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"42"
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living in His will
Those who are dead are not dead
They're just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell
I am living there as well
"A Rush Of Blood To The Head"
And they call up the Beckham you are.
And they call as they beckon you on.
"A Rush Of Blood To The Head"
Spiders need to grow arms.
Start as you mean to go on.
"A Rush Of Blood To The Head"
Spiders need to grow on.
Start as you mean to go on.
"A Rush Of Blood To The Head"
You said, 'I'm gonna buy a girl and start a whore.'
You said, 'I'm gonna buy a gun and start a war.'
"A Whisper"
Vespa, Vespa, Vespa
A whisper, a whisper, a whisper
"A Whisper"
Vesper, Vesper, Vesper
A whisper, a whisper, a whisper
"Amsterdam"
And you came along and you cut my knee.
And you came along and you cut me loose.
"Amsterdam"
Stood on the edge, talk to the news.
Stood on the edge, tied to the noose.
"Amsterdam"
Stood on the edge, tied to the moose.
Stood on the edge, tied to the noose.
"Amsterdam"
Tied to the moose, stick to the stomach.
Tied to the noose, sick to the stomach.
"Amsterdam"
You came along and you cut me knee.
You came along and you cut me loose.
"Clocks"
And I feel like scumcake
Nothing else compares.
"Clocks"
And I seen a skunk head.
And nothing else compares.
"Clocks"
And I'm feelin' stinky.
And nothing else compares.
"Clocks"
And I'm feeling skanky.
And nothing else compares.
"Clocks"
And a chobo that can't be named.
And a trouble that can't be named.
"Clocks"
And shooting, I got off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Children like to pull my hair.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Children that pulled off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Close-in walls and ticking clocks
Closing walls and ticking clocks
"Clocks"
Close-in walls and ticking clogs
Closing walls and ticking clocks
"Clocks"
Close-in walls and ticking clots
Closing walls and ticking clocks
"Clocks"
Closing wads and tickling clots.
Closing walls and ticking clocks
"Clocks"
Closing wards and chicken pox
Closing walls and ticking clocks
"Clocks"
Clothes and walls and tickin' clocks
Closing walls and ticking clocks
"Clocks"
Coffee shop never stops.
Confusion never stops.
"Clocks"
Coffee shop never stops.
Confusion that never stops.
"Clocks"
Cold fusion never stops.
Confusion never stops.
"Clocks"
Cold fusion never stops.
Confusion never stops.
"Clocks"
Cold fusion never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks.
Confusion never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks.
"Clocks"
Come out of things unsaid
Shoot an apple, give me hell.
Come out of things unsaid
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Confucians never stop.
Confusion never stops.
"Clocks"
Confucius, he never pops.
Confusion, it never stops.
"Clocks"
Curse Miss Oprah's tuna cheese.
Curse missed opportunities.
"Clocks"
Curse me out in Javanese.
Cursed missed opportunities.
"Clocks"
Curse me stop, put you at ease.
Curse missed opportunities
"Clocks"
Curse me, stop my tuna feeds.
Cursed missed opportunities.
"Clocks"
Curse me, stop putting you at ease.
Cursed missed opportunities
"Clocks"
Curse me, stop virginites.
Curse missed opportunities
"Clocks"
Curse vespas and chickadees
Cursed missed opportunities
"Clocks"
Cursed me with the chickadees.
Cursed missed opportunities
"Clocks"
F*** me down upon my knees.
You've put me down upon my knees.
"Clocks"
F*** me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg I beg and plead.
You've put me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg, I beg and plead.
"Clocks"
Fights go out and I can be paved.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Have f***ed me down up on my knees.
Have brought me down upon my knees.
"Clocks"
I could not stop the China Gnome.
I could not stop that she now knows.
"Clocks"
I could not stop the genanome.
I could not stop but you now know.
"Clocks"
I could not stop the tuna gnome.
I could not stop, that you now know.
"Clocks"
I could not stop the tune I've known.
I could not stop that she now knows.
"Clocks"
I could not stop, the chin, oh no.
I could not stop, that you now know.
"Clocks"
I could not stop, the tune I'm on.
I could not stop, that you now know.
"Clocks"
It's a haggis waiting to be tamed...
A tiger's waiting to be tamed.
Editor's note: Please do not place quotation marks around the lyrics. It is redundant.
"Clocks"
Lights go down and I can't be seen
Times that I try to swim again.
Lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against.
