God is a Bullet

The Mission return with an album that is both brave and adventurous : a searing ‘guitar’ album full of swagger, confidence, good tunes and, in Wayne Hussey, a songwriter that is at the top of his game.... an album that dares to challenge it’s audience. It’s an album that will surely come to be viewed as a 'classic' in the canon of The Mission : an album that attempts to take forward steps at a time when it’s expected for the band to look backwards.


Album Information
God Is A Bullet released in Europe (excl. UK) by SPV and by Cooking Vinyl in the UK and the rest of the world..

God is a Bullet is available from the following stores:

Cooking Vinyl (Worldwide)
Music non-stop (Worldwide)
Play.com (UK / EU)
Amazon.co.uk (UK)
Amazon.com (USA)
Amazon.de (DE)


View the YouTube sampler 1 of the album
View the YouTube sampler 2 of the album

Recoded at NAM Studios UK and The Green Room Studio, Brazil between September and December 2006.
Produced by Wayne Hussey, Mixed by Wayne Hussey and Greg Freeman, Engineered by Greg Freeman

All words written by Wayne Hussey and reproduced here by kind permission of BMG Music Publishing Ltd.

Still Deep Waters

You feed my addiction so I will depend on you
You ease my affliction and I will ascend with you
my heroine you?re the steel that pricks my skin
you are the needle in my vein
the drug that numbs the pain
you are the balm that soothes the wound
the walls of my cocoon

still deep waters running deep
running deep running deep over me
there?s nothing I wouldn?t do for one more fix of you
and there?s nothing I want more
then the searing heat I felt with you before
I?m climbing the wall I can?t face the withdrawal can?t take it at all
so please don?t deny the craving that I
I feel for you.
Words & Music : Hussey
Keep It In The Family
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Dark secrets that lie behind closed doors
everyone of us has something to hide
family ties blood thicker than water family wars
when push comes to shove and rape comes as love whose side are you on?
Just shut your mouth and we?ll keep it in the family


And do you lie awake in your bed at night
just praying for the morning sun?
too scared to breathe too scared to dream with a hand on your mouth so you can?t scream
just waiting for the sun to rise
in the cold light of day there?s nothing to say
just shut your mouth and we?ll keep it in the family.
Words & Music : Hussey
Belladonna

You be the boy and I'll be the girl
I'll be your toy if you will shake my little world
I'll dress and parade for you in your finest satin and lace
I'll drag your razor down my legs and I'll paint my face
don't let every little thing drag you under
cos life can be so full of joy and wonder

The night can be so full of hidden treasure
and there's ecstacy in every forbidden pleasure
I'll surrender and submit to your every blessed command
how could they know? they'll never understand
how easy it is for me to put my life in your hands
and how easy it is to be everything you demand

Belladonna I can't deny
Belladonna I dunno why
Belladonna I want you to know
you're poison but I want you so
Belladonna I can't resist
Belladonna I want your kiss
Belladonna I want you to know
you're dirty sweet and I love you so
Words : Hussey // Music : Thwaite
To Love & To Kill with the Very Same Hand

Don't ask me to choose when you give me no choice
and does it make you sigh when you hear my voice?
I don't wanna be raped I wanna be seduced
and if you open your arms I will call a truce
Cos I don't understand what drives a man
to love and to kill with the very same the very same hand

And God cursed man when he made woman bleed
you broke the code you dishonoured the creed
and you dance to the beat of a different drum and you're under the
thumb and more lucky than some
and we can never know when the last kiss will come
Cos I don't understand what drives a man
to love and to kill with the very same the very same hand

does it make me weak to turn the other cheek
don't bind yourself with promises
Words : Hussey // Music : Hussey - Thwaite - Vernon
Aquarius & Gemini

She comes and she goes
she ebbs and she flows
she is as water as elusive as the breeze
everything I am is she
I swear in the presence of God that she is an angel
from heaven above just to rescue me

She is the air I breathe
and she is the sun that warms my skin
she is Aphrodite she is Venus she is love
and she is virtue and she is sin
like the first sip of wine that burns my throat
once I've had a taste I'll always want more

She is a promise the thrill of a first kiss never wanting more than
this
she is aquarius

Manchild insatiable and indulged
I'm a mess of contradiction I'm told.......

She sanctifies me never denies me always pacifies me
she is aquarius She
She sanctifies me never denies me always satisfies me
she is aquarius and I am gemini
Words & Music : Hussey
Blush

She's got her hands on my steering wheel
driving my car and I'm just the passenger
taking me to heaven again
and I'm getting there too fast for her

And when she takes a dangerous curve a swerve
it makes me rush
And when she puts her foot on the brake it slows me down
and makes me blush

Sometimes when she drives too fast I lose control and then we crash
close my eyes when she overtakes I don't wanna see a head on smash

And when she shifts it into fifth I'm along with
her for the ride
and when she hits the open road I explode
and we collide what a ride

And when we reach our destination our location
I'm all out of breath
she'll be the death of me
Words & Music : Hussey
Chinese Burn

Reason always deserts me
when faced with the promise her body makes
and do you think it really hurts me
to watch the pleasure that she takes
from you?
And when she lets you lets you touch her
can you touch her in a way I never can
I never can?
Cos I'm such an Indian giver
can't prise my eyes away
and to watch her makes me shiver
with delight at her display
it's a chinese burn

I like to see her perspire
watch the sweat running down her back
she is a slave to my desire
remember this as she goes down on you
cos I'm such an Indian giver
can't prise my eyes away
and to watch her makes me shiver
with delight at her display
it's a chinese burn
she loves it in the middle
but a lesson you must learn
is you'll never come between us
and she'll always return
to me
it's a chinese burn
Words & Music : Hussey
Father

Can't stand the light it hurts my eyes
and it comes as no surprise
to find
a broken heart has no reprieve
in all the things we leave
behind

I can remember can recall
when once we had it all
before
Can't stand up for falling down
when you're not around
no more

I won't forsake you
don't wanna break you
don't wanna make you
make you cry
and time may heal
the pain we feel
but there's nothing real
in this goodbye

It's easy to be kind to strangers
whilst we hurt the ones we love
and all I've ever wanted is to be a father to the child
Words & Music : Hussey
HDSHRINKEREA

Your psyco babble is so alien to me
and I don't understand your pyscotherapy
I don't want your conversation
I don't need no explaination
when you spout your blah blah blah and your cod philosophy

My signed Bukowski you sold behind my back
and undermining is your chosen mode of attack
I don't want your measured excuse
I don't need cerebral abuse
You know I know the truth and the truth is you're a quack

And the things you preach are all in breach
red flags are raised sets me ablaze
And the things you say give it all away
and the things you do all betray that you
you're a headshrinker
Words : Hussey // Music : Hussey & Thwaite
Draped in Red

Two five zero five zero five
Tonight it feels so good to be alive
Oh boy have you heard the news?
Together we've blown away the blues
And through the empty fallow years
we kept singing and kept the faith
And through it all the hurt and tears
We kept singing, kept singing, we kept the faith
We'll never walk alone, we'll never say die
Together we will stand, we're an army
Ascending to the throne, hold our heads up high
The world in our hands, we're an army
Draped in red

Again we've written our name into history
Against all odds and in the face of adversity
And from our darkest hour we emerge victorious
'Cos we kept singing and kept the faith
Buried and dead we rise again proud and glorious
'Cos we kept singing, kept singing we kept the faith
We'll never walk alone, we'll never say die
Together we will stand, we're an army
Ascending to the throne, hold our heads up high
The world in our hands, we're an army

How could I leave after a night, after a night
a night like this?
I've never known such sheer delight, I've never known such blinding bliss
We'll never walk alone, we'll never say die
Together we will stand, we're an army
Ascending to the throne, hold our heads up high
The world in our hands, we're an army
Draped in red
Words & Music : Hussey
Running With Scissors

The only way that I'll make the papers
these days is if I load a gun
and fire a bullet into my brain
but then again the hackneyed hacks
will only write I'm only jumping
someone else's train it's always the same

And I can't begin to tell you now
how many strange beds I have known
I was never one to kiss and tell
but I do have a scandal to sell

Didn't your mother tell you don't run with scissors?
you might just fall and hurt yourself
they could impale you so don't run with scissors
cos being stabbed is not good for your health

No I won't confess all of my sins
'cos some of my sins are your sins too
I'd rather die on my feet
than live down on my knees

It's a dangerous game running with scissors
wouldn't wish you to fall and hurt yourself
it's such a crying shame to see you running with scissors
but stabbing yourself is exactly what you deserve

So why don't you put those scissors down before you hurt someone?
Words & Music : Hussey
In Silhouette

Just because you disagree it doesn?t make me wrong
and just because you think I'm weak it doesn?t make you strong

Push me too far or hurt what's mine
I will retaliate I won't hesitate
I've told you once now I'm telling you twice
I will retaliate make no mistake

Do you get what you deserve or deserve what you get?
cos only guilt can break a man break a man more than regret

Push me too far or hurt what's mine
I will retaliate I won?t hesitate
I've told you once and now I've told you twice
I will retaliate make no mistake

You can't take back the things you say
or the love you?ve given away
Success is getting what you want but happiness
is wanting what you get I'm in silhouette

I won't forgive and I won't forget
I will retaliate I won?t hesitate
and you will live with cold regret
I will retaliate I?m in silhouette
Words & Music : Hussey
Dumb

I won't ask you for an explaination
cos there is nothing you can say that I'll believe
so boy your mouth is only good for one thing baby
so get down on your knees in front of me

Cos you're so dumb I bet you'll never know that this song is about you
you're so dumb I bet you'll never guess that this song is about you

Please don't tell me that it's my imagination
that in life we always get more than one shot
don't confuse ambition with wishful thinking
'cos we all want something more
something more than we already got
let's put another quid in the slot

I've got nothing to say I haven't said before
so I'll say it again and I'll say it some more
You don't like the things I say
so I keep on saying 'em anyway
it's not how fast you can move
it's not how much you have to prove
Words : Hussey // Music : Hussey & Thwaite
Absolution

God is a bullet
and religion is a loaded gun
prod poke push and pull it
every zealot loco is some mother's son
It's coming down - again

Burns their blood soaked bibles
and she tears the halos from their saints
turn to love for survival
escape her traps and restraints
it's coming down - again

Reach out and touch me
and give me absolution
reach out and touch me with your love

Sends her sons to war
behind a bloody flag and a filthy lie
defends her greed for more
and watches as she lets her children die
it's coming down - again
Words & Music : Hussey
Grotesque

The only meat that will touch these lips of mine is human
hope you consider that animals feel pain the same as we
barbaric slaughter so you can put meat on the table
to feed yourself
I hope you choke yourself to death on the very first bite

We are accountable we are the choices that we make
and there's no reason for cruelty towards those that can't defend
themselves
well it's obscene that someone gets fat from the pain and suffering of
the innocent and defenceless

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
always remember that gluttony precedes a fall
kangaroo killers Adidas battery farms just to feed us
animals under the blade just another hide for the skin trade

It's grotesque a twisted burlesque
a gruesome halloween all the cruelty that I've seen
grotesque and we're all to blame
grotesque we should hang our heads in shame
Words & Music : Hussey
Chelsea Blue

It's just like you oh Chelsea Blue
to ask me to fly and then you tether my wings
I always knew oh Chelsea Blue
how cold is the blood that flows through your veins
you patronize and you condescend
you delude yourself and you pretend

Too often wiser but also more despised
I swear by all the saints I will avenge you
I'm not ungracious but I'm also not obliged
and I won't apologise if I offend you
one man's trash is another's treasure
and one man's poison is another's pleasure

There's always two sides to a story
do you abhor me or adore me?

I've been dying to tell you Chelsea Chelsea Blue
that privilage is a flight of your conceited imagination
does it surprise you that I despise you?
And I thank God for my emancipation
You raise your sword to my olive branch
And your empire falls like an avalanche

How can you live in such denial?
small minded prejudice is so vile
Words & Music : Hussey