Don't Fall

Alone in a room I've been in once before
Shapes in the hall I'm running for the door
I'm out on the edge but I'm not defeated yet
I hear my name above everything else
Mark! Mark! Above everything else
Don't fall.

To this freak out
Nothing's familiar
And nothing seems to fit into the scheme of things
Seeing faces where there shouldn't be faces
No-one's really certain what tomorrow brings
Don't fall my friend
This nightmare never ends.

Hiding inside a room that's running red
The place to be exists only in your head
And the focus of fear in the creases of a dress
A female dress
How did I come to be drowning in this mess
Ahh! Fuckin' mess
Don't fall.

To this freak out
Nothing's familiar
(Rest of chorus)

Don't fall
I know your back's against the wall
But this roaring silence won't devour us all.

Freak out nothing's familiar
Something's rearranged the scheme of things
Mistakes don't matter.
 

Here Today

Don't know what happened
But somebody lost their mind tonight
Not sure what happened
But I don't think I got home tonight
There's blood on my shirt

The clap of thunder and
I see my life go flashing by
The smell of sulfer and
I weep as I embrace the sky
And somebody screamed

(Where were you tonight?)

My chest is burning
I think someone set my soul alight
Don't know what happened
But I don't think I got home tonight
I wonder why
I wonder why

Ahhhh, there's madness here today
Ahhhh, I think I'll go away

Where is my wife?
Where is my wife?
I'm draining away
I'm draining away
(Draining away)
Here today
 

Monkeyland

I shake my head and shiver
They smile and they stab my back
As they shake my hand
Send out an S.O.S. please
I'm marooned in monkeyland.

I'm idly staring at the sky
Did anybody hear me cry
A billion stars are a moving sight
To all you out there reading this tonight
It's just a trick of the light

I have to know what is real and what is illusion
Tell me how does it feel beyond this confusion?
Is there anyone there?

Do I dismiss this with a sigh?
And let the answers pass me by?
Is my creator God or a man?
Does someone somewhere care and understand?
It's just a trick of the light.

I have to know what is real and what is illusion
(Rest of chorus)

Is there anyone there?
Life's an optical illusion like other optical illusions
Beware
 

Second Skin

One cold damp evening the world stood still
I watched as I help my breath
A silhouette I thought I knew came through
Someone spoke to me
Whispered in my ear
This fantasy's for you
Fantasies are 'in' this year.

My whole life flashed before my eyes
I thought, what they say is true
I shed my skin and my disguise
And cold, numb and naked I
Emerge from my cocoon
A half remembered tune
Played softly in my head
He said.

He turned, smiling, and said,

I realize a miracle is due
I dedicate this melody to you
But is this the stuff dreams are made of
If this is the stuff dreams are made of
No wonder it feels like I'm floating on air
Everywhere, it feels like I'm everywhere

Like when you fail to make the connection
You know how vital it is
Or when something slips through your fingers
You know how precious it is
And you reach the point when you know it's only your
Second skin
It's only your second skin.
 

Up Down The Escalator

I'm gazing up at the faces staring blankly at me
I suppose it's just a sign of the times.
They tell me that tomorrow will never arrive
But I've seen it end a million times.

I lost my direction while dodging the flak
Give me a hint or something
If I could freeze time at the flick of a switch
I wouldn't hesitate
No!
There must be something wrong boys.

Obnoxious action, obnoxious results
From teachers who refuse to be taught.
Distorted pictures and dizzy dizzy people
Rush by me at the speed of though.

And sit at their tables and throw us the scraps
For Christs' sake leave us something
Now they can erase us at the flick of a switch
How long will it take
Now!
There must be something wrong boys
They're dragging me down.

Eden, there's no Eden, anyway.

They sit at their tables and throw us the scraps
For Christs' sake leave us something
Now they can erase you at the flick of a switch
How much longer must we wait
Now!
There must be something wrong boys
They're dragging me down
You either swim or you drown.
 

