electronic :: songs

(marr, sumner, bartos)

can we meet on the street, maybe tomorrow
 see the world at our feet, naked and hollow
 i’ll lead the climb, crystal and fine, for you to see
 with every step that i take, every rule that you make

  stay with me in this foreign land
 just long enough for me to make you understand
 you could be my guiding light, the darkest of them all
 you’d be the rise before my fall

  and yet we both get along fine
 better than most, some of the time
 when i’m with you i am on fire
 you are the fuel and my desire

  can we meet on the street, maybe tomorrow
 see the world at our feet, naked and hollow
 i’ll lead the climb, crystal and fine, for you to see
 with every step that i take, every rule that you make

  why do you bring what i can’t possess?
 you always ask for more until there’s nothing left
 these hollow words make a wrong arrest
 they beat upon my door, a spirit haunts for evermore

  but still i hope and sometimes i pray
 it won’t be hard, we’ll find a way
 colour my dream, show me i’m real
 turn on the light then let me feel

  can we meet on the street, maybe tomorrow
 see the world at our feet, naked and hollow
 i’ll lead the climb, crystal and fine, for you to see
 with every step that i take, every rule that you make

  can we meet on the street, maybe tomorrow
 see the world at our feet, naked and hollow
 i’ll lead the climb, crystal and fine, for you to see
 with every step that i take, every rule that you make

album version—4:51
radio edit—4:21
single version—5:00

raise the pressure
for you
get the message: the best of

johnny marr has said that he was striving for an ennio morricone feel to the guitar solo on this sunny, upbeat song, issued as the second single from raise the pressure. although a song like second nature might have been a more representative choice to complement the first single forbidden city, it did reach a respectable number 16 in the uk, backed by all that i need and i feel alright. oddly, the single mix is longer than the album version; the promo edit is perhaps the best one overall. their most feelgood track.