Post-punk

"You start a conversation you can't even finish it. You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything. When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed. Say something once, why say it again?Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better, Run run run run run run run away."

"I'm checking them out, I'm checking them out. I got it figured out, I got it figured out. There's good points and bad points. Find a city, Find myself a city to live in."

"Why stay in college? Why go to night school? Gonna be different this time. Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard, I can't write nothing at all. This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, This ain't no fooling around. I'd like to kiss you, I'd love you hold you, I ain't got no time for that now."

"Heaven, Heaven is a place A place where nothing, nothing ever happens. Heaven, Heaven is a place A place where nothing, nothing ever happens."

"All I want is to breathe. I'm too thin. Won't you breath with me? Find a little space, so we move in-between. In-between it. And keep one step ahead, of yourself."

"Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out. Facts are getting the best of them. Facts are nothing on the face of things. Facts don't stain the furniture. Facts go out and slam the door. Facts are written all over your face. Facts continue to change their shape."

"Sometimes the world has a load of questions Seems like the world knows nothing at all. The world is here but it's out of reach. Some people touch it...but they can't hold on."

"The world moves on a woman's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops. The world moves on a woman's hips. The world moves and it bounces and hops."

"And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack. And you may find yourself in another part of the world. And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. And you may find yourself in a beautiful house ... with a beautiful wife. And you may ask yourself, "Well ... how did I get here?""

"Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down. Letting the days go by/water flowing underground. Into the blue again/after the money's gone. Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground."

"Same as it ever was."

"For a long time I felt without style or grace, Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather. I knew my heart was in the right place, I knew I'd be able to do these things.And as we watch him digging his own grave, It was important to know that was where he's at. He can't afford to stop...that is what he believes. He'll keep on digging for a thousand years."

"Watch out, you might get what you're after. Cool babies, strange but not a stranger. I'm an ordinary guy. Burning down the house.Hold tight, wait till the party's over. Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather. There has got to be a way. Burning down the house."

"I . . . who took the money? Who took the money away? I . . . it's always showtime Here at the edge of the stage. I, I, I, wake up and wonder: What was the place, what was the name? We wanna wait, but here we go again..."

"I got a girlfriend that's better than this. And you don't remember at all. As we get older and stop making sense, You won't find her waiting long. Stop making sense, stop making sense...stop making sense, making sense. I got a girlfriend that's better than that And nothing is better than this (is it?)."

"Home is where I want to be. Pick me up and turn me round. I feel numb - burn with a weak heart. (So I) guess I must be having fun. The less we say about it the better. Make it up as we go along. Feet on the ground, Head in the sky. It's OK, I know nothing's wrong . . nothing."

"Hi yo I got plenty of time. Hi yo you got light in your eyes. And you're standing here beside me. I love the passing of time. Never for money, Always for love."

"I'm just an animal looking for a home. Share the same space for a minute or two. And you love me till my heart stops. Love me till I'm dead."

"And she was drifting through the backyard, And she was taking off her dress. And she was moving very slowly, Rising up above the earth. Moving into the universe, Drifting this way and that. Not touching ground at all, Up above the yard.The world was moving and she was right there with it (and she was). The world was moving she was floating above it (and she was) and she was."

"This is a perfect world. I'm riding on an incline. I'm staring in your face, You'll photograph mine."

"Baby, baby, please let me hold him. I wanna make him stay up all night. Sister, sister, he's just a plaything. We wanna make him stay up all night."

"Well, we know where we're going, But we don't know where we've been. And we know what we're knowing, But we can't say what we've seen. And we're not little children. And we know what we want. And the future is certain. Give us time to work it out."

"There's a city in my mind. Come along and take that ride. And it's all right, baby, it's all right."

"I wrestle, with your conscience. You wrestle, with your partner. Sittin' on a window sill, but he Spends time behind closed doors."

"From the age of the dinosaurs, Cars have run on gasoline. Where, where have they gone? Now, it's nothing but flowers."

"If this is paradise I wish I had a lawnmower."

"Once there were parking lots, Now it's a peaceful oasis. You got it, you got it.This was a Pizza Hut, Now it's all covered with daisies. You got it, you got it."

"And as things fell apart, Nobody paid much attention."

"Don't leave me stranded here. I can't get used to this lifestyle"

"I sold my house I sold my motor, too. All I want is to be next to you. I'd rob a bank Maybe steal a plane. You took me over, Think I'm goin' insane."

"Now no one's knocked upon my door For a thousand years or more. All made up and nowhere to go; Welcome to this one man show.Just take a seat they're always free, No surprise no mystery. In this theatre that I call my soul, I always play the starring role."

"Roxanne, You don't have to put on the red light. Those days are over, You don't have to sell your body to the night.Roxanne, You don't have to wear that dress tonight. Walk the streets for money, You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right."

"I've called you so many times today, And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say. That you don't ever want to see me again, And your brother's going to kill me and he's six feet ten. I guess you'd call it cowardice, But I'm not prepared to go on like this.I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing. I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing. I can't, I can't, I can't stand losing. I can't stand losing you..."

"I guess this is our last goodbye, And you don't care so I won't cry. But you'll be sorry when I'm dead, And all this guilt will be on your head.I guess you'd call it suicide, But I'm too full to swallow my pride."

"Walked out this morning, don't believe what I saw: A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore. Seems I'm not alone at being alone A hundred billion castaways, looking for a home."

"Some may say, I'm wishing my days away. No way, and if it's the price I pay Some say, tomorrow's another day. You stay, I may as well play."

"Bed's too big without you. Cold wind blows right through my open door. I can't sleep with your memory, Dreaming dreams of what used to be."

"Young teacher, the subject Of schoolgirl fantasy. She wants him so badly, Knows what she wants to be. Inside her there's longing, This girl's an open page. Book marking - she's so close now, This girl is half his age."

"It's no use, he sees her; He starts to shake and cough. Just like the old man in That book by Nabakov."

"How can you say that you're not responsible? What does it have to do with me? What is my reaction, what should it be? Confronted by this latest atrocity."

"Turn on the radio, the static hurts my ears. Tell me, where would I go? I ain't been out in years. Turn on the stereo, it's played for years and years: An Otis Redding song, it's all I own."

"Don't think me unkind, Words are hard to find. They're only cheques I've left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind. And when their eloquence escapes me, Their logic ties me up and rapes me."

"Poets, priests and politicians Have words to thank for their positions. Words that scream for your submission And no one's jamming their transmission. 'Cos when their eloquence escapes you, Their logic ties you up and rapes you."

"There is no political solution To our troubled evolution. Have no faith in constitution, There is no bloody revolution.We are spirits in the material world."

"I resolved to call her up a thousand times a day And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way. But my silent fears have gripped me Long before I reach the phone, Long before tongue has tripped me, Must I always be alone?Every little thing she does is magic; Everything she do just turns me on. Even though my life before was tragic, Now I know my love for her goes on."

"There has to be an invisible sun. It gives its heat to everyone. There has to be an invisible sun. That gives us hope when the whole day's done."

"You come to me like a moth to the flame. It's love you need but I don't play that game. 'Cause you could be my greatest fan, But I'm nobody's friend, I'm a demolition man."

"You will see light in the darkness; You will make some sense of this. When you've made your secret journey, You will find this love you miss."

"Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration, But we know all her suicides are fake. Daddy only stares into the distance, There's only so much heartache he can take. Many miles away, Something crawls from the slime At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake."

"Another working day has ended, Only the rush hour hell to face. Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes, Contestants in a suicidal race. Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance. He knows that something somewhere has to break. He sees the family home now looming in his headlights, The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache."

"Every breath you take; Every move you make; Every bond you break; Every step you take, I'll be watching you."

"Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace. I dream at night I can only see your face. I look around but it's you I can't replace. I feel so cold and I long for your embrace. I keep crying baby, baby please.Oh can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take."

"There's a little black spot on the sun today; It's the same old thing as yesterday. There's a black hat caught in a high tree top; There's a flag-pole rag and the wind won't stop.I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running 'round my brain. I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign, But it's my destiny to be the king of pain."

