shoot ’em up

i'm with you my friends, my critical friends

as you wanna get high with me

you can see by my face that i share your complaints

as i share your history

i'm as sick as you of the empty view

of the fields where battle was done

they train the lights on the ancient sites

where our parents' fights were won

i'm with you my friends, my cynical friends

as you wanna get high with me

'cause just like yous, it was easy to lose

my faith in millennium three

i hear you say that a video game

is the only friend you know

and i see what you mean, as i stare at the screen

on my own machine

with its little green men aglow

shoot 'em up - woah, shoot 'em up

it pours whenever it rains

shoot 'em up - woah, shoot 'em up

the blood rushes through your veins

i'm with you my friends, my bitter friends

as you wanna get high with me

and our hate will grow as we come to know

the voice of the enemy

it's the voice of hope, it's the oldest joke

and it's everywhere we go

and we see their face, this too-human race

that invade our space

but they're out of place, we know

shoot 'em up...

i'm with you my friends, my easy friends

as you wanna get high with me

with only your needles you summon cathedrals

makes perfect sense to me

i sit and sing as you pierce your skin

and begin your picture show

it's clear as day it's the only way

to escape the grey

why should you say no?

shoot 'em up...

written by tom yates 30 july 1997

tom yates - lead vocal, piano, backing vocals