I put the breath in your lungs
And I'll take it back if I want.
I'll pour the water the floods out your trachea.
I put the words on your tongue.
With one word I say, I'll take them away.
I'll cut the wires that run through your cranium.
Do you believe wonderful things
Are waiting in the shadows to start happening?
I would believe what you believe
If you'd only stop believing in me.
I put the fire in the sky
And I'll make it darker than you'd ever realise.
If you think you've seen everything, you should open your eyes.
I would believe what you believe
If we could agree on a single thing.
I would believe what you believe
If you'd only stop believing.
If it's such a miracle then
I'm starting over again.1
I need new bones, I need them.2
If it's such a miracle then
I'm starting over again.
I'll prove you wrong, I'll prove it.
I put the breath in your lungs
And I'll take it back if I want.
I'll pour the water the floods out your trachea.
I put the words on your tongue
With one word I say, I'll take them away.
I'll cut the wires that run through your cranium.3
The record doesn't lie
So what friend could the record be? 4
We will all be forgotten at the final beat
When our synapses finally sleep.
(Note: The following is in the liner notes and is included as such)
FOOTNOTES:
1 Portions of "New Bones" contain melodies from the So Many Dynamos song "Heat/Humidity" performed backwards.
2 Song titled by Gareth Schumacher on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in New York City.
3 Tape collage of rewinding and fast-forwarding noises by Chris Walla.
4 See: "Artifacts of Sound"