01. i am a wicked child

mother mary come to me
cause i am a wicked child
i have sinned and i am so confused and i am a wicked child
i am a wicked child

i am the devils son and i wish i could be good for you
i walk a crooked mile
but i wish i could be good
i wish i could be good

if i could have kept the straight and narrow
if i could have kept the straight and narrow
and not have broke your heart
not have broke your heart

now i wake up in the night
lying on my bed
it's tugging at my arms and legs
like i was a marionette

send baby jesus
surely it is time
send baby jesus
let him radiate his light
radiate his light

Please forget the words that I just blurted out
It wasn't me, it was my strange and creeping doubt
It keeps rattling my cage
And there's nothing in this world will keep it down

Even though I might, even thought I try, I can't
Even though I might, even thought I try, I can't

So many things that keep, that keep me underground
So many words that I, that I can never find
If you give up on me now I'll be gutted like I've never been before

And even though I might, even thought I try, I can't
Even though I might, even thought I try, I can't

If you give up on me now I'll be gutted like I've never been before
And even though I might, even thought I try, I can't
Even though I might, even thought I try, I can't
Even though I might, even thought I try, I can't
Even though I might, even thought I try, I can't

You're the light wiping out my batteries
You're the cream in my airport coffies
I don't know why I stick with you
If I had a choice

Like lambs into the slaughter
Like cows to the (thorn) storm above : can't hear that word

You're the genie of my lamp
I could have in anyone

But one day I froze up
But one day I froze up
But one day I froze up
But one day I froze up
Like this...

Oh, little boy...
Little boy, little boy
Oh, little boy...
Little boy, little boy

If you try to strangle a skylark
Try cut it up, to see how it works
Stalactites and stalagmites
Rows of never open doors

Cos one day I froze up
Cos one day I froze up
Cos one day I froze up
Cos one day I froze up
Like this...
 

i might be wrong
i might be wrong
i could have sworn i saw a light coming on
i used to think
i used to think
there was no future left at all
i used to think
start again begin again
let's go down the waterfall
have ourselves a good time
its nothing at all
nothing at all
what would i do?
have ourselves a good time
its nothing at all
nothing at all

i will
lay me down
in a bunker
underground
i won’t let this happen to my children
meet the real world coming out of your shell
with white elephants
sitting ducks
i will
rise up
little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes
little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes
little babies eyes eyes eyes eyes
little babies eyes eyes eyes

Who's in bunker, who's in bunker?
Women and children first
Women and children first
Women and children
I'll laugh until my head comes off
I swallow till I burst
Until I burst
Until I..

Losing bunker, losing bunker
I've seen too much
I haven't seen enough
You haven't seen enough
I'll laugh until my head comes off
Women and children first
And children first
And children..

Here alone(?), everything all of the time
Here alone, everything all of the time

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both sides
Let me hear both..

Ice age coming, ice age coming
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the fire
Throw me in the..

We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening
We're not scaremongering
This is really happening, happening

Mobiles working
Mobiles chirping
Take the money and run
Take the money and run
Take the money..

Here alone, everything all of the time
Background:
The first of the children

I hate these flaming curtains they're not the color of your hair
I hate these striplights they're not so undoing as your stare
I hate the buttons on your shirt when all I wanna do is tear
I hate this bloody big bed of mine when you're not here

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a king of fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

Well you seem to be shivering dear and the room is awfully warm
In the white and scarlet billows that subside beyond the storm
You have this expression dear no words could take its place
And I wear it like a badge that you put all over my face

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a king of fools then i could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because i'll wear it proudly
I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls
If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
If you don't know what is wrong with me
Then you don't know what you've missed

We are arms and legs wrapped round more than my memory tonight
When the bell rang out and the air outside turned blue from fright
But in shameless moments you made more of me than just a mess
And a handful of eagerness says "what do you suggest?"
Well i finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a king of fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

I've been set free and i've been bound
To the memories of yesterday's clouds
I've been set free and i've been bound
And now

I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion

I've been blinded but
Now I can see
What in the world has happened to me
The prince of stories who walks right by me
And now

I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion

I've been set free and i've been bound
Let me tell you people
What I found
I saw my head laughing
Rolling on the ground
And now

I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion

I'm the first in the Irish Sea
Another message I can't read

I'm on your side
Nowhere to hide
Trapdoors that open
I spiral down

You're living in a fantasy world
You're living in a fantasy world

I'm lost at sea
Don't bother me
I've lost my way
I've lost my way

You're living in a fantasy world
This beautiful world I'm the first in the Irish Sea
Another message I can't read

Did it all for you to say
You never wanted me that way
Now the dogs have had their meat
I think I'll go plug in the mains

I tumble like a cloud
Before you burn in hell
I'll suffocate myself into your hell

Will the sparrow make her smile
I'm instantly your biggest fan
How was I to know that you practiced it beforehand

I tumble like a cloud
before you burn in hell
I'll suffocate myself into your hell

What do you want from me
Now you got me
Now my fingers bleed now they stare at me
I'm a coward now
I hold my peace
Now you tie me up to your feather bed
And I twist and turn in a chinese burn
You wanna go
You wanna go

You're inside my head
Inside my head

What do you want from me, now you got me
Now my energy you suck from me
And I'm holding on for dear life
Quit smothering me, quit laughing at me
I've got a disease, an English disease
You wanna go
You wanna go

You're inside my head
Inside my head

Whatever you put in that syringe
Whatever you really said to him
He's sitting there inside of me
And you bother me, you possess me
You're there again, ahead of me
I wanna go
I wanna go

You're inside my head
Inside my head
Inside my head
Inside my head

I've seen it all
I have seen the trees
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend friend
And lives that were over before they were spent
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be, I've seen it all - there is no more to see
You haven't seen elephants, kings or peru
I'm happy to say i had better to do
What about china? Have you seen the great wall?
All walls are great if the roof doesn't fall
And the man you will marry? the home you will share?
To be honest I really don't care
You've never been to niagara falls?
I have seen water
It's water
That's all
The eiffel tower and the empire state?
My pulse was as high on my very first date
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care
I've seen it all
I've seen the dark, I've seen the brightness in one little spark
I've seen what I choose and I've seen what i need
And that is enough
To want more would be greed
I've seen what i was and i know what i'll be i've seen it all - there is no more to see!
You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can't always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark
The big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and you know what you'll be
You've seen it all - there is no more to see