Franz Ferdinand : You Could Have It So Much Better

Indie Rock / United-Kingdom
(2005 - Domino Records)
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1. THE FALLEN

So they say, you're a troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction

And the Kunst won't talk to you
Because you kissed, St. Rollox Adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the profits of Tesco

Did I see you in a Limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine an' you walk on the mean
Well, the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us, never judge us, yeah we're all

Up now and get 'em, boy, up now and get 'em, boy
Drink to the devil, death to the doctors

Did I see you in a Limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Well, five thousand users fed today
Oh, as you feed us won't you lead us, to be blessed

So we stole and drank champagne
On the seventh seal you said, you'll never feel pain
An' I never feel pain, won't you hit me again
I need a bit of black and blue, to be a rotation

In my blood I felt the bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist, an eyebrow burst
You've a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fall to the floor, fainting at the sight of blood

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
You turn the rich into wine, walk on the mean
Be they modeling a virgin, you've already been
You've already been, already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us, never judge us, to be blessed

La, la, la

So, I'm sorry, if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt, you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name

So they say, you're a troubled boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word, the word is 'Destroy'
I break this bottle, think of you fondly

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine, walk on the mean
It's not a jag in the arm, it's a nail in the beam

On the barren earth you scatter your seed
Be they modeling a virgin, you've already been
You've already been an' we've already seen
That the fallen

You've already been an' we've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us, if you judge us, we're all damned


2. DO YOU WANT TO

Well I woke up tonight and said I
I'm gonna make somebody love me
I'm gonna make somebody love me
And now I know, now I know, now I know
I know that it's you
You're lucky, lucky, you're so lucky!

Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Wanna go, where I've never let you before?

Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Want a go, of what I've never let you before?

Well he's a friend and he's so proud of you
He's a friend and I knew him before you, oh yeah
Well he's a friend and we're so proud of you
Your famous friend, well I blew him before ya, oh yeah

Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Wanna go, where I've never let you before?

Well here we are at the transmission party
I love your friends they're all so arty, oh yeah

Well I woke up tonight and said I
I'm gonna make somebody love me
I'm gonna make somebody love me
And now I know, now I know, now I know
I know that it's you
You're lucky lucky, you're so lucky!

Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Well do ya, do ya, do ya wanna?
Want a go, of what I've never let you before?

Lucky lucky, you're so lucky
Lucky lucky, you're so lucky
Lucky lucky, you're so lucky
Lucky lucky, you're so lucky

Lucky lucky, you're so lucky
Oh lucky lucky, you're so lucky
Yeah!


3. THIS BOY

Yeah

It seems this boy bathed in ridicule
Too forward, way too physical
It's time that I had another

I'm always wantin' more, if there's another one
Give me some more, I'll have another one
I'll have a slice of your mother

An' this boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor

I want a car, I want a car, yeah
I want a car, I want a car, yeah

I see losers losin' everywhere
If I'll lose, I'll only lose the care
That I might have for another

I am complete, invincible
If I have one principle
Then it's to stand on you, brother

This boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor

I want a car, I want a car, yeah
I want a car, I want a car, yeah

I want a, I want a, I want a
I want a, I want a

Want a, want a, want a

I want a car, I want a car, yeah
I want a car, I want a car, yeah

If I like cocaine, I'm racing you
For organic fresh Echinacea
One kick's as good as another

If I'm tired, I'm tired of telling you
I'm never tired, I'm always better than you
Bye boy, run to your mother

An' this boy's so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
Oh, yes I am spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor

I want a car, I want a car, yeah
I want a car, I want a car, aha
I want a car, I want a car, yeah

I want, I want, I want, I want
I want, I want, I want, I want


4. WALK AWAY

I swapped my innocence for pride, crushed the end within my stride
Said I'm strong now I know that I'm a leaver
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear, oh

And I am cold, yes, I'm cold but not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
I love the sound of you walking away, walking away, hey, hey

Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?

