BLOC PARTY. SILENT ALARM
Produced by Paul Epworth and Bloc Party Recorded by Eliot James at Deltalab Studios, Copenhagen, and Milaca, Haxton June/July 2004 except Compliments and Banquet Recorded by Mark "Top" Rankin at the Exchange, London Programming and Additional production: Eliot James except Banquet: Programming by Paul Epworth Assisted by Joe Hirst and Fashion Show Mixed by Rich Costey at Avatar Studios, NYC Paul Epworth represented by Annette Russell Artist Management Cover photograph by Ness Sherry - www.nessherry.co.uk Photography by Paul Epworth except Russell and Copenhagen overhead by Matt Tong Worldwide Management by Simon White and Tony Perrin for Coalition
SILENT ALARM
LIKE EATING GLASS It's so cold in this house Open mouth swallowing us The children sent home from school Will not stop crying And I know that you're busy Do I know that you care You got your finger on the pulse You got your eyes everywhere And it hurts all the time When you don't return my calls And you haven't got the time To remember how it was It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this house I can't eat, I can't sleep I can't sleep, I can't dream An aversion to light Got a fear of the ocean Like drinking poison Like eating glass Like drinking poison Like eating… It's so cold in this house
It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this house It's so cold in this bed Like drinking poison Like eating glass Like drinking poison Like eating… Come and show me how How it was… We've got crosses on our eyes Been walking into the walls again We've got crosses on our eyes Been walking into the furniture We've got crosses on our eyes For richer, for poorer For better, for worse We've got crosses on our eyes We've been walking into the furniture HELICOPTER North to south Empty. Running on. Bravado As if to say, as if to say As if to say he doesn't like chocolate He's born a liar, he'll die a liar Some things will never be different
Stop being so American There's a time and there's a place So James Dean, so blue jeans He's gonna save the world, he's gonna Are you hoping for a miracle? Are you hoping for a miracle? Three out of five, three out of five (It's not enough) Six out of ten Better luck next time Just like his dad, just like his dad (The same mistakes) Some things will never be different Hungry and dumb, hungry and dumb (So wait in line) Queuing up for some more junk food It's not my fault, it's not my fault (Just this once) They're getting so much younger Why can't you be more European? Bastard child of guilt and shame Bury your head in the sand I'm thinking six, six, six I'm thinking six Are you hoping for a miracle? (It's not enough)
POSITIVE TENSION He said "You're just as boring as everyone else when you tut and you moan and you squeal and you squelch" He said "You're just as boring as everyone else" Nothing ever happens… Things replace things Days replace days Things replace things She said: "I'm going to use my teeth and my claws" She said: "I'm going to use my teeth and my claws" She said: "I'm going to use my teeth and my breasts" I'm gonna make it happen She said... "Run run run, run run run" And you cannot run or ever Ever escape
"Run run run, run run run" You cannot run or ever hide it away "Run run run, run run run" Something glorious is about to happen "Run run run, run run run" The reckoning They go "You're just as boring as everyone else when you tut and you moan and you squeal and you squelch" They go "You're just as boring as everyone else" Stuck past-timing The fear and the yearning The fear and the consumption The fear and the yearning It's gonna to eat you alive They go...
The reckoning They go... They say... They go... They say... They go... Why'd you have to get so hysterical? Why'd you have to get so hysterical? Why'd you have to get so hysterical? Why'd you have to get so hysterical? Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (success, success, success is over) Why'd you have to get so hysterical? (success, success, success is over) Why'd you have to get So fucking useless!?
"Run run run, run run run" And you cannot hide or ever Play it cool boy Ever escape Play it cool boy "Run run run, run run run" Play it cool… And you cannot hide or ever put it away "Run run run, run run run" Something glorious is about to happen "Run run run, run run run"
BANQUET A heart of stone, a smoking gun I can give you life, I can take it away A heart of stone, a smoking gun I'm working it out
Turning away from the light Becoming adult Turning into my soul I wanted to bite not destroy To feel her underneath Turning into the light
Why’d you feel so underrated? Why'd you feel so negated?
