adorable was a great UK indie rock band.
They formed around 1991
and made a handful of singles
and two excellent albums,
"Against Perferfection"and "Fake".

The band was dropped from their label,
Creation Records in 1994 soon afterwards
the band imploded.

What they left in their wake is two albums,
seven singles, plus numerous B-sides.

this site pays homage to their musical work.

enjoy


Daniel


P.S: If you have more adorable stuff,
please let me know and I will post it.


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"We never did get to set the world alight,
but we got as far as striking the match."
PETE FIJALKOWSKI

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ADORABLE :



Piotr Fijalkowski--Vocals and guitar
Robert Dillam--Guitar
Steven 'Wil' Williams-- Bass
Kevin Gritton--Drums



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LINKS

http://www.musicsaves.org/adorable/
http://www.myspace.com/adorablecreation http://www.myspace.com/favouritefallenidol

http://www.petefijalkowski.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/robertexadorable

http://www.myspace.com/creationrecords
http://www.creation-records.com/

http://sendmedeadflowers.com/2007
/02/dead-flowers-interviews-pete-from.html

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NEWS

January 2008





Adorable announce 'Best Of' compilation

Cherry Red is proud to announce the release of the first compilation album from former Creation Records artists Adorable. Contains tracks lifted from both their albums on Creation released in the early 1990’s, along with non-album singles and hard-to-find B-sides and all seven singles released by the band. Also included is a new edit of ‘Glorious’ from the debut ‘Against Perfection’, which is exclusive to this release. All tracks included have been deleted & unavailable for several years. The included 20-page booklet with exclusive new extensive liner notes from all four band members – especially written for this release – along with photos, classic sleeve images & items from their personal archives make this to be a rather special package!

1. Sunshine Smile
2. Glorious
3. Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4. Vendetta
5. A To Fade In
6. Submarine
7. Sunburnt
8. I'll Be Your Saint
9. Manina Suitcase
10. Homeboy
11. Summerside
12. Feed Me
13. Fallenidol
14. Crash Sight
15. Cut #2
16. Kangaroo Court
17. Lettergo
18. Breathless

http://www.creation-records.com/news/index.html

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interview with PETE in april 2002




" It started with a riff,
never thought it would come to this"
(Hot Chocolate).
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1

It´s almost 10 years from now that CREATION released Adorable´s debut single " sunshine smile "
Do you still get feedback concerning you musical past?

Until I entered the wonderful & scary world of the internet, I was unaware that Adorable was still of interest to anybody.
I get quite a lot of e-mails from fans around the world, who still listen to our music.
It is a pleasant surprise that after all this time our records are still on people's stereos after all this time.
Maybe Adorable's destiny was to not be appreciated during the lifespan of the band, it worked for the Velvet Underground afterall!

2

Are you still in touch with your old band mates?
What do they think of POLAK ?

I still speak to Wil (bass) & Kevin (drums), though I've lost touch with Robert.
Post-Adorable they took stock of their lives and moved away from music, (though I think Robert guested at a few live dates with Mogwaii) something that I have as yet failed to do.
I'm not really sure what they make of Polak.

3

In this cut-throat business which the music-biz apparently is, are there any friendships that you still have from this time?

We never really hob-nobbed with either the great or the meek during our time in Adorable.
We weren't really into back-stage cameraderie with other bands, plus we lived in Coventry, away from the London-centric scene, so we didn't really have any friendships of great note at the time to carry on.
We were on chatting terms with a few bands - Suede, Slowdive, Strangelove, but not what I'd call bossom buddies!
I got to catch up with the Strangelove boys (minus Patrick) when they were playing in the band for Astrid, and mull over great & bad times together.

For some reason which I never fathomed out, The Boo Radley's absolutely hated my guts!


4

Melody Maker titled „Britain - Drugs Nation" about 2 years ago. In fact drugs and music seem to have grown up together. Have drugs played a role in your life?

I've never really been an active drug-taker (if you exclude coffee & alcohol). I did live with a half-witted dealer for a year (1990-1) which was maybe the most miserable time of my life as I had drug-paranoia, plus I spent years surrounded by drug-users, meaning that I now have a pathological hatred of Cheech & Chong.

I also find it impossible to watch 'Withnail & I' for precisely the same reason.


5

With your roots lying in Poland, did you ever feel to not fully belonging to England, where you grew up?

Yes, though the slight 'outsider' feeling I had was by no means not an unhappy one.
I don't feel particularly patriotic at sports events, and in fact quite enjoy watching England lose. 'Schadenfreude' is, I believe, the word for it.
On the flip side of the coin, I am aware that I'm not particularly Polish either - I don't speak the language & have never been there, so there has been a feeling of being 'inbetween', not really totally belonging to either culture.


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There are a lot of unsatisfied people in England who want to live a better life in the sun (i.e. Australia, Spain), have you ever taken into consideration to leave England?

I think there are unsatisfied people everywhere. It's never really been a serious thought to relocate, but in more frivolous times the idea of America & France has crossed my mind.


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Adorable’s as well as Polak’s music is mainly melancholic, with a critical and sometimes dark view of the world, would you consider yourself being a pessimist?

I'm really not sure. Lyrically a lot of the subject matter is quite dark, but I think that a lot of the music is, in contrast, quite upbeat (maybe that's self-delusion!).
I'm aware that a lot of the lyrics I write are pretty downbeat, but I think that outside of the band I'm quite cheerful.
Maybe Adorable & Polak are ways of exorcising my demons. It's cheaper than therapy.


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Any bad remarks from old ADORABLE fans concerning your new band POLAK?

One or two people weren't as keen on Polak, but I was expecting that as we're trying to do something a little different. Plus there was a 6 year gap between the last Adorable album & the first Polak one, so it's inevitable that fans tastes would change, as indeed did mine. Generally very positive and enthusiastic.



