Invincible

VENUS ON THE RISE

Into this chaos I am hurled
Out of the womb into the world
Stepping out of the Burr
Flesh from the fire
Of love and desire
When you're high
What a wonderful high

Floating in silence did I hear
Sonic vibrations call me here
Call me out of the Burr
Into the world
Open up your eyes
Little girl
Come out into the world

It's time to open your eyes now
Venus on the rise now


SPOOKS

Stoned, mad and deranged
I woke one morning and the world had changed
And you were gone

Scared, chilled to the bone
I shift dimension and I can't get home
So I'll stand alone

Spooks still in your shell
The dead inside a living hell
Well you won't get mine

Catch me if you can
Corpses stranded in a traffic-jam
What a sad decline

Human
I am human
In an alien place

You once were human too
Murder, traitor, delegation
Here's my resignation
You once were human too

Human
I am human in an alien place

I'm a human face
In an alien place

Such an alien place


THINK (It's Going To Happen)

I ignored the voices in the wind
Though they roared
Determined to pretend
Through it all
I saw my world descend
Endlessly night
I don't even know if I was wrong or right
Living in a world without light

I thought if I could hide
Then everything would go away
But no-one ever wins that way
It doesn't matter what you say
It's going to happen anyway

And I'm not supposed to cry
Am I?

Through it all
I drifted through the years
JD, Gin, the wine the drugs the beers
Shutting out
My deepest darkest fears
I nearly drowned

I recall the voices in the wind
Nearly floored my closest bestest friend
It was an endless fight
Living in a world without light

I thought if I could hide
Then everything would be OK
But no-one ever wins that way
It doesn't matter what you say

Yes I thought if I could hide
Then at least I'd keep my pride
But no-one ever wins that way
It doesn't matter what you say
It's going to happen anyway

It doesn't matter what you're saying

You think it's a garden
I know that it's not
You think that you're gods
And I know that you're not
I don't even know if I can make a stand anymore
I don't know why I'm bothering to make a stand anymore
I don't even know if I can make a stand anymore

Sometimes

All the rules and all the lies
All the lives you sanitise
We're off our heads and it's no surprise

Living in a land without light


DO IT TOMORROW

Up down leaving town think I'm going to do it tomorrow
Up down leaving town think I'm going to do it tomorrow

The old familiar faces have all fallen
And all my friends are leaving
One by one

Up down leaving town think I'm going to do it tomorrow
Up down leaving town think I'm going to do it tomorrow

The old familiar places
Are now just empty spaces
And all their former greatness
Has all gone
Yeah

Emptiness I'm falling from you
Emptiness I'm falling from you

The Honda purrs
The sweetest sound that I have heard in years

Up down leaving town think I'm going to do it tomorrow

Round round
Spread it around
It's time to leave town
It's time to leave town


DANGEROUS

Inside your sweet dangerous world I want to stray here
Inside your sweet dangerous world I want to stay here

In your world
You're more dangerous than you've ever been
More dangerous than you've ever been
Ahh!

Sweet sweet dangerous one
You're a sweet sweet dangerous one

Inside your sweet dangerous world
You do the goose-step
Across my back

Inside your sweet dangerous world
You do the goose-step
Across my back

Your whips are wicked
And your limbs are long
Your skin is black
I need it bad

Yeah in your world
You're more dangerous than you've ever been
More dangerous than you've ever been
Ahh!

Yeah in your own world
You're more dangerous than you've ever been
More dangerous than you've ever been

Sweet sweet dangerous woman
You're a sweet sweet dangerous one

Black and blue
Black and blue



SHIVER

Heaven is a place to be
Where everything you want comes to be
But I can't stay here
I'm not free
This is how it is with me

I can hear you
At the door
House, car, satellite
Sell me more
Viva visa divinity
Sapping all my energy

You can run away
Lose your mind
Soft in the middle
And you're flying blind
Ties on collar
Ties that bind
This is what you leave behind

Shiver
In a single kiss
Endless pleasure
Endless bliss
My last fifteen minutes will consist of this
Is it worth it?
Yes it is
You're the catalyst

Feasting on some wild suburban boar
Don't you always yearn for something more?
Si senior

I shiver when i think of you

Shiver
When I count the days
I shiver at your touch
I yearn to stay
You know I'm crazy
But that's OK
Heaven is a glance from you

Instant Karma
In my mind
I shiver at your touch
You look devine
All those years
Have been so unkind
But another hit and I'll be fine

I shiver when I think of you


BURNING BIBLES

What are we all each to the other?
What are we all each to the other?

What is a page with nothing on it?
What is Chelsea without Gullit?
What is the gun without the bullet?

