1. I WANT TO CONQUER THE WORLD

Hey brother christian with your high & mighty errand
Your actions speak so loud I can't hear a word you're saying
Hey sister bleeding heart with all of your compassion
Your labors soothe the hurt but can't assuage temptation

Hey man of science with your perfect rules of measure
Can you improve this place with the data that you gather
Hey mother mercy can your loins bear fruit forever
Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure?

And I want to conquer the world
Give all the idiots a brand new religion
Put an end to poverty, uncleanliness & toil
Promote equality in all of my decisions
With a quick wink of the eye and a "God you must be joking!"

Hey mister diplomat with your worldly aspirations
Did you see your children cry when you left them at the station?
Hey moral soldier you've got righteous proclamation
And precious tomes to fuel your pulpy conflagrations

And I want to conquer the world
Give all the idiots a brand new religion
Put an end to poverty, uncleanliness & toil
Promote equality in all of my decisions
I want to conquer the world,
Expose the culprits and feed them to the children
Do away with air pollution, then I'll save the whales
We'll have peace on earth and global communion

I wanna conquer the world
I want to conquer the world
I wanna conquer the world
I want to conquer the world

(Is there a man who can conquer that which can't be tamed?
And if that man could speak would the words evoked be sane
Ask me the reasons for misery & shame
I'll give you reasons for the wind & the rain)


2. DO WHAT YOU WANT (LIVE)

Do what you want

Hey! Do what you want, but don't do it around me
Idleness & dissipation breed apathy,
I sit on my ass all goddamn day
A misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to...

Say what you must, do all you can,
Break all the fucking rules & go to hell with superman & die like a champion. Yahey!

Hey! I don't know if the billions will survive
But I'll believe in god when one & one are five
My moniker is man and I'm rotten to the core
I'll tear down the building just to pass through the door

Say what you must, do all you can,
Break all the fucking rules & go to hell with superman & die like a champion. Yahey!

Yahey!


3. YOU ARE (THE GOVERNMENT)

Hey! Sit down and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong
Eradicate but vindicate as progress creeps along
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge
As old glory maintains your consciousness

There's a loser in the house & a puppeton a stool
And a crowded way of life & a black reflecting pool
And as the people bend the moral fabric dies
Then country can't pretend to ignore it's people's cries

Cos you are the government
You are jurisprudence
You are the volition
You are jurisdiction
And I make a difference too


4. MODERN MAN

I've got nothing to say
I've got nothing to do
All of my neurons are functioning smoothly and still I'm a cyborg just like you

I'm one big myoma that thinks
My planet supports only me
I've got this one big problem, will I live forever? I've got just a short time to see

The modern man, evolutionary betrayer
Modern man, ecosystem destroyer
Modern man, destroy yourself in shame
odern man, pathetic example of earth's organic heritage

When I look back I think
When I ponder & ask why
I see my ancestors spend with careless abandon assuming eternal supply

The modern man, evolutionary betrayer
Modern man, ecosystem destroyer
Modern man, destroy yourself in shame
odern man, pathetic example of earth's organic heritage

Just a sample of carbon-based wastage
Just a fucking tragic epic of you and I


5. WE'RE ONLY GONNA DIE

Early man walked away as modern man took control
Their minds weren't all the same, to conquer was his goal
So he built his great empire & slaughtered his own kind
Then he died a confused man, killed himself with his own mind

Early man walked away as modern man took control
Their minds weren't all the same, to conquer was his goal
So he built his great empire & slaughtered his own kind
Then he died a confused man, killed himself with his own mind

Early man walked away as modern man took control
Their minds weren't all the same, to conquer was his goal
So he built his great empire & slaughtered his own kind
Then he died a confused man, killed himself with his own mind

We're only gonna die - gonna die - from our own arrogance (x4)


6. THE ANSWER

Long ago in a dusty village full of hunger, pain & strife
A man came forth with a vision of Truth and the way to a better life
He was convinced he had the answer and he compelled people to follow along
But the hunger never vanished & the man was banished & the village dried up & died

At a time when the wise men peered through brass tubes toward the sky
The heavens changed in predictable ways and one man was able to find
That he had thought he found the answer and he was quick to write his revelation
But as they were scrutinized in his colleagues eyes he soon became a mockery

Don't tell me about the answer cos then another one will come along soon
I don't believe you have the answer, I've got ideas too
But if you've got enough naivete & you've got conviction then the answer is perfect for you

A urban sprawl sits choking on its discharge overwhelmed by industry
Searching for a modern day savior from an other place inclined toward charity
Everyone's begging for an answer without regard validity
The searching never ends, it goes on & on & on for eternity

