Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (2002) by Sleater-Kinney (보컬) on maniadb.com

I'm a bubble in a sound wave
A sonic push for energy
Exploding like the sun
A flash of clean light hope
All you scientists can hold your breath
Can I decide to show myself, oh oh

Oh oh oh...
(Take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly
oh my, imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme)

If you think like Thomas Edison
Could you invent a world for me
Now all that's on the surface
Are bloody arms and oil fields
Could I turn this place all upside down
And shake you and your fossils out, oh oh

Oh oh oh...
(You can't predict everything with Newton like certainty, why
Oh my, coz it floats around all we see with oscillating energy on high)

And you soothe yourself with the sounds you know
You tune out out out the hypnotic drone
Perfect hexagon of the honeycomb
And you soothe your soul with the shapes you know

Should I come outside and run your cars
Should I run your rockets to the stars
Could you invent a world for me
I need to hear a symphony
If I'm to run the future
You've got to let the old world go, oh oh

Oh oh oh...
(Take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly
oh my, imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme)

And you soothe yourself with the sounds you know
You tune out out out the hypnotic drone
Perfect hexagon of the honeycomb
And you soothe your soul with the shapes you know

Your word for me is fusion
But is real change an illusion
Could I turn this place all upside down
And shake you and your fossils out

If I'm to run the future
You've got to let the old world go
Could you invent a world for me
I need to hear a symphony, oh oh

Oh oh oh

7:30 am nurse the baby on the couch

then the phone rings

"Turn on the T.V."

watch the world explode in flames

and don't leave the house

And the sky overhead

is silent, waiting

Clear blue holds its breath

And the heart is hit

in a city far away

but it feels so close

Don't breathe the air today

Don't speak of why you're afraid

(Standing here on a one way road

and I fall down,

no other direction for this to go

so we fall down)

WHY CAN'T I GET ALONG WITH YOU?

And the president hides

while working men rush in

To give their lives

I look to the sky

and ask it not to rain

On my family tonight

If you're tired of the big so so
Get yourself into some self control
Play the game by putting on the brakes
Slow down and make less mistakes

Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart
Nobody figures like you figured me out
I would be lying if I didn't say to you
No one comes close don't worry you got it!
(There's fire if you want it let me know,
I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go)

The way I feel when you call my name
Makes me go crazy to sane
The way I feel when you're close to me
Finally not drifting out to sea

Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart
Nobody figures like you figured me out
I would be lying if I didn't say to you
No one comes close don't worry you got it!
(There's fire if you want it let me know,
I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go)

It's all in my pocket
(I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind)
I call it, my rocket
(Come a little closer, hit the one go sane)

Come on now I wish, you would
I'm the one who makes you feel good
Never mind those things they say
They don't know it but I'm here to stay

Nobody lingers like your hands on my heart
Nobody figures like you figured me out
I would be lying if I didn't say to you
No one comes close don't worry you got it!
(There's fire if you want it let me know,
I'm sick and I'm tired of letting go)

One and one and one is two
All this and more you said was true
And if youd left me ground to stand on
Id run so far away from you
What do you do with a remainder?
You round it up or round it down
And if youre scared by what youre left with
Destroy the answer that youve found

You were the one
When the day had begun
The sun was shining on us
Blinding me such
That I couldnt see
There was a hole beneath me
And then you watched me fall
With no expression at all

There is an absolute zero
But you wont find it on your own
Only someone else can show you nothing
And leave you with a gaping hole

You were the one
When the storm rolled in
The sky was grey like your heart
With no color at all
I dont know you like this
Youre as reckless as wind
And I couldnt predict
Just the way this would end

Will you come knocking on my door?
Pull me pick me off the floor
I might need something to get me going
Feel it one time IT ROLLS dig it
When I feel worn out when I feel beaten
Like a used up shoe or a cake half-eaten
There's only one way to keep on feeling
Move it up one time IN TIME

This mama works till her back is sore
But the baby's fed and the tunes are pure
So you'd better get your feet on the floor
Move it up one time TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT

These times are troubled these times are rough
There's more to come but you can't give up
Why don't you shake a tail for peace and love
Move it up one time FOR LOVE
JANET CARRIE CAN YOU FEEL IT
Knife through the heart of our exploitation
LADIES ONE TIME CAN YOU HEAR IT
Disassemble your discrimination
When violence rules the world outside
And the headlines make me want to cry
It's not the time to just keep quiet
Speak up one time TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT, TO THE BEAT

They tell us there are only two sides to be on
If you are on our side you're right, if not you're wrong
But are we innocent, paragons of good?
Is our guilt erased by the pain that we've endured?

Hey look, it's time to pledge allegiance
I love my dirty Uncle Sam
Our country's marching to the beat now
And we must learn to step in time

Where is the questioning? Where is the protest song?
Since when is skepticism un-American?
Dissent's not treason, but they talk like it's the same
Those who disagree are afraid to show their face

Let's break out our old machines now
It sure is good to see them run again
Oh gentlemen, start your engines
And we know where we got the oil from

Are you feeling alright now?
Paint myself all red, white and blue
Are you singing let's fight now?
Innocent people die, uh oh

There are reasons to unite
Is this why we unite?
If you hate this time
Remember we are the time!

Show you love your country, go out and spend some cash
Red, white, blue hot pants doing it for Uncle Sam
Flex our muscles show 'em we're stronger than the rest
Raise your hands up, baby, are you sure that we're the best?

