Mercury

The point of no return

Down the lanes behind your home

Stir-crazy youths litter the streets

With smashed up glass and soiled sheets

Do you know what you do when you call her name?

Do you even know how to play the game?

Does it make you into a big strong man?

A leaf in the wind? Or a broken blade of grass?

Flashback to our troubled youth

The boys in the corner eating tins of soup

An angry man haunted by his youth

A broken home broken by his boot

Do you know how you sound when you try your tricks?

Do you even have a clue what makes a woman tick?

So play those cards of beer, guilt and shame

A full house of boys being boys, they'll say

He's emotional

Industrial

Mercurial

Daddy's home after a night on the booze

Knots aren't important when they're tied up loose

Forgotten mornings of violent crime

Your team aren't the only ones that lost last night

He's emotional

Industrial

Mercurial

He takes his toll

So pay your tax

Baby do the math

Can you really afford to be like that?

There's a price to live

And there's a cost to die

And a wage to keep your troubles piled up high

So pay your credit

On direct debit

And sell your home with nothing in it

And fill your tank with the blood diamond fuel

And pay your bills and forget where to go

And take your pills and forget what to do

Forget your home

And your life

And your parents

And your wife

And your kids

And your name

And your love

And all your hate

He's emotional

Industrial

Mercurial

He takes his toll

It's educational

Simply insatiable

Mercurial

He takes his toll

He takes his toll

He takes his toll