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B i o g r a p h y Roisin Murphy's debut solo album is to be pre-released as a series of three strictly limited edition EPs in the New Year, ahead of its more formal emergence on compact disc and long-player later in the spring. Beginning with ‘Sequins1' in the first week of January, each of these lavishly packaged, heavy-weight vinyl, 12-inch-only releases will take four of the tunes from the record and make them available at six-week intervals leading up the album's release in May. All the tracks on the ‘Sequins' series are the results of Roisin's new fruitful collaboration with producer Matthew Herbert , who she met as a result of his remix work for her band Moloko. This is the first time the highly-revered electronic pioneer Herbert has produced an album for another artist, aside from his wife Dani Siciliano. Here the significant ground covered on ‘Sequins 1' by Roisin and Herbert indicates what to expect from the broader scope of the pair's collaboration on the forthcoming album. “Having worked on several Moloko remixes from as early as 1996 Roisin's voice had become a familiar friend ,” says Herbert .” I had always loved the ease with which it sat in the textures of the sounds I work with. To work on her solo record struck me as the perfect place to try and mix proper musical charisma with noises not often heard on the radio.” This first ‘Sequins' EP commences with the agenda-setting ‘Ruby Blue' , which begins with an ear-catching meld of distorted funk and Andrews Sisters harmonies. It slides around like a languid and sinuous eel, all finger-pops and syncopated handclaps, before busting out with a too-loud fuzz guitar and Roisin's provocative kitten purr. ‘Off On It' , which follows, has a percussive track that sounds like a steam train pulling slowly out of a siding, while Roisin delightfully slurs her way through a miasma of flirtatious signs and signifiers. Third up, ‘Night Of the Dancing Flame' is like a lost classic number featuring either the elephants on parade from the Jungle Book (tremendous muted trumpet blasts) or Josephine Baker in all her Parisian glory. As it lollops along with cartoonish gait, Roisin tells more tales of sexual abandon in not entirely private places, and you realise that between them her and Herbert might have hit upon a long untapped resource of Cab Calloway-influenced pop music. It's crazy and not a little infectious. ‘Sequins 1' is completed by the magical warmth of ‘ Through Time' , which in its hazier moments approaches the gentle feel of one of the great ballads off a good Stevie Wonder record. The ‘Sequins' EPs will also introduce another powerfully creative collaboration with the artist Simon Henwood , who has painted a number of large-scale portraits of Roisin, which are to be exhibited at the Hospital in London in March 2005*, and will be reproduced one at a time as the sleeves to ‘Sequins 1 – 3'. |
Leaving the city
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Overpowered - 2007-10-15 - Overpowered You Know Me Better Checkin' On Me Let Me Know Movie Star Primitive Footprints Dear Miami Cry Baby Tell Everybody Scarlet Ribbons Body Language (Bonus Track) Parallel Lives (Bonus Track) |
Dance For The Lights *** For more see the Moloko Section *** |
Ruby
Blue
Leaving the city
Wish I was taking you with me
No more goodbyes,
No more goodbyes,
Tell me to stay home
There’s no place
No more goodbyes,
No more goodbyes,
Tell me to stay home
I’m leaving…I’m leaving
No more goodbyes,
No more goodbyes,
Tell me to stay home
I’m leaving…I’m leaving
There’s no place
I’m leaving…I’m leaving
There’s no place
No more goodbyes
No exotic country
I found my journey’s end
When I found you
Don’t let me go
Won’t leave town
Or go around
If you say so
Won’t leave you no if you say so
Can’t stay always going away
Never knowing the way home
Another hour
Another day
Surely we
Will find a way somehow
We’re leaving the city today
Leaving the city
Soon I will be gone
Leaving the city today
Soon I will be gone
Leaving, leaving, leaving, leaving
No more goodbyes
No more goodbyes
Tell me to stay home
I’m leaving
I’m leaving
No more goodbyes
No more goodbyes
Tell me to stay home
I’m leaving
I’m leaving
There’s no place
There’s no place
There’s no place
There’s no place
There’s no place
There’s no place I’d rather be
Than here dear
If I call you dear, it’s because you are
There’s no face
I’d rather see
There’s no fear
Don’t be afraid to say
Stay another day
Then another day
Don’t be afraid to say it
Or hold on
Don’t be gone too long baby
Another kiss
One more caress
An ego, no
Another yes
We’re leaving the city today
There’s something still left here to say
A D F C A F
D F C E D C D
We’re leaving the city today
Why can’t I get you to ask me stay?
Don’t you want to let the music play
D F C E D C D
We’re leaving the city today
Is there something i’ve left here to say?
Don’t you want to let the music play
A D F C A F D F C E D C D
Soon I will be gone
I’m leaving
I’m leaving
Don’t you want to let the music play?
Soon I will be gone
Sinking feeling
Deep in
Quick sand
You dive in
At the shallow end
You break your
Neck and
You’re never ever gonna get up again
The glass house that you lived in
Is deep in the quickening
Angels might call by
But fools they rush in
Bring some peace to your mind
For today is a new day
Here in my hand
Time is just sand
Fine lines of love and hate
There on your face
But I look at this way
In the next seven days
In the next
It might just change
How can I write
The story that
Went and wrote itself
Down on paperback
Called “the foutain of know thyself”
It’s a lonely book
Still upon the shelf
It’ll be all smiles
And we’ll rise and ride
On the waves of a sinking feeling
Bring some peace to your mind
For today is a new day
Happy people don’t give into
Happy people don’t give into
That sinking feeling
It’ll be all smiles
And we’ll rise and we’ll sail
It’ll be all smiles
And we’ll rise and we’ll sail
On the waves
It’ll be all smiles
And we’ll rise and we’ll sail
On the waves
Of a sinking feeling
Night of the dancing flame
Curiosity
The young and the free
There for all to see
Entranced
Burned by the flame
Have your senses taken leave
Into the fire of true belief
It’s the orgy of the free
It was at first as
If they were shadows
Shimmering visions
By the light of the dancing flame
Bodies in motion
The sound of the ocean
Came into vision
On the night of the dancing flame
What of your own free will
Bodies are writhing still
There in the moonlight
With my head up help high
Wish I could keep on walking by
But I
Find myself drawn to you
I let you do what you want to do
You had your wicked way
There on the site of the dancing flame
It was at first as
If they were shadows
Shimmering visions
By the light of the dancing flame
Bodies in motion
The sound of the ocean
Came into vision
On the night of the dancing flame
To dance around the fire
On the night of the dancing flame
To make the flame grow higher
In the light of the dancing flame
To dance around the fire
On the night of the dancing flame
To make the flame grow higher
In the light of the dancing flame
Oh that starry night
Lost my sense of time
I don’t know how I
Got my fingers burned
Maybe I got too close
To the light of the
To the light of the
To the light of the dancing flame
The light of the
The light of the
The light of the dancing flame
Through time
Now the time has elapsed
It inevitably has come to pass
That I write for you at last
A song, a rhyme
Oh, to tell you the truth of it
I’m a little confused myself
Is it through memory’s rose-tinted glass
I have come to ask
Or is it a love that was meant to last
Through time itself
Proving us wrong all along
Shouldn’t we be holding on
It’s a silly thing really
That you shouldn’t believe in
Nothing too complicated
Endlessly formulated
Foolish romantic ideals of love
Could there be such a thing
How could there be such a thing
As beautifully flawed
We’ll make mistakes and then
Life is the art of learning to live with it
Through time
But you knew it
All along
You who are wiser than I
See it coming
See it coming
See it coming
Every time
How did you predict
The end of the world
When you can’t see beyond
The end of your nose
Would you look at the life I chose
Baby it’s you I need to tell it to
Maybe no other will ever do
Through time
Shouldn’t we be holding on
Maybe no other will ever do
Maybe no other will ever do
Shouldn’t we be holding on
Maybe no other will ever do
Maybe no other will ever do
Shouldn’t we be holding on
Maybe no other will ever do
Maybe no other will ever do
Shouldn’t we be holding on
Maybe no other will ever do
Maybe no other will ever do
Proving us wrong all along
Ideals of love
Foolish romantic
Ideals of love
Could there be such a thing
How could there be such a thing
As beautifully flawed
Ideals of love
Sow into
you
Sow into you
Into you
Into you
What the...
