: This is the true story of the weeds: the origin of the species. A story of cultivation, exploitation, civilization. Found flowering on wasteland unnoticed
: We came across the North Sea with our carriers on our knees Wound up in some holding camp somewhere outside Leeds. Because we do not care to fight,
: Just behind the station, before you reach the traffic island, a river runs thru' a concrete channel. I took you there once; I think it was after the
: I took an air-rifle, shot a magpie to the ground & it died without a sound. Your skin so pale against the fallen Autumn leaves & no-one saw us but
: It's six o'clock, the birds are singing. I'm wide awake whilst you're still fast asleep. I went outside, into your garden. The sun was bright & the
: Here comes your bedtime story: Mum & Dad have sentenced you to life. Don't think twice; it's the only reason I'm alive. I feel alright as long as I
: The feel of my arm around your waist, the pale blue nightdress that you wore. Your hair in braids, your sailor top: the things I don't see anymore.
: I used to hate the sun because it shone on everything I'd done. Made me feel that all that I had done was overfill the ashtray of my life. All my achievements
: "There's a light that shines on everything & everyone. And it shines so bright - brighter even than the sun". That's what Minnie thinks as she walks
: When you think you're treading water, but you're just learning how to drown. And a song comes on the radio telling you that "The Only Way is Down".
: I used to try very hard to make friends with everyone on the planet. I've seen you havin' it, havin' it yeah But now you've just had it. Entertainment
: I am not Jesus though I have the same initials - I am the man who stays home and does the dishes. And how was your day? Is that woman still trying
: This is our "Music from A Bachelors Den" - The sound of loneliness turned up to ten. A horror soundtrack from a stagnant water-bed And it sounds just
: Hey man, How come you treat your woman so bad? That's not the way you do it. No no no you shouldn't do it like that. I could show you how to do it
: Laid here with the advertising sliding past my eyes Like cartoons from other peoples lives, I start to wonder what it takes to be a man. Well I learned
: Here in the night love takes control. Making me high Making me whole. I don't know. Oh no no no. No I don't know. No no no. No I don't know. When
: You look just like Sylvia: Well you look like her to me - The way she wore her hair then. Oh, he way she used to be. I've not seen her for a long time
: Come and play the tunes of glory - Raise your voice in celebration Of the days that we have wasted in the cafe In the station. And learn the meaning
