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Album - 29 settembre 2003 - Debaser id 83898

[instrumental]

i awoke with a start today determination set
filled with expectation
sacks of soul to collect

but i am so fearful of the future
ignorant of the present
and wary of the past

and through the door i shuffle quietly down the hall
identical corridors and artificial lights
the man in the box born to set my world to rights
effortlessly soon ignites the screaming in my head
reborn the catalyst will blow my joy away
bet you thought that i'd have so much more to say

come save me now

but i am so fearful of the future
ignorant of the present
and wary of the past
and i don't want to
but it's now a case of have t
i piss away for pittance
and suck up to the man

no wonder i'm dying when i awoke with a start today

disconnect, an impossible divorce that put the life into you
that's too late to abort
i never gave you the time that you deserved
i never gave you even half of what you're worth

my beautiful son, can you feel it inside you?
my son, could you beat me black and blue
for all the doubt and apathy?
just trying to keep your feet on the floor
just trying to put the fear into you
just trying to board up all the doors
and i can't tell anymore

and maybe you'll realise when you take those little tests
the more you breathe, the more you age, you know yourself even less

nobody ever said they'd love you forever
they grow you up and let you down
and separate forever

one day all this could be yours

Milling round, encroaching on

My right of way and under the

Battle scars of Daddy's latest lesson



Little time for intuition

Little time for cry-babies

Come on son can't you not take a joke?

More sticks and stones to break you



It's freezing in here, can't even dress yourself

Lie awake still waiting on a single bite of cherry for you

Hold it in your arms

Jeopardise what little you have

See any further than your own faults

A single bite of cherry for you

And yours is not to question



And down the road a shining haven

(rocks), slaves and _ mothers

Live around the corner from themselves

You'll never break the chain will you?



It's freezing in here, can't even dress yourself

Lie awake still waiting on a single bite of cherry for you

Hold it in your arms

Don't jeopardise what little you have

See any further than your own faults

A single bite of cherry for you and yours is not to question



Question it all, clutch your pride and all you could ever learn

The sorrow __

no hope left for you to nurture

I just wrote the ending years ago

Way down the line



Don't you run too far away from home

Don't you trust what you have never known

Don't go far remember where you are



Remember where you are



A single bite of cherry for you (x4)

this king of overstatement now would like to whisper
sweet something in your ear all day from now til then
i can't swim for irons on my tail they want an answer
hip hip hooray we lose again dear god you can suit yourself

you could be an amputee
there's gotta be something better than...

we stink of understatement we're so over-friendly
more people to latch onto more ears to bend
i swam the long route home and i've got broken shoulders
hip hip hooray we lose again dear god how do you forgive yourself?

you could be an amputee
it wouldn't matter all that much
it wouldn't mean a thing to me
so answer me, do you believe it's true?
there's gotta be something better than...

so don't listen to them
listen to yourself
we are addicted to ourselves
we leave room for no-one else

so answer me, do you believe it's true?
there's gotta be something better than...

keep pushing back and we'll come up roses
we're not the same even though we share a name
so keep pushing back and you'll come up roses

i've heard it all before
seen it all before
played this scene before...

but it's nothing to you