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Hello to the End 
 
Have a drink
The end is near
The very last day
Of the very last year
Stop your talking
Stop your praying
It’s game over, baby 
Thanks for playing
 
Hello to the end of the world
This world’s got no more time for you
Hello to the end of the world
The world’s got no more time it’s true
 
You had your chance
You took your shot
Now a whole lot of nothing
Is what you’ve got
Such a filthy
Fall from grace
But something new 
Will take your place 
 
Hello to the end of the world
The world’s got no more time for you
Hello to the end of the world
The world’s got no more time, it’s true
 
Hello to the end of the world
The world’s got no more time to play
Hello to the end of the world
You’ve got to find another way
 
Starting over  
Bubbling up from a boiling 
Starting over  
What will it be? 
Starting over.  
It doesn’t end 
It starts again 
Starting over  
It has to happen now and then 
 
Hello to the end of the world
The world’s got no more time for you
Hello to the end of the world
The worlds got no more time, it’s true
Hello to the end of the world 
The world ‘s got no more time to play 
Hello to the end of the world
Welcome to your judgement day


We’ve Got Something
 
I’ve got nothing
And you’ve got nothing 
But we’ve got something together, baby  
I’ve got nothing 
And you’ve got nothing  
But we’ve got something together, yeah  
 
Everybody’s chasing the money 
We don’t too much, honey. 
They say we can’t live on romance 
But I think we just might take a chance 
Someday they’ll see
There’s no way stopping you and me
 
I’ve got nothing
And you’ve got nothing 
But we’ve got something together, baby  
I’ve got nothing 
And you’ve got nothing  
But we’ve got something together, yeah  
 
Your daddy always seems to doubt me
He doesn’t know much about me
Puffing a cigar in his fancy car
But he won’t ever play the guitar
Someday they’ll see 
There’s no way stopping you and me
 
Quick as a bird flies 
I saw a sunrise 
I saw the start 
Of a brand new day
And we’re going be there 
Straight out of nowhere                            
When you know what you want 
You will find a way 
 
I’ve got nothing
And you’ve got nothing 
But we’ve got something together, baby  
I’ve got nothing 
And you’ve got nothing  
But we’ve got something together, yeah  
 
I’ve got nothing
You’ve got nothing
I’ve got nothing
But we’ve got something, yeah
 
 Your Light Is On
 
Lost on the streets all alone      
Trying to find my way home     
The moon is gone the sky is dark    
There is no sign there is no mark
Baby, send me a flare 
In the night I see it there
 
Your light is on  
Show me the way   
Your light is on  
I’ve got something to say
Your light is on  
On and on and on   
 
There was chaos in the night
I went through a war through a fight
You escaped a gift of fate
A broken bridge a twisted gate
A barrier so tall
Still I scale the wall
 
Your light is on
Show me the way
Your light is on
I’ve got something to say  
Your light is on
And on and on and on
 
Your light is on  
Show me the way   
Your light is on  
I’m coming to stay
Your light is on  
On and on and on
 
And we will be together     
Through rough times tough as leather     
No screaming sirens or alarms   
Can tear you from my arms       
 
In a world of sticks and stones
You will never stand alone
 
Your light is on
Show me the way
Your light is on
I’ve got something to say  
Your light is on
n and on and on
 
Your light is on
Show me the way
Your light is on
This is the day
Your light is on
On and on and on
 
Satan's Phone Number

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My phone is ringing
It's ringing all the time
Everybody's calling me
To talk about their crime

Bankers, lawyers, presidents
Terrorists and kings
I know I'll talk to someone bad
Every time that my phone rings

Have I been true?
They ask me
Have I been true?

They want to know
They already know

Every time I change my number
I get another call
They hunt me down 
They hound my ass
They cry before they crawl

Have I been true?
They ask me
Have I been true?
They want to know
Have I been true?
To anything
Have I been true?
To anyone


Love Song for the Apocalypse
 
Every day is screaming like a hurricane
Up against the wall and it’s do or die
The world is splitting open and there’s nowhere to run
Bombs are falling everywhere from the sky
 
But I won’t let you down
I won’t let you, let you down
 
They say keep smiling it will all work out
But every day’s the same, just another lie
I’m gonna get a rocket and fly out of here
I wanna kiss this whole damn world good-bye
 
I won’t let you down
I won’t let you, let you down
 
And when it’s over
The sky it will be dark with lots of
Black smoke and orange light 
And countryside all drowned
There will be people searching everywhere
For hope, a little spark
A tiny bit of love 
That still might be around
 
