AMPLIFIER LYRICS

1. Continuum

The cushioned throbbing of a velvet moon.
And the pregnant aching of an empty womb.
The endless echoes of the noise we made.
And the repercussions of each hand grenade.

There's aeroplanes and dragonflies. And infinite September skies.
There's anthems of utopia's. And creeping wars and glaciers.

Just listen... Just listen... Yeah!

Is there music in there?

Arrived within the creeping hearse. Vibrations from the universe.
Awash with the glittering of city lights.
The mouse choir whispered through the endless nights.

And all alone to ride upon the froth. The human dreamt of taking off.
Eventually, time corrodes the brain to rust.
And all those dreams into diamond dust.

Just listen... Violins and orchestras.
For death and speculation, well there's just enough time.
Well there's just enough time.

We've got just enough time...

I felt the closeness of monsters as we slept.
And the creaking of hands where masons met.
The loneliness of a shooting star.
And the beating of drums where the wild things are.

And somewhere beneath the moon. A sonic boom, peeled off from a wing.
Into the dark, into each heart.
I heard the angel sing: "Que sera sera - Whatever will be will be"

And for death and speculation, well there's just enough time.
For each final separation, well there's just enough time.

Away on the breeze. My evanescent memories.
Well I can feel them, but I can't remember them.
Well I can feel them, slipping away... Slipping away...

2. Into The Space Age

Voiding murder and it's pitfalls. Into the space age on a comedown.

Been evolving into some other creature.
Inside the birdcage - not got much flying done.

And I'm sinking dark and joyous. In devastating loneliness.
In the precision of existence. Well a man needs guidance.
Keep me safe in your arms. Keep me free from tyranny.
Descending somewhere into the space age. Where no man has gone before.

(And it's all gone, went too far.)

Disappointed in the outcome. Just whatever was I expecting?

And I'm sinking into deepest heaven. In all consuming isolation.
In the decision of existence. Well should a man choose silence?
Keep me safe in your arms. Keep me free from tyranny.
Descending somewhere into the space age. Where no man has gone before.

3. For Marcia

In the cold glare of a coke machine.
And in the pulse of the droning stars.
In the slow swelling of the sea. Well, what can you hear?
What can you hear? What can you hear?

But who's that tapping on my shoulder?
Who's that tapping on my shoulder?
You're tapping on my shoulder. Tapping on my shoulder.

You're in the dust falling from the moon.
And in the crack of a sandy dune.
You reach down - and pull me through.
To where our feet need not touch the ground.
And just like me and just like you.
Just like you. Just like you. Just like you.

Some things can never be. Some things can never be.
Some things can never be. Some things can never be.
Well, some things can never be. Who's that tapping on my shoulder?
Some things can never be. Who's that tapping on my shoulder?
Some things can never be. Who's that tapping on my shoulder?
Some things can never be. Who's that tapping on my shoulder?

4. The Brain Room

[Instrumental]

5. Everyday Combat

No shiny gold. No jewelled eye. Fighting the man!
I pressed the controls and rockets blazed through the sky.
Fighting the man!

Whose pretty feet are clad in Ruby Shoes? Fighting the man!
These human bones, already obsolete. Fighting the man!

All the way to the bitter end. All the way to the bitter end.

Avoid the tears of something unforeseen. Fighting the man!
Expanding techniques of this prosthetic brain. Fighting the man!
Well, we'll get away from it all. Down amongst the drones.
Fighting the man! Alive after wave upon wave of galaxians that fall.
Fighting the man!

All the way to the bitter end. All the way to the bitter end.

O Happy Days! Of debt and life support. Fighting the man!
A soul will grow old and eventually will fold. Fighting the man!

6. Live Human

Been giving me remote control. Pick up the telephone - Hail Mary.
I feel like I could shoot the moon. My bliss cut and dirty.

Anyone can drown swimming round my head. Slipping over the precipice.
Stepping off of with the edge. Aware that the body had died.
"I'm in here", she cried! "I'm human inside. I'm human inside"
"Can't anyone hear me?". "Can't anyone hear me?".

And that's one year less I guess. I'm booming out of the other side.
Now that I'm frozen like a crystal ice age. In a cadence of harpsichords.
Well I heard the raindrops fall.

Anyone can drown swimming round my head. Slipping over the precipice.
Stepping off of the edge. Aware that the body had died.
"I'm in here", she cried! "I'm human inside".
"I'm human inside - Can't anyone heal me?". "Can't anyone heal me?".
"Can't anyone heal me?". "Well, Can't anyone heal?". Oh, yeah.





AMPLIFIER LYRICS