Pet Shop Boys at dead of night, lyrics

Lyrics - Closer To Heaven

original cast recording
main page < lyrics

My Night
Something Special
Closer To Heaven
In Denial
Call Me Old-fashioned
Nine Out Of Ten
It's Just My Little Tribute To Caligula, Darling!
Hedonism
Friendly Fire
Shameless
Vampires
Closer To Heaven
Out Of My System
K-hole
For All Of Us
Closer To Heaven
Positive Role Model

My Night

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Billie Trix & cast]

Billie:
We're gonna light up the night like fireworks
Flashing through the sky like a satellite
A series of bangs, beautiful colours
Baby, tonight this is my night

If you want to scream
You can do it
Anything obscene
You can do it
Put it to the test
You can do it
Momma knows what's best
You can do it

This is my night
Anything goes in fashion!
This is my night
I'm in the throes of passion!
This is my night
I planned it for me and you!
This is my night
And nothing is taboo!

Entire cast:
We're gonna light up the night like fireworks
Flashing through the sky like a satellite
A series of bangs, beautiful colours
Baby, tonight this is my night

If you want to scream
You can do it
Anything obscene
You can do it
Put it to the test
You can do it
Momma knows what's best
You can do it

This is my night
This is my night

Billie:
I planned it for me and you and you and you and you
And nothing, no, no nothing is taboo!

Something Special

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Straight Dave]

What am I now?
Another boy becoming man
Who wants to change
Who's not afraid
I've had to run
From boring streets
And bitter priests
From smoking gun
And stern parade

For when you're living on your own
Without a girlfriend or a home
People speculate
But I'm much stronger than them
I want to be something special
I want to be something special

Now I play the London game
A hand-to-mouth existence
'Til someone calls my name

I want it now
My chance has come
And I will grab it
Just to change
The way I am
I understand
The plans you make
The risks you take
The way you can
When you're a man

And if I sometimes have to do
The things I've always wanted to
I won't shy away
'Cause I'm much harder than that
I want to be something special
I want to be something special

Now I play the London game
A hand-to-mouth existence
'Til someone calls my name

I want to be something special
I want to be something special

Closer To Heaven

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Shell, Straight Dave]

Shell:
Give me hope
Give me all your love
Tell me now
My luck is in tonight
Is this real?
Can I learn to trust
How I feel?
Does darkness end in light?

both:
Never been closer to Heaven
Never been closer to Heaven

Dave:
Suddenly
What was wrong seems right
Feels to me
I'm coming home tonight
I can't wait
Till we meet again
Is it fate?
Does darkness end in light?

both:
Never been closer to Heaven
Never been closer to Heaven

In Denial

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Vic, Shell]

Vic:
In denial, no
My life's a trial
I'm not denying
That every little bit hurts
It's a problem
That I'm not solving
Don't mind admitting
I feel like quitting this job
For a while, getting away
Before it gets any worse today

Shell:
You're in denial
And that is final
You're not admitting
You should be quitting
All this "celebrating"
It's totally frustrating
I'm coming close to hating
You and your whole attitude
To be crude
I'm looking at you
Pissing your life away
Day after day

Vic:
Think I'm going mad
How d'you know if you're going mad?

Shell:
Look at me I love you

Vic:
Look at me I'm sad

I'm not denying
I could be trying
A little harder
To deal with some of this stuff

Shell:
Know what I'm thinking?
Less drugs and drinking
No cigarettes and you'll feel
A little less rough

Vic:
Is that enough?
My life is absurd
I'm living it upside down
Like a vampire working at night, sleeping all day
A dad with a girl who knows he's gay

Call Me Old-fashioned

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Saunders]

I have to admit
I'm an absolute shit
At least you can't call me
A hypocrite
I don't want fame
Or the critics' acclaim
Take it from me
That's a pointless game
I've got a minder
A chauffeur, a flunkey
I'm the organ-grinder
Not the monkey

