| the city at night
- lyrics |
| OBSESSIVE
COMPULSIVE |
| What’s the obsession
it’s this I was sure a chemical dependence we’ll take
care of it we’ll take care of it clinical depression we’ve
got your prescription what’s the addiction your prediction
you need medication to turn it off turn it on turn it off turn it
on turn it off turn it on you’re self deprecating you need
help medicating a psychotropical haze a metabolical maze this is
it this is it this is it this is it this is it shoot shoot on the
radio what’s the obsession it’s this I was sure a chemical
dependence we’ll take care of it we’ll take care of
it a clinical depression we’ve got your prescription what’s
the addiction your prediction this is the one this is the one this
is the one this is the one this is the one this is the one shoot
shoot on the radio let’s live for each other no eyes for another
let’s give away all our friends and forget them mouth to mouth
suffocation lock the house lock ourselves in close your eyes pick
up the receiver don’t set it down until you hear that sound…
I need you more than this I need you more than this I need you more
than this I need you more than this I need you more than this I
need you more than this shoot shoot on the radio. |
| LOS
ANGELES |
| The city is cold half of the
year it makes me feel old and fear fall asleep at the wheel cause
I’m driving to get away from here there’s gold solid
gold to be found enough to go around it’s never cold never
cold the sun keeps you young and you never grow old los angeles
California close to the coast we’ll be together there’s
angels in California to cut your face up and tape it back together
to break your teeth and replace them in perfect wether cut up your
eyes and they won’t think twice tuck you in a nice grin keep
you thin keep your sins los angeles California I’m comin’
for ya’ there angels in California close to the coast and
we’ll be together los angeles CA you’re so beautiful
today one in a million just like you and me and everyone else can
you feel it a star crossed lover’s tale where every other
fails where every other fails los angeles California I’m comin’
for ya’ there’s angels in California close to the coast
and we’ll be together stick with what you know drink champagne
and let go los angeles California I’m comin’ for ya’
there’s angels in California close to the coast and we’ll
be together |
| SATELLITE
DELAY |
| Directed distraction intended
receiver lost concentration I wish you could see her hey this is
living hey this is just what you wanted hey this is living hey this
is what I can give you you’re not so far away a half second
apart you’re not so far away a half second relay hey this
is living hey this is just what you wanted hey this is living hey
this is what I can give you satellite delay you’re not so
far away a half second apart you’re not so far away a half
second relay a perfect attraction intended receiver a perfect distraction
I really wish you could see her satellite delay hey this is living
hey this is the furthest place from here hey this is living hey
this is just what you wanted to hear satellite delay… |
| THE
DEEPER I GO THE DARKER IT GETS |
| Chained to an anchor it’s
pulling me under this is so deep it’s getting darker breath
in deep I can’t reach the surface I know this is where I’ll
die if I can’t reach the surface can I see you again in your
dreams you said or when one of us is dead hold you in my arms again
I don’t care if you’re there I don’t care if you’re
there kiss kiss I hope you still dream of me like I dream of you
I’ll be with you again asleep and safe from your goodbyes
away from your eyes I swear if you let me kiss you one last time
I’ll be alright I’ll be alright I’ll be alright
I’ll be alright I can’t keep this together I can’t
stay here forever I’ll see you in my dreams |
| CONTROL
MONUMENTAL |
| This is monumental ripped
at the seams this is the one thing invading my dreams I can’t
even feel it terrifies me I think it could kill me I’m in
too deep lost in this motion and you can’t go back crossing
this ocean you believed you believed in me control your ego control
your fascist sense control your best lines leave a line to the rest
of the world this is an explosion we’re deaf from this sound
blind from the fanfare there’s no one around something is
broken you promised a crack a code and it’s open this combination
is hack this is a muse an anchor this is monumental it’s the
rest we must impress you confessed it was just a guess and if you
break down you will sink and drown the rest you guessed would follow
control your ego control your fascist sense control your best lines
