Gary Numan
Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an influential… Read Full Bio ↴Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958) is an influential English singer, composer, and musician. Most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (when in Tubeway Army) and "Cars", Numan achieved his peak of mainstream popularity in the late 70s and early 80s but maintains a loyal cult following. Numan, whose signature sound consists of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals, is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music.
Both Numan's music and his transgressive public image are known for his sense of alien coldness and embrace of avant-garde influences. Becoming of the founding fathers of electronic-based pop music, Numan's reach extends far beyond his lone American hit, “Cars,” which still stands as one of the defining new wave singles. That seminal track helped usher in the synthpop era on both sides of the Atlantic, especially his native England, where he was a genuine pop star and consistent hit-maker during the early 80s. Even after new wave had mostly petered out, Numan’s influence continued to make itself felt. His dark, paranoid vision, theatrically icy persona, and clinical, robotic sound were echoed strongly in the work of many goth rock and (especially) industrial artists during the past several decades. For his part, Numan just kept on recording, and, by the late 90s, he’d become a hip name to drop. Prominent alternative rock bands have covered his hits, with Numan himself playing live with Nine Inch Nails briefly to much acclaim, and a goth-flavored brand of industrial-type music christened darkwave looks to him as its mentor.
Numan was born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958, in Hammersmith, West London, U.K. A shy child, music brought him out of his shell; he began playing guitar in his early teens and played in several short-lived bands. Inspired by the amateurism of the punk movement, he joined a punk rock group called "The Lasers" in 1976. The following year, he and bassist Paul Gardiner split off to form a new group, dubbed "Tubeway Army", with drummer Bob Simmonds. They recorded a couple of singles under futuristic pseudonyms (Valerium [or Valerian], Scarlett, and Rael, respectively) that attempted to match their new interest in synthesizers. Scrapping that idea, Webb rechristened himself Gary Numan and replaced Simmonds with his uncle Jess Lidyard. Thus constituted, "Tubeway Army" cut a set of "punk-meets-Kraftwerk" demos for Beggars Banquet in early 1978. That work ended up being released several years later as 'The Plan'.
That summer, Numan sang a TV commercial jingle for jeans, and toward the end of the year the group’s debut album, 'Tubeway Army', appeared. Chiefly influenced by Kraftwerk and David Bowie’s Berlin-era collaborations with Brian Eno, the album also displayed Numan’s fascination with the electronic, experimental side of glam rock (such as in some works by Roxy Music and Ultravox) and Krautrock (such as in some works by Can). He also drew much influence from transgressive science fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick, people who challenged conventional thinking through exploring the affects of new technology.
The group’s second album, 'Replicas', was released in early 1979. Its accompanying single, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?", was a left-field smash, topping the UK charts and sending 'Replicas' to number one on the album listings as well. The record also included “Down in the Park", an oft-covered song that stands as one of Numan’s most 'gothic' outings.
Numan had become a star overnight, despite critical distaste for any music so heavily reliant on synthesizers, and he formed a larger backing band that replaced "Tubeway Army", keeping Gardiner on bass. "The Pleasure Principle" was released in the fall of 1979 and spawned Numan’s international hit “Cars”, which reached the American Top Ten and hit number one in the UK; the album also became Numan’s second straight British number one. He put together a hugely elaborate, futuristic stage show and went on a money-losing tour, and also began to indulge his hobby as an amateur pilot with his newfound wealth.
Numan returned in the fall of 1980 with "Telekon", his third straight chart-topping album in Britain, and scored two Top Ten hits with “We Are Glass” and “I Die: You Die”; “This Wreckage” later reached the Top 20.
In 1981, Numan announced his retirement from live performance, playing several farewell concerts just prior to the release of "Dance". While "Dance" and its lead single, “She’s Got Claws”, were both climbing into the British Top Ten, Numan attempted to fly around the world, but in a bizarre twist was arrested in India on suspicion of spying and smuggling. The charges were dropped, although authorities confiscated his plane. His retirement proved short-lived, but when he returned in 1982 with "I, Assassin", some of his popularity had dissipated - perhaps because of the retirement announcement, perhaps because the charts were overflowing with synthpop, much of which was already expanding on Numan’s early innovations (which were starting to sound repetitive). "I, Assassin" was another Top Ten album, and “We Take Mystery (To Bed)” another major hit, but in general Numan’s singles were starting to slip on the charts; the title track of 1983’s "Warriors" became his last British Top Twenty hit (excluding reissues and collaborations).
