Lyrics:
These are the results of a thousand electric volts
A neck with bolts "Nurse we're losing him, check the pulse!"
A kid who refused to respect adults
Wore spectacles with taped frames and a freckled nose
A corny lookin' white boy, scrawny and always ornery
'Cause I was always sick of brawny bullies pickin' on me
And I might snap, one day just like that
I decided to strike back and flatten every tire on the bike rack
My first day in junior high, this kid said
"Just you and I, three o'clock sharp this afternoon you die"
I looked at my watch it was one twenty
"I already gave you my lunch money what more do you want from me?"
You wouldn't believe where I've been
The cities and towns I've been in
From Boston to Denver, and every town in between
(Everyone looks the same)
The people, they all look the same (yes, the same)
Oh, only the names have been changed (just the names)
But now that I'm home again
I'll tell you what I believe
It's a miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, a miracle come true (oh-oh-oh-oh)
We're together, baby, I was goin' crazy
'Til the miracle came through (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now you're here and my arms are around you
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street
For the miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, the miracle is you (hoo)
(Ho-ho-ho, hoo)
I never knew you looked so good
Oh, I never knew anyone could
I must have been crazy to ever have gone away (almost forgot you, babe)
I almost forgot what it's like (every night)
Oh, holdin' you near me at night (every night)
But now that I'm home again, you know that I'm home to stay
'Cause it's a miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, a miracle come true (oh-oh-oh-oh)
We're together, baby, I was goin' crazy
'Til the miracle came through (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now you're here and I'm feelin' so good
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street
For the miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, the miracle is you (hoo)
(Ho-ho-ho, hoo)
Now you're here and my arms are around you
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street
Ha, there's gonna be dancin' in the street
There's gonna be dancin' in the street
(Dancin' in the street)
(Dancin', dancin', dancin')
(Dancin' in the street)
(Dancin' in the street)
(Dancin', dancin', dancin')
(Dancin' in the street)
For a miracle
A true, blue spectacle, the miracle is you (hoo)
(The miracle is you, hoo)
Hey, the miracle is you
(The miracle is you, hoo)
Whoa, the miracle is you
(The miracle is)
(Hoo)
Ugh
I know the part I've played before
I know the shit that I've ignored
I know the girl that you adored
She's dead, it's time to fucking mourn
I can't spoon-feed you anymore
I can't spoon-feed you anymore
Dinner's served, it's on the floor
I can't spoon-feed you anymore
You'll have to eat me as I am
You'll have to eat me as I am
Clean and digestible (clean and digestible)
Less of a spectacle (less of a spectacle)
Oh, and dimensional
Try to be sexy, but don't be too sexual (don't be too sexual)
Please be presentable (please be presentable)
Bit more accessible (bit more accessible)
Get up on your pedestal
Everyone's watching, so don't be forgettable
Longer hair and tighter clothes
Would you like me better if I didn't oppose?
You wouldn't believe where I've been
The cities and towns I've been in
From Boston to Denver, and every town in between
(Everyone looks the same)
The people, they all look the same (yes, the same)
Oh, only the names have been changed (just the names)
But now that I'm home again
I'll tell you what I believe
It's a miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, a miracle come true (oh-oh-oh-oh)
We're together, baby, I was goin' crazy
'Til the miracle came through (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now you're here and my arms are around you
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street
For the miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, the miracle is you (hoo)
(Ho-ho-ho, hoo)
I never knew you looked so good
Oh, I never knew anyone could
I must have been crazy to ever have gone away (almost forgot you, babe)
I almost forgot what it's like (every night)
Oh, holdin' you near me at night (every night)
But now that I'm home again, you know that I'm home to stay
'Cause it's a miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, a miracle come true (oh-oh-oh-oh)
We're together, baby, I was goin' crazy
'Til the miracle came through (oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now you're here and I'm feelin' so good
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street
For the miracle (miracle)
A true, blue spectacle, the miracle is you (hoo)
(Ho-ho-ho, hoo)
Now you're here and my arms are around you
And, baby, there'll be dancin' in the street
Ha, there's gonna be dancin' in the street
There's gonna be dancin' in the street
(Dancin' in the street)
(Dancin', dancin', dancin')
(Dancin' in the street)
(Dancin' in the street)
(Dancin', dancin', dancin')
(Dancin' in the street)
For a miracle
A true, blue spectacle, the miracle is you (hoo)
(The miracle is you, hoo)
Hey, the miracle is you
(The miracle is you, hoo)
Whoa, the miracle is you
(The miracle is)
(Hoo)
These are the results of a thousand electric volts
A neck with bolts
Nurse, we're losin' him, check the pulse
A kid who refused to respect adults
Wore spectacles with taped frames and a freckled nose
A corny-lookin' white boy, scrawny and always ornery
'Cause I was always sick of brawny bullies pickin' on me
And I might snap, one day just like that
I decided to strike back, and flatten every tire on the bike rack
My first day in Junior High, this kid said
"It's you and I, three o'clock sharp, this afternoon you die"
I looked at my watch, it was 1:20
"I already gave you my lunch money
What more do you want from me?"
