In This Light And On This Evening

I swear to God
I heard the earth inhale
Moments before
It spat its rain down on me
I swear to God
In this light and on this evening
London's become
The most beautiful thing I've seen

Bricks And Mortar

No one understands
The way you found your God
There's a bullet in your hand
Give a dog a bone
He'll eat for the day
And teach him how to kill then
I am the coast defence
I am the city wall
Stealing pounds and pence
From you all

Still no one understands
The way you found your God
There's a bullet in your hands

Pour salt water on the wound
Pour salt water on the wound
This home is more than
Bricks and mortar
Pour salt water on the wound

When the boy's older
He'll have the arms of a soldier
Those arms will never hold her again
It's just like I told you
When the boy's older
He's gonna be a soldier for them

Pour salt water on the wound
Pour salt water on the wound
This home is more than
Bricks and mortar
Pour salt water on the wound

I hope life is good for you
I hope life is good for you
I hope life is good for you
I hope life is good for you

Papillon

Make our escape, you're my own Papillon
The world turns too fast
Feel love before it's gone

It kicks like a sleep twitch
My Papillon, feel love when it's shone

It kicks like a sleep twitch

Darling, just don't put down your guns yet
If there really was a God here
He'd have raised a hand by now
Now darling, you're born get old then die here
Well that's quite enough for me
We'll find our own way home somehow

No sense of doubt, or what you could achieve
Well I found you out, I've seen the life you wish to leave
Well it kicks like a sleep twitch
You will choke, choke on the air you try to breathe
It kicks like a sleep twitch

Darling, just don't put down your guns yet
If there really was a God here
He'd have raised a hand by now
Darling, you're born get old then die here
Well that's quite enough for me dear
We'll find our own way home somehow

It kicks like a sleep twitch
It kicks like a sleep twitch

Darling, just don't put down your guns yet
If there really was a God here
He'd have raised a hand by now
Darling, you're born get old then die here
Well that's quite enough for me dear
We'll find our own way home somehow
It kicks like a sleep twitch

It kicks like a sleep twitch

You Don't Know Love

You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before

You ran with the dead today
With the moles from the C.I.A.
They say more than you ever say
Headlights in your rear view mirror
A panther's eyes as he prays on fear
Your hunt for love you electioneer

You ran with the dead today
Through the cemeteries where ghosts still play
The more you ran love got further away
One look and I saw inside
Every little thing you’d die to hide
You were the truth when you lied

You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before
You don't know love like you used to
You don't feel love like you did before

You don't know love like you used to

The Big Exit

Eyes permeate my skin
An alcoholic din, fills the room we're in
Girl, I think it's time we leave
Like a thief on Christmas Eve
Take and you shall receive

No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside

Once we're amongst the shadows, see how much our love grows
Reflected in shop windows
I love you as my blood flows
As the rain ruins my best clothes
You're a secret only I know

No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside
No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside

Damn the passing hours, damn the summer flowers
They took what once was ours

No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside
No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside

They took what once was ours

No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside
No need to ask, you already know the way I feel inside

The Boxer

A bruised full moon play fights with the stars
This place is our prison, its cells are the bars
So take me to town, I want to dance with the city
Show me something ugly and show me something pretty

Damn this place, makes a boy out of me
The ring meets my face by the count of three

An unwanted son pulls rank in the sky
The Boxer isn't finished, he's not ready to die
I'm attracted to the light, I'm attracted to the heat
It's a violent night, there are boxers in the street

Damn this place, makes a boy out of me
The ring meets my face by the count of three
Damn this place, makes a boy out of me
The ring meets my face, I'm a fallen oak tree

Dazed in the final count
Dazed in the final count
Dazed in the final count
Dazed in the final count

Like Treasure

Ain’t it just like the old days
Wait and see how the hand plays
Living out our second hand clichés
Ain’t it just like the old days

You are what you eat
You'll become digested
Well love, it isn't felt
No love is tested

You will keep forever
I’ll bury you like treasure

We gotta get friends in high places
Hide behind their plastic faces
Rip up the flag and replace it
Dance with our friends in high places

You are what you eat
You'll become digested
Well love, it isn't felt
Love is tested

You will keep forever
I’ll bury you like treasure
You will keep forever
I’ll bury you like treasure

I used to want to be you
Now where’s your shadow?
You’re see through
I used to want to be you
Now where’s your shadow?
You’re see through

You will keep forever
I’ll bury you like treasure
You will keep forever
I’ll bury you like treasure

Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool

I don't wanna be ignored, oh God
When I'm a gun in a fistfight
You're chewing with an open mouth, raw meat
Your blood drool attracts the flies

I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her
I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her

I don't wanna be left out, or get fucked
But there's a talent in your lies
If you're chewing with an open mouth, raw meat
Your blood drool attracts the flies

I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her
I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her
A little bit for myself
Don’t put a price on your health
Now give a little to her
I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her

Don't wait for the sun
Your story's been spun
These boys, they just wanna have fun
But your damage is done

I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her
I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her
A little bit for myself
Don’t put a price on your health
Now give a little to her
I give a little to you
I give a little to him
I give a little to her

I give a little to her

Walk The Fleet Road

A winter wind blows in from the North
Scratches your spine, cold like the Forth
But you're a long way from home
Through the dark we tiptoe
The hospital looms, as we walk Fleet Road

Hold your tongue
Swallow your venom
You're too young
Hold your tongue

No push and no shove,
Spit your verbal mace,
Hate can turn to love,
Not for this human race

Hold your tongue
Swallow your venom
You're too young
Hold your tongue

Hold your tongue (my heart)
Swallow your venom (will explode)
You're too young (as we walk)
Hold your tongue (the Fleet Road)