zota

zota

zero gravity

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Straight Outta Quedgeley Jan 2019

Revolutions; down and out we go

Sliding off the roundabout

Separation; there's a gulf between

Me and you we're falling apart


Different mentalities

Egos and allergies

Maybe it's time to make

A break and go our separate ways


Revelations; secrets coming out

Cybercrimes and online trails

Hold a mirror up to see yourself

Bad behaviour, go straight to jail


And as we scratch away

The truth as clear as day

What has become of us?

Well it looks like we're all out of trust


Communication; broken radios

Static's all that we can hear

Semaphore is all that's left to us

Middle fingers punching the air


Dischord and disrespect

But what did we expect?

With such intense neglect

It's no wonder that we're going under


Desolation; it's the end of days

When your life begins to break

And you know there's no-one else to blame

It's a bitter pill to take

Education; there's a lesson here

If you drift out on the sea

And you look back, there's nobody there

You're in zero gravity


No up no down no left no right

Out of control, yeah, out of sight

You need a boost, a helping hand

To bring you back down to the land

From zero gravity

From zero gravity

From zero gravity

From zero gravity


you can't take this away

© Asbo Slipz 2018

From the album Convert Feb 2018


Well we came to the end of our road

No more empty words and promises, I guess

Some things are not meant to be

It was fun at times, but too many lies

Took their toll on you and me


We both swore we'd be true, me and you

But forever and ever amen is too damn long


Well it burns you inside, as you choke on the lies

And it gets in your head so you try to forget, but no way

Do what you may

You can't take this away


So we all dip our toes in the sea

Open up and risk the deadly kiss, don’t be

Scared to go back to the beach

Put your flip flops on, take your spade along,

Keep your towel within your reach


We’re all building with sand, make no plans

Count your blessings and chickens and stand against the tide


Don’t forget to have fun as you blunder along

Hold the ones you love close and remember to tell them each day

I want you to stay

Please don’t take this away


And another road takes you away

It’s a mystery, where the end will be, so don’t

Get too hung up on the ride

Just enjoy the view, have a beer or two,

Keep your eyes upon the prize


It’s a beautiful day, make some hay

Hold your lover’s hand tightly, it’s never too early to say I’d love to


Take you out dancing or down to the dog track or

Out for the pub quiz or just for a Big Mac and say

Hold me closer each day

You can’t take this away


Life is a journey, some people leave early

Some others continue, to dance along with you

There’s no way of knowing, how far we’re all going

We bear this affliction, the human condition

As time points it’s arrow towards our tomorrows

They come along faster and faster and faster

So stop for a second and breathe in the moment

And savour the flavour and always remember today 

You can't take this away.


xenophiliac

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Straight Outta Quedgeley Jan 2019

Saw a falling light, in a midnight sky

Saw an angel's face from a far off place

She's not from round here

What is she doing here?

And she broke my mind when she took my hand

She showed me things that I could not begin to understand

And now I'm in love

With a cosmic girl from another world


Beyond the Milky Way

She stole my heart away

And now I'm loving an alien

I gave my heart to a starship denizen


So I watch the stars, looking for a sign

I need to hold her in my arms another time

Cause I'm so in love

With a cosmic girl from another world


Beyond the Milky Way

She stole my heart away

And now I'm loving an alien

I gave my heart to a starship denizen


You take me up so high

You take me up so high

You take me up so high

You take me up so high


Here she comes again, on another trip

And she takes me in, to the mother ship

Why did you choose me?

What do you want from me?

Making love in space, for an astral week

Through the spinning stars, I don't want to sleep

Because I'm so in love

With a cosmic girl from another world


Beyond the Milky Way

She stole my heart away

And now I'm loving an alien

I gave my heart to a starship denizen


You take me up so high

You take me up so high

You take me up so high

You take me up so high


we dare remove your rights

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Allen Keys In The UK Sep 2019

Deep down in the Bible Belt

Battle Flag and a Rebel Yell

Heart of Dixie beating hard

We fight for what is ours

Took the land from the Cherokee

Fought the Yanks under General Lee

Lost Cause and a million dead

But we made the fields run red


Well we lost the war

And the slaves were emancipated

Jim Crow laws

To keep the black man in his place by

Segregation

White power, white nation

Ku Klux Klan

We stand, we fight

We dare defend our rights


Catch my eye and I'll string you up son

Strange fruit swinging in the sun

Take you down to the hanging tree

If you should dare to question me

Godfearing protestants

Strictly Old Testament

Eye for an eye for a jealous God

Spoil the child if you spare the rod


But the world's been changing

Since the days of Doctor King

Marching feet been

Kicking doors down, making heat

Integration

Moving like a glacier

We're still here

We stand, we fight

We dare defend our rights


Brave and pure thy men and women,

Better this than corn and wine

Make us worthy, God in Heaven

Of this goodly land of Thine.

