Pulp - This Is Hardcore

PULP

THIS IS HARDCORE (1998)

  1. The Fear
  2. Dishes
  3. Party Hard
  4. Help The Aged
  5. This Is Hardcore
  6. TV Movie
  7. A Little Soul
  8. I'm A Man
  9. Seductive Barry
10. Sylvia
11. Glory Days
12. The Day After The Revolution

PULP

THIS IS HARDCORE

1. THE FEAR

This is our "music from a bachelors den"
The sound of loneliness turned up to ten
A horror soundtrack from a stagnant waterbed
And it sounds just like this
This is the sound of someone losing the plot
Making out that they're okay when they're not
You're gonna like it, but not a lot
And the chorus goes like this

Oh baby, here comes the fear again
The end is near again
A monkey's built a house on your back
You can't get anyone to come in the sack
And here comes another panic attack
Here we go again

So now you know the words to our song
Pretty soon you'll all be singing along
When you're sad, when you're lonely
And it all turns out wrong
When you've got the fear
And when you're no longer searching
For beauty or love
Just some kind of life
With the edges taken off
When you can't even define
What it is that you are frightened of
This song will be here

Oh baby, here comes the fear again
The end is near again
If you ever get that chimp off your back
If you ever find the thing that you lack
But you know you're only having a laugh
Oh, here we go again
Until the end
Until the end.

2. DISHES

I am not Jesus
Though I have the same initials
I am the man who stays home and does the dishes
And how was your day?
Is that woman still trying to do your head in?

A man told me to beware of 33
He said: "It was not an easy time for me"
But I'll get through
Even though I've got no miracles to show you

I'd like to make this water wine
But it's impossible
I've got to get these dishes dry

I'll read a story
If it helps you sleep at night
I got some matches
If you ever need a light
Oh, I am just a man
But I'm doing what I can
To help you

I'd like to make this water wine
But it's impossible
I've got to get these dishes dry

And I'm, I'm not worried
That I will never touch the stars
'Cause stars belong up in heaven
And the earth is where we are
Oh yeah

And aren't you happy just to be alive?
Anything's possible
You've got no cross to bear tonight
No, not tonight
No, not tonight

I am not Jesus
Though I have the same initials.

3. PARTY HARD

I used to try very hard to make friends
With everyone on the planet
I've seen you havin' it, havin' it
But now you've just had it

Entertainment can sometimes be hard
When the thing that you love
Is the same thing that's holding you down

This man is dangerous
He just shed his load
On your best party frock
Before you enter the palace of wisdom
You have to decide: are you ready to rock?
Can you party with me?
Can you show me a good time?
Do you even know what one looks like?

And I don't need to hear your stories again
Just get on the floor
And show me, show me what you're made of
Just what exactly are you made of?

Baby, you're driving me crazy
Baby, you're driving me crazy

I was having a whale of a time
Until your uncle, your uncle psychosis arrived
Why do we have to half kill ourselves
Just to prove we're alive?
I'm here whenever you need me
Whenever you need me, well, I won't be here

And have you ever stopped to ask yourself
If you didn't come to party
Then why did you come here?
Why did you come here?

Baby, you're driving me crazy
Baby, you're driving me crazy

And do you really know want to know
Just how come you turned out so dumb?

When the party's over
Will you come home with me?
When the party's over
Will you come home with me?
Now the party's over
Will you come home to me
Will you come home to me
Will you come home to me
Will you come home to me?

4. HELP THE AGED

Help the aged
One time they were just like you
Drinking, smoking cigs and sniffing glue

Help the aged
Don't just put them in a home
Can't have much fun in there all on their own

Give a hand, if you can
Try and help them to unwind
Give them hope and give them comfort
'Cause they're running out of time

In the meantime we try
Try to forget that nothing lasts forever
No big deal, so give us all a feel
Funny how it all falls away

When did you first realise
It's time you took an older lover, baby
He'll teach you stuff although he's looking rough
Funny how it all falls away

Help the aged
'Cause one day you'll be older too
You might need someone
Who can pull you through
And if you look very hard
Behind the lines upon their face
You may see where you are headed
And it's such a lonely place

In the meantime we try
Try to forget that nothing lasts forever
No big deal, so give us all a feel
Funny how it all falls away

When did you first realise
It's time you took an older lover, baby
He'll teach you stuff although he's looking rough
Funny how it all falls away

You can dye your hair
But it's the one thing you can't change
Can't run away from yourself
Yourself, yourself

In the meantime we try
Try to forget that nothing lasts forever
No big deal, so give us all a feel
Funny how it all falls away

When did you first realise
It's time you took an older lover, baby
He'll teach you stuff although he's looking rough
Funny how it all falls away
It's funny how it all falls away
Funny how it all falls away
It's funny how it all, it all falls away

So help the aged.

