Franz Ferdinand

As I glance once upon the foam 40’ beneath my feet The coldest calm falls through the molten veins Cooling all the blood to slush that congeals around the brain la la la 40’ REMAIN Salt scales upon my drying arms Burn my back beneath the sun But...

Bang bang, Gavrilo Princip Bang bang, shoot me Gavrilo Bang bang, the first six are for you Bang bang, the seventh is for me Bang bang, Gavrilo Princip Bang bang, Europe's going to weep All for you, all for you, all for you, Sophia (x4) Bang bang, history's c...

That's how it starts We go back to your house You check the charts Then start to figure it out And if it's crowded then all the better Because we know we're gonna be up late But if you're worried about the weather Then you picked the wrong place to sta...

Put your ladder down… Don’t be concerned It’s just the way that gravity works round here All slowly rising, falling patiently Feel no Feel no fear Cirrus caress you Cumulus kiss you Raindrops of crystal Whisper we’ll miss you But go… Let go Always...

Above the fold of covers Ten thousand volts hit Where her arm fell accidentally But she didn't move it Despite the singing skin You didn't move yours either did you though? Never knew anyone in love Never knew anyone in love Never knew anyone in love...

You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her, you can't have her You want to, but she won't let you You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her, you can't have her You want to, but she...

Twilight omens in my life Twilight omens in my life Twilight omens in my life Twilight omens in my life Should I give you a call, what can I say? Maybe you still feel the same I typed your number into my calculator Where it's spelled it as you would...

Bang, bang, Gavrilo Princip Bang, bang, shoot me Gavrilo Bang, bang, the first six are for you Bang, bang, the seventh is for me Bang, bang, Gavrilo Princip Bang, bang, Europe's going to weep All for you, all for you all for you, Sophia Bang, bang, history's...

You don't know I sing these songs, About you, You don't know the Pseudonyms, I assume You don't know the Pseudonyms, I assume, For you. Are you happier now? That the Gods are dying. Or do you dream of Heston whit omniscient beard? You should be ha...

We are bored We are married We are young On the edge of the city The edge of Ambrosia Rolls upon rolls upon Rolls upon the tongue A certain party A certain cul-de-sac A certain outcome A certain piece of me Car keys choose your keys...

While I'm away You can let the mouse go down on you Let the mouse do what I'd do If I was there But you'd better explain That I have a vendetta in my narrow bones And a vindictive eye Of my jealousy I have no control No control I'll never get your bu...

Colour me your colour, baby Colour me your car Colour me your colour, darling I know who you are Come up off your colour chart I know where you're comin' from Call me (call me) on the line Call me, call me any, anytime Call me (call me) my love You can call m...

My soul starts spinning again I can't stop feeling No, I won't stop feeling And the fun's not fun anymore I can't stop feeling No, I won't stop feeling And you leave me here on my own Yeah you leave me here on the floor You can't feel it You can't fe...

Goodbye girl, because I'm lonely Goodbye girl, it isn't over Goodbye girl, because it's only love Goodbye girl, you know you want me Goodbye girl, yes I'm a loser Goodbye girl, you know it's only love I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm ch...

Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live I kind of find I like a life this lonely It rips and pierces me, in places I can't see I love the rip of nerves The rip that wakes me So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied I love to feel there's always mo...

You are the latest contender You are the one to remember You are the villain who sends her Light or dark, fantastic passion I know that you will surrender I know that you will surrender I want this fantastic passion We'll have fantastic passion You ca...

He's a demagogue Check out his rise He's a demagogue He's fatally famous He's a demagogue He plays with my fears A demagogue My shadow side dreaming The demagogue It feels so good to be dumb From the Wall straight to La Quenta Those pussy grabbing...

Oh well I woke up tonight and said I I'm gonna make somebody love me I'm gonna make somebody love me And now I know, now I know, now I know I know that it's you You're lucky, lucky You're so lucky! Oh well do you, do you do you wanna? Oh well d...

There's only wind and dust to follow Your footsteps on the run You know me, now when I'm without you I swear my heart burns in the sun Baby, don't start walking away Stop walking away Stop coming around and around again Don't start walking away Stop walking a...

