NOMEANSNO

THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING

The day everything became nothing, I was standing underneath a streetlight, wishing I had a cigarette. I can't recall anything unusual about it. If there was something in the air, if the skies had clouded over, I wasn't aware, I was too bored to care. No thunder roared. No lightning cracked. No missiles rained from the sky. This was no sneak attack. There was just suddenly this awful lack. Things had changed, that's for sure.

The day everything became nothing, you couldn't put your finger on what had gone wrong. The alleys were still dirty; the garbage still smelled; there was no panic in the streets; just a lot of grief--in people's faces, in their eyes - a mixture of horror and total surprise. This was no apocalypse. No one heard a voice from the sky, there were no miracles at the 7-Eleven, no one screamed, no one even asked why. It was just like everything had somehow, quietly died. So let it die!

I can't recall much of what happened next. I was on my way to visit this woman I knew. All we had in common was good sex, and now I couldn't even remember her address. A group of us, just strangers, got together and we formed a committee to discuss the problem. We talked about things like assured mutual destruction and emotional responsibility. I couldn't remember my name, so I called myself Bob. It's weird being a Bob, but I'll get used to it. I have to.


DEAD SOULS

Dead souls, dead souls
They're coming, I know (2 times)

Dead souls, dead souls
They want my soul (2 times)

Dead souls, dead souls
They'll find me, I know (2 times)

Dead souls, dead souls
They need to feed (2 times)

Dead souls, dead souls
They'll find me, I know (2 times)
I know
I know
Dead souls, dead souls
Dead souls, dead souls


FORGET YOUR LIFE

Now if
You
Feel
Like nothing
Nothing and nobody

And if
You
See
Nothing
Nothing and nobody

Forget your life
It's nothing

Now if
You
Cringe and shrink inside
But say nothing
Nothing to nobody

And if
You
Cry
But say nothing
Nothing to nobody

Forget your life
It's nothing

You're hiding
Why are you hiding
That's nothing

You're scared
What are you scared of
That's nothing

Forget your life

It's nothing

Forget it


BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Beauty lies in the eyes
Behold the eyes where it lies
If beauty lies in the eyes
Behold the eyes the beast
You, you're beautiful
You, you're beautiful
Beauty talks but beauty lies
Beauty wakes the beast inside
A feast of eyes where beauty walks
Behold the eyes the beast
You, you're beautiful
You, you're beautiful

Beauty struts and beauty flaunts
'cause this is what the eyeball wants
Beauty doesn't stand a chance
Behold the eyes of the beast
Those hungry eyes on beauty's parts
Those burning eyes on beauty's parts
Those burning eyes so dark and hot
Dark and hot dark and hot dark and hot
Behold the eyes


BROTHER RAT

Let's go out and see what we see
Let's go out and see what we see
Just you and me just you and me
And there will be no other brother
Brother
We'll knock back a few and talk about life
We'll knock back a few and talk about life
And what is right and what is right
We'll talk about life and what is right
And there will be no other
Brother, buddy, pal, comrade, friend
Buddy, pal, comrade, friend
Until the end
A shake of the hand, a pat on the back
A shake of the hand, a pat on the back
A knife in the back, a knife in the back
I'll buy you a beer, a knife in the back
And there will be no other
Brother
We're one in the same, you and me
We're one in the same, you and me
We're brothers, brothers in arms
We're friends until the end
We're brothers, brothers in arms
Until the end
Your end
Brother rat


WHAT SLAYDE SAYS

Slayde is my buddy, my pal, he is my brother
I am one, he is the other
When the sun shines, he is my shadow
And when the moon is high, it's at his feet I lie
But I'll never listen to what Slayde says
I'll never listen to what Slayde says

Slayde's always talking, and it's rarely nice
He's always whispering his poisonous advice
He is secretive, ruthless and cold
He mentions just enough and leaves the rest untold
He said, "Don't ever risk an open attack, just smile
Into their faces and then stab them in the back"
But Slayde, I said, what about the weak,
The helpless and the small?
He just sneered and said, "Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all"

He said I am a murderer, although I've killed no one
You talk in puzzles Slayde, I said, what have you really done?
"I've cut the twining cord, I've shot the turtle dove,
I've shut out that precious light that shines from above"
Slayde, you are a poet, I said
But what are you truly speaking of?
He smiled and whispered, "I murdered love"
He smiled and whispered, "I murdered love"

I guess I hate him, no, that's not really true
He's not completely bad, sometimes he'll crack a joke or two
I guess I've grown accustomed to his funny ways
It's not his fault that he was made that way

I hear him in my sleep, I see him in my dreams
I see him crouched before some terrible machine
And then I face a mirror and he steps in between
Can you tell me, what does this mean?
Can you tell me, what does this mean?

Now I lay me down to sleep
And pray to God my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
You'll know I've made my escape
But there is one step I'll never take
I'll never listen to what a Slayde says...