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What kind of audience turns up at POLAK gigs?
(nostalgic Adorable fans or unbiased music lovers)

A combination of both. The younger audience is unaware of my dubious musical history, as Adorable split up nearly 8 years ago. There is the occassional call for 'Homeboy' from the audience.



10

How many videos did ADORABLE shoot?
Is there a chance of putting them on this page?

We shot 6 videos - Sunshine Smile, Sunshine Smile (US), Saint, Homeboy, Sistine, Kangaroo Court.

I don't actually have copies of all of them. I'll see if I can locate them amongst the other members & then send them on to you, if everyone is ok with the idea.

11

An integral part of your stage performance was : swirling around with your mic + mic stand , strangling yourself with the microphone cord and of course balancing your guitar on your head Did you ever hurt yourself whilst performing?

I twisted my ankle in Edinburgh once falling off the stage, and had to hobble around on the set of the 'Homeboy' video that was being shot the next day.

Apart from that I can't remember anything other than a few bumps & bruises. I think both Wil & especially Robert suffered from a few mic stands in their faces in their time.

I did once meet someone who proudly announced that I had broken his nose with my guitar in Manchester. I was both shocked & appalled - shocked that I had caused someone injury, appalled that he was so cheerful that I had broken his nose (had it been anybody else he'd have been pissed off about it). Don't know about you, but if anyone broke my nose, be it David Bowie or Katherine Hepburn, I'd be pretty annoyed! Quite a few of my guitars got trashed in the course of our gigs.



12

What are these distorted voice bits in " Sistine Chapel Ceiling " saying?

"When art imitates art I'm high on the ceiling, but when art limitates art I've lost that Sistine Chapel feeling"

'Limitates' is not actually a proper English word, but i meant it in the context as something that limits.

13

How did the songwriting in ADORABLE work ?
Someone started with a riff and you jammed
around that?


"It started with a riff, never thought it would come to this" (Hot Chocolate).

A lot of the Adorable stuff was based on guitar/bass riffs that I wrote and then got jammed out in rehearsals into fully fledged songs.

Wil was also quite involved in the song-writing process, often writing the actual chords underneath the riffs, or suggesting different sections. He wrote the bass-line to 'Homeboy' which is basically the whole song & we all joined in just doing the quiet loud thing.
It took about 4 and a half minutes to write what is probably my favourite Adorable song.

At that stage we had a different guitarist called Wayne Peters, and it was with this line-up that we wrote 'Homeboy', 'I'll be Your Saint', 'Pilot', 'Sunburnt'.

He left at the start of 1991, to be replaced by Robert.

With the exception of 'I know you too well' which was written by me & Wil on a 4-track in my flat, I don't think we ever really sat down and had a 'proper' song-writing session.

14


Don´t you think Robert Dillam´s trousers always
were a bit too tight and short?

Yes. But I'm hardly any kind of style guru to be handing out fashion tips.

15

The man in black on the homeboy sleeve :
is it you or Wil ?
What is the concept behind that image ?



It was Wil dressed up. As part of the photo session we had him dressed up as a bride as well in full wedding dress, and we were going to photo montage him together as a happy couple, but it didn't look too good, so we just went with the groom by himself. The design was based losely on a film poster for Jean-Luc Godard's 'A Bout De Souffle' ('Breathless'). 'Sistine' cover (starring Kevin, with Robert hiding behind a newspaper) was based on an old 'Cahiers Du Cinema' magazine cover (french 1960's film criticism journal). Kevin is also on the back of 'Vendetta', It was originally going to be the artwork for 'Road Movie' that was going to be released as a single pre-Kangaroo Court.


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the demos for " boy-king " , "cabaret" , " someone like you " and for "FAKE":
was it the band who put them in circulation?

It wasn't the band who put these into circulation, unless Robert passed them onto somebody. I don't really like those 3 songs you mention, though I haven't listened to them for a very long time.

17

"sense and nonsense" ( b-side of VENDETTA 7 " ) sounds darker and rougher then the other songs on FAKE . was it a new song or a number you had up in your sleeve ?
at the end of the song , the music fades back in and a sort of mantra-like outro comes up . any sort of symbolism or just an idea that fitted well?


I no longer have a working turntable, so I haven't heard it for years, and don't remember it that well. It was a song that we demo-ed and we thought was ok enough to do as a b-side. I wasn't that keen on it, though Alan Mcghee really liked it & thought it should be a single! hmmm....well he wasn't well at the time! . The ending was just us trying to experiment. Sometimes b-sides gives you that freedom.

Does the track end with a crappily recorded piano?

I did like that, but that's maybe all I liked about it Post-'Fake' we did record 2 film-soundtracky type numbers for an idea of an instrumental album we were mulling over, but the band split before we got any further with that idea

14

what are you up to now?
what are your future plans for POLAK?

I now run a second-hand book business both in the real & virtual world.

Polak are due to release our 2nd studio album in July, with a single out a bit before.

After that - who knows?

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DISCOGRAPHY

against perfection




CD: March 1993 UK
(Creation; CRECD 138 P) [promo; slim line]#
CD: March 1993 UK (Creation; CRECD 138)
CD: May 1993 US (SBK; 81416-2)@
CD: March 1993 JP (Creation; COCY 75337)%
MC: March 1993 UK (Creation; )
MC: May 1993 US (SBK; 81416-4)@
LP: March 1993 UK (Creation; CRELP 138)

# Comes with no sleeve, just a sticker.
@ Bonus tracks on US CD and cassette.
Sunshine Smile comes before Glorious.
% Bonus tracks on Japanese CD.
Also comes with lyrics.