Don´t be afraid if you hear voices Or feel the sweet air Spoken upon you Sometimes the sound Of a thousand Whispering words Of Hope will reassure Show me the future Will see u s join together If the oceans split Or the mountains sigh Then I Will ke...

Eleanor put those boots back on, Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt, I know it isn't dignified to run, But if you run, You can run to the Coney Island roller coaster, Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy water, Leap until the Gulf Stre...

Ich bin so wild nach deinem Erdbeermund, ich schrie mir schon die Lungen wund nach deinem weißen Leib, du Weib. Im Klee, da hat der Mai ein Bett gemacht, da blüht ein schöner Zeitvertreib mit deinem Leib die lange Nacht. Erdbeermund, ich bin so wild (Er...

Words fall from my mouth Like plates from shaking hands Smash upon the silence Of the smooth naked canal I'm evil and a heathen I'm evil and a heathen I'm a heathen and evil like you There's not a lot Not a lot I couldn't do I like how you pretend Tha...

What’s the colour of the next car? Yeah, RED, ya bastard I don’t believe in God, but I believe in this shit Not me I’d like to bring them down Not me! Some fool who dumb dumb do But not, not, not me Oh some people get freak out of me Some people can...

I've hardly seen her likes before Somewhere else Nowhere else before The girl in the spotlight evermore Like no one before Forever more Bloody Marys, two for tea Bubble bath and TV All the boys from rock and roll Sometimes she likes soul No one sees her lift...

So far away Come on I'll take you far away Let's get anyway Come on let's make a get away Once you have loved someone this much You doubt it could fade Despite how much you'd like it to God how you'd like it to fade You'd like it to fade Let's fade together...

Hey, what's that thing that you're doing? Hey, what's that thing that you do? No, you're not that thing that you're doing For the things that you do are not who you are Why don't you come over here? Why don't you come over here? Why don't you come over...

I got a question for you, I got a question for you Where'd you get your name from? Where'd you get your name from? I got a question for you Where do you see yourself in five minutes time? With a laugh like that or a look like that You make us all fe...

I feel it (I feel it) I'm fine (So fine) I feel it in the spring sunshine (Sunshine) So fine (So fine) I feel it in the springtime shine Then hold Suddenly I Finally I found my people I found the people who were meant to be found by me Finally, fina...

We are fresh strawberries Fresh burst of red strawberries Ripe turning riper in the pole We will soon be rotten We will all be forgotten Half remembered rumours of the old So wouldn't it be easy with Something to believe in That could give us more Th...

Get away from me You don't have to stay so long at all Get away from me I keep crying your name, cut off from me Get away from me Your skin and bone, believe me, leave me Get away from me She doesn't stumble, she falls right off her feet You t...

This ghost lay in a ditch on thursday Where i was meant to be I almost missed my death it's so good Now he's decked in flowers for me I hope she doesn't like me Or i'll still be standing more than likely Where he once stood And that's not good We pre...

Won't someone Bring me just a glimpse of love Love love Love is going to come as a photographer Yes, a photographer, yeah, yeah I need love So someone better bring me a photographer Yes, a photographer, yeah A flash A glimpse of perfect abs In flim...

Don't play pop music You know I hate pop music Just sing amazing godless grace Don't wear bright colours You know I hate bright colours I never liked you for the way you dressed Anyway Goodbye lovers and friends So sad to leave you When they lie an...

Sitting by the window, she's Sitting by the door, her Nose upon the window is cold The nails upon the window breaking Nails upon the door Looking through the window no more No, no more No more Some fun, look dumb Put a stone in the musical window S...

You toss in a word And I'm your villain I see the passion emerge And I'm your villain But serious You're so serious Oh, like a waiter Hating the rich But taking their tips Oh, if I could laugh, I'd love you Oh, if I could smile at anything you said...

It ain't easy being this, ain't easy being this kind of lover I'm dedicated You don't know You know I'll get you on your own, yeah I'm dedicated, yes i'll forgive you If I can't have you then nobody can yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah You turn it...

