Vocal 808
 

Have you ever wondered just what Bjork was singing about in 'Ooops'? Is 'Lopez' really about golf? And is 'Bond' an information age love song? Maybe you've clicked the right link, maybe not. Perhaps I'm just dribbling and fantasizing about playing Mini Moogs. Here are all the 808 State lyrics I can find anyway. If you have more, mail me.

 

Misty
 
Ooops
Bond
Lopez
Sound & Vision
Azura
One in Ten
10x10
 
 
 Ooops
(Bjork, 808 State)
 
 Ooops, alright
 I'll come right over
& pour myself over you
 jars of fun
exciting stories
I'll make you forget
 tickle you a little bit
 seduce out your good temper
I'll shine all over
I'll cook my best dish for you
but then it's my turn
I want all your adoration
dog, I own you
sit down fool
you own me
I'm yours
I'm the sun
I'll shine all over you
grab the rays
sugar
 
 
Bond
(M Doughty, 808 State)
 
The trouble is
a single atom
shot at random
random fire
two particles
fused and coupled
once united
multiply
the waves run
underground
electric power
copper wire
some tiny evil
bursts the surface
lays quiet like
insecticide
Slanted, the eyes
and this bonds mind to mind
the risk is mine
and this bonds mind to mind
She says a word
across the ocean
I hear the spit
I hear the sigh
the wavelength
undivided
to drain the fruit
and leave the rind
the shot runs
through her wiring
through her curve
through her spine
to feel an impulse
rising rising
a mess of reason
and kissing eyes.
 
 
Lopez
(James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, 808 State)
 
Ultramarine everything vanishes
Moonlight for my stars in the drift
Not shared through speech
Each sun feels like the last
Death is proclaimed at sunset
By a final light
Which darkness fills
With every shade
Solitude bides time
Joy gives me my last regret
Joy gives me my last regret
Joy gives me my last regret
Joy gives me my last regret
Ultramarine everything vanishes
Moonlight for my stars in the drift
Not shared through speech
Each sun feels like the last
Death is proclaimed at sunset
By a final light
Which darkness fills
With every shade
Solitude bides time
Joy gives me my last regret
Joy gives me my last regret
Joy gives me my last regret
Joy gives me my last regret
 
 
Sound and Vision
(David Bowie, 808 State)
 
Ahhh...
Ahhh...
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the colour of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue
Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue
I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
 
 
Azura
(Louise Rhodes, 808 State)
(Communicated by Joe. Thanks!)
 
Here's all I really know of this life
Love's all we have to give
Seems like the more I struggle on this earth
The more completely I'm in
In a world where mediocrity rules
Bodies collide without a moment of emotion
Scant parts running high behind closed minds
And we all lose our way.
 
Let me be, let me be the moon and stars for you
Let me be your sky of blue
Let me be, let me be the sun and moon for you
Let me be your sky of blue.
 
The winter clouds are stalking up on me
Packing the sun away
Darkness is creeping up on all our dreams
To wipe them clean away
Building boxes around our lives
Compartments for each and every feeling
Freedom lost with our innocence
Forgotten long ago.
 
Let me be, let me be the moon and stars for you
Let me be your sky of blue
Let me be, let me be the sun and moon for you
Let me be your sky of blue
Your sky of blue.
 
That's all I really know of this life
Here's what I want to be
Seems like the more I wander on this earth
The more I'm after me
In a world where freedom rules
Souls cut the line and make the sweetest music
One part's necessary in open minds
And we won't lose our way.
 
 
One in Ten
(UB40 vs 808 State)
(Communicated by Joe. Thanks!)
 
I am the one in ten-a number on a list
I am the one in ten-even though I don't exist
Nobody knows me but I'm always there
Statistical reminder of a world that doesn't care.
 
I am the one in ten-a number on a list
I am the one in ten-even though I don't exist
Nobody knows me...
 
 
10x10
 
If you want the clouds to move on raise the feeling 10 times 10...
If you want the light to shine on raise the feeling 10 times 10...
If you want the walls to come down raise the feeling 10 times 10...
If it's true for you it's good for me let's feel it 10 times 10...
 
 
 
 
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