Don't tell me about the answer cos then another one will come along soon
I don't believe you have the answer, I've got ideas too
But if you've got enough naivete & you've got conviction then the answer is perfect for you
The answer is perfect for you


7. FLAT EARTH SOCIETY

Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie

The full moon is rising over dark water & the fools below are picking up sticks
And the man in the gallows lies permanently waiting for the doctors to come back & tend to him

The flat earth society is meeting here today
Singing happy little lies
And the bright ship humana is sent far away
With grave determination
And no destination

Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie

Yeah! Nothing feels better than a spray of clean water & the whistling wind on a calm summer night
But you'd better believe that down in their quarters the men are holding on for their dear lives

The flat earth society is somewhere far away
With their candlesticks & compass'
And the bright ship humana is well on its way
With grave determination
And no destination

The flat earth society is meeting here today
Singing happy little lies
And the bright ship humana is sent far away
With grave determination
And no destination

Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie
Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie. Lie, lie, lie, ad infinitum


8. AGAINST THE GRAIN

Three thousand miles of wilderness overcome by the flow
A lonely restitution of pavement, pomp & show
I seek a thousand answers, I find but one or two
I maintain no discomfiture, my path again renewed

Against the grain
That's where I'll stay
Swimming upstream
I maintain against the grain

Here labelled as lunatic, sequestered & content
There ignored & defeated by the government
There's an oriented public who's magnetic force does pull
But away from the potential of the individual

Against the grain
That's where I'll stay
Swimming upstream
I maintain against the grain

The flow is getting stronger with smaller increments of time
And eddies of new ideas are increasingly hard to find
You need all that the other has, it's your right to seize the day
But in all your acquisitions you will soon be swept away

Against the grain
That's where I'll stay
Swimming upstream
I maintain against the grain

There's a common consensus & an uncomfortable cheer
A reverberating chorus that anyone can hear
It sings, "Leave your cares behind you just grab tenaciously"
This lulling sense or purpose will destroy us rapidly

Against the grain
That's where I'll stay
Swimming upstream
I maintain against the grain

Against the grain (x3)
Against the grain
Against the grain


9. GENERATOR

Like a rock
Like a planet,
Like a fucking atom bomb
I'll remain unperturbed by the joy and the madness that I encounter everywhere I turn, I've seen it all along
In books and magazines
Like a twitch before dying
Like a pornographic sea
There's a flower behind the window
There's an ugly laughing man
Like a hummingbird in silence
Like the blood on my door
It's the generator

Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Like the blood on my door
Wash me clean & I will run until I reach the shore
I've known it all along
Like the bone under my skin
Like actors in a photograph
Like paper in the wind
There's a hammer by the window
There's a knife on the floor
Like turbines in darkness
Like the blood on my door
It's the generator

Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Like the blood on my door
Wash me clean & I will run until I reach the shore

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!


10. ANESTHESIA

Everybody's talking about the girl who went & killed the delivery man
But she looks so kind & gentle, it just doesn't stand to reason
I saw her right there just the other night as stately as a slot machine
When she looked my way something mad as hell came over me, yeah!

Anesthesia
Mona Lisa
I've got a little gun, here comes oblivion
I never loved you
How did you find me?
The cops will never prove complicity now, Anna
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - All good children go to heaven!

I remember your face that august night when we lied about the beautiful time to come
And a crazy old man came much to late & caused a chain reaction
I've been hanging out there for eleven long years like a church mouse wonder in where the cat has gone
And looking at you now is driving me to distraction

Anesthesia
Oh! Mona Lisa
I've got a little gun, here comes oblivion
I never loved you
How did you find me?
The cops will never prove complicity now, Anna
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - All good children go to heaven!


11. SUFFER

Did you ever see the concrete stares of everyday?
The lunatic, the hypocrite are all lost in the fray

Can't you see their lives are just like ours?
An unturned stone, an undiscovered door leading to
The gift of hope renewed
Eternity for you
The masses of humanity have always had to suffer

The businessmen whose master plan controls the world each day
Is blind to indications of his species slow decay

Can't you see is live are just like ours?
An unturned stone, an undiscovered door leading to
The gift of hope renewed
Eternity for you
The masses of humanity have always had to suffer

People blow their minds
They choose to resign
This deformed society is part of the design
It'll never go away
It's in the cards that way
The masses of humanity have always, always had to suffer!

