CODEINE DISCOGRAPHY V1.0

A L'Ombre De Nous (In Our Shadow) [with Bastro]
A L'Ombre De Nous (In Our Shadow) (F. Lai / P. Barou)
Atmosphere
Atmosphere (Joy Division)
Barely Real
Broken-Hearted Wine
Broken-Hearted Wine [12/22/92 John Peel Session]
Broken-Hearted Wine [2/26/93 John Peel Session]
Broken-Hearted Wine (Retsin)
Broken-Hearted Wine (Lullaby For The Working Class)
Castle
Cave-In (Codeine)
Cave-In (J. Bailiff & A. Sparhawk)
Cigarette Machine
Cracked In Two [demo]
D / D [live 7/12-17/94 @ The Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA, USA]
Gravel Bed
Hard To Find
Hard To Find (Styrofoam)
Ides / Ides [alternate version]
Jr / Jr [original mix]
Jr [2/26/93 John Peel Session]
Kitchen Light / Rumblefish (Kitchen Light)
Loss Leader
Loss Leader [6/3/94 John Peel Session]
Median [6/3/94 John Peel Session]
New Year's

New Year's (Seam)
Old Things
Pea / Pea [with Bitch Magnet]
Pickup Song
Produkt [with Bastro]
Promise Of Love
Promise Of Love (MX-80 Sound)
Realize / Realize [alternate version]
Rumblefish (Kitchen Light) / Kitchen Light
Sea
Sea [6/3/94 John Peel Session]
Second Chance / Second Chance [4-track version]
Smoking Room
Smoking Room [2/26/93 John Peel Session]
Something New
Sure Looks That Way [6/3/94 John Peel Session]
3 Angels
Tom
Tom [2/26/93 John Peel Session]
Two Faced Man
Two Faced Man (Suicide)
Vacancy
W.
Washed Up
Wird

A L'OMBRE DE NOUS (IN OUR SHADOW) [with Bastro]

A l'ombre de nous
Restera toujours
Au noms de l'amour
Un gout d'eternite
Au nom de notre amour
Une ombre va rester

Cette ombre de nous
Combien de soleils
Brulant netre ciel
Ont du se concerter
Qu'au nom de ces soleils
Une ombre va rester

CES SOLEILS...
Ils sont si chauds
Ils sont si forts
Qu'ils nous brulent
Et qu'ils nous devorent
Encore, encore, encore...

Ils ont des noms de pacotille
L'amour, le respect, la folie
C'est la confiance et le courage
C'est le bleu des livres d'images
C'est tout ce que tu attends de moi
C'est tout ce que j'attends do toi

A l'ombre de nous
Ne pourra fleurir
Aux jours a venir
Pien d'autre que beaute
Meme en pensant au pire
Une ombre va rester

Cette ombre de nous
Les mille soleils
D'un amour pareil
N'y pourrant rien changer
Car des premiers soleils
Une ombre va rester

CES SOLEILS...
Ils sont si chauds
Ils sont si forts
Qu'ils nous brulent
Et qu'ils nous devorent
Encore, encore, encore...

Ils ont des noms qui font sourire
C'est la passion, c'est le delire
C'est la pananche et la tendresse
C'est le bleu de notre jeunesse
C'est tout ce qui, a jamais, vivra...
A L'OMBRE DE NOUS...

A L'OMBRE DE NOUS (IN OUR SHADOW) (F. Lai / P. Barouh)

ATMOSPHERE

Walk in silence
Don't walk away - in silence
Danger - always danger
Endless talking of life rebuilding
Don't walk away - in silence
Don't walk away - in silence

Walk in silence
Don't walk away - in silence
Your illusion - my confusion
And in the mask of self-hate
Confronts itself and then dies
Don't walk away - in silence

People like you, have it easy
Face like the sun - walking on air
Haunted by your face, every street, every corner
Abandoned too soon
Don't walk away - in silence
Don't walk away - in silence

ATMOSPHERE (Joy Division)

Walk in silence
Don't walk away - in silence
See the danger - always danger
Endless talking - life rebuilding
Don't walk away

Walk in silence
Don't turn away - in silence
Your confusion - my illusion
Worn like a mask of self-hate
Confronts and then dies
Don't walk away

People like you, find it easy
Naked to see - walking on air
Hunting by the rivers, through the streets, every corner
Abandoned too soon
Set down with due care
Don't walk away - in silence
Don't walk away

BARELY REAL

Don't you have to speak now?
Not just look and half smile
All I want's to feel
That I'm barely real

I feel like string
I feel like nothing

Who's the silence for now?
Can your heart still hold
Everything...
Untold?