Hearts as open as thy doorways.

Liberal hands and spirits free.

Alabama, Alabama, we will aye be true to thee!


Battle Flag and a Rebel Yell

Battle Flag and a Rebel Yell

Battle Flag and a Rebel Yell

Battle Flag and a Rebel Yell


Way down in the Southern Sun

Coosa-Tallapoosa meet

Alabama river runs

Down through Old Montgomery

Pro life we defend the unborn

God's will thou shalt not kill

Unless of course you murder someone

Then you can burn in hell


Twenty five white men

Making laws for pregnant women

No exception

If you were raped then you're the problem

Felony

For anyone who tries to help you

Liberal hands

We stand, we fight

We scratch, we bite

We dare remove your rights


vive la difference

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

Outside. They move. On the hunt for the non-believers.

Stay low. Eyes down. Keep your head below the parapet, parapet.

Keep still. Lights out. Make no sound if you want to get out of here.

Keep calm. Stay true. Pray if you want but it really won't help you.

Fish out of water. Cuckoo in the nest. You're not like us so we think it's best if you

Move on. Leave this place. No room for difference, got no tolerance.

Be scared. Be afraid. Knock on the door; it's a midnight raid.

Pogrom. Hate crime. Used to be your friends; but now they're on the other side.


You're not like us, you know you don't belong here

You're not like us, you know you don't belong here


Strange fruit. In the trees. Well they swing in the cold cold breeze so

Swing low sweet chariot. Hear the singing of the marionettes.

Boot stamp. Fist grind. We're just here to help you make up your mind.

Binary. No grey. You're either with us or we're taking you away.

Unrest. Civil war. Vigilantes go from door to door and there's

No rules. No law. At the mercy of the kangaroo court.

Judge and jury. Alpha Omega. No reprieve, no there's no one to save you.

Bang bang. You're dead. Feel the noose tightening around your neck.


You're not like us, you know you don't belong here

You're not like us, you know you don't belong here

You're not like us, you know you don't belong here

This is genocide, we're just cleaning up the gene pool


Last night. I dreamt. I lived in a place that was tolerant.

Free speech. Free minds. No fear. No hate crime.

Utopia. Hard won. Rights from the fights down the generations.

Stand up. Defend. Fight for your rights, vive la difference.


You won't break us no you won't defeat us.

You won't break us no you won't defeat us.

You won't break us no you won't defeat us.

Vive la difference, we are Spartacus.