What the...
Did you do to me
Heavy cloud come down on
When all of heaven’s bliss
Is in this perfect kiss
Rain down on me
Bring me a change in the weather
Break open the sky
Heat keeps building
It’s hot in the city
And I’m not sleeping at night
Can I get relief
I am a lyrical soul
Bound to get carried away
But there’s nothing left to say
‘cept I I I I I
I am a lyrical soul
I I I I I love you
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you up into it
Is this how it feels to kiss the same
I chose you for your wave
Frequency
You take me up against
The freak in me
Just tell me what you
X X X expect of me
Expect of me
I am a lyrical soul
Bound to get carried away
But I think it’s fair to say
You Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Love me
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you up into it
Is this how it feels to kiss the same
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you up into it
Is this how it feels to kiss the same
Sow into
Into you
I’ll bring you
Into this earth
Has sorely missed the kiss of rain
And I think it’s here to stay
Sow into
Though I’m bound to get carried away
I’ll bring you
But I think it’s here to stay
Though I’m bound to get carried away
Dear diary
Dear diary
My dear
Got to keep it all inside
Got to keep it locked behind a
Golden wall of silence
You see I have my pride
And I won’t be telling him
Anytime soon
Too afraid to say it
I wouldn’t want to embarrass myself
Telling everybody the truth
No I
I won’t send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don’t receive this valentine
It doesn’t mean that is ain’t true
And I’m not thinking of you
Won’t kiss
I won’t tell
Never cross these lips
Never break the spell
I decided to go on denying myself
Living alone
Living a lie
No I
I won’t send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don’t receive this valentine
It doesn’t mean that is ain’t true
And I’m not thinking of you
No I
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
To never speak of it
Or hear the music of it
We’ll play a symphony
In my wildest dreams
No I
I won’t send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don’t receive this valentine
It doesn’t mean that is ain’t true
And I’m not thinking of you
No I
I won’t send this valentine
Violets are blue
And if you don’t receive this valentine
It doesn’t mean that is ain’t true
And I’m not thinking of you
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
I keep living a lie
If
we're in love
If we’re in love
If we’re in love
If we’re in love
If we’re in love
If we’re in love
If we’re in love
We should make love
Where the sun it never sets
And where the wind forgets
I will forget you
Where the sky goes on for miles
And never ties
Of an improbable blue
When the supreme mysteries
Decide to reveal all to us
And make an endless night
Still I will come to remember
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
When will we be lovers?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we could make love
When will that be?
I’m gonna forget you
When the rivers stop and turn to run
To where they’ve begun
Back up the mountainside
When the sun it comes to the night to play
And like I do just sleep all day
When the moon and the stars turn to the light
Not in the dark of night
But in the morning sky
When the roses turn to bloom
Not in June
But in the bitter cold of December
There’s not a
There’s not a joy in this whole world to give
There’s not a joy
As lovely as the bird that flew away
Last night I
Last night I
I think I dreamt a
Beautiful song
But when I woke
The birds had flown
And it was gone
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
When will we be lovers?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we could make love
When will that be?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
When will we be lovers?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
When will that be?
If we’re in love
If we’re in love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
When will we be lovers?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we could make love
When will that be?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we
If we’re in love we should make love
If we
If we’re in love we should make love
When will we be lovers?
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
If we’re in love we should make love
When will that be?
Ramalama (bang bang)
Bang, bang !
Could a body close the mind out
Stitch a seam across the eye
If you can be good, you’ll live forever
If you’re bad, you’ll die when you die
Hearing only one true note
On the one and only sound
Unzip my body
Take my heart out
'Cause I need a beat to give this tune
Taking a picture of
Taking a picture of
Taking a picture of
Oh the body swayed to music
Oh the lightning glance
If I would give it all and all
Maybe you would hear me
Ask for half a chance
Hearing only one root note
Planted firmly in the ground
Undo my heart, unzip my body and
Lend to my ear a clear and a deafening sound
Unzip my heart
And if I need a rhythm
It’ll be to my heart I listen
If it don’t get me too far wrong
And if I
And if I
And if I need a rhythm
It’s gonna be to my heart I listen
If it don’t take me too far gone
Everybody smile please
Nobody pay no mind to me
Finger in position on the switch
A little flash photography
Taking a picture of you
Taking a picture of
Taking a picture of me
Taking a picture
Ramalama Bang Bang
Flash Bang Big Bang
Bing Bong,
Ding Dong
Dum dum d’ dum dum
With a hammer Bang Bang
Flash Bang Press Gang
Bing Bong, Ding Dong
Dum dum d’ dum dum
With a st’ stammer
Bang Bang
Crash Bang
Big Bang
Boing Boing
Boing Boing
Dum dum d’ dum dum
With a st’ stammer
With a st’ stammer
With a st’ stammer
Bang Bang
Crash Bang
Big Bang
Bing Bang
Crash Bang
And if I
And if I need a rhythm
Gonna be to my heart I listen
And if I
And if I need a rhythm
Gonna be to my heart I listen
And if I
And if I need a rhythm
Gonna be to my heart I listen
And if I
And if I
Need a rhythm
Need a rhythm
Need a rhythm
And if I
And if I need a rhythm
You’d better stop
And try to think
Look what you’re doing
Oh, Ruby
You never get to give it all you got
Cause you forgot to take it to the top
Oh
Ruby Blue
Why do you make a start
With no means to go on
It’s on the tip of your
Ruby, we used to love you truly
You used to make us laugh
It really was a gas
But now you’re a bore
One
Two
Three
But now you’re a bore
It was you
And them
And me
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue
Check yourself
Do you get me
Do you get me
Do you get me
Do you get me
Do you get me
You’d better stop
And try to think
Look what you’re doing
Oh, Ruby
You never get to give it all you’ve got
Cause you forgot to take it to the top
Oh, Ruby Blue
Nobody cares anyway
If you play the painted lady
Four and more
Five and six
Who would have believed
It would come to this
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue
Check yourself
You’d better stop
And try to think
Look what you’re doing
Oh, Ruby
You never get to
Give it all you’ve got cause you forgot
To take it to the top
Oh Ruby Blue
One
Two
Three
Look what you’re doing
Oh Ruby
Nobody's there anyway
It was you
And them
And me
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue
Off on it
You know that you like it
You know that you love it, really, ha ha
It’s just a game that we play
It’s a world away from your everyday pain
And your suffering
It’s just a game, my darling please
Please don’t go to the trouble
No no not on account of me
For I’m sure to bring double
Sure to bring double
I’ll bring you to your knees
Might you be getting off on it
You, you were asking for this
And now you’re gonna get it
You were begging me, please
Don’t be surprised if you
One big joke
Don’t be surprised if you get it
I’ll just all one big joke
It’s all mirrors and smoke
A not so elaborate hoax
You know how
One thing tends to
Lead to another
Before you know where you are
You’re there, tied to the chair
You’re going nowhere
Might you be getting off on it
It’s just a game
Not your everyday pain
It’s just a game
It’s just a game
It’s a world away from your everyday pain
And your suffering
It’s just a game
Don’t you get off on it
Don’t you get off on it
Don’t you get off on it...
Off on it
Off on it
Off on it...
