Doublespeak

Low Winter Sun

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  • 01

    Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

    I thought I was awake
    But now that I'm here
    I might just go to sleep
    For a thousand years

    The doctor told me
    About what can be done
    I'd rather take a weight
    Of sixteen tons

    My body's giving up
    My mind is old
    Just need a way out
    Of the blistering cold

    The doctor talks about
    The things that I need
    But I'll just do my thing
    And let it bleed

    Sometimes, things I find
    Are not as they seem
    I think I'm trapped in
    A waking dream

    The doctor told me
    About what not to do
    I'd rather carry on
    And break on through

    My time is getting short
    The hour is late
    You want a fairy tale
    You'll just have to wait

    When the doctor calls
    Don't do what I say
    Tomorrow might be
    Your final day

  • 02

    Artificial Paradise

    Artificial Paradise

    Many lovers in a lifetime
    They seem to go astray
    People they come and go
    Never seem to stay

    Sometimes I kid myself
    And then I realise
    We’re just living in an
    Artificial Paradise

    A hundred times my hopes and dreams
    Are blown into the air
    A thousand times it always seems
    There’s nobody there

    I know I’m fooling myself
    And I’m not so wise
    We’re just living in an
    Artificial Paradise

    Plastic state of mind
    And superficial clothes
    We’re just living in a vacuum
    Close to zero

    Sometimes I kid myself
    And then I realise
    We’re just living in an
    Artificial Paradise

  • 03

    Something in the Air

    Something in the air

    When you try to stand up
    There’s always someone pushing down
    When you try to get up
    There’s always something pushing down

    When you try to stand up
    There’s always something pushing down
    When you try to get up
    There’s always someone pushing down

    You walk for miles
    To find there’s no one waiting there
    You know the time will come
    There’s something in the air

    You walk for miles
    To find there’s nothing waiting there
    You know the time will come
    There’s something in the air

    When you try to wake up
    There’s always something pushing down
    When you try to speak up
    There’s always someone pushing back

    When you try to step up
    There’s always something pushing down
    When you try to make up
    There’s always someone pushing down

  • 04

    Rabbit Hole

    Rabbit Hole

    It's five in the morning
    It's time to go home
    Rain keeps on falling
    Down from above

    It's five in the morning
    What have I done?
    Daylight is calling.

    I want to get into a hole and
    Go down, down, down down
    I know what you're thinking
    Forget it
    Go round, round, round round

    I want to get into a hole and
    Go down, down, down down
    I know what you're thinking
    You get it
    Go round, round, round round

    It's five in the morning
    It's time to go home
    Just keep on crawling
    Along empty roads

    Five in the morning
    What have I done?
    Daylight is calling

    I want to get into a hole and
    Go down, down, down down
    I know what you're thinking
    Forget it
    Go round, round, round round

    I want to get into a hole and
    Go down, down, down down
    I know what you're thinking
    You get it
    Go round, round, round round

  • 05

    Mother Earth

    Mother Earth

    You might bet on race horses
    You might own the race track
    You may have enough money
    To buy anything you lack

    I don't care how great you are
    And I don't care what you’re worth
    Because when it all ends up
    You got to go back to Mother Earth

    You might own half the city
    You might own diamonds and pearls
    You might buy a plane baby
    And fly all over the world

    I don't care how big you are
    And I don't care what you’re worth
    When all's said and done
    You’re going to go back to Mother Earth

    [Instrumental]

    You may high-hat me all the time
    You may never go my way
    Mother Earth’s waiting for you
    That's a debt you got to pay

    I don’t care who you are
    And I don't care what you’re worth
    When your time is up
    You’re going to go back to Mother Earth

  • 06

    Parasites

    Parasites

    Now that the night is
    Drawing near
    There are good reasons you should
    Disappear

    Now that the hour is
    Getting late
    There are good reasons you should
    Hesitate

    You try
    To open your eyes
    Take back the lies
    But no-one can save you
    Parasites

    You try
    To open your eyes
    Get back the light
    But no-one can save you
    Parasites

    Now that your time is
    Running out
    There are good reasons you should
    Scream and shout

    Now you know that the
    Day is done
    Hope sinks just
    Like the sun

    You try
    To open your eyes
    Take back the lies
    But no-one can save you
    Parasites

    You try
    To open your eyes
    Get back the light
    But no-one can save you
    Parasites

  • 07

    Grey Matter

    Grey Matter

    You walk past a place you once knew
    Your eyes strain for ways to get through
    You look back for something to do
    What’s here is more than the view

    You thought you were safe
    But now you're through
    Skies turn to grey
    Now you're blue

    You thought you could change
    Now you're through
    Skies turn to grey
    Now you're blue

    You look at a face you once knew.
    Her eyes know what you both went through
    Some days there’s nothing to do
    But sit back and enjoy the view

    You thought you could change
    Now you're through
    Skies turn to grey
    Now you're blue

    You thought you were safe
    Now you're through
    Skies turn to grey
    Now you're blue

  • 08

    Black Water

    Black Water

    I went down
    Where the water is black
    I saw you
    And now I’m not coming back

    I went down
    Where the water is gone
    I see you and now
    There’s nothing left to turn on

    I went down
    Where the water ain’t clear
    I thought, “no”,
    I’d better not interfere

    I saw you when the lights came on
    I’m going down
    Where the water is gone

    I went down
    Where the water is black
    I see you
    And now I’m not coming back

    I raise my hand
    And I say, “I am here”
    But my words
    Just disappear

    I can’t see your face
    Now that you’re gone
    Time is an empty space
    Now that we’re done

  • 09

    Should Have Been Home

    Should have been home

    Saw a dancing young lady
    Who worked in the bar
    A dozen lone rangers
    Don’t know who they are

    The waitress was spinning
    My head was ajar
    And I should have been home with you

    Saw a reeling old drunk man
    Dancing around
    Thought his grey whiskers
    Must still have been brown

    And Ida Lupino
    Wouldn’t keep her dress down
    And I should have been home with you

    The band rock ‘n’ rolled
    But they wasn’t the best
    Nearly all of ‘em
    Just sound like the rest

    Some girls looked pretty
    but you were the best
    And that’s why I came home to you

    I got home about daylight
    I’d been gone to long
    Woke up at 11
    And I saw you were gone
    So I drank lots of coffee
    And I wrote you this song

    And I should have been home with you
    I should have been home with you
    I wish I’d have been home with you

  • 10

    Reject the Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears

    Reject the evidence of your eyes and ears

    You say, this is what to think
    Their hands touching everything
    You go within or go without

    You don’t have anything to hide
    A smile tilted to the side
    Oh no, can this be the end?

    You don’t care what you see
    You don’t care what you hear
    You think there's always time
    For starting over

    I don’t care what you see
    I don’t care what you hear
    Why don’t we just pretend
    We’re starting over

    I hear anything you say
    I see everything you see
    I watch everything you do

    But something seems so out of place
    Your eyes never match your face
    You know, this is not the end

    You don’t care what you see
    You don’t care what you hear
    You know this isn’t time
    For starting over

    I don’t care what you see
    I don’t care what you hear
    Why don’t we just pretend
    We’re starting over

    I don’t care what you see
    I don’t care what you hear
    Right now isn’t time
    For starting over

    You don’t care what you see
    You don’t care what you hear
    You say that it’ll be like
    Starting over