LYRICS

Under The Surface

My hands start to shake

This feeling of fear won’t abate

I got too stoned and I start to regret it

There’s something about her

There’s something electric

She’s under the surface

She’s making me nervous

My hands start to shake

The air’s thick in acetate 

I breathe it in deep 

She’s calling me over 

What’s this intoxicating aroma?

Oh under the surface

My hands start to shake

In fits of arousal round at her place

I’m packing some heat

Packing a sad ‘cause she wants me to leave her

Alone on her own

I wonder whyever

I wonder who else has my darling endeavoured

I manage a grimace

I end the arrival 

With sweat on the walls 

Boy I swear on the bible

She’s under the surface

She’s making me nervous

I’m starting to fear like she’s here in my head

I’m not playing along but I swear

Yeah I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear

She does it on purpose

She’s under the surface

She’s gooder than goodness grace

I stare at her body

I stare for the whole damn week

Pictures of her

I take in my head

And when I’m alone I’mma stare at them later

With quite the intention

To master the baiter

She’s under the surface

She’s making me nervous

It’s starting to feel like she’s here in my head

I’m not playing along but I swear

Yeah I swear I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear

I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear, I swear

She does it on purpose

She does it on purpose

Clean 

Don’t lose your mind she said

Come back to bed

Don’t lose your head 

She begged

These streets stone cold 

You ought to know

They’ll sell you out for a dollar boy

Just you wait your time

I’m up for disorder

Self-torture 

Born in a rage

And I’m with your daughter

So call her

Do it today

I wouldn’t delay for a minute

She’s got the words and the tone

All the need is to it hear

Sunshine, don’t lose your mind

I could get clean if I wanted

I’d take it or leave it I promise

I swear, swear, swear, swear, swear it so

Don’t lose your way

She prays

The bigger your heart the shorter it lasts

They say

And I’ve been doing this shit too long

It’s a battle

On beaches, the streets and the fields

All that I need is a medal

Caught up in the warfare

Of welfare 

Whatever the cost

I’m at the border

It’s hell here

Digging away

I’m numbing the pain

When I hear it

The words from the edge of my soul

Or could it be from the spirit

Sunshine, don’t lose your mind

I could get clean if I wanted

I’d take it or leave it I promise

I swear, swear, swear, swear, swear it so

I could get clean if I wanted

I’d take it or leave it I promise

Don’t lose your mind she said

I could clean if i wanted

Don’t lose your way she begged

I’d take it or leave it I promise

Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t lose your

Chantilly

400 bottles better solve it something quick

Yea something better come alive

Something better come from this

Cause if it doesn’t well be fucked up

At the edge of old Paris

Part parading as a band 

And partly as a band to be

But though we don’t

Know what we’ve started

It’s not the same as being lost

More like a dream

And I’m confused

But not disheartened

We got a while to make it work

I guess we’ll see

If this ends in Chantilly

600 bottles better solve it something soon

Yea something better come alive

Or might never leave this room

And we’d be toasted in the shadow

Of that looming mushroom cloud

In a rush to rake our fortune in

And in a rush to make it loud

And though we don’t

Know what we’ve started

It’s not the same as being lost

More like a dream

And I’m confused

But not disheartened

We got a while to make it work

I guess we’ll see

If this ends in Chantilly

1000 bottles better solve it something sweet

Yea something better come correct

Yea something better come complete

Cause if it doesn’t

We’d have wasted

Nearly all our golden years

The best of years we’re ever bound to see

Will they end in Chantilly

Maelstrom

Home sweet home in tailspin
Hard to sleep tight when you live in a maelstrom
And though your lips move there never a voice heard
Stake your claim at the tip of the iceberg

You tried
You loved
You lost
You burned it to the bone
The life you know is coming to a close
Just do it for the kids, they say

Home sweet home in a tailspin
Been taking your turns
You’ve been digging your teeth in
You choose
The words
You know
Will cut him to the bone
And pick
The wounds
You should’ve left alone
Life’s been holding you hostage
Consider your wealth
Then consider your offspring
You call your banker
You’re getting a loan
Why are you building a house
If you ain’t building a home no more

You’re putting on a show
That’s all it is
Just do it for the kids they say
Just do it for the kids

You sold yourself a life
You never would have bought
That’s all this is
Just do it for the kids
Just do it for the kids

