Lyrics

DEBUT LP

YOUNG AREN’T YOUNG

Slinking in the street
And we take off running
Living in the light
On the darker side
Boys laugh hard
As we round the corner
Time we got home,
It had all been done.

Talking with the girl
But the girl goes sideways
Giving her the line
But he’s losing ground
There she goes
On her way shooting off
All around the world

All around the World
All around the World
All around the World
All around the World

Your style is correct so you make an impression
Owning what you do to know what you are.
Got to make your own way to be in it.
We live, we move,
All around the world

We live, we move,
All around the world

Young in the light,
In the light
On the darker side.
Young in the light,
In the light
On the darker side

All around the World

Boy and girl go down
To the place by the water
Creeping into the afternoon
Young aren’t so young,
They’re getting restless,
Loving to lose it
All around the world


LOVESICK (ONCE AGAIN)

Lovesick once again
I get slapstick when you walk in
I get so nervous I stutter and flail
Troubled sleep,
I don’t eat,
I’ve gone pale.

Tarantulas under the skin
Got King Kong battling within
A blood moon looms in the sky above
I’m the Wolfman,
I’m frantic in Love.

It it it it it it it rips into me
I I I I I I I’m a mess
Violins in my heart
And I start
To shake and I shake and I shake

Romance, flowers, Champaign
We go dancing, we kiss in the rain,
I’m sedated and trying to forget
I’m agitated
I’m covered in sweat

It it it it it it it rips into me
I I I I I I I’m a mess
Violins in my heart
And I start
To shake and I shake and I shake
Shake shake shake

It it it it it it it rips into me
I I I I I I I’m a mess
Violins in my heart
And I start
To shake and I shake and I shake
Shake, shake
To shake and I shake and I shake
And I shake and I shake and I shake
And I shake and I shake and I shake
And I…


KILLING IT

Chances get lost
Romances, always is,
Hidden
Resistances
Was it
Lonely?
No,
It wasn’t
Mostly
We were
Killing it
Isn’t it all so…

We were
Killing it
Isn’t it all so…

Awesome

I swear
I would
For you

Heartbreaks and lies
Eyes lock, paralyzed
I don’t know why
I don’t why
We were
Killing it
Into it,
Still I keep
Thinking it’s…

Me.

I Keep
Falling,
You keep
Calling

Tell me why
Tell me why

You wore
That look of yours
That once took my
breathe away

That all you have to say?

Then, it’s not up to you.

Holding, discreetly
Keeping controlled,
Fascinated,
Dispossessed
When we
Kissed I
Flinched I
Tried to
Hide it
Tell me why
Tell me why
Tell no lies
Tell no lies
Tell no lies

Tell me why
Tell me why


PIGEONS

Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…
Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…
We go…

Kicking on the edge of town
Counting all the pigeons down
Walking in the steps of men.
I have the feeling they’re not breathing.

She’s shaking like a rattle
Sneaking out, the hour’s still
Waiting for the room to fall in
Watching the time unwind.

Saturday, Saturday
Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…

Kicking on the edge of town
Counting all the pigeons down
Walking in the steps of men.
I have the feeling they’re not bleeding.

Laughing like a right-loon
Slavering at the silvery moon
Waiting for the room to fall in
Waiting for him to come.

Saturday, Saturday
Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…

She is still not still is not still.
He is here and not here at all.

Cold grey morning,
Waking in his room she goes
Crawling out the window,
Climbing up the crooked stairs.
Above the ceiling leaning tracing pigeons
Turning circles in the morning sky.
“I don’t know why, you don’t just fly away,
Fly away!
Fly away!”

Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…
Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…
Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…
I don’t know why, you don’t just fly away,
Away, away, away
Saturday comes,
Sunday comes, we go…
I don’t know why, you don’t just fly away,
Away, away, away
We go…


COMMOTION

Fade away
Blotto daylight
Latency

Holding on
Got potential
Wait and see

Irritation
Expectation

Bridge to break
Still time to make it
Rile me up
And you make me wait
Bridge to break
Still time to make,
Got time to make it

Cold love,
You loosen my alignments,
Oh I
Lie when I say I won’t go down

Can’t get enough
Of your commotion
Oh I
Measure my length along the ground
The ground
The ground
The ground

Cool, quiet provocateur
Killing time,
Stirring it up

Hooligan
Quite inciting
Skin you’re in

But you
But you
But you
Can’t nick the nick
Can’t nick the nick

You rile me up
And you make me wait
Rile me up
And you make me wait
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Got time to make it

Cold love,
You loosen my alignments,
Oh I
Lie when I say I won’t go down

Can’t get
Enough of your commotion
Oh I
Measure my length along the ground
The ground
The ground.

