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Daniel read the paragraph
He read until the words ran out
It said we're all in trouble now
Poison in the juice carafe
We drank until our thirst ran out
Oh no, we're in some trouble now
Everyone wants to be a perpetual motion machine
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
With your teeth to your lips
And your hair to the ground
Well, you hear the fish and they're making this sound
Saying, "We just want to go on walking around
And feel what it's like to fall down"
Patrick ran the race
Yeah, he ran until the tire ran out
Oh no, I'm in some trouble now
Tried to kick it over
I tried until the juice ran out
Oh no, we want more trouble now
With your teeth to your lips
And your hair to the ground
Well, you hear the fish and they're making this sound
Saying, "We just want to go on walking around
And feel what it's like to fall down"
I saw
Everyone wants to be a perpetual motion machine
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
He read until the words ran out
It said we're all in trouble now
Poison in the juice carafe
We drank until our thirst ran out
Oh no, we're in some trouble now
Everyone wants to be a perpetual motion machine
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
With your teeth to your lips
And your hair to the ground
Well, you hear the fish and they're making this sound
Saying, "We just want to go on walking around
And feel what it's like to fall down"
Patrick ran the race
Yeah, he ran until the tire ran out
Oh no, I'm in some trouble now
Tried to kick it over
I tried until the juice ran out
Oh no, we want more trouble now
With your teeth to your lips
And your hair to the ground
Well, you hear the fish and they're making this sound
Saying, "We just want to go on walking around
And feel what it's like to fall down"
I saw
Everyone wants to be a perpetual motion machine
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
We all try harder as the days run out
Lyrics submitted by IceCuban06, edited by sheionizes
Track duration: 03:11
"Perpetual Motion Machine" as written by Isaac Brock, Johnny Marr, Joe Plummer
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, CHRYSALIS MUSIC GROUP
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He read until the words ran out
It said we're all in trouble now
Poison in the juice carafe
We drank until our thirst ran out
Oh no, we're in some trouble now"
= Poison is alcohol, they're gonna have some fun
With your teeth to your lips
And your hair to the ground
Well, you hear the fish and they're making this sound
Saying, "We just want to go on walking around
And feel what it's like to fall down"
= Fish are people that enjoy alcohol. Falling down isn't a bad thing, just a different lifestyle. Watch Factotum by Bukowski.
Patrick ran the race
Yeah, he ran until the tire ran out
Oh no, I'm in some trouble now
Tried to kick it over
I tried until the juice ran out
Oh no, we want more trouble now
= Having fun with alcohol, hence juice.
and far more bleak.
you could say he was malkmus's bleakly despairing younger brother or something.
i love his ability for writing bumper slogan like lyrics.
"we all try harder as the days run out" is him in his usual despondency. but there's a new tone
he's going for. a harsh beauty that lies beneath his mean words.
i get the pixies reference it works with the whole nautical sea theme he's going for.
very clever.
i just wish he would open his world view a bit. he could become truly beautiful then.
Perpetual Motion is movement that continues forever, which is physically impossible. A perpetual motion machine is something many people have tried to theorize or create, but never successfully.
This song is saying everyone wants to live forever. Infinite life, like perpetual motion, is long desired and quite impossible.
Living a Life until you die = Reading a paragraph until words run out = Running a race until time runs out
which sounded a little bit better but still a great song