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NOMEANSNO


Wrong



IT'S CATCHING UP
THE TOWER
BRAINLESS WONDER
TIRED OF WAITING
STOCKTAKING
THE END OF ALL THINGS
BIG DICK
TWO LIPS, TWO LUNGS, AND ONE TONGUE
RAGS AND BONES
OH NO! BRUNO!
ALL LIES
LIFE IN HELL
I AM WRONG


IT'S CATCHING UP

Have you heard the news?
The dead walk....

Do you hear that sound?
Do you hear that sound?
Like fingers scratching underground
Do you hear that sound?
That slamming door?
I've fought it all my life
But I can't fight it anymore

It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit outta luck

How do you hide from
Something you have found?

Do you hear that sound?
That scratching sound?
Is it better to be lost or found?
You can't ignore it
You can't talk it away
You can't drink it away
You can't fuck it away

It's catching up, I'm fucked
A dead duck, shit outta luck

Give me asylum, let me in
I am mad, you are my only witness

There are some things that never die
Things that never really were alive
I've shut them out
I've slammed the door
But I can't keep them back
Anymore

It's catching up,
I'm fucked a dead duck, shit outta luck


THE TOWER

The sword of truth is just another weapon
Let me live for just one more second
I see a woman, she's holding flowers
A bouquet of roses that are blood red
From a burning building, a man leaps to his death
I stand above these mansions of the dead
Red tombs and above us looms
The tower

I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye

Radiowaves curve and cross
I stand below them - lost!
Above me is a black obelisk
And the dangers that I risk
Here gather the ghosts of the mind
That tear my heart and here I find
All the traps that have been set
Everything I would forget, beneath
The tower

I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye

violence is close at hand
You are damned if you do
And if you don't - damned!
A red eye, tyrant full of hate
Glares from the sky, it's captive state
If it should blink or deviate
A thousand worlds would obliterate
I do not move, nor do I speak
Beneath that hard and pitiless peak
Of concrete, steel and antennae wheels
The tower

I see red
I see a tower against the sky
Beneath a red unblinking eye


BRAINLESS WONDER

I need lunch
Feed me now
I need lunch
When's my break?!!!


TIRED OF WAITING

I got tired, tired, tired of waiting

Tired of waiting, waiting for news
Tired of waiting for things to improve
Tired of waiting, waiting for your letter
Tired of waiting for things to get better

I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
Tired of waiting, waiting by the phone
Tired of waiting here all alone
Tired of waiting for something new
Tired of waiting for you

I got tired, tired, tired of waiting
I got tired of waiting, waiting in line
Tired of waiting for my clothes to dry
Tired of waiting for this show to begin

I got tired of waiting for my ship to come in
Tired of waiting, waiting for the bus
Tired of waiting for my shoes to get fixed
Tired of waiting, waiting for my cheque
Tired of waiting for a change in the weather
Tired of waiting for the water to boil
Tired of waiting for the paint to dry
Tired of waiting, waiting for a sign
Tired of waiting for my big break
Tired of waiting for the dam to break
Tired of waiting for the bombs to drop
Tired of waiting and waiting and waiting
I got tired of waiting for the end

I got tired of waiting because I found out
There's only a fine line between
Biding one's time and wasting one's time

Do you know what I mean?

I got tired of waiting that's all


STOCKTAKING

Are you getting what you want?
And are you getting what you need?
I've heard it said that love is truly sacred
But nowhere is it written that it's guaranteed

Who decides what will happen?
And who decides who for?
Is this just a crazy little game?
Or is this just an ugly little war?

Are you sick and tired of the same old things?
Or are you happy enough?
When does so much become so little?
When does too little become too much?
When does so much become so little?
When does too little become too much?


THE END OF ALL THINGS

You are here
I am here
Fear
Bound in fear
We are here
I see here
Nothing

All is clear
Crystal clear
Fear
All that's here
Pain and fear
I see here
Nothing

Hear the angels sing
This is the end of all things

All is clear
Nothing's here
Fear
What is fear?
Nothing's here
I see here nothing

Hear the angels sing
This is the end of all things


BIG DICK

Like a monkey in a zoo,
You're half gorilla too

When you pound it with your fist
And make it real stiff
Big dick
Gotta cover your mistakes
Your bloody outtakes
So you dip it in the wine
And make a holy sign
Big dick

Big dick! Come quick
Big dick! Come quick

Well, you're running up a tree
You're trying not to scream
Then you're pounding on your chest
Like you whipped the best
Big dick
The rivers of the blood
You've spilled have turned to mud
Now the flies are buzzin' round
Don't they make a loud sound
Big dick

Big dick! Come quick
Big dick! Come quick

It won't be long
Till those bad bits are gone
It won't be long
Till those bad bits are gone

Now we're sitting by the fire
But daddy's getting tired
'Cause he drank the whole crock
Now he's got a limp cock
Big dick

Big dick! Come quick
Big dick! Come quick


TWO LIPS, TWO LUNGS, AND ONE TONGUE

He kept trying
He kept trying
But he couldn't find out
Why he couldn't stop crying
Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue

She kept praying
She kept praying
That he would understand
What she was saying

Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue

He kept dreaming
He kept dreaming
Of the day they'd realize
What he was feeling

Only so many songs can be sung
With two lips, two lungs and one tongue


RAGS AND BONES

Christ was married on the cross
My father was married to my mother
And I am married to a cigarette butt
Lying in the gutter

Rags and bones
Are we finally alone?