We'll come out with our fists raised
The good old boys are back on top again
And if we let them lead us blindly
The past becomes the future once again

I wanna run away
I wanna get away
but I will never get up
oh won't you help me up

I rely on oxygen
I depend on the bitter snow
I rely on oxygen
I depend on the bitter cold

I want to know
why it hurts to stay
and hurts to go away
will I be ok?

Crawled out of the mud
this filth you called your love
slept for countless days
but I will be ok

I wanna run away
I wanna get away
but I will never get up
oh won't you help me up

I rely on oxygen
I depend on the bitter snow
I rely on oxygen
I depend on the bitter cold

I didn't know I could feel this low
so afraid that I'll watch you go
I didn't know I could feel this low
so afraid that I'll watch you go

Take my strength out
but I'm not down
Write this reverse
I'm not down

I wanna run away
I wanna get away
but I will never get up
oh won't you help me up

Take my strength out
but I'm not down
Write this reverse
I'm not down

Stay away from the haunted heart
Stay away from the haunted heart
You swore to yourself that you'd make a new start
Just like the demon with the poison dart

There's nothing left to see
Turn out the light
There's nothing left to see
Turn out the light

Stay away from the burning house
Stay away from the burning house
To get inside, you'll never get out
Die together before the flames go out
Burn your baby make you scream and shout?
Burn your baby make you scream and shout?
Build it up just to tear it down
Nothing left but ashes of doubt

There's nothing left to see
Turn out the light
There's nothing left to see
Turn out the light

Put it in the ground sing a funeral song
Put it in the ground sing a funeral song
Have the neighbors over and we'll sing along
Lowering the coffin on a love gone wrong
Hey there now what did you bury today?
Hey there now what did you bury today?
Buried the love that I hoped would stay
Nothing says 'forever' like my very own grave

There's nothing left to see
Turn out the light
There's nothing left to see
Turn out the light

There's nothing left of me
Turn out the light
No one here but me
Turn out the light

She was a very good girl
Did all her homework in school
Always came home with top marks
Teachers said you will go far
So she buried her nose in her books
And she never had time for those looks
For the boys had noticed her frame
Had grown into a figure number eight

Call her your Prisstina
Would you put her under glass?
Would you like to study?
'Cause she's got such perfect class
Oh, you want to tempt her
With your dirty rock n' roll
Call her your Prisstina
She's such a pretty girl

She went on to study ivy-league
And to rack up points on her degree
While the other girls fondled their dates
She fooled around with her Bunsen plate
But one night she was walking around
She passed a club with music so loud
She wondered what it would be like
To stay out with a co-ed all night

Call her your Prisstina
Would you put her under glass?
Would you like to study?
'Cause she's got such perfect class
Oh, you want to tempt her
With your dirty rock n' roll
Call her your Prisstina
She's such a pretty girl

The party's already started and the music's drifting in
Don't wait on your fairy godmother she's late on her way to you
Should you trust that old Prince Charming
You know he never did you any good
But have yourself a ball, Prisstina, do all the things I would!

Call her your Prisstina
Would you put her under glass?
Would you like to study?
'Cause she's got such perfect class
Oh, you want to tempt her
With your dirty rock n' roll
Call her your Prisstina
She's such a pretty girl

She will go to the head of the class
And all you boys need to get a late pass
'Cause she'll leave those dull lads behind
Yeah that girl is ahead of her time

You stay on 'til you're good and raw
Go back and forth, a little see-saw
Hoping that this ride will end
But when it does you go again

CHORUS
Can't get that monster
Out of my mind
She's got my hair and
She's got my eyes
She follows me wherever I go
Speaking for me and
Wearing my clothes

You hang on 'til your hands are sore
Blistering you still want more
You think there's something here for you
Go out and buy yourself a clue

CHORUS

In Hollywood where all the lights are low
And truth's as rare as the winter snow
She wanted a place arid as her soul
Where her only job was never to grow old

When the lights are shining
Will you see my skin
Or just the shell that
I'm packaged in
I've held my tongue
And I've hid my sores
If I'm less of myself
Will you love me more

I know I come to you only when in need
Im not the best believer
not the most deserving
but all I have all I am all I can
For him
Id beg you on bended knees for him

Precious baby, is your life hanging by a thread?
A thread Im standing on, praying on today
All I have all I am all I can
For him
Id beg you on bended knees for him

I've got this curse in my hands
All I touch fades to black
Turns to dust turns to sand
I've got this curse on my tongue
All I taste is the rust
This decay in my blood

I dont like the doctor with the deep long face
Only wants to give us the very worst case
Id rather shout out and shake him and do anything
For him
Id beg you on bended knees for him

When the moment strikes
it takes you by surprise and
leaves you naked in the face of death and life
there is no righteousness in your darkest moment
Were all equal in the face of what were most afraid of
And Im so sorry
for those who didnt make it
and for the mommies who are left with their heart breaking

I search for meaning in sores
The sentences they might form
Its the grammar of skin
Peel it back, let me in
Look for hope in the dark
The shadow cast by your heart
Its the grammar of faith
No more rules, no restraint

How angry I would be
If youd taken him away
I wish I was wiser but instead
Ill be grateful Ill say thanks
For the joy for the love for the smile on his face
Id beg you on bended knees for him