Robots in Disguise Album

Let us celebrate the foreign glamour of boys
Their allure is left unexplained
Their features and form alien to girls as described by girls
Scant chance for us to consume the beauty of the male body for pleasure

The body of boys, the blood of boys x8

Kappa jackets, Puma trainers, Farrahs, mullets, flicks
For that 80s comp-boy look
Bunny hops, wheelies (wow!)
BMX boys have a lot of fun
They ride their bikes out in the sun

Leisure centre, down by Cedars, railway line
Graffiti catalogues your weekend
Wait around, hang about, track you down
I spy on you
Looking hard through soft clean fringes

And if I kissed you (kiss kiss kiss)
And if we did it (do do do)
Would I become cool?
And as I kiss you
Gatecrash into
Boys boys boys!
Boys boys, boys boys boys!

And if I kissed you (kiss kiss kiss)
And if we did it (do do do)
Would I become cool?
And as I kiss you
Gatecrash into
Boys boys boys!
Boys boys, boys boys boys!

Biker jackets, long black jumpers, nose rings, DMs, dreads
For that 90s indie look
Guitars, playing records (wow!)
Boys in bands have a lot of fun
They make new sounds to get off on

Planet X, Freak Scene, Wildlife, Carny Bar
Roaches catalogue my weekend
Muck around, doss about, pants down
I lose time with you
Looking through your alternative fringe

And if I kissed you (kiss kiss kiss)
And if we did it (do do do)
Would I become cool?
And as I kiss you
Gatecrash into
Boys boys boys!
Boys boys, boys boys boys!

And if I kissed you (kiss kiss kiss)
And if we did it (do do do)
Would I become cool?
And as I kiss you
Gatecrash into
Boys boys boys!
Boys boys, boys boys boys!

The body of boys, the blood of boys x12

we like...
your skin
flat chest
shoulders square
cock
sex
broken voices
skinny hips
shape
synthesis
sinew
bass
metal

We like, we like, we like

Sea, dark, indigo and deep
Horizon straighter than it's ever seemed
Aqua, a cure to the touch
On my way from Praslin to Mahé

Space, blue bright, split in view
Breathing shapes out in verdure
In easy company I can be
In Mesnibus time hangs lightly

None so small, none too sure
None so small, none too sure

Sky, off white, city full
Constrict to construct, shift the scene
Held up, tied down, pushed around
Seasons slurred on the Harrow Road

None so small, none too sure
None so small, none too sure
None so small, none too sure
None so small, none too sure

Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
Ne te moques pas, te fous pas, te fous pas, casses pas
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art

We're the Blue Peter generation
Brought up on amateur creation
Check our hobbies and collections
Our lower middle class directions

My work's won kiddie competitions
Filled leisure time with my inventions
Read books that stretched imagination
I loved my breaktime education

Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art

I heart my art

Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my heart
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art

DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not

I heart my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art

We're the pre-mixed generation
Buy into quicker-fix emotion
Grown up, want only-child attention
Fed up on going through the motions

Dress up and kill the television
Play names and word association
Paint sounds, electro conversation
Go games and adult education

Don't take, don't take, don't break my cut and paste art
I heart my art

Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art

DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not

Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
I heart my art

Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art

DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not

I heart my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art

DIY

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

I feel calm as I take your tongue
Breathe you past lips into lungs
I feel a little sick and you uncovered
A change of flavour - I dare you!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Mouths glued
All lips
Eyes shine
Bite down

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

I feel stirred on this ascent
To little death by your fingers
I am a littled licked, but I'll recover
Like the switchback - I'll take you!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Bite down
Eyes shine
All lips
Mouths glued

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!

Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
Bed scenes!
It's obscene!
Bed scenes!
You'll break free!

- That'll do
- That's it?!