Vive la difference

Vive la difference


untermensch

© Asbo Slipz 2020

From the album Pandemonium Aug 2020

Sunrise, morning kissing the sky like a

Blood red warning out of the East we are

Homeless, moving out of the West to a

New place, hoping we can find rest we are


Subhuman we are

Untermensch on this

Creaking train on this

Endless journey


Show some humanity, show some humanity


Freezing wind, fingers chilled to the bone nothing

Left to lose, stripped of all that we are we are


Untermensch at our

Journey's end as the 

Train comes in to the

Final station


Open the door and a wave of humanity

Spills to the floor in a state of insanity


Einsatz Gruppen tell us to get into 

Lines, men and children split from their sisters and

Wives, screaming chaos, as they march us through the

Gates of Hades they shave us, take our belongings we're


Subhuman we are 

Untermensch we can

Smell the stench of the

Rotting corpses


Welcome to Hell you have now left humanity


And then they strip us standing naked in the cold for hours

Sonderkommando leading us into communal showers

We need to purify you but we know that somethings' missing

They lock the door, we smell a rat, the Zyklon B starts hissing


Subhuman I can't

Understand how a

Single man can

Unleash such inhumanity


They are the untermensch, they are the untermensch

They are the untermensch 

They are the untermensch, they are the untermensch

They are the untermensch 

They are the untermensch, they are the untermensch

They are the untermensch 


the fuck off song

© Asbo Slipz 2018

From the album Convert Feb 2018


You, came crawling back

Still claiming that your love for me, was true and for eternity

Well I'm not so sure


Cos I, know where you've been

Hanging out in bars 'til late, hooking up with Tinder dates

Fucking in your car


So please, go fuck yourself

You're sure to find some easy fling to help you with that sort of thing

Hope it's what you want


I'd just like you to act honestly

And refrain from infidelity

Not too much to ask if you ask me

But you never do


You're not the greatest thing to, ever occur to me, no

The more I contemplate you the more I come to hate you

I'm ripping up the rule book, and telling you

To fuck off, to fuck off, to fuck off


So go, get out the door

I've been listening to Gloria: she tells me that I don't need ya

Now or evermore


And I, don't give two shits

If you should die tomorrow night, sleeping rough from frost bite

It's a day too late


And don't, come back again

I'm done with you I'm moving on, futures looking brighter and I've

Got some brand new shades


I'd just like you to act honestly

And refrain from infidelity

Not too much to ask if you ask me

But you never do


You're not the greatest thing to, ever occur to me no

The more I contemplate you the more I come to hate you

I'm ripping up the rule book, and telling you

To fuck off, to fuck off, to fuck off

To fuck off, to fuck off, to fuck off

Yeah fuck off, just fuck off, just fuck off


Once I was afraid, I was petrified……


snafu

© Asbo Slipz 2021

From the album Googlyeyemakebetter Apr 2021

Raised from the deep, from my sleep

From a sweet dream that is fading fast

Speak in tongues, take a leak

While my brain is still engaging

Oh, hello again reality, wishing I was

Someone else instead of being me, hoping for a

Miracle to come and set me free, but I know I'm

Out of luck, it's situation normal, all fucked up


Crunch through the day, for my pay

Wrangling with things that make me die

On the inside, look away

While my soul is being strangled

And I dream of a better place, wishing I was

Somewhere else instead of in this space, hoping for a

Change to come but so far nothing does, and I know I'm

Out of luck, it's situation normal, all fucked up


It's not what I want

It's not what I need

It's not how I saw

The way that things would be


I'm alive, I will survive

Keep on going, live in hope not hate

There's a chance, circumstance

Can resolve before it's too late

And I know that I'm culpable, if I do the 

Same time and again, get the same result

Need to modify the things I do if I want things to change

Be that butterfly and beat my wings and start a hurricane

Rock the casbah, roll the dice and take my chance

Whirling like a dervish in a dance


And with a little luck

And perhaps some fairy dust

It's situation normal, not fucked up


ragazzo so low

© Asbo Slipz 2018

From the album Phreek Mar 2018

A Starman came travelling

Stayed for a while

Gave us his stories

Gave us his smile

I still hang on his words

As he shines in the universe

Will the Saviour Machines

Keep him safe in his oddity?


All the young dudes are old

But they still sing your songs, Ragazzo Solo


So Ashes to Ashes

I'm Low but not down

The Width Of A Circle

The tears of a clown

There's a Black Star in view

All The Madmen are missing you

And they dance in the street

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps


All the young dudes are old

But they still sing your songs, Ragazzo Solo


I pull on a finger

And then cigarette

I'm listening for life signs

For spiders and suffragettes

Diamond Dogs on patrol

As they chase Lady Grinning Soul

And the Jean Genie's here

Recollecting her Golden Years


All the young dudes are old

But they still sing your songs, Ragazzo Solo


Well nothing much Changes

We're frozen in Time

We're walking through Quicksand

We're Rock 'n' Roll Suicides

Lay the real thing on me

You Cracked Actor's and Pretty Things

It Ain't Easy you see

We've got Five Years for dying in


All the young dudes are old

But they still sing your songs, Ragazzo Solo


We go Up The Hill Backwards

But this is no game

We're looking for Heroes

We're shooting for Fame

So the Kooks take a bow

They're all up and romancing now

Starman waits in the night

If I sparkle he'll land tonight


Now this young dude is old, 

And I still sing your songs, Ragazzo Solo


Now this young dude is old, 

And I still sing your songs, Ragazzo Solo


queen of alternate reality

© Asbo Slipz 2021

From the album Wabi Sabi May 2021

I've been struggling, I can't make sense

Of our different views upon the past events

It's all history but I can't stand

How you rearrange facts and cast me as the bad man


Is your conscience alright? Are you sleeping at night?

Can you block out the screams that you hear in your dreams?

No quarter given, mercy is a weakness

No more parlay, Queen of Alternate Reality


Well it's a crime and I get burned you need to stop and learn to take

Your fair share of the blame in this game

I can't believe you get away with all the things you do and say

Paint it white again, hide the stains and walk away 


Is your conscience alright? Are you sleeping at night?

Can you block out the screams that you hear in your dreams?

