The Twist Songtext
von Basking Sharks

The song that you sing says your heart′s in a spin
Head's in a whirl, all for the girl
Again and again the words follow around
Look at the mouth and guess at the sound
Never, no never, no never again
I say it each time as I bend at the strain
Just one more word, daring to push too far
Far away like a caricature mime
Watching the world slide sideways and falling
Arcing and diving, the scene is a sea
If I was you would I want to be me We′re quieter, the crisis before the storm comes
So steady the fingers that grip at my arm
I look in control but inside I'm spinning around
Round like a waltz in four time
I've heard your words now you listen to mine
You′ve got that look like you′ve hung up the phone
Glazed over eyes say there's nobody home
No-one′s going to tell me what to do
I've heard it before and not only from you
And now it looks like I′m going to hear it again


Once as a child I span like a top
The room was a ship, rocking and reeling
The rush in my ears blocked the sound and the tears
From the shout and the screams that came from the ceiling
The hand on my neck tipped my head to the book
"You didn't see that, you had no right to look," it said
"Nobody′s fighting, just kiss and forget"
It's after the silence, the freezing cold night
The passion so violent, it's bitter than the fight
The smell of the leather that crushed to my cheek
And kissing the book made my lips burn to speak
I know you can′t see it but please just believe
The years may have passed, they′re all touched with your grief
Only boys cry and I'm small inside
Tonight is the same as the night before
The room still gyrates and I fall to the floor
The grinding of feelings that they said would die
Are still just as strong and just one more lie
This running and running is getting nowhere
I′ve a head full of words and a lung full of air
I'm wanting to scream, just show me, show me you care

Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when I keep spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the room keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when you keep spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning
Round, round, nothing sinks in
How can I think when the world keeps spinning