Björk feat. Thom Yorke - I've seen it all

I've seen it all, I have seen the trees,
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a friend killed by a friend,
And lives that were over before they were spent.
I've seen what I was - I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru!
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall!

And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don't care...

You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, its water, that's all...
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date!
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care...

I've seen it all, I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark.
I've seen what I chose and I've seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all - there is no more to see!

Dead Can Dance - Xavier

Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale
Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane

Hatred enfolds us
Inculcates the minds with it's heresy
Laymen enfold us
Clemency arrives to set you free

Faith
Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways

These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge
Eve bears the stigma of original sin

Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws
Etched in the seam of nature's own hand
Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith

Although Xavier has prayed
That life-giving waters may rain
Down on the souls of man
To cure them of their ways

And as the night turns into day
Will the sun illuminate your way
Or will the nightmares come home to stay
Xavier's love lies in chains

These were the sins of Xavier's past
Hung like jewels in the forest of veils

Depeche Mode - People Are People

People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

So we're different colours
And we're different creeds
And different people have different needs
It's obvious you hate me
Though I've done nothing wrong
I've never even met you so what could I have done

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

Help me understand

Now you're punching
And you're kicking
And you're shouting at me
I'm relying on your common decency
So far it hasn't surfaced
But I'm sure it exists
It just takes a while to travel
From your head to your fists

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

People are people
So why should it be
You and I should get along so awfully

I can't understand
What makes a man
Hate another man
Help me understand

Cocteau Twins - Tishbite

I'm at a loss
And don't know what to do
Feel like a waterless Nile

Could you just hold me
I don't feel safe enough to solve 'em
Daring to sensation

A fable look what happens when
I don't risk losing you
There's no guarantee
How are we to know
If the response is coming
I'm in the wrong place

Is it like a, is it like a
Is it like a dream
Or does it, or does it
Seem grounded and real

Is it like a, is it like a
Is it like a dream
Or does it, or does it
Seem grounded and real

I feel a connection
A deep connection
But it's not reflected

In time spent together
It's reflected cycle
Clear imaginary

Is it like a, is it like a
Is it like a dream
(This mountain of pleasure)
Or does it, or does it
Seem grounded and real
(oh oh I want to get lost in it)
Is it like a, is it like a
Is it like a dream
(Sleeping like a baby)
Or does it, or does it
Seem grounded and real
(Still you're asleep, still you're asleep)
Is it like a, is it like a
Is it like a dream
Or does it, or does it
Seem grounded and real

Until I don't know where you end
And I begin
Until I just carry it in me
Carry it in me
Carry it in me
I want to get lost in it

Cowboy Junkies - To Love Is To Bury

I buried him down by the river
'cause that's where he liked to be
And every night when the moon is high
I go there and weep openly

He and I were married
By this river 'neath this willow tree
And with God and friends witnessing it
He pledged his life to me

To me he was Earth
and I rooted in his soil
I to he was Sky vast and free
Of the burdens from which he toiled

Then one night a terrible fight
Words spoken better left unsaid
With his wedding vows ringing in my ears
He gave his life to me

They say to love is to bury
Those demons from which we all hide
But tonight by this river 'neath this willow tree
Becoming one of Earth and Sky

Death Cult - God's Zoo

I know right from the callous wrong
Hands in others' pockets to fill their own
You know I’m pretty confused watching you
'Cause I’m pretty confused watching you
'Cause I’m pretty confused I just stagger around in god's zoo in god's zoo
Your filthy fingers
They are trying to scratch
She won't walk away from
'Cause I’m pretty confused watching you
'Cause I’m pretty confused as I crawl around in god's zoo in god's zoo
Right in the middle of
Right in the middle of
This is such a big bonfire
It's getting higher
With you on the top
I can't wait to see fire I can't wait to see you burning
I can't wait to see you burn I can't wait to see you burning
Feel this winter of your discontentment
Spill your thoughts from your head as we're dropping down
Like flies like flies like flies like flies
Like flies like flies like flies like flies
Flies flies flies flies flies flies flies flies flies flies flies flies
Flies flies flies flies flies flies

Echo & The Bunnymen - Stormy Weather

Hope you're feeling better now
Hope you got my letter, how?
Is my stormy weather now gonna change?

Can I 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

Baby, ever wondered why?
I could make you laugh and cry?
Eclipsing all your summer skies some things never change

And I need it more than love
And I love it more than life
And I want those stars above to shine this night

You want it?
You got it
There's nothing chained down
You need it?
I'll steal it
Just put your name down
I'll put my name down

Hope you're feeling better now
Hope you got my letter how
Is my stormy weather now
Is my stormy weather now

Can I be like everyone?
Pretending that there's nothing wrong?
Remember when we walked upon
Remember when we walked upon
Remember when we walked upon
Remember when we walked upon
Clouds that never rain
Every cloud must drain

And I need it more than love
And I love it more than life
And I want those stars above to shine this night

You want it?
You've got it
There's nothing chained down
You need it?
I'll steal it
Just put your name down
I'll put my name down
You want it?
You've got it
Now I know it's to you I'm bound
You need it?
Godspeed it
Just put your name down
I'll put my name down

How's my stormy weather now?
How's the stormy weather now?
How's the stormy weather now?
How's my stormy weather now?
How's the stormy weather now?
How's my stormy weather now?