No quarter given, mercy is a weakness

No more parlay, Queen of Alternate Reality


So I'm ready to put this to bed

Tell the story the way that it was meant to be

Forget the lies and tell the truth I know the facts I've got the proof 

Let the record show, there were many smoking guns 


Is your conscience alright? Are you sleeping at night?

Can you block out the screams that you hear in your dreams?


Look behind you, there you'll find me

Making sure that - the truth will be released

No quarter given, mercy is a weakness

No more parlay, Queen of Alternate Reality


pigs

© Asbo Slipz 2023

From the album Open Up My Beagle Eyes Aug 2023

Pigs, I'm talking bout pigs I'm thinking bout

Pigs, I'm loving those (oinky woinky with a curly tail), I'm talking bout


Pigs, I'm thinking bout pigs, I'm loving those

Pigs, (oinky woinky with a curly tail) I'm thinking bout


Pigs, I'm thinking bout pigs, I'm dreaming of

Pigs, I'm loving that (oinky woinky) oinky woinky (with a curly) & a curly tail


Pigs, Pigs

Pigs, (oinky woinky) oinky, oinky (with a curly tail) oinky woinky now


(Pigs, Pigs

Pigs, oinky woinky with a curly tail)


Pigs, I'm talking bout pigs, I'm thinking bout

Pigs, I'm loving those (oinky woinky with a curly tail) I'm thinking bout


Pigs, I'm loving those pigs, I'm thinking bout

Pigs, oinky woinky with a curly tail

Pigs, I'm loving those pigs, I'm thinking bout

Pigs, oinky woinky with a curly tail

Pigs, I'm loving those pigs, I'm thinking bout

Pigs, oinky woinky with a curly tail


oxygen

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Hearworms Jul 2019

Stone cold, stone heart

So much to tell you but I don't know where to start

Long game, masterplan,

Think about you all the time hoping that you understand

Pump up the volume, kick out the jams

Scream it from the rooftops, stick it to the man

Under control but I want to break free

If I could only breathe you in your love is


Oxygen

Your love is oxygen


About time, to come clean

Ticking like a time bomb, working in the big machine

Retrograde, stepping stone,

And I'm feeling so alone, lone, lone, lone, lonely

Get a grip, take up the slack

Hold on to reality but underneath it's hurting me

Bleeding fingers burning on the rope

If I could only breathe you in your love is


Oxygen

Your love is oxygen


Zut alors! Mon Dieu!

I need to fill the hole, the emptiness is in control

Scheiss Egal! What the funk?

Have you ever had the dream where there's bodies in the trunk

Of the car that you're driving, preying on your brain

Well you know that they are in there but you can't stand the pain

You can't open it, you can't look

If I could only breathe you in your love is oxygen


Oxygen

Your love is oxygen


Somethings coming but I can't see what it is

There's something messing with my extrasensory

Perception. Might be a monster.

Is it a monster? Am I a monster?

