A strange union the other day
It's a dead Russian, the papers say
But it would be nice if they realised
That she thought 'he is mine'
This town has got you down and I know
I was helping you out
While your hope died under northern skies
and it shows
I was helping you to realise
The reason why, it was no surprise
No way
The act will pass by no-one
And I'm sad to say it's no different today
Be comforted by we share the same skies
And for once pay no mind
I have decided it's best that you know
I'm still thinking about
Old ties as north-west skies grow cold
No point in denying
Anxiety was my favourite feeling after jealousy
Yeah, I'll concede
That I could not be as nervous as I was
I could not, no way
City Of Bugs lyrics - The Cribs
It came to me like a voice from above
Or like a message in praise of platonic love
And if you stand in the booth
Then you don't have to sit with a stranger
A perfumed gust drifts to my core
I give you one last look
Through a cross-hatched door
But I'm a messed up baby
Like the Berlin Wall
Tonight
It came to me like a voice from above
Or like a message in praise of platonic love
But I'm a messed up baby
Like the Berlin Wall
Tonight
You feel the rape in the city of bugs
Fill the hole with glass...
...Vessels burst after love
But don't go too long without letting them know
That you're there
A perfumed gust drifts to my core
I give it one last look
It was a cross-hatched door
But I'm a messed up
Baby I'm the Berlin Wall
Tonight
You came into reach
Like the Serpent and Peach
Came to me in the dream
That contractions set free
But it's never too late to admit to me
That you're worried
Never a choice
Don't remember your voice
I was born out of glass
I'll return there at last
In a shattering climax
The wall falls
It came to me like a voice from above
Or like a message in praise of platonic love
And if you stand in the booth
Then you don't have to sit with a stranger
You feel the rape of the city of bugs
So fill the hole with glass...
...Vessels burst after love
But don't go too long without letting them know
That you're there
Never a choice
Don't remember your voice
I was born out of glass
I'll return there at last
In a shattering climax
For left out children to carry
A world without sin is a laughable thing
So go out on a limb
Take a stone for a swim
In a shattering climax
The wall falls
Or like a message in praise of platonic love
And if you stand in the booth
Then you don't have to sit with a stranger
A perfumed gust drifts to my core
I give you one last look
Through a cross-hatched door
But I'm a messed up baby
Like the Berlin Wall
Tonight
It came to me like a voice from above
Or like a message in praise of platonic love
But I'm a messed up baby
Like the Berlin Wall
Tonight
You feel the rape in the city of bugs
Fill the hole with glass...
...Vessels burst after love
But don't go too long without letting them know
That you're there
A perfumed gust drifts to my core
I give it one last look
It was a cross-hatched door
But I'm a messed up
Baby I'm the Berlin Wall
Tonight
You came into reach
Like the Serpent and Peach
Came to me in the dream
That contractions set free
But it's never too late to admit to me
That you're worried
Never a choice
Don't remember your voice
I was born out of glass
I'll return there at last
In a shattering climax
The wall falls
It came to me like a voice from above
Or like a message in praise of platonic love
And if you stand in the booth
Then you don't have to sit with a stranger
You feel the rape of the city of bugs
So fill the hole with glass...
...Vessels burst after love
But don't go too long without letting them know
That you're there
Never a choice
Don't remember your voice
I was born out of glass
I'll return there at last
In a shattering climax
For left out children to carry
A world without sin is a laughable thing
So go out on a limb
Take a stone for a swim
In a shattering climax
The wall falls
Hari Kari lyrics - The Cribs
If you combine flattery
With a long history
Then there are no easy answers
You hid your face
You hid your face in a place
Where there are no easy answers
In the name of everyone who met me
Am I supposed to commit Hari Kari?
With sword in hand I face demands
Delivered with the best intentions
from the department of corrections
But who will tell my next of kin
That tomorrow stands for nothing?