 Relentless

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Up where the north wind blows
And cuts the skin beneath your clothes
Leaves little doubt about who is deserving
This dude comes dancing through the snow
A real bad mother don’t you know
He drives too fast the car is always swerving
 
He plays the drums all day all year
Out in the frozen atmosphere
It echoes through the arctic spaces
With reflections of their cold embraces
And the wily sound of winter's chills
And avalanches in the hills
He used his hands he used his feet
Rarely did he miss a beat
He says if I ever play it wrong
Won't matter long as it is strong
Just so long as it is relentless

He walks into a bar one night
A woman there catches his sight
The passion in her posture is emphatic
He says will you scream and scratch and bite me?
All that stuff it does excite me
I’m looking for a fellow fanatic

Up where water tends to freeze
Good love doesn’t grow on trees
It’s something that you have to find
So primitive and undesigned
So far away from people’s plans
In easy fat vacation lands
Hiding out with their regrets
And drinking fast till they forget
But this one she was different
She knew how little all that meant
This woman as it turns out was relentless
She tidal wave-attacked his shore
And still kept coming back for more 
He'd never met a woman more relentless

He says I wish I had one silver dollar
Or maybe just one silver dime
For every woman who had to tell me
How in love she was with summertime
She says I wasn't gonna say that
Wasn't gonna ‘cause let me tell you, guy
I don’t need the summer sun
All I need’s the one
Who can tell the truth and look me in the eye

We both know he says to her
Why wolves are covered up with fur
Why they prowl the plains of these savage snowy slums
Why terror never sheds a tear
Why hunger feeds a lack of fear
Why neither's near no condominiums

Don't need no help that's heaven sent
Don't need to be intelligent
Don't need to have second sight
Holy reference guiding light
No Rolex wrapped around your wrist
Don't have to be the prettiest
One question's all we’ll ever ask ya
Way up here north of Alaska
Will you be there from dusk till dawn
Long after everyone is gone
Will you ever always be relentless?
Can you stand where no one's been
Long after they've all packed it in
Will you every always be relentless?

It won’t matter if I play it wrong
Just so long as it is strong
It won’t matter
Oh no

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First Day of School

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You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

They say that knowledge
Will set you free
Math and science
And philosophy
So shut your mouth
And get in line
And don't you question 
Our design

You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

Those in power
Know what's best
And they measure it 
With a test
It's all been programmed
It's all been wired
Imagination 
Is not required

You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

Join a crowd
Learn to shout
Feel good about
Who you leave out
Join a clique
Join a team
Join a circus 
Kill your dreams

You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

Listen, kid
Listen well
The best days of your life
Are hell

Listen, kid
Listen well
The best days of your life
Are hell

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Survive

Wake up each day
What is the use?
I'm just banging away
Trying to shake something loose
Then I come home
To a night being born
It's covered in chrome
And loud like a horn

You make me feel
Like I'm alive
You make me feel
Like I can survive
You let me know
In this world of jive
You let me know
That I can survive

The highway is long
And it's moving fast
But our spirits are strong
And they're built to last
The stars are all burning
Bright eyes looking down
And our love is turning
All over this town

There's a comet
Flying through your heart
And it leaves a trail
A work of art
And I'll be there
Standing by your side
Because I want that trip
I want that ride

You make me feel
Like I'm alive
You make me feel
Like I can survive
You let me know
In this world of jive
You let me know
That I can survive

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Better
 
Searching the world 
Baby, what do I find?  
Oceans cold and deep 
Cities that never sleep  
Crazy places 
And people of every kind  
Wild just like the sea  
Filled with poetry 
But baby it’s not for me   
It doesn’t get any better  
It doesn’t get any better 
It doesn’t get any better 
Than when I am with you 
 
A road of gold
Stretching out to the moon
Castles in the sky
Towers way up high
Lust and envy
Swirls like a typhoon
But I don’t feel a thing
Every day you’ll hear me sing
‘Cause every day I am a king
It doesn’t get any better  
It doesn’t get any better 
It doesn’t get any better 
Than when I am with you 
 
As time goes by 
It gets more clear 
Every single second
The truth gets near 
And this whole wasted world 
Can disappear
 
It doesn’t get any better
It doesn’t get any better
It doesn’t get any better
Every day it is more true
 
 Shooting Stars
 
People through the window 
At the break of dawn 
Everybody’s moving
Nothing’s going on
They’re all going nowhere
Nowhere in the end
And it all comes to nothing 
Nothing but pretend
 
I want to be your shooting star 
I want to be your shooting star
Will you be my shooting star?
Because nothing else matters   
 
