Ultravox

[fox69]

"Maximum Acceleration"

"Maximum Acceleration"


I thought you knew me by now
Let the lights go on roaring
Someone's hand on my shoulder
Then whip past the turning point
There's time for the taking

[Chorus:]
Maximum acceleration
Maximum acceleration
Maximum acceleration

A face that goes slowly
A signal close by me
The landscapes are changing
And some of us flipped a coin
And shimmered away

[Chorus]

You really were aching
It's turning to twilight
Moving over and under
Then a couple of figures
Shook their heads of the high lines

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Mine For Life"

"Mine For Life"


A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

Looking
From a spiral staircase
At a man with a suitcase
As he shades his eyes

Watching
From a stained glass shelter
He bides his time and thinks
There must be more to life than this

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

The poet
Reads his words out loud
To a make-believe crowd
In the quiet of his room

Careful
Where the tears are falling
He closed the book and cried
There must be more to love than this

See the boy
On the walkway
Where the young have their own say
And it screams from the wall

He's writing
For the hundredth time there
I hate it all, but
There must be more to hate than this

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

 

[fox69]

"Modern Love"

"Modern Love"


Modern lovers, we
Shine suspended while
Tricking time and turning tides, oh-oh
Modern beauties they
Broadcast endlessly
Frozen flowers for the brides
Of modern love
That's modern love
That's modern love

All I need is a chemical vacation
I'll take a video stroll through the life exchange
Changing, fading, all of my molecules surrender
Reassemble me baby and maybe I'll look just like you, oh-oh

Modern lovers, we're
Vampire gangsters with
Miles of smiles and reams of dreams, oh-oh
Modern romance
Explains all angles, flicks
Ash of roses from my sleeve
On modern love
Modern love

Modern living makes
Molten maidens and
Men of action matching moods, oh-oh
Modern lovers
Exchange their faces, we're
Hanging portraits on the moon
Of modern love
That's modern love
That's modern love
That's modern love!

 

[fox69]

"Moon Madness"

"Moon Madness"


One more day in a vacuum drags me down
One bright thought in a black room drags me down, down, down
One more head hits a wall and it drags me down
Two of us tired of it all and it drags me down

Picture us on a snow white charger
Picture us in a secret hideaway
Picture us with a million dollars
Moon madness again

One more life at a dead stop drags me down
Like a cat in a cage in a big top drags me down, down, down
Like strangers who nod on a station drag me down
Run dry on our conversations, drags me down

Picture us on a wild adventure
Picture us as we sail around the world
Picture us with some happy moments
Moon madness again

One more day in a vacuum drags me down
One bright thought in a black room drags me down, down, down
One more head hits a wall and it drags me down
Two of us tired of it all and it drags me down, down, down
One more life at a dead stop drags me down
Like a cat in a cage in a big top drags me down, down, down
Strangers who nod on a station drag me down...

 

[fox69]

"Mr. X"

"Mr. X"


I found the perfect picture of a perfect stranger
It looked as if it were taken in the forties sometime
Judging by the style

He could be a killer or a blind man with a cane
Perhaps he died in a car crash years ago
Right now, it's impossible to tell

I almost thought I saw him, standing, whistling on a bridge
I asked him the time, but when he turned around
I saw it wasn't him at all

I'm still searching
I'm still searching

I saw him in an airport while he was sitting on a wing
And I waved to him, but I don't think he noticed me
I've got a funny feeling I know who he is

Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X
Mr. X

 

[fox69]

"My Sex"

"My Sex"


My sex
Waits for me
Like a mongrel waits
Downwind on a tight rope leash

My sex
Is a fragile acrobat
Sometimes I'm a novocaine shot
Sometimes I'm an Automat

My sex
Is often solo
Sometimes it short circuits then
Sometimes it's a golden glow

My sex
Is invested in
Suburban photographs
Skyscraper shadows on a car crash overpass

My sex
Is savage, tender
It wears no future faces
Owns just random gender

My sex
Has a wanting wardrobe
I still explore
Of all the bodies I knew
And those I want to know

My sex
Is a spark of electro-flesh
Leased from the tick of time
And geared for synchromesh

My sex
Is an image lost in faded films
A neon outline on a high-rise overspill

My sex
My sex

 

[fox69]

"New Europeans"

"New Europeans"


In a quiet street washed by the rain the room within the home
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek with unique designs in chrome
The mellow years have long gone by, but now he sits alone
He has a brand new radio, but never turns it on

[Chorus:]
New Europeans
Young Europeans
New Europeans

A photograph of lovers lost lies pressed in magazines
Her eyes belong to a thousand girls, she's the wife who's never seen
Their educated son has left in search of borrowed dreams
His television's in his bed, he's frozen to the screen

[Chorus]

On a crowded beach washed by the Sun he puts his headphones on
His modern world revolves around the synthesizer's song
Full of future thoughts and thrills, his senses slip away
He's a European legacy, a culture for today

[Chorus]

Young Europeans

 

[fox69]

"No Regrets"

"No Regrets"


I know you're leaving but it's too long overdue
For far too long, I've had nothing new to show to you
Goodbye, dry eyes, I've watched your 'plane fade off west of the moon
And it felt so strange to walk away alone

[Chorus:]
There's no regrets
No tears goodbye
I don't want you back
We'd only cry again
Say goodbye again

The hours that were yours echo like empty rooms
The thoughts we used to share I now keep alone
I woke last night and spoke to you
Not thinking you were gone
And it felt so strange to lie awake alone

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"No Turning Back"

"No Turning Back"


You think you're so safe and secure with your kind
But don't be surprised if you're losing this time

Learn to stand on your own
Realise, and believe in yourself
'Cause I won't be waiting

[Chorus:]
I hate to leave
But there's no turning back
You may think that I'm wrong but hear what I'm saying
You have to believe
There's no turning back
I know where I belong, I can't go on waiting

I watch as the tears fall colliding down your face
Stand up to your fear now before it gets too late

I won't be here at your side I pray
Get a hold on yourself
'Cause I won't be waiting

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"One"

"One"


It's hard to believe the time has come
For this one
For this one
Good fortune has breathed its breath upon
This one
This one

A handful of wanting, waiting my turn
A mountain of past, a future to burn
A dream of tomorrows, and what will become, become

With hope upon hope and blind desire
Empty horizons fuel my fire
Waiting for something
From life's great liar

It's hard to believe the time has come
For this one
For this one
Good fortune has breathed its breath upon
This one
For this one
It's hard to believe the time has come
For this one

Biding my time 'til my time is due
Waiting in line as a world looks through me
Right through

It's hard to believe the time has come
For this one
For this one
Good fortune has breathed its breath upon
This one
For this one
It's hard to believe the time has come
For this one, for this one
Good fortune has breathed its breath upon
This one
For this one
It's hard to believe the time has come