A KICK IN THE MOUTH 

Ain't this sweet?, she digs on me,
I am exactly where I wanted to be,
I'm gonna kiss myself till I can't see,
'Cause I know,

DJ spins electric beat,
I'm gonna shake my ass and move my feet,
And when I think about it, it fits so neat,
'Cause I know, yeah I know,

Hey, I could'a been someone else,
Yeah, I could'a been someone else,
Hey, I could'a been someone else,
Yeah, I could'a been someone else,

Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth,
Yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth,
Yeah, yeah,

What if I had played football?,
Or if I hadn't returned that first phonecall?,
Or if I ain't been born U.K. at all,
Yeah what then,
Lyrics

But I won't think too much tonight,
Because it all panned out in a way I like,
And yeah, I got my faults but it's alright,
'Cause I know, yes I know,

Hey, I could'a been someone else,
Yeah, I could'a been someone else,
Hey, I could'a been someone else,
Yeah, I could'a been someone else,

Hey, I could'a been someone else,
Yeah, I could'a been someone else,
Hey, I could'a been someone else,
Oh yeah, I could'a been someone else,
Someone else,

(Guitar Solo)

Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth,
Yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth,
Yeah, yeah, (It's just a kick in the mouth)

Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth, (YEAH, YEAH,
IT'S JUST A KICK IN THE MOUTH)
Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth, (YEAH, YEAH,
IT'S JUST A KICK IN THE MOUTH)
Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth, (YEAH, YEAH,
IT'S JUST A KICK IN THE MOUTH)
Yeah, yeah, it's just a kick in the mouth, (YEAH, YEAH,
IT'S JUST A KICK IN THE...)

A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING 

Do you remember our best adventure?
Stealing off to climb Westers Hill?
Creeping out of our house at midnight?
Do you remember on the way down after,
I cut my leg right open on that fence?
And I cried and I cried...

It was just a hill we climbed
That night, but it felt like
The top of the world.
"Top of the world, ma!"
I'm on top of the world...

"Our teachers had faith in their lessons, their
doctrine,
But these facts are unreliable, these cracks are
undeniable,"
you said.

"Do you feel the warmth beneath your feet?
That's cos the earth is so very old...
They should have warned us years ago.
We should have been told that secret kept
By Mum and Dad
Which covered everything...
'At first it's dark, and then it's light, and then it's
dark again...'

"You're bleeding, but it's alright,
'Cos we'll stay awake the whole night.
'Cos I found a rock in an ancient place,
And it's older than the human race...
So let's build a fire, a homing light
For astronauts and satellites.
For scientists with soldier's hearts,
For pioneers of earthly arts...

You and me, we're dead in the blink of an eye.
We've been and gone...
...we're dead in a blink of the earth's eye."

AGONY-AGATHA 

Just a big bass line and drums, got guitarists sucking
their thumbs,
4 barre or two, that's how to do it.

Play some keys, it makes it swell
I don't pretend I can play very well
But I like what piano brings to it
Before the idea gives way
I press record and I press play

Cause like a pain in my head, it won't let go, like a
beast in my bed, I can't say no
Like a crack in the windshield of my soul
it is, agony, agatha.

Just a verse and a chorus now, in my brain playing
round and round,
hang around on the loop further my buddy

Sometimes when I'm trying to write songs, I imagine I
turn the radio on, and think about what i'd like to
hear on it.

Thumping drums and chords, that's what i'm all about, A
bass and keyboards, it should get everyone walking out
YEAH!!!!

Cause like a pain in my head, it won't let go, like a
beast in my bed, I can't say no
Like a stain on the carpet of my soul
it is, agony, agatha.

it is, agony, agatha.
it is, agony, agatha.
"Oh Agatha, it's so amazing"
it is, agony, agatha.
"ITS SO GOOD"
it is, agony, agatha.
"Oh Agatha, it's so amazing"
it is, agony, agatha.
it is, agony, agatha.

