you gotta shed a skin in the darkest hours whilst you sleep I creep downstairs and I steal things from the fridge I get so hungry in the night you know while you’re dreaming of the vampires in your sleep I leave the house and chase them down until they’re beat it’s just a hobby but it’s fun I s’pose I take the holloway and slip into the trees where all the night folk are just waiting there for me they get so lonely in the woods alone we dance about beneath the moon and howl like loons dashing through the undergrowth on all fours too you’ve gotta shed a skin or two to grow you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin or two to grow you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin or two to grow to grow, to grow, to grow, to grow I’ve shed so many skins it’s like I’m born again naked as the very day that I came in all I’ve got is flesh and bones to show still I could lose some more I’m sure and what is more before I’m done I’ll leave the last one at the door guess I won’t need it anymore by then you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin or two to grow you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin you gotta shed a skin or two to grow to grow, to grow, to grow, to grow

chasing paper elephants here we are again right back where we started broken hearted running through the underground never knew this town had so much sorrow until right now rain is coming down sadness pooling all around in the distance comes that old familiar sound calling out to me to come and find it, come and find it here we are now running through the jungle chasing paper elephants all day long here we are now concrete jungle chasing paper elephants all day long here we are now running through the jungle chasing paper elephants all day long here we are now concrete jungle chasing paper elephants all day, chasing paper elephants all day long such a crying shame each time we lose ourselves this way broken hearted broken on each other’s pain just when it feels like we might make it we fall down again so what you gonna do call it quits or push on through in the distance you hear that sound that’s calling you calling out to you to come and find it, come and find it so here we are again concrete jungle chasing paper elephants all day long here we are again running through the jungle chasing paper elephants all day long here we are again concrete jungle chasing paper elephants all day long here we are again running through the jungle chasing paper elephants all day, chasing paper elephants all day long all day long, all day long, all day long, all day long, all day long if the truth be known I don’t wanna be alone kinda like the way you always keep me on my toes even if sometimes I find it trying I hope that you know no matter what it takes I’ll have your back from day to day and if we lose our way we’ll try again and then again who knows together we might find it, we might just find it so here we are again concrete jungle chasing paper elephants all day long so here we are again running through the jungle chasing paper elephants all day long so here we are again running through the jungle chasing paper elephants all day long so here we are again concrete jungle chasing paper elephants all day, chasing paper elephants all day long

hidden in the static just because I’ve got this feeling for you does it mean I’ve gotta shout it from the cliffs rather keep it quiet and keep it subtle rather keep it hidden in the static that’s the place I like to wile away that’s the place I like to spend my days hiding out amongst the cosmic rays dancing stars and smiling nebulae and tho’ I know you’d like a demonstration indication of just how I really feel I like to think we have an understanding I hope you understand that what I feel is real and tho’ I know I’m kind of taciturn hard to leave with sometimes even stern day after day I find that one thing’s true I only wanna spend my days with you with you, with you, with you hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static and if you ever doubt my motivation think I’m driven by nefarious ill winds keep in mind this song I’ve written for you disregard all of the other stupid things that I end up doing day to day I know that I have got some trying ways still every day I find that one thing’s true I only wanna spend my days with you with you, with you, with you hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static if you ever need a reason to believe there’s a reason here it’s here inside my heart if you ever need a reason to believe there’s a reason here it’s here inside my heart if you ever need a reason to believe there’s a reason here it’s here inside my heart if you ever need a reason to believe, believe, believe, believe it’s right here hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static hidden in a hidden in the static

ninja lover the very first time I saw you, you were bouncing off a plate-glass window drunken as a fly in the sun so crazy, crazy now couldn’t wait to get you home and take you to my room and chukka-chukka you know all night long to the break of dawn just chukka-chukka all night chukka-chukka all night you blew my mind the bloody doors off too the roof flew away to some far-off place the neighbours came round and the police saying blah-blah disturbing the peace they didn’t know that you’re a ninja lover shuriken siren you tore the place up limb from limb and flaying skin they still talk about it around my manor that’s why I’ll never forget you well there’s that and the scars you left me you were my ninja lover, still broke my heart tho’ that’s why I’ll never forget you well there’s that and the scars you left me you were my ninja lover, still broke my heart tho’ that’s why I’ll never forget you well there’s that and the scars you left me you were my ninja lover, still broke my heart tho’ the very last time I saw you you were flying out the window across the rooftops down the alley turning cartwheels bruce lee styley you left me in such a mess I must confess it took me ages to put my things back in their places I must have been there all day long that’s the trouble with a ninja lover it sounds like fun but it’s such a bother nunchaks in my aspidistra shuriken stars stuck in the ceiling all the stains that you left behind on my oriental rug and my Japanese blinds plain refuse to move I just can’t shift them bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer bloody noses linger longer that’s why I’ll never forget you well there’s that and the scars you left me you were my ninja lover, still broke my heart tho’ that’s why I’ll never forget you well there’s that and the scars you left me you were my ninja lover, still broke my heart tho’

