In Absentia

September 2002 Lava/Atlantic Records - 83604-2

Tracks

Blackest Eyes (4:23)

A mother sings a lullaby to a child Sometime in the future the boy goes wild And all his nerves are feeling some kind of energy

A walk in the woods and I will try Something under the trees that made you cry It's so erotic when your make up runs

I got wiring loose inside my head I got books that I never ever read I got secrets in my garden shed I got a scar where all my urges bled I got people underneath my bed I got a place where all my dreams are dead Swim with me into your blackest eyes

A few minutes with me inside my van Should be so beautiful if we can I'm feeling something taking over me

Trains (5:56)

Train set and match spied under the blind Shiny and contoured the railway winds And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed The hiss of the train at the railway head

Always the summers are slipping away

A 60 ton angel falls to the earth A pile of old metal, a radiant blur Scars in the country, the summer and her

Always the summers are slipping away Find me a way for making it stay

When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide The hissing subsides I'm in luck

When the evening reaches here You're tying me up I'm dying of love It's OK

Lips of Ashes (4:39)

Paralysed Lips of Ashes Synchronised Blue vein crashes

Touching you inside

Idolised Black Eyes fading You and I Connection failing

I drill down inside

The Sound of Muzak (4:59)

Hear the sound of music Drifting in the aisles Elevator prozac Stretching on for miles

The music of the future Will not entertain It's only meant to repress And neutralise your brain

Soul gets squeezed out Edges get blunt Demographic Gives what you want

Now the sound of music Comes in silver pills Engineered to suit you Building cheaper thrills

The music of rebellion Makes you wanna rage But it's made by millionaires Who are nearly twice your age

One of the wonders of the world is going down It's going down I know It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough

Gravity Eyelids (7:56)

Open your eyes now Hear me out before I lose my mind I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind

Give me a smile please Count the calm and watch my breathing slow Winding me up tease Get inside my head and make it show

Gravity eyelids come down

Touching your oil skin Slipping hands down past your waist to find I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind Go to the edge swim Brown the eyes that sleep has rendered blind

1. Gravity eyelids come down 2. Come love so young with your gold arms so I wake her 3. Here's a will that will glow in the dark

Wedding Nails (6:33)

(instrumental)

Prodigal (5:32)

I don't know whose side I'm on I don't think that I belong round here If I left the stage would that be wrong ?

I tried to find myself a better way I got religion but I went astray They took my money and I lost my faith

Rain keeps crawling down the glass The good times never seem to last Close your eyes and let the thought pass

I tried the capsule and I tried the smoke I tried to aid escape like normal folk But I never seemed to get the joke

These are my old clothes This is a new low This is my blood flow This is my headstone

I spend my days with all my friends They're the ones on who my life depends I'm gonna miss them when the series ends

Rain keeps crawling down the glass (Pull yourself together) The good times never seem to last (You know it's not so bad) Close your eyes and let the thought pass (Close your eyes and let it pass)

.3 (5:25)

Black the sky, weapons fly Lay them waste for your race

The Creator Has a Mastertape (5:21)

He captured and collected things And he put them in a shed He raised a proper family So he could tie them to a bed

The creator had a mastertape But he left it in a cab I stared into the void tonight The best dream I ever had

He worked himself into the ground And drove a spike into his head A voice said Â³Are you happy now ?Â² Â³Your sordid home is running redÂ²

Pills and chloroform All the pages torn

Heartattack in a Layby (4:15)

I pull off the road East of Baldock and Ashford Feeling for my cell In the light from the dashboard

Hissing from the road The smell of rain in the air con Maybe check the news Or just put a tape on

Lighting up a smoke I've got this feeling inside me Don't feel too good

If I close my eyes And fell asleep in this layby Would it all subside The fever pushing the day by

Motor window wind I could do with some fresh air Can't breathe too well

(She waits for me. Home waits for me.)

I guess I should go now She's waiting to make up To tell me she's sorry And how much she missed me I guess I'm just burnt out I really should slow down I'm perfectly fine but I just need to lie down

We'll grow old together We'll grow old together We'll grow old together....

