"And all words lose their meaning, in the end."

A Slapdash Affair Alter Me Blank Canvas Cheap And Nasty

Devoid Disbehave Don't Murder Me I'm Drowning Each Day You Die A Little Bit More

Give It To Me GBH GBH in Deutsche Horripilations

I Don't Know Where You've Been Is Normal Abnormal?

It Will All Come Back To You Let's Have Some Fun! Meat Closet Mein Fuhrer

Nothing In Life That's Worth Having Will Not Be Taken Away

Nothing Special See Her Smile Sterilized Violated We Have An Agenda

When We Go, We Go Together

Damaged Goods - Lyrics to the whole album

Pretty Fucked Up
My Sex Life
Tabloid Species
Careful, Careless
GBH
Only Ever Now
Subtract
Lost & Found
Ne Plus Ultra
In Loving Memory

Pretty Fucked Up

This pill makes you look younger
And this pill will make you thin
And these will make you beautiful
And turn you outside in

Size zero minds
Inventing lies
Sell us things that we don’t need
Damaging self images
To feed their endless greed

It’s pretty fucked up

This knife turns the clock back
This scalpel tells the truth
Let’s cut the fat
This way and that
To reveal your hidden youth

Size zero minds
Inventing lies
Sell us things that we don’t need
Damaging self images
To feed their endless greed

Size zero minds
Still telling lies
Saying things that just aren’t true
All to line their pockets, dear
To make a fool of you

It’s pretty fucked up

They’ll transform you into something else
So you feel you don’t belong
Like you’re from a different species
And that what you are is wrong

My Sex Life

I’ll admit I’ve made mistakes
And the price I’ve paid was dear
After so much pain and violence
It’s a wonder I’m still here
Maybe one day I’ll find true love
Who knows - it might be you
But for now I’m fine without it
And I want you…

In my Sex Life

Tell me what you like
So I can do it right
We can do just what we want
No one can see
And I’ll show you what I like
There are some things that we could try
And there’s a space for you
Right next to me…

In my Sex Life

Let it come, let it come
Force yourself, if you must
But let it come, make me cum;
Who do you most trust?

Degradation or elevation
It doesn’t matter to me
Liberation is education
You’ll see what you want to see

In my Sex Life

Tabloid Species

It could be the things I say
That I’m not Straight or Gay
But I’m not the particular way
You expect me to be today

It might be the way I look
Or that I drew all over your book
But I’m not the special way
You’d like me to be today

It might be that I don’t care
But I don’t usually stop and stare
Or scream abuse at passers by
Or stick my finger in their eye
Just because they’re them not me
"they’re not my favourite cup of tea"
Well, the Tabloid Species has run amok
But that’s ok, because they’re all fucked

Perhaps there are certain things I’ve done
You’d secretly consider fun
But then you wouldn’t be the peculiar way
You are when you wake up every day.

Careful, Careless

Careful, careless
Oh, look what you’ve done
You’ve spilt the milk again
Careful, careless
You want to have fun
But you’ve gone too far, again

Careful, careless
You’ve something to prove
But you can’t remember why
Careful, careless
You’ve so much to lose
So why do you have to try?

Just pick yourself up off the floor
You know I’m not there to do it anymore
There’ll always be something to live for
And someone to hold you

Careful, careless
Your make up is smeared
Put your clothes back on
It’s cold
Careful, careless -
‘The Last Disastrous Actress in the World’

Just pick yourself up off the floor
I can’t be there to do it anymore
There’ll always be something to live for
And someone to hold you

GBH

I can see right through all the bleeding holes in you
I’m so used to what I’ve seen
And know all too well just what you mean
When you tell me how much it costs you
To get up
Where you now need to be
Because you don’t just pay in currency alone…

You lose your self control
When this deception’s taken hold
You feel no pain but what do you gain
When your life’s been sold?