It’s just a game
It’s a world away from your everyday pain
And your suffering
It’s just a game
It’s just a game
Everyday pain
It’s just a game
It’s a world away from your everyday pain
And your suffering
It’s just a game
We’re too busy
We’re just too busy
Always making predictions
Never make an exception
To the rules
Why do we fight
All through the night
Why do we fight at all
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Let’s just turn the whole damn thing upside down
Do you recognize
The one you knew before
The closing of the doors
Don’t you remind me of someone
Don’t you remind me
I knew you better
Don’t you remind me
Much better than that
I never loved you blindly
I knew a man who was better
Much better than that
Much better than that
Much better than that
Once you’ve said it
Oh, oh, oh, oh
You can’t take it back
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I knew you’d find that note someday
So I wrote down
All the things that I couldn’t say
You and I
Up all night
Why do we fight at all
The closing of the doors
The calling of time
Don’t you remind me of someone
Don’t you remind me
Overpowered
When I think that i'm over you
I'm overpowered
Your data my data
The chromosomes match
Exact as in matter
A matter of fact
These amourant feelings
A cognitive state
Need the love object
To reciprocate
When I think that i'm over you
I'm overpowered
It's long overdue
I'm overpowered
When I think that i'm over you
I'm overpowered
It's long overdue
I'm overpowered
As science struggles on to try to explain
Oxytocin's flowing ever into my brain
As science struggles on to try to explain
Oxytocin's flowing ever into my brain
A chemical reason
If reason's your game
A chemical needing
Is there in the brain
With pre-programmed meanings
Like a little more pep
Alien feelings
We have to accept
When I think that i'm over you
I'm overpowered
It's long overdue
I'm overpowered
When I think that i'm over you
I'm overpowered
It's long overdue
I'm overpowered
As science struggles on to try to explain
Oxytocin's flowing ever into my brain
As science struggles on to try to explain
Oxytocin's flowing ever into my brain
I'm overpowered
You know
me better
I think we waited
Long enough, baby
You know me
Only too well
I just thought someone had to mention
So don't get defensive
No, no, don't try to pretend to
Look surprised
Have you ever known me
Be too shy to jump in
But when it comes to you
I can't win
'Cause you know me better than I know myself
You know me better than I know myself
You know me the best
You know me better than I know myself
You know what to expect
Understand it
Nobody understands you
The way that I can
Let's see this thing through
One thing remaining
Things will never be the same again
After tonight
So let's get down to it
This thing is getting stronger and stronger
We need to take it further
I can't wait no longer of waiting my turn
I've waited in line
How long have I known you
Not in all this time been untrue
I think we're more than friends
Let me see this through
You know me better than I know myself
You know me better than I know myself
You know me the best
You know me better than I know myself
You know what to expect
You know me better than I know myself
You know me the best
You know me better than I know myself
How many years can we keep going on this way
I believe
Too afraid too much at stake
Yeah I believe the friendship can survive
I believe
Maybe it won't if we do or we don't
You know me better than I know myself
You know me the best
You know me better than I know myself
You know what to expect
You know me better than I know myself
You know me the best
You know me better than I know myself
You know what to expect
You know me better than I know myself
You know me better than I know myself
You know me better than I know myself
You know me better than I know myself
You know what to expect
Checkin'
up on me
It's your uneasy mind
That's been making you blind
I won't lie to you
You've got trouble inside
Baby, I’ve nothing to hide
I've been good to you
All the way from New York City
Calling me constantly
He's asking if I’m sitting pretty
Waiting patiently
Darling, I would not forsake thee
I'm telling you honestly, yeah yeah
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
It's time to set me free
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
How can you judge
If I don't miss you enough
Any fool can see:
If you can't trust yourself
Can't trust nobody else
Did you lie to me
Yeah, did you lie to me
Even when we are together
Still the jealousy
You know, I just wanna dance forever
And you wanna take that from me
Suppose you really think you're clever
Stealing my liberty, yeah yeah
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
It's time to set me free
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
I get ready to think about
Looking into you
I need to know when you're going out
And all the things you do
You may not be guilty by default
And have the nerve to question me
When it's you who could get caught
What do you think I’m gonna find
When I’m checkin' up on you
Maybe you've got something to hide
Though I think I always knew
What do you think I’m gonna find
When I’m checkin' up on you
Maybe you've got something to hide
Though I think I always knew
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
It's time to set me free
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
(it's so strange kind of loving)
What do you think you're gonna find
Checkin' up on me
(is it fair love)
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
(is it fair love)
It's time to set me free
(i know you're feigning your suffering)
What do you think you're gonna find
(is it fair love)
Checkin' up on me
Baby, you've got a trouble mind
I can't explain your suspicions
I think it's you
Issues, you, issues
Think it's you
I think it's you
It's so strange kind of loving
Let me
know
I turn the other way
I never turn you down
You turn me on
Don't speak out every meaning
I don't belong to you
You don't belong to me
So don't hold on too tightly
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Happier now than I’ve been in the past
Gone are the days
Gone are the tears
That was the girl I used to be
The girl that you now see standing in front of you
Could keep going on
Because she believes
In setting you free
So let me know when you're lonely babe
Let me know when you're lonely baby
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Let me know when you're lonely baby
I turn the other way
I can never turn you down
You turn me on
Don't speak out every meaning
I don't belong to you
Like you don't belong to me
So don't hold on too tightly
Let forever be
So let me know when you're lonely babe
Let me know when you're lonely baby
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Let me know when you're lonely baby
Let me know when you're lonely babe
It might be sweet
Let me know when you're lonely baby
If we could be
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Along the way
Let me know when you're lonely baby
That could be okay
They're all the same in this cynical age
I won't be your ball and chain
I risk my reputation
Just to get a room
You always have the reservation
So come lie down beside me
So let me know when you're lonely babe
Let me know when you're lonely baby
Beside me
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Beside me
Let me know when you're lonely baby
Beside me
So let me know when you're lonely babe
It might be sweet
Let me know when you're lonely baby
If we could be
Let me know when you're lonely babe
Along the way
Let me know when you're lonely baby
That could be okay
That could be okay
It might be sweet
If we could be
Along the way
That could be okay
Movie star
I'm a trusting soul, I’m ashamed of living dangerously
I'm a headstrong girl, I’m afraid I won't be told
I feel my destiny is only 'round the corner
Sugar daddy promised me I’ll be sitting on top of the world
He saw my naked ambitions
Said
I would leave them wanting more
That could be crazy wishing
We could ever have it all
Have it all, have it all
We'll make a movie, we'll break into cinema
You'll be director, and I’ll be your movie star
We'll make a movie, the darlings of cinema
You'll be director, and I’ll be your movie star
So he's a headstrong guy and perhaps I shouldn't listen
There's a million girls wanna be in my position
If he tells me lies I’ll suspend my disbelieving
I leave it all behind, I ain't asking for permission
Feels like a new beginning
And there's so much to explore
It's not so crazy thinking
We could really have it all
Have it all, have it all
We'll make a movie, we'll break into cinema
You'll be director, and I’ll be your movie star
We'll make a movie, the darlings of cinema
You'll be director, and I’ll be your movie star
Movie star
Movie star
Primitive
From the primordial soup
Out of the din and the bloom we came
We are animal
By any of the name
From the primordial soup
Out of the din and the bloom we came
We are animal
One unbroken chain
I need to get you out of your cave, man
I need to let you out of your cage and set you free
If tonight's the night
I'm gonna show you I ain't got no game plan
Out from under a rock
From a prehistoric sea we crawled
We are animal
Animal one and all
Out from under a rock
From the prehistoric sea we came
We are animal
Animal, one unbroken chain
I know what you're searching for
I pray that you find it on the instinct
I, I don't need you hurting, boy
Animalistic
I need to get you out of your cave, man
I wanna let you out of your cage and set you free
If tonight's the night
I wanna show you I ain't got no game plan
I need to get you out of your cave, man
I wanna let you out of your cage and set you free
If tonight's the night
I wanna show you I ain't got no game plan
If you call out tonight
And hear the call of the wild reply
You are animal
Animal not so deep inside
If you call out in vain
Everyone of us just the same
We are animal
Dare not speak its name
I know what you're searching for
I pray that you find it on the instinct
I, I don't need you hurting, boy
Animalistic
I need to get you out of your cave, man (primitive)
I'm gonna let you out of your cage and set you free
If tonight's the night
I wanna show you I ain't got no game plan
Primitive love for me
I need to get you out of your cave, man (primitive)
I'm gonna let you out of your cage and set you free
If tonight's the night
I wanna show you I ain't got no game plan
Primitive love for me
Footprints
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Teddy bear
Baby, can we take it slowly?
