Size of which is paradoxic the only way you're gonna stop this
In the vessel there's a switch in the middle
You really shouldn't fiddle cause its toxic
Listen up 'cause it's a red light
And the pressure's blowing up tight
There's a schism in the time mechanism
There's a schism in the time mechanism
Never touch that switch
Even if you want to
You don't know what it can do.
Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.

See the futures in the distance
I know I'm facing some resistance
Getting back within the blink of a bubble
Time machine never gives us any trouble.
There's a riot down in Shelton
Only minutes after Brixton but this city never made it on the telly
Or the rumble of the nations underbelly

Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.
Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.

You know you're heading for a meltdown, and you're living in a tin town
Thinking that you're gonna be somebody, living in the land of milk and honey
Listen up 'cause it's a red light, and the futures blowing up tight
There's a schism in the time mechanism, there's a schism in the time mechanism

Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.
Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.
Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.
Never touch that switch, even if you want to.
You don't know what it can do.


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Never Touch That Switch Lyrics as written by Kelvin Andrews Daniel Spencer Mould

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    One of the weakest in "Rudebox"...I find it too weird, and not very catchy.

    Robbie says: "The first records I bought were electro records and I never thought in a million years it would be something Robbie Williams could do. It only struck me in the studio as we were recording. Although I didn't write this one it just reminded me of pre-narcotics and pro-stealing your mum's lino. What does it mean? I don't know, it is in the eye of the beholder. To me ˜Never Touch That Switch" is all about never opening your system to the mood altering experience...you don't know what it can do to you."

    Gabigson November 04, 2006   Link
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    I understand this song. The red light he's talking about is an sort of wormhole into time.

    iris10on June 29, 2007   Link

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