i just found this, and i strummed the chords with the "new lyrics" and i must say, i prefer this rewritten 1995 version.
from the official "founding member/drummer" of the slits, palmolive, website:
"...And since we'd been like a few months together, what kind of music wasn't an issue. The fact that we were just doing it and were gonna write about Jesus was. And now I just rewrote [The Slit's song song] "FM." Some of the words are the same, we changed it a little bit, and we're doing it tonight.... "
"FM"
We live in a town with a thousand lights around,
your head is like a radio set,
you're waiting to hear what program comes next.
Frequent Mutilation
transmits over the air,
serving for the purpose
of those who want you to fear.
Jesus is the answer
he's trying to break in,
Jesus is the answer
why don't you let him in.
They say it's all right, but suspicion creeps in
your nightmares don't project your dreams
you can't but wonder what's feeding your screen.
Frequent Mutilation
transmits over the air,
serving for the purpose
of those who want you to fear.
Jesus is the answer
he's trying to break in,
Jesus is the answer
why don't you let him in.
Thousand nights of confusion wedge in your mind
breaking down another illusion,
today's transmission will give you the solution.
Frequent Mutilation
transmits over the air,
serving for the purpose
of those who want you to fear.
Jesus is the answer
he's trying to break in,
Jesus is the answer
why don't you let him in.
He'll break your chains, He'll set you free,
(there is a choice to make, is up to you)
he'll satisfy your empty soul,
(heaven or hell are in your hands)
give Jesus your heart, and He'll free you from the dark.
Frequent Mutilation
transmits over the air,
serving for the purpose
of those who want you to fear.
Jesus is the answer
he's trying to break in,
Jesus is the answer
why don't you let him in.
1995 version.
― corey c (shock of daylight), Monday, 2 May 2005 06:31 (twenty years ago)