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Athena, I had no idea how much I'd need herIn peaceful times I hold her close and I feed her My heart starts palpitating when I think my guess was wrong But I think I'll get along She's just a girl, she's a bomb
Athena, all I ever want to do is please her My life has been so settled and she's the reason Just one word from her and my troubles are long gone But I think I'll get along She's just a girl, she's a bomb, she's a bomb
Just a girl, just a girl Just a girl, just a girl Just a girl, just a girl She's just a girl
Athena, my heart felt like a shattered glass in an acid bathI felt like one of those flattened ants you find on a crazy pathI'd of topped myself to give her time she didn't need to askWas I a suicidal psychopath?She's just a girl, she's a bomb She's just a girl, she's a bomb
Consumed, there was a beautiful white horse I saw on a dream stageHe had a snake the size of a sewer pipe living in his rib cageAnd I felt like a pickled priest who was being flambéedYou got me requisitioned blondieShe's just a girl, she's a bombI'm happy, she's a bomb, I'm ecstatic
Just a girl, just a girlJust a girl, just a girlJust a girl, just a girlShe's just a girl
Look into the face of a childMeasure how long you smiledBefore the memory claimedHow long would children remain?How long could children remain?
Athena, you picked me up by my lapels and screamed "leave her"I felt like waking up in heaven on an empty meterAnd now you're stuck with a castrated leaderAnd I hate the creepI didn't mean that, she's a bomb I just said it, she's a bomb I didn't mean it, please, she's a bomb
Athena, I had no idea how much I need herMy life has been so settled and she's the reasonJust one word from her and my troubles are long goneOoh, but I get alongShe's just a girl, she's a bombShe's just a girl, she's a bomb
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Up here on the ledgeI'm getting pushed to the edgePeople line up behind me to step into my shoesUp here in the precipiceI'm getting close to my nemesisPeople fighting each other to jump into my blues
There's a young kid inside me somewhereHe stays up all night, a vampire that never diesWith the blood and the moon in his eyesI hear his voice when I'm comin' downSleep is for fools who never see the sunriseWho never get to live twice
I was a face in a magazineWhen you were still playin' with your plasticineNow you're doggin' my tail, ridin' the slipstreamYou can take the fans and the enemiesThe little girls who squeeze and teaseThen pass on their social disease, go get your penicillin
I know you, young and dumbI know where you're comin' fromDon't know where you're goin' toBut I been there same as youYou're running out of ideasAnd new hats to try on
I know you, middle ageSame song, different pageI know what you're goin' throughMade the same mistakes as youAll you want is some hopeAnd a shoulder to cry on
There's a stranger inside me somewhereThat shadow behind me, don't even look like meAn echoed apologyHe's a wolf in a sheep disguiseI wake up in places I don't even recognizePretender in paradise
It's your turn, step up and take itIf you've got the guts to hang on, you can make it
C'mon!C'mon!Come on!
Ooh, take it!
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People are suffering, I'll say it againPeople are suffering, I'll say it againPeople are suffering, I'll say it againSo, remember when you're looking for troubleThat trouble is already busy with weaker men
People are hungry, I'll say it againPeople are hungry, I'll say it againPeople are hungry, I'll say it againSo, don't you abuse that bodyIt'll snap without assistance, my friends
(The song goes on)I'll sing again until the music enervates(The song goes on)The sting of pain will dull and finally fade away(The song goes on)Through centuries of history it reverberates(The song goes on)On curving comets track the music makes it way
This song is so longIt ends up where it begins
People are lonely, I'll say it againPeople are lonely, I'll say it againPeople are lonely, I'll say it againSo, don't let them run too far from homeYou'll be alone for sure on that you can depend
People are bleeding, I'll say it againPeople are bleeding, I'll say it againPeople are bleeding, I'll say it againSo put away that switchblade knifeTighten up the knot that'll help this bloodshed end
(The song goes on)(The song goes on)(The song goes on)(The song goes on)
This song is so longIt ends up where it begins
People are sufferingI'll say it again and again and again and againPeople are hungryI'll say it again and again and again and againPeople are lonelyI'll say it again and again and again and again
I'll say it again and again and again and againI'll say it again and again and again and againI'll say it again and again and again and againI'll say it again and again and again and again
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Any tough can fight, few can playAny fool can fall, few can layAny stud can reproduce, few can pleaseAnyone can pay, few can lease
It's hard(It's a hard hand to hold)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard hard hand)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard land to control)It's very hard(It's a hard land)
Any man can claim, few can findAny girl can blink, few can lieAnyone can promise, few can raiseAnyone can try, but a few can stay
It's hard(It's a hard hand to hold)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard hard hand)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard land to control)So very hard(It's a hard land)It's hardSo hard...
Any brain can hide, few can standAny kid can fly, a few can landAny gang can scatter, few can formAny kid can chatter, few can inform
It's hard(It's a hard hand to hold)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard hard hand)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard land to control)So very hard(It's a hard land)
Any soul can sleep, few can dieAny wimp can weep, but a few can cryEveryone complains, but a few can stateAnyone can stop, but a few can wait
It's hard(It's a hard hand to hold)Very very very very hard(It's a hard hard hand)It's very very very very hard(It's a hard land to control)So hard(It's a hard land)
Anyone can do anything if they hold the right cardSo I'm thinking about my life nowI'm thinking very hard
Deal me another hand Lord, this one's very hard(It's a hard hard hand to hold)Deal me another hand Lord, this one's very hard(It's a hard handIt's a hard hard hand to holdIt's a hard hand)So hard(It's a hard hard hand to hold)So hard(It's a hard hand...)
