- The Everlasting
- If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
- You
Stole The Sun From My Heart
- Ready For
Drowning
- Tsunami
- My Little
Empire
- I'm Not
Working
- You're
Tender And You're Tired
- Born A
Girl
- Be
Natural
- Black
Dog On My Shoulder
- Nobody
Loved You
- S.Y.M.M.
The Everlasting
Author:
Nicky Wire
The
gap that grows between our lives
The gap our parents never had
Stop those thoughts control your mind
Replace the things that you despise
Oh you're old I hear you say
It doesn't mean that I don't care
I don't believe in it anymore
Pathetic acts for a worthless cause
In
the beginning when we were winning
When our smiles were genuine
In the beginning when we were winning
When our smiles were genuine
But
now unforgiven, the everlasting
Everlasting...
The
world is full of refugees
They're just like you and just like me
But as people we have a choice
To end the void with all its force
So don't forget or don't pretend
It's all the same now in the end
It was set in a different life
Destroys my days and haunts my nights
In
the beginning when we were winning
When our smiles were genuine
In the beginning when we were winning
When our smiles were genuine
But
now unforgiven, the everlasting
Everlasting...
In
the beginning when we were winning
When our smiles were genuine
In the beginning when we were winning
When our smiles were genuine
But
now unforgiven, the everlasting
Everlasting...
But now unforgiven, the everlasting
Everlasting...
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will
Be Next
Author:
Nicky Wire
The
future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold
So if I can shoot rabbits
Then I can shoot fascists
Bullets
for your brain today
But we'll forget it all again
Monuments put from pen to paper
Turns me into a gutless wonder
And
if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Gravity
keeps my head down
Or is it maybe shame
At being so young and being so vain
Holes
in your head today
But I'm a pacifist
I've walked La Ramblas
But not with real intent
And
if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
And
on the street tonight an old man plays
With newspaper cuttings of his glory days
And
if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
And if you tolerate this
Then your children will be next
Will be next
Will be next
Will be next
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
Author:
Nicky Wire
Drinking
water to stay thin
Or is it to purify
I love you all the same
But
there's no, no real truce with my fury
You don't have to believe me
I love you all the same
But
you stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from
You stole the sun from
You
have broken through my armour
And I don't have an answer
I, I love you all the same
I
paint the things I want to see
But it don't come easy
I, I love you all the same
But
you stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from
You stole the sun from
I
think I'm, I'm lost among the undergrowth
So much so I woke up
I, I love you all the same
But
you stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from my
You stole the sun from my heart
You stole the sun from
You stole the sun from
I
have, I've got to stop smiling
It gives the wrong impression
But I love you all the same
Ready For Drowning
Author:
Nicky Wire
Here's
a true story
Said someone to me yesterday
Said he'd heard it in a taxi
Must
have had him at my mercy
Drown that poor thing
Put it out of its misery
Condemn
it to its future
Deny its history
Deny its history
So
where are we going
We are not ready for drowning
So where are we going
We are not ready for drowning
Look
through my venetian blinds
Dusting the past off of my mind
Seeing orange everywhere
I'd
go to Patagonia
But it's harder there
I'll do anything to prove I care
Fascinated
by good
Destroyed by evil
What is there to believe in
So
where are we going
We are not ready for drowning
So where are we going
We are not ready for drowning
I will bring the whole edifice down on their
unworthy heads
So
where are we going
We are not ready for drowning
So where are we going
We are not waving we're drowning
Tsunami
Author:
Nicky Wire
For
you my dear sister
Holding onto me forever
Disco dancing with the rapists
Your only crime is silence
Can't
work at this anymore
Can't move I want to stay at home
Tied up to all these crutches
Never far from your hands
Tsunami
tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Can't speak, can't think, won't talk, won't walk
The
doctors tell me that I'm cynical
I tell them that it must be chemical
So what am I doing girl
Cry into my drink I disappear
Eyes
for teeth grating over me
Bring down the shadows of my mind
Sleep and breathe under our sheets
Inhale the anxiety in between, in between, in between, in between
Tsunami
tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Through
September under the weather
In
between, in between, in between, in between
Tsunami
tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Tsunami tsunami
Came washing over me
Take
the GIs I will have the spies
My Little Empire
Author:
Nicky Wire
My
little empire
Has risen and it's set
My little empire
Is as good as it can get
My little empire
Is coming around
My little empire
It don't make a sound
[Don't make a sound]
My
royalty, it does not exist
It is extinct for the eye to see
My ideology, it is dead and gone
Almost forgotten for the eye to see
My
little empire
I'm sick of being sick
My little empire
I'm tired of being tired
My little empire
I'm bored of being bored
My little empire
I'm happy being sad
[Happy being sad]
All
of my sins are attempts to fill the voids
All of my voids they are filled with sin
All of my demons they are kept within
And all my violence it does not exist
My
little empire
I'm happy being sad
My little empire
I'm fucked with being fucked
My little empire
I'm done with being dumb
My little empire
I'm happy being sad
Happy being sad
Happy being sad
Happy being sad
I'm Not Working
Author:
Nicky Wire
Petrified
for the millionth time
Slowly my soul evaporates
No parachutes no dismal clouds
Just this fucking space
I
know what's coming
I'm not working
I know what's coming
I'm not working
Sweating
out intelligence
Like I don't know what it is
