So you, dance and you shuffle, into the eye of the storm.
Eyes all on fire as if, you've never been here before.
And you say it's all nothing, and tell yourself quietly.
But I hear you from my house, breathing differently.
And when it all falls down.
You won't just stand there,
looking at the ground.
And holding your breath.
Holding out.
So you, drive 'til the water, changes from blue to green.
And you, wait there until the wind, knocks you out of your body.
You can, stay there forever, counting the stars, tryin'a,
separate yourself from how things are,
but you, know you won't get very far.
Until it all falls down.
So don't just stand there,
looking at the ground.
And holding your breath.
Holding out.
these pictures remind me
of something else entirely
itÅ frightening
thereÅ a hole in the sky
i thought i saw something living here before
but i was wrong
just smoke in my eyes
you can have complete control
you can have the upper hand
execute your master plan
you can..
you can burn this skin
try to find something else therein
iÅ l let you win (x2)
you can choose how we go
you can have complete control
but after this, itÅ no longer growth
no nothing
no better
no such thing (x3)
long enough
i was there long enough
i was there long enough to do some damage (x2)
you can have complete control
you can choose how we go
but after this, itÅ no longer growth
growth (x3)
So the start, is my seed.
And thirty-seven thousand feet, forwards, backwards, and underneath.
Your last word turns, like a cyclone, just outside my window.
Your good advice all tied around my ankle.
Had to go, had to take off, and hide myself from everyone.
So their reasons, won't become my reasons.
'Cause they're talking, they're talking, talkin' again.
And the chain reaction,
like a slow wave crashin',
to come and change everything and wash me away.
So I make way for some chaos.
The ripple on the surface sends me secrets,
and I keep them.
Like a reoccurring dream,
of Max Planck and you're running rings around me.
But you can't solve me.
And you're trying, you're trying, trying again.
I need a chain reaction,
like a slow wave crashin'.
To come and change everything and wash me away.
We stumble in the dark, stumble in the dark.
And this is how it starts, this is how it starts, starts.
You carry your escape everywhere,
just in case you find yourself there, find yourself there.
And a chain reaction (chain reaction),
like a slow wave crashin' (slow wave crashin'),
would come and change everything and wash me away, away, away, away.
Wash me away, 'n' wash me away.
ask me how i am, ask me how i've been
and then stand and watch and hope and wait and with any luck
i will be an earthquake
and i will clear a space here
where you can put pictures and silence and sleep
and you can stop asking 'cause you'll be
you'll be
down in the centre of the earth with me
now you see me
now you don't bother looking twice
i picture myself like a column of smoke
and when questioned i see myself riding around forever on a manmade horse and you
and you
you'll be
moving randomly
you'll be
now you see me
now you don't bother looking twice
so you can go
through a wall
keep it
secret
try not
to grow
you can't do it
you'll be
riding around forever
you've never been better
but you've been acting a little strange
you're like some terrorist
reading battle plans behind my back
know you'll be beside me
at the frontline like the hopeless romantic
you are
you and i, like bankrobbers
couldn't think of something real to do
could you?
ran away to leave the circus
you had to be outrageous and you had to be different
you had to go and get yourself killed
you had to kill me too
you and i, like bankrobbers
caught off guard, doomed from the start (x2)
you and i, like bankrobbers
only people so desperate can be so
so frightened, so determined
you're so determined
it's frightening (x2)
you and i, like bankrobbers
we take what's not ours
while we destroy the evidence
we leave a trail of leads
leading us back (x3)
leading us (x2)
you and i, like bankrobbers
caught off guard, doomed from the start (x2)
doomed from the start
this town makes my mind slow down
lines in my face like highways now
chasing breezes, kicking boulders
and all of the while just getting older
i leave pieces of paper
pieces of myself along the way
out the window, out the window
and i tell myself that
i'll come back for them before i go
and then i won't sing this song tomorrow
reason calls i'm never listening
there's always something more distracting
take everything so seriously
then leave and burn up on re-entry
for happy endings
all these little victories
gathered up and hung on the wall like trophys
i tell myself that
i've been down this road before
so i won't sing this song anymore
i've been down this road before
so i won't sing this song anymore
i've been down on myself enough before
so i won't sing this song anymore
living inside a barrel
a thousand years earlier than expected
poor unfortunate one
they're all standing in your sun
like that's just so unexpected
hey ooh
and now i wake up to the sounds of video games
there's a line
run for your life
before butterfly's wings
bring down everything
and staring into teacups
try to bring it all a little closer to something
nowhere, nothing
don't cry at me
cry at the movie screen
and keep your ticket torn in your pocket for the next six weeks
hey ooh
there's a line
run for your life
before butterfly's wings
bring down everything
everything (x3)
what you do for now
will it do for now?
what you do for now
From a walk to a run
By the time they're done there is only rust
And the official language of fucked up and static
And before he speaks
His machines all agree lets wind them up and march them out
History repeated and read out loud
This could be our best weapon now
Said, hey don't look now
Stripes and suits pushing the numbers through
They treat them like they don't exist
And they count them up like they're matchsticks
And they don't recognise until spoken in a headline
They're just more words
They're just more words that I can't wait to unlearn
I can't wait
This could be our best weapon now
Better keep your head down
Said, this could be our best weapon now
Said, hey don't look now
Our best weapon now
She was tracing out lines in the air
to make it perfectly clear
he was swimming with some beautiful sharks
entertaining
the man behind the bar (x2)
and i was there
and somebody was talking about luck
and i thought, i thought what if my luck ran out?
oh..
