James Mercer - Australia lyrics

[Verse 1] Born to multiply? Born to gaze into night skies All you want's one more Saturday Well look here until then They're gonna buy your life's time So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters 'Till the day [Pre-Chorus 1] They come in doing cartwheels We all crawl out by ourselves And your shape on the dance floor Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes [Chorus 1] You'd be damned to be one of us girl Faced with a dodo's conundrum I felt like I could just fly But nothing happened everytime I try [Verse 2] A duotone on the wall A selfless fool who hoped he'd save us all Never dreamt of such sterile hands You keep 'em folded in your lap Or raise them up to beg for scraps You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers Just the same [Pre-Chorus 2] Well you be pulled from the ocean But just a minute too late Or changed by a potion You'll find a handsome young mate for you to love [Chorus 2] You'll be damned to pining through the windowpanes You know you'll trade your life for any ordinary Joe Well do it now or grow old Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold [Bridge] Been alone since you were twenty-one You haven't laughed since January You try and make like this as so much fun But we know it to be quite contrary [Chorus 3] Dare to be one of us girl Facing the android's conundrum I felt like I should just cry But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin You're Himmler in your coat you don't know how long I've been Watching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen So give me your hand and let's jump out the window