Paint a Vulgar Picture - 2011 Remaster

At the record company meeting
 On their hands, a dead star
 And oh, the plans they weave
 And oh, the sickening greed
 At the record company party
 On their hands, a dead star
 The sycophantic slags all say
 "I knew him first, and I knew him well"
 Re-issue, re-package, re-package
 Re-evaluate the songs
 Double pack with a photograph
 Extra track, and the tacky badge
 A-list playlist
 Please them, please them
 Please them, sadly, this was your life
 But you could have said no
 If you'd wanted to
 You could have said no
 If you'd wanted to
 BPI, MTV, BBC
 Please them, please them
 Sadly, this was your life
 But you could have said no
 If you'd wanted to
 You could have walked away
 Couldn't you?
 I touched you at the soundcheck
 You had no real way of knowing
 In my heart, I begged, "Please, take me with you"
 I don't care where you're going
 But to you, I was faceless
 I was fawning, I was boring
 And got child from those ugly new houses
 Who could never begin to know
 Who could never really know
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 Best of, most of
 Satiate the need
 Slip them into different sleeves
 Buy both, and feel deceived
 Climber, new entry, re-entry
 World tour, media whore
 Please, the Press in Belgium
 This was your life
 And when it fails to recoup
 Well, maybe
 You just haven't earned it yet, baby
 I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck
 You're just the same as I am
 What makes most people feel happy
 Leads us headlong into harm
 So, in my bedroom, in those ugly new houses
 I dance my legs down to the knees
 But me and my true love
 Will never meet again
 At the record company meeting
 On their hands, at last, a dead star
 They never taint you in my eyes
 They can never touch you now
 No, they cannot hurt you, my darling
 They cannot touch you now
 But me and my true love
 Will never meet again