Hallucinations

Release Date: November 04, 2003

Where to Buy:

iTunes – UK

Label: EMI Music Canada
Producers: David Usher, Jeff Pearce, Mark Makoway, Byron Wong, Iestyn Polsen

Track Listing (Click song titles to show/hide song lyrics):

Devil By My Side

believe in hope believe in faith believe in things i cant fight
believe in truth believe in slavery but its only the television kind
believe that light will find a way
believe in jets as they blow into the sky
believe in you believe in me
and all of these things
devils by my side
and the freaks are out were in force tonight
and you opened me wide
cause its cold in there and its warm outside

believe that hate will never die
believe in sex and love in a dangerous time
believe in grace and your intelligence
believe in exploring the corners of the mind
believe your truth is not my truth
that god can exist with many faces at one time
believe that we will find a way through all of these things

devils by my side
and the freaks are out were in force tonight
and you opened me wide
cause its cold in there and its warm outside
hard when you realize that youll never have what youre trying to find

believe in hope believe in faith believe in things i cant fight
believe that somewhere ive seen war but its only the television kind
Message Home

if i fell in love
would you sold me out
would you take me deep
would you go without
if i never leave
took the pills again
would you love me more
if i buried you
would you bury me
if i broke in two
would that set me free
if i never need
took the life again
would you love me more

and what did you think we would find
travelled a million miles but still no sign
and what did they think we would find
pile into anyone weve all gone blind
message home

if ill only you
well keep it complicated
if you never find out
will we still be waiting
if im too strung out
and i follow you
would you need me more

if i never try
and we never take
if we never bend
then well never break
if we stimulate
and we sexualize
will you need it more

and what did you think we would find
travelled a million miles but still no sign
and what did they think we would find
pile into anyone weve all gone

so im not in love
i can sort it out
you can take me in it if
or i will go without
if we never need
if the pills again
would you love me more

if i war on you
will you war on me
if i break you down
will that set you free
if we never need
need the life again
would you love me more
and more

and what did you think we would find
travelled a million miles but still no sign
and what did they think we would find
pile into anyone weve all gone blind

message home
In This Light

are you asleep now
i thought i heard you talking
cause theyre draining out my heart and i think i know whats coming
they cant leave this alone
my oceans are expanding
and all us fish are drowning inside
theres pollution on the tide and this ship of fools im rolling with
cant keep me alive
but in this light
i can see the angels burning from the inside out
they spread their wings to die
in this light
i can see the people the damaged goods they take this life
its passing by

you know that were sinking
all your jewels are dragging us down
but im running out of blood taking money over love
we cant hope to survive
so ask me if im hungry
while everybodys starving inside
but the doctors never there and this medication
doesnt really keep me controlled

but in this light
i can see the angels burning from the inside out
they spread their wings to die
in this light
i can see the people the damaged goods they take this life
its passing by

you you know that im not that strong
you know i cant get out
im not able now
you i know you have to change
we all stay the same
im not able now
Surfacing

car crash east side of town
the waters deep here you can feel your own strength fading
youre beginning to let go
the bubbles rise as we go down
underwater overwhelmed
cant fight the current here its starting to take hold
but high above me i can see the surface now
the picture perfect life is fading out of view
and high above me i can feel the world
but i dont need it
i just need you

then you grow colder like a dream
i cant believe the practical things
theyre always out of reach
and i know youre not really here
these visions fly so quickly on the edge
theyre starting to take hold

but high above me i can see the surface now
the picture perfect life is fading out of view
and high above me i can feel the world
but i dont need it

wont you help me with this loneliness
cause i dont know whats wrong or right
underneath the truth
wont you help me with this bitterness
cause i cant seem to walk outside

car crash east side of town
the waters deep here i can feel my own strength fading
im beginning to let go
the bubbles rise as i go down
i hit the bottom overwhelmed
cant fight the current here its starting to take hold

but high above me i can see the surface now
the picture perfect life is fading out of view
and high above me i can feel the world
but i dont need it
i just need you
Tomorrow Comes

i can see miles above the clouds
and what was it like on the day you fell to earth
knocked you out cold its just as well
cause people are cruellest when they dont know
hello hello
the ships are leaving late this evening
hello hello
you cant deny that you dont need it now
where will we be when tomorrow comes
when all the stars are dying in the sky
where will we be when tomorrow comes
only the satellites are circling tonight

i can see blood behind your eyes
and what was it like on the day you knew you died
wrapped up in things i dont know why
cause people are cruellest in their own minds
hello hello
the ships are leaving late this evening
hello hello
you can’t pretend that you don’t need it now

where will we be when tomorrow comes
when all the stars are dying in the sky
where will we be when tomorrow comes
only the satellites are circling tonight

what was it like just to have it all
then it slipped right through your hands
how did it feel at that moment
when the earth stopped turning
Tidal

