Mordred The Next Room 1. Lo-Cal, Hi-Fiber You've got me lying on the ceiling My world's turned upside down I'm unaccustomed to this feeling Better let me loose right now Get away from the back of my brain and the front of my heart Get away and the pit of my pain is an alien part Any day with a diligent turn of convenient lies You'll go, I'll stay, it'll be better that way I'm hanging limp like a weasel Which hunts the fine sight of your flesh You'll have to walk around With my body hanging down Or tumble down the stairs Meet me at the bottom Get away from the back of the brain and the front of my heart Get away and the pit of my pain is an alien part Any day with a diligent turn of convenient lies You'll go, I'll stay, it'll be better that way [Breakdown] A big attack is better for me, you'll turn it around Feel like a fish washed out of the sea, it's tough to breathe You'll throw me back and if you wish I'll disappear You'll feel much better in time, time for me to go My fingers cold on the window I see you walking out, pressed to the pane Get away from the back of my brain and the front of my heart Get away and the pit of my pain is an alien part Every day with a diligent turn of convenient lies You'll go, I'll stay, it'll be better that way 2. Skid Sick of immortality, we've sharpened all the razors And the pets aren't going hungry 'cause they've never learned to feed themselves Robbed of all connection to the world of creature instinct We have no regard for anything that can't increase our comfort Living hand to mouth with no arms to defend ourselves from entropy Skidding to a halt upon a road that's paved with ulcers Breathing in the skin that covers everything in layers Like the silt in all the river beds, we're spilling past insolvency Go on, put the knife down You've been looking mighty grim, but there's no turning 'round Go on, take the map down Water takes us all away, and floats us till we drown Lacking in intensity, despite our best intentions Go from parody to role model in seven easy lessons Boredom is the killer and we struggle to anticipate Just how we will be vilified by future generations Staring down the barrel that has leaked into the watershed Concerned about our future infiltration of the market So we look into the headlamp of the steam-engine of progress As it turns the virgin landscape into air-conditioned cinemas Go on, put the knife down I've been waiting 40 days to hit that higher ground Go on, put the map down You've been looking mighty grim, but there's no turning 'round [Solo] Go on, put the gun down Don't you know that we've been waiting so long to set a pattern for the higher ground What a goddamn waste of a pretty good hand The last of the race, now, the final land It was all that we built upon, ripped apart It... what we're drifting on No way out, no way you'll ever bring it down Though we floated round and round and round Hoping that we'd see something that'd bring it round No one, no, no, no one's gonna help us now Go on Pass the gun round 3. Crash It's just a gift to the earth not to breed She took his silence to mean he agreed They rode a wave of nostalgia That crashed like a flue Punching neglect it'd do this to him She grew aware of their stitching of limbs And she taught them to move Traded her own life anew Yeah, can't touch her now You've been squeezed out Your set's crashing down Alone in your mess on the stage He drove a car that had wood on the side See it first and it'd knock you as fine But his intentions were crystalline right from the start Fighting the way back, a pressure so real She learned a method, a strategy how to conceal how she felt When nothing was left in her heart Yeah, can't hurt her now Don't you know that you've been tuned out The set's crashing down You're alone in a mess on the stage [Breakdown with scratching] [Solo] ..... power from deep in a dream Float to the surface and let out your scream Show the mistake, can't turn away "Call me a victim", he said to his bed He never guessed that her ignorance wasn't sincere It was fear You can't know her now Don't you know that you've been left out The curtain is down Alone in the dark on the stage Never flow our way Never go away Never go away Never go your way 4. Splinter Down See you hunkered on the ground Magnifying glass in hand Can you focus in one spot for long enough? If you see the whispered smoke Curling vine-like from a leaf You will turn the glass on me That I know for sure Pass the boneyard on the left There's a secret that I keep Like a tick upon my skin I will take you to that place If you leave your glass behind Not afraid to say "I am afraid" You've got to learn which logs to cure Which ones to burn If I rake up all my wits Pile them up into a heap There's no