The Stranglers : Suite XVI

Punk-Rock / United-Kingdom
(2006 - EMI Records)
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Unbroken
I’ve been beaten around my head
I’ve been beaten nearly dead
Been beaten till they thought they had me broken
I’ve been shamed before my peers
I’ve been old before my years
Even been confused about my orientation

You can try you can try to make cry
You can try you can try to make die
But I’ve been different because I’ve been tried
I need nothing from you

Ooh ooh baby slap my thigh
I wear these suspenders if it gets you high
But don’t tell my mummer you’ll make her cry
Unbroken

I’ve been skinned by those I love
I’ve been favored from above
Even had to face my limitations
Seen my self
Before a false someone
I didn’t no at all
Now I don’t have to meet your expectations

You can try you can try to make cry
You can try you can try to make die
But av been different because av been tried
I need nothing from you

Ooh ooh baby slap my thigh
I wear these suspenders if it gets you high
But don’t tell my mummer you’ll make her cry
Unbroken

Some think hit me right since the place he left
And we still made it to erol
Every night hes on your tv screen
Getting you to sell him your soul
Getting you to sell him your soul

Ooh ooh baby slap my thigh
I wear these suspenders if it gets you high
But don’t tell my mummer you’ll make her cry
Unbroken

2. Spectre of Love

I never knew what made me do it
I just remember it was wrong
I’ve questioned why I put you through it
Who would have thought you’d be so strong
I should have wrapped you up and kept you safe
Instead I turned my back on you

Chorus:
You can’t deny there’s a spectre of love
He keeps the hawk and dove
You can’t deny there’s a spectre of love

I keep your picture by my window
You’re smiling and you look so young
If I could only speak your language
You’d know that you’re the only one
I feel like stepping out in dead mans shoes
And only you can save me now

Chorus

And if the time should give up
This can be undone I swear it

Salvation can be found in times like these
I just need you when I found mine

3. She’s Slipping Away

There’s a girl outside my door
Dirty face I think I’ve seen before
Cries she wants to keep her man
But this love’ll kill her if he thinks he can…

She’s slipping away now
She’s keeping her head down
She’s spinning the world round
She’s outta sight nowwww

She’s had enough but she wants more
Tries to catch her breathe outside my door
Feels she never will be found
But the cold wind blowing brings her round…

I said you’ve got to be strong
Now she doesnt stand a chance
This Lovers entwined she can’t fight the fire
That’s burning way down in her soul

She’s slipping away now…
She’s keeping her head down…
She’s spinning the world round
She’s outta sight nowwwwwww

4. Summat Outanowt

You say you’re my amigo
And then you go and texto
Something that reminds me of a rabbit horror show
You say that it’s all over
And then you go and bother
To make me a sad fucker like a crow

You’ll have hassles with all your loves
Cos you blow hot and cold
The cross you carry is a very heavy load
Throw away your crutch and be bold

I’m not the bald albino
I think you really should know
I never ever wanted you to go
But now you say it’s over
And memories get colder
But still you never let the feeling go

You’ll have hassles with all your loves
Cos you blow hot and cold
The cross you carry is a very heavy load
Throw away your crutch and be bold

You really are relentless
Wearing down my defence
I never signed up to go to the wars
I promised you just nothing
And then you made it something
And now the joint account is finally closed

5. Anything Can Happen

Old man never went to war
But he knew what soldiers were for
Playing God so far from home
Family traditions just like before

Anything can happen
Anything at all
The biggest fool can rule the world
As long as he has heard the call

Why do you impose your rules
And treat the rest of us like fools
Don’t you know we see right through
The global bully known as you

Can’t you look me in the eye
The men who sent our sons to die
Mothers, daughters, they do cry

Can’t you look me in the eye
The men who sent our sons to die
Mothers, daughters, they do cry

Can’t you look me in the eye
The men who sent our sons to die
Mothers, daughters, they do cry

Mothers cry
Sisters cry
Brothers die
They do cry

Anything can happen
Anything at all
Anything can happen
Anything at all

6. See Me Coming

I’m not the man I used to be
And what you see is not what it seems

I travelled through space to be with you here
And what you don’t know you shouldn’t fear

You don’t see me coming
You don’t see me coming
Till I strike

I’m not the woman when I was a man
Now I’m a creature from back in time
Revenge, is best a dish served cold
I’ll have my way before I am old

You don’t see me coming
You don’t see me coming
Till I strike

You don’t see me coming
You don’t see me coming
Till I strike

E D M O N D
Call out my name

7. Bless You (Save You, Spare You, Damn You)

Here comes the pain
I’ve felt its caress and its kiss
And it’s always the same
But soon comes the day
When it sticks out its black tongue at you

And crying and pleading and begging’s no use at all
And it’s with fat bleeding hearts they scream, damn you
And I won’t be afraid
No, I won’t be afraid
And I won’t be afraid
No, I won’t be afraid

This way comes death
It claws at your heart and your brain
And it rattles your breath
I stood out and looked at the city of vermin and flame
And knew that I’d never see this precious life again

First they say, bless you
Then they all wanna save you
But then the whispering starts when they spare you
And it’s with fat bleeding hearts they scream, damn you
And I won’t be afraid
No, I won’t be afraid
And I won’t be afraid
No, I won’t be afraid

8. A Soldier’s Diary

I guess it’s time to go
I won’t be leaving though
Not just yet…
I need some time to think!

