Jacqui L fantasising about never having to endure another birthday ... 

Our yearly rendezvous is on us again 
What do I have to do to wish you away? 
You know I don’t like you and you don’t like me 
What do I have to do to wish you away? 

I’ve tried so very hard to make you vanish 
But with the persistence of sunset you come 
Just one less day in the calendar I wish 
Then finally from you I need no longer run

PLANET PARALLEL 5

Happy Birthday

Frankenstein

Crunching over these eggshells I know I can’t let my guard down
Each day I’m trying to learn how to disregard your frown
Impossible to know the extent of your own ignorance
I felt secure when the ground was crumbling underneath my feet 

Scared to put all my eggs in your basket again
Shocked at how wrong I could be 

Your actions and your words they don’t correspond 
I never know if you’re Jekyll or Hyde 
Is it your lips or your body that has lied?

And now you’re trying to un-write the rules that you have stated
And now you’re trying to unmake the monster you created 

Crunching over these eggshells…

Frankenstein

Rich Man was inspired by the obscenely rich who have stolen retirement savings from their employees. 

Rich man, feel your shame for you
Filthy rich man, all the good you do 
Rich man, if I prayed I’d pray for you 

Keep them sick, keep them stupid 
Inside your machine
Do your business with the devil
Fulfil every dream
…of yours 

Rich man, Charlie smiles on you
Filthy rich man, all the good you don’t do 
Rich man, if I prayed I’d pray for you 

You are more important than us 
Your lives are worth more than the rest of us

Rich Man

Rich Man (Album Version)

I wanna be a cowboy, I wanna be a princess 
I wanna be all dressed up, I wanna be naked
I see I want 
I wanna be a hippie on a distant hill 
Or a penthouse with some servants might be nicer still 
I see I want 

I wanna be bohemian
I wanna be filthy...
Rich 
I wanna be androgynous
I wanna be a Greek goddess  

I want it, I want it all 
Show me and I’ll covet 

I wanna be a rock star I wanna be a poet 
I’m desperately envious of you but I try not to show it 
I want her body and his body and that car 
Rest assured my motivation won’t take me very far 

I’m gonna replicate every page in that magazine
I’m gonna dedicate my life, till you show me the next picture 
I’m gonna recreate every outfit that I’ve ever seen 
Till you show me the next picture

I'll Covet

Cold

Decaying Orbit 

You’re doing a fine job of making that bed of yours
I can see you lying in… 
Really soon 

You’re doing an excellent job of digging that grave of yours 
I can see you falling in… 
Really soon 

Don’t you know that’s where you’re going? 
You’ve scribbled it all on the wall

Make your choice 
If you care 

Must we all bare witness to your inevitable decaying orbit? 
I can see you falling in…

Decaying Orbit

Frozen in a doorway 
Can’t go forward - won’t turn back 
One life behind me 
The other just out of reach

Slip into oblivion 
Disappear into the void 
Blink into oblivion 
Float under the noise 

Frozen in this vessel 
Hiding in the corners of my mind 
Impotent to the voices 
Hissing at me from behind 

And I will sleep forever 
Under the noise 
And I will dream of black 
Under the noise 
And I will live forever
Under the noise 
Without this body pinning me down holding me back

Under the Noise

Under The Noise

Five minutes in time
Twenty years in the making
Seven years of warnings 
One long moment  

And you fell down 

You could be over 
You could be done 

More promises made 
Your hands are shaking 
You let it get this far
Will anything change? 

You could be over 
You could be done

PLANETL PARALLEL 5

Could Be

Could Be (Album Version)

Paint my face
Paint my hair
Tell me how good I look today 

Paint my skin 
Paint my nails 
Tell me how good I look today 

I need to hear it 

Paint my words
Paint my life 
Tell me how smart I am today 

I need to hear it 

Tell me
Say it 
You don’t need to mean it 

Stroke it...
Stroke my ego

Stoke It

Stroke It

Am I going backwards?
The light at the end of the tunnel’s getting smaller
How did this happen? 
Everyone around me’s growing up but I’m getting shorter 

Will it always be a struggle in the morning? 
Will it always be a struggle? 

Swimming against the tide
My arms and my legs are moving but I’m getting nowhere 
Getting nowhere 
All the things I’ve tried… 
My life is a pot full of water and I sit and stare 
I sit and stare 

Will it always be a struggle in the morning? 
Will it always be a struggle? 

Awaiting the next fleeting distraction