'Cause I’m a junky for love
But we can still have a party
Take care
'Cause baby I’m a delicate flower
But I could still open up
Just like a beautiful orchid
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Teddy bear
Can we take it softly, softly?
Just let me fix up for love
And we could still get it started
Steady there
Let me maybe talk you through it
Just 'cause this feeling's for real
Don't mean you know how to do it
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Take a chance on a night romance, would you
For a change gonna do what I have to do
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this
Footprints in the morning snow
You've got me rocking like an echo, echo
Fresher than the daisy eaves
It drives me crazy when you play me this...
Dear Miami
Behind these walls you can be so self-absorbed
Behind those eyes: no disguise. Disguise, no you can’t disguise
Behind this fortress of an address stuck in the passion void
With a little style full & for a while, but you can’t turn back time
Dear Miami
You’re the first to go
Disappearing
Under melting snow
Each and everyone
Turn your critical eye
On the burning sun
And try not to cry
Strictly, rolling, V.I.P
Strictly, rolling, V.I.P
We got it all, the empire ever falls
We got all control, untold power too
Do what you want to do
We got the moves
But there’s nothing left to prove
There's only stardust memories
We can make come true
Dear Miami
You’re the first to go
Disappearing
Under melting snow
Each and everyone
Turn your critical eye
On the burning sun
And try not to cry
Dear Miami
You’re the first to go
Disappearing
Under melting snow
Each and everyone
Turn your critical eye
On the burning sun
And try not to cry
Merry-go-round…again
(merry-go-round again)
A carousel, passionate raid
An escapade
(adventures in)
Strictly, rolling, (dear Miami) V.I.P
Strictly, rolling, (dear Miami) V.I.P
Strictly, rolling, (dear Miami) V.I.P
Strictly, rolling, (dear Miami) V.I.P
Cry baby
Things are getting heavy
Why don’t you get ready
Things are getting heavy
Why don’t you get ready
Things are getting heavy
Why don’t you get ready
Things are getting heavy
Why don’t you get ready...
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby
Please don't cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby
Please don't cry
To stay awake
You take a pill
You think you're moving
But you're standing still
You can't sleep
It's overkill
You think you're cruising
But it's all downhill
Maybe I could put you in the right direction
Only if you can't decide
I believe you're beyond correction
Wouldn't be the first time I made you cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby, please don't cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby all the time
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby, please don't cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby all the time
This won't hurt
No, not a bit
You'd better take your medicine
'Cause you are sick
Your blood runs cold
You won't be told
You're a bad seed already sowed
Maybe I could put you in the right direction
Only if you can't decide
Calling back to me looking for redemption
Wouldn't be the first time I heard you cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby, please don't cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby all the time
Who do you think is to blame
Everybody but you
You couldn't care less
About the things that you do
Sick of hearing you cry
Sick of hearing those lies
Tired of wiping the tears
From your eyes
You'd better go, baby
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby, please don't cry
Oh me, oh my
Don't cry baby all the time
Tell
everybody
Hey, where'd you learn to fly
So you shoot your rocket up
Into the sky
Hey, I heard you set the pace
I never thought I’d see you back
In this old place
Are you here to stay
I never thought I’d see the day
Maybe in another lifetime
I'd see you walking away from me
Tell everybody you're my baby
Tell everybody we're not fading
Tell everybody no ifs or maybes, no, no, no
Tell everybody I’m your lady
Tell everybody it's not changing
Tell everybody you're still my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, I heard you set the tone
The day you changed the world you were
Alone
I'm at your command
You only have to clap your hands
Baby I don't understand
Why you're leaving me
Hey, I only wanna make you smile
Well, maybe it'll take a while
Maybe I’ll build a needing
If it pleases you
Tell everybody you're my baby
Tell everybody we're not fading
Tell everybody no ifs or maybes, no, no, no
Tell everybody I’m your lady
Tell everybody it's not changing
Tell everybody you're still my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah
I almost remember your face
But it's fading, but it's fading fast
Now that I remember the taste
It's a memory with a life to last
Scarlet
ribbons
From the cradle to the throne, my flesh & my bones
Is that the way it’s supposed to be: how the story goes?
Ribbons & bows: like a thorn on a rose
When the one man who gave it all to you has to let you go
He found for me scarlet ribbons
Those scarlet ribbons for my hair
What becomes of a fathers love, when another has his daughters love?
Don’t you know they’ll never be above, I’ll always be your little girl
It’s all borrowed time & you always said I would regret it
If I grew up too fast, but my heart is strong & true
I’m doing fine, the things that you said, I won’t forget ‘em
I’ll do as you ask & always play fair for you
You found for me scarlet ribbons
Those scarlet ribbons for my hair
What becomes of a fathers love, when another has his daughters love?
Don’t you know they’ll never be above, I’ll always be your little girl
There’s a part of you in every part me
(you should know better)
Maybe you should know I won’t let that go
Long as I can cry on your shoulder won’t be growing up just older
You have got to let me go
You found for me scarlet ribbons
Those scarlet ribbons for my hair
What becomes of a fathers love, when another has his daughters love?
Don’t you know they’ll never be above, I’ll always be your little girl
I’ll always be, always be your little girl
Always be, always be your little girl
Always be, always be your little girl
Always be, always be your little girl
You’ve got to let it go
You’ve got to let it go
You’ve got to let it go…
Body language
Have you omitted to say those rubber bullets don’t bounce off you
Oh incry, hear it in stereo, I’ll cry after everything is done and dusted
I may convince bold and original, forgive what’s that for when you’re heading
for the dance-floor
I’m here, go deep with those climb-downs branding me a heretic kind of
infant-terrible
I risk I take it to the brink of it, drop you like a hot potato, everybody turn
a hater
If you hear what your body says, learn body language
If I could speak, i call your name
If I could hear what your body says, i wouldn’t change it
If you speak over to me
Between false and tragedy lies a human emotion for hoping it’ll turn out alright
Ah dickens, thicken now then chicken soup, and the way that you turn it
Will take you to the end of the line
But learn, speak it that body language, definition of wordplay, conditional love
You can’t contemplate, impossible to separate one from the other
Your mother, sister’s, brother’s lover
If you hear what your body says, learn body language
If i could speak, i call your name
If i could hear what your body says, i wouldn’t change it
If you speak over to me
‘Tied up for the foreseeable future’ had ended in the 70’s science fiction
motion picture
‘Back in the day’ don’t cut it now anyway
Quite a different animal, don’t you wish you’d had a mission
If you hear what your body says, learn body language
If I could speak, i call your name
If I could hear what your body says, i wouldn’t change it
If you speak over to me
If you hear what your body says, learn body language
If I could speak, I call your name…
Parallel
lives
I ring kept him on, been learning fast.