Tryin’ to read the signs
And go between the lines
With no luck…
Don’t really give a fuck!

I can’t feel my legs!
I can feel the blood
It’s rushin’ to my head!

I’ll take a good deep breath
‘Cause I’ll be cheatin’ death
Here today…
Hope it all goes my way!

I can’t feel my legs!
I can feel the blood
It’s rushin’ to my head!

I can’t feel my legs! (can’t feel my legs)
I can feel the blood (the blood, it’s rushin’)
It’s rushin’ to my head!

9. Barbara (Shangri-La)

Last night saw you walking
Ghostly through the shadows

Graceful and beguiling
Solemn solitary

Your prescence filled my head
Took my hand and led the way

Oh, where have you gone?
You’re inside the perfume bottle
It’s been more than twenty-five years
But I ‘ain’t forgeotten

I can almost hear you calling me
I can almost hear you calling, calling

The phantom scent of your skin, crossed the years and shook me
Innocent and youthful, dangerous and musky
Caught with my guard down
As though I turned around for you

Oh where have you gone?
You’re inside the perfume bottle
It’s been more than twenty-five years
But I ‘ain’t forgotten

10. I Hate You

I hate you now, I always will
And when you’re dead I’ll hate you still
I’ll have my way, I’ll make you pay
And I don’t care if you suffer ‘cos I know that it will surely make my day

You betrayed my trust, you ate my food
You soiled my house with your falsehood
Signs of remorse I ain’t seen one
And no punishment you suffer
Will satisfy me until I have won

Oh how enjoyable, to see you squirm and wriggle now
That things ain’t going your way
Oh how simply wonderful, to see you suffer badly
Now I think this dog will surely have its day (I’ll have my way)

If you’re infirm or merely ill
I’ll be right there, in for the kill
Delicious treats which I’ll enjoy
And I won’t be just the only one to savour your discomfort
Oh what joy

Oh how enjoyable, to see you squirm and wriggle now
That things ain’t going your way
Oh how simply wonderful, to see you suffer badly
Now I think this dog will surely have his day (I’ll have my day)

I hate you now, I always will
And when you’re dead I’ll hate you still
I’ll hate you forever, even longer than that
I’ll hate you longer than radioactivity

11. Relentless

The ending of the day
Brings the calm that you’ve been waiting for
You can’t wait to close your eyes
Fall into the black and disappear

Me I’ve always found it hard
Switching off my head
And tuning out the noise

If there’s a better way
I’m all ears tell me now
If I could turn back the days
And the years
I’d do it now (that’s my vow)

Relentless time (got to find a way to face it)
Relentless time

Days whether good or bad
Chase the months away
Peeling off the calendar
And us, all that we can do is
Dig down into the night best we can

I saw my love today
She’s looking old but so am I
I wonder if she could say how long it’s been
Since that smile (quite a while)

The king sat upon his throne waved his hand at the sea
Time made a fool of him and everything he tried to be (same with me)

12. Instead of This (Live Acoustic)

I don’t want to talk about it
I don’t want to greet about it
I don’t want to see you anymore
I don’t want to think about it
I just want to see you walk out that door
Walk out that door

I don’t want to hear about it
I don’t want to fight about it
I don’t want to argue anymore

I don’t want to linger on it
I just want to even up the score
Walk out that door

You could have had all
You could have had all the love you wished
You could have had all
All I had to give instead of this
Instead of this

I don’t want to talk about it
I don’t want to greet about it
I don’t want to see you anymore

I don’t want to think about it
I just want to see you walk out that door
Walk out that door

You could have had all
You could have had all the love you wished
You could have had all
All I had to give instead of this
You could have had all
You could have had all the love you wished
You could have had all
All I had to give instead of this
Instead of this

13. Death & Night & Blood (Yukio) (Live)

Death and night and blood
Death and night and blood

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

When I saw that sparta in his eyes
Young death is good

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

And we decided that to die there was no greater love

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

Hey little baby don’t you lean down low
Your brain’s exposed and it’s starting to show
Your rotten thoughts yeuch

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

I was attracted to a night torchlight parade
And there I came

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

Home is a black leather jacket fitting sweetly to my brain

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

Hey little baby don’t you lean down low
Your brain’s exposed and it’s starting to show
Your rotten thoughts yeuch

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

I will force my body to be my weapon and my statement, so

(Death and night and blood)
(Death and night and blood)

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