Sharply Unclear

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You've never shown a trace of human frailty No-one could ever catch you on the hop: Each post-modern take on the action Would find you already, in principle, totally hot All self-referential commentary And a marketing man's sense of talk shop [Chorus] The sharper the image you cut The more you seem unreal; So sharp you could cut yourself Transparently ideal [Verse 2] Yeah, we all know that hard-boiled look You cooked it up to face down the stares; I feel like I'm walking on eggshells around you As though you're already no longer quite there You acknowledge your trauma Your neurosis is stripped and laid bare [Chorus] The sharper the image you cut the more you disappear; So sharp you could cut yourself Somehow this transparency's unclear [Interlude] Yes! Oh, yes! Yeah, you better check out your style Yeah, you better check out your face [Verse 3] All the mirrors in your playroom They twist your psycho-epidermis into shape No doubt you emerged in your make-up believing Quite simply, believing that you'd got it taped But the vacancy you offered Is already a Cheshire Cat gape [Chorus] The sharper the image you cut the more you disappeared; So sharp you could cut yourself – are you still really here? And the sharper the image you cut the more you seemed a fake So sharp you could cut yourself, transparently opaque... And the sharper the image you cut the less you seemed alive; So sharp, but this open book's transparently jive [Outro] You were so sharp you cut yourself So sharp you could cut yourself So sharp you could cut yourself; You were so sharp you made yourself transparent And transparently unclear