Looking through all kinds of windows
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through crystal spectacles
I can see I had your fun.
Looking through crystal spectacles
I can see I had your fun.
Rebelling against society,
Such a tiny speculating whether to be a hip or
Skip along quite merrily.
Chained our love together, never took it slow
And now we know, life on overload (love, love)
Don't we always make a show (love)
Of love (love, love, yeah)
Let that cellphone ring, let that bluebird sing
Let that message say unread,
Yeah, let them talk about us, let them talk too much
While we rule the whole world from our bed
'Cause oh
We was undercover 'til it overflowed, over exposed
Oh
Chained our life together, never took it slow
And now we know, life on overload
Don't we always make a show
Of love, life on overload
Must we make a spectacle of love?
Oh yeah
And oh
We was undercover 'til it overflowed, over exposed
Oh!
Chained our love together, never took it slow
And now we know, life on overload
Don't we always make a show
Of love, life on overload
Must we make a spectacle of love?
Immunity
Long overdue
Contagion
I exhale you
Naive
I opened up to you
Venom in mania
Now, contagion
I exhale you
The deceiver says, he says
You belong to me
You don't wanna breathe the light of the others
Fear the light
Fear the breath
Fear the others for eternity
But I hear them now inhale the clarity
Hear the venom, the venom in
What you say inoculated
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Bless this immunity
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Read my allegorical elegy
Enumerate
All that I'm to do
Calculating steps away from you
My own
Mitosis
Growing through
Delusion from mania
Exhale, expel
Recast my tale
Weave my allegorical elegy
Forfeit
All control
You poison
You spectacle
Exorcise the spectacle
Exorcise the malady
Exorcise the disparate
Poison for eternity
Purge me and evacuate
The venom and the fear that binds me
Unveil now
Lift away
I see you
Running
Deceiver
Chased away
A long time
Coming
I'll take it back now
Mmm, come on and take it back, love
Come on and take it back for us
Don't you fade into the back, love
No
I take it back with the rhythm and blues
With my rap pack I'll be singing the news
Trying to act like Jack Black when I bring 'em to school
I'll make a beat with my feet by just hitting a loop
Bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes
I give you the truth through the vocal booth
Stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit
They try and take aim like Beckham when he goes to shoot
But then again that's what they're supposed to do
And I'm supposed to be calm
I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm
Whispering everything that happens is from now on
I'll be ready to start again at the end of the song
Still their claiming that I handled it wrong
But then I never had an enemy, except for NME
But I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be
With only spectacles ahead of me and festival fees
I'm healthier than a Dalmatian on Pedigree
Singing for the masses
Rubber dinghy rapids
I keep this rapping a habit
And keep on fashioning magic
I'm battling for respect
I don't know if I'll have it
This songs from the heart
Cover the planet
I'll take it back now
Mmm, come on and take it back, love
Come on and take it back for us
Don't you fade into the back, love
No
Take it back now
Now I don't ever want to be perfect
'Cause I'm a singer that you
Never want to see shirtless
And I accept the fact that someone has to win worst-dressed
Taking my first steps into the scene
Giving me focus
Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton
Considering a name change
Thinking it was hopeless
Rhyming over recordings
Avoiding tradition
'Cause every day some lyrics
And a melody can be written
Now absence can make your heart break
But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly
I need to let my liver be
And I say it again
Living life on the edge
With a closed hand full of friends
Is good advice from a man
