The Wire - 10 - You Hung Your Lights in the Trees / A Craftman's Touch | Текст песни

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• 10 - You Hung Your Lights in the Trees / A Craftman's Touch

What crime is on your record?
When did you lose your wings?
Are your memories chequered?
Do you still dream of having all those things?
Having all of those things?

I want no part of the betrayal
If you should succeed or if you fail
It's you who worries me

Spring withers and summer smothers
My portrait casts its skin, mile after yellow mile
On the walls, thin layers, oily traces

Preserved and exhibited down the stairs
A medicine finish, a craftsman's touch

That's how many came to grief

What time is it on your planet?
What time is it in your heart?
In your past deeds did you plan it?
How far are we apart?

For those who could not flee
Belief in a promised release
You hung your lights in the trees
That's how many came to grief

by Jason Ankeny
Wire's gradual move toward dance music and techno becomes complete on Manscape. Syncopated beats, synths, and sequencer riffs are the dominant musical motifs, with Graham Lewis taking a larger share of the vocal turns. Still, what the group has gained in technical acumen over time has been lost in tension and interpersonal dynamics; taken for what it is, Manscape is edgy, brainy dance music, but taken as part of the largely brilliant Wire oeuvre, it's a disappointment.
Tracks

Title
Composer
Time
1 Life in the Manscape Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 3:28
2 Stampede Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 4:35
3 Patterns of Behaviour 4:33
4 Other Moments Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 3:50
5 Small Black Reptile Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 3:14
6 Torch It Wire 7:31
7 Morning Bell Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 4:22
8 Where's the Deputation? Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 3:51
9 What Do You See? Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 6:47
10 Goodbye Ploy 3:50
11 Sixth Sense Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 4:19
12 Children of Groceries Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman 3:03
13 You Hung Your Lights in the Trees/A Craftsman's Touch 10:03

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Releases
Year Type label Catalog #
1993 CD Restless Records 72579
1993 CD Mute 80
2000 CD Mute 9113
2004 CD Mute