I just got you wrong, it’s not built to last, it’s not built to last
Time keeps on tripping on, though I learn my lessons fast
And it was time for me to cut and run
And if I ever do the past, you’re not the only one, we’re living
Parallel lives, oh you’re not the only one
We’re so entwined, to lose it
To the passing of time
Oh we came undone, we came untied, we came untied
We live separate lives, can’t even organise
One more meeting of minds ain’t gonna make it right, no
There’s more humanity in just letting it be now
‘Cause I can’t seem to justify when we’re living separate dreams, have we
forgotten love
We’re lost in…
Parallel lives, oh you’re not the only one, we’re so entwined, to lose it
To the passing of time, oh we came undone, we came untied, we came untied
Parallel lives, oh you’re not the only one, we’re so entwined, to choose it
To the passing of time, oh we came undone, we came untied, we came untied…
We chose to give it, we chose to live it, our separate lives
Got too close to heaven, but are we too driven in a parallel light
All because we chose to live it, chose to give in, our separate lives
Got too close to heaven, well are we too driven in a parallel light
What were we destined for, to live in
Parallel lives, oh you’re not the only one, we’re so entwined, to lose it
To the passing of time, oh we came undone, we came untied, we came untied
Parallel lives, oh you’re not the only one, we’re so entwined, to choose it
To the passing of time, oh we came undone, we came untied, we came untied…
Dance For The Lights
(The Feeling feat. Roisin Murphy / Together We Were Made LP)
Tell me are the crazy clothes
A cry for help
I think I'd like you if you'd smile
But you don't smile
Stand aside and count your motions
Keeping to yourself
It's just a waste of time
Don't waste my time
Ooh just dance
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone
And if you've got no one, just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone
And if you've got no one, just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
Turn me down again, I'll come back
Turn me down, you think you hurt me
But you're wrong
It turns me on
No one gets to shine forever
No one gets to change the weather
Gonna sing until it stops raining
And when it stops we'll
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone,
And if you've got no one, just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone,
And if you've got no one, just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
You've got that look again in your eyes
The lights are in your, the lights are in your eyes
The lights are in your eyes
The lights are in your, the lights are in your eyes
The lights are in your eyes
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone
And if you've got no one, just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone
And if you've got no one, just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
Dance like you dance when you love someone
Dance like you dance when you love someone
And if you've got no one just look above your pretty head
And dance for the lights, for the lights, for the lights
For the lights
Don't You
Agree
(David Byrne & Fatboy Slim feat. Róisín Murphy / Here Lies Love LP)
With my heart and with my skin
From town to town and back again
With my skin and with my soul
How each one smiles when he's alone
And here we are — convention center
Traveled so far — crossed many rivers
No time to rest — no time to sleep
Keep moving on — my tired feet
Sometimes we need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
When things are out of control
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
Who needs a chair? Whose roof has leaks?
Their childre's names, what each one needs
Got my people everywhere
The bellboys and the operators
Now who stood up to the Japanese?
Who cares about the Philippines?
He'll build a house — I'll decorate
I'm telling all you delegates
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
Sometimes we need a hero
Can't make it on our own
Sometimes you need a strong man
When things are out of control
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
(Don't you agree?)
Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?) Agree with me (Agree with me)
Don't you agree? Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?)
Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?) Agree with me (Agree with me)
Don't you agree? Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?)
Don't you agree? Agree with me
Don't you agree? Don't you agree?
Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?) Agree with me (Agree with me)
Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?) Agree with me (Agree with me)
Don't you agree? (Don't you agree?) Agree with me (Agree with me)
Don't you agree? Agree with me
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
(Grace Jones cover / Spook feat. Roisin Murphy /
Feel Up EP)
Feel up that
And you have a dream
But your dream's not real
You don't give up
You've been enough
You said you're the man
But you're just a boy
Don't play with me
Like you play with toys
And you have a dream
But your dreams are not real
You don't give up
You've been enough
You said you're the man
But you're just a boy
Don't play with me
And you're just sixteen
I'm two times that
Tell me what's your momma
Gonna think about that
You're gonna think and talk
Much more have fun
You're gonna think and walk
Why try to run
You're just sixteen
I'm two times that
Tell me what's your momma
Gonna think about that
You're gonna think and talk
Much more have fun
You're gonna think and walk
Why try to run
Feel up…
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
(b-side from the single 'overpowered')
It was only yesterday
The silence broke
Of everything in every way
The silence spoke
It was on a night like this one
I heard it say
Just about any kind of anything
To make me stay
Oh foolish
Harmless
Foolish, harmless child
The body is timeless
You can't climb this
Stare after golden sky would stare
There is never any remedy
For what we've got
Just memories of memories
Too soon forgot
With every kind of ecstasy
Is what you get
Every rose upon a thorn we see
We soon regret
Oh foolish
Harmless
Foolish, harmless child
The body is timeless
You can't climb this
Stare after golden sky would stare
Oh foolish
Harmless
Foolish, harmless child
The body is timeless
You can't climb this
Stare after golden sky would stare
I'm in love and it's childs play baby
Found a door to another world
And if you don't wanna make it make sense
Any a fool will take you there
And if you don't wanna make it make sense
And if you don't wanna make it make sense
Oh foolish
Harmless
Foolish, harmless child
The body is timeless
You can't climb this
Stare after golden sky would stare
*** Thanx a lot to Angela for this one ***
(Crookers feat. Roisin Murphy / Tons Of Friends
LP)
So it might be true
That the big fat moon
Is a helium balloon
(Shock)
And we might just prove
It's only painted blue
And it's floating down, down, down
As a theory goes
It was all a hoax
Those dirty, dirty lying astronauts
(Shock)
Never left the ground
Just hanging around
In a studio in Hollywood
Built a great white ?
Speak directly to my brain
What kind of sucker am I supposed to be today
And I'm in a smaller mood than you this morning
Do I always have to wake up
With the new day dawning
(Shock)
And I do what I'm told
And hear what you're saying
And swallow it whole
Am I (?) what you're playing
Baby, I know the game
Baby, I know the theory
If it doesn't add up
You're not thinking clearly
Infraction of light
It's a trick of the lock
It’s all an illusion
A practical fact
In the heat of the night
In all this confusion
Hold up your hand
Hold up your hand
Hold up your hand
You made a mistake
Should have left it to me
They told us the future would be
Taken in hand
Nice little blueprint but the flaw
The flaw's in the plan
And then you say there's never been
'Cause never ever and ever and ever…
Hold up your hand
Hold up your hand
You made a mistake
Should have left it to me
Hold up your hand
Hold up your hand
You made a mistake
Should have left it to me
Hold up your hand
Hold up your hand
You made a mistake
Should have left it to me
Hold up your hand
Hold up your hand
You made a mistake
Should have left it to me
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
( Sequins EP )
There’s no forsaking
This heart’s for breaking
All there for the taking
And are you waking?
Each man must stand alone
Walk alone along a road
Of his own making
Can’t turn your back
On your particular ending
Nobody can go with you
Nobody to hold onto you
Won’t you pick yourself up?
