LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE WHORES HUSTLER AND THE HUSTLERS WHORE/PJ HARVEY

Speak to me of universal laws
The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
All around me people bleed
Speak to me your song of greed

Speak to me of your inner charm
Of how you'll keep me safe from harm
I don't think so, I don't see
Speak to me of your inner peace

Little people at the amusement park
City people in the dark
Speak to us, send us a sign
Tell us something to keep us trying

The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
Too many people out of love
The whores hustler and the hustlers whore
This city's ripped right to the core

Speak to me of heroin and speed
Of genocide and suicide, of syphilis and greed
Speak to me the language of love
The language of violence
The language of the heart
This isn't the first time I've asked for money or love
Heaven and earth don't ever mean enough
Speak to me of heroin and speed
Just give me something I can believe

The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
Too many people out of love
The whores hustler and the hustlers whore
This city's ripped right to the core

ALBUM: STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA (2000)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ALL MINE/PORTISHEAD

All the stars may shine bright
All the clouds may be white
But when you smile
How I feel so good
That I can hardly wait
To hold you
Enfold you
Never enough
Render your heart to me

All mine
You have to be

From that cloud number nine
Danger starts the sharp incline
And such sad regrets
Oh as those starry skies
As they swiftly fall
Make no mistake
You shan't escape
Tethered and tied
There's nowhere to hide from me

All mine
You have to be

So don't resist
We shall exist
Until the day
Until the day I die

All mine
You have to be

ALBUM: PORTISHEAD (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: I'M JUST A KILLER FOR YOU LOVE/BLUR

I heard a man who had no lungs
He took me in and made me lunch
Told me how I'd lost a friend
He smiled at me, that was the end

And I said
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love

Cut my hair off in the road
I tear my coat off, drop my load
Wipe my hands on the grass
'Cos now I know nothing will last

And I said
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love
I'm just a killer for your love

ALBUM: BLUR (1997)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TAKE YOU ON A CRUISE/INTERPOL

I'm timeless like a broken watch
And make money like Fred Astaire
I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time
The pretence is not what restricts me
It's the circles inside
An anatomy of kisses
And a teacher who tries
And knows how we'll disappear
Would you like to be my missus
And a future with child
You know we can't get back from here
We can get away

Baby won't you try to find me
Baby won't you try to fight
Baby won't you try to find me
Maybe it will be alright

Along the way
Tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
We sail today
Tears drown in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship
Or see a better tip in your life

I am the scavenger
Between the sheets of union
Lately I can't tell for sure
Whether machines turn anyone
Are you the scavenger?
Between the sheets of union
Lately I can't tell for sure
Whether machines turn anyone

Lady won't you try to find me
Lady there is no need to fight
Lady won't you try to find me
Lady it will be alright

We sail today
Tears drown in in the wake of delight
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship in your life
Along the way
The sea will crowd us with lovers at night
There's nothing like this built today
You'll never see a finer ship
Or receive a better tip in your life

I see that you've come to resist me
I'm a pitbull in time

White goddess, red goddess
Black temptress of the sea, you treat me right
Black goddess, red goddess
White temptress of the sea, you treat me right

All my love is sailing to Norway
All my love we're leaving tonight
All my love is sailing to Norway
All my love we're leaving tonight

ALBUM: ANTICS (2004)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PRIMITIVE NOTION/NEW ORDER

It doesn't take a lot to confuse me
I'm not aware of the passing of time
And I'd like to say to those who accuse me
Could you do it while you looked in my eye
If you hold on primitive notion
And if you think you'd like to try
You can drink this magic potion
And you can do it 'til the day that you
The day that you die

I've done it before and I'll do it again
A judgement of life that I'll burn 'til the end
How can it be that we're so far apart
I want it to be like it did at the start

I'm doing my best to confound you
Your behaviour is so volatile
Not even a zoo would impound you
Don't look at me with your criticle smile
Well I've been driving in the wrong gear
It's been a long and lonely ride
It's been winter for a whole year
But you couldn't hurt me if you tried

I've done it before and I'll do it again
Charged with a life that'll burn 'til the end
How can it be that we're so far apart
I want it to be like it did at the start

I've done it before and I'll do it again
A judgement of life that I'll burn 'til the end
How can it be that we're so far apart
I want it to be like it did at the start

ALBUM: GET READY (2001)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: EL DIABLO/ARCADIA

Enter newborn players and gather
Weight their innocence
Only the brightest shine but not forever
Many lights die
Many tears rain
When those tears run dry
On a mountain madness day
You were just in time
For a foolish deal
For love I sold
I Can't stand another howling day
Inside this empty skin

While the beacons burn I'll say
Await return from so far away

One life with the devil do I play
For so long el diablo is to blame

El diablo, el diablo
Won't you sell me back my soul
El diablo, el diablo
Won't you sell me back my soul

