska
he’s never coming home
and never’s still too soon

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When The Booze Takes Over

now that I’m sober again
craving bottled forgiveness tonight
you don’t know what it’s like
to be so fucking sober
sober and stuck in yesterday

and then the booze takes over and takes the sting out of my life
lets me go
and when the ceiling lowers then I’ll appear a bigger man
for all I know

until I’m sober again
trying to catch-up with my alter-egos
and I don’t know what I’ve done
when I’m so fucking sober
sober, I can’t recall a thing

and when the booze takes over, it rips the knot out of my tongue
lets me go
and when the ceiling lowers then I’ll appear a bigger man
for all I know

meet my dearest friends, encased in glass
let them in your cups, they’ll bring us through the night
bring us through the night
it won’t hurt, I swear
it won’t hurt, I swear
raise your glasses!

hold me, fill me and control me
pour your rage into me, understand and lead me
raise your glasses!
hold me, fill me and control me
pour your rage into me, understand and lead me
raise your glasses!

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Random Singalong

another sad, another song
another nananananana
another hype, another hope
another nananananana
nananana

nanananananana nanananananana
nanananananana na na
nanananananana nanananananana

another drink, another drunk
another nananananana
another bar, another friend
another nananananana
nananana

nanananananana nanananananana
nanananananana na na
nanananananana nanananananana
nana na na
nanananananana nanananananana
nanananananana na na
nanananananana nanananananana
nana na na

another you, another me
another singalong, singalong
another sky, another high
a random singalong to sing along
sing along
sing along
sing along...

nanananananana nanananananana
nanananananana na na
nanananananana nanananananana
nana na na