lyrics

'the future is stupid' 1995

i am a levitating band-aid

silver sunshine? you sure are a strange one
glitter trees? you sure are a strange one
oh yeah

gorgeous women? you sure are a strange one
a gorgeous world? you sure are a strange one! and...

when i need a band-aid on my knee
when i need a band-aid on my knee
i get a needle in my heart
i get a needle in my...

head! you knock me to the ground again
i levitate, stuck in adelaide
i am me and you are she
i levitate, stuck in adelaide
and when i need a band-aid on my knee
when i need a band-aid on my knee
i get a needle in my heart
i get a needle in my...

head! you knock me off the roof again
i levitate, stuck in adelaide
i am me and you are she
i levitate, stuck in adelaide

...and i am sick to death

and when i need a band-aid on my knee
when i need a band-aid on my knee
i get a needle in my heart
i get a needle in my...
and when i need a band-aid on my knee
when i need a band-aid on my knee
i get a needle in my heart
i get a needle in my heart
i need a needle in my heart
i need a needle in my head

...a needle in my head!

vibed!

i've got the best drug
i've got that feeling
i've got a baby
i've got a bucket of shove
i've got the best fun, up on the ceiling
grab me a coffee, i think i'm gonna throw up

i'm vibed
i've got that feeling that baby, i'm alive
say, i collide
i've got that feeling deep into the night

i'm, i'm vibed
i've got that feeling that baby, set aside
say, i will collide
i've got that feeling i'm walking in the light

i've got the best drug
i've got that feeling
i've got a baby
i've got a bucket of shove
i've got the best fun, up on the ceiling
grab me a coffee, i think i'm gonna throw up

oh yeah
...scream...scream...scream

i've got the best drug
i've got that feeling
i've got a baby
i've got a bucket of shove
i've got the best fun, up on the ceiling
grab me a coffee, i think i'm gonna throw up

oh yeah
...scream...scream...scream
...scream...scream...scream
...scream...scream...scream

naked

i live in family land
i'm gonna grow up to be a family man
to the family beats i will sing
as i shakashake-shake my family thing
you are a family girl
you're jammin' in your sugar sweet family world
your daddy's house is grey
everybody's daddy's house is grey

we're singing oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey
we're singin oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey
be-a-bop-a-lu-la

so why don't we plan to meet?
on the corner of normal street
we'll meet at 2am
and we'll giggle, yeah, we'll laugh and make fun of them...

as we dance like elephants
we dance like elephants in the dark
because we're painted elephants, yeah
and we're shaking naked in the park
we're singing oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey
we're singing oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey
be-a-bop-a-lu-la

oh yeah, we dance like elephants
we dance like elephants in the dark
because we're painted elephants, yeah
and we're shaking naked in the park
we're singing oo-ray 'cos everyboy's daddy's house is grey-hey-hey
we're signing oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey, yes they are now

...and no-one will believe us
'cos they just wouldn't dare
to do such a thing (so very absurd)
but i don't really care...
'cos if we were to let the oldies know
their heads would explode
and go pop! pop! pop! pop! pop! pop! pop! kapow!!!

we're singing oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey
we're singing oo-ray 'cos everybody's daddy's house is grey
we dance like elephants
yeah, we dance like elephants in the dark
'cos we're naked, yeah, and we're shaking naked in the park
'cos we're naked, yeah, gonna boogie-woogie-woogie shaka-doggy all night
'cause we're elephants, yeah, gonna boogie-woogie-woogie shaka-doggy all night
'cos we're naked
oh

eve

in the kitchen where i live
we talk about a friend called crazy
seems he'd rather die than give his all to a wife and baby
i turn my head around-it's curtain time
crumbs and feet on the ground-i curse for wine

and in the bathroom where i live
we clean ourselves against the world
but it finds it's way inside of every child of every girl
i turn my head around-it's curtain time
and i can't get off the ground for this cursed wine...