I feel like string
I feel like nothing

BROKEN-HEARTED WINE

In spring time
When you haven't got a dime
Yeah, in spring time
And life seems a crime
Come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine

So you finally see her face at last, and the pain will never pass
You thought she was the only girl in the whole wide world for you
You can come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine

So you don't know what to do
There's just one cure for you
In spring time
When there isn't any reason
Or rhyme
To thinkin'
That you'll be mine
So come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time

BROKEN-HEARTED WINE [12/22/92 John Peel Session]

In spring time
When you haven't got a dime
In spring time
And life seems a crime
Come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time

So you finally see his face at last, and the pain will never pass
You thought he was the only boy in the whole wide world for you
Well, come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time

So you don't know what to do
There's just one cure for you
In spring time
When there isn't any reason
Or rhyme
To thinkin'
That you'll be mine
You can come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time

BROKEN-HEARTED WINE [2/26/93 John Peel Session]

BROKEN-HEARTED WINE (Retsin)

In spring time
When you haven't got a dime
Yeah, in spring time
When life seems a crime
You can come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine

So you finally see her face at last, and the pain will never pass
You thought she was the only girl in the whole wide world for you
You can come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine

So you don't know what to do
There's just one cure for you
In spring time
When there isn't any reason
Or rhyme
To thinkin'
That you'll be mine
You can come on over
Cry on my shoulder, and drink
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine
In the spring time
Broken-hearted wine
Tastes fine

BROKEN-HEARTED WINE (Lullaby For The Working Class)

CASTLE

There's a castle in her heart
The walls go up for miles

There's a tower
You can see everything
But she shows you nothing
You can see everything
See up to heaven
And there's a couch
But the TV's somehow wrong
Nothing seems to fit
Everything that's good is hid

She's the king in Wittgenstein's world
She's the king in Wittgenstein's world

There's a castle
In her heart
Where she keeps everything...
Apart
The walls go up for miles
The walls go up for miles

CAVE-IN

Last night I dreamt your face
The skin was falling off
The flesh was turning grey

This is a cave-in
I said I'd stay
Cave-in
Said I'd stay

Last night I had a dream
Your eyes were lit by fire
The way you tried to smile
The way you couldn't smile

This is a cave-in
I said I'd stay
Cave-in
Said I'd stay

These things take so long
So let me help it some
These things take so long
So let me help it some

CAVE-IN (J. Bailiff & A. Sparhawk)

Last night I dreamt your face
The skin was falling off
The flesh was turning grey

This is a cave-in
I said I'd stay
A cave-in
Said I'd stay

Last night I had a dream
Your eyes were lit by fire
The way you tried to smile
The way you couldn't smile

This is a cave-in
I said I'd stay
A cave-in
Said I'd stay

These things take so long
So let me help it some
These things take so long
So let me help it some

CIGARETTE MACHINE

Dry heave doubt
From a little old dragon's mouth
Split lip and split tongue
Finally, cross-eyed

She stands next to the cigarette machine
This device has got it made, she thinks
It has a cast-iron stomach, but a candle for a heart

Odd the way the very stuff falls out
Hard the way it makes you doubt
This thing leaps up, complains, full of vile
Not even star-crossed, just unlucky

Odd how the very stuff falls out
Hard the way it makes you smile
This things leaps up, complains
Not even star-crossed, just unlucky

CRACKED IN TWO [demo]

So, go your own way
Don't forget
That you're only
Cracked in two
What can you do?
Cracked in two
What can you DO?

(?) just the only way to see
Things end the hard way
What can you do?
What can you do?
What can you do?

Cracked in two
So, go your own way
But don't forget
That you're only
Cracked in two
What can you do?
Cracked in two
What can you do?

D / D [live 7/12-17/94 @ The Capitol Theater, Olympia, WA, USA]

D for effort
D for intent
D because you pay the rent

D for love
D for insight
D because you're heavy set

I want you to need me - not to feed me
I want you to need me - not to feed me

D for dishes
F for floors
Can't make the grade anymore

D for love
D for intent
D because you pay the rent

You kick my head
Lying on your ten - your ten foot bed
You say you're all alone, that's just 'cause, you don't want anybody home
See a smile, make it sad
Take it all so bad.

