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THE SONGS
SPIRITUAL DARK AGE
LYRICS
[Verse 1]
And so the good man said:
“Turns out God is dead.”
They worshipin’ signs instead
Faith from books they haven’t read
They’re angry all the time
Angry at some hole inside
Welcome to the Spiritual Dark Age
[Verse 2]
Oh, don’t lose your grip
Don’t get contemplative
About this space we live
Between first breath
And then the grave
No need to be saved
Just some rules on how to behave
Welcome to the Spiritual Dark Age
[Verse 3]
Oh, forget about love
It’s not a hand from above
It’s not some dream
And there’s the rub
Just chemicals that flood brain
They’re writing poetry
About serotonin and dopamine
Welcome to the Spiritual Dark Age
[Chorus]
I’m not alone and you’re not alone in this
There’s no map and we’re all just set adrift
Just children making pictures in the sky
Arguing about who’s wrong and who’s right
[Verse 4]
And so the good man said:
“Turns out God is dead.”
We’re on our own this time
To work out what is yours and mine
No reward to being kind
No quick fix for the fear you’ll find, oh
Welcome to the Spiritual Dark Age
[Verse 5]
Pass me those sedatives
Pass on means sentimental
Empathy and talking gentle
Blink us on
And take the medal
The day the TV died
The tie that keep the family alive
Welcome to the Spiritual Dark Age
[Chorus]
I’m not alone and you’re not alone in this
There’s no map and we’re all just set adrift
Just children making pictures in the sky
Arguing about who’s wrong and who’s right
[Chorus]
I’m not alone and you’re not alone in this
There’s no map and we’re all just set adrift
Just children making pictures in the sky
Arguing about who’s wrong and who’s right
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
THE UNSPEAKABLE CRIMES OF PETER POPOFF
LYRICS
And let the power of God erase all of your debt
And live debt-free once and for all!
Placed them all on desperate men, oh
The apple’s sinking down
Sweetest taste so soothed in doubt, oh
When you gonna love your body?
When you gonna find the time?
When you gonna love your body?
Seek the word and you will find, oh
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
His congregation looks so small, oh
See that holy smile
Sweat runs down
His lips are narrow
When you gonna fight the hate dream?
When you gonna heed the call?
Well you know I’m out of patience
On your feet you know it’s on, oh
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
It turns out he looks like everyone
You’ve seen this town before
So keep the car close to the door, oh
When you gonna find me brother?
When you gonna touch my love?
When you gonna find me brother?
Shake my hand and you will walk, oh
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
Reapers, snakes and endless flames
Soul is to be saved
But what’s the price I’ve got to pay, oh?
When you gonna leave your body?
When you gonna make the time?
When you gonna leave your body?
Take my hand and you will fly, oh
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
It turns out he looks like everyone
It turns out he looks like everyone
You were out the room when I was talking to Jesus
You were out the room when I was talking to Jesus
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
It’s on
It turns out he looks like everyone
It turns out he looks like everyone
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
COMPASSION IS A GERMAN WORD
LYRICS
You ain’t no different
To anyone I’ve met
We’re all the heroes in our own film
Or maybe the villain in someone else’s
The Cobain to someone’s Courtney
It’s the weight of this comforting thought
That keeps the gun locked safe in the drawer
You ain’t no different
To anyone I’ve met
We’re all fighting our own battles
Struggling to swallow some salty regrets
And an Ariel fixed up in our minds
Dissecting every choice we make
Like some teenage cheerleader barking at the gate, I say
Compassion, compassion, oh
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of-
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Co-co-co-co-co-co
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of choice
You’ve not had a thought
Someone else hasn’t had
And if by some chance you did
Then that should be enough to die happy man
That you see despite all our progress
Never seems to thin no matter
How long on this rock we’re spinning so I preach
Compassion, compassion, oh
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of-
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Co-co-co-co-co-co