Picture the scene
Crowds circle over 2010
The robots are on tour again
In separate transport stay together for their art
A new album written continents apart
Flash back ten years back to the start
Back to the start
Back to the start
Gonna get you bitch
Gonna get you…bitch
Ahhh
Shut up!
Shut up!
Shut up…
Fuck you
You are shit
You stink of it

You're being pathetic
You're gonna regret it
I'm hating you lately
I want my 3.80
You're pulling that face in my space,
Same noises each day, rewind and press play
(rewind and press play x 2)
(x 2)

You always
You never
You always
You never
You always, you never
You always, you never.
(x 2)

Can you not
Can't you stop
Can you not
Can't you stop! Stop!
Can you not
Can't you stop
Can you not
Can't you stop! Stop!

You're being pathetic
You're gonna regret it
I'm hating you lately
I want my 3.80
You're pulling that face in my space,
Same noises each day, rewind and press play
(rewind and press play x 2)

You always
You never
You always
You never
You always, you never
You always, you never.
(x 2)

Can you not
Can't you stop
Can you not
Can't you stop! Stop!
Can you not
Can't you stop
Can you not
Can't you stop! Stop!

Can't you stop?
Stop!

Ego a go-go
Headaches
We gotta act more pro
Yeah
Just think of the fans
Stop the soap
Let's break up
Make up
If we split we're just another ex-band
If you want it to last
Back to the start
Back to the start
If you want it to last
Back to the start
Back to the start
Back to the start
Back to the start
If you want it to last
Back to the start x3
If you want it to last.

Funny how you look at my hi-fi
Touch my hi-fi
Like to listen to my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

Do you really want just another hi-fi,
Or do you want mine?
Do you really want just another hi-fi,
Or do you want mine?

You took a taxi and I paid your fare
The meter's still running
The meter's still running

You took a taxi and I paid your fare
The meter's still running
The meter's still running

Funny how you look at my hi-fi
Touch my hi-fi
Like to listen to my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

Silly you misused my hi-fi
Dissed my hi-fi
Changed tune on my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

Funny how you look at my hi-fi
Touch my hi-fi
Like to listen to my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

What if I turned down my hi-fi
Paused my hi-fi
Swapped discs on my hi-fi
Still you're gone

Talk's dirty to me baby
Treat me clean
Talk's dirty to me baby
Treat me clean

Funny how you look at my hi-fi
Touch my hi-fi
Like to listen to my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

Silly you misused my hi-fi
Dissed my hi-fi
Changed tune on my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

Funny how you look at my hi-fi
Touch my hi-fi
Like to listen to my hi-fi
Now I'm gone

What if I turned down my hi-fi
Paused my hi-fi
Swapped discs on my hi-fi
Still you're gone

Put the hi-fi down!
Move away from the hi-fi!
You are under Hi-Fi arrest!
Anything you say will be recorded on poor quality audio cassette and played back to you very loudly!

Remember remember, tricks to remember
Remember remember, tricks to remember
Remember remember, tricks to remember
Remember remember, tricks to remember

M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C - remind me
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C - remind me
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C

Memory - a record in every sense (mind me)
There's no symmetry in brain machinery (mind you)
Sensory: short-term, long-term (must be)
The sum of me - my identity (re-route)

M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C - remind me
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C - remind me
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C

A gallery of faces and names (N.B.)
4 security - who's nice and who's nasty (guess who?)
Chemistry - telling me off by heart (easy)
Snapshot scenery - I load love-imagery (yes you)

It's a flashback peepshow
Retro, memo, one time ago
It's a scrapbook photo
Retro, memo, one time ago

It's a flashback peepshow
Retro, memo, one time ago
It's a scrapbook photo
Retro, memo, one time ago

M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C - remind me
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C - remind me
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C
M-N-E-M-O-N-I-C

Transformer
Locate me
I'm trouble
It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Scared stiff
Didn't want to fall like this
Scarred sore by your sweetness
Scared stiff
Didn't want to fall like this
Scarred sore by your weakness

It's so strong
It's so strong
It's so strong
It's so strong

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm troubled
- I'm troubled
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Look at me
- Look at me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your turn to see
- It's your turn to see

Cared for
Didn't feel the move to this
Turned to your diagonal
Cared for
Didn't feel the move to this
Swing me
Swing me again

I'm punch drunk
I'm punch drunk
I'm punch drunk
I'm punch drunk

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm troubled
- I'm troubled
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Look at me
- Look at me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your turn to see
- It's your turn to see

