the apocalyptic vision of fire bursting from the earth haunts man with the image of all in nature that is beyond his control. in the wake of the united states' recent bombings of nuclear missile silos in the russian tundra, spokespeople from the bulletin of atomic scientists have announced that the doomsday clock will be updated for the final time. we are one second from midnight. this is greg levan for kswd news, signing off.

i'm not scared of death i'm watching the oceans get taller and taller and every word spoken seems to mean less people falling from airplanes and out from the sky came a silence from god because she knows we know we're next ah a little birdy told me not to vex so you can stab me shoot me burn and eat me cut my hair and make my face up doll me up wine and dine me make me feel the way that you do indifference it's only the catalyst its the catalyst yeah if i don't get the shit that i want then you won't get the help that you need king me in my mansion as you floss my teeth i lock up all that you desire and yet you seek to bring me back somehow i'd find it funny if it wasn't so goddamn sad so i'm not scared of death i pray it's my last life i'm holding my breath and i will leave here with nothing left it's worse than we found it this place is a mess worse than we found it this place is a mess worse than we found it this place is a mess a little birdy told me something bad's coming down the canaries in the coal mine are dead and so are the ones above ground a little birdy told me something bad is coming round something bad is coming down something bad is coming down compliance it's only the catalyst it's the catalyst yeah if i don't get the shit that i want then you won't get the help that you need crawling down your chimney where i watch you sleep i have all that you desire and still you seek the newest fad somehow i'd find it funny if it wasn't so goddamn sad

everybody's home and the silence is getting to me everybody's waiting round for the last breath on the last on earth we were all just little dreams in the all-knowing minds of kings now we're tied to this anchor none of them will cut us free there were no cars on the highway tonight because they stayed home singing songs they turn their radios on when they're alone and call their friends up on the phone there were no cars on the highway tonight because they stayed home singing songs they turn their radios on when they're alone and they dance til the pain is gone everybody's gone and the silence won't be treasured so tonight until the end of time we will drown it out forever together in the folding blocks of a distant town the volume is turned up and the lights down in the morning we'll be one with the sea so for one night only dance with me with me with me dance with me dance with me dance with me there were no cars on the highway tonight because they stayed home singing songs they turn their radios on when they're alone and call their friends up on the phone there were no cars on the highway tonight because they stayed home singing songs they turn their radios on when they're alone and they dance until the pain the pain is gone

let's go out tonight i gotta burnt cd and little to prove come on come on dance with me i let you step on me as we lock with the groove you push me up against my car and you look me in the eye and you just drove me crazy you can take me anywhere at anytime i don't mind i don't mind i don't mind great minds think alike everybody wants to dance but they're all so shy everybody needs to move before they all start to cry you all drive me fucking crazy but you can take me anywhere at anytime i'm so alive i'm alive i'm alive great minds think alike baby you got me feeling sick but you can kill me anytime with any knife i'm alive i'm alive i'm alive let's go out tonight you can take me anywhere at anytime let's be there tonight you can take me anywhere at anytime i don't mind i don't mind i don't mind great minds think alike but fools seldom differ you can take me anywhere at anytime i don't mind one two three go oh you can take me anywhere at anytime oh you can take me anywhere at anytime oh you can take me anywhere at anytime yeah you can take me anywhere at anytime everybody wants to dance but the music's so loud maybe we could learn to dance until we forget how (maybe we could learn to dance) (until we forget how) everybody wants to dance but the music's chopped up and the bass bottomed out maybe we could learn to dance until they throw us out (everybody wants to dance) (but the music's chopped up and the bass bottomed out) (maybe we could learn to dance) (until they throw us out) maybe we could learn to dance until they shut us down maybe we could learn to dance until they shut us down (maybe we could learn to dance) (until they shut us down) until they shut us down everybody everybody everybody everybody just drives me fucking crazy but you can take me anywhere at anytime drive over the lines drive over the lines great minds think alike baby you got me feeling dead (dead) but you take me anywhere at anytime i don't mind i don't mind i don't mind (mind) let's go oh let's go out tonight i got a burnt cd and little to prove come on come on dance with me i let you step on me as we lock with the groove

yeah i've never been the kind of man who stands to close to see the screen what he really needs is what's inside of you and me our hope and pride relaxing all his insecurity is sweet but it's just a dream it's just our wicked little dream oh he's never looked better oh but he's never really happy oh he's never looked better oh but he's never really happy it seems so i'll be tired and bored somewhere when he pops into my head think of the tears he shed think of the blood he bled i must remind myself that i am mine i could never be his now you're too close to be let in he said you're not enough to be let out it can make me cry alone some nights and it can make me play the old highlights it can be just enough to drive me from my seat towards the screen our hope and pride relaxing all his insecurities is sweet but it's just a dream it's just our stupid fucking dream oh the times we took for granted oh but were never really happy oh look what's bringing us together oh we were never really happy oh he's never looked better oh but he's never really happy oh he's never looked better oh but he's never really happy it seems

