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Rock N Roll Suicide Lyrics
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget
Ohhh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
And the clocks waits so patiently on your song
You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long
Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suciide
Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road
But the day breaks instead so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
They're so natural - religiously unkind
Oh no love! you're not alone
You're watching yourself but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care
Oh no love! you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Just turn on with me and you're not alone
Let's turn on with me and you're not alone
Let's turn on and be not alone
Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful
Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful
Oh gimme your hands.
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
The wall-to-wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget
Ohhh, you're a rock 'n' roll suicide
And the clocks waits so patiently on your song
You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long
Oh, no, no, no, you're a rock 'n' roll suciide
But the day breaks instead so you hurry home
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
They're so natural - religiously unkind
You're watching yourself but you're too unfair
You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care
Oh no love! you're not alone
No matter what or who you've been
No matter when or where you've seen
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
You're not alone
Let's turn on with me and you're not alone
Let's turn on and be not alone
Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful
Gimme your hands cause you're wonderful
Oh gimme your hands.
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Submitted by
mrrubery On Jul 11, 2002
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Cover of the David Bowie song, of course.
While it's creepy, I'm still not sure if it measures up to the original. One of the things I always liked about Bowie's version is the way it's quite two-faced; is the "You're not alone - give me your hands" a plea from Ziggy to his fellow suicides to help each other, save each others' life, or is he inviting them to join him in death? BBR seem to have picked a side; Sarah's detached voice and the general moroseness of the song sounds more like... well... "Life is unfair, kill yourself" to quote a phrase. It's beautifully done and everything, and BBR are the perfect band to do it, but it lacks the double-edged threat of the original.
I think it's a great cover, though it took me several listens to get to appreciate it. It's also definately not a suicide song, not even in the original Bowie sense I think, though other BBR's songs are depressing and might be taken as such. Sarah Nixey's voice is beautiful and sexy, I love it.