How low can you sink?
You don’t even seem to think twice about this anymore
You’ve obviously done this before
You give yourself away
And you do it every day
And you try to make it quick but it still makes you sick

You lose your self control
When this deception’s taken hold
Though you feel no pain but what do you gain
When your life’s been sold?
Now, you’re looking old.

Although you’d never been so scared
And on your own
You dared to confront this and go cold
But it was worse than you’d been told
So lying on the floor
Behind a public toilet door
You scraped together all you had left and met with death

Little boys
Like dangerous toys
Nothing exists today but me

I’m in your veins
I hold your reigns
Nothing exists today but me

It’s in my veins
It holds my reigns
Nothing exists today but me

Only Ever Now

Just one more cigarette
And just one more veiled excuse
I need more time to work things out
To prolong my self abuse

I could think about the past
And wonder why and how
But these moments never last
And there’s only ever now…

Only ever now

Give me drink
And give me endless drugs
Let me indulge myself ‘til I collapse
Give me people
Born to suck me
Right into their traps

I could think about the past
And wonder why and how
But these moments never last
And there’s only ever now…

Only ever now

Well I don’t know how long I’ve got
Maybe certain things have passed me by
But I’ll make sure I don’t lose the plot
That I truly live
Before I die

Subtract

In order to gain
I’m taking away
The only thing that is mine
I have nothing to lose
I know I’ll win this time

I know there’s still colour
But I am receiving with increasingly
Monochrome eyes
I prefer those black & white scenes because
Everybody lies

I can’t take it today
I can’t take it today
I can’t fake it today
But I can take it away

Well I’m hanging hope on the end of a rope
And I’m drunk
And the words of a boy
Still ring in my ears
And after so many years
What else is there to destroy?

I’m never looking back
There’s nothing to subtract

Lost & Found

There’s a place I know
Where people sometimes go
Things disappear to here
And sometimes never re-appear

Umbrellas, childhood toys
Odd socks, girls and boys
Bicycles and gloves
And those who dared to love

I found out when I lost my heart
I’d always had it from the start
I closed the door without a sound
Forever I’ll be Lost & Found

Where is the Lost & Found?
In a station underground
But you won’t find it if you look
Or read every single book

I found out when I lost my heart
I’d always had it from the start
I closed the door without a sound
Forever I’ll be Lost & Found

Ne Plus Ultra

Something’s shining in the night
All the Stars are holding tight
They’re worried that they’ve lost their light
Can’t see themselves
As it’s too bright
The moon is watching over me
But the planets seem to pull themselves to you

Oceans rise at your command
Creatures speak and understand
Mountains move across the land
And nature guides your gracious hand
And people put their weapons down
And stop to think
And start to put things right

Don’t think you’ve lost your marbles
Because marbles can be found
You don’t have to try to marvel
To stupend or to astound
What you are is worth much more now
Alive than in the ground
You’ll never know quite what you are
But you’re something no one else will ever be

I’ve no idea what’s on your mind
To yourself you’re so unkind
What I see is much more than ‘fine’
I recognise the tell-tale signs
Angels give their wings to you
And all words lose their meaning
In the end

In Loving Memory

One day will be the last dawn I’m awake
The last promise I will break
The last day I can make
My last stupid mistake
The last place that I’ll leave
The last time I will grieve
The last plan I’ll conceive
And the last thing that I believe

The last height from which I fall
The last chance to take it all
The last depth through which I trawl
The last wall through which I will
The last bed in which I’ll lie
The last pleasure induced sigh
The last new flesh I try
The last time I’ll say goodbye

In Loving Memory
Of the Last Time

The last bus that I’ll miss
The last lips I will kiss
The last time I take a piss
The last time I’ll do this

In Loving Memory
Of the Last Time

The last time I hear the news
The last thing that I’ll choose
The last time I tie my shoes
The last one I’ll ever lose
The last thing I’ll ever do
The last thing I give to you
The last thing I ever think
The last drink I ever drink

GBH single: in German?