"Clocks"
Lights go out in a cab seat.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Lights go out in a candy saint.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Lights go out in a candy sea
Toss and I tried to swim again.
The lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against.
"Clocks"
Lights go out in a candy store.
or
Lights go out in a candid scene.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Lights go out in a curry way.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Lights go out in the Canvey Sea.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Lots go out in a candy stand.
Lights go out and I can't be saved.
"Clocks"
Nothing el scumcake.
Nothing else compares.
"Clocks"
Ooh, ah!
You are
"Clocks"
Shew the night, pull off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shoe that I pulled off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shoe that I pulled off my head
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shoot an apple at my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shoot an apple up my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shoot and I fall off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Should not have blown off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I blow off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Shouldn't I pull off my head?
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Talk to that truck swimmer again.
Tides that I tried to swim against.
"Clocks"
Tarzan I tried to swim against.
The tides that I tried to swim against.
"Clocks"
The lights go out and I can't be seen
Tides that I tried to swim against.
The lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against.
"Clocks"
The lights go out and I can't saved
Guys that I tried to win against
F*** me down upon my knees
Oh, I beg, I beg him please singing.
The lights go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to swim against
Have brought me down upon my knees
Oh I beg, I beg and plead singing.
"Clocks"
The shoe that I pull off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
The shoe that I pulled off my head.
Shoot an apple off my head.
"Clocks"
Tigers tried to swim again
Tides that I tried to swim against.
"Clocks"
Transfusion never stops
Closing jaws and chickin pox.
Confusion never stops
Closing walls and ticking clocks.
"Clocks"
Woooooooooo! Off!
Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Are!
"Clocks"
Yooooooo, yoooooooo!
You are, you are!
"Crests Of Wave"
Like a stone that certainly drops
Like a stone that suddenly drops
"Daylight"
To my surprise and my daylight
To my surprise and my delight
"Don't Panic"
And we live in a beautiful world
Yabadee, yabadoo.
And we live in a beautiful world
Yeah we do, yeah we do.
"Don't Panic"
Bones stinking, like stones
all that we fall for
homes faces we've grown
bones sinking like stones
all that we fought for
homes places we've grown
"Don't Panic"
Homes, sinking like stones, all that we thought of
Those places we've known, all of us are done for.
Bones, sinking like stones, all that we fought for
Homes places we've grown, all of us are done for.
"Don't Panic"
I'm sinking like stone
All the way falling home.
Bones sinking like stones
All that we fought for.
"Fix You"
Lights will gather at your heart
And dig at your bones.
or
Lights will gather at your heart
And attack your bones.
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones.
"Fix You"
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your balls
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones.
"Fix You"
Pee streams down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace.
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace.
"Fix You"
Stop killing birds.
Stuck in reverse
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face"
Don't ever say you're on your way downwind.
Don't ever say you're on your way down,when...
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face"
Good as a mime
Good as mine
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face"
Your a** is as good as mine.
Your guess is as good as mine.
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face"
Your essence is as good as mine.
Your guess is as good as mine.
"High Speed"
Before my head explodes,
before my head starts to bleed
Before my head explodes,
before my head starts to ring
"High Speed"
High speed, you want
or
High speed, cha wan
or
High speed, cha wan
High speed, you on
"High Speed"
How spiritual.
High speed, you on.
"High Speed"
How spiritual
High speed, you on
"High Speed"
How sweet you are?
High speed, you on.
"High Speed"
We've been living life inside above all
We've been living life inside a bubble
"How You See The World?"
They put the world in a tin can
Black market, country band.
They put the world in a tin can
Black market, contraband.
"I Ran Away"
I still came laughing in a cage.
I'm stuck in line and in a cage.
"Life In Technicolor Ii"
Every road is a way of life
Every road is a ray of light
"Lovers in Japan"
Dreamin, I'll be your soccer son
Dreaming of the Osaka sun
"Lovers in Japan"
Dreaming, I'll be your soccer son
Dreaming of the Osaka sun
"One I Love"
Come back together
Put yourself on a plaque
And sing this for ever.
or
Come back together
Put yourself on the band
And see us forever.
Come back together
Put yourself on my back
And say it's forever.
"One I Love"
Tie yourself to a marshmallow.
Tie yourself to a mast, my love.
"Politik"
Old pen okay riders.
Open up your eyes.
"Politik"
Wan-Kanobe, rise.
Open up your eyes.
"Rush Of Blood To The Head"
They say spiders need to grow arms.