guarantee that you won't be the wind Turn a placid day in fall Into a hurricane So if I stay inside again, some windows down You know I'm saying You've got to learn which logs to burn Which ones to cure And I wanna say this now When I see you with the timber I will splinter down And paint your arms with scars Paint your arms with scars [Breakdown] You won't ever let me out I won't ever let you That would serve me right Would serve me all too right That would serve me right Would serve me all too right Won't hear you laugh in my face, what's your name? Throw down your axe, you're a mess, what a shame [Solo] You've got to learn which logs to burn Which ones to cure And you know it's now Not long before the fire's spent And all your trouble's gone to waste Gone to waste You've got to learn which ones to burn Which ones to cure Which ones to do something with You've got to learn Which ones will burn you And which ones will splinter down and paint your pretty arms with scars 5. Shut Pause My man Holo told me the devil would control me If I didn't have a hold of my soul and mind 'Cause now I think back on when I used to sell crack To all the twigged-out bags makin' a grip in '89 It's a... she made Philmo' clique Eight years old niggers on the corner running bags While I'm in the park smokin' weed & drinkin' port It was the boys in the hood taggin' fucking... But-a, that was the past, all that I'm thinking of other ways of making my pockets fat And mixing those beats on plastic They like tricks, fool You can't have it silly rabbit Kimball Got the past in the past and we're in the present tense Looking out from where we are, it's amazing that we got this far Like a... it hits, gonna follow you... Like a son in your gun, turn the corner and the door is shut Pause Back when I was young in the hood carryin' a gun It was an everyday thing 'cause you had to watch your back Running from the 5-0, jumping fences high and low For no fucking reason, just because my skin is black Ain't a damn thing funny in the land of milk and honey When... mess with me for their change 'Cause eight years later now my soul is feeling greater But my mind is not at ease, 'cause the system's still the same The best that I can do is go on Exactly what my mom and pop told me, stay strong I know I might seem like I'm a stranger from the moon And now I got the key so I can step into the next room Kimball Our plan it happened there and then, no repent or second dance Makes one thing... That's the rub, ah that's the rub Won't you turn the corner to the next room and the door is shut That's the rub, a, that's the rub Won't you turn the corner to the next room and the door's Shut Pause Fools still steppin' with the same old shit Asking how I make the rock and the hip-hop mix It don't fit is what they're telling me but I keep denying it Fuck it, put on Vision track 5 and rewind it God's great destiny, you shouldn't ever test me You'd best not flex 'cause you might get fucked You're trying to escape yeah with everything but rape You turn the corner to the next room and the door slams shut 6. Pauper's Wine On the roof something wasn't clicking Like the blade on a pocket knife that just won't unfold Rain on my face couldn't help my disposition It was clearly a mission for the comfort of the road Passed me by one too many times And the wick get old but I'm fine Save your pennies and your pity Save them all for pauper's wine Save for pauper's wine Help me up, help me off Merge through the exit in three quarters of a mile She was the light of day, but she was never mine Took just enough to make me smile In the dark, I know that's where she kept me And it never bothered me, until the light Shining, I can handle the truth I said Passed me by one too many times Wick gets old but I'm doing fine, doing fine Save your pennies, save your pity Save them all for pauper's wine, save for pauper's wine [Solo] Blinker's on the blink I think and chuckle to myself With the nova through you Gas 'er up and never stop until she drinks the bottle drop I'm feeling right 7. Acrophobia "Dream while you can" I was saying As the hurricane approached us from the east Sleep in your eyes was all the medicine you needed And your fever decreased You're a little high Just a little scared and a little cold Loosen up those legs at the open sky Let it all unfold I wouldn't hold you down I guess it's not my way But you refuse to cry And then you fall behind "Sleep while you can" I was saying As the hurricane approached us from the west Dream if you can Of all the worlds that open up to you When you are at rest You're a little high Just a little scared and a little cold Loosen up... at the open sky Let it all unfold I wouldn't hold you down I guess it's not my way First you refuse