White man, you
You just startin' to get the blues
White man, you
You just startin' to get the blues

Rags and bones
Are we finally alone?

The beast has arisen
All sins are forgiven
In the belly of the beast
I shall be released
She rises, captain!
Captain! Dive! Dive!

If I could choose to believe
Or not to believe
You know I would choose not to
But I can't choose

Rags and bones
Are we finally alone?

Who would have thought that I would be
A sailor on the deep blue sea

Any old rags and bones?


OH NO! BRUNO!

Too much, stay out all night
Too much, but that's alright
Too much, do it to it
Too much, now do it again

Too much, play for stienies
Too much, play for cash
Too much, put up or shut up
Too much is not enough
Oh, no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough
Too much, hit the nightclubs
Too much, drink champagne
Too much, double bull's eye
Too much, do that again

Too much, stay out all night
Too much, but that's alright
Too much, such a big guy
Too much is not enough

Oh, no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough

Too much, no escaping
Too much, you've been framed
Too much, the cops are knocking
Too much, no not again

Oh, no! Bruno!
Too much is not enough

Ten... Twenty for two... Thirty for six
You sonofabitch, go!

Oh, no! Bruno!
Too much, too much, too much, too much...


ALL LIES

Lies are the words that I use
When you look up hopefully
All of the things that we feel
Are a trick, a fantasy
What is the end?
It is love I pretend
It's calling, it's calling
And I'm falling, I'm falling
And she said pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
She said pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
She said I see, I see, I see, I see
She said, pray to me, pray to me
Pray to me, pray to me, but it was

All lies a pack of lies it was all lies
Why don't you fuck off and die
It was all lies, a pack of lies
It was all lies, all lies

Lies are the light and the hope
In your eyes as they shine on me
Tie up my hands with your chains
They are bound to set me free
I'm singing, I'm singing
And to that I'm clinging
The words that I say
Only drag me away
And I said pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it comes from me
I said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
I said I see, I see, see, I see
I said, pray to me, pray to me
Pray to me, pray to me, but it was

All lies...

Lies are the hopes and the chains
That have dragged me here to you
All of these hopes and these chains
I will gladly share with you

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
It's raining, it's pouring
And I'm falling, I'm falling
And he said, pray to me, pray to me all the
Love you see, it comes from me
He said, pray to me, pray to me
All the love you see, it belongs to me
He said, I see, I see, I see, I see
He said pray to me, pray to me
Pray to me, pray to me, but it was

All lies...


LIFE IN HELL

Foolish girl in swelling woman
Here's a blunt knife for your bosom
Here's the devil's hand to shake
Watch what the other tries to take

Hell
Life in hell

By your loving disposition
You let him get into position and
Train his rising gun upon
The cervix of your inner sun

Hell
Life in hell

Can you not distinguish pain
Red nail and red shame?

Woman, world in one complete
Your hearts awake, your mind's asleep
You've spread your inner sun to make
A den for some sly, basking snake

Which burns stronger,
I can't tell the glowing sun or fiery hell

Hell
Life in hell


I AM WRONG

I know what I know
I'm no hero

Say yes, say no
Don't come, come close
Wrong
Be strong, be strong
Don't be all wrong
Don't wait or hesitate
Take care, beware
Wrong

I am wrong

I feel great, let's celebrate
It's a sunny day, let's dance and play
Never fear, love is here
Never fear, love is...

Be straight, don't lie
Don't tell, tell why
I know what I know
I'm no hero
Wrong

I am wrong

I feel great, let's celebrate
It's a sunny day, let's dance and play
Never fear, love is here
Never fear, love is wrong...

Step into my parlour
Said the spider to the fly
And we could share a love
That will never die

I know what I know
I'm no hero
Don't wait or hesitate
Be strong
Be wrong

I am wrong

BE STRONG
BE WRONG


CHECK ALSO:
NOMEANSNO with JELLO BIAFRA "The Sky Is Falling And I Want My Mommy"
NOMEANSNO "Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?"
NOMEANSNO "The Day Everything Became Nothing"
NOMEANSNO "Small Parts Isolated And Destroyed"
NOMEANSNO "You Kill Me"
NOMEANSNO "Mr. Right and Mr. Wrong"

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