The single 'GBH' includes a version which features me singing in German. Now, I can't speak German very well at all, let alone sing it! So in order to be able to do this, I had a considerable amount of help from a good friend of mine, Connie Werner, who took my original lyrics and magically re-interpereted them into German - but what Connie did was much more than merely 'translating' them literally, though.

Connie essentially re-wrote all of the lyrics so they not only meant the same things as my English words do, but also made sure she kept the flow and rhythm of the words as close to what I wrote as it was possible. She did an absolutely fantastic job as you will hear when you listen to the finished result.

As it's such an unusual thing to have done, I asked Connie if she'd write a few paragraphs about the work we'd done together to put on the website, which she kindly agreed to. So, without any further ado, I hope you enjoy listening to 'GBH in Deutsche' and here's a few words from the lady herself...

x Roi

Connie Werner: Working on the lyrics for 'GBH in Deutsch-e'

"Roi had the idea to release GBH also in German. Not enough, he was even convinced that it could be me helping him with the lyrics. Luckily there was not much time to think about it. Though, sometimes I got a bit scared. Then I asked myself: How many times in your life will one of your favourite musicians ask you to write the words for one of his songs? Most probably, never. But if so, it will happen only once: And this is now.

Obviously, we did a bit of thinking before we started. Remembered David Bowie's “Helden” and realised that GBH in German must sound clearer and sharper. Now I was convinced that Roi could definitely do this well. I put the words together. A very exciting experience. Just a few too soft words and it turned girly. To rhyme it, quickly reminded on a “Deutsche Schlagerparade” show from the early 80ies. Then I began to draw the same pictures I had seen when listening to the song, and used little, but very direct words. I tried my best to keep the same energies and the message, that Roi transports in his original so well. The frame was tight, however, suddenly everything fit in the intonation the English version required.

Next it was on Roi to learn it. His progress was amazing. The moment, he sang the first verse to me, left me lost for any German words. Very soon he could sing it all. Now it was only about making the very good just better. At the same time, a book called “David Bowie und Berlin” came out in Germany. We got aware of the fact, that for 30 years no British musician had released his own song in both, English and German. There were too many parallels. We felt, we had been working on something very special: Maybe, we were heroes – just for one day (and a couple of weeks). A beautiful picture. A great song. A reason to be extremely proud: The man who hardly speaks German, and the woman who never wrote song lyrics before, recorded “GBH in Deutsche ”.

Why I call it “GBH in Deutsch e ”? This was the subject line of the e-mail Roi sent me the first demo-tape with. And this is just it: “GBH in Deutsch e ”. Gefährliches Deutsch e (dangerous German) as some call it. Now listen to it, and enjoy!"

Und... in Deutsch-e!

"Roi hatte die Idee GBH auch in Deutsch zu veröffentlichen. Damit nicht genug, er war überzeugt, dass gerade ich ihm den passenden Text schreiben könnte. Zum Glück blieb keine Zeit lange darüber nachzudenken. Ab und zu hat mich der Gedanke doch erschreckt. Dann habe ich mich gefragt: Wie oft im Leben wird Dich einer Deiner Lieblingsmusiker bitten, ihm einen Text für seinen Song zu schreiben? Wahrscheinlich nie. Doch wenn, dann passiert das nur einmal: Und das ist jetzt.

Wir haben schon etwas nachgedacht. Erinnerten uns an David Bowies „Helden“ und erkannten, dass GBH in Deutsch genauer und klarer gesungen werden musste. Nun war ich davon überzeugt, dass Roi das auf jeden Fall könnte. Und so schrieb ich ihm den Text. Eine spannende Erfahrung. Nur wenige zu sanfte Worte und es klang mädchenhaft. Es zu reimen, erinnerte schnell an die ZDF Schlagerparade. So begann ich die gleichen Bilder zu malen, die ich beim Anhören gesehen hatte und diese mit kleinen, direkten Worten auszudrücken. Ich wollte die Energien erhalten und die Aussage, die Roi im Englischen so gut gelungen war. Der Rahmen war eng, doch irgendwie passte plötzlich alles auf die Intonation, die das Original vorgab.