Somethings happening I'm floating like a leaf

In a stream of possibility, a river of the here and

Now is the time to cross over to the other side

If I could only breathe you in your love is oxygen


Something's telling me that this is not the way

That I need to hide away, take five, take one for the

Side - I don't need nobody to tell me why

Well this is obvious

Pump up the volume, kick out the jams

Scream it from the rooftops, stick it to the man

Under control but I want to break free

If I could only breathe you in your love is


Oxygen

Your love is oxygen

Your love is oxygen

Your love is oxygen


new world blues

© Asbo Slipz 2018

From the album The Death Of Liberty Jul 2018

There's a white house near the hill

Full of pigshit, full of swill

And the trough is always filled

By the men with deep pockets who want to sell rockets

The house is full of swine

They talk nicely, they dress fine

But don't let them change your mind

Once a pig; always a pig


Can't believe what I'm seeing

Can't believe what they're tweeting

Can't believe what I'm hearing

All their lies and their cheating

Insanity

Inhumanity beyond belief

Got the New World Blues


Now the pigs are doing fine

They've claimed Jesus for their side

And they claim by Holy proclamation

Children in cages is good for the nation

Now I'm not a Preacher Man

But I think I understand that if

Hesus Christ was to stand up today he'd be

Sent down to Texas and put in a cage


Can't believe what I'm seeing

Can't believe what they're tweeting

Can't believe what I'm hearing

All their lies and their cheating

Lady Liberty save us

From this big orange anus

Make America Great Again

Put the fucker in one of his pens

Insanity

Inhumanity beyond belief

Got the New World Blues


Well it's time to change the song

Line the pigs up one by one

Drain the swamp and move them on

To a cage in a shed in the hot desert sun


Can't believe what I'm seeing

Can't believe what they're tweeting

Can't believe what I'm hearing

All their lies and their cheating

And the pigs keep on feeding

And the pigs keep on breeding

Lady Liberty save us

From this big orange anus

Insanity

Inhumanity beyond belief

Got the New World Blues


medea

© Asbo Slipz 2021

From the album Googlyeyemakebetter Apr 2021

I guess it's true what they say about

Hell and a woman scorned

After ten years of loyalty

You dropped me for that whore

So her dad might be royalty

You're climbing up the tree

Leaving me with the quandary

Of how to show you


How I'm feeling, lost and reeling

Raging, burning, cold as sword steel

Making plans to bring you to heel


I know when all is said and done

You'll regret the day you

Messed with me


Well Titan blood runs in my veins

And I'm a river goddess too

So it should come as no surprise

Got some chops, got some moves

Call it witchcraft I don't care

Call it magic in the air

Please accept these wedding gifts

Give them to your bitch I'm


Sure that she will not reject this

Dress and golden coronet I've

Poisoned both to hasten death's kiss


I know when all is said and done

You'll regret the day you

Messed with me


So I heard that your wedding day

Went off pretty much to script

I didn't plan to kill the King

It was just an accident

Now it seems I'm the victim of

A patriarchal plot

Telling folk I killed our kids

Well I'll tell you I did


No such thing I tried to keep them

Safe from harm but they were taken

By the mob, the dregs of Corinth

Ripped them limb from limb in revenge

Now there's only you and me left


But I know now all is said and done

(Said and d-one)

But I know now all is said and done

(Said and d-one)

I know now all is said and done

You regret the day you

Messed with me

Messed with me


love the way you move

© Asbo Slipz 2021

From the album Kaiju Jul 2021

People moving to the sound

There is thunder on the airwaves

And then I see you through the crowd

And I'm wondering where you must have parked your cloud


Seems like heaven is missing an angel

And the demons are circling round

Rolling like an oddball eightball

Swaying like a tree, doing things to me

You're a mystery that I need to solve

I'm firmly resolved to find the key


And girl

I just love the way you move me

Yeah girl

I just love the way you move


This is it, there's nothing else

What you get is what you see

See I'm wearing everything I own

But I'm rich inside like landed gentry


So let's take this gently

Cooling as the summer sun fades away

Rolling like an oddball eightball

Bumping off the baize, I can feel the bass

Pumping through my veins hitting up my brain

It’s the best kind of pain in the world


And girl

I just love the way you move me

Yeah girl

I just love the way you move


You know how to hypnotise

You have my complete attention

You're a sight for tired eyes

You're enough to stop a freight train

I could watch you for a week

Stuck on repeat, yeah, again and again and again


And I don't even know your name

But I'm hoping to set that straight

Rolling like an oddball eightball

Feeding off the bass, moving like a snake

Shaking like a tree in a thunder storm

And I know this is what I've been waiting for

And I know you are what I've been looking for


And girl

I just love the way you move me

Yeah girl

I just love the way you move

I just love the way you move

I just love the way you move


killer is king

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Mein Kraft Jan 2019

A free press is a cornerstone of a 

21st century enlightened democracy

To keep a watch on the high and mighty

But beware, there are those out there who have

Different opinions, money and minions

And they believe they can act as they please

Speak truth to power: a dangerous pursuit

If you point out the King is in his birthday suit

You're naked too, and you might just catch a cold 


Cry freedom; scream "enough" but you

Just can't hide from the Big Bad wolf

Special forces here in our midst

Step out of line and you're on their list

Watch your back; be afraid of

State sponsored assasination

It's a terrible world we're living in

Where the killer is king


So who'll watch the watchmen, who'll take the risk

If they feel free to murder the journalists

And the Government just gives a slap on the wrist ?

Where does this end if dictatorships just

Do as they please, extinguish their critics and

Walk rough shod over law and order?

What does it say about our malaise if we

Just walk away and let them escape, it's a

Line in the sand and we need to make a stand


Cry freedom; scream "enough" but you

Just can't hide from the Big Bad Wolf

Special forces here in our midst

Step out of line and you're on their list

Watch your back; be afraid of

State sponsored assasination

It's a terrible world we're living in

Where the killer is king


Justice

A contest

Human rights or national interest?