can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows predictable caught by the naked eye you needed further proof just take a look outside powers that be they paint in black and white leave the function all black and blue for your one excluded truth unless they string you along it gets easier when they’re gone your friends, parents, brothers, sisters the ones you fell upon that’s why they chain you when you’re low and ain’t got nothing to eat deal you a shitty hand and expect you not to be beat can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows scared i’ve been here before death knockin at the door fuck that i feel alright knew he’d be here tonight i look around and see so many innocent faces can’t grapple with the fact that tonight they have to face him but fuck a new beginning we wore out our second chances they told y’all what was coming reserving your second glances so i've been waiting on it my whole life the rich ate us and we danced all night can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows can we still be close even as my hostility grows (motherfucker) but not one motherfucker can be more than a dot in a spec on a hair of the host that we rot my blood pressure’s on the ceiling and my heart rate’s a million wanna know where they live so i can show them a villain cause it’s not one motherfucker that can send us to death but it’s that group of motherfuckers we elected to rep for a fuckshit flag on borrowed land on borrowed time with our heads in the sand i know i’m one motherfucker that’s all that i am but i could make my voice louder with a gun in my hand but i could make my voice louder if i cup my hands and we could turn it up to ten if i we all chipped in you can’t keep the world asleep if you work it to death

we have got to say something we know we've been on each others' minds you don't have to ask how I'm doing for me to tell you i'm just fine because if you asked me how i'm doing we know that we'd be here all night nothing is out of the question it's not polite to check the time you don't owe me explanations if i don't meet your expectations you can look me in the eye and see that i'm a waste of your time i thought i felt something there i thought i felt something beautiful for a split second for just a fraction of a second i thought i felt something there for a split second i thought i felt something real i know they're nothing but liars and i've been dying to waste some time we have got to say something we know we've been on each others' minds you don't have to ask how i'm doing for me to tell you i'm just fine because if you asked me how i'm doing we know that we'd be here all night nothing is going to fix me I know that i've been wasting precious time you don’t owe me explanations if i don’t meet your expectations you can look me in the eyes maybe there was nothing there after all maybe there was nothing there after all

can’t afford to be nothing now brother where are you and sister i’m so sorry for all those times i hurt you i was too drunk to speak this profession will
 swallow you and your hopes and dreams it's all swept from beneath me you said you would call me you said you would call me you said you would call me you told me you'd call me you said you would call me you said you would call me you told me that you told me that oh god there's no answer there was nothing else to write about so i picked up bad habits and they called me a junkie avoiding my heart attacks when they told me the world's through like you were in limbo and no one would talk to you (talk to you) and you said you would call me you'd meet me tomorrow there but where did the time go and now we're stuck nowhere i burned into heatstroke and danced til my heart broke and still there's no messages on my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine i was too drunk to speak where the fuck did my keys go i thought you might love me but your feelings are invisible hushed in the night time okay we’re still dreaming thank god you don’t pillow talk cause my name’s lost its meaning you said you would call me you promised you'd call me you told me you’d call me you told me you told me you said you said you would call me you said you would call me you said you would call me you told me that i was too drunk to speak so what the fuck was i thinking when you said you would make the pain go away in exchange for one night alone well i couldn’t tell you no and nothing wouldn't matter once it’s all said and done and we both wished we were dead and started taking tons of drugs and we both wished we could find a way to make ourselves feel loved but it can’t work like that not now not ever again i wish you had called me i wish you had called me i wished you had called me i wished you had called me i wished you had called me you know you could've call me you can always call me i wished you had called i wished you had called me call me when you get there! you said you would call me you’d meet me tomorrow there but where did our hearts go to lead us to nowhere i laughed at an old joke i danced til my heart broke and still there’s no messages on my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine my machine my very own machine where i split myself in half as i broke my fucking back and now out here i can see it meant nothing to you it means nothing to me (jumping off the roof)

how'd i let the days get away from me how the hell did time catch up to me wish me off to someplace clean like a shop selling headchange i promise i i won't be afraid this time because I have learned just to take whatever i can get i don't need a reason to dance i know you're here i feel that glance you shoot me down from across the room i know you're here hey i'm here too i don't need a reason to sing i don't feel fear and you're not so mean you're not so big so bad so brave hey me too we're one in the same but where does all the leftover time go do we just tack that on to the next show played loud to children on ecstasy say "are we as real as we're meant to be" you've heard this song thousands and thousands of times you've had this same bridge vocal beaten into your mind but i don't need a reason to dance you're here with me and we have no plans lets kick our shoes to the corner of the room i'm glad you're here and i'm here too we don't need a reason to be it's all played out it's all been seen you kiss me dead in my grey tomb i'm glad you're here and i'm here too you don't need a reason to cry look up at the light there's nothing in your eye we'll sell our clothes and our records too hey i'm still here and i've got you we don't need a reason to be happy or sad or feelings-free i'm not a great dancer my feet fall through i love you dear i love you too