to cry And then you fall behind [Solo] I'd never hold you down You know it's not my way First you refused to cry And then you fall behind 8. Murray The Mover Hey you've got some and... Mama, you've got some, I'm begging baby please No, don't you drop me, just telling you what I know Girl you know you've got some So come on mama let's go ....'s finally brought you out I'm looking you up, looking you up, girl you're found Tell me, tell me are you down We're taking a ride, taking a ride Damn, got both hands tied up with fascination Have another goddamn drink to help my concentration Yes I'm working you into a fever pitch Baby you've just got to admit I'm one slick son of a bitch I'm Murray the mover Your worry soother Dig my maneuvers Now I'm talking you're listening to what I say Girl I gotta wonder why you seem to be getting up and walking away Soon you'll miss me, I'm willing to be kind Yeah... you'll see the sign ... has finally brought you home I'm looking you up, looking you up, girl you're found Tell me, tell me are you down We're taking a ride, taking a ride I'm Murray the mover Your worry soother Dig my maneuver [Harmonica Solo] [Guitar Solo] Hey... now I got your attention baby Layin' off or richochetin', there's got to be a better way Are you little just asleep Still water's running deeper Still water's running deeper Still water's running deeper Still water's running deeper [A few more times.....!] I'm Murray the mover Your worry soother, yeah you know I'm just a groover Dig my maneuver, you know you've got to [Fade out] 9. In A Turn It's a wonder, wide eyed wonder You're just a nickle away Living in your shadow all this time Always loved your kind of leaving I ain't got nothing to say But I'm saying nothing anyway The clock on the wall is crooked, your time is running out I suck down the deadly coffee wasting in your cup The back of my neck is itching, look me in the eye Not such an easy matter, it takes you by surprise Like a pistol, something's backfired I never promised a thing Can you build a bridge and never cross? First a whisper, nervous laughter And then the shock of the sting Toss me right and left me at a loss The back of my neck is itching, look me in the eye Not such an easy matter, it takes you by surprise The clock on the wall is crooked, your time is running out I suck down the deadly coffee cooling in your cup It's just remarkable the way she turns away Then turns her back again, am I lover am I friend? Nothing is so neatly planned Pull my teeth out of your hand [Solo] What's a boy, what's a boy supposed to say When his pride is shaking and his courage slips away? What's a girl, what's a girl supposed to do In a turn of the watch...? It's a wonder, wide-eyed wonder That you turn away Turn away From me 10. The Trellis Under the overpass tossing lit matches around You burned my favourite shirt, ended up on the ground You ended up on the ground That was when All the days Went to one In a haze And we never had to try..... Down by the ocean we watch as the sun hits the waves Dark in the twilight, I don't see you slipping away Dark in the twilight, I don't see you slipping away That was then And we knew Wouldn't end Believed it too When you said We were kin Made me proud That was then... And we never had to try Never saw the gap until we could fit inside [Solo] So we never had to try Never saw the gap until we could fit inside Last time I saw you you looked like a dog in the rain Greetings were murmured and then we just walked on again Then we just walked on again So it goes As we age Chapter's end Flip the page No surprise Not much pain I'll survive If I don't see you again 11. The Next Room Over [Instrumental] 12. Rubber Crutch Turn around, not looking at me kindly View me as a party to be shamed Pour me out, fill the moat so dear to your mama Pray aloud for a lamb to lead astray Lies and warnings Greying men, wringing hands Lies and warnings All the heads are in the sand Gravity - tore the door so slowly In position - for a speedy escape Stare - I've stared for an hour or more How much longer will it take? Lies and warnings Greying men, wringing hands Lies and warnings All the heads are in the sand Is there a reason that compels you to avow? You've got to squander your days I know you're worried for my eternal soul But mama, I don't want to stay [Solo] Lies and warnings Idiots, Uncle Sam Lies and warnings Let them show you to the promised land Is there a reason not to turn the corner 'round Must we piss away the day? I know you're worried for my eternal soul But mama I just want to play Is this the way that you will murder your mind The lie on which you depend? There's lots of people that you can't stand... Ride up to the end Ride up to the end Ride up to the end