Creep When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so fucking special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here I don't care if it hurts I want to have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice when I'm not around You're so fucking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell I'm doing here? I don't belong here She's running out the door She's running out She runs runs runs Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so fucking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here I don't belong here

"High & Dry" Two jumps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy? Flying on your motorcycle, Watching all the ground beneath you drop You'd kill yourself for recognition, Kill yourself to never ever stop You broke another mirror, You're turning into something you are not Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Drying up in conversation, You will be the one who cannot talk All your insides fall to pieces, You just sit there wishing you could still make love They're the ones who'll hate you When you think you've got the world all sussed out They're the ones who'll spit at you, You will be the one screaming out Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry It's the best thing that you ever had, The best thing that you ever, ever had It's the best thing that you ever had, The best thing you ever had has gone away Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry

"Fake Plastic Trees" Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out, it wears her out It wears her out, it wears her out She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery For girls in the eighties But gravity always wins It wears him out, it wears him out It wears him out, it wears him out She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run It wears me out, it wears me out It wears me out, it wears me out If I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted all the time All the time... All the time...

"Airbag" In the next world war In a jackknifed juggernaut I am born again In the neon sign Scrolling up and down I am born again In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In a deep deep sleep of the innocent I am born again In a fast german car I'm amazed that I survived An airbag saved my life In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe In an interstellar burst I am back to save the universe

"Paranoid Android" Please could you stop the noise, I'm trying to get some rest From all the unborn chicken voices in my head What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but not an android) When I am king, you will be first against the wall With your opinion which is of no consequence at all What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but no android) What's that...? (I may be paranoid, but no android) Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy You don't remember You don't remember Why don't you remember my name? Off with his head, man Off with his head, man Why don't you remember my name? I guess he does.... Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height... height... Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me From a great height From a great height... height... Rain down, rain down Come on rain down on me TThat's it, sir You're leaving The crackle of pigskin The dust and the screaming The yuppies networking The panic, the vomit The panic, the vomit God loves his children, God loves his children, yeah!

"Karma Police" Karma police, arrest this man He talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge He's like a detuned radio Karma police, arrest this girl Her Hitler hairdo is Making me feel ill And we have crashed her party This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us Karma police I've given all I can It's not enough I've given all I can But we're still on the payroll This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself For a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself

"No Surprises" A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired and unhappy Bring down the government They don't, they don't speak for us I'll take a quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises Silent, silent This is my final fit, my final bellyache with No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises please Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here) No alarms and no surprises (let me out of here) No alarms and no surprises please (let me out of here)

"Idioteque" Who's in bunker, who's in bunker? Women and children first Women and children first Women and children I'll laugh until my head comes off I swallow till I burst Until I burst Until I.. Who's in bunker, who's in bunker I've seen too much I haven't seen enough You haven't seen enough I'll laugh until my head comes off Women and children first And children first And children.. Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time Ice age coming, ice age coming Let me hear both sides Let me hear both sides Let me hear both.. Ice age coming, ice age coming Throw me in the fire Throw me in the fire Throw me in the.. We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening We're not scaremongering This is really happening, happening Mobiles working Mobiles chirping Take the money and run Take the money and run Take the money.. Here I'm allowed, everything all of the time Background: The first of the children

"You And Whose Army?" Come on, come on You think you drive me crazy Come on, come on You and whose army? You and your cronies Come on, come on Holy roman empire Come on if you think Come on if you think You can take us all on You can take us all on You and whose army? You and your cronies You forget so easily We ride tonight We ride tonight Ghost horses Ghost horses Ghost horses We ride tonight We ride tonight Ghost horses Ghost horses Ghost horses..

