There are those who are silent yet who talk all of the time
Their faces never really show the way their quiet footsteps go
And when I greet them my mask is just the same
I put no trust in the crooked and the lame
If you want to walk just get up on your feet
And if you want to talk just open your mouth and speak
What is the ugly secret that you cherish in you heart?
The truth you can't stand, that drives you from the land of the living
The land of the living

A smile is not a friendship and those heart-felt words are cheap
They are as shallow as a puddle in the street
Like the tear drops that you shed for the humble and the weak
As you float over their bodies to the promised land you seek
Where there is no one to ask you who you are or what you've done
You're a face without a name with nothing to explain
Oh, the dead who walk among us, what they take they don't give back
See their hollow smiling faces as they ride upon the backs of the living
The land of the living
Addition and subtraction is a cold and sober art
But there is no place for taking stock in matters of the heart
Either you are genuine or you are not
You either mean the things you say or cut the ties and drift away
Inflated with self-righteousness, afloat upon the wind
But for all your bloated virtues, I wouldn't give a sin
My allegiance is to those who are alive
Those who wear it on their sleeve, who do not run and do not hide
Foolish little monkeys playing in the land of the living the
Land of the living

THE RIVER

When I speak the words I repeat 
Are lost within this roaring 
And when I call your eyes turn to me 
But what are they exploring ? 
Hidden shapes that pass fast away 
Upon the waters streaming 
And what I see I just cannot say 
There is no one to heed me

I could say that I am sorry 
But what forgiveness lies before me ? 
In the river 

Those who know me know all too well 
All my sins and failings 
But brother dear, how could I tell ? 
The course that I was sailing 

In the flood, before my eyes 
I see the face that I despise 
In the river 

It's mine, it's mine 
Drifting far away 

I can see you're not very strong 
As the current sweeps you past me 
And I can see your head going down 
As helpless your cries find me 
"Help me! Save me! Lend me a hand!
Pull me out! Pull me out!
Save me! Save me! Give me your hand! 
Pull me out! Pull me out!" 

I would save you, give my life 
But it's already sacrificed 
To the river 

It's gone, it's gone 
Drifting far away 

Mothers tell your children the truth 
Don't hide the fate that's waiting 
When you're born you start to drown 
There's no help, no safety 

First a gift of love is given 
Then the winds rise, the sails are riven 
On the river

MACHINE

I don't like to see you cry 
You're alone and I know why 
I can free your life from sin 
Open up and let me in 
Let me, let me, let me, come in 

Machine, I'm a good machine 
Machine, I'm a good machine 
On you I lean, I lean, I lean, I lean, on you I lean 
Machine, I'm a good machine 

Believe in one another 
Depend on one another 
Be good to one another 
I am the other 
I'm a good machine 
Machine, I'm a good machine 

I love it, believe me, you know it's true 
Believe me, I know it, you'll love it too 
I mean it, I see it, I know it's true 
I see it, I know it, you'll love it too 

When we walk and talk about it 
Talk together, I feel fine 
When we walk and talk about it 
Talk together, walk in line 
We walk together, talk about it
Talk together, I feel fine 
We talk about it, walk together
Talk together, I walk in line
I guess I'm alright 
Oh, yeah, alright, alright 
You know I'm ok 
Ok, alright, alright 
Oh, yeah, it's alright 
Alright  alright alright 
I'm ok, it's alright, I feel fine, it's o.k, it's alright, in fact it's fine 

I'm a big machine 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
Machine, I'm a good machine 
Of thee I sing, I sing, of thee I sing 
Machine, I'm a good machine 

Believe in one another 
Depend on one another 

Be good to one another 
I am the other 
I'm a good machine 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 

I love it, I made it, it's what I do 
You know it, you've seen it, it looks like you 
Don't you just love it, it's just like you
I love it, you love it, you know it's true 

When we walk... 

Look at me and watch yourself 
Everyone is someone else 
When you speak the echoes chime 
The voice is yours but the words are mine 
All mine, all mine, all mine, all mine 

Machine 

MADNESS AND DEATH

There are no words that can describe
The joy I feel just in being alive
And when I look inside of me I see
Love, faith and fidelity 
Within the dark night of the soul 
There lies a hidden, warming glow 
And if that glow were blue and white 
Could you sleep dreamless through the night? 
But if that glow were red and black 
Would you want your money back? 

It's hard enough, hard enough 
Just to survive, just to be alive 

Madness, madness, madness and death 
Respect, humility, respect 
Madness and death 

All you see and all you know 
Hangs from a stick before your nose 
The bread of life, all that you wish 
Is lying at your fingertips 
If all you see is what you want 
And what you see is what you get 
Then cease your searching, low and high 
Listen to my whispered lies 
Ask for nothing 
Close your eyes 

It's hard enough, hard enough 
Just to survive, just to be alive 
SURPRISE!

