Post on 06-Nov-2019
THE HUMANSToyah Willcox: voice, percussionBill Rieflin: bass, keyboards, guitar, drums, sounds, voiceChris Wong: bass, guitar, drums, percussion, voice
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Brianna Atwell: violin/violaSteve Creswell: violinAlex Guy: violinRich Cole: saxophoneDon Gunn: percussion
All songs composed by Willcox / Rieflin / WongLyrics © Toyah Willcox reproduced with permissionPublished by Copyright Control / Woman On The Moon Publishing
Produced by Bill RieflinRecorded, mixed & co-produced by Don Gunn
Gear: Igor Abuladze, Curt Golden, Nick Harmer, Chris Walla
Principal recording at Studio Litho, SeattleOverdubs & mixing at The Office, SeattleMastering at panicStudios by John McCaig
Toyah thanks: Craig Astley, Rebecca Hough, Robert Fripp, Konrad Pidduck
Bill thanks: Ed Brooks, Shawn Simmons, Jonathan Plum, Geoff Ott, April Acevez
Artwork package: Alan SawyersSleeve photograph: Konrad PuddickArt direction: Toyah Willcox/Craig AstleyBand photography: Dean StockingsStudio photography: Don GunnRelease co-ordination: Craig Astley
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You have my numberCan always find meIn the cloudsAs I’m making my slow descentNo dislocation No severed arteryYour artistry paved the way to this compliment
Eyes have no wordsAnd our eyes that are blind
Have no more of me I’m with the tall treesTouching starsPicking up their miscreantsYou supersize meWalk on boundariesKnowledge is blinded by your brilliance
Mouth that speaks time makes no time at allFeet that divide will walk upon walls
Slow, so slowRunning hardSlow it down
In the clouds As I’m making my slow descentWhat is this trickeryIt feeds beside meLike a leaf, brittle and transient
You have my numberCan always find me
Eyes have no wordsFeet the divide will walk upon wallsSlow, so slowBreathing fastSlow it down
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She staysShe goesShe swaysShe glowsShe humsShe aaahsShe strumsLa la la
Don’t go away
She pleadsShe bleedsShe needsShe cowersShe begsShe screamsShe acts like a dream
Don’t go away
She honesShe moansShe roamsShe growls
Don’t go away
She comesShe goesShe to’sShe fro’s
Don’t go away
I can’t stand here talking when I’ve got to make a move
I can’t stand on corners waiting I’ve got things to do
I can’t stand here talking when I’ve got to make a move
I can’t stand on corners when I’ve got bad things to do
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Get in
Get in your car and drive
Change your playmatesChanging playground Paint a better backdropSubmerged in city soundsStop your excusesDon’t you feel uselessSee the attractionsStart a chain reaction
Good news junkieCraving fast moneyGet in your car and drive
Time turns no tidesHollow belly low lifeWaits for no oneThe moon is a rising sun
Streets are bleedingShadows are meanDrip feed reliefSoft porn insanity
Good news junkieHang em hard honeyGet in your car and driveSelling all and sundryDrip dry funky Get in your car and drive
Gotta runGotta hideGotta get highGotta driveGotta get dryGotta learn all over againGet in your car and drive
Hollow chocco bunnySpirited and funny Dressed in a wet suitWhat has she got to hideDissolved awaySee you in the hazeWe stole those daysOn the streets
Good news junkieJibber jabber monkeyGet in your car and driveSelling all and sundryJittery and spunky
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These beautiful nights These beautiful days
I can’t even remember Who
Those beautiful timesThose beautiful eyes
I can’t even remember WhoAmnesia
Never seen a rockAs hard as you
Never been crushedBy a stone like you
The longest nightsLasted a lifetime
Can’t even rememberAmnesia
Remember Amnesia
I get these little spikesPictures of my lifeI’m oscillating, balancing, spinning, gyroscope
I can’t rememberAmnesia
The longest daysBurning up my memory
Those beautiful nightsBeautiful days
Clasped so tight Couldn’t breathAmnesia
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Melting in the pouring rain
Today she’s wearing this headPretty funny bright young thingIt looks just like her bed headHer down has a vicious swing
From here to hellFrom hell she yells
Today I’m wearing this headIt goes with my underclothesIt’s gloriously undeadI built it new out of old
Memories on a shelf of dreamsFull of hope or so it seems
Eyes look left, eyes look rightGot two arms right by my sideI’m walking with my head held highGod it’s great to be alive
A broken limbA shattered seamStuck upon our needs and thingsA spike upon a city wallAll is not as it……. seems
SmithereensStuck by the glue of destinyWe’re stuck by the glue of ………….
Melting in the pouring rainBED
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I found a new godI found a new toyWith a silicone heartA real sweet boy
He comes bouncing bouncing back to me
I found a new godAnimal boyGets pocket size freaksHe keeps me on my knees
He’s waiting waiting here for me
Do you want to hear an improbable thing
When you put it in your head and your world turns upside downAs it all burns up and lets you in
He said do you wanna feel an improbable thing
I found a new godHe makes me weepYou know that thing, ask and you receive
I found a new godHe knows how to healFeels just like skin, tastes like steel
I found it found it all for me
Do you want to see an impossible thing
When it drops from your pocket and you’re shaking your hands aroundIf you throw it in the air you can hear it sing
He said do you wanna see an impossible thing
Do you want to bean improbable thing
It’s a minute away from being carried along by the soundWhen it falls to the floor do you hear it ring
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Sleep tightDream a thousand dreamsWhere you’re swallowed by the sea
Sleep tightUp tight fist fightDon’t lose your credibility
Sleep tightYour shadow remainsIt’s really in vain
Sleep tightDream a thousand dreamsWhere everything’s the same
If I could do one thing in this lifeIf I could do one thing with my life
Sacrifice
Sleep tightNever get out of bed
Sleep tightDon’t look now You’re gonna lose your head
Sleep tightDream a thousand dreamsDancing on moonbeams
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