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Behavior
by Pet Shop Boys
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Overall Rating:
3.4966
Avg. Critic Score:
3.7333
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- I came across a cache of old photos
- And invitations to teenage parties
- "Dress in white" one said, with quotations
- From someone's wife, a famous writer
- In the nineteen-twenties
- When you're young you find inspiration
- In anyone who's ever gone
- And opened up a closing door
- She said: "We were never feeling bored
- 'Cause we were never being boring
- We had too much time to find for ourselves
- And we were never being boring
- We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
- And we were never holding back or worried that
- Time would come to an end
- When I went I left from the station
- With a haversack and some trepidation
- Someone said: "If you're not careful
- You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
- In the nineteen-seventies"
- But I sat back and looking forward
- My shoes were high and I had scored
- I'd bolted through a closing door
- I would never find myself feeling bored
- 'Cause we were never being boring
- We had too much time to find for ourselves
- And we were never being boring
- We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
- And we were never holding back or worried that
- Time would come to an end
- We were always hoping that, looking back
- You could always rely on a friend
- Now I sit with different faces
- In rented rooms and foreign places
- All the people I was kissing
- Some are here and some are missing
- In the nineteen-nineties
- I never dreamt that I would get to be
- The creature that I always meant to be
- But I thought in spite of dreams
- You'd be sitting somewhere here with me
- 'Cause we were never being boring
- We had too much time to find for ourselves
- And we were never being boring
- We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
- And we were never holding back or worried that
- Time would come to an end
- We were always hoping that, looking back
- You could always rely on a friend
- And we were never being boring
- We had too much time to find for ourselves
- And we were never being boring
- We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
- And we were never being boring
- We were never being bored
- 'Cause we were never being boring
- We were never being bored
- (Everybody E-E-Everybody
- Everybody E-E-Everybody
- Everybody E-E-Everybody
- Everybody jump to attention...)
- Each morning after Sunblest
- Feel the benefit, mental arithmetic
- I waited by the staffroom
- In time for benediction
- Living a law just short of delusion
- When we fall in love there's confusion
- This must be the place I waited years to leave
- To our voices nobody's listening
- We shiver in the rain by the touchline
- Then a coach ride to the station
- Living a law just short of delusion
- When we fall in love there's confusion
- This must be the place I waited years to leave
- This must be the place I waited years to leave
- And how
- How long?
- I'm listening to the words I thought I'd never hear again
- A litany of saints and other ordinary men
- Kneeling on the parquet
- Whatever has gone wrong?
- The fear and feeling hopelessness
- I don't want to belong
- I dreamt I was back in uniform
- And a candidate for examination
- History, someone had blundered
- And a voice rapped "knuckle under!"
- Living a law just short of delusion
- When we fall in love there's confusion
- This must be the place I waited years to leave
- This must be the place I waited years to leave
- And how
- And how
- How long?
- (Trebuet nash narod odnogo)
- [Our people demand only...]
- You know it hurts me when you lie
- Sometimes it even makes me cry
- 'Cause I'm so in love with you
- If you don't believe what I have said
- Take a look, my eyes are red
- 'Cause I'm so in love with you
- But all those sleepless nights in bed
- When you've been out somewhere instead
- I wonder if you care and cannot bear the proof
- It hurts too much to face the truth
- To face the truth
- A lawyer with a case to prove
- Would sift the evidence, then move
- It's the only thing to do
- So why then can't I face the facts?
- Sift this evidence that backs
- I am so in love with you
- But all the nights when you have said
- You must be somewhere else instead
- I wonder where you go, but daren't expose the proof
- It hurts too much to face the truth
- To face the truth
- To face the truth
- You are the only one, the only one
- You know it hurts me when you lie
- Sometimes it even makes me cry
- 'Cause I'm so in love with you
- If you don't believe what I have said
- Take a look, my eyes are red
- 'Cause I'm so in love with you
- But all the nights you don't show up
- I know it's time I should grow up
- I ask you if you care, you stand and stare aloof
- It hurts too much to face the truth
- To face the truth
- To face the truth
- You live upon a stage, and everyone's agreed
- You're the brightest hope by far that anyone can see
- So when you take the limelight you can guarantee
- You're gaining fame and claiming credibility
- Tell me baby are you gonna get high as a kite?
- Tell me baby are you gonna let it happen every night
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- You live within the law, and everyone assumes
- You must find this a bore, and try something new
- You're an intellectual giant, an authority
- To preach and teach the whole world about ecology
- Tell me baby are you gonna make any other claim?
- Tell me baby are you gonna take any of the blame?
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- (Seriously)
- (Seriously)
- You live within the headlines, so everyone can see
- You're supporting every new cause and meeting royalty
- You're another major artist on a higher plane
- Do you think they'll put you in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame?
- Tell me baby how you generate longevity
- Tell me baby how you really hate publicity
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- Seriously (seriously)
- Seriously, aah
- (Do you have a message for your fans?)
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- How can you expect to be taken seriously?
- (Seriously)
- Seriously
- (Seriously)
- Seriously
- Aah, seriously
- It's only the wind blowing litter all around
- Just a little wind and the trees are falling down
- There's nobody crying, that was yesterday
- Inside we're all smiling, everything's okay
- It's only the wind blowing cans along the street
- Someone's dustbin lid playing havoc with the peace
- There's nobody hiding behind a locked door
- And no one's been lying, 'cause we don't lie any more
- It's only the wind, how it takes you by surprise
- Suddenly begins, then before you know it dies
- My hands are not shaking, I don't touch a drop
- You must be mistaken, I know when to stop
- When life is calmer, I have no doubt
- No angry drama, a storm blows itself out
- It's only the wind, they say it's getting worse
- The trouble that it brings haunts us like a curse
- My nerves are all jangled, but I'm pulling through
- I hope I can handle what I have to do
- When life is calmer, I have no doubt
- No angry drama, a storm blows itself out
- A storm blows itself out...