Clinging to the microwaves
And singing with the soundwaves
I
know what's coming
I'm not working
I know what's coming
I'm not working
Delerium
on helium
I am my own experience
I
know what's coming
I'm not working
I know what's coming
I'm not working
I'm
not working
I'm not working
I'm not working
You're Tender And You're Tired
Author:
Nicky Wire
You're
so fragile tonight
Been up hurting all night
It's not trivial like they think
Yes you're desperate and you're hurt
Thought
about it so many times
Too afraid to open your eyes
To see the sadness that's inside
Just sit back in and stop time
You're
tender and you're tired
You can't be bothered to decide
Whether you live or die
Or just forget about your life
But
it's too late to be real
No time to be strong enough
Just time to leave it all behind
Memory has become pain
Rebuild
the void with flowers
Sad eyed destruction build around sand and sea
Yes you can build yourself around
Build yourself around me, yourself around me
You're
tender and you're tired
You can't be bothered to decide
Whether you live or die
Or just forget about your life
You're
tender and you're tired
You can't be bothered to decide
Whether you live or die
Or just forget about your life
You're
tender and you're tired
You can't be bothered to decide
Whether you live or die
Or just forget about your life
You're
tender and you're tired
You can't be bothered to decide
Whether you live or die
Or just forget about your life
Drift away and die
Never say goodbye
Drift away and die
Never say goodbye
Drift away and die
Never say goodbye
Drift away and die
Born A Girl
Author:
Nicky Wire
Do
I look good for you tonight
Will you accuse me as I hide
Behind these layers of disguise
And the mirrors of my own happiness
I've
loved the freedom of being inside
Need a new start and a different time
Something grows in the space between me
And it's twisting and changing this fragile body
And
I wish I had been born a girl
Instead of what I am
Yes I wish I had been born a girl
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
The
censorship of my skin
Is screaming inside and from within
There's no room in this world for a girl like me
No place around there where I fit in
And
I wish I had been born a girl
Instead of what I am
Yes I wish I had been born a girl
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
Be Natural
Author:
Nicky Wire
Been
natural
For once in my life
Now I'll have to swallow some pride
Know that I should never give advice
But it's too late now to say goodbye
Be
natural
Don't want any friends
Be natural
Come on and hit me again
Be natural
I'm repeating myself
Be natural
Is there anything else
Starbright
keep me safe, today and tonight
No water tastes like lemonade
Slowly slowly it starts to fade
Be
natural
With me tonight
Be natural
Put your fists in my eyes
Be natural
So turn me to stone
Be natural
Just leave me alone
Grown
up or backwards born
Into eternity and black holes
Floating around up here on my own
Screaming at me forever unknown
Been
natural
Been natural
Been natural
Been natural
Is there anyone else
Black Dog On My Shoulder
Author:
Nicky Wire
There's
a black dog on my shoulder again
Licking my neck and saying she's my friend
Solitude the one thing that I really miss
Guess my life is a compromise
There's
a black dog on my shoulder again
I'm playing with it but it's gone to my head
Like "Carlito's Way" there are no exit signs
Freeze
me there until I am numb
My mouth is so dry
My eyes are shut tight
There's a black dog a coming tonight
Black dog's a coming tonight
My
dilemma but not my choice
Winston Churchill can you hear my voice
Melodrama there in my kitchen sink
Double vision the way it is
Am
I coming home to you again
Or am I stupid just by design
Does it matter if you really ever know
This
black dog is out of control
My mouth is so dry
My eyes are shut tight
There's a black dog a coming tonight
Black dog's a coming tonight
Am
I coming home to you again
Or am I stupid just by design
Does it matter if you really ever know
This
black dog is out of control
My mouth is so dry
My eyes are shut tight
There's a black dog a coming tonight
Black dog's a coming tonight
Nobody Loved You
Author:
Nicky Wire
What's
your story baby
No control of what I am saying
Winter leaves still make me believe
No vendettas, just a cherry blossom tree
Never
had the chance to take you home
Now there's no reason just another tomorrow
You keep giving me your free air miles
What would I give just for one of your smiles
Just for one of your smiles
Nobody
loved you, nobody made you feel so alone
Nobody loved you, no no
Nobody loved you, nobody made you feel so alone
Nobody loved you, no no
Let
me turn down all these lights
And sit with me then you can hold me tight
Give me some more of your carrier bags
And let me dream of a new autumn light
Tell
me your story baby
What's your poison and what is your honey
You've stopped me hurting but so much disorder
Winter flowers did you ever forgive her
Did you ever forgive her
Nobody
loved you, nobody made you feel so alone
Nobody loved you, no no
Cherry
blossom tree, but at least you are free
Nobody loved you like me
It's
unreal now you're gone
But at least you belong
Nobody loved you, no no
What's
the story baby
No control of what I am saying
Winter leaves still make me believe
No vendettas, just a cherry blossom tree
Just a cherry blossom tree
SYMM
Author:
Nicky Wire
The
subtext of this song
I've thought about it for so long
But it's really not the sort of thing
That people want to hear us sing
The
context of this song
Well I could go on and on
But it's still unfashionable
To believe in principles
South
South Yorkshire mass murderer
How can you sleep at night, sleep at night
South
South Yorkshire mass murderer
How can you sleep at night, sleep at night
The
reason for this song
Well
maybe it's a pointless one
But
thank you Jimmy McGovern
For
reminding me of what lives on
The
ending for this song
Well I haven't really thought of one
There's nothing I could ever say
That could really take the pain away
South
South Yorkshire mass murderer
How can you sleep at night, sleep at night
South South Yorkshire mass murderer
How can you sleep at night, sleep at night