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"I can see right through all the bleeding holes in you
I'm so used to what I've seen
And know all too well just what you mean
When you tell me how much it costs you
To get up
Where you now need to be
Because you don't just pay in currency alone…
You lose your self control
When this deception's taken hold
You feel no pain but what do you gain
When your life's been sold?
How low can you sink?
You don't even seem to think twice about this anymore
You've obviously done this before
You give yourself away
And you do it every day
And you try to make it quick but it still makes you sick
You lose your self control
When this deception's taken hold
Though you feel no pain but what do you gain
When your life's been sold?
Now, you're looking old.
Although you'd never been so scared
And on your own
You dared to confront this and go cold
But it was worse than you'd been told
So lying on the floor
Behind a public toilet door
You scraped together all you had left and met with death
Little boys
Like dangerous toys
Nothing exists today but me
I'm in your veins
I hold your reigns
Nothing exists today but me
It's in my veins
It holds my reigns
Nothing exists today but me
Disbehave
Still Life in Human everywhere
Haunted faces and vacant stares
Heads bowed in defeat
Resigned to the Grave
They will never awake or ever
Disbehave
Bit part actors in the Cabaret
Blink and you'll miss them
They never stay
People come and they go
And some have their effects
If they drain you of life
Quickly, press eject
The World is stuck on automatic
We could do with a little Magic
You should be proud of all that you are
There's no time to waste here
Be a Star: Disbehave
No, I won't do as I'm told
Try and make me do as I'm told
I'll do what I Will
Until I'm dead and cold
No, I won't do as I'm told
Hiding your light you're alone in the dark
Too shit-scared to ever make a mark
Denying all others the heat from your flame -
Well, where would we be if we all did the same?
Don't Murder Me I'm Drowning
I have no soul
All I had were lies
Insane, pathetic and cold
Which should come as no surprise
For unfounded fears
Stealing my time
Constricted and smothered me
But I'm not going to spend years
Constructing some ‘other' me
Wasting away, life went asunder
For day after day
The regime I lived under
Was suffocating and choking me
And stealing my time
But no more waiting for the day
When I will be mine
So, don't murder me - I'm drowning
In a sea of my own making
It's the only way to go
And I'm not on my own
Leave me to my vices
For no matter what the price is
I'm going to please myself
My darkest stars
And nobody else
Alter Me
I've made a hole here
So stick it in, dear
Fill me with joy and dissolve all my fear
No one can touch us when we're intravenous
Isolate my pleasure zones
I'm In Extremis
Alter Me
Take out my brains
Connect me to the mains
Electrify and fry me ‘til I'm flying again
A shock to their system
Then I can face them
Save me from the usual
The Pain and The Boredom
Help me, help me
Change my mind
Liberate me from the Daily Grind
You know I can't stand how I seem to be
Give me something that will alter me
Cut it off and shave me
And Make me a She
Progesterone and Oestrogen will save me You'll see
Put implants in there
Now I've something to bare
Finally I'm strong enough to do what I dare
Blank Canvas
Well, she's the Queen of Sores
The ultimate bore
Adopts little girls names to play her games
Has a boyfriend
Just for the weekend
Fucks his mates
And she's always late
No thoughts of her own
‘Cuz she just clones
Whatever he likes
That's what she likes
Bitter sixteen
Teenage dream
Petulant bitch
Thinks she's a witch
But she's a Blank Canvas
Takes her piercings out when Daddy's about
And pleases her Mum with her English and Sums
Lipstick Lezzer snogs
In the girls bogs
But won't go the whole way
Not today
Blank Canvas
I Don't Know Where You've Been
It's hard to resist my natural responses
They're beginning to show
I've got to stop this before it gets out of hand
I'm forgetting what I know
Keep your hands off what you can't afford
I can't risk my health
In exchange for what you're offering
I've got to think of myself sometimes
I didn't think the time would come
But here it comes right now
I'm not looking for a reason
Or someone to tell me how
I find myself here wondering if I should go on
And that if I gave in to you there's a chance I could be wrong
I don't know where you've been
There are countless others who have fallen for your spell
You should be locked up inside a prison cell
But I don't care about that and I don't care what I've seen
