Ninetynine Lyrics

Anatomy of Distance CD

(These lyrics are what I think the band is singing in the songs. Some lyrics are tough to decipher!)

 

180 Degrees

one hundred and eighty degrees
a measure, the straight line that it fields
for the patient few
is it nothin'? is it nothing new?
i knew it. it's more that it's useless
i still buy those feeble excuses
for if i lied to you in the first place
someplaces are too much
someplaces are forbidden
i make a start
between novelty and vision
fielding out the cause
the anatomy of distance
tenuous lines
between deliverance and deluge
i think i'm out of view
i think i'm out of all ways
i've felt that's so
there's safety in numbers
careful
and more than it's useless
i'd still buy those feeble excuses
for if i lied to you in the first place

 

Pale

all that dies baking on the rack
all the flies i've never known
and you let it, let it fall apart
taking that distance. i've never done
this was the last time, i believe in this
real far kicking on yr own
oh the flies that never end

and you let it, let it fall it's gone
i take you that distance, i've never done
it was the last time. had to see this
before this time
i take you that distance
you take in distances
even you see

your time is useless
it's all gone
it's too late
all that dies baking on the rack
all the flies i've never known
and you let it, let it fall apart
take you that distance, i've never done
this was the last time i believe in this
we go the distance
we break up their systems
live for this time
this does waste time
all talk is useless it's all gone
it's too late for all

 

Brisbane Mean Time

belated, satyrical
brisbane mean time, so lyrical
i'm gonna be late, and you're gonna be late
i'm gonna be late, you're gonna be late, oooh noo

this wrecked in, in hemisphere
belated days can last for years
i'm gonna be late, and you're gonna be late
i'm gonna be late, you're gonna be late, oooh noo

 

Hong Kong Fuey

where to be, where to go
hong kong fuey, never do-eee as it does
hong kong fuey as a dizzy out of touch
not alone, not alone
hong kong fuey as you're feeling too much
gonna spend, meant to get
straight-edge fuey never drinks the stuff
where he goes, there he goes
hong kong fuey as i'm runnin' out of steam

not alone, not alone
hong kong fuey as you give it too much
not as night, meant to call
straight-edge fuey never drinks the stuff

 

Cluedo

seven matters distort time
having letter grinning sty
always revealing, my comic deceiving
always receiving, i don't think it's breathing
well, i guess, it's best but it never could show

seven matters distort time
in this letter, i fell on myself
is happiness health?
always revealing, so comic deceiving
always receiving, i don't think it's breathing
well, i guess, it's best but it never could show
always revealing, a comic deceiving
always receiving, i don't think it's breathing

 

Slow Song

no matter what they say
i won't break silence
another day
could try again, trying
to be the way
but it's always, its always the same
to me
and it won't take it, won't break long
fall in laughing, i run beside myself
being always

no matter what they say
i won't break silence
another day
could try again, trying
to be the way
but it's always, it's always the same
to me
and it won't take it, won't break love
fall in laughing, i run beside myself
being always

it's always, it always the same
to me
won't take it, won't break long
no matter what they say
i won't break silence

 

4 AM

4 am
hibernate
be still
hesitate
and the word is a cloud
disagree
beautiful lady, could it lay her down on me
fall to the star
is beating on
what are you holding on to?

5 am
what's to think about it
this wait
but i'm not trying to sleep
and the word is a cloud
disagree
beautiful lady, could it lay her down on me
fall to the star
is beating on
what are you holding on to?

 

Iron Man

has he lost his mind?
can he see or is he blind?
can he walk and talk?
or if he moves then will he walk?
is he alive or dead?
has he thoughts within his head?
we'll just pass him then
and he comes or if he can

he was turned to steel
in the great magnetic field
when he traveled time
for the future of mankind

nobody wants him
he just stares at the world
planning his vengeance
that he will soon unfurl

now the time is near
for iron man to spread his fear
vengeance from the grave
to kill the people he once saved

nobody wants him
they just turn their heads
nobody helps him
now he has his revenge

has he boots of lead
to fill the people full of dread
running as fast as they can
iron man lives again

break it down!

 

Uno

(okay, this one has me totally stumped!)

 

 

80's Roller Rink

(instrumental)

 

Monopoly

am i allowed to see
behind the lite machine
innocence of fear
oh monopoly

and to discuss
on this brilliant facade

innocence of fear
oh monopoly
am i allowed to see
behind the lite machine

on this facade
nothing's easy as hard

am i allowed to be
innocence of fear
behind the lite machine
oh monopoly

 

Bring on the Dancing Horses

jimmy brown
made of stone
charlie clown
no way home

bring on the dancing horses
headless and all alone
shiver and say the words
of every lie you've heard
first I'm gonna make it
then I'm gonna break it
till it falls apart
hating all the faking
and shaking while I'm breaking
your brittle heart
brittle heart...

kelly sighed
all alone
sinking sand
skin and bone

bring on the dancing horses
wherever they may roam
shiver and say the words
of every lie in turn
first I'm gonna make it
then I'm gonna break it
till it falls apart
hating all the faking
and shaking while I'm breaking
your brittle heart
brittle heart
brittle heart
brittle heart

jimmy brown
made of stone
charlie clown
no way home

bring on the headless horses
wherever they may roam
shiver and say the words
of every lie you've heard
first I'm gonna make it
then I'm gonna break it
till it falls apart
hating all the faking
and shaking while i'm breaking
your brittle heart
brittle heart...

bring on the new disaster
wherever it may roam
bring on the new disaster
wherever it may roam

 

Anatomy of Distance

in the entrance of inefficience
speaking but cannot listen
it's all for show
what you'll pretend not to know
can it be annotated
can it be calculated
can it be

well what were you thinking
what were you thinking
it was never revered
not a million years
don't worry i'm used to it
we'll have the strength to get through it
it's all for show
what you'll pretend not to know

 

Abstract

(instrumental)

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