Hi
Huh-I
Hyper
Hyper-media-ocrity

[Chorus:]
You don't need to
Emerge from nothing
You don't need to
Tear away

You don't need to
Tear away

Feels good
Looks good
Sounds good
Looks good
Feels good too
Feels good too

(Uh-huh that's right)
Feels good too
(Uh-huh that's right)
You don't need to
Emerge from nothing
You don't need to
Tear away

[Chorus]

(Uh huh that's right)
(Uh huh that's right)
You don't need to
Emerge from nothing
You don't need to
Tear away

You don't need to
Emerge from nothing
You don't need to
Tear away

[Chorus: x2]

Look alive!
You don't need to
Emerge from nothing
You don't need to
Tear away

[Chorus: Repeats]


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Emerge Lyrics as written by Warren Fischer Casey Spooner

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    The synth bassline in this goes round in my head for ever. Incredibly catchy song. I saw the video and there are some audio/video synch tones (a single 'beep' noise with a white dot on the video - it's used to make sure the video and audio are time-synched correctly) in it that appear to have been left in the audio recording as well. Maybe they just liked the sound of them.

    I suspect the lyrics were chosen to sound good against that killer synth hook, rather than have any meaning. They sure look bland in writing!

    MartinCon October 20, 2004   Link

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