Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?
And the Kunst won't talk to you
Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
For the fallen walk among us
Walk among us
Never judge us
Yeah we're all...
Up now and get 'em, boy
Up now and get 'em, boy
Drink to the devil and death at the doctors
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Five thousand users fed today
As you feed us
Won't you lead us
To be blessed
So we stole and drank Champagne
On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
"I never feel pain, won't you hit me again?"
"I need a bit of black and blue to be a rotation"
In my blood I feel the bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist, an eyebrow burst
You've a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fell to the floor fainting at the sight of blood
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdalene or virgin you've already been
You've already been and we've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us to be blessed
So I'm sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name
Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word, the word is 'destroy'
I break this bottle and think of you fondly
Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel
Or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It's not a jag in the arm
It's a nail in the beam
On this barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdalene or virgin
You've already been
Yeah, you've already been
We've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
If you judge us
We're all damned
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better Album Lyrics
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better Lyrics
Writer: Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, Nicholas John McCarthy, Paul Robert Thompson, Robert Hardy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Do You Want To?
When I woke up tonight I said I'm
Going to make somebody love me
I'm going to make somebody love me
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know that it's you
You're lucky, lucky, you're so lucky
Well do you
Do you
Do you want to
Want to go where I never let you before?
Well do you
Do you
Do you want to
Want a go of what I'd never let you before?
Well he's a friend and he's so proud of you
He's a friend and I knew him before you
Well he's a friend and we're so proud of you
He's a friend and I blew him before you
Here we are at the Transmission party
I love your friends, they're all so arty
Lucky, lucky, you're so lucky
Going to make somebody love me
I'm going to make somebody love me
Now I know
Now I know
Now I know that it's you
You're lucky, lucky, you're so lucky
Well do you
Do you
Do you want to
Want to go where I never let you before?
Well do you
Do you
Do you want to
Want a go of what I'd never let you before?
Well he's a friend and he's so proud of you
He's a friend and I knew him before you
Well he's a friend and we're so proud of you
He's a friend and I blew him before you
Here we are at the Transmission party
I love your friends, they're all so arty
Lucky, lucky, you're so lucky
Writer: Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, Nicholas John McCarthy, Paul Robert Thompson, Robert Hardy
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
This Boy
It seems this boy's bathed in ridicule
Too forward, way too physical
It's time that I had another
I'm always wanting more, if there's another one
Give me some more, I'll have another one
I'll have a slice of your mother
This boy's quite spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car
I sees losers losing everywhere
If I lose it'll only the damn I give for another
I am complete, invincible
If I have one set principle
Then it's to stand on you, brother
This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car
If I like cocaine, I'm racing you
For organic fresh Echinacea
One kick's as good as another
If I'm tired, I'm tired of telling you
I'm never tired, I'm always better than you
Bye-bye boy, run to your mother
This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car
Too forward, way too physical
It's time that I had another
I'm always wanting more, if there's another one
Give me some more, I'll have another one
I'll have a slice of your mother
This boy's quite spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car
I sees losers losing everywhere
If I lose it'll only the damn I give for another
I am complete, invincible
If I have one set principle
Then it's to stand on you, brother
This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car
If I like cocaine, I'm racing you
For organic fresh Echinacea
One kick's as good as another
If I'm tired, I'm tired of telling you
I'm never tired, I'm always better than you
Bye-bye boy, run to your mother
This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy, but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Walk Away
I swapped my innocence for pride
Crushed the end within my stride
Said 'I'm strong now I know that I'm a leaver"
I love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear
And I am cold
Yes I'm cold
But not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking away
Why don't you walk away?
No buildings will fall down
Why don't you walk away?
No quake will split the ground
Why don't you walk away?
The sun won't swallow the sky
Why don't you walk away?
Statues will not cry
I cannot turn to see those eyes
As apologies may rise
I must be strong and stay an unbeliever
And love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds into my eye
I'm not cold
I am old
At least as old as you are
As you walk away
And as you walk away
My headstone crumbles down
As you walk away
The Hollywood wind's a howl
As you walk away
The Kremlin's falling
As you walk away
Radio 4 is static
As you walk away
The stab of stiletto
On a silent night
Stalin smiles
Hitler laughs
Churchill claps
Mao Tse-Tung
On the back
Crushed the end within my stride
Said 'I'm strong now I know that I'm a leaver"
I love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear
And I am cold
Yes I'm cold
But not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking away
Why don't you walk away?
No buildings will fall down
Why don't you walk away?
No quake will split the ground
Why don't you walk away?
The sun won't swallow the sky
Why don't you walk away?
Statues will not cry
I cannot turn to see those eyes
As apologies may rise
I must be strong and stay an unbeliever
And love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds into my eye
I'm not cold
I am old
At least as old as you are
As you walk away
And as you walk away
My headstone crumbles down
As you walk away
The Hollywood wind's a howl
As you walk away
The Kremlin's falling
As you walk away
Radio 4 is static
As you walk away
The stab of stiletto
On a silent night
Stalin smiles
Hitler laughs
Churchill claps
Mao Tse-Tung
On the back
Writer: OLIVER GEOFFREY LINDOP GREEN, MATTHEW CAHILL, JOE BRIAN CONABOY, JOEY COTTLE, JAY SCOTT, J J THOMPSON, JOSHUA SYRUS ZARE
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Evil And A Heathen
Words fall from my mouth
Like plates from shaking hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canal
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I couldn't do
I like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst
Drink a curse
To the death of death instead
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot, not a lot I wouldn't do
Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
When the ice blows
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
Your teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
And the moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
On the night of our lives
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot we couldn't do
Yeah, evil like you
Oh, evil like you
Whoa, evil like you
Oh, evil like you
Like plates from shaking hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canal
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I couldn't do
I like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst
Drink a curse
To the death of death instead
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot, not a lot I wouldn't do
Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
When the ice blows
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
The ice flows knocks you down
Your teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
And the moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
On the night of our lives
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot we couldn't do
Yeah, evil like you
Oh, evil like you
Whoa, evil like you
Oh, evil like you
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Youre The Reason Im Leaving
Some granite wall
Numbs our bones, numbs our all
As we sit on skinny hands
Nothing to say, nothing at all
I don't know you and I don't want to
You're so awkward just like me
But I don't care
You're the reason I'm leaving
I'd no idea that in four years
I'd be hanging from a beam
behind the door of number ten
Singing fare thee well
I am leaving
Yes I leave it all to you
You're the reason I'm leaving
As we ride along under an optimistic sun
The radio sings that Everybody song by REM
And Here I Am Fighting Fighting
Yes I'm Fighting not to cry
And that's another reason
Why I oughtta hate you like I do
Like I do
I'm the reason you're leaving
Numbs our bones, numbs our all
As we sit on skinny hands
Nothing to say, nothing at all
I don't know you and I don't want to
You're so awkward just like me
But I don't care
You're the reason I'm leaving
I'd no idea that in four years
I'd be hanging from a beam
behind the door of number ten
Singing fare thee well
I am leaving
Yes I leave it all to you
You're the reason I'm leaving
As we ride along under an optimistic sun
The radio sings that Everybody song by REM
And Here I Am Fighting Fighting
Yes I'm Fighting not to cry
And that's another reason
Why I oughtta hate you like I do
Like I do
I'm the reason you're leaving
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run
You can run to the Coney Island roller coaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy
water
Leap until the Gult Stream's brought you down
I could be there when you land (2x)
So Eleanor take a Green Point three point
Turn towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
If you run you can run
to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and leap
take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you down
I could be there when you land (3x)
So Eleanor put those boots back on,
Put the boots back on and run
-come on over here (3x)
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run
You can run to the Coney Island roller coaster
Ride to the highest point and leap across the filthy
water
Leap until the Gult Stream's brought you down
I could be there when you land (2x)
So Eleanor take a Green Point three point
Turn towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run
If you run you can run
to that statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernail and leap
take an atmospheric leap
Let the jet stream set you down
I could be there when you land (3x)
So Eleanor put those boots back on,
Put the boots back on and run
-come on over here (3x)
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Well That Was Easy
Well that was easy waiting
Everything's easy now
And the days are oh so normal
But oh, Hannah
How I miss you
Now
I used to lock myself in your bathroom
Swallowing the Codeine kept for your back
Numb, so numb
I'd let your words
Come and come
So come on
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Because I'm leaving you now
That was easy, but how I miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but how I miss you now
I watched you clean the filth off your phone dial
Swallowing the things your finger picked up
Tongue, your tongue
I'd watch your tongue licking on
Eeuuw
So come
Come on tongue
Ah, come on tongue
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
As I'm leaving you now
That was easy, but how I miss you
Everything's easy now
And the days are oh so normal
But oh, Hannah
How I miss you
Now
I used to lock myself in your bathroom
Swallowing the Codeine kept for your back
Numb, so numb
I'd let your words
Come and come
So come on
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Because I'm leaving you now
That was easy, but how I miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but how I miss you now
I watched you clean the filth off your phone dial
Swallowing the things your finger picked up
Tongue, your tongue
I'd watch your tongue licking on
Eeuuw
So come
Come on tongue
Ah, come on tongue
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
As I'm leaving you now
That was easy, but how I miss you
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
What You Meant
As I took a step number four
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes so low
Said we're cold as the step cement
But I just don't know what you meant
So Alec you may want a pill
We are so cruel to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must MDMA our sentiment
But I just don't know what you meant
If we were feckless we'd be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we've been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filament
But I just don't know what you meant
'Cause I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive yeah just the same
Same vigour and the same intent
So I just don't know if that's what you meant
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes so low
Said we're cold as the step cement
But I just don't know what you meant
So Alec you may want a pill
We are so cruel to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must MDMA our sentiment
But I just don't know what you meant
If we were feckless we'd be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we've been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filament
But I just don't know what you meant
'Cause I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive yeah just the same
Same vigour and the same intent
So I just don't know if that's what you meant
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Im Your Villain
You toss in a word
I'm your villain
I see the passion emerged
I'm your villain
But serious
You're so serious
Like a waiter
Hating the rich
But taking their tips
If I could laugh, I'd love you
If I could smile at anything you said
We could be laughing lovers
I think you prefer to be miserable instead
If I could love, I'd love you
If I could love like anybody else
I know what I am
I'm your villain
I don't give a damn
I'm your villain
Because serious
You're so serious
But I got ready salted
Ready on your belly
If you wanna have fun
See you later
I'm your villain
I see the passion emerged
I'm your villain
But serious
You're so serious
Like a waiter
Hating the rich
But taking their tips
If I could laugh, I'd love you
If I could smile at anything you said
We could be laughing lovers
I think you prefer to be miserable instead
If I could love, I'd love you
If I could love like anybody else
I know what I am
I'm your villain
I don't give a damn
I'm your villain
Because serious
You're so serious
But I got ready salted
Ready on your belly
If you wanna have fun
See you later
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
You Could Have It So Much Better
The last message you sent
Said I looked truly down
That I oughtta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn't down
I just wasn't smiling at you
As I look at us now it seems
That your slapping my back
As if it's all alright
But it's not
I tried to get up
But you're pushing me down
Yeah you're pushing me down
So I'll get up on my own
Now there's some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It's alright because
She wears this
And he wears that
'If you get some of these
It'll all be alright
Yeah if you get some of these
It'll all be alright'
Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won't be alright
Oh no it won't be alright
It won't be alright
Unless you get up
Come on and get up
Well, I'm just a voice in your earpiece
Telling you no
Its not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
If you tried
Said I looked truly down
That I oughtta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn't down
I just wasn't smiling at you
As I look at us now it seems
That your slapping my back
As if it's all alright
But it's not
I tried to get up
But you're pushing me down
Yeah you're pushing me down
So I'll get up on my own
Now there's some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It's alright because
She wears this
And he wears that
'If you get some of these
It'll all be alright
Yeah if you get some of these
It'll all be alright'
Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won't be alright
Oh no it won't be alright
It won't be alright
Unless you get up
Come on and get up
Well, I'm just a voice in your earpiece
Telling you no
Its not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
If you tried
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Fade Together
So far away
Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away
Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
God, how you'd like it to fade
Let's fade together
If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away
Oh god, you are so far away
I looked your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I'm starting to fade
Let's fade together
Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away
Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
God, how you'd like it to fade
Let's fade together
If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away
Oh god, you are so far away
I looked your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I'm starting to fade
Let's fade together
Writer: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Outsiders
It's been some change
But we're still outsiders
If everybody's here
Then hell knows
We ride alone
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
Oh oh, oh oh
The only difference is all I see
is now all that I've seen
It's bright on the outside
The bright love the dark side
I know
It's obvious but sometimes
You just have to say it, so
You don't feel so weak
About being such a freak
Or alone
In seventeen years
Will you still be Camille Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
You know what I mean, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh
The only difference is what might be is now what might have been
When you saw me sleeping
You thought I was dreaming of you
No, I didn't tell you
That the only dream is Valium for me!
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
Oh oh, oh oh
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh
The only difference is what might be is now!
But we're still outsiders
If everybody's here
Then hell knows
We ride alone
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
Oh oh, oh oh
The only difference is all I see
is now all that I've seen
It's bright on the outside
The bright love the dark side
I know
It's obvious but sometimes
You just have to say it, so
You don't feel so weak
About being such a freak
Or alone
In seventeen years
Will you still be Camille Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
You know what I mean, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh
The only difference is what might be is now what might have been
When you saw me sleeping
You thought I was dreaming of you
No, I didn't tell you
That the only dream is Valium for me!
I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here
Oh oh, oh oh
Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh
The only difference is what might be is now!
Writer: Robert Hardy, Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, Nicholas John McCarthy, Paul Robert Thompson
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
You Could Have It So Much Better is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was first released on 28 September 2005 in Japan, and later on 3 October in the UK, through the Domino Recording Company. Recorded in both New York City and their own studio in Glasgow with producer Rich Costey, the album spawned four UK top 30 singles: "Do You Want To", "The Fallen", "Walk Away" and "Eleanor Put Your Boots On."
The album became the band's first UK number-one album, and although their debut album was relatively successful in the United States, going platinum and reaching number 32, You Could Have It So Much Better managed to reach number 8 and earn gold status in the United States. The cover design is modeled on Alexander Rodchenko's 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik. It was produced by Rich Costey and Franz Ferdinand.
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Franz FerdinandThe album became the band's first UK number-one album, and although their debut album was relatively successful in the United States, going platinum and reaching number 32, You Could Have It So Much Better managed to reach number 8 and earn gold status in the United States. The cover design is modeled on Alexander Rodchenko's 1924 portrait of Lilya Brik. It was produced by Rich Costey and Franz Ferdinand.
Genre(s): Indie rock, post-punk revival, dance-punk
Producer(s): Rich Costey, Franz Ferdinand
Length: 41:16
Released: September 28th, 2005
Year: 2005