Numan and Beggars Banquet subsequently parted ways, and Numan formed his own Numa label, kicking things off with "Berserker" in late 1984. Sadly, longtime collaborator "Paul Gardiner" died earlier that year from a drug overdose. 1985’s "The Fury" became the final Numan album to reach the British Top 30. Over the next few years, Numan collaborated occasionally with "Shakatak’s" Bill Sharpe, releasing four singles and one album from 1985-1989.
Following 1986’s "Strange Charm", Numan signed with IRS, but the relationship was fraught with discord from the start. IRS forced Numan to change the title of 1988’s "Metal Rhythm" to "New Anger" for his first North American release since 1981 (and also remixed several tracks), refused to release his soundtrack for the film "The Unborn", and would not fund any supporting tours for "New Anger" or 1991’s "Outland". When his contract expired, Numan returned to Numa for 1992’s "Machine + Soul".
1994 brought the release of the industrial-tinged "Sacrifice", the first glimmering of Numan’s return to critical favor and underground hipness. Over the next few years, bands like "Hole", "The Foo Fighters", and "Smashing Pumpkins" covered Numan songs in concert, and Marilyn Manson recorded “Down in the Park” for the B-side of the “Lunchbox” single; moreover, "Nine Inch Nails" cited Numan as an important influence. With his fan base refreshed and expectations raised, Numan delved deeper into gothic, metal-tinged industrial dance on 1997’s "Exile". However, he didn’t truly hit his stride in this newly adopted style until 2000’s "Pure", which was acclaimed as his best work in years and expanded his cult following into new territory.
In 2003, Numan enjoyed fleeting chart success once again with the "Gary Numan vs Rico" single “Crazier”, reaching No.13 in the U.K. chart. Rico, who is an up and coming artist from Glasgow, also worked on the remix album "Hybrid" which featured reworkings of older songs in a more contemporary industrial style. In 2004 Numan took control of his own business affairs again, launching the label Mortal Records and releasing a series of live DVDs as a precursor to his highly anticipated new studio album, "Jagged" which was released on 13 March 2006. An album launch gig took place at "The Forum, London" on 18 March 2006. Numan announced a UK tour commencing in April 2006 and plans to tour other countries, including the USA, during the year in support of the release. Numan also to launched a "Jagged" website to showcase the new album.
Numan contributed vocals to four tracks on the April 2007 release of Ade Fenton’s debut solo album "Artificial Perfect" on his new industrial/electronic label Submission, including songs “The Leather Sea”, “Slide Away”, “Recall” and the first single to be taken from the album, “Healing”. The second single to be released in the UK was “The Leather Sea” on July 30, 2007.
In 2008, he released a double CD remix album "Jagged Edge", based around 2006’s critically acclaimed "Jagged", co-produced with Ade Fenton. The pair are currently in the studio working on Numan’s 18th studio album "Splinter", due for release in 2009.
While Numan is known for his electronic music innovations, he prefers real instruments. He explained in an interview with Songfacts: "I didn't go the technology route wholeheartedly, the way Kraftwerk had done. I considered it to be a layer. I added to what we already had, and I wanted to merge that. There's plenty of things about guitar players, and bass players, and songs I really love that I didn't particularly want to get rid of. The only time I did get rid of guitars was on Pleasure Principle, and that was in fact a reaction to the press. I got a huge amount of hostility from the British press, particularly, when I first became successful. And Pleasure Principle was the first album I made after that success happened. I became successful in the early part of '79 and Pleasure Principle came out in the end of '79, in the UK, anyway. And there was a lot of talk about electronic music being cold and weak and all that sort of stuff. So I made Pleasure Principle to try to prove a point, that you could make a contemporary album that didn't have guitar in it, but still had enough power and would stand up well. That's the only reason that album didn't have guitar in it. But apart from that one album they've all had guitars - that was the blueprint."
