Gary Numan

[fox69]

"One Perfect Lie"

"One Perfect Lie"


One
One perfect lie
Was it told
Too soon and
One
One perfect life
Turned to stone
Cold mercy

I
Kneel
Down by
Your grave
I
Kneel
Down torn
And guilty

Did
I let you down
Say goodbye
Too soon and
Did
You understand
My mistake
Forgive me

I
Kneel
Down by
Your side
I
Kneel
Down scared
And helpless

One perfect lie wrapped in kindness and tears
I wish I believed in your Heaven
One perfect life led by blind faith and trust
If God has a heart He will find you

Torn and guilty
Torn and guilty
Torn and guilty
I'm torn and guilty
I'm torn and guilty
Torn and guilty
Torn and guilty
I'm torn and guilty
I'm torn and guilty

 

[fox69]

"Only A Downstat"

"Only A Downstat"


Only a downstat
Personality problem
He would say things like 'I love you'
And cry real tears

Met him in some place
Like a home for old mothers
Where the cure is always death
But no-one ever leaves

He wore a number 7
Badge on his collar
He would show it with pride
And say 'it means I can feel'

He'd bribe the warders
To send letters to someone
Who didn't even know his name
But said she'd read them anyway

And in the evening [?]
He writes poetry for people
Who deny he's alive
And say 'I'll mention that name'

A violator of the law of no feelings
They should be put in the chair
Until their eyes come in [?]

If you have reasons
I might sell you my time
I'll leave it under the stairs
In a body of mine

Old memories are slowly fading out of me
We are the unknowns, we are all you need

 

[fox69]

"Outland"

"Outland"


I'm in Outland
Sex tension
She whispers things I need

Look in her heart
Slow motion
'I've been expecting you.'

I'm in Outland
I'll do anything.

I'm in Outland
Storm my heart
Tear me up if you like.

Come closer
Say nothing
I've got something for you.

I shape sound
I shape time
I'll shape your world for you.

I'm in Outland
I'll do anything.

I'm in Outland
Emotion
Dark whispers in my head.

Got the sex scream
On new film
I've got the friend I need.

Don't play safe
Don't play clean
Don't play if you can't lose.

I'm in Outland
I'll do anything.

 

[fox69]

"Petals"
(feat. Officers)

"Petals"
(feat. Officers)


I see bodies in the mirror
I see baddies in the square
I'm quite partial when it's suits me
I'm a septic nom de guerre
What's this problem that you speak of?
Is it more than meat and bone?
I'd like to crown you with my ardor but my heart has been dethroned.

And we all sing
No glow
Idiocy
No hope

And we all sing
No glow
Idiocy
No hope

I see petals in the mirror
I see pity in my prayer
I'm the hero when it suits me
I'm the landlocked mal de mer
I'm the vestal vitriolic
And my rose has overgrown.
I'd like to haunt you with my caustic
But my ghost and soul's on loan

And we all sing
No glow
Idiocy
No hope

And we all sing
No glow
Idiocy
No hope

I'm a fiend and a feeling
And I'm likely to offend
I'm a doom soaked anabolic
I'm the fog yet to descend

I'm the fog yet to descend

And we all sing
No glow
Idiocy
No hope

And we all sing
No glow
Idiocy
No hope

 

[fox69]

"Play Like God"

"Play Like God"


I was young
I was cold but not insane
I had one good friend
It was a voice without a name
And so here we are
Same need and same mistake
But it could be yours
You see it could be even be yours

I said I've done things
That left me hurt and ashamed
She said all I need
Is a place to hide the pain
She said don't trust dreams
Because dreams will break your heart
I said little girls play in the house of shame
Some of us play like God

Play like God,
Save my soul
Play like God
I know that God don't live here in my heart

She said touch my soul
I've never touched someone so cold
She said touch my heart
I've never touched something so old
She said play like God
And then you can play with me
I moved underground
And caught the isolation blues
Sound familiar?