What are we all each to the other?

Mother father sister brother
Husband mistress wife and lover
What are we doing to each other?

This is the bible that I'm burning
I want to stop this wheel from turning
No taking the easy way out

No taking the easy way out

What are we all each to the other?
What are we all each to the other?

What is a land without its people
Where is the good if there's no evil?
What are the strong without the feeble?

This is the bible that I'm burning
I want to stop this wheel from turning
This is the bible that I'm burning
No taking the easy way out

No taking the easy way out

This is the bible that I'm burning
This is the bible that I'm burning

Just slide down
Just slide down
Where you want to go

Take the easy way out
Take the easy way out

This is the bible that I'm burning

No taking the easy way out


VERBOTEN

The first time I noticed you
I thought I was dreaming
The first time I noticed you
My head hit the ceiling

We laughed and drank 'til three
It made you very ill I'm sorry

I love you

I love you

Alone with you in time and space
Every feature of your face
Isn't recognition ace?
I love you

I love you
You know I do
Yeah

Can't kiss
Can't reach for you
Can't touch you
Forbidden

Can't hold you close to me
And drink you
Forbidden

One year away from you
Can't crush this emotion
One hundred thousand million years
A drop in the ocean

Can't hide
Can't lie
No sense denying

I love you

I love you

Even though the sex was bad
Even though you think I'm mad
The greatest gift that I've ever had

Came from you
I love you
Yeah I love you
You know I do
I love you

I love you


GETHSEMENE

In the end
You're only as great
As you truly are inside
Yes in the end
You're only as great
As the partner by your side

When all was lost
You shrank inside
Our friendship died
You slammed the door
Left me fighting for our lives

Now you're alone
You run with the wolf
Eager for the Venus moon
Now you're alone
You think that you're free
And everything you do is cool
It's time you learned
The fate of the world
Doesn't just revolve round you

And now you're chained
Your fate is sealed
Sad to see
Gethesmene
I saw you naked and revealed

It serves you right
That's what you get
You bled me dry
You wanted more
More than anyone could give

You wanted more

And now you're chained
And I Am free
You can't hurt me
Anymore
I saw you naked and revealed

It serves you right
That's what you get
You bled me dry
I gave you more
More than anyone could give

I can't give you anything

I can't give you anything


SEVENTEEN

Cat-walk queen
Seventeen
What wild wonders have you seen?
From your balcony?

Extraordinary and obscene
She said
I know what you mean
What wild wonders have you seen?
In your fantasy?

And if I see you walking past
I'll stop you for an autograph
I will blush and you will laugh
I hear the queen of heaven sing to me

Cat-walk queen
Seventeen
Soon you'll be another face in a magazine

Extraordinarily serene
Yeah
You know what I mean
Things are very different now
Than they've ever been

And from the heart of the Kippax Street
I'll watch the world fall at your feet
You the toast of every town
That hangs the nazarine upside down

You're so very young
Let's get together angel, have some fun
You're so very young
Like a fire, like a thousand suns
You're so very young
Flutter like a moth
Flutter like the dove
Yeah

Sweet, sweet seventeen
Yes you are


ONLY YOU COULD SAVE ME

It was a monday
A universal afternoon
you watched the sound-check
But all I did was look at you
I tried to hide it but you knew

And the angel by your side
Told me your name was Julia

You had a palace
In the shade of Villa Park
How unexpected
But it's so great so see you Mark
I heard the beating of my heart

Playing Almond in the dark
We talked of the books we'd read
You whispered something in my ear
And took me to bed
Julia

Only you could save me
But I couldn't let you try
Things were getting crazy
Figures in the sky
Too strange and too surreal
For such a simple guy

Words cannot express she said

Words cannot express she said

We could still be friends I said

I knew I'd lost you then forever
I knew I'd lost you then forever

And I could never make it up to you
And I could never make it up to you

Only you could save me


KINKS

I'll say good-bye
I've got to go
No more catching fishes throwing wishes at the world below
I'll say good-bye
And spread my wings I've got to go
got to fly

Through Phoney Tony's flying flags
Hacks, rats and media slags
No more hanging with the cats
I leave this world tomorrow

I gave myself
So very very long ago
To the stars yeah
I stopped by to wish you good-bye
It's very very sad I know
I have to fly
I have to fly

You know I'm going to miss you more
Than anyone will ever know
the Levy-blues and the Kippax roaring tide
But I have sworn to follow

A little piece of my heart

To the stars

So sad to be leaving you
So sad to be leaving you

Sadder than you'll ever know


all songs written by mark burgess and yves altana

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