How's my stormy weather?

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Salvation

So Jesus left you lonely
Feels like nothing’s really holy
No one no one hears your calling
Falling everything is falling

Do you feel alive?
Can you feel alive?
Do you feel alive?
Can you feel alive?

So Jesus left you lonely
Feels like nothings really holy
No one no one hears your calling
Falling everything is falling

Do you feel alive?
Can you feel alive?
Do you feel alive?
Can you feel alive?

Try so hard just to speak to you
Nothing ever seems to come through
Circumstances on the breaking back
Try to sit down is a therapy

Oh salvation
Oh salvation

Do you feel alive?
Can you feel alive?
Do you feel alive?
Can you feel alive?

The Young Gods - Did you miss me?

Did you miss me, while I was away?
Oh, did you hang my picture on your wall?
Did you miss me, while I was gone,
Although you couldn't see me at all?

Did you miss me, while I was away?
Oh, did you hang my picture on your nose?
Did you miss me, while I was gone,
Although you couldn't see me at all?

Hello, oh hello, it's good to be back, good to be back.
Hello, oh hello, it's good to be back, good to be back.

Did you miss me, while I was away?
Oh, did you hang my picture on your nose?
Oh, did you miss me, while I was gone,
Although you couldn't see me at all?

Did you miss me? (Yeah!)
Oh, did you miss me? (Yeah!)
Oh, did you miss me? (Yeah!)
Oh, did you miss me?

Hello, oh oh hello, it's good to be back, good to be back.
Hello, girl, hello, it's good to be back, good to be back.
(Gary Glitter)

The White Stripes- One More Cup Of Coffee

Your breath is sweet
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky.
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
On the pillow where you lie.
But I don't sense affection
No gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above.

One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below.

Your daddy he's an outlaw
And a wanderer by trade
He'll teach you how to pick and choose
And how to throw the blade
He oversees his kingdom
So no stranger does intrude
His voice it trembles as he calls out
For another plate of food

One more cup of coffee for the road,
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below

Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself
You've never learned to read or write
There's no books upon your shelf.
A nd your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark

One more cup of coffee for the road,
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below

(originally recorded by Bob Dylan)

Violent Femmes - Old Mother Reagan

Old Mother Reagan
And her crew
Took away
From me and you
I hope she goes far away
She better go far away
Y'know it ain't right
When it's all wrong
This is the Old Mother Reagan
Protest song
Old Mother Reagan
She's so dumb
She's so dangerous
How come...
Old Mother Reagan went to heaven
But at the pearly gates
She was stopped!

Vampire Weekend - Horchata

In December, drinking horchata
I'd look psychotic in a balaclava
Winter's cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals

In December, drinking horchata
Look down your glasses at that aranciata
With lips and teeth to ask how my day went
Boots and fists to pound on the pavement

Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on

You'd remember drinking horchata
You'd still enjoy it with your foot on masada

Winter's cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals

Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
Oh you had it but oh no you lost it
Looking back you shouldn't have fought it

In December, drinking horchata
I'd look psychotic in a balaclava

But winter's cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals
Years go by and hearts start to harden
Those palms and firs that grew in your garden
Are falling down and nearing the rosebeds
The roots are shooting up through the tool shed
Those lips and teeth that asked how my day went
Are shouting up through cracks in the pavement

Here comes a feeling you thought you'd forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
Oh you had it but oh no you lost it
You understood so you shouldn't have fought it

U2 - All I Want Is You

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.

You say you'll give me a highway with no-one on it
Treasure, just to look upon it
All the riches in the night.

You say you'll give me eyes in the moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness
A harbour in the tempest.
All the promises we make, from the cradle to the grave
When all I need is you.

You say you want your love to work out right
To last with me through the night.

You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold
Your love not to grow cold.
All the promises we break, from the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you.

Agua de Annique - Come wander with me

He said
Come wander with me, Love
Come wander with me
Away from this sad world
Come wander with me

He came from the sunset
He came from the sea
He came from my sorrow
And can love only me

Oh where is the wanderer
Who wandered this way
He's passed on his wandering
And will never go away

He sang of a sweet love
Of dreams that would be
But I was sworn to another
And could never be free

This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo

I first saw you
You had on blue jeans
Your eyes couldn't hide anything

I saw you breathing, oh

I saw you staring out in space

I next saw you
You was at the party
Thought you was a queen
Oh so flirty

I came against

Didn't say excuse
Knew what I was doing
We looked very fine
'Cause we were leaving

Like Saint Joan
Doing a cool jerk
Oh, I want you
Oh, I want you
Like a kangaroo

The Gathering - On Most Surfaces

The frost hits me in the eyes
And wakes me
These are blury winters
And I cannot see