It was years ago, it was years ago
Since you left us
Alone
It was years ago, it was years ago
And only time will show, only time will show
How much you mean to
The world
Only time will show
It was years ago
If you combine flattery
With a long history
Then there are no easy answers
You hid your face
You hid your face in a place
Where there are no easy answers
Somebody said you should have left her
I think it was an empty gesture
It's not as though they really cared, like
"It's a shame about the weather"
You left home on a stretcher
I remember cos I saw a picture of it
It was years ago, it was years ago
Since you left us
I know
It was years ago, it was years ago
And only time will show, only time will show
How much you mean to
The world
Only time will show
It was years ago
It's your Mind
It's your Voice
It's your Body
It's your Choice
It's your Mind
It's your Voice
It's your Body
It's your Choice
It's your Mind
It's your Voice
It's your Body
It's your Choice
It's your Mind
It's your Voice
It's your Body
It's your Choice
It's your Mind
It's your Voice
It's your Body
It's your Choice
It's your Mind
It's your Voice
It's your Body
It's your Choice
Last Year's Snow lyrics - The Cribs
Oh Glass Beach, you know nothing of me
And I sense no curiosity
Amuse yourself with feelings of how
Like Libra you're growing fainter now
Like yesterday's bouquet
Looks a little sad today
Confusion I'll greet like an old friend
As tonight they set me right
In the end I will be forgotten
As tonight they set me right
So here's one for all the cynics then:
Hate me for what I've done, not for my idiot children
I want to think you won't
Remember me like last year's snow
Confusion I'll greet like an old friend
As tonight they set me right
In the end I will be forgotten
As tonight they set me right
And I sense no curiosity
Amuse yourself with feelings of how
Like Libra you're growing fainter now
Like yesterday's bouquet
Looks a little sad today
Confusion I'll greet like an old friend
As tonight they set me right
In the end I will be forgotten
As tonight they set me right
So here's one for all the cynics then:
Hate me for what I've done, not for my idiot children
I want to think you won't
Remember me like last year's snow
Confusion I'll greet like an old friend
As tonight they set me right
In the end I will be forgotten
As tonight they set me right
Emasculate Me lyrics - The Cribs
Without love
Without hate
Oh without anyone who I even allowed
To find out all of the little things
I've been thinkin
It's too easy for folks to get by
There's no reason for someone to try
To put walls around our misery
And gently emasculate me
You were seen
On your knees
Oh breaking what was
Already half destroyed
Like your love and all of the pretty things
That went with it
Spent all this time chasing happy
But happy is boring to me
So put walls around our misery
And gently emasculate me
Ignore The Ignorant lyrics - The Cribs
In these passionate places
There's a piece of me in every town
And the dialect changes
They never seem to wear me out
Yes the war is over
But no one ever told my heart
That it's all a laugh because
I'm throwing England to the dogs
But anyway
To be in the right
I'd give my life
But you must see it through
It's now down to you
Although you want the boy that is
You will never change the boy that was
And though he lives in a hotel
He seems to scrub up rather well
It's just a shame you can't
Ignore the ignorant
Because you see them
Every day
To be in the right
I'd give my life
But you must see it through
It's now down to you
To be proven right
I'd give my life
Ignore the ignorant
Save Your Secrets lyrics - The Cribs
You are far more likely to
Be devoured
Than empowered by your own
Sense of romance
Oh doleful girl
Alone in the world?
Where did true love go?
Well I'd like to know, ohhh-ohh
This means everything to me
Hope someone will see
That those yesterdays were a lifetime ago
You are far more likely to
Be devoured
Than empowered by your own
Sense of romance
Even the most gentle of folk
Will snap when provoked
I ain't scared no more
I've said that before
I sense it on your breath
You're frozen in your depths
Where'd the good guys go?
Well I'd like to know
Save your secrets for those who deserve it
But like the rice pounded out by a rabbit
I'm miles away from ever understanding
Why I had to be more of a man then
Be devoured
Than empowered by your own
Sense of romance
Oh doleful girl
Alone in the world?
Where did true love go?
Well I'd like to know, ohhh-ohh
This means everything to me
Hope someone will see
That those yesterdays were a lifetime ago
You are far more likely to
Be devoured
Than empowered by your own
Sense of romance
Even the most gentle of folk
Will snap when provoked
I ain't scared no more
I've said that before
I sense it on your breath
You're frozen in your depths
Where'd the good guys go?
Well I'd like to know
Save your secrets for those who deserve it
But like the rice pounded out by a rabbit
I'm miles away from ever understanding
Why I had to be more of a man then
Nothing lyrics - The Cribs
Lasted longer, well that's enough
Promises honoured, acting tough
Lasted longer, well that's enough
It's easy to feel strong about something
Of which no-one else knows a single thing
Who would remember a down turned mouth?
We start with next to nothing, why?
Just like we all had lost them, why?