Home sweet home in maelstrom
Bonds you won’t break
On account of your options
Slim to none
Afraid
Of what l life will bring
Outside these walls
But lady won’t you
Leave their cover
Go on leave your lover
Find a brighter day
Go find another
Who would light your way
You keep telling yourself

It’s best the less they know
You’re putting on a show
That’s all it is
Just do it for the kids
Just do it for the kids

You sold yourself a life
You never would have bought
That’s all this is
Just do it for the kids
Just do it for the kids

Just do it for the kids
Just do it for the kids
Just do it for the kids

Oh Behave

You’re gonna hate what I’ve done

And I can’t behave on my own 

To tell you the truth I’m in too deep to taper

To write it all down but for need of the paper

I’m taking to song as a means of expression

But somehow the lesson won’t learn

You’re gonna hate what I’ve done

And I can’t behave on my own

Where there is smoke 

There’s a fire

You relied on me

I’m letting you down 

With a side of variety

You’ve heard it before 

But to wear on your patience

I’ll say it again say it true

I’m the perennial fool

Fucking it up as I do

I don’t try to 

Just a weekend messiah

Come Monday pariah despite you

You’re gonna hate what I’ve done

And I can’t behave on my own

Cause I been out on my own

For too long

And I was lonely before

I was known to you

A stray in the way of a pedigree 

Who’s seeing his dog days through

I’m the perennial fool

Fucking it up as I do

I don’t try to 

Just a weekend messiah

Come Monday pariah despite you

I’m the perennial fool

Fucking it up as I do

I don’t try to 

Just a weekend messiah

Come Monday pariah despite you

Russian Roulette 

She is my queen of ice

And other nights she’s lovely

She’s the very best

I need her all

I need her whole

I need her only

I could leave the rest

I ain’t much better

I’m co crazy

I’m so loco

Holding barely on

By just a string

Why does she sting me

With her heart harpoon

I wonder if she’s thought it through

I wonder what she’s trying to prove 

When I’m high you’re low

When I’m fire you’re snow

When I’m proud you’re meek

When I’m sour you’re sweet 

But when I’m bold you ain’t that either 

She is my queen of ice

And other nights she’s lovely

That’s a problem child

But so am I

And that’s alright

I think it’s probably unavoidable

We ain’t too different darling

As I’m ever-reminded

There’s a lot young me in you

You sink your teeth into skin

Smearing my blood on your chin

Till there’s a river running red for you 

When I’m high you’re low

When I’m fire you’re snow

When I’m vague you say cut me deeper 

When I’m proud you’re meek

When I’m sour you’re sweet 

And when I’m bold, you, you ain’t that either

When you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know 

We’re playing Russian roulette 

What’s that she said 

We’re playing Russian roulette 

She is my queen of ice

and other nights she’s lovely

But she barely sleeps

Do you girl

Won’t you try

To keep an eye upon your mind

Take each day at time

True to nature

Sleep will take you

Let it creep up from behind

When I’m high you’re low

When I’m fire you’re snow

When I’m vague you say cut me deeper 

When I’m proud you’re meek

When I’m sour you’re sweet 

When I’m bold, you, you ain’t that either

When you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know you know

We’re playing Russian roulette 

What’s that she said 

We’re playing Russian roulette 

Go on go on go on

Shots to your head

We’re playing Russian roulette

PROBLEM

I suffer temptation

I’m not patiently waiting 

I’m asking for something

I’m not shy in the corner

I’m corrupting your daughter 

And making her sing for me

I’m a problem

There’s no stopping

I’m the fire

You’re the fuse

Get undressed

Set the mood

Strike a pose

Turn it round

Light it up

Burn it down

I’m having some issues

Scarred some tissue

Find my friends

Make some songs

And we get through it all

Now she’s having a moment

The starlet has spoken

And she’s going on tour with me

I’m a problem

There’s no stopping

I’m the fire

She’s the fuse

Get undressed

Set the mood

Strike a pose

Turn it round

Light it up

Burn it down

And so you soar

Right from your cage

My little bird

A broken wing

Won’t serve you well

Weather my storms

Whether or not

You find a place upon my tree

It’s safe to say

That you ain’t safe enough with me

I’m a problem

I’m a problem

There’s no stopping

I’m the fire

You’re the fuse

Get undressed

Set the mood

Strike a pose

Turn it round

Light it up

Burn it down

MERCI MERCI

Ça va

Ça va

E tu

Couldn’t make it out

But I thought I heard her say

Enchanté

Enchanté

Enchanté

She’s saying merci merci merci

I start to worry

Does she spreken ze Engels

Is she talking la Française

She’s saying merci merci merci

I start to panic

Is this something she wanted

Or something she’s having

She’s been talking to me

In way that I don’t understand

Is it love is it language

But the barriers pops

As we walk in the door

Till the sound of her voice

Pulls me down to the floor

We getting low and low and lower

I’m in a hurry

But she said tranquille mi amor

Cause I still want more and the morning ain’t soon coming

Enchanté

Oh là là

Enchanté

Enchanté

 

