1. TALK TALK

Well did I tell you before
When I was up
Anxiety was bringing me down
I'm tired of listening to you
Talking in rhymes
Twisting round to make me think
You're straight down the line

All you do to me is talk talk

If every sign that I see is complete
Then I'm a fool in your game
And all you want to do
Is tell me your lies
Won't show the other side
You're just wasting my time

All you do to me is talk talk

When every choice that I make is yours
Keep telling me what's right and what's wrong
Don't you ever stop to think about me
I'm not that blind to see
That you've been cheating on me

You're laughing at me when I'm up
Crying for me when I'm down
Laughing at me when I'm up
Crying for me

All you do to me is talk talk


2. IT'S SO SERIOUS

I've given everything
With nothing in return
I'm filled with images
That play on every word
No-one to tell me
There's a cloud before my eyes
Not only broken,
I don't know the reason why

It's so serious

This endless sea of tears
The feeling that I'll drown
I'd try to catch them
But they're sure to touch the ground
My world of emptiness
A child without a toy
Forgiving anything
Restore me to my joy

It's so serious


3. TODAY

Cover me with shades of disbelief
Can happiness be someone's else's dream
Numbers call to spell my name
Move about as values change
Catch me if you can
But don't delay

Today, today
It's a dream away

Governed by the title on the wall
Commit me to a life within a fool
Happiness can often bleed
Beggars lay among the sheep
Let me take the choice
The sermon pleads

Today today
It's a dream away

Visions in my cell begin to breed
Was everything a fact of what I'd read
Excuse me while I spell my name
Boat and ship could sound the same
Catch me if you can
But don't delay

Today today
It's a dream away

Belle Malissima

Today today
It's a dream away


4. PARTY'S OVER

The party's over
I never thought you'd stay
The love of laughter
My truth's no longer sane

The party's over
Much older than you'd say
This friend of no-one
Time, creases on your face

Take a look at the kids
I've been losing track
This crime of being uncertain
Of your love
Is all I'm guilty of

The party's over
I never thought you'd stay
A style of reason
This life of masquerade

Take a look at the kids
I've been losing track
This crime of being uncertain
Of your love
Is all I'm guilty of

Take this punishment away Lord
Name the crime I'm guilty of
Too much hope I've seen as virtue
Name the crime I'm guilty of


5. HATE

Relax your stare
It's laughing in my face
My foes beware
I'm tired of losing grace

The child's not there
The priest is losing faith
Defile my care
And stumble to the flames

People crying, People crying
My confusion
Are there illusions?
.... Hate

The dice won't lose
They've everything to gain
Devout prepare
The stones along my grave

People crying, People crying
My confusion
Are there illusions?
.... Hate

Don't say a word
If I've been away too long
I found out it's wrong
I found out ...
I don't need hate


6. HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS?

I'm picking up again
Well it got too much
After the accident
It could feel no worse
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier, it was a game
I guess the barrier
Must have dropped away

I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through

I don't like to read the news
Do you know anything I'm going through

Did you see my photograph
It was on page ten
I swore to everyone
I'm not to blame
I turned around and saw him hit the ground
A little earlier it was a game
I'm so disposable
You can throw me away

I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through

What a fool I've been
Didn't get to him in time
'What's been happening?'
It's so hard to sleep at night
It's so hard to sleep at night
To sleep at night

I don't like to read the news
D'you know anything I'm going through


7. MIRROR MAN

Out in the street today
We're parading around
We're the height of the fashion
And she laughs 'cos we look the same
And follow all of the rule

Every little bit of my time
Keeps me checking that my clothes are in line
I'll identify without wasting time

Mirror man

Inside of her room today
She's been working all hours
For the final presentation
Each day, dressed a different way
She's the star of the road

Every little bit of her time
Keeps her checking that she stays out of line
She'll wear anything you can't recognise

Mirror man


8. ANOTHER WORLD

And when you're hanging 'round
Waiting on the other side of town
Kick a stone on a painted wall
And when the riot comes keep your head
And keep your loving charm
Living life is a glamour show
But it's another word

All soldiers have a cause
Giving life upon graffitied walls
As a way to pass the time
I saw a father's tear
For a leader standing over here
'Who's the King?' says a passer by
But it's another word


9. CANDY

This sure is some kind of party
It's so useful
Surrounds my life with excuses
For what I choose to lose
And my name
Doesn't look the same to me
And inside
Don't you know I feel so bad

Candy,
When I tried to turn away
To feel new again
My emotion cost me pain
Did I look the same
When I think about the times
That I laughed away the idea you'd cheat me
But look again
What do you say 'That's my name'

And i hope that i've kept you amused
To wipe that spit right off my boots

And when I'm home and thinking in the dark
I hope that none of this has had to go too far

When it gets too late
To see me any other way
And it gets so hard to hold on
To everything that I want so bad