Strip the Soul (7:21)

This is my home, this is my own, we don't like no strangers Raise the kids good, beat the kids good and tie them up Spread it wide, my wife, my life, push the camera deeper I can use, I abuse, my muse, I made them all

This machine Is there to please Strip the soul Fill the hole A fire to feed A belt to bleed Strip the soul Kill them all

They are not gone, they are not gone, they are only sleeping In graves, in ways, in clay, underneath the floor Building walls, overalls, getting bored, I got faulty wiring Brick it up now, brick it up now, but keep the bones

(Do you want a western home in the rubble ?)

Collapse the Light Into the Earth (5:52)

I won't shiver in the cold I won't let the shadows take their toll I won't cover my head in the dark And I won't forget you when we part

Collapse the Light Into Earth

I won't heal given time I won't try to change your mind I won't feel better in the cold light of day But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay

Collapse the Light Into Earth

In Absentia (European Special Edition)

January 2003 (Lava Records 7567 93163-2)

Disc A

Blackest Eyes (4:23)

A mother sings a lullaby to a child Sometime in the future the boy goes wild And all his nerves are feeling some kind of energy

A walk in the woods and I will try Something under the trees that made you cry It's so erotic when your make up runs

A few minutes with me inside my van Should be so beautiful if we can I'm feeling something taking over me

Trains (5:56)

Train set and match spied under the blind Shiny and contoured the railway winds And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed The hiss of the train at the railway head

Always the summers are slipping away

A 60 ton angel falls to the earth A pile of old metal, a radiant blur Scars in the country, the summer and her

Always the summers are slipping away Find me a way for making it stay

When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide The hissing subsides I'm in luck

When the evening reaches here You're tying me up I'm dying of love It's OK

Lips of Ashes (4:39)

Paralysed Lips of Ashes Synchronised Blue vein crashes

Touching you inside

Idolised Black Eyes fading You and I Connection failing

I drill down inside

The Sound of Muzak (4:59)

Hear the sound of music Drifting in the aisles Elevator prozac Stretching on for miles

The music of the future Will not entertain It's only meant to repress And neutralise your brain

Soul gets squeezed out Edges get blunt Demographic Gives what you want

Now the sound of music Comes in silver pills Engineered to suit you Building cheaper thrills

The music of rebellion Makes you wanna rage But it's made by millionaires Who are nearly twice your age

One of the wonders of the world is going down It's going down I know It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough

Gravity Eyelids (7:56)

Open your eyes now Hear me out before I lose my mind I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind

Give me a smile please Count the calm and watch my breathing slow Winding me up tease Get inside my head and make it show

Gravity eyelids come down

Touching your oil skin Slipping hands down past your waist to find I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind Go to the edge swim Brown the eyes that sleep has rendered blind

1. Gravity eyelids come down 2. Come love so young with your gold arms so I wake her 3. Here's a will that will glow in the dark

Wedding Nails (6:33)

(instrumental)

Prodigal (5:32)

I don't know whose side I'm on I don't think that I belong round here If I left the stage would that be wrong ?

I tried to find myself a better way I got religion but I went astray They took my money and I lost my faith

Rain keeps crawling down the glass The good times never seem to last Close your eyes and let the thought pass

I tried the capsule and I tried the smoke I tried to aid escape like normal folk But I never seemed to get the joke

These are my old clothes This is a new low This is my blood flow This is my headstone

I spend my days with all my friends They're the ones on who my life depends I'm gonna miss them when the series ends

Rain keeps crawling down the glass (Pull yourself together) The good times never seem to last (You know it's not so bad) Close your eyes and let the thought pass (Close your eyes and let it pass)

.3 (5:25)

Black the sky, weapons fly Lay them waste for your race

The Creator has a Mastertape (5:21)

He captured and collected things And he put them in a shed He raised a proper family So he could tie them to a bed

The creator had a mastertape But he left it in a cab I stared into the void tonight The best dream I ever had

He worked himself into the ground And drove a spike into his head A voice said Â³Are you happy now ?Â² Â³Your sordid home is running redÂ²

Pills and chloroform All the pages torn

Heartattack in a Layby (4:15)

I pull off the road East of Baldock and Ashford Feeling for my cell In the light from the dashboard

Hissing from the road The smell of rain in the air con Maybe check the news Or just put a tape on

Lighting up a smoke I've got this feeling inside me Don't feel too good

If I close my eyes And fell asleep in this layby Would it all subside The fever pushing the day by

Motor window wind I could do with some fresh air Can't breathe too well

(She waits for me. Home waits for me.)