I walk into the white light of the snow
When the sun comes
I break it with my shadow
Which tales me where I go

The frost hits me in the eye
And wakes me

I am the snow falling down on you
I tear up your face with my frost
And make you run to somewhere warm
When I come I see you get away
I burst out about your emptiness

The frost hits me in the eye
And wakes me
These are blurry winters
and I cannot see

The Mission - Dance On Glass

Run you ragged
Torn and jagged
Sharp tongued, ripped and ragged
Couldn't find the party line
Gee whiz, it's happy time
Mirror, mirror, reflects me hazy
The heat's on, I'm running round crazy
Here's the road, didn't miss a trick
While you trash the punch and kick
I'll kiss the lips that sealed your fate
I'll bring you flowers and place them on your grave

Dreaming of colours, swamped in dust
Sweet dreams all covered in rust
Looking at heaven, gladdest ghosts seen
Turn to kill this crazy dream
You are revered for your work with ink and mirrors
You are renouned for bringing me steel and power

So dance, dance, dance on
Dance, dance, dance, dance on glass
Dance, dance, dance on
Dance, dance, dance
Dance on glass

Shadow Boxing, mild and meek
Send me flowers, tongue in cheek
Medicine man cast a spell
Head spins round, kiss and tell

So dance, dance, dance on
Dance, dance, dance, dance on glass
Dance, dance, dance on
Dance, dance, dance
Dance on glass

Cheeks on fire, dance on glass
A touch of magic, a hint of class
Dress in leather, play in the dark
Pain and torture leave their mark
Take no prisoners, smash the light
Lunatic fringe, kiss and bite
Wild promise, cheeks are red
Battle cry, and then it's off to bed
You've taken my heart and ripped it from my sleeve
Hold it in your hands
Grip your fingers and it starts to bleed

So dance, dance, dance on
Dance, dance, dance, dance on glass
Dance, dance, dance on
Dance, dance, dance,
Dance on glass

You shudder at a touch

The Cure - The Hanging Garden

Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In the hanging garden
Please don't speak
In the hanging garden
No one sleeps

Catching haloes on the moon
Gives my hands the shapes of angels
In the heat of the night
The animals scream
In the heat of the night
Walking into a dream...

Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals cry
In the hanging garden

Creatures kissing in the rain
Shapeless in the dark again
In a hanging garden
Change the past
In a hanging garden
Wearing furs and masks...

Fall fall fall fall
Into the walls
Jump jump out of time
Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky
Cover my face as the animals die
In the hanging garden

In the hanging garden

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Cracking up

Some said I was a freak
I am a freak
They said I was weak
I am a freak
They said I was in-com-plete
I am a freak
I am a freak

Hey, I got the eyes of a man that's being cut
I got the view of a rat king's son
I guess I'm new and I don't know what to do
I'll judge you fine in my mind in my...

I'm cracking up
Cracking up
Cracking up

One said I was a priest
I am a priest
They said I was least
I am a priest
They said I was in-com-plete
I am a priest
I am a freak

I'm cracking up
Cracking up
Cracking up

We're cracking up
Cracking up
Cracking up

(freak freak freak freak freeaak)

The National - Brainy

I’ve been draggin around from the end of your coat for two weeks
Everywhere you go is swirlin, everything you say has water under it

You know I keep your fingerprints in a pink folder in the middle of my table
You’re the tall kingdom I surround
Think I better follow you around

You might need me more than you think you will
Come home in the car you love, brainy brainy brainy

I’ve been draggin around from the end of your coat for two weeks
You keep changing you’re fancy fancy mind every time I decide to let go

I was up all night again, boning up and reading the American dictionary
You’ll never believe me what I found
Think I better follow you around

You might need me more than you think you will
Come home in the car you love, brainy brainy brainy
You might need me more than you think you will
Come home in the car you love, brainy brainy brainy

The Cure - The Figurehead

Sharp and open
Leave me alone
And sleeping less every night
As the days become heavier and weighted
Waiting
In the cold light
A noise
A scream tears my clothes as the figurines tighten
With spiders inside them
And dust on the lips of a vision of hell
I laughed in the mirror for the first time in a year

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
You mean nothing
You mean nothing

I can lose myself in Chinese art and American girls
All the time
Lose me in the dark
Please do it right
Run into the night
I will lose myself tomorrow
Crimson pain
My heart explodes
My memory in a fire
And someone will listen
At least for a short while...

I can never say no to anyone but you

Too many secrets
Too many lies
Writhing with hatred
Too many secrets
Please make it good tonight...
But the same image haunts me
In sequence
In despair of time

I will never be clean again
I touched her eyes
Pressed my stained face
I will never be clean again

Touch her eyes
Press my stained face
I will never be clean again

I will never be clean again

The Smiths - Please, please, please, let me get what I want

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

Haven't had a dream in a long time
See, the life I've had
Can make a good man bad

So for once in my life
Let me get what I want
Lord knows, it would be the first time
Lord knows, it would be the first time