The official website can be found here: www.garynuman.co.uk
Both Numan's music and his transgressive public image are known for his sense of alien coldness and embrace of avant-garde influences. Becoming of the founding fathers of electronic-based pop music, Numan's reach extends far beyond his lone American hit, “Cars,” which still stands as one of the defining new wave singles. That seminal track helped usher in the synthpop era on both sides of the Atlantic, especially his native England, where he was a genuine pop star and consistent hit-maker during the early 80s. Even after new wave had mostly petered out, Numan’s influence continued to make itself felt. His dark, paranoid vision, theatrically icy persona, and clinical, robotic sound were echoed strongly in the work of many goth rock and (especially) industrial artists during the past several decades. For his part, Numan just kept on recording, and, by the late 90s, he’d become a hip name to drop. Prominent alternative rock bands have covered his hits, with Numan himself playing live with Nine Inch Nails briefly to much acclaim, and a goth-flavored brand of industrial-type music christened darkwave looks to him as its mentor.
Numan was born Gary Anthony James Webb on March 8, 1958, in Hammersmith, West London, U.K. A shy child, music brought him out of his shell; he began playing guitar in his early teens and played in several short-lived bands. Inspired by the amateurism of the punk movement, he joined a punk rock group called "The Lasers" in 1976. The following year, he and bassist Paul Gardiner split off to form a new group, dubbed "Tubeway Army", with drummer Bob Simmonds. They recorded a couple of singles under futuristic pseudonyms (Valerium [or Valerian], Scarlett, and Rael, respectively) that attempted to match their new interest in synthesizers. Scrapping that idea, Webb rechristened himself Gary Numan and replaced Simmonds with his uncle Jess Lidyard. Thus constituted, "Tubeway Army" cut a set of "punk-meets-Kraftwerk" demos for Beggars Banquet in early 1978. That work ended up being released several years later as 'The Plan'.
That summer, Numan sang a TV commercial jingle for jeans, and toward the end of the year the group’s debut album, 'Tubeway Army', appeared. Chiefly influenced by Kraftwerk and David Bowie’s Berlin-era collaborations with Brian Eno, the album also displayed Numan’s fascination with the electronic, experimental side of glam rock (such as in some works by Roxy Music and Ultravox) and Krautrock (such as in some works by Can). He also drew much influence from transgressive science fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick, people who challenged conventional thinking through exploring the affects of new technology.
The group’s second album, 'Replicas', was released in early 1979. Its accompanying single, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?", was a left-field smash, topping the UK charts and sending 'Replicas' to number one on the album listings as well. The record also included “Down in the Park", an oft-covered song that stands as one of Numan’s most 'gothic' outings.
Numan had become a star overnight, despite critical distaste for any music so heavily reliant on synthesizers, and he formed a larger backing band that replaced "Tubeway Army", keeping Gardiner on bass. "The Pleasure Principle" was released in the fall of 1979 and spawned Numan’s international hit “Cars”, which reached the American Top Ten and hit number one in the UK; the album also became Numan’s second straight British number one. He put together a hugely elaborate, futuristic stage show and went on a money-losing tour, and also began to indulge his hobby as an amateur pilot with his newfound wealth.
Numan returned in the fall of 1980 with "Telekon", his third straight chart-topping album in Britain, and scored two Top Ten hits with “We Are Glass” and “I Die: You Die”; “This Wreckage” later reached the Top 20.
