The Ark - We Are The Ark


01 Hey Modern Days (3:50)

Hey modern days, here we come
But our feet are swollen and we got no place to stay
But we hope it would still be okay
'cos we brought champagne
and we thought that there must be sleeping bags
(in this very modern day)

But we're all very proud to be here today
The first of a thousand million modern days

'Cos it's a scam, it's a royal kind of wham-bam figure
It's abrieved in the sense of being up-john and senseless
It's a see-saw sickness, it's a snake-bite, low-chant jive
on the century's crime

Well, it's a scam, it's a royal kind of wham-bam figure
It's abrieved in the sense of being up-john and senseless
It's a see-saw sickness, it's a snake-bite, low-chant jive
on the century's crime

Hey modern days, we're taken a-back
We're a flame and a-gog, aloof and inhaled
with a don-don briefcase, oh, wait for our call
And I therefore shall declare
that the stores shall be locked no more
(no more), no more, (no more)

Why shall men suffer, why shall there be freaks?
Why am I still rehearsing a song when I oughta sleep?

'Cos it's a scam, it's a royal kind of wham-bam figure
It's abrieved in the sense of being up-john and senseless
It's a see-saw sickness, it's a snake-bite, low-chant jive
on the century's crime

Well, it's a scam, it's a royal kind of wham-bam figure
It's abrieved in the sense of being up-john and senseless
It's a see-saw sickness, it's a snake-bite, low-chant jive
on the century's crime

Oh, chin-batty dour face, why did you go there?
Sitting on a cold stone, waiting for the train home
Hoping it would carry me home
hoping it would carry me home

Well, it's a scam, it's a royal kind of wham-bam figure
It's abrieved in the sense of being up-john and senseless
It's a see-saw sickness, it's a snake-bite, low-chant jive
on the century's crime

It's a scam, it's a royal kind of wham-bam figure
It's abrieved in the sense of being up-john and senseless
It's a see-saw sickness, it's a snake-bite, low-chant jive
on the century's crime
...

Chin-batty dour face, why did you go there?
Sitting on a cold stone, waiting for the train home
Hoping that the wind blows in the right direction
Hoping someone [?] offering protection

Chin-batty dour face, why did you go there?
Sitting on a cold stone, waiting for the train home
Hoping that the wind blows in the right direction
Hoping someone [?] offering erection


02 Echo Chamber (3:39)

(Echo, echo, echo, echo
echo, echo, echo, echo)

(Echo, echo, echo, echo)

No
Have you heard the word no, no, no?
I thought so
'cos everybody says yes
everywhere you go

You know
If you always must know what's right
you will end up
You will end up among the ones
who always are wrong

Remember a star that shone so bright
but now his glare fills me with fright
And now I actually fear
that something's gone wrong with your ears
I'm singing

Step out, step out of your echo chamber
Step out, step out of your echo chamber
Before it is too late (late)
Before it is too late (late)
Before it is too late
'cos I miss you so

(Echo, echo, echo, echo)

You
You always stayed among the ones
Not so strong
Too eager to belong
to object when you were wrong

When
When will you ever get sick of
listening to repeats
of what you have said?
You better listen instead
to folks who think with their own head

I never want to be your foe
I just wanna say I miss you so
How long will you stay in there?
I just wish that you could hear me singing

Step out, step out of your echo chamber
Step out, step out of your echo chamber
Before it is too late (late)
Before it is too late (late)
Before it is too late
'cos I miss you so

(Step out, step out of your) echo chamber
Oh, step out, step out of your echo chamber

Step out (step out)
before you go crazy
x2

Before it is too late (late)
Before it is too late (late)
Before it is too late
'cos I miss you so

(Echo, echo, echo, echo
echo, echo, echo, echo
echo, echo, echo, echo)


03 Joy Surrender (3:56)

I was born to start a revolution
It would be my contribution
to a worldwide resurrection
I was born to start a million fires
The joy of men's desires
was laid in my hand

But I was born a weak and worried thinker
with an eagerness to know myself
that throws it all away

'Cos all I can think of is
love and Saturday
and how the golden road can seize to glare
Oh, man
What if I just don't gave a damn?
How wonderful
But after all the worst can't be that bad
Oh, man
What if I knew how to say
"Stop
no, let go"?

Oh, the angelheaded demon's-tongue
who thought he knew
why some mirrors crack so easily
Oh, now he ain't got a clue

And every now and then
it seems to me it's come to this
that promises and prophecies
was all I had to give

'Cos all I can think of is
love and Saturday
and how the golden road can seize to glare
Oh, man
What if I just don't gave a damn?
How wonderful
Hut after all the worst can't be that bad
Oh, man
What if I knew how to say
"Stop
no, let go"?