hottest night in twenty years
he is playing out a ceremony
playing out a ceremony
watch him turn on the spot
to see his memory from a different angle
he eased the element of surprise
to curve and sweep lines
and he is singing an old song
he is swimming with some beautiful sharks
and i was there
and somebody was talking about romance
and i thought, i thought what if my luck ran out?
just a simple change of scenery
from 360 degrees
maybe it's all we need
6, 5, 4, 3
welcome to the last minute
and we've spent it on a sound byte
a phrase, a well thought out line
12, 11, 10, 9
carry it on your back
hold it before your eyes
breathe it in (x2)
and then say goodbye
you tore (x2)
you tore off all the wrapping and you didn't read the card
tomorrow was a blessing and a gift
not a guarantee not a new car
we left today breathing its last breath
somewhere back down the line
this is the beginning of the end
of the beginning of the end (x2)
beginning of the end
carry it on your back
hold it before your eyes
breathe it in (x2)
and then say goodbye
say goodbye
we're getting warmer, we're getting closer (x2)
getting warmer, getting closer (x2)
but you know
time will come (x3)
and make a fool out of you and me
some other time could we?
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
either side of a thin blue line
is a collection of satellites
singing circles
singing words that don't mean anything
but they keep me in orbit
and they keep me sure
ooh, i can see you
ooh, on a clear night
high up in the window
you're an astronaut
you're amnesia, you're a joke
fingertips against the windscreen
you're on your way (x2)
but you can't look at both sides of the coin at the same time
and you can't make up your mind
ooh, i can hear you
on a clear night
i can see you
singing circles away
yeah, i will blow you out of the sky
if you won't get yourself down here
yeah, i can hear you
on a clear night
i can see you
singing circles away
and nothing's coming out
there simply aren't enough words to go around
make it up and write it down
pretend it went unheard
because you don't agree with my use of the word
well i have mine and you have yours
you have yours!
everything i say is nothing
and nothing i say is anything
i'd like to show you what i mean
but i'm sick of talking to your answering machine
the time it takes
for two people like us to communicate
i do not know what i'm trying to say
so i pretend it went unheard
eliminate unwanted words
it's packaged well and
kept secure (x2)
everything i say is nothing
and nothing i say is anything
i'd like to show you what i mean
but i'm sick of talking, sick of talking
i'm sick of talking, sick of talking
i'm sick of, sick of, sick of
i'm sick, i'm sick, i'm sick, i'm
you hold me in mid air and you keep me a measure from impact
you stop and ask me if the ringing in your ears might be the sound of thought
you're like a long slow accident, time stood still while motion emptied you out
and we watched you like a slide show 1,2,3,4 and there you go
we all stop and stare from start to finish
yeah we're measuring again
you keep trying to show us how you can carry fifty times your own weight
you've got a whole new story but you're boung to your invention like a ball and chain
and i watched you like a stunt show, hold my breath and here we go
how will you get yourself out of this one
you stand by watching and this is how your life is turning out (4x)
they'll never find us
painting a self portrait
painting ourselves into position
we'll scare them off with word play and sweep them under the rug
my face is pushed against the glass
like a slowest-second-better off and thrown from the horse's back
but i know what i am, is there a trouble with that?
hanging round hallways
trying to get a bird's eye view
little by little (x2)
they bow their heads to pray for friday night
to save their lives and then
they go on through life armed with a scale from one to ten
hanging round hallways
like to feel like we're going somewhere
and the thinner the air becomes
the more we feel at home
the more we feel
i heard her on the phone
she said, you said, had a good day
didn't we? (x3)
and hanging round hallways
like to feel like we're going somewhere
and the thinner the air becomes the more we feel
she said that's entertainment
but he didn't wanna know
he carried the shopping bag
she carried them both
So I keep watch
and you keep breaking
breaking formation to become
someone else
and your eyes become corridors
where I wander with a candle
calling out to you
and you only hide
because you know I'll find you
you say you just want to feel
the way you used to feel
the way you should feel
and I wander through
the lost city of you
and you only hide because you know I'll find you
you think of white
somewhere outside
somehow connected to your brain
or about to knock on your door
eternity
is a policy
magnetism and mystery
wishful thinking and fantasy
and i hope that you're not
hoping for me
you think of sight
and reason collides
somehow transmitting from space
asking you to line up and take your place
infinity
is a reality
life jackets and sympathy
bullshit daydreams
i know you can't be knowing for me and i hope that you're not
hoping for me
he is alive and kicking
he calls it gymnastics, calls it velocity
and you spend twenty years climbing and never change your mind
and you call it the path of least resistance
and you have everything you ever need
and you sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
they are talking to me and i am nowhere to be found
there's somewhere else i had to be
call it necessity, mutiny, entropy
they think i'm down
they tell me i should brighten up
but that's just 'cause they don't know an explosion when they see one
and they sing if you can't beat them join them
all the way up to your floor
memorize and repeat it
and sing it like you mean it
all the way home to your front door
yeah you better believe it
sing it like you mean it
(repeat first chorus)
it must be something in the air, she said
that makes it so square when we get together
feels like snakes in my hair
and it feels all wrong somehow
by the wall i fell
well maybe next year
i'll fall, i don't care
cause for alarm
you know i mean it so (x3)
so
truly (x7)
aha..