In 1981, Numan announced his retirement from live performance, playing several farewell concerts just prior to the release of "Dance". While "Dance" and its lead single, “She’s Got Claws”, were both climbing into the British Top Ten, Numan attempted to fly around the world, but in a bizarre twist was arrested in India on suspicion of spying and smuggling. The charges were dropped, although authorities confiscated his plane. His retirement proved short-lived, but when he returned in 1982 with "I, Assassin", some of his popularity had dissipated - perhaps because of the retirement announcement, perhaps because the charts were overflowing with synthpop, much of which was already expanding on Numan’s early innovations (which were starting to sound repetitive). "I, Assassin" was another Top Ten album, and “We Take Mystery (To Bed)” another major hit, but in general Numan’s singles were starting to slip on the charts; the title track of 1983’s "Warriors" became his last British Top Twenty hit (excluding reissues and collaborations).
Numan and Beggars Banquet subsequently parted ways, and Numan formed his own Numa label, kicking things off with "Berserker" in late 1984. Sadly, longtime collaborator "Paul Gardiner" died earlier that year from a drug overdose. 1985’s "The Fury" became the final Numan album to reach the British Top 30. Over the next few years, Numan collaborated occasionally with "Shakatak’s" Bill Sharpe, releasing four singles and one album from 1985-1989.
Following 1986’s "Strange Charm", Numan signed with IRS, but the relationship was fraught with discord from the start. IRS forced Numan to change the title of 1988’s "Metal Rhythm" to "New Anger" for his first North American release since 1981 (and also remixed several tracks), refused to release his soundtrack for the film "The Unborn", and would not fund any supporting tours for "New Anger" or 1991’s "Outland". When his contract expired, Numan returned to Numa for 1992’s "Machine + Soul".
1994 brought the release of the industrial-tinged "Sacrifice", the first glimmering of Numan’s return to critical favor and underground hipness. Over the next few years, bands like "Hole", "The Foo Fighters", and "Smashing Pumpkins" covered Numan songs in concert, and Marilyn Manson recorded “Down in the Park” for the B-side of the “Lunchbox” single; moreover, "Nine Inch Nails" cited Numan as an important influence. With his fan base refreshed and expectations raised, Numan delved deeper into gothic, metal-tinged industrial dance on 1997’s "Exile". However, he didn’t truly hit his stride in this newly adopted style until 2000’s "Pure", which was acclaimed as his best work in years and expanded his cult following into new territory.
In 2003, Numan enjoyed fleeting chart success once again with the "Gary Numan vs Rico" single “Crazier”, reaching No.13 in the U.K. chart. Rico, who is an up and coming artist from Glasgow, also worked on the remix album "Hybrid" which featured reworkings of older songs in a more contemporary industrial style. In 2004 Numan took control of his own business affairs again, launching the label Mortal Records and releasing a series of live DVDs as a precursor to his highly anticipated new studio album, "Jagged" which was released on 13 March 2006. An album launch gig took place at "The Forum, London" on 18 March 2006. Numan announced a UK tour commencing in April 2006 and plans to tour other countries, including the USA, during the year in support of the release. Numan also to launched a "Jagged" website to showcase the new album.
Numan contributed vocals to four tracks on the April 2007 release of Ade Fenton’s debut solo album "Artificial Perfect" on his new industrial/electronic label Submission, including songs “The Leather Sea”, “Slide Away”, “Recall” and the first single to be taken from the album, “Healing”. The second single to be released in the UK was “The Leather Sea” on July 30, 2007.
In 2008, he released a double CD remix album "Jagged Edge", based around 2006’s critically acclaimed "Jagged", co-produced with Ade Fenton. The pair are currently in the studio working on Numan’s 18th studio album "Splinter", due for release in 2009.
While Numan is known for his electronic music innovations, he prefers real instruments. He explained in an interview with Songfacts: "I didn't go the technology route wholeheartedly, the way Kraftwerk had done. I considered it to be a layer. I added to what we already had, and I wanted to merge that. There's plenty of things about guitar players, and bass players, and songs I really love that I didn't particularly want to get rid of. The only time I did get rid of guitars was on Pleasure Principle, and that was in fact a reaction to the press. I got a huge amount of hostility from the British press, particularly, when I first became successful. And Pleasure Principle was the first album I made after that success happened. I became successful in the early part of '79 and Pleasure Principle came out in the end of '79, in the UK, anyway. And there was a lot of talk about electronic music being cold and weak and all that sort of stuff. So I made Pleasure Principle to try to prove a point, that you could make a contemporary album that didn't have guitar in it, but still had enough power and would stand up well. That's the only reason that album didn't have guitar in it. But apart from that one album they've all had guitars - that was the blueprint."