Oh, love
The worst can't be that bad
Oh, love
Saturday, and how the golden road can seize to glare
Oh, man
What if I just don't gave a damn?
How wonderful
But after all the worst can't be that bad
Oh, man
Seems like a joy surrender
Love


04 It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane (4:10)

Whatever happened to the funky race?
A generation lost in pace
Wasn't life supposed to be more than this?
In this kiss I'll change your bore for my bliss

Let go of my hand and it will slip on the sand
If you don't give me the chance
to break down the walls of attitude
I ask nothing of you
not even your gratitude

And if you think I'm corny
then it will not make me sorry
It's your right to laugh at me
and in turn that's my oppurtunity
to feel brave

Because ridicule is no shame
Oh, it's just a way to eclipse hate
It's just a way to put my back straight
Oh, it's just a way to remain sane

Every morning I would see her getting off the bus
The picture never drops, it's like a multicoloured snapshot
stuck in my brain
It kept me sane for a couple of years
as it drenched my fears
of becoming like the others
who become unhappy mothers
and fathers of unhappy kids
and why is that?

'Cos they've forgotten how to play
Oh, maybe they're afraid to feel ashamed
to seem strange, to seem insane
to gain weight, to seem gay
I tell you this

That it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, in this world all covered up in shame
(Oh, take it to the stage)

So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket
Take it jackpot, crackpot, strutting like a peacock
Nailvarnish Arkansas, shimmy-shammy featherboah
Crackpot, haircut, dye your hair in glowing red and blue

Do, do, do what you wanna do
Don't think twice, do what you have to do
Do, do, do, do, let your heart decide
what you have to do
That's all there is to find

'Cos it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, in this world all covered up in shame
Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, it takes a fool to remain sane
Oh, in this world all covered up in shame

Oh, it takes a fool
(It takes a fool to remain sane)...


05 Ain't Too Proud To Bow (3:30)

I'm dangerous
'cos I'm ridiculous
And it seems to me
that I'm a threat to the
whole society
'Cos I ain't got no dignity
so if you want respect from me
Well, have it for free
it's worth nothing to me
and in your eyes I see
it's something else you seek
It's fear that you wanna see

But I ain't too proud to bow
I ain't too proud to kneel
I ain't too proud for any gesture
that is meaningless to me
I ain't too proud to beg
I ain't too proud to run
'cos I don't want respect
I'd much rather have fun

If you think you're tough
when you're laughing at us
Well, it's no big buzz
you can laugh if you must
'cos me and my friends
like the way that we look
and that's enough for us
And we don't want no fuss
but if you'd like to stay
then to me it's okay
and I don't say there's anything
wrong with your head
Just wish you'd try to
think for yourself instead

'Cos I ain't too proud to bow
I ain't too proud to kneel
I ain't too proud for any gesture
that is meaningless to me
I ain't too proud to beg
I ain't too proud to run
'cos I don't want respect
I'd much rather have fun

Aah
So it's fear you wanna see

But I ain't too proud to bow
I ain't too proud to kneel
I ain't too proud for any gesture
that is meaningless to me
I ain't too proud to beg
I ain't too proud to run
'cos I don't want respect
I'd much rather have fun

Ola la la
Ain't too proud to bow
ain't too proud to beg
x2

Ooh, I ain't too proud to bow
I ain't too proud to kneel
I ain't too proud for any gesture
that is meaningless to me
I ain't too proud to beg
I ain't too proud to run
'cos I don't want respect
I'd much rather have fun


06 Bottleneck Barbiturate (4:59)

I don't believe in angels
Well, at least not in yours
But I believe in the sensation
of holding you close

And I don't believe in exile
Well, at least not how you practise it
But I'm willing to regret
all the travels I made
all the triumphs in my book
'cos I'm afraid that they took me away from you

So don't be upset
'cos your bottleneck barbiturate
ain't helping you out
It wasn't meant to be a hole in the ground
Don't make me wait
'cos your bottleneck barbiturate
is letting you down
'Cos I know other ways of getting around
the lonely hour

Oh, I'm the one who used to tell you
oh, that something is for free
And that being lonely
doesn't have to be a drag (what a gag)

Now if I was to envy you
you know it wouldn't be for real
No, just a way to steal
Or can it be so
that we've made it on our own?
I don't know, but these walls seems to tell me it ain't so

So don't be upset
'cos your bottleneck barbiturate
ain't helping you out
It wasn't meant to be a hole in the ground
Don't make me wait
'cos your bottleneck barbiturate
is letting you down
'Cos i know other ways of getting around
the lonely hour, hour, hour

Oh, don't make me wait
'cos your bottleneck barbiturate
is letting you down
It wasn't meant to be a hole in the ground

Oh, don't make me wait
'cos your bottleneck barbiturate
is letting you down
'Cos I know better ways of getting around
the lonely hour

Don't make me wait x3


07 Let Your Body Decide (3:16)

Words
come to me so easily
They make me forget what I mean
Seems so very unsound
when I don't want them around

Let your body decide where you want to go

Let your body decide where you want to go
high or low, fast or slow
x4

I don't know if I'm ready
but everything must be unsteady
on the first go-round

Thoughts
Is it right to feel this way?
Will I be happy one day?
Is my posture okay?
Am I straight or gay?