(repeat 3 times)
truly (x7)
minutes seem like seconds
and the seconds seem like days
that doesn't make sense
put down the phone
be sure you hang up first
that doesn't make sense
something, nothing, maybe
could we get away with it?
do you think we'll get away with it?
or should we just stay sitting still?
my little world
you're welcome to intrude
and we can do something
come talk to me
keep me company
and we'll think of something
something, nothing, maybe
could we get away with it?
do you think we'll get away with it?
because i'm sick of sitting still
something, nothing, maybe
could we get away with it?
do you think we'll get away with it?
maybe not (x6)
walked for hours so i can think for a minute
this is a crowded road and i've got a speed limit
drag me out of my bed cos i'm drowning in it
pick up a clean slate and beat me to death with it
and if you scrub it hard enough it might
shine (x3)
going over all the things you said
i carve you out of a tree
to get you out of my head
and all the peace keeping troops are dead
of all my problems you're the best one yet and
if you hate me then sign along the dotted
line (x6)
yeah
let's go to heaven that sounds like fun
let's go scratch yellow paint from the sun
i know it's easier said than done
but i've got a funny feeling that everything is
fine (x6)
you're not the first to think that everything has been thought before
i spoke to an echo and he said "i'm not satisfied i want something more"
'cause i am bored with three dimensions
i'm in love with three dimensions
and if i listen to the seconds
reminds me of echolalia
what now, fragments are found
in the mess and in the sound
(repeat chorus)
you're not the first to think
(repeat chorus)
i will listen to you
but i'll only hear the good news
i will hear you (x3)
i will share your tunnel vision
on one condition
wait with me
waiting is the worst
towards anything is better
i want to be moving
untouchable
there's nothing we can do or say
but watch it move a little further away
further away (x2)
through those thick black frames i can tell you're paranoid
and the paranoid must stick together
airtight isn't good enough
yesterday isn't soon enough
soon enough (x3)
for you
waiting is the worst
worse than sleeping in a room full of boxes
with no view of the full moon
and all those things you took
turned out to be useless
watch them fade away (x3)
this intersecting
where have you been?
what have you been doing? (x3)
doing (x2)
what have you been doing? (x2)
i wouldn't leave it up to fate
i'd keep it hidden in a box
under my bed
out of your sight
out of your hands (x2)
waiting
waiting is the worst
towards anything is better
i want to be moving
be moving (x2)
all those things you took
turned out to be useless
watch them fade away (x2)
watch them fade (x2)
watch them fade away (x lots)
this intersecting
where have you been?
and what you have you been doing?
what have you been doing?
an intersection in the middle of nowhere
i'll see you there
No more will I play along,
and no more will I tell myself,
how it's gonna be from now on.
'Cause I've been stalling in between,
and I've been draggin' my feet,
making bets that this isn't happening.
And I sleepwalk around, two feet off the ground,
while the real world is trying to reach me.
And when the rain comes down, I see it all now.
Standing on the great divide,
of some collision between, ordinary and imaginary lives.
And this could be your lucky day,
'cause if tomorrow ever comes,
you'll be looking, looking the other way.
And you sleepwalk around, two feet off the ground,
while the real world is trying to reach you.
With stories that you, already knew.
It pulls you, and, pushes you.
And you sleepwalk around, two feet off the ground,
while the real world is trying to reach you.
And when the rain comes down, you find yourself now.
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere.
slowdancing
with someone who is a thousand miles away
settling someone else's argument
and he doesn't even know how it started
strangers dance with strangers
but they watch her every move
sit swallowing cocktails
better get your head down
slowdancing
in a minefield where everybody knows your name
and every familiar face just makes her lonely
distance and the weeks gone by
strangers dance with strangers
trying to keep a brave face
far away from danger
you better get your head down
better get your head down (x2)
you'll be the talk of the town (x4)
slowdancing
a thousand miles away
settling someone else's argument
watch her every move (x3)
behaving like a ten year old
slap me and i'll shut up
spilt some milk on the table
can you help me clean it up?
i think too much
find something that'll fit me
and you won't hear another word
i'd appreciate it if you'd hit me
teach me how to learn
i want too much
i never asked you for much (x2)
but i always took way too much
now i'm stuck here in a cartoon
with a bubble by my head
so you can write in exactly
what you'd like me to have said
and i could stand on my head
but will it do me any good?
ask you to explain again
but i don't think you would
would you? (x4)
you make it look so easy
you seem to fit inside your own skull so comfortably
but i haven't been myself lately
and thank you
the pressure has been all mine
as i wait for my pulse to catch up with me
if i could leave here today then i would
if i could change my face and my name then i would
if i could run to some technicolour place then i would
if i could learn from my mistakes then i would
the lights come back on
and what has my imagination done for me lately
i sit in this chair
concentrating on a crack in the ceiling
and thank you, thank you
the pressure has been all mine
as i wait for my breath to catch up with me
if i could see with your eyes then i would
(repeat first chorus)
you make it look so easy
you make me
seasick
if i could leave here today then i would
if i could run then i would
if i could learn then i would
if i could fly then i would
tonight is like space invaders
there is nothing at work
the faces have become like traffic
multi-purpose conversation
i stand like a lighthouse
i have become a lighthouse
but if we met we would exhaust this place
and if you spoke then this world would short-circuit
say something
make it a direct hit
say something
make me never forget
i don't want to stand and compute
i want days and weeks to burst out of you
i am listening for dear life
i want you to talk like it's a breakthrough
(repeat first chorus)
tell me the same thing
a few more times
and maybe in the end it'll sink into my head
and i'll leave
i'm not saying nothing's wrong
but there's nothing right
so howcome, howcome, howcome
the sky is so blue?
if it's carved in stone
will you feel safe?