And if you feel a little left behind We will wait you on the other side
Turning away from the light Becoming adult Turning into my soul I wanted to bite not destroy To feel her underneath Turning into the light
And if you feel a little left behind We will wait you on the other side
She don't think straight Not, not, not She don't think straight She's got such a dirty mind And it never ever stops And you don't taste like her And you never ever will And we don't read the papers We don't read the news Heaven's never enough We will never be fooled
'Cause I'm on fire, ‘Cause you know I'm on fire When you come 'Cause you know I'm on fire 'Cause you know I'm on fire So stub me out 'Cause I'm on fire 'Cause I'm on fire BLUE LIGHT You'll find it hiding in shadows You'll find it hiding in cupboards It will walk you home safe every night It will help you remember
If that's the way it is Then that's the way it is If that's the way it is Then that's the way it is I still feel you and the taste of cigarettes What could I ever run to? Just tell me it's tearing you apart Just tell me you cannot sleep If that's the way it is Then that's the way it is If that's the way it is Then that's the way it is And I didn't even notice When the sky turned blue And we couldn't tell the difference Between me and you And I nearly didn't notice The gentlest feeling The gentlest feeling The gentlest feeling The gentlest feeling The gentlest feeling You are the bluest light You are the bluest light
SHE'S HEARING VOICES Hey, hey, hey, hey She's hearing voices, call her She's hearing voices, warn her She just can't sleep in her bed She just can't sleep She's falling down the stairs She's tearing out her hair She's screaming my name In the night To keep her warm She got a Red pill, blue pill Red pill, blue pill Milk of amnesia
She's scared of the blacks And she's scared of the Jews She is walking around She is yesterday's news And she calls out my name In the dead of the night She is leaving my room She is crying on her side Walking on eggshells Walking on glass Burnt by the mirror Burnt by the light Feeling rejection I'll burn down your house Tearing down posters I was never, never alive THIS MODERN LOVE
Hey, hey, hey, hey Come on in I know that you want it Was it nothing Nothing to write home about? Did the earth, Did the earth not move? She got a red pill, blue pill Red pill, blue pill Milk of amnesia
To be lost in the forest, to be cut adrift You've been trying to reach me You bought me a book To be lost in the forest, to be cut adrift I've been paid, I've been paid Don't get offended If I seem absent minded Just keep telling me facts And keep making me smile
Don't get offended If I seem absent minded, I get tongue-tied Baby, you've got to be more discerning I've never known what's good for me Baby, you've got to be more demanding I will be yours I'll pay for you anytime And you told me You wanted to eat up my sadness Well jump right in shorty, you can gorge away You told me You wanted to eat up my sadness Jump right Baby, you've got to be more discerning I've never known what's good for me Baby, you've got to be more demanding Jump left What are you holding out for? What's always in the way? Why so damn absent-minded? Why so scared of romance? This modern love breaks me This modern love wastes me Do you wanna come over and kill some time? Throw your arms around me
PIONEERS If it can be broke then it can be fixed If it can be fused then it can be split It's all under control It's all under control It's all under control It's all under control If it can be lost then it can be won If it can be touched Then it can be turned All you need is time All you need is time All you need is time All you need is… We promised the world we'd tame it What were we hoping for? A sense of purpose and a sense of skill A sense of function but a disregard We will not be the first We will not be the first We will not be the first We will… We said we were gonna Conquer new frontiers Go stick your bloody head In the jaws of the beast
We promised the world we'd tame it What were we hoping for? Breathe in, breathe out Breathe in, breathe out Breathe in… So here we are reinventing the wheel I'm shaking hands with a hurricane It's a colour that I can't describe It's a language I can't understand Ambition, tearing out the heart of you Carving lines into you Dripping down the sides of you We will not be the last We will not be the last... PRICE OF GAS I've been driving a mid-sized car I never hurt anyone Is that a fact? The price of gas keeps on rising Nothing comes for free Make like a stone make Make like a plant make Make like a stone make Make like a plant
I can tell you how this ends We're gonna win this We're gonna win this (more, more, more, more) We're gonna win this (more, more, more, more) With spades and truncheons Guns and trowels That is how the war will be won Just swat the fly just Just swat the fly just Just swat the fly Taking care of cars and bodies Nothing ever comes for me The ghosts are here the The ghosts are here red Red white and blue red Red white and blue I can tell you how this ends We're gonna win this We're gonna win this (more, more, more, more) We're gonna win this (more, more, more, more) We’re gonna win…
LITTLE THOUGHTS
TWO MORE YEARS
Been thinking little thoughts Keep on walking try to stand up Pay attention to the details We go slowly, slowly down
In two more years, my sweetheart We will see another view Such longing for the past For such completion What was once golden Has now turned a shade of grey I've become crueller In your presence
Been thinking little thoughts Keep on walking try to stand up Pay attention to the details We go slowly, down! I'll go back if you ask I'll go back if you ask me I'll go back if you ask I'll go back, back, back… backwards This world ain't just made of facts Every half hour is a countdown If it's ‘cause of my age Then you're a coward I haven't got the guts to stand alone I'll go back if you ask I'll go back if you ask me I'll go back if you ask I'll go back, back, back… backwards
They say "Be brave, there's a right way and a wrong way" This pain won't last for ever Two more years There's only two more years Two more years so hold on You've cried enough this lifetime My beloved polar bear Tears to fill a sea to drown a beacon To start anew all over Remove those scars from your arms To start anew all over more enlightened I know, my love This is not the only story you can tell This pain won't last for ever
Two more years There's only two more years Two more years so hold on You don't need to find answers for questions never asked of you You don't need to find answers Dead weights, balloons Drag me to you Dead weights, balloons To sleep in your arms I've become crueller since I met you I've become rougher This world is killing me And we cover our lies With handshakes and smiles And we try to remember our alibis We tell lies to our parents We hide in their rooms We bury our secrets in the garden Of course we could never Make this love last I said, of course we could never Make this love last The only love we know Is love for ourselves We bury our secrets in the garden
SO HERE WE ARE
LUNO
I caught a glimpse But it’s been forgotten
And you're tired of your mum And you're tired of your dad Got you jumping through hoops Got you shaving your legs Let it pass, let it pass Let it pass over you
So here we are again I made a vow To carry you home... home I really tried To do what you wanted It all went wrong again I made a vow To carry you home If you fall sick If you pass out... out out... out...
And you're tired of your face And you're tired of your nose Got you jumping through hoops Got you shaving your legs Let it pass, let it pass Let it pass through you And your nose is bleeding And your nose is bleeding You've been lying to me
I figured it out I figured it out I figured it out I figured it out
There will be no hesitation There will be no confrontation There will be no indication There will be no cause
I can see again I can see again I can see again I can see again
There will be no exultation There will be no justification There will be no way at all And your nose is bleeding
And your nose is bleeding You've been lying to me Luno, Luno, Luno Come back to me the way you were The way you were when we were young I'm trying to tell you everything I'm trying to tell you everything I can heal the blind I can cure the sick I can say the right things Where d'you get so cruel? Where d'you get so cruel? Where do you go? 'Cause you're never here And your nose is bleeding (You deserve it) You've been lying to me Luno, Luno, Luno Come back to me the way you were The way you were when we were young I'm trying to tell you everything
PLANS Wake up dreamer It's happening without you Cut your hair and shave your beard You squandered your chances I'll give you a thousand pounds To show me how you do it Stop being so laissez-faire We're all scared of the future Been training vipers to come for you In your dreams to release you Been training vipers to come for you In your sleep And the ravens are leaving the tower And the ravens are leaving the tower And the ravens are leaving the tower Make your peace
Wake up sleepyhead It's happening without you Such a nice guy You tell me everything twice Whipcrack speed jump We will run backwards Stop being so laissez-faire We're all scared of the future We make plans for big times Get bogged down, distracted We make plans for good times All neon, all surface So kiss me before it all gets complicated I've got a taste for blood
Nicotine And bacteria We sit and we sigh And nothing gets done So right, so clued-up We just get old And all the while Been torn asunder Nicotine And bacteria What are we coming to? What are we gonna do?
Taste for blood Taste for blood Taste for blood Taste for blood COMPLIMENTS
I've got a taste for blood Leave the weak Leave the young I've got a taste for blood I'm walking out without you You will kill or be killed It's about progress I've got a taste for blood
We sit and we sigh And nothing gets done So right, so clued-up We just get old And all the while Been torn asunder
SILENT ALARM
LIKE EATING GLASS HELICOPTER POSITIVE TENSION BANQUET BLUE LIGHT SHE’S HEARING VOICES THIS MODERN LOVE THE PIONEERS PRICE OF GASOLINE LITTLE THOUGHTS TWO MORE YEARS SO HERE WE ARE LUNO PLANS COMPLIMENTS
Matt thanks Marilyn, Toolman, Wai Choong, Aunty J + Vivian, The Baxters, Babak, Sophia, Chris, Morgan + Siamak, Erin and the Barrys, Dan Mountain, T(h)om the Neck, Adam Tovell, Pricey, Neil and Ako, Mas, Levan Biondo, Pj Gay, Begley, Cool Customer, Nippard, Nelly, Piers, Ravishing Rod Dixon, Sharpey!, Jon Park, Pete Chan, Grebo, Jimmi, West Ham, Joanne M, Angelique + Geriejan, Juggsy, Fit Lt Holmes, Todd, Dore, Bumpus, Kate, Becky, Stace, Comms Office, Baron Von Elf, Sam and Bridget. Russell thanks My gran, grandad, mum, dad and all my family, bruno, princess, tomomi, becci, vicky, rachio, caitlin, hollie, mark, adam, isy, kathryn, adnan, adrian, junko, dick, erika, alex, alicia, alie, alison, amanda, amy, anna, asilia, ben, hitomi, mystery jets, cass, chorley, chris, clare, cleo, cut machine, gluefoot, kanae, denesh, komakino, eli, emily, emma, lou, louise, roxy, masami, fiona, gareth, gayle, georgina, grainne, the rifles, greg, masayo, hayley, heather, sarah, hiromix, holly, new rhodes, killing moon, jane, coalition, jar jar wynch, jasper, jay, jenny, vlad, pablo, pete, peter hill, perry, kana, naomi, kan, karina, karolina, kate, kath, katie, keiko, yoshi, carrion flies, masayo, laura, Iii laurel and co, lauren, leanne, lee, loser coleman, louie, maiko, yumio, sayari, martin, matt, meera, mel, mikey, mila, milena, natalia, dimmak, vice kids, nicholas, nick, steven, ollie, paula, paul, rioch, rob, roger, sam, toby. serge. simon, tony, jo, janine, storme, stan, suzi,! tasha and 13 artists, tim loman, tim, tom, kill kaneda, yap, yuria, all the amazing people I've met on tour and everyone else special to me x x x Kele thanks Red Jetson, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, Mystery Jets, New Rhodes, Graham Coxon, Komakino, Rob Fawkes, Tim Dellow, Ali Biswas, Sarah Philips, Gareth, Adie, Sean, Roger Trust, Babak, Sophia, Ladyfuzz, Chris, Fiona, Mike Johnson, Georgina Jones, Tom Argent, John Russell, Paul Fyfe, Peter Hill, Perry, Peter Bartlett, Angry Eppo, Curzon Chris, Emma, Alannah, Moira, Janine, Jo, lmran, Tony Si, Caffy St Luce, Daniel Twinstar, Susan, Bridget, Eugene, John McCoach (#1 Bear) Gordy thanks Adic, Gareth and all at drownedinsound.com; Ady Vacuouspop; AI English and Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies; Alex Rebus; Angular Records; Bullet Train To Vegas: Caffy St. Luce; Carmelita; Chris Carty; cobrasanke.com; Dan & Giles at Nautilus; Daniel Twinstar; Denial Records; everyone at Digi-products; Eliot; Erin; Fiona; Franz Ferdinand; Graham Coxon; Graham Spence; lan and Redjetson; Interpol; the lslev Pizzeria; Jarcrew; Janine, Jo and all at Coalition: john McCoach; John Peel and those who loved him; john Wayland; Kill Kenada; Komakino; Linsey; Liz Ladyfuzz; Marc Brown; Mark and Dick; Moshi Moshi; Mystery Jets; New Rhodes; Nick and Graham: Oily Betts; Pablo, John Russell and Pe'er: Paul at Gracelands; Brother Paul Epworth; Peter McGoughran; Razorlight; Rob and Tim Trash Aesthetics; Roger Trust; Ryan and Dave; Ships A Going Down; Sid; Span; Stan; Steve Aoki and Dim Mak; Steve Lamacq; Tasha and 13; Toby and Rockfeedback; V2 Europe and V2 Japan; everyone at VICE; Zane Lowe; Zee Ahmed. Dedicated to the memory of Peter Moakes - 1940-2003
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