@ALBUM: For Future Reference BAND: Dramatis CHRIS PAYNE: Viola, Keyboards, Cornamuse, Recorders, Backing vocals RRUSSELL BELL: Guitars, Chapman Stick, Moog Liberation, Vi-tar, Abstract Sax, Backing vocals CEDRIC SHARPLEY: Drums, Percussion, Synth drums, Backing vocals DENIS HAINES: Piano, Keyboards, Backing vocals, Abstract vocal noises Special Thanks to: The Big G for his guest vocal Gus for backing vocals on 'I Only Find Rewind' and 'No-one Lives Forever' and humping the gear Everyone at the farm - woody food and haircuts Sally, John, Laura, Robert et al from Rocket Mel and Tim Rod Argents Keyboards Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios Engineered by Simon Heyworth and Simon Smart Produced by DRAMATIS/SIMON HEYWORTH for the Songwriters Workshop Ltd. All titles written and arranged by DRAMATIS Gary Numan appears courtesy of Beggars Banquet and W.E.A. Records Lyrics reproduced courtesy of Songwriters Workshop Ltd./Rocket Music Ltd. Sleece concept and design Keith McEwan/Folio Photography, Martyn Goddard Inner sleeve photography, Brian Aris @SONG: Oh! 2025 I know a time called then When we were only men And to be alive Just meant you hadn't died Time can't erase Heartbeats Out of phase And your empty eyes Don't seem to want to realise Oh! 2025 When we were still alive Oh! 2025 When we were only simple men And in the automat !!! [sound effect] And that was that We didn't mess with time Knock things out of line Oh! 2025 When we were still alive Oh! 2025 When we were only simple men And in the dreamless night I pulse Out of sight Am I the only man No part of any plan Before the age of clean Before the power screen Before the maser beam Before my world was only me Oh we were young and free You can't alter me So now you keep me here Is this law Or is it fear Oh! 2025 When we were still alive Oh! 2025 When we were only simple men LEAD VOCALS - RRussell @SONG: Human Sacrifice Communication Screaming telephones Modern living In the urban terror zone Advertising Neo-honesty Office androids Tell you how you ought to be Human sacrifice A savage emblem A token of the times The pen is mightier Than any social crime No blade of passion In this suicidal game Just felt-tip talons Tearing at your name Human sacrifice Situations Tribal genocide Dark streets like open wounds Where Malakovsky died They're selling madness To stimulate the sane The media razor falls On the writhing social vein Human sacrifice LEAD VOCALS - RRussell and Denis @SONG: I Only Find Rewind Days Fading into years Ticking off the time Clocking up the fears Every time I try to find The button labeled play I only find rewind I only find rewind Sighs That echo in the night The darkness in your mind That's searching for a light Even now When life is so unkind I never lose control I only find rewind I only find rewind It's the same every day Life is slipping away Rewinding - Rewinding again Frames Exposures in the night A 2D memory A subtle parasite Deja vu A thin dividing line I never see the door I only find rewind I only find rewind It's the same every day Life is slipping away Rewinding - Rewinding again LEAD VOCALS - RRussell @SONG: No-one Lives Forever The radiation age Immortality No-one lives forever But I though life was ending far too soon No-one lives forever That's why I'm alive in my cocoon Arise the thin-ice boys H.P. energy No-one lives forever But I though life was ending far too soon No-one lives forever That's why I'm alive in my cocoon Spare part surgery False security No-one lives forever But I though life was ending far too soon No-one lives forever That's why I'm alive in my cocoon The sounds of thinking metal We used to call him mother wouldn't you No-one lives forever There's no more room for you in my cocoon LEAD VOCALS - Denis @SONG: Love Needs No Disguise She dances He watches She sighs Remember Love needs no disguise In motion That cannot deny She's saying Love needs no disguise And if the park gates are closed Remember we toured the skies And if the 'friends' all go home You know love needs no disguise He dances And we realized Remember Love needs no disguise In simple embraces They lie In darkness Love needs no disguise And we can lock all the doors Forget the reasons and fame There's no deceiving inside You know we'll all be the same And if the park gates are closed Remember we toured the skies And if the 'friends' all go home You know love needs no disguise LEAD VOCALS - Gary Numan @SONG: Turn Watch you waiting on my life now Turn turn I couldn't give a damn See my smile upon your face now Turn turn You couldn't keep your eyes off me He only wants you for an evening Turn turn I'll take you for my own Can't you see through his deceiving Turn turn Don't let him take you home tonight Which direction can you take for to Turn turn Will surely bring you here Watch my perfect silhouette oh Turn turn Another cigarette or two You call that company aroudn you Turn turn They couldn't give a damn I see the sadness in her eyes now Turn turn She looks a lot like me LEAD VOCALS - Chris @SONG: Take Me Home Take me home Take me home LEAD VOCALS - Denis @SONG: On Reflection And on reflection I thought I knew you But as they all say You always lose You find the right face In every street cafe I though I knew the score But I was wrong again And when old friends All seem ex-directory And when friendship Seems harder to dial Then sometimes Like a 'B' movie ending I see life As a series of old cliches She had the perfect smile Oh I can see her now In every movie ad And every back street bar I was enchanted In every single way She kept the key but she Didn't want to stay Do you remember When we were oh so young We saw no end to time Our love could never die Now I'm an old man Too old for crazy games But I'll still dream of you Until your image fades LEAD VOCALS - Denis @SONG: Ex Luna Scientia N.A.S.A. Ex luna scientia Ebon arc afire Grey moon below Deepening the shadowed earthly glow Exploration for the sake of man Carving knowledge From this ancient land N.A.S.A. Ex luna scientia Questing eyes surveying ethers' orb Lovers seeking knowledge in the night Whispering the lunar tides of dawn Answering in irridescent light LEAD VOCALS - Denis and RRussell