Pinback

The shock was fast
Shock, fast
The shock was fast

Blown cover.
Break. Fix.
Dead computer.
Up to speed and then rewinding
Up another grade.

I'm testing all circuits to see if they all work
I'm throwing on all switches to see which ones don't work

The shock was fast
Shock, fast
The shock was fast

Blood sucker.
Fat lip.
Silver bullet.
Now I need a part to hide in.
Now I need a play.

I'm testing all circuits to see if they all work
I'm throwing on all switches to see which ones don't work

Wish that I could leave my room tonight
The fast attack on my compressor's way too bright.
Think I got the threshold on too tight.
Just restart and hope that everything will be alright.

Mail off the rebate and send it to me.
It's running itself out.
Feel like a two-fer
Let's repair the machine
It's wearing itself out.

It feels like it could just go on forever.

Sitting at a bus stop
Trying to take my shoes off
But my laces are all knots and you
Looking for an answer to an old question
So easy I can't explain it
And anything I say to you is gonna
Come out wrong anyway

Made it to the trolley
Looking for my transfer
Cause the place is full of cops and you...
Looking for an answer to an old question
So easy I can't explain it
And anything I say to you is gonna
Come out wrong anyway

You take my seat again...

Late at the station
Feeling all wound up
Got to walk several blocks past you.
Try to read a t-shirt
Thinks that I'm a pervert.
Sorry, wasn't getting fresh, but...
And anything I say to you is gonna
Come out wrong anyway

It's there in front of me...

Sitting at a bus stop
Trying to take my shoes off
But my laces are all knots and you
Looking for an answer to an old question
So easy I can't explain it
And anything I say to you is gonna
Come out wrong anyway

Made it to the trolley
Looking for my transfer
Cause the place is full of cops and you...
Looking for an answer to an old question
So easy I can't explain it
And anything I say to you is gonna
Come out wrong anyway

You take my seat again...

Here to my house
In no seconds
Count the footsteps
Count the seconds
Near my house...

As I set down these notes on paper,
I'm obsessed by the thought that I might be the last living man on earth.
2X2L calling CQ...
2X2L calling CQ...
2X2L calling CQ... New York
Isn't there anyone on the air?
Isn't there anyone on the air?
Isn't there anyone?
Inside this leaking submarine
The hull is closing in
The water is above my ankles
Now that I still can't get you off of my
I don't think that we can pull this one off
We shall see, time will tell
What is time and why does it
Taste like salt water inside of my mouth?
Someday I will sail again,
To a distant shore, far away.
I will sail again,
To a distant shore, far away...
If the line snaps,
There's no air,
Will you hold me?
If I'm asleep,
Will you wake me?
If this rises,
We hit the waves,
Will you dive back down?
Someday, I will sail again,
To a distant shore, far away.
I will sail again,
To a distant shore far away.
High hope
Something's tugging on my leg
And there it goes
Shallow water
Must be on the horizon
But still too
Far to go
Spilling blood so fast
I can't keep up much more
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go far away.
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
(2X2L calling CQ...)
Sorry, Sorry,
Can't go far away.
(2X2L calling CQ . . .)
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
(2X2L calling CQ . . . New York)
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
(Isn't there anyone on the air?)
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more
(Isn't there anyone on the air?
Isn't there anyone?)
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
Sorry, sorry,
Can't go no more.
(I look down at my blackened hands..)

Inside the wave

Coming from behind the wall
Coming from beneath the floor
Suddenly I hear the sound
Suddenly a door appears
Steadily we climb again

The walls close in around me.
Old habits fade far from me
The ceiling falls about me
And the sky is open to me now
But my hands are tied
And the ropes are tight around my wrist.
Makes me sick
Think to hard on the other side
Can't stare too long at the softest light

Steadily we climb down
Step into a hidden room
Searchin' for another out
Found a tunnel heading down
Suddenly I hear the sound
Coming from behind the wall
Suddenly a light appears
Rapidly some something nears...

Old wounds get infected by the
Heat of an oven gone cold too long
Get my mind off the pain with the medicine
Just the idea of a thought
Brings it round again
Let my mind off the pain.
Off the pain

Bucket and a shovel
On a sand dune
Building castles
Knocking them down
Wading too far
Out of my sight
Gonna work me over
For a misdemeanor
In too long
Out of bed
Way too slow

In a found cut scene
From an empty film

Forever wishing
Someone near the goal
Forever pushing
Sisiphus would know
Forever wasting
Promise as it goes
Foresenics (sic) show
A summer in the hole, buddy

Hands from the sky
Rip me open

They came from so far away (cellars of Norway)
Where children play in viking bands (sun won't shine all day)
No one seemed to notice
That they came that distance
They just stood outside and
Smoked and talked their business

Play that song again
And go to hell when you die
Wave goodbye at you
As you tune your guitars

And they played and you watched
And you yelled at the drummer
As he poured on the flames
And you passed out on key

Play that song again
And go to hell when you die
Wave goodbye at you
As you tune your guitars...

Gettin' that band outta my sight...

And they played and you watched
Till the end of the summer
When they boarded their planes
And you walked out
Soaked up and sweating
And I'm forever empty

We head for land
We're pressed for time
We head for land
Request the time
I moved away
I know the way
I looked away...

Your eyes
My skin
Your pool
All in

I'm all ready
Dry ice
Dry eyes
Keep it low around here

Within without
Fall in fall out
Without within
Breathe out
I'm all wrapped in dry ice

Keep it low around here

Something we both saw
Shattered all of us
Something we both saw
Mattered all along

In spite of all our work
In spite of all our energy
Because of all our ignorance

Something we both saw
Shattered all of us
Something we both saw
Mattered all along

Took us for a ride
Way, way off of course

Gotta admit you got us good
All this time I never got
Gaffle like that
We believed all we heard

Got a mouth
Insert the hook
Reel us in
Chain pulling man
We trusted you
See you later

Never hurts, but it never
Helps to read before you sign

Take me there to the west
For I've been waiting to see you

Girl looks so sad
Hair slicked back with raindrops
From her walk outside
It's good to be sad, sometimes
No need to hide your doe eyes
Light from the air
Red as the rose wrapped
'Round her feet
Yellow flower cup
Reflects on her chin
Some would pay to know why

Take me there to the west
For I've been waiting to see you

I'd move, I'd move away...

Can't see for sure.
Buckets of blood fall from her eyes
Tears burn right through the floor
No one knows why, or understands
How she can cry in this way
The Episun must have take'd one of her eyes

Another tear in the sea
Another drop in the ocean
After the fall
Waiting to sink

Oh, solo mio

It's all right now
Come closer
Talk to me

Oh, solo mio
So far so good

There's a definite feeling
Buried down
Wrecking itself
Taking you with me

The more they was
The more they were
The more they wander from

There's a terrible reason...