leave a line to the rest of the world somewhere there’s a
sound a deafening sound to make you come around somewhere under
ground to bring you back down you can’t hold us down you will
never get out of this control your ego control your fascist sense
control your best lines leave a line to the rest of the world |
| ART
|
I miss all my old friends as
they were before I miss all the cities as they were before I miss
all the daytimes spent with some old friends but I know everything
must end you live like shit and suffer for your art… is that
what you call it is that what you call it? she said you live like
shit and suffer for your art… is that what you call it is
that what you call it? that’s messed up and it’s fucking
depressing how much of this must you put up with and how times do
I have to say stay away? and how many friends must I go through
and how many lies must I put you through you live like shit and
suffer for your art… is that what you call it is that what
you call it? It wouldn’t be art if you didn’t starve
yourself to death she said it wouldn’t be art if you didn’t
starve yourself to death she said that’s messed up and it’s
fucking depressing when was the last time that you’ve seen
the sun and I don’t mean at sunset when you’re just
waking up and I don’t mean at sunrise when you’re still
up from the night before when was the last time that you felt good
as deep as you are through hours of my time and minutes of daylight
glimpse yourself thin pale soft and white and sick as hell live
like shit and suffer for your art is that what you call it is that
what you call it she said you live like shit and suffer for your
art is that what you call it is that what you call it she said and
that’s messed up and it’s fucking depressing |
| CAN”T
STOP |
| Can’t stop dancing can’t
stop dancing can’t stop dancing gravity is holding me down
I can’t stop giving up and giving in I can’t get up
or get any higher I can’t stop shaking I can’t stop
moving this air is thick it’s making me sick I can’t
stop running around I can’t stop moving around I can’t
stop running around in circles I can’t stop running around
I can’t stop getting down I can’t stop running around
in circles it’s running me down I can’t stop running
around I can’t stop moving around I can’t stop moving
around in circles I can’t stop dancing can’t stop dancing
can’t stop dancing gravity is holding me down I can’t
get up and I can’t get down can’t get right into the
sound gravity is holding me down giving up and giving in I can’t
get up or get any higher I can’t stop stop shaking I can’t
stop moving this air is thick it’s making me sick I can’t
stop running around I can’t stop moving around I can’t
stop running around in circles I can’t stop running around
I can’t stop moving around I can’t stop running around
in circles it’s running me down… |
| DANGEROUS |
| Your eyes they do deceive
you in my own I can ‘t believe you but I don’t care
I don’t care that I’m nowhere near you through the receiver
I can still hear you in your voice I can hear you wouldn’t
look at me dear if I were there you wouldn’t look into my
eyes it’s dangerous for us to keep on writing each other and
I don’t care I don’t care when you drive so far away
when you drive so far today into the sun you’ve gotta’
run you can stay one more day I can show you how c’mon babe
just a day you can’t leave me now it’s dangerous for
us to keep on writing each other when we both have another how can
you sin in your skin you’re so thin you’re so young
and so numb a perfect one a perfect stare but you’re so barely
there I would share but I don’t even care if it was fate to
stay in contact could you wait until I got back it’s too late
to step back could you wait until I got back it’s dangerous
for us to keep on writing each other when we both have another |
| FIRE |
| I will set fire to this city I
will burn this city down all the way down to the ground street level
I will set fire to the night I’ll make you feel alright all
the way down to the ground street level I will get higher tonight
in this city touch the ceiling you know the feeling I will get higher
this is right we’ll be alright touch the ceiling you know the
feeling cause an explosion bring it down blow it apart get ready for
a new start cause an explosion a perfect explosion get ready for a
new start cause a commotion rock steady to the sound we’re calling
everyone around start a riot get ready to bring it down we’re
calling everyone around start a riot but keep it quiet get ready we’re
starting right now straight from the ground to the ceiling this is
the sound get the feeling the roof is on fire step back get back it’s
