Tantalized

Kilbey/Koppes/Ploog/Willson-Piper
(Peermusic Pty Ltd)

Appears On:

• Heyday (1985), Track 6, Track 7 on releases with bonus tracks
• Hindsight 1980-1987 (1988), Disc 2, Track 12
• Life Before Starfish (1988), Track 10
• Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 12
• Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church (1999), Track 10
• El Momento Siguiente (2007), Track 4 (Acoustic Version)
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 1, Track 12
• The Best of the Radio Songs (2010), Track 6 (2002 Digital Remaster)
• A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Disc 2, Track 10 (Live)
• Released as a single (1986)
• Reptile single B-side on:
  • 7" Arista AS1-9733 (USA) - 1988
  • CASS Arista CAS-9733 (USA) - 1988
• Destination single B-side on:
  • CD3 Arista CD3-3001 (USA) - 1988
• Videos:
  • The Church (1986)
  • National Video Subscription Hot Line-up Series 1 - #300 (1986)
  • Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) (1990)
  • Heyday (2002) - EMI Australia 2002 Remaster, CD 2 [QuickTime format]
  • A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Track 20 (Live)
• Compilations:
  • The Best Of CMJ: 1979-1989 (1989)
  • Homebake 04: 10th Anniversary Edition (11/29/04)
  • New Rock Vol. 2 (1986)
  • Promoção Rádio N.º1 [Radio Promotion No. 1] (1986)
  • Videomusic Take Away 2 (1986)
  • What Do The Critics Know? (1986)
• Covers:
  • La Catedral Sumergida - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 24

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 30, 2007]

God I've been asleep so long, I've been away
Back from software limbo the natives call today
I let their promises bind me
The seductive logic blind me
I embraced a machine, went through the routine
I hid from the people who were trying to find me

Till the day comes when you realize
Otherwise you never care
Pandora's box reveals a new surprise
Can't wait to see your eyes
Now you've been tantalized

A hundred and one voluptuous days I broke the law
The labyrinth was closing so we panicked up a door
I let their wanton flesh obsess me
Felt their dreams and drugs assess me
I was hired and fired yet never inspired
Flattering, chattering words to impress me

All that glittered had me mesmerized
Otherwise I would have dared
Guess the nature of our enterprise
Can't stop to sympathize
Now you've been tantalized

I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane
I couldn't believe the room I got, the guests I entertained
I felt the dirty streets surround me
Let the buzzing swarm confound me
I gave money to ghosts, I insulted my hosts
I could never get off the stuff that spellbound me

Till the day comes when you realize
Otherwise you never care
Pandora's box reveals a new surprise
Can't wait to see your eyes
Now you've been tantalized

All that glittered had me mesmerized
Otherwise I would have dared
Guess the nature of our enterprise
Can't stop to sympathize
Now you've been tantalized