In
(专辑: Live At The Spiegeltent - 2013)
[Solo & Joyride:] It goes, "Don't push me 'Cause I'm close to the
edge I'm trying not To lose my head" [Solo:] Nothing in my pockets but an empty wallet and some house keys And a
fuck you for anyone who doubts me As I
walk the
streets armed with the
faith That these boots'll be enough to get me home in one piece I
exhale, breathe the
air The
smoke trail got me thinking 'bout the
reason I'm here 'Cause I'm only twenty-four, but my mind is old Sydneysider heatwave to Minnesota cold Cold like the
streets of the
Cross where underages Litter the
pavement, this ain't "Paradise", it's "Innocence Lost" Cold like the
veins of the
junkies Cold like the
hearts of those who take their money Somebody died on my block the
other night A
life lost to a
domestic fight, and that shit ain't right Now my picket fence don't look so white I
wonder what possesses a
man to kill his wife? As if that wasn't enough We got these fucking poker machines sucking the
souls of our single mums I'm like Tim Freedman, I
wish I
could blow 'em up All the
futures that they've ruined and the
homes they've broken up Now that's proof of a
cold world, they package an addiction And they sell it as a
game, but anyway Times are exponential, two-party preferential Though it's incremental, day to day we making change Still tryna make this stone bleed In the
city of late trains and broken dreams Where you rap with your talk, or you graff on the
wall You gotta something out of nothing at all And yes, I
built this house, I
made it wrong I
watched it crumble, now I'm moving on To the
core, what a
pity Don't wanna be forgotten, 's why we write our stories on the
walls of our cities Write 'em all for you if I
had the
time Forty-foot high letters 'cause they're important It's enough of a
challenge handling mine, take it one day at a
time Treading water and crossing borders Next to me a
baby's crying for his mum as the
ground's leaving 'Conomy class with chaos all around me I
don't even care, I'm not even there Frozen in a
blank stare with my headphones blaring like: [Joyride:] "Don't push me 'cause I'm Close to the
edge I'm trying not To lose my head" [Solo:] Nothing in my pockets but a
boarding pass and a
passport Plus an "I love you" for the
friends I
never asked for It keeps me safe, guards me from the
sickness A
pocketful of posie as I
walk with the
wicked Talk with a
quickness, never let 'em catch up They wouldn't play with you if they could see the
odds were stacked up So you pack it up, move it town to town Gotta study how the
local village people get down Riding through the
night on a
tube train Having revelations 'bout my place in the
food chain Looking out the
window at the
world whizzing by Determined to do something with my given time And to begin with I'ma fit it in a
rhyme My man, we planting forest one seed at a
time So shit, spend my days hoping, by the
same token We're here to get our chains broken and our names spoken My dot on the
map, my drop in the
ocean My patch of dirt, and I'ma make something Make something work, make something feel Make something hurt to make something real Make something out of me, make a
friend out of you Then again, make an enemy if need be So just let me be, let me rest Let me sleep, let me wake Let me eat, let me grow Be at peace, let your guard down And let me close, I'll let you see Let you know, let you near Draw you in, let you hear Show you things, yo, I'ma let you in Brisbane, 'bout to let you in One time, Horrorshow 'bout to let you in Yo, yo, yo We 'bout to let you in Yo, yo, yo [Joyride:] We 'bout to let you in We're gonna let you in We're gonna let you in Yeah, we're gonna let you in [Spoken Solo:] Yes, yes, y'all. Thank you kindly. This next one's a
bit of an old favourite. If you people out there know the
words to this shit please don't be shy. I
know you're not standing up, but we do love to hear you sing it along, so check it out. It's called "All Summer Long."