"You consider me the young apprentice Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis. Hypnotized by you if I should linger, Staring at the ring around your finger.I have only come here seeking knowledge, Things they wouldn't teach me of in college. I can see the destiny you sold Turned into a shining band of gold.I'll be wrapped around your finger. I'll be wrapped around your finger."

"Official website"

"When Aung San Suu Kyi was released, we punched the air. When she came to Dublin to thank Ireland and Amnesty International, we Irish could not have been more proud. When her party the NLD won a landslide in the elections and she stood her ground to become de-facto head of the country, an impossible journey seemed to be reaching its destination. We wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but instead held our breath. She had built her reputation on her refusal to compromise her beliefs (as well as on the personal sacrifice that entailed), but forming a government requires a certain amount of pragmatism. We feared the military's brutality would be quick to show itself again if she overstepped the mark, and while hopeful for progress, we wondered if we would find ourselves once again campaigning for her release. But what has happened this year, and in particular these past months – this, we never imagined. Who could have predicted that if more than 600,000 people were fleeing from a brutal army for fear of their lives, the woman who many of us believed would have the clearest and loudest voice on the crisis would go quiet. For these atrocities against the Rohingya people to be happening on her watch blows our minds and breaks our hearts. … the violence and terror being visited on the Rohingya people are appalling atrocities and must stop. Aung San Suu Kyi's silence is starting to look a lot like assent. As Martin Luther King said: "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." The time has long passed for her to stand up and speak out. We know that Aung San Suu Kyi has in front of her real complexities that the outside world cannot understand — but nor should we have to. The complexity of the situation in Myanmar she inherited from her father did not sway her to compromise her ideals back in 1998, nor should it now. At some point, a fragile balancing act becomes a Faustian pact. We also believe we can't direct our anger solely in her direction. That plays right into the hands of those who are carrying out the violence. Min Aung Hlaing is not a widely recognised name outside Myanmar — it should be. This man is the Commander General in Chief of the Defence Services who answers to no-one when a security threat is declared. While this in no way excuses her silence, Aung San Suu Kyi has no control, constitutional or otherwise, over his actions, and it is he who has authorised and overseen the terrorization of the Rohingya people under the guise of protecting Myanmar from terrorism. Condemning her and ignoring him is a mistake. If this horror of human rights abuses is to stop, and if the long-term conditions for resettlement of the Rohingya people are to ever occur, General Min Aung Hlaing and his military must be just as much the focus of international action and pressure as Aung San Suu Kyi and her civilian government."

"The brave people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom — and for ours — in the face of unspeakable violence and an unjust invasion. More than 4 million people, mostly women and children, have had to flee for their lives — a population nearly the size of Ireland. World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukranians now ... those who are fighting and those who have fled ... and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands. #StandUpForUkraine"

"I was on the outside when you said You said you needed me. I was looking at myself. I was blind, I could not see.A boy tries hard to be a man His mother takes him by the hand If he stops to think, he starts to cry. Oh why?"

"Monday morning, Eighteen years are dawning, I said "how long?""

"Started a landslide in my ego Looked from the outside to the world I left behind. In the world I left behind Wipe their eyes and then let go In the world I left behind Shed a tear and let love go."

"I try to sing this song I, I try to stand up But I can't find my feet. I, I try to speak up But only in you I'm complete."

"I can't change the world But I can change the world in me I rejoice."

"I watched the way it was The way it was when he was with us And I really don't mind Sleeping on the floor But I couldn't sleep after what I saw I wrote this letter to tell you The way I feel."

"I wish you were here I wish you were here To see what I could see To hear And I wish you were here"

"I can't believe the news today I can't close my eyes and make it go away. How long, how long must we sing this song? How long, how long? 'Cos tonight, We can be as one, tonight."

"Broken bottles under children's feet, Bodies strewn across the dead end street. But I won't heed the battle call. It puts my back up, Puts my back up against the wall.Sunday, Bloody Sunday."

"And the battle's just begun There's many lost, but tell me who has won? The trenches dug within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters Torn apart."

"Under a blood red sky A crowd has gathered in black and white, Arms entwined, the chosen few. The newspapers says, says Say it's true it's true... And we can break through. Though torn in two, We can be one."

"And so we are told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage Though I want to be with you, Be with you night and day. Nothing changes On New Year's Day."

"I don't know, I don't know which side I'm on. I don't know my right from left or my right from wrong. They say I'm a fool, they say I'm nothing But if I'm a fool for you oh, that's something."

"And we live by the side of the road On the side of a hill As the valleys explode Dislocated, suffocated The land grows weary of its own."

"One man come in the name of love One man come and go. One man come, he to justify One man to overthrow."

"Early morning, April four Shot rings out in the Memphis sky Free at last, they took your life They could not take your pride.In the name of love. Once more in the name of love. In the name of love. Once more in the name of love."

"If I could, you know I would. If I could, I would let it go. This desperation. Dislocation. Separation. Condemnation. Revelation. Temptation. Isolation. Desolation.Let it go, And so to fade away."

"Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realised."

"Love don't need to find a way You find your own way I forget that I can't stay And so I say that All roads lead to where you are."

"I want to run. I want to hide. I want to tear down the walls That hold me inside. I want to reach out And touch the flame Where the streets have no name."

"The city's aflood And our love turns to rust. We're beaten and blown by the wind, Trampled in dust. I'll show you a place High on a desert plain Where the streets have no name."

"I have climbed highest mountain; I have run through the fields. Only to be with you; Only to be with you.I have run; I have crawled. I have scaled these city walls, These city walls. Only to be with you."

"You broke the bonds and you Loosed the chains, Carried the cross Of my shame. Of my shame. You know I believed it.But I still haven't found what I'm looking for."

"See the stone set in your eyes See the thorn twist in your side. I'll wait for you.Sleight of hand and twist of fate On a bed of nails she makes me wait And I wait – without you.With or without you, With or without you."

"See across the field See the sky ripped open See the rain comin' through the gapin' wound Howlin' the women and children Who run into the arms Of America."

"Sweet the sin, bitter the taste in my mouth. I see seven towers, but I only see one way out. You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking Scream without raising your voice."

"Sleep comes like a drug in God's country Sad eyes, crooked crosses, in God's country."

"And in the world, a heart of darkness, a fire-zone Where poets speak their heart then bleed for it."

"She's the candle burnin' in my room Yeah, I'm like the needle The needle and spoon Over the counter, with a shotgun Pretty soon, everybody's got one I'm in a fever, when I'm beside her Desire Desire."

"All I got is a red guitar Three chords and the Truth All I got is a red guitar The rest is up to you"

"Blinded, you lost your way In the side streets and the alleyways Like a star exploding in the night Filling up the city with broad daylight."

"Many strangers have I met On the road to my regret Many lost who seek to find themselves in me. They ask me to reveal The very thoughts they would conceal. Love, rescue me."

"I've conquered my past The future is here at last I stand at the entrance to a new world I can see. The ruins to the right of me Will soon have lost sight of me. Love, rescue me."

"I was there when they crucified my Lord I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword. I threw the dice when they pierced his side But I've seen love conquer the great divide."

"When love comes to town I'm gonna jump that train When love comes to town I'm gonna catch that flame. Maybe I was wrong to ever let you down But I did what I did before love came to town."

"Don't believe the devil I don't believe his book But the truth is not the same Without the lies he made up. Don't believe in excess Success is to give Don't believe in riches But you should see where I live. I, I believe in love."

"You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold You say you want your story to remain untold. All the promises we make From the cradle to the grave When all I want is you."

"Give me one more chance, and you'll be satisfied. Give me two more chances, you won't be denied. Well my heart is where it's always been My head is somewhere in between Give me one more chance, let me be your lover tonight."

"Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? You act like you never had love And you want me to go without. Well it'sToo late Tonight To drag the past out into the light. We're one, but we're not the same. We get to Carry each other, Carry each other. One."

"Have you come here for forgiveness? Have you come to raise the dead? Have you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head? Did I ask too much? More than a lot. You gave me nothing. Now it's all I got. We're one, But we're not the same. Well, we hurt each other, Then we do it again."