The official website can be found here: www.garynuman.co.uk
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'u' Got The Look You walked in I woke up I've never seen a pretty girl…
(Interval 1) I saw him turn on Like a machine in the park Saying…
1999 I was dreamin' when I wrote this Forgive me if it…
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Absolution I would swim across oceans Just to talk with you I would…
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America I'm in a car And I'm over you I'm a passenger And I'm…
An Alien Cure So I wandered like Jesus Like an alien cure Searching for my…
Ancients All I know is you're not with me, Like me. All I…
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Are You are you are Hopefully mistaken Like old ties You'll soon…
Are "Friends" Electric It's cold outside And the paint's peeling off of my walls Th…
Are You Real No one's alive You could almost be me What do you mean "O…
Are You Real? No one's alive You could almost be me What do you mean "Oh,…
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Before You Hate It Here it comes again That old familiar pain Here it comes aga…
Berserker (I've been waiting for you Do you want to come Do you…
Betrayed You were young, so I breathed for you You were pure,…
Big Black Sea I left a rose at the bottom of the big…
Big Noise Transmission Did I ever tell you what happened before? I was walking…
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Blind I Put my fear back in its box And I Put…
Blue Eyes Well you're pretty quick to say you love me But I've…
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Broken If you had seen You'd understand If you had seen You'll brea…
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Check It Something isn't right I get the feeling I'm not driving So…
Child With the Ghost Nothing I can say Can make your picture talk I feel so…
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Crash Don't things change Don't we all What's it like to crash? T…
Crazier The more I take a look inside, the more I'm…
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Creatures I need it The sex skin habit You could just crawl out And…
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Cry I don't cry Or forget I'll cut my picture on your heart No…
Cry the Clock Said Why cry now It's over Feelings change How are you How am I C…
Dance When I think of what he's done I can dance, dance,…
Dark I've been waiting here Waiting for faith And the word to fal…
Dark Sunday You're like poison You smile at me Talk of love. 'He' will f…
Dead Heaven Thought I was asleep Lost to dreams I was dying in a…
Dead Sun Rising We come; we go; we can remember "The Dark" No songs;…
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Devotion Charm up, strange down Old face, new sound. Same kick, same …
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Do You Need the Service? Do you need the service Do you need to call me…
Do Your Best See the strange boy keeping to the shadows He's a very…
Dominion Day In my darkness I hear Jesus crying In my darkness I see chil…
Don't Call My Name Don't look for me Don't call my name Don't wait for time Don…
Down in the Park Down in the park Where the mach-men meet the machines And pl…
Dream Killer So I've seen my future And I've seen dream killers And I've…
Emotion Look up Look down I've seen it all before I need emotion Lo…
Empty Bed Empty Heart You let me down How cold love can be I've…
Engineers All that we are Is all that we need to be All…
Every Day I Die The problems of need I need you Obscene dreams in Rusty b…
Everyday I Die The problems of need I need you Obscene dreams in Rusty beds…
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Heart Does she make you laugh? Does she make you cry? Does she…
Heaven Thought I was asleep Lost to dreams I was dying in a…
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Here in the Black Here in the black there's a feeling of loss But it's…
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I Assassin We are assassins We are not evil We act with reason and…
I Can I've been there and seen it I've been up and down And…
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I Can't Stop I've been there and seen it I've been up and down And…
I Cant Breathe I'm scared to sleep, I'm scared to dream I'm scared to…
