Kae Tempest

Thinking Clearly
Um, whose mind is this? Mine or the block behind? My timeline, can't lie, I've not got the time To consider when exactly I began to figure That the bigger the picture the smaller I feel It's good to restrict the field, it feels clear I rouse up my hate and agree with the image The memes in my mind come to life I've made my opinions streamlined like they were designed to do Uproar But what I could really show up for is box fresh kicks and a Mark IV Supra Who needs a past if you can't have a future? Who needs a future? I want the features, I want approval The horsemen are coming, their hooves on the rooftops are brutal Back to the feudal Your worth, your weight and disapproval Thinking clearly, staying focused, taking care Thinking clearly, staying focused, paying attention Thinking clearly, staying focused, taking care Thinking clearly, staying focused, paying attention Everything's gone and the battles are won Were weren't half the time I spend getting things wrong I've become a repetitive clone, I can't think, can't speak SongtexteExcept to say, I do what I want When the heavens all sunk, the ground rose up The rebels got drunk on the pound, nose blood for the struggle Saying, I'm out for justice Humble past, luxury cars full of bougie giraffes Whose eyes are unplugged appliances, broke but I'm priceless I'm not buying it When everything's wrong, like, it's wrong and you've settled for so much less than you thought you would have done When the treble's too loud, the frequencies drown out the deeper reserves and down to now Decency walks round, murderous look in her eyes Ready to die for whatever the program decides you will benefit from Being fed no lies, no truth Just profitability Which new cause? Which old cause? Which press recall? Posted, don't get bored You are what you want, have to want something else The ads know you better than you know yourself Thinking clearly, staying focused, taking care Thinking clearly, staying focused, paying attention Thinking clearly, staying focused, taking care Thinking clearly, paying attention The national demeanor is fever Cash rules The cleaner the counter the deeper the stain Another avatar, aggressively public You just need someone to freak it how you want it Build in the muscles, ah, can't have the weakness He's been lost in the mirror for weeks Can't throw a thing away, bona fide hoarder She's been blocking the source to fine water Can't beat the creepy suspicion that Nothing you do is effective or means a damn thing The prime composition for social cohesion With the one nation under the thumb system Is general unease Wishing for more Keep up appearances, boost your position Feel like you're drowning? Get with it Look at everyone else swimming Get it how you can, get it on loan or credit Get it on your phone So the drones update your records All you need to do is embrace competition Give yourself over, acquisition The itching in your skin, no, will never be relieved The void in your stomach that will never be filled The more you put in, the bigger the thing grows No deeper truth is reviled Greed is a hell of a These are Orwellian Grief for the relative's freak Will the legacies be something better than we Never meant to be servant of devils of our century Please I'm thinking clearly, staying focused, taking care I'm thinking clearly, I'm staying focused, I'm paying attention I'm not thinking clearly, I'm not, focused, can't take, I'm thinking clearly, I'm not, um, I'm paying, um Aus Songtexte Mania