1. |
Underground Ghosts
03:08
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I tried to see you in the playback
I froze the frame & then I lost track
there’s something here but it isn’t clear at all
& you were laughing on the telephone
I wonder why you’re so disaster prone
it make’s no sense & you don’t know
when we hit the town
the light’s all blew
you’re charged with static
I thought you knew
about your strange fascination
with dark frustration
getting lost in the station
with the underground ghosts
I tried to catch you in the cellar bar
you move so fast you are a shooting star
you’re spinning through the subway like a flashing light
you’re so alive with crazy energy
I want to see the stuff that you can see
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2. |
Coming Back To Life
02:39
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my world is in this blue suitcase
I know my name
but I woke up with the wrong face
& I’m in the wrong place tonight
I’m spinning my life like a silver coin
& everything fits
but you can still see the joins
& the radio changed my life tonight
we are strange
& getting stranger
we won’t change
we’ll screw the danger
coming back to life
we’ll have such a crazy time
standing way up
high against the stars
& you are brighter than the sun & moon & distant cars
I really hope this moment lasts
& you stay safe
but you always move so fast
& you always get screwed up & blasted
we’ll be driving the whole day
the bright horizon’s
blurring in the thick heat haze
and we are thinking faster & faster
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3. |
Take Me Apart
02:34
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Take me apart
Find out how I work
Unscrew my head
Write down every quirk
I need to know
Do I run like clockwork Did I strip a gear today
And where is my heart
Take me apart Tell me what I am
Take me apart
Tell me what I feel
Run a full scan
Tell me if I’m real
I need to see
If I am electric How the hell do I stay charged
And who’s in control
Take me apart tell me what I am
I’ve had a strange feeling for a long time
Every time I speak I find I know my lines
Can I be downloaded like a warning sign
How much am I missing am I an unsound design
Take me apart
Tell me what I am
Take me apart
There’s gotta be a scam
I’m wondering
Am I made of paper can you copy me with a laser
Like a piece of clip-art
Take me apart tell me what I am
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4. |
I Am An Alien
03:20
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Try to think back
And please shut up
What were you doing
With that paper cup
Didn’t you know that I am an alien
I am not like you
Didn’t you know that I am an alien
You didn’t think it through
And everything is turning round
We won’t be the same
Didn’t you know that I am a alien
You lost your perspective
Now you’re flat
You don’t look too clever
And you’re getting fat
I’m ready for anything ready for you
I don’t give a damn about what you do
You’re negative pictures have lost their frame
And we will never ever be the same
You can’t see me
‘cause I’m not here
I am an alien
Can’t you get it clear
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5. |
Gone Forever
03:08
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I lost my head but now I see
I was always out of my tree
And the outcome is no mystery
She’s gone forever
I think she caught the midnight train
She’s not gonna be around here again
And that is such a god-damn pain
She’s gone forever
What I said I can’t take back
She’s spinning away on an unknown track
And I can’t make the sense I lack
She’s gone forever
I saw her face in my red wine
Maybe that was a special sign
I better get my thoughts in line
And stop this drinking
I should have seen the warning signs
What the hell was I thinking
Maybe she knew me too well
She could see I was sinking
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6. |
God of Malfunction
02:50
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the god of malfunction
is here just out of sight
the god of malfunction
is stopping me from making things right
the god of malfunction hits me with a microwave
and I cannot function I can’t hit save
the god of malfunction
is always in the way
the god of malfunction’s
running the government
no one knows what he looks like
he could even be the president
the god of malfunction is always drunk
if we don’t take some action we’re all gonna be sunk
the god of malfunction
is coming down the telephone line
the god of malfunction
is a gibbering wreck
we’ll all be the same way
if we ever forget
the god of malfunction fluffs his lines
he says it’s deliberate it’s a supernatural sign
the god of malfunction
is coming down the telephone line
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7. |
Good Luck Charms
03:32
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I’m still here
Exploding love out to the blue screen
Firing on four into the sunset
And I wish you were here to see this happening
And you look so good but
What do you remember
Flinging open all the doors in our adventure
Running backwards through the rewind through the stars
All the burning pictures
All the dummys singing with us
In splintered good luck charms and fast cars
And where are you
You are the most beautiful devil
Photo-flash-frame halos spin round you
You’ve got a dream but you can’t find it
And you look so fine but…
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8. |
Better Than They Seem
03:25
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Someone tapped me on the shoulder
They said that they know where I live
I was feeling fast and shaky
I know it’s harder to forgive
I don’t have a problem
I don’t have a problem
Things are getting better than they seem
I left town in a burning car
My head was safe in a smoked glass jar
If I ever make the bar
I know that I won’t start to scar
Over by the monument
Out by the desert track
I held you tight for hours
But I know we can’t go back
The sound of smashing windows woke me
This is not some horror movie
I hope things are better than they seem
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9. |
She's A Disaster
03:26
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She’s the sun and she’s the moon
I think she’s gonna be here soon in person
She turns my whole world upside down
She isn’t even human I am certain
She’s shining ultraviolet light
She says she’s right but I know
She’s a disaster
Her words are charged with hidden games
Her make-up’s going up in flames right now
Her dreams are in a plastic box
She’s got some keys but there is no locks to open
I will tell the truth at last
She’s in my head from my distant past and future
She’s better than I’ll ever be
I don’t know how to set her free
And she doesn’t either
She’s slurring all her words again
She says she’d love to be here
But she’s a disaster
She’s flying over central park
I hope some time soon
She will remember
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10. |
Thought You Were Strong
02:46
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I’ve got a blind spot down
Here in my negative distraction
It’s a bad idea
And I know I can’t stop this transaction
Feels like I was wrong
In the light of day
I heard you say
Feels like I was wrong in every way
I’ve got a big chrome star
And I know that it doesn’t mean anything
I’ve been away
This town is a projection
Feels like I was wrong
In the light of day
I heard you say
Feels like I was wrong
I thought you were strong
I thought you knew everything
I thought you were strong
I thought that I heard you sing
I stole another day
Now it’s looking like we can get out of this
I’m so happy
I can’t stop shaking around
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11. |
Unexpected
04:33
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I lost my way
and the morning never comes
I’m turning away
got so much energy it hums
I lost my way
this hotel’s got a million rooms
what can I say
can’t keep a thought look where it zooms
I lost my way
I lost…
my mind keeps changing
it’s shaking apart
my attention is breaking
it’s a sinister art
there’s a reason we’re in here
but how did it start
everything’s unexpected
I lost my way
through the door is another door
I lost my face
& I haven’t been keeping the score
I lost my camera
I had this whole mad thing on film
I lost my way
& I won’t be back today
I lost my way
everything’s unexpected
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12. |
False Admission
04:58
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I could be round
I could be square
I could be blue
And made out of air
There’s a good question
You never ask about
And where’s the betrayal
It’s a false admission
Badly written fiction
A faulty mission
But I won’t turn around
I could be mad
I could be dumb
And what about you
And what you’ve become
I can’t believe
What you have said out loud
What you’ve become
The light’s are bright
And all my paranoia is the star of the show
And you are in the shadows
Clutching wires and tapes
I will not let go
And you were never how you seemed to be
I can’t believe what you said
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