"You say love is a temple, love a higher law Love is a temple, love the higher law. You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt.One love, one blood One life, you got to do what you should One life, with each other Sisters, brothers One life, but we're not the same We get to carry each other, carry each other"

"In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows But my sorrows they'd learned to swim Surrounding me, going down on me Spilling over the brim Waves of regret and waves of joy. I reached out for the one I tried to destroy. You, you said you'd wait till the end of the world."

"Who's gonna ride your wild horses? Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?... Took a drive in the dirty rain To a place where the wind calls your name Under the trees, the river laughing at you and me Hallelujah, heaven's white rose The doors you open, I just can't close... Don't turn around Don't turn around again... Come on now love Don't you look back"

"It's alright, it's alright, it's alright She moves in mysterious ways."

"Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain Let her talk about the things you can't explain To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel. On your knees, boy."

"How far you gonna go before you lose your way back home? You been tryin' to throw your arms around the world."

"And a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle When you're tryin' to throw your arms around the world."

"You bury your treasure where it can't be found But your love is a secret that's been passed around. There is a silence that comes to a house Where no-one can sleep. I guess it's the price of love; I know it's not cheap."

"It's the blind leading the blond It's the cops collecting for the cons. So where is the hope and Where is the faith and the love? What's that you say to me Does love light up your Christmas tree? The next minute you're blowing a fuse And the cartoon network turns into the news."

"Jesus never let me down You know Jesus used to show me the score. Then they put Jesus in show business Now it's hard to get in the door.It's the stuff, it's the stuff of country songs But I guess it was something to go on. Hey, if God will send his angels I sure could use them here right now"

"She feel the ground is giving way But she thinks we're better off that way. The more you take, the less you feel The less you know the more you believe The more you have, the more it takes today."

"There was a badness that had its way Love was not lost, love will have its day"

"It's a beautiful day. Don't let it get away."

"You're on the road, But you've got no destination. You're in the mud, In the maze of her imagination.You love this town, Even if it doesn't ring true. You've been all over And it's been all over you."

"What you don't have you don't need it now, What you don't know you can feel it somehow."

"I'm not afraid of anything in this world There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard I'm just trying to find a decent melody A song that I can sing in my own company"

"You've got to get yourself together You've got stuck in a moment and now you can't get out of it. Don't say that later will be better now, You're stuck in a moment and you can't get out of it."

"High, higher than the sun You shoot me from a gun I need you to elevate me here, At the corner of your lips As the orbit of your hips Eclipse, you elevate my soul."

"And love is not the easy thing... The only baggage you can bring Is all that you can't leave behind."

"Walk on, walk on What you got they can't steal it No they can't even feel it Walk on, walk on... Stay safe tonight."

"Leave it behind You've got to leave it behind: All that you fashion All that you make All that you build All that you break All that you measure All that you steal All this you can leave behind All that you reason All that you sense All that you speak All you dress up All that you scheme."

"Lights go down, it's dark The jungle is your head Can't rule your heart A feeling is so much stronger than A thought Your eyes are wide And though your soul It can't be bought Your mind can wander.Hello hello I'm at a place called Vertigo It's everything I wish I didn't know Except you give me something I can feel, feel."

"The songs are in your eyes I see them when you smile I've had enough I'm not giving up On a miracle drug.Of science and the human heart There is no limit There is no failure here sweetheart Just when you quit."

"Tough, you think you've got the stuff You're telling me and anyone You're hard enough.You don't have to put up a fight You don't have to always be right Let me take some of the punches For you tonight."

"Sometimes you can't make it on your own Sometimes you can't make it The best you can do is to fake it Sometimes you can't make it on your own."

"The more you see the less you know The less you find out as you go I knew much more then than I do nowNeon heart dayglo eyes A city lit by fireflies They're advertising in the skies For people like us."

"I like the sound of my own voice I didn't give anyone else a choice An intellectual tortoise Racing with your bullet train.Some people get squashed crossing the tracks Some people got high rises on their backs I'm not broke, but you can see the cracks You can make me perfect again."

"True love never can be rent But only true love can keep beauty innocent."

"I could never take a chance Of losing love to find romance In the mysterious distance Between a man and a woman."

"Would you deny for others What you demand for yourself?"

"You speak of signs and wonders But I need something other I would believe if I was able But I'm waiting on the crumbs from your table."

"Where you live should not decide Whether you live or whether you die."

"Well the heart that hurts Is a heart that beats."

"Take these shoes Click clacking down some dead end street Take these shoes And make them fit."

"Take these hands Teach them what to carry. Take these hands Don't make a fist. Take this mouth So quick to criticize Take this mouth Give it a kiss."

"Love makes strange enemies Makes love where love may please The soul and its striptease Hate brought to its knees The sky over our head We can reach it from our bed You let me in your heart And out of my head, head.Oh can't you see what love has done? Oh can't you see what love has done? Oh can't you see what love has done? What it's done to me?"

"I was born I was born to sing for you I didn't have a choice but to lift you up And sing whatever song you wanted me to. I give you back my voice From the womb my first cry, it was a joyful noise."

"I tied myself with wire To let the horses roam free Playing with the fire Until the fire played with me."

"This shitty world sometimes produces a rose The scent of it lingers and then it just goes"

"Choose your enemies carefully ‘cos they will define you Make them interesting ‘cos in some ways they will mind you They’re not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend"

"This is why events unnerve me. They find it all, a different story. Notice for whom wheels are turning, Turn again and turn towards this time. All she ask's the strength to hold me. Then again the same old story. World will travel, oh so quickly Travel first and lean towards this time."

"There is no end to this. I have seen your face, But I don't recognize all these things You must have left behind. It's a problem, you know That's been there all your life. I try to make you see the world without a view That just turns black and white. At night it gets cold and You'd dearly like to turn away. The escape that fills that makes you want to turn on heel Alone, alone, alone, alone."

"Help me, somebody help me. I wonder where I am. I see my future before me, I'll hurt you when I can."

"Heaven, a gateway, a hope Just like a feeling inside, it's no joke. And though it hurts me to treat you this way, Betrayed by words, I'd never heard, too hard to say. Up, down, turn around, Please don't let me hit the ground. Tonight I think I'll walk alone. I'll find my soul as I go home."

"No, I've never met anyone quite like you before Bolts from above hurt the people down below People in this world, we have no place to go"

"You just can't believe me When I show you what you mean to me. You just can't believe me When I show you what you cannot see.You're hiding from feelings, searching for more, Sharing and hoping, untouched for so long. Our lives still change from the way that we were And now I'll tell you something I think you should know."

"I've watched your face for a long time; It's always the same. I've studied the cracks and the wrinkles. You were always so vain. Well, now you live your life like a shadow In the pouring rain."

"That's the way, Shellshock. Hold on! It's never enough. It's never enough until your heart stops beating. The deeper you get, the sweeter the pain. Don't give up the game until your heart stops beating."

"You can walk, or you can run. You don't have to be someone. I went on a summer cruise Upon an ocean born to lose. My brother said that he was dead. I saw his face and shook my head. Can you see where we can't be? We're losing our blood in the sea.Cause it's the state of the nation That's holding our salvation. Yes, it's the state of the nation That's holding our salvation. Oh, the state of the nation Is causing deprivation. Oh, the state of the nation Is causing deprivation."

"I feel so extraordinary; Something's got a hold on me. I get this feeling I'm in motion, A sudden sense of liberty. I don't care 'cause I'm not there. And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow. Again and again I've taken too much Of the things that cost you too much."

"He told me to close my eyes. My gift would be a great surprise. I saw tears were in his eyes. He never meant to hurt me. Oh, God, Johnny, don't point that gun at me. There's so many ways our lives have changed. But please, I beg, don't do this to me. Johnny, don't point that gun at me. Can I save my life at any price?. For God's sake won't you listen to me?"

"I was standing by the ocean when I saw your face I couldn't look at you I guess you knew it, but I never realised that we were through. And now I'm down here all alone With every feeling that I own. You can't take that away. And with every breath we take, And the illusions we create Will come to you someday."