"I Might Be Wrong" I might be wrong I might be wrong I could have sworn I saw a light coming on I used to think I used to think There is no future left at all I used to think Open up, begin again Let's go down the waterfall Think about the good times And never look back Never look back What would I do? What would I do? If I did not have you? Open up, let me in Let's go down the waterfall Have ourselves a good time It's nothing at all Nothing at all Nothing at all

"Knives Out" I want you to know He's not coming back Look into my eyes I'm not coming back So knives out Catch the mouse Don't look down Shove it in your mouth If you'd been a dog They would've drowned you at birth Look into my eyes It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth So knives out Cook him up Squash his head Put him in the pot I want you to know He's not coming back He's bloated and frozen Still there's no point in letting it go to waste So knives out Catch the mouse Squash his head Put him in the pot

"2 + 2 = 5" Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes a five I'll lay down the tracks Sandbag and hide January has April showers And two and two always makes a five It's the devil's way now There is no way out You can scream and you can shout It is too late now Because you're not there Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention yeah I feel it, I needed attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Yeah I need it, I needed attention I needed attention I needed attention I needed attention Yeah I love it, the attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Soon oh I try to sing along But the music's all wrong Cos I'm not Cos I'm not I'll swallow up flies? Back and hide But I'm not Oh hail to the thief Oh hail to the thief But I'm not (4x) Don't question my authority or put me in the box Cos I'm not Cos I'm not Oh go up to the king, and the sky is falling in But it's not But it's not Maybe not Maybe not

"Go To Sleep" Something for the rag and bone man Over my dead body Something big is gonna happen Over my dead body Someone saw someone's daughter Over my dead body This is how I ended up sucked in Over my dead body I'm gonna go to sleep And let this wash all over me We don't really want a monster taking over Tip toeing, tying down We don't want the loonies takin' over Tip toeing, tying down our arms May pretty horses Come to you as you sleep I'm gonna go to sleep And let this wash over me

"Where I End And You Begin" There's a gap in between There's a gap where we meet Where I end and you begin And I'm sorry for us The dinosaurs roam the earth The sky turns green Where I end and you begin I am up in the clouds I am up in the clouds And I can't and I can't come down I can watch and cant take part Where I end and where you start Where you, you left me alone You left me alone X'll mark the place Like the parting of the waves Like a house falling in the sea In the sea I will eat you alive [x4] There'll be no more lies [x4] I will eat you alive [x4] There'll be no more lies [x4] I will eat you alive [x4] There are no more lies [x4] I will eat you alive [x3]

"I Will" I will Lay me down In a bunker Underground I won't let this happen to my children Meet the real world coming out of your shell With white elephants Sitting ducks I will rise up Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes Little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes Little babies eyes eyes eyes

"Myxomatosis" The mongrel cat came home Holding half a head Proceeded to show it off To all his new found friends He said I been where I liked I slept with who I like She ate me up for breakfast She screwed me in a vice But now I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied I sat in the cupboard And wrote it down real neat They were cheering and waving Cheering and waving Twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis But it got edited fucked up Strangled beaten up Used in a photo in time magazine Buried in a burning black hole in devon I don't know why I feel so tongue-tied Don't know why I feel So skinned alive. My thoughts are misguided and a little naive I twitch and I salivate like with myxomatosis You should put me in a home or you should put me down I got myxomatosis I got myxomatosis Yeah no one likes a smart ass but we all like stars But that wasn't my intention, I did it for a reason It must have got mixed up Strangled beaten up I got myxomatosis I got myxomatosis I don't know why I Feel so tongue-tied

"A Wolf At The Door" Drag him out your window Dragging out your dead Singing I miss you Snakes and ladders Flip the lid Out pops the cracker Smacks you in the head Knifes you in the neck Kicks you in the teeth Steel toe caps Takes all your credit cards Get up get the gunge Get the eggs Get the flan in the face The flan in the face The flan in the face Dance you fucker dance you fucker Don't you dare Don't you dare Don't you flan in the face Take it with the love is given Take it with a pinch of salt Take it to the taxman Let me back let me back I promise to be good Don't look in the mirror At the face you don't recognize Help me call the doctor Put me inside (5x) I keep the wolf from the door But he calls me up Calls me on the phone Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up Steal all my children If I don't pay the ransom But I'll never see them again If I squeal to the cops No no no no no no no Walking like giant cranes ah With my x ray eyes i strip you naked In a tight little world and why are you on the list? Stepford wives who are we to complain? Investments and dealers investments and dealers Cold wives and mistresses Cold wives and sunday papers. City boys in first class Don't know we're born little Someone else is gonna come and clean it up Born and raised for the job