Let your body decide where you want to go

Let your body decide where you want to go
high or low, fast or slow
x4

I don't know if I'm ready
but everything must be unsteady
on the first go-round

First go-round x6


08 Patchouli (2:37)

I've got sunshine in the palms of my hands
Generating slowly
into somekind of a wave of a trance
Oh, I'm reacting madly
If I was home
I wouldn't be late to tell you

'Cos sure I would like to burn
but if I'm gonna burn
Oh, then it must be fire
Oh, but now it burns, burns, burns, burns
So it must be fire
but tell me love
ain't this desire
I can't tell love from desire
but it sure feels good

Must be something in the air that I breathe
Oh, that affects me wildly
And to put it as it makes my blood seethe
is to express it mildly
Oh no, oh no
I wouldn't dream of dreaming that dream

'Cos sure I would like to burn
but if I'm gonna burn
Oh, then it must be fire
Oh, but now it burns, burns, burns, burns
So it must be fire
but tell me love
ain't this desire
I can't tell love from desire
but it sure feels good

Oh, sure I would like to burn
but if I'm gonna burn
Oh, then it must be fire
Oh, but now it burns, burns, burns, burns
So it must be fire
but tell me love
ain't this desire
I can't tell love from desire
but it sure feels good


09 This Sad Bouquet (5:06)

It took time, took time to develop a concept
A new me
based upon the traits from which I could not flee

It took time, took time to embrace the nature
All my dreams
All this time just turned into a sad long wait

This sad long tale of moments passé
must come to an end before it is too late
Wasn't born to hate, I was made to love
but I never knew it was so hard

It took time, took time to accept the fact
that one must lose
everything except what you do not choose

It's taken time, long time and yet more time
it will take
before my heart is free and brave enough to break

This sad long tale of moments passé
must come to an end before it is too late
Wasn't born to hate, I was made to love
but I never knew it was so hard

This sad bouquet of forget-me-not
that I threw away is growing scars and dots
In this weary heart where there's a bird, so shy
but one of these days that bird will learn to fly


10 Angelheads (3:21)

With a yawn
the peaceful city goes to sleep
Long till dawn
cries a siren in the street
'Cos the night
is where the young, bold lovers rule
A reign of spite
daytime they're hidden in the clouds

Click, clack, cluck
Oh, when their feet clack to the ground
Click, clack, cluck
Oh, it makes a joyful sound
'Cos the air is clean
where the danger's always near
It's easily seen
they're unfamiliar with fear

'Cos boys wanna know what makes men crawl
what makes empires fall
Wanna hear and see it all
'cos it seems to us a mystic and unbelievable

Don L. Lee
and the sisters of the night
Yours for free
if you dare to take a bite
'Cos love is cheap
and nutritious in the streets
Hide and seek
it's easy not to fall asleep

When boys wanna know what makes men crawl
what makes empires fall
Wanna hear and see it all
'cos it seems to us a mystic and unbelievable

Lofty hills of laughs we climb
sugary spices wait outside
Time is on our side
and we have everything to gain
But if you hear the mountains swing
if you hear the angels roar
Let me know, I'll play the chord
There's a goal in our flow
that would make a strong man bow

Oh!
Oh, it's a marvel to be seen
how it flows
in chryzantemummy green
But some do scorn
hearing the fleshy engines roar
Afraid to show
where their angelheads do grow

Ah hoo

I wanna hear and see it all
'cos it seems to us a mystic and unbelievable

Yeah, yeah, ooh yeah

Oh
la la la...

Mystic and unbelievable


11 Laurel Wreath (3:44)

I'm afraid, embarassed to
I have never seen anything like you
My God, you're great, greater than I'd expect
And the night is silver round your neck
and the night is silver round your neck

Men high and low sing hymns to you
Your sons and daughters do what you want them to
I wanna wear your love like a laurel wreath
And the night turns silver when you breathe
and the night turns silver when you breathe

Oh, I'm out of time, you bring me down
You leave me naked standing out of line
'Cos you're a soul on an endless trek
And the night is silver round your neck
and the night is silver round your neck

And the night is silver round your neck x2


12 You, Who Stole My Solitude (5:04)

You, who stole my solitude
and expelled me into this mood
Who permitted you to intrude
so unelegant and rude?

You, who haunt me all day long
Who make me write this song
of how you've done me wrong

You, who stole my solitude
The most precious thing I owned
I never will forgive you

You, who barricade my streets
Who leave me no retreat
Who haunt me in my sleep
and bitter what I eat

You, say, what did you expect?
For a person who's infected
my association paths
(Did you expect a lovesong?)

You, who stole my solitude
The most precious thing I owned
I never will forgive you

(Ah ah ah)...