Nun sollte Roi es lernen. Das ging schnell. Der Moment, als er mir die erste Strophe vorsingen konnte, hat mir die deutsche Sprache verschlagen. Bald konnte er alles singen. Dann ging es nur noch darum, das Gute besser zu machen. Gleichzeitig erschien das Buch: "David Bowie und Berlin". Uns wurde bewusst, dass 30 Jahre lang kein britischer Musiker seinen eigenen Song in Englisch und in Deutsch veröffentlicht hatte. Es gab zu viele Parallelen. Wir fühlten, dass auch wir etwas Besonderes schaffen. Vielleicht waren auch wir Helden – für einen Tag (und ein paar Wochen). Ein schönes Bild. Ein toller Song. Ein Grund wirklich stolz zu sein: Der Mann, der kaum Deutsch spricht und die Frau, die noch nie einen Songtext geschrieben hatte, haben „GBH in Deutsche“ aufgenommen.

Warum ich es „GBH in Deutsche“ nenne? So lautete die Betreffzeile der E-Mail, mit der mir Roi das erste Demo-Tape schickte. Und genau das ist es: GBH in Deutsche. Gefährliches Deutsche, wie manche es nennen. Hört selbst. Viel Spaß damit!"

Connie Werner, January 2009 (About the most beautiful work I ever did)

GBH in Deutsche

Tatbestand schwere Körperverletzung

(Original lyrics by Roi Robertson: German lyrics by Cornelia Werner)

Ich kann in Dich reinschauen, offene Wunden zeigen viel

Doch ich kann nicht viel Neues finden

Ich weiß nur zu gut, was Du denn meinst

Wenn Du mir sagst wie viel es Dich kostet

Aufzustehen

Und genau dort hinzugehen

Wo Du mit viel mehr, als mit Geld allein bezahlst

Verlierst die Selbstkontrolle

Wenn es Dich wieder überkommt

Du Fühlst keinen Schmerz. Was bekommst Du denn

Wenn Du Dein Leben so verkaufst?

Wie weit sinkst Du noch?

Es scheint nicht wirklich so, als hättest Du noch mal darüber nachgedacht

Irgendwann hast Du das bestimmt

Jetzt wirfst Du Dich so weg

Jeden Tag und immer wieder

Machst es ganz schnell und trotzdem wird Dir einfach davon schlecht

Verlierst die Selbstkontrolle

Wenn es Dich wieder überkommt

Du Fühlst keinen Schmerz. Was bekommst Du denn

Wenn Du Dein Leben so verkaufst?

Du siehst so alt aus

Du hattest niemals so viel Angst

Bist so allein und stellst Dich endlich alldem, es tut so weh

Mehr als man Dir je sagen konnte

Nun liegst Du hier am Boden

Hinter dieser Toilettentür

Kaum noch Du selbst siehst Du dem Tod direkt ins Auge

Verlierst die Selbstkontrolle

Wenn es Dich wieder überkommt

Du Fühlst keinen Schmerz. Was bekommst Du denn

Wenn Du Dein Leben so verkaufst?

