sonic operator, aggravator
slavery knows no bounds
at the station, we were moving
chained to a ten-ton sound
seperation, from the routine
scream if you can't get out
i can see you, operator
destiny downtown

you can put your people there
they can put their money down
pay machines to operate
there's no-one else this side of town

someone is calling you
london is following you

sonic operator, aggravator
sanctuary can't be found
i can see you operator
destiny downtown

you can put your people there
they can put their money down
pay machines to operate
there's no-one else this side of town

someone is calling you
london is following you
someone is calling you
london is following you

(free them, they are the skylines,
fear them, they are the roads and junctions
free them, they are the icons
fear them, they are the disillusioned)

someone is calling you
london is following you
someone is calling you
tokyo is following you
someone is calling you
berlin is following you

somewhere in this place, i got a heartbeat in a cage
could i be nowhere? could i be nowhere?
i can not erase the slender memory of her face
you'll never know her. you'll never know her

if i was a satellite,
then i could try and watch you from the skies
you could make paralysed, laughing in my face

there's something in her head, she's ripping up the sheets
i look into your carcrash eyes
i try to run away, i try to get to sleep
i look into your carcrash eyes

leave it all today, there's far too much to push away
it's not essential, you're not essential
free to walk away, she never ventured anyway
and now it's over, it's never over..

but if i was a satellite,
then i could try and watch you from the skies
she could make me paralysed, making every face an order

there's something in her head,
she's ripping up the sheets
i look into your carcrash eyes
i try to run away, i try to get to sleep
i look into your carcrash eyes

i could run away tonight, do something great tonight...

us in jail, gone....
us in jail... GONE!

trapped by the world that surrounds us
we are in a century drowning
look out for the face of a stranger
come on, there's unlimited danger

i feel alive when the evening comes
look into my eyes, look into your soul
i get the feeling when the season comes
she could catch my eye, she won't tell a soul

rescue the revolution
come on, get drunk, get on, get out
rescue the revolution, come on!

crack down on loyal behaviour
the failure of a moral redeemer
you are such a human disaster
direct to the heart of a saviour

i get the feeling when the season comes
look into my eyes, look into your soul
she got taken to a foreign land
she could catch my eye, she won't tell a soul

rescue the revolution
come on, get drunk, get on, get out
rescue the revolution
go on, get drunk, get on, get out
rescue the revolution, come on!

us in jail, gone...

welcome to the revolution...

fire in my mind, react to no-one
you're unlikely to find someone
alight in my mind, release my red balloon
fire in my mind, react to no-one
a light in disguise, release my mind

emotion is indelible, conscience is disease
rpt2fade
emotion is incredible, conscience is disease
rpt2fade

someone on my mind, realise you're absent
an untimely facination, for all on my mind
realise my destiny

i ask you to try for the second time,
cry for a second time

(she's my island of my praise, she's my island of disgrace)

unlock that shutter, destroy your idols
kick out that stutter, t-try coming back
you've got to kick that habit of mine
avoid the limelight, i don't mind
she took my heart, but i don't cry
i know that things get better
i took your shyness, animated mine
like a wave of violence from another time
you've got to kick that habit of mine,
avoid the limelight i don't mind.
she took my heart but i don't cry
i know that things get better

get a little life in my lifespan

(welcome to the minor generation)

i have a passion burning
you are my heart's desire
i'll take you on a journey
to form a chain reaction
you offer me no reason
a former lack of progress
i need you in my daydreams
i watch you when i'm sleeping

yesterday's clothes and yesterday's hair
are talking to you as tomorrow's fading
yesterday's gone, it's out of our hands
surrender to you, forever recall...

you are the sound, the colour
the colour of sound, the colour

we are the sons of sirens
the yellow eyes of stardust
i find a strange compulsion
to watching other people
the oxygen of knowledge
will break apart compassion
you are the heart's cathedral
and i will keep you burning

yesterday's gone, it's out of our hands
surrender to you, forever recall...

you are the sound, the colour
the colour of sound, the colour

the colours are fading on the dancefloor
the colours are fading on the biros...
the colours are fading on the dancefloor
the colours are fading on the biros...

crass sound abasement,
zone scented crown
cold breath untainted,
chrome hits the town
apex of boredom,
under your nails
i'm not allowed to be certain,
you're not allowed to be safe

piccadilly in sepia,
we are naked on the underground
forming colours in sepia,
there are trillions.

crushed by the borders,
stretched to the bone
we are all lost in the language,
we are all lost in our homes

piccadilly in sepia,
we are naked on the underground
forming colours in sepia,
there are trillions

sometimes the cold will slip right through
sometimes there are trillions,
we are naked on the underground

aeroplanes in the distance,
cellophane on my heart
entertain a sweet old fashioned you
far away across the ocean
a bullet put a missile through
i need to be with other points of view

clones of you

this 21st century sickness,
a sympathetic i.o.u.
i gaze around and all i see is you

clones of you

she's a friend, an identical friend
she's a friend, an immaculate friend
she's a friend and a clone like you
she's a friend, an identical friend
she's a friend, an immaculate friend
she's a friend, an emotional friend
she's a friend, an irrational friend
she's a friend, such a physical friend
she's a friend, an impossible friend
she's a friend, what a cynical friend
she's an infallible clone like you

i need to become a clone like you...

don't dwell on fact,
clean up your act,
ensure retention efficiency
this bold advice,
repeated twice ensures that we have victory,
in defeat
a silent scream,
is this parole calling me? finally? to succeed?
is this parole calling?

a false alarm will do no harm,
make sure that we have victory,
in defeat a silent scream,
is this parole calling?

you are my living room,
somewhere you are a millionaire

electric fence was heaven sent,
make sure your children are listening
oh no my friend, it's not the end.
it's the beginning of a victory,
in defeat asylum scream....
is this parole calling?

you are my living room,
somewhere you are a millionaire
somehow you are underneath my skin,
somewhere you are my living room

i lost control, i'm desperate...

duke of new york i do understand,
all of your reasons for leaving this land
duke of new york i do understand
its nothing special,
for an earth bound boy,
you're nothing special...
you're not an earth bound boy

duke of new york when will we visit again?
duke of new york was i the means to an end?
duke of new york you always seem to find
the descendants of our friends (somewhere)

duke of new york i do understand,
words are important, so do what you can
duke of new york i do understand,
the world is frozen ornamental joy
the skies will open to find the earth bound boy

somewhere in time i promise you this...
i'll keep you in mind as long as i live

duke of new york you always seem to find
the descendants of our friends....