the man on the tv said
things'd be okay
no need to panic (x2)
i'm not saying nothing's wrong
but there's nothing right
so howcome, howcome, howcome
the sky is so blue?
tell me the same thing (x3) tell me, tell me
i can't hear you
take a photograph
and settle down
two and two, not as hard as it looks
better not to burn those books
you're not travelling on a beam of light
and you're not sitting around under house arrest
until you change your mind
not a blink
not a breath
not a sign (x4)
take a photograph
to remind you
of the things you know you will one day forget
take a side effect
as a measure of your progress
take what you give
and give what you take
and as you walk with your breath two feet in front of you in the cold
take a photograph, to have and to hold (x2)
take a photograph
wrapped around
wrapped around yourself
you've led your party to victory
now you don't want it
gagged and bound
the voice there was before
travelling salesman cries out loud
we walk there
walk there in bare feet
over smaller rocks then before over waterfalls
cracked and dry
cracked and dry and knowing
only the ground can hear us stepping
just slow down
you will be safe in here for now
can't recall the last time you breathed out
or slept without a sound
yeah.. (x2)
single light to see
enough to get what you need
learn to make the most of the least
but there's something
paint colour on the wall
decorate your mood
make it good
let these pages fly away
flagpoles in the sun
same saturday
and reflected off a window is where you'll stay
where you'll stay
i turned you in
i turned you into whispers
i turned you in
i turned you into old pictures
i build you out of nothing to have you near
i remembered you on trains
so now you're on every train i hear
(repeat chorus)
i wished that you were gone
so you're gone
(repeat first verse)
(repeat chorus)
somebody make my mind up for me
decisions will only put me to sleep
and in my sleep more decisions come to me
and i'll never be free
i'll never be where i want to be (x2)
you never forget (x2)
but you'll never have it back
you should have thought of that (x2)
how can i think when everything's in front of me
i've got so much in front of me
how can i think when everything's in front of me
i've got so much in front of me
but everything i want is history
everything i want is history
history
it's just bad timing (x2)
somebody make my mind up for me
decisions will only put me to sleep
and in my sleep she'll just smile at me
and i'll never be
i'll never be
i'll never be where i want to be (x4)
A letter to the editor, from the man in the corner.
It's all in vein.
They want your head, they want your head on a plate.
For every fly that's on the wall,
been used up, trow too fast anymore.
It's just information burned up, passed out, spun to your door.
There's a light in your eyes.
And there's fiction fallin' from the sky,
See it all in black and white.
A letter to the editor, scrapin' sky by the river.
Now could it be,
all the fear that seems to be catching all around here?
They've been kicking down my door,
but I'm not taking any calls.
Well the choice of words is choose no words,
saying nothing, nothing at all.
There's a light in your eyes.
And there's fiction found between the lines,
See it all in black and white.
See it all in black and white.
Tell it like it is.
Tell it like it is.
I put the pieces together but I never ever, learn.
Never ever, ever.
There's a light in your eyes.
And there's fiction fallin' from the sky.
See it all in black and white.
See it all in, black, and white.
missed by a fraction, now it's gone
stare into the camera and smile
how did we manage to get so lost?
i'm sorry, i don't know, i tried
except i lied (x3)
it's just a picture (x2)
(please somebody tell me it's a picture) (x2)
it's just a list of things i'd like to say to you
i've found the meaning, it's right over here
and between you and i
i'd like to say nothing now
i'd like to have nothing to say for a while
for a while
just for a while (x2)
just for a little while
it's just a picture (x2)
(please somebody tell me it's a picture) (x2)
it's just a list of things i'd like to say to you
say to you
(please, please somebody) (x3)
it's just a picture (x2)
it's just a list of things i say to you
say to you
jerry stand up
pull back the curtains and let some light in
quit your job
becasue you hate it and it's wasting you
once upon a time you were running
singing to the ground every morning
once upon a time you were
jerry stand up
am i the only one who's noticed that you've been missing
remember yourself man
remember that you have chance and possibility
once upon a time you were running
singing to the ground every morning
once upon a time you were crazy
jerry
you're not getting any younger
all you need is fresh air
a nice new suit and a walk in the park every day or two
every day in every way
(repeat chorus)
again (x4)
it's up and down
it switches
bad and good, good and bad
one step forward, two steps back
i've been laughing for so long
i liked it better before
before the words even fall from your mouth
i know, i couldn't disagree more
the end (x3)
it's the end (x2)
it sounds the same
it's you again
same face inside the frame
i knew before that this would change
i've been laughing for so long
i liked it better before
before the words even fall from your mouth
i know, i couldn't disagree more
i've been laughing for so long now
so long that i'm afraid
afraid to say so so so long now
so long now (x4)
it seems to me that the sun shines bright
but i'm only looking at pieces of sky
silence (x4)
it's higher than you think
and it's not coming back
if you have anything left
hand it over at the desk (x2)
at the desk (x2)
i've been laughing for so long
i liked it better before
before the words didn't fall from your mouth
i know, i couldn't disagree more
i've been laughing for so long now
so long that i'm afraid
afraid to say so so so long now
so long now (x4)
so long
i'm running here
every focus is splintered
every attempt he can afford
rendered pointless and it's streaming down
senses together they move cleaner than transit will allow
and sometimes i wanna move cleaner than transit will allow to be
electricity (x4)
now inbetween
leaving and arriving
i can try to digest this sequence of events
again i draw it out
and again i get delayed reaction
i get splinters
i watch the people and the cars
it's slow motion
they're beautiful like breaking glass
not yet broken
my motion is silver on the point
of a moment - splinter - moment
my vision, the colour of
electricity (x4)
moment splinter moment
splinter into colour
and let me be
electricity (x4)
i saved you the trouble
it was easy
i was dreaming of arrows
following each other around
in a dance over water
it was easy, it was great, i'll see you later
i read the sub-titles
some trouble with water
and a rescue out at sea
and i got thinking
it's never a golden age until past tense kicks in
and it's a mess that we're in
can i say that
1 2 3 4
easy (x4)
i saved you the trouble
it was easy
i was dreaming of arrows
following each other around
in a dance over water
it was easy, it was great, i'll see you later
Light globes wash up all along the beach
And they light me up with and they light me up with certainty
But you calculate coincidence and circumstance and turbulence
Gotta see what it is and it's everything and it's endless
Cause baby can't see through
All this matter and make up and déjà vu
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
She wants to meet her fate but travel by free will
But you can't have both and you can't stand still, still, still
I'll be the luckiest man in the universe if cause and effect doesn't get there first
But she keeps looking for patterns and the world just happens
Cause baby can't see through
All this matter and make up and déjà vu
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah one of us makes the other one come true
[Bridge]
Cause baby can't see through
Through all this matter and make up and déjà vu
Yeah we drift here alone we drift here alone x2
Yeah we drift here alone with nothing to do
Until one of us makes the other one come true
Yeah one of us makes the other one come true
She said these questions don't answer like other questions do
So just let me be here with you
So I find you there again,
shipwrecked on the backstep, and laughing.
I'm talking to the screen, and your mind's eye, another restless daydream.
That you find easier than truth, and bigger than the days,
that you've been livin' through.
And now you're there with your senses blown open wide,
and you're tied down watching 'til you're hypnotised.
And you know that you'll be awake again sometime.
And out of this, you're still alive.
Sitting by the side, of the railway line.
Nowhere else to be.
And changing with the light, the edges are things,
you only think you see.
And now you're there with your senses blown open wide,
and you're tied down watching 'til you're hypnotised.
And you know that you'll run and ground again sometime.
And get out of this, still alive.
Still alive. Still alive.
Get outta this, get outta this, get outta this, still alive.
Get outta this, get outta this, get outta this, still alive.
some things will stay the same
the shape of a power point won't change
and i won't back away and run
if you make me feel strange
she's the hand at the end of the arm
and she's got a lot to say
she thinks the world is falling apart
but that's okay
she just wants to be happy
a place for everything
and everything in its place
i get better, wait and see
she amazes me
it's kinda hard to see in here
but there's nothing to see
so who cares?
drank coffee all night and now i can't sleep
i think i opened a secret file
i let her look for a little while
and now i'm waiting for the ambulance to arrive
she just wants to be happy
a place for everything
and everything in its place
i had better wait and see
she amazes me
i couldn't understand the instructions
and the clock sounds like it's ticking slow
and this book is in another language
a language i don't know
i used to tie double knots
but now i couldn't be fucked
things are getting stupider all the time
she just wants to be happy
a place for everything
and everything in its place
i had better wait and see
she amazes me, you're confusing me
you're confusing me
i built an aeroplane
it was just like the real ones that i saw when i was younger
but it was too small for me
to crawl inside the cockpit and fly away
at a million miles an hour (x4)
and it took me years
underneath the house we lived in
i threw my head and my heart in the cockpit
the sounds of the engines
the voices from upstairs i only heard my crew
preparing me for take off (x4)
preparing me (x2)
and it's just a model
built with plastic and with glue
but every day i go down to the airport
and i fly away from
i fly away from you (x2)
you've never met
someone you've never met
it's okay, it happened to someone you've never met
so you can stay, you can remain fearless
you can't hurt
you don't know what
what you don't know
can't hurt you
so at least today
you can remain fearless
fearless (x2)
i remember you from the bar
a charity gathering, five star
i saw you swimming inside a star
that was ready to blow us all apart
like strong and distant moonlight
the anchorman's voice (x3)
like strong and distant moonlight
the anchorman's voice guides me through the night
like strong and distant moonlight
the anchorman's voice guides me through the night
the anchorman (x3)
anchorman (x4)
I could barely recognise myself sitting here, for question
I was trying to guess my name and my favourite colour
But your guess is as goos as mine
We had an idea, a brilliant idea
Washed in fluorescent light
But the light here was good and i can taste the food
And i'm better off, i'm better off
I'm better off as a robot, I'm better off in hawaii (x4)
I could barely recognise myself sitting there, occupations
I was trying to work out who was you and who was me
And how this happened
I got an idea, a brilliant idea
Hiding in my boat somewhere
I'll be writing in the sand with a battery in my hand
To keep them goin, and I'll be better off
I’ve been pushed down a long corridor
my head is aching
my back is sore
it was a line of laughing men
they keep pushing me to one big end
you go this way
and I’ll go that way
don't be crazy
just do what I say
I found a room with a hundred doors
a falling roof
an unsteady floor
I’ve been pulled and pushed each different way
I can't decide and I can't stay
you'll go this way
and I’ll go that way
don't be crazy
just do what I say
do I decide, do I have a choice
cos you talk so loud I can't hear my own voice
just let me drift, isn't that okay
cos I can't make up my mind today
you'll go this way
and I’ll go that way
don't be crazy
just do what I say
All that's heard is
every word is
just a little less than
etc. etc. etc. etc.
it travels like a wave
almost exact, same
just when it came
all the wires and springs and machinery that held it in place
had fallen out of the air and into the ocean
all of the above
one after another, all after each other
locked into a line
people from above
folding into one piece, holding each other's leash
all's an exhibit
wheels set to roll
set to roll
just a little less than
special effects and camera tricks with mirrors and lights
that make it so real, but yet
a camera rolls on its tracks
alongside the car
and here's the soundtrack
here it is
all of the above
one after another, all after each other
locked into a line
people from above
wait for the morning's first interruption
wait for an exchange
wait for the overall feeling
but the overall feeling in here is arranged
gentlemen (x2)
there's no space outward
the only way is upward
these primitive rituals i put myself through
these things will never change
get in the car
get to the point
get to the finish line
who needs friends when you can win?
gentlemen (x2)
there's no space outward
the only way is upward
towards the heavens
towards the sky
towards the stars
area, volume, contents reach
all of these things will only deceive
forging forward tunnel back, to back
gentlemen (x2)
please listen
please
there's no space outward
the only way is upward
towards the heavens
towards the sky
towards the stars
i took my time
and whatever else i could find
i didn't care at the time
i've got it all planned
i'm gonna mark out my land
i've drawn some lines in the sand
i thought time would change things
i thought that things would change
i thought you thought i think you thought
but everything is the same
i try to stay between your world and mine
but that's a crooked line
and i don't wanna look at you
and i don't wanna have to think
i'll blame the captain and the crew
cos they said it wouldn't sink
they said it wouldn't sink
my legs won't hold me up
your heart is pounding in my head
my mouth seems to be working against me
i don't wanna look at you
and i don't wanna have to think
i'll blame the captain and the crew
cos they said it wouldn't sink
they said it wouldn't sink
my legs won't hold me up
your heart is pounding in my head
my mouth seems to be
my legs won't hold me up
your heart is pounding in my head
my mouth seems to be working against me
picked the wrong time to be looking up at the night
popular belief came down,
destroyed his house and claimed his sight
forwards in lockstop barely able to draw breath
yeah curiosity killed the cat,
he's buried alongside every great mind we never had
i'm sorry i know it's only rock and roll
but i've felt this twinge in the back of my mind
you do not have a monopoly on the truth
believe everything you read
and in twenty years we'll put you behind glass
for all the people to come see
they'll be rolling in the aisles
whatever you want
whatever it is you haven't got
sentimental
knowing when you get on that road
i've got no idea where you're going
ooh..
before you jump you better think twice
no angel's gonna appear to offer you advice
whatever you want
whatever appeals to whatever it is you haven't got
sentimental
knowing
sentimental
knowing when you get on that road
i've got no idea where you're going
what's wrong?
nothing, nothing
an unwelcome reception to the million dollar question
a reflex reaction
right back at you
it's your face, it's that same blank expression
you can blame it on the weather
or blame it on tension but
there's no rest from this paralysis
strategy
it's all about strategy
not what you're telling me
what you're telling me
you eat, you sleep and you breathe
and you tick off your list of personal needs
at night for protection you hide under a sheet
and we try to avoid confrontation
but everything we do just gets lost in the translation
and you're not helping yourself any
strategy
it's all about strategy
not what you're telling me
what you're telling me
i've found that descriptions are useless
nothing but the combination of words and numbered pieces
just assume that there is good reason for everything
so, what's wrong?
it's nothing again
nothing's what you've got when everything leaves you thought
that asking would get you somewhere
some fool you were (x2)
strategy
it's all about strategy
not what you're telling me
what you're telling me
memory
you say it's my memory
you say that my memory's bad
well i remembered that
didn't i? (x2)
down the hall it's the same
counting the footsteps
taking your deep breaths
such a suspicious calm
a day is a day
home is home
and everything
everything is as it seems
regardless of you and me
images linger on
even after it's gone
mirrors make you go on forever
inside these rooms nothing ever ends
it can glow on your face
drive you insane (x3)
if you want me to take all those things down
throw them away
you never liked them anyway
you've got your hammer out
and you're hammering down
the corners at last
but you're laying claim
gathering everyone around
so you can drive them
drive them away (x3)
if you want me to gather everyone around
send them away
you never liked them anyway (x4)
a day is a day
home is home
everything
anchor yourself again
get your hooks in my side
identify who you're with
why you're there
everyone is your best friend
tell me again what you said
i've been beating your door down for something
but there's nothing left
you look like you need some air
need some wide open space
need to stand up straight
i had a speech prepared
but now it's too late
tell me it all over again
you've been calling out to someone
but there's no one there
there's no one there (x2)
you can't sell yourself to me
but you attach yourself to everything
a gesture moves around the room
buying and selling you
it leaves a stain in your head
and lines on the back of your neck
tell me again what you said
you've anchored yourself again
and everyone is your best friend
there is no need to throw your arms around
and there is no need to ask unless there is some doubt
if you are comfortable with two feet on the ground
you don't need wings now (x2)
have you set down your course or are you out of control, my dear?
are you accidentally part of some involuntary movement here?
we thought we knew it so well we could do it with our arms tied behind our backs
and our eyes shut tight
i thought i knew it so well i could stop
so i stopped and we can't start again
stand under the hole in your roof
let the rain come in and fall down on your head
it's a simple joy you can bring upon yourself
it's a simple something new, something else
trees stand in a perfect line
trees stand at attention
not much time has passed
but already she likes concrete better than grass
and i don't think we'll last
so i stare up at the sky and it hurts my eyes
maybe i'll go blind
maybe all i'll see is, all i'll see is sunshine
sunshine (x2)
just trying to sound
i'm not trying to sound
i don't wanna sound like this
you're the last day of april every year
you're grey, feeling for something anything, you can't have
oversize, owning the road
pulled by a current, tossed over in the wind
you focus your sights and try
to stare up at the sky
and it hurts your eyes
maybe you'll go blind
or maybe all you'll see is, all you'll see is sunshine
sunshine
walk in a straight line
you waste energy in the daytime
you know exactly what you're doing, doing
sometimes (x2)
Feels like you're, coming apart and,
you've entertained the thought that you're out of things to say and you,
haven't even started, you haven't even started.