castles of sand why look so glum isn’t this fun dreaming from day to day I tell you this just for one kiss I’d take your blues away a dollar or two what I wouldn’t do, what might the neighbours say just take my hand you’ll soon understand words just get in the way I will meet you down by the river one morning just before spring birds are singing the river’s bringing us all the things that we need need, need so why look so glum isn’t this fun dreaming from day to day castles of sand, unicorns and a land where we all just play everyone’s free, live happily, am I just getting carried away just take my hand you’ll soon understand words just get in the way I will meet you down by the river one morning just before spring The rivers singing the, birds are bringing us all the things that we need all the things that we need, all the things that we need so why look so glum isn’t this fun dreaming from day to day I tell you this just for one kiss I’d take your blues away

view halloo hiding out in hedgerows dashing through the meadows watch the way the wind blows you never know never know who is showing where you’re going noses knowing to and fro-ing hounds are calling, hounds are calling, hounds are calling calling home, go on home, home, home, home, home babbled through the brook here then double back and look here they’re casting ‘bout for Charlie you never know you never know all on in the morning trumpets sound a warning go to ground a calling tally ho tally ho go on home, home, home, home view, view halloo, view, view halloo view, view halloo, view, view halloo you know I’m coming home, coming home time to make a break from cover if your quarry is your lover giving chase like it’s some other reason though you know you never know draw a blank or flush here hidden in the brush dear give our best or rushed clear dance into the open blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue you know I’m coming home, coming home hiding in the shadows or dancing from the gallows I’ve seen the way the wind blows and now I know, now I know hiding in the shadows or dancing from the gallows I’ve seen the way the wind blows and now I know, now I know dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue dance into the blue hiding out in hedgerows dashing through the meadows watch the way the wind blows you never know never know who is showing where you’re going noses knowing to and fro-ing hounds are calling, hounds are calling, hounds are calling calling home, go on home, home, home, home, home

lovers apart (in each other like flowers) I met her coming from the worst of winters seasons leaving we were lovers apart we awoke and woke up in each other like flowers coming round to meet the pale spring sun ever seen the way a crocus opens hoping to grow to be a constant unfolding we were green-fused fully focussed on holding on a just holding holding on a just holding on holding on a just holding on holding on a just holding on holding on a just holding on holding on, holding on, holding on, holding on and if you’ve never known never known water here’s a betting, here’s a betting you oughta open up to the rain it’s like laughter pouring down it’s falling all around now and if you’ve never known never known water here’s a betting, here’s a betting you oughta open up to the rain it’s like laughter pouring down it’s falling all around now and if you’ve never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known love, love I swear I loved her from the moment I saw I didn’t really know I till much later on it was there in the very beginning the seed of a flower or the germ of a song and with the passing of each passing day it grew the way that people say that these things just do before we knew it that pale spring shoot had taken hold with the strongest roots holding on strongest roots holding on strongest roots holding on strongest roots holding on with the strongest roots holding on with the strongest roots holding on with the strongest roots holding on with the strongest roots here’s a betting, here’s a betting you oughta open up to the rain it’s like laughter pouring down it’s falling all around now and if you’ve never known never known water here’s a betting, here’s a betting you oughta open up to the rain it’s like laughter pouring down it’s falling all around now and if you’ve never known never known water here’s a betting, here’s a betting you oughta open up to the rain it’s like laughter pouring down it’s falling all around now and if you’ve never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known never known love, love never known love never known love, love, love I met her coming from the worst of winters seasons leaving we were lovers apart we awoke and woke up in each other like flowers coming round to meet the pale spring sun ever seen the way a crocus opens hoping to grow to be a constant unfolding we were green-fused fully focussed holding on a just holding on holding on a just holding on and we were lovers apart, in each other like flowers and we were lovers apart, in each other like flowers and we were lovers apart, in each other like flowers and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love and we were love

to the border on time gunning down that long road tail-lights blinking so blindly behind me how much further to go, daylight creeping upon the horizon and oh it’s such a hard road when you’re all alone and the night is inviting you just to give up that load, just to quit and give in to the night-time into the night-time, into the night-time, into the night-time get me to the border, won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border on time running out on my own failure’s blinking sublimely behind me so much further to go so much further with nothing but time now endless open long road you’re a lover without any borders so much further to go so much further with nothing but time now nothing but time now, nothing but time now, nothing but time now won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border won’t you get me to the border on time gunning down that long road tail-lights blinking so blindly behind me how much further to go, daylight weeping upon the horizon upon the horizon upon the horizon upon the horizon upon the horizon