Madness, madness, madness and death 
Respect, humility, respect 
Madness and death 

KILL EVERYONE NOW

Here it is lonely 
Here where I lie 
Here it is empty 
Here in my heart 
Here there is no one 
Here where I am 
Here it is empty 
Here in my heart 
Here where I lie 

Grab the handle 
Cock the hammer 
Pull the trigger 
Change the channel 
Grab the handle 
Cock the hammer 
Change the channel 
Pull the trigger 

Kill everyone now 
Please, kill everyone now 
Kill everyone now 

I guess they'll be breast-feeding in space soon 
Remember, a stitch in time saves precious bodily fluids 
There is no future without - Plastic! Plastic! Plastic! 
Chairman mao was a great cook, he fed all of china
One billion
Two billion 
Three billion 
Four billion 
Five billion 
Six billion 
Served, served, served, served 
Would you like fries with that, ma'am? 
How 'bout a sundae? 

Here it is lonely... 

Kill everyone now 

I NEED YOU

I want to come home now 
I've been away too long 
I want to come back 
I'm too sick at heart and scared to go 
I can't pretend any more 
To you i can't pretend 
I need a friend 
I can't be alone any more 

I need you   I need you 

Now cut off, apart, isolated 
In my pride, in my hatred 
My face is sad and afraid 
Black in the sun and white in the shade 
The night reflects it 
In every window i pass 
In evrey pane of glass 
I can't last, like this, i can't last 

I need you   I need you now

All those i pushed away 
They walk with me, live in me now 
And the silence of what i never said 
Screams in my ears and pounds in my head 
But when i look at you 
I know i could never lie 
You see all of me when i look into your eyes 

I need you   I need you now I

Woke up dreaming that i was dead 
Beside you on the bed 
I smoothed my hand across your hip 
And lingered with my fingertips 
From beyond, from far away 
Blessing where the shadows lay 
I whispered what i could not say 
How you took my breath away 

There is no world and i am a shadow 
You are no woman and i am noman 
There are only eyes and arms and hands 
The eyes that cut me out 
The arms that hold me round T
he hands that reach out to pick me up 
And lift me from the ground 
Go ahead, raise me from mud 
Then in the light burn me down 
And whether i live forever, heaven sent 
Or am doomed to die, earth bound, it doesn't matter 
You may let the years drip from my face 
As the world turns round and round 
But as long as i can breath 
Can lift my voice and make a sound 
In everything i am, in everything i do 
A am your servant, i need you 

I need you    I need you now 

SLOWLY MELTING

Our floating houses, on molten granite 
Our liquid planet 
It is a home for us all 
I'm firmly planted, my earth is solid 
I feel a presence 

But there is nothing at all 
I wanted something, down here is something 
It's really something 
But there's nothing at all 

Slowly melting 
We're  Slowly melting 

Seed to tree, earth to birth 
We are surrounded 
We flourish in the decay 
We mark the seconds and count the hours 
Cross off the days 
Of what is slipping away 
We start out loudly and go in circles 
All things converging 
We find an end to each day 

Slowly melting 
We're Slowly melting 

The sun is burning, the earth is turning 
The earth is dying 
It's slowly melting away 
We start to finish, the fuel exhausted 
And once I had it 
But now it's passing away 
If there is nothing, what is that presence? 
I'm slowly melting 
But what is slipping away? 

Slowly melting 
We're  Slowly melting 

LULLABY

Let the bells ring out 
Let the bells ring out 
The hero is dead and the children are in bed 
Let the bells ring out

All around, people in the town, they be dancing in the streets 
Young and old, the lame and the whole, they be dancing in the streets 
Everybody be moving, everybody get high 
Everybody be moving, everybody get high

CATS, SEX AND NAZIS

I spy with my lizard eye and everything I see is a lie 
You know when I told you I would never lie well, that was the first time 
Take all the pleasures that you seek 
May my heart be full and still be bleak 
Cold and alone, hard as stone 
Like a fuck when there is no one home 
Beauty and fame are meaningless beside 
The ability to kill with a look of your eye 
But I defy you to see through me 
Nothing is all that you will see 

Cats, sex and Nazis 
That's why they call me Mr. Happy 
Are you a believer? - well I'm a deceiver 
But I lied when I said that honesty was dead 
I really believe all the things I say to you 
It's just that none of them are true 

Zombies eat human flesh 
Which part do you like the best? 
I like the heart the best 
Zombies eat human flesh 
 

If I haven't done all that I could do to hurt you 
It's because my love is true 
Or because my feelings are a lie 
And we live just to suffer and die 
I'll put a guarantee on all the beauty that I see 
The first, the best, the first of the best 
All those whose souls are the ugliest 
Hopelessly lost in their bitterness 
Love me and you shall be free to join my eternal captivity 
Just don't ask me if I believe all this bull 
My head is empty but my bowels are full
I don't really think this way 
I did yesterday, but not today 

Cats, sex and Nazis... 

Zombies eat human flesh... 

I spy with my lizard eye and everything I say is a lie 
And what about you? What will you do? 
When the sound of my voice touches you 
When you hear me say, "This is true." 
And the sounds of my voice touches you 
This is true, this is true, 
The sounds of my voice touches you 
This is true, this is true! 
This is true, this is true! 
Cats, sex and Nazis that's why they call me Mr. Happy
Why do I keep saying this over and over all the time? 
Because it rhymes, moron 
What do you want to hear now, a love song? 
Are you in love? 
Is it politically correct? 
Or are you just another fucking reject? 
Are you getting all of this? 
Or is there something you have missed? 

Zombies eat human flesh... 

Do you know why they call me Mr. Happy? 
Because I'm so fucking 
Smart