Someone else always does always pick it up Get over get up get over Turn the tape off. I keep the wolf from the door But he calls me up Calls me on the phone Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up Steal all my children If I don't pay the ransom But I'll never see them again If I squeal to the cops So I'm just gonna'

"15 Step" How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? Won't take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out then you cut the string How come I end up where I started? How come I end up where I went wrong? I won't take my eyes off the ball again First you reel me out and then you cut the string You used to be alright What happened? Did the cat get your tongue? Did your string come undone? One by one One by one It comes to us all It's as soft as your pillow You used to be alright What happened Et cetera, et cetera Fads for whatever Fifteen steps Then a sheer drop How come I end up where I started? How can I end up where I went wrong? Won't take my eyes off the ball again You reel me out and you cut the string

"Nude" Don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen You paint yourself white And fill up with noise But there'll be something missing Now that you've found it, it's gone Now that you feel it, you don't You've gone off the rails So don't get any big ideas They're not gonna happen You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking "Reckoner" Reckoner You can't take it with you Dancing for your pleasure You are not to blame for Bittersweet distractors Dare not speak its name Dedicated to all human beings Because we separate Like ripples on a blank shore In rainbows Because we separate The ripples on a black shore Reckoner, take me with you Dedicated to all human beings

"Weird Fishes / Arpeggi" In the deepest ocean The bottom of the sea Your eyes They turn me Why should I stay here? Why should I stay? I'd be crazy not to follow Follow where you lead Your eyes They turn me Turn me on to phantoms I follow to the edge of the earth And fall off Everybody leaves If they get the chance And this is my chance I get eaten by the worms And weird fishes Picked over by the worms And weird fishes Weird fishes Weird fishes Yeah I I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape And I I'll hit the bottom Hit the bottom Hit the bottom and escape Escape

"All I Need" I'm the next act Waiting in the wings I'm an animal Trapped in your hot car I am all the days That you choose to ignore You are all I need You are all I need I'm in the middle of your picture Lying in the reeds I'm a moth Who just wants to share your light I'm just an insect Trying to get out of the night I only stick with you Because there are no others You are all I need You're all I need I'm in the middle your picture Lying in the reeds It's all wrong It's all right It's all wrong

"Faust Arp" Wakey wakey Rise and shine It's on again off again on again Watch me fall Like dominoes In pretty patterns Fingers in the blackbird pie I'm tingling tingling tingling It's what you feel now What you ought to what you ought to Reasonable and sensible Dead from the neck up I guess I'm stuffed, stuffed, stuffed We thought you had it in you But no no no For no real reason Squeeze the tubes and empty bottles And take a bow take a bow take a bow It's what you feel now What you ought to what you ought to An elephant that's in the room is Tumbling tumbling tumbling In duplicate and triplicate and Plastic bags and Duplicate and triplicate Dead from the neck up I guess I'm stuck stuck stuck We thought you had it in you But no no no Exactly where do you get off Is enough is enough is enough I love you but enough is enough, enough of that stuff There's no real reason You've got a head full of feathers You're gonna melt in to butter

"Jigsaw Falling Into Place" Just as you take my hand Just as you write my number down Just as the drinks arrive Just as they play your favourite song As your bad day disappears No longer wound up like a spring Before you've had too much Come back in focus again The walls abandon shape They've got a Cheshire cat grin All blurring into one This place is on a mission Before the night owl Before the animal noises Closed circuit cameras Before you're comatose Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes The beat goes round and round The beat goes round and round I never really got there I just pretended that I had What's the point of instruments Words are a sawed off shotgun Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Come on and let it out Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes Just as you take the mic Just as you dance, dance, dance Jigsaw falling into place There is nothing to explain Regard each other as you pass She looks back, you look back Not just once Not just twice Wish away the nightmare Wish away the nightmare You've got a light you can feel it on your back A light you can feel it on your back Jigsaw falling into place

