Touching From a Distance

Get weak all the time, may just pass the time,

Me in my own world, yeah you there beside,

The gaps are enormous, we stare from each side,

We were strangers for way too long.

Violent, more violent, his hand cracks the chair,

Moves on reaction, then slumps in despair,

Trapped in a cage and surrendered too soon,

Me in my own world, the one that you knew,

For way too long.

We were strangers for way too long.

We were strangers,

We were strangers for way too long,

For way too long.

Transmission (1978)

Radio, live transmission.

Radio, live transmission.

Listen to the silence, let it ring on.

Eyes, dark grey lenses frightened of the sun.

We would have a fine time living in the night,

Left to blind destruction,

Waiting for our sight.

And we would go on as though nothing was wrong.

And hide from these days we remained all alone.

Staying in the same place, just staying out the time.

Touching from a distance,

Further all the time.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Well I could call out when the going gets tough.

The things that we’ve learnt are no longer enough.

No language, just sound, that’s all we need know,

To synchronise love to the beat of the show.

And we could dance.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, to the radio.

Autosuggestion (1979)

Here, here,

Everything is by design,

Everything is by design.

Here, here,

Everything is kept inside.

So take a chance and step outside,

Your hopes, your dreams, your paradise.

Heroes, idols cracked like ice.

Here, here,

Everything is kept inside.

So take a chance and step outside.

Pure frustration face to face.

A point of view creates more waves,

So take a chance and step outside.

Take a chance and step outside.

Lose some sleep and say you tried.

Meet frustration face to face.

A point of view creates more waves.

So lose some sleep and say you tried.

So lose some sleep and say you tried.

So lose some sleep and say you tried.

So lose some sleep and say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Say you tried.

Yeah, lose some sleep and say you tried.

Yeah, lose some sleep and say you tried.

Yeah, lose some sleep and say you tried.

Yeah, lose some sleep and say you tried.

From Safety to Where ...? (1979)

No I don’t know just why.

No I don’t know just why.

Which way to turn,

I got this ticket to use.

Through childlike ways rebellion and crime,

To reach this point and retreat back again.

The broken hearts,

All the wheels that have turned,

The memories scarred and the vision is blurred.

No I don’t know which way,

Don’t know which way to turn,

The best possible use.

Just passing through, ‘till we reach the next stage.

But just to where, well it’s all been arranged,

Just passing through but the break must be made.

Should we move on or stay safely away?

Through childlike ways rebellion and crime,

To reach this point and retreat back again.

The broken hearts,

All the wheels that have turned,

The memories scarred and the vision is blurred.

Just passing through, ‘till we reach the next stage.

But just to where, well it’s all been arranged.

Just passing through but the break must be made.

Should we move on or stay safely away?

Atmosphere (1979)

Walk in silence,

Don’t walk away, in silence.

See the danger,

Always danger,

Endless talking,

Life rebuilding,

Don’t walk away.

Walk in silence,

Don’t turn away, in silence.

Your confusion,

My illusion,

Worn like a mask of self-hate,

Confronts and then dies.

Don’t walk away.

People like you find it easy,

Naked to see,

Walking on air.

Hunting by the rivers,

Through the streets,

Every corner abandoned too soon,

Set down with due care.

Don’t walk away in silence,

Don’t walk away.

Dead Souls (1979)

Someone take these dreams away,

That point me to another day,

A duel of personalities,

That stretch all true realities.

That keep calling me,

They keep calling me,

Keep on calling me,

They keep calling me.

Where figures from the past stand tall,

And mocking voices ring the halls.

Imperialistic house of prayer,

Conquistadors who took their share.

That keep calling me,

They keep calling me,

Keep on calling me,

They keep calling me.

Calling me, calling me, calling me, calling me.

They keep calling me,

Keep on calling me,

They keep calling me.

They keep calling me.

Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)

When routine bites hard,

And ambitions are low,

And resentment rides high,

But emotions won’t grow,

And we’re changing our ways, taking different roads.

Then love, love will tear us apart again.

Love, love will tear us apart again.

Why is the bedroom so cold?

You’ve turned away on your side.

Is my timing that flawed?

Our respect runs so dry.