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You Could Have It So Much Better
  • 1. The Fallen

    The Fallen

    So they say you’re trouble boy
    Because you like to destroy
    All the things that bring idiots joy
    Well what’s wrong with a little destruction?

    And the Kunst won’t talk to you
    Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu
    Because you robbed a supermarket or two
    Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?

    Did I see you in a limousine
    Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
    Turn the rich into wine
    Walk on the mean
    For the fallen are the virtuous among us
    Walk among us
    Never judge us
    Yeah we’re all…

    Up now and get ‘em boy
    Up now and get ‘em boy
    Drink to the devil and death to the doctors

    Did I see you in a limousine
    Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
    5000 users fed today
    as you feed us
    won’t you lead us
    to be blessed

    So we stole and drank champagne
    On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
    “I never feel pain, won’t you hit me again?”
    “I need a bit of Black and Blue to be a Rotation”

    In my blood I felt bubbles burst
    There was a flash of fist an eyebrow burst
    You’ve a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
    I fall to the floor fainting at the sight of blood

    Did I see you in a limousine
    Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
    Turn the rich into wine
    Walk on the mean
    Be they Magdelen or virgin you’ve already been
    You’ve already been and we’ve already seen
    That the fallen are the virtuous among us
    Walk among us
    Never judge us to be blessed

    So I’m sorry if I ever resisted
    I never had a doubt that you ever existed
    I only have a problem when people insist on
    Taking their hate and placing it on your name

    So they say you’re troubled boy
    Just because you like to destroy
    You are the word – the word is Destroy
    I break this bottle and think of you fondly

    Did I see you in a limousine
    Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
    To the whore in a hostel
    Or the scum of a scheme
    Turn the rich into wine
    Walk on the mean
    It’s not a jag in the arm
    It’s a nail in the beam
    On this Barren Earth
    You scatter your seed
    Be they Magdelen or Virgin
    You’ve already been
    Yeah you’ve already been
    We’ve already seen
    That the fallen are the virtuous among us
    Walk among us
    If you judge us
    We’re all damned

  • 2. Do You Want To

    Do You Want To

    When I woke up tonight I said I’m
    Going to make somebody love me
    I’m going to make somebody love me
    Now I know
    Now I know
    Now I know
    That it’s you
    You’re lucky lucky you’re so lucky

    Well do you
    Do you
    Do you want to
    Want to go where I’d never let you before

    Well do you
    Do you
    Do you want to
    Want a go of what I’d never let you before

    Well he’s a friend and he’s so proud of you
    He’s a friend and I knew him before you

    He’s a friend and we’re so proud of you
    He’s a friend and I blew him before you

    Here we are at the Transmission party
    I love your friends – they’re all so arty

  • 3. This Boy

    This Boy

    It seems this boy’s bathed in ridicule
    Too forward, way too physical
    It’s time that I had another
    I’m always wanting more if there’s another one
    Give me some more I’ll have another one
    I’ll have a slice of your mother

    This boy is so spectacular
    Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
    I want a car
    I want a car

    I see losers losing everywhere
    If I lose it’ll only be the damn I give for another
    I am complete, invincible
    If I have one set principle
    Then it’s to stand on You, brother

    This boy is so spectacular
    Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
    I want a car
    I want a car

    If I like cocaine I’m racing you
    For organic fresh Echinacia
    One kick’s as good as another
    If tired I’m tired of telling you
    I’m never tired I’m always better than you

    This boy is so spectacular
    Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
    I want a car
    I want a car

  • 4. Walk Away

    Walk Away

    I swapped my innocence for pride
    Crushed the end within my stride
    Said I’m strong now I know that I’m a leaver
    I love the sound of you walking away
    Mascara bleeds a blackened tear
    And I am cold
    Yes, I’m cold
    But not as cold as you are
    I love the sound of you walking away

    Why don’t you walk away?

    Why don’t you walk away?
    No buildings will fall down
    Why don’t you walk away?
    No quake will split the ground
    Why don’t you walk away?
    The sun won’t swallow the sky
    Why don’t you walk away?
    Statues will not cry

    Why don’t you walk away?

  • 5. Evil and a Heathen

    Evil and a Heathen

    Words fall from our mouths
    Like plates from shaking hands
    Smash upon the silence
    Of the smooth naked canal

    I’m evil and a heathen
    I’m a heathen and evil like you
    There’s not a lot I couldn’t do

    I like how you pretend
    That the end will be the end
    So fill your thirst
    Drink a curse
    To the death of death instead

    I’m evil and a heathen
    I’m a heathen and evil like you
    There’s not a lot I wouldn’t do

    Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
    Where the smoke curled round
    Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
    When the Ice blows
    The Ice Flow knocks you

    Your teeth are black with wine
    As you place those lips on mine
    The moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
    On the night of our lives

    I’m evil and a heathen
    I’m a heathen and evil like you
    There’s not a lot we couldn’t do

  • 6. You’re the Reason I’m Leaving

    You’re the Reason I’m Leaving

    Some granite wall
    Numbs our bones, numbs our all
    As we sit on skinny hands
    Nothing to say, nothing at all
    I don’t know you and I don’t want to
    You’re so awkward just like me
    But I don’t care

    You’re the reason I’m leaving

    I ‘d no idea that in four years
    I’d be hanging from a beam
    behind the door of number ten
    Singing fare thee well
    I am leaving
    Yes I leave it all to you

