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Depeche Mode - Should Be Higher (SilverStone cover)

Should Be Higher (Depeche Mode Cover)

STANDING IN LINE (Lyrics)

We shared the world like a private joke
Laughed our way out of hues and cries
Inhaled under the Bridge of Sighs
It’s not the way it was

The weather came
you were skating on fire
And love spilled out like antifreeze
The ice floes melted
in separate seas
If I was slow to learn
I will wait for another turn

I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE SO LONG
I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE SO LONG
I’VE BEEN WEIGHING THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

You draw your lines from memory’s cage
I write songs for a jealous God
Two spoiled kids and a velvet rod
It’s not the way it was
And I’d pursue you through any hell
I’d swim upstream ‘til I find the source
Dam the Mississippi and change its course
If it was up to me
If it was mine to turn

I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE SO LONG
I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE SO LONG
I’VE BEEN WEIGHING THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE SO LONG
I’VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT WENT WRONG
I’VE BEEN WEIGHING THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

you’ll come to 
sooner or later
you’ll come to

I’VE BEEN STANDING IN LINE SO LONG…
AND I’M NOT GONNA LEAVE


Standing In Line - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

MOONSHOT (Lyrics)

I’m building a rocket
Been working so hard
Getting ready to rocket
straight outta my backyard

I’m building a rocket
It’s bigger than me
It’s my gift to your future
My mega legacy

READY, AIM
THE STARS ARE ALIGNING
READY, AIM
I’VE BEEN SWEATING A LOT
BUT I PERSEVERE
THE HOPES OF A NATION RIDE
EVERYBODY GETS ONE MOONSHOT

I’m building a rocket
The neighbors are tense
When they point and they laugh
I don’t even take offense

READY, AIM
A QUIET CONFIDENCE
HAS BEEN MY MARK
SINCE I WAS A TOT
I’VE BEEN SENT HERE
TO SHOW YOU PEOPLE HOW
EVERYBODY GETS ONE MOONSHOT

I’m building a rocket
It’s totally mine
It’ll spell out my name
where the sun don’t ever shine
My motives are pure
I’ve untangled the knots
I’m ready for sure, Lord
Now give me all you’ve got

MAY THE PLANETS ALIGN FOR YOU
HOLD STEADY AND TAUT
IF YOU’RE FACE DOWN 
IN DESPERATION, KNOW
EVERYBODY GETS ONE MOONSHOT

I’m building a rocket
It’s not about me
You’ll be thanking me after
I’ve saved humanity
I took steel and a feather
and welded them together
I took hellfire and ice
and made them play nice


Moonshot - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

A LIFE PRESERVED (Lyrics)

Bobbing for air
Iʼm back again
A perfect ten
of a dive
without a pool
A perfect fool
too slow to know
his wind
has been knocked out
ʻtil Iʼm gasping

Bobbing for air
Been up and down
The once renown
angling for another act
Another tactical advance
to who knows where
You found me there
I heard you there

CALLING ME OUT
OF THE SHALLOWS OF MY WORLD
CALLED TO SOMETHING GRACEFUL
AND TRUE
GRATITUDE IS TOO CHEAP A WORD
FOR ALL YOUʼVE REASSEMBLED
FROM A SPIRIT BROKEN
AND UNNERVED
A LIFE PRESERVED

Bobbing for air
Iʼve been atoned
Creation groaned
to lift me as I drowned
And set my feet
up on the mound of rock
you crushed for me
A place to stand
A whispered command

CALLING ME OUT…

Bobbing for air
I have been served
A life preserved
after all Iʼd cast away
You tipped the grayscale
ʻtil the scales
fell back to earth
And I saw colors
I heard a shout

NINETY-NINE
TO ONE


A Life Preserved - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

COMEDIAN (Lyrics)

The saints came marching in this morning
and they marched back out the door 
wholly offended 
No pun intended

They gave up God for Lent and liked it 
Declared Civilian War
No one’s relented
No pun intended

And I’ll be doing stand-up here all week 
I’ve learned to sign 
so the deaf can watch me speak 

The saints came marching back this evening 
and they fell right through the floor
That number’s ended
No pun intended

The Amen Coroner’s marching orders
got nailed to my front door
They’re all amended 
No pun intended

The King of the One Liners
had us thrilled 
Then came the punchline 
Now we want him killed 
 
And when he’s gone
Gone
Who gets the mic 
if it’s on? 

