curve - come clean

chinese burn
she burns friends like a piece of wood
and she's jealous of me because she never could
hold herself up without a spine
and she'll look me up when she's doing fine
because the rage it burns like chinese torture
she's just someone's favourite daughter
spoilt and ugly as she willingly slaughters
friends and enemies they're all the same
they'll burn her name
and crush her fame
she'll break a promise as a matter of course
because she thinks it's fun to have no remorse
she gets what she wants and then walks away
and she doesn't give a fuck what you might say
because it cuts her up like irish mortar
mother's pride is what we taught her
soiled and petty as we happily taunt her
friend or enemy we're all to blame
she'll burn us bad
she'll flaunt her flame
she'll make us remember, remember her name
if she sits still like she knows she could
she could win this game and be the queen for good
save herself up for the cream of the crop
then she'll look us up when she's ready to stop
because the rage it burns like chinese torture
she's just someone's favourite daughter
spoilt and ugly as she willingly slaughters
friends and enemies are all that came
to burn her name
crush her flame
we're all to blame

coming up roses
i'm coming up roses now
flying high
no-one can touch me
as i wave good-bye
i'm tall as a willow baby
tall as a willow
i'm sure not sorry for that
you wouldn't believe the stuff i know and have collected
i'm hung up on breathing now when i want
no-one can hurt me when i'm in trouble
i'm strong as i'm mellow baby
s trong as i'm mellow
i sure am happy for that
have you ever seen the things i own and have neglected
they're all quite strange and unconnected
and that's why they're strong
a mile is long when home is far away
coming up roses now flying high
a mile is long when home is far away
home is far away
i'm holding the fiddle now playing hard
i've learnt my lesson in self-composure
i shout and i bellow baby shout and i bellow
can you hear me out back?
can you feel the way i've grown and disconnected
a mile is long when home is far away
coming up roses now flying high
a mile is long when home is far away
coming up roses now flying high
a mile is long when home is far away
a first thought came to the sound
and it filled itself with spectrum
so it can see from the back of its head
it can sense the shifting moods
how little the first thought knows
its intentions its code of honour
till it's formed with cunning humour
feel the beat fall in
then a second leg came from the sound
what if i just don't deliver
the queen bee the enemy the ecstasy
a beast at the core of its nature
a beast at the core of its nature

something familiar
a distant stare i see myself there
deep in the black but can he see me
of this i'm not sure it's just a feeling
and you know how those things
have got me in trouble before
i thought i saw something familiar
i thought i saw something
he walks my walk and speaks my language
all at the same time but he don't know
the half of the hurt that he left behind no
he don't know the half of the hurt that he left behind
i bet you saw something familiar
i bet you saw something familiar
i bet you saw something
should i say where have you been all my life

dog bone
it doesn't matter
no one's bothered
if you do it with one another
you only call when i'm alone
dog bone
act like a dog without a home
dog bone oh yeah,
you've never wondered
far from my side
when you've pondered
if i'm your bride you'll try
but there'll be no surprises
you only call when i'm alone
dog bone
act like a dog without a home
dog bone
you only call when i'm alone
dog bone
i think of you and all you've shown
and i will never be what you are
you only call when i'm alone dog bone
act like a dog without a home

alligators getting up
grow out of your obsessions
you think you're bad but i'm badder than you
cos mine has come through consideration
while your reaction is nothing new
so go on genius be who you are
you're so flat and one dimensional
if you go my way you won't go wrong
you'll find out where you really belong
if you search it out it will make you strong
then you'll go on and on and on
you want what's mine but you don't deserve it
one tenth is all you an have
why care why share stamp your feet cos life's unfair
if you go my way you won't go wrong
you'll find out where you really belong
if you search it out it will make you strong
then you'll go on and on and on
you have to watch for the smallest details
just to stop the alligator from getting up

dirty high
please come over i need assistance
i've taken something and i have little resistance
cos mouth, you're dangerous and highly contagious
you'll say anything j ust to get what you want
i'm low, low, low, low
, stay down lay down, stay down
i'm the least persistent i'm your callous prescription
i can't eat, can't speak, can't sleep
well that's my mental description
it's a dirty high it's an unclean high
i taste as i go by taste as i go by
it's a filthy high it's an unclean high
so give it a try
please come over i need assistance
i've taken something and i have little resistance
it's a dirty high it's an unclean high
i taste as i go by