"Express yourself; Its one on one. Express yourself; Its one on one. Express yourself; You can't be wrong. When something's good Its never gone."

"Who is this man That follows me? This blue eyed boy Who wants to beThis worthy cause Of human kind, This pawn set up by time."

"My promise could be your friend, A given end to your dreams. A simple movement or rhyme Could be the smallest of signs. We'll never know what they are or care. In it's escapable view, There's no escape so few in fear Give in a changing value."

"Those steps which seem to take a lifetime, When eyes just turn and stare. The day begins, collapsing without warning, You fade from sight, there's nothing there.No hope allowed, calls are answered daily. Questions are on your side. Deeply moved, beyond all consolation, You felt the pulse, now hear the cry.In my mind, thoughts are becoming clearer. I'm watching every move you make, Counting time spent in observation. A single blow, a false mistake."

"Won't you please let me go? These words lie inside, they hurt me so. And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you Just what I want to do. I'm not the kind that needs to tell you Just what you want me to."

"How does it feel To treat me like you do? When you've laid your hands upon me, And told me who you are.I thought I was mistaken. I thought I heard your words. Tell me, how do I feel? Tell me now, how do I feel?"

"I see a ship in the harbor. I can and shall obey. But if it wasn't for your misfortunes, I'd be a heavenly person today.And I thought I was mistaken. And I thought I heard you speak. Tell me how do I feel? Tell me now, how should I feel?"

"Oh I've just come From the land of the sun, From a war that must be won In the name of truth. With our soldiers so brave Your freedom we will save With our rifles and grenades And some help from God. I want to see my family, My wife and child waiting for me. I've got to go home, I've been so alone, you see."

"I stood there beside myself Thinking hard about the weather. Then came by a friend of mine, Suggested we go out together. Then I knew it from the start, This friend of mine would fall apart. Pretending not to see his gun, I said let's go out and have some fun."

"I like walking in the park When it gets late at night. I move round in the dark And leave when it gets light. I sit around by day, Tied up in chains so tight. These crazy words of mine, So wrong they could be right."

"Every time I think of you, I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue. It's no problem of mine, But it's a problem I find Living a life that I can't leave behind. But there's no sense in telling me; The wisdom of the fool won't set you free. But that's the way that it goes. And it's what nobody knows. Well every day my confusion grows.Every time I see you falling, I get down on my knees and pray. I'm waiting for that final moment; You say the words that I can't say."

"I just can't help thinking what you've done to me. You built a wall of love and tore it right down in front of me. And you think you know what's going on. You keep telling me that I am wrong. I don't care about what you do, Cause if you mess with me, I'll get rid of you. The picture you see is no portrait of me. It's too real to be shown to someone I don't know. And it's driving me wild; It makes me act like a child."

"Answer me, why won't you answer me? I can't recall the day that I last heard from you. Well you don't get a town like this for nothing. So here's what you've got to do. You work your way to the top of the world, Then you break your life in two. Well what's the use in complaining When you've got what you don't need? Anyone would think you were hardened too. What do you want me to believe?"

"Maybe I've forgotten the name and the address Of everyone I've ever known. It's nothing I regret. Save it for another day. It's the school exam and the kids have run away.I would like a place I could call my own. Have a conversation on the telephone. Wake up every day that would be a start. I would not complain of my wounded heart."

"I turn sideways to the sun, Keep my thoughts from everyone. It's a jungle, I'm a freak; Hear me talk, but never speak.So I'm stepping out of time Because breaking is a crime. And it may all be too late But I've no passion for this hate."

"Some people like to deceive you, While others may feel that they need you. While I do the best that I can, Keeping my life in my hands."

"We could break every rule Anytime we wanted to. Don't be afraid to live this way; Let's defend the things we say.I want to be up in the air; I could be anywhere. Tell me I'm wrong, at least till tomorrow. Set me free and I will follow."

"We're like crystal, we break easy. I'm a poor man, if you leave me. I'm applauded, then forgotten. It was summer, now it's autumn."

"I don't know if I told you, but I'm seeking sanctuary. You'll never guess the things that I do. I'll have the devil round for tea. Don't you know that I'm here beside you? Can't you see that I can't relax? When I saw you in my rearview, You could've stopped me in my tracks.I'll be there for you when you want me to. I'll stand by your side like I always do. In the dead of night it'll be alright. 'Cos I'll be there for you when you want me to."

"This can't be real. My heart is burning. How does it feel? Well let's say I'm learning; It had to come. The ship has landed, It's time to run. The crew are stranded.We're having the time of our lives, We're lost in a cruel paradise."

"What does this ship bring to me? Far across the restless sea, Waiting for the sirens' call. I've never seen it here before.There she plies the lonely trail, Getting through the breaking winds. Drifting slowly from the coast, She is lost forever more."

"Some people get up at the break of day, Gotta go to work before it gets too late. Sitting in a car and driving down the road, It ain't the way it has to be.But that's what you do to earn your daily wage. That's the kind of world that we're living in today. Isn't where you wanna be; And isn't what you wanna do."

"Can you wait? My plane will be arriving shortly. Right there at the gate. I pray that you'll be waiting right there for me.This time could be what We've both been searching for. Our whole lives waking up And coming back for more."

"I like the way you cross the street 'cause your precious. Moving through the Cleveland heat, how precious. Taking rides and all the kicks was so precious. But you know I was shittin' bricks 'cause I'm precious."

"Each little tear that falls from your eyes Makes, makes me want To take you in my arms and tell you To stop all your sobbing."

"Kid, my only kid, You look so small, you've gone so quiet. I know you know What I'm about, I won't deny it."

"You asked me for advice, I said use the door. But you're still clinging to somebody you deplore. And now you wanna use me for emotional blackmail. I just feel pity when you lie, contempt when you cry."

"Gonna use my arms; Gonna use my legs. Gonna use my style; Gonna use my sidestep. Gonna use my fingers; Gonna use my, my, my imagination.'Cause I gonna make you see There's nobody else here, No one like me. I'm special so special. I gotta have some of your attention. Give it to me."

"Mystery achievement Where's my sandy beach? Yeah. I had my dreams like everybody else, But they're out of reach, I said, right out of reach. I could ignore you, Your demands are unending. I got no tears on my ice cream but you know me, I love pretending."

"Now look at the people In the streets, in the bars. We are all of us in the gutter, But some of us are looking at the stars."

"I'm the adultress. But I didn't want to be and I'm convenient And I make good tea. I stand accused Of the worst crime in history. That's my mystery; I'm the adultress."

"You're not supposed to do that; You know you're not allowed to. But you seem to get some kind of kick Out of doing what you're not allowed to. You deliberately defy the rules 'cause the law's upheld by fools. Shit on that. Bad boys get spanked."

"It's not my place to know what you feel. I'd like to know but why should I? Who were you then? Who are you now? Common labourer by night, by day, highbrow. Back in my room, I wonder, then I Sit on the bed, look at the sky. Up in the sky Clouds rearrange Like the talk of the town."

"Take, take, take, takin' what you don't need You'll get, get, gettin' what you don't need Stand back, take a look and take heed All the children in God's kingdom bleed See the networks of concrete and steel They've no mystery but what they reveal Tells a story of a future that's void Of the beauty and the majesty that life on Earth is meant to be..."

"Talk, talk, talk, talk about the government And not a word about political favor Everything touched is my political choice The life you take is your political voice."

"Do unto others as you wish be done to you There's a million lies 'round everything true You slaughter when you feast You disrespect the beast Make our beds and lie there, take your share Waste not want not pick it up Waste not want..."

"The middle of the road is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me. Well I got a smile for everyone I meet As long as you don't try dragging my bay Or dropping the bomb on my street."

"I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh What hijacked my world that night To a place in the past We've been cast out of? oh oh oh oh Now we're back in the fight; We're back on the train. Oh, back on the chain gang."

"The powers that be That force us to live like we do Bring me to my knees When I see what they've done to you. But I'll die as I stand here today Knowing that deep in my heart They'll fall to ruin one day For making us part."