They start as you mean to go on.
"Shiver"
But I changed, f*** you.
But I changed for good.
"Shiver"
But I've been down from the moment
I wake 'til the moment I sleep.
But on and on from the moment
I wake 'til the moment I sleep.
"Shiver"
Don't eat liver.
Don't you shiver.
"Shiver"
Don't eat liver.
Don't you shiver.
"Shiver"
Don't eat liver
Don't you shiver
"Shiver"
Don't you s*** around.
Don't you shiver?
"Shiver"
I wanted to say
'Don't say good-byeeee.'
I wanted to say
'Don't you shiver.'
"Sparks"
Your a**hole sparks.
I saw sparks.
"Speed Of Sound"
All of mice and all of sound.
All that noise and all that sound.
"Speed Of Sound"
All the Adventists could never decide.
All the inventors could never design.
"Speed Of Sound"
Chipin' and chimin', all lit up.
Japan and China all lit up.
"Speed Of Sound"
Let's go flying at the speed of sound.
Birds go flying at the speed of sound.
"Speed Of Sound"
Let's go flying at the speed of sound.
Birds go flying at the speed of sound.
"Speed Of Sound"
Our butts go flying at the speed of sound.
Birds go flying at the speed of sound.
"Speed Of Sound"
Our tears that you'll never find
Ideas that you'll never find
"Speed Of Sound"
Ovechkin's flying at the speed of sound.
Birds go flying at the speed of sound.
"Speed Of Sound"
The buildings that you put up
That you couldn't shine, or light up.
The buildings that you put up
Japan and China all lit up.
"Speed Of Sound"
With my head stuck under this, Sam
I'll fart before I can stop.
With my head stuck under the sand
I'll start before I can stop.
"Speed of Sound"
All those signs that you want me there.
All those sign, I knew what they meant.
"Speed of Sound"
Bats go flying at the speed of sound.
Birds go flying at the speed of sound.
"Speed of Sound"
Bullets came flying from the underground.
And birds came flying from the underground.
"Speed of Sound"
Muskrat flying at the speed of sound.
Birds go flying at the speed of sound.
"Speed of Sound"
Some get laid and some get slammed.
Some get made and some get sent.
"Speed of Sound"
The sun that I couldn't breathe
Or a light that I couldn't sing.
The sign that I couldn't read
Or a light that I couldn't see.
"Spies"
And the spies came out of the water
But you're feeling so bad 'cos you know
And the spies hide out in every corner
But you can't touch them, no
'Cos they're old spice.
And the spies came out of the water
But you're feeling so bad 'cos you know
And the spies hide out in every corner
But you can't touch them, no
'Cos they're all spies.
"Spies"
Spice came out of the water.
Spies came out of the water.
"Square One"
As if you've been run through
Some catapulted fire tube.
As if you've been run through
Some catapult, it fired you.
"Square One"
I need a compass
Jonny, a map!
I need a compass
Draw me a map.
"Square One"
I need a kompis
Drive me under.
I need a compass
Draw me a map.
"Square One"
Is there anybody out there who
Is lost in para-longitude?
Is there anybody out there who
Is lost and hurt and lonely, too?
"Square One"
Some catapulted fire chief
Some catapult, it fired you.
"Square One"
Some kind of potent fire chew.
Some catapult, it fired you.
"Such A Rush"
Looking at a paper
Going after money
Far too many papers
Looking for their money.
Looking at a paper
Going after money
Far too many people
Looking for their money.
"Talk"
You tell you wanna whistle, but you feel ignored.
You tell anyone who'll listen, but you feel ignored.
"The Scientist"
Don't eat liver.
Don't you shiver.
"The Scientist"
I was disgusting.
I was just guessing.
"The Scientist"
I'm going back to the stars.
I'm going back to the start.
"The Scientist"
It's such a shame for us to fart.
It's such a shame for us to part.
"The Scientist"
It's such a shame for us to fart.
It's such a shame for us to part.
"The Scientist"
It's such a shame for us to fart.
It's such a shame for us to part.
"The Scientist"
It's such a shame for us to fart.
It's such a shame for us to part.
"The Scientist"
It's such a shame for us to fart.
It's such a shame for us to part.
"The Scientist"
Running in circles, chasing at tails.
Running in circles, comin' up tails.
"The Scientist"
Running in circus
Chasing potatoes
And coming back as we are.
Running in circles
Chasing tails
And coming back as we are.