Wedding is on the wind
Does she blow my way
She can dance and she can sing
She will tear your heart away

While the promise burns I'll stay
And you will return from so far away

One life with the devil do I play
For so long el diablo is to blame
One life with the devil do I play
For so long el diablo is to blame
One life but the devil is in my way

ALBUM: SO RED THE ROSE (1985)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MEATHOOK/THE CURE

I went into the butchers
I said wanted wanted wanted some meat
I said pass me some of that steak over there
It looks so sweet
I lost my heart to a meathook

That butcher man was some lady
You know he really stole my heart
He hung me up on his meathook
A real piece of slaughterhouse art
I lost my heart to a meathook

I got a meathook in my heart
Tearing me all apart
Ripping out my insides
But I just can't get away
I can't leave my meathook

ALBUM: THREE IMAGINARY BOYS (1979)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: HEART IN A CAGE/THE STROKES

Well I don't feel better when I'm fucking around
And I don't write better when I'm stuck in the ground
So don't teach me a lesson 'cause I've already learned
The sun will be shining and my children will burn
The heart beats in its cage

I don't want what you want
I don't feel what you feel
See I'm stuck in a city but I belong in a field
We got left, left, left, left, left, left, left
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone
The heart beats in its cage

All our friends they're laughing at us
All of those you loved you mistrust
Help me, I'm just not quite myself
Look around there's no one else left

I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around
He gets left, left, left, left, left, right, left
I am sorry you were thinking I would steal your fire
This heart beats in its cage
The heart beats in its cage

ALBUM: FIRST IMPRESSION OF EARTH (2006)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SO WHY SO SAD/MANIC STREET PREACHERS

Things get clear when I feel free
When whatever's next comes easily
When gentle hands give life to me
When your eyes fill with tiny tears
When I'm this still you are my life
(When I'm this still you are my life)
So at ease in the midnight sky
(So at ease in the midnight sky)
But my insides will look like war
(My insides will look like war)
Paralysed except through my thought

So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad

My smile as real as a hyena's
(My smile as real as a hyena's)
Burns an expressway to my skull
(Burns an expressway to my skull)
But I'll stick myself together again
Spirit so low that I no longer pretend

So why so sad
You live and you love
So why so sad
Dependent on above
Searching for the dead sea scrolls
So why, so why so sad
So why, so why so sad

ALBUM: KNOW YOUR ENEMY (2001)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD/TALK TALK

Better parted
I see people crying
Truth gets harder
There's no sense in lying

Help me
Find a way from this maze
I can't help myself

When I see tenderness before you left (Forget)
That even breaking up was never meant (Forget)
But only angels look before they tread (Forget)
Living in another world to you
Living in another world to you
Living in another world to you

Better parted
I see people hiding
Speech gets harder
There's no sense in writing

Help me
Find a way from this maze
I can't help myself

When I see tenderness before you left (Forget)
That even breaking up was never meant (Forget)
But only angels look before they tread (Forget)
Living in another world to you
Living in another world to you
Living in another world to you

Help me
Find a way from this maze
I'm living in another world to you
And I can't help myself

Did I see tenderness where you saw hell? (Forget)
Did I see angels in the hand I held? (Forget)
God only knows what kind of tale you'd tell (Forget)
Living in another world to you
Living in another world to you
Living in another world to you

ALBUM: THE COLOUR OF SPRING (1986)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: LOVE/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

To my mistakes
To my mistakes of cowardice
She shimmy shakes
The jimmy jakes of consequence
Born of the airs and dues
My airs of madness do declare
That it's ok
It's love

It's what you wanted to see
It's who you wanted to be
For what you needed to need
She'll make it up
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love

Machine gun blues
Her vacant rush is so steel
I'm unaware
Lost inside your visions
I got mine too over
I got mine and I got you
'Cause I know you
You're love

It's what you wanted to see
It's who you wanted to be
For what you needed to need
She'll make it up
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love
And when I lost my mind
I knew I was in for the long ride

Can I look up to you as you look down on me
Can I feel in to you as you felt in to me
I can't help what you see
I can't help but to be
For what I needed to need
She'll make it
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love, it's who you know
Love, love

Love solves everything
Love

ALBUM: MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS (1995)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: STARTING TO REMEMBER/DURAN DURAN

How to begin?
Do I shed a skin
Now that I am starting to remember
It takes a while
But you find a way to open up the door
Let the demons walk
Now that I am starting to remember
Can't change my world

I was happy ever after
Was it only yesterday
I bought the dream
But I don't sleep no more
Counting the hours
Till the dawn

Now that I am starting to remember
How to love
How to learn
Draw like a child
Run for miles and miles
Now that I am starting to remember
Who I am

Another lonley night ahead for me now
Buried in the darkening day
That lingers on
And drags me down
But you've got to believe
Time will heal

ALBUM: POP TRASH (2000)