Oblivion With Bells, the lyrics thread **SPOILERS**

[BrotherLovesDub]

Ring Road
-------------

i want you to be the way
i want you to be
and when you're not
it hurts me
like shredded tape
something sticky
for security
wrapped tight around a metal box
to imitate security
there's a blue sky over me
but the fear is on me

in a place where ball games are strictly forbidden
luxury 2-bedroomed apartments
overlook the traffic lights
next to the rails
it's a hot day
it's a, it's a hot day
a lazy day for some
but i'm bringing from the inside
all these things

i see a wall
i know it's gonna fall down
maybe hurt somebody
after it's been
tagged and fly posted
it's a rush job
it looks good for long enough
knock em out and sell em
move on
it's a fast buck
and the race is on
to get in get out
get what you want
get out
it's the short-term
the long-term can look after itself
unless you happen to be living here
i've got to stop

(chorus)
people are squinting to block out the sun
complaining or soaking it up
praying for rain the next minute
for a scorched earth
what's it worth
enough is never
enough
let's have a little moan
put the world to right
sit back and watch it all slide by
it's a view from a train
pay somebody else to drive
see the suits
i see the suits sunning themselves on the steps
of the supermarket
and i think of you and i'm alone like this
burning from the inside

i found a new door
i didn't know where it went
i went through
i came out in this shopping mall where
boys wear england shirts
and west ham shirts and arsenal shirts
and the boys from dagenham wear jackets
called harlem
grinning at the door of the
Ann Summers sex shop
it's st. georges day
and all the old people smile
the young people look hungry
looking for a new door
i'm in the sun
at the back of the shops
where the purple wheelie bins are pushed against the doors that say
fire exit
the smell of grease
there's a broken glass thing under my feet
the boys stop for a smoke in the sun
and watch girls cross from the job centre
to the station
a drunk stands in the door of a pub
a bunch of pea sticks in one hand
a cheery carrier bag
hanging in the other
hanging in the other

girls in england shirts read the papers
and giggle at the table in the cafe
offering homemade dinners
it's good food
but your clothes come out smelling of grease
i got my back to the rail at the end of the ally
by the bypass you might have seen me
scratching all these things
inking it out
deliver us from temptation
and doubt
there's an abandoned trolley
call safe at radio 1

on and on and on
and another england shirt out in the sun
spring falls in pink
on the blacktop and cracks
black and yellow tape covers the scene, of a break in
and every time i think of you i get my peace back

*chorus*

[BrotherLovesDub]

Boy Boy Boy:
----------------------
boy boy boy boy
wraps his arm around a skinny thing
naked around, naked around, naked around
naked around the middle
she's a sleepwalker with an expensive bag
cruising cubicles
cash thrills
cruising and thinking, a cap and hood
straps hanging down your black legs

(pig pig pig pig
stick that word out at your best mark
remember, remember, remember, remembering)
all your sundays come back to haunt me
i like to hurt myself like this sometimes
what you want from me this time
do you want a spoon
carrying another wound
like an addiction
when you caught your affliction

i'm in a rage, i'm in a rage, i'm in a rage
i knew i refused to hand it over
burn me, burn me, burn me, burn me
i know what's going to happen next
(stood at the next table touching the lips with love)
okay now it's clear you can look
clean clean
there's something (chromium)
tattooed dad is getting dirty
and a (tired thing, boooze)

off with your head off with your head
(your/you're) razor wire beauty
you're going straight, you're going straight, you're going straight
but sometimes you gotta show them
i like to hurt myself like this sometimes
what you want from me this time
do you want a spoon
carrying another wound
like an addiction
when you caught your affliction

[big screen satellite]

lol I see BLD is busy....

good to have in advance though

[sanakan]

i thought there'd be spoiler files?

*looks under the carpet*

[TheBang]

Holding the Moth
-----------------------
with a glass eye on you
with a glass eye on you
electric eye on you
who loves to be touched
with a glass eye on you
electric eye on you
who could dance like you, dance like you, pleasure
dance like you, delay
keep it simple, one foot goes down, keep it simple
one foot in front of the other
keep it simple, one, to repeat
never to part the sky
one, to repeat
can you feel the darkness
on you like a dog?

with a glass eye on you
electric eye on you
who loves to be touched
with a glass eye on you
who could dance like you, pleasure all day
can you feel it?