killer baby
i'll put you down as the third alternative
when you get to the bottom of the list
in the call for sanity nothing breathes
so i'll put you up as a friend of mary's
cos when she's raring to go she's quite contrary
in the race for courage everyone's gone blind
you're doing real well now killer now
baby
real well now killer killer killer killer
happy in a manic sort of way
but i'm real on a manic high day
the universe has left behind us all behind
you're doing real well now killer now
baby
real well now killer killer killer killer
i can't let go of the past
when it's my future that's safe and rosy
i can't step out onto the street
when it's my moods that keep me broody
throw it out and see what happens

sweetback
a single sound has changed me forever
it's the sound of your love
i never thought that i would be that lucky
to behold your trust
if i were to die at this very moment i'd be happy enough
let fate decide if our future's going as high as the sky above
then i'll be happy in love
i'll be strong and tough
i'll be sad enough
i'll be dirty and rough
it's a lonely world when the spell is broken
to the beat of your love
if i were to die at this very moment i'd be happy enough
let fate decide if our future's going as high as the sky above
then i'll be happy in love
i'll be strong and tough
i'll be sad enough
i'll be dirty and rough

forgotten sanity
i've forgotten how to write
and i'm giving up on speech
i can't remember how i look
or the day of the week
your love is a distant memory
along with most of my family
i'd get on my knees but i'm not allowed
even though i've forgotten how
i've forgotten how to walk
and i can't use my hands at all
i'd cross my heart and hope to die
but i'm heading for a fall
just let me go for my sanity
put me out of my misery
i'd get on my knees but i'm not allowed
even though i've forgotten how
decay decay
your love is a distant memory
along with most of my family
i'd get on my knees but i'm not allowed
even though i've forgotten how

cotton candy
suck my time, my energy you can be the enemy
cotton candy liberty
you're in charge of all you see
but it isn't me that has to believe
so save yourself instead of me
show me who you really are
cotton candy liberty
i'm not surprised at who you are
maybe we could go really far
cos i'm living in a place
you don't understand
i'm living in a space
that you don't command
playing out my life
free from harmful thought
looking right and left
so i don't get caught
suck my time, my energy
you can be the enemy
cotton candy liberty
you're in charge of all you see
but that isn't me
cos i'm living in a place
you don't understand
i'm living in a space
that you don't command
playing out my life
free from harmful thought
looking right and left
so i don't get caught

beyond reach
it's nice to know
it's nice to know exactly where you're going
sorry for these bitter words but i'm in no mood to pretend
why should i bother with you when you're not even a good friend?
i'm the tosser for thinking it was any more than it was
but you're the loser yes you're the loser you think you're above god
and beyond reach
it's nice to know
it's nice to know exactly where you're going
never pick a fight with someone bigger than you
that's what i learnt when i was at school
cos it doesn't really matter how clever you think you are
those years they leave all kinds of scars
it's nice to know
it's nice to know exactly where you're going
it's nice to know
it's nice to know exactly where you're going
carry on as you always have and you will get your just reward
it may not be what you expected but then there's nothing you can't afford
oh i'm the joker for thinking it could get much worse than this
but you're the loser yes you're the loser you think you're above god
and beyond reach
it's nice to know
it's nice to know exactly where you're going

come clean
when will you come clean
clean and lean and mean
come so far i can't go back
come so far
when will you wake up
up to my loving stuff
when will you wake up
up to my loving cup
when will you wake up
i've been so far i can't go back
when will you come clean
when will you wake up
up to my loving cup
up to my loving stuff
clean and lean and mean
i've been so far i can't go back
i've been so far

recovery
the months go by and i don't think of you
the signal is frail
an imprint of what you do so i turn up the sound and you are nowhere
i have learnt this to my cost
but i maintain in the slow lane
i maintain in the slow lane
the scent goes by still i smell of you
you say i cry at the merest thought of you so you let me down to laugh at nothing
i have learnt this for myself
but i maintain in the slow lane
i maintain in the slow lane
so i turn up the sound and you are nowhere
i have learnt this to my cost
but i maintain in the slow lane
turn down the sound
you are nowhere
you let me down
to laugh at nothing
i have learnt this to my cost
i have learnt this for myself