独乐乐——Attrition

Smiling, At The Hypogonder Club 1985

Look Out! Hedonist

So she
Came to call today
Her shadow
Gave it all away
Go round.

The siren is calling me
Echoing around the hall
Young man
He's walking
Surrounded by white walls
Young man take me to the heights
In the lowlands.

Back in time
A change in line
It's a different
State of mind
Take a trip
Sleep on the ship
And how are you in England?
Go round.

Look out, hedonist
You think you're lonely
But accomplished
The angles smile
They're playing pool
And shooting dice
In the town whwere I live.

I'm fine
I smile most of the time
I'm fine

The Game Is Up

I've got a feeling
Did somebody see me
This is the season
For saving a life for me
I know what they're thinking
I killed Abraham Lincoln
The game is up

My world
There's somebody leaving
My soul
Is locked inside my memory
Someone is catching up with me
I know what they think of me
I shot John F. Kennedy
The game is up

It's been a long time
Such a long time
Can you know the reason
Do you believe your mind
It's been a long time
Such a long time
The aim was so high
But I did not survive
The game is up.

I felt so lonely
But they didn't hear me fall
I gave them a reason
To look over the wall
I'd take a life
For another life
And wake another soul
So can they say they really think
That I killed Martin Luther King
The game is up

Kneel down
Put your arms to the ground
And don't look round
And don't make a sound
Lie down
Put your ear to the ground
And don't look round
And don't make a sound

Feel The Backlash

The switch is made,
Waiting for deliverance,
It's hot in July,
My appetite wet,
Under surveillance,
Rising from the gutter
His fate is sealed,
Forever.
Worn out by the constant grind,
You've got to take it now,
Forever betrayal,
Forever betrayal.
I've been framed,
I've been framed,
Feel the backlash,
Feel the backlash.
Picked out of the chorus line,
A knife in the back,
Switchblade clicks open,
Take your last look.

Mind Drop

Mind drop
Mind drop
Well,
I used to drink
I think
But I was saved
Pour the gospel onto father's grave

Cry baby
Cry out you eyes
She's a pedigree
Without any highs
I'm a sled dog
With a surprise

Tread with care in the open air
There are voices everywhere
Tread with care in the open air
He wears a mask but he loves you
Mind drop.

Fight for breath if you've any left
Fight for breath if you've any left
She had a crutch to support her
She had a crutch made of water
Mind drop.

The holy houses caught her
Smother me gently lose her
He wears a mask but loves you
He wears a mask but he loves
Mind drop.

The holy houses took her saying
That they truly loved her
The holy houses took her
They can take you too
Mind drop

Pendulum Turns

She fiddles while Rome burns
Never learns
She dines while the pendulum turns
Forgets what she earns

She travels in the back of a black car
Goes so far
She went to Sarajevo
They didn't want to know though

She dines on white wine
No time
For crying on white lines
Stress lines
She dances on stone floors
Forget the war
They call her Marie
She needs the law

She fiddles while Rome burns
She dines while the pendulum turns

I'll see you in time
I'll meet you
Greet you in '89
I'll see you in Mexico
Don't go there
Heads roll

Take me to the '45
Who smiles at war trials
Who lies
When their hands are burned
When the pendulum turns

They call me roundhead
When the pendulum turns
They call me deathshead
When the pendulum turns

Fusillade

Weathering the fusillade
Is this a mistake I made?
Setting up the barricade
All of this I do for you
See you in Heaven

Walking on another plain
Is this a mistake I made?
Realise that I'm afraid
All of this I do for you
See you in Heaven

Bowing with a violin
Is this a mistake I made?
Mistaking you for mescalin
Is this a mistake I made?
Letting all the choirs in
This may be a mistake, I said
All of this I do for you

Head down, I'm under fire
Head down and very tired
Head down, just another thing
Head down, I've tried for you
Head down as I'm under fire
I am you and very tired
It's just another thing I've tried
Another thing I've tried for you
Head down, see you
Head down in Heaven

Fusillade

Hallucinator

Walking to paradise
And this is the door
Have you been here before?
This is the door

The walls, they have ears
And the ears, they have eyes
There's a man in here
And he smiles when I cry
Hallucinator

It feels like years
Since the head in my hands
Was so heavy it hurt
See my face in my tears
Hallucinator

Ik voel ze denken
Haar lach wil me vermoorden
De muren sluiten me in
Ik zweef boven mijn lichaam

Went out for a walk
I got lost in the dark
The pavement was gleaming
I found myself singing

See you
Sooner or later
Hallucinator

My Eyes

I don't know why I am here
Is it for one, for more?
Say the truth in dark corners
Flowers in a shape, my hand

The music listens
When you will want
Oehsjoe want to be anyone
The red, um, what shall happen
In key, shadow

You will speak in bright lights
I saw my arm on the right
When it was down,
Reaching for it, again
A spark is reflected in my nail

Horrors, in my left eye
I close them, flicker like a candle
I feel the cool wind over my body
Run away at the same time
I want to be there

I bend over, my arm left itches
Stains take them in
Can I stop it changing all the time?
It's confusing, try the trick

Waarom ben ik hier
Wat is de waarheid
De muziek begrijpt me
Een lang leven
Ik sluit mijn ogen
Alles tegelijk
Mensen
Wind
Kleuren
De Dur
Rennen
Waarom verandert alles

Fate Is Smiling

I'm picking fruit
From forbidden trees
While leaves are falling
Autumn's calling
My breath is drawing into me
Smile

So stick a needle in my eye
Searching
Hang the daylight up to dry
Looking for the permanent high
Goodbye

I know I can be anyone
I am the father, lover, son
And age is immaterial
When every day I wake again
Weelcome to the dream that you were thinking of
Welcome to the world that you were dreaming of
Welcome to your execution

Shrinkwrap

Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Shrinkwrap

I was born like you
I was shrinkwrapped
I thought it was a joke
So I laughed

I'm a reusable bag
I'm in a sealable bag
Wash out
We are what we eat
We are what we eat

I live in a carton
Where everything's starting to melt
It's plastic
You know
I've got nothing to do
I'm needing something new

Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Shrinkwrap

Fusillade