@ARTIST: Edward Ka-Spel @ALBUM: The Scriptures Of Illumina (c)1995, Terminal Kaleidescope #888 @ Transcribed by $aint @ndrew (saint_andrew@anl.gov) for the Cloud-Zero @ mailing list. (cloud-zero-request@cs.mcgill.ca) @KEY: @ () - guesses @ (...) - phrase(s) missing @ (?) - not sure @ [] - comment (e.g. song is instrumental) @ {} - phrase is said in the background/simultaneously/echo @ {}+{}+ - phrases are said at once/medly @ { (#x)} - phrase repeats # times @SONG: Illumina killer bees patrol the border mad dog sees the(m) roll the dice they seized the (roll) while we were sleeping in pitch black patches on our eyes seeing you is loving you i think i'll tear out both my eyes i'm happy on this private island the only place i have to hide we huddle close we're wearing muzzles we carry crosses nine to five and though we roll in (black hand blue then) somehow we just stay alive assume their interest plus i haven't figured out the reason why and if i did i'd keep it quiet the black is white and truth is lies black is white truth is lies black is white truth is lies black is white truth is lies black is white truth is lies lies (in this place called) illumina white light never fades oh illumina my door's open i (notice) in the shade in this place called illumina the white light never fades oh illumina my door is open and (murmers) in the shade (...five oh five...the neon light flashes "eat" no talk blazing above our heads...somehow better...with electrodes in his head and it illuminated him and his eyes turned into bright bright candle light messages that flashed and flashed i taught i did not eat i am a reminder i am a constant reminder on how you should behave i'm a constant reminder of the true religious of the obedient of all time we must fade...) @SONG: Memoires Of Dr. Bliss we called it operation friendly because the victims were restricted nothing got beyond the fence the gifted were extracted for the greater good we kept it classified we filed survivors under S ran some tests i served the finest medication i watched them laugh themselves to death it makes a tidy end we called them holy mercy canvas cause it's christ who buys the wine he slowly runs his finger down the perforated spine he takes the time to listen carefully your pain drifts away your pain drifts away i should know it was me who ran the tests watched you laugh yourself to death it makes a tidy end the jury all (wore clothes- picks) the judge was unimpressed there simply was no punishment devised to suit the hellish inner squirms of the one called Dr. Bliss so they locked him in his playpen where he's busy playing chess with Napoleon i stand here unimpressed but i shall laugh myself to death cause it makes a tidy end it makes a tidy end @SONG: A Grain Of Salt all the world's a stage you fail the first audition doomed to walk the wings beyond my vision sand in a hand i tried to understand i tried to find the man behind the mouse the sleeping lion just was not there i screamed i shook you i shot you twice you apologized that's why jack's a dull boy @SONG: Homage [instrumental] @SONG: Gomorrha jenny danced with jelly on the table when the jukebox played the tune kiss a navel she'd swim like (isadelva?) hit the floor the special room with sore clean through the gates of old Gomorrha oh they never saw us watching blackened (drawing) snapping clawing through the jungle twisted arms and knotted legs (and that groovy secret issue suet?) down the (lazy) leap i took a seat inside a cubicle i peeked a (view) saw a movie starring (missy) point of view see me see you we are everything we are nothing wish i had another coin the star attraction of this evening is a ceiling full of holes the frosted (footprints on a hole) and all the bodies i've lost afore line up i'm transparent no one sees the hunger in my eyes no no one sees the hunger in my eyes if every dream's a growing seed i will not sleep in your dimension if every dream's a growing seed i will not sleep in your dimension @SONG: Mayday [voice with distortion] [large instrumental piece] @SONG: The Never Man i bleeded for my purple card i didn't have a stamp so i pleaded for my stamp i didn't have a card and everywhere i traveled faces turned and turned away yes i cleared the shopping malls i watched them slowly climb the walls dive head first in the river {one by one (10x)} {i'm the never man man without a face without a number (7x)} i strolled into the movies turned a camera on myself i screamed my never profile just a ghost i fantasized the countdown and a melt down {thirteen twelve eleven ten nine eight seven six five four three two one zero} now i'm walking through the ghosts but no they don't see me they don't see each other they're the never men and no they don't see me never never never man they don't see each other the never man the never man the never man {i'm the never man man without a face without a number (7x)} no one knows the number that sits proudly on the front of heaven's door no one knows the number that sits proudly the front of heaven's door {the never man}+{run away run away}+{never meant to be} one {run...run} @SONG: Laughing Venus lost in light to face the far side you touch me kissed by time still young enough to fly touch me stars seem closer tonight if i had hands well i'd surely dig them if i had ears i'd steal your thunder (if i had eyes) just give me life i will roll through famine fields on giant wheels i'll sprinkle (heel) i'll give you back the day {give you back the day} i'll give you back the day {i'll give you back the day} just touch me @SONG: There Was A Crooked Man play it play it then behave oh yes-sir-ee we have the chains now here's the instructions thou shalt rave thou shalt give us more (fears) for our lady she is fertile our lady she sells on we can sell back part of silver it is waiting maybe you could have some here yeah but play it play it one more time again again again again a thousand times come out from that shadow boys it's kind of hard to hear you through the (car) all that fucking noise they have troubles selling accidents like this oh play it play it play it one more time one more time i wish that we were virgins all it's (for spring) for years {they wish they were virgins (wishing it for years) (3x)} @SONG: Illumina 2 killer bees beseiged the border evil warders rolled the bees the eyes of wise guys slick reporters now hanging from the jewelstry the tv screen is scrambled and the radio's jammed but i dutifully follow orders cause you never can you never can who slinks through the cracks of this my wall who listens for my footsteps as night falls who amplifies the sighs the curses fantasizes all the worst things and i'd rather be a grey man than the great pretender shouting at the moon ah the moon they switch it off at night because it isn't square and i'd like to think back to those midnight walks with you but i don't dare i guess that ninety is loving you so i'll simply change the channel i'll wipe the flannel across my face i'll watch that space i'll watch that scrambled space and think of nothing just in case they're watching prying tapping probing watching prying tapping probing watching prying tapping probing sure thing nothing's sacred in this place they call Illumina our Illumina the door is open i'm nervous in the shade oh Illumina @SONG: The Last Door On The Left [instrumental]