Elsewhere for 8 Minutes
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"The construction of cities. Everything goes up."
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
"Probably my personal favourite SFK song. Reminds me of Autumn."
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)
Captain (Million Miles an Hour)
"My favourite was an F14 Tomcat as popularised by the film 'Top Gun'."
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)
"This song deals with the idea of 'artistic integrity'. It's such a loaded concept and ultimately no-one can judge an artist's integrity except the artist themself, others can only guess at what motivates someone to write songs, and make judgements based on their own taste in music, their own idea of what 'good music' and 'bad music' is and whatever true or false information has shaped their opinion of the artist in question. If you set out to make a million dollars by writing a throwaway radio-hit and you achieve just that, is your integrity in question? You stayed true to your aim didn't you? Your beliefs and ideologies weren't compromised were they? Good for you. Personally, I love writing and recording and touring and I hope to do it for as long as I'm able. I also hope to one day own a home and be able to afford further education, perhaps the possibility of children and the usual things a normal person hopes for and works towards. It seems that today a lot of people have a problem with some artists because they're on a major label or they appeared on a certain TV show or they're dressed a certain way or their music was heard on Neighbours etc. etc. etc. None of these are reasons to like or dislike a band. Music is music. You like it or your don't like it but you can't assign a value to it."
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
Back to top
"This was written in the studio in New Zealand, the vocals were pretty much improvised and left that way."
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
"Indecision. This had a great trumpet solo but we ended up leaving it off the final version."
"A personal favourite of mine. I like the way it builds and I like the nasty vibe."
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
"Probably our most obvious, easy-going pop song, catchy meldoy, user-friendly lyrics. This song came together in about 5 minutes."
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
"I like the piano and the accordion. I argued against this being on the record but the others wanted it on."
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)
"The only bona-fide guitar solo we've ever had. The video to this is probably my favourite."
"Go to your video store and rent out 'Wisdom'. It's an early eighties B-grade movie starring Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore but despite this, it's actually quite good."
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
"It's about how precious time is and how one can't really afford to waste it. 'They say time is the fire in which we burn, but I prefer to think of it as a friend that accompanies us on our journey' - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard."
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.
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