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my friend
stupid
weatherbeaten boys
mindbomb
the careless ones
collapse on me
like a stone
a lot to go over
mephisto
shiver
apparition
end of the day

my friend (Juke)

My friend has been born again
Turned his back on this life
Got his sights on another one
He says, "I could save you too"
Turn my head, roll my eyes,
Shrug my shoulders and then say goodbye

'Cause you're as individual
As this cold world will allow you, brother
It gets you towing the line, in time
In one fashion or another

My friend sees things differently
Tossed in his job, dumped his girl,
Said so long to his family
He says, "it's not my cup of tea"
Head down, shut your mouth,
Bite your tongue and watch life tick away

My friend is on medication
No one hears the voice and the messages inside his head
They say there's no explanation
So he's sedated in a low in a depth
No one's ever known

My friend
Sees things differently
To you and me

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stupid (Orange)

She said I'm coming up, don't you know
She said I'm running out, if you don't let go
I might just hurt you, I might just hurt you

She said I've given up, more than you
She said I'm wondering what you will do
You don't know why I need to fly

Oh, it's a stupid way to fall
When your actions were on the wall
I don't know what you're thinking
What you believe in, what do you believe in?

I said if you're running out, you can't just go
I said you're running out, I'll leave you so
I'll be persuasive and conversasive
I'm feeling naked

Oh, it's a stupid way to fall
Don't think you're stupid, you didn't know
You make me feel so helpless
I'm feeling helpless

And I can't believe it's gone
No, I can't believe it's gone
I can't believe I let you go
I can't believe I let you go

You're so predictable, just let it go
Just let the words simmer down
And if you want me I'll be waiting
You know it gets you when you're waiting

I can't believe you're gone
I let you go

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weatherbeaten boys (Juke)

Could you spare the price of a cup of tea
The winter wind is blowing right through me
A simple kind word is one I have not heard
In such a long time so don't be like one of the herd

'Cause I was like you, I used to belong
But the burden of life got a little too strong
I can't really remember when it all changed
To this kind of existence that has no joy
When I became this weatherbeaten boy

A weatherbeaten boy

Trudging through life in the dust and the rain
I never like the drink, but it numbs the pain
Everything I own is what I wear
Testament to how much I don't care anymore

I sometimes believe that there is a god
But how could he exist in this empty old pod
I sometimes believe that there is true love
That there is a hope and a heaven above
Innocence and coy, god help the weatherbeaten boys

The weatherbeaten boys

The streets and the low life is are all I've seen
I cannot sleep and I cannot dream
In this overcrowded subway I call home
Every single face seems to be so alone

'Cause I could be you and you could be me
A simple twist of fate is all it could be
Stripped of the good life where you have been
Suit and your shoes, electronic toys
Into the world of the weatherbeaten boys

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mindbomb (Juke)

Please don't bother coming around tonight
If you're not going to stay
There is a point it has gone way beyond
The outer limits, yes it's too for gone
Cheap amusement but at whose expense
I need a picture of the future tense
Please don't bother coming round tonight
If you are not going to stay

Baby, baby, you're a mindbomb, don't you know
The way you lead me on
Baby, baby, you're a mindbomb, don't you know
The way you turn me on

There is a point it has gone way beyond
The outer limits yes its too far-gone
Cheap amusement but at whose expense
I need a picture of the future tense
Please don't bother coming round tonight
If you are not going to stay

The way you switch me,
The way you switch me on

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the careless ones (Orange)

Gold coloured skin
Burn it up, soak it in
Then choose what you will
Live it up, soak it in

Where is the time, time for a second chance
Where is the end of it all
Let's take a ride
Ride on the cannibal
Take your place in the sun

'Cause we've become the careless ones
And I can't change
For all it's worth, for all its gain
I remain, I remain

Pleasure was had
Pleasures impossible at such a high price to pay
Feeling the ground accelerate away
You're left on your own
In the end

Sand stuck to my feet
In the car and on the seat
But there's no car and there's no seat
But when I look in front of me
That's what I see, that's what I see

And I can't stop now
No, I can't stop now
When I feel my skin it's burning up
So I run

Gold coloured skin
Burn it up, soak it in
So clean...