rolling home waking up at the break of day can barely wait until we’re underway let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love north or south or east or west well I don’t really care it’s you and me then honey we could just go anywhere let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love world is falling down around our ears but on the road together we forget all of our fears let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love hit the gas and get them big wheels rolling the best of times are all the ones get stolen let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love we got an empty map, a broken compass but honey you and me we’re really something let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love rolling home rolling home rolling home rolling home rolling home rolling home rolling home rolling home rolling home home, we’re coming home, we’re coming home, coming home home, we’re coming home, we’re coming home, coming home let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love let’s hit the road let’s hit the road let’s hit the road love love, love, love, love, love, love, love

going viral we’re going viral and for once it’s not a metaphor the tally’s rising there are bodies strewn across the floor we closed the borders and we locked and bolted all the doors the masks are slipping it’s okay we’ll simply order more we heard it on the news the wind was blowing east to west a shadow cast upon our eyes and sat upon our chest it took the elders first for they were quite the weariest we mourned them for a while at least at last they got some rest and who’s to say now where it’s leading what’s in store for us the wind is rising and the sky is growing dark with dust the kids crept crying and we told them not to cause a fuss just goes to show that after all we weren’t the ones to trust we’re going viral going viral have you heard the news we’re going viral going viral it’s in me and you we’re going viral going viral time is running out we’re going viral going viral all the headlines shout we’re going viral, we’re going viral we’re going viral, we’re going viral down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put it a put it a gotta put it down down gotta put going viral

it’s just the world that’s burnin’ there’s a fire that’s closing in, but nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, but no-one’s alarmed until the harm hits their home there’s a fire that’s closing in, but nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, but no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin there’s a fire that’s closing in, but nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, but no-one’s alarmed until the harm hits their home there’s a fire that’s closing in, but nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, but no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin fire, fire, fire, fire pour on water pour on water pour on water pour on water fire, fire, fire, fire there’s a fire that’s closing in, nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, no-one’s alarmed until the harm hits their home there’s a fire that’s closing in, nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin fire, there’s a fire fire, there’s a fire fire, there’s a fire fire there’s a fire that’s closing in, nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, no-one’s alarmed until the harm hits their home there’s a fire that’s closing in, nobody seems to care there’s a fire that’s closing in, no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin no-one’s alarmed it’s just the world that’s burnin down, down, down, down

one in four one in four, one in four, one in four, one in four I’m a one in four knocking at your day in the early hours bringing you a warning I’m a coal mine canary beware the air is thin and the sky is falling I’m your best friend’s mother’s daughter, your lover’s brother, your past and future I’m the fearsome shape of things to come, I’m a weather eye fiercely locked on the horizon I’m a telling sign that all is not well, I’m a bell that keeps on ringing in the middle of the night I’m that nagging doubt that just won’t go away and I’m that thought that wakes you up calling out in fright I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much one in four, one in four, one in four, one in four I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more more, more, more, more, more you might think I’m crazy maybe screw loose touched away with faeries like to say I’m barking mad, a half-baked loony, march hare mary lary, stary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? be wary it’s a jungle in there, could be scary, best be like jim (just take carey) nary a day goes by in there without pitfalls, creepers out to snare me just you try it sometime, dare ye, it’s not for the faint-hearted I swear one in four, one in four, one in four, one in four one in four, one in four, one in four, one in four I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more I’m a one in four but I’m so much more, yes I’m so much more, yes I’m so much

pass it on now there’s a little bit of you inside of me now there’s a little bit of me inside of you now there’s a little bit of them inside of us now there’s a little bit of us inside of them now if there’s a reason for this season I don’t see it if there’s a need for this behaviour I don’t need it if there’s a motive to devotion don’t believe it if there’s a rush to be departing I won’t leave yet if there’s a chance that we part then I won’t grieve it if there’s a dagger to the heart then I won’t bleed yet if there’s a breakdown in the system let it be yeah I’ve never been the one fixing things you see yeah if there’s a motion to the ocean it ain’t me dear if there’s a boat that’s sinking honey then so be it if there’s an s.o.s you say well I can’t hear it then again I’ve never been too good at listening if the condition to this mission is a secret don’t count me in just rule me out I’m not worth picking if there’s a shelf-life to this thing we should just bin it don’t bank on me you’ll only lose you’ll never win here there’s a little bit of you inside of me now there’s a little bit of me inside of you now there’s a little bit of them inside of us now there’s a little bit of us inside of them now there’s a little bit of you inside of me now there’s a little bit of me inside of you now there’s a little bit of us inside of them now there’s a little bit of them inside of us now pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now all the children in this village know the feeling rape and pillage and to that there is no ceiling kill it off or use it up and then conceal it if it’s wounded let it suffer man don’t heal it we teach them hatred and then rail at their behaviour when their actions are the fruit of all our labour teach a man to fish that’s what they say okay yeah when we’re out of fish come on do me a favour pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now there’s a little bit of you inside of me now there’s a little bit of me inside of you now there’s a little bit of them inside of us now there’s a little bit of us inside of them now pass it pass it on now pass it now pass it on now