Ooo, oo-oo oo-oo-oo, oo-oo oo-oo-oo-oo,
Oo-oo oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo oo-oo,

Save your questions for someone who cares,
I'm too tired for this,
I sleep, my physique seems to worsen,
Personal conflict, shedding my deadweight,
I'm dead and I'm waiting for-

You, oo-oo oo-oo-oo, oo-oo oo-oo-oo-oo,
Oo-oo oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo-oo oo-oo,

I've sent a message but it didn't seem to get to you-oo-oo,
But you wouldn't tell me if it had,
I bet it all on this, bet it all on this, bet it all on this,
Bet it all on this one,

Save your questions for someone who cares,
I'm so tired of this,
I sleep, my physique seems to worsen,
Personal conflict, shedding my deadweight,
I'm dead and I'm waiting for you,

Dead and I'm waiting for you-oo-oo oo-oo-oo,
Ooo oo-oo oo-oo,
Do-do do-do do-do do-do do-do,
Do-do do-do do-do do-do do-do, yeah,

Dead and I'm waiting for you,
Dead and I'm waiting for you,

Send the messages back,
Send the messages back,
Send the messages back,
Send the messages back,
(Dead and I'm waiting for you),
(X4 and then continued in background)

Save your questions for someone who cares,
I'm so tired of this,
I sleep, my physique seems to worsen,
Personal conflict, shedding my deadweight,
I'm dead and I'm waiting for you,

(fade reapeats of "send the massages back" and "for you")






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    i am loving this song right now it is fantastic for driving ahhhhhhhh love it! at around 2 minutes onwards i just go crazy i love how it ends up a completely different sounding song than how it starts gyro are just brilliant when the census comes to my door i know i'll be putting 'gyroscope' in the religion question

    madoison May 31, 2006   Link
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    Campbell: We always wanted to write albums that took you on a bit of a ride sonically, and to me this is the perfect way to wind everything up. It begins delicately, but then progresses into something a little more desperate and it ties in so well with those morbidly sincere lyrics that Dan is so good at.

    Reflecting on this album, I’ve realised that without us even knowing, it encapsulates everything we were going through at the time of writing these songs. The songs are innocent, honest, rebellious and desperate. This is what happens when four mates get together with nothing to lose. It’s something you can’t manufacture – it is a true reflection of what Gyroscope is.

    Azazel23on April 16, 2015   Link

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