(No lyrics)
Fearless

we are all just aching were waiting
for heartbreak in this world of light and darkness
i lost it the ability to see myself more
clearly i lost it
the ability to see
have you found what youve been looking for
now youve killed all your enemies
but you still want more
when your hate finds the love that it cant destroy
and when the cancers all gone
were still growing old

i know that youre fearless i bought it
what brought you to your knees
your rage is visible so nearly
intelligence sets you free
my mind is clearly undoing
the ability to see

have you found what youve been looking for
now youve killed all your enemies
but you still want more
when your hate finds the love that it cant destroy
and when the cancers all gone
youre still growing old
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

(Cover of Manic Street Preachers – More Info)
Hallucinations

breathe hallucinations start to fade
all the colours slip back to grey
i never understood these things ive hated
but now as we all disappear
the world becomes quite clearly something i cant live in
if i could just get through
tonight the poisons in my head
and i cant feel my legs
im not feeling anything

im standing at the top looking down
thought itd be so free
floating out in space take a breath
dont you breathe too deep
standing at the top looking down
thought itd be so damn easy
i thought it would be easier

wait hallucinations back in place
i said id call if i cant face another day of normal
its what they gave me
but now the telephones on fire
and i cant seem to dial even though i know youre there
to save my soul

tonight the poisons in my head
and i cant feel my legs
im not feeling anything

im standing at the top looking down
thought itd be so free
floating out in space take a breath
dont you breathe too deep
stepping off the top
feel the wind underneath my feet

im standing at the top looking down
floating out in space theres no sound
i feel alive
I’m Coming Down

turn the lights out
the party is over the wines all gone
your good friends are headed home
wish i could be there
im floating
was happy to hear you turned thirty-three
you look good youre so carefree
wish i could be there
but i thought you should know
that inside ive grown cold
and i fight every day to lose control
its a saturday
im coming down

frustrated
got caught in the rain going to work today
soaked through for the job i hate
i wish you could be here
im choking
swallowed too much of my pride today
the words that i just wont say
i wish you could be here

but i thought you should know
that inside ive grown cold
and i fight every day to lose control
its a saturday
im coming down

for the first time ive seen stars at night
for the first time im on fire

but i thought you should know
that inside ive grown cold
and i fight every day to lose control
its a saturday
im coming down
Numb

hey have you fallen off the shelf
can i help you get yourself back together
im so tired can i help you save yourself
have your friends all changed
all the people that you thought would be around
as your light goes grey
are you losing all the hope you thought youd found
i think were numb

hey have you found somebody new
have you found yourself unglued for the first time in your life
can i help you save yourself

have your friends all changed
all the people that you thought would be around
as your life goes grey
are you losing all the hope you thought wed found
i think were numb

and tell me do you feel like dying
tell me does it hurt just waking up
tell me have you lost the reasons you ever wanted to fight
has it left you lonely
tell me do you pray for morning
tell me does it hurt just waking up
tell me have you lost the reasons you ever wanted to fight
and you know its all impossible
Time Of Our Lives

i once saw a man on fire
just staring out his window
watching as the flames grew higher and higher
i thought that i saw him cry
or was he only laughing
as his life went rushing on
and maybe were just like him
maybe were all waiting
for our moment to begin
who of us are open
who of us have freedom really
who of us can tell what these dark days will bring
all of us are hurting
all of us are crazy now
all of us are watching the world as it spins

i once had a bird like you
a bird of prey
still youre tearing at my insides
and yesterday when you flew so far away
if you find the morning save a piece for me

who of us are open
who of us have freedom really
who of us can tell what these dark days will bring
all of us are hurting
all of us are crazy now
were crazy now

ill smoke the cigarette
ill eat the flesh instead
another whisky more or less or more or less
i like the drugs that sail
i love you when we fail
when we fail

all of us are hating
all of us are dreaming
all of us are watching these times of our lives
we want it all
we want for nothing
for nothing now

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