THE TEAR GARDEN: CRYSTAL MASS LAMENT Merciful angel You've always been there When it all got too painful I was mad with despair Lying down in the ruins Tied with wires to this chair You'd just point to a new star I'd follow you there I'd follow anywhere Follow blind 'cause I trust you I'm willing, I'll dare What I don't see won't hurt me I'll follow you there I'll follow anywhere Calling you now 'cause it's worse than before When I look to the sky I see only a door And it's black and it's bolted and it's locked from inside So I guess things have changed, you have something to hide You've something to hide You were the way, and the truth, and the light Thought you had all the answers I'd follow you blind Follow blind 'cause I trust you I'm willing, I'll try What I don't see won't hurt me So give me a sign Give me a sign THE DOUBLE SPADES EFFECT Don't try to bluff I'm wearing these shades I anticipate the moves that you make I'm calling you now I'm watching you sweat I'm shaking you down If I were your friend, well, I'd hit you now I must stay ahead I'm checking the scores, beginning to end It's you who shouts more But me who has led Yet you're shouting more We'll come to the end, and I'll lose this war Oh you've changed the law Yes you've changed the law Less is more DESERT ISLAND DISC Can you recall that little boy with blood-red hair He'd kick your chair, he'd twist your arm, he didn't care Did you ever wonder what became of Billy-Boy? Wonderboy, the teacher's pet Come in Billy, take a seat Let's hear about the fun you had This is your life This is your life Shake Billy's hand, kiss Billy's wife This is your life Remember George, who took it all against the wall? As George the Frisbee, George the Ball? He'd whistle as he'd fly And you'd stand by and cheer the guys on How's your karma? Did you ever wonder what became of Rubber George? This is your life This is your life Shake Georgie's hand, but watch his knife This is your life Remember Joan, you met her on the phone That night alone you felt frustrated Joan, the she-wolf in the shower Always in the shower Did you ever wonder what became of Joan the Moan? This is your life This is your life Shake Joanie's gland, kiss her wife This is your life And it's over HOPEFUL What if the demons are dying, but fighting as they fade? What if this last big battle is just a shadow-play? What waits on the other side when the fear has gone away? Was it all for nothing? Will they stand there laughing? Will they see you naked? Where're you gonna hide? If you can see it coming you'd better be prepared Cast your fate on the wind that's blowing through your hair Walk upon this fragile world like you're walking on air It was all for something They will see you laughing They will see you naked Nothing left to hide Fear has gone away HER MAJESTY'S TRUSTED FOOD TASTER This one's frivolous, it's laughing Laughing loudly on my tongueI think (???) but sadly Sadly it's me who gets the crumbs I shall nibble with respect, ma'am I shall pass on all the rest, ma'am Lick your fingers, I shall crawl, ma'am Crawl up to you on my knees I get the peas, I get the peel, I get the pips, I pass the rest A lovely service, but confess Now did you cheat while playing chess? Rattling sabers on your breast, ma'am This job's okay, but has no prospects, ma'am I get the peas, I get the peel, I get the pips, I pass the rest CASTAWAY Raised by wolves, abandoned, Forced to stalk you, haunt your neighborhood But full moon shocked, they raised their rifles Lights of eyes on stronger Slipped through cracks across your wall Scrape the sand now from your souls And eat your heart out And it's cold See me - you won't see me at your door I'll be howling with regret There is no pleasure Can't forget the faces or the fear, the fires See me - you won't see me at your door FEATHERED FRIENDS Smoky Joe's done firing, no use hosing the remains Now we've got drunken heads and charcoal bunnies, funky frosted flakes Now we've got lava lamps, the toast is coasting, blocking all the drains And me and you wound up as effigies and made the hall of fame We are shouting, we are shouting We are screaming We are screaming, ahhh I guess there won't be a model like those folks in old Pompeii Like Tutankhamen, Cutthroat Canyon, Darby's Dungeons in Marseille With kiddies poking and provoking, scratching, fucking (out again?) Now we are shouting, we are shoutingWe are screaming, we are screaming, ahhh ... We're your heritage, a monument wonderfully preserved They came to see us by the thousands but we never ever heard Now I really need to scratch It's torture that these kids have gone (And except them?) for the birds For the birds ... I'm shouting, I'm shouting I'm screaming, I'm screaming, for the birds TO MOURN THE DEATH OF COLOUR Been here long enough now, I'm fighting the effect Through many sunsets, dancing bones, gargling architects A night that's old, a floor that's floating I'd like to make a bet That you will drag me to your room My bloody bride And get me bleeding for the pill The precious pill, so switch it off now Switch it off now, and let me sleep Switch it off now, I'm sick of counting sheep Switch it off now, I'm down here on my knees, saying please The needle is a lady, and a lady needs respect With trembling hands, she feels uneasy, she's liable to fret And then to punish, then to tease She'd strip you, shoot you in the knees But she will never ever leave Switch it off now, let me sleep Switch it off now, I said I'm sick of counting sheep Switch it off now, I'm down here on my knees I'm saying please Please ... SIX OF ONE Take me to the other side Take me on a joyride in a plastic capsule Wash it down and wish the day away The fear of flying's creeping slow Can feel that paranoia seeping through these palms Two lifelines winding somewhere out in space And now I'm choking in this seat, A-33 But please believe me, It could be a throne if you were here with me A touch is all I need But I'm alone, your picture bleeds for me What exactly do you see in me? Or I in you? Or I in you? In our dreams we can connect In our dreams it all seems perfect But when morning comes, there comes the dive,I'm half alive, just half alive And I divide ...I'll shout into the chasm of your despair Your pleas will be answered with echoes Me, mocking, mimicking I don't forgive I can't forgive you for clinging onto my coattails Pulling me down into clinging mudInto your pit Into your past Into this half-world And if I could, I'd cast you aside But I carry your pity You infect me, you live inside me Squat on my shoulders, press me down So stand up, fight me if you dare Be a man, divide I said, be a man, divide