Franz Ferdinand

Jacqueline



Jacqueline was seventeen
Working on a desk
When Ivor
peered above a spectacle
Forgot that he had wrecked a girl
Sometimes these eyes
Forget the face they're peering from
When the face they peer upon
Well you know
that face as I do
And how in the return of the gaze
She can return you the face
That you are staring from

It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when
We need the money

It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when
We need the money

Gregor was down again
Said come on, kick me again
said I'm so drunk
I don't mind if you kill me
Come on you, gutless
I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm alive
and how I know it
But for chips and for freedom
I could die

It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money

It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money

It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money

Tell Her Tonight



I only watched her walk but she saw it
I only heard her talk but she saw it
I only touched her lips but she saw it
I only kissed her lips but she saw it

Gonna have to tell her tonight... (x4)

She only blinked her eyes but i saw it
She only swung her hair but i saw it
She only shook her hips but i saw it
She only licked her lips but i saw it

Gonna have to tell her tonight... (x4)
Have to tell her, tell her tonight yeah (x4)

I only watched her walk but she saw it
I only heard her talk but she saw it
I only touched her hips but she saw it
I only kissed her lips but she saw it

Gonna have to tell her tonight... (x4)
Have to tell her, tell her tonight yeah (x3)

Take Me Out



So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you.

And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
We're just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die

I know I won't be leaving here with you

I say don't you know
You say you don't know
I say... take me out!

I say you don't show
Don't move, time is slow
I say... take me out!

I say you don't know
You say you don't go
I say... take me out!

I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you

I say dont you know
You say you dont know
I say...take me out

If I move this could die
If eyes move this could die
I want you to take me out

I know I won't be leaving here with you

I say don't you know
You say you don't know
I say take me out

If I wait this could die
If I wane this could die
I want you to take me out

If I move this could die
If eyes move this could die
Come on
Take me out

I know I won't be leaving here
With you

The Dark Of The Matinee



You take your white finger
Slide the nail under
The top and bottom buttons of my blazer
Relax the fraying wool
Slacken ties and I'm
Not to look at you in the shoe
But the eyes
Find the eyes...
Find me and follow me
Through corridors refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
Will find me in the matinee
The dark of the matinee
It's better in the matinee
The dark of the matinee is mine
Yes it's mine!

I time every journey
To bump into you accidentally
I charm you and tell you
Of the boys I hate, all the girls I hate
All the words I hate, all the clothes I hate
How I'll never be anything I hate
You smile, mention something that you like
Oh, how you'd have a happy life
If you did the things you like...

Find me and follow me
Through corridors refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
Will find me in the matinee
The dark of the matinee
It's better in the matinee
The dark of the matinee is mine
Yes it's mine!

So I'm on BBC2 now
Telling Terry Wogan how I made it and
What I made is unclear now
But his deference is
And his laughter is
My words and smile are so easy now
Yes it's easy now
Yes it's easy now...

Find me and follow me
Through corridors refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
Will find me in the matinee
The dark of the matinee
It's better in the matinee
The dark of the matinee

Well, find me and follow me
Through corridors refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
Will find me in the matinee
The dark of the matinee
It's better in the matinee
The dark of the matinee is mine
Yes it's mine!

Auf Achse



You see her, you can't touch her
You hear her, you can't hold her
You want her, you can't have her
You want to, but she won't let you
You see her, you can't touch her
You hear her, you can't hold her
You want her, you can't have her
You want to, but she won't let you

She's not so special so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special so look what you've done

Now you wish she'd never come back here again
Oh, never come back here again

You see her, you can't touch her
You hear her, you can't hold her
You want her, you can't have her
You want to, but she won't let you

You see her, you can't touch her
You hear her, you can't hold her
You want her, you can't have her
You want to, but she won't let you

She's not so special so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special so look what you've done, boy
She's not so special so look what you've done

Now I'm nailed above you
Gushing from my side
It's with your sins that you have killed me
Thinking of your sins I die
Thinking how you'd let them touch you
How you'd never realise
That I'm ripped and hang forsaken
Knowing never will I rise
Again

