The Streets - A Blip On A Screen Lyrics Songwriters: Skinner, Michael Geoffrey
Turn on the light so it burns in the night Turned down the flight The world is uncertain I'm sittin' by the curtains tonight
You will not know but grow We will not dare We're always smiling, care And play with your hair
Got to reverse the pattern What's the worst that could happen? For the first time in my adulthood The worse that could happen
Is utterly unthinkable Sinking unsaid dread Suddenly I'm worried about the bread Under the bed
But then all sorts of awful shit seem plausible indoors Proportions get warped into the worse and for certain You're growing thumbs, I'm going numb Tutting to your mum lips like it might be quite fun
A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be
Black and white blotches to watch and not get And then flashes of scents along with your body and head It is all as simple as you think when you are little It is all as simple as me sinkin' a little drink
You're growing nails, mind is so nailed I'm drinking your mother's wine for both of us today You don't know choice, but you know my voice You shoulda never have chosen me, I've love like a boy
The world's so dark sometimes The noise of the cars Building a world filled up With toys and stars
A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be
You'll dance and every sound, footfall, every little move Before you've realized that not every sound is music My dad raised these thoughts, he paced these boards I never knew, I just grew, that's all you can do
And then growing into an adult is just learning the language Of explaining with words what you were as a baby You'll leisurely learn how to lie and pretend To service your love and rely on your friends
This could be fraught But it's all I got taught And I don't want to make up As I go along with yours
A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be
A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be A blip on a screen, you don't know me I think about you and what you'll grow to be
I fix and I plan But this is just mad I love you You're only a hundred pixels on a scan