4:17 Glorious
2:38 Favourite Fallen Idol
4:50 A To Fade In
3:39 I Know You Too Well
4:28 Homeboy
3:32 Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4:42 Cut #2
4:00 Crash Sight
2:35 Still Life
5:17 Breathless

5:02 Sunshine Smile@%
3:32 I'll Be Your Saint@%
2:48 Summerside%

fake



CD: September 1994 UK (Creation; CRECD 165)
CD: September 1994 UK (Creation; CRECDP 165) [promo]# CD: December 1994 JP (Epic/Sony/Creation; ESCA 6015)@ MC: September 1994 UK (Creation; )
LP: September 1994 UK (Creation; CRELP 165)

3.29 Feed Me
4.08 Vendetta
4.47 Man In A Suitcase
4.28 Submarine
3.58 Lettergo
3.27 Kangaroo Court
3.36 Radio Days
4.32 Go Easy On Her
4.16 Road Movie
4.49 Have You Seen The Light 4:51 Dinosaur #3@
4:29 This House Is Rotten@




7": September 1994 UK (Creation; CREFRE 165)% -:-- Vendetta (World Cup Karaoke Mix)
-:-- Man In A Suitcase (Mr. Gritton Has Left The Building Mix)
# No insert for the promo.

The CD is black. @ Bonus tracks only available on the Japanese version.

Please note that Dinosaur #3 is DIFFERENT than the version on the Kangaroo Court single.
There are four drum stick clicks at the beginning, and some added echoed sounds at the end.
CD also comes with lyrics.

% Bonus single packaged with the first 2000 copies of Fake LP, denoted by a small black sticker saying
"Includes Free Limited Edition 7 Inch Vinyl".
Includes remixes of the two songs listed above.
Comes in a white sleeve.
Of note is the fact that the song titles on the label are switched.

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SINGLES

SUNSHINE SMILE




single 12": December 1991 UK

(no label; no catalog #) [white-label promo]@
5:11 Sunshine Smile
3:34 I'll Be Your Saint
5:17 Breathless 7":

April 1992 UK (Creation; CRE 127)
5:03 Sunshine Smile
4:49 A To Fade In 12":
April 1992 UK (Creation; CRE127TP) [promo] 12": April 1992 UK (Creation; CRE 127T) MC:
April 1992 UK (Creation; ) CDS: April 1992 UK (Creation; CRESCD 127) [slim line]#

5:03 Sunshine Smile
4:49 A To Fade In
3:10 Sunburnt 7": 1993 US (SBK; nr-50444)%
5:02 Sunshine Smile
3:41 Pilot CDS: 1993 US (SBK; k2-19780) [slim line]%
5:02 Sunshine Smile
3:41 Pilot
4:29 Obssessively Yours

@ This "demo" was produced (and financed) by Pat Collier, under the tongue-in-cheek label "name" of Money To Burn.
Only 800 copies of these were pressed. All songs different from their Creation counterparts, except that the guitars in Breathless are the exactly the same. (!!!) # Some of these CD singles were issued in the US to record stores with a round fuschia-colored sticker denoting "for in-store play only...
adorable 'against perfection' in-store May 4".
I guess they'd be considered "unofficial" promos. % Cover is different from the UK version. The UK version has a picture of a person with a crown (Jean d'Arc), with a french dictionary's definitions of "adorable" in the background. The US version is a close up of the face, with an inverted color scheme, making it look like a negative. Some copies have a black oval sticker with US tour dates. These were released only to radio stations, but there is nothing on either of them to signify that.

I'LL BE YOUR SAINT




single 7": July 13, 1992 UK
(Creation; CRE 133)

3:32 I'll Be Your Saint
2:48 Summerside 12": 1992 UK (Creation; CRE 133 TP) [promo] 12": July 13, 1992 UK (Creation; CRE 133T) CDS: July 13, 1992 UK (Creation; CRESCD 133) [slim line]
3:32 I'll Be Your Saint
3:51 Self-Imperfectionist
2:48 Summerside

HOMEBOY

single 7": October 26, 1992 UK
(Creation; CRE 140)

4:31 Homeboy
3:58 Contented Eye

12": 1992 UK (Creationl CRE140TP)
[promo] 12": October 26, 1992 UK
(Creation; CRE 140T) CDS:
October 26, 1992 UK
(Creation; CRESCD 140) [slim line]

4:31 Homeboy
3:45 Pilot
3:58 Contented Eye

SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING

single - 12": January 1993 UK
(Creation; CRE 153T)

CDS: January 1993 UK
(Creation; CRESD153P) [promo; slim line]
# CDS: January 1993 UK
(Creation; CRESCD 153) [slim line]

3:32 Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4:24 Everything's Fine
4:04 Seasick Martyr
4:32 Obssessively Yours

# The promo CD itself is a plain red with
"Promotional Copy Only" along the top.

FAVOURITE FALLEN IDOL




single - 12": April 12, 1993 UK
(Creation; CRE 159T)

CDS: April 12, 1993 UK
(Creation; CRESCD 159P)#
CDS: April 12, 1993 UK
(Creation; CRESCD 159) [slim line]

2:38 Favourite Fallen Idol
4:21 Mirror Love
4:20 Cool Front 23-6

# The promo CD has the same insert as the regular single, but the disc is GREEN, with a larger Adorable logo, and no picture of the hand. "Promotional copy only" is on there, too.

KANGAROO COURT




single 12": 1994 UK (Creation; )
[promo] 12": 1994 UK

(Creation; CRE 172T)
CDS: 1994 UK (Creation; CRESCD 172P) [promo] CDS: 1994 UK (Creation; CRESCD 172) [slim line]

3:34 Kangaroo Court
4:44 Dinosaur #3
4:08 Ballroom

VENDETTA



single 7": 1994 UK
(Creation; CRE 177)

4:08 Vendetta
4:55 Sense And Nonsense@

12": 1994 UK
(Creation; CRE 177TP-A)# [promo] 4:08 Vendetta CDS: 1994 UK (Creation; CRESCD 177) [slim line] CDS: 1994 UK (Creation; CRESCDP 177) [promo;
slim line]
4:08 Vendetta
2:11 The Floating Game
4:29 This House Is Rotten

@ Rare song ONLY available on this format. # One sided promo.