GRAVEL BED

Jon thinks I've been sad enough
But I just can't agree
It's not so sad for me

Things I thought might come true
They never do
They never do

Once stood on a shore so grand
Slept in a gravely bed
In a kingdom so pure
In a kingdom SO PURE

HARD TO FIND

A good friend is hard to find
But you'll have one if you open your eyes
A good friend is hard to find
I found you
Will you be mine?
And time will show
Time will show

A good friend is hard to find
But you'll have one if you open your eyes
A good friend is hard to find
I found you
Will you be mine?
And time will show
Time will show
And time will show
Time will SHOW

But not me

HARD TO FIND (Styrofoam)

A good friend is hard to find
But you'll have one if you open your eyes
A good friend is hard to find
I found you
Will you be mine?
And time will show
And time will SHOW
And time will show
And time will SHOW

A good friend is hard to find
But you'll have one if you open your eyes
A good friend is hard to find
I found you
Will you be mine?
And time will show
And time will SHOW
And time will show
And time will SHOW

But not me

IDES / IDES [alternate version]

Silver clouds
Fill my mind

Can't watch the trees
Can't go outside
Don't go outside

Something's got in
Into my eye
A warning sign

I don't want
To know why
A warning sign

JR

Threw my bike off the road
And lie in the grass
The hot winds blow
Promises I'll never know

Dumb at twelve
With a delinquent mind
The sky turned yellow-blue
Like a week-old bruise

These days things loom above me
My head is empty
My tongue and lips
Are swollen

JR [2/26/93 John Peel Session]

KITCHEN LIGHT / RUMBLEFISH (KITCHEN LIGHT)

First a kiss, then a fall
Some pale shade takes it all
Tangled up in a knot
One foot free, one foot caught

Light the stove with a match
I just wait, I just think
I'm so sad, I can't stand
I can't stand, I can't stand

LOSS LEADER

Loss leader, losing sight of the shore
Can't take this loss loop anymore, anymore
Water - running down
Water - running down

Now things taste kind of bitter
Two muddy shoes, far from home, far from home
Water - running down
Water - running down - RUNNING DOWN

And as I walk back
I feel the moon against my neck

Loss leader, losing sight of the shore
Can't take this lost loop anymore

LOSS LEADER [6/3/94 John Peel Session]

MEDIAN [6/3/94 John Peel Session]

NEW YEAR'S

Bad to feel the way I am
Today is another day, you do what you can

Feel so sad, so bad today
All our friends have gone away

Here in my castle, lines crease me face
Take them away, take them far away
Feel so sad, so bad today
All our friends have gone away

NEW YEAR'S (Seam)

Bad to feel the way I am
Today is another day, you do what you can

I feel so sad, so bad today
That all our friends have gone away

Here in my castle, lines crease me face
Take them away, take them far away
I feel so sad, so bad today
That all our friends have gone away

OLD THINGS

Walk, just walk away
And throw old things away

Things don't last too long
But when they do
They last too long
Walk, just walk away
And throw old things away

I, I thought I tried
But what, what does that mean?
Walk, just walk away
And throw old things away

Nothing sticks to you
Not even what you WANT to

PEA / PEA [with Bitch Magnet]

When I see the sun
I hope it shines on me
And gives me everything...well, almost
Some people seem
To be just small hard peas
Sometimes I think it's me

I try so hard for bruises on your back - just to get you back
I try so hard for bruises on your back, tiny and mean
Just to get you back
Just to get you back
Just to get you back
Just to get you back

When I see the sun
I hope it shines on me
And gives me everything
To be one mile high
Then I would kill you all
What I gave to you, just meant nothing
When I see the sun
I hope it shines on me
And gives me everything
When I see the sun
I hope it shines on me
And gives me everything...well, almost

PICKUP SONG

Don't remember your kiss
Can't remember what I miss

Thought you were blind, I held your hand
Guess I still don't understand

Wish I'd never seen your face

PRODUKT [with Bastro]

This song is an instrumental.

PROMISE OF LOVE

If I could be the angel
If I could be the prettiest girl
I'd stand between you
And the rest of the world

If I could be your sun
If I could be your stars
You could never disappoint me, because
Your who you are

If I could be the angel
If I could be the prettiest girl
Every tear you've ever cried
Would all be turned to pearls

I I could be your sun
If I could be your stars
You'd be safe from harm
No matter where you are

And the bells
Will ring for you

PROMISE OF LOVE (MX-80 Sound)

Let me be the angel
Let me be the prettiest girl
I'll stand between you
And the rest of the world

Let me be your sun
Let me be your star
You could never disappoint me, because
Your who you are

If I could be the angel
If I could be the prettiest girl
Every tear you've ever cried
Would all be turned to pearls

I I could be your sun
If I could be your star
You'd be safe and free from harm
No matter where you are

You only make me proud
As if you were my son
And the bells
They ring for you

REALIZE / REALIZE [alternate version]

On a quiet afternoon
Staring out of your room

Feeling blue
What am I gonna do?
Look at me, just with your eyes
Try to realize
Look at me, just with your eyes
Try to realize

Coffee's there
On the floor
From the night before
Shades are drawn
Against the sun
Where is everyone?

