electronic :: songs

(electronic)

my imagination wants to see
the vivid colours of reality
there’s a place out there beyond my grasp
a revolution in a looking glass

i’ve got to get this problem off my chest
i’m sick and tired of being second best
i’ll rearrange my credibility
a fundraiser for a restless sea

don’t ever doubt me, what’s come over you
won’t you forgive me, what are you gonna do
don’t ever doubt me, what’s come over you
won’t you forgive, what are you gonna do

what will you do

i can’t contain what’s inside my head
i’m losing words that i must have read
do you remember the time we spent
it seems that we were the main event

have you a reason to behave like this
maybe you need a psychoanalyst
if you keep pushing me out of the door
for sure, you’ll never see me again

no one to talk to, what am i gonna do
you’re never there right when i need you
give me a cause, give me a reason
for your applause i’ll commit treason

and in my mind i know i’m right
it’s the same thing every night
you’re not to blame, so don’t you cry
you don’t need me, so hurt my pride

all that time, i know we tried
line by line and side by side
and still i pray that we’ll get by
but it don’t seem real and i don’t know why

and in my mind i know i’m right
it’s the same thing every night
you’re not to blame, so don’t you cry
you don’t need me, so hurt my pride

but in my mind i know i’m right
it’s the same thing every night
why do you cry, you’re not to blame
when will you change this sad refrain

sad refrain
oh when will you change
this sad refrain
when will you change this sad refrain

album version—5:36
radio edit—3:49
unfinished promo mix—5:31

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the momentum started by the first two tracks on twisted tenderness is sustained by its third track and lead-off single vivid. johnny wrote the music and sang on the demo, before bernard bolstered the lyrics with some words of his own and strengthened the melody. the distinctive intro was achieved by programmer merv de peyer, who mixed some tinkling bell sounds with a reversed snatch of marr’s harmonica.

it’s a substantial and well constructed rock song, although its length goes against its pop potential; the radio edit is just about right though inevitably it has a somewhat clipped feel. like forbidden city, it was followed by another guitar-led track, late at night, and while electronic’s third album does of course lean in that direction, the dance-oriented twist should have been equally represented by its title track.