Paroles de l'album :"Scream"(part 2).
Mirage
I'm just a vision on your T.V. screen
just something conjured from a dream
seen thro' your x-ray eyes,
a see-thro' scene
the image is no images
it's not what it seems.
My limbs are like palm trees
swaying in no breeze
my body's an oasis
to drink from as you please
I'm not seeing what I'm meant to believe in
your non excuse for human being.
It's not plain to see
that I'm playing with me
A photo-fit of loose ends, framed in 3-D
seen thro' your x-ray eyes,
a see-thro' scene
the image is no images
it's not what it seems.
Metal Postcard [Mittageissen]
Reunion begins
with a glass of mercury
whilst television flickers
for another news bulletin
flints light up the eyes
of the seated family
Metal is tough, metal will sheen
Metal won't rust when oiled and cleaned
Metal is tough, metal will sheen
Metal will rule in my masterscheme
With a clockwork jerk
pluck cogs from fob watches
for dinner on Friday
then recoiling say excuse me
Must go recycle
my precious machinery
Metal is tough, metal will sheen
Metal won't rust when oiled and cleaned
Metal is tough, metal will sheen
Metal will rule in my masterscheme
It's ruling our lives
there is no hope
thought I'd drop a line
the weather here is fine
but day and night it blares
commanding through loudspeakers:
"Metal is tough, metal will sheen
Metal won't rust when oiled and cleaned
Metal is tough, metal will sheen
Metal will rule in my masterscheme"
Nicotine Stain
It's just a habit
when I reach to the packet
for my last cigarette
until the day breaks
and then my hand shakes
but it it's just driving me insane
when the smoke gets in my brain
I can't resist it
Wallow in that ash bath
soaking up the fumes
and see the nicotine stain
start to spread
I'm so congested
cos north, south, east and west
catarrh rests on my chest
congealed and twisted
cough up and shift it
but I can feel my lungs collapse
sinking deep into my lap
I'm so useless
Wallow in that ash bath
soaking up the fumes
and see the nicotine stain
start to spread
I'm so useful
if you don't want to fight
just give your foe a fright
say you'll drop me
on every country
see all will be stone dead
when the nicotine stain spreads
just light me
Wallow in that ash bath
soaking up the fumes
and see the nicotine stain
start to spread
Suburban Relapse
I'm sorry that I hit you
but my string snapped
I'm sorry I disturbed your cat-nap
but whilst finishing a chore
I asked myself "what for"
then something snapped,
I had a relapse... A Suburban relapse
I was washing up the dishes
minding my own business
when my string snapped
I had a relapse... A Suburban relapse
(Should I?)
Throw things at the neighbors
expose myself to strangers?
kill myself or... you?
now memory gets hazy?
I think I must be crazy
but my string snapped
I had a relapse... A Suburban relapse
Switch
Different lives
in different places
familiar problems
same old faces
Shuffle lives
into wrong categories
cross the wires
and fuse humanities
watch the muscles twitch
for a brand new switch...
Scientist G.P.'s
with patient guinea pigs
curing their headaches
with drastic side-effects
switch
Doctor rectorates
condescending from on high
for all hallucinators
see druggist in the sky
switch
Vicar experiments
but 'tis blasphemy
dismissing thought of progress
as the mark of devilry
switch
People walk
and even talk
people listen
then they halt
Something blows up
won't come down
scattered muscles twitch
too late to switch