I guess I should go now She's waiting to make up To tell me she's sorry And how much she missed me I guess I'm just burnt out I really should slow down I'm perfectly fine but I just need to lie down

We'll grow old together We'll grow old together We'll grow old together....

Strip the Soul (7:21)

This machine Is there to please Strip the soul Fill the hole A fire to feed A belt to bleed Strip the soul Kill them all

(Do you want a western home in the rubble ?)

Collapse the Light Into Earth (5:52)

I won't shiver in the cold I won't let the shadows take their toll I won't cover my head in the dark And I won't forget you when we part

Collapse the Light Into Earth

I won't heal given time I won't try to change your mind I won't feel better in the cold light of day But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay

Collapse the Light Into Earth

Disc B

Drown With Me (5:21)

So you have been of use And you have been abused

You know you look pale today Your lipstick has gone astray

You sold out and lost your looks You gave away all your books

(You should drown with me)

Your coil has been wound up tight Unwind it with me tonight

(You should drown with me)

Tyre tracks Fresh on the ground Where she will be found Held under the water Resting there in a stream View from the cold water Buried in green Orange filter sky

Your drowning in family there When will you come up for air

(You should drown with me)

Don't feel you let 'em down Cos they have already drowned

(You should drown with me)

Chloroform (7:14)

Little retrograde, wonder where you are Another motorcade, under radar

A boy in borrowed clothes, knows he is a girl Shards of light come down, stillness in the air

Big sleeper, your deeper, too deep for me yeah Speak clearer, can't hear you, I'm going under

On the mountain side, hold me in your gaze But it's over now, cos I got kids to raise

Strip the Soul (Video Edit) (3:35)

In Absentia (2LP edition)

March 2003 Lava / Atlantic Germany – 7567 93178-1

Side A

Blackest Eyes
Trains
Lips of Ashes
Sound of Muzak

Side B

Gravity Eyelids
Wedding Nails
Prodigal

Side C

.3
The Creator Has a Mastertape
Chloroform

Side D

Heartattack in a Layby
Strip the Soul
Collapse the Light Into Earth

Includes bonus track "Chloroform".

In Absentia (DVD-A surround sound edition)

March 2004 (Lava/DTS 69286-01111-9-6)

Tracks

Blackest Eyes (4:23)

A mother sings a lullaby to a child Sometime in the future the boy goes wild And all his nerves are feeling some kind of energy

A walk in the woods and I will try Something under the trees that made you cry It's so erotic when your make up runs

A few minutes with me inside my van Should be so beautiful if we can I'm feeling something taking over me

Trains (5:56)

Train set and match spied under the blind Shiny and contoured the railway winds And I've heard the sound from my cousin's bed The hiss of the train at the railway head

Always the summers are slipping away

A 60 ton angel falls to the earth A pile of old metal, a radiant blur Scars in the country, the summer and her

Always the summers are slipping away Find me a way for making it stay

When I hear the engine pass I'm kissing you wide The hissing subsides I'm in luck

When the evening reaches here You're tying me up I'm dying of love It's OK

Lips of Ashes (4:39)

Paralysed Lips of Ashes Synchronised Blue vein crashes

Touching you inside

Idolised Black Eyes fading You and I Connection failing

I drill down inside

The Sound of Muzak (4:59)

Hear the sound of music Drifting in the aisles Elevator prozac Stretching on for miles

The music of the future Will not entertain It's only meant to repress And neutralise your brain

Soul gets squeezed out Edges get blunt Demographic Gives what you want

Now the sound of music Comes in silver pills Engineered to suit you Building cheaper thrills

The music of rebellion Makes you wanna rage But it's made by millionaires Who are nearly twice your age

One of the wonders of the world is going down It's going down I know It's one of the blunders of the world that no-one cares No-one cares enough

Gravity Eyelids (7:56)

Open your eyes now Hear me out before I lose my mind I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind

Give me a smile please Count the calm and watch my breathing slow Winding me up tease Get inside my head and make it show

Gravity eyelids come down

Touching your oil skin Slipping hands down past your waist to find I've been waiting for hours Let the salt flow, feel my coil unwind Go to the edge swim Brown the eyes that sleep has rendered blind

1. Gravity eyelids come down 2. Come love so young with your gold arms so I wake her 3. Here's a will that will glow in the dark

Wedding Nails (6:33)

[instrumental]

Prodigal (5:32)

I don't know whose side I'm on I don't think that I belong round here If I left the stage would that be wrong ?