i'm holding the moth, moth
i'm holding the moth
floating under the net
fall down to my knees, kiss off, kiss off.
in the rain, stain, to embrace the mouth of every day
every car that never came
you walked away, you walked away
you took me home, you took me in, you left me.
when do we get out of here, this perfect skin

with a glass eye on you
electric eye on you
who loves to be touched
who could dance like you, dance all day
keep it simple, keep it
one foot goes down in front of the other
one foot in front of the other
never part this sky
real thing.

is this your version?
only a copy
leap on, leap off
but i don't know you
and i don't remember you
I need a light on
in matted soul and disconnected
why didn't you call
why didn't I call, to laugh with you
bouncing, bouncing
is it play town? is it play town?
roll the ball with the blue slush cup
date line, be my
cell phone connection

with a glass eye on you
electric eye on you
who loves to be touched
who could dance like you, pleasure all day
keep it simple
one foot goes down in front of the other
one foot in front of the other
one, to ever part this sky
you feel

you walked away, you walked away
you took me home, you took me in, you left me.
you walked away, you walked away
you took me home, you took me in, you left me.
you walked away, you walked away
you took me home, you took me in, you left me.
when do we get out of here
this perfect skin (repeating)

you walked away, you walked away
you took me home, you took me in, you left me.
when do we get out of here, this perfect skin
with a glass eye on you
electric eye on you
who loves to be touched
who could dance like you, dance all day
keep it simple
one foot goes down in front of the other
one foot in front of the other
never part this sky
real thing

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Thanks to holden for doing the original Globe lyrics. These lyrics are awesome, and this song is amazing!

[the real stuff]

yeah, great lyrics. :)

[TheBang]

Boy Boy Boy:

I agree with all your unsure lyrics, except this one:

spit that word out at your best (mom? man? moan?)

[BrotherLovesDub]

i'm wanting to do faxed invitation but it's daunting. thanks for doing 'holding the moth'. without raz's help, my version of the lyrics would have been embarrassing for me. thanks!

[dubman]

i think the ones to faxed invitation are the best, those i can make out anyway. there's about 15% that completely elude me.

[King of Snake]

faxed invitation lyrics

I don't wanna get dirty
with two scoops
and white flakes and jelly
wrestling would you do it
would you do it
go down with the body
huggers stroking
clutches caressing
on the corner lip to lip
black and blond chocolate eye

I don't wanna get dirty
with two scoops
and white flakes and jelly
wrestling would you do it
would you do it
go down with the body
huggers stroking
clutches caressing
on the corner lip to lip
black and blond chocolate eye
fundamental

looking up at me
your olive skin
your unmarked beauty unconnected
I don't feel the heat of you
like you want me to
up close and smiling
no separate bills
she's fantastic
so fantastic, look at this
this is a catsuit with fifteen colours

faxed invitation
to oblivion with bells
technicolour delights
someone pushing
don't knock, push
honey honey pure twisted
squeeze you're a bean dog
you're a bernard, but I,
I feel so disconnected
you smile
when you give me everything
this one cold, this one hot
purple head breakfast
water

deep voice, dome head
chewing behind the glass eyes
and walking on the piss stains on a beautiful day
craving company and legs
look around me
look gooder to me

i saw you in an alley
sharp and clean and focused like a hope
when he smoked a cigarette
looking away smelling something surgical
that leaves a mark upon his neck
where the place where you were talking
when you looked so upset
why were you hiding
when I saw you in an alley
sharp and clean like a hope

I want someone pretty to give me time
mmmm pretty and fit, smelling good
an unknown lie
animal calling
hungry eye
change the way I feel, on a wheel
bang jesus loves me on a yellow xylophone
going home
outside, look at me with your brown eyes
lest we forget
angel at the hotel
sudden friction, say you and I
I was born with a cartoon eye
and a savioury style
very strong feeling of freedom, liberty

mmmm deep voice

mmmm deep voice

mmmm deep voice

[BeautifulBurnout]

Ring Road
-------------


i'm in the sun
at the back of the shops
where the purple weed thins are pushed against the doors that say
fire exit


Pretty sure this is "purple wheelie bins" not "weed thins".

[BrotherLovesDub]

i agree, i've changed the lyrics.

[TheBang]

faxed invitation lyrics

hookers stroking
After listening very carefully many times, and comparing to Luxembourg also, I'm almost positive that this is "huggers stroking". That also goes better with the 2 lines after it than does "hookers".


and clean like a hope (?)
Pretty sure you can remove this question mark. It matches the lyric a few lines before.