5. THIS IS HARDCORE

You are hardcore
You make me hard
You name the drama
And I'll play the part
It seems I saw you in some teenage wet dream
I like your get-up, if you know what I mean
I want it bad
I want it now
Oh, can't you see
I'm ready now
I've seen all the pictures
I've studied them forever
I wanna make a movie
So let's star in it together

Don't make a move
'Til I say: "Action"
Oh, here comes the hardcore life

Put your money where your mouth is tonight
Leave your make-up on
And I'll leave on the light
Come over here, babe
And talk in the mike
Oh yeah, I hear you now
It's gonna be one hell of a night
You can't be a spectator
Oh no
You got to take these dreams
And make them whole

Oh, this is hardcore
There is no way back for you
Oh, this is hardcore
This is me on top of you
And I can't believe
That it took me this long
That it took me this long

This is the eye of the storm
It's what men in stained raincoats pay for
But in here it is pure
Yeah

This is the end of the line
I've seen the storyline
Played out so many times before
Oh, that goes in there
Then that goes in there
Then that goes in there
Then that goes in there
And then it's over

Oh, what a hell of a show
But what I want to know
What exactly do you do for an encore?
'Cause this is hardcore.

6. TV MOVIE

Without you my life has become
A hangover without end
A movie made for TV
Bad dialogue, bad acting, no interest
Too long with no story and no sex

Is it a kind of weakness
To miss someone so much
To wish the day would go away
Like you did yesterday
Just like you did yesterday

And I can't think of a way to get through this pain
To be happy again, to make it all alright
And I know it must be bad
'Cause sitting here right now
All I know is I can't even think
I can't even think of anything clever to say

Just say, so I say
Why pretend any longer?
'Cause I need you here with me
It's obvious that I miss you so much
So please say you're gonna stay
So please say you're gonna stay
So please say you're gonna stay

The night is getting darker now
And there's nothing on TV
But I'll sit tight
'Til morning light
Yeah, I'll wait until the day
Until the day
That you say you're gonna stay.

7. A LITTLE SOUL

Hey man
How come you treat your woman so bad?
That's not the way you do it
No, no, no, you shouldn't do it like that
I could show you how to do it right
I used to practice every night on my wife
Now she's gone
Yeah, she's gone

You see, your mother and me
We never got along that way you see
I'd love to help you
But everybody's telling me
You look like me
But please, don't turn out like me
You look like me
But you're not like me, I know
I had one, two, three
Four shots of happiness
I look like a big man
But I, I've only got a little soul
I've only got a little soul

Yeah, I wish I could be an example
Wish I could say I stood up for you
And fought for what was right
But I never did
I just wore my trenchcoat
And stayed out every single night
You think I'm joking?
Try me, try me
Yeah, come on, try me tonight
I did what was wrong
Though I knew what was right
I've got no wisdom that I want to pass on
Just don't hang 'round here
No, I'm telling you son
You don't wanna know me
Oh, that's what everybody's telling me

And everybody's telling me
You look like me
But please, don't turn into me
You look like me
But you're not like me, I hope
I have run away from the one thing
That I ever made
Now I only wish that I could show you
Wish I could show a little soul
Wish I could show a little soul
Wish I could show a little soul
Wish I could show a little soul.

8. I'M A MAN

Laid here with the advertising sliding past my eyes
Like cartoons from other peoples lives
I start to wonder what it takes to be a man

Well, I learned to drink
And I learned to smoke
And I learned to tell a dirty joke
If that's all there is then there's no point for me

So please can I ask just why we're alive
'Cause all that you do seems such a waste of time
And if you hang around too long you'll be a man
Tell me 'bout it
Your car can get up to a hundred and ten
You've nowhere to go, but you'll go there again
And nothing ever makes no difference to a man

So you stumble into town
Hold your stomach in
Show them what you've got
Though they 've seen everything
Yeah, you're a beauty
But they've seen your type before

You've got no need
But still you want
So go and book that restaurant
The wine will flow
And then you'll just fly away

So please can I ask just why we're alive
'Cause all that you do seems such a waste of time
And if you hang around too long you'll be a man
Tell me 'bout it
Your car can get up to a hundred and ten
You've nowhere to go, but you'll go there again
And nothing ever makes no difference to a man

So please can I ask just why we're alive
'Cause all that you do seems such a waste of time
And if you hang around too long you'll be a man
Oh, come on, tell me 'bout it
Your car can get up to a hundred and ten
You've nowhere to go, but you'll go there again
And nothing ever makes no difference to a man
To a man
To a man

To a man
That's what I am.

9. SEDUCTIVE BARRY

Here in the night
Love takes control
Making me high
Making me whole

Here in the night
Love takes control
Making me high
Making me whole
I don't know
Oh, no, no, no
No, I don't know
No, no, no
No, I don't know

When I close my eyes, I can see you
You lower yourself to my level
I don't know where you got those clothes
But you can take them off
If it makes you feel better

Don't stop it now
Now is so right
Now as the day slips away
And we slide into night
I don't know
Oh, no, no, no
No, I don't know
No, no, no
No, I don't know

I open my eyes and you're there
Even better in the flesh, it would seem
I'm so ready and willing and able, it's untrue
To act out this love scene
And make my dreams come true

And how many others have touched themselves
Whilst looking at pictures of you?
How many others could handle it
If all their dreams came true?
I don't expect you to answer straight away
Maybe you're just having an off day
But I need to believe in you
Yes, I do
Yes, I do

