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Out Of Sight Lyrics
Out of sight is always out of mind
I think out of mind is out of sight
I was just looking for some piece of mind
I just couldn't find a piece of mