Franz Ferdinand Après divers single, Franz Ferdinand sort enfin leur premier album, édité par Domino. 01. Jaqueline 02. Tell Her Tonight 03. Take Me Out 04. Matinee 05. Auf Achse 06. Cheating On You 07. This Fire 08. Darts Of Pleasure 09. Micheal 10. Come On Home 11. 40 Ft -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 01. Jaqueline Jacqueline was seventeen, working on a desk When Ivor peered above her spectacle Forgot that he had wrecked a girl Sometime these eyes forget the face they're peering from When the face they peer upon Well you know that face as I do And how in the return of the gaze She can return you the face that you're staring from It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money Gregor was down again Said, 'Come on, kick me again' Said, 'I'm so drunk I don't mind if you kill me' Come on you gutless Yeah, I'm alive I'm alive I'm alive and how I know it But for chips, and for freedom I could die It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 02. Tell Her Tonight I only held her hand but she saw it I only watched her walk but she saw it I only touched her neck but she saw it I only kissed her lips but she saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight She only blinked her eyes but I saw it She only swung her hair but I saw it She only shook her hips but I saw it She only licked her lips but I saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight You'll have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah I'll have to tell her, tell her tonight, yeah I'll have to tell her, to tell her tonight, yeah I'll have to tell her, to tell her tonight I only watched her walk but she saw it I only heard her talk but she saw it I only touched her hips but she saw it I only kissed her lips but she saw it Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight Gonna have to tell her tonight You have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah You have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah You have to tell her, you tell her tonight, oh yeah -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 03. Take Me Out So if you're lonely You know I'm here waiting for you I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot away from you And if you leave here You leave me broken, shattered I lie I'm just a crosshair I'm just a shot then we can die I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know? You say you don't know I say take me out I say you don't show Don't move, time is slow I say take me out I say you don't know You say you don't go I say take me out If I move, this could die Eyes move, this could die I want you to take me out I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here with you I say don't you know? You say you don't know I say take me out If I wait, this can die If I wane, this can die I want you to take me out If I move, this could die If eyes move, this could die Come on, take me out I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here I know I won't be leaving here with you -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 04. Matinee You take your white finger Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of my blazer Relax the fraying wool, slacken ties And I'm not to look at you in the shoe, but the eyes Find the eyes Find me and follow me through corridors Refectories and files you must follow Leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine, yes it's mine I time every journey to bump into you accidentally I charm you and tell you of the boys I hate All the girls I hate, all the words I hate, the clothes I hate How I'll never be anything I hate You smile, mention something that you like Oh, how you'd have a happy life if you did the things you like Find me and follow me through corridors Refectories and files you must follow Leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine, yes it's mine So I'm on BBC2 now, telling Terry Wogan how I made it And what I made is unclear now But his deference is and his laughter is My words and smile are so easy now Yes, it's easy now, yes, it's easy now Find me and follow me through corridors Refectories and files you must follow Leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee Well, find me and follow me through corridors Refectories and files you must follow Leave this academic factory You will find me in the matinee, the dark of the matinee It's better in the matinee The dark of the matinee is mine, yes it's mine -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 05. Auf Achse You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her and you can't have her You want to, but she wont let you You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her and you can't have her You want to, but she wont let you She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy She's not so special, so look what you've done Now you wish you'd never come back here again Oh, never come back here again You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her and you can't have her You want to, but she wont let you You see her, you can't touch her You hear her, you can't hold her You want her and you can't have her You want to, but she wont let you She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy She's not so special, so look what you've done And now I'm nailed above you, pushing from my side It's with your sins that you have killed me Thinking of your sins I die, thinking how you'd let them touch you How you'd never realise that I'm ripped and hang forsaken Knowing I will never rise again You see her You hear her You want her You want to You see her You still hear her You want her You still want to -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 06. Cheating On You Goodbye girl, because I'm lonely Goodbye girl, it isn't over Goodbye girl, because it's only love Goodbye girl, you know you want me Goodbye girl, yes I'm a loser Goodbye girl, you know its only love I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah You're cheating on me Goodbye girl, you are are the only one Goodbye girl, I know you want me Goodbye girl, you are the only love, yeah Goodbye girl, now if you're lonely Goodbye girl, why dont you join me? Goodbye girl, you know its only love I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on you, yeah I'm cheating on me Watch out Watch out Cheating on you Goodbye girl Goodbye girl Goodbye girl Goodbye girl -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 07. This Fire Eyes, boring a way through me Paralyse, controlling completely Now there is a fire in me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn it, I'll burn it I, I, I'll burn it down Eyes, burning a way through me Overwhelm, destroying so sweetly Now, there is a fire within me A fire that burns This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city This fire is out of control Then I, I'm out of control And I burn, I burn Oh, how I burn This fire is out of control I'm going to burn this city Burn this city... -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 08. Darts Of Pleasure You are the latest contender You are the one to remember You are the villain that sells a line of dark fantastic passion I know that you will surrender I know that you will surrender I want this fantastic passion, we'll have fantastic passion You can feel my lips undress your eyes Undress your eyes, undress your eyes Words of love, words so leisured Words are poisoned darts of pleasure Tied and so you die You are the lastest adventure You're an emotional avenger You are the devil that sells a line of dark fantastic passion I know that you will surrender I know that you will surrender I want this fantastic passion, we'll have fantastic passion You can feel my lips undress your eyes Undress your eyes, undress your eyes Skin can feel my lips, they tingle tense anticipation This was an easy one, feel the word and melt upon it Words of love, words so leisured Words are poisoned darts of pleasure Tied and so you die Ich heisse superfantastisch Ich trinke Schampus mit Lachsfisch Ich heisse superfantastisch... -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 09. Micheal This is where I wanna be, so heavenly So come and dance with me Michael So sexy, I'm sexy So come and dance with me Michael I'm all that you see, you wanna see So come and dance with me Michael So close now, so close now So come and dance with me So come and dance with me So come and dance with me Michael, you're the boy with all the leather hips Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore Michael waiting on a silver platter now And nothing matters now [backwards] Call your mother, she's worried about you This is what I am, I am a man So come and dance with me Michael So strong now, it's strong now So come and dance with me Michael I'm all that you see, you you wanna see So come and dance with me Michael So close now, it's close now So come and dance with me So come and dance with me So come and dance with me Michael, you're the boy with all the leather hips Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore Michael waiting on a silver platter now And nothing matters now Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want Beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore Michael waiting on a silver platter now And nothing matters now Nothing matters Nothing matters, oh yeah -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 10. Come On Home Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live I kinda find I like a life this lonely It rips and pierces me in places I can't see I love the rip of nerves, the rip that wakes me So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied I love to feel there's always more that I need So come on home So come on home So come home... You're where you want to be, I'm where I want to be Caught up chasing everything I've ever wanted I replace you easily, replace pathetically I flirt with any flighty thing that falls my way But how I needed you, when I needed you Let's not forget we are so strong, so bloody strong Come on home So come on home So come home... Blue light falls upon your perfect skin Falls, and you draw back again Falls, and this is how I fell And I can not forget this And I can not forget this Come on home So come on home But don't forget to leave -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 11. 40 Ft As I glanced once upon the foam 40 feet beneath my feet The cold has come, flows through the molten veins Cooling all the blood to slush, congeals around again Oh, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la La la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la Oh, and forty feet remain Soft scales upon my drying arms Burn my back beneath the sun I am cold beneath the burning haze Looking down, looking down, down, down again Oh, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la La la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la Oh, and forty feet remain La la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la La la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la La la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la La la la-la, la la la-la, la la la-la, la la-la la Oh, and forty feet remain