and i have never quite been on top of things
or up off my hands and knees
and there's a spear in my side
they've crucified my eve, my eve, my eve, my eve
and i can't find the words or the courage that i need
but i'd draw sweet blood for my eve, my eve, my eve, my eve...

and in the hallway where i live
i fall asleep against the wall
perhaps the sun will stir my blood
perhaps i will not stir at all...

and i cry for jesus now
and i cry for jesus now, oh lord...

and i have never quite been on top of things
or up off my hands and knees
and there's a spear in my side
they've crucified my eve, my eve, my eve, my eve
and i can't find the words or the courage that i need
but i'd draw sweet blood for my eve, my eve, my eve, my eve...

for my eve...
for my eve...sweet blood for my eve
my sweet eve...sweet blood for my eve

valentine's day

(the cradle will rock)

i don't know why or how
but another year goes by-i turn it down
i feel okay
but the clock ticks on - and will i stay the same?

or will i see red?
will i see red?
will i see red?

feather in the wind
you try, you smile, you cry, i know i'm in
i'm upside down
i'm turning blue-i'm two, i'm inside out

will i see red?
will i see red?
will i see red?

oh yeah, i've got another head
i'm young, i don't know why
but "a promise down in blood" i said
so i will try
i will try
oh yeah, now i will try
oh yeah, now i will try

the future is stupid

oh, where does the time go?
it seems like only yesterday
we were sitting around your mother's kitchen table
with a friend of yours called josephine
she was telling us all of her history
and it was really sad
oh, where does the time go?
it seems like only yesterday
we were fishing through your mother's cupboards
looking for something to drink
and i found it, and it made me feel sick!
oh, where does the time go?
it seems like only yesterday
i had to run to your mother's bathroom and throw up
and i'm not sure if it was what i drank or the conversation
but that depression-it hung like a cloud
oh, where does the time go?
it seems like only yesterday
you and josephine, you fell asleep on the bed
and i lay down beside you
and i didn't even think about...sex!
because...
the future is stupid
the future is stupid
the future is stupid
the future is out of my hands...

'weird kids' 1996

weird kids

you must be new
i do not think that i have seen you here before
let me give you some advice
before they kick you out the door

you're gonna meet some weird kids tonight
you're gonna meet some weird kids tonight
it's all right, you'll do fine, just keep your butt in line
weird kids, tonight

look up at the sky
can you see any stars?
of course you can't, you can't see stars
in seedy old bars

you're gonna meet some weird kids tonight
you're gonna meet some weird kids tonight
it's all right, you'll do fine, just keep your butt in line
weird kids, tonight
weird kids, tonight

oh my god, i can't believe my eyes
oh lord, i can't believe my eyes...
it's all too big, it's all too heavy
it's all too weird for me!
it's all too big, it's all too heavy
it's all too strange for my brain!

weird kids, kids, kids
weird kids, kids, kids
weird kids, kids, kids
weird kids, kids, kids

oh my god, i cannot believe my eyes
oh lord, i can't believe my eyes...
it's all too big, it's all too heavy
it's all too weird for me, too fucked up for me
it's all too big, it's all too heavy
it's all too strange for my brain

weird kids, kids, kids
weird kids, kids, kids
weird kids, kids, kids
weird kids, kids, kids
you're all a bunch of weird kids
yes you are, yes you are
weird kids!
yes you are, oh my god

i am stone

i said goodbye to the sun
i said goodbye to the ones who are young
and then i, i grew old overnight

i smashed my face on the floor
i didn't feel a thing and so i smashed it some more
and then i, i grew old overnight
because i, i need a reason to live
and i have died
(well!) i am stone

the mob are coming, they're going to get me
saying "hey boy, you're gonna swinging from the dead tree"
i hid in the church

i saw you kneeling
i think you were praying
i crept a little closer to hear what you were saying
then i, i grew old overnight
because i, i need a reason to live
and i have died
(well!) i am stone
i am stone
(well!) i am stone

i am stone
i am stone
i am stone
i am stone
i am stone...i am stone

armadillo

you can do what you like
you can dress yourself up
backwards fairy boy on a bike
but it will never ever be enough

armadillo tonight
armadillo tonight
oh, dear mother i am not alright
i'm making love to my pillow tonight

you can do what you can
choo choo train on the track
you can kinda sorta hold her hand
but she'll never ever hold it back

armadillo tonight
armadillo tonight
oh, dear mother i am not alright
i'm making love to my pillow tonight

(where is the intercom?)