Why don't you walk away? No buildings will fall down
Don't you walk away, no quake will split the ground
Won't you walk away, the sun won't swallow the sky
Won't you walk away? Statues will not cry, don't you walk away

Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away?
Why don't you walk away? Hey

I cannot turn to see those eyes as apologies may rise
I must be strong, stay an unbeliever
And love the sound of you walking away, you walking away
Mascara bleeds into my eye, oh and I'm not cold
I am old at least as old as you are

And as you walk away
Oh as you walk away

Oh as you walk away, my headstone crumbles down
As you walk away, the Hollywood winds will howl
As you walk away, the Kremlin's falling
As you walk away, radio four is static

As you walk away
Oh as you walk away
Oh as you walk away
Oh as you walk away hey

The stab of stiletto on a silent night
Stalin smiles and Hitler laughs
Churchill claps Mao Tse Tung on the back


5. EVIL AND HEATHEN

Words fall from my mouth
Like plates from shakin' hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canal

Well, I'm evil and a heathen
Well, I'm evil and a heathen
Well, I'm a heathen and evil like you
An' there's not a lot, not a lot
I couldn't do

Well, I like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst, drink a curse
To the death of death instead

Well, I'm evil and a heathen
Well, I'm evil and a heathen
Well, I'm a heathen and evil like you
An' there's not a lot, not a lot
I couldn't do

Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows off Lake Michigan
When the ice blows
The ice flows knocks you down

Oh, the ice flows knocks you down
Oh, the ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
Yeah, the ice flows knocks you down

Your teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
The moon hangs heavy an' forbidden high
On the night of our lives

Well, I'm evil and a heathen
Well, I'm evil and a heathen
Well, I'm a heathen and evil like you
An' there's not a lot, not a lot
I couldn't do, yo

I'm evil like you
I'm evil like you
I'm evil like you
Evil like you


6. YOU'RE THE REASON I'M LEAVING

Some granite wall numbs our bones, numbs our all
As we sit on skinny hands nothing to say, nothing at all
I don't know you and I, I don't want to
You're so awkward just like me but I don't care

You're the reason I'm leaving
You're the reason I'm leaving
And by leaving, we don't stop living you know

I'd no idea that in four years
I'd be hanging from a beam behind the door of number ten
Singing, well fare thee well, fare thee well, fare thee well
I am leaving, yes I leave it all to you

You're the reason I'm leaving
And you're the reason I'm leaving
And by leaving, we don't stop living you know

I'm the reason you're leaving
You're the reason I'm leaving
And by leaving, we don't stop living you know

As we ride along under an optimistic sun
The radio sings that 'Everybody' song by REM
And here I am fighting, fighting, yes I'm fighting not to cry
And that's another reason why I oughtta hate you like I do
Well like I do, well like I do

You're the reason I'm leaving
You're the reason I'm leaving
And by leaving, we don't stop living you know

I'm the reason you're leaving
No I'm the reason you're leaving
And we're leaving, we don't stop living you know


7. ELEANOR PUT YOUR BOOTS ON

Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run you can run to the Coney Island roller coaster
Ride to the highest points
And leap across the filthy water
Leap until the gulf streams brought you down

I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land

So Eleanor take a green point three point
And turn towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run

Oh if you run
You can run to the statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernails and leap
Yeah, take an atmospheric
Leap and let the jet stream set you down

I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land

So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
Come on over here
Come on over here
Come on over here


8. WELL THAT WAS EASY

Oh well, that was easy, waiting
Everything's easy now
And the days are, oh, so normal

But, oh Hannah, how I miss you
Oh, Hannah, how I miss you
Oh, Hannah, how I miss you, now
N-n-now, n-n-now, n-n-now, n-n-now
N-n-now, n-n-now, n-n-now

I used to lock myself in your bathroom
Swallowing the Codeine kept for your back
Numb, so numb, I'd let your words come, and come

Ooh, so come, come on, come
Come on kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
'Cause I'm leaving you now

That was easy, but how I miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but how I miss you now
Now, n-n-now, n-n-now, n-n-now
N-n-now, n-n-now

I watched you clean the filth off your phone dial
Swallowing the things your finger picked up
Tongue, your tongue, I'd watch your tongue licking on

Ooh, so come, come on, come
Come on kill me now, kill me now, kill me now
'Cause I'm leaving you now

That was easy, but how I miss you
That was easy, but how I miss you
That was easy, but how I miss you, now

That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, how I miss you, now

That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you


9. WHAT YOU MEANT

As I took a step number four
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes, so low
Said, "We're cold as the step cement"

But I just don't know
Oh, what you meant, what you meant

So Alec, he may want a pill
We are so cruel to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must MDMA our sentiment

