Story Behind the Song
Rooted in a conversation between the bassplayer and the singer in a bar.
Lyrics
Ive been awake for too long now, my manic mind plays tricks on me.
Washing dishes round midnight, cleaning the toilet with a toothbrush.
Got a gory story to tell you all, but that is just another song.
Ive got to fortify myself, but thats a fight when youre neuritic to the bone.
When youre grown up youre always alone, you said to me and I think its true. Somehow I know it, you do too.
Oh! Marty back in ninetyeightytwo did you ever do the things that I did, did you ever close the diaphanous lid?
Did you ever try to clean your flat, ending up sorting comicbooks.
I bet youve found yourself in a car, going straight to the next flowerbed.
Sitting up all night just to see, if the next comercial show will make you crumble.
Always counting the steps in your stairs just to see that none is missing.
When youre...
We just sit, we dont walk around, and if we do were moving fast.
We laugh and we do it loud, we do it here, we do it now.
Its not fun, when you realize that you are stuck in a need.
But weve been here for oh so long we love it now, we need it now.
When youre...
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