[big screen satellite]

oops - post mooved to right thread...

[King of Snake]

After listening very carefully many times, and comparing to Luxembourg also, I'm almost positive that this is "huggers stroking". That also goes better with the 2 lines after it than does "hookers".


Pretty sure you can remove this question mark. It matches the lyric a few lines before.

ok, I don't have the bootleg in question but I'll just take your word for it for now :)

[TheBang]

Beautiful Burnout
---------------------
Blood on a tissue on the floor of the train
Sun goes down, temperature drops
Beautiful burnout, beautiful burnout
Bird
Chrome

(Repeat x 2)

[bryantm3]

:rolleyes:

[bryantm3]

Crocodile
------

Is that you?
Is that...
Is that really you?
To call between my lips?
Two kangaroo,
Fingers push,
Through it scratch my back in rhythm
Slow foot,
Slow fast,
Waiting for the night to wrap around us...
I could go in them
Get some sweet stuff...

All these things in me
All these things in me

Is that you?
Is that...
Is that really you?
To hold beneath my skin
Two numbers click
Between the touch
When you pull me down into them
Rising
Rising
Putting inside a glass I've eaten
Calling me in them
Get that sweet stuff...

All these things in me
All these things in me

Bleh Blah Blaaaah
Bah Marsupial

Bleh Bleh Blaaaah
Bah Marmoset

Bleh Bleh Blaaaah
Bah Mars Bar

Is that you?
Is that...
Is that really you?
To call between my lips?
Two kangaroo,
Fingers push,
Through it scratch my back in rhythm
Slow foot,
Slow fast,
Waiting for the night to wrap around us...
I could go with them
Get some sweet stuff...

All these things in me
All these things in me

[TheBang]

:rolleyes:
Don't be hatin'. All these lyrics are going to a good cause in the near future.

[bryantm3]

heh. it's not like mine are any better. can anyone even tell what the hell karl is saying in the middle of crocodile?

[Ufotofu]

I'm pretty sure there's a "the" in there somewhere....;)

[TheBang]

I think this is the best shot we're going to get at the vocoder. I still can't make heads or tails. Can anyone else?

http://www.aloha.com/~tabanger/underworld/crocvocoder.mp3

I think it starts off "Needs a ...." Last word might be "said"?

[bryantm3]

Needs a car
But I just can't stand cars :p ;)

[King of Snake]

Karl we need your help. Can you please post in your next uwlive blog what the hell you are singing there? :)

[Ufotofu]

[T]Here's a cop around the sand?

[Bargo]

I will give a virtual high-five over the internet to whoever can tell me what the first line of Good Morning Cockerel is. It frustrates me to hell, and I know it's not my best guess of "Must get beset of my cheese?" :p

[mmm skyscraper]

I will give a virtual high-five over the internet to whoever can tell me what the first line of Good Morning Cockerel is. It frustrates me to hell, and I know it's not my best guess of "Must get beset of my cheese?" :p

Is it even in English?

[gaborez]

Rising
Rising
Putting inside a glass I've eaten
Calling me in them


bryantm3, props to you for gettin so much down. i think maybe the lyrics in the 2nd verse of crocodile are:

...rising and rising
bird on the inside of a glass eye beating
calling me in there...

maybe?

[swannman]

I will give a virtual high-five over the internet to whoever can tell me what the first line of Good Morning Cockerel is." :p

"My skin bursts out of my jeans"

...and Gaborez, that's my interpretation of the Crocodile lyrics as well. It's either "glass eye beating" or "glass I've eaten", and the former makes a lot more sense than the latter.

[qirex]

Is there an official lyrics section? If not we should start one, have everything from albums to b-sides.

Ps. Anyone have "darc" lyrics?

[swannman]

Ps. Anyone have "darc" lyrics?

Well, while I'm at it, here's from the Amsterdam gig:

I've seen the animal
The animal is waiting
Under a full moon
Of shiny faces
Down by the river
Two dogs attack each other
A woman is screaming
At a boy in a baseball cap
Angel boy
In pristine white
Comes running
Here comes the gang
Having fun
Big brown dog
Let loose
Big man cuts between
Parts the waves
Full moon watching
Red steel
With rubber
You want me?
Animal is waiting

'nd with a gold ring touch a shell glass in her hair
Inky inky finger there's more feel (morphine?) right in here
From East End
Of London
Past the M25
How many of us will get out here alive?

