So I'm there charging around with a juggernaut brow
Overdraft, speeches and deadlines to make
Cramming commitments like cats in a sack
Telephone burn and a purposeful gait
When out of a doorway
The tentacles stretch of a song that I know
And the world moves in slow-mo
Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
Do I have time? A man of my caliber stood in the street
Like a sleepwalking teenager I know
And I dealt with this years ago
I took a hammer to every memento
But image on image like beads on a rosary
Pulled through my head as the music takes hold
And the sickener hits, I can work till I break
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-bones-of-you-lyrics-elbow.html ]
But I love the bones of you that I will never escape
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I can't move my arm
For the fear that you will wake
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
And it's you and it's me
And we're sleeping through the day
And I'm five years ago
And three thousand miles away
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oxhorse_rooster
Don't understand this bit: "Do I have time? A man of my caliber stood in the street Like a sleepwalking teenager I know And I dealt with this years ago I took a hammer to every memento"
judgejudy
The lyrics aren't right here... And it's you, and it's May... He's having a really busy day, walks past a doorway and hears a song which transports him to May 5 years ago, 3 thousand miles away, with a girl he still loves ("I can work 'til I break but I love the bones of you, that I will never escape...). "A man of my calibre (he has an important job) stood in the street like a slleepwalking teenger (he's completely mesmorised by the song and the memories it brings back for him, and feels like a child rather than an adult at this stage) NO (not, I know) and I dealt with ths years ago (this relatonship ended years ago, but this song he hears brings it flooding back) I took a hammer to every momento (he smashed all the reminders of his life with this woman). Hope this helps!