She wants it strange in love
She goes, uptight on her head
And comes down hard again
She goes, uptight on her head
And comes down hard again
Hard again.
She wants it strange in love
She goes, uptight on her head
And comes down hard again
She goes, uptight on her head
And comes down hard again
Hard again,

Cold love,
You loosen my alignments,
Oh I
Lie when I say I won’t go down

Can’t get enough
Of your commotion
Oh I
Measure my length along the ground
The ground
The ground
The ground


THIS DAY IS MADE

This day
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
Is made
For us
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
To escape.

Maybe we’re zombies
Cracked
Two tired vampires burning
Stumbling in the sun
Waiting for the moment to
Pass us by.

Under moonlight, I fall against you
It might be senseless, but it feels right
I might be wrong but I could care less
I don’t know,

Lift up crashed out
Press against me
Discreetly kick gently
Breath in no, rush to leave

This day
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
Is made
For us
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
To escape.

Thought we were past the worst of it, it
Resurfaced, now and I’m just
Rehearsing for the moment to
Fall apart.

Crashed out despite my
Best intentions
Living on intuition
Indifferent ambitions

This day
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
Is made
For us
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
To escape.

This day
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
Is made
For us
Oh-ah oh-oh-oh
To escape.


DEAD ENDING

Worn.
Days go by
Then the night,
Dead ending,
Worn
In the jump-cut
I am waiting, waiting for the…

Morning,
Breathe in.
Subway trains.
Silence remains.
Playback on repeat,
I am waiting, waiting for It.

Away.
I wait.
Nowhere to go.
Slow motion
Delay
Nowhere to go.

Dark eyes,
Hands cold.
Uncontrolled.
Deferring
Arctic hearts. Repeat.
I am waiting, waiting for It.

Away.
I wait.
Nowhere to go.
Slow motion
Delay
Nowhere to go.

Nowhere to go.

Day
Away
After day
I wait.
Drop away,
Nowhere to go
Dead ending.
Worn in the jump-cut
Slow motion delay
I am waiting,
Nowhere to go
Waiting for It.

Sport in the night.
Away, I wait.
Wanting more,
Nowhere to go.
Waking for…
Playback on repeat,
Slow motion delay
I am waiting,
Nowhere to go.
Waiting for It

Day after day
Away, I wait.
Drop away,
Nowhere to go.
Deferring.
Playback on repeat
Slow motion delay
I am waiting,
Nowhere to go.
Waiting for It.

Nowhere to go.


GOLD BLOOD

Uptight,
Short breath,
Loose lies,
Sex & death.
1, 2,
On the edge

Young blood,
No chance
Youth in a rude stance
Dancing
On the edge of dawn.

On/off,
Cold/hot
Open/close,
Pull away.
3, 4,
On the edge.

Raw nerves,
Wet lips
Stripped curves
Missteps
Upset
On the edge of dawn.

Gold blood
Runs through
Runs through my
Cold boy
Hold on
Hold on my
Gold blood
Runs through
Runs through my
Cold boy
Hold on
Hold on!

Uptight,
Short breath,
Loose lies,
Sex & death.
1, 2,
On the edge

Young blood,
No chance
Youth in a rude stance
Dancing
On the edge of dawn.

Gold blood
Runs through
Runs through my
Cold boy
Hold on
Hold on my
Gold blood
Runs through
Runs through my
Cold boy
Hold on
Hold on
My cold boy
Hold on
Hold on
My cold boy
Hold on
Hold on
My cold boy
Hold on
Hold on
My cold boy
Hold on
Hold on


DRESSED IN DRESDEN

Oh you think so…
Well, I know so
And when the lights
All go out,
Slay me, hold me down,
And hollow out my heart

And then again

And then you say it once
You say it twice
“Baby, hold me close
and say I’m so in love.”

Oh no,
I know

I’m so in love.

Well, I don’t know
I think so
You say it once,
You say it twice
Maybe I don’t know.

These are our times
The end times
And when the lights
All go out
You be ‘Bombed Berlin’
I’ll play Stalingrad.
You be ‘Bombed Berlin’
I’ll play Stalingrad.

