Soundtracks

He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble

Strung out on the high wire

Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger

A legend for the wild west end

So when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans

Only one thing left to do

Take a breath slide away Quicksilver

The clean cut easy way through



It's no Easy Rider ain't no Midnight Cowboy

Took his place at the starting line

Cos he left you behind with his reputation

Lone Ranger still fresh in our minds

So when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the angles

And you've worked out what you wanted to do

Take a breath slide away Quicksilver

The only style that you ever knew

That you ever knew



Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhere

Everyone's needing someone to look up to

Everyone's looking for somebody's hero

Are they nowhere to be found?

- Are they nowhere to be found?



With the high heels clicking out the avenue semaphore

Tapping out a serious distress

To yesterdays zeros those reluctant young heroes

Need a light to lead them out of this mess

So when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans

Only one thing left to do

Take a breath slide away Quicksilver

It's a clean cut easy way through



He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble

Strung up on the high wire

Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger

A legend for the wild west end

So when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the angles

And you've worked out what you wanted to do

Take a breath slide away Quicksilver

The only style that you ever knew

That you ever knew



Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhere

Everyone's needing someone to look up to

Everyone's looking for somebody's hero

Are they nowhere to be found?

You call this victory you say the battle's won

You call this justice when without her there's no sun

You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind

I call this madness looking from the other side



When this thing started

It was more than just a dream, that kept us warm

Through every crazy moment we pushed on

Searching for the perfect sky

To be as one again

As one together we would fly



You call this victory you say the battle's won

You call this justice when without her there's no sun

You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind

I call this madness looking from the other side



Now I must get ready

To face up to what I see now is the truth

I need to see your eyes again on fire

And hear the beating of your heart

We had so little time

So little time for turning back

I know it's oh so easy to forget

And I know it's oh so easy to regret

And maybe time can take this fear away

Reminding me you were so sure

You had the key and you had found the door

Hey lady -



You call this victory you say the battle's won

You call this justice when without her there's no sun

You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind

I call this madness looking from the other side



You call this victory...

The stars ignite as the sun sets

And disappears in a river of dancing molten gold

In the moon rise the lion steps out tonight



No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again

No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains



The office walls are closing in

As the telex machines perversely sing ignored

You're hypnotised and the lion roars within



No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again

No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains

Why are we here? Not just to live and breathe

I cannot sleep, I need the beast

I need some action, I need destruction

I'll return to the wild, I'll return to the child I said

No sense of emotion adrift in the ocean

Here we are knee-deep in stars, knee-deep in stars



City nights caressed in a shroud

All is quiet and the silence is tentatively loud

You kiss the streets as you crawl on your hands and feet



No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again

No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains



Why are we here? Not just to live and breathe

I cannot sleep, I need the beast

I need some action, I need destruction

I'll return to the wild, I'll return to the child I said

No sense of emotion adrift in the ocean

Here we are knee-deep in stars, knee-deep in stars



Moving in the darkness

Phosphorus eyes, jungle pride

A glisten of madness, a wave of sadness

The lion never sleeps, he's never at peace

He stalks so boldly, so nervous, so coldly

Vicious serenity, perverse intensity

Head bowed stretched proudly, embrace the earth

Same blood, same soul, same breath, same goal



The office walls are closing in, feel the sensation

Telex machines perversely sing raw communication

And you're hypnotised, a transformation

The lion steps out tonight



And you kiss the damp streets with ease

As you crawl on your hands and feet

Naked is the beast and the beast is forever free

You are the lion, you are the lion of symmetry

Golden warrior savage, savage creature

You are the lion, you are the lion of symmetry



No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again

No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains...