Paul Weller Quotes

Those braying sheep on my TV screen -
Make this boy shout! Make this boy scream!

You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns -
And the public wants what the public gets - but I don't get what this society wants.

Life is a drink and you get drunk when you're young.

Is happiness real?
Or am I so jaded
I can't see or feel - like a man been tainted.
Numbed by the effect - aware of the muse
Too in touch with myself - I light the fuse.

I first felt a fist - and then a kick, I could now smell their breath,
They smelt of pubs - and Wormwood Scrubs - and too many right-wing meetings.

The fingers feel the lines, they prod the space - your ageing face,
The face that was once so beautiful, is still there but unrecognisable...

If you're wondering by now who I am, look no further than the mirror,
Because I am the greed and fear - and every ounce of hate in you.

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals...

A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef gets dashed against the Co-op,
To either cut down on beer or the kids' new gear, it's a big decision in a town called malice.

It's so hard to understand why the world is your oyster but your future's a clam.

Two lovers kissing amongst the screams of midnight,
Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude.

The lords and ladies pass a ruling
That sons and girls go hand in land
From good stock and the best breeding
Paid for by the servile class.

I am out of season all years round - watch machinery roar to my empty sound.
Touch my heart and feel winter, hold my hand and be doomed forever.

The morning slips away in a Valium haze and catalogues,
And numerous cups of coffee,
In the afternoon the weekly food is put in bags - as you float off down the high street.
The shop windows reflect, play a nameless host to a closet ghost -
A picture of your fantasy, a victim of your misery...

I play out my role, I've even been out walking -
They tell me that it helps, but I know when I'm beaten...