When I die I'm leaving nothing, why?
We start with next to nothing, why?
I won't put myself out on show
And I won't dance round no maypole
No more chance than a cat in hell
We start with next to nothing, why?
Just like we all had lost them, why?
When I die I'm leaving nothing, why?
We start with next to nothing, why?
Promises honoured, acting tough
Lasted longer, well that's enough
It's easy to feel strong about something
Of which no-one else knows a single thing
Who would remember a down turned mouth?
We start with next to nothing, why?
Just like we all had lost them, why?
When I die I'm leaving nothing, why?
We start with next to nothing, why?
I won't put myself out on show
And I won't dance round no maypole
No more chance than a cat in hell
We start with next to nothing, why?
Just like we all had lost them, why?
When I die I'm leaving nothing, why?
We start with next to nothing, why?
Victim Of Mass Production lyrics - The Cribs
Well he's a creature without a care
Except for the fact that he'll only wear
The things he sees in magazines
He is a victim of mass production
I was brought up with my own beliefs
And well, I prided myself on being free
But the powers-that-be invaded me
Looking for some weapons of mass destruction
The first time that I met my mate
Was in a building that houses the things I hate
But she seemed to feel the things I feel
She is the object of my affection
I never thought that you'd care
I can't believe that you're still living there
But you'll always be the last who sees
You are a victim of mass production
Well I've seen it all before but that's not for me to say
We'll live
We'll die
We'll never say goodbye
Cos we're not supposed to be here anyway
Well he's a creature without a care
Except for the fact that he'll only wear out
The things he sees in magazines
He is a victim of mass production
I was brought up with my own beliefs
And well, I prided myself on being free
But the powers-that-be invaded me
Looking for some weapons of mass destruction
Well I've seen it all before but that's not for me to say
We'll live
We'll die
We'll never say goodbye
Cos we're not supposed to be here anyway
Well he's a creature without a care
Except for the fact that he'll only wear out
The things he sees in magazines
He is a victim of mass production
I never thought that you'd care
I can't believe that you're still living there
But you'll always be the last who sees
You are a victim of mass production
Except for the fact that he'll only wear
The things he sees in magazines
He is a victim of mass production
I was brought up with my own beliefs
And well, I prided myself on being free
But the powers-that-be invaded me
Looking for some weapons of mass destruction
The first time that I met my mate
Was in a building that houses the things I hate
But she seemed to feel the things I feel
She is the object of my affection
I never thought that you'd care
I can't believe that you're still living there
But you'll always be the last who sees
You are a victim of mass production
Well I've seen it all before but that's not for me to say
We'll live
We'll die
We'll never say goodbye
Cos we're not supposed to be here anyway
Well he's a creature without a care
Except for the fact that he'll only wear out
The things he sees in magazines
He is a victim of mass production
I was brought up with my own beliefs
And well, I prided myself on being free
But the powers-that-be invaded me
Looking for some weapons of mass destruction
Well I've seen it all before but that's not for me to say
We'll live
We'll die
We'll never say goodbye
Cos we're not supposed to be here anyway
Well he's a creature without a care
Except for the fact that he'll only wear out
The things he sees in magazines
He is a victim of mass production
I never thought that you'd care
I can't believe that you're still living there
But you'll always be the last who sees
You are a victim of mass production
Stick To Yr Guns lyrics - The Cribs
Give him what he needs
Let him see what he sees
Let me feel how he feels
Leave him out to sea
It's alright by me
Let him stay in bed
Until he is fed up
You know he can't go on
His life has felt so long
Already to go
You know
He's so lonely
Sick to the teeth
Drunk on belief
Meaning to clean
But armed with disease
I'll surmise for free
The boy who feels kept
Could be out of his depth
But you know he can't go on
His life has felt so long
Already he's old
Yes you know
He's so lonely
"What became of him?"
"Less than you could ever imagine"
Sick to the teeth
Drunk on belief
Meaning to clean
But armed with disease
I'll surmise for free
The boy who feels kept
Could be out of his depth
But you know he can't go on
With a life that feels so wrong
Already he's old
Yes you know
He's so lonely
Give him what he needs
Let him see what he sees
Let him feel how he's gonna feel
Leave him out to sea
It's alright by me
Let him stay in bed
Until he is fed up
You know he can't go on
Yes his life has felt so long
He's ready, but oh
His soul is so lonely
Stick to yr guns
He's ready, but oh
His soul
His soul is so lonely
Stick to yr guns
Let him see what he sees
Let me feel how he feels
Leave him out to sea
It's alright by me
Let him stay in bed
Until he is fed up
You know he can't go on
His life has felt so long
Already to go
You know
He's so lonely
Sick to the teeth
Drunk on belief
Meaning to clean
But armed with disease
I'll surmise for free
The boy who feels kept
Could be out of his depth
But you know he can't go on
His life has felt so long
Already he's old
Yes you know
He's so lonely
"What became of him?"
