Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984
Album Name: Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984
Produced By: Various
Release Date: 1985
Record Label: TVT 7035
Tracks:
- (Everyday is) Halloween
- All Day
- The Nature of Love
- Cold Life
- Halloween Remix
- Nature Of Love (Cruelty Mix B)
- All Day (Remix B)
- Cold Life Dub
Well i live with snakes and lizards And other things that go bump in the night Cause to me everyday is halloween I've given up hiding and started to fight Started to fight Well any time any place, anywhere that i go All the people seem to stop and stare They say 'why are you dressed like it's halloween? you look so absurd, you look so obscene' Oh, why can't i live a life for me? Why should i take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world Well i let their teeny minds think That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink And i dress this way just to keep them at bay Cause halloween is everyday it's everyday It's every day Oh, why can't i live a life for me? Why should i take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world Oh, why can't i live a life for me? Why should i take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me I'm not the one that's so absurd Why hide it Why fight it Hurt Feelings Stop Healing Denials Reprisals It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide Ohhh It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide Ohhh Note: Several early demos had this variation on the first verse: I talk with demons and spirits And other things that go bump in the night Cause to me everyday is halloween I've given up hiding and given a fright And the third verse as: I let their teeny minds think That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink And i dress that way in the middle of May Cause halloween is everyday it's everyday And the final chorus as: Oh, why can't i live a life for me? Why should i take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me I'm not the one that's so absurd Why can't they leave me be I'm not so bad as they infer Just dancing on my privacy It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world
All Day
Well i'm hiding my eyes from the morning sun And i keep on working till the work is all done But a voice in my head keeps ticking away As the sweat pours down from yet another day Well he works on And he lives on And he breaks his back without nothing to gain While the boss man sits around and drinks champagne All day In life, there's just one transition All day In life, there's just one decision Well i'm peeling the blisters off a working hand Is that what it takes to make you understand That it's something you read Not something you meant To be slaving away without a shred of intent Well he worked on Oh, and he lived on And he broke his back without nothing to say While the man in control was just laughing away All day In life, there's just one transition All day In life, there's just one decision Life is just one transition Was it something you read Was it something you meant Was it something you said Or was it heaven sent All day x2 All day (you work and you work and you work and) In life, there's just one transition All day (you work and you work and you work and) In life, there's just one decision
The Nature of Love
Love Love is like an open hand Stings a little when it lands Hold me closer Hold me tighter Hold me so damn close that my heart's on fire It's a fantasy It's a nightmare And the whole damn world is walking round in theirs I said love Love is like a razor blade Double edge and double pain Hold me closer Hold me tighter When i rip your flesh and the pain is fresh It's a fantasy It's a nightmare And the whole damn world doesn't seem to care I said love Love is like a butcher knife Double sharp for single lives Hold me closer Hold me tighter As the lights go out and we start to shout It's a fantasy It's a nightmare With a big black bruise and a handful of hair I said love I'm not finished yet Go!
Cold Life
Cold x3 New York New York, it's ? You laugh as people scatter 'bout Surrounded by a veil of stars You realize that your life is dark Earth gets colder every day If scientists could have their way They'd study us from far away And watch as people's minds decay Cold x3 Money's in the hands of fools With swimming pools and low iq's There's nothing to see, nothing to do Buy your stocks and sell your jewels Bill collectors steal my mail My wife and kids are all for sale I hope to god i go to jail And no one can come up with bail Cold Life x4 Cold x3 I can't control my buried thoughts The slightest thing makes me distraught I'm like the people i once fought My every action's being bought Robot trainers earn their pay As mutant kids go out to play It's such a pretty pretty day With orange nights and days of grey cold x3 I've now become a nervous wreck I'm getting closer to my death I keep expecting my last breath As all my friends just laugh and jest The earth is such a filthy place And human such an awful race And i'd rather live in outer space Where death goes at a slower pace Cold Life x4 Note: The original version on the Cold Life 12" repeats the first two verses and the chorus after this.