ALPHA SIGNAL FIVE 

It's over, I can't turn it off
That promise you broke
You called me forever just one word
And I hope you choke on it

Don't cry if you don't mean every tear
Your pain is so fake
Emotionally bruised and battered up
You thought I would break, well

My falling vision obscured
This thing is definatley cured
My fear of falling
That fear of falling

Here's one in the eye for love
Here's one in the eye for you and love
Here's one in the eye for love
This is a shot in the arm for you and love

Love

You said "could we be the best?"
And I said "Alright"
I'm sick of always being mature
You started the fight - It's all your fault

I'm still alive, number fucking five
I'm still alive, number fucking five
I'm still alive, number fucking five
Number fucking five
Number fucking five!

ALPHA SIGNAL SEVEN 

And so we start at the back
Just like we always do
I don't know where to begin

So yeah, I made a mistake
And you should give me a break
But you keep rubbing it in

If I'm a dead man, who was the bad guy?
Who was the love bite? Who is the black eye?
And when I hold you, you throw a "hissy-fit"
It is a pox and I don't want to hear about it

You pin your hopes on me
Pin your dreams on me
Pin your hopes and dreams on me
Hang it on you star

So don't beleive this is it
I can't believe this is it
I can't believe it's the end

Here's what I wanted to say
With nothing in my way
Except for you and your friend

What have I told you?
She is a rigid/(fucking) whore
A piece of street-trash
And not a bit more

It is alive now
Inside of me
It has been fed on your insecurity

The blind are leading the stupid

And when I told you I knew why
For what it's worth, I was lying
And if you can't hear me
It's cos I'm breaking up

Rip. Scar. Spit, on your star

ALPHA SIGNAL THREE 

Yeah, go,

Well...,

Sometimes I get this,
Lump in my throat,
When I remember,
These things I wrote,

The strangest feeling,
I've ever had,
Starts off as angry,
Ends up as sad,

Yeah,

When I'm awake and when I dream,
And all the places in between,
Where I go and where I've been,
I will take this ghost with me,

Well, I guess I loved her,

You,

Go,

So much for feeling,
Like broken bones,
I wish I'd left it all alone,

So much for healing,
Eventually,
I'm just as damaged as I'll ever be,

Well...,

Yeah, (Yeah)
(Yeah) Yeah,
Yeah..., (Yeah...)

Now,

When I'm awake and when I dream,
And all the places in between,
Where I go and where I've been,
I will take this ghost with me,

Well I guess I loved her,

No,

(She took my...)

She took my shoes off... when I fell asleep,
She combed my hair and brushed my... teeth,

(Fuck)

Arrgggghhh...,

I guess I loved her, (I must have loved her)
I guess I loved her, (I must have loved her)
I guess I loved her, (I must have loved her)
I guess I loved her, (I must have loved her)

I guess I loved her,
But I still made her cry,

Oh,

AN ACT OF KINDNESS 

I'm trying to make up my mind
Madness or cruel-to-be-kind?
Your mother was sick or blind
When she gave her child away

But what she did
She did out of love
She must have meant it
As an act of kindness

And having never had a kid myself
I cannot understand the pressures
"...you must be sick in the head
You need a hospital bed" she said
"Properly fed" she said
"Or you're going to wind up dead"

So you were put
In the hands of science
Strangers who understood
Better than mothers could
It was really "for your own good"

See, we find these ways
To justify it all
Are they really working?

I'm trying to make up my mind

I'm trying to make up my mind
It gets harder every time
I see a baby mother
Or think about growing up and having kids

Oh God, she must have done it out of love
I must believe it was an act of kindness
I keep imagining the film 'Girl Interrupted'
With less attractive inmates

"All of the things that you feel
They are a fucking disease" they said
"We diagnose it with ease" they said
"There is no hope of a release" they said

So you found yourself
Inside a prison with no escape
Tied to a gurney with thick red tape
Nursing a wound that is mother-shape

"When can I go back home?
I want to make a fucking call
All these pills do is make me sleep..."
Onetwoonetwoonetwo

You wished you could unmake yourself
Become something else
To be something awful
"To be smoke and shadow"

I understand the idea that A.D.D. is an imbalance
'Depression,' that is an imbalance of chemicals
It makes sense.

