Gary Numan

[fox69]

"It Must Have Been Years"

"It Must Have Been Years"


A radio plays 'White Christmas'
It's been doing that for years
If someone leaves the station
Oh please don't talk to strangers
Can't you see they're not like us

The vacant flesh of U.D.'s
Stand leaning by the walls
You can feel them thinking over
Ways of merging with the thoughts
You never dare to dream

It must have been years
It must have been years

They want to relive all my memories
Give me 'the service' daily
Maybe it was mother
I can't seem to remember
Much at all these days

Picture open doorways
No pick-ups by the taxi boys
Just a bed near the window
And an old lamp by my pillow
And the things I have to do

It must have been years
It must have been years

The driver wants to touch me
He mentions all the old cop bullshit
I try to back away
But he's so strong I just can't move
Maybe I don't want to anyway

The time to leave is always 'soon'
I wonder if I'm lying
A vague feeling of panic
As a man leaves saying "thank you"
I blame it all on you

It must have been years
It must have been years

 

[fox69]

"Jagged"

"Jagged"


They say I'm unforgiven and I have to pay
Like I'm the demon resurrection
They say that I turn innocence to panic
But I don't care

They say that my obsession is unholy
That I deviate from reason
They say I make you suffer for my sins
I hope you forgive me

Do you want it?
Do you want it?
My desire

I sink to my knees
Head in my hands
So now I'm just a shadow on their bleeding hearts
This is why the righteous never learn
I'm like a dead man hiding in the dark

What do you need?
What do you need?

What have we become?
All that we could be?
Think of this as mercy, a small gift from me
What does a confession ever do
But take my guilt away

Do you want it?
Do you want it?
My desire

I Feel It Fall
I Feel It Fall From Me
I Feel It Fall Down
I Feel It Fall For You

What do you need?
What do you need?

 

[fox69]

"Jo The Waiter"

"Jo The Waiter"


Jo the waiter worked for me
Serving wine in basement bars
Only madmen ever stay, "got no time"
If you're mindless please take mine

Jo the waiter held me close
Behind the door marked 'gentlemen'
Just for now that's all I need
Won't someone call me 'friend'?

Long gone, I recall good times
I must confess, I cried

We burned out and the line went dead
At six o'clock I felt so alone
I crawled inside, where else to go?
I could be dead for all you know

Everyday I died for you
Valium boys with painted eyes
Young men need love special
I don't think I want it at all

Long gone, I recall good times
I must confess, I cried

Me, I've retired to a back street flat
Picture 'eyes in a cold steel frame'
The freaks arrive, broken needles and blood
"What you on, man, to get those eyes?"

It's very touching, I'm so close to me
False smiles I've rehearsed for days
Come inside, you won't know I'm wrong
Give me your heart, I'm so quickly gone

 

[fox69]

"Listen To My Voice"

"Listen To My Voice"


Listen to my voice
And please try to understand
The one you call Messiah is a lie

You are not the plan
And your beginning to annoy
You are just a game and It has won

You will never see
The places promised by your faith
You will never know eternal peace

The God you love is gone
He lies broken by your shame
The thing that took His place already died

It will send Angels
Send black Angels for you

I am just a voice
That no-one else will hear
Only you are pure enough for truth

You must write 'The Book'
And then tear away belief
Only you can save the light of man

It will send Angels
Send black Angels for you

 

[fox69]

"Listen To My Voice (Rico Mix)"

"Listen To My Voice (Rico Mix)"


Listen to my voice
And please try to understand
The one you call Messiah is a lie

You are not the plan
And your beginning to annoy
You are just a game and It has won

You will never see
The places promised by your faith
You will never know eternal peace

The God you love is gone
He lies broken by your shame
The thing that took His place already died

It will send Angels
Send black Angels for you

I am just a voice
That no-one else will hear
Only you are pure enough for truth

You must write 'The Book'
And then tear away belief
Only you can save the light of man

It will send Angels
Send black Angels for you

 

[fox69]

"Listen To The Sirens"

"Listen To The Sirens"


"Flow my tears" the new police song
The slogan of peace is "you must live"
They've got me and I'm one of them

