"At the record company meeting,
on their hands a dead star,
and oh, the plans they weave,
and oh, the sickening greed,
at the record company party,
on their hands a dead star,
the sycophantic slags all say,
"I knew him first and I knew him well,"
reissue, repackage, repackage,
reevaluate the songs,
double track with a photograph,
extra tracks and a tacky badge,
a-list, playlist,
please them! please them! please them!
sadly, this was your life,
but you could have said no,
if you wanted to,
you could have said no,
if you wanted to,
bpi, mtv, bbc,
please them! please them!
sadly, this was your life,
but you could've said no,
if you wanted to,
you could have walked away,
couldn't you?
I touched you at the sound check,
you had no real way of knowing,
in my heart, I begged, take me with you,
I don't care where you're going,
but to you I was faceless,
I was fawning, I was boring,
a child from those ugly new houses,
who could never begin to know,
who could never really know,
best of, most of, satiate the need,
slip them into different sleeves,
buy both and feel decieved,
climber, new entry, reentry,
world tour, media whore,
please the press in Belgium,
this was your life,
and when it fails to recoup, well maybe,
you just haven't earned it yet baby,
I walked a pace behind you at the sound check,
you're just the same as I am,
what makes most people feel happy,
leads us headlong into harm,
so in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
I dance my legs down to the knees,
but me and my true love,
will never meet again,
at the record company meeting,
on their hands, at last, a dead star,
they can never taint you in my eyes,
they can never touch you now,
no, they can not touch you my darling,
they can not touch you now,
but me and my true love,
will never meeet again."
"...the dark night comes roaring in,
and your humor is as black as them..."
"...I need advice, I need advice,
nobody ever looks at me twice,
nobody
ever looks
at me
twice..."
"...I left the south,
I traveled north,
I got confused, I killed a horse,
I can't help the way I feel..."
"...I say no,
you say yes,
but you will change your mind!"
"...I would rather not go,
back to the old house,
I would rather not go,
back to the old house,
there's too many,
bad memories,
too many memories..."
"...and you never knew,
how much I really liked you,
cuz' I never even told you,
oh, and I meant to,
are you still there?
or have you,
moved away..."
"I would love to go,
back to the old house,
but I never will,
I never will,
I never will..."
and oh, the plans they weave,
and oh, the sickening greed,
at the record company party,
on their hands a dead star,
the sycophantic slags all say,
"I knew him first and I knew him well,"
reissue, repackage, repackage,
reevaluate the songs,
double track with a photograph,
extra tracks and a tacky badge,
a-list, playlist,
please them! please them! please them!
sadly, this was your life,
but you could have said no,
if you wanted to,
you could have said no,
if you wanted to,
bpi, mtv, bbc,
please them! please them!
sadly, this was your life,
but you could've said no,
if you wanted to,
you could have walked away,
couldn't you?
I touched you at the sound check,
you had no real way of knowing,
in my heart, I begged, take me with you,
I don't care where you're going,
but to you I was faceless,
I was fawning, I was boring,
a child from those ugly new houses,
who could never begin to know,
who could never really know,
best of, most of, satiate the need,
slip them into different sleeves,
buy both and feel decieved,
climber, new entry, reentry,
world tour, media whore,
please the press in Belgium,
this was your life,
and when it fails to recoup, well maybe,
you just haven't earned it yet baby,
I walked a pace behind you at the sound check,
you're just the same as I am,
what makes most people feel happy,
leads us headlong into harm,
so in my bedroom in those ugly new houses,
I dance my legs down to the knees,
but me and my true love,
will never meet again,
at the record company meeting,
on their hands, at last, a dead star,
they can never taint you in my eyes,
they can never touch you now,
no, they can not touch you my darling,
they can not touch you now,
but me and my true love,
will never meeet again."
"...the dark night comes roaring in,
and your humor is as black as them..."
"...I need advice, I need advice,
nobody ever looks at me twice,
nobody
ever looks
at me
twice..."
"...I left the south,
I traveled north,
I got confused, I killed a horse,
I can't help the way I feel..."
"...I say no,
you say yes,
but you will change your mind!"
"...I would rather not go,
back to the old house,
I would rather not go,
back to the old house,
there's too many,
bad memories,
too many memories..."
"...and you never knew,
how much I really liked you,
cuz' I never even told you,
oh, and I meant to,
are you still there?
or have you,
moved away..."
"I would love to go,
back to the old house,
but I never will,
I never will,
I never will..."