You still see her
Oh, you hear her
You want her
Oh, you want to
You see her
You hear her
You want her
You still want to

Cheating On You



Goodbye girl, because I'm lonely
Goodbye girl, it isn't over
Goodbye girl, because it's only love
Goodbye girl, you know you want me
Goodbye girl, yes I'm a loser
Goodbye girl, you know it's only love

I'm cheating on you, yeah
I'm cheating on you, yeah
I'm cheating on you, yeah
You're cheating on me

Goodbye girl, you are are the only one
Goodbye girl, I know you want me
Goodbye girl, you are the only love

Goodbye girl, now if you're lonely
Goodbye girl, why don't you join me
Goodbye girl, you know it's only love

I'm cheating on you, yeah
I'm cheating on you, yeah
I'm cheating on you, yeah
I'm cheating on me

Oh, watch out! Watch out!
I'm cheating on you!

Goodbye girl, goodbye girl
Goodbye girl, goodbye girl

This Fire



Eyes...
Buring a way to me
Eyes...
Destroying so sweetly
Now...
There is a fire in me,
A fire that bur~ns!


This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city,
Burn this city!
This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city,
Burn this city!
This fire is out of control,
This fire is out of control,
This fire is out of control.
Oh, it burns!

Eyes...
Borring a way through me
Paralyzed...
Controlling completely
Now...
There is a fire in me,
A fire that bur~ns!

This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city,
Burn this city!
This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city,
Burn this city!
This fire is out of control
And I'm, I'm out of control and I burn...
Oh how I burn for you.
Burn...
Oh how I burn for you.
Burn...
How I burn!
How I burn!
Oh how I...

This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city
Burn this city
This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city
Burn this city
This fire is out of control
We're gonna burn this city
Burn this city
This fire is out of control
I'll burn it!, I'll burn it! (I'll, I'll...) I'll burn it!I'll burn it!

Darts Of Pleasure



You are the latest contender
You are the one to remember
You are the villain who sends a
Line of dark fantastic passion
I know that you will surrender
I know that you will surrender
I want this fantastic passion
Will have fantastic passion

You can feel my lips undress your eyes
Undress your eyes, undress your eyes
Words of love and words so leisured
Words are poisoned darts of pleasure
Die and so you die

You are the latest contender
You're an emotion avenger
You are the Devil that sells a
Line of dark fantastic passion
I know that you will surrender
I know that you will surrender
I want this fantastic passion
Will have fantastic passion

You can feel my lips undress your eyes
Undress your eyes, undress your eyes
Skin can feel my lips they tingle
Tense anticipation
This one is an easy one
Feel the word and melt upon it
Words of love and words so leisured
Words are poisoned darts of pleasure
Die, and so I die

Ich heisse super fantastiche
Ich Trinke champers mit lachsfisch

Michael



This is where I be so heavenly
So come and dance with me, Michael
So sexy, I'm sexy
So come and dance with me, Michael
I'm all that you see, you wanna see
So come and dance with me, Michael
So close now, so close now
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me

Michael, you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want
Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor
Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael, waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now

This is what I am, I am a man
So come and dance with me, Michael
So strong now, it's strong now
So come and dance with me, Michael

I'm all that you see, you you wanna see
So come and dance with me, Michael
So close now, it's close now
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me

Michael, you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want
Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor
Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael, waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now

Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want
Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want
Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want
Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor
Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael, waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now, nothing matters now
Nothing matters, oh yeah

Come On Home



Although my lover lives,
in a place that I can't live,
I kind of find I like a life
this lonely.
It rips and pierces me,
in places I can't see,
I love the rip of nerves,
the rip that wakes me.
So I'm dissatisfied,
I love dissatisfied,
I love to feel there's always more that I need.

So come on home.

You're where you want to be,
I'm where I want to be,
Come on, we're chasing,
everything we've ever wanted.
I replace you easily,
replace pathetically.
I flirt with any flighty thing that falls my way,
but how I needed you,
when I needed you.
Let's not forget,
we are so strong,
so bloody strong.

So come on home.