All in all is all we are.
No way out.
I’m right tired.
When the lights all go out…

God, I’m so in love.

In and out
And
Out and in
In and out
And
Out and in
In and out
And
Out and in
In and out
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
These are our times
The End times
These are our times
The End times


LAST CITY

With your sunglasses on
Last of the underground
Living
Living
Living on nothing

Lay low the hole came down,
The sky above the mud below
You saw nothing
With your sunglasses on

Ruins,
In ribbons,
Wasted
A line unwinds between the days, yeah?
No memories
No
Yes, no plans
Yes
Here you died.
Here you lived, yes?
Nameless.
Faceless.
Maybe,
It’s all too much?
Was it too much, baby?
No,
You saw nothing
With your sunglasses on

Here it starts here it ends
Light shines through the city
Time unwinds time speeds up
Light shines through the city

Last city

Living off the neighbors
Blood is brick is all is one
This way
This way
To view it safely
Surely, you must be joking
You, you must be joking
You must, must, must, be joking
With your sunglasses on

Here it starts here it ends
Light shines through the city
Time unwinds time speeds up
Light shines through the city

Last city

Here it starts here it ends
Light shines through the city
Time unwinds time speeds up
Light shines through the city

Ohhh oh oh oh-oh oh-oh
Last city


THE BEACH

So, there’s you and me again
And once again
Always a certain something
Like nerves and the rain
Meeting on the corner
You had your short sleeves rolled
And all the while
I smiled as you
Went looking for
The beach
Under the paving stones

Dealing with it
Leaving it
Turning it in and out
And under the circumstances
I couldn’t help it

Dealing with it
Leaving it
Turning it in and out and
Under the circumstances
That’s as far as I’d go
Really, I don’t want to know.

THIS DESERT EP

“BUILDING IN L.O.V.E.”
The North-Forth Luxury Condominiums
Are not getting built
Not getting built.
All the neighbors watch her halted developments
Haunted by the movements

She rides the rumble and flash
She’s been abandoned for months
And the vandalisation
The Vandalisation
The Vandalisation
The Vandalisation

She says,
“Your night,
The night with you,
The night,
Your night is supernatural
You dismantle
The night
You dismantle
The night.”


She looks for him
In the stones at her feet
He comes in the late hour
The last late hour
There’s an opening there,
He slips in to meet her
She knows every story

She’s lit up, feeling like
She’s lit up, feeling like
She’s lit up

North Forth Luxury
Housing development
Is falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love


Up around and inside
Follow lines to their height
And the wind off the edges
Wind off the edges
Wind off the edges

She says,
“Your night,
The night with you,
The night,
Your night is supernatural
You dismantle
The night
You dismantle
The night.”


“TOM TOM”
Wasting time, wasting time,
My heartbeat
Beats like a tom tom.

4 A.M.,
You bang the drum,
The clock beats,
Beats along.

It gets so hot in my head
But, I’m…
Fine.
Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.

All the boys say,
Fallen girls make easy prey of their hearts.
Rain Falls,
The clock beats on and on.

It gets so hot in my head
But, I’m…
Fine.
Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.

“The Tide Is High”
“Genius Of Love”
The beat goes on

It gets so hot in my head
But, I’m…
Fine.
Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.

Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.
In the light outside
Peace outside
The beat goes on
You’re all I need
Come to me
The beat goes on
Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.
Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.
In the light outside
Peace outside
The beat goes on
Come, come to me
You’re all I need
Come to me.
Could’ve stood by
You for days, I
Would forget the world for
You.


“GHOSTS”
I spit a fierce confusion,
Amok, I kick sick with the flies,
The demons are all in collusion,
The young boys all fires and lies.

I’m caught in the quip and commotion,
My body a senseless device
Stirred by a faithless devotion,
My heart beats the footsteps of mice.

I snap back,
Only for a moment, and I
Simmer right down.
It’s you, me,
The Lonely Left In Motion and this,
Our ghost town.

Mostly,
I don’t seem to slow down
Skulls roll in my wake,
I run.

I I I I I I I

I snap back,
If only for a moment, and I
Simmer right down.
It’s you, me,
The Lonely Left In Motion and this,
Our ghost town.

I I I I I I I

I snap back,
If only for a moment, and I
Simmer right down.
It’s you, me,
The Lonely Left In Motion and this,
Our ghost town.

