electronic :: songs

(marr, sumner)

we’re in danger, or so i’m told
 it’s the end of time and the world is old
 you meet a stranger you don’t want to see
 dance to the sound of his pen making history

  you know that one day, and it won’t be long
 we’ll stand in this place
undercover, licensed to be wrong
 one day, and it won’t be long
 we’ll stand in this place and discover

  i’m not ashamed to tell you
 but you know it’s over
 make it as the beauty crying on my shoulder

 it’s hard to face rejection
 what used to be affection
 i thought it was my duty, like i was a soldier

  i’d like to pay you but my funds are thin
 i’m so in love with my shirt but i’ll throw it in
 why can’t you understand what i am going through
 it’s a bad situation, what can i do

  you know that one day, and it won’t be long
 we’ll stand in this place
undercover, licensed to be wrong
 one day, and it won’t be long
 we’ll stand in this place and discover

  i’m not ashamed to tell you
 but you know it’s over
 make it as the beauty crying on my shoulder

 it’s hard to face rejection
 what used to be affection
 i thought it was my duty, like i was a solider

  like i was a soldier, like i was a soldier
 like i was a soldier

  one day and it won’t be long
 one day and it won’t be long
 one day and it won’t be long
 one day and it won’t be long

  one day and it won’t be long
 one day and it won’t be long
 one day and it won’t be long

  
album version—4:34

raise the pressure

one of the best guitar-led songs on raise the pressure, one day has a bright, fresh sound thanks to its clean production, crisp, hard drumming from donald johnson, and immortal lines such as ‘i’d like to pay you but my funds are thin/i’m so in love with my shirt but i’ll throw it in’. like for you it has a summery, carefree feel that provides some relief from the more melancholic tracks like freefall and time can tell. the similarity in the chorus to (i’ve had) the time of my life does persist, though…