Later in the evening
Everybody’s spent
People with long faces
Back from where they went
They’re all looking injured
All bent out of shape
Waiting till tomorrow
Dreaming of escape
 
I want to be your shooting star
I want to be your shooting star
Will you be my shooting star?
Because nothing else matters
 
We’ll be just like two shooting stars
We’ll be just like two shooting stars
We’ll be just like two shooting stars
Because nothing else matters
 
Top of The World

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Everyone's moving
Everyone's groping
Everyone's searching 
Everyone's hoping
To end the struggle
Walk away grinning
Holding a trophy
That says they're winning
And I know I don't care
Because I'm already there
And we can go anywhere
And it's never gonna stop
We will always be on top
Of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world

When I was younger
I found myself racing
I didn't realize
What I was chasing
Was not the answer
Was not the deal
Was not the key
To anything real
Honey now I can see
Baby now I am free
And it's always you and me
And it's never gonna stop
We will always be on top
Of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world

I don't wanna think 
I don't wanna know  
I just wanna feel it  
It's nothing they can have 
Nothing they can grab
Nobody can steal it   
And lying here at night  
I have taken flight 
Above the world  
Above the world

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Last Boy

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I know you are a good girl
But I see those guys coming round
I see them plotting and planning
They want to take you downtown

Last boy
I’m gonna be the last boy
Even though I was not
There at the start

I hear them telling you sweet things
Good stuff of the very best kind
You know I won't miss a beat girl
You know I won't be left behind

Last boy
I’m gonna be the last boy
Even though I was not
There at the start
Feeling like the first man
Standing on a mountain
When I'm the last man
Wrapped around your heart
I'm gonna be the last guy
With something that will not die
The last guy you'll ever need
I'm gonna be the last boy

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First Thrill
 
I don’t know
All the places you have been
It was long ago
Scattered in the wind
A thousand miles
Time it is a blur
Of memories
And things that never were
 
Another day another play
Another step behind
Another day another way
To stumble till I’m blind
But now and then I think again
About another time
When we were young with nothing done
And everything was fine
 
Happy and it’s sad
Happy and it’s sad
 
I recall
Everything was new
And it hit me hard
Because I had no clue
The highest climb
The rush downhill
The ups and downs
The rollercoaster thrill
 
Now it’s gone like a dawn
Finished with the day
An echo in the distance
That roared and died away
The paths we’ve followed since
The ones we’ve called our own
So many little stories
That never will be known
 
Happy and it’s sad
Happy and it’s sad
 
I don’t like
To think about the past
But the days go by
And they keep coming fast
All I want 
Is a flicker in the dark
A single smile
A tiny little spark
 
I’d like to think that in a blink
You wonder where I am
For just a fleeting moment
You maybe give a damn
I’m never gonna call you 
I won’t be on the line
But I hope you’re living some place
Where the sun will always shine
 
Happy and it’s sad
Happy and it’s sad
 
Love is strong
 
Love is strong
It will bring a tear to your eye
Love is strong
Like an eagle up in the sky
 
Lots of people talking 
With too much to say
Looking to do harm
Every day
Stomping on the roses
Snuff out the bouquet
But it will never go away
Never go away
 
Love is strong
Strong enough to make you kneel
Love is strong
It’ll cut you like a blade of steel
 
There are no words
No kind of lie
To keep love down
So don’t even try
It’ll always be there
In endless supply
Always flying high
Always flying high
 
Love is strong
It will bring a tear to your eye
Love is strong
With the power to unify
Love is strong
The strongest thing you can feel 
Love is strong
It can cut you like a blade of steel
Love is strong
Love is strong 
Love is strong


Fight
 
The sky is so dark.   
The dogs of doom are all around  
I hear them start to bark
The world is closing in
And this might be the end
But we’ve got things to do
And places to defend
It’s only right.  
We’re gonna fight. 
 