Moonlight falls,
upon your perfect skin.
Falls, and you draw back again.
Falls, and this is how I felt,
I cannot forget.
I cannot forget.

Come on home.
Come on home,
but don't forget to leave

40 Ft



As I glanced once upon the foam
40 feet beneath my feet
The coldest calm
Flows through the molten veins
Cooling all the blood to slush
Congeals around again
Oh la la la...
Oh and 40 feet remain
Salt scales upon my drying arms
Burn my back beneath the sun
I am cold beneath the burning haze
Looking down, looking down
Down down again
Oh la la la...
Oh and 40 feet remain

La la la la...
Oh and 40 feet remain

The Fallen



Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
All the things that bring the idiots joy
Well, what's wrong with a little destruction?

And the Kunst won't talk to you
Because you kissed St Rollox Adieu
Because you robbed a supermarket or two
Well, who gives a damn about the prophets of Tesco?

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
For the fallen are the virtuous among us
Never judge us
Yeah we're all...

Up now and get 'em, boy
Up now and get 'em, boy
Drink to the devil and death at the doctors

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Five thousand users fed today
As you feed us
Won't you lead us
To be blessed

So we stole and drank Champagne
On the seventh seal you said you never feel pain
"I never feel pain, won't you hit me again?"
"I need a bit of black and blue to be a rotation"

In my blood I feel the bubbles burst
There was a flash of fist, an eyebrow burst
You've a lazy laugh and a red white shirt
I fell to the floor fainting at the sight of blood

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
Be they Magdalene or virgin you've already been
You've already been and we've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
Never judge us to be blessed

So I'm sorry if I ever resisted
I never had a doubt you ever existed
I only have a problem when people insist on
Taking their hate and placing it on your name

Some say you're trouble, boy
Just because you like to destroy
You are the word, the word is 'destroy'
I break this bottle and think of you fondly

Did I see you in a limousine
Flinging out the fish and the unleavened
To the whore in a hostel
Or the scum of a scheme
Turn the rich into wine
Walk on the mean
It's not a jag in the arm
It's a nail in the beam
On this barren Earth
You scatter your seed
Be they Magdalene or virgin
You've already been
Yeah, you've already been
We've already seen
That the fallen are the virtuous among us
Walk among us
If you judge us
We're all damned

Do You Want To



Oh well I woke up tonight and said I
I'm gonna make somebody love me
I'm gonna make somebody love me
And now I know, now I know, now I know
I know that it's you
You're lucky, lucky
You're so lucky!

Oh well do you, do you do you want to?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to, want to go
Where I've never let you before?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to, want to go
Where I've never let you before?

Well he's a friend and he's so proud of you
He's a friend and I knew him before you, oh yeah
Well he's a friend and he's so proud of you
You're famous friend well I blew him before you, oh yeah

Oh well do you, do you do you want to?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to, want to go
Where I've never let you before?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to, want to go
Where I've never let you before?

Well here we are at the transmission party
I love your friends they're all so arty, oh yeah

Oh well I woke up tonight and said I
I'm gonna make somebody love me
I'm gonna make somebody love me
And now I know, now I know, now I know
I know that it's you
You're lucky, lucky
You're so lucky!

Oh well do you, do you do you want to?
Oh well do you, do you do you want to, want to go
Where I've never let you before?

Oh lucky lucky
You're so lucky
Lucky lucky
You're so lucky
Lucky lucky
You're so lucky
Lucky lucky
You're so lucky
Lucky lucky
You're so lucky
Oh lucky lucky
You're so lucky
Yeah!

