Skunk Anansie

You kill me with your smelly fingers
Your smelly fingers from the sex you had on Christmas Day
And now you say you're feeling guilty
You're feeling guilty 'cos your god was shining on your face
You go to church and light a candle
And then you're blinded by the light from the golden pews
The devil's snapping at your toes now
Because the angels can't be bothered to live to you

They're selling jesus again
They're selling jesus again
They want your soul and your money your blood and your votes
They're selling jesus again
Selling love to you - selling love

You're buying this you're buying that now
You're wishing all the money in the world belonged to you
You're crucified upon you're own cross now
You're givin' money to the white men in the white limo
That kind of god is always man-made
They made him up then wrote a book to keep you on your kness
They get their theories from the same place
Then build a church if there's some money left
From lying on the beach

They're selling jesus again
They're selling jesus again
They want your soul and your money your blood and your votes
They're selling jesus again
Selling love to you - selling love

They're selling jesus again
They're selling jesus again
They want your soul and your money your blood and your votes
They're selling jesus again
Selling love to you - selling love

You see these eyes, they're darn to hurt
I want to crush you, want you get burned
I want the power without the grace
I want to have you for your sweet taste

I'm big brother, I'm watching you
I'm big brother, I'm watching you
I have your face inside my eyes
I'm big brother, I'm watching you

I can't resist to fuck you up
You're named and numbered, I've got that lot
You're on your face, you're in that dirt
I'm burning through what you convert

I'm big brother, I'm watching you
I'm big brother, I'm watching you
I have your face inside my eyes
I'm big brother, I'm watching you

Feed on the world

I want the power, I want control
I want your life, want you to know
There's nothing you can think to do
'Cause I'm big brother and I'm watching you

I'm big brother, I'm watching you
I'm big brother, I'm watching you
I have your face inside my eyes
I'm big brother, I'm watching you

I've been biding my time
Been so subtly kind
I've got to think so selfishly
'Cos you're the face inside of me

I've been biding my days
You see
Evidently it pays
I've been a friend with unbiased views
Then secretly lust after you

So now you feel rusty you're bored and bemused
You wanna do someone else
So you should be by yourself
Instead of here with me
Secretly

Trying hard to think pure
Bloody hard when i'm raw
You're talking out so sexually
About boys and girls
And your friggin' dreams

So now you feel lusty you're hot and confused
You wanna do someone else
So you should be by yourself
Instead of here with me
Secretly

So now you've been busted
You're caught feeling used
You had to do, someone else
You should have been by yourself

You had to do, someone else

You should have been by yourself
Instead of here with me
Secretly, secretly.

You kill me with your smelly fingers
Your smelly fingers from the sex you had on Christmas Day
And now you say you're feeling guilty
You're feeling guilty 'cos your god was shining on your face
You go to church and light a candle
And then you're blinded by the light from the golden pews
The devil's snapping at your toes now
Because the angels can't be bothered to give to you

They're selling jesus again
They're selling jesus again
They want your soul and your money your blood and your votes
They're selling jesus again
Selling love to you - selling love

You're buying this you're buying that now
You're wishing all the money in the world belonged to you
You're crucified upon you're own cross now
You're givin' money to the white men in the white limo
That kind of god is always man-made
They made him up then wrote a book to keep you on your knees
They get their theories from the same place
Then build a church if there's some money left
From lying on the beach

They're selling jesus again
They're selling jesus again
They want your soul and your money your blood and your votes
They're selling jesus again
Selling love to you - selling love
They're selling jesus again
They're selling jesus again
They want your soul and your money your blood and your votes
They're selling jesus again
Selling love to you - selling love

I HIT HIM WITH A PIECE OF HIS PHILOSOPHY
ANGLO-SAXON MUCK IN HIS TYPE OF GREED
WHAT DID HE DO TO DESERVE SUCH HATE
HE TRIED TO INTELLECTUALISE MY BLACKNESS

HE PUT ON HIS LEATHERS AND HIS REGGAE TRAINERS
THREW AWAY BOB MARLEY PUT ON MAXI PRIEST
I TOLD HIM `BOUT THE PROBLEMS OF HIS CONSCIOUS DEEDS
WHEN HE TRIED TO INTELLECTUALISE MY BLACKNESS

HE TRIED TO SUMMERIZE, TO INSTITUTALISE
STILL HE COULD RECOGNIZE, HE WAS MATERIALIZED

HE TRIED TO INTELLECTUALISE MY BLACKNESS
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HIS WHITENESS
HE TRIED TO INTELLECTUALISE MY BLACKNESS, SAVE ME

