MEGA CITY FOUR : Soulscraper

1 - Android Dreams

There was a time I used to dream
long before I fell asleep

Nowadays it's true:
I've got better things to do
nowadays it's true
I can only dream of dreaming just like you

There was a time it was real
as anything I could touch or see
in any state of mind, whatever I wanted to be

But nowadays it's true
I've got better things to do
Nowadays it's true
I can only dream of dreaming just like you

I'm dreaming but I only dream of dreaming just like you.

2 - The Dog Lady

The dogs are loose at night
the dogs are running wild
and the dog lady can smile
the secret things inside
need to be released sometimes
and she knows that it's alright

Can't keep them locked away
these things need to be fed
or they'll turn on you instead

So let them breath and let them run
let them find their own way home

Now your head is spinning
now your head is splitting
trying to keep everything in
now it's spilling over
now it's creeping slowly
out of your control

Rip it out don't try to keep it in

Let it breath and let it run
let it die or it will be with you forever
let it loose and let it shine
be beautiful and stay with you forever
let it scream and let it
let it bleed until it's just a dream
just a dream
let it loose and let it shine
let it live and let it die

3 - Skidding

I'm skidding
don't think I can stop
someday the simple
things are not
sometimes I'm home but
I feel lost without you

People who impressed me now they just depress me

I'm skidding faster as I fall
I'm not completely in control
It's sort of scary but I'm laughing inside
I don't know whose driving
I don't recognise him

4 - I Stop Breathing

I stop breathing
I stop breathing
when you catch my eye
I am paralysed

turned to stone
naked to the bone
bare and cold
circulation on hold
petrified
this will be the last time
desperate
for this to be the last...

Stop breathing
stop breathing
in your atmosphere
choking back the fear

I stop breathing
and it could not be mistaken
the sound of friendship
breaking
breaking

5 - Creepy Crawlies

Ugly thoughts for ugly people
here's the church
and here's the steeple
now that everyone's arrived
take the roof off have a look inside:

Pretty insects
but insects all the same
creepy crawlies
wash them down the drain
they'll never see the sun again
wash them out to sea
if they swim well then maybe
we'll have to pull their legs and wings

Finding the patience and the time
when some days I wan't to hide
curling up tightly cover up my eyes
don't open them again
until the room is quiet

Sometimes I open up
and everyone's still there
hiding in the corners
and crawling in my hair
They'll never see the sun again
wash them out to sea
if they swim well then maybe
we'll have to pull their legs and wings
flush them back again
wash them out to sea
flush them back again

flush them down

6 - Circles of One

Don't let those who disagree
escape from your menagerie
don't let any freak exception
obscure your tunnel vision

move around but never touch
be observant be a judge

You don't need to interface
to know us animals
to know us animals are all the same

Paint us all in broader strokes
exaggerate your anecdotes
give yourself an easy life
only deal in stereotypes
don't even generalise
don't say it's typical
when you know we're all just animals

move in circles
moving in circles
circles of one

watching from a higher place
see the skyline meet the waves
where people are so indistinct
that we all look the same

There's something in everyone
we learn to tame and rise above
you don't see that I assume
but I see the animal in you

7 - I Know Where You Live

Words unspoken
skipping over
inference and old white lie
innocence and wedding nights

years in minutes
seems like only days
since we went our separate ways

what it means is
what you want it to
this is me is that really you?
I don't know what I want to belive
don't belive everything that I see
I don't trust what I feel
I don't feel anything

where do we go?
where do we go?
where do we go from here?
where do we go?
where do we go
without opening wounds
that've scarred me for years?

If you don't hear what I say
then nothings really changed

8 - Superstar

Here it comes, here it comes
this is what you really want
better hurry up and decide
better make up your mind

the first one's free
something for nothing
this special offer
won't last forever
don't waste this golden
opportunity to get some

everything your heart desires
ask yourself how you've survived!
Revolutionise your life
take advantage while
the stocks are high
spoil yourself 'cos you deserve it
You're our number one
you're our superstar
you're our number one
you're our superstar

you're a number one
and a superstar
you're a number one
our superstar

9 - Walking Glass

You are trying too hard
watch the worm and not the bird
you are trying too hard
watch the road and not the sky above

how come you always blow your chances?
guess wrong and press for self-destruction?
undone by your fear of the unknown?

no gun at your head
no demands that must be met
no hands tied and held
you're a hostage to yourself

how come you always blow your chances?
guess wrong and press for self destruction?
undone by your fear of the unknown?protect you from the things you want?

(the unstoppable stops,
the immovable moves)

10 - Slow Down

I slowed down for a second
so I could look at the wreckage
it was all over before I got there
I thought maybe I'm lucky
yesterday was my birthday
it did'nt seem to matter that no-one
remembered
Remembered
I slowed down for a second
someone in front of me hit their brakes
they must've seen it all from a distance
I got angry about it
but I know I would've done the same
what makes me think I'm so special?
So special
slow down
slow down
slow down
slow down
I slowed down for a second
something was happening up ahead
someones curiosity got the better of them
the vapour trail of a silver bird
skidding wheels that left a perfect curve

Picture Perfect

She loves him and he loves someone else
loves the one who only loves herself
stealing money to support her other self
from the mouth of mothers baby
save me...
they are in my home
and from them I just don't know
'bout my so called life anymore
they are in my home
and I can't go back alone
to this so called life anymore
people lie for junk and money
real life's there for all to study
birth and death and inbetween
makes my perfect picture look obscene
microcosms living years in just a day
changing faces somehow never changing names
they are in my home
and from them I just don't know
'bout my so called life anymore
they are in my home
and I can't go back alone
to this so called life anymore

stealing money to support another self