It’s always the same
The ones who make the rules
Always want more of the game
But it can turn around
Quicker than a blink
There’re gonna see
It’s gonna be
Harder than they think
Some time tonight
We’re gonna fight
 
Get ready to shout
A voice heard across the world
That does not have a doubt
It’s gonna echo from the mountain tops
And rattle city streets
A sound that can’t be silenced
A thing they can’t defeat
The future’s bright
We’re gonna fight
 
The Anxiety Song
 
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
Like my head is gonna explode  
 
You know I feel surrounded  
From day I’m getting pounded   
You don’t know where I’ve been 
Reaching for that klonopin  
 
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
Like my head is gonna explode  
 
They tell me to stay calm
But every day is like a bomb
Always racing in a hurry
Trapped inside a world of worry 
 
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
Like my head is gonna explode  
 
I’m overwhelmed           
Don’t get much sleep            
The world’s a mountain
Tall and steep
I need a doctor
Or a mechanic
Someone who can
Stop the panic    
 
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
I feel crazy
Like my head is gonna explode  
                       
 Not My Friend
 
You like to smile   
And to pretend you are my 
But it’s a lie
Like an alibi that will not fly
When you lend a hand
We both know it’s all for show
‘Cause when I’m in pain
And down the drain
You’ll be drinking champagne
 
You want to see me stuck like glue
In the same hole as you 
 
I’d like to see   
Some honesty
I’d like to see   
Some honesty   
You’re not my friend
You’re not my friend
 
The little jokes
The things you say give you away
The way you yack                                    
Behind my back with a sneak attack       
When times are tough
And I’m on the ground you won’t be found
You’ll have some excuse
For being gone, for moving on
 
To other friends you know
Where a fairer wind does blow
 
I’d like to see   
Some honesty
I’d like to see   
Some honesty   
You’re not my friend
You’re not my friend
 
I’m talking about   
All your accidental treachery   
And here you are
With another phony apology
I’m saying that you 
Have tendencies you can’t resist
I’m saying so long
Here is your good-bye kiss 
 
You’re standing there ready to grin
Especially when I don’t win
 
I’d like to see   
Some honesty
I’d like to see   
Some honesty   
You’re not my friend
You’re not my friend


 I Want To Live
 
I want to live   
I want to live   
I want to live   
Every single day 
And it’s gonna be that way   
 
I want to fly  
Into the sky     
And maybe I’ll die    
But baby, that’s all right   
It won’t happen tonight  
 
This world will beat you down           
And smash what you have planned    
Every single thing that you do   
Someone’s got you under review       
They’ll take your thoughts
Steal your dreams       
And the guitar from your hand           
They’re watching you every day         
They’re checking on your DNA                        
 
But I want to live   
I want to live   
I want to live   
Like a flash of light      
Disappear from sight 
 
I want to fly  
Into the sky     
Higher than high    
Any way and any how   
And it’s gonna happen now   
 
I want to live  
I want to live
I want to live
I want to live
We’re going to live  
We’re going to live  
We’re going to live

  

Something Better

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Wake up every day
It's good enough I say
Go to bed at night
I turn out the light
The world is moving on
And I'm singing a song
They try and tell me stuff
Hey man I've heard enough

I always wanted to do something better
I always wanted to do something better
Yeah I wanted to do something better
But hey this isn't that bad

The secret to success
Someone should confess
It’s a very quick design
Won’t take a lot of time
Be happy every day
For all the time you get
Be happy just because
And honey you are set 

I always wanted to do something better
I always wanted to do  something better
Yeah I wanted to do something better
But hey this isn't that bad

Please don't mention
All you're good intentions
I've got all I need
And I will proceed

I always wanted to do something better
I always wanted to do  something better
Yeah I wanted to do something better
But hey this isn't that bad

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Fly

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Outside 
I see the soldiers advancing 
I see the liars romancing
It happens most every day   
And I know 
They're caught up in their own diversions
Silly sort of perversions
They're coming to take me away
And it looks the same
In every frame   

So I fly   
Do you want to go?
For so long  
I’ve watched the winter blow 
It’s so nice
Nicer than you know 
We’re on our way 

They came 
Came with their dogs and their horses
Came with their deals and divorces
With words all tangled like twine
And I know 
Sometimes my hands they are not clean
A picture right out of the same scene
A little piece of the design 
But very dance
Is like another chance

So I fly   
Do you want to go?
For so long  
I’ve watched the winter blow 
It’s so nice
Nicer than you know 
We’re on our way 

I’ve been paranoid  
And overjoyed 
And annoyed 
But not destroyed 

So I fly    
Do you want to go? 
So high 
Leave it all below
It’s so nice 
Nicer than you know 
We’re on our way 

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First Day of School

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You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

They say that knowledge
Will set you free
Math and science
And philosophy
So shut your mouth
And get in line
And don't you question 
Our design

You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

Those in power
Know what's best
And they measure it 
With a test
It's all been programmed
It's all been wired
Imagination 
Is not required

You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

Join a crowd
Learn to shout
Feel good about
Who you leave out
Join a clique
Join a team
Join a circus 
Kill your dreams

You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 
You’re going to school today 

