Remain in Light
Talking Heads
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Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
05 : 48
2
Crosseyed and Painless
04 : 47
3
The Great Curve
06 : 27
4
Once in a Lifetime
04 : 22
5
Houses in Motion
04 : 33
6
Seen and Not Seen
03 : 24
7
Listening Wind
04 : 43
8
The Overload
06 : 00
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Track Lyrics
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) Lyrics
[Intro]
Ahh!
Ooh!
Woop!
Ah! Oh, ah
Ahh!
[Verse 1]
Take a look at these hands
Take a look at these hands!
The hand speaks
The hand of a government man
Well, I'm a tumbler
Born under punches
I'm so thin
[Chorus]
All I want
Is to breathe (I'm too thin)
Won't you breathe
With me? (Woop!)
Find a little space
So we move in-between (In-between it)
And keep one step ahead
Of yourself (Mm-issa, mm-issa, mm-ehha)
[Verse 2]
Don't you miss it? Don't you miss it?
Some 'a you people just about missed it!
Last time to make plans
Well, I'm a tumbler
I'm a government man
[Chorus]
Never seen anything like that before
Falling bodies tumble 'cross the floor (But I'm a tumbler!)
When you get to where you wanna be (Ahh, thank you, thank you!)
When you get to where you wanna be (Yeah, don't even mention it!)
[Verse 3]
Wooah, take a look at these hands, they're passing in-between us
Take a look at these hands!
Take a look at these hands! You don't have to mention it
No thanks
I'm a government man
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on, where the hand has been (Ahh!)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on (Got time?), and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on, where the hand has been
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Ehh, ehh)
And the heat goes on (I'm not a drowning man), and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on (And I'm not a burning building), and the heat goes on (I'm a tumbler)
And the heat goes on (Drowning cannot hurt a man), where the hand has been
And the heat goes on (Fire cannot hurt a man), and the heat goes on (Not the government man)
And the heat goes on (All), and the heat goes on
And the heat goes on (I want is to breathe), and the heat goes on (Thank you, thank you)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Won't you breathe)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (With me?)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Find a little space)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (So we move in-between) (I'm so thin)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (And keep one step ahead)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Of yourself) (I'm catching up with myself!)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (All I want)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Is to breathe)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Won't you breathe)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (With me?) (Hands of a government man)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Find a little space)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (So we move in-between)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (And keep one step ahead)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Of yourself) (Don't you miss it, don't you miss it)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (All I want)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Is to breathe)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Won't you breathe)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (With me?)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (Find a little space)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (So we move in-between)
And the heat goes on, and the heat goes on (And keep one step ahead)
And the heat goes on (Of yourself)
Crosseyed and Painless Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Lost my shape
Trying to act casual
Can't stop
I might end up in the hospital!
Changing my shape
I feel like an accident
They're back
To explain their experience
[Chorus 1]
Isn't it weird?
Looks too obscure to me
Wasting away
That was their policy
[Verse 2]
I'm ready to leave!
I push the facts in front of me
Facts lost
Fa-Facts are never what they seem to be
No-no-thing there
No information left of any kind
Li-lifting my head
Lo-lo-looking for the danger signs
[Chorus 2]
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
[Guitar Solo]
[Refrain]
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
[Chorus 3]
The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
[Verse 3]
The island of doubt
It's like the taste of medicine
Working by hindsight
Got the message from the oxygen
M-m-making a list
Find the cost of opportunity
Doing it right
Facts are useful in emergencies
[Chorus 3]
The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
[Bridge]
Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
[Refrain]
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
I'm still waiting
I-I-I'm still waiting
Once in a Lifetime Lyrics
[Verse 1]
You may find yourself
Living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself
In another part of the world
And you may find yourself
Behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house
With a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself
"Well ... how did I get here?"
[Chorus 1]
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground
[Verse 2]
And you may ask yourself
"How do I work this?"
And you may ask yourself
"Where is that large automobile?"
And you may tell yourself
"This is not my beautiful house!"
And you may tell yourself
"This is not my beautiful wife!"
[Chorus 1]
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground
[Bridge]
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
[Verse 3]
Water dissolving, and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean
Water dissolving, and water removing
[Chorus 2]
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
Into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones
There is water underground
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground
[Verse 4]
You may ask yourself
"What is that beautiful house?"
You may ask yourself
"Where does that highway go to?"
And you may ask yourself
"Am I right? Am I wrong?"
And you may say to yourself
"My God! What have I done?!"
[Chorus 2]
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
Into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones
There is water underground
Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground
[Outro]
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it, ever was
And look where my hand was
Time isn't holding up
Time isn't after us
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was
Letting the days go by
Same as it ever was
And here, a twister comes, here comes the twister
Same as it ever was (Letting the days go by)
Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was (Letting the days go by)
Same as it ever was
Once in a lifetime
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
Houses in Motion Lyrics
[Verse 1]
For a long time I felt
Without style and grace
Wearing shoes with no socks
In cold weather
I knew my heart
Was in the right place
I knew I'd be able
To do these things
As we watch him
Digging his own grave
It's important to know
That was where he's at
Can't afford to stop
That is what he believe
He'll keep on digging
For a thousand years
[Chorus 1: David Byrne & Brian Eno]
I'm walking a line
I'm thinking about empty-motion
I'm walking a line
Just barely enough to be living
Get outta the way
No time to begin
This isn't the time
So nothing was done
Not talking about
Not many at all
I'm turning around
No trouble at all
You notice there's nothing around you, 'round you
I'm walking a line
Divide and dissolve
[Verse 2]
Never get to say much
Never get to talk
Tell us a little bit
But not too much
Right about then
Is where she give up
She has closed her eyes
She has give up hope
[Chorus 2: David Byrne & Brian Eno]
I'm walking a line
I hate to be dreaming-in-motion
I'm walking a line
Just barely enough to be living
Get outta the way
No time to begin
This isn't the time
So nothing was done
Not talking about
Not many at all
I'm turning around
No trouble at all
I'm keeping my fingers behind me, 'hind me
I'm walking a line
Divide and dissolve
[Horn Solo #1]
[Chorus 3: David Byrne & Brian Eno]
I'm walking a line
I'm visiting houses-in-motion
I'm walking a line
Just barely enough to be living
Get outta the way
No time to begin
This isn't the time
So nothing was done
Not talking about
Not many at all
I'm turning around
No trouble at all
Two different houses surround you, 'round you
I'm walking a line
Divide and dissolve
[Horn Solo #2]