The buzzards are attacking 
our prayer kites
We lost the air war
Now we’re losing squatter’s rights

And when they’re gone
Gone
We’ll need a new 
comedian 

Man makes plans. God laughs.
Man makes plans. God laughs.

The King and I began a feud 
that time will not erase 
until he wipes that 
omniscient smile 
off his face 

The King and I are in a feud 
that time will not erase 
until you wipe that  
omniscient smile 
off your face 

And when it’s gone
Gone
It’s open mic 
Is this on?

And didn’t I thank you from the dais?
And didn’t I do you good?
And didn’t I take up all your crosses
that were made of balsa wood?

I kept my demons pent up so long 
the devil himself lost track
I’ve since repented
No pun intended 

We stormed the stage 
and occupied your place 
to wipe that all-forgiving smile 
off your face

It’s been there so 
long
Please welcome back 
the first, the last
Comedian 


Comedian - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

HERO

When the house fell asleep there was always a light
And it fell from the page to the eyes of an American boy 

In a storybook land I could dream what I read
When it went to my head I'd see
I wanna be a hero
But the practical side said the question was still
"When you grow up what will you be?"
I wanna be a hero

Hero
It's a nice-boy notion that the real world's gonna destroy
You know
It's a Marvel comicbook Saturday matinee fairytale, boy 

Growing older you'll find that illusions are bought
And the idol you thought you'd be was just another zero
I wanna be a hero 

Heroes died when the squealers bought 'em off
Died when the dealers got 'em off
Welcome to the "in it for the money as an idol" show
When they ain't as big as life
When they ditch their second wife
Where's the boy to go?
Gotta be a hero

When the house fell asleep
From a book I was led to a Light that I never knew
I wanna be your hero
And He spoke to my heart from the moment I prayed
Here's a pattern I made for you
I wanna be your hero

Hero (for JR, with thanks) - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

from the "Deluxe Version" of Goliath (digital exclusive)

"Foils On 45" - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

"Am I In Sync? (Missing Link Version)"
from the "Deluxe Version" of Goliath (digital exclusive)

AM I IN SYNC? (LYRICS)
Synthesizer rock ruled Jessica's feet
As a slave to that ubiquitous beat
Visions of the big screen danced in her head
'In a matter of time' she said
Jessie never got her Hollywood role
And the pogo nights have taken there toll
She can do the monkey off o' the cuff
But her mind had a missing link

Am I in sync?
Paint a picture on a subway train
Carve my name in a video game
Am I in sync?
Out looking for the camera crews
Sell my soul for a second on the evening news
Am I in sync?
Live 'til the bubble pops
Hold my breath when the big one drops
Am I in sync?
Immortality is what I'm buying
But I'd rather be immortal by not dying

Laboratory rats made Roger a fink
And the laws of science drove him to drink
Working for the taste of public acclaim
And a cure that bore his name
Nobel prizes would have been nice
But he lost his mind to renegade mice
Roger traded dreams of 'Man of the Year'
For an understanding shrink

Am I in sync?
Paint a picture on a subway train
Carve my name in a video game
Am I in sync?
Out looking for the camera crews
Sell my soul for a second on the evening news
Am I in sync?
Live 'til the bubble pops
Hold my breath when the big one drops
Am I in sync?
Immortality is what I'm buying
But I'd rather be immortal by not dying


Am I In Sync? (Missing Link Version)- Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

Only A Ride (Daytrotter Sessions) - Steve Tayor & The Perfect Foil

Moonshot (Daytrotter Sessions) - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

Standing In Line (Daytrotter Sessions) - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

Double Negative (Daytrotter Sessions) - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

Produced by John Painter

"Christmastime"
Written by Larry Norman/Randy Stonehill
Copyright 1973 Glenwood Music Corp.
Strawbed Publishing Co.

(Photo by John Lee Montgomery, III)

"Christmastime" Steve Taylor, Kevin Max, Fleming & John

From the forthcoming "The Last Amen"
Available now at Kickstarter

A Life Preserved - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

Splint Entertainment

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