Light strikes the suburbs in the summer
Water trickles and runs down the features of
Children laughter echoes, rising
As they slip between the sprinklers
Faces eager for no reason
Is it the season, is that it?
This used to be enough for me, now it isn't
I need some different entertainment
So we take the A-Train into the city
Sticky seats shake at the station
Women's footsteps drag them
From the cave of the tunnel dragon
To the open high-rises, skyscrapers
Street urchins come to siege us
Corner preachers carry Jesus
Like he carried the cross, toss leaflets
All this misdirected lust
All these, all these, all these people
As dusk turns into evening
We just get funneled to the clubs
So come on turn up the faders
Sooner or later bring the beat in
I need it, I wanna feel it
Like a fetus feels the heartbeat
Of his mother when he's sleeping
Beating constantly
You're encouraged to dance emphatically
Manically, even desperately
Who knows where this is heading?
I'm in the back room, drunk
The stars cut chunks out of the darkness
It's a portrait of the young artist
As another target market
Playing dumb in the club
And using liquor as a tourniquet
Let's succumb to our desires
For we become just like our fathers
Bang into each other
Until the lights smother us
And we go under
Outside is a storm!
It feels like a set
It feels so unreal
So come on, turn up the faders
Sooner or later, bring the beat in
I need it
I wanna feel it (x3)
I'm in the bathroom, drunk
The months cut chunks out of the summer
Days get longer, minutes get faster
The weather gets colder, I get older
They might sleep out in the suburbs
But not here, not here
So come on, turn up the faders
Sooner or later, bring the beat in
I need it
I wanna feel it (x3)
So come on, turn up the faders
Sooner or later, bring the beat in
I need it
I wanna feel it (x3)
And my friends hold their gla**es
Roses by the stem
Lean in like trees blown by wind in a garden
Caper, play jester, at the feet of dark-eyed women
Whose every hidden glance
Holds a chance for new beginnings
Here's to all the new beginnings
We never got back from
Never go home (x3)
Never go home alone