Listen, kid
Listen well
The best days of your life
Are hell

Listen, kid
Listen well
The best days of your life
Are hell

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Banksy and the Mayor
 
Now the mayor, he said hey
We’ve got to stop that man
From making something beautiful 
Among all these garbage cans
 
He’s just around he corner
Making something better out of this world
 
So the police they were mobilized
A hundred thousand strong
And went roaring down into the slums
Where nothing nice belongs
 
He’s just around the corner
Making something better out of this world
 
They said we can’t allow this thing
To fester and take root
It’s very distracting while
We’re trying to count the loot
We’ve got to keep these people
Underneath a boot
 
Now the mayor he was furious
When they let him get away
And left behind his work unsigned
To fight another day
 
 Rise 
                              
Lying there like a broken bird         
Filled with pain and thoughts unheard
One day you will fly again
I know it will happen when    
The screaming stops 
And the shouting dies
And the air is free
From the angry cries 
You will rise above the madness
Rise above the sadness
 
A storm covered the morning light
You’ll be free when you take flight
Higher than a tree so tall
Everything below so small
When the screaming stops 
And the shouting’s done
And the desolation
Is overrun
You will rise above the madness
Rise above the sadness
 
I turned a corner
I saw a crowd
They heard my song
They were laughing loud
They said open your eyes
All covered with dreams and blindness
But my eyes were open
Bright like flame
They saw marching feet
No one would tame
So hold on tight
We’ll go down in a blaze of kindness
 
There are those who say it will never be
There’s no escape from this tragedy
But when every hope is crucified
There’s still a way to turn the tide
When the screaming stops
And the shouting’s gone
And the raging clouds 
Have all moved on
You will rise above the madness
Rise above the sadness
Rise above the madness
Rise above the sadness
 
 Summertime
 
Stories come and go
People pass me by
I see it all the time
But I don’t cry
I know there’s a place
Filled with broken dreams 
I don’t go there much
It’s not my scene
When everything comes clear
I’m happy to be here
Where everything is fine
In the summertime
Summertime
Feeling good in the sunshine
Every day it’s so fine
In the summertime 
 
Sometimes I get home late
Stay up and watch the dawn
Thinking about friends
Dead and gone
But I’m not waiting for that call
Not worrying about when
On some distant day 
Maybe see them again
And everything is sweet
So nicely incomplete
Don’t need reason or rhyme
In the summertime
Summertime
Feeling good in the sunshine
Every day it’s so fine
In the summertime
 
Chasing a shadow
A silhouette
Nothing to grab
No regret
Chasing a light
At the end of the sky
A rainbow, a mirage
 
I’m on a road of diamonds
Without a plan
Nowhere to go
I’m a happy man
A thing that has
No kind of sign
A line so fine
No design
 
Like the summertime
Summertime
Feeling good in the sunshine
Every day, feeling fine
In the summertime
Summertime
Feeling good, drinking wine
Every day, feeling fine
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
 
 In Trouble

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It looks like I'm in trouble
Cops are breaking down my door
And they won't get me a lawyer
They don't do that any more

Everybody's fighting evil
Everybody's got their lord
They all talk to him directly
Then go stabbing with his sword

And it looks like I'm in trouble
Had some questions for the king
Now they're calling me a traitor
Wouldn’t kiss his shiny ring

They're all fighting for the money
Been that way for all of time
If you're rich you are righteous
If you're poor it is a crime

And it looks like I'm in trouble
Yeah it looks like I'm in trouble
Yeah we all could be in trouble
Yeah we all could be in trouble

 
 The Battlesong of the Fish
 
Come all you fishes
In the sea
Gather round 
Listen to me
Good times are coming
I tell you, honestly
Come all you fishes
In the sea
 
The world’s been going bad
Wronger and wronger
The water’s rising
Won’t take much longer
When the land is covered up
With the oceans of our birth
They’ll all be drowned and we’ll be
Masters of the earth
 
I am the fish
I can breathe underwater
I am the fish
I can see underwater
I am the fish
I can be underwater
I am the fish
 
Don’t misinterpret
My intent
Don’t want to be
A king or president
When it all goes down
I don’t care about wrong or right
Just want to love you, baby
Morning, noon, and night
 
I am the fish
I can breathe underwater
I am the fish
I can see underwater
I am the fish
I can be underwater
I am the fish
 
Come all you fishes
In the sea
Gather round 
Listen to me
Good time are coming
I tell you honestly
Come all you fishes
In the sea
 
I am the fish
I can breathe underwater
I am the fish
I can see underwater
I am the fish
I can be underwater
I am the fish
 
 
 
 
 

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