Judging by your fingernails and teeth
You're far from clean
I don't know where you've been
But I don't care where you've been
It Will All Come Back To You
You restricted my every thought and move
You cheated when you knew that you would lose
You opened a crack behind my back
You left me here and never came back
They preach and force their views
They've no respect
Ignorance and Selfishness
Have a negative effect
Now they're brutalised
With no appreciation for life
A fucking lethal combination
I hope it will all come back to you
Ten times worse than anything you could do
I know it will all come back to you
So many deaths in the name of one
One wrote a book in the blood of his son
One raped, tortured and killed a young single Mum
And one planted a bomb in a Gay pub in London
I hope it will all come back to you
Ten times worse than anything you could do
I know it will all come back to you
Give It To Me
I like to get something
For almost next to nothing if I can
There's not much that I would work for
Although if I'm in luck
I might get paid to suck
You should know that there's no one I would bleed for
I've got no integrity
If there's something that I need
I'll do anything I can
No time to waste on my hands
Give it to me
I'll take you in my hands
And hold as hard as I can
Until I get what I want
And I won't let go
Or I can make your day
But you'll have to pay my way
And there are some things that I don't swallow
Just give it to me
Look, just give it to me
You give it to me
I'll give it to you
Each Day You Die A Little Bit More
You want the spell to be broken
But you suffer under the curse
You want things to be better
So why do you make them worse?
You want your life to be easier
But you treat everyone like dirt
You want all your pain to go away
Well stop making yourself hurt
Your obsession with purely material gain
Is so retarded - don't you know?
It's about time that you realised, boy
You can't take it with you when you go
Do you ever think of anyone but yourself
Unless there's something in it for you?
A more selfish, conceited and hateful fool there's never been
Until you
It seems hard to take
And you'll think I'm wrong
You rarely hear the truth in popular songs
Go on like that until everything's sore
And each day you'll die just a little bit more
You've a choice in the end you see
You can live
Or you can just fuck up and die
Carry on behaving this way
Or admit that you're living a lie
But that admission requires some presence of mind
Something you evidently lack
Why don't you stick your gun up your arse?
How bulletproof is that?
It seems hard to take
And you'll think I'm wrong
You rarely hear the truth in popular songs
Go on like that until everything's sore
And each day you'll die just a little bit more
Just a little
Just a little bit
Just a little bit more
Cheap And Nasty
Don't know,
Don't care,
Don't think,
Don't feel,
I don't measure up,
I don't give a fuck,
I don't do anything real
But I want,
And I need,
I look,
And I touch,
Gimme a kiss,
And hold onto this-
I really love you very much…
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Me.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like you.
Hello, how are you?
Good, fine, yeah- whatever, right
What can you do for me?
What are you going to do for me?
Cheap and Nasty,
Dead and Empty-
Is anyone left here that cares?
Amongst the cold-hearted,
Stupid and vacant,
De-sensitized-
Unaware.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Me.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like you.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Her.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Him.
Gimme a kiss and hold onto this-
I really love you very much.
See Her Smile
You bring her endless flowers but don’t listen to her,
You give her chocolates almost day and night,
Your conversation fails to interest her at all,
And you have to go outside to stop a fight
You don’t realise the things you do,
Assuming that she must love you,
Because if she didn’t she’d leave or tell you anyway…
See her smile.
You take her by surprise once in a while,
You think that’s what it takes for you to see her smile,
You’re only concerned with what’s between her thighs,
You’re so romantic you make her cry
See her smile,
Once in a while
You give her all that you think she wants,
While you satisfy your needs,
But the crack in her smile, as you pierce her inside,
Shows the murderous side of her dreams
Nothing In Life That’s Worth Having Will Not Be Taken Away
There is some thing deep inside you and there is some thing inside me
But it cannot go any further without being able to see.