"The Scientist"
Running in circus
Chasing potatoes
And coming back as we are.
Running in circles
Chasing tails
And coming back as we are.
"The Scientist"
Running in circus
Chasing potatoes
And coming back as we are.
Running in circles
Chasing tails
And coming back as we are.
"The Scientist"
Running in psychos, chasing in chaos.
Running in circles, chasing in tails.
"Things I Don't Understand"
Where truth and fake should meet
Where truth and fiction meet
"Trouble"
A spider web with a fart in the middle.
A spider web and I'm caught in the middle.
"Trouble"
If I ever caused you trouble,
no I never meant to do the 'ho
If I ever caused you trouble,
no I never meant to do you harm
"Trouble"
If I ever caused you trouble
No, I never meant to do no harm.
If I ever caused you trouble
No, I never meant to do you harm.
"Trouble"
If I every caused you trouble
No, I never meant to do the 'ho.
If I every caused you trouble
No, I never meant to do you harm.
"Trouble"
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web, my mum caught in the middle
So I turn to run
The thought of all the cheap bit things I'd done
Oh no, what's this?
A spider web and I'm caught in the middle
So I turn to run
The thought of all the stupid things I'd done
"Trouble"
They spoke away for me.
They spun a web for me.
"Trouble"
They spun away from me.
They spun away from me.
They spun a web for me.
They spun a web for me.
"Trouble"
They spun away from me.
They spun a web for me.
"Trouble"
They've spammed the Web for me.
They've spun a web for me.
"Twisted Logic"
Raiders will roam.
Rivers will run.
"Viva La Vida"
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Catholic quests singing
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
"Viva la Vida"
Roman Catholic Christ is singing.
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing.
"Viva la Vida"
Roman Catholic wives are singing
Roman cavalry choirs are singing
"Warning Sign"
Attitude is that I miss you.
The truth is that I miss you.
"Warning Sign"
Woman son
Warning sign
"We Never Change"
I want to live life and always beat you
I want to live life and always be true
"We Never Change"
Oh, and I don't have a song to sing
And I sing every single day.
Oh, and I don't have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day.
"We Never Change"
Oh, and I don't have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day.
Oh, and I don't have a song to sing
Yes, and I sing every single day.
"X & Y"
Trying hard to speak and fighting with my weekend
Trying hard to speak and fighting with my weak hand
"Yellow"
For you I bleed myself trying.
For you I bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
For you I bleep myself crying.
For you I bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
For you I pee myself dry
For you I bleed myself dry
"Yellow"
For you I peed myself dry
For you I'd bleed myself dry
"Yellow"
For you I played myself child
For you I bleed myself dry
"Yellow"
For you I'd bleed myself, child.
For you I bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
For you I'd plead myself, child.
For you I bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
For you, I bleed myself, Jane.
For you, I'd bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
For you, I peed myself trying.
For you, I bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
For you, I plead myself tired.
For you, I bleed myself dry.
"Yellow"
I wrote a song for you
And it was cold yellow.
I wrote a song for you
And it was called "Yellow".
"Yellow"
Look at the stars, the colors shine for you.
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.
"Yellow"
Lou Cat, the Scar
Look at the stars.
"Yellow"
Oh yeah, you're still the one
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
"Yellow"
Oh yeah, your screaming bones
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
"Yellow"
The cotton stars,
look how they lie to you
Look at the stars,
look how they shine for you
"Yellow"
Yeah you were all you. (Sung with a British accent like: yeah you were all yaaoww)
Yeah you were all yellow.
"Yellow"
You count the stars.
Look at the stars.
"Yellow"
You know I love your soul.
You know I love you so.
"Yellow"
You still oh yeah you still impose,
Turn in to something beautiful
Your skin, oh yea your skin and bones,
turn in to something beautiful
"Yellow"
You're scarin', oh yeah you're scaring folks.
Turning into something beautiful.
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
turn into to something beautiful.
"Yellow"
Your scream, oh yeah, your screaming voice
Turn in to something beautiful.
Your skin, oh yea, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful.
"Yellow"
Your skin, oh yea your skinnin' folks
Turn into something beautiful.
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful.
"Yellow"
Your skin, oh yeah you're stealing for
Time ends in something rational.
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful.
"Yellow"
Your skin, oh yeah your skin unfolds
Turning to something beautiful.
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn in to something beautiful.
"bigger stronger"
I wanna be bigger, stronger, drive a foster car
I wanna be bigger, stronger, drive a faster car