Beautiful Sharks
Track Listing
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
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
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?
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)
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
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
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
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)
Before Butterfly's Wings
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
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)
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
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