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Can you feel it?Watching you in the darknessTouching you like a sicknessFear is taking control
The beach head is the streetIn the gutter lies defeatFear is the key to your soul
That makes you dangerousSo dangerous to yourself
Can you feel it in the shadowsWatching you, touching youCan you feel it in the shadowsWatching you, touching you
Changing you into a mad dogHowling at the moonAnd you're so far out of tuneBetter learn how to sing
Fences, we put up defencesThen we come to our sensesIt may keep them outBut it keeps us in
And that makes us dangerousWe're all dangerous to ourselves
This is a jungle, not illusionJungle city in confusionWe are the next step in evolutionThe new stone age revolutionBack to the stone age, constitutionNo solution
Can you feel it in the shadowsWatching you, touching youCan you feel it in the shadowsFollow you, swallow you
Can you feel it? (Fear is the key)Can you feel it? (Fear is the key)Can you feel it? (Can you feel it?)Fear is the key to your soul
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The sun shines and people forgetThe spray flies as the speedboat glides, and people forgetForget they're hiding
The girls smile and people forgetThe snow packs as the skier tra[...]
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I've known no warAnd if I ever do I won't know for sureWho'll be fighting whomFor the soldiers lonely tombNow it's over as soon as the referee's gun starts to roarI'll know no war, I've never known war
Galbraith took his penTo break down the menOf the German army defeatedOn the nineteenth dayOf a spring day in MayAlbert Speer was deleted
And as soon as the battle was overI was born in victorious cloverAnd I've never been shot at or gassedNever tortured or stabbedAnd I'm sure I'll never know warNo, I'll never know war, no no no
I know I'll never know warAnd if I ever do, the glimpse will be shortFireball in the skyNo front line battle criesCan be heard as the button is pushedBy a soul that's been boughtI'll know no warNo, I'll know no war
In and out of Queens shop, the medals are hockedThey belong to a long broken sailorHis profits are nowIn the bars of the townHis songs and his poems of failure
For his grandchildren can't see the gloryAnd his own kids are bored with the storyBut for him they'd have burned in the trenchesFrom the brink they were draggedAnd I'm sure I'll never know warI'll never know war
I'll know no warAnd if I ever do I won't know for sureWho'll be fighting whomFor the soldiers lonely tombNow it's over as soon as the referee's gun starts to roarI'll know no war
War, I've known no warI'll never know warAnd if I ever know itThe glimpse will be shortFireball in the skyNo front line battle criesCan be heard as the button is pushed by a soul that's been boughtAnd the armies remaining will judge without people or courtsAnd there's no point pretending that knowing will help us abortI'll know no war
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There's a sceneIndelible, it hangs before my eyesIn our teens, incrediblyTogether with no ties
That was a life enough for meOne life's enough for me
Throw back your heardLet your body curveInto the long grass of the bedPull me down into your hairAnd I'll push and swerveAs we both gasp in the evening air
Throw back your headLet your body curveInto the long grass of the bedPull me down into your hairAnd I'll push and swerveAs we both gasp in the evening air
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One at a timeAlways ready to fight over the little thingsOne at a timeShe's always ready to fight over the little things
She's going crazy and the table starts shakin'She's been abusin' her body againHer vision gets hazy and the bottles start breakin'She's been seeing that man again
If you want her, you can keep her'Cause I can only handle one at a timeYou can take herI've got someone waitin' in lineAnd I'd like toBut I can only handle one at a timeOne at a time
I found out she's continually cheatin'She insists, she's so innocentSo I stayed out at another late meetingAnd she waited up for another argument
If you want her, you can keep her'Cause I can only handle one at a timeYou can take herI've got someone waitin' in lineAnd I'd like toBut I can only handle one at a timeOne at a time
I'm moving on to something betterThere must be something better than thisShe's got me so confusedAs to who's being used
Call her up right awayYou've got her numberAnd I promise not to pick up the phoneYou can pick her up in your clapped out HumberI just hope it can get you home
If you want her, you can keep her'Cause I can only handle one at a timeYou can take herI've got someone waitin' in lineAnd I'd like toBut I can only handle one at a time
One at a timeOne at a timeOne at a timeOne at a timeOne at a timeOne at a time
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The streets of the future littered with remainsOf both the fools and the so called brainsThe whole prediction is enough to killBut only God knows if it won't or it will
Nobody knows why we fell so flatSome silly creature said we'd never crackThe most would just survive and then bounce backBut the rest are crying "Why'd I fall for that crap?Why did I fall for that?"
So many rash promises sincerely madeBy people who believed that we were being savedThey made us all believe that we were acting whiteBut the truth is we've forgotten how we used to fight
Nobody knows why we fell so flatWe're impotent and neutered like whining catsWe've found the piper, but we've lost the ratsBut the kids are crying "Why'd you fall for that dad?Why did you fall?"
It never rains under my umbrella
Four minutes to midnight on a sunny dayMaybe if we smile the clock'll fade awayMaybe we can force the hands to just reverseMaybe is a word, maybe maybe is a curse
Nobody knows why we fell so flatWe've never been taught to fight or to face up to factsWe simply believe that we'd remain intactBut history is asking, why did you fall for that?Why did you fall?
Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?Why did I fall for that?