Morality

Economy

Poisonous diplomacy

Madmen

Without end

We can fight them or we can bend


just an animal

© Asbo Slipz 2021

From the album Wabi Sabi May 2021

I, I see your cloven hooves you're

Down with the plankton man, need evolution man

So, I try to miss your gaze I 

Know that you're trouble and I don't need that


Kind of grief I need

Sweet relief, peace and

Love not war, I've read this

Book and I know how the story goes


I, I know you're watching me you

Need some acknowledgement, some reaction

But, I just won’t play that game it

Leads to the same result, escalation


Fight or flight, give me

Reasons why, I should

Leave this place, I think

This town is quite big enough for us both


But you can't just let it lie

Someone always has to die 

And the explanation:

Just an animal, you're just an animal


I, I get your troubled mind it 

Seems you were traumatised somewhere back in time

It does not give you rights to

Act like an idiot, throw your weight around 


And round, dancing 

Like a clown, spinning

On your heel, this is

Too damn real, take it

On the chin, I think

This town is quite big enough for us both


But you can't just let it lie

Someone always has to die 

And the explanation:

Just an animal, you're just an animal


icarus

© Asbo Slipz 2020

From the album Spin Sep 2020

Close my eyes try to block out all of the trivial

Stimuli but my poor brain clings to the visceral

Don't know why it's a hopeless cause, it's irrational

Drawn toward flames by forces that are unstoppable

I resist but I'm compelled

I can't break free of the spell

Broken bones and shattered dreams

A release of energy


I get burnt I don't seem to learn it's a travesty

Fly too close to the Sun than is strictly good for me

Need the heat to feel complete, but it's ethereal

Risk it all, well the cost is just immaterial


It's a dangerous pursuit

Got no backup parachute

Broken bones and shattered dreams


A release of energy

Strange attraction

Chain reaction


Fall apart well I knew this was a scenario

Crashing down to the Terra Firma below me now

I don't mind I have flown high, done the impossible

Lived a life that was so much more than the nominal


It's a dangerous pursuit

Got no backup parachute

High above the mortal things

Feel the wind beneath my wings

I resist but I'm compelled

I can't break free of the spell

Broken bones and shattered dreams

A release of energy


Strange attraction

Chain reaction

Strange attraction

Chain reaction


hanging round

© Asbo Slipz 2020

From the album Pandemonium Aug 2020

You reel me in and then you let me go

And I don't know where

All of this is leading

If you are serious or not

I want to see this out, give you

The benefit of doubt

I'm hoping that one day

You'll come to see things my way


Put me on hold, it's cold and clinical

And sometimes I get cynical

Feeling used and 

Ever so slighly cut and bruised

So if you want to hold my hand

You need to reach out now

Don't keep me hanging round


Keep playing games, you're driving me insane

And I don't know if

I can go the distance

The road is long and I am tired

I used to be inspired

There was a time when 

All I ever wanted was to 

Get to know you well


The more I try the more you move away

And I don't understand

This strange resistance

With shifting lines in drifting sands

So if you want to hold my hand

You need to reach out now

Don't keep me hanging round


So I'm just asking for some clarity

Please level with me

Tell me what you're thinking

Look me in the eyes and tell me straight

Cause I can't stand the wait

I'm looking for something

Resembling commitment

If you think you've got it in you


The time has come for you to make your move

And I'm resigned to

Possible rejection

Better than this endless vacillation

So if you want to hold my hand

You need to reach out now

Don't keep me hanging round


So if you want to hold my hand

You need to reach out now

Don't keep me hanging round


godbotherer

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Straight Outta Quedgeley Jan 2019

On the Cross, cross the road to avoid him

Feel the zeal, feel his eyes making contact

If that's your thing, well that's fine, carry on son

But don't bother me, I'm not buying that


Don't need your empty praises

(Aah-no-no)

I've got no time for - time wasters

(Aah-no-no)

And I don't believe that

There's a God up in the sky

And when our time is up 

Then we just die


In the church for a wedding or christening

Read the words, sing the hymns, while you're thinking 

What the hell am I doing here, saying this?

I don't believe it, it's all bullshit


Two millenia of conditioning

(Aah-no-no)

Bad religion is big business

(Aah-no-no)

And I don't believe that

There's a God up in the sky

And when our time is up 

Then we just die


Well it just seems curious

So many Gods, so many poor

I'll suspend my disbelief

When the devil comes knocking at my door


And I don't believe that

There's a God up in the sky

And when our time is up 

Then we just die


So many wars in the name of religion

Tribal beliefs sucked up by the system

Twisted and warped by the people with the power

Follow the cross into war, what are you fighting for?