Du siehst so alt aus

Little boys

Like dangerous toys

Außer mir gibt's gar nichts mehr

Ich bin bei Dir

I hold your reigns

Nothing exists today but me

Kleine Jungs

Gefährliches Spielzeug

Nothing exists today but me

I'm in your veins

Ich bestimme Dich

Nothing exists today but me

I'm in your veins

I hold your reigns

Außer mir gibt's gar nichts mehr

Es ist in mir

Und es bestimmt mich

Außer mir gibt's gar nichts mehr

Disbehave

Still Life in Human everywhere

Haunted faces and vacant stares

Heads bowed in defeat

Resigned to the Grave

They will never awake or ever

Disbehave

Bit part actors in the Cabaret

Blink and you'll miss them

They never stay

People come and they go

And some have their effects

If they drain you of life

Quickly, press eject

The World is stuck on automatic

We could do with a little Magic

You should be proud of all that you are

There's no time to waste here

Be a Star: Disbehave

No, I won't do as I'm told

Try and make me do as I'm told

I'll do what I Will

Until I'm dead and cold

No, I won't do as I'm told

Hiding your light you're alone in the dark

Too shit-scared to ever make a mark

Denying all others the heat from your flame -

Well, where would we be if we all did the same?

Don't Murder Me I'm Drowning

I have no soul

All I had were lies

Insane, pathetic and cold

Which should come as no surprise

For unfounded fears

Stealing my time

Constricted and smothered me

But I'm not going to spend years

Constructing some ‘other' me

Wasting away, life went asunder

For day after day

The regime I lived under

Was suffocating and choking me

And stealing my time

But no more waiting for the day

When I will be mine

So, don't murder me - I'm drowning

In a sea of my own making

It's the only way to go

And I'm not on my own

Leave me to my vices

For no matter what the price is

I'm going to please myself

My darkest stars

And nobody else

Alter Me

I've made a hole here

So stick it in, dear

Fill me with joy and dissolve all my fear

No one can touch us when we're intravenous

Isolate my pleasure zones

I'm In Extremis

Alter Me

Take out my brains

Connect me to the mains

Electrify and fry me ‘til I'm flying again

A shock to their system

Then I can face them

Save me from the usual

The Pain and The Boredom

Help me, help me

Change my mind

Liberate me from the Daily Grind

You know I can't stand how I seem to be

Give me something that will alter me

Cut it off and shave me

And Make me a She

Progesterone and Oestrogen will save me You'll see

Put implants in there

Now I've something to bare

Finally I'm strong enough to do what I dare

Blank Canvas

Well, she's the Queen of Sores

The ultimate bore

Adopts little girls names to play her games

Has a boyfriend

Just for the weekend

Fucks his mates

And she's always late

No thoughts of her own

‘Cuz she just clones

Whatever he likes

That's what she likes

Bitter sixteen

Teenage dream

Petulant bitch

Thinks she's a witch

But she's a Blank Canvas

Takes her piercings out when Daddy's about

And pleases her Mum with her English and Sums

Lipstick Lezzer snogs

In the girls bogs

But won't go the whole way

Not today

Blank Canvas

I Don't Know Where You've Been

It's hard to resist my natural responses

They're beginning to show

I've got to stop this before it gets out of hand

I'm forgetting what I know

Keep your hands off what you can't afford

I can't risk my health

In exchange for what you're offering

I've got to think of myself sometimes

I didn't think the time would come

But here it comes right now

I'm not looking for a reason

Or someone to tell me how

I find myself here wondering if I should go on

And that if I gave in to you there's a chance I could be wrong

I don't know where you've been

There are countless others who have fallen for your spell

You should be locked up inside a prison cell

But I don't care about that and I don't care what I've seen

Judging by your fingernails and teeth

You're far from clean

I don't know where you've been

But I don't care where you've been

It Will All Come Back To You

You restricted my every thought and move

You cheated when you knew that you would lose

You opened a crack behind my back

You left me here and never came back

They preach and force their views

They've no respect

Ignorance and Selfishness

Have a negative effect

Now they're brutalised

With no appreciation for life

A fucking lethal combination

I hope it will all come back to you

Ten times worse than anything you could do

I know it will all come back to you

So many deaths in the name of one

One wrote a book in the blood of his son

One raped, tortured and killed a young single Mum

And one planted a bomb in a Gay pub in London