"Welcome to the human race, With its wars, disease and brutality> You with your innocence and grace Restore some pride and dignity To a world in decline."

"I went back to Ohio But my city was gone. There was no train station; There was no downtown. South Howard had disappeared. All my favorite places. My city had been pulled down, Reduced to parking spaces. A, o, way to go Ohio."

"In these frozen and silent nights, Sometimes in a dream you appear. Outside under the purple sky, Diamonds in the snow sparkle. Our hearts were singing. It felt like Christmastime."

"I know I'm a peasant Dressed as a princess. But that doesn't mean you have To take my clothes away.If I could show you Some happiness, Then I would feel Like a real princess. That to me would be success My baby."

"I seen you dancin', A natural beauty. You make this dive Seem sublime. You really get To the heart of the music. You're the poetry of time."

"Don't get me wrong, If I'm looking kind of dazzled. I see neon lights Whenever you walk by.Don't get me wrong, If you say hello and I take a ride Upon a sea where the mystic moon Is playing havoc with the tide. Don't get me wrong."

"Once in awhile, Two people meet, Seemingly for no reason, They just pass on the street. Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere. Who can explain the thunder and rain? But there's something in the air."

"Oh, why you look so sad? Tears are in your eyes. Come on and come to me now, Don't be ashamed to cry. Let me see you through, 'Cause I've seen the dark side too. When the night falls on you, You don't know what to do. Nothing you confess Could make me love you less.I'll stand by you; I'll stand by you. Won't let nobody hurt you, I'll stand by you."

"Give me all your paper ma So I can get a train. They just wanna suck you in To being one of them. Tell her that I'm not in here, Tell her I'm a freak. Tell her that I fall about Every time I speak."

"She lives in the place In the side of our lives Where nothing is Ever put straight. She turns herself round And she smiles and she says 'This is it' 'That's the end of the joke' And loses herself In her dreaming and sleep And her lovers walk Through in their coats.Pretty in pink, Isn't she? Pretty in pink, Isn't she?"

"Listen, to the weathermen They're not saying anything They're tripping flags for you This crazy face for you You don't have a point of view You don't have to say you do"

"I hope you get your invitation It is here for you Listen to the conversation Playing pretty tunes Sorry i can't wait for you I couldn't stand to stay... They're making up things That we've all heard before Like romance and engage and divorce You have to be crazy to stay in this place You just have to laugh at it all"

"It's sick the price of medicine Stand up, we'll put you on your feet again Open up your eyes just to check that you're asleep again President gas is president gas again"

"There's an army on the dance floor It's a fashion with a gun, my love In a room without a door A kiss is not enough in.Love my way, it's a new road, I follow where my mind goes."

"So swallow all your tears, my love And put on your new face. You can never win or lose If you don't run the race."

"Hamburger Mary She's got a gun Nothing goes on all the time And she thinks it's fun"

"Pass your time away Its' just another day And everything you say Was said yesterday Won't you come with me Be who you want to be You'll get no sympathy For staying home"

"A race is on I'm on your side And hearing you my engines die I'm in a mood for you. For Running away Stars come down in you And love, you can't give it away Inside you the time moves And she don't fade The ghost in you She don't fade Inside you the time moves And she don't fade"

"There's a way to turn it off It gets so hard at times To take it serious It really gets to be a drag When all we really need is love Here come cowboys Here to save us all."

"There's a hole in the sky Where the sun don't shine And a clock on the wall And it counts my time And heaven Is the whole of the heart And heaven don't tear you apart"

"And a hero is always alone At the end of the day It's a price that you pay With your pieces of love All your pieces of love And it's my time to turn you around And it's my time to hold out a hand And it's my time to turn on a light for you"

"You hurt for a change And they ease you And cool you And love you so strange And you talk like a stranger"

"They tore up our kisses and ran On tomorrow's pages And the lions have eaten the lamb On tomorrow's pages There's a day of your life in your handful of people you don't understand"

"And it feels like love, But it don't mean a lot. And it feels like love, And it's all that we've got.There's a Heartbreak Beat playing all night long Down on my street. And it feels like love, got the radio on, And it's all that we need."

"Shine I heard her sing. ...The world's at my feet And it turns when i speak And it shines ...Shine on all that is"

"Days that never come To shine a light on the damage done Somedays without a sun I feel the dark even closer now I wear it, a winter coat I'm far away but not far enough What's true is torn And shouted down"

"The air here tastes like poison The traffic moves on broken roads... She's 14 and she's fading There's a wasted year for Every train that passes She is leaving someday Someday never comes This road is poison"

"Book of Days"

"All of this I now regret Not a name that I might place Not at my parade Framed the faces I applaud All the same sad eyes Write the world between the lines"

"This day is not my life The passing time is not my life The thorn that's in my side Is all these scenes that we regret The wasted words we can't forget"

"Shame, will shake this house Your dreams are not my life These broken words are not my life Your lies are none of my invention"

"Here in my head I hear you say Here in my head I hear you pray Time is what it's made Made by others i regret Remember me i hear it said Out of faces i forget Hope you get up off your feet Shake the dust out of your shoes"

"And with her step I move my feet. And with her hand I feel my skin. And with her need I find I'm saved. And with her dreams I'm laid.Until she comes again. The sun goes out and night comes in. The time goes 'round and day grows dim. Until she comes again."

"From where I stand, I've got a view Out of all the miles of you Where I wait I know what's true All about you"

"Computers focus you in on all the wrong things. You start to worry about minute pitching differences. When the band first started, they never knew about concert pitch... or tuning. No one had a tuner, it was okay, that's an E because it's the bottom string. We recorded Superstition with Stephen Hague because it was a perverse idea, he'd worked with New Order, the Pet Shop Boys... we should have been warned. Stephen's a computer fiend, and when you're working with computers, there's no need to stop. You can constantly readjust, rejig, you can move notes left and right. But somehow, computers don' t seem to belong in the recording studio and, if they are, they should be in the back somewhere. They should help you tap your creative energy, not be the creative energy. It certainly didn't work with us."

"Nothing or no one Will ever make me let you down. Kiss them for me, I may be delayed. Kiss them for me, if I am delayed."

"Oh, my life Is changing every day, In every possible way.And oh, my dreams, It's never quite as it seems, Never quite as it seems."

"I know I've felt like this before, But now I'm feeling it even more Because it came from you.Then I open up and see The person falling here is me: A different way to be."

"You're spinning me around, My feet are off the ground. I don't know where I stand. Do you have to hold my hand? You mystify me. You mystify me. You mystify me."

"If you, if you could return Don't let it burn, Don't let it fade. I'm sure I might be rude, But it's just your attitude. It's tearing me apart. It's ruining everything. And I swore, I swore I would be true. And honey, so did you. So why were you holding her hand? Is that the way we stand? Were you lying all the time? Was it just a game to you?But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you. You've got me wrapped around your finger. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?"

"Unhappiness where's when I was young And we didn't give a damn Cause we were raised To see life as fun and take it if we can. My mother, my mother, She'd hold me. She'd hold me when I was out there. My father, my father, He liked me, well he liked me. Does anyone care?"

"Lying in my bed again And I cry cause you're not here. Crying in my head again And I know that it's not clear. Put your hands, put your hands Inside my face and see that it's just you. But it's bad and it's mad And it's making me sad Because I can't be with you."

"Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence caused such silence Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me, it's not my family. In your head, in your head, they are fightin'. With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns, In your head, in your head, they are cryin'. In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie"

"Another mother's breakin' Heart is takin' over. When the violence causes silence, We must be mistaken."

"It's the same old theme Since nineteen-sixteen..."

"There's no need to argue No need to argue anymore There's no need to argue anymore"

"To all those people doing lines: Don't do it, don't do it. Inject your soul with liberty, It's free, it's free."

"And in the night I could be helpless, I could be lonely Sleeping without you.And in the day Everything's complex, There's nothing simple When I'm not around you."

"It's not worth anything more than this at all; I live as I choose or I will not live at all."