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I Die : You Die This is not love This is not even worth a point…
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Jagged They say I'm unforgiven and I have to pay Like I'm…
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Like a Refugee Treated like a refugee Never seems to be a place for…
Listen To My Voice Listen to my voice And please try to understand The one you…
Listen to the Sirens "Flow my tears" the new police song The slogan of peace…
Little Invitro I can't believe That you're gone and we're alone I can't bel…
London Times London times Hear they were the golden times Captured all th…
Losing Myself In You You will always be mine If I never let you out…
Lost So are we over? Is this our end of days? Are we…
Love And Napalm Call me Deadliner Nothing in here but dust. Are you afraid d…
Love Hurt Bleed Love seems all I want Love seems all I need Love seems…
Love Is Like Clock Law This heart is empty I've barely hidden memories I've found a…
Love Isolation These are words Just for you Only words But it's all I can…
Love Like Anthrax I've seen enough of life, Enough to last a lifetime. I've se…
Love Needs No Disguise She dances He watches She sighs Remember Love needs no disgu…
M. E And m.e. I eat dust We're all so run down I'd call…
M.E And m.e. I eat dust We're all so run down I'd call…
M.E. And m.e. I eat dust We're all so run down I'd call…
Machine & Soul She likes film Pictures too A friend of mine Something new …
Magic When I sleep I slide into Some heaven But no one is there. …
ME And m.e. I eat dust We're all so run down I'd call…
Me I Disconnect From You The alarm rang for days You could tell from conversations …
Me! I Disconnect From You The alarm rang for days You could tell from conversations I …
Mean Street My friends have Been demoted to Stay Second class Someone t…
Melt Sometimes I wonder if God laughs at me I hear His…
Mercy Oh no I should have told you Be carfeful what you wish…
Metal We're in the building Where they make us grow And I'm fright…
Metal Beat Nobody knew me so I bought some time. An hour or…
Miracles I don't believe in miracles I don't believe in forgiving I d…
Moral These new romantics are oh so boring I could swear I've…
Music for Chameleons At 4 o'clock we land And I'll wave my flag for…
My Breathing Assassination of the voice of God I don't know if I…
My Brother's Time Sometimes they try to forget and sometimes they do Giving lo…
My Car Slides My car slides My last words are: 'Help. Mother I'm...' …
My Centurion Somewhere in Dark corners I know Something is wrong. No fe…
My Dying Machine No more questions No more answers All that's left isn't ther…
My Dying Machine (A Side) Why give orders? Why give speeches? No more questions No mo…
My Jesus My Jesus is like a voice in the dark My Jesus…
My Last Day I'd like to watch you grow tall, it can never…
My Love Is a Liquid Can you see her little eyes? Can you see her little…
My Name Is Ruin When they called me broken, I knew When they called me…
My Shadow In Vain Stroll to the café my God how time flies And I…
My World Storm This is new vengeance. I like noise I suck art I like roman…
Nameless and Forgotten This is worst day Say we are new We are strong we…
New Anger I've read the papers Look at this They say that I'm all…
New Thing From London Town New thing from London Town Refugees of broken sound The soun…
Night Talk Boys watch from windows tonight I'm not surpriesed to see yo…
Noise Noise What's it to you If I feel now Just a face in…
Not the Love We Dream Of Sometimes things don't work out the way you planned Sometime…
O.D. Receiver Heartbeat I can't see you Heartbeat I can hear you I fee…
Observer I could stand here for days Or I could stand here…
Oceans Gary Numan Miscellaneous Oceans [instrumental] [instrum…
Oh 2025 I know a time called then When we were only men…
Oh! Didn't I Say Hollow Faces staring through my window Sometimes I can pl…
On Broadway They say the neon lights are bright On Broadway They say…
One Perfect Lie One. One perfect lie. Was it told too soon? And one, one…
Only a Downstat Only a downstat Personality problem He would say things like…
Out of Sight I don't wanna hear you talk And I don't wanna…
Outland I'm in Outland Sex tension She whispers things I need Look …
Play Like God I was young I was cold but not insane I had one…
Please Push No More Now I'm behind glass I'll talk to you The telephone lines bl…
