Something For Kate
 
 
elsewhere for 8 minutes
 
Anarchitect
wait for the morning’s first interruption
wait for an exchange
wait for the overall feeling
but the overall feeling in here is outrage
gentlemen
gentlemen
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
gentlemen
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
gentlemen
please listen
please
there’s no space
outward
the only way is upward
towards the heavens
towards the sky
towards the stars
 
Pinstripe
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
you don’t need wings now
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 had 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
sunshine
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
oversight, on your own
hope i thoughts
i stumble 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 are strategy in the daytime
you know exactly what you’re doing
doing
sometimes
sometimes
 
Captain (million miles an hour)
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
at a million miles an hour
at a million miles an hour
at a million miles an hour
and it took me years
underneath the house we lived in
i feel my head and my heart in the cockpit
the sounds of the engine
the voices from upstairs, i only heard my crew
preparing me for take off
preparing me for take off
preparing me for take off
preparing me for take off
preparing me
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
 
Paintbrushes
wrapped around
wrapped around yourself
you’ve led your party to victory
now you don’t want it
gagged and bound
voice there was before
travelling salesman cries out loud
we walk there
walk there in bare feet
over smaller rocks then before a waterfall
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
yeah
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
 
Prick
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
there’s no one there
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
 
Glass Timing
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
i’ll never be where i want to be
you never forget
you never forget
but you’ll never have it back
you should have thought of that
you should have thought of that
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
it’s just bad timing
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
i’ll never be where i want to be
i’ll never be where i want to be
i’ll never be where i want to be
 
Soundczech
i will listen to you
but i’ll only hear the good news
i will hear you
i will hear you
i will hear you
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
further away
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
soon enough
soon enough
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
watch them fade away
watch them fade away
this intersecting
where have you been?
what have you been doing?
what have you been doing?
what have you been doing?
doing
doing
what have you been doing?
what have you been doing?
i don’t wanna be there today
keep it hidden in a box
under my bed
out of your sight
out of your hands
out of your hands
waiting
waiting is the worst
towards anything is better
i want to be moving
be moving
be moving
all those things you took
turned out to be useless
watch them fade away
watch them fade away
watch them fade
watch them fade
watch them fade away
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
 
Working Against Me
i took my time
and whatever else i could find
i didn’t care at the time
she’s got it all planned
she’s gonna mark out her land
she’s 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
that everything is the same
i try to stay between
your world and mine
but that’s a crooked line
i don’t wanna look at you
and i don’t wanna have to think
i blame the captain and the crew
because 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 blame the captain and the crew
because 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
 
Strategy
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
some fool you were
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?
didn’t i?
 
Roll Credit
down the hall
it’s the same
counting the footsteps
taking your deep breaths
such a suspicious call
today is the 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
drive you insane
drive you insane
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 of earth
but you’re laying claim
gathering everyone around
so you can drive them
drive them away
drive them away
drive them away
you want me to
gather everyone around
send them away
you never liked them
anyway
anyway
anyway
anyway
today is the day
home is home
everything
 
Like Bankrobbers
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 a 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
caught off guard, doomed from the start
you and i, like bankrobbers
only people so desperate can be so
so frightened, so determined
you’re so determined
it’s frightening
it’s frightening
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
leading us back
leading us back
leading us
leading us
you and i, like bankrobbers
caught off guard, doomed from the start
caught off guard, doomed from the start
doomed from the start
 
The Last Minute
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’ll spend 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
breathe it in
and then say goodbye
you tore
you tore
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
of the beginning of the end
beginning of the end
carry it on your back
hold it before your eyes
breathe it in
breathe it in
and then say goodbye
say goodbye
we’re getting warmer, we’re getting closer
we’re getting warmer, we’re getting closer
getting warmer, getting closer
getting warmer, getting closer
but you know
time will come
time will come
time will come
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
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