OUTSIDE

Sometimes it just falls into your lap
A faded X marked on a nowhere map
There’s nothing you can do but laugh
As you defuse your fear
Guard it jealously between your knees
From the station to the comfort trees
And breathless without doubt for once
In your slow-burning life
Your slow-burning life

You’re outside like you’ve never been
This is your moment this is your trampoline
And the air sings
The spell is broken but there’s magic still
The spell is broken but there’s magic still

Fleeting is the moon that blocks the sun
So will all pretending come undone
You can’t go back you can’t go back
That currency’s no good
When the manic brass band starts to play
And consequences take a holiday
You hit the wave and know at once
That everything is love
Everything is love

You’re outside like you’ve never been
This is your moment this is your trampoline
And the air sings
The spell is broken but there’s magic still
The spell is broken but there’s magic still


Notes:
The JX-3P organ (right channel) was run through a rotary speaker
simulator; an eighth-note triplet slapback echo was then applied.
The drum track is an inscrutable blend of acoustic kit and looped samples.