Dust yourself down
When you reach your
Particular gate
Well, it’ll all be over
It’ll get worse before
It’ll get better
But it will get better
You’ve got to look on the
Bright side
The same rules apply for me and you
As for anyone ever going through
There’s no forsaking
This heart’s for breaking
All there for the taking
It’s love in the making
Noon according to the sundial
Time has cast a shadow
i’ve yet to discover
What’s making me tick
There is liberation in
A simple acceptance
That there will be no
No liberation from,
No liberation from,
No liberation from,
No way to transcend this
There’s no forsaking
This heart’s for breaking
All there for the taking
And are you waking
(b-side from the single 'overpowered')
Got to be a modern girl
To live inside a modern world
Oh this is super real
You need to find a lot of energy
For me
No it don't come free
Cause it's the creme-de-la-creme
And it's all right
Let's take a ride
Through the city, see it come to life, oh
Straight through the light
I'll be standing my ground
Till the light's out
(close the door)
Got to be a modern girl
To live inside a modern world
Always be calm, be cool and collected
Non-stop boogie, don't stop
Non-stop living, can't stop
Non-stop boogie, won't stop
Non-stop
Modern timing
Oh to be a modern girl
Mister laser-beam
I think we have a little chemistry between
It's a crazy scene
It's gotcha gotcha doing back flips for me
I take no side
I'll do anything i have to do to survive
This modern life's about taking control
New sensations take their toll
Got to be a modern girl
To live inside a modern world
Always be calm, be cool and collected
Non-stop boogie, don't stop
Non-stop living, can't stop
Non-stop boogie, won't stop
Non-stop
Modern timing
Non-stop boogie, don't stop
Non-stop living, can't stop
Non-stop boogie, won't stop
Non-stop
Modern timing
Non-stop boogie, don't stop
Non-stop living, can't stop
Non-stop boogie, won't stop
Non-stop
Modern timing
Don't stop, won't stop
No, we can't stop
Don't stop, won't stop
Modern timing
Don't stop, won't stop
No, we can't stop
Don't stop, won't stop
Modern timing
Don't stop, won't stop
No, we can't stop
Don't stop, won't stop
Modern timing
Don't stop, won't stop
No, we can't stop
Don't stop, won't stop
Modern timing
*** Thanx a lot to Angela for this one ***
Momma's Place
So you think you know it all
But that's just the arrogance of youth
I've been there and I've done it, baby
I'm telling you the truth
Your Momma was a tear away
I used to think I knew it all
Thought I could play the game and not get played
No, but then the fall
Don't you go pull a fast one
I used to be an awful rascal
Do you think you invented being bad
I used to be a real rough-hewn
But had to become a tough one
Do you think you invented being bad
Don't you go pull a fast one
I used to be an awful rascal
Do you think you invented being bad
I used to be a real rough-hewn
But had to become a tough one
Do you think you invented being bad
I bet you think I look respectable
You should've seen me in my prime
You'd have thought that I was headed for
Ih yeah, a life of crime
I bet you think that you're the clever one, clever one
The one that got away
Well, I've seen them come and seen them go
Oh yeah, but I have it made
I'm as sweet as I can be
I've earned respectability
Do you know I have a history
You won't get to pull the wool over my eyes
Fool, if you think you'll make a fool of me
Nothing you do remotely new
It all been done, when I was young
In younger days I went astray
You mighta say, it's all a haze
It's all been done, your brand new craze
It all begun at Momma's place
Don't you go pull a fast one
I used to be an awful rascal
Do you think you invented being bad
I used to be a real rough-hewn
But had to become a tough one
Do you think you invented being bad
Don't you go pull a fast one
I used to be an awful rascal
Do you think you invented being bad
I used to be a real rough-hewn
But had to become a tough one
Do you think you invented being bad
Don't you go pull a fast one
I used to be an awful rascal
Do you think you invented being bad
I used to be a real rough-hewn
But had to become a tough one
Do you think you invented being bad
No at all
No, nothing at all
( Roisin Murphy with Boris
Duglosch )
Do you belong to what you're hanging on to?
Are you caught in a loop?
What is wrong with you?
You keep making do
Have you given up on hope?
I could be your antidote
Are you lost in a state of anxiety?
Just let it be
Excuse me, please
I'm just so happy I could scream
Adjust your mindset, do the same
All that you lost will be regained
Never ever enough, its never enough
Is it ever enough, when its just enough?
If its never enough, why do we hang up on love?
Enough is enough, never enough
Never ever enough, its never enough
Is it ever enough, when its just enough?
If its never enough, why do we hang up on hope?
Enough is enough, never enough
Pure, we're pure as we're driven
But I know there's only one way to go
So dream, its just human kindness
If we run and we hide it will find us, theres nowhere to go
Excuse me please
I'm just so happy I could scream
Adjust your mindset, do the same
All that you lost will be regained
Never ever enough, it's never enough
Is it ever enough, when its just enough?
If it's never enough, why do we hang up on love?
Enough is enough, never enough
Never ever enough, it's never enough
Is it ever enough, when it's just enough?
If it's never enough, why do we hang up on love?
Enough is enough, never enough
I came forth to rest your fear
There to catch your falling tears
Begin and ending no more pretending
Try descending into me
When it comes to say goodbye
Say your final end desire
Well, enough is enough and youre hung up
Feel what you feel, baby
Never ever enough, it's never enough
Is it ever enough, when it's just enough?
If it's never enough, why do we hang up on love?
Enough is enough, never enough
*** Thanx a lot to Aaron for this one ***
Off And On
Now I can't get out
I'm trapped inside of it
I won't let go
Pain keeps driving it, I
I only hope and pray
That I can make you pay
Keep pushing, keep
I keep pushin' on
I did the best I could
I learned to sacrifice
I've got to make it work
This time away has done me good
It's a change from you
Keep switching me off and on and off and on and off
I've put myself back together
You've been gone too long beyond, the love is gone
You thought I could feel forever
Keep switching me off and on and off and on and off
I've put myself back together
You've been gone too long beyond, the love is gone
I've got my life back together
No, I can't turn back
I'm sick and tired of it
The love broke down
I've rewired it
I'm only human, babe
You let the feeling fade
Keep pushing
Till I've reached the other ground
I've tried to make it right
When every door was closed
Your love is all I had
I tried to make an honest man, o-o-oh
I refuse
Wired to the sun like a laser beam
Power serge, come feel the energy
And I'm letting it shine again
Keep switching me off and on and off and on and off
I've put myself back together
You've been gone too long beyond, the love is gone
You thought I could feel forever
Keep switching me off and on and off and on and off
I've put myself back together
You've been gone too long beyond, the love is gone
I've got my life back together
Orally
Fixated
Eat me, eat me, eat me
Treat me, treat me, treat me
Eat me, eat me, eat me
Eat me, eat me, eat me
Eat me, eat me, eat me
Don't take my lollipop
You don't know how to line 'em up
And my baby's never satisfied
He always wants what I have got
He don't know when it's time to stop
And my baby's never been deprived
Out of house, out of home
When I should have known
I should've seen it in his eyes
Why can't you take a time out
Why don't you ever shut your mouth
I just can't stand to see you cry
When the last time you swore
And now you want more
You are a very hungry guy
Baby, you're orally fixated
You've got to give your mouth a rest
So greedy, I wish you could've waited
But you just have to stuff your face
Baby, you're orally fixated
You've got to give your mouth a rest
So greedy, I wish you could've waited
But you just have to stuff your face
What you see is what you get
'Cause I ain't got nothing left
At least not for a greedy little boy
It's what you came to expect
And I need time to reflect
Ain't you heard that sometimes less is more
My cupboard is bare
You're already there
I see through your dirty little ploy
How am I ever gonna fill you up
Never gonna, ever gonna fill your cup
You can't have your cake and eat it too
'Cause you never feel full
And frankly it's dull
Because it's always about you
Baby, you're orally fixated
You've got to give your mouth a rest
So greedy, I wish you could've waited
But you just have to stuff your face
Baby, you're orally fixated
You've got to give your mouth a rest
So greedy, I wish you could've waited
But you just have to stuff your face
Orally fixated
Never satiated
Orally fixated
Never satiated
Orally fixated
Never satiated
Orally fixated
( Overpowered LP I-tunes Bonus Track )
Wanton play, she’s so vague and vogue
Another beauty beyond compare
Though I remain to be remade and remote
Don’t renege or disown me, babe
You let ‘em see you naked, girl
You let ‘em look inside
You never knew you were naked, girl
You didn’t need to hide
Not one expression on that face
Will ever give her game away
No more emotion, nor a trace
And so you beg for her to stay
Where does the love of Pandora
Not leave destruction in its wake
In her innocent way unafraid she will rise
On the crest of a wave tonight
That could imitate, but could never take the place
To be the only dream we had
You let ‘em see you naked, girl
You let ‘em look inside
You never knew you were naked, girl
You didn’t need to hide
Not one expression on that face
Will ever give her game away
No more emotion, nor a trace
And so you beg for her to stay
Where does the love of Pandora
Not leave destruction in its wake
You can’t fake ‘em on broken promises
And her beauty is plain
She won’t fade on written pages
Only altered the same
Not one expression on that face
Will ever give her game away
No more emotion, nor a trace
And so you beg for her to stay
Where does the love of Pandora
Not leave destruction in its wake
Ripples
( If We're In Love promo EP )
There, There
There, There
There, There
There, There, There may be
There, There, There may be
Only so much you can know
There may be
Only so far you can go
If you can't get
Only so much you can take, all for your own sake
Don't go without
Only so much you can take, before you stop
Feeling the pain (then it will be too late)
Nobody who has ever, will ever come prepared
My love will always take you, unawares
Just let it go, let it all go
Let me take you right back to zero
Because it's dark out here in the vagueness
Let me ask you this
(Could you let it show) Put it all on show
There's nothing left to lose
Just you follow me, follow me, follow
Down that one road left to choose
There, There
There, There
There, There
There, There
Into a vast lake, still as glass, pebbles are thrown
The ripples go on and on and
The ripples go on and on and on and
Could you let it go, let it all go
Let me take you right back to zero
'Cause it's vague out here in the darkness
Let me ask you this
(Could you let it show, let it all show)
'Cause there's only so much you can know
Just you follow me, follow me, follow
Down the one road right to choose
One road, left to choose
Butterfly beats the wings
Butterfly beats the wings
Butterfly beats the wings (Repeats)
(Ripples go on and..)