Poetry and Power This is nostalgia And o.b. the hero Fights for me And you de…
Poison Help me I'm in disgrace Witness slow death All over my face …
Pray Listen to my voice. We are gathered here today To speak of…
Pray for the Pain You Serve I belong here where the world ends I belong here where…
Praying to the Aliens Slowly the thought "There is no one to replace" Came into vi…
Pressure Here is my Small black box Filled with hurt Sent by you Her…
Prophecy We are deceived Valhalla is falling We are betrayed We are l…
Pump It Up Send in someone else I'm tired of romance They call me 'the…
Pure I want to feel you hesitate I want to feel you…
Radio Heart I lose myself in the night Walking the streets in the…
Remember I Was Vapour [Chorus] There's nothing here but us There's nothing here bu…
Remind Me To Smile We'll take a taxi to the show We could report by…
Replicas It was hard to avoid I suppose it was the shame But…
Respect That's OK If that's the way you wanna play it I don't…
Respect - Live 1Nineteen-seventy somethin', nigga I don't sweat the date My…
Resurrection They say I'm unforgiven and I have to pay Like I'm…
Rip I'll get down on my knees I'll do anything I can I'll…
Rumour I listen to rumours Stone cold and bleeding They burn my hea…
Saints And Liars Can you see your fallen God? He's standing next to me,…
Scanner I would take your place If your world fell down I would…
Scar I'm not Crawling around Looking for a friend. I'm not Thinki…
Shame I've done things God should've questioned But I don't care. …
She You are distraction Like pictures on the wall I don't like e…
She Cries I know how to read alone Here in the dark some…
She Got Claws You are distraction Like pictures on the wall I don't like e…
She's Got Claws You are distraction Like pictures on the wall I don't like…
Sister Surprise We are Walking nostalgia Like old movies for real Look at me…
Slave Here in this room I'm a slave to your voice I wait…
Sleep By Windows You can cry by my window You can crawl on the…
Slowcar to China She'll take a slowcar to China She'll pay the rent for…
Something's in the House Memories lost in faded films of my life And a friend…
Soul Protection Johnny's got a job Spreading the cure Self employed He's a o…
Splinter I believe in the cruelty of man I believe in all…
Steel and You It's so quiet and dark And I shouldn't be here This machine…
Stories She sits in the corner Where it's reasonably quiet Drinking …
Stormtrooper in Drag So here am I Quite by chance near the phone I could…
Strange Charm I don't know I don't know The dream was everything I don't…
Telekon Where is my outline I start to fade No concentration means…
That I look up and the camera eye is Searching my room The…
The 1930's Rust Listen good Don't cry for me Don't cry anymore Now just shu…
The Aircrash Bureau Hello, I'm the aircrash bureau I bet you're so surprised to…
The Angel I won't pray here Or bow my head I won't praise your…
The Angel Wars I won't pray here Or bow my head I won't praise your…
The Calling You don't hear me You don't see me You don't even know…
The Chosen Do you need one more sign? A gift for the old? Can…
The Crazies Here in my room Where the paint dries like your face I'm…
The Dark In Me Something calls me From a dark place And so I pray every…
The Dream Police The dream police Slogan, what is on your mind? The airwave…
The End of Dragons Sometimes, when I'm sleeping I can hear your song Sometimes,…
The End of Things Is that a voice calling me softly? Nothing in here is…
The Fall Put your hate in a box See how it bleeds for…
The Fear I'm waiting, I'm waiting for something to pray I'm losing, I…
The God Film She's like death on two legs She is raw pink shame Please…
The Hunter I'm in a big clean room There's blood on my shirt I'm…
The Iceman Comes The iceman comes Someone is out there They'll wait and won…
The Image Is I intrude on patience I intrude on young hearts I intrude on…
The Joy Circuit Send in the guards We are all new faces I'm so sorry But…
The Leather Sea She swims across the leather sea Her skin reflects so beauti…
The Life Machine Me I've just died But some machine keeps on humming I'm just…
The Mach Man I saw him turn on Like a machine in the park Saying…
The Machine It's so quiet and dark And I shouldn't be here This machin…
The Machman I saw him turn on Like a machine in the park Saying…
