Backburner Songtext
von Harvey Causon

′Tell me what's the verdict?′
Not sure how to word this
With care or with verses

You told me not to rush things
Still don't have the faintest
Every part's painstaking

Pull me up for penance
Verbs stuck in air vents
Pensive pent up presence

I can almost taste it
The tears in the basin
Don′t think we can churn this out

Say something nice
Say something soft
You know your lines
But the pressure′s on

Hard to disguise
Hard to disclose
Swallow your pride


I put us on the back burner
And now it's in the fore
Default rather than by design
Make all off my confessions every time I′m on my own
Honesty's not for timing right

You think about forever?
Warranted attention
Pressure from convention

I hear the sworn aspens whisper to you to
Sent all my inhibitions on the loose
Losing your affection
Need a route to turn around

You say: ′just raise your voice you need to hold the space'
I feel less welcome with this need to communicate

I put us on the back burner
And now it′s in the fore
Default rather than by design
Make all off my confessions every time I'm on my own
Honesty's not for timing right

I put us on the back burner
And now it′s in the fore
Default rather than by design