In the winter in a seaside boarding house
The killer swigs and reels 'round his room
Telling how he made that weeping spinster kneel
Yellow light seeps through a fly-blown lampshade
Fading with the dawn
He yells and laughs, they all wanted it.
It was easy, so how could it be wrong?

Chorus:
5 am and the seas are boiling
5 am and the windows crack
5 am and my hands are on you
Big madness
Big madness

When I phone you just to hear your voice
Oh please, don't judge me so
It's just that I don't think I'll rise again
Till I've seen how low I can go
Next springtime when I'm gone for good
And you struggle to find the words cruel enough
Through all these dying continents
My stupid laughter will be heard--chorus
Big madness

• 13th Century Boy
• Big Madness
• Bishop of Babel
• Blues for Ceaucescu
• Hive
• Lady Godiva's Operation
• On Suicide Bridge
• Only Losers Take The Bus
• Stigmata
• The Day I Lost Everything
• The Holy Mugger
• Valley of The Dead Cars
• What?
• Wilderness on Time
• You Won't Get Me Home