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Data di rilascio: 06.10.2016
Linguaggio delle canzoni: inglese
Pictures On A Screen |
On the second floor of the new block in the flat with the yellow door |
Next to the boarded up independent record store |
Bradley is awake |
He’s watching notches on his clock face |
Just lying there, thinking, limbs like fallen buildings |
Feelin' like every day he’s ever lived is out to kill him |
Bradley’s got a good job |
He works in PR |
He moved south a few months back |
Top whack flat, all mod cons, wall size windows |
He’s a Manchester boy, done good in the big stuff |
Young professional, single, Tinder, and flings |
Life seems simpler than it’s ever been |
He’s doing well, he’s living the dream, and he’s paying the mortgage off |
He doesn’t know why he’s not sleeping at nights |
He could get up, try and walk it off |
But he’s got to get to work in a matter of hours |
Is he awake or asleep? |
He can’t tell, he can’t dream, he can’t feel, he can’t scream |
Man, it’s 4:18 |
And life’s just a thing that he does |
He rolls over, cold pillow, warm body |
At the end of his tether, as usual, he breathes softly |
He burrows down deep, and he closes his eyes |
And he thinks, «Is this really what it means to be alive?» |
The days go past like pictures on a screen |
Sometimes I feel like my life is someone else’s dream |
Most days I’m dazed, walkin' 'round, I’m workin', talkin', perkin' up |
But always feel I can’t be certain that I’ve woken up at all |
Is this life, or this past? |
This feeling like I’m lookin' at the world from behind glass |
Even when I’m laughin' hard, or fallin' on my arse |
Or half plastered before receivin' God |
Or when some hard bastard barges past |
When I’m passin' my targets at work |
I can’t shake the feelin' that life hasn’t started |
It’s worse in the evening at parties |
I’m standing apart, my heart’s hard, I can’t hardly be heard |
Still, I’m hopping on, barking at words, is this me? |
Is this what I’m doin'? |
I know I exist, but I don’t feel a thing |
I’m eclipsed, I’m elsewhere |
And the worst part is, I don’t think that I care |
What am I gonna do to wake up? |
I know it’s happenin', but who’s it happenin' to? |
Has this happened to you? |
I know it’s happenin', but who is it happenin' to? |
Has it happened to you? |
I know it’s happenin', but who’s it happenin' to? |
Has this happened to you? |
I know it’s happenin', but who is it happenin' to? |
Has it happened to you? |
I try new things, I shoot films on my phone |
And I play them back when I’m alone, did that happen? |
I walk around, tryna understand every sound |
Tryna make my feet connect with every inch of ground |
This gaff flattens my cap, battens me down |
Everything’s in its category, packaged in self flattering girls |
Battle reality, it’s battle royale |
Everyone is chattering, nothing is real, collect my salary |
Cookin' a meal, right, some vegetables, I exercise regularly |
How that I feel, visceral melody, is this all that’s ahead of me? |
I always thought that life would mean more to me eventually |
I hate to think I’ll make it to 70, potentially 75 |
And realise I’ve never been alive |
Spend the rest of my days regretting, wishing I could be forgetting |
I know it’s happenin', but who’s it happenin' to? |
Has this happened to you? |
I know it’s happenin', but who is it happenin' to? |
What am I gonna do to wake up? |
I know it’s happenin', but who’s it happenin' to? |
Has this happened to you? |
I know it’s happenin', but who is it happenin' to? |
What am I gonna do to wake up? |