    You’re the reason I’m leaving

    As we ride along under an optimistic sun
    The radio sings that Everybody song by rem
    And Here I Am Fighting Fighting
    Yes I’m Fighting not to cry
    And that’s another reason
    Why I oughta hate you like I do
    Like I do

    I’m the reason you’re leaving

  • 7. Eleanor Put Your Boots On

    Eleanor Put Your Boots On

    Eleanor put those boots back on
    Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
    I know it isn’t dignified to run
    But if you run
    You can run to the Coney Island rollercoaster
    Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water
    Leap until the Gulf Stream’s brought you down

    I could be there when you land

    So Eleanor take a Greenpoint three-point turn
    Towards the hidden sun
    You know you are so elegant when you run
    Oh if you run
    You can run to that statue with the dictionary
    Climb to her fingernail and
    Leap, yeah take an atmospheric leap
    Let the jet stream set you down

    I could be there when you land

    So Eleanor put those boots back on
    Put the boots back on and run
    Come on over here

  • 8. Well That Was Easy

    Well That Was Easy

    Well that was easy waiting
    Everything’s easy now
    The days are Oh So Normal
    But oh, Hannah
    how I miss you
    Now

    I used to lock myself in your bathroom
    Swallowing the codeine kept for your back
    Numb, so numb
    I’d let your words
    Come and come
    So come on –
    Kill me now
    Kill me now
    Kill me now
    Because I’m leaving you now

    That was easy, but how I miss you
    Now

    I watched you clean the filth off your phone dial
    Swallowing the things your finger picked up
    Tongue, your tongue
    I watched your tongue licking on
    Eeuuw
    So come
    Come on tongue
    Ah, come on tongue
    Kill me now
    Kill me now
    Kill me now
    As I’m leaving you now

    That was easy, but how I miss you

  • 9. What You Meant

    What You Meant

    As I took step number four
    Into the close of your tenement
    You cast your darkened eyes so low
    Said we’re cold as the step cement

    But I just don’t know what you meant

    So Alec you may want a pill
    We are so cruel and to communicate
    Without the red stuff being spilled
    We must MDMA our sentiment

    But I just don’t know what you meant

    If we were feckless we’d be fine
    Sucking hard on our innocence
    But we’ve been bright in our decline
    Been left as blackened filament

    But I just don’t know what you meant

    ‘cause I feel blood inside the vein
    I feel life inside the ligament
    I feel alive yeah just the same
    Same vigour and the same intent

    So I just don’t know if that’s what you meant

  • 10. I’m Your Villain

    I’m Your Villain

    You toss in a word
    I’m your villain
    I see the passion emerge
    I’m your villain
    But serious
    You’re so serious
    Like a waiter
    Hating the rich
    But taking their tips

    If I could laugh I’d love you
    If I could smile at anything you said
    We could be laughing lovers
    I think you’d prefer to be miserable instead
    If I could love I’d love you
    If I could love like anybody else

    I know what I am
    I’m your villain
    I don’t give a damn if
    I’m your villain
    Because serious
    You’re so serious
    But I’ve got ready salted
    ready on your belly
    If you want to have fun

    See you later

  • 11. You Could Have It So Much Better

    You Could Have It So Much Better

    The last message you sent
    Said I looked really down
    That I oughta come over
    And talk about it
    Well I wasn’t down
    I just wasn’t smiling at you

    As I look at us now it seems
    That your slapping my back
    as if it’s al alright
    but it’s not
    I’m trying to get up
    But you’re pushing me down
    Yeah you’re pushing me down
    So I’ll get on my own

    Now there’s some grinning goon
    On my TV screen
    Telling us all that
    It’s alright because
    She wears this and
    He said that and
    If you get some of these
    It’ll all be alright
    Yeah if you get some of these
    It’ll all be alright
    Well I refuse
    To be a cynical goon
    Passing the masses
    An easy answer
    Because it won’t be alright
    Oh no it won’t be alright
    It won’t be alright
    Unless you get up
    Come on and get up

    Well I’m just a voice in your earpiece
    Telling you no
    It’s not alright
    You know you could have it so much better
    You could have it so much better
    If you tried

  • 12. Fade Together

    Fade Together

    So far away
    Come on I’ll take you far away
    Let’s get away
    Come on let’s make a get away

    Once you have loved someone this much
    you doubt it could fade
    despite how much you’d like it to
    God how you’d like it to fade

    Let’s fade together

    If we get away
    You know we might just stay away
    So stay awake
    Why the hell should I stay awake?
    When you’re far away
    Oh god you are so far away

    I looked your wall
    Saw that old passport photograph
    I look like I’ve just jumped the Berlin Wall
    Berlin I love you
    I’m starting to fade

    Let’s fade together

  • 13. Outsiders

    Outsiders

    We’ve seen some change
    But we’re still outsiders
    If everybody’s here
    Then hell knows
    We ride alone

    I’ve seen some years
    But you’re still my Caesar
    With everything I feel
    I feel you’ve already been here

    The only difference is all I see is now all that I’ve seen

    It’s bright on the outside
    The bright love the dark side
    I know it’s obvious
    But sometimes
    You just have to say it
    So you don’t feel so weak
    About being such a freak
    Or alone

    In seventeen years
    Will you still be Camille
    Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
    You know what I mean, yeah

    Love’ll die
    Lovers fade
    But you still remain there
    Squeezing in your fingers
    What it means for me to be

    The only difference is what might be is now what might have been

    When you saw me sleeping
    You thought I was dreaming of you
    I didn’t tell you
    That the only dream
    Is Valium for me

    The only difference is that

    What Might Be Is NOW