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Rhythm 4.9
Melody 5.4
Instruments 5.1
Lyrics 4.6
Vocal 5.1
This song has been reviewed 7 times. Overall score for this song, 5.0.
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Silverchair - Straight Lines Lyrics

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TitleStraight Lines
ArtistSilverchair
AlbumYoung Modern (2007) , Track 2
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Song lyrics
Breathing from a hole in my lung 
I had no one 
But faces in front of me 
Racing through the void in my head 
To find traces 
Of a good luck academy 

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Sparks ignite and trade them for thought 
About no one 
And nothing in particular 
Washed the sickened socket and drove 
Resent nothing 
There’s good will inside of me 

Ooh, ooh, ooh

----[Chorus]--------
Wake me up, lower the fever 
Walking in a straight line 
Set me on fire in the evening 
Everything will be fine 

Waking up strong in the morning 
Walking in a straight line 
Lately I’m a desperate believer 
But walking in a straight line 
----[End Chorus]--------

Something I will never forget 
I felt desperate 
And stuck to the marrow 
Invisible to everyone else 
I’m a sex change 
And a damsel with no heroine 

Ooh, ooh, ooh---

----[Chorus]--------
Wake me up, lower the fever 
Walking in a straight line 
Set me on fire in the evening 
Everything will be fine 

Waking up strong in the morning 
Walking in a straight line 
Lately I’m a desperate believer 
But walking in a straight line 
----[End Chorus]--------

I don’t need no time to say 
There’s no changing yesterday 
If we keep talking and- 
I keep walking in straight lines 

[Instrumental]

----[Chorus]--------
Wake me up, lower the fever 
Walking in a straight line 
Set me on fire in the evening 
Everything will be fine 

Waking up strong in the morning 
Walking in a straight line 
Lately I’m a desperate believer 
But walking in a straight line 
----[End Chorus]--------
lyrics submitted by Jess Keko ~ Moderator on 21-02-2007
lyrics corrected on 12-07-2008




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22-04-2007 13:53angeldaze is offline angeldaze 

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nice nice
12-07-2007 04:22870621345 is offline 870621345 

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I can't believe this is Silverchair. Imagine if Cobain was still alive, Nirvana were back together and they came out and released "". Exaggeration? Hardly. Go back and listen to some old (re: decent) Silverchair songs. Songs like "Tomorrow", "Ana's Song", "Freak", "Anthem for the year 2000" to name a few.

Notice anything missing from this song that was prevalent in their early work?

You know, things like edgeand flair?

"Straight Lines" starts off with a piano and heavy distortion like something off a Moby record rather than the premiers of Australian grunge rock. Factor in Daniel John's bizarre new girly voice which sounds like Chris Martin from Coldplay sans testicles, and you've got some wack music. Unfortunately it doesn't get any better from here.

The verdict? If it ain't broke don't fix it.
01-08-2007 05:18supenguin is offline supenguin 

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hmm... what happened to their grunge edge? They sure aren't the Silverchair I grew up with in the 90's, but then again I had to grow up and adjust too...
13-09-2007 23:14black_balloon9 is offline black_balloon9 

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I've followed silverchair basically my whole life..(frogstomp came out when i was around 6 or 7) and i can honestly say i can't believe this is the same band i grew up loving. That said i still like this song...just because of the name of the band though...if i had heard this song on the radio before i knew the band i would probably change the channel. It's kind of stupid of me to just like the song cause of this but whatever that's me...anyways i would say this is my least favorite album to date from silverchair but i do hope that they can release another with more of a feel of their early work.
17-11-2007 03:42minastirith is offline minastirith 


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One of the best songs I've heard in a while, excellent tune. Really good singer as well, and just generally a hell of a tune. Definitely going onto my myspace.
29-12-2007 19:28VenusDoom is offline VenusDoom 


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I can't believe it's Silverchair.

What the Hell happened to Daniel's voice? What the Hell happened to his songwriting? It's kind of hard for me to believe he's the same man who wrote masterpieces such as Ana's Song.

15-11-2009 01:05magpiematt is offline magpiematt 

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I have very little to say about modern Australian Music (talking C21st ). But this song is one of my favourites. It is a rare occurence these days when I hear a new song on the radio and think it's any good but there's something about this one that I like. I'm not a Silverchair fan, never have been so I can't say anything about how different it is or anything like that, but I just know I love the rhythm of this song and I think it's the cool change that Australian music needed.


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