Pas sûre qu’il me comprenne / Not sure he understands me

Il fait l’effort mais ne parle pas / He’s making an effort but doesn’t speak

C’est étroit, suivez-moi, par-là, on y va / It’s narrow, follow me, over there, let’s go

She’s saying merci merci merci

I start to worry

Does she spreken ze Engels

Is she talking la Française

Cherry Blossom Girl

 

Touchdown Narita

Touchdown Tokyo

Fighting for breath I head 

To the smokers room

Don’t give me that fuego

Too hot to handle

Go on give me you

Go on give me you

Go on give me you whole

Something to savour

Not now but later

In the pit of my

In the pit of my

In the pit of my soul

I still got your lighter

Cherry blossom girl

How you gonna burn down

Your entire world

Cherry blossom girl

Cherry blossom girl

She said ‘Sakura’

That’s her name

Just passing through these ways

Till the month of May

Don’t give me that fuego

Too hot to handle

Go on give me you

Go on give me you

Go on give me you whole

Something to savour

Not now but later

In the pit of my

In the pit of my

In the pit of my soul

I still got your lighter

Cherry blossom girl

How you gonna burn down

Your entire world

Cherry blossom girl

Cherry blossom girl

Don’t give me that fuego

Don’t give me that fuego

I still got your lighter

Best Behaviour

Cold he come

To take her

To build her

To break her

To figure for some reason

Unknown to all but Steven

When he came to your home

To meet your father figure

And you say in his ear

Be on your best behaviour

True love

Is to be truthful half the time

Down and out

Seems like nothing's set to change

I’m holding on

To a time where I belong

But I’m reminded 

Of times a lonely

Cold he come

To take her

To build her

To break her

To figure for some reason

Unknown to all but Steven

When he came to your home

To meet your father figure

And you say in his ear

Be on your best behaviour

Soon love

You’ll find a boy who might behave

But it ain’t me

I’m the poster child for rage

And getting down and twisted

So much to play but the finger blistered

And she said you’re in love with using

But I said baby I’m in love with music

Cold he come

To take her

To build her

To break her

To figure for some reason

Unknown to all but Steven

When he came to your home

To meet your father figure

And you say in his ear

Be on your best behaviour

Mary Jane

So swings a girl from the night

Her name’s Mary Jane

Never again will this lonely boy be the same

Be the same

Be the same

So clings the girl

By my side on my way back home

Rearing my head through

Her cloud of sweet pheromone

Taking me home

Making me grown

Taking me home

So she said to me

You’re not what you seem

You’re short in the tooth 

Yet you’re tall in your dreams

Is that how you feel

You’re built like a tree

You’re broad as a barrel

Is that all you think it’s about

It’s about so much more

There’s a flavour to savour

And haver for more

There’s still so much to see

Boy you’re still just a seed

Just a boy but tonight

You’ll get one kiss from me

You’ll feel so alive

So alive

So alive

So alive

So alive

So alive

So alive

So alive 

So swings a girl from the night

Her name’s Mary Jane

Never again will this lonely boy be the same

Ketamine

I need something from my doctor
I need something from the priest
I need to feel a little lighter
I need sweeping off my feet
I don’t want only OxyContin
I want something with no brand
Something good that’s what I need
Cause I’m a feign
Give me ketamine

Well I need something from my doctor
I need something from the priest
I need some pills they’re for my back
I need to slip right in between the cracks
In your eyes and in mine
I see angels all the time
It’s been so long since I’ve dreamed
I need some ketamine
Ketamine

I need something for my back

I’m needing something for my sleep

I need some OxyContin mother fucker

Tell me where it’s at

I need some heroin forever

I need some poppy seed

I need cultured form adrenochrome

And something in-between

I need the lot

I need it all

I cannot take it anymore

I got holes inside my head

I got holes inside my soul

I’ve got aches and wears I swear it

I’ve got problems don’t we all

It’s been so long since I’ve dreamed

I need some ketamine