I hope it will all come back to you

Ten times worse than anything you could do

I know it will all come back to you

Give It To Me

I like to get something

For almost next to nothing if I can

There's not much that I would work for

Although if I'm in luck

I might get paid to suck

You should know that there's no one I would bleed for

I've got no integrity

If there's something that I need

I'll do anything I can

No time to waste on my hands

Give it to me

I'll take you in my hands

And hold as hard as I can

Until I get what I want

And I won't let go

Or I can make your day

But you'll have to pay my way

And there are some things that I don't swallow

Just give it to me

Look, just give it to me

You give it to me

I'll give it to you

Each Day You Die A Little Bit More

You want the spell to be broken

But you suffer under the curse

You want things to be better

So why do you make them worse?

You want your life to be easier

But you treat everyone like dirt

You want all your pain to go away

Well stop making yourself hurt

Your obsession with purely material gain

Is so retarded - don't you know?

It's about time that you realised, boy

You can't take it with you when you go

Do you ever think of anyone but yourself

Unless there's something in it for you?

A more selfish, conceited and hateful fool there's never been

Until you

It seems hard to take

And you'll think I'm wrong

You rarely hear the truth in popular songs

Go on like that until everything's sore

And each day you'll die just a little bit more

You've a choice in the end you see

You can live

Or you can just fuck up and die

Carry on behaving this way

Or admit that you're living a lie

But that admission requires some presence of mind

Something you evidently lack

Why don't you stick your gun up your arse?

How bulletproof is that?

It seems hard to take

And you'll think I'm wrong

You rarely hear the truth in popular songs

Go on like that until everything's sore

And each day you'll die just a little bit more

Just a little

Just a little bit

Just a little bit more

Cheap And Nasty

Don't know,
Don't care,
Don't think,
Don't feel,
I don't measure up,
I don't give a fuck,
I don't do anything real

But I want,
And I need,
I look,
And I touch,
Gimme a kiss,
And hold onto this-
I really love you very much…

Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Me.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like you.

Hello, how are you?
Good, fine, yeah- whatever, right
What can you do for me?
What are you going to do for me?

Cheap and Nasty,
Dead and Empty-
Is anyone left here that cares?
Amongst the cold-hearted,
Stupid and vacant,
De-sensitized-
Unaware.

Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Me.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like you.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Her.
Cheap and Nasty,
Just like Him.

Gimme a kiss and hold onto this-
I really love you very much.

See Her Smile

You bring her endless flowers but don’t listen to her,
You give her chocolates almost day and night,
Your conversation fails to interest her at all,
And you have to go outside to stop a fight

You don’t realise the things you do,
Assuming that she must love you,
Because if she didn’t she’d leave or tell you anyway…
See her smile.

You take her by surprise once in a while,
You think that’s what it takes for you to see her smile,
You’re only concerned with what’s between her thighs,
You’re so romantic you make her cry

See her smile,
Once in a while

You give her all that you think she wants,
While you satisfy your needs,
But the crack in her smile, as you pierce her inside,
Shows the murderous side of her dreams

Nothing In Life That’s Worth Having Will Not Be Taken Away

There is some thing deep inside you and there is some thing inside me
But it cannot go any further without being able to see.

Turn on the light - now, that’s better… Everything now in full view
We need to see what we’ve got here

To know what we’re going to do.

Nothing in life that’s worth having will not be taken away

Friends, Lovers, Possessions – all will be removed
Experiences, Information, Freedom, Power and YOU

A Slapdash Affair

I'm one disaster after another
You shouldn't let me meet your Mother
Like poison I'm tasteless
I'll corrupt you inside
Press my flesh and you'll wish you had died

Chorus:
Why is my life such a Slapdash Affair?
Badly put together without due care
Examine it closely and it all falls apart
I'm a car-crash victim But I'm proud of my scars

My Hairstyle's a mess
I don't know how to dress
I don't know what I like, so I just usually guess
Who knows where I'm going?
Or where I have been?
Am I straight? Bi-Curious?
Or Queer, like the Queen?