You're gonna have to find the words to put on the page and,
Get around the corner, get around the corner
And nothing is the way, the way it was before.
You're left with just these afterthoughts to keep you warm and,
When all the sunlight in your eyes, feels forgotten,
is there light at the end of this tunnel?
And it feels like we're drownin',
sinkin' to the bottom.
Is there light at the end of this tunnel?
If the only thing to do now is just start runnin',
for the light at the end of this tunnel.
Sometimes, anything just breaks your heart and,
you hold out your arms to keep day and night apart so.
This is never ending, nothing is ending.
You turn back the clock back 'til the clock is no more now.
Time means nothing, time can't touch you.
It's nowhere to the start and, nowhere to the end.
But tomorrow somehow finds its way to us again and,
When all the sunlight in your eyes, feels forgotten.
Is there light at the end of this tunnel?
And you feel like we're drownin',
sinkin' to the bottom.
Is there light at the end of this tunnel?
If the only thing to do now, is just start, just start runnin',
for the light at the end of this tunnel.
For the light at the end of this tunnel.
For the light.
he sees streets
waiting for him to decide
forcing directions on the air, insisting
and he wants to move it up
and he wants to move across
anything, just anything
in a city that rumbles like an impatient child
he hears everything
and i know the sound of panic
and i know emergency and i know
i've planed it like a battle
but when i'm done shaking i'll be simple
he hears trees
talking about the wind or something
and he can't remember waking up
so he refuses to believe that he ever was asleep
and he's exhausted
he sits under a tree
feeding the birds and hoping for something in return
and i hate the silence in here
it's all emergency and i know
i've planned it like a battle
but when i'm done shaking i'll be simple
and he sees the buildings waiting
he sees them tired and leaning on each other
and all the words i had escaped
and all the things i saw lost shape
and i'm forgetting everything faster than i can remember what i'm missing
and i'm missing everything
and i know i've planned it like a battle
but when i'm done shaking i'll be.....
big screen television
say no more
switch it on and i'll see you in hell
we got the good seats
just look at the smiles on our faces
right now (x2)
we are the luckiest people in the whole wide world
whole wide world (x2)
big screen tv
in a glass house
wanna lay down next to you and sleep
but are you dreaming?
are you dreaming? (x3)
look at you tracing circles in the grass
getting bigger and bigger and over and out
we're almost ready to leave
to follow the weather and go where the colour goes
send a message to the birds that sing in the trees
always awake before me and always louder than tv
quietly
and gracefully
you move around the weight of the evidence
forever side stepping your own shadow and knowing
only what you wanna know
what you wanna know (x2)
says drama queen we're leaving
say your goodbyes for the hundred millionth time
this house is pushing us out
it's just turning heads now
sweet thing
with hopes like that
you're gonna need help
sweet thing
with hopes like that
you're gonna need help
avoiding the facts
ooh ooh
one of these days (x2)
i find myself talking to ghosts
and there's no such thing as a stupid question
but i watch her making so much noise
that she thinks that she can win them over
win them over
i watch her making so much noise
that she thinks that she can win them over
win them over
but i have a compass
i watch the sundial
and i defy gravity just to get myself
back to you
Like an old friend he put his hands on my shoulder
And turning around he said "you can't please everybody rockwell"
It's just that, walking home at night
By the freeway under lights
There's always something
I'm trying to remember not to miss a single thing
But i don't know this man (x2)
He was holding me down with my face to the ground
Screaming "life begins at 40" at the top of his voice
And all i could think of
Was the sounds of the traffic
And the way the evening light
Shoots back off the street signs
And how everything just passes me by
But i don't know this man (x2)
I've never laid eyes on him in my life
Yeah
I don't know this man (x2)
How many phone booths can i walk past before i crack
I need to take issue with you
be part of a process, find subject
I need to ask you for more time
I need to collect my mail
need to pay more attention to detail
I need more
I need more time
I need a much bigger object
a bigger stick for harsher contact
I need to paint a thicker line
I need to give this back
but then Ill need an excuse
and Ill need to act
I just need more time
to find more time
monitored my reaction and I was wrong
for lack of angles, I played along
now Ill repeat this over and over and over
and when I feel like shit you can only reply
it's all, it's all right
it's alright, it's alright
does that even mean anything
it's alright
nothing's alright
It's all right there explained in colored chalk
a demonstration of virtue and of youth
like a beautiful rendition of an age old joke
when told it's just another one over the head and the best revenge
ooh watch me
tell it again
and does it feel different when you slap your pocket now
stop
must start acting my age
but I sit on the edge of the bed listening to that song over again
considering justice, considering judgement, considering the best revenge
ooh watch me
one more time
and does it feel different when you slap your pocket now
shake hands with a panic attack
shift your weight
to choose your weapon
to shut the door to relax
this whole thing is a storm in a teacup
density per square inch
You're not the first to think
that everything has been thought before
I spoke to an echo and he said
I'm not satisfied, I want something more
'cause I am bored with three dimensions
I'm in love with three dimensions
and if I listen to the seconds
it reminds me of, echololia
what now?