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CREDITS

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Discography put together by :

The Wandering Minstrel (pumph@onix.com)

COUNTRY CODES:
UK - United Kingdom
US - United States
JP - Japan

FORMAT CODES:

7" - 7" vinyl record
12" - 12" vinyl record
CDS - CD single
CD - Full-length compact disc
MC - Cassette LP - Full-length vinyl record

ABBREVIATIONS:
promo - for promotional use only slim line - slimline case normally used for CD singles

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:DEMO CASSETTE [PRE-SIGNING] (??.??)
Sold at shows. Tracks unknown.

FANCLUB CASSETTE [1993] (??.??)
Only 500 made
a) Summerside (?.??)
b) Homeboy (?.??)
Produced by Adorable. Engineered by Andy Faulkner.

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SUNSHINE SMILE [Summer 1991] (??.??)
12” Money to Waste Records - 800 white label copies
a) Sunshine Smile (?.??)
b) I'll Be Your Saint (?.??)
c) Breathless (?.??)
Produced by Pat Collier.

SUNSHINE SMILE EP
[April 1992] (13.30) CRE 127T -
12” / CRESCD 127 - CD5
a) Sunshine Smile (5.03)
b) A To Fade In (4.49)
c) Sunburnt (3:10)
Produced by Pat Collier. Engineered by Simon Lennon. Sleeve by Designland. Cover photo by Artificial Eye.

I’LL BE YOUR SAINT EP
[July 1992] (10.17) CRE 133T - 12” / CRESCD 133 - CD5
a) I'll Be Your Saint (3.34)
b) Self-Imperfectionist (3.52)
c) Summerside (2.49)
Produced by Pat Collier. Engineered by Scott Grant. Sleeve by Designland.
Cover photo by Andy Wilsher.

HOMEBOY EP
[October 1992] (12.22) CRE 140T - 12” / CRESCD 140 - CD5 a) Homeboy (4.32)
b) Pilot (3.49)
c) Contented Eye (3.59)
Track a) Produced by Alan Moulder. Track b, c) Produced by Adorable.
Engineered by Guy Fixsen & Marcus Lindsay. Sleeve by Designland. Cover photo by Andy Willsher.

SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING EP [January 1993] (16.41) CRE 153T - 12” / CRESCD 153 - CD5 a) Sistine Chapel Ceiling (3.34) b) Everything's Fine (4.26)
c) Seasick Martyr (4.06)
d) Obsessively Yours (4.33) Produced by Pat Collier. Engineered by Corin Pennington. Sleeve by Mark Bown. Cover photo by Andy Willsher.

FAVOURITE FALLEN IDOL EP [April 1993] (11.27) CRE 159T - 12” / CRESCD 159 - CD5
a) Favourite Fallen Idol (2.41)
b) Mirror-Love (4.23)
c) Cool Front 23-6 (4.21)
Track a) Produced by Pat Collier. Engineered by Finn Steele. Track b, c) Produced by Adorable. Engineered by Andy Faulkner. Sleeve by Marc Bown. Cover photo by Tom Laurie.

AGAINST PERFECTION CD [March 1993] (40.15) CRELP 138 - LP / CRECD 138 - CD
a) Glorious (4.17)
b) Favourite Fallen Idol (2.41)
c) A To Fade In (4.50)
d) I Know You Too Well (3.41)
e) Homeboy (4.30)
f) Sistine Chapel Ceiling (3.34) g) Cut #2 (4.43)
h) Crash Sight (4.02)
i) Still Life (2.37)
j) Breathless (5.18)
Produced by Pat Collier. Engineered by Corin Pennington & Finn Steele.
Track e) Produced by Alan Moulder. Track d) Keyboards by Nick Muir. Sleeve Design by Mark Bown. Cover photo by Louise Rhodes.

IN A FIELD OF THEIR OWN V2 [September 1993] (3.45) Greenpeace GLASTON 2DCD Live at Glastonbury June 26, 1993 A) Sistene Chapel Ceiling (3.45)

KANGAROO COURT EP [April 1994] (12.32) CRE172T - 12” / CRESCD 172 - CD5
a) Kangaroo Court (3.34)
b) Dinosaur #3 (4.44)
c) Ballroom (4.08) Track

a) Produced by Paul Corkert.
Engineered by Julian Wither & Chris Howles.
Tracks b, c) Produced by Michael Brennan Jr.
Mixed by Paul Corkett.
Sleeve by Marc Bown.
Cover photo by Andy Wilsher.

FAKE CD [September 1994] (41.43)
CRELP 165 - LP / CRECD 165 - CD

a) Feed Me (3.29)
b) Vendetta (4.08)
c) Man In a Suitcase (4.47)
d) Submarine (4.28)
e) Lettergo (3.58)
f) Kangaroo Court (3.27)
g) Radio Days (3.36)
h) Go Easy On Her (4.32)
i) Road Movie (4.16)
j) Have You Seen the Light (4.49)

Produced by Paul Corkett.
Engineered by Chris Howles & Julian Withers.
Track e, i) Produced by Pat Collier.
Sleeve by Marc Bown.
Cover art/photo by Krzys Fijalkowski.

VENDETTA EP
[September 1994] (10.56) CRE177T - 12” /
CRESCD 177 - CD5
a) Vendetta (4.08)
b) The Floating Game (2.11)
c) This House is Rotten (4.29)

Tracks a, c) Produced by Paul Corkett.
Engineered by Chris Howles.
Track b) Produced by Adorable.
Engineered by Andy Faulkner.
Sleeve by Marc Bown.
Cover photo by Krzys Fijalkowski.

VENDETTA 7”
[September 1994] (4.55) CRE177 -
7” b) Sense and Nonsense (4.55)
Sleeve by Marc Bown.
Cover photo by Krzys Fijalkowski.

