Stereolab Album

Hideous on the edge of a precipice
The cavity filled up with forgetfullness
Beyond there's no retribution only war
Her society overtly...
The meaning of existence
Can't be supplied by religion or ideologies
Left to all our creativity we must find
The real significance that wouldn't be mystified
The sense or non-sense that will emerge on a precipice
Is only the impact of the creative activity

I didn't question I didn't know
As far as I'd seen life was endless
When I realised I had to let go
We are mere mortals
As to the rest
It's not eternal, imperishable
While on the move
It's not eternal, interminable
Progress is the clue

I though IBM was born with the world
The US flag would float forever
The cold opponent did pack away
The capital will have to follow
It's not eternal, imperishable
Oh yes it will go
It's not eternal, imterminable
The dinosaur law

Look at the symbols, they are alive
They move evolve and then they die.

They are one of the same
Two inevitables
Two inevitables
We can't avoid dying
Bursting through our barriers
They are one of the same
Two inevitables

Les villes vues d'avion sont semblables,
Les villes vues d'avion sont semblables
À des étoiles électroniques
Ce soir, écrasées
Au sol pour prendre racine
Et vivre ainsi étalées
Les villes vues d'avion sont ssemblables
Les villes vues d'avion sont semblables
À des étoiles électroniques
Écrasées et prises
Au sole pour prendre racine
Et vivre ainsi étalées

it's alright 'cause the historical pattern has shown
how the economical cycle tends to revolve
in a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop
a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more

bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery
huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery

you see the recovery always comes 'round again
there's nothing to worry for things will look after themselves
it's alright recovery always comes 'round again
there's nothing to worry if things can only get better

there's only millions that lose their jobs and homes and sometimes accents
there's only millions that die in their bloody wars, it's alright

it's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing
it's only their lives and the lives of their next of kin that they are losing

it's alright 'cause the historical pattern has shown
how the economical cycle tends to revolve
Lyricsin a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop
a slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more

bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery
huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery

don't worry be happy things will get better naturally
don't worry shut up sit down go with it and be happy

dum, dum, dum, de dum dum, de duh de duh de dum dum dum... ah ah
dum, dum, dum, de dum dum, de duh de duh de dum dum dum... ah ah

Il n'y a rien de
De plus vrai que
De plus vrai que le
Plus vrai que le souffle
Il n'y a rien de
Plus vrai que le souffle

Mon père, maman, mes frères et moi
écoulions des jours
tantot tranquilles, tantôt agités
d'une vie familliale bien banale

le facteur les jours de semaine
glissait le courrier dans la boite
ce matin là, mon père fut blême
mais qu'avait-il dans les mains?

l'enveloppe marron à en-tête
de l'administration d'état
avait pour horrible requête
de recruter des soldats.

on me convoque dans cette lettre
pour aller rependre la paix
on me dit que tout l'arsenal
est sorti à cet effet.

au nom de, l'humanité
nous supprimerons des milliers
de familles afin de
les protéger contre eux-mêmes

What's 'morals' after all?
A set of rules from above
Moral panic calls for more censorship
While annihilating 'le perdure sens critique,
Critique', moral panic calls for more censorship

What's 'morals' after all?
A set of rules from above
Morals which don't even tackle the real issues
Morals which seek intervention and control
Morals which don't even address the real problems

What's 'morals' after all?
A set of rules from above
Morals which don't even tackle the real issues
Morals which don't even address the real problems
Morals that just seek control over our lives

into outer space with lucia pamela
the moon is the place where there's space for lucia
into outer space with lucia pamela
the moon is the place where there's place for lucia

before armstrong took his steps
she'd been there with friends
they took all instruments and
recorded on the moon
gathered variety of sound
from where the air is different

i'm so full of ideas
and here is a good one
lucia has a dream
a dream that comes in colour of
international colouring
for your entry she's waiting

into outer space with lucia pamela
the moon is the place where there's space for lucia
into outer space with lucia pamela
the moon is the place where there's space for lucia

In a fluid and shifting
Creative and destructive
Like water when it burns
Conjunction of opposites
Active/passive principles
Freedom/slave, fire/water

In a fluid and shifting
Creative and destructive
Like water when it burns
Conjunction of opposites
Active/passive principles
Fame/glory, fire/water

In a fluid and shifting
I will drink fire/water

Dans ce long linceul
Le reve virtuel
on se fait tres seul
non pas la plus belle
Mais la pire des...

Maladie des sens
cinq sans experiences
innocence des experiences

Plus besoin de connaitre son voisin
Le bouton de toute puissance
Non plus besoin d'etablir des liens
Je fais l'amour a distance...

La vitesse qui resume a rien
Renie ce que c'est d'etre humain (x2)

Transporte sans bouger

De la même manière
Que des filles un peu naïves
On se laisse faire
Par la tête du pays

On s'en va comme des poltrons
Vivant mal leur écartèlement
Entre émotion et indifférence
Entre révolte et dérision

On a le désir, on se dit il faut agir
Mais cette lâcheté inavouable
Nous rend bien trop gouvernables

On s'en va comme des poltrons
Vivant mal leur écartèlement
Entre émotion et indifférence
Entre révolte et dérision

In whatever society
There continually
Will seem to be
Just a few men
Keen to rule
Overwhelming the majority
We'll assent and allow
Them to do so

You were no...
When we were no longer...in
So small a corner
You were not that...
Because
Repression was a form of corner
The walls were starting to move
Release the tightly fitted joints
That's altering the rest
(Examine, uncritical)
Need to examine uncritical times

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