I killed all my friends off but I never meant to, really
I just get excited and act a bit silly
When I really, truly like someone I hold my breath
And before I know it, 'oops'
And I've hugged them to death...

I did something good but it turned out bad
I tried to make you happy but I just made you sad
I say something right but it comes out all wrong
I'm trying to keep going but I'm not all that strong
I made something pretty but it all fell apart
When I get near the end I find myself at the start
I try my hardest to smile but something's in the way
There's something very wrong with myself today...

DEVOID

When I was alone, and I'd never met you
Things just seemed more clear.
Everything would take a turn for the worse
Whenever you were... Anywhere.

My life has gone wrong cos I've known you too long
And I won't hear your pleas, so please go away.
You make me feel sick with your fantastic wit:
What more need I say?

Nothing at all will change my mind
How could I have been that blind?
No one will ever make me see
Any point in letting you near me

It makes me feel glad that you were a Fad
Now I'm devoid of you
I never wished for any of this
Theres only one thing left to do...

Horripilations

There is no Glamour in violence.
There ain't no joy in Death.
I hate the taste of the Human race
That's stifling my breath.

But wait till you see whats coming
It's a sight for sore eyes
You won't believe it until you see it
Say Goodbye
You won't believe it until you see it
"But you'll just DIE...!"

Some may find it hard to live
Without all these machines,
But sleep tight tonight
For very soon you'll see what 'progress' means

It may seem that we're lost,
That these are our last days.
But amongst the Flash
And Trailer Trash
We'll live; for today.

MEIN FUHRER

(Public Irony Warning: Due to some people's woeful mis-understanding of my intentions regarding the following lyrics, please be advised that it may be helpful to utilise your brain to a sufficient degree, in order to help you to properly understand the critical point I'm making about ignorant, fascistic behaviour and those who unfortunately subscribe to it.)

Just to clarify this further - as far as I and the rest of the band are concerned, Nazis, so-called Neo-Nazis, and any other ignorant cunts who follow such anti-libertarian 'principles' which are the polar opposite to my way of thinking, are certainly not welcome at our gigs, on this planet, or anywhere else in the known Universe.

Got it? Good!

Say something: anything at all
Let's see you try to keep me enthralled
I really admire your inspiring words
And the way you come out with things I've never heard

Intelligence hasn't left you behind
So come on: lets hear you speak your mind
I'm so impressed by your eloquence
I could learn a thing or two from you...

You get away with murder
But you know you'll get no further
Because you're such a loser
Oh 'Seig Heil, Mein Fuhrer'...

Fuck yourself with your ridiculous views
I'm bored and you're worthless
And the few like me who disagree that you're God
Well, We'll go to Hell
Which is just as well...

Violated

I've been cut open wide
now there's nothing inside
Its all there spread on the floor
In front of my eyes for everyone to despise
Well, HOW could I ask for more?

Don't you dare try to touch me.
How do you think I feel?
I'm going to do to you what you've done to me
But it will be twice as real.

Violate
Infiltrate
Subjugate
I'll Violate you

Now I'm turned inside out
I don't care about who you tell
You see, I've nothing to lose
And I know what to do to people like you...

We Have An Agenda

Cross unsuitable subjects off a list
Erase all irrelevant information
No detail must be missed
Answer the questions: A, B or C
Question one complete
Now move on to questions two and three

Girls and Boys don't want to play
How many people can I have today?
Don't think this doesn't mean you
There's no escape whatever you do

Do they fulfil all the criteria?
Are they qualified?
Or is there room for improvement here?
Everything must be correct and in perfect order
Anything less is unacceptable
And compromise leads to failure

Some see this behaviour as selfish and paranoid
That complicated manipulative techniques
Should not be employed
But if you know what you want
Then you can get what you want
What's wrong with a bit of analysation
and some persuasion of the population?