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against perfection




4:17 Glorious
2:38 Favourite Fallen Idol
4:50 A To Fade In
3:39 I Know You Too Well
4:28 Homeboy
3:32 Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4:42 Cut #2
4:00 Crash Sight
2:35 Still Life
5:17 Breathless

5:02 Sunshine Smile
3:32 I'll Be Your Saint
2:48 Summerside


fake




3.29 Feed Me
4.08 Vendetta
4.47 Man In A Suitcase
4.28 Submarine
3.58 Lettergo
3.27 Kangaroo Court
3.36 Radio Days
4.32 Go Easy On Her
4.16 Road Movie
4.49 Have You Seen The Light

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SINGLES / B-SIDES

Sunshine Smile /
A to fade in / sunburnt

I´ll be your saint /
self-imperfectionist / summerside

Homeboy /
pilot / contented eye

Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Everything´s fine /
seasickmartyr / obsessively yours

Favourite Fallen Idol
mirror love / cool front 23-6

Kangaroo Court
Dinosaur #3 / ballroom

Vendetta /
Floating game / this house is rotten

against perfection




4:17 Glorious
2:38 Favourite Fallen Idol
4:50 A To Fade In
3:39 I Know You Too Well
4:28 Homeboy
3:32 Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4:42 Cut #2
4:00 Crash Sight
2:35 Still Life
5:17 Breathless

5:02 Sunshine Smile
3:32 I'll Be Your Saint
2:48 Summerside

Glorious

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And then I awoke from a dream
I didn't really want to
And then I heard your tiresome scream
I really don't need this
And then you said,
"Where's the sun?"
Well, are you really so stupid
And I don't need you or anyone

Oh this feeling is glorious

I've got hope and hate
And I'm feeling kind of great
Kind of great

And now I stand here, just as before
Only maybe more so
And you said you know the score
Well I don't want to know
And there's a whole world outside
That I didn't know about,
I don't need it
I don't want you to share your knowledge out
And the feeling's called glorious

I've got hope and hate
And I'm feeling kind of great
Kind of great
It's glorious


Favourite Fallen Idol

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When I fail, I want to fail completely
And when I fall, I want to do it neatly
Travelling side by side
All due haste to my demise Flickering in firelight
I'm gonna burn like Joan tonight

Oh, this is the angel's sound With wingtips singed
You're surely heaven bound

I'm only falling now just to entertain you I'm only failing here, because there's little else to do

Underwater, coming up for air Wallow in self-pity and despair Well, I haven't got a care
I've gotta do my hair
I've gotta do my hair

Oh, this is the angel's sound With wingtips singed
You're surely heaven bound
Oh, your fallen idol
Oh, you're my favorite fallen idol
I'm only falling to entertain you I'm only falling just to entertain you
I'm only falling just to entertain you
Pretend Pretence Pretend Pretend


A To Fade In
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I remember walking home
with my father from the station
Hand in hand, and all alone
in silent frustration

And the words he said to me
just drifted away in the wind
Like this memory,
like the photographs in my father's house

I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in

Can you see me?
I can't see myself
Can you hear me?
I can hardly hear myself

And I don't want to be
a faded memory
All I want is to be me

I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in


I Know You Too Well
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I heard you
saying the same words that I said
I saw you reading the same book that I've read
I heard you singing a song that I wrote myself

I know you too well

I know you only too well
I know you only too well

Mirror faced,
tiresome and restless,
two extremes
Finite eyes, why follow me?

I know you better than I know myself
I know you too well I know you only too well
I know you only too well
I know you only too well
I know you only too well

This is not your voice
This is not your voice
This is not your voice

And this is not you



Homeboy
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I'm tripping into the back of my mind
And your words like angels crash inside
And a word and a movement and a touch
And a word and a movement and it's all too much
It's all too much
I never understood what it meant to be
I never understood what it meant to be
misunderstood

And even if I did, I don't think I'd care less
And even if I did, I don't think I'd care less

You're so beautiful

You're so beautiful

You're so beautiful

I want to drown beneath the waves

I want to dig myself a shallow grave
And hold you up for all to see
I want to cut you up,
I want to watch you bleed,
ever so slowly

You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful

I can't follow
what I don't believe in
I can't follow what
I don't believe in

And that's why there's nothing left of me

'Cause I don't believe in you

You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful

Doo-doo-doo-doo,
you're my homeboy,
you're my homeboy

Doo-doo-doo-doo,
you're my homeboy,
you're my homeboy

Beautiful
Oh god, you're so beautiful



Sistine Chapel Ceiling
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I took a breath onto a canvas
I could not have cared less
About the words spilling out of my mouth
in blue and green

It was the nicest sound
I'd ever seen
To come stumbling out of my frozen mouth

Sitting in a corner
Smoking a half-drug cigarette Sitting in a corner
My half-imagined statuette

And with my hand
upon my heart
I'll say that she's perfect
And with my hand
upon my heart
I'll say that she worth it
And we all go...

Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going up, up (Oh, (???)
coming on the ceiling Oh, (???)

Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the
Sistine Chapel ceiling,
I'm up


Cut #2
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Why did you say
That one line that I just so hate?
If only those three words
If only they could just dissipate
Said without meaning
You said half asleep
Said without feeling
You really cut so deep
You really cut into me
You really cut into,
you really cut in

Hold on a while
Maybe your heart will follow your mouth
Hold on a while
Maybe you'll feel what came slipping out
Said without meaning S
aid half asleep S
aid without feeling
You really cut so deep
You really cut into me
You really cut into,
you really cut in
Cut into me,
cut right through me
Cut into me, cut right through
Cut into me, cut right through me
Cut into me, cut right through

I never thought that you knew me I never thought that you knew me I never thought that you knew me I never thought that you, you Oh, you cut Oh, you cut Oh, you cut, you cut, you cut


Crash Sight
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Here I stand all alone
My shaking hands are all I own
And your star-struck lips
They just reminded me
of what I've missed
What I've kissed

Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you shine to view
Shiver when you come crashing through
Shiver at, shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come shining

This is the only way out,
this is the only way to go
This is the only way out,
this is the only way I know
I know

Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you shine to view
Shiver when you come crashing through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come shining through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come...

Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come crashing through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come shining through
Shiver at the sight of you
Shiver when you come crashing through


Still Life
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He was born without a sigh
And she left without a fight
This is not God, it's just the way things are

Be still,
my still-born brother
And be still,
my still-born lover
And be still

He was buried without a name
She buried love very much the same
This is not love, it's just the way things are

Be still,
my still-born lover
And be still,
my still-born brother
And be still,
my still-born lover
And be still
And be still

Breathless
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My eager eyes
came stumbling down
Over this
pristine view

My second-rate poetry
Just is not enough
to describe you

I'm scrambling 'round the floor
Looking for some fresh metaphor
All the words to describe this just do not exist

I feel better than ever before

I'm breathless and speechless
But still, there is so much to say
In words with one syllable

I love you

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fake




3.29 Feed Me
4.08 Vendetta
4.47 Man In A Suitcase
4.28 Submarine
3.58 Lettergo
3.27 Kangaroo Court
3.36 Radio Days
4.32 Go Easy On Her
4.16 Road Movie
4.49 Have You Seen The Light 4:51 Dinosaur #3
4:29 This House Is Rotten

Feed Me
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With eyes like milk,
half-drunk now by my greed
She cuts like silk,
into this fantasy
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
Ever so, ever so, ever so quietly
She calls ever so, ever so

She fell from grace, parachuteless
I can tell by her face
that I don't think she could care less
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
Ever so, ever so, ever so quietly
She falls ever so, ever so soft

Feed me,
'cause I need you to
Need me,
and I will bleed for you

She calls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She calls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
Ever so

Feed me, 'cause I need you to
Need me, and I will bleed for you
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so calmly
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so soft
She falls ever so, ever so, ever so quietly
She falls ever so, ever so

Stop




Vendetta
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Well, I'm upside down and back to front
I really don't know where I'm coming from
I feel love has got the better of me
I've got stars in my eyes,
scars in my mind
Sometimes, well, I'm star-blind Okay, maybe all the time
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free

I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually And then we'll be free
For the next time

I'm wrong way around and split right through
I really don't know where I'm going to
I want to go
down in history

I'm uncertain but one thing's for certainty
You're going to use these words against me
You may put it down to your vanity

I'm gonna come back soon in another life I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife So casually
And then we'll be free

I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually
And then we'll be free
For the next time
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife
So casually And then we'll be free
I'm gonna come back soon in another life
I'm gonna cut up your words with my butter knife

So casually
And then we'll be free
For the next time

Man In A Suitcase
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A portrait of a life
Wrapped up in decayed paper tales
Telling half-truths and lies
Cigarettes, bourbon, and betrayal

He took a room with a view
Of the perpetual railway station
He'll leave in a week or two
Unearthed a few truths and a host of frustrations

Oh, he's our man
Oh, he's our man
In a suitcase

Oh, in a suitcase

A bottle of forgotten time
And a diary half remembered
Ringed photo of a ticket up-line
A drunken letter written mid-September
With autumn in his face
Like the battered book,
he doesn't understand

Wearing his suitcase
Like a lover's ring on his left hand

Oh, he's our man
Oh, he's our man
In a suitcase
Oh, in a suitcase

He's moving on now

Submarine
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I'd like to be alone
Away from your port of stone
But your lighthouse is calling out
You, coming up for air
Have locked on to my distressed flare
Run aground, all hands going down
You are like a submarine
Gliding under me
And you hounded me out,
you hounded me down

Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Though your submarine
is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me

I could not lose you
Even if I choose to
Hear your sonar call,
under my hull
You are like a submarine
Tracking onto me
And you hounding me out,
you're hounding me down

Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me like the harbour lights
Though your submarine is out of sight
Still you're haunting me

Lettergo
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In a room painted beige and blue
Some fifty-odd years ago
I'm lying here, recalling
Holding her tight at a fairground show
She blessed me with fire and candyfloss
And her sweet-salted lips
It never tasted like this
It never tasted like this

In a hollow tree of childhood games
Of hopes and promises missed
She promised me things I never could understand
It was a pleasure and a privilege
Then as it is now It was a pleasure and a privilege
But I'll guess you'll never know

On a visit on a whim
There was nobody home
Save an old lady
That didn't speak my language

So my scrawled note
Stayed in my tatty hand
"It was a pleasure It was a privilege"

Too many letters don't get sent
Too many letters don't get read
There's too many letters that don't get sent
There's too many letters
Too many letters don't get sent
Too many letters don't get read
There's too many letters under my bed
There's too many letters
Too many letters don't get sent
Too many letters don't get read
There's too many letters that don't get sent
There's too many letters

Kangaroo Court
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I know I'm losing my appeal
'Cause I was hung, drawn and quartered
before my trial
And every single thing that's not real
Was put before the jury
without the privilege of denial

Every single word that I said
Was written down and then misread
Now I find myself alone
I'm accused of being someone
that I do not even know

You, you are my kangaroo court
I, I am your kangaroo
You, you are my kangaroo court
And I, I'm just your kangaroo

Your kangaroo
Your kangaroo
Jump to it
You, you are my kangaroo court
I, I'm just your petty little kangaroo

Please catch me darling

Kangaroo court
Your kangaroo
I'm your kangaroo
Your kangaroo
I'm your kangaroo
Your kangaroo

Radio Days
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Foot down and drive to the sun
It's raining hard and the radio's on
All I want is what's due to me
Such arrogance, such flippancy
A father-figure slipped a gun in my hand
Saying, "Aim high but don't aim for the sun, son."
Blinded by my own beauty
Of course I did,
but then that's my prerogative

If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car My way

If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car To my tune

Radio plays remember me
Remember me, and then dismember me

Save all your thoughts and your dreams
Just to buy a memory
I remember when I was small
With a mother-figure standing in the hall
With her blooded kitchen knife,
and her blooded kitchen words She said,
"I've seen the light, and it sure isn't pretty."