coming down burn it down to the ground burn it down to the sound burn
it down street level straight from the ground to the ceiling this
is the sound get the feeling the roof is on fire this roof can’t
hold us down |
| WAKE
UP |
| Stop your heart stops you
shake you’re awake you sweat what’s the threat give
in the situation is grim stop about to explode make you come right
outta’ your clothes keep the beat to yourself save it for
someone else stop about to explode make you come right outta’
your clothes
ENTER URBAN MYTH OF KERBLOKI
Wake up wake up wake up
ENTER JB OF KERBLOKI
Wake up wake up wake up
Stop about to explode make you come right outta’ your clothes
keep the beat to yourself save it for someone else stop about to
explode make you come right outta’ your clothes |
| NEXT
WAVE |
| I know it’s in the fashion
you feign and you say it doesn’t matter anyway the city at
night is alright when you close your eyes it’s alright when
you close your eyes tonight do you feel just right take me to the
next wave I know it’s in the fashion you craqve you say it
just doesn’t matter I’m drowning in this it’s
shaking my body it keeps me awake oh it makes me shake it’s
a drug I can’t take the city at night is alright when you
close your eyes it’s alright when you close your eyes tonight
do you feel alright take me to the next wave I know it’s the
fashion you rave you say it doesn’t matter anyway a contstant
reminder a new love a constant divider new blood another outsider
a sign from above to take you higher take me to the next wave I
see all the things you try to hide plastic lies and made up eyes
another innuendo another false crescendo to take you higher I know
it’s in the fashion you feign and you say it just doesn’t
matter the city at night is alright when you close your eyes it’s
alright when you close your eyes tonight do you feel just right
take me to the next wave take me to the next wave… |
| GIFT |
Some kind of a scene skin so
soft so smooth and you so beautiful you so beautiful your smile
and your laughter you move with me and you move me you move me you
move me under the blankets in your bedroom I’ll keep you warm
my hand on your shoulders your hair in my mouth so let’s just
kiss and say merry Christmas let’s go for a drive and check
out the lights let’s go for a drive into this night let’s
cut down a tree let’s take all the trees and put ‘em
in your house hey I thought you were sleeping hey I thought you
were bleeding hey I thought you were needing me hey I thought you
were bleeding hey I thought we could be you and me hey I thought
we could be my hand on your head and a hand in my pocket and you
a lit cigarette and a bottle of wine red wine for Christmas time
don’t you love this life don’t you love this life I’ll
do what I can I’ll sing you to sleep and if you wake up I’ll
kiss you back to sleep and every morning I’ll love you more
than the night before something about Christmas makes me love you
more merry Christmas for all the christmas’ we missed I know
this Christmas will be the first Christmas we kiss I thought you
were sleeping hey I I thought you were bleeding hey I thought you
were needing me hey I thought you were bleeding hey I thought we’d
be leaving together hey I thought you could help me get through
this merry Christmas baby every Christmas I’ll make you happy
so merry Christmas for all the christmas’s we missed this
Christmas will be the first Christmas we kiss under the blankets
in your bedroom my lips on your neck and you so right |
| TOKYO
(she’s leaving today) |
| Under a blanket in my apartment
with no heat cause I’m still broke she thinks that’s
a good thing she says it keeps me real and grounded and hungry for
something better she says I don’t sit around and wait for
things to happen but she doesn’t see me when she’s not
around me my head in my hands her eyes in my head specks of green
light and yellow like the sun the sun comes through the window and
hits my face this last night fades away from me “we’re
dying together… I’ll love you forever” she said
she’s leaving today she’s going away |
UNLIMITED |
| The only thing that’s left
at all the only thing I feel anymore the only way to be at all the
only way to get some sleep the only way you’d look at me it’s
there when you are not and you are never there for very long when
you’re gone and friends aren’t friends at all it’s
the only way I know it’s the only way I know the only thing
I have at all the only thing I have at all the only thing I have at
all the only thing I have at all it’s there when you are not
and you are never there when you’re gone friends aren’t
friends for very long it’s the only way I know |