HE`S ALWAYS TRYIN` TO MAKE UP FOR HIS LITTLE SLIPS
THE JOKE ABOUT THE NIGGA AND THE YELLOW NIP
THEN HE TELLS ME I`M SO DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OTHER SHITS
WHEN HE TRIES TO INTELLECTUALISE MY BLACKNESS

MOTHERFUCKER DON`T YOU LECTURE - RISE ME
DON`T YOU EVER TRY TO LECTURIZE ME

I'll be your sailor girl
I'll tip my cap to your parade
Life won't be dreary no
I'll be the waves inside your bed

Pain is your beauty
It hurts the vision in our eyes
Your eyes are smiling now
They watch me cry, they watch me die, watch me die

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else
My saviour, my darling

Your eyes seep through me
You think you hate the way I mince
I'm screwing yours dreams now
So cynical at your expense

Oh what a sacrifice
All of my dreams will melt away
So who's so special now
No one's more special, more than me, more than me

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else
I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

My saviour, my saviour, my darling, my darling
My saviour, my saviour, my darling, my darling
I can dream, I can dream
I can love, I can love

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

My darling, my saviour
My darling, my saviour
I'll tip my cap to your parade
Life won't be dreary no
I'll be the waves inside your bed

Pain is your beauty
It hurts the vision in your eyes
Your eyes are smiling now
They watch me cry, they watch me die, watch me die

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else
My saviour, my darling

Your eyes seep through me
You think you hate the way I mince
I'm screwing yours dreams now
So cynical at your expense

Oh what a sacrifice
All of my dreams will melt away
So who's so special now
No one's more special, more than me, more than me

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else
I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

My saviour, my saviour, my darling, my darling
My saviour, my saviour, my darling, my darling
I can dream, I can dream
I can love, I can love

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

I can dream, I can dream
I can dream that I'm someone else
I can love, I can love
I can love - whoa - love someone else

My darling, my saviour
My darling, my saviour

Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
It wasn't very high couldna been more than four years old
That's who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall

Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
It wasn't very high couldna been more than four years old
That's who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall

Who put the little baby nigga-head on the wall
Who put the little baby nigga-head on the wall

The eyes were so big couldna been more than baby scrawls
That's who put the little baby nigga-head on the wall

You rope them in young
You rope them in young
So small, so innocent, so young
So delicately done, grown up in your poison

Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
It wasn't very high couldna been more than four years old
That's who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall

Who put the little baby K's up on the wall
Who put the little baby K's up on the wall
They got em in a line I bet they wished they coulda sprayed up more
That's who put der litlle baby K's on the wall

You rope them in young
You rope them in young
So small, so innocent, so young
So delicately done, grown up in your poison

Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
Who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall
It wasn't very high couldna been more than four years old
That's who put the little baby swastikkka on the wall

You rope them in young
You rope them in young

Who kicked the little baby's head against the wall
Who ki

I SMOKED THE SHIT THAT MADE YOU LOVE
DROWNED ALL YOUR PROBLEMS LIKE A WIFE
BLANKED OUT YOUR ANGER WITH MY FACE
WASTED MY DAYS TO HIDE DISGRACE

I DID IT ALL, DID IT ALL
ALL IN THE NAME OF PITY

YOU LOVED TO TAUNT ME WITH YOUR SEX
KICKED UP THE MEMORY IN MY HEAD
WATCH MY NEUROSIS BUILDING UP
SWALLOWED THE TRUTH YOUR MIND FORGOT

YOU DID IT ALL, DID IT ALL
ALL IN THE NAME OF PITY

YOU TRIED TO DRAG ME IN AGAIN
SPINNING YOUR LIES AND YOUR SUFFERING
TOOK ALL YOUR THOUGHTS AND TURNED THEM SANE
(SO) YOU COULD BELIEVE YOU`RE NOT TO BLAME

YOU DID IT ALL, DID IT ALL
ALL IN THE NAME OF PITY

WHY [X8]

YOU TRIED AND TRIED TO USE MY LIFE
TO KEEP YOUR AGGRESION TRIVALIZED
NEVER AN EGO IN CONTROL
(BUT) NOW WHO`S THE SHIT THAT SOLD HIS SOUL

WHY DO I SENSE, BENEVOLENCE
YOU STAND TALL AT MY GREAT EXPENSE

THICK WORDS OF GRATITUDE, WHAT A PRICE TO PAY
STUCK IN MY THROAT, I SELL EVERY WORD I SAY

BUT I DON`T WANT YOUR CHARITY
TWISTING ME ROUND
I DON`T WANT YOUR CHARITY
KEEPING ME DOWN.....