But couldn't you argue that everything is?
Joy, fear, anger, sadness?
Can you diagnose love?
Can you diagnose loss?
See, we find this ways
To justify it all
But is it really working?

BANNER HELD HIGH 

Social interaction
It makes me sick down to my stomach
I'm just building up a network
Of these people I pretend to know

People only like you
If you've got something they want
That means I must be a moron
If I don't like what you've got

I don't care about it
I don't care about it
I don't care about it
I don't care about it

Well I have wasted thousands
Of my kisses on your picture
And a lot of good it did me
When the circus came to down

Yeah you could have been my everything
But you went with another
And you let him treat you badly
And you run to me for sympathy, well...

I don't buy it!
I don't buy it!

I don't care about it
I don't care about it
I don't care about it
I don't care about it

You must stop feeling so (fucking) sorry for yourself

It's bullshit, get on with it

I don't care about it
(I don't care!)
I don't care about it
(I don't care!)
I don't care about it
(I don't care!)
I don't care about it
(I don't care!)

I don't care about it
I don't give a fuck
Cos I am so selfish and I am so proud

BEST ENEMIES 

Well yes, you are contented,
What more could you want?,
Yeah, you fight, but you always make it up,
It's love chasing its tail,

Look at how she holds his hand and she,
She whispers to him Kiss her now,
And when she pulls away she's got his,
His heart dangling from her mouth,

Phone calls and accusations and a,
A bad feeling all year round,
Gutless and co-dependant,
They're the best enemies in town,

The best enemies in town,
The best enemies in town,
In town,
Oh yeah,

The silence - you hate it,
Hearts should come armour plated,
Violins, they play for,
You and me and for her,
With clear minds and wide eyes,
We make the best decisions,

So...,
Just let it go...,

So now the tears come easily and she,
She promises to change her ways,
But it's not about what you do, it is,
Who you are that matters these days,

After months of rehearsals and bad excuses,
The moment to leave is now,
So death to contentedness,
You were the best enemies in town,

The best enemies in town,
The best enemies in town,
The best enemies,
Here's to the best enemies in town,
Town,

Well,
Where will I found love now?,
Who will accept me now?,
They all cried for chairman Mao,
They all cried for chairman Mao,

BLAMETHROWER 

We all have responsibilities,
We all have a social debt,
And if there is a man free of guilt,
I haven't met him yet,

So now you're backed in a corner,
You're under verbal attack,
They're pointing fingers like guns in your face and...
Nobody got your BACK,

You've got to blame somebody for all your fucking
mistakes,
So someone else will pay for all the bad choices you
make,
And you should take responsibility for what you do,
But you just point your finger at somebody innocent and
say...,

No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't, I need SOMEBODY TO BLAME,

GOT BLAME?,
I GOT BLAME,
I got blame,

So one day somebody asks you how you feel,
And instead of telling the truth,
You reel off a list of things you think they want to
hear,
Because it's easier that way,
And so they treat you like this completely different
person,
Because all they know about you is misinformation,
And you gradually detatch yourself from all your
actions thinking...,

OH, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DON'T MEAN WHAT I SAY,
I DON'T KNOW WHY I DON'T FEEL WHAT I SAY,
YOU'VE BEEN LYING ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS FOR SO LONG,
YOU'VE FORGOTTEN WHO YOU ARE,

You got to blame somebody for all your fucking
mistakes,
So someone else will pay for all the bad choices you
make,
And it is all your fault that you feel angry like you
do,
But you could not admit it and you're stuck
thinking...,

No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't, I need somebody,

No I don't feel so fucking...,
No I don't feel so fucking...,
No I don't feel so fucking good,
No I don't, I need somebody to blame,

ARRGGGHHHH...,

YEAH, BLAME