If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car My way
If it's all the same to you
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna crash my car To my tune

Go Easy On Her

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Go easy on her
She's not everything that she could have been
Go easy on her
She's not everything that she wanted to be
All the papers taunt her constantly
And all these stupid songs haunt her like a memory

And you've followed her 'round
With your cameras and your grubby hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your pens and your poison hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land

Go easy on her
She's didn't do everything that she wanted to
Go easy on her
She's done more than you'll ever do
All her crime was that she aimed just a little bit too high
All her crime was that she failed

And you've followed her 'round
With your cameras and your grubby hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your pens and your poisoned hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your cameras and your grubby hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her crash land
And you've followed her 'round
With your pens and your poison hands
And you've followed her down
Just to watch her
Just to watch her
Just to watch her

Road Movie

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I've been trying so long to get you out of mind
I've been trying so hard to get you out of my eyes
I've been drinking your words every night
I've been drinking my dreams
dry

I've spent sixteen months trying to forget you
Then a black-and-white film plays in my mind
Where we broke for the border in an open-top sportscar
And married, in a town much like mine
And we promised ourselves such implausible things
Told each other our impossible dreams
And you know
Love is easy in my movie show

Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you

Then I flashback
Flashback to a time of stolen memories

We are tied by our lies,
we are tied by history

And so we're handcuffed together, like it or not
And drinking our dreams is all that we've got
And the barman just smiles
Oh god, he's seen it all before

Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I can never forget you
I can never forget
I spent sixteen months trying to forget you

Then a black-and-white film plays in my mind
Where we broke for the border in an open-top sportscar
And married, in a town much like mine
And so we're handcuffed together, like it or not And drinking our dreams is all that we've got
And the barman just smiles
Oh god, he's seen it all before Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I want to forget you
Oh, I can never forget you

Have You Seen The Light

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Half-blind, but knowing no better
Flicker in her moth-light
As she wrote in her loveless love letter
"These are the best days of our lives."

Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
She's wants to burn your lights out
She's gonna burn your lights
down In a diary of days now blanked and lost
Within her perfect frown
On a hillside of mercy, counting the cost As I watch my hometown burn down

Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
Have you seen the light shine through her eyes?
She's gonna burn your lights out She's gonna put your lights pretty low

Fake

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SINGLES

Sunshine Smile




And then she smiled
Just for fraction of a little while
And everything was warm again inside
She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that warms up the corners
of my cold room

She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that makes you forget again

Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile

And then she said
"If I'm going to be someone else
I'd rather be somebody else with you"
That's exactly how I felt to her
How does it feel?
The way I feel Doesn't feel quite real
How does it feel to feel?

She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that warms up the corners
of my cold room
She's got a sunshine smile
The kind that makes you forget again

Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile
Sunshine smile

And then she said
"If I'm going to be someone else
I'd rather be somebody else with you"
That's exactly how I felt,
uh-huh
How does it feel to feel?

And for that one short while
It was as if she'd only just learned how to smile

A to Fade in
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I remember walking home
with my father from the station
Hand in hand, and all alone
in silent frustration

And the words he said to me
just drifted away in the wind
Like this memory,
like the photographs in my father's house

I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in

Can you see me?
I can't see myself
Can you hear me?
I can hardly hear myself

And I don't want to be
a faded memory
All I want is to be me

I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in

I'll Be Your Saint

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I'll Be Your Saint

I'll be your saint
I'll wear a halo
And I'll perform miracles
If you want me to stoop that low

I'll be a saint
I'll be a saint
I'll be your saint
I'll be your saint
I'll be your word,
I'll be your life,
I'll be your heart,
I'll be your lights
I will be I'll be word,
I'll be love,
I'll be heart,
I'll be your god
I'll be anything you want
I'll be anything you want

Let me sink my eyes
Down into your holy mine
And come and lay me down Down,
down with your cross to bear

I'll be your saint
I'll be your sinner
I'll be your saint
I'll be your saint
I'll be your word,
I'll be your life,
I'll be your heart,
I'll be your lights
I will be I'll be word,
I'll be love,
I'll be heart,
I'll be your god
I'll be anything you want
I'll be anything you want
I'll be your word,
I'll be your life,
I'll be your heart,
I'll be your lights
I will be I'll be word,
I'll be love,
I'll be heart,
I'll be your god
I'll be anything you want
I'll be anything that you want

Self-Imperfectionist

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Then I spoke, not out of turn
But more out of hope
that he would learn
My feelings for you
But my failing to

I didn't want to
I didn't need to
I didn't have to
I didn't mean to

But being human is just no excuse
For my hideous abuse of your love
Of your love I want to (???)
you So very much
But you don't hold that trust
You don't believe in us

I didn't want to
I didn't need to
I didn't have to
I didn't mean to
But being human
is just no excuse
For my hideous abuse of your love
Of your love

I know I'm imperfect
I'm not just saying it for the fact
I don't want to sacrifice the only thing
I've cared for in my life

Forgive me

Summerside

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She lay by the window
all summer
Waiting silently for her lover
She said,
"I've touched the stars"
And she had the scars
to prove it
What she didn't realize
Was with reluctance
in his eyes, she'd lose it

It's gonna be another hot summer
Stripping the love from one another
Until the leaves float down
With a slowly embrace

Lying in her crumpled bed
Her lips dripping red
It's gonna be another long summer
Stripping the love from one another
Cutting the love from one another
Killing the love from one another
One another
One another
One another
One another

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Homeboy

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I'm tripping into the back of my mind
And your words like angels crash inside
And a word and a movement and a touch
And a word and a movement and it's all too much
It's all too much
I never understood what it meant to be
I never understood what it meant to be
misunderstood