YOU PITY ME WITH YOUR TASTELESS GESTURES
GRATITUDE FOR KIND
BUT YOUR BLUDGEONED, INTENTIONED OBJECTIVES
ARE SCREWING WITH MY MIND

BUT I DON`T WANT YOUR CHARITY
TWISTING ME ROUND
I DON`T WANT YOUR CHARITY
KEEPING ME DOWN.....

BUT I DON`T WANT YOUR CHARITY
TWISTING ME ROUND
I DON`T WANT YOUR CHARITY
KEEPING ME DOWN.....

LOST IN TIME I CAN`T COUNT THE WORDS
(I) SAID WHEN I THOUGHT THEY WENT UNHEARD
ALL OF THOSE HARSH THOUGHTS SO UNKIND
`COS I WANTED YOU

(AND) NOW I SIT HERE I`M ALL ALONE
SO HERE SITS A FUCKING MESS, TEARS FLY HOME
A CIRCLE OF ANGELS, DEEP IN WAR
`COS I WANTED YOU

WEAK AS I AM, NO TEARS FOR YOU
WEAK AS I AM, NO TEARS FOR YOU
DEEP AS I AM, I`M NO ONES FOOL
WEAK AS I AM

AND WHAT AM I NOW BUT LOVES LAST HOME
I`M ALL OF THE SOFT WORDS I ONCE OWNED
IF I OPENED MY HEART, THERE`D BE NO SPACE FOR AIR
`COS I WANTED YOU

WITH THIS TAINTED SOUL
IN THIS WEAK YOUNG HEART
AM I TOO MUCH FOR YOU

AND HERE I STAND, REDSKIN FIST OF POWER
CLAWING AT THE STRAINS OF RACISM
IT TURNS TO BLACK, `COS YOU`RE SO VERY CREDIBLE
BUT YOU KEEP LOSING TRACK

`COS YOU DON`T SEE, MY COLOUR IN YOUR MELTING POT OF LOVE
WHERE EVERY FUCKERS BROWN
SO HERE I STAND, KNEE DEEP IN YOUR SOLID HERITAGE
(THAT`S) SO CHARMINGLY UNDERGROUND

SO HERE I STAND, (STAND S-T-A-N-D) [X4]

SO HERE WE STAND, I`M LOOKING AT MY SAD,SAD EYES
THEY SLOWLY TURN AT RAGE
OH WHAT A SHAME, I CAN`T CONTAIN MY BASIC NIGGA-RAGE
AND LUST FOR VIOLENCE

SO HERE WE ARE, THE CRY GOES OUT FOR WAR
LONDON`S EAST END BURNING TO THE GROUND
SO HERE WE STAND, BLACKENED FIST OF POWER
SAME OLD SCARRED-UP-FACES WE CONDEMN

I CAUSED A MAJOR WAR JUST BY TALKING
YOU FLEW INTO A RAGE, `COS THAT`S EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
CHILDHOOD OF VIOLENCE, FILLED WITH HEARTACHE
I FLEW INTO A RAGE, `COS THAT`S EVERYTHING I KNOW

I KNOW 1OO WAYS TO BE A GOOD GIRL
100 WAYS, MY WILLINGNESS TO PLEASE
I KNOW 100 WAYS TO BE A GOOD GIRL
STILL I`M ALONE, I`M ALONE, I`M ALONE, I`M ALONE [X2]

SHIELDED BY UNEXPECTED FURY
FRIGHTENED SURVIVOR IN MY WORLD TOO SHY TO SEE
SOFTLY I SPOKE SOFTLY I`M DYING
CRUSHED BY YOUR POWER, BY MY WILLINGNESS TO BLEED

I KNOW 1OO WAYS TO BE A GOOD GIRL
100 WAYS, MY WILLINGNESS TO PLEASE
I KNOW 100 WAYS TO BE A GOOD GIRL
STILL I`M ALONE, I`M ALONE, I`M ALONE, I`M ALONE [X2]

CRUCIFY MY WITH ISOLATION
CRUCIFY ME-WHOA-INSIDE MY PRIVATE HELL

YOU`RE TOO COOL TO BE SMART, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
YOU`RE TOO HARD TO BE SANE, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
YOU`RE TOO SAD TO BE HIGH, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
YOU DON`T HAVE TO RUN