"I'm still remembering the day I gave my life away. I'm still remembering the time You said you'd be mine. Yesterday was cold and bare Because you were not there. Yesterday was cold, My story has been told."

"Suddenly, something has happened to me As I was having my cup of tea. Suddenly, I was feeling depressed; I was utterly and totally stressed. Do you know you made me cry? (Woah-oh) Do you know you made me die?"

"You'd better believe I'm comin', You'd better believe what I say. You'd better hold on to your promises Because you bet, you'll get what you deserve. She's going to leave him over, She's gonna take her love away. So much for your eternal vows. Well, it does not matter anyway."

"There was a game we used to play: We would hit the town on Friday night, Stay in bed until Sunday. We used to be so free. We were livin' for the love we had, Livin' not for reality."

"They had an accident, But they never noticed anyway. A lack of originality, Couldn't focus on the day. So much for the radio, Everybody sounds the same. Everybody wears the same clothes now, And everybody plays the game."

"Close your eyes, close your eyes, Breathe the air, out there. We are free, we can be wide open.For you opened my eyes to the beauty I see. We will pray, we will stay wide open.Don't analyse, don't analyse. Don't go that way, don't live that way. That would paralyse your evolution."

"We better think about the things we say. We better think about the games we play. The world went round, yeah, around and round.We better think about the consequences. We better think about the global census. If time went down, yeah, if time went down."

"The Irish alternative rock outfit broke musical boundaries for their cheery melodic and dreamy approach to rock songwriting. [...] The pop-like quality to The Cranberries otherwise melancholic songwriting — not to mention O’Riordan’s signature yodel vocal style — set them apart from many of the prominent rock acts at the time, and it’s certainly an aspect that’s kept the band’s music so admired for the last three decades."

"I would say I'm sorry If I thought that it would change your mind, But I know that this time I have said too much, been too unkind.I tried to laugh about it, Cover it all up with lies. I tried to laugh about it, Hiding the tears in my eyes 'Cause boys don't cry. Boys don't cry."

"Don't say what you mean, You might spoil your face. If you walk in the crowd, You won't leave any trace. It's always the same, You're jumping someone else's train."

"The innocence of sleeping children. Dressed in white and slowly dreaming. Stops all time. I slow my steps and start to blur. So many years have filled my heart. I never thought I'd say those words.The further we go and older we grow, The more we know the less we show. The further we go and older we grow, The more we know the less we show."

"Stroking your hair as the patriots are shot Fighting for freedom on the television. Sharing the world with slaughtered pigs, Have we got everything?"

"I chose an eternity of this, Like falling angels, the world disappeared. Laughing into the fire, is it always like this? Flesh and blood and the first kiss; The first colours, the first kiss."

"A hundred other words blind me with your purity Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance. I think about tomorrow, please let me sleep As I slip down the window, freshly squashed fly."

"Let me take your hand I'm shaking like milk Turning Turning blue All over the windows and the floors Fires outside in the sky Look as perfect as cats The two of us together again But it's just the same A stupid game But I don't care if you don't And I don't feel if you don't And I don't want it if you don't And I won't say it If you don't say it first You think you're tired now But wait until three..."

"We walked around the lake And woke up in the rain And everyone turned over, Troubled in their dreams again.Visiting time is over, And so we walk away And both play dead then cry out loud: Why we always cry this way?"

"I don't think I can love Anyone but you That's for sure... The upstairs room is cool and bright We can go up there in summer And dance all night."

"We slip through the streets while everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker, and wider and brighter. We bite and scratch and scream all night. Let's go and throw all the songs we knowInto the sea, you and me All the years and no one heard I'll show you in spring, it's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the love cats. We missed you hissed the love cats."

"Yesterday I got so old, I felt like I could die. Yesterday I got so old, it made me want to cry. Go on, go on, just walk away. Go on, go on, your choice is made. Go on, go on and disappear. Go on, go on away from here.And I know I was wrong when I said it was true. That it couldn't be me and be her in between without you, Without you."

"I've waited hours for this. I've made myself so sick. I wish I'd stayed asleep today. I never thought this day would end. I never thought tonight could ever be This close to me."

"But if I had your faith Then I could make it safe and clean. Oh, if only I was sure That my head on the door was a dream."

"Say goodbye on a night like this If it's the last thing we ever do. You never looked as lost as this, Sometimes it doesn't even look like you. It goes dark; It goes darker still. Please stay. But I watch you like I'm made of stone As you walk away."

"You know I even think that she stared like you. She used to just stand there and stare. And roll her eyes right up to heaven, And make like I just wasn't there.And she used to fall down a lot. That girl was always falling, Again and again. And I used to sometimes try to catch her But I never even caught her name."

"You're so gorgeous I'll do anything. I'll kiss you from your feet to where your head begins. You're so perfect, you're so right as rain. You make me, make me, make me, make me hungry again.Everything you do is irresistible. Everything you do is simply kissable. Why can't I be you? (Why can't I be you?)"

"Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick, The one that makes me scream", she said. "The one that makes me laugh," she said. And threw her arms around my neck. "Show me how you do it, and I promise you, I promise that I'll run away with you. I'll run away with you."

"You, soft and only. You, lost and lonely. You, strange as angels, Dancing in the deepest oceans, Twisting in the water. You're just like a dream. You're just like a dream."

"I want to smash you to pieces I want to smash you up and screaming I want to smash you helpless Down on the floor Smash you until you're not here anymore."

""I think it's dark and it looks like it's rain," you said. "And the wind is blowing like it's the end of the world," you said. And it's so cold, it's like the cold if you were dead, And then you smiled for a second."

"I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real. I've been living so long with my pictures of you That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel.Remembering you standing quiet in the rain As I ran to your heart to be near. And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close, How I always held close in your fear."

"I'm running out of time, I'm out of step and closing down. And never sleep for wanting hours, The empty hours of greed. And uselessly always the need To feel again the real belief Of something more than mockery. If only I could fill my heart with love."

"Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am home again. Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am whole again.Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am young again. Whenever I'm alone with you, You make me feel like I am fun again."

"However far away, I will always love you. However long I stay, I will always love you. Whatever words I say, I will always love you. I will always love you."

"And I feel like I'm being eaten By a thousand million shivering, furry holes. And I know that in the morning, I will wake up in the shivering cold. And the spiderman is always hungry."Come into my parlor," said the spider to the fly. "I have a little something here.""

"Oh, it's opening time down on Fascination Street, So let's cut the conversation and get out for a bit. Because I feel it all fading and paling, and I'm begging To drag you down with me to kick the last nail in."

"But I never said I would stay to the end. So I leave you with babies and hoping for frequency, Screaming like this in the hope of the secrecy. Screaming me over and over and over. I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery, Stains on the carpet and stains on the scenery. Songs about happiness murmured in dreams, When we both of us knew how the ending would be."

"And when I see you take the same sweet steps You used to take, I say, "I'll keep on holding you in my arms so tight. I'll never let you slip away.""

"Every time we do this, I fall for her. Wave after wave after wave, it's all for her. "I know this can't be wrong", I say. (And I'll lie to keep her happy) As long as I know that you know That today I belong right here with you, Right here with you."

"I don't care if Monday's blue, Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too. Thursday I don't care about you, It's Friday, I'm in love. Monday you can fall apart, Tuesday, Wednesday, break my heart. Oh, Thursday doesn't even start, It's Friday, I'm in love.Saturday, wait And Sunday always comes too late. But Friday, never hesitate."

"I don't care if Monday's black, Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack. Thursday never looking back, It's Friday, I'm in love."

"Oh, Elise it doesn't matter what you say, I just can't stay here every yesterday Like keep on acting out the same The way we act out. Every way to smile, forget And make-believe we never needed Any more than this, Any more than this."

"The melodic, often melancholy tunes of Robert Smith and the boys have been displayed and praised for over 40 years. When it comes to the alternative and goth or post-punk rock sound of England, The Cure is the trendsetter."

"It's time the tale were told Of how you took a child And you made him old.It's time the tale were told Of how you took a child And you made him old. You made him old.Reel around the fountain, Slap me on the patio. I'll take it now."

