Harburg Songtext
von Windup Space

There′s a heart left
That makes my decisions for me
Restored and on the rise
I was blind
Forever

It's a mind test
New steps in the world of men
With feet on shaky ground
Well tonight
Forever
Take me away

′Cause I have landed in a place that I cannot remain

'Cause the nights out here they never end
They get stoned, they get carried away
Every fight here is meaningless
And I'm so damn sick of it
Sounding the horn means taking the bait
Two men got out and approached him and here′s what they did


Threw a punch at the windowpane
They snapped his arm on the door frame
Slammed his face on the trunk of a German Mercedes-Benz
And I′m slipping away
And I cannot contain myself
And I can't find a way

I can see it all coming over
And my heart grows colder

Preaching self-revision
My mistake

The nights out here they never end
They get shot, they get carried away
Life′s cheap as cigarettes
And I'm sick to my stomach
I′ll go back to the cove
To the place I call my own

When it comes down to it I am undependable
I found out good habits are unsustainable
I go back to living life on the telephone
Get me out of here, this place is unbearable
And I cannot retain myself
No I can't find a way

And I can see it all coming over
And my heart grows colder, lover


Preaching self-revision
Becoming self-sufficient
I keep making bad decisions
That keep me from grander visions
Call my brother and my sister
They say you just fold in winter
Can′t keep sticking to the mission
But I'll try on one condition

There's a heart left
That makes my decisions for me
With feet on shaky ground
Just take me back to the cove
To the place I know

Wasted, I walk alone at night and I hate it
I wish the sea would rise and erase this
There′s no land in sight
And I wonder if this is what we′ve come to
Is this the best we can do?
Well I'm breaking right through

We can′t settle for optics