Strange Lot

(Ooooo, ohh o) A faint ghost through the rain drops Pace a frozen train stop My brain throbs as it wanders to my day job On my way to the place that I hate most Strange though how I'm still afraid of getting laid off And every day feels the same with a different date And every face looks as plain as an empty frame So sick of waiting for the painter To begin to paint the plain away For now a testament to emptiness and Thoughts ricochet, through my fickle pickled brain Rain trickles down the grimace Same image different name Fault searcher my soul's an impulse purchase Round here we serve beer not purpose "Step Aside" When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though i'm dead. I'm so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I'm dreaming only. Wanna break free ain't escaping here cause I'm tied down paralyzed with fear. Every day's the same but everyone has changed I can't let it slide, better step aside Hey all look so morose soaked overcoats, hope comatose Folks know the ropes, don't row the boat, just float Don't delay, don't you go and chase the blown away Umbrella cross the motorway, tell em' keep a poker face For the joker's sake, hold your plate steady while we load it up And smoke your face pretty while your throat is cut Yeah, things that go bump, know what's up Only showing love through the drugs and the modem plug Moments past only last in photographs show some gums fool the picture homie no he couldn't give a lonely fuck See they don't smile they just show their teeth And sit below the streets on broken rollercoaster seats With today's valid ticket like this trip is where they're all supposed to be But don't be difficult the warning posters read And if it all amounts to this, then all aboard and count your chips A flock of dirty pigeons fighting over water fountain sips "Step Aside" When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though I'm dead. I'm so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I'm dreaming only. Wanna break free ain't escaping here cause I'm tied down paralyzed with fear. Every day's the same but everyone has changed I can't let it slide, better step aside Now I could learn to hide a smirk behind a smile In a nice designer shirt, life of work, buy a pile of dirt And plant a house in it Past the shanty town limits, where the angry crowds picket Pick a hand-me-down image And be an average bloke, the same person that you know That hates work but has to go, to pay for the back he broke toiling in the fields, what's the point of putting poison in their meals When a coin will have 'em oiling up the wheels For the rich man's chariot, they're carrying A figjam arrogance and shrink-wrapped happiness "Hand it out" Same shit different brand name "Gather around" Same slip different cash claim Wait Welcome to the day it was rocket science And watch grey become a ying-yang compromise Throw the canary down the mineshaft with a gas mask For the last laugh Tip your bar staff "Step Aside" When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though I'm dead. I'm so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I'm dreaming only. Wanna break free ain't escaping here cause I'm tied down paralyzed with fear. Every days the same but everyone has changed I can't let it slide, better step aside (Ooooo, ohh o) (Ooooo, ohh o) (Yeah yeah) And welcome to the day that daisy chain Breaks from the weight and strain But everything remains the same And welcome to the day that the painter came and Astounded every critic with a thousand Different shades of grey And welcome to the day that the sweat from every brow Was ours to keep And every pawn was proudly crowned a queen And welcome to the night that while the captain slept We abandoned ship with our lanterns lit singing "Step Aside" When I wake up, my mind is full of dread, in the evening sleep as though I'm dead. I'm so tired, sad and lonely, happy when I'm dreaming only. Wanna break free ain't escaping here cause I'm tied down paralyzed with fear. Every days the same but everyone has changed I can't let it slide, better step aside