PHLEBOTOMIZED LYRICS Skycontact (1997) 1. StoleShowSoul 2. Archin' 3. Sometimes 4. I Lost My Cookies In The Disco 5. I Hope You Know - Part I: A Cry In July 6. I Hope You Know - Part II: Never Lose Hope 7. I Hope You Know - Part III: Imagine This 8. I Hope You Know - Part IV: Out To You 1. StoleShowSoul [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne/Geestman] A CHANCE TO make a CHANGE A chance to tell the tale the way it is A chance to REARRANGE A chance you never had, just merely wished You're lying in the gutter Not feeling at all well Some parasite read your letter A one way ticket off to hell The juicier the story The quicker one will get in And no one will be sorry After chucking you in the bin I lost my soul while others stole the show I lot my soul cos it has been shown all over the world Got to keep up those ratings I'm rich because of you Must be awfully frustrating Here have a cigar or two Still lying in the gutter Media made it look swell So no one can be bothered That you're in a hell "Hey damn baby hey are you going away so I'll give you a chance a chance to bring you a little higher hey just a little bit then thrown in fire "Oh dear you unfortunate thing oh please next week you must come to the show oh goody am I not the king oh yes I know you know I'm lower than low" 2. Archin' [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne] Leave me alone, but I do need some company dear Oh please don't leave home, don't really mean what I'm saying here The outside may look okay, not all of it was hell, My biggest wish and fear is to forever drift and dwell Leave me alone, let's pretend that we're not here, Oh please don't leave home, wouldn't it be great to disappear Leave me alone don't leave me alone, & will I ever know? All the pressures I feel They're building up around me I hope you'll never feel this aching pain inside 3. Sometimes [music: Palms] Soms... Zijn je wonden nog te diep of vers Vaak is er nog die pijn Weten wat je hebt verloren Niet, wat de zin er van moet zijn Soms... je denkt dat alles is verloren Komt er stil een nieuw begin Ontvankelijkheid door pijn geboren Geeft het leven weer wat zin Soms...Als alles lijkt verloren Zingt een vogel in de nacht Als je dat maar weer kan horen Krijg je na het duister kracht Stil... je voeten op verdwaadle paden Je gaat het licht weer in Je weet behoedzaam... [A.Palms, January 29,1994] 4. I Lost My Cookies In The Disco [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne/Geestman] I'm off to an island of my dreams... Far away from home, with nobody else but me Peaceful & all alone, surrounded by a blue I'm off to build a raft for me... Just let me be free, peaceful & all alone Just let me be me, far away from home Why...do I feel... ...that this life wasn't really meant for me? Try... to become... ...a person, someone else, the opposite of me So... I'll try to escape... ...this world with it's so-called possibilities And then... I'll sail away... ...to leave it all behind, don't follow me, please Why...should all the soil... ...we have, be deadend by lifeless concrete? ...the grip on this evergrowing, urban disease So...it won't take long... ...before the last drop of water turns black in these seas And then... I'll sail away... ...to leave it all behind, don't follow me, please 5. I Hope You Know - Part I: A Cry In July [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne] There's a cry in July I can feel the aching pain again Just wanna change the hands of time and take you away Away from this hell I've put you through... Away What are they thinking? I can't look them in the eye My confidence is sinking We all know what happened in July What are they saying? To mirrors on the walls back home Are they hoping or sweating now "Is there a god... is there a god at all?" I'd love to give them a stroke Or tell them a joke But this was too real I screamed up to the sky: "Exchange theirs for mine!" But this was all too real! I tryed to help someone out On a beautiful, shiney day A task so simple Yet making my life all grey Cos that day I had become the worst of devils And I wished that I was dead I almost took two lives away Of people... of people I'll never forget! I know... no one deserves this I know... I'm the one to blame I know... I never meant to harm anybody I know... I'll be living in shame! 6. I Hope You Know - Part II: Never Lose Hope [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne] I hope, oh baby that you'll became a lady And please do, baby Just hang in there & become amazing I hope, oh baby For openness, no nothing hazy And listen, baby I hope you know that I'm still here Never lose hope, oh anybody Never lose hope, oh baby Never lose hope, oh anybody Remember, there's still a maybe There's always a maybe There's always a maybe Maybe? 7. I Hope You Know - Part III: Imagine This [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne] Dear begetters, I'm understanding Not as callous as you fantasize If it's compassion, you are demanding I've really given it, not before your eyes, please realize Imagine me as a higher being Imagine all the broken pieces I could mend And eventhough I'm dreaming now Real is the love from me I'll send out to you... I'd love to give them a stroke Or tell them a joke But this was too real I screamed up to the sky: "Exchange theirs for mine!" But this was all too real! I tried to help someone out On a beautiful, shiney day A task so simple Yet making my life all grey 'Cos that day I had become the worst of devils And I wished that I was dead I almost took two lives away Of people... of people I'll never forget! I know... no one deserves this I know,.. I'm the one to blame I know... I never meant to harm anybody I know... I'll be living in shame! 8. I Hope You Know - Part IV: Out To You [music: Payne/Palms, lyrics: Payne] What are they thinking? I can't took them in the eye My confidence is sinking We all know what happened in July Imagine me as a higher being Imagine all the broken pieces I could mend And eventhough I'm dreaming now Real is the love from me I'll send out to you...] Recording line-up: DENNIS GEESTMAN - vocals JORDY MIDDELBOSCH - rhythm guitars (L) TOM PALMS - rhythm guitars (R) & lead guitars LAWRENCE PAYNE - drums & vocals BEN QUAK - synthesizers & piano JARO STULRAJTER - bass & violins Produced by Phlebotomized Recorded at Han Swagerman's Beaufort Studio, July/August 1996 Mixed by Tom Palms & Ben Ouak, August/September 1996 Engineered by Han Swagerman Sr. (c) (p) 1997 HOLY RECORDS