Daysleeper - Live From John Peel Public Session On BBC Radio 1 / 1998

Lyrics

[Intro] This is a little number you might have already heard Well, I hope that you have, anyway [Verse 1] Receiving department, 3 A.M Staff cuts have socked up the overage Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints Everywhere is calm Hong Kong is present, Taipei awakes All talk of circadian rhythm [Chorus] I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper [Verse 2] The bull and the bear are marking their territories They're leading the blind with their international glories I am the screen, the blinding light I'm the screen, I work at night [Chorus] I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Don't wake me with so much Daysleeper [Bridge] I cried the other night I can't even say why Fluorescent flat caffeine lights It's furious balancing I am the screen, the blinding light I'm the screen, I work at night [Chorus] I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Don't wake me with so much The ocean machine is set to nine I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine My bed is pulling me, gravity Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper Daysleeper [Outro] So we landed last night, uh-, in a plane Can you imagine, what that was like? Sweaty hands That was the pilot We were screaming 50 mile-per-hour wind Wait, is there a kilometer-per-hour wind? Yeah, who cares... What? Yeah Anyway, we bounced twice, skidded off to the left, the guy had to brake so quickly that everything went flying forward Uh, except me, because I was wearing my seatbelt Being a conscientious, 90's-kinda hippy guy This is a beautiful song, uh-, well, we haven't played it in almost seven days We performed this in San Francisco last weekend with Neil Young playing guitar But tonight, we have either a lap or a pedal steel, which one is it? Pedal? I was gonna be at least half-right