"I know I need hardly say How much I love your casual way. Oh, but please put your tongue away, A little higher and we're well away. The dark nights are drawing in And your humour is as black as them. I look at yours, you laugh at mine, And "love" is just a miserable lie."

"Upon the sand, upon the bay, "There is a quick and easy way," you say. Before you illustrate, I'd rather state: I'm not the man you think I am. I'm not the man you think I am.And sorrow's native son, He will not smile for anyone. And pretty girls make graves."

"Ah, a jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place. He said, "Return the ring." He knows so much about these things. He knows so much about these things."

"Under the iron bridge we kissed. And although I ended up with sore lips, It just wasn't like the old days anymore. No, it wasn't like those days. Am I still ill? Ohh... Oh, am I still ill? Ohh...Does the body rule the mind? Or does the mind rule the body? I dunno..."

"Hand in glove. We can go wherever we please And everything depends upon How near you stand to me.And if the people stare, Then the people stare. Oh, I really don't know, And I really don't care.Kiss my shades..."

"All men have secrets and here is mine. So let it be known. For we have been through hell and high tide. I can surely rely on you, And yet you start to recoil. Heavy words are so lightly thrown, But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you.So, what difference does it make? So, what difference does it make? It makes none. But now you have gone, And you must be looking very old tonight."

"I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular.You shut your mouth, how can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am human and I need to be loved, Just like everybody else does."

"I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, But heaven knows I'm miserable now. I was looking for a job and then I found a job, And heaven knows I'm miserable now.In my life, why do I give valuable time To people who don't care if I live or die?"

"Good times for a change. See, the luck I've had can make a good man turn bad. So please, please, please, Let me, let me, let me Let me get what I want this time."

"I want to go home, I don't want to stay. Give up education As a bad mistake."

"On the day that your mentality Decides to try to catch up with your biology, Come round.Cause I want the one I can't have. And it's driving me mad. It's all over, all over, all over my face."

"Park the car at the side of the road. You should know time's tide will smother you, And I will too.When you laugh about people who feel so very lonely, Their only desire is to die. Well, I'm afraid it doesn't make me smile. I wish I could laugh.But that joke isn't funny anymore. It's too close to home, And it's too near the bone."

"And if the day came when I felt a natural emotion I'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the ocean."

"Fame, fame, fatal fame It can play hideous tricks on the brain. But still I'd rather be famous Than righteous or holy, any day, any day, any day. But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled Making Christmas cards with the mentally ill. I want to live and I want to love. I want to catch something that I might be ashamed of."

"It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind Over, over, over, over."

"The boy with the thorn in his side, Behind the hatred there lies A murderous desire For love."

"And if a double-decker bus crashes into us, To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die. And if a ten-tonne truck kills the both of us, To die by your side, well, the pleasure, the privilege is mine."

"Burn down the disco, Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that they constantly play, It says nothing to me about my life."

"Shyness is nice and shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life you'd like to. Shyness is nice and shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life you'd like to.So, if there's something you'd like to try, If there's something you'd like to try, Ask me, I won't say no. How could I?"

"Don't feel bad for me. I want you to know, Deep in the cell of my heart, I will feel so glad to go."

"Is it wrong to want to live on your own? No, it's not wrong, but I must know How can someone so young sing words so sad?"

"Oh, but don't mention love. I'd hate the strain of the pain again.A rush and a push and the land that We stand on is ours. It has been before, So it shall be again. And people who are uglier than you and I, They take what they need and just leave."

"I started somethin. I forced you to a zone. And you were clearly Never meant to go. Hair brushed and parted. Typical me, typical me Typical me I started something ...And now I'm not too sure. I grabbed you by the gilded beams Uh, that's what tradition means."

"Girlfriend in a coma, I know I know - it's serious. Girlfriend in a coma, I know I know - it's really serious.There were times when I could Have "murdered" her (but you know, I would hate Anything to happen to her) No, I don't want to see her."

"Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before, Nothing's changed. I still love you, oh, I still love you Only slightly, only slightly less Than I used to, my love."

"Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me. No hope, no harm, Just another false alarm."

"[The Smiths] emerged out of the UK post-punk scene, but it wouldn’t be any more accurate to call The Smiths “post-punk” than it would be to call the Meat Puppets “hardcore.” Whoever you tried to compare them to, they sounded different. Whoever influenced them–be it The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, or the New York Dolls–they transcended those influences and made them their own. They got even better throughout their airtight, four-albums-in-four-years run, but they already had their unique approach entirely figured out on this debut. Andnce you fuse The Smiths’ influence with any of the more hardcore-informed albums [of 1984], you’ve pretty much got the ingredients for the vast majority of popular post-hardcore and emo."

"Our one source of energy: Electricity. All we need to live today, A gift for man to throw away. The chance to change has nearly gone, The alternative is only one. The final source of energy: Solar electricity."

"Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today? Ah-ha, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away."

"The more I see you, The more I want you. Somehow this feeling Just grows and grows. With every sigh I become More mad about you, More lost without you. And so it goes."

"It's my direction, it's my proposal. It's so hard it's leading me astray. My obsession, it's my creation. You'll understand it's not important now."

"I gave her everything that I ever owned I think she understood but she never spoke She should have not tried to be that way She shouldn't have to go there ever again Without me Without me."

"If Joan of Arc had a heart, Would she give it as a gift? To such as me who longs to see How an angel Ought to be."

"These are the little children, The future in our hands. When all God's children on this Earth Inherit all our plans, These are the lies they tell us. But this is the only way, When all God's children on the Earth, Will ever more be saved."

"I've got a telegraph In my hand. Words on paper Written in sand."

"Tes-tes-t-t-t-t-tes Tesla girls, Tesla girls Testing out theories, Electric chairs and dynamos. Dressed to kill, they're killing me, But heaven knows their recipe."

"Crossing every ocean for the sake of Locomotion Crossing every ocean for the sake of Locomotion.Across every ocean, For the sake of Locomotion. But I wouldn't have a notion How to save my soul. I walk down the sidewalk, Run down the boardwalk, Stop and make small talk, But I can't say no to you."

"Talking loud and clear, Saying just what we feel. Lying in the grass With the sun on our backs It doesn't really matter What we do or what we say With every little movement We give ourselves away."

"I was so impressed by you, I was running blind. I would fall for every trick, Every twist of mind.Heaven is cold Without any soul. It's hard to believe I was so in love with you."

"I've got a secret and I can't explain. All the time I've waited for this day. All along I was never in doubt. I've always knew it would never get out. There are things that I cannot tell. And there are things that you know damn well. This is getting very hard for me. I guess you'd better just wait and see."

"La femme accident, A woman full of want. Her heart's on the line. You haven't got the time. She suffers like some Joan of Arc."

"I never wanted another. Come over to me and discover How I want to be near you And you need to be far away You always seem to make me feel at home Hey you."

"If there's one thing I know, Things are gonna change. There's gonna be a different ending, Though I'm not one to complain.But there's never been a right time. And we've never been too far. But you're the only single reason I know That's holding back my heart."

"We've got to get a message to the stars above Like radios in heaven hearing just enough And every single teardrop along the way We put them in our pockets for a rainy day.But here we are in trouble, Like we always are. Just praying for a miracle And reaching for stars."

"If you leave, don't leave now. Please don't take my heart away. Promise me, just one more night, Then we'll go our separate ways. We've always had time on our side, Now it's fading fast. Every second, every moment, We've gotta make it last.I touch you once, I touch you twice. I won't let go at any price. I need you now like I needed you then. You always said we'd still be friends someday."

"If you leave, I won't cry; I won't waste one single day. But if you leave, don't look back, I'll be running the other way. Seven years went under the bridge Like time was standing still. Heaven knows what happens now. You've gotta say you will."

"If you were born in heaven girl, I'd understand so well. But ever since I've met you child, You've made my life such hell. With every day that passes, I fall nearer to the ground. It seems that I've been looking for Something that won't be found.I was only dreaming. I was only trying to catch your eye. I was only wishing you would notice me, Instead you said goodbye."