YOU GOT TO RISE UP, SWEET WOMAN CHILD
YOU GOT TO RISE UP, SWEET WOMAN CHILD
YOU GOT TO RISE UP, SWEET WOMAN CHILD
YOU`RE LOSING YOUR CONVICTIONS

YOU`RE TOO WISE TO BE COOL, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
YOU`RE TOO DEEP TO BE GOOD, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
YOU`RE TOO WEAK TO BE SOLD, BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
YOU DON`T HAVE TO RUN

YOU`RE LOSING ALL OF YOUR GOOD CONVICTIONS
YOUR INTEGRITY SLOWLY WATERED DOWN
NEVER MIND YOUR SOUL CONVICTIONS
NEVERMIND, NEVERMIND, NEVERMIND IT ALL

OH LORD WHEN YOU FEEL IT IN THE AIR
OH LORD WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANNA CRY
OH LORD WHEN YOU LOVE THE ONE YOU`RE WITH

RISE UP NOW [X4]

I awake
From blood thick dreams
Washing blame
From my knees

Softly done
So secretly
I'm awake
As Charlie sleeps

A lone brother
A lone sister
A home cover
Alone

I awake
Dry the scream
Spit the vile breath
'Till my tongue bleeds

Thinks it's all gone
Famously
Broke the hard girl
Good to please

A lone brother
A lone sister
A home cover
Alone

Tell it like it is
Tell it like it is
Tell the sordid truth
Tell them

Tell it like it is
Tell them

A lone brother
A lone sister
A home cover
Alone, alone
Alone, alone, yeah.

I've been biding my time, been so subtly kind,
I've got to think so selfishly, 'cos you're the face inside of me.
I've been biding my days, you see evidently it pays,
I've been a friend, with unbiased views, then secretly lust after you
So now you feel rusty You're bored & bemused
You wanna do someone else, so you should be by yourself, instead of here with
me, secretly

Trying hard to think pure, bloody hard when I'm raw,
you're talking out so sexually, 'bout boys & girls & your friggin' dreams.
So Now you feel lusty, you're hot & confused.
You wanna do someone else, so you should be by yourself, instead of here with
me, secretly

So now you've been busted, you're caught feeling used.
You had to do someone else, you should've been by yourself,
instead of here with me, secretly, secretly

lost infidelity
we never said a word
so black and white you see
it's all the lies we've heard

in my mind nothing makes sense
i'm nothing you can't have
cracked up to disagree
that's all we've ever had

you
only you
only you can't be the one
you
only you
only you can't be the one

your secret smile so quaint
in memories fortold
laughing so viciously
your concience has been sold

in my face there's no more joy
i'm all I should be
cracked infidelity
is all you are to me

we don't talk anymore
we don't talk anymore
we don't talk anymore
we don't talk anymore...

I hope you're feeling happy now
I see you feel no pain at all it seems
I wonder what you're doin' now
I wonder if you think of me at all
Do you still play the same moves now
Or are those special moods
For someone else
I hope you're feeling happy now

Just because you feel good
Doesn't make you right
Just because you feel good
Still want you here tonight

Does laughter still discover you
I see through all the smiles
That look so right
Do you still have the same friends now
To smoke away your problems and your life
Oh how do you remeber
Me the one that made
you laugh until you cried
I hope yo're feeling happy now

Just because you feel good
Doesn't make you right
Just because you feel good
Still want you here tonight

I wonder what you're donig now
I hope you're feeling happy now

To.moonn6pence From.shootingstar




I cried on my blood day
there was nothing that I
could hold on to
just a line could have helped
remind me of you, of you

I screamed till the blood came
I was living in a cloud of hope
lover's kiss then they make a wish
to the end, they pretend

everyday hurts a little more
everyday hurts a little more
and I'll do anything
yes I'll do anything
to belong
to be strong
to say there's nothing wrong
everyday hurts a little more
everyday hurts a little more
and I'll do anything
yes I'll do anything
to belong
to be strong
to say there's nothing wrong
everyday hurts

I cried in the sunlight
would I fake all the times I loved you
just to play in a game of twisted with you
with you
I need to believe you
sacrificed all the lies we made up
how we kissed then we made our wish
to the end, to the end

repeat chorus
time made me confide in you
so contrived were the words you sold me
now nothing can swallow
the feeling so shallow inside