This Boy



It seems this boy's bathed in ridicule
Too forward, way too physical
It's time that I had another
I'm always wanting more if there's another one
Give me some more I'll have another one
I'll have a slice of your mother

This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car

I see losers losing everywhere
If I lose it'll only be the damn I give for another
I am complete, invincible
If I have one set principle
Then it's to stand on You, brother

This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car

If I like cocaine I'm racing you
For organic fresh Echinacia
One kick's as good as another
If tired I'm tired of telling you
I'm never tired I'm always better than you

This boy is so spectacular
Not a boy but a wealthy bachelor
I want a car
I want a car

I'm Your Villain



You toss in a word
I'm your villain
I see the passion emerge
I'm your villain
But serious
You're so serious
Like a waiter
Hating the rich
But taking their tips

If I could laugh I'd love you
If I could smile at anything you said
We could be laughing lovers
I think you'd prefer to be miserable instead
If I could love I'd love you
If I could love like anybody else

I know what I am
I'm your villain
I don't give a damn if
I'm your villain
Because serious
You're so serious
But I've got ready salted
ready on your belly
If you want to have fun

See you later, baby see you later(x5)

Evil And A Heathen



Words fall from my mouth
Like plates from shaking hands
Smash upon the silence
Of the smooth naked canal

I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I couldn't do

I like how you pretend
That the end will be the end
So fill your thirst
Drink a curse
To the death of death instead

I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot I wouldn't do

Utrecht led me to the Sacre Coeur
Where the smoke curled round
Now the ice blows of Lake Michigan
When the ice blows
The ice flows knocks you down

Your teeth are black with wine
As you place those lips on mine
And the moon hangs heavy and forbidden high
On the **** night of our lives

I'm evil and a heathen
I'm evil and a heathen
I'm a heathen and evil like you
There's not a lot
Not a lot we couldn't do

You're The Reason I'm Leaving



Some granite wall
Numbs our bones, numbs our all
As we sit on skinny hands
Nothing to say, nothing at all
I don't know you and I... I don't want to
You're so awkward just like me
But I don't care

You're the reason I'm leaving
You're the reason I'm leaving
If I leave then we don't stop leaving alone

I'd no idea that in four years
I'd be hanging from a beam
behind the door of number ten
Singing well fare thee well
fare thee well
fare thee well
I am leaving
Yes I leave it all to you

You're the reason I'm leaving (I'm leaving alone)
You're the reason I'm leaving (I'm leaving alone)
If I leave then we don't stop leaving alone
You're the reason I'm leaving (I'm leaving alone)
You're the reason I'm leaving (I'm leaving alone)
If I leave then we don't stop leaving alone

As we ride along under an optimistic sun
The radio sings that Everybody song by REM
And Here I Am Fighting Fighting
Yes I'm Fighting not to cry
And that's another reason
Why I oughtta hate you like I do
Like I do
oh Like I do.

You're the reason I'm leaving (I'm leaving alone)
You're the reason I'm leaving (I'm leaving alone)
If I leave then we don't stop leaving alone

I'm the reason you're leaving (I'm leaving alone)
I'm the reason we're leaving (I'm leaving alone)
If I leave then we don't stop leaving alone

Well That Was Easy



Well that was easy waiting
Everything's easy now
And the days are oh so normal
But oh, Hannah
How I miss you
Now

I used to lock myself in your bathroom
Swallowing the Codeine kept for your back
Numb, so numb
I'd let your words
Come and come
So come on -
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Because I'm leaving you now

That was easy, but how I miss you
That was easy, but I still miss you
That was easy, but how I miss you now

I watched you clean the filth off your phone dial
Swallowing the things your finger picked up
Tongue, your tongue
I'd watch your tongue licking on
Eeuuw
So come
Come on tongue
Ah, come on tongue
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
As I'm leaving you now

That was easy, but how I miss you

Eleanor Put Your Boots On




Eleanor put those boots back on
Kick the heels into the Brooklyn dirt
I know it isn't dignified to run
But if you run you can run to the Coney Island roller coaster
Ride to the highest point
And leap across the filthy water
Leap until the gulf streams brought you down

I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land

So Eleanor take a green point three point
And turn towards the hidden sun
You know you are so elegant when you run

Oh if you run
You can run to the statue with the dictionary
Climb to her fingernails and leap
Yeah, take an atmospheric
Leap and let the jet stream set you down

I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land
I could be there when you land

So Eleanor put those boots back on
Put the boots back on and run
Come on over here
Come on over here
Come on over here

What You Meant



As I took a step number four
Into the close of your tenement
You cast your darkened eyes so low
Said we're cold as the step cement

