Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil: GOLIATH (Deluxe Version)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE (Lyrics)

Been a nice trip 
Is this our stop? 
I'd leave the stage 
but the curtain won't drop 
The chemicals took my nerve 
I've given up what the saints preserve

The push pull 
The sturm and the drang 
I can't play a lick 
but I'm strumming along
Sing it with me 
You look uptight 
Now is that a yawn 
or are you ready to bite?

DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW 
DON'T YOU COME THROUGH THE WALL
I CAN'T LET GO OF THE SCENE 
I CAN'T STOP HOLLERING UNCLEAN

Been a nice trip 
as hinterlands go 
I took the hint 
and I swallowed it whole
The chemicals color the facts 
On your mark, get set, relax

The negatives double 
Double that again 
I did the math. I need a bath.
Sing it with me 
The widows might 
Now is that a yawn
or are you ready to bite?

DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW 
DON'T YOU COME THROUGH THE WALL
I CAN'T LET GO OF THE SCENE 
I CAN'T STOP HOLLERING UNCLEAN

DON’T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW
I’VE NEVER NOT NEEDED YOU MORE
CURSED WITH A SENSE OF PLACE
I WANNA SEE THE LOOK 
ON THE OLD MAN’S FACE

Bells are ringing 
in the town of the terminal heartache 
Bells are ringing 
Is it Easter 
or the start of an earthquake?

Been a long trip 
The hinterlands know
You took the hit 
then I quit
Now I'm sick as a dog 
but I’ll still fetch 
You won't make it stop 
but you pity the retch

And how do you love? 
We both know 
what your kids are made of 
60 parts water, 40 parts guile 
I've been found 
I wanna drown

CURSED WITH A SENSE OF PLACE 
I LEFT THIS TOWN IN DISGRACE

DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW 
I'VE NEVER NOT NEEDED YOU MORE 
BUT I CAN'T LET GO OF THE SCENE
I CAN'T STOP HOLLERING UNCLEAN

Bells are ringing 
in the town of the terminal heartache 
Bells are ringing 
Is it Easter 
or the start of an earthquake?


Double Negative - 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

RUBBERNECK (Lyrics)

Rubberneck, over there
Take a picture, don’t stare
Bet you can’t look away
You can get a life any day
Pick a panorama
Post an instagram, aw
This was someone’s grandma
What’s it matter now
What’s the chatter now?

Rubberneck, click go
You got a right to know
Every ugly detail
Get it retail
Ready, tell

HEY YOU, LOOK AT ME
I’M ON THE LOOSE, I’M AN INSECT
ZOOM OUT, MOVE IN TIGHT
YOU GOT A RIGHT 
TO YOUR RUBBERNECK

Rubberneck, over here
You look, I’ll steer
Get a little closer
Get every nose hair
If there’s nothing here to see
Why they stretching out the tape?
You’re agape rubbernecking
Lift the cape, flash,
Wait a second

HEY YOU, IS IT DEAD?
I NEVER SAID YOU COULD BOTTLENECK
ZOOM OUT, MOVE IN TIGHT
YOU GOT A RIGHT 
TO YOUR RUBBERNECK

HEY FOOL, CLICK A LINK
I’M GONNA SEND YOU ON A TRAIN WRECK
POWER DOWN, HANDS OFF BRAKES
I GOT YOUR EYESIGHT
YOU GOT THE SHAKES

SO WHAT’LL IT BE NOW?
WHAT DO YOU SEE NOW?
IN THE SURREAL NOW
WE’RE SCREENING

Rubber check, bounce
Rubber soul, bounce
Where’d they go?
If a soul weighs an ounce
Who can fetch it?
Go on, catch it if you can
Son of Man knows better
We can reconnect
Body & soul
We can resurrect

NOW ZOOM OUT
MOVE IN TIGHT
YOU GOT A RIGHT 
TO YOUR RUBBERNECK

HEY FOOL, CLICK A LINK
WE’RE COMIN’ ON ANOTHER TRAIN WRECK
ZOOM IN, NICE AND TIGHT
WE’VE GOT THE RIGHT TO YOUR
TO YOUR…

HEY YOU
CLICK HERE
WE’VE GOT THE GOAL
A VIRTUAL SOUL


Rubberneck - 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

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