Look at me, just with your eyes
Try to realize
Look at me, just with your eyes
Try to realize

RUMBLEFISH (KITCHEN LIGHT) / KITCHEN LIGHT

SEA

A white ship sails on a black sea
Takes my love from me
And it takes so long
But then I understand
I under...
STAND

Put your hand in my good hand
Promise not to leave this dry and barren land
And it takes so long
But then I understand
I under...
STAND

SEA [6/3/94 John Peel Session]

SECOND CHANCE / SECOND CHANCE [4-track version]

I miss your smile - it's been a while
I miss your smile - it's been a while
It's been a while
It's been a while
It's been a while

First chance is rare - seconds don't ever dare
First chance is rare - seconds don't ever dare
Seconds don't ever dare
Seconds don't ever dare
Seconds don't ever dare
Seconds don't EVER dare

I miss your smile - it's been a while
I miss your smile - it's been a while
I miss your smile - it's been a while
I miss your smile - it's been a while
It's been a while
It's been a while
It's been a while
It's been a while
It's been a WHILE
It's been a WHILE
It's been a WHILE

SMOKING ROOM

Spent afternoons
In the smoking room
The things that I said then
Still make me burn with shame

The world is frozen now
It glitters, sparkles, and shines

SMOKING ROOM [2/26/93 John Peel Session]

SOMETHING NEW

Something new
Can't complain what you do
Leaves fall like trees
Told you - it wasn't me

Tell it to your friends
Say, "This is the end."
I see your friends
They know it's the end

Don't take long
For bright things to go wrong
But just when
All depends

Tell it to your friends
Say, "This is the end."
I see your friends
Guess this is the end

SURE LOOKS THAT WAY [6/3/94 John Peel Session]

"This is a cover of a song by Gerry Hannah, previously of the Vancouver, B.C. band the Subhumans. "Sure Looks That Way" is from a cassette of his called 'Songs from the Underground', recorded while he was in prison, I think around 1985."

3 ANGELS

Three angels - holes in their socks
Three angels - holes in their socks
I'll take the one on the right
You take the one on the left
One in the middle
One to forget

Take a walk - 'round the block
Take a walk - 'round the block

Three angels - holes in their socks
Two to play
One to sing
They know...
EVERYTHING

Take a walk - 'round the block
Take a walk - 'round the block

TOM

My words have broken throats
Too ashamed to speak

Afflicted by disease
They are so weak

I'll throw sand in your eye
You need a reason to cry
I'll throw sand in your eye
I need a reason to smile

I went to school to learn
But it didn't work

How do you learn to try
Why can't I?

I'll throw sand in your eye
You need a reason to cry
I'll throw sand in your eye
I need a reason to smile

TOM [2/26/93 John Peel Session]

TWO FACED MAN

All I can make out is a unintelligible screeching voice, and a man saying "the two-faced man" amongst other things.

TWO FACED MAN (Suicide)

Original lyrics are unavailable due to the fact that I cannot locate an original version of this song on any release, neither by Suicide, A. Vega, nor M. Rev.

"John, Chris, and I saw Alan Vega sing this song in Berlin in 1991. It made a huge impression on us. I don't believe it is on record."

VACANCY

Dream in black and white
Model cities, shooting up, in the sky
Did they go to sleep, just to die, just to drown, in the air?

Look under the bed
There's no ghosts, that I can see

Tires burning
Can't go back there
Can't go forward

What does the word vacany mean, when you don't expect anything?
Don't even try to justify, there's no way to justify

W.

This song is an instrumental.

WASHED UP

Slowly build
A pile a bones
Once sucked down
Now come ashore

Things
keep washing up
Keep washing
Keep washing up

In the sky
Spotlights search
The ghosts of birds
The ghosts of things gone by
How can we live
Forget
But not forgive?

WIRD

The way is dark
And I am tired and small
Under my skin
Sing lonely wires

Who built
Who built this machine?
This mechanism
This misery

I wanna walk
But I have to crawl
It's colder now
And I have lost my way