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of choice
Compassion, compassion, oh
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of-
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Co-co-co-co-co-co
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of choice
Compassion, compassion, oh
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of-
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Co-co-co-co-co-co
Compassion, compassion, compassion
Is my weapon of choice
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
CHERRY BLOSSOM FALLS
LYRICS
Dealt me every blow, every cut and pill
I was in the wicked sea
Drowning not waving if you please, oh oh oh
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
When the blossoms bloomed
But now I’m here next to you
Kept me under heel, made me doubt my mind
I would speak the words fall out
But it felt like they belonged to someone else, oh oh oh
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
When the blossoms bloomed
But now I’m here next to you, wooh
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
See how it falls
See how it falls
See how the cherry falls
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
NO MORE LOVE SONGS
LYRICS
I’m sick of staring at these thick red lines
Trust the second thought, the first is a dirty liar
The kind who’ll kick out all your good friends
When you’re out of luck, out of heart, out of whiskey
You’re out of courage, out of kicks, out of cares
I’m tempted to drop my guard just so you can plant one on
But I’m stubborn as a thirsty mule being led to a clear pool
Everyone’s moving on and I’m still stuck on you
‘Cause they will stay after you’re long gone
It’s a dangerous game to play
Going toe to toe every time he sees a bull
And every single blow reminds him of a youthful tune
Every single fall is a certainty he’s clinging to
‘Cause they will stay after you’re long gone
It’s a dangerous game to play
So disconnect the phone
First night on my own
I’m not thinking of you
So disconnect the phone
The first night on my own
I’m not thinking of you
‘Cause they will stay after you’re long gone
I ain’t gonna write no more love songs
‘Cause they will stay after you’re long gone
It’s a dangerous game to play
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
OH JOY
LYRICS
Straight from the sky
Reach for your hand and you
Close it in mine
Lately I’m stuck in daydreams
Of what could and should’ve been
Oh my joy
Hold me close
The dark is pressing in
You’ll be my pride
We’ll build a home
Lock the world outside
Hidden from all these darker days
Safe from all these wicked times
Oh my joy
Hold me close
The dark is pressing in
Slip to my side
Build me no castle, oh
No place to hide
For though I’m fearful of the night
She said she’d rather stay and fight
Oh my joy
Hold me close
The dark is pressing in
Oh my joy
Hold me close
The dark is pressing in
Oh my joy
Hold me close
The dark is pressing in
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
LYRICS
You find your feet but you’re acting strange
You’re cynical but you’re bound to change some day.
There’s time to waste
There’s a golden beam lights up their face
But you never stopped to appreciate it.
Beautiful and you never know them till they’re gone.
You forget the jokes but the laughs remain
You never slept but you dreamt you life away.
I said your name
Just to feel it on my lips again
To see if it still felt the same.
Beautiful and you never know them till they’re gone.
Or how you tore my world apart.
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
THE ONE WITH THE JACKALS
LYRICS
Circling around the corpse not that it matters now
Stretching the coat as they try for size
Claiming the boots that once were mine
When I’ve had enough
I don’t know
When I’ve had enough
I’ve never looked around that much
Bouncing off the rocks the sound of cackles
The only thing left not meant for jackals
When I’ve had enough
I don’t know
When I’ve had enough
I can’t read your mind, ooh
I loved you but I can’t read your mind
I can’t read your mind, ooh
Picking apart everything that once mattered now
Tipping the rim of their new hat
As they march down to my hometown
When I’ve had enough
I don’t know
When I’ve had enough
I can’t read your mind, ooh
I loved you but I can’t read your mind
I can’t read your mind, ooh
I can’t read your mind, ooh
I loved you but I can’t read your mind
I can’t read your mind, ooh
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
I USED TO WORK HERE, PERHAPS YOU DID TOO?