A door leading to
The gift of hope renewed
Eternity for you
The masses of humanity still clinging to their dignity
The masses of humanity will always, always have to suffer
Will always have to suffer


12. FAITH ALONE

Heard a sermon from a creaky pulpit with no one in the nave
I paid a visit to the synagogue and I left there feeling blame
No one can tell me what to do
They have not the capacity to answer me

What the world needs now is some answers to our problems
We can't buy more time cos our tender isn't valid
If your soul needs love you can get consoled by pity
But it looks as though faith alone won't sustain us anymore

Watched the scientists throw up their hands conceding progress will resolve it all
Saw the manufactures of earth's debris ignore another Greenpeace call
No one could tell me what to do
No one had the ability to answer me

What the world needs now is some accountability
We can't buy more time cos time won't accept our money
If your soul needs love you can always have my pity
But it looks as though faith alone won't sustain us no more

What the world needs now is some answers to our problems
We can't buy more time cos our tender isn't valid
What the world needs now is some accountability
If your soul needs love you can get consoled by pity
But faith alone won't sustain us anymore

Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore
Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore - Faith alone won't sustain us anymore


13. NO CONTROL

Culture was the seed of proliferation but it has gotten melded
Into an inharmonic whole
Into an inharmonic whole
Consciousness has plagued us and we can not shake it
Though we think we're in control
Though we think we're in control

Questions that besiege us in life are testament of our helplessness

There's no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end
When we all disintegrate it will all happen again, yeah!

Time is so rock solid in the minds of the hoards but they can't
Explain why it should slip away
Explain why it should slip away
History & future are the comforts of our curiosity but here we are
Rooted in the present day
Rooted in the present day

Questions that besiege us in life are testament of our helplessness

There's no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end
When we all disintegrate it will all happen again, yeah!

If you came to conquer you'll be king for a day
But you too will deteriorate & quickly fade away
And believe these words you hear when you think your path is clear

We have no control - No control
We have no control - No control
We have no control - No control - We do not understand
You have no control - No control - You are not in command
You have no control - No control
We have no control - No control
No control
No control
You have no control


14. 21ST CENTURY (DIGITAL BOY)

I can't believe it
The way you look sometimes
Like a trampled flag on a city street, oh yeah!
And I don't want it
The things you're offering me
Symbolized bar code, quick ID, oh yeah!

Cos I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to live but I've got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
My mommy's on valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery?

I can't explain it
The things they're saying to me
It's going yayayayayayaya, oh yeah!

Cos I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
My mommy's on valium, so ineffectual
Ain't life a mystery?

Tried to tell you about no control
But now I really don't know
And then you told me how bad you had to suffer
Is that really all you have to offer?

See I'm a 21st century digital boy
I don't know how to read but I've got a lot of toys
My daddy's a lazy middle class intellectual
My mommy's on valium, so ineffectual

That's what I yearn for -- 21st century digital boy
Neurosurgeons screams for more -- 21st century digital boy
Innocents raped with napalm fire -- 21st century digital boy
Everything I want I really need -- 21st century digital boy

21st century ??? boy
21st century video boy
21st century digital boy
21st century so call boy


15. ATOMIC GARDEN

Everybody wants to dance in a playpen
But nobody wants to play in my garden
I see the hippies on an angry line
Guess they don't get my meaning

I'm enchanted by the birds in my blossoms
I'm enamored by young lovers on the weekend
I like the forth of july
When bombs start flashing

And I wish I had a shiny red top
A bugle with a big brass bell would cheer me up
Or maybe something bigger that could really go pop!
Then I could make the gardening stop

Come out to play, come out to play, come out to play
And we'll pretend it's christmas day in my atomic

All my scientists are working on a deadline
So my psychologist is working day & nighttime
They say they know what's best for me - Ha! Ha!
But they don't know what they're doing

And I'm glad I'm not Gorbachev
Cos I'd wiggle all night like jelly in a pot
At least he's got a garden with a fertile plot
And a party that will never stop

Come out to play, come out to play, come out to play
And we'll pretend it's christmas day in my atomic

I hope there's nothing wrong out there
I'm watching from my room inside my room

Come out to play, come out to play, come out to play
And we'll pretend it's christmas day in my atomic
Garden


16. NO DIRECTION

A sullen figure walks along a dusty road
His life was holy & he couldn't bear the load
He left his people & a simple life behind
He raised his torso & he looked into the sky
Shouting his questions, looking for directions
"What do I do now?"

