Intro
Fear of a Blank Planet
Sunlight coming through the haze. No gaps in the blind to let it inside.
The bed is unmade. Some music still plays.
Tv, yeah it's always on, The flicker of the screen.
A movie actress screams. I'm basking in the shit flowing out of it.
I'm stoned in the mall again. Terminally bored shuffling round the stores
And shoplifting is getting so last year's thing.
X-box is a god to me. A finger on the switch.
My mother is a bitch, My father gave up ever trying to talk to me.
Don't try engaging me. The vaguest of shrugs.
The prescription drugs You'll never find a person inside.
My face is mogadon. Curiosity? Has given up on me.
I'm tuning out desires, The pills are on the rise.
How can be sure i'm here? The pills that i've been taking confuse me.
I need to know that someone sees that There's nothing left i simply am not here.
I'm through with pornography. The acting is lame
The action is tame Explicitly dull arousal annulled.
Your mouth should be boarded up Talking all day with nothing to say.
Your shallow proclamations All misinformation.
My friend says he wants to die. He's in a band they sound like Pearl Jam.
The clothes are all black, The music is crap.
In school i don't concentrate And sex is kinda fun,
But just another one of all The empty ways of using up a day.
How can be sure i'm here? The pills that i've been taking confuse me.
I need to know that someone sees that There's nothing left i simply am not here.
Bipolar disorder can't deal with the boredom.
You don't try to be liked, You don't mind.
You feel no sun. You steal a gun to kill time.
You're somewhere, you're nowhere. You don't care.
You catch the breeze. You still the leaves.
So now where?
My Ashes
All the things that I needed Wasted my chances
I have found myself wanting
When a mother and father Gave me their problems
I accepted them all
Nothing ever expected I was rejected
But I came back for more
And my ashes drift beneath the silver sky Where a boy rides on a bike and never smiles
And my ashes fall over all the things we've said On a box of photographs under the bed
I will stay in my own world Under the covers
I will feel safe inside
The kiss that will burn me Cure me of dreaming
I was always returning
And my ashes find a way beyond the fog And return to save the child that I forgot
And my ashes fade among the things unseen And a dream plays in reverse on piano keys
And my ashes drop upon a park in Wales Never-ending clouds of rain, and distant sails
Distant sails
Sails
Anesthetize
A good impression of myself Not much to conceal
I'm saying nothing But I'm saying nothing with feel
I simply am not here no way I... Shut up be happy stop whining please
And because of who we are We react in mock surprise
The curse of "there must be more" So don't breathe here, don't leave your bags
I simply am not here no way I... Shut up be happy stop whining please
The dust in my soul makes me feel the weight in my legs
My head in the clouds and I'm zoning out
I'm watching TV but I find it hard to stay conscious
I'm totally bored but I can't switch off
Only apathy from the pills in me It's all in me, all in you
Electricity from the pills in me It's all in me, all in you
Only MTV and cod philosophy
We're lost in the mall, shuffling through the stores like zombies
Well what is the point? What can money buy?
My hands on a gun and I find the range, God tempt me
Well what did you say? Think I'm passing out
Only apathy from the pills in me It's all in me, all in you
Electricity from the pills in me It's all in me, all in you
Only MTV and cod philosophy
Only apathy from the pills in me It's all in me, all in you
Electricity from the pills in me It's all in me, all in you
Only MTV and cod philosophy
Water so warm that day
I counted out the waves
As they broke into surf I smiled into the sun
The water so warm that day I was counting out the waves
And I followed their short life As they broke on the shoreline
I could see you But I couldn't hear you
You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me
In this moment you were stolen There's black across the sun
Water so warm that day
I counted out the waves
As they broke into surf I smiled into the sun
Sentimental
I never want to be old And I don't want dependence
It's no fun to be told That you can't blame your parents anymore
I'm finding it hard To hang from a star
I don't want to be Never want to be old
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way wish away each day
I don't really know If I care what is normal
And I'm not really sure If the pills I've been taking are helping
I've wasted my life And I'm hurting inside
I don't really know And I'm not really sure
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way wish away each day
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way wish away each day
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way wish away each day
Way Out of Here
Out at the train tracks I dream of escape
But a song comes onto my ipod And I realise it's getting late
I can't take the staring and the sympathy
And I don't like the questions: "How do you feel?"
"How's it going in school?" "Do you wanna talk about it?"
Way out Way out of here
Fade out Fade out, vanish
I'll try to forget you And I know that I will
In a thousand years Or maybe a week
I'll burn all your pictures Cut out your face
And the shutters a down and the curtains are closed
And I've covered my tracks Disposed of the car
And I'll try to forget even your name And the way that you look
when you're sleeping And dreaming of this
Way out Way out of here
Fade out Fade out, vanish
Way out Way out of here
Fade out Fade out, vanish
Sleep Together
This means out
This is your way out
Do or drown
Do or drown in torpor
Leave no trace
All my files erased
Burn my clothes
Burn my Prada trainers
Let's sleep together Right now
Relieve the pressure Somehow
Switch off the future Right now
Let's sleep forever
This is fate
This is your escape
Leave here now
Leave here, like it's alright
Let's sleep together Right now
Relieve the pressure Somehow
Switch off the future Right now
Let's sleep forever
What Happens Now?
So I got all these things, but so what?
In the end you can't take them with you
You think you can save my soul? Well OK
Tell me, with all your conviction
What happens now?
Well I could be boarding an aircraft
With a bomb concealed in somebody's briefcase
And my body will spread through the heavens, across the sky
And my ashes will fall through the cloudburst
What happens now?
