All About Time Songtext
von Tim Booth

Down the street and through the halls
Corridors and shopping malls
We′re moving to an inner beat
Heart disconnected from our feet
I'm moving to a song that drives me on
My heart beats strong
My heart beats wrong

We′re zombies in the shopping mall
Laden down with spoils of war
Wearing all the clothes we stole
Adding skin to break our fall
Dragging cases full of junk
We pilgrims stagger to the dump
The lemmings call

Take it easy
Take it easy
The stars, the sky
The sun, the moon and tides


Descending to the underground
Crowded out by subway sounds
Buried heads and headline frowns
Even the children look ground down
By taxes, adverts, terrorists
Compassion calls, money, fists
I need a full-time therapist
So I can hang on to my bliss
God give me something I can do
To help me rise above the zoo
Make me famous, make me rich
Distract me from this burning itch
While starving, homeless, orphans stifle
Food and water, love and life
While I can waste a day online
Shopping for a butter knife

Take it easy
Take it easy
The stars, the sky
The sun, the moon and tides

Johnny's on the phone
Johnny's online
Johnny′s in love
Everything′s a lie
Johnny thinks it's all about fate
But it′s all about time
Johnny's on the phone
Johnny′s online
Johnny's in love
Everything′s a lie
Johnny's in an altered state
Guess it's all about time


There′s memory buried in the stone
A new king sits upon the throne
This fool is self-deceiving
Won′t give up the world he's bleeding
Our cities are all history full of fall of fate
On cobbled streets
And fossil records show
All that remains is in the bone

Johnny′s on the phone
Johnny's online
Johnny′s in love
Everything's a lie
Johnny thinks it′s all about fate
But it's all about time
Johnny's on the phone
Johnny′s online
Johnny′s in love
Everything's a lie
Johnny′s in an altered state
Guess it's all about time

Roll a blade, full of grace
Pirouette, and flat on your face
I never knew that falling down is so beautiful

Johnny′s on the phone
Johnny's online
Johnny′s in love
Everything's a lie
Johnny thinks it's all about fate
But it′s all about time