Who took his life on the road with me
And I hope to see him blowing up globally
'Cause that's how it's supposed to be
I'm screaming out vocally
It might seem totally impossible
Achieving life's dreams
But, but I just write schemes
I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans
Madison Square Garden is where I might be
But more likely
You'll find me in the back
Room of a dive bar with my mates
Having a pint with McDaid
Discussing records we made
And every single second knowing
That we'll never betray
The way we were raised
Remembering our background
Sat down
That's how we plan it out
It's time to take it back now
Mmm, come on and take it back, love
Come on and take it back for us
Don't you fade into the back, love
No
Mmm, come on and take it back, love
Come on and take it back for us
Don't you fade into the back, love
No
Let's not argue (let's not argue)
Please pretend (I can only hope)
You will understand in time (I'll understand in time)
Masquerade, paper faces on parade
Masquerade, hide your face so the world will never find you
Masquerade, every face a different shade
Masquerade, look around, there's another mask behind you
Masquerade, burning glances, turning heads
Masquerade, stop and stare at the sea of smiles around you
Masquerade, grinning yellows, spinning reds
Masquerade, take your fill, let the spectacle astound you
Why so silent, good Messieurs?
Did you think that I had left you for good?
Have you missed me, good Messieurs?
Grinning yellows, spinning reds
Masquerade! Take your fill, let the spectacle astound you
Play games, all sort
You must be kind, you must be witty
Very sweet and fairly pretty
Take us on outings, give us treats
Sing songs, bring sweets
Never be cross or cruel
Never give us castor oil or gruel
Love us as a son and daughter
And never smell of barley water
If you won't scold and dominate us
We will never give you cause to hate us
We won't hide your spectacles
So you can't see
Put toads in your bed
Or pepper in your tea
Hurry, Nanny!
Many thanks
Sincerely,
Jane and Michael Banks:
Jane and Michael Banks.
Come see a living, breathing spectacle
Only seen right here
It's your last chance in this lifetime
The line forms to the rear
You won't believe your eyes
Your eyes will not believe you're ears
Get your money out, get ready
Step right up, yeah you, come here
You ain't seen nothing like him
the last one of the breed
You better hold on to your honey
Honeys, don't forget to breathe
Enter at your own risk, mister
It might change the way you think
There's no dancers, there's no diamonds
No this boy he don't lip-synch
[Chorus:]
Here's the last man standing
Step right up, he's the real thing
The last chance of a lifetime
Come and see, hear, feel, the real thing
See those real live calloused fingers
Wrapped around those guitar strings
Kiss the lips where hurt has lingered
It breaks the hart to hear him sing
The songs were more than music
They were pictures from the soul
Se keep your pseudo-punk, hip-hop, pop-rock junk
And your digital downloads
[Chorus]
Take your seats now, folks.
Come see a living, breathing spectacle
Only seen right here
It's your last chance in this lifetime
The line forms to the rear
You won't believe your eyes
Your eyes will not believe you're ears
Get your money out, get ready
Step right up, yeah you, come here
You ain't seen nothing like him
the last one of the breed
You better hold on to your honey
Honeys, don't forget to breathe
Enter at your own risk, mister
It might change the way you think
There's no dancers, there's no diamonds
No this boy he don't lip-synch
[Chorus]
Here's the last man standing
Step right up, he's the real thing
The last chance of a lifetime
Come and see, hear, feel, the real thing
See those real live calloused fingers
Wrapped around those guitar strings
Kiss the lips where hurt has lingered
It breaks the hart to hear him sing
The songs were more than music
They were pictures from the soul
Se keep your pseudo-punk, hip-hop, pop-rock junk
And your digital downloads
[Chorus]
Take your seats now, folks.