I said kiss my face
I've seen things you'll never see
She said kiss my arse
I've been everything I need
She said memories
Are only there to make you bleed
I said little girls play in big boys games
Some of us play but cry

Play like God
Save my soul
Play like God
I know that God don't live here in my world

Where do we belong?
She said I've been sick
But then no-one's clean for long
She said pray for me
Like God, I've fucked the world
I said little girls play with the big disease
Some of us play with you

 

[fox69]

"Please Push No More"

"Please Push No More"


Now I'm behind glass
I'll talk to you
The telephone lines blind
You have defaced my face
I bet you laughed at me
You bright young things
And now I need no-one
I miss you, so

Please push no more
Please push no more

Now it's all over for sure
I'll walk back home
We must all come down
We all grow old
We are close, we are hurt
So that was love
And love she kills me
It needs to, so

Please push no more
Please push no more

Please push no more
Please push no more

 

[fox69]

"Poetry And Power"

"Poetry And Power"


This is nostalgia
And o.b. the hero
Fights for me
And you dear listener
You leave old memories
And such things disgust me
Storm the door
I must get out

Poetry and power ice and fire
This is poetry and power

You're worse than mirrors
Are you reflecting
I don't know
All this help leaves me cold
This is confusing me again
I must get out

 

[fox69]

"Poison"

"Poison"


Help me
I'm in disgrace
Witness slow death
All over my face

Help me
Pick up my heart
Tell my friends
Wherever they are

Listen
They stole my dream
New corruption
Know what I mean?

Listen
Do you think I don't know?
I've got a face like metal
And a radio

Listen up
Listen up good
New man's fame
Is new man's poison

Stand up
Stand up and fight
Stand up I won't quit so
Stand up and play

Stand up
Stand up and scream
Stand up I won't run so
Stand up and lose

Listen up
Listen up good
Innocence
Is new corruption

Memories?
I don't need
A dead museum
And a grudge to feed

Memories
Rewrite shame
Rearrange the feelings
To ease your pain

Big lie
So this is the word
A needle in the back
And my voice unheard

Big lie
So this is the news
Radio lost
And I've nothing to lose

Nu voice
Said this is insane
I'm trying to learn the rhythm
Of the rule change game

Nu voice
I'm a clock with no hands
Someone said forgive them
I don't know if I can

Tell me
What did I do?
You'd think I'd sold perversion
To the son of God (Who?)

Tell me
What did I say?
I don't believe that honesty
Pays

Listen up
Listen up good
New man's fame
Is new man's poison

Listen up
Listen up good
Innocence
Is new corruption

 

[fox69]

"Pray"

"Pray"


Listen to my voice.
We are gathered here today
To speak of things we have to do,
And the friends we have to call,
From the middle ground,
From the darkness.

It's been many years,
Many years,
Since we have faced a danger such as this.
There is nowhere left to hide.
No safety in old glories.
No sanctuary.

I've seen the same nightmare in all our dreams,
But now it's come to earth in search of us,
And through treachery, we are found.
So we must pray to the maker of all things,
And wait for the storm to come.

Maker
We are disciples to your desire.
Maker
We are the voices that sing your praises.
Maker
We are the rage that feeds your devotion.
Maker
Rise from the ground and be our salvation.

 

[fox69]

"Praying To The Aliens"

"Praying To The Aliens"


Slowly the thought
"There is no one to replace"
Came into view
And he began to cry
Now only boys
That love only boys
The perfect picture
Of a boy/girl age

I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens

Grey overcoat
And he could be anyone
A random poll check
"Do you ever think of women?"
They broke him down
Into a torn old queen
Living somewhere
Between dead and dying

I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens

There are no more
Do you begin to see?
The corner of my eye
Could give me away
Isn't it strange
How times change?
I can't imagine
Living any other way

I'm praying to the aliens
I'm praying to the aliens