Envy & Other Sins

Shipwrecked Lyrics

I drift among the flotsam and the jetsam.
The last remaining scraps of other people's lives
Cut off from the so-called civilized
We drift along and on the waves that bring me here,
I've travelled far from home to meet the rising sun
But it's not all I hoped, and now I only crave to see your face.

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Shipwrecked in the cold, cold water.
Blood still flows but breath gets shorter,
You can help me back to dry land.

Now our companions all are lost
There is no way of telling how it's going to end
Each frozen hour has its cost,
But every heated minute more than makes amends.
And though you raise a smile for people drifting by,
They sink beneath the waves that gnaw upon the shore
And promise what you crave

Shipwrecked in the cold, cold water.
Blood still flows but breath gets shorter,
You can help me back to dry land.

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Shipwrecked by your cruel enchantments,
Blinded by your loft apartments
Taxis, High Streets, making ends meet.

All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.
All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water, I'm not giving up yet.

I see your light burn right the fog, it's keeping my head above water,
I won't ever forget.
How'm I alive, how've I survived this far keeping my head above water?
I won't settle for less.

All through the days and all through the nights,
Keeping my head above water

Morning Sickness Lyrics

You wake and you dress,
Wash the dirt from underneath your fingernails
It's a system and it seldom ever fails
To kill these moments before you race to face the day

You sleep on the train, you get hypnotised by the morning rain
As the caffeine in your belly wears away
You're not sure what you're doing
But you do it all the same
You guessed, I'm impressed

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It's all a mistake
And the clock keeps ticking away
Every moment that I waste
It's all a mistake

The sun came up with a grudge against the puddles in the yard
As we trudge with certainty towards the car
And look up in the mirror to see the wreckage that we are
The office awaits, and you never can afford to let it down
And the pressure in your head begins to mount
As we're caught out by the traffic on our way across the town

It's all a mistake
And the clock keeps ticking away
Every moment that I waste
It's all a mistake

chorus:
It's all a mistake
And these people keep chipping away at me
And I don't have what it takes
It's all a mistake.

Highness Lyrics

I look up, it's 10:15,
and what have I achieved?
A dog-end stubbed and an idea scrubbed,
and square one looming dangerously.
I've waited on your favour
for what seems a century,
I've hung round town,
kicked cans around,
This pauper's life is not for me but...

chorus:
Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers

Life flits past my window
like the shadows 'cross my walls.
Patience stretched,
a hopeless wretch lies waiting on your regal call,
And ever since the day we first crossed paths
I must've crossed my heart
A thousand times along these lines,
yet still I worship from afar, but...

Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers

How can you say "I want you",
How can you say "I need you",
How can you say "I love you",
When Highness, you know it's not true?

How can you say "I want you",
How can you say "I need you",
How can you say "I love you",
When it's not true?

Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers

Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers
Highness how can you blame me?
When you play me off against your other lovers

How can you say "I love you"

Step Across Lyrics

I've got no time for your apologies
Your butter-wouldn't-melt demeanor doesn't wash with me
Old Julius, he knew just what he'd done,
He said "You've got to take a chance
'cause you might never get another one."

So 'Carpe Diem' as those Romans say
You've got to learn to turn and seize the day
The day the cat's away the mice will play
They'll get their guitars out and they will play, play, play

chorus:
Take my hand, lead me on to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight

Talk is cheap these days, it's everywhere
The radio waves are flying through the air
If you scream your lungs out you just might be heard
So you'd better be saying something more than words, words, words

Take my hand, lead me on to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight

Take my hand, lead me on to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight

Take my hand, lead me on to the banks of the Rubicon
Step across and it won't be long tonight

chorus:
Shake my hand, tell me "Son, you know the banks of the Rubicon,
Step across and you won't belong this side."

The Company We Keep Lyrics

We change our shape to suit the company we keep
But then you know we have our reasons too
They might be watching us
They'd like to lock us up, but
Come on, for me, sweet, they are cross
We can be greater than the sum of all the parts.

chorus:
You and I
We're like Jekyll and Hyde
More than Bonnie and Clyde
But I promise you we'll get by
Just don't expect me
To lay down and die
For your wandering eyes
Just make a choice or let it lie

Let's not hear another word about it

I'll face the consequences of my wicked ways
As long as you will face them with me
And if our sand's run out
We'll leave the room for doubt
Come on, I said something I aught
We can be greater than the sum of all the parts

You and I
We're like Jackal and Hyde
More than Bonnie and Clyde
But I promise you we'll get by
Just don't expect me
To lay down and die
For your wandering eyes
Just make a choice or let it lie

Oh

Come one, let's get off of this carousel
This time is ours, let's make it tell

You and I
We're like Jackal and Hyde
More than Bonnie and Clyde
But I guarantee you we'll get by
Just don't expect me
To lay down and die
For your wandering eyes
Just make a choice or let it lie