De galères en galas
A Paris, en province
De scènes d'Opéra
En spectacles de rue
De fabuleux contrats
En cachets plus que minces
Pour nous, quoi qu'il en soit,
Le rêve continue
Ce métier, c'est le pire et c'est le meilleur
On a beau s'en défendre, il nous tient et nous hante
Que l'on soit comédien, danseur ou que l'on chante
Ce métier, c'est toujours ce qui nous tient à coeur
Ce métier, il fait mal comme il fait rêver
Et du "Temps des cerises" à "Etre ou ne pas être"
Que l'on soit débutant ou déjà passé maître
Au plus haut de l'affiche ou à peine cité
Il est notre patrie et notre champ d'honneur
Du vieux conservatoire ou enfant de la balle
Notre seul horizon est au fond d'une salle
Notre soleil jamais qu'un coup de projecteur
Ce métier qui tient tous nos sens en éveil
D'échecs retentissants en triomphales routes
Qui nous gonfle d'orgueil ou nous détruit de doutes
Ce métier est le seul jardin de nos merveilles
De nuits de dépression
Après que la critique
A tort ou à raison
Nous traîne dans la boue
De moments d'émotion
En instants de panique
On entre en religion
A l'heure où tout se joue
Ce métier de crève-faim, de va-nu-pieds
Que ce soit à l'écran, sur scène ou bien en piste
Il faut, pour le tenter, être un rien utopiste
Car il fait peu d'élus pour beaucoup d'appelés
Ce métier qui peut nous anoblir parfois
Commandeur de Paris ou Sir en Angleterre
Les Sept d'or, les César, les triomphes ou Molière
C'est toujours le public, au fond, qui les octroie
Fiers sous les quolibets, humbles sous les bravos
Faussement protégés par le mot de Cambronne
Émouvants, hilarants, en forme ou bien aphones
Mais déchirés de trac au lever de rideau
Ce métier n'est pas facile à assumer
Bâti sur le succès, il rend tout vulnérable
Mais bien que sans mémoire et bien qu'impitoyable
Il reste le plus beau car c'est notre métier
Il reste le plus beau, car c'est notre métier
(I love you, Danny)
If you love me, baby, let me hear you say it
I know I'm your favorite
First you love me, then you leave me in the basement
I know I'm your favorite
If you love me, baby, let me hear you say it
I know I'm your favorite
First you love me, then you leave me on the pavement
I know I'm your favorite
I got this girl, she's makin' me crazy
I nearly let her have all my babies
So good, it sets me on fire
I leave myself, I elevate higher
You're fly, girl, but you're headed to maybe
I'll take the time, treat you like a lady, yeah
My life's a spectacle, a sad story
Perhaps I'll find my way to the glory, yes
I'm the one that took you to higher heights
That's all I was tryin' to do
I know you had your dreams of a better life
This time we ain't makin' it through
If you love me, baby, let me hear you say it
I know I'm your favorite
First you love me, then you leave me in the basement
I know I'm your favorite
If you love me, baby, let me hear you say it
I know I'm your favorite
First you love me, then you leave me on the pavement
I know I'm your favorite
You're getting on a plane
And travelling far away
You've left me with the pain
I carry it every day
Who do you think you are?
A hundred and fifty thousand people are waiting for this great event,
And what a spectacle, what a wonderful spectacle.
I'll describe the whole thing now.
The boys are coming round the turn,
And I believe it is a perfect sight,
As they come down here.
When there's a higher philosophy in reflection and defeat
Fifty-thousand voices rising every time he'd sing
And every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him
Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays
Rock stars don't ever die, they only fade away
Reflecting now on my own past
Inside this prison I've made of myself
I'm feeling a little better today
Although the bathroom mirror's telling me something else
These lines of stress, one bloodshot eye
The unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost
Where did I put my spectacle case?
