Read (Discography): Turns and Strokes

Safe

So bloody sterile in a state of repose
A feeling of frustration constantly grows
Mindful of inaction but aware of the risks
A person is battered enthusiastically

Safe
Not enough

Monitored in camera, broadcast rapidly
Suddenly undermining, explained cryptically

Lorries

I'm mourning the passing of a moment
A blackened silence, uneasily as led
I cannot forgive your tears as an answer
Or is this an excuse for your selfishness?

I came, it was so
I wanted to go

Irrational in the extreme
It makes such perfect sense
I'm just at that lost moment
I'm cold without regret

A Panamanian Craze?

[instrumental]

Remove For Improvement

A reply was not expected
The question was not asked
And then without warning
Glasses were raised in a toast
The guest turned on his shower
After writing a suicide note
And then without warning
Glasses were raised in a toast

A simple act of kindness
Missing a sense of loss
And then without warning
Glasses were raised in a toast
Graced by his presence
A handsome pleasance
A self-conscious past
Some room for improvement
Remove for improvement

The Spare One

A hand that's opened
Reveals much to a mind that's closed
It holds a fragile head
In tender care
Don't be so worried
You're one who should be spared
You're one who should be spared

Don't be so worried
You're one who should be spared
The embarrassment
The pain, the need to [it's always the same]
First I say I love you
And then you're silent
How I adore your island
How I adore your islands
You're one who should be spared

Over My Head

[I had to come down my way?]
[In hot water sticking around the bush?]
That's because [?]
Out of my head, over my head
[It was my mistake?]
[I thought before I took into the air?]
[?]
Out of my head, over my head
[I've got all my priorities strange?]
[They're coming home to roost anytime?]
[We made our afflicted?]
[When we dropped our arms?]
[I wouldn't be here tonight?]
Out of my head, over my head
[There's nothing missing?]
I thought before I took to the air
[?]
Out of my head, over my head

12XU

Saw you in a mag (smoking a fag), kissing a man

I got you in a corner (cottage), got you in a corner

12XU

Inventory

I'm testing the temperature, one foot in the water
A splash makes me gnash my teeth in horror

Inventory, I should be wary
My needs are slighter, I should be brighter

I'm listing some adjectives, which fill me with horror
Those in bold type: like ripe, like snipe, like

Inventory, I should be wary
My needs are slighter, I should be brighter

I'm reading imaginary characters with motives
That I should question, I should point out

Inventory, I should be wary
My needs are slighter, I should be brighter

A Ritual View

You took the veil in through a crowd
Your rich address is not allowed

Now you see it's all come true
The diamond gate keeps the fire out
The heart within is filled with doubt

Salmon spread on eggshell blue
Graphite marks, battlement blue

Egyptian hospital, dissections by
A dotted line across the sky

Fortune filled your Chinese cup; it
Whispered gold, it promised luck

Part Of Our History

Green jungle, the uneventual
In which the specimen grows
We sing and we dance as we go
Sing and dance as we go up the Sargaso
Adorning your bodies with ornaments
Protecting your borders with armaments
We sing and we dance as we go
We sing and we dance in the [?]
Adorning your bodies with ornaments
They loosen your love of armaments
You sing and dance as we go
You sing and dance as we go
They downed the quotations
We move the trees
It all becomes part of our history
We sing and dance as we go
We sing and dance in the [?]
We sing and dance as we go
We sing and dance as we are

Our Swimmer

Displaying an interest in forward propulsion
Our swimmer glides (moves) with no actual motion
The stroke he's using needs timing and skill
The effect is graceful, but the progress is nil

Neither backwards nor sideways, it's part of the thrill
The element he performs in is perfectly still
No problems with friction, it's easy for him
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim

He turned head on tail, tail in head
He thinks that this cycle will get him ahead
Leaden-limbed, his state becomes alarming
Progress expected, not forthcoming
The effect is graceful, but the progress is nil
It is what he was born to, to swim and to swim