LYRICS
Now he drinks in the corner with a baseball bat
Says “highball they love you, lowball they’ll throw you away”
Straight along from him there’s Juliet the grim
A guy put his on her skirt when she went for the job
Now the big man has not been seen in a couple of days
The other tends to wander and his wife will tell you how
The glass eyes caused by the other’s tendency to wonder
And Peter looks doubtful like he’s gonna get outed
If he hears three crows he’ll deny your existence
If you pay him a twenty he’ll swear he was drinking with you all night
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
And the drinks keep on coming
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
And they’re good for the money
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
They go, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Though none of them have spoken in all the years
They’ve been coming here
The stains on their shirt is like a uniform
Now mother Mary, she’s a mother to six
But at this point in the evening she tends to forget it
She’ll lie with anybody but her love loss ex Jimmy “the rat”
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
And the drinks keep on coming
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
And they’re good for the money
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
They go, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
And the drinks keep on coming
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
And they’re good for the money
But they’re de-de-de-de-dead
They go, ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
MY GOD & YOUR GOD
LYRICS
Who’s worshipers can be found wherever you are
With a fresh gym card and a bear claw in each hand
Raise up your glass to the saint of lost causes
He’s had His eye on me since I started walking
He gave me my first title which said: I’m free to a good home
As miserable apart as they were as one
Oh, my God and your God they don’t get along
Chasing each other like the moon chase the sun
The moment I do, well she won’t come again
But a roll of the dice could mean a change in all our stars
Throw a penny in the jar to my old bout with death
Welcomed by some, terrifies all the rest
But a couple of whiskies in, you see, he’s a right proper gent
As miserable apart as they were as one
Oh, my God and your God they don’t get along
Chasing each other like the moon chase the sun
My God and your God they’re one and the same
Just hurting themselves to see if the other feels the pain
My God and your God, oh things will never change
Chasing each other to the end of our days
Wash away regret, hold their won’ts in again
I must admit to myself I find the constant quite appealing
Give one day a week to the God of song and drink
If one’s not enough then give more if you can
‘Cause this world’s kinda rough and we could all use a soul vacation
As miserable apart as they were as one
Oh, my God and your God they don’t get along
Chasing each other like the moon chase the sun
My God and your God they’re one and the same
Just hurting themselves to see if the other feels the pain
My God and your God, oh things will never change
Chasing each other till the end of our days
Bring temples to the ground to see the other not win
I said, my God and your God were once in love
So disfigured, just look what they’ve become
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
BAR FIGHTS
LYRICS
Flicks a cigarette and winks like I ain’t seen nothing
And I think I’d love to love this girl
She moves with a purpose taking ownership of all that she has
I don’t doubt that she could lead them where she please
There’s no getting out of here
Oh wait
Shift your grip upon your gun
God damn
Watch your lip that fighting talk
Gold dust
You go big or you go home
When it comes to leaving men beat and bleeding,
I’m not her first oh
When it comes to bar fights
She’s outlived the war
There’s no getting out of here
Oh wait
Shift your grip upon your gun
God damn
Watch your lip that fighting talk
Gold dust
You go big or you go home
There’s no getting out of here
Oh wait
Shift your grip upon your gun
God damn
Watch your lip that fighting talk
Gold dust
You go big or you go home
Ham strung
There’s no getting out of here
Oh wait
Shift your grip upon your gun
God damn
Watch your lip that fighting talk
Gold dust
You go big or you go home
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
AND YET...
LYRICS
Are married and pious about the things they did
When they were young and loose
Look me up, reach out sister
I’ll be waiting in the chapel
With a cigarette and a cocktail just for you
To tick the boxes neatly placed
I call bullshit, you call bullshit
This fleeting wondrous life won’t fit
And yet
Who will I reach for
Who will I reach for
When the dark comes in?
Who cut out our still beating hearts
And are pushing strollers like brain dead motors in the park
You and I tread a different path
Like lightning across the heavens we’ll flash
Showing only, yes solely what we love
To tick the boxes neatly placed
I call bullshit, you call bullshit
This fleeting wondrous life won’t fit
And yet
Who will I reach for
Who will I reach for
When the dark comes in?
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh ooh ooh, ooh
Who will I reach for
Who will I reach for
When the dark comes in?
When the dark comes in?
When the dark comes in?
When the dark comes in?
When the dark comes in?
When the dark comes in?
CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Songwriters: Ralph Pelleymounter / Benjamin Jackson / Joshua Platman / Jonathan Willoughby / Ian Dudfield