fragments are found
in the mess and in the sound
'cause I am bored with three dimensions
I'm in love with three dimensions
and if I listen to the seconds
reminds me of, echololia
you're not the first to think x2
that I am bored with three dimensions
I'm in love with three dimensions
and if I listen to the seconds
reminds me of, echololia
Can't place attachment
To such a contraption
At such an early hour
In such a desperate state
I won't rest on promises
Or guarantees or contracts
That don't lend any power
Or influence to fate
This device may make
The vulnerable visible
And the complex simple
Blast delusions of grandeur
Out of the sky
But the result is a sleep on the floor
With a bottle of wine
And i, and i, and i
Thinks he's probably not as clever as he thinks he is
Five pm, bright idea, sitting on the fence like a schoolboy waiting
For his father to come home
Sitting on that plane getting cheated out of thursday
And all because of the laws about time and space
Across the aisle his tie wrapped round his neck
Arms wrapped round a briefcase
Like it's something or someone more important
And all the excitement
You can see the comet from here
You can see anything you wanna see
Magnified 500 times
I only wanna see you
But there's a comet blocking my view
You know we're probably not as clever as we think we are
Five pm, bright idea, sitting on the fence like a schoolboy waiting
For his father to come home
He must have fallen asleep on the train
Must have missed his stop
I know you and you know me
But i've got a telescope now and it's all that i need
It's all that i need (x2)
You're all that i need
All that i need
Five pm, bright idea, sitting on the fence like a schoolboy waiting
For his father to come home
He must have fallen asleep on the train
Must have missed his stop
I know you and you know me
But i've got a telescope now and it's all that i need
It's all that i need (x2)
I can see
You're all that i need
What it is, why it is, what it could be
Never tracing the thread of a common theme
At ease with the low softly spoken tones of an everyday machine
Safe and secure with a silent flickering screen
Screen (x2)
It's relief, suspension of disbelief
Caught off at the time with nothing to wear
Preparation is expectation and way too much to bear
Hold the thought of boiling water, cut the stare
Disinterest in the sound coming from over there
Over there (x2)
A good chair, specialized care
Specialized
There aren't many reasons left to stay awake
When the big hand passes the little hand it will be late
The apprehension to sleep is always the same
And the guilt when sleep is worth the wait
Sleep is worth the wait (x3)
Sustain, loss and gain
But you don't realise that you're beautiful when you smile
You make me cry (x2)
When you smile you make me cry
When you smile (x2)
I've been pushed down a long corridor
My head is aching
My back is sore
It was a line of laughing men
They keep pushing me to one big end
You go this way
And i'll go that way
Don't be crazy
Just do what i say
I found a room with a hundred doors
A falling roof
An unsteady floor
I've been pulled and pushed each different way
I can't decide and i can't stay
You'll go this way
And i'll go that way
Don't be crazy
Just do what i say
Do i decide, do i have a choice?
Cos you talk so loud i can't hear my own voice
Just let me drift, isn't that okay?
Cos i can't make up my mind today
You'll go this way
And i'll go that way
Don't be crazy
Just do what i say
I was hanging upside down from the overpass
Waiting to discover something about the world
I couldn't get with the program
And I couldn't listen to them
It was like trying to think in reverse
And I don't want to slide into apathy
And I don't want to die in captivity
But these monsters follow me around
Hunting me down, trying to wipe me out
Wipe me out
Wipe me out
Wipe me out
I was hiding away under water
Waiting for distance and buying some time
Trying to be two hundred thousand years younger
So I could excuse myself from humankind
'Cause I don't want to be a container
Or a bastard with a ten page disclaimer
But these monsters spin me around
Get me down, just try and shut me out
Shut me out
Shut me out
Shut me out
Hold it in your head
Hold it in your head
Hold it in your head
Believe and make believe and make believe
(Shut me out) I was hiding away under water
(Shut me out) Waiting for distance, waiting for time
(Shut me out) And I don't want to slide into apathy
You shake my senses and raise my alarm then drift away
You can't keep up with whoever you think you are any other day
You're weightless and drifting over the sea
Black interference invading the screen
On a red line trajectory
And you change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
When you come back around here again
And I know things now that I didn't know then
Well I'll second guess it
There's things that you believe about yourself that don't add up
This version of you, more like somebody else, but not enough
And now you're cutting a deal in your head
Conscience is crystal clear once again
And you lock up the skeletons
And I change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
And you come back around here again
And you say that you know things you didn't know then
Well I'll second guess it
Nobody new, just passing through
And I change my mind again
Because what you see is never what you get
But I'll take my chances, yeah
And you come back around here again
And I know things now that I didn't know then
Well I'll second, second guess it
This could take some explaining but I'm sure you will agree
There is no use pretending that there's hope for you and me
And I love her but do you think she can see
When I tell her it's the end for you and me
It was over ever since you went and shot me
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon in my heart
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon in my heart
I can handle the fighting it's affection I can't stand
And I don't mind us talking just don't try to hold my hand
And I love her but do you think she can see
When I tell her it's the end for you and me
It was over ever since you went and shot me
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon in my heart
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon in my heart
When you left, I didn't want you back
Now your gone, so won't you
Go right back (x7)
Why does it hurt?
Simple matters don't seem worth
We are the same, it's not happening again
And I love her but do you think she can see
When I tell her it's the end for you and me
It was over ever since you went and shot me
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon in my heart
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon in my heart
Like a harpoon
Like a harpoon
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