"Less than you could ever imagine"
Sick to the teeth
Drunk on belief
Meaning to clean
But armed with disease
I'll surmise for free
The boy who feels kept
Could be out of his depth
But you know he can't go on
With a life that feels so wrong
Already he's old
Yes you know
He's so lonely
Give him what he needs
Let him see what he sees
Let him feel how he's gonna feel
Leave him out to sea
It's alright by me
Let him stay in bed
Until he is fed up
You know he can't go on
Yes his life has felt so long
He's ready, but oh
His soul is so lonely
Stick to yr guns
He's ready, but oh
His soul
His soul is so lonely
Stick to yr guns
Is Anybody There? lyrics - The Cribs
Cut to the scene of a broken dream
On a day of long shadows
Tree lined streets, not even on the map
Summer early evening glows
Then ask your friends if you can learn to enjoy sorrow
See you told her once,
You told her twice,
And now she's found herself with no tomorrow
You see the truth's unfair
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
There's been no proof, who cares
Alone at last,
Is anybody there?
No, no, no.
In the light's part of me
Don't lie,
That should feel/be/feel alright
Cut to the scene of a broken dream
On a day of long shadows
You went there once,
Never looked back
What's not right, I'll never know
Then ask your friends if they could learn to enjoy sorrow
You might be tough,
Yeah I know your type,
Until you find yourself with no tomorrow
You see the truth's unfair
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
There's been no proof, who cares
Alone at last,
Is anybody there?
No, no, no.
In the light's part of me
Don't lie,
That should feel/be/feel alright
You see the truth's unfair
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
There's been no proof, who cares
Alone at last,
Is anybody there?
No, no, no.
In the light's part of me
Don't lie,
That should feel/be/feel alright
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
On a day of long shadows
Tree lined streets, not even on the map
Summer early evening glows
Then ask your friends if you can learn to enjoy sorrow
See you told her once,
You told her twice,
And now she's found herself with no tomorrow
You see the truth's unfair
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
There's been no proof, who cares
Alone at last,
Is anybody there?
No, no, no.
In the light's part of me
Don't lie,
That should feel/be/feel alright
Cut to the scene of a broken dream
On a day of long shadows
You went there once,
Never looked back
What's not right, I'll never know
Then ask your friends if they could learn to enjoy sorrow
You might be tough,
Yeah I know your type,
Until you find yourself with no tomorrow
You see the truth's unfair
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
There's been no proof, who cares
Alone at last,
Is anybody there?
No, no, no.
In the light's part of me
Don't lie,
That should feel/be/feel alright
You see the truth's unfair
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
There's been no proof, who cares
Alone at last,
Is anybody there?
No, no, no.
In the light's part of me
Don't lie,
That should feel/be/feel alright
Home at last,
Is anybody there?
No.