Normal
Here is my car, my phone and my TV
I've got it all but you can see through me
But am I here? It's kind of hard to tell
I do a good impression of myself
But what's normal now anyhow?
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way they wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way they wish away each day
Prescription drugs they help me through the day
And that restraining order keeps me well at bay
But what's normal now anyway?
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way they wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way they wish away each day
Sullen and bored the kids stay And in this way they wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play And in this way they wish away each day
Wish I was old and a little sentimental
(You gotta see the waves, not the wine bottle)
Wish I was old and a little sentimental
(You gotta see the waves, not the wine bottle)
Dark Matter
Inside the vehicle the cold is extreme
Smoke in my throat kicks me out of my dream
I try to relax but its warmer outside
I fail to connect, it's a tragic divide
This has become a full time career
To die young would take only 21 years
Gun down a school or blow up a car
The media circus will make you a star
Crushed like a rose In the river flow
I am I know
Dark matter flowing out on to a tape
Is only as loud as the silence it breaks
Most things decay in a matter of days
The product is sold the memory fades
Crushed like a rose In the river flow
I am I know
Drown With Me
So you have been of use And you have been abused
You know you look pale today Your lipstick has gone astray
You sold out and lost your looks You gave away all your books
You should drown with me
Your coil has been wound up tight Unwind it with me tonight
You should drown with me
Tyre tracks Fresh on the ground Where she will be found
Resting there in a stream Buried in green
Orange filter sky
Your drowning in family there When will you come up for air
You should drown with me
Don't feel you let 'em down Cos they have already drowned
You should drown with me
Tyre tracks Fresh in the ground Where she will be found
Resting there in a stream Buried in green
Orange filter sky
You should drown with me
Lying through my teeth again I've been bad again, black lies
Skirting round the truth again To escape the look in your eyes
Cover up the facts again With the money men, disguise
Losing my integrity Well it's lost to me, I don't mind
Feel my soul going Feel my soul colder
Blackening my soul again With another lie, it's my style
Burying my face again God I'm so ashamed, this time
Feel my soul going Feel my soul colder
Half-Light
Such a pale light
Such a long night
Pick up that key
Don't drop your gaze in your coffee
Is it me?
Do I look beautiful in the half light?
It's been so long
Years have gone
Since I belonged
Hold me please
Stay with me
And I will sleep
I will go now
But I will be with you
Hold my gaze
Hold me inside you
It's been so long
Years have gone
Since I belonged
Hold me please
Stay with me
And I will sleep
Telepath Carbon trapped under stone
Brother mother pale body is thrown
Only way I know to have fun
Fill up my veins, my blood, my lungs
ESP city - rainy and blue
Burn down this town, I give it to you
Aero shallow, photograph blind
Black light, stage fright, coma divine
No sense of time
Sever tomorrow
Exitless mind
ESP Sever tomorrow
School out invective, losing my voice
Film shredding on in multiple choice
America calls, I must go
Oprah saviour, I feel that low
No sense of time
Sever tomorrow
Exitless mind
ESP Sever tomorrow
No sense of time
Sever tomorrow
Exitless mind
ESP Sever tomorrow
Wedding Nails
Strip the Soul
This is my home, this is my own, we don't like no strangers
Raise the kids good, beat the kids good and tie them up
Spread it wide, my wife, my life, push the camera deeper
I can use, I abuse, my muse, I made them all
This machine Is there to please
Strip the soul Fill the hole
A fire to feed A belt to bleed
Strip the soul Kill them all
They are not gone, they are not gone, they are only sleeping
In graves, in ways, in clay, underneath the floor
Building walls, overalls, getting bored, I got faulty wiring
Brick it up now, brick it up now, but keep the bones
This machine Is there to please
Strip the soul Fill the hole
A fire to feed A belt to bleed
Strip the soul Kill them all
This machine Is there to please
Strip the soul Fill the hole
.3
Black the sky, weapons fly Lay them waste for your race
The Sleep of No Dreaming
At the age of sixteen I grew out of hope
I regarded the cosmos Through a circle of rope
So I threw out my plans Ran on to the wheel
And emptied my head Of all childish ideals
The sleep of no dreaming The sleep of no feeling
The sleep of no dreaming
I married the first girl Who wasn't a man
And smiled as the spiders Ran all over my hands
The sleep of no dreaming The sleep of no feeling
The sleep of no dreaming
Made a good living By dying it's true
As the world in my TV Leaked onto my shoes
The sleep of no dreaming The sleep of no feeling
The sleep of no dreaming
The sleep of no feeling
The sleep of no dreaming
Halo
God is in my fingers God is in my head
God is in the trigger God is in the lead
God is freedom, God is truth God is power and God is proof
God is fashion, God is fame God gives meaning, God gives pain
You can be right like me With God in the hole you're a righteous soul
I got a halo round me, I got a halo round me
I'm not the same as you Cos I've seen the light and
I'm gaining in height now
I got a halo round me, I got a halo round me
I got a halo round my head
God is in the cellphone God is in the net
God is in the warning God is in the threat
God is freedom, God is truth God is power and God is proof
God is fashion, God is fame God gives meaning, God gives pain
You can be right like me With God in the hole you're a righteous soul
I got a halo round me, I got a halo round me
I'm not the same as you Cos I've seen the light and
I'm gaining in height now
I got a halo round me, I got a halo round me
Cos' I got a halo round my head I got a halo round my head
You can be right like me With God in the hole you're a righteous soul
I got a halo round me, I got a halo round me
I'm not the same as you Cos I've seen the light and
I'm gaining in height now
I got a halo round me, I got a halo round me
I got a halo round my head
Cos' I got a halo round my head