Turn on the light - now, that’s better… Everything now in full view
We need to see what we’ve got here
To know what we’re going to do.
Nothing in life that’s worth having will not be taken away
Friends, Lovers, Possessions – all will be removed
Experiences, Information, Freedom, Power and YOU
A Slapdash Affair
I'm one disaster after another
You shouldn't let me meet your Mother
Like poison I'm tasteless
I'll corrupt you inside
Press my flesh and you'll wish you had died
Chorus:
Why is my life such a Slapdash Affair?
Badly put together without due care
Examine it closely and it all falls apart
I'm a car-crash victim But I'm proud of my scars
My Hairstyle's a mess
I don't know how to dress
I don't know what I like, so I just usually guess
Who knows where I'm going?
Or where I have been?
Am I straight? Bi-Curious?
Or Queer, like the Queen?
I killed all my friends off but I never meant to, really
I just get excited and act a bit silly
When I really, truly like someone I hold my breath
And before I know it, 'oops'
And I've hugged them to death...
I did something good but it turned out bad
I tried to make you happy but I just made you sad
I say something right but it comes out all wrong
I'm trying to keep going but I'm not all that strong
I made something pretty but it all fell apart
When I get near the end I find myself at the start
I try my hardest to smile but something's in the way
There's something very wrong with myself today...
DEVOID
When I was alone, and I'd never met you
Things just seemed more clear.
Everything would take a turn for the worse
Whenever you were... Anywhere.
My life has gone wrong cos I've known you too long
And I won't hear your pleas, so please go away.
You make me feel sick with your fantastic wit:
What more need I say?
Nothing at all will change my mind
How could I have been that blind?
No one will ever make me see
Any point in letting you near me
It makes me feel glad that you were a Fad
Now I'm devoid of you
I never wished for any of this
Theres only one thing left to do...
Horripilations
There is no Glamour in violence.
There ain't no joy in Death.
I hate the taste of the Human race
That's stifling my breath.
But wait till you see whats coming
It's a sight for sore eyes
You won't believe it until you see it
Say Goodbye
You won't believe it until you see it
"But you'll just DIE...!"
Some may find it hard to live
Without all these machines,
But sleep tight tonight
For very soon you'll see what 'progress' means
It may seem that we're lost,
That these are our last days.
But amongst the Flash
And Trailer Trash
We'll live; for today.
MEIN FUHRER
Say something: anything at all
Let's see you try to keep me enthralled
I really admire your inspiring words
And the way you come out with things I've never heard
Intelligence hasn't left you behind
So come on: lets hear you speak your mind
I'm so impressed by your eloquence
I could learn a thing or two from you...
You get away with murder
But you know you'll get no further
Because you're such a loser
Oh 'Seig Heil, Mein Fuhrer'...
Fuck yourself with your ridiculous views
I'm bored and you're worthless
And the few like me who disagree that you're God
Well, We'll go to Hell
Which is just as well...
Violated
I've been cut open wide
now there's nothing inside
Its all there spread on the floor
In front of my eyes for everyone to despise
Well, HOW could I ask for more?
Don't you dare try to touch me.
How do you think I feel?
I'm going to do to you what you've done to me
But it will be twice as real.
Violate
Infiltrate
Subjugate
I'll Violate you
Now I'm turned inside out
I don't care about who you tell
You see, I've nothing to lose
And I know what to do to people like you...
We Have An Agenda
Cross unsuitable subjects off a list
Erase all irrelevant information
No detail must be missed
Answer the questions: A, B or C
Question one complete
Now move on to questions two and three
Girls and Boys don't want to play
How many people can I have today?
Don't think this doesn't mean you
There's no escape whatever you do
Do they fulfil all the criteria?
Are they qualified?
Or is there room for improvement here?