Well Jackie Jackson was a greedy boy That's right he liked to stuff his face The thing that gave that boy the greatest joy Was eating far too many cakes And he ate one two three four But Jackie wanted more Five six seven eight Jackie had another plate And b...

Jacqueline was seventeen working on a desk when Ivor Peered above a spectacle forgot that he had wrecked a girl Sometimes these eyes Forget the face they're peering from When the face they peer upon Well, you know That face as I do And how in the return of the...

We stopped the time for Jeremy Fraser, he died of a lance of silver/x2 Do you want to know how we stopped the time? There's no reason to know/x2 We stopped the time for Jeremy Fraser, he died of a lance of silver In the middle of the trees all we taught him...

Katherine, kiss me Slippy little lips will split me Split me where your eye won't hit me Yes, I love you, I mean I I'd love to get to know you Sometimes I say the stupid things I think I mean I Sometimes I think the stupidest things Mmmmmm And do you...

Great Western Wind catches in your Celtic hair Flicks it round your face like flames around the sun In the bright cold air you seem as innocent and fair As Rita Tushingham in 1961 Well, Lynsey Wells How I wish that I could feel so good I wish that I could be...

I’m a lazy boy I’m a lazy boy I’m a lazy boy Never getting up in time I enjoy being a lazy boy Lying in your bed Thinking of how A lazy boy loves you Am I gonna get up? Am I gonna get up, get up? Never! Am I gonna get up? Am I gonna get up, get...

I learned quite a lot Shooting through my mind Things I never guessed at before And so I decided To leave my old life behind I don't need it anymore I'm gonna learn to climb the clouds I'm gonna learn to climb the wind I wont stop til Ive understood...

I wanna live alone Because the greatest love is always ruined by the bickering The argument of living I wanna live alone I could be happy on my own Rest of my life With the vaguest of feeling I... Wherever you are Whoever is there You'll know that I'll be her...

Lois Lane seems a pretty strong woman The kind woman that a girl could be So you've got an HND in journalism? Because journalism could change the world And if you change the world Then you could be happy Yeah, you could be happy Choices You make good...

I'm so free I could lacerate Rip the robes right off of my chest I'll fly high above the Moscowites' sky I'm going to rip, rip, oh I'll never rest I'm going to meet you at midnight I'm going to meet you at midnight You see, I'm not used to living alone I Gotta...

When you're happy from a dream Is it hard to work out what is real? Is the real over there more vivid than here ever feels? We could love We could love you If you need somebody to love you While you're looking for somebody to love Sweet love illuminati...

Sweep slides on my stereo Short wave ride my rodeo Became from that of Savalon But I'm flyin' to Istanbul Oh, so why don't you meet me there? There is no nation of you, there is no nation of me Our only nation lives in lucid dreams Lucid dreams, I'm livin' in...

You take your white finger Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of my blazer Relax the fraying wool, slacken ties And I'm not to look at you in the shoe, but the eyes, find the eyes Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files...

This is where I'll be So heavenly So come on dance with me Michael So sexy O i'm sexy So come on dance with me Michael I'm all that you see You wanna see So come on dance with Michael So close now So close now So come on dance with me So come on dance...

Some miserable day, back in November Newcastle is grey, as grey as the river But your eyes are bright with life And life is bright with you I'm missing you I'm missing you I'm missing you I'm missing you You're laughing again, I'm so glad that she met you As...

Floating off the coast of Mexico On a rafter I reckon there must be a couple of million down there And though I, cannot swim We can learn together Eating nothing but the sun and the lives of our Caipirihnas Oh I feel alive Yeah I feel alive You bett...

No no no no (hair) No no no no no no No no no no no No No eyes No teeth No brains No no no no no No no no no No arms (x6) No legs No feet No shoes No no no no no No no no No! No! No! No hair No eyes No teeth No brains No No-no No-no-no No no No eyes No teeth N...

Oh, kiss me Flick your cigarette, then kiss me Kiss me where your eye won't meet me Meet me where your mind won't kiss me Flick your eyes and mine and then hit me Hit me with your eyes so sweetly Oh, you know you know you know that yes I love I...