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collapse on me (Juke)

Run baby run, if you must
Until your lungs give in
And leave you breathless
Youth will leave you soon
It goes in opposite directions
You can't return to

And when you feel there is nothing more
The need to breathe becomes a chore
Give me all your woes and disappointments

And collapse on me
Throw yourself upon the one who knows
Collapse on me
There's someone there to absorb the blows

Scream, 'cause someone's listening,
I will hear your voice among the millions
Believe, it won't be long
Just stop and turn around
I'll be behind you

'Cause I've been there for all of time
Seen every mask you've hid behind
Come out of the night and walk this way

And collapse on me
Throw yourself upon the one who knows
And collapse on me
'cause it gets hard, that's just the way life goes
It's just the way it goes

And when you feel there is nothing more
The need to breathe becomes a chore
Give me all your woes and disappointments
Give them all to me

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like a stone (Banner / Juke)

Why are there times
I'm driven by unconscious urges
And I'm compelled to deliver my hand
To the one I love

These are the times
I feel like I'm talking to a stone
She's the needle that scratches my bones
She's the one I love

And I wonder if it's better being unhappy than forever alone
Yes I wonder if it's better being unhappy than forever alone
I don't know…

She's like a stone

Why are there times
The silence, it drives me half-insane
I hereby burden all the blame
On the one I love

Viva the times
I feel like I'm talking to a stone
I feel like I'm ready to explode
At the one I love

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a lot to go over (Juke)

Control your mouth in the presence of others
Don't spoil the mood with your petty bothers
While what you're nursing inside - is a worried mind
Sacrifice your well being - not to appear unkind
See the problem but can't face the solution
Indulge yourself in your favourite delusion
But it's a waste of good time - both yours and mine
If we're kidding ourselves everything is fine

We've got a lot to go over
If we're gonna make it last
We've got a lot to go over
And it's gonna be a hell of a task

Is there any point in keeping your mouth shut
Just get stuck into that timeless old rut
Where nothing's going to change - all by itself
Wishing it could be done by someone else

Where nothing's going to change

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mephisto (Orange / Juke)

We don't know what goes on
In between the visions of
Armed with cigarettes that pack
Dressed in dictator's clothes that match the man

Faced the turns and gave it all
Wondering if it all might fall
Straight ahead no looking back
Front the force with such attack

And i don't know what to say
Except to stop and let it play
And if you still don't get it
Wait now and the words will spell it
Out again

Call the president direct
Mephisto leans upon the edge
It blows my mind, I must confess
To see her in the lemon dress

And I don't know what to say
Except to stop and let it play
And if you still don't get it
Well wait now till the lights go out
Till the lights go out, till the lights go out
Once again

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shiver (Orange / Juke)

Take that shivering smile and be on your way
I'll choose to be with you some other day
Gonna make that gonna break that
Gonna do whatever I want, you know
Gonna eat, drink, sleep, stink, fall down on my street
Gonna hate, lie, waste, cry, fall down, suffer and die

Don't ever choose your emotions
Take time to feel your devotion
Lose yourself and you'll be on your way

Don't make me check myself
You can't afford to lose this
Last time you faced yourself
Without the right pollution
The walls were soaking wet
The nerve edge ripped right through you
Best keep that aimless mind in check
That's the solution

What's the solution…What's the solution….

You want to feel it, you want it good
Oh you could make it but you're misunderstood
You don't like fashion, you don't like fame
You're so transparent it drives me insane

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apparition (Juke)

Came down to me in my darkest hour
I said I'm nobody, do you know
Spoke to me in tongues I'd never heard before
Mother Universe in a glow

Apparition - I don't know
Apparition - of love

What she said to me was unbelievable
And no one did believe it was so
The truth bestowed upon my indifference
We are alien to godliness

Apparition - I don't know
Apparition - of someone
Apparition - I'm not quite sure
Apparition - of love

I have seen the crossroad to oblivion
The choice is still mine, yes I know
Show me the road back to simplicity
It's not the easy way but I will go

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end of the day (Juke)

At the end of the day
It means nothing to me
It means nothing at all
If I come, if I go
If I go, if I stay
Take it easy
And go with the flow

At the end of the rain
If it all starts again
I will not be sad
I'm sure I'll be glad
Take it easy
And go with the flow
With the flow

'Cause nobody got anything
By worrying 'bout things too much
I know 'cause i've been there
And i don't wanna care
About anything too much
Oh no no….

At the end of the day
It means nothing to me
It means nothing at all
All the money I blow
All the news I don't know
I just want to grow old happily
Take it easy, and go with the flow

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