But I just don't know what you meant

So Alec you may want a pill
We are so cruel to communicate
Without the red stuff being spilled
We must MDMA our sentiment

But I just don't know what you meant

If we were feckless we'd be fine
Sucking hard on our innocence
But we've been bright in our decline
Been left as blackened filament

But I just don't know what you meant

'Cause I feel blood inside the vein
I feel life inside the ligament
I feel alive yeah just the same
Same vigour and the same intent

So I just don't know if that's what you meant

Walk Away



I swapped my innocence for pride
Crushed the end within my stride
Said 'I'm strong now I know that I'm a leaver"
I love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds a blackened tear
And I am cold
Yes I'm cold
But not as cold as you are
I love the sound of you walking away

Why don't you walk away?
No buildings will fall down
Why don't you walk away?
No quake will split the ground
Why don't you walk away?
The sun won't swallow the sky
Why don't you walk away?
Statues will not cry

I cannot turn to see those eyes
As apologies may rise
I must be strong and stay an unbeliever
And love the sound of you walking away
Mascara bleeds into my eye
I'm not cold
I am old
At least as old as you are
As you walk away

And as you walk away
My headstone crumbles down
As you walk away
The Hollywood wind's a howl
As you walk away
The Kremlin's falling
As you walk away
Radio 4 is static
As you walk away

The stab of stiletto
On a silent night
Stalin smiles
Hitler laughs
Churchill claps
Mao Tse-Tung
On the back

You Could Have It So Much Better



The last message you sent
Said I looked really down
That I oughtta come over
And talk about it
Well I wasn't down
I just wasn't smiling at you yeah

As I look at us now it seems
That your slapping my back
as if it's alright
but it's not
I'm trying to get up
But you're pushing me down
Yeah you're pushing me down
So I'll get up on my own (x8)

Now there's some grinning goon
On my TV screen
Telling us all that
It's alright because
She wears this and
He said that and
If you get some of these
It'll all be alright
Yeah if you get some of these
It'll all be alright

Well I refuse
To be a cynical goon
Passing the masses
An easy answer
Because it won't be alright
Oh no it won't be alright
It won't be alright
It won't be alright

Unless you get up
Come on and get up
I need to get up get up
So come on get up get up
So come on get up get up
Unless you get up get up
So get up get up, yeah

Well I'm just a voice in your earpiece
Telling you know
It's not alright
You know you could have it so much better
You could have it so much better
If you tried (x4)
So get up on your own (x8)
So get up get up (x8)

Fade Together



So far away
Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away.

Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
God how you'd like it to fade.

Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together

If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away
Oh god you are so far away

I looked your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I'm starting to fade

Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together

Outsiders



Its been some change
But we're still outsiders
If everybody's here
Then hell knows
We ride alone

I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here

The only difference is all I see is now all that I've seen

It's bright on the outside
The bright love the dark side
I know it's obvious
But sometimes
You just have to say it
So you don't feel so weak
About being such a freak
Or alone

In seventeen years
Will you still be Camille
Lee Miller, Gala or whatever
You know what I mean, yeah

Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be yeah

The only difference is what might be is now what might have been

When you saw me sleeping
You thought I was dreaming of you
I didn't tell you
That the only dream
Is Valium for me
The only difference is that

I've seen some years
But you're still my Caesar
With everything I feel
I feel you've already been here

Love'll die
Lovers fade
But you still remain there
Squeezing in your fingers
What it means for me to be yeah

The only difference is what might be is now.

Do sada su postavljeni sledeci tekstovi:

1. 40 Ft
2. Auf Achse
3. Cheating On You
4. Come On Home
5. Darts Of Pleasure
6. Do You Want To
7. Eleanor Put Your Boots On
8. Evil And A Heathen
9. Fade Together
10. I'm Your Villain
11. Jacqueline
12. Michael
13. Outsiders
14. Take Me Out
15. Tell Her Tonight
16. The Dark Of The Matinee
17. The Fallen
18. This Boy
19. This Fire
20. Walk Away
21. Well That Was Easy
22. What You Meant
23. You Could Have It So Much Better
24. You're The Reason I'm Leaving