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
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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
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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---
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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
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I don’t need no time to say
There’s no changing yesterday
If we keep talking and-
I keep walking in straight lines
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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]--------
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vocal 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.
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vocal 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...
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vocal 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.
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vocal 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.
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vocal 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.
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vocal 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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Send "Straight Lines" ringtones to your cell
lyrics submitted by Jess Keko ~ Moderator on 21-02-2007