I'm half blind, as deaf as any post
Fifty-thousand hands are raised to a man that's just like you and me
We create the gods we can and gift them immortality
Still believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays
Rock stars don't ever die, they only fade away
Yo, release what's in me
Besides the Henny, it's eyes that's seen plenty
Fiends get skinny as if Queens was a Craig Jenny
Instead of diet plans, it's crack, 200 grams
I pump a G-pack, peepin' for where the D's at
It's slow, lookin' for Rambo
The cop who got grazed back in the days
Chasin' niggas through my project maze
That cop, he got a death wish
He run behind niggas until you breathless
Everyday he makin' ten arrests, shit
My nigga, check this, I know the bitch he rest with
I even blessed it, forty-dash-ten, inspect it
(Already checked it, dunn, near his ankle you could see his gun)
Peep, he parked his Jeep in the back of the slum
To check Tanisha, fat ass, real fly, with the blonde Caesar
Vittadini summer gear, she push the two-seater
I heard she brag about the way he eat her
A Irish man, short, slim with a tan, they say he laced her cheeba
She do be lookin' weaker now, her teeth are foul
Speakin' loud, peep her style, in and out of every reefer cloud
Fat ass dissolvin', like cotton candy in a mouth that's starvin'
Rock the same gear daily, like a soldier in my squadron
I heard she let Jake investigate from her window
Cause she's a nympho, suckin' dick and coughin' up info
So now it's set up, her and the beast to get wet up
I know he vest up, we blazin' from the neck up
(Yo, let me knock first)
Soon as he open, let your Glock burst
They had the chains on, son, hit the lock first
We busted in, the cop jerked, Jungle popped one in his shirt
I grabbed the bitch by her tits, she tried to say she Earth
We saw the cameras, tape recorders, and the monitors
They eying us (Nas, yo, he survived one from the fo'-five)
Pull his shades down, he seen his last days now
There's no way now, we can be treated just like a slave now
Two in the dome, he's laid down
Ayo, the bitch is saved now
She's livin' in a snitch grave now
Shootouts is similar to Wild West
Broad daylight, face to face without a vest
You know the episodes, thugs camouflage the spectacles
Please God, just save the life that the Devil sold
See, It Was Written, but was never told
Peep the jewels, black man, it's even better than gold
Niggas roll with iron
Police roll in hot pursuit, trying to stop the loot
Fuck Jake, cock and shoot
Still on the streets with my peeps so deep
We threw a block party for my man goin' up creek
To do his two-to-four, niggas show love from all around the board
Peace, Lord, Sony Handy-Cam on record
Pop a bottle, 'cause when you come home we still got it sewn
We can watch the tape play back and just zone
Film all the bitches, on the benches with ill extensions
We block the streets off, only crew cars can enter
Music was loud and it was crowded
Barbecued wings, we fed the fiends
(Gamble in the back) Killa shouted
And Frank tried to stop the bank, lost about what a Rollie cost
Guzzled his drink, and staggered off
He's a Big Will, used to slang krill, now he own the hill
Couldn't take losin' his cash, and I could feel
Something in the air, yeah
Frank returned with Pierre
A gun slinger, who niggas hadn't seen in a year
I usually be holdin', 'specially this type of weekend
And everyone except for me had started reachin'
They had gats in each others faces
With kids and grandmothers around
Frank's only concern was his papers
My man Killa let off, half of them fake niggas jet off
Police blitz quick, waitin' for that to set off
Runnin' the static, it got me mad 'cause they a bunch of fagots
Startin' shit in my hood, I can't have it
Yo High, get the 40-cali stainless
Jake is still out, let's make it real and still make them niggas famous
Dip behind trees in fatigues and squeeze, dodge and weave
Hearin' Jake retaliatin', and Wiz was up the alley waitin'
We breeze, jump in the ride, heard Pierre died
Internal bleedin' inside, and ain't been back since '95
Shootouts is similar to Wild West
Broad daylight, face to face without a vest
You know the episodes, thugs camouflage the spectacles
Please God, just save the life that the Devil sold
See, It Was Written, but was never told
Peep the jewels, black man, it's even better than gold
Niggas roll with iron
Police roll in hot pursuit, trying to stop the loot
Nigga, fuck Jake, cock and shoot
These are the results of a thousand electric volts
A neck with bolts "Nurse we're losing him, check the pulse!"
