Austerity / Girl One [medley] Depression Is A Fashion demo: Shall I even bother to eat? It'll all be shit tomorrow I'll have more room for my bile I'm feeling pretty sick now I think I'll take a pill or two And take away a few more hours Tomorrow brings another day It's the same as all the others To carry on in a similar way And stay under the covers Don't talk to me of worthless life And living is such a strain Just stretch yourself and see the change We've all seen blankness times before Switch on the light, project yourself Ideas so countless you can't list If you're not happy, you can change You just enjoy depressing Help yourself and don't forget You run the risk of failing They say the swamp of science drowns The spirit of humanity Well, we know better - just believe Forget that you're a casualty Help yourself and don't forget You run the risk of failing Depression is a fashion you don't want Look, here's a depressive [word(s) unclear] Depression is a fashion you don't need You need it even less than speed Take in a movie or walk the streets In the street, the heart still beats There are hundreds just like you Switch on the light, project yourself Ideas so countless I can't list Just stretch yourself and feel the change Don't talk to me of worthless life And living is such a strain Just stretch yourself and feel the change There are hundreds just like you There are hundreds just like you Just like you Girl One demo:   You've got your keys to get back in You've washed your face so you can smile You've got your pocket full of lending cash Your ticket to the ladies' mile You brush away a flake of zinc Advance toward the street outside You close your mind so you can't think The ride, the hide, the tide But the scenes come rushing in like eels into your net And it's just like Joseph said Another walk you can't forget But you push into the bleak where all the women walk in fear Another three-word phrase - the near, the peer, the dear You're a lonely little girl who just wants to please her dad So you thought you'd be a nurse, just like your mother had But you make the patients worse And the doctors know you're bad (Better get back to the oracle) The oracle in this case is a message on your phone It says where you go Gravity has gone You know this is true, but you want to speak of love Prediction and ambiguity go hand in glove The oracle in this case is a face on your wall It says where you go People will fall album version (medley): In the town The start of day The father thinks in sadness On why his daughters went away On youth and other madness I know we don't choose who we love And malice is so human When your principle's no good, it's time to find a new one I was brought up to believe that to avoid disaster in life As in your dreams, you've got to be the monster When you've done your very best When things turn out unpleasant When the best of men take bribes Isn't it the fool who doesn't? In the town, by the house The journalist is waiting And near this place, there is a space A subject contemplating You've got your keys to get back in You've washed your face so you can smile You've got your pockets full of lending cash Your ticket to the ladies' mile You brush away a flake of zinc Advance toward the street outside You close your mind so you can't think The hide, the ride, the tide But the scenes come rushing in like eels into your net And it's just like Joseph said Another walk you can't forget But you push into the bleak where all the women walk in fear Another three-word phrase - the near, the clear, the dear   You're a lonely little girl who just wants to please her dad So you thought you'd be a nurse, just like your mother had But you make the patients worse And the doctors know you're bad (Better get back to the oracle) The oracle in this case is a message on your phone It says where you go Gravity has gone You know this is true, but you want to speak of love Prediction and ambiguity go hand in glove The oracle in this case is a face on your wall It says where you go People will fall And near this place, there is a space Our subject's contemplating And in the town, the sun goes down No-one investigating words and music by Marsh / Oakey / Ware published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.