Feel it comin' on As the sun begins its shift Over the city and all the sad and sleeping factories I hear every engine Hear them put together Just to take apart my quiet quietness The old men talk In every direction Someone calls in quiet desperation Just stand in there When open the door Say "we can't stay here anymore" It's another phone call Another change of address Another life-raft we will have to build for ourselves There'll be another nine There'll be another nine lives And all the time in the world to trivialise Memories lapse And empires collapse And we forget together on that Some new construction came all at once and slow and certain Standing on the side, I can see no difference Same colours come and snap together looking just as life-sized And life is like one long season Two worlds on top of each other, one doesn't notice the other And their faces say "business as usual" Faster and faster and faster and faster and And if we leave Or if we never leave They'll just cover us with new buildings And if we leave Or if we never leave They'll just cover us with new buildings Some new construction came all at once and slow and certain Standing on the side, I can see no difference Same colours come and snap together looking just as life-sized And life is like one long season Two worlds on top of each other, one doesn't notice the other And their faces say "business as usual" Faster and faster and faster and faster and faster and faster And faster