Make a choice and let it lie

Almost Certainly Elsewhere Lyrics

Did you catch a look at your friend drooling in the drawing room?
His eyes were fixed on yours, dear
But his mind was almost certainly elsewhere
He couldn't give a damn if you understand
He's trying to get his hands on your loot

chorus:
If you go I will go, because nothing else seems to fit
Although we know we've been wasting our time
Now we're blinded by it
If you go I will go
If you go I will go
If you go I will go

It's been so long since I saw you waiting at the dock of the bay
When I turned up in my lifeboat
But pretty soon I was beginning to drift away
I saw you turn and call out to me
And I think I heard the words that you said

If you go I will go, because nothing else seems to fit
Although we know we've been wasting our time
Now we're blinded by it
If you go I will go
If you go I will go
If you go I will go

Talk To Strangers Lyrics

People might be bored,
People can be hard,
People might be late,
People can be smart
People might be reading your favourite books,
People might be worthy of a second look.

chorus:
So why do you treat me like a stranger,
When I am not a stranger, I'm just a little stranger than you?
So why do you treat me like a stranger,
When I am not a stranger, I'm just a little stranger

Don't forget all your friends were only strangers when you met.
Don't forget all your friends were only strangers when you met.

So why do you treat me like a stranger,
When I am not a stranger, I'm just a little stranger than you?
So why do you treat me like a stranger,
When I am not a stranger, I'm just a little stranger

People might be rich,
People can be cruel,
People might be struggling to keep their cool,
People often don't see the best of you,
But people count on people to get them through

So why do you treat me like a stranger,
When I am not a stranger, I'm just a little stranger than you?
So why do you treat me like a stranger,
When I am not a stranger, I'm just a little stranger

Stranger, stranger...

(It Gets Harder To Be A) Martyr Lyrics

Here’s a song for a backwater princess who relishes the tiniest bit of interest.
The guys in town can’t put Emily down, they just live to see her undressed.
Friday night’s a veritable carnival, the meat is on display for all the cannibals.
You know the rest, and

chorus:
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
In the rush of the crowd, you know such weaknesses are not allowed,
They whimper and shout, but in the end they all just slowly peter out.

Anthony, Darren, Jack and Jonathan all agree Emily is number one
And Kevin, Tom, Dick and Harry do to, and I know they’re not the only ones.
Emily, you are the catalyst, the start of all the amateur dramatics
They lick their wounds but

It only gets harder to be such a martyr
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
In the rush of the crowd, you know such weaknesses are not allowed,
They whimper and shout, but in the end they all just slowly peter out.

I won’t hold my breath for your next solution,
So I wait in the queue, trying to find something new to pull me on through.

Emily, what about your family? They brought you up anything but easily.
It makes no sense what you do to them, it makes no sense.

It only gets harder to be such a martyr
It only gets harder to be such a martyr
In the rush of the crowd, you know such weaknesses are not allowed,
They whimper and shout, but in the end they all just slowly peter out.

Don't Start Fires Lyrics

Somebody screamed last night at the cinema
At a prize-winning film about the Spanish armada
I wasn't into it anyway, but a girl got enraged and I wanted to say:

chorus:
Patience, don't start fires behind the lines in times of peace
Patience, don't start fires behind the lines in times of peace

We leave at dawn, so you'd better pack your suitcase
Full of intricate things that justify you
That don't ask for favors or even questions
That don't get involved or expect the truth.

chorus:
Patience, don't start fires behind the lines in times of peace
When troubles wait like storm clouds, the sun will rise in the East.

Lights march forward from Hyde Park Corner
Eyes gaze skyward at grey, everyone looks grey and tired

I've never been a believer, but my faith in myself has been put to the test
Nobody dreamed I'd amount to much anyway
Only time bears the proof, which is why I say...

chorus:
Patience, don't start fires behind the lines in times of peace
Patience, don't start fires behind the lines in times of peace
When troubles wait like storm clouds, the sun will rise in the East.
Patience, don't start fires
Patience, don't start fires
Patience, don't start fires

Man Bites God Lyrics

Ladies and gentlemen,
It's good to meet again,
It's good to get you in one place
Don't think about your lies, left in the cold outside
You have no name, you leave no trace.

Forget your weary problems, (take off your clothes)
There's far too many of them, (it's worse than you suppose)
Indulge your animal instincts,
Unload your heads
It shouldn't take a moment to cross your legs instead

chorus:
We're rotten to the core, we're all the same
We are scum, you were like us
But when did you become so righteous?
Let's do a roaring trade, 'til the day the Messiah comes
And stops us having fun.

In times of mass hysteria keep track of your friends
But keep your enemies nearer lest they start pretending
That they always loved you, right from the start
And try to claim it back off you

We're rotten to the core, we're all the same
We are scum, you were like us
But when did you become so righteous?
Let's do a roaring trade, 'til the day the Messiah comes
And stops us having fun.

We're rotten to the core, we're all the same
We are scum, you were like us
But when did you become so righteous?
Let's do a roaring trade, 'til the day the Messiah comes
And stops us having fun.