Hold me mother
In your healing hands
My hair's burned away
And I drove a nurse insane today
I been so troublesome
But my war ain't won
Till my father holds my son
Hold me Mother
My face is black and I'm blue
With all this electrocution
I sit all day and think of you
And I don't talk sometimes
They say I'm out of line
But what was my crime?
Can you be all I want you to be?
Can you be all I want you to be?
I'd like a child that I could sit beside you
I'd run a million miles to bring him home to show you
And hope he'll be all you want him to be
O, mother
Hold me mother
Hold me mother
Hold me mother
Holy Mother
Do you control this atmosphere?
This space is crushing
And I'm climbing the walls in here
Cause I can't see the sun
My war is won
When my father holds my son
Christine
So he looks out of the window,
Curses the clouds and breaks down
Then climbs back in the picture,
Pulls back the shade then turns around
But she's not listening anymore
So he paces the floor
And she's covering her ears
As he stumbles through the tears,
"Christine,
There's nothing to keep me here,
We live in hope,
But I've grown so restless over the years,
Fuck this town!
I don't want to be here
when they start to pull it down".
And she says,
"Maybe we've seen much better days,
But baby, don't listen what the others say,
We'll break the back of it,
Smooth out all the cracks in it,
And never leave us far behind.
For this world is fill of strangers,
Who'll cut you as soon as look at you
And I'd hate to see you hurt,
I just don't know what I'd do
And this England's divide
Only exists within your eyes,
I'd hate to go so far
To be worse off than we are"
"Christine,
Forever the optimist,
We've grown so cold
There's got to be more than this
And all the things you've said
Are getting lost in my burning head".
And she says,
"Maybe you think you know the score,
But baby, don't say anymore,
We'll break the back of it,
Smooth out all the cracks in it,
And never, forever leave us far behind".
This nightmare never ends
This nightmare never ends
this nightmare never ends, my love.
"Is there any point in wanting
peace on this earth or happiness?
And what's the use in wishing?
The more I wish for, the less I get".
Inc
I've watched ambitious lips
Kiss the man we've elected
And watched him grind his hips
While she lay unaffected.
One day, she'll be his co-star.
Push it! Push it!
Push it! Push it!
She's so elusive now,
Phone's disconnected
He's not conclusive now
To the life she's selected
She lives but breathes no answers.
Push it! Push it!
Push it! Push it!
Dustbins
You may hold no hope,
But I've seen those shooting stars
Waiting to land
Here in my hands.
But you've held the sun
And watched it turn to sand
And you tell me you've been there
But I look and you're nowhere.
You used to be a sight to see
Till the future came calling,
Now you've forgotten.
Lost without trace,
Crossed every line
But lost every race
Cast out by your friends,
Thrown from every bar,
Cool in the rain,
Cool in the rain.
I remember a Summer
When the world was at your feet,
And you tell me you've been there,
But I look and you're nowhere.
Nowhere to run, you've had your fun,
No-one to pick up the pieces
Now you're forgotten,
Lost without trace,
Crossed every line
But lost every race
And you tell me you've been there
But I look and you're nowhere
Nowhere.
Minaret (instrumental)
Black Ice
Brake
I brake,
But I can't see the obstruction
I shake,
But on the outside look so calm
I stay alive
Through all the self-destruction
And I wake
But I sleep through the alarm
This man sits on a fence
Cause these facts don't make no sense
But I've never been another
And fact? -
Fact is only fiction
And if I could
I'd shoot my writer dead
He set me up
To live in contradiction
And I want to run
But I stand still instead
And your wheels
Have steered me to distraction
I'm driven home
In cars I can't afford
The people here
Wonder at my actions,
I want to leave
But can't get past the door
Sundays
Grinfixer
A polished programme set in motion
Nerves affray in all directions
To take the bite out of the fight
Take two capsules over ice.
Touching down on rollerskates
My bags begin to weigh
To help me make them light
Two more capsules over ice
Inclined against the wall
Try to make it down the hall
One more task with the key
Slip the catch and I'm home-free
But all is flashing, spitting red,
A massive throbbing in my head
Grope and grasp an go for more
Two more tabs, I'm on the floor.
This time I've gone too far,
Took a ride without the car