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Old Yellow Bricks

Arctic Monkeys

Favourite Worst Nightmare

2007

Old yellow bricks
Love's a risk
Quite the little escapologist
Looked so miffed
When you wished
For a thousand places better than this

You are the fugitive
But you don't know what you're runnin' from
You can't kid us
And you couldn't trick anyone
Houdini, love you don't know what you're runnin' away from

Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?

My name is Mary Houdini
I am an escapologist
Quick limbed and versatile
Bet your life can escape from anything
My name is Mary Houdini
There she was, now she's not
There she was, now she's not
Quick as a flash in a frying pan
My name is Mary Houdini
I am an escapologist
Quick limbed and versatile
Bet your life can escape from anything
My name is Mary Houdini
The technology of escapology
Is something difficult and not for the novice
La Houdini's escapability
Thrills the crowd with its impossibility
La la La Houdini
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Christ

Luke Haines

The Oliver Twist Manifesto

2001

At the age of 33 and a third, the time that Christ spent on earth
I decided to cut all ties with showbiz
As the awards piled up in the bath, well I started to laugh
At all those who died in the name of light entertainment
Camp Christ, Kitsch Christ, some escapologist Christ fella
There's an unfunny Christ comedian tied up in my cellar
Fly tipping Christ in a lay-by, All try to catch my attention

At the age of 33 and a third, the time that Christ spent on earth
I decided to establish a manifesto
Until we destroy we'll only have ruins
No more masterpieces, No more pseudonyms
Speak in tongues change my identity
Become invisible
I deal in absolutes, no second chances

I'm the Holy Grail of poisoned stanzas
Do I have to end it all like Billy Mackenzie
To get out of the contract?

There's nothing to do in this town and I've got nobody to do it with
I'm sick of the same old run-around and my terrible therapist

Can't shake it off, can't smoke it off
By tonight, do or die, gotta take it off

You've got moves you wanna show
Maybe baby serenade me with your Pheromones

I'm suited up for downtown prowl, seeking an escapologist
When one thing leads to another, leads to another, and and away we go, yeah

Take this rib; this Adam's muse for Eve
Fashion wings and fly away with me

I keep hittin’ the wall
and it just won’t collapse
‘till my head bursts wide open
as if made of glass
I’m placin’ the bets
no limit, all in
‘n I bet on the life, expecting to win

‘n I worship tomorrow
resenting today
Real escapologists
don’t like to stay
‘n steeply I dive
from the fringe of the world
And the self as I know it
I abandon it all
 
So clueless I roam
through the mistiest zones
Conceptual badlands
caught in-between worlds
Can’t stay, must leave
and seek comfort, relief
Walls closing in
so I die just to live

By a small but stubborn fire!

(MISS HONEY and (the ESCAPOLOGIST))

(Forgive me)
Even when outside it's freezing
(I didn't want to desert you)
I don't pay much heed.

Glory
Glory
Glory
Brick by brick
The perfect prison's built
To contain all your tricks
Brick by brick
The cement is your guilt
It's the end of your script
Minds are sick
Forced an escapologist
To put up his own prison bricks
Now tick by tick
Houdini needs help
To escape from himself
Last breath cliche, your life replays
The great Houdini's afraid
Of things he'd never escape
Yeah, yeah yeah
What the eyes see, the mind believes
Your pain's hidden and real
The bullet between your teeth
Is between her heartbeats
Kill her with worry
As you set yourself free
Last breath cliche, your life replays
The great Houdini's afraid
Of things he'd never escape
Jump off, Jump off your ego
And under the ice crust
Wish to die there beneath it
Jump off, Jump off your ego
And under the ice crust
Wish to die there beneath it
Last breath cliche, your life replays
The great Houdini's afraid
Of things he'd never escape
Last breath cliche, your life replays
The great Houdini's afraid
Of things he'd never escape
My Brain's the key that sets
That sets me free
Your brain, your brain's the key
That locked, that locked you here
M-m-make a living, live on escaping death
Death has more mercy than misery
And you settled for less
The show goes on, on, on, on

If there was something that I said
Let me know
I got a feeling that it's wrong
'cause it's gone
Thiis little maze and all of theese complex mind games
Chris Angel wouldn't find a way

And everything that I've done
seems so wrong
and everything that I've done
seems so wrong
And everyone that I loved
I dismissed
Because I'm the escapologist

If there is something I can do help me trough
The only thing I know for sure, I love you
I'm like a child except my imagination's lost
My mind is broken there's just rust

And everything that I've done seems so wrong
everything that I've done
seems so wrong
and everyone that I loved
I dismissed
Because I'm the escapologist

If there is something that you hide
let me know
'Cause I might leave you all alone
Because I think that there is something that you've missed
I am an escapologist

Lock me in a box and fill to the top
I'm an escapologist
I can't resist temptation
Pulling tricks from both my sleeves
I'll swallow the key
As I watch you leave
And follow the arrows to
The exit sign
As you left the auditorium
The spotlights fade
Tell me that you'll wait for me there
It's just an illusion
It's not really there
Tell me did I fool you again
It's just an illusion
It's all in your head
I'm already dead
I'm already dead
I'm already dead
I was looking from the inside
You were on the outside
Trying to find the best side to exist
Russian roulette with myself
I'll catch the bullet with my teeth
I swear I never meant for you to see it end that way
Thirty three trips around the sun
I've still not seen your face
Tell me that you'll wait for me there
It's just an illusion
It's not really there
Tell me did I fool you again
It's just an illusion
It's all in your head
I'm already dead
I'm already dead
I'm already dead
Tell me that you'll wait for me there
It's just an illusion
It's not really there
Tell me did I fool you again
It's just an illusion
It's all in your head
I'm already dead
I'm already dead
I'm already dead

I took a ride on the carousel
Chased you on your high horse
Til the fun ran out
I wonder how you balance your
Double life on that wire
(Oh)
Wow
You really put on a show
Go break a leg (go break a leg)
Maybe your neck (maybe your neck)
Now introducing
World class manipulation
You don't stand a chance
Cause when you fall into a trap like that
Not even an escapologist
Can save you from yourself
And I took a ride on the carousel
Chased you on your high horse
Til the fun ran out
I wonder how you balance your
Double life on that wire
(Wonder how you balance your)
So up in the air, but you don't juggle
Ring of fire, watch me burn
House of mirrors, all I see are broken pieces
Blast the cannon, you go flying
Off the handle, unicycle
All you do is fool around
But somehow I'm the clown
I took a ride on your carousel
I never had the time for a fairytale very well
Cause scary dwells in the shadows
Watch me send a thousand of my skeleton horses into battle (charge)
I'm storming your castle
You built your walls high so honestly it's a hassle (it's a pain)
But I'm resourceful so I get by
But then I put all of my chips into the pot
Now I'm the asshole (asshole)
Let me get just one thing clear
How the hell am I supposed to be the bad guy here
The way you tell a lie
Is really just remarkable
I may be a clown
But you brought the damn carnival
And isn't it kind of ridiculous
Thinking about all the effort and time that went into it
You could have avoided all the trouble
But you had to go and take me for a spin
And now I'm feeling like a clown (like a clown)
Being with you is a ride
The kind that makes you feel twisted inside
So put me in the makeup
And give the red nose
We'll see where the rest goes
When the circus comes to town
So up in the air, but you don't juggle
Ring of fire, watch me burn
House of mirrors, all I see are broken pieces
Blast the cannon, you go flying
Off the handle, unicycle
All you do is fool around
But somehow I'm the clown
And maybe I was just another body to you
Yeah you caught me slipping, got me looking stupid (looking dumb)
But with an act like that
You will come crashing down
Sincerely yours the clown

Well I'll be damned if I ain't John McClane
I'm stuck in a bad situation, and for once I'm not to blame
It's clear this Gruber fella ain't my homie
And we're both holed up inside The Nakatomi
So now I'm gonna have to kick some German ass again

Welcome to the Party pal, enjoy your stay
It's gonna be a short one cos I'm coming out to play
Welcome to the party Gruber, Goddamn you'll pay
I'm John McClane, and I ain't gonna Die Hard today

From East to West I came I'm John McClane
I took a plane (cos it's a really long way on the train)
My marriage it don't look too jolly
But I'm still in love with my girl Holly
I'm committed to my job and that's a strain

Welcome to the Party pal, enjoy your stay
It's gonna be a short one cos I'm coming out to play
Welcome to the party Gruber, Goddamn you'll pay
I'm John McClane, and I ain't gonna Die Hard today

Hans it's you and me, I'm John McClane
N' I'm telling you what's going down by singing this refrain
It ain't mi casa, ain't su casa
Cos I'll push you the hell right offa this Plaza
That's a spoiler alert from John McClane