(Ripples go..)
Let it in, let it all in
(Butterfly beats...)
Just let it go let it all go (Let it go let it all go)
(Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly beats the wings)
(One road left to choose)
There
There
There
There
There
There
There may be
Royal T
(Crookers feat. Roisin Murphy / Tons Of Friends LP)
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have your way
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have your way
Have your way
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have your way
Have your way
I can let you have
I can let you have
I can let you have your say
I can hear a warning if you can avoid it
I don't need to care too much
Any way you play with it
You can get away with it
I don't wanna cry no more
What I gotta take care for
And there's a truth untold
I would put it all on hold
Just for another hour in bed with you
So I'm gonna steal your flow
Baby, I can't let you go
Anytime you say so
Baby, I can let you know
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, baby
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, come here
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, can we do it right now
Save me from the truth or how
I don't wanna here be alone
I don't have to feel your charm
You don't have to break my arm
I don't have to feel your charm
I don't wanna here be alone
I don't have to feel your charm
You don't have to break my arm
I don't have to feel your charm
I don't wanna here be alone
This bird in the hand
Is time without plans
No chiming or bells
No sound in the head
No sense of a threat
No sound of alarm
I don't have to feel your charm
You don't have to break my arm
No, I don't wanna count the calls
I don't wanna love too much
Could give it all away
And I pray for another way
I cannot describe it
I don't wanna try it
'Cause we left it undecided
Opinions divided
I don't care
I don't wanna live in my head like a hum, baby
When you force to keep me home
And I can't come
Maybe I can steady your flow
Tell me what you know
How to make a true love grow
How to make a true love grow
How to make a true love grow
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, baby
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, baby
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, come here
I don't wanna here be alone
You don't have to use your charm
You don't have to break my arm
Sleeping does it always
I, I decide when I decide
I am in the mood right now
Baby, come here
Can we do it right now
Save me from the truth or how
I don't wanna here be alone
I don't have to feel your charm
You don't have to break my arm
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
7 Hills
(Tony Christie & Roisin Murphy / Now's The Time LP)
I did seven sins in these seven hills
You warned they would follow me
And if I meet the maker of my tears
I might do another three
I sinned and I wished my days away
For I washed in every river just to never feel clean again
Oh I don't know What I'll find after all these years
I can guess just what you make of me
And all this make believe
Can you forgive me
Let your child return
How could you let your baby burn
I did seven sins in these seven hills
You warned they would follow me
And if I meet the maker of my tears
I might do another three
Did I run or was I sent away
Oh I still don't know what the difference anyway
And now I find myself in deep despair
And I wish sometimes
I was breathing different air
Won't you redeem me
Well, don't let your baby burn
Though I lived so many lives
Seems like I was still a child
If all you do is love and burn
You might never get the right to return
How could you let your baby burn
I did seven sins in these seven hills
You warned they would follow me
And if I meet the maker of my tears
I might do another three
Just seven sins on every hill
I was born with something bad in me
Now I lost count
Of all those tears
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
I'm ready to be redeemed
Simulation
This is a simulation
This is a simulation
This is a stimulation
This is for demonstration
This is a stimulation
This is a simulation
This is a simulation
This is for demonstration
This is a simulation
This is for demonstration
This is an only illusion
This is my only delusion
This is the real of my wildest dreams
These are my wildest dreams
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
If it's all in my veins
It's all in my mind
You don't get to be unkind
This is a simulation
This is for demonstration
This is an only illusion
This is my only delusion
This is the real of my wildest dreams
These are my wildest dreams
If it's all in my veins
It's all in my mind
You don't get to let it slide
You don't get to let it slide
All this is mine (all this is mine)
Only a lie (only a lie)
Such a perfect (such a perfect)
Simulation (simulation)
I see your face (I see your face)
All over the place (all over the place)
Pixelation (pixelation)
It's only illusion
A heart filled with fantasy (a heart filled with fantasy)
Pure creation (pure creation)
It's only far (it's only far)
Of who we are (of who we are)
How can this be (how can this be)
This is a simulation
This is a simulation
This is a simulation
This is a, this is a simulation
This is a simulation
This is for demonstration
This is an only illusion
This is my only delusion
This is the real of my wildest dreams
These are my wildest dreams
If it's all in my veins
It's all in my mind
You don't get to let it slide
You don't get to let it slide
If this an imitation
The love has a terrible fate
If this is a simulation
Is this such a terrible play
If this an imitation
The love has a terrible fate
If this is a simulation
Is this such a terrible play
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Slave To Love
(Bryan Ferry cover / Gucci Commercial)
And tell her I'll be waiting
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
And there's no escape
And to need a woman
You've got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor
Slave to love, slave to love
Slave to love, oh slave to love
And you're running with me
Don't touch the ground
We're the restless hearted
Not the chained and bound
And the sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same
Slave to love, slave to love
Slave to love, oh slave to love
Slave to love, slave to love
Slave to love and I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
And the storm is breaking
Or so it seems
We're too young to reason
Too grown up to dream
And the spring is turning
Your face to mine
I can hear your laughter
I can see your smile
Slave to love, slave to love
Slave to love and I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
Slave to love, slave to love
Slave to love and I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
Slave to love
Slave to love and I can't escape
I'm a slave to love
*** Thanx a lot to Jose from the forum for this one ***
(Pulp cover / Bad Cover Version
EP)
Is this the way, is this the way...
Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
Is this the way they say the future's meant to... feel
Feel, feel, feel...
Just keep on moving
Just keep on moving
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Jsut keep on moving
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on moving (just keep on)
Just keep on
Is this the way, is this the way...
