1. Labels
   
   blend
   faces spawned by dust
   salty taste of fame
   bitter, sweet
   lonely demented soul
   where to go?
   
   in my place a statue frozen numb
   in your place a set of numbers
   lonely tormented soul
   where to go?
   
   rage
   urge to recall
   saltier tastes of hate
   
   take me back to the day
   for my renewal
   let the diversity of my blend
   be seen
   
   blend to choose again
   to distort again
   to label again
   wear your brightest of reds
   through the general inspection
   
   tend to your faith
   tend to your wealth
   see through your greed
   
   blend
   faces spawned by dust
   
   seize the moment to salute you
   we'll seize the moment to salute you
   we'll seize each moment to salute you
   
   
   2. Stardust Inc.
   
   Venus the first of three
   to congratulate me
   sincere apology
   apples and candy for your wounds
   sweets and sugar from the second
   of three
   
   Stardust incorporated
   gentlemen
   hold your grudge
   seize the moment
   to salute your saviours
   
   Line up you merry ones
   one at a time
   in the name of monetary union
   this is your dream
   your orgy
   
   Odin the last of three
   to overwhelm me
   sincere atrocity
   a second go at the marketplace
   the strongest to the highest bidder
   look pale
   show fright
   deny
   agree
   
   Stardust incorporated
   gentlemen
   hold your grudge
   seize the moment
   to salute your saviours
   
   Line up you merry ones
   one at a time
   in the name of monetary union
   this is your dream
   your orgy
   
   blend to choose again
   to distort again to label again
   wear your brightest of reds
   through the general inspection
   
   Stardust incorporated
   gentlemen
   hold your grudge
   seize the moment
   to salute your saviours
   
   
   3. Nerve
   
   Posture son
   delay faces twirl
   show nerve
   show bliss
   a daring young mind
   to me
   that frightened son of yours
   what does he do?
   
   I've got the nerve you'll see
   
   Skeletal excuse for a body
   who do you scare?
   delay bodies blend
   much obliged
   but there are too few
   set adrift for the blissful memory
   
   I've got the nerve you'll see
   
   Blend faces spawned
   I've got the nerve you'll see
   a daring young is still a label
   
   Posture son
   delay faces twirl
   show nerve
   show bliss
   a daring young mind to me
   that frightened son of yours
   what does he do?
   
   I've got the nerve you'll see
   
   
   4. Lavender
   
   Lavender
   returns to my consciousness by stealth
   the smell that lured me astray
   the paleness of my body
   embraces that warmth
   that new warmth, from a distant sun
   
   Behind those gates there's no one to tell
   my invisible trail
   the cleansing sleep is yet to come
   
   It's staring right back at me
   the oceans in my eyes lie still
   
   Innocence
   silenced
   
   Deceived
   cannot grasp what has been poured into me
   as they watch me on that screen
   as they lure my lips to taste that kiss
   I see love in you my sweet
   I see love through you
   
   silenced
   
   Lavender
   filters through me as I recall
   alienation, indifference
   
   This fate that has been laid upon me
   I pray for stamina, for guidance
   I pray for you my sweet
   am I one of the beloved
   the wanted, the rejected
   the cynics, the pure:
   
   The beggars are the threats
   we'll suffer our demands
   not yet will the slaves of passion and hunger be set free
   
   As the sun awakes to meet its successor
   this work of art, this portrait
   of what cannot be imagined
   will fade away
   Lavender
   
   ...returns to my consciousness by stealth
   
   
   5. Epitaph
   
   Await my breath
   the colours blend to extract
   nutrition
   from black and white
   
   And off we go
   into the colour saturated part of you
   count me in
   the fraud you're planning
   
   Now the peasant lies still
   for he knows the lot
   knows why and when and whom to blame
   
   Set the controls for pleasant dreams
   speak the liars tongue
   to wake the ancient gods
   
   Set the controls for higher grounds
   Trust me to fetter my thoughts
   Count me in
   
   That epitaph
   met my eye through the wilderness
   now the crescent lies still
   for it covers the lot
   
   sweet saturation
   when colours leave no space to fill
   I dare you, count me in
   count me in the fraud you're planning
   
   That epitaph
   met my eye through the wilderness
   as a monument of that fraud
   colours leave the spaces in shades of grey
   and those salty tastes
   that labels the dissidents
   
   Morning mist
   one freezing night awaits your death
   salty taste
   lures that child to lick
   that child lies still for it knows the lot
   
   Final solution for the colourless
   and I'm off
   I'll count you all in
   
   That epitaph
   one freezing night awaits your death
   colours spawned by dust
   recall the saltier taste of hate
   
   
   7. As A Reminder
   
   Set this knob at eight as a reminder
   patience and confidence my friend
   courage and all of that
   that rugged surface meets my cheek
   again
   
   Behind these gates there's no one to tell
   no one followed my breath
   the cleansing sleep is yet to come
   
   Their candid hearts lie still
   don't see an end to what will come
   this rugged surface greets my cheek
   again
   
   Am I one of the beloved
   the wanted, the rejected
   the cynics, the pure
   now who am I?
   
   I recall that blessing scent
   lavender
   set the controls anew
   as a reminder
   
   Eat that pill as a reminder
   patience and confidence my friend
   courage and all of that
   that rugged surface meets my cheek
   again
   
   
   8. Confront
   
   We'll seize this moment to salute you
   
   Raiders come to sign the last of my gifts
   I give to thee with honour:
   what was given yesterday
   spirals down into oblivion
   
   This will be no more you see
   I give to thee with joy: and all of that
   what was taken yesterday
   not yet beyond remedy
   
   My gift a capital offence
   the eclipse of beasts and ghosts
   
   Raiding beasts come to sign the last of my gifts
   put us all at witness stand
   
   Fear is gone
   hope is gone
   that rugged surface greets my cheek
   again
   
   
   9. Summer Sits Here Raining
   
   Welcome to the fall my friend
   sit down by the fire
   a seething mass of men you are
   united by a thought
   a wish
   
   Apart from me you saw it coming
   as the first night repelled its dawn
   smelled the roses that were painted for me
   
   I let them lie, let them tell me what to see
   
   You're so scarce so hard to find
   summer shows no grudge against you
   summer sits here raining through the day
   
   You let them lie, let them tell us what to believe
   
   Stares that label you
   enables you to hum along
   summer sits here raining
   in your shed in my shed
   we gather behind our labels
   and summer sits there raining through the day