(instrumental)

skylab

it feels like water on your skin
it feels like heaven when you sin
it feels like screaming out for more
when she's already heading for the door

it feels like sugar, it feels like pain
it feels like sex and it's screaming at me
it feels like winter, it feels like rain
it feels like death and you better believe (chicky babe)

it feels like dying in his arms
it feels like an endless sea, like an endless white car

it feels like sugar, it feels like pain
it feels like sex and it's screaming at me
it feels like winter, it feels like rain
it feels like death and you better believe
they call it love
love, love, love, bittersweet love
love, love, love
they call it love
love, love, love, your bittersweet love
your sugarsweet love
but i don't care what you call it
just give it to me

oh feathered bird, how can you sing
(oh feathered bird, how can you sing)
when i am having such a terrible spring?
(when i am having such a terrible spring)
oh feathered bird, how can you fly
(how can you fly?)
when i am having such a terrible life?

they call it sugar, they call it pain
they call it sex and it's screaming at me
they call it winter, they call it rain
they call it death and you better believe
they call it love
love, love, love, bittersweet love
love, love, love
they call it love
love, love, love, your bittersweet love
your sugarsweet love
they call it love....yeah, l-o-v-e...
(they call it sugar)
(they call it pain)
(they call it sex)
(winter)
(they call it rain)
(they call it death)

but i don't care what you call it
just give it to me...
(just give it to me) ...give it to me...
L-O-V-E

gravity

underneath the apple tree
my grandmother lies
while we make jokes about gravity
she gives me plastic eyes

on the floor of a room in a party house
cry on the shoulder of your best friend
wake up tomorrow uncomfortable on a couch
well, i am not alone, i fall in love again
i fall in love again

well, underneath that apple tree
i fall in love again
i see through plastic eyes
i fall in love again
and i want it all, need everything
i see through plastic eyes
my body is alive, my body is alive
and it rules my mind
my body is alive
and it rules my mind

underneath that apple tree
my grandmother dies, she dies
while i hang around to eat the fruit
my body is alive

on the floor of a room in a party house
cry on the shoulder of your best friend
wake up tomorrow uncomfortable on a couch
well, i am not alone, i fall in love again
i fall in love again

well, underneath that apple tree
i fall in love again
i see through plastic eyes
i fall in love again
and i want it all, need everything
i see through plastic eyes
my body is alive, my body is alive
and it rules my mind
my body is alive
and it rules my mind! my body is alive
my body is alive
and it rules my mind
my body is alive
and it rules my mind
my body is alive
and it rules my mind
my body is alive...
my body is alive...
my body is alive...

'the symbiotic sounds of reckøning' 1997

BongdamongGong

still alive, here in the dead of the night
i have survived, i'm back from the dead baby, back from the dead baby
still around, new in this blood thirsty town
underground, i got that symbiotic sound boy, that symbiotic sound baby

welcome to the planet of pure light
the department hopes that you enjoyed your flight
the department hopes that you enjoy your stay
but if you don't, then it doesn't matter anyway
welcome to the planet of pure light
the department hopes that you enjoyed your flight
the department hopes that you enjoy your stay
but if you don't, then it doesn't matter anyway
welcome to the planet of pure light
welcome to the planet of pure light
welcome to the planet of pure light
welcome to the planet of pure light

time to BongdamongGong
time to clear my foggy head!
time to BongdamongGong
all the pretty flowers are dead dead dead
time to BongdamongGong
the light was green but it turned red
time to BongdamongGong
BongdamongGong! BongdamongGong

so shut up
shut up
shut up
shut up
shut up...