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Standing In The Way Of Control
( The Gossip Cover / Live 06-10-2007 )
Standing in the way of control
We live our lives
Because we're standing in the way of control
We live our lives
Your back's against the wall
There's no one home to call
You're forgetting who you are
You can't stop crying
It's part not giving in
And part trusting your friends
And you'll do it all again
And I'm not lying
Standing in the way of control
We live our lives
Because we're standing in the way of control
We live our lives, lives, lives
Standing in the way of control
We live our lives
Standing in the way of control
By the only way that you know
Because we're standing in the way of control
We live your lives
Survive the only way that you know, know
Standing in the way of control
We live your lives
Survive the only way that you know, know, know
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Sunshine
( Let Me Know EP )
Hello Sunshine
Hello Kitty Cat
I had a hard time
But now my baby's back
With this candy too sweet
You make my heart sing and you know it
You leave it good in love to eat
You make me skip a beat, can't control it
Hello Sunshine
Hello Kitty Cat
I had a hard time
But now my baby's back
You make the stars shine
You make my icicle pop
These are the good times
When my bubbles rise up
Too much sugar is in my blood
Going up, down
I need vitamins in my love
Going down, up
Too much wickedness from the start
Going up, down
I can lose my teeth when I lose my heart
Going down, up
Hello Sunshine
Hello Kitty Cat
I had a hard time
But now my baby's back
You make the stars shine
You make my icicle pop
These are the good times
When my bubbles rise up
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
(b-side from the single 'overpowered')
I feel hopelessly optimistic
Though I try to tell myself to be realistic
I can almost taste it
You know it's real when you don't have to chase it
I feel this time
I can trust it
This time
If there's any justice
If these senses do not deceive me
I think i found myself a love that can believe me
Sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
Keep me coming
Back for more
Those sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
Should be running
Out the door
Sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
Keep me coming
Though i've heard it all before
Those sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
I should be running
Out the door
Baby i don't have no crazy expectation
As a matter of fact i don't need an explanation
Love ain't meant to be no pure perfection
As long as we can make the right connection
I say this time i can feel it
Cause this time, i can believe it
Gimme the fairytale ending
Let's do this thing
Stop pretending
It took a chain of disappointment to come to this
I guess my choices to be a little hit and miss
I learned every move along the way
Heard every lie
I never heard him say
Sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
Keep me coming
Back for more
Those sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
Should be running
Out the door
Sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
Keep me coming
Though i've heard it all before
Those sweet sweet nothings (sweet, sweet)
I should be running
Out the door
*** Thanx a lot to Angela for this one ***
The Persuaders
(Theme from "The Persuaders" TV Show / The Bullits & Roisin Murphy)
Send me your worst
The smile or the hearse
The flowers, the tear drops
Whichever comes first
But seek and you'll find
A dagger enshrined
You persuade me to thank you in kind
With heart on the line
Make haste the time
The knife or the poison
Whichever the crime
But with grand design
And life on a dime
You persuade me to thank you in kind
La la la la
La la
Send me your worst
The smile or the hearse
The flowers, the tear drops
Whichever comes first
But seek and you'll find
A dagger enshrined
You persuade me to thank you in kind
You persuade me to thank you in kind
( Sing by Roisin Murphy with handsome boys modeling school )
[Roisin Murphy]
Go ...
Go to the mountain if you must
Go to the burning bush
Happy would ease your troubled mind
How do the fade just stay behind?
I know you better than you think I do
Don't worry babe.. this is why i fell in love with you
The man in the looking glass
Is looking back at you at last
You can't hide from the truth
Because the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth
Because the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth
Because the truth is all there is
You can't hide
If happy times are too few and far between
It's a pity dear, we can't erase the things we've seen
So disappear, vanish if you wish
Just go before you're swallowed up by bitterness
And the truth is you can't hide from the truth
And the truth hurts because the truth is all there is
I realized some time ago that I would have to let you go
May not be true to see that you would return one day
But in your present state you may as well not be here at all
You wear a thin disguise, it's from yourself you hide
Just take a look at us, we are heading for a fall
[J-Live]
Now presiding in this quarter: hip-hop
Justice, my rap forté
Judge, jury, bailing for prosecuting D.A.
Et ceteras, paraphas
My modus operende
It's carpe diem whether the fact or word is your way
Comprende?
The people versus, you ain't no Sensi
Teaching that style of word-play
We got the words they
Regardless of what your friends say
They're all disable
Striken from the record and deemed indimissable
And this long arm of the law grabs a mighter
Shoot dope lines first and ask questions later
The death sentence of this live litagator
Close the case tighter than the jaws of a 'gator
Stenonographer, that study law again, the jargon
Let your counselors 'a barking, in hopes of a plea bargain
But when you read back verbatim
What they're saying to pursuade them
They realize exactly how i've played them
I come with the truth, whole truth and nothing but
'Cause the truth hurts just as much as fuckin' with lies will
I brew skill with free fills from now until
Plagerizing MC's get their flows distilled
[Roisin Murphy]
Baby I don't die without you by my side
As long as you return into these arms that burn
Baby I won't die just take a look inside
Into these eyes that burn, come to these arms that yearn
I won't die, if you leave me high
I won't die if you're not by my side
And the truth hurts because the truth is all there is
And the truth hurts because the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth, cause the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth
Because the truth is all there is
You can't hide from the truth..
*** Thanx to Nathan & Tony & Mikal for this one ***
( Let me Know EP )
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
So unlovable
No I just won't take it lying down
Not when I know that you're messing me around
Still I just can't let you go
Baby when I read what you so
Why don't you do like I do to you
Why can't you be true
Like I'm always true to you
Tell me how you'd feel to know
We could suffer the cruelest blow
Always a song playing song played
About a love that couldn't stand it
Love it couldn't stand the test of time
But I'm not about to lose my mind
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Why can't it be me who leads you astray
You keep that in the planes of jealousy
And then you run, run, from the fire
You keep running away from my burning desire
And what's all this change in your heart
Get a room, it's tearing me apart
And not too soon, oh, too late
Don’t make me suffer the cruelest fate
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Unlovable
Am I so unlovable
Tell me how would you feel to know
Tell me how would you feel to know
Tell me how would you feel to know
Tell me how would you feel to know
*** Thanx a lot to Jeffrey for this one ***
(The Psychedelic Waltons feat. Roisin
Murphy / Wonderland EP)
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
Party up, pressure up
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
Party up
On the dancefloor
Lights are flashy everywhere
Party up
In the backroom
Waking the moves with arm to get
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
Pressure up
She's in danger
Slice the music in my head
Start and stop
My reflection
Catching the glim so what you say
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
Wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
I'm Alice in wonderland
Wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
The world is spinning in my hand
I'm Alice in wonderland
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Yellow Moon
(Marius DeVries feat. Roisin Murphy / The Revolution Presents Revolution LP)
Come with me into this paradise
Let your bodies be a sacrifice
Come with me into this secret world
Let your precious bodies be unfurl
Yellow moon
In the starlet sky
Open hearts
In the purest eyes
All men might see
That which lies beneath
But for worldliness
And for disbelief
I'm the former Earth
Like the Heavens do
Seems to pass away
And all will be in you
Come with me into this paradise
Let your bodies be a sacrifice
In other mysteries
All the broken hearts we'll then be here
In other mysteries we'll be (we'll be, we'll be)
Come with me into this secret world
Let your precious bodies be unfurl
Angels are whispering
Into water's deep in crystal clear
And then we'll whisper into every ear
Visions in
A dark ?
A silvered moon
Finds you standing there
Hidden hour
In the shadows place
Where a guilded sun
Lights another day
Just a fleeting feel
In our blinking eye
Seems to bring you near
And all will be in you
Come with me into this paradise
Let your bodies be a sacrifice
In other mysteries
All the broken hearts we'll then be here
In other mysteries we'll be (we'll be, we'll be)
Come with me into this secret world
Let your precious bodies be unfurl
Angels are whispering
Into water's deep in crystal clear
And then we'll whisper into every ear
Love and harmony
Beauty I can see
Love and harmony
Beauty I can see
Love and harmony
Beauty I can see
Love and harmony
Beauty I can see
With bright eye
We didn't blow
Am I my brother's keeper
Bliss on bliss
Sigh on sigh
Could only shake it deeper
Come with me into this paradise
Let your bodies be a sacrifice
In other mysteries
All the broken hearts we'll then be here
In other mysteries we'll be (we'll be, we'll be)
Come with me into this secret world
Let your precious bodies be unfurl
Angels are whispering
Into water's deep in crystal clear
And then we'll whisper into every ear
Come with me into this paradise
Let your bodies be a sacrifice
In other mysteries
All the broken hearts we'll then be here
In other mysteries we'll be (we'll be, we'll be)
Come with me into this secret world
Let your precious bodies be unfurl
Angels are whispering
Into water's deep in crystal clear
And then we'll whisper into every ear
Yellow moon
Yellow moon
Yellow moon
Yellow moon
And our little life is rounded with a sleep
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