Oh, I want you
Here in my heart
Here in my head
Live all your dreams
For tonight
Here in your bed
I don't know
Oh, no, no, no
No, I don't know
No, no, no
No, I don't know

So roll the soundtrack and dim the lights
'Cause I'm not going home tonight
This love scene has begun
So let's get it on

Let's make this the greatest love scene
From a play no-one's thought up yet
I know you're feeling the same as me
But what you gonna do about it?
Now here's an exclusive
I've wanted you for years
I only needed the balls to admit it
When the unbelievable object
Meets the unstoppable force
There's nothing you can do about it
No

I will light your cigarette
With a star that has fallen from the sky
Breathe in, breathe out
I love the way you move
Don't let anyone tell you any different tonight
You are beauty, you are class
You showed it all
But you still kept a little piece back just for me
A little piece back just for me
Just for me
Just for me
I don't know how you do it
But I love the way you do it
When you're doing it to me

And if this is a dream
Then I'm gonna sleep
For the rest of my life

For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life.

10. SYLVIA

You look just like Sylvia
Well, you look like her to me
The way she wore her hair then
Oh, the way she used to be
I've not seen her for a long time
Though I've heard she's still around
Her father's living with some girl
Who's a year younger than her

She's living in the country now, yeah
Oh, she's trying to get better
Her beauty was her only crime
Yeah, I remember Sylvia

So keep believing
And do what you do
I can't help you, but I know things are gonna get better
And please stop asking
What it's got to do with you
Oh, keep believing 'cause you know that you deserve better

Who's this man you're talking to?
Can't you see what he wants to do?
He thinks if he stands near enough
Then he will look as good as you
Oh, he don't care about your problems
He just wants to show his friends
I guess I'm just the same as him
Oh, I just didn't know it then

I never understood you really
And I know it's too late now
You didn't ask to be that way
Oh, I'm sorry Sylvia

So keep believing
And do what you do
I can't help you, but I know things are gonna get better
And please stop asking
What it's got to do with you
Oh, keep believing 'cause you know that you deserve better
Oh, it's true

So please stop asking
What it's got to do with you
Oh, keep believing 'cause you know that you deserve better
Oh yeah, you know that you deserve better
Oh yeah, you know that you deserve better
Oh, Sylvia.

11. GLORY DAYS

Come and play the tunes of glory
Raise your voice in celebration of the days
That we have wasted in the cafe in the station
And learn the meaning of existence
In fortnightly instalments
Come share this golden age with me
In my single room apartment
And if it all amounts to nothing
It doesn't matter, these are still our glory days

Oh, my face is unappealing
And my thoughts are unoriginal
I did experiments with substances
But all it did was make me ill
And I, I used to do the I Ching
But then I had to feed the meter
Now I can't see into the future
But at least I can use the heater
Oh, it doesn't get much better than this
'Cause this is how we live our glory days

And I could be a genius
If I just put my mind to it
And I, I could do anything
If only I could get 'round to it
Oh, we were brought up on the Space-Race
Now they expect you to clean toilets
When you have seen how big the world is
Then how can you make do with this?
If you want me
I'll be sleeping in
Sleeping in throughout these glory days

These glory days can take their toll
So catch me now before I turn to gold
Yeah, we'd love to hear your story
Just as long as it tells us where we are
That where we are is where we're meant to be

Oh come on, make it up yourself
You don't need anybody else
And I promise I won't sell
These days to anybody else
In the world but you

No-one but you
No-one but you
No-one but you
No-one but you.

12. THE DAY AFTER THE REVOLUTION

The dust has settled
Replaced the bulbs in all the lights
I guess I'll get no sleep tonight
A revolution happened
Oh sorry, you haven't heard?
We are the children of the new world

If you're quiet you can watch if you like
They say the future's beginning tonight
Whole empires will crumble
Civilisations will fall
Lie on the bed
Hear the sound of it all
No anger, no guilt and no sorrow
It sounds unlikely, I know but tomorrow
You will wake up to find
That your whole life has changed
Although nothing looks different
A revolution took place

I love the way you do it
I love the way you put them on
You know the answers
But you get it wrong
Just to confuse things
Why did it seem so difficult
To realise a simple truth?
The revolution begins and ends with you

Now all the breakdowns
And nightmares look small
And we decided not to die after all
Because the meek shall inherit
Absolutely nothing at all
If you stopped being so feeble
You could have so much more
The answer was here all the time, you see
Just how I missed it is a mystery to me
I have waited and waited for this day to arrive
The revolution was televised
Now it's over, bye-bye
It's over, bye-bye
It's over, bye-bye

Yeah, we made it
Just by the skin of your teeth
Perfection is over
The rave is over
Sheffield is over
The fear is over
Guilt is over
Please leave the building quietly
Bergerac is over
The time is over
The hangover is over
Men are over
Women are over
Cholesterol is over
Tapers are over
The breakdown is over
Irony is over
Bye-bye

Bye-bye

Bye-bye.

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