We’ve had a few requests for track lyrics since the album dropped. Fashion me a drum lyrics in particular. This should hit the spot nicely:
THE MIDDLE
Talk of the middle that’s all this is nothing more
Talk of the middle that’s all this is don’t build a fence around it
Everything is easy when it is new and it is fresh
I would carry you asleep
I would carry you awake
But I have netted forty thieves
Dry and dusty splintered thoughts
These are not imaginings
But they are my fault
The middle sounds roomy
The middle sounds fun
The middle sounds safe
The middle sounds like a drum
You are one combatant in
This battle in that you can’t win
Baton up now batter in
You take the plate
But you have netted forty thieves
Dry and dusty splintered thoughts
These are not imaginings
But they are your fault
The middle sounds roomy
The middle sounds fun
The middle sounds safe
The middle sounds like a drum
FASHION ME A DRUM
Call everyone you know
Go on use my phone
You’re at the point of no return
And call the people that you know
They’re all in my phone
You’re at the point of no return
You feel like your heart beat is weathered and wearing away
And though you seem thinner you’re putting on weight
And when someone answers here’s what you’ll say
Fashion me a drum out of skin out of bone
Fashion me a drum out of skin out of bone
Paint it red give it tone
Fashion me a drum out of skin out of bone
Fashion me a drum out of skin out of bone
Paint her black give her tone
I will follow the beat I will follow the drum I will follow the sound
The sound that made me love you
GORGEOUS
I treat my cotton like wool and my silk like paper
I treat my family mean trying to keep them all keen
Oh you know what I mean
Rest your head don’t feel
over worked but be prepared
For life will rip and tear
When you’re gorgeous
Well you’re gorgeous
Well you’re gorgeous
You’re Gorgeous
Rest your head don’t feel
over worked but be prepared
For life will rip and tear when
You’re gorgeous when
You’re gorgeous well
You’re gorgeous
You’re Gorgeous
I BELIEVE
I believe in imagination
So when I saw you flying
I didn’t think that I was losing my best friend
I believe in a constant effort
So when I saw you trying
Didn’t think that you would try to lose
Its hard yes I know
Look at my face
I’m a loser babe
Run away
And you’re feeling things that you have never felt before
And you’re moving through a wide open door
Weren’t you the one who helped me get
Weren’t you the one wIth the light
Weren’t you the one who showed me letters
Weren’t you the one who gave me stars and moons and rocks and hearts and sons
You’re body’s in the room
But you haven’t been yourself for days
You’re body’s in the room
But you haven’t been yourself
2020 VISION
The saddest thing I’ve ever known
Is there’s people and places that you’ll have to outgrow
Oh the saddest the saddest thing I’ve ever known
Is there’s people and places that you’ll have to outgrow if you want to grow
You broke you broke
Your promise your promise your promise
It tools years to see the light
The saddest the saddest thing I’ve ever known
Is there’s people and places that you’ll have to outgrow if you want to grow
2020 Vision
4040 Thieves
6060 Cities
8080 Lies
And I’m waiting
I’m wading through it all
I’m waiting I’m waiting
Through a thousand centuries of
Clarity is like a bowl
With mud at the bottom
And mud is made of
Mistakes we’ve forgotten
The most you can hope for
Is someone who will live you back
Someone who has got your back
And someone who will come back
You broke you broke
Your promise your promise your promise
And it took it took years to see the light
2020 Vision
4040 Thieves
6060 Cities
8080 Lies
2020 Vision
4040 Thieves
6060 Seconds
It’s down to you and me
HOLD
9V Battery
Feeling like old fashioned make up
And knowing where you get stuck
Repeating repeating that you give a fuck
And knowing knowing
Oh God I’ve had enough
Oh God I’ve had enough
Oh God I’ve had enough
Oh God I’ve had enough
So hold the elevator
I’m running late
I’m running late for me
And hold on
To that thought
Of running away
Of running away with me
OH MY HEART
Oh my heart it works so slow
Take me back to where I’d like to go
I’m flying
Oh my heart it works so slow
Take me back to where I’d like to go
I’m flying
In a flash in an instance
Just like your camera
With vintage vision
You capture light
Maybe Agatha
The mirror’s cracking
I see it moving
from side to side
from side to side
Oh my heart it works so slow
Take me back to where I’d like to go
I’m flying
Oh my heart it works so slow
Take me back to where I’d like to go
I’m flying
Tape is rolling
Inside your Nagra
Magnets pulling
You capture
Or Joseph Heller
Inventing numbers
Catching people all around
HALF RACE GIRLS
These Half Race Girls
They’ve all but won
We’ll miss them when they’re gone
This Arab boy
Who never sees the sun
You’ll miss him when he’s gone
And all the half race girls are having kids
And they’re even more beautiful but I need to be sure
That all the half race girls they understand
That they’re even more beautiful but I need to be sure
This half race girl
She’s all but won
I’ll miss her when she’s gone
This Arab boy
Never sees his sons
You’ll miss them when they’re gone
And all the half race girls are having kids
And they’re even more beautiful but I need to be sure
That all the half race girls they understand
That they’re even more beautiful but I need to be sure
ALL THE PEOPLE
All the people in my life
All the people in my life
Some are living some have died
Some are yet to arrive
All the people in my life
All the people in my life
Some they walk and some they fly
Some can see and some blind
So hold on to what you have
With both arms
Using both hands
And cry if you want cry if you want to laugh if you must
Cry if you want cry if you want you’ll learn to trust
All the people in your life
All the people in your life
READY TO DANCE
Your baby steps won’t get you far
But I love you I love you I
And that is all
Your open wounds are papered over
With the love that you give and the love that you get and everything in-between
I’m ready to dance
I’m ready to dance
I’ll take that chance
I’ll take that chance
I’m out on the floor
With Merritt and more
Your ageing eyes are open shut
And I love you I love you I
And that is all
Your open heart is papered over
With the love that you give and the love that you get and everything in-between
I’m ready to dance
I’m ready to dance
I’ll take that chance
I’ll take that chance
I’m out on the floor
With Merritt and more
BROTHERS
We were like brothers and I hate to see you go
Even our mothers look the same
Playing in the park all day
Playing chase the birds away
Clouds will come and go
You and I were forever
I hate to se you grow
You and I were forever
And we talk real loud
And we spend real cheap
It doesn’t matter
And we talk real loud
And we spend real cheap
It doesn’t matter much to me
We were like brothers and I hate to see you go
Even our mothers felt this way
Lying down in bed all
Dreaming their love away
Clouds will come and go
You and I were forever
I hate to se you grow
You and I were forever
And we talk real loud
And we spend real cheap
It doesn’t matter