- I'm sorry
- So much confusion
- When autumn comes around
- What to do about October
- How to smile behind a frown?
- It's hard to settle down
- It's so bemusing
- Will they cancel the parade?
- We marched each October
- Now they say we were never even saved
- We must be very brave
- Shall I rewrite or revise
- My October symphony?
- Or as an indication
- Change the dedication
- From revolution to revelation?
- So we're all drinking
- As leaves fall to the ground
- Because we've been thinking
- How October's let us down
- Then and now
- Shall we remember
- December instead?
- Or worry about February?
- Mourn our war-torn dead
- Never seeing red?
- Shall I rewrite or revise
- My October symphony?
- Or as an indication
- Change the dedication
- From revolution to revelation?
- I double-cross you
- And you get mysterious mail
- I've tried hard not to shock you
- It's hard not to with the things I could say
- Tell me why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
- Why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
- You lock your letters in a box
- And you've hidden the key
- I go one better - I'm indebted
- To a contact magazine
- Tell me why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
- Why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for us?
- Everybody's got to live together
- Just to find a little peace of mind there
- If you give up your affairs forever
- I will give up mine
- But it's hard
- So hard
- I'm always hoping you'll be faithful
- But you're not, I suppose
- We've both given up smoking 'cause it's fatal
- So whose matches are those?
- Tell me why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
- We make it so hard
- (It's so hard)
- Tell me why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard
- Tell me why don't we try
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
- Not to break our hearts and make it so hard for ourselves?
- We make it so hard for ourselves
- We make it so hard
- So hard
- We make it so hard
- A nervous boy in several ways
- I never knew the world could operate this way
- I was nervous when we stopped to speak
- And the world came crashing around my feet
- We don't talk of love
- We're much too shy
- But nervously we wonder when and why
- A nervous boy, in spite of which
- I never thought I could tremble as much as this
- Your flashing eyes and sudden smiles
- Are never quite at ease, and neither am I
- Oh, we'll talk about it all some night
- But nervously we never get it
- Right
- From the start I approved of you
- Right from the moment you turned to face me
- A nervous boy from another town
- With a nervous laugh and a concentrated frown
- I spoke too fast with watchful eyes
- Of a recent past and some nostalgic surprise
- We don't talk of love
- We're much too shy
- But nervously we wonder when and
- Smile
- Knowing why I approved of you
- Right from the moment you turned to face me
- A nervous boy
- Floods of tears and doors slamming
- Stamping feet across the landing
- Because of your obligation
- To stay home and fight
- Sitting down to a composition
- Test the limits of your inhibition
- If the phone hasn't rung by midnight
- It's over tonight
- If someone tried, you'd realize
- It's just a boy or a girl
- It's not the end of the world
- Piles of toast and broken promises
- Among the books and pens and reading glasses
- It seems there's no escape from the humdrum
- It's over and done
- If someone tried, you'd realize
- It's just a boy or a girl
- It's not the end of the world
- If someone cried, you'd sympathize
- It's just a boy or a girl
- It's not the end of the world
- At midnight in desperation
- Imagine total teenage destruction
- The Prophets all predicted extinction
- The Virgin spoke in apparitions
- And if it all came to pass now
- You feel we'd all deserve it somehow
- But if someone tried (you'd realize)
- You'd realize (and sympathize)
- It's just a boy or a girl
- It's not the end of the world
- If someone cried (you'd sympathize)
- You'd sympathize (and realize)
- It's just a boy or a girl
- It's not the end of the world
- It's not the end
- At dead of night, when strangers roam
- The streets in search of anyone who'll take them home
- I lie alone, the clock strikes three
- And anyone who wanted to could contact me
- At dead of night, 'til break of day
- Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake
- It's much too late
- Where've you been?
- Who've you seen?
- You didn't phone when you said you would!
- Do you lie?
- Do you try
- To keep in touch? You know you could
- I've tried to see your point of view
- But could not hear or see
- For jealousy
- I never knew time passed so slow
- I wish I'd never met you, or that I could bear to let you go
- At dead of night, 'til break of day
- Endless thoughts and questions keep me awake
- It's much too late
- Where've you been?
- Who've you seen?
- You didn't phone when you said you would!
- Do you lie?
- Do you try
- To keep in touch? You know you could
- I've tried to see your point of view
- But could not hear or see
- For jealousy
- Where've you been?
- Who've you seen?
- You didn't phone when you said you would!
- Do you lie?
- Do you try
- To keep in touch? You know you could
- I've tried to see your point of view
- But could not hear or see
- For jealousy
- Where've you been?
- Who've you seen?
- You didn't phone when you said you would!
- Do you lie?
- Do you try
- To keep in touch? You know you could
- I've tried to see your point of view
- But could not hear or see
- For jealousy
- Where've you been?
- Who've you seen?
- You didn't phone when you said you would!
- Do you lie?
- Do you try
- To keep in touch? You know you could
- I've tried to see your point of view
- But could not hear or see
- For jealousy
- I never knew 'til I met you
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