Cancel: "silence" they screamed for days
"We've been here before, we won't stay"
They can die, they can just turn off

Some vehicle moves in circles
Some people need the heroes
But I don't mind
I don't mind

Please listen to the sirens
We don't wish to be your friends
Please listen to the sirens
We won't ever call again

Mister Webb there is no way out
Love this room, please don't fight your walls
Can you see I'm wasting your time

A streetcar's rusting unseen
Music hall's empty like me
But I don't care
I don't care

Please listen to the sirens
We don't wish to be your friends
Please listen to the sirens
We won't ever call again

If I could stay here for now
With someone just a bit like you
"Oh, no"
Maybe I would dream again
Of someone just a bit like you
"S'pose so"

Station boys keep their hands on steel
Tubeway days now seem quite unreal
It's always so close but never quite arrives

My face is like an old film, shaky
There's nothing through my window, oh my
No photo by my bedside, black/white
No image in my mirror, bye bye

 

[fox69]

"Little InVitro"

"Little InVitro"


I can't believe
That you're gone and we're alone
I can't believe
That we'll never see your face
I can't believe
That you're at the gates of Heaven
I can't believe
That we'll never know you

If only, if only
Miracles happened every day
If only, if only
I could believe in something

Helpless we cried over you
Empty and lost over you

How in the world
Can they say that you're at peace?
How in the world
Can they say that time will heal us?
How in the world
Can we hope to be forgiven?
How in the world
Can we know how we feel?

If only, if only
We could all live forever
If only, if only
No memories to remember

Words were not spoken for you
No grave marks our love for you
Broken our hearts call for you
No-one can blame us but you

How in the world can we ever smile again
How in the worldcan we live without you

 

[fox69]

"Lost"

"Lost"


So are we over? Is this our 'end of days'?
Are we so broken that you can walk away?
But when you think back to when we first met are you sad?
And when you think back to all we've been through does it make you cry?
And when you think back to all the love shared do you feel anything?
And when you think back, well did you ever think we'd come to this?
And yet here we are, and I'm lost.
If we're over, then you're far away
If we're over, then I'm lost.

If I had one chance, if I could change your mind
If I had one wish, I'd wish for one more time
To see you walking, your hand in my hand, once again
To hear you laughing, as if forever, like my only friend
To feel my fingers walk across your skin, with a kiss to end
To listen to you say that you love me like you used to do
Like I need you to. But we're lost.

So it's over, you are far from home
So it's over and I stand alone
So it's over and I'm lost

 

[fox69]

"Love And Napalm"

"Love And Napalm"


Call me Deadliner
Nothing in here but dust.
Are you afraid dear listener?
Nothing in here but us.

I'll give you black rumours
'Stay away from everything I've seen.'
I'll give you black rumours
'Stay away from everyone I've been.'

The broken sound of love and lies
Still fill your room.
Faded memories of shame
Will find you soon.

I'll give you corrosion
Miracles are never what they seem
I'll give you corrosion
Welcome to the nightmare, not the dream.

I can remember everything.
Every promise, every lie,
And how the words of strangers made me cry.
All the pride, all the shame,
All the friends that came from nowhere
And then hurried back again.
I collected scars like a man at war
And I thought 'Isn't life peculiar,
Desire takes you there, but not back.'
No more. I'm just another old story.

When God heard your prayer
It said 'I am not your friend.'
Laughed like a fallen angel
And said 'I've no love to send.'

It keeps a photograph
It likes to overdose on time
It said 'Time to leave'
Like other friends of mine.

I'll give you dark wonders
You are all invited to the show.
I'll give you dominions
You are all invited to the show.
I'll give you dead hereos
You are all invited to the show.
I'll give you love and napalm
You are all invited to the show.

 

[fox69]

"Love Hurt Bleed"

"Love Hurt Bleed"


Love seems all I want
Love seems all I need
Love seems everything
I know everything bleeds

EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS

Love for things I love
Love for thing to think
Love for everything
I know everything bleeds

EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS

Do, do you know my name
Do, do you know what I've shamed
Do, do you think I'm lost
Do, do you think I pray

EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS
EVERYTHING BLEEDS

Everything bleeds
Everything bleeds