Our Bovine Public lyrics - The Cribs
Didn't think I'd have to choose
didn't think I'd wear brown shoes
didn't think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news
you gonna have a go
well I don't want to know
I just thought that I should try and say hello to those who'd
never exist without being generic
you have to impress our bovine public
you'd never exist if you wasn't generic
you have to impress our bovine public
I'll never forget how all this begun
and I will never regret a thing I have done but
you would never exist without us
so maybe I do not have the time
fair-weather friends of mine
a year's a long time
you're doing nothing with your life
I heard you felt alert
well I'm hoping that it hurt
cos we've spent too much time in groundwork
to be ground in to the dirt by those who'd
never exist without being generic
you'll have to impress our bovine public
you'd never exist if you wasn't generic
you'll have to impress our bovine public
I'll never forget how all this begun
and I will never regret a thing I have done
but you would never exist without us
so maybe I do
well you say nothing
so you'll always mean nothing to me
and if what you say means nothing
then what you say will always mean nothing to me
d'you think I have the time fair-weather friends of mine
a year's a long time to be doing nothing with your life
I heard you felt alert
well I'm hoping that it hurt
cos we've spent too much time in groundwork
to be ground into the dirt by those
who'd never exist without being generic
you have to impress our bovine public
you'd never exist if you wasn't generic
you'll have to impress our bovine public
I'll never forget how all this begun
and I will never regret the one thing I've done
but you would never exist without us
so maybe I do
didn't think I'd wear brown shoes
didn't think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news
you gonna have a go
well I don't want to know
I just thought that I should try and say hello to those who'd
never exist without being generic
you have to impress our bovine public
you'd never exist if you wasn't generic
you have to impress our bovine public
I'll never forget how all this begun
and I will never regret a thing I have done but
you would never exist without us
so maybe I do not have the time
fair-weather friends of mine
a year's a long time
you're doing nothing with your life
I heard you felt alert
well I'm hoping that it hurt
cos we've spent too much time in groundwork
to be ground in to the dirt by those who'd
never exist without being generic
you'll have to impress our bovine public
you'd never exist if you wasn't generic
you'll have to impress our bovine public
I'll never forget how all this begun
and I will never regret a thing I have done
but you would never exist without us
so maybe I do
well you say nothing
so you'll always mean nothing to me
and if what you say means nothing
then what you say will always mean nothing to me
d'you think I have the time fair-weather friends of mine
a year's a long time to be doing nothing with your life
I heard you felt alert
well I'm hoping that it hurt
cos we've spent too much time in groundwork
to be ground into the dirt by those
who'd never exist without being generic
you have to impress our bovine public
you'd never exist if you wasn't generic
you'll have to impress our bovine public
I'll never forget how all this begun
and I will never regret the one thing I've done
but you would never exist without us
so maybe I do
Girls Like Mystery lyrics - The Cribs
There's not much to say for me
That's okay you know that girls like mystery
They'll know all the things I've read
That's ok don't necessarily make it bad
Leave me alone
I'm just your enemy
I've seen it all
I've seen your jealousy
They say love me till then end
They only see me as a friend
You leave a lot to be desired
I don't care if I'm desired
They say love me till then end
They only see me as a friend
You leave a lot to be desired
I never wanna be desired
There's not much to say for me
That's okay you know that girls like mystery
Keep your clothes as your dignity
After all it's only two years history
Leave me alone
I'm just your enemy
I've seen it all
I've seen your jealousy
They say love me till then end
They only see me as a friend
You leave a lot to be desired
I don't care if I'm desired
They say love me till then end
They only see me as a friend
You leave a lot to be desired
I never wanna be desired
Men's Needs lyrics - The Cribs
Have you noticed
I've never been impressed
By your friends from New York and London?
I'll level, accusations like the press
til you realise that you've dressed yourself in tatters
Because a man's needs, man's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs, man's needs
Are lost on me
A man's needs, man's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs
I'm not bothered, what you say or how you dress
I'm a mess, so you've always seemed inviting
But really, this all seems quite meaningless
And I remember, that you never seem to see
The fact that men's needs, men's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs, man's needs
Are lost on me
A girl's needs, girl's needs
Just don't agree, just don't agree
With a man's needs
Have you noticed, I've never been impressed
By your friends from New York and London?
But really, this all seems quite meaningless
And I remember that you never seem to see
The excuse that men's needs, men's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs, man's needs
Apply to me
You say your man's needs, man's needs
Apply to me
I don't agree
A man's needs
Oh-oh! Oh-oh!
I've never been impressed
By your friends from New York and London?
I'll level, accusations like the press
til you realise that you've dressed yourself in tatters
Because a man's needs, man's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs, man's needs
Are lost on me
A man's needs, man's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs
I'm not bothered, what you say or how you dress
I'm a mess, so you've always seemed inviting
But really, this all seems quite meaningless
And I remember, that you never seem to see
The fact that men's needs, men's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs, man's needs
Are lost on me
A girl's needs, girl's needs
Just don't agree, just don't agree
With a man's needs
Have you noticed, I've never been impressed
By your friends from New York and London?
But really, this all seems quite meaningless
And I remember that you never seem to see
The excuse that men's needs, men's needs
Are found on greed, are found on greed
A man's needs, man's needs
Apply to me
You say your man's needs, man's needs
Apply to me
I don't agree
A man's needs
Oh-oh! Oh-oh!
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