Sprawl

Free souls don’t live in suburbia I was stranded, stranded, I must have been blind Self preservation, the only way to attack Chinese numbers tattooed on my back We were victims of the present time Juvenile delinquents, fallen angels Played the part without relief Broken hearts like leaves on the street Self preservation, the only way to attack Chinese numbers written on my back I’m in self-imposed exile We were searching, searching for a space Living for a moment, just a moment Take what we wanted, don’t seem much Time for time to sit and watch Self preservation, the only way to attack Chinese numbers tattooed on my back I’m in self-imposed exile Free souls don’t live in suburbia I was stranded, stranded, I must have been blind I’m in self-imposed exile

There’s no point in asking, you’ll get no reply Just steam in, don’t decide Got no reason, it’s all too much You’ll always find us Out to lunch We’re so pretty, oh so pretty Vacant We’re so pretty, oh so pretty Vacant And we don’t care Sprawl Don’t ask us to attend, ‘cos we’re not all there Don’t pretend ‘cos we don’t care I don’t believe illusions, ‘cos too much is for real Better stop your cheap comments ‘Cos we know what we feel buy Thorne’s Sprawl CD from CD Baby We’re so pretty, oh so pretty Vacant And we don’t care

Feeling Crowded sidewalks burn Lonely Couples never learn Paying tribute to our dead with empty words we never said Goodbye, so long Spilling Time at every turn Living Lives of no return Stately figures compromise, a flower opens gently by Goodbye, so long Like the fearless barks Of frightened dogs We hide behind Some worthy cause As anger starts its empty rise, a flower opens gently by Goodbye, so long It hurts So bad to lose a friend There’s a valley Where the river’s been While you wingless birdmen try to fly, a flower closes gently by Goodbye, so long

The Toys Take Over Dolly’s getting ready for the nurse’s role And Golly’s very nervous of remote control He’s seen what’s going on every day And he knows what’s going to happen The Toys Take Over The jack in the box on the window sill Threatens to jump unless we all stand still Cos it’s early learning not early warning So Cindy’s busy posing by the mirror frame She doesn’t really care about the latest game And Teddy’s not sure about the action man Or the way he holds his rifle The Toys Take Over

Ships that pass in the night Touch Touch Touch And they Brush Feed Rush Speed Hush Bleed Touch Touch Touch NextBr.gif Floating bodies, float on water Is it pleasure is it pain? Shadows calling, siren warning Is it pleasure is it pain? Or is that the way it sounds when your heart is being drained? Spirits roaring in the darkness So much treasure, so much rain Drifting, sighing, sinking, flying Is it pleasure is it pain? Or is that the way it sounds when your heart is being drained? Ships that pass in the night Touch Touch Touch

In the middle of one colorless hour Without any warning, almost by chance I am torn apart with power From a movement, a scent, a glanceThis heart, my heart is open And beating at your door This heart, my heart is beating And open at your doorAttention, le ballet va commencer Careful, the ballet will beginI can’t understand what is happening I think it could be a mistake He has discovered where I am hiding The fear and desire I embrace These words that I’m speaking Have no meaning, make no sense These words have no meaning I speak and make no sense Car le ballet a commencé For the ballet has begun He’s dressed in his best with a voice dipped in honey I melt into velvet and shine like new money He speaks to me poetry and dreams of far away lands I answer in pictures, paintings Florence Dames et cavaliers, avancez Lords and ladies, to your places A glance at his hips to pass the test A look when she bends, to reveal her breast She knows the shape of his mouth and his hands He arches his back and she understands Car le ballet va s’allumer For the ballet will catch fire He knows the secrets and just what to say With a bit more to drink all shields fall away Finally free, skin embraces skin Time is still, as true grace begins Car le ballet, est bientôt terminé For the ballet is soon over