ARENA

1. IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW

please please tell me now

I made a break I run out yesterday

tried to find my mountain hideaway

maybe next year maybe no go

I know you're watching me every minute of the day yeah

I've seen the signs and the looks and the pictures

they give your game away yeah

there's a dream that strings the road

with broken glass for us to hold

and I cut so far before I had to stay

please please tell me now i

is there something i should know

is there something I should say

that would make you come my way

do you feel the same 'cos you don't let it show

people stare and cross the road from me

and jungle drums they all clear the way for me

can you read my mind can you see in the snow

and fiery demons all dance

when you walk through that door

don't say you're easy on me

you're about as easy as a nuclear war

cos the dream that strings the road

with broken glass for us to hold

and I got so far before I had to say

please please tell me now

is there something I should know

is there something I should say

that would make you come my way

do you feel the same 'cos you don't let it show

please please tell me now

is there something I should know

please please tell me now

can you see what makes me blow

please please tell me now

is there something I should know

is there something i should say

that would make you come my way

2. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF

Darken the city, night is a wire

Steam in the subway, earth is a afire

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

Woman, you want me, give me a sign

And catch my breathing even closer behind

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

In touch with the ground

I'm on the hunt I'm after you

Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd

And I'm hungry like the wolf

Straddle the line in discord and rhyme

I'm on the hunt I'm after you

Mouth is alive with juices like wine

And I'm hungry like the wolf

Stalked in the forest, too close to hide

I'll be upon you by the moonlight side

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

High blood drumming on your skin, it's so tight

You feel my heart, I'm just a moment behind

Do do do do do do do dodo dododo dodo

In touch with the ground

I'm on the hunt I'm after you

Scent and a sound, I'm lost and I'm found

And I'm hungry like the wolf

Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme

I howl and I whine, I'm after you

Mouth is alive, al lrunning inside

And i'm hungry like the wolf

Hungry like the wolf

Burning the ground, I break from the crowd

I'm on the hunt, I'm after you

I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found

And I'm hungry like the wolf

Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme

I'm on the hunt, I'm after you

Mouth is alive with juices like wine

And I'm hungry like the wolf

3. NEW RELIGION

I've been now sauntering

Out and down the path sometime

Come on, it takes me nowhere, which I knew

Faces everywhere pulling grins and signs in things

Telling me not there, man, it's no go

Don't go there boy

I need a reason

I can't think without one now

Too much learning got to show

Call it treason

Maybe catch her, don't know how

Too many things, too much to know

Bring my timing in, seagulls gather on the wind

Lady screaming, lady leave me out

'Cause sometimes people stare

Coming down, electric chair

And steaming crowds they gather and they shout

Don't know why this evil bothers me

Take another chance boy, carry the fight,

you can take him if you're fast

So why is he trying to follow me?

didn't I say if you're holding on

you'd be laughing at the last

How many reasons do they need?

I get along fine with them friends of mine

but you have to make a choice

I might just believe this time

You're singing out of tune but the beat's in time

and it's us who makes the noise

I'm talking for free, I can't stop myself,

It's a new religion

I've something to see, I can't help myself,

It's a new religion

Okay, my reasoning might be clouded by the sun

But someone sees the departmental lie

You know this peacetime jabbing fist in stabbing knife

Only get one look before you die

Don't know why this evil bothers me

Take another chance boy, carry the fight,

you can take him if you're fast

So why is he trying to follow me?

didn't I say if you're holding on

you'd be laughing at the last

How many reasons do they need?

I get along fine with them friends of mine

but you have to make a choice

I might just believe this time

You're singing out of tune but the beat's in time

and it's us who makes the noise

I'm talking for free, I can't stop myself,

It's a new religion

I've something to see, I can't help myself,

It's a new religion

Gotta take pay the saints 'n sinners

In regulation hats 'n scarves 'n things

Walking in formation down the lane,

They carry their cross, make a church bell ring

Army majors pull a mean cool truth,

There lying in a swimming pool

Searching for the undeniable truth that

A man is just a fool

Don't know why this evil bothers me

Take another chance boy, carry the fight,

you can take him if you're fast

So why is he trying to follow me?

didn't I say if you're holding on

you'd be laughing at the last

How many reasons do they need?

I get along fine with them friends of mine

but you have to make a choice

I might just believe this time

You're singing out of tune but the beat's in time

and it's us who makes the noise

I'm talking for free, I can't stop myself,

It's a new religion

I've something to see, I can't help myself,

It's a new religion

(repeat to fade)

4. SAVE A PRAYER

You saw me standing by the wall,

Corner of a main street

And the lights are flashing on your window sill

All alone ain't much fun,

So you're looking for the thrill

And you know just what it takes and where to go

Don't save a prayer for me now,

Save it 'til the morning after

No, don't say a prayer for me now,

Save it 'til the morning after

Feel the breeze deep on the inside,

Look you down into the well

If you can, you'll see the world in all his fire

Take a chance

(Like all dreamers can't find another way)