"Christian soldiers", seems a misnomer

Singing hymns while they slay, rape and then pray

God is love, but he doesn't mind some suffering

Blurred lines, where does evil begin?


No blind belief just give me proof

(Aah-no-no)

No sacred heart, no ineffable truth

(Aah-no-no)

And I don't believe that

There's a God up in the sky

And when our time is up 

Then we just die


I'm faithless and I'm godless

(Aah-no-no)

I put my faith in the human race

(Aah-no-no)

And I don't believe that

There's a God up in the sky

And when our time is up 

Then we just die


freefall

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

No point in pointing out the obvious

Don't waste your breath it's so damn tedious

Deaf to reason, screaming "Treason, you're the enemy"

Blind belief against the evidence that's plain for all to see


Running out of road, heading for the edge

Wish for wings that work, come on, place your bets


No looking back, no turning round, the ground will come to greet us

It's time to learn the hard way gravity cannot be cheated

You can define the path when you know distance, speed and time

You can't escape the facts but you can always close your eyes


Speeding down the road, through the safety wall

Arrogance and pride come before the fall


Free falling yes we're free falling

Free falling yes we're free falling


And I can see the headlines written there in black and white

Nothing to see, it's just a car crash, everybody died

A crazy drunk behind the wheel, somebody should have stopped her

Seems like she didn't hear the screaming passengers, or didn't care


Grabbing at the wheel, looking for the brake

Turn this thing around before it's too damn late


Free falling yes we're free falling


Sleepwalking yes we're sleepwalking


Free falling yes we're free falling


eyes on the prize

© Asbo Slipz 2021

From the album Kaiju Jul 2021

So just think for the blink, of a singular eye

About what you're doing here, the where and the why

Consider all your options, deliberate your path

Do you know where you're heading? You only get one chance

If you coast on the surface, if you float with the tide

It's a kind of existence, but it's not really life

So dive deep in the water, and kick against the flow

You can be your own captain, you can decide where you go


Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize


Some people are broken, some people are hurt

Some people spend all their time just scratching a living in the dirt

Some people are damaged, some people in pain

Some people got problems, some people in chains

Is it because they deserve it? Well did they do something wrong?

Is it enough for their fate to be defined just by the place that they were born?

And if you find that you're wealthy, if you're born with a silver spoon and too much bread

Do all you can to lift them up, stretch out your hand instead of standing on their heads


Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize


Well we come from nothing, and back we go

A small crescendo, diminuendo

We might just make a ripple, a transient wave

A primal scream fading into decay

But don't let that stop you from kicking up a storm

While your heart is beating, while your blood is warm

If you shoot for the heavens, you might reach the sky

You could soar for a moment, all you can do is try


Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize


Burn bright as you burn up

Burn bright as you burn up


dreaming

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Homunculus Nov 2019

Well gimme gimme gimme caffeine, to stop my eyes from drooping

A cappuccino or a latte, to keep me vaguely human

Just let me go and get my head down, I'm walking like a zombie

Another girl another planet another night of broken sleep appears before me


There's a spark in my mind (Whoah)

Feel it burning inside (Whoah)

I don't know if it's wrong or right (Whoah)

But I keep dreaming of you every single night


And it's a sickness it's an illness, I'm suffering in silence

I need to find a resolution, a cure for the virus

I need to get you out of my headspace, this is not great for my mental state I'm

Running on empty close to the edge I'm Trying to live but inside I'm dead and


There's this thing in my head (Whoah)

Wakes me up in the dead of night (Whoah)

Good or bad well I can't decide (Whoah)

But I keep dreaming you are there by my side


Morpheus take me

Please don't wake me

Give me sweet dreams

And release me from this mental torment


And it's a sickness it's an illness, I'm suffering in silence

I need to find a resolution, a cure for the virus

There's a spark in my mind (Whoah)

Feel it burning inside (Whoah)

I don't know if it's wrong or right (Whoah)

Feels so good but it's suicide (Whoah)

There's this thing in my head (Whoah)

Wakes me up in the dead of night (Whoah)

Good or bad well I can't decide (Whoah)