Less Than Human

Must have died a thousand times
I must have died a thousand times
I must have died a thousand times
Feeling less than human
I surmise I'm less than human
In Gods' eyes

Time he's on my side, she said
Time he's on my side, she said
He may be on your side I said
But it makes no difference in the end
He's coming after you my friend

Must have cried a thousand times
Must have cried a thousand times
I must have cried a thousand times
Feeling less than human
I surmise I'm less than human
In Gods' eyes

I must have died a thousand times
I must have died a thousand times
And I must have cried a thousand times
I must have cried a thousand times
Wao-oo-oo Wao-oo-oo Wao-oo-oo Wao-oo-oo
 

Pleasure & Pain

White as a cotton clown
Silence sea and sky
Innocent as the child
Always asking why

I can take you there
I can show you
I can take you there
I'll be there
Gently catching you as you fall
Hearing you when you call
Smiling as we climb
Smiling crocodiling

Certainly as the sun
Bakes a Sahara day
Ancient as the hills
Crumbling into clay.

I can take you there
(Rest of chorus)

It's pleasure and pain
No loss no gain
Pleasure and pain
Again and again
Pleasure and pain.

I can take you there
(Rest of chorus)

This madness, this laughter
Outward feelings I can't control
Those coloured lights are leading me
Is it you?
Is it me?
 

Thursday's Child

Where are we first and last
Bound together in our past
Much too cruel and much too fast
And much too quick to anger

I suppose
Years ago years ago
I might have known
I suppose
Years ago

Traps laid bare in my face
Set to keep me in my place
Say goodbye to the child
And life it seems is colder

I suppose
Years ago years ago
I might have known
I suppose
Years ago
No.

(But what are you saying?)
Please leave my mind intact
(But what do you mean?)
As I slowly grow older

Where are we each and all
Creatures run and creatures crawl
Where are we each and all
Creatures run and creatures crawl

Where are we each and all
Creatures run and creatures crawl
Spinning here on this ball
Creatures run and creatures crawl

I suppose
Years ago
Years ago
I might have known
I suppose
Years ago years ago
I might have known

As I slowly grow older
 

As High As You Can Go

Out of tune boys, out of tune boys
Signposts to the sun
Single file boys, single file boys
Signposts to the sun

High as you can go
Lennon to Munroe
Claw their way to the stars
High as you can go
Lennon to Munroe
Clawed their way to the stars
I think they knew.

And I don't care who you are
Just sign the line
And away you fly.

Unexpectedly rejected
Safety for the few
Same excuses resurrected
None of them are true.

High as you can go
Grace Kelly to Garbo
Clawed their way to the stars
High as you can go
Grace Kelly to Garbo
Clawed their way to the stars
I think they knew.

No I don't care who you are
Just sign the line and away you fly.

Take a chance and join the dance
And you can make the sound
Take a chance and join the dance
And we can go to ground
Go to ground.

And I don't care who you are
Just sign the line and away you fly.
 

A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days

As she parts her greying hair
Voices on the stair
When she turns there's something there.

Like a nightmare from the past
To the sound of splintered glass
Dance the monsters in the mask.

Man of steel
Just standing in the rain.

Have you killed her, someone said
As they dragged you from your bed
Kicking in your head.

What kind of times are these
No one hears, no one sees
As they drive you to your knees

Man of steel
Just standing in the rain
You just stood laughing in the rain.

What kind of times are these
As they drive you to your knees
Dying on your knees
Dying in the rain
The rain.

How can you laugh this one away?
Will you ever laugh this one away?
 

Paper Tigers

Too much of it makes me crazy
Not enough of it makes me lazy
Too much makes me lazy
Not enough of it makes me crazy

Time stops just for a moment
And then again it's only an instant
Time stops just for an instant
And then again it's only a moment

They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
Clean

Know what I mean
Know what I mean

I wish that this feeling
Would go away

They're gonna get you sooner or later
These tigers made of paper
But don't pay now
You have to pay later
Confronting tigers made of paper

They always keep themselves clean
Yeah, They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
They always keep themselves clean
Clean

I can't shake this feeling
Ahh, I can't shake this feeling
No, I can't shake this feeling
Feeling
How do you feel?
 

A View From A Hill

Feel myself fall into the ground
Solitary silence
There's no sound
Open my eyes and look around
Colors and concepts that confound
Oh well

You wait until your time comes round again

Pick myself up and take the air
The fragrence of children everywhere
Slowly absorbed into my square
Debating what is and isn't there
Who cares?

Just wait until your time comes round
Again