Favourite Hour - Brutal Youth

Figure hanging on a leather band Cog consults the watch he cups in his hand Bejewelled movement measures lost and vanished time Pray for the boy who makes his bed in cold earth and quicklime Chorus: So stay the hands, arrest the time ’till i am captured by your touch Blessings i don’t count Small […]

Clown Strike - Brutal Youth

She’ll fix you with an iron cross And cover you up with petals And hang you up with some amber beads And four or five precious metals And in that black flamingo chair You’ll sit among her trophies And pray to be abandoned Till you don’t know what hope is Chorus: But there’s one thing […]

All The Rage - Brutal Youth

1-2-3,2-2-3 The twitching impulses to speak your mind I’ll lend you my microscope and maybe you will find it Is it in that ugly place that’s just behind your face Where you keep my picture still despite the fact That you had me replaced Chorus: Say "goodbye" Baby can’t you act your age? You know […]

20% Amnesia - Brutal Youth

What is your destiny? the police woman said….(20% amnesia) The word that she wanted was destination i’m afraid (20% amnesia) This is your future boy, this is your fate (20% amnesia) And you’re obsolete and they can’t afford to educate you (20% amnesia) In his bedtime boot boy jersey Ringing up some fantasy tart Give […]

13 Steps Lead Down - Brutal Youth

When nobody knows she puts on secret clothes And lies in the meadow with her hands tied behind her back I won’t refuse if you know how to use it Just stop playing that ugly drug music Chorus: Thirteen steps lead down Thirteen steps lead down There’s commoners and kings And everyone’s a prisoner of […]