Wipe the sun from my skin
Take the pressure from my head
Black out from the station
Gonna watch you slide instead
Two eyes on the waistband
One pair of battered feet
Is this perfection?
Is it time for us to meet?

It's a beauty pattern
From the corners of your door
Hose me down and make me clean, I wanna get some more
Numbers on your collar bone
Will you be my son? [sun?]
Whip it out and whip it done
A pressure grows on this one

Cruel intender [pretender?]
Electric degrees of truth
Like a spider on my skin
Like the way you slip away from me
(2x)

It's he
The suit of pins
Swollen isolator
Waiting for winter
Dancing for rain
My temptation
In pink and gold
Orbits me
I
At the center of I
Am crystal water
Running straight to the sea of release (?)
I
Seeing I looking back at me
Freshly squeezed and funky (?)

[Bargo]

"My skin bursts out of my jeans"

*high-five* It's good enough for me. :D

[geoff]

In Beautiful Burnout, does anyone else hear "bird, crumb"? It kinda makes sense, I mean what do birds eat... :) Especially in the old biro, you can hear it better.

Also, I think the unknown section in Crocodile is just supposed to be wordless vocals, like the soundtrack to 2001 A Space Odyssey. Just my personal take on it.

[swannman]

In Beautiful Burnout, does anyone else hear "bird, crumb"? It kinda makes sense, I mean what do birds eat... :)

Yep, I hear the same thing.

[BeautifulBurnout]

In Beautiful Burnout, does anyone else hear "bird, crumb"? It kinda makes sense, I mean what do birds eat... :) Especially in the old biro, you can hear it better.

Also, I think the unknown section in Crocodile is just supposed to be wordless vocals, like the soundtrack to 2001 A Space Odyssey. Just my personal take on it.

I hear it either as "Earth, chrome" or "Dirt, chrome" - can't quite make up my mind which. Typical woman! :rolleyes:

Re: Croc unknown section - Karl is definitely singing something live. Wish I could lip-read!

[TheBang]

In Beautiful Burnout, does anyone else hear "bird, crumb"? It kinda makes sense, I mean what do birds eat... :) Especially in the old biro, you can hear it better.
Try the Cocoon gig. There's no vocoder, and it plainly sounds like "bird, chrome" to me.

[potatobroth]

i think the middle lyrics to crocodile are something like:

"is a croc - o - dile, the sammmmeeeeeeee"

[Jan]

Look at the Lovely Broken Thing gallery again...
It has got the lyrics for Ring Road!

[cacophony]

^ nice!

[potatobroth]

i think the middle lyrics to crocodile are something like:

"is a croc - o - dile, the sammmmeeeeeeee"

after listening to this a few more times, the synthy vocals absolutely say, "is a crocodile..." what I'm not sure is the second part. "the same" seems to fit though. anyone else have a thought?

[gaborez]

i'm not convinced, tho i like the theory that it's crocodile... but i've got no idea wot he's singin tho :rolleyes:

if you listen to the innervisions orchestra mix (i love this mix), there's a nice breakdown where this bit sounds a lot clearer / less treated. sounds summat like

"needs a car summat oooopposiiiiiite"

which makes no sense, eh. :) i dunno. actually i'm not convinced he's singing in english! :confused:

[potatobroth]

ah. ive only really listened to it on the album version. with headphones (and maybe im projecting what i want to hear) it sounds like "is a croc-oh-dile" pretty clearly. ive been wrong before, and wouldnt be surprised if i was way off :P

[geoff]

actually i'm not convinced he's singing in english! :confused:

exactly. all i hear is wordless vocals. make of it what you will sort of thing.

[TheBang]

Good Morning Cockerel
-------------------------

My skin bursts out of my jeans
Hallelujah

Black barbed wire kisses memories
Go right through us

White tree painted on a black wall
Moon dog bleached by the sun

Again the eyes electric white
Flashin' beneath us
In the dark

[TheBang]

Fresh in beneath us
Why didn't anyone ever correct me, when this is obviously "Flashin'" and not "Fresh in"?

On the other hand, it gave me an opportunity to see just how many of those Internet song lyrics sites are cribbing directly from us (or each other). All the sites except for 2 had "Fresh in".

[mat]

The heavily vocoded part in the middle of Crocodile starting at 4:23 is "this needs (a) couple more verses".

[TheBang]

Give me eyes electric white

Another correction! Should be "Again the eyes electric white"