Step out, step out of our cages Step out, of our paper cages Step out, step out of our cages Out of our cages, out of our cages Step out I like the look of your place Yes, I love your construction Did you carve a wee key From the soap in your kitchen...

Come home, practically all is nearly forgiven Right thoughts Right words Right action Almost everything could be forgotten Right thoughts Right words Right action How can we leave you To a Saturday night or a Sunday morning? Good morning. Someti...

I can’t seem to feel the envy I should feel Or maybe I don’t need the sour side of love Of love No, I don’t care his breath is in your hair Well, I don’t care his skin is still between Still on fold of your sheets Send him away I don’t mean to claim...

Sexy boy Sexy boy Où sont tes héros aux corps d'athlètes Où sont tes idoles mal rasées, bien habillées Sexy boy Sexy boy Dans leurs yeux des dollars Dans leurs sourires des diamants Moi aussi un jour de serai beau comme un dieu Sexy boy Sexy boy...

I live in the Merchant City, drive 4x4, eat MNS It tastes of nothing I taste of nothing I am the New Scottish Gentry - anglified vowels, sub London thoughts I am the New Scottish Gentry - anglified vowels, sub media thoughts So I'm shopping - shopping for blo...

Slow, don't take it slow When you put on that hands That black velvet cap Well this is that Long due occasion You can wear it as Don't send this invite back Slow, don't kill me slow Don't kill me slow No, never never No don't kill me slow No, never...

How can I tell you I was wrong? How can I tell you I was wrong? When I am The proudest man Ever born I stand on the horizon I want to step across it with you But when the sun's this low Everything's cold On the line of the horizon Come to...

I rise and curse the waking day Curse the grime and curse the stains on the air And on the skin of the bed I'm tied within Hiding from the twitch and crash Of the mood I hear you hatch You're the mother growing cold You're the bath now running old I can feel t...

So if you’re lonely You know I’m here Waiting for you I’m just a cross-hair I’m just a shot Away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken Shattered, I lie I’m just a cross-hair I’m just a shot Then we can die I know I won’t be Leaving h...

Only watched her walk But she saw it Only heard her talk But she saw it Only touched her lips But she saw it Only kissed her lips But she saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have...

Ich werd ihr sagen, sagen heut Nacht ja Ich werd ihr sagen, sagen heut Nacht ja Ich werd ihr sagen, sagen heut Nacht ja Ich werd ihr sagen, sagen heut Nacht Ich sah sie gehen, doch sie sah es Ich hab sie gern, doch sie sah es Ich hielt sie fest, doch si...

Show me the body These pictures will shock you Love is a drag we don't need anymore We don't need to score Show me the body 404 Gateway not found My wife is such a fan Show me the body Show me the body now We're starring in the movies of our lives...

"The Dark Of The Matinée" You take your white finger Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of my blazer Relax the fraying wool, slacken ties And I'm not to look at you in the shoe, but the eyes, find the eyes Find me and follow me through corridors...

Where were you When I needed you When I needed you When I needed you You were there You were there In your dark room In your dark room I see it all In a reddish glow I see the beautiful I feel the tragedy fall I feel perfection In my chaos Why is this happe...

Some say you're trouble, boy Just because you like to destroy All the things that bring the idiots joy Well, what's wrong with a little destruction? And the Kunst won't talk to you Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu Because you robbed a supermarket or two Wel...

"Will you walk a little faster?" Said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, And he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters And the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle - Will you come and join the dance? Will yo...

We've seen some change But we're still outsiders If everybody's here Then hell knows We ride alone I've seen some years But you're still my Caesar With everything I feel I feel you've already been here The only difference is all I see is now all that I've se...

I’ll give you each love letter back We’ll laugh before every joke is told We’ll pose after every photograph Has been removed from the negative With every smile we lose a line Watch the stars fall back into the sky Cork the wine, unbake a cake Take the d...