Now a confused schoolgirl stares at the T.V. tray
The stresses of maturing compound every day
She glances up to see her favorite video
And gets ideas from Madonna's nasty clothes
In need of affection, she craves a direction
Her heroes offer her

Everyone's looking for something
And they assume somebody else knows what it is
No one can live without the decisions of their own
It seems so they look to someone else
To tell'em what to be
Tell'em what to wear
Tell'em what to say
Tell'em how to act & think, compel others compulsively until the world is all like them

A righteous student came & asked me to reflect
He judged my lifestyle was politically incorrect
I don't believe in self-important folks who preach
No bad religion song can make your life complete
Prepare for rejection, you'll get no direction from me

You'll get no direction from me
You'll get no direction from me, one, two


17. AUTOMATIC MAN

He's the latest super hero with powers so profound
He can leap a dotted line in just a single bound

I know you must have seen him in the books & magazines
He's the quintessential mindless modern epicene

His life is meaningful
Because he get things done
Bang! Bang! - Bang! Bang! He's dead - Bang! Bang!
Chalk up another triumph for our hero
The automatic man

It's true you must have met him, he's your best friend & your foe
His opinions are determined by the status quo

A true creature of habit, he smokes three packs a day
When he has an original thought he forgets it right away

He's the automatic man

He's a paradigm of carefree living
He's our mentor, disturb him if you can
He's the answer if your peace of mind is lacking
He's our savior, he is the common man
And if you are troubled by the daily bump & grind
Then take a careful look around your brother you will find

The automatic man


18. CHANGE OF IDEAS

Well the sheaves have all been brought
But the fields have washed away
And the palaces now stand
Where the coffins all were laid
And the times we see ahead
We must glaze with rosy hues
For we don't wish to admit
What it is we have to lose

Millennia in coming
The modern age is here
It sanctifies the future
Yet renders us with fear

So many theories, so many prophecies
What we do need is a change of ideas
When we're scared we can hide in our reveries
But what we need is a change of ideas
Change of ideas, change of ideas
What we need now is a change of ideas


19. SANITY

There's a watch in my pocket & its hands are broken
The face is blank but the gears are turning
Confusion... is a fundamental state of mind
It doesn't really matter what I'm figuring out
I'm guaranteed to wind up in a state of doubt

And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that's always changing
And sanity is a state of mind that you believe in, sanity

There's a shadow on the wall where the paint is peeling
My body's moving forward but my mind is reeling
Depression... is a fundamental state of being
It doesn't really matter how my day has turned out
I always end up living in this world of doubt

And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that's always changing
And sanity will make you strong if you believe in sanity

And sanity is a full-time job
In a world that's always changing
And sanity is a state of mind that you believe in, sanity


20. WALK AWAY

Shut off the T.V & peel off those sunday gloves
And I'll stain the clean that you've been counting
Old Mr. Fletcher passed by here today
After 40 years of toil he just up & walked away

Fantastic the panic that showed in his eyes
He shrugged when I asked him about it
He said: "Young man pay heed, you listen well to what I say
Now there comes a time for a man to walk away."

Walk away -Walk away - I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade - dissuade
On my way I'll sure take some time
And burn all the bridges that I'm leaving behind

He passed by again and he was shivering from the cold
I'm not sure but I think that he was trying
He told me about the weather and something old to pay
"But tomorrow", he said, "I'm gonna surely walk away"

Walk away -Walk away - I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade - dissuade
On my way I'll take my sweet time
And burn all the bridges that I'm leaving behind

Walk away -Walk away - I'll be a parade
And I'll be determined that no one shall dissuade - dissuade


21. BEST FOR YOU

Above us lay the burdens
Below us lay the truth
We're somewhere in the middle
And we're all discontent too

Is someone watching over you?
Inside, they know what's best for you

Judgments not tomorrow
It's today, yes, now it's here
But no it isn't Jesus
Take a look at all your peers

They're all looking down on you
Inside they know what's best for you

Everybody knows what's best for you (x16), ad infinitum


22. FUCK ARMAGEDDON... THIS IS HELL (LIVE)

There's people out there that say I'm no good
Cos I don't believe in things that I should
And when the final conflict comes, I'll be so sorry I did wrong
And hope & pray that our lord God will think I'm good

Countries manufacture bombs & guns
To kill your brother for something that he hasn't even done
Smog is ruining my lungs, they're not sorry they've done wrong
They hide behind their lies that it's helping everyone

In the end the good will go to Heaven up above
The bad shall perish in the depths of Hell
How could Hell be any worse?
Life alone's a fucking curse!
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell
Fuck Armageddon, it's Hell!

We're living in the dénouement
Of the battle's gripping awe
So what's the use of being good to satisfy them all?

You tell me
How could Hell be any worse?
Life alone is such a curse!
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell, it's Hell
It's Hell, Hell, Hell, Hell, Hell, Hell, Hell
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell
Fuck Armageddon, this is Hell