Call me old-fashioned
At least I know what I like
Call me old-fashioned
If you're so wet
Why don't you get
On your bike?
Call me old-fashioned
At least I'm moving ahead
Call me old-fashioned
If I can't charm you
I'll just strong-arm you
To bed

The moment I see you with your trousers dropped
Will be as rewarding as just having shopped
All of the names that I've spent years collecting
They're the only things that are worth respecting
Prada and Porsche and Philippe Starck
The only little problem is where to park

Call me old-fashioned
You're all so quick to condemn
Call me old-fashioned
Until you learn how much I earn and I spend
Call me old-fashioned
And I've been called worse than much
Call me old-fashioned
But understand
What I've got planned
Won't be luck

'Cause sex is fun and sex sells, honey
A shiny dream to make me money
Where the sea is blue, the sky is sunny
Love is hot and surprisingly

Old-fashioned
I'll make love down the phone
Call me tomorrow
I'll give you breaks
I'll be as long as it takes to your home
Call me old fashioned
At least I'm moving ahead
Call me old-fashioned
If I can't charm you
I'll just strong-arm you
To bed

Where you can be
Old-fashioned
With me

Nine Out Of Ten

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Shell, Straight Dave]

Shell:
This is great!

Dave:
I'm straight

Shell:
Just great!
I love the way you kiss
It's bliss

Dave:
How much bliss?

Shell:
Will nine out of ten do?
You used to be so shy
Now I can't deny
You satisfy
You're scoring high
Will nine out of ten do?

Dave:
Leaves room for improvement!

Shell:
And how do I rate?

Dave:
An eight?
No wait
To score
Some more:
Come on, explore!

Shell:
Only an eight?

Dave:
I'm one of those men
Who thinks he can surprise

Shell:
So I realise
When I close my eyes
And feel your size

Dave:
Will nine out of ten do?

Shell:
Is that inches or centimeters?

Dave:
Size isn't everything!
Let's do it again and again
Until we're scoring ten out of ten

Shell:
How does this compare with back then
Back when you used to do it with men?

Dave:
What men?

Shell:
Did you never do it with men?

Dave:
Don't you dare
Go there
To compare
Haven't you found
Boys fool around?

Shell:
So you don't deny it?

Dave:
Listen
I have spent months with you
And loved each moment too
Just being with you
Has made me new

Shell:
And just how new?

Dave:
Will nine out of ten do?

Shell:
I love you

Dave:
And just how much?

Shell:
Will nine out of ten do?

It's Just My Little Tribute To Caligula, Darling!

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Billie]

Do you like my new look?
It's very classical, don't you think?
It's just my little tribute to Caligula, darling!
Haven't you seen the movie?
It's a masterpiece!
All that history and sex!
I love it!

Caligula was a bastard
Like most important men
And, over the years, I've known
Quite a few of them
I wish I'd poisoned
As my little tribute to Caligula, darling!

It's just my little tribute
To Caligula, darling!
It's just my little tribute
To Caligula, darling!

He was a Roman emperor
Which makes him almost certainly bisexual
If not actually gay
But then
So many men
Are that way inclined
Don't you find?
I mean, can you believe he's straight?

It's just my little tribute
To Caligula, darling!
It's just my little tribute
To Caligula, darling!

Murder and mayhem
In the eternal city
Poison and torture
He knew no pity
Pain is always best
inflicted at home
Down in your dungeon
Live back and think of Rome!

It's just my little tribute
To Caligula, darling!
It's just my little tribute
To Caligula, darling!

Hedonism

(Tennant/Lowe)

Hedonism, ha ha ha

Friendly Fire

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Billie]

An inspirational tirade against me
How to explain my life
Girls to the left of me
Boys to the right of me
Neither husband nor wife

Though the days are filled with pain
There is no one who'll explain
Why I'm coming under
Friendly fire
Shot in the fatal cause
Of rock 'n' roll

But there's no one
Really no one
To say why I endure
Under force majeure
Slander without shame or tact
I who studied make up, mime and Buddha
Who taught two generations to react

About me the critics lied
I ignored them and survived
In spite of coming under
Friendly fire
Shot in the fatal cause
Of rock 'n' roll
But there's nothing
Really nothing to deny