"Little By Little" Turn to nasty now The dark cell The pit of my soul The last one out of the box The one who broke this spell Little by little by hook or by crook I'm such a tease And you're such a flirt Once you've been hurt You've been around enough Little by little by hook or by crook Never get nervous Never get judged I'm no idiot I should look Your clue on hold, snapped up Crawling with my love The last one out of the box The one that broke the seal Obligation Complication Routines and schedules Drug and kill you Kill you Little by little by hook or by crook Never get nervous Never get judged I'm no idiot I should look

"Lotus Flower" I will shape myself into your pocket Invisible, do what you want, do what you want I will shrink and I will disappear I will slip into the groove and cut me up, and cut me up There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root And now I'll set you free I'll set you free There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root Tonight I'll set you free I'll set you free Slowly we unfurl As lotus flowers 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick Just to see what if Just to see what is I can't kick your habit Just to feed your fast ballooning head Listen to your heart We will shrink and be quiet as mice While the cat is away; do what we want Do what we want There's an empty space inside my heart Where the weeds take root So now I set you free I set you free 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick Just to see what if Just to see what is Put the lotus flower into my room Slowly we unfurl As lotus flowers 'Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick I dance around a pit The darkness is beneath I can't kick your habit Just to feed your fast ballooning head Listen to your heart

Just Can't get the stink off He's been hanging round for days Comes like a comet Suckered you but not your friends One day he'll get to you And teach you how to be a holy cow You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself Just you and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself Don't get my sympathy Hanging out the 15th floor You've changed the locks three times He still comes reeling through the door One day I'll get you And teach you how to get to purest hell You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself Just you, you and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself You do it to yourself, you do And that's what really hurts Is that you do it to yourself Just you, you and no one else You do it to yourself You do it to yourself.. yourself.. yourself..

"Packt Like Sardines In A Crushed Tin Box" After years of waiting nothing came As your life flashed before your eyes You realize I'm a reasonable man Get off, get off, get off my case [x2] I'm a reasonable man Get off my case Get off my case After years of waiting After years of waiting nothing came And you realize you're looking, Looking in the wrong place I'm a reasonable man Get off my case [x2] I'm a reasonable man Get off my case [x2] I'm a reasonable man Get off my case [x3] After years of waiting You're a reasonable man Get off our case [x3] I'm a reasonable man, Get off my case [x3] I'm a reasonable man, Get off my case [x3] I'm a reasonable man, Get off my case [x3]

"Bodysnatchers" I do not Understand What it is I've done wrong Full of holes Check for pulse Blink your eyes One for yes Two for no I have no idea what I am talking about I am trapped in this body and can't get out Make a sound Move back home A pale imitation With the edges sawn off I have no idea what you are talking about Your mouth moves everywhere Has the light gone out for you? Cause the light's gone out for me It is the 21st century It is the 21st century You can fight it like a dog It brought me to my knees They got scared and they put me in They got scared and they put me in All their eyes wrapped around my face All their eyes wrapped around my face Although everybody else can see Although everybody else can see I'm alive I've seen it coming

"The National Anthem" Everyone Everyone around here Everyone is so near What's going on? What's going on? Everyone Everyone is so near Everyone has got the fear It's holding on It's holding on It's holding on [x3] "Everything In Its Right Place" Kid A, Kid A, Kid A, Kid A Everything, everything, everything, everything.. In its right place In its right place In its right place Right place Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Everything, everything, everything.. In its right place In its right place Right place There are two colours in my head There are two colours in my head What is that you tried to say? What was that you tried to say? Tried to say.. tried to say.. Tried to say.. tried to say.. Everything in its right place