The Monday Troop Final bow In a disused music hall Of laughter and mime Th…
The Need Get the need Get it. I'm in the movies. Hello young thing …
The Pleasure Skin The sound of breathing "Protect the disease in me" she says …
The Rhythm of the Evening Love me I'm cheap to rent You could tell me Of when you…
The Secret We are, we are The machines We'll play 'games' for you. C…
The Seed Of A Lie I'm a ghost in the dark and I'm yours. I belong…
The Skin Game Your welcome to fame Your welcome to try I've been on TV,…
The Sleep Room This is a story And this is a song Every little thing…
The Tick Tock Man Look at your face It's so fortunately arranged Don't look ba…
The Wreckage And what if God's dead? We must have done something wrong Th…
This Disease This disease I'm out of my class This disease I'm needle sic…
This House Is Cold Say And I say 'me' Boys with their ambition The sparkle…
This Is Emotion This is This is emotion calling Inside You don't love me One…
This Is Love This is love This is pain disguised as a dream Memories Are …
This Is My House I read a book About conversation and you I listen to Stories…
This Is My Life I'm not so sure I still want more of this…
This Is New Love We are strangers here I suppose We are not welcome Or so I'm…
This Prison Moon Keep your love songs We've all heard Keep your pictures We'v…
This Wreckage And what if God's dead? We must have done something wrong Th…
Thoughts No. 2 Sometimes I feel I live like a prisoner But I don't know …
Time to Die And I have seen wonders And I have seen miracles Oh, I…
Torn I thought I saw a man brought to life He was…
Törn Silently I wait alone for you I've got to put my…
Tracks Where are the tracks? Where are the lines? Where are…
Tread Careful Tread careful Because you're treading on my dreams. Tread ca…
Tribal I'm standing for someone or something I read it in the…
Tricks Where are the tracks? Where are the lines? Where are the tra…
Truth So I fall Like the rain Sometimes I almost cry again I've s…
U Got the Look You walked in I woke up I've never seen a pretty girl…
Unknown and Hostile Can you feel it? This killing obsession You know we're comin…
Voix I don't like young girls I don't like boys I like some…
Walking In The Shadows Stroll to the café my God how time flies And I…
Walking With Shadows All my life They've been here. Waiting for you. Patiently. …
War Games Stone shapes and me I'll stay now Nothing's forever This tim…
War Song I like new fashion I like old stories Like my sister used…
Warriors I fall down No control somehow No help now My favor slide…
we We are not What you've been waiting for We are not The thing…
We Are Glass We are young we can break Watch us fall We can take…
We Are Glass / Outro We are young, we can break watch us fall We can…
We Are Lost We are lost in the dark We are lost and afraid Cold…
We Are So Fragile We are so fragile Advertising lies That are whiter than yo…
We Are the Lost We are lost in the dark We are lost and afraid Cold…
We Need It We are not What you've been waiting for We are not The thing…
We Take Mystery Confiscate letters like D.E.B. No natural course of things f…
We're the Unforgiven Once there was life and we were strong, full of…
Were the Unforgiven Once there was life and we were strong Full of pride…
What God Intended Save me from the world Oh, save me from your hell Oh,…
When the Sky Bleeds He Will Come I thought I heard someone crying Thought I heard someone cry…
When the World Comes Apart I'm not a hero story I'm not the (??) I'm not everything…
Where I Can Never Be And nothing I say And nothing I can make And nothing I…
Whisper II wonder if at times You ever think of me Or even…
Whisper of Truth So I fall Like the rain Sometimes I almost cry again I've s…
White Boys and Heroes We're in the movies We're heroes We sparkle at night Love a…
Who Are You I don't think I've ever seen your face Who are you? Who…
Wonder Eye And sometimes, When I'm lonely, I think of you And I wonder …
You Are in My Vision Fade to scenes of violence Like a t.v. screen but silent Whe…
You Are You Are You are you are Hopefully mistaken Like old ties You'll soon…
You Walk In My Soul When my eyes first saw you A vision My heart missed a…
Young Heart I'm a hero in a book I'm a picture on your…
Your Fascination My confession I'll steal anything in sight or sound My confe…
Zero Bars My name is Smith Your silence is my trade My name is…