When I look back
My eyes are filled with tears
Danger to mascara
Applause to my peers
When fame sustained me
And arenas acclaimed me
I floated through life on a cloud
Of love and insanity
And pagan profanity
Before a worshipping crowd

Now my status is ill-defined
As an icon I'm inclined
To be coming under
Friendly fire
Shot in the fatal cause
Of rock 'n' roll

But whatever
Dull or clever
Points they've scored
I have never
Oh no never
Been ignored

Shameless

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Vile celebrities]

All:
I know what you think
It's clear as mud in your eyes
We're the plastic poseurs and prostitutes
You've obviously come to despise

But you don't know nothing
You're not hot enough to matter
You don't understand it's the glamorous life
A dream that no one can shatter

We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl to obtain celebrity
We'll do anything at all

First Vile Male Celebrity:
I'm ambitious
Believe me, I'm going to be big

First Vile Female Celebrity:
I'm a slave to glamour
Applause and clamour
My make-up, my wardrobe, my wigs

Second Vile Male Celebrity:
Don't call me pathetic
I'm harder than you'll ever guess

All:
Relentlessly tough, for when the going gets rough
The tough get their picture in the press

We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl
To obtain celebrity
We'll do anything at all

We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl
We'll do anything
With anyone
Go absolutely anywhere
For anything
At all

Vampires

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Vic, Billie]

Vic:
Brother, it don't matter
Sister, don't worry
Say what you like
I'll do what you want me to do
You're a vampire
I'm a vampire too

Sun in the kitchen
Boy, you're still sleeping
When you get hungry
I'll do what you want me to do
You're a vampire
I'm a vampire too
You're a vampire
I'm a vampire too

It's a reflex
Just a reflex
Like fear or sex

Night in the city
New Orleans pretty
Do what you want
And then can I do it to you?
You're a vampire
I'm a vampire too
You're a vampire
I'm a vampire too

Billie:
Whenever I reach the end of that dusty little dirt track called relationship I get off my head big time. And it helps. And why does it help? Because you feel great, you feel you're the most fantastic thing on the planet, in the cosmos, everywhere darling. And you think I'm OK. I'll get by.

Vic:
Brother, it don't matter
Sister, don't worry
You're a vampire
I'm a vampire too

Closer To Heaven

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Straight Dave, Mile End Lee]

Dave: Why do you need that money?
Lee: I lost Billie's drugs, didn't get paid. Now I'll lose my kneecaps.
Dave: Shit. Really?
Lee: I've always got some bastard after me. I'm easy to hate.
Dave: You? But you're beautiful.
Lee: What?
Dave: You are.
Lee: Blokes don't go round calling other blokes beautiful.
Dave: Well, fit then.
Lee: Shut up. So, you ain't seeing that Shell no more then?
Dave: No.
Lee: Why not?
Dave: Why do you think?
Lee: We're only mucking about.
Dave: But it's the first time it's ever felt right for me... Oh, I'll shut up.
Lee: No.
Dave: What?
Lee: I like your accent.

Dave:
Give me hope
Give me one more kiss
I've never felt
A love as strong as this
You're so cool
And so warm to touch
Since we met
I've wanted this so much

both:
Never been closer to Heaven
Never been closer to Heaven

Dave: Has anyone ever loved you?
Lee: Where I grew up they had this picture of Jesus on the wall. Hippie-looking geezer with a beard. They told me he loved me. I thought, well, that's alright then, innit? When I die, I'll meet him, I'm laughing. When they used to say "what do you want to be when you grow up?", I go "dead". No one's ever told me they loved me. Not my mum. Too smacked off her nut. No one in the homes. Not even someone E'd off their nut, you know. They'd say it to everybody else, they'd never say it to me. I think there must be something wrong with me. Listen, mate...

Give me time
This is all new to me
But I think we could learn
Together you and me
It's good to kiss
And do all that stuff
But I'll tell you this
A hug would be enough

both:
Never been closer to Heaven
Never been closer to Heaven

Dave: Look, stay.
Lee: I gotta go.
Dave: It's three in the morning.
Lee: I've got business. I'm sorry, mate.