1, 2, Minimise damage
Pick up the pieces
Of a broken legacy
3, 4, Hang on tightly
Wrap up warm in the freeze of the city
5, 6, You know the story
Coming up fast to a new dawning

Transformer
Locate me
I'm trouble
It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Transformer
Locate me
I'm trouble
It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Transformer
- Transfomer
Locate me
- Locate me
I'm trouble
- I'm trouble
It's your time to see
- It's your time to see

Thanks For Lis-ten-ing
Later Humans

Sore - all over me
Sore - all over me
Sore - all over me
(I'm sore, all over me)
Sore - all over me
(I'm sore, all over me)
Sore - all over me
(I'm sore, all over me)
Sore - all over me
(I'm sore, all over me)

Mind empty, aching
Don't wash, don't care, no calls
Mind conscious, tiring
Can't see, can't speak, can't think

Sink, sunk, funk, fucked, touched
Scratchy, stuck, stuck, stuck

50 minutes, 52 weeks, 4 years x8

Bored - don't talk to me
Bored - don't talk to me
Bored - don't talk to me
(I'm bored, don't talk to me)
Bored - don't talk to me
(I'm bored, don't talk to me)

Mind conscious, tiring
Can't see, can't speak, can't think
Mind empty, aching
Don't wash, don't care, no calls

Fall, fell, dirt, hurt, broke, choking, spunked, spunked, spunked

50 minutes, 52 weeks, 4 years x16

4 years (to end)

Tell me again about that boy named "Junior Band"
He had the energy of a wildcat, and wide open eyes
his hands moved constantly - dancing here, stopping there
Never was still to catch his breath

What happened to "Junior Band" the teenager?
His voice broke, his birthday suit felt tight all over
Kissing with tongues became a preoccupation

The sun stretched out and sang golden to him
His eyes became leaden lidded
It crossed his mind never to move
So delicious was this place and feeling

He was off like a dream
Dizzy from the heat, but oh! so content
He felt like he was in love
Or that it would feel like this

He was off like a dream
Dizzy from the heat, but oh! so content
He felt like he was in love
Or that it would feel like this
He felt like he was in love
Or that it would feel like this

The sun moved away to the other side of the sky
Cold seeped through the green
Underneath grew moist with the night
Junior band lay still, his back becoming wet
He felt scared

Did "Junior Band" live happily ever after?
He lay through the ice and the north wind
Realising that they were but a different face of his known sun
The recollection of the moments urging long ago forced him onto his feet
Looking into the mirror "Junior Band" saw he was a man
He took the title "Robots In Disguise"

The sun stretched out and sang golden anew
Our hero stared her out of the sky
It crossed his mind to ever to move
To delicious places, feelings

He was off on the ride
Burning from the heat, but oh! what intent
He knew the shape of love
Looked like this

He was of on the ride
Burning from the heat, but oh! what intent
He knew the shape of love
Looked like this
He knew the shape of love
Looked like this

Va-t-en! Il faut que tu me quittes!
Sois explorateur avant que la mort te prenne...

Keep moving, keep doing
Keep breathing, stay living
Keep moving, keep doing
Keep breathing, stay living

Keep eating, keep earning
More scrimping, stay paying
Keep eating, keep earning
More scrimping, stay paying

Keep learning, keep listening
Keep watching, more blagging
Keep learning, keep listening
Keep watching, more blagging

Keep writing, keep playing
keep plugging, do smiling

Artist class, some money
Understudies to youth
In your gaze 'til I succumb
To this mortal touch

Mix up words, cause the sounds
as it calls me, I do
in its gaze - elevates
Pause the mortal touch

Keep moving, keep doing
Keep breathing, stay living
Keep moving, keep doing
Keep breathing, stay living

Keep eating, keep earning
More scrimping, stay paying
Keep eating, keep earning
More scrimping, stay paying

Keep learning, keep listening
Keep watching, more blagging
Keep learning, keep listening
Keep watching, more blagging

Keep writing, keep playing
keep plugging, do smiling

Postcards from... Transformer
Played on the radio
In these minutes we pale
And shrink the mortal touch