I I I I I I I


“SLEEPWALKERS”
Sleepwalking
I find myself

Follow my… follow my…

Sleepwalking
I find myself

I get lost, I get lost

Follow my… follow my…

How’d it start?
All starry eyed

Follow my… follow my…

Sleepwalking
I find myself

In shop windows

I get lost, I get lost

In all of my… all of my…

Follow my… follow my…

Under June in disguise
Ugly silver skies
Summer blooms in you

Follow my… follow my…
Follow my… follow my…

Follow my… follow my… follow my…
Follow my… follow my… follow my…

You said, I might be dead
But, I’ve been off for years.
How’s it, Delirium?
I was breathless, and
On my way down.

Summer blooms in you

You said, I might be dead
But, I’ve been off for years.
How’s it, Delirium?
I was breathless, and
On my way…

I lost it all
On my way down
I lost it all
On my way down

Looking through walls,
Out of reach, always,
Saw us far from…
Far from…
Far from…

Hand on your shoulder
Lean in closer

How’s it end?

Follow my… follow my…

You said, I might be dead
But, I’ve been off for years.
How’s it, Delirium?
I was breathless, and
On my way…

I lost it all
On my way down
I lost it all
On my way down
I lost it all
On my way down
I lost it all
On my way down


“IN TO IT”
Into it
Into it
Into it

Into it
Into it

Lost in the mid-day half-life
Sunlight and rain
Hiding away from the heat
In too deep, my heart turns again
Your voice still warm
In my ear

Into it.
Into it.

OOOOO I’m in love with you
OOO OOO OOO OOO I’m in love
OOOOO I’m in love with you
OOO OOO OOO OOO I’m in love

Dreaming of the clean days
Only the clean sheets between us
A deeper sleep, I turn again
Your voice still warm
In my ear

Into it
Into it

OOOOO I’m in love with you
OOO OOO OOO OOO I’m in love
OOOOO I’m in love with you
OOO OOO OOO OOO I’m in love

Sweat between your shoulders
Night falling in through
The open window,
Slowly, slow it down
My heart turns again
Your voice still warm
In my ear

Into it
Into it

OOOOO I’m in love with you
OOO OOO OOO OOO I’m in love
OOOOO I’m in love with you
OOO OOO OOO OOO I’m in love

Slow it down
Slow it down

Into it


“IT’S ONLY EVERYTHING“
Come out follow me
I’ll show you something
Eyes like x-ray specks
Expecting nothing
In constellations
It’s only everything
No, no one knows,
But it won’t matter now.

I felt it before I knew
First summer I spent with you
I felt it before I knew
Melting in the seat by you

In a mirrored city,
Memories are visionary
Look closely
These dreams
Are momentary

Snow Falling in the city skies
I get up when the town lights up
Snow falling up like ash
I crash

Come out follow me
I’ll show you something
Eyes like x-ray specks
Expecting nothing
In constellations
It’s only everything
No, no one knows,
But it won’t matter now

I made moves you couldn’t see
Nearly blew it in the heat
Melting in the street with you
I made moves you never knew

I close my eyes and try to sleep
Bonfires burning on the beach
Sparks blowing in the evening light
I get dizzy when we kiss I see fireflies

In constellations
It’s only everything
No, no one knows,
But it won’t matter now

In a mirrored city,
Memories are visionary
It’s just
The future
Looks ordinary

Come out follow me
I’ll show you something
Eyes like x-ray specks
Expecting nothing
In constellations
It’s only everything
No, no one knows,
But it won’t matter now

DRESSED IN DRESDEN
Oh you think so…
Well, I know so
And when the lights
All go out,
Slay me, hold me down,
And hollow out my heart

And then again

And then you say it once
You say it twice
“Baby, hold me close
and say I’m so in love.”

Oh no,
I know

I’m so in love.

Well, I don’t know
I think so
You say it once,
You say it twice
Maybe I don’t know.

These are our times
The End Times
And when the lights
All go out
You be Bombed Berlin
And I’ll play Stalingrad.
You be Bombed Berlin
And I’ll play Stalingrad.

All in all is all we are.
No way out.
I’m right tired.
When the lights all go out…

God, I’m so in love.

In and out
And
Out and in
In and out
And
Out and in
In and out
And
Out and in
In and out
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in
Oh no I know
And
Out and in

These are our times
The End Times
These are our times,
The End Times
The End Times
The End Times
The End Times

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All lyrics by Jason Friedman & Eleanore Everdell. Warp Publishing. With Permission.