I tried to find myself a better way I got religion but I went astray They took my money and I lost my faith

Rain keeps crawling down the glass The good times never seem to last Close your eyes and let the thought pass

I tried the capsule and I tried the smoke I tried to aid escape like normal folk But I never seemed to get the joke

These are my old clothes This is a new low This is my blood flow This is my headstone

I spend my days with all my friends They're the ones on who my life depends I'm gonna miss them when the series ends

Rain keeps crawling down the glass (Pull yourself together) The good times never seem to last (You know it's not so bad) Close your eyes and let the thought pass (Close your eyes and let it pass)

.3 (5:25)

Black the sky, weapons fly Lay them waste for your race

The Creator Has a Mastertape (5:21)

He captured and collected things And he put them in a shed He raised a proper family So he could tie them to a bed

The creator had a mastertape But he left it in a cab I stared into the void tonight The best dream I ever had

He worked himself into the ground And drove a spike into his head A voice said Â³Are you happy now ?Â² Â³Your sordid home is running redÂ²

Pills and chloroform All the pages torn

Heartattack in a Layby (4:15)

I pull off the road East of Baldock and Ashford Feeling for my cell In the light from the dashboard

Hissing from the road The smell of rain in the air con Maybe check the news Or just put a tape on

Lighting up a smoke I've got this feeling inside me Don't feel too good

If I close my eyes And fell asleep in this layby Would it all subside The fever pushing the day by

Motor window wind I could do with some fresh air Can't breathe too well

(She waits for me. Home waits for me.)

I guess I should go now She's waiting to make up To tell me she's sorry And how much she missed me I guess I'm just burnt out I really should slow down I'm perfectly fine but I just need to lie down

We'll grow old together We'll grow old together We'll grow old together....

Strip the Soul (7:21)

This machine Is there to please Strip the soul Fill the hole A fire to feed A belt to bleed Strip the soul Kill them all

(Do you want a western home in the rubble ?)

Collapse the Light Into Earth (5:52)

I won't shiver in the cold I won't let the shadows take their toll I won't cover my head in the dark And I won't forget you when we part

Collapse the Light Into Earth

I won't heal given time I won't try to change your mind I won't feel better in the cold light of day But I wouldn't stop you if you wanted to stay

Collapse the Light Into Earth

Drown with Me (5:21)

So you have been of use And you have been abused

You know you look pale today Your lipstick has gone astray

You sold out and lost your looks You gave away all your books

(You should drown with me)

Your coil has been wound up tight Unwind it with me tonight

(You should drown with me)

Tyre tracks Fresh on the ground Where she will be found Held under the water Resting there in a stream View from the cold water Buried in green Orange filter sky

Your drowning in family there When will you come up for air

(You should drown with me)

Don't feel you let 'em down Cos they have already drowned

(You should drown with me)

Chloroform (7:14)

Little retrograde, wonder where you are Another motorcade, under radar

A boy in borrowed clothes, knows he is a girl Shards of light come down, stillness in the air

Big sleeper, your deeper, too deep for me yeah Speak clearer, can't hear you, I'm going under

On the mountain side, hold me in your gaze But it's over now, cos I got kids to raise

Futile (6:06)

You were the one that made her cry You were the one that told her lies You were the one whose brain moved in circles Neither and adult or a child

Now it only moves you forward And back to the blackness at the same time

Burnt out tracks, the world went black Futile Lost my head, the world went red Futile It's not true, the world went blue Futile

You were the one collecting space You were the one just saving face You were the one whose brain moved in circles Neither and adult or a child

Now it only moves you forward And back to the blackness at the same time

Burnt out tracks, the world went black Futile Lost my head, the world went red Futile It's not true, the world went blue Futile

VIDEO TRACKS

Strip the Soul
Blackest Eyes
Wedding Nails

DVD-audio disc containing three versions of the album : (1) A high resolution audio surround version for playing on dedicated DVD-A players, (2) A standard resolution surround version for any DVD player, (3) The original stereo mix. Also contains bonus material, including video, photo galleries and three additional tracks mixed for surround. Blackest

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