You don't have to dream it all, just live a day

Don't say a prayer for me now,

Save it 'til the morning after

No, don't say a prayer for me now,

Save it 'til the morning after

Save it 'til the morning after,

Save it till the morning after

Pretty looking road,

try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin

Don't ask me why I'll keep my promise,

I'll melt the ice

And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance

But fear is in your soul

Some people call it a one night stand

But we can call it paradise

Don't say a prayer for me now,

Save it 'til the morning after

No, don't say a prayer for me now,

Save it 'til the morning after

Save a prayer 'til the morning after

5. WILD BOYS

The wild boys are calling

on their way back from the fire

in august moon's surrender to

a dust cloud on the rise

wild boys fallen far from glory

reckless and so hungered

on the razors edge you trail

because there's murder by the roadside

in a sore afraid new world

they tried to break us,

looks like they'll try again

wild boys never lose it

wild boys never chose this way

wild boys never close your eyes

wild boys always shine

you got sirens for a welcome

there's bloodstain for your pain

and your telephone been ringing while

you're dancing in the rain

wild boys wonder where is glory

where is all you angels

now the figureheads have fell

and lovers war with arrows over

secrets they could tell

they tried to tame you

looks like they'll try again

wild boys never lose it

wild boys never chose this way

wild boys never close your eyes

wild boys always shine

6. THE SEVENTH STRANGER

Those words are all remainders

Echoes growing in the heart of twilight

They lay back laughing at naivety's star

Awaken all those whispers in the dusty shadow of a

passing favour

I wouldn't say that you were ruthless or right

I couldn't see from so far

Was I chasing after rainbows

One thing for sure you never answered when I called

And I wiped away the water from my face

To look through the eyes of a stranger

For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd

Trading in my shelter for danger

I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down

In the eyes of a stranger

Can't tell the real from reflections

When all these faces look the same to me

In every city such a desolate dream

Some days are strange to number

some say the seventh sounds a little bit stranger

A year of Sundays seems to have drifted right by

(I could have sworn) in one evening

And I'm not seized in desperation

No steel reproaches on the table from before

But I still can feel those splinters of ice

I look through the eyes of a stranger

For rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd

Trading in my shelter for danger

I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down

In the eyes of a stranger

I must be chasing after rainbows

One thing for sure you never answer when I call

And I wipe away the water from my face

To look through the eyes of a stranger

For rumour in the wake of such a lonely crowd

Trading in my shelter for danger

I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down

Walking away like a stranger

From rumours in the wake of such a lonely crowd

Trading in my shelter for danger

I'm changing my name just as the sun goes down

In the eyes of a stranger

7. THE CHAUFFEUR

Out on the tar plains, the glides are moving

All looking for a new place to drive

You sit beside me, so newly charming

Sweating dew drops glisten, freshing your side

CHORUS

The sun slips down bedding heavy behind

The front of your dress all shadowy lined

And the droning engine throbs in time

With your beating heart

Sing Blue Silver

Way down the lane away, living for another day

The aphids swarm up in the drifting haze

Swim seagull in the sky

Towards that hollow western isle

My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze

CHORUS

And watching lovers part, I feel you smiling

What glass splinters lie so deep in your mind

To tear out from your eyes

With a word to stiffen brooding lies

But I'll only watch you leave me further behind

CHORUS

8. UNION OF THE SNAKE

Telegram force and ready

I knew this was a big mistake

There'sa fine line drawing

My senses together

And I think it's about to break

If I listen close I can hear them singers

Voices in your body coming through on the radio

The Union of the Snake is on the climb

Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break

Through the borderline

Nightshades on a warning

Give me strength at least give me a light

Give me anything even sympathy

There's a chance you could be right

The Union of the Snake is on the climb

It's gonna race it's gonna break

Gonna move up to the borderline

9. PLANET EARTH

Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain

I heard you making patterns rhyme

like some new romantic looking for the tv sound

you'll see I'm right some other time

look now, look all around, there's no sign of life

voices, another sound, can you hear me now?

this is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth

bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is planet earth

my head is stuck on something precious

let me know if you're coming down to land

is there anybody out there trying to get through?

my eyes are so cloudy I can't see you

look now, look all around, there's no sign of life

voices, another sound, can you hear me now?

is is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth

bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop

this is planet earth

bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop

this calling planet earth

bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop

this looking at planet earth

bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop

this is planet earth

written by/copyright: Duran Duran

10. CARELESS MEMORIES

So soon,

just after you've gone

my senses sharpen

But it always takes

so damned long

before I feel how much

my eyes have darkened

Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke

drifting in our room

so easy to disturb

with a thought

with a whisper...

with a careless memory

On the table

signs of love life scattered...

and the walls break

we go crashing within

It's not as though--

as though you really mattered

But being close,

how could I let you go

without some feeling

some precious sympathy following

Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke

drifting in our room

so easy to disturb

with a thought

with a whisper...

with a careless memory

I walk out into the sun

I try to find a new day

but the whole place

it just screams in my eyes

where are you now?

cuz I don't want to meet you

I think I'd die--

I think I'd laugh at you--

I think I'd cry--

What am I supposed to do,

follow you?

Outside the thoughts

come flooding back now...

I just try to forget you...

So easy to disturb

with a thought...

with a whisper...

with a careless memory...