So I'm gonna live alone I'm not saying that I was the greatest But I'm in love with you Wanna stay in love with you I wanna live alone Yeah, I'll be happy on my own With the rest of the life With the vaguest of feeling, I 

It seems this boy bathed in ridicule Too forward, way too physical It's time that I had another I'm always wanting more, if there's another one Give me some more, I'll have another one I'll have a slice of your mother This boy's so spectacular Not a bo...

Eyes, boring a way through me Paralyse, controlling completely Now there is a fire in me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire...

Hey friends when will you get here? Hey friends I need to hear voices I don’t care what you talk about Hey friends I just need to hear voices Could you bring the manual Bring the repair manual Something has really, really gone wrong here Something has r...

It ain't easy being this kind of lover When you never call me It ain't easy being this kind of lover Why don't you ever call me But I'm dedicated and I'm a forgiver I'm dedicated sure I'm a giver I'm dedicated, yes I'm a forgiver I'll forgive you...

I wrote your name upon the back of my hands Slept upon it, than I woke up with it Backwards on my face Reading forwards from my mirror To my heart Twilight Omens in my life Then I hear your name Hear the radio sing your name, Should I give you a call...

Well I sit and hear sentimental footsteps, Then a voice say 'Hi, so? So what you got? What you got this time? C’mon, let’s get high C’mon Lexxo, what you got next -o? Walking twenty five miles-o? Well I’m bored, I’m bored, C’mon let’s get high...' 'C’...

Van Tango had a mean old scene He worked night-shift at the Opera Watching the girls go by He's singled out tonight He's singled out every night Caretaker of the night - He's the King of the night Van Tango had a mean old scene He wore his quiff Venetian sty...

I swapped my innocence for pride, crush the end within my stride Said I'm strong now I know that I'm a leader I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away Mascara bleeds a blackened tear Oh, and I am cold, yes I'm cold, but not as cold as you...

Well that was easy waiting Everything's easy now The days are Oh So Normal But oh, Hannah how I miss you Now I used to lock myself in your bathroom Swallowing the codeine kept for your back Numb, so numb I'd let your words Come and come So come on - Kill me n...

I got a question for ya, i got a question for ya. Where'd you get your name from, where'd you get your name from? I got a question for ya, Where do you see yourself in five minutes time? With a laugh like that, or a look like that. You makes us all f...

As I took step number four Into the close of your tenement You cast your darkened eyes so low Said we're cold as the step cement But I just don't know what you meant So Alec you may want a pill We are so cruel and to communicate Without the red stuff being s...

Tick-tock, tick-tock Tick-tock, tick-tock Tick-tock, tick-tock Tick-tock, tick-tock La, la, la, la, la, la, la Like a cat in heat, stuck in a moving car A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find the brake What if they say that you're a quitter? N...

So this is summer And the Calor gas is running low But I don't mind I'm doing things and doing them with you Well you know he's gonna want his rent tonight But we'll have to tell him Haddows swallowed all the rent this month So summer stains a sky with inky...

Superstar, where you from? How's it going? I know you got a clue what you're doing You can play brand new to all the other chicks out here But I know what you are, what you are, baby Look at you gettin' more than just a re-up Baby, you got all the puppets wit...

She's an emotion avenger She is the villain who sends A line of dark fantastic passion She knows that you will surrender Knows that you will surrender You want this fantastic passion We'll have fantastic passion You can feel her lips undress your eyes...

The last message you sent said I looked really down that I oughta come over and talk about it well I wasn't down I just wasn't smiling at you as I look at us now it seems that you're slapping my back as if it's alright but its not. I'm trying to get up but yo...

Well we can meet in the halls Or hit the Ritz side social Oh, I’ve invented a drink A drink I think that could kill you You never go, no, no, you never go (never go) You never go, no, no, you never go (never go) You never go, no, no, you never go (never...

Some granite wall Numbs our bones, numbs our all As we sit on skinny hands Nothing to say, nothing at all I don't know you and I don't want to You're so awkward just like me But I don't care You're the reason I'm leaving You're the reason I'm leaving...

Suddenly you'll move away from me What more is it that I could be, if you move away from me You on that train, I was alone in your room When there on the floor, I saw a little black book You left it there on the floor, open and evidence Your diary, your...