Out Of My System

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Shell, Billie's Babes]

Babes:
What's the matter with you, girl?

Shell:
Haven't you heard?

Babes:
No! What?

Shell:
Of all the boys
In the world
I had to choose this one
Where did he come from?
Dumb and deluded
Young and confused
Suddenly gay
Who'd be in my shoes?
It had to be me
Who found out the truth
After catching him
With the roughest youth
Now I've ripped away his mask
Don't turn to me and ask...

Babes:
What's the matter with you, girl?

Shell:
Isn't it obvious?

Babes:
What's the matter with you, girl?

Shell:
Whaddaya mean what's the matter with me?

Babes:
We get the picture
Yes, we see
What you're going through
But what you gonna do?

Shell:
What do you think I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna do what's overdue...

Shell:
I'm gonna get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
I'm getting him out of my system
I'm gonna get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
I'm getting him out of my system

Babes:
Uh-oh, girlfriend, wounded pride!
Your boyfriends bats for the other pride!
You're sure we're not gonna suddenly find
Tomorrow morning you change your mind?

Shell:
My decision is implacable
Because we're not compatible
Sexually
Eventually
After three months sleeping
In my bed
Every night
Held me tight
And this is what
Does in my head!
He runs off with his pride and joy
A young, drug-dealing, East End boy!

Babes:
We get the picture
Yes, we see
What you're going through
But what you gonna do?

Shell:
What do you think I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna do what's overdue...

I'm gonna get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
I'm getting him out of my system
I'm gonna get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
Get him out of my system
I'm getting him out of my system

K-hole

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Billie]

Run, girl, run
Away from the sun
Napalm burns all over your body
Cameras roll, photographers shoot
The western world would like to say sorry
A whore or a nun
What do you want to be?
Joan of Arc on TV?

For All Of Us

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Straight Dave]

There are people who think we lead
A fabulous life
One endless party
No pain or strife
If only they knew
The absolute truth

I hoped we had a future
The two of us together
Something shared between us
Would change us both forever
He helped me recognise myself
And set me on a mission
To find there's more to life
Than following ambition

After all that we've been through
Only tears can tell the truth
I'm not crying just for you
I'm crying for me
Look around and see
I'm crying for all of us

For the impossibility
Of love in a world where sex
Is a cruel, competitive sport
For the love this world rejects
I mustn't be vindictive
We shouldn't feel ashamed
That no one tried to help him
So no one can be blamed
Go back to being fabulous
Ignore the pain inside
Find some compensation
For all the love denied

After all that we've been through
Only tears can tell the truth
I'm not crying just for you
I'm crying for me
Look around and see
I'm crying for you, for me
For what we cannot be
For you, for me
For all of us
For all of us

Closer To Heaven

(Tennant/Lowe)

[Straight Dave]

Give me hope
Give me all your love
Tell me now
I'm coming home tonight
Have some faith
In the love we share
Is it fate?
Does darkness end in light?

Positive Role Model

(Tennant/Lowe/White/Sepe/Radcliffe)

[Straight Dave]

Here I stand, where I planned
Given one more chance
Take it then, start again
Time to join the dance

All I've seen and all I've been
Led me here today
Forget the lies, the tears I've cried
I'm doing it a different way

I want a positive role model
I want a positive role model

Reinvention
My intention
How to make the change?
We're children then
Boys to men
It doesn't feel so strange
A broken heart
For a start
A new identity
Feel the
Love up above
Watching over me

I want a positive role model
I want a positive role model

My reflection on the street
Is that the way I walk?
Introspection as I speak
I need to change the way I talk
In a changing world
There's so much you could be
Why can't you choose yourself
Like your enemy?
Have you ever imagined
A new you?
I could be someone else
The question is: who?

I want a positive role model
I want a positive role model
(Who's it gonna be, who's it gonna be?)
Positive!
Positive!

Give me hope
Give me all your love
Give me hope