The Church

[fox69]

"Ritz"

"Ritz"


Hark to Roualt's white insanity
Clowns in drag concealing vanity
This is hardly Paradise
We're still in search of petty scorn

Images so dead in mourning
Clap and cheer the man performing
This is hardly Paradise
We're still in search of petty scorn

Couch my disease in chintz-covered kisses
Glazed calico cloth, my costume this is
Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme

It's ok to laugh in harmony
See the white-faced August Tommy
Come to Pablo Fanque's in indigo
We'll show you pastel shades of rhyme

Take a letter, Ophelia, write
"Sorry Desdemona" bright
Peeking through the nimbus covers
We see the twisted tale of Man

Catch us in the cornfields hiding
Me, Maryse and Moonbeams gliding
Peeking through the nimbus covers
We see the twisted tale of Man

Careless, caress, curl up beside me
Visit, sleep and smile, and drown me
March together, slay like Nero
We'll show you something you understand

Oh! the clown, his stare is eyeless
Shall he make you laugh or cry, yes
March together, slay like Nero
We'll show you something you understand

[The following verses are from the Cockney Rebel original version.
Steve and Marty have performed the entire song live on occasion.]

It is time to hide my body
Shall we start to speak of Holly
I don't wanna be that superhero
'Til you have something we understand

Heard they're moving Pisces into June
Shall we put together a platoon
I don't wanna be that superhero
'Til you have something we understand

 

[fox69]

"Roman"

"Roman"



Oh what a feeling baby, knowledge and brutality
Whose soul you stealing baby, lost your immortality
Another empty conquest, Venus set me free

Oh what a ritual father, father why you leaving me
They've found another martyr, rather it was him than me
They took away his language, then his memory
He said I'm never, never coming back again

Oh what a battle master, what a noble enemy
We have to kill them bastards, then compose an elegy
I thought I saw the leader fallen on his knees
He said I'm never, never coming back again

Oh what an ending baby, promise you'll remember me
I'm not pretending baby, your sweet and wicked treachery
Water all my orchids, save my dynasty
I said I'm never, never coming back again

 

[fox69]

"Room Full Of Diamonds"

"Room Full Of Diamonds"



Standing in a room full of diamonds
I don't know which way to turn
Girlfriend's in the next room with her boyfriend
She's handing out the keys
Silence to the underdog
The one who don't get a job
She talks about the boys in her life
I don't believe a single word she says

And she's lying and crying, lying and crying
What am I supposed to do
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Why did she have to leave so soon

I used to be in love though not the first time
It was the daughter of a man
She talks about the men in her life
I don't believe a word
'Cause she's lying, crying, lying, crying, lying, crying, lying, crying
She's lying and crying, and crying
What am I supposed to do
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone
Why did she have to leave so soon

Standing in a room full of diamonds
I don't know which way to turn
Girlfriend's in the next room with her boyfriend
She's handing out the keys
She's lying and crying, crying, lying and crying
Room full of diamonds

 

[fox69]

"Russian Autumn Heart"

"Russian Autumn Heart"



Combustion, suggestions, roaring engines
Jewels and lathes that build a world
A Titanic, and Howard Hughes, an aimless king
Always spoilin' the best things you done
So red squares and wavy leaves
Delicate glass kisses, delicate lips
Russian autumn heart
Russian autumn heart

Testing, digressing, falling to the earth
Red-hot spaceships with soil so rich
A trillion pennies for a handful of dust
A sight only witnessed by a mountain of ice
So red squares and wavy leaves
Sibling link meets Manchurian mink
Russian autumn heart
Russian autumn heart

Combustion, suggestions, roaring engines
Jewels and lathes that rule the world
A Titanic, and Howard Hughes, an aimless king
Always spoilin' the best things you done
So red squares and wavy leaves
Delicate glass kisses, delicate lips
Russian autumn heart
Russian autumn heart

 

[fox69]

"Sads"

"Sads"



He never should have been in your home
You never should have left them alone
You should have recognized the ice in his eyes
And nothing would be bad enough
And no one would be glad enough
If he was thrown to the jackals and flies
Now there can be no compromise

But the Earth cannot recoil
If only the oceans would boil
If only the sky could cry black rain
If only it would never happen again
I want you to feel that baby's pain

