'cause to kill it's always been
an easy way out.

Saved by the music makers
Speed boat to freedom
With the beautiful people
Bullet holes in your head
But you're running out of time
And you're running out of freedom
Now the animal crackers
All set to go flying

A branch of cold flames
Hangs over your head
The only thing you could never burn
It's shadow's hanging over you
The shadow's never there
Explode all over you

Your eyes flash bright
But no longer have fire
Everywhere you turn
This world is your shadow
With a pretty face
You burn so many eyes

Swap your dull grey thoughts
For fierce demands you can stand up to
Don't put yourself down, you'll never win
So let's all smash through
Through the fear of being real
Through the fear of being really you
'cause living it up, it's a big deal
It's good for you

Tell me why do we always
get what we want
When we don't want it no more
And how do you feel now
We still sound so thick
'Still fish around,
in waters you know so well

The above stanzas are from Tones on Tail, 'Pop', 
Beggars Banquet 1984, words by Daniel Ash. They are 
gratuitously copied from the liner notes for the following songs:

LIONS
WAR
PERFORMANCE
MOVEMENT OF FEAR
GO!
REAL LIFE

'Pop' was originally recorded in 1983, but remastered in 1998 and 
released on the "Everything!" CD, which -go figure- contains 
everything Tones on Tail released, which adds up to at least 
2.5 full albums worth of clear, crisp, experimental/cerebral
post-punk pre-electronica not-quite goth with bass, guitar, 
and drum machine that you have to listen to with headphones to 
really appreciate.

Don't buy it, you'll probably hate it. But I was compelled to 
praise it. Play Loud.

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