Welcome to the Party pal, enjoy your stay
It's gonna be a short one cos I'm coming out to play
Welcome to the party Gruber, Goddamn you'll pay
I'm John McClane, and I ain't gonna Die Hard today

I'm big ol' tough ol' rough ol' John McClane
And Christmastime it's come around again
Now I won't sing the blues
Cos I already lost my shoes
So call a good chiropodist
Cos I'm an action packed escapologist
I'm rootin' tootin' good ol' John McClane

Welcome to the Party pal, enjoy your stay
It's gonna be a short one cos I'm coming out to play
Welcome to the party Gruber, Goddamn you'll pay
I'm John McClane, and I ain't gonna Die Hard today

I need security shield me from my flesh so I can keep purity
When he be luring me
I get this urgency
Addiction addict don't know why God put up with me
I like to eat and this beat I'm a feast
Teach people to escape I'm a escapologists
Popz you win some you lose some
Yeah that's true if when it's time for battle you fight with your fist
Let go of my wrist
He gotta hear this
This a Lucifer diss
I was blessed since a jit
He ain't silence the lamb
That's my queue not to quit
And never back down
Like a Mike Jai flick
BB & CC I O U me
Something like KeKe imma VP
Blessed in the city and the field
When you see me coming just get out the way
I need a
Help me do
Change how I
Push me through
Don't understand just finish the sentence
Make it personal whatever you think
No results well just keep on praying
Test your faith see how far it expand
Dropping tools I'm the handyman
Full of his water get your drip pan
I need security
When he put fear in
I need assurance
Greater is the man in me
A lifetime warranty of his grace
Every step I take he influence me
Imma live after I die like they two of me
I believe I can fly
That's the angel in me
Lucy not on my level can't compete with me
My Ja always on point like that dude in Tennessee
This is holy ground so no fools on the premises
I roll with the true God he wipe away blemishes
Mixing up joy and peace and hope like a chemist
When I can't walk he the one that be carrying me
Not where he want me but he preparing me
No I don't bang but I bleed for who bled for me
Told me chase souls and he will handle currency
Lek you need to blow
It ain't no concern to me
I need security
For every demon who come to me
I rolled with the bread of life like he Sara Lee
My bodyguard he take care of me
My protector no Tony Ja he fighting everything
Keep your horror cause you not even scaring me
Even Lara couldn't crack my trajectory
My security my abba and he defend me
No Sam I'm cooking up
This is grace not luck
If you knuck he gone buck
Every demon know what's sup
No Sam I'm cooking up
This is grace not luck
If you knuck he gone buck
Every demon know what's sup
I need security
When he put fear in
I need assurance
Greater is the man in me
A lifetime warranty of his grace
Every step I take he influence me
Imma live after I die like they two of me
I believe I can fly
That's the angel in me
Lucy not on my level can't compete with me
My Ja always on point like that dude in Tennessee

Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil
(Wykil Music)
Tell me, can you handle old is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Don't you understand that I'm an alchemist
Etymologist Green thumb, like a botanist
Read my manuscript taking off I'm a catalyst
I'm Kemetion go ask a Egyptologist
No one on my level with these rhymes and I'm optimist
I'm in the occultist it was stolen by the colonist
Don't beat me do your research I'm an analyst
I am primordial before me nothing preexist
To leave this place I meditate I'm escapologist
I'm everything ,I'm no things I'm at mythologist
I dig up history I'm an archaeologist
I'm a thinker I'm ideologist
I'm subconscious I'm talking consciousness
I'm a a cockatrice some say a lunatic
I am Christos without the crucifix
I'm original nothing about me counterfeit
Tell me, can you handle old is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Dark and stormy night why kill grab the mic
Spoke the truth in the world, and decided to shed light
Give you insight despite the stereotype
These blacked out bars never hit limelight
No limits to my height best believe I bring freight
I'll bring fight hook like Mike upon scared whites
No time to be polite to elite parasites
Who stole everything because of no copyright
Hungry in the game, black hole my appetite
Waiting to blow up spark on this dynamite
You probably like and dislike like who is this young tike
And what gives him the right to write with such might
He's trying to reunite black with third eye site
As I recite out of this world like satellites
My data is like terabytes in your like gigabytes
These niggers like fuck my people get these figures, right
Tell me, can you handle old is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)
Tell me, can you handle all is alchemy
With black magic I'm a change your mentality
I'm a god you can call blasphemy
It Wykil, scream it from your balcony
(Wykil)