electronic :: songs :: out of my league

(marr and sumner)

i’m always late but i caught you in time
to escape from the scene of the crime
louder than cymbals, all out of rhyme
i give up ’cause i don’t know the time

i can’t decide, won’t you rescue my pride
tell me the truth
i have a picture of you
you have a picture of me

we could steal away in the night
or catch the earliest flight
we’ve fallen in, so let’s swim

you’re out of my league
but i’m depending on you
you’re all that i need
so why don’t you say that it’s true

you’re out of my league
but i’m depending on you
you’re all that i need
so why can’t you say that it’s true

you’re out of my league

like a picture hung on a wall
not a word to speak, lost for a cause
you could give me so many things
but without your love, all of it stinks

my only crime is the state of my mind
on loan to you
i have a picture of you
you have a picture of me

we could steal away in the night
or catch the very first flight
we’ve fallen in, so let’s swim

you’re out of my league
but i’m depending on you
you’re all that i need
so why don’t you say that it’s true

you’re out of my league
but i’m depending on you
you’re all that i need
so why can’t you say that it’s true

album version—4:36

raise the pressure
get the message: the best of

this jaunty, bittersweet song has a lovely bridge and several nice instrumental passages, but overall it’s lightweight and inconsequential, and diminishes the impact of raise the pressure as a whole, along with if you’ve got love and the unnecessary interlude. judging by the performance of it on later with jools holland, however, it would probably have come into its own as a live song.