Hate guides him, hate inside him
Hate multiplies and divides him
Suffer killing, suffocate
Suffer children, suffer hate

To never feel the daylight again
Or see the stars at night again
All the little things we take for granted
These deeds are the seeds that have been planted
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome
He never should have been in your home

 

[fox69]

"Saturation"

"Saturation"



Cast adrift
On these solar seas
The humble servant
Of your majesties

In the orbits tremor
The slightest string is pulled
Corral the villains
Where are the fools

And it's all in a day, a generation
When you get to the saturation
It's all down, down, down, down
If only
If only I could solve it for you
If only
If only I could dissolve it for you

You cut my hand
On a chandelier
You know what I was searchin'
For a little good cheer

In the planes above us
The slightest prick is felt
And we break down
And we just melt

And it's all in a spell incantation
When you get into penetration
It's all down, down, down, down
If only
If only I could solve it for you
If only
If only I could dissolve it for you

I'm set apart
On the broken reef
I'm as helpless
As the smallest leaf

And in the lethal jungle
The slightest sound is heard
Who are the humans?
Where are the birds?

And it's all in a miscreation
And you get to the explanation
It's all down, down, down, down
If only
If only I could solve it for you
If only
If only I could dissolve it for you
Alright!

 

[fox69]

"Sealine"

"Sealine"



The minute the sting penetrates your finger
You're strapped to the pain like an angry stranger
The moment the rain freezes in the gutter
Come the flaming birds and their hideous matter
The second the claw lifts up your chin
I'm alone in your head and you can't get in

Somebody said that it's all for you
It's a miracle, let it alter you
But I will not follow you to the sea line

Somebody went and turned it on for you
Revelation baby, you're beautiful
But I will not follow you to the sea line

The instant the transfer hits your account
And it's deep in the black, and just one way out
The morning the storm rolled to the coast
We were down to the shake, and our silent throats
The evening the trees lash at the window
The roots curl up, strangle the candles

Somebody said that it's all for you
It's a miracle, let it alter you
But I will not follow you to the sea line

Somebody went and turned it on for you
Revelation baby, you're beautiful
But I will not follow you to the sea line

(To the sea line)
It's a miracle, let it alter you
Revelation baby, you're beautiful

To the sea line

 

[fox69]

"Secret Corners"

"Secret Corners"



Lying alone, isn't that you
Drifting away
Is the only thing left to do
Such a sad place, such a lost world
But nothing is sadder
Than the tears of a make-believe girl

Who is this child, who is this man
Only two people
Who are doing all they can
Frost on the ground, the cruel winds of fate
Blow us forever
And I know there's just no escape

Run to the secret corners of your room
I'll still be waiting
I'll still be waiting

 

[fox69]

"See Your Lights"

"See Your Lights"



Come down
Come down, come to me
She's somewhere sliding through me
Even thought I can't believe it
If I look in the earth, receive you
How come I see you

I'm never coming down
From the ceiling sister, losing life
We're spinning down and down
Watch the medium, sister

Gonna flow a note/Come flow now through yourself
I hate to love you now baby on my own I see you
You have to haunt yourself

How come I see your lights
They keep paralyzing me
Try a little light on me
Everything's so bright

How come I see your lights in me

Winding your way through this room full of flesh
Science, sexuality, the heat of your breath
Each bead of sweat, the message is sent
And army of hips, and trenches to defend
You can call your name/court a young maid again and again
Wear out your welcome, and escape on a train
Slither on up to a shining star
Concern yourself with the weird and bizarre
Disappear like smoke in a cold night sky
With a warm soft throb and a flash of light

How come I see your lights
They keep paralyzing me
Hey, try a little light on me
Everything's so bright

How come you see your lights in me
Come away, come away
Come away, come away

(How come I see your lights)

 

[fox69]

"Seen It @ The Feelmore"

"Seen It @ The Feelmore"



Hey man, think it through now
Why don't you stay for a while
Eve and Aurora gonna come on over
Know they'll make you smile

You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
And I got mine

Yeah
You ain't gonna tell me that you were a saint
Every time you two were apart
You blew your chance
So face the music and dance

You should've seen it coming
Been coming for some time
You've got your broken heart
I got mine
I got mine
I got mine

You should've seen it coming
You've got your broken heart
And I feel fine (feel so fine)
Yeah (feel so fine)
(feel so fine)
(feel so fine)