When We Go, We Go Together
(For Tiger)

The things I do for you,
are the things you do for me
I get so angry for you
For the hand that fate has dealt you
But I won't let that get in your way
I won't let that get in your way,
I won't let them get in your way
If they do then I'll make them pay...

I knew that life was hard
And that we sometimes pull bad cards
But nothing could prepare me
For what was coming
Now
Together but apart
I knew it from the start
That only you could save me from myself

When you choose to give
You give it all away
For you I'm always here
Just like Luke and Leia
So, when we go we go together...

You're an incandescent star
A neon Ultra-nova
You're the realest living soul
Who deserves the whole world
We'll go and live in Berlin someday
Move away from all of the pain
End our lives with crack and opium
But until then you'll see
We'll show them.

Is Normal Abnormal?

Sub-standard piss-poor people, bland and pointless soap opera scenes
Diluted ideals regurgitated, vomit forth from TV screens

Saying and screaming the same old things
The usual lies about everything, like Fashion, Religion and Deviant Sex
The Rich and The Famous, and Life After Death

Is Normal Abnormal: Is Abnormal Normal?

Its the things that you do
Its the things that you say

They use certain weapons to keep us in line
So we live half a life then get bored and die
But there is so much to do, and there is so much to try
And not much more to most people than meets the eye

Nothing Special

You're Nothing Special
You're Nothing New
I've seen it before
Done better than you

You're Nothing Special
You're Nothing to me
You're Nothing to anyone
And never will be

You're not much to look at,
You've got nothing to say
You're boring and pointless, so get out of my way
'Cos I'm something special,
I'm something else,
I'm also not you - which definitely helps

You're Nothing Special
You're Nothing at all
I cannot wait
To see You fall

You're Nothing Special!

I've seen it before, done better than You
I hate everything You do
You're a waste of effort, and a waste of my time
A walking abortion, and deserve to die

Let's Have Some Fun

Don't try to think: there's no room for thought
Isn't this something that you were taught?
I've never thought that I had a chance, I'm taking the pills I need to dance
I'm as good as dead now I'm in a trance

Concern for others has ceased to exist I'm septic, infected, there's shit on my fist
I'm playing the field while I sit on the fence I'm joining the ranks of the sexually dense
I'm as good as dead now, I've no common sense

It's a 'New Age' but the same as the last

Everyone loves dragging things up from the past
You can flog a dead horse to anyone, Consumers we'll be until thy Kingdom come
We're as good as dead now, so let's have some fun!
Oh, Let's Have Some Fun

Meat Closet

Her number's on the wall of a telephone box
But a mistress in distress is something she's not
You see, She can fake it - She can take the lot,
And She can take you for every damn thing that you've got

If you said that she was just a whore
Well she'd bite your Dick off and throw it out the door
When She's back to front and she's down on all fours,
You'd never guess that She hated you, and that She was so fucking bored

She lives on Pills, Cat food and Cigarette ash,
She's got one eye on the time and one eye on your cash
She knows just what She wants- and what She wants is what she gets
Give it to her and She'll give it to you, but She'll have no regrets

Sterilized

I taste like Polypropylene, A silicon face with a plastic sheen
I'm a carbonized Robot, A synthesis of what is not
The food I eat is electric blue; I only drink sci-fi pink C02
I communicate via binary, I never sleep and I don't have dreams

Are You A User? Are You being Used? Are You A User? Are You being Used?
Are You the Abuser or are You the Abused? Are You a User?

I was contrived from a tube of cum
A flick of the wrist next generation
The Internet shows me how to behave;
I downloaded my life but forgot to press save!

Sterilized, Immunized, Willingly Hypnotized
Kill yourself with a virtual gun - and then your death, too, can be pointless and numb

Copyright © Roi Robertson/Mechanical Cabaret 1999-2008