But I keep dreaming you are there by my side


communication breakdown

© Asbo Slipz 2023

From the album Open Up My Beagle Eyes Aug 2023

Here we go, off again, did I say something

Really stupid, not for the first time, I never

Learn, I shoot my mouth off and you

Burn, I didn't mean to cause you pain

We never talk about it, we soldier

On, we hide the cuts pretend we're strong


Didn't mean to be cruel, I'm a fool it is

Pretty obvious, I get obnoxious, when I get

Drunk, a lack of judgement once

Again, I didn't mean to cause you pain

We never talk about it, you shut the

Door, I build a bridge, you build a wall


And who's to blame? It comes from

Misconnection, alienation

It's such a shame, no need for

This communication breakdown


I can see how it seems, so I beg you for

Your forgiveness, a messy business, I under-

Stand, why you would hesitate to

Take, another chance on me again

We never talk about it, we close our

Eyes, so this should come as no surprise


Communication is the key

Communication is the key

If there is hope for you and me


Lying here in our bed, I want to touch you but

You’re a fortress, impregnable and cold as

Steel, I seach for gaps but I can't

Feel, a way to get inside your armour

Could we just talk about it? Just let me

In, open the drawbridge let's begin again


And who's to blame? It comes from

Misconception, alienation

It's such a shame, no need for

This communication breakdown


We need to talk about it, we need to

Find a way to make it to the other side

We need to talk about it, we need a

Plan, we need to give ourselves a second chance

We need to talk about it


beautiful people

© Asbo Slipz 2023

From the album Open Up My Beagle Eyes Aug 2023


When I was born the midwife cried

She couldn't quite believe her eyes, well we

Can't all be Keanu Reeves, or

Beauty Queens, and kids are mean, I tell you

School was hell, I could not wait for the 

Bell to ring and to hit that gate

There's no point in asking why,

U-G-L-Y, I ain't go no alibi


Skin deep, tough

Shit, I just make the best of it I give

No fucks, I don't care that I was

Back of the line when they gave out the looks

But it's hard to take when you comprehend you will

Never be one of the beautiful people

Slam the door in your fucking face, you can

Never be one of the beautiful people


Well I've tried, and I've learned

You just can't polish a turd and I

Know, that I don't belong with the

Beautiful people, beautiful people like

You


So I tried to hide away, I've got

Nice legs, it's a shame about the boat race, a

Face for radio, no Stevie Nicks, I've been

Beaten black and blue with the ugly stick

And I watch, but I don't understand, the

Celebrity shows with the perfectly tanned with their

Perfect teeth and their perfect houses their

Perfect lives with their perfect spouses it's


Skin deep, such a 

Waste, a nice smile doesn't buy you taste and it's

Shallow, there's no meaning in

Selling your pictures to Hello! Magazine but it's

Hard to take when you comprehend you will

Never be one of the beautiful people

Slam the door in your fucking face, you will

Never be one of the beautiful people


Well I've tried, and I've learned

You just can't polish a turd and I

Know, that I don't belong with the

Beautiful people, beautiful people like

You


But I've found my tribe now, I've got my fam and I 

Know who they are, they are fucking amazing, I

Know they accept me the way that I am, they're

Beautiful people in all kinds of ways

But not beautiful people like 

You

But not beautiful people like


You I've tried, but I've learned

You just can't polish a turd and I

Know, but I just don't care I will

Never be one of the, beautiful people


a brighter life

© Asbo Slipz 2019

From the album Lavishly Tooled Jan 2019

Born in a stable or a hospital

Ward we're all on our own after cutting the

Cord, and forward we 

Pour - all you can do is keep playing the

Game while your searching for meaning like looking for

Grains of gold on the beach in the

Dark, so be like the sparks from the

Fire, as they twist in the breeze and then

Die, up in the sky, live a

Brighter life and then say goodbye.


Nobody asked you if you wanted

Life - but you're still here trying hard to 

Survive - racing with

Rats, so hats off to you, you’re a unique

Machine of blood and desire and emotional

Needs that hold the seeds of the things that you

Do, good, mad or totally insane it’s all

You, and whatever you do make it count, make it

Shine, so when you get off at the end of the 

Line, you leave something behind.


And if you believe this is it

And you're not coming back for a resit

Then what the hell is there to lose?

Just put on your dancing shoes


Princes and paupers, servants and 

Queens, we're all made the same we all crap in

Latrines - if you get what I 

Mean, nobody's better than anyone

Else, we're judged by the things that we do with our

Wealth - keep it all to 

Yourself or give of it freely to those that have 

Lack, your time and your patience, your love and your

Backbone - give it a 

Whack, and not just at Christmas or Children In

Need, the more that you give then the more you

Receive, I know it sounds strange but just 

Change one thing at a 

Time, make the best of the gifts that you've 

Got, why not? Live a

Brighter life and then say goodbye.

Live a brighter life and then say goodbye