come back susanne

come back susanne
i spent three years in the wilderness
but now i am free
so come back to me
i said, come back susanne
the lord came down and touched my eyes
and now i can see
so come back to me, oh susanne

lost in the wilderness
wild dogs and satan at my heels
i think of sweet jesus and his cross
and i know how he feels

lost in the wilderness
i swim into the river of death
i beg forgiveness for my sins
and then i draw my last breath

come back susanne
(oh, such is the punishment)
i spent three years in the wilderness, but now i am free
(that she gets)
so come back to me
(when you forget how to love)
come back susanne
(such is the punishment)
the lord came down and touched my eyes
(that she gets) and now i can see

(when you forget how to love)

come back susanne
i spent three years in the wilderness
but now i am free
so come back to me
(when you forget how to love!)
i said, come back susanne
the lord came down and touched my eyes
and now i can't see
so come back to me

oh susanne

i said come back susanne
i spent three long years in the wilderness
but now i am free
so come back to me
i said come back susanne
the lord, he came down and touched my eyes
and now i can see
so come back to me
(when you forget how to love!)
come back susanne!
spent three years in the wilderness
but now i am free
so come back to me
(when you forget how to love)
come back susanne
the lord came down and touched my eyes
and now i can see
so come back to me
(when you forget how to love)
oh susanne

(when you forget how to love)
oh susanne

i said come back susanne
i spent three years in the wilderness
but now i am free
so come back to me
i said come back susanne
the lord, he came down and touched my eyes
and now i can see
so come back to me
come back susanne...
come back susanne...
come back susanne...
come back susanne...

flying saucer

a man with a house
a man or a mouse
off the edge, it feels exactly the same
a man with a face
a rat in a race
off the edge, it feels exactly the same
it feels exactly the same

a man with a wife
or a man with a knife?
off the edge, it feels exactly the same
i said, a man on a bus
or a man on a hearse?
off the edge, it feels exactly the same
it feels exactly the same
exactly the same

a flying saucer won't you come and take me away?
a flying saucer won't you trip me through outer space?
i said, off the edge
off the edge
a flying saucer won't you trip me up to the stars?
a flying saucer, could you drop me off on mars?
i said, off the edge
off the edge
i said, off the edge
off the edge

off the edge...
(i fall! and i will not feel very good at all)

a little white fluffy cloud

a girl is safe
while walking the dog around here
but i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud
a girl is warm
while talking on the phone around here
but i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud
i'm running away

i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud
from people and places
and faces and people in houses and cars
i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud
from people and places
and faces to places like venus and mars
i'm running away
i'm running away
i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud

i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud
from people and places
and faces and people in houses and cars
i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud
from people and places
and faces to places like venus and mars
i'm running away
i'm running away
i'm running away
on a little white fluffy cloud

oh yeah, on a little white fluffy cloud
oh yeah, on a little white fluffy cloud

on a little white fluffy cloud
oh yeah, on a little white fluffy cloud
oh yeah, on a little white fluffy cloud

candle

smash your life and put it on parade
up and down the streets of adelaide
smash your television 'cos you're bored
spend your weekend lying on the floor

and you ain't ever been saved
and you ain't ever been me
and as you're creeping away
i wonder if you can see?

well as you light the candle, you light the candle
and i go out of my way
as you light the candle, you light the candle

just as there are four corners on my bed
there are four sweet angels at my head
bless you matthew, mark, and luke, and john
bless this bed that i am weeping on

and you ain't ever been saved
and you ain't ever been free
and just as elvis was a carpenter
the world is waiting for me

well as you light the candle, you light the candle
immaculately conceived
well as you light the candle, you light the candle

the garden of eden
the shame, the tears are running down your face
in the garden of boredom
the snake who sends you to another place

well as you light the candle, you light the candle
and i go out of my way
as you light the candle, you light the candle

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