But I just don't know
Oh, what you meant, what you meant
What you meant

If we were feckless, we'd be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we've been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filament

But I just don't know
Oh, I don't know, no, I don't know

No, I don't know, what did you mean?
No, I don't know, what did you mean?
No, I don't know, what did you mean?
No, I don't know
I got to get away from, I got to get away from you

But I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive, yeah, just the same
Same vigor and the same intent

Oh, but I just don't know
Oh, if that's what you meant


10. I'M YOUR VILLAIN

You toss in a word
and I'm your villain
I see the passion emerge
and I'm your villain
But serious
You're so serious
Like a waiter
Hating the rich
But taking their tips

If I could laugh, I'd love you
If I could smile at anything you said
We could be laughing lovers
I think you prefer to be miserable instead
If I could love, I'd love you
If I could love like anybody else
Anybody else, anybody else
Oh yeah

I know what I am
And I'm your villain
Oh no I don't give a damn
If I'm your villain
Because serious
You're so serious
But I got ready salted
Ready on your belly
If you wanna have fun

See you later, baby see you later
See you later, baby see you later
See you later, baby see you later
See you later, baby see you later
See you later, baby see you later
See you later, baby see you later


11. YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER

The last message you sent
Said, I looked really down
That I ought a come over and talk about it
Well, I wasn't down
I just wasn't smiling at you, yeah

As I look at you, now it seems
That you're slapping my back
As if it's alright, but it's not
I'm tryin' to get up but you're pushing me down
Oh, yeah, you're pushing me down

So I'll get up on my own
Oh, I'll get up on my own
Get up on my own
Oh, I'll get up on my own
Yeah, I'll get up on my own
Get up on my own
Oh, I'll get up on my own
Get up on my own, yeah

Now there's some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Tellin' us all that it's alright because
She wears this, and he said that
And if you get some of these, it'll all be alright
Yeah, if you get some of these, it'll all be alright

Well, I refuse to be a cynical goon
Passing the masses an easy answer
'Cause it won't be alright
Oh no, it won't be alright
Oh no, it won't be alright
It won't be alright

Unless you get up, get up
Come on and get up, get up
I need to get up, get up
Come on get up, get up
So come on get up, get up
Come on get up, get up
Unless you get up, get up
So get up, get up, yeah
That's right

Yeah, alright

Well, I'm just a voice in your ear piece
Tellin', you know, it's not alright
You know, you could have it so much better
Oh, you could have it so much better

If you tried, if you tried
If you tried, if you tried

So get up on your own
Baby, get up on your own
Get up on your own
Baby, get up on your own
Yeah, get up on your own
So get up on your own
Get up on your own
So get up on your own, yeah

Get up, get up
Come on, get up, get up
That's right, get up, get up
Come on and get up, get up
Come on, get up, get up
Yeah, get up, get up
Come on and get up, get up
Go get up, get up, yeah


12. FADE TOGETHER

So far away
Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away

Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
God how you'd like it, you'd like it to fade

Let's fade together, let's fade forever
Let's fade together, let's fade forever
Let's fade together

If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake, oh, why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away, oh God you are so far away

I looked at your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin wall
Berlin I love you I'm starting to fade

Let's fade together, let's fade forever
Let's fade together, let's fade forever
Let's fade together, let's fade forever
Let's fade together


13. OUTSIDERS

It's been some change but we're still outsiders
If everybody's here, then hell knows we ride alone
I've seen some years but you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel, I feel, you've already been here, ooh

The only difference, is all I see, is now all that I've seen

It's bright on the outside, the bright love, the dark side, I know
It's obvious but sometimes you just have to say it so
You don't feel so weak about being such a freak, alone
In seventeen years will you still be Camille
Lee Miller, Gala or whatever, you know, what I mean, yeah, ooh

Love'll die an' lovers fade but you still remain there
Squeezin' in your fingers, what it means for me to be, yeah oh, oh

The only difference is what might be is now what might have been

When you saw me sleepin', you thought I was dreamin' of you
No, I didn't tell you that the only dream is, Valium for me
I've seen some years but you're still my Caesar
With everythin' I feel, I feel you've already been here, oh, oh

Love'll die an' lovers fade but you still remain there
Squeezin' in your fingers, what it means for me to be, yeah oh, oh

The only difference is what might be is now



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