THE HUMANSToyah Willcox: voice, percussionBill Rieflin: bass, keyboards, guitar, drums, sounds, voiceChris Wong: bass, guitar, drums, percussion, voice

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Brianna Atwell: violin/violaSteve Creswell: violinAlex Guy: violinRich Cole: saxophoneDon Gunn: percussion

All songs composed by Willcox / Rieflin / WongLyrics © Toyah Willcox reproduced with permissionPublished by Copyright Control / Woman On The Moon Publishing

Produced by Bill RieflinRecorded, mixed & co-produced by Don Gunn

Gear: Igor Abuladze, Curt Golden, Nick Harmer, Chris Walla

Principal recording at Studio Litho, SeattleOverdubs & mixing at The Office, SeattleMastering at panicStudios by John McCaig

Toyah thanks: Craig Astley, Rebecca Hough, Robert Fripp, Konrad Pidduck

Bill thanks: Ed Brooks, Shawn Simmons, Jonathan Plum, Geoff Ott, April Acevez

Artwork package: Alan SawyersSleeve photograph: Konrad PuddickArt direction: Toyah Willcox/Craig AstleyBand photography: Dean StockingsStudio photography: Don GunnRelease co-ordination: Craig Astley

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You have my numberCan always find meIn the cloudsAs I’m making my slow descentNo dislocation No severed arteryYour artistry paved the way to this compliment

Eyes have no wordsAnd our eyes that are blind

Have no more of me I’m with the tall treesTouching starsPicking up their miscreantsYou supersize meWalk on boundariesKnowledge is blinded by your brilliance

Mouth that speaks time makes no time at allFeet that divide will walk upon walls

Slow, so slowRunning hardSlow it down

In the clouds As I’m making my slow descentWhat is this trickeryIt feeds beside meLike a leaf, brittle and transient

You have my numberCan always find me

Eyes have no wordsFeet the divide will walk upon wallsSlow, so slowBreathing fastSlow it down

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She staysShe goesShe swaysShe glowsShe humsShe aaahsShe strumsLa la la

Don’t go away

She pleadsShe bleedsShe needsShe cowersShe begsShe screamsShe acts like a dream

Don’t go away

She honesShe moansShe roamsShe growls

Don’t go away

She comesShe goesShe to’sShe fro’s

Don’t go away

I can’t stand here talking when I’ve got to make a move

I can’t stand on corners waiting I’ve got things to do

I can’t stand here talking when I’ve got to make a move

I can’t stand on corners when I’ve got bad things to do

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Get in

Get in your car and drive

Change your playmatesChanging playground Paint a better backdropSubmerged in city soundsStop your excusesDon’t you feel uselessSee the attractionsStart a chain reaction

Good news junkieCraving fast moneyGet in your car and drive

Time turns no tidesHollow belly low lifeWaits for no oneThe moon is a rising sun

Streets are bleedingShadows are meanDrip feed reliefSoft porn insanity

Good news junkieHang em hard honeyGet in your car and driveSelling all and sundryDrip dry funky Get in your car and drive

Gotta runGotta hideGotta get highGotta driveGotta get dryGotta learn all over againGet in your car and drive

Hollow chocco bunnySpirited and funny Dressed in a wet suitWhat has she got to hideDissolved awaySee you in the hazeWe stole those daysOn the streets

Good news junkieJibber jabber monkeyGet in your car and driveSelling all and sundryJittery and spunky

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These beautiful nights These beautiful days

I can’t even remember Who

Those beautiful timesThose beautiful eyes

I can’t even remember WhoAmnesia

Never seen a rockAs hard as you

Never been crushedBy a stone like you

The longest nightsLasted a lifetime

Can’t even rememberAmnesia

Remember Amnesia

I get these little spikesPictures of my lifeI’m oscillating, balancing, spinning, gyroscope

I can’t rememberAmnesia

The longest daysBurning up my memory

Those beautiful nightsBeautiful days

Clasped so tight Couldn’t breathAmnesia

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Melting in the pouring rain

Today she’s wearing this headPretty funny bright young thingIt looks just like her bed headHer down has a vicious swing

From here to hellFrom hell she yells

Today I’m wearing this headIt goes with my underclothesIt’s gloriously undeadI built it new out of old

Memories on a shelf of dreamsFull of hope or so it seems

Eyes look left, eyes look rightGot two arms right by my sideI’m walking with my head held highGod it’s great to be alive

A broken limbA shattered seamStuck upon our needs and thingsA spike upon a city wallAll is not as it……. seems

SmithereensStuck by the glue of destinyWe’re stuck by the glue of ………….

Melting in the pouring rainBED

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I found a new godI found a new toyWith a silicone heartA real sweet boy

He comes bouncing bouncing back to me

I found a new godAnimal boyGets pocket size freaksHe keeps me on my knees

He’s waiting waiting here for me

Do you want to hear an improbable thing

When you put it in your head and your world turns upside downAs it all burns up and lets you in

He said do you wanna feel an improbable thing

I found a new godHe makes me weepYou know that thing, ask and you receive

I found a new godHe knows how to healFeels just like skin, tastes like steel

I found it found it all for me

Do you want to see an impossible thing

When it drops from your pocket and you’re shaking your hands aroundIf you throw it in the air you can hear it sing

He said do you wanna see an impossible thing

Do you want to bean improbable thing

It’s a minute away from being carried along by the soundWhen it falls to the floor do you hear it ring

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Sleep tightDream a thousand dreamsWhere you’re swallowed by the sea

Sleep tightUp tight fist fightDon’t lose your credibility

Sleep tightYour shadow remainsIt’s really in vain

Sleep tightDream a thousand dreamsWhere everything’s the same

If I could do one thing in this lifeIf I could do one thing with my life

Sacrifice

Sleep tightNever get out of bed

Sleep tightDon’t look now You’re gonna lose your head

Sleep tightDream a thousand dreamsDancing on moonbeams

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