A kid who refused to respect adults
Wore spectacles with taped frames and a freckled nose
A corny lookin' white boy, scrawny and always ornery
'Cause I was always sick of brawny bullies pickin' on me
And I might snap, one day just like that
I decided to strike back and flatten every tire on the bike rack
My first day in junior high, this kid said
"Just you and I, three o'clock sharp this afternoon you die"
I looked at my watch it was one twenty
"I already gave you my lunch money what more do you want from me?"
No longer can I remain earthbound
The future is now
Time and space are one in the same
Enough time and space and we running the game
Almost is unacceptable
The cosmos is a receptacle
For the spectacle of my ascension
Inhabiting multiple dimensions of perspective
All my actions selective
At all costs, I must obtain the objective
Regain the inception intended at the conception
A living lethal weapon
I'm the natural selection
Moving in my own eccentric orbit
A rebel amongst conformists
So far gone, you might catch me on Pluto
Four billion miles away
Do a whole week in one day
Live for keeping it real
You already know what it is
I rather ever speak without something to say
But if you can't remember the who, what, when, or the how
Remember one thing I said, the future is now
Ostensibly motionless, the hare was trembling with
Excitement, for without his spectacles he was completely helpless.
Where were his spectacles?
Could someone have stolen them?
Had he mislaid them?
My life is a circus
Hold on for all I bring with me
You make me nervous
Take my sincere apology
For all of my oddities
My recurring comedies
I know I'm on a
Carousel spinning around
Floating up and down
Nowhere to go
Will you break the spell?
Tether me to your ground
Such a spectacle
You signed up for one hell of a
One man show
Tangled in ribbons
A lifelong role
Aren't you sorry that you fell?
Dans le bruit familier de la boîte à la mode
Aux lueurs psychédéliques au curieux décorum
Nous découvrons assis sur des chaises incommodes
Les derniers disques pop, poussés au maximum
C'est là qu'on s'est connus parmi ceux de notre âge
Toi vêtue en Indienne et moi en col Mao
Nous revenons depuis comme en pèlerinage
Danser dans la fumée à couper au couteau
Viens, découvrons toi et moi
Les plaisirs démodés
Ton cœur contre mon cœur malgré les rythmes fous
Je veux sentir mon corps par ton corps épousé
Dansons joue contre joue
Dansons joue contre joue
Viens, noyés dans la cohue, mais dissociés du bruit
Comme si sur la Terre il n'y avait que nous
Glissons les yeux mi-clos jusqu'au bout de la nuit
Dansons joue contre joue
Dansons joue contre joue
Sur la piste envahie, c'est un spectacle rare
Les danseurs sont en transe et la musique aidant
Ils semblent sacrifier à des rythmes barbares
Sur des airs d'aujourd'hui souvent vieux de tous temps
L'un à l'autre étrangers bien que dansant ensemble
Les couples se démènent, on dirait que pour eux
La musique et l'amour ne font pas corps ensemble
Dans cette obscurité propice aux amoureux
Viens, découvrons toi et moi les plaisirs démodés
Ton cœur contre mon cœur malgré les rythmes fous
Je veux sentir mon corps par ton corps épousé
Dansons joue contre joue
Dansons joue contre joue
Viens, noyés dans la cohue, mais dissociés du bruit
Comme si sur la Terre il n'y avait que nous
Glissons les yeux mi-clos jusqu'au bout de la nuit
Dansons joue contre joue
Dansons joue contre joue
Hein
Serre-toi encore plus fort
T'occupe pas des autres
On est bien comme ça, ta joue contre ma joue
Tu te souviens
Ça fait un drôle d'effet tout de même, on a l'impression de danser comme nos parents
Dans le fond, ils avaient peut être pas tout à fait tord
Les époques changent
L'amour reste
Allez
Dansons joue contre joue
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