And even if I did, I don't think I'd care less
And even if I did, I don't think I'd care less

You're so beautiful

You're so beautiful

You're so beautiful

I want to drown beneath the waves
I want to dig myself a shallow grave
And hold you up for all to see
I want to cut you up,
I want to watch you bleed,
ever so slowly

You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful

I can't follow
what I don't believe in
I can't follow what
I don't believe in

And that's why there's nothing left of me
'Cause I don't believe in you

You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
You're so beautiful

Doo-doo-doo-doo,
you're my homeboy,
you're my homeboy

Doo-doo-doo-doo,
you're my homeboy,
you're my homeboy

Beautiful
Oh god, you're so beautiful

Pilot

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At the wheel of a car
At the wheel of a heart
I gotta keep it on the road now
I gotta keep it on the go now
I'm at the front of a train
I gotta keep it on the track
I'm in the cockpit of a plane
I can't keep it up,
I can't keep this love up

I am the pilot of this love
I am the pilot of this love
I am the pilot of this love
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, let's pilot (up? on?)

Contented Eye

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You're not perfect within my eye
You're no angel, but neither am I
I'm not looking for your love
Well, not to speak of

I don't want to put the world on your shoulders
I just want to hold you,
to hold you,
to hold you

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling


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I took a breath onto a canvas
I could not have cared less
About the words spilling out of my mouth
in blue and green

It was the nicest sound
I'd ever seen
To come stumbling out
of my frozen mouth

Sitting in a corner
Smoking a half-drug cigarette
Sitting in a corner
My half-imagined statuette

And with my hand
upon my heart
I'll say that she's perfect
And with my hand
upon my heart
I'll say that she worth it
And we all go...

Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going up, up (Oh, (???)
coming on the ceiling Oh, (???)

Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the ceiling,
I'm going Up on the
Sistine Chapel ceiling,
I'm up

Everything's Fine

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You took him down to the coast
Just to get away
There they sat within the dunes
Not knowing what to say
You told him, well maybe lied
Mother's gone away for a while too
And she told me to say
That she still loves you

And everything's fine

Everything's fine
Everything's fine

He turned to hide his eyes
From the eyes of memory
Remembered kiss of sea-salt lips
Tied up in history

And when you held him
just as he had held her
He whispered
"I need you"
And looking skywards he lied

"Everything's fine"

Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine

Fine Fine Fine

Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine

In the boy's face,
he saw his own
Blood, eyes, and arms outstretched
Hand in hand, within wet sand
They slept
Down to the beach,
down to the sea
The wind, the rain and he
And everything is
gonna
be
just
fine

Everything's fine
Fine Everything's fine
Fine Fine Fine
'Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine

Seasick Martyr

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Well the ship's in the harbor
Harbor no fear
With the words of her father
Ringing in her ears
She's sunshine and seasick
And the salt water taste
And the waves on the beach heads
Laughing around her face

And her uncle said
That the snow came too soon
It hardly ever happens here
And least of all in June

The seagulls above
The crumbling pier
And she never knew love
But she knew how to disappear

Isn't the sun far away?
And isn't the sea cold today?
And isn't the sun far away?
And don't you just wish you could drift away?

And her uncle said
That the snow came too soon
It hardly ever happens here
And least of all in June

When she saw the snow
She knew it was a sign from the man in the know
Oh god, let her go
Oh god, let her go
Oh god, let her go
Oh god! Let her go!
Let her go! Let her! Go!

Obsessively Yours

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Everyone says love is lean these days
And everyone pays for their dreams in some way
I haven't got you,
or dishonorable intentions
All I hold is a photograph
of my magnificent obssession

You could purify me,
make me true-to-form
And you could defy me,
'cause you defy it all

You could beautify me,
make me beautiful
Magnificent to a fault

I dream alone I dream alone
I dream alone I dream alone,
I dream alone, I dream alone,
I sleep alone

Everyone says these days
Everyone pays in some way
Everyone says these days
Everyone pays in some way

Favourite Fallen Idol

Favourite Fallen Idol


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When I fail, I want to fail completely
And when I fall, I want to do it neatly
Travelling side by side
All due haste to my demise Flickering in firelight
I'm gonna burn like Joan tonight

Oh, this is the angel's sound
With wingtips singed
You're surely heaven bound

I'm only falling now just to entertain you
I'm only failing here, because there's little else to do

Underwater, coming up for air
Wallow in self-pity and despair
Well, I haven't got a care
I've gotta do my hair
I've gotta do my hair

Oh, this is the angel's sound
With wingtips singed
You're surely heaven bound
Oh, your fallen idol
Oh, you're my favorite fallen idol
I'm only falling to entertain you
I'm only falling just to entertain you
I'm only falling just to entertain you
Pretend
Pretence
Pretend
Pretend

Mirror Love
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the greatest of them all?
You only love
the ones who say it's you
Oh, own reflection
My own reflection
Is based upon mirror-affection

It's funny how you only care for
The ones who say they only care for you
At least say they do
Oh, own reflection
My affection Is based upon
your reflection

Mirror love
Mirror love
Mirror love
Mirror love

Cool Front 23-6
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I now know what everyone knows
I lost your love when I lost my clothes
In a softening bed
made of sickening blows
A suffering head now knows

You saw me fall, ever smiling
Ever trying, ever knew
You made me crawl, and you were smiling

Ever cool, ever you

My naivety,
that you first found endearing
And then blamed stupidity
Stripped by your cool, cool eyes
To this unity

You confuse me
You can use me
Touched by your cool, cool, hands
So impassionately

'Cause you are cruel
I don't mean that in a cool way
And you are cruel
In your cool way
And you are cruel
In such a cruel way
You are cruel
I don't mean that in a cool, cool way

The winter sun made up
Our dreams and cigarettes
Sleepless nights
spent speaking of
Half-past regrets

I now know what everyone seems to know
I lost y