Shriekback - A Kind of Fascination lyrics

Always striving with the elbows, always moving from the knees Building up and demolition, both burn up some energy Take it in and sh** it out, six foot down and still descending Grab a shovel - celebrate - only got what we don't need In the wake of predecessors, all inherited responses Are all in the movie now getting colder all the time Starting to regard the prison with a kind of fascination Facing up to history: facing what we do not need We can get what - we don't need We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we can't eat We can leave what - we can't eat Doing damage to ourselves, belated action of the past A perversion of tradition and we carry on the line There are dead things lying round, they offend but stay unburied We are cinema for now, only cinema for now We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we can't eat We can leave what - we can't eat Coming out the other end, a sentimental point of view We can contemplate each other but the other is no fool We are in this anyway, breathing in what you breathe out Couldn't think of nothing better, only got what we don't need Only got what we don't need Doing damage to ourselves, belated action of the past A perversion of tradition and we carry on the line There are dead things lying round, they offend but stay unburied We are cinema for now, only cinema for now Only cinema for now We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we don't eat We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we don't eat We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we don't eat We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we don't eat We can get what - we don't need // We can leave what We can leave what - we don't eat // - we can't eat We can get what - we don't need // We can leave what We can leave what - we don't eat // - we can't eat We can get what - we don't need We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we can't eat We can leave what - we can't eat We can get what - we don't need We can get what - we don't need We can leave what - we can't eat We can leave what - we can't eat We can get what - we don't need