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Vertical Integration Lyrics
Out in the forest
Whoever expected you to be there too
Where I found integration
Ah they all expected you to find the clue
Yes they all expected you to find the clue
You're looking up the ladder
It's laying on the ground
Begin one false step and it's
Down down down
Am I supposed to tell all
Are you supposed to look
You take no notice
Begin
All over again
Out there in the desert
There is the ancient monument I stained
Where I found integration
And all my dreams drew around me and complained
And I was left in a wilderness of shame
You left me out there in a wilderness of shame
Stumbled around and seeded
Found the magic lot
And knew that time, remembered
what the rest of us forgot
I threw the secret formula
Upon the table plain
And sat there, waiting for the strings
To begin again
I f-f-found integration
I f-f-found integration
I f-f-found integration
[-- varied until the end --]
Whoever expected you to be there too
Where I found integration
Ah they all expected you to find the clue
Yes they all expected you to find the clue
It's laying on the ground
Begin one false step and it's
Down down down
Am I supposed to tell all
Are you supposed to look
You take no notice
Begin
All over again
There is the ancient monument I stained
Where I found integration
And all my dreams drew around me and complained
And I was left in a wilderness of shame
You left me out there in a wilderness of shame
Found the magic lot
And knew that time, remembered
what the rest of us forgot
I threw the secret formula
Upon the table plain
And sat there, waiting for the strings
To begin again
I f-f-found integration
I f-f-found integration
[-- varied until the end --]
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This is one of my favourite songs ever, from the sadly overlooked 1980 album What's the Matter, Boy? I play it on my phone when I'm walking in the woods. I think it's about hope, optimism and uncertainty, but only Vic really knows.