"Sick and tired, and I don't know why Skin and bone won't touch the sky Sex and lies can't bring me down Because I've sold my soul all over town And I'm so in awe of you That I don't know what to do. And I'm sailing on the seven seas so blue."

"And all the stars you kissed Could never ease the pain. Still the grace remains. And though the face has changed, You're still the same.And it's a long long way From where you want to be. And it's a long long way, But you're too blind to see."

"So many things I do, so many things I say Give you the wrong idea. So many things I do, so many things I say Just make a fool of me. Then you turn away. Then you turn away."

"I've seen a new sensation, I heard you call in pain. But running round in circles Won't make it right again.The telephone keeps ringing. Your head is in the sand. The future is unfolding, But it's not what you had planned."

"We always stick together Like we're something made of glue. And justify the passion, Saying one is more than two.But if you don't believe the words, They're surely to come true. There's one thing that's so obvious, But it's something you won't do.Because you stand above me But I know you don't. You say you love me, But I know you won't."

"Everyday, I'm on my knees to pray. Since I kissed you once And I held you once, Things have never been the same.And I've tried, God knows I've tried, But there's nothing left In the world today That's making sense in any way."

"It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white Or the god that you choose to pray to. It doesn’t matter about the clothes you wear Or which creator made you. We all bleed the same blood, We all need the same love, And when we die there’s no heaven above. It’s Universal, It’s Universal."

"When I was only seventeen, My head was full of brilliant dreams. My heart would call and I would gladly go At twenty one the world was mine And I was yours and you're divine. And nothing else would matter to us so I don't believe in destiny, I don't believe in love, I don't believe that anything will ever be enough..."

"If I said I'd lost my way, Would you sympathise? Could you sympathise? I'm jumbled up, Maybe I'm losing my touch. I'm jumbled up, Maybe I'm losing my touch. But you know I didn't have it anyway."

"Can you hear it? The sound of something burning. Something changing On the merry-go-round tonight.The pictures on my wall Are about to swing and fall. Love it all, Love it all."

"The man at the back has a question, His tongue's involved with solutions. But the monkey on my back Won't stop laughing.Over the wall, Hand in hand. Over the wall, Watch us fall."

"You said something will change. We were all dressed up, somewhere to go. No sign of rain, But something will change. You promised.You said nothing will change. We were almost near, almost far. Down came the rain, But nothing will change. You promised."

"Conquering myself until I see another hurdle approaching. Say we can, say we will, Not just another drop in the ocean."

"We're taking advantage of, Breaking the back of love. We're taking advantage of, Breaking the back of love.Easier said than done you said, But it's more difficult to say. With eyes bigger than our bellies, We want to but we can't look away. What were you thinking of When you dreamt that up?"

"Measure by measure, drop by drop And pound for pound, we're taking stock Of all the treasure still unlocked. The love you found must never stop."

"The sky is blue, My hands untied. A world that's true Through our clean eyes. Just look at you With burning lips. You're living proof At my fingertips."

"Under blue moon I saw you So soon you'll take me Up in your arms too late to beg you Or cancel it though I know it must be The killing time, Unwillingly mine.Fate Up against your will Through the thick and thin He will wait until You give yourself to him."

"A longing for Some fresher feeling. Belonging. Or just forever kneeling. Where is the sense in stealing Without the grace to be it.Seven seas, Swimming them so well. Glad to see My face among them Kissing the tortoise shell."

"A sense of duty was my one intention And an ugly beauty was my own invention. Pride, a proud refusal. And I refuse to need your approval. Too many seekers, too few beacons, But through the fog we'll keep on beaming.Through the crying hours of your glitter years, All the living out of your tinsel tears. And the midnight trains I never made 'Cause I'd already played the game."

"She floats like a swan, Grace on the water. Lips like sugar. Lips like sugar. Just when you think you've caught her, She glides across the water. She calls for you tonight To share this moonlight.You'll flow down her river. She'll ask and you'll give herLips like sugar, Sugar kisses. Lips like sugar, Sugar kisses."

"It was cheap at half the price, Took a shovel where a spoon would suffice. Now I can't see you. Now I can't see you.Regimental in my way, Detrimental at the end of the day. But you won't be told. No, you won't be told."

"An angel walked amongst us, Tried but couldn't love us. Something's wrong. Since you've gone you know There's nothing and no one To hang love on.So tell me how it feels, Tell me how it feels To touch the flame. Tell me who I am, Tell me who I really am. What's my name?"

"I want to be like you. I want to fly, fly, fly. Want you to take me to All of your sky.Why don't you kneel me down? Why don't we try, try, try? 'Cause when we come around, That's when I fly."

"And I want more than I can get Just trying to, trying to, trying to forget.I'd walk to you through rings of fire And never let you know the way I feel. Under skin is where I hide The love that always gets me on my knees."

"I wish that you were here Down amongst the dust. I need someone to help me, You need someone to trust. There's something with these tears Turning me to rust. I need someone to help me, Yeah I need someone to touch.Give me one more try And I'll come flaking back to you. I wish that you were here, I wish that it was true."

"Let's go and take a starlit drive To where the shaping of our lives Had just begun...when we were young. When everything was coming right In our dreams of love and life And we could run...into the sun.Get in the car, We're taking a ride. We're looking for stars, We're looking for satellites Of love. Of love."

"Here they come again: Whispers in my head. Same old sad refrain, Wished I'd never said What I said... yeah. Take me to the top, I need more not less. And don't ever tell me when to stop."

"Can we be like everyone, Pretending that there's nothing wrong? Remember when we walked upon Clouds that never rain?And I need it more than love And I love it more than life. And I want those stars above to shine this night."

"Now do you see how They're in the margins. Below and up above. I'll see now How life wins When all that's left is love."

"Must have forgotten something: How to forget how to be true. Covered myself in numb things. Don't touch me, and I won't touch you.Trying to remember something: Why am I here? And who are you? You must have meant something, Animals came in two by two."

"Big Black had noise-rock down to a science. The band essentially had no midrange. Bassist Dave Riley held down the low-end, while Steve Albini and Santiago Durango opted for extreme treble, which was made all the more piercing thanks to a penchant for playing with metal picks. With the industrial thump of drum machine “Roland” keeping rhythm, and a habit of setting off firecrackers on stage before playing, Big Black essentially created misanthropy you could sing along to."

"While Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mono, and Sigur Ros gained acclaim for their original sounds on an international level, [Explosions in the Sky] is perhaps the American group most-associated with the genre of post-rock."

"Burn this whole madhouse down."

"As far as genre descriptors go, post-punk is pretty vague—let’s just get that out of the way immediately. In the late ’70s, punk bands like the Sex Pistols and Buzzcocks began tiring of the standard rock tropes, and members went on to experiment in different directions, inspiring others—particularly in the UK and New York, but also in places like Cleveland and Athens, Ga.—to incorporate unusual sounds, from electronica to free jazz to world music, into their punk-rock roots. The results were as musically and lyrically diverse as they were artistically vital. Post-punk lyrics could be scathingly political or absurdly nonsensical. There was an anger to much of the music, but it was often masked by a playfulness. These were musicians interested in seeing where music could go."

"To some people, new wave was the music made by bands who were too traditionally melodic to be classed as punk; bands that believed in good ol’ songwriting, in craft and – shock horror – quite liked the idea of having a hit (step forward The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, The Police etc). To others, new wave music was the futuristic, keyboard-based music made by people inspired as much by Berlin-era Bowie and Kraftwerk’s Trans-Europe Express as by punk itself (Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Ultravox, Gary Numan et al). Then there’s the ‘art-punks’ – Wire, Gang Of Four, Pere Ubu, Delta 5, The Raincoats – bands obsessed with the form of their music, of avoiding ‘rockist' clichés and aiming for something more avant-garde and challenging. If these three camps are distinct enough, then consider that ska-punks like The Specials, The Beat and The Selecter are also considered part of the same movement/phenomenon and suddenly you’re faced with a musical genre that is futuristic-yet-retro, avant-garde-yet-traditional, populist-yet-obscure, solipsistic on one hand, political on the other."