Everything must be correct and in perfect order
Anything less is unacceptable
And compromise leads to failure
Some see this behaviour as selfish and paranoid
That complicated manipulative techniques
Should not be employed
But if you know what you want
Then you can get what you want
What's wrong with a bit of analysation
and some persuasion of the population?
When We Go, We Go Together
(For Tiger)
The things I do for you,
are the things you do for me
I get so angry for you
For the hand that fate has dealt you
But I won't let that get in your way
I won't let that get in your way,
I won't let them get in your way
If they do then I'll make them pay...
I knew that life was hard
And that we sometimes pull bad cards
But nothing could prepare me
For what was coming
Now
Together but apart
I knew it from the start
That only you could save me from myself
When you choose to give
You give it all away
For you I'm always here
Just like Luke and Leia
So, when we go we go together...
You're an incandescent star
A neon Ultra-nova
You're the realest living soul
Who deserves the whole world
We'll go and live in Berlin someday
Move away from all of the pain
End our lives with crack and opium
But until then you'll see
We'll show them.
Is Normal Abnormal?
Sub-standard piss-poor people, bland and pointless soap opera scenes
Diluted ideals regurgitated, vomit forth from TV screens
Saying and screaming the same old things
The usual lies about everything, like Fashion, Religion and Deviant Sex
The Rich and The Famous, and Life After Death
Is Normal Abnormal: Is Abnormal Normal?
Its the things that you do
Its the things that you say
They use certain weapons to keep us in line
So we live half a life then get bored and die
But there is so much to do, and there is so much to try
And not much more to most people than meets the eye
Nothing Special
You're Nothing Special
You're Nothing New
I've seen it before
Done better than you
You're Nothing Special
You're Nothing to me
You're Nothing to anyone
And never will be
You're not much to look at,
You've got nothing to say
You're boring and pointless, so get out of my way
'Cos I'm something special,
I'm something else,
I'm also not you - which definitely helps
You're Nothing Special
You're Nothing at all
I cannot wait
To see You fall
You're Nothing Special!
I've seen it before, done better than You
I hate everything You do
You're a waste of effort, and a waste of my time
A walking abortion, and deserve to die
Let's Have Some Fun
Don't try to think: there's no room for thought
Isn't this something that you were taught?
I've never thought that I had a chance, I'm taking the pills I need to dance
I'm as good as dead now I'm in a trance
Concern for others has ceased to exist I'm septic, infected, there's shit on my fist
I'm playing the field while I sit on the fence I'm joining the ranks of the sexually dense
I'm as good as dead now, I've no common sense
It's a 'New Age' but the same as the last
Everyone loves dragging things up from the past
You can flog a dead horse to anyone, Consumers we'll be until thy Kingdom come
We're as good as dead now, so let's have some fun!
Oh, Let's Have Some Fun
Meat Closet
Her number's on the wall of a telephone box
But a mistress in distress is something she's not
You see, She can fake it - She can take the lot,
And She can take you for every damn thing that you've got
If you said that she was just a whore
Well she'd bite your Dick off and throw it out the door
When She's back to front and she's down on all fours,
You'd never guess that She hated you, and that She was so fucking bored
She lives on Pills, Cat food and Cigarette ash,
She's got one eye on the time and one eye on your cash
She knows just what She wants- and what She wants is what she gets
Give it to her and She'll give it to you, but She'll have no regrets
Sterilized
I taste like Polypropylene, A silicon face with a plastic sheen
I'm a carbonized Robot, A synthesis of what is not
The food I eat is electric blue; I only drink sci-fi pink C02
I communicate via binary, I never sleep and I don't have dreams
Are You A User? Are You being Used? Are You A User? Are You being Used?
Are You the Abuser or are You the Abused? Are You a User?
I was contrived from a tube of cum
A flick of the wrist next generation
The Internet shows me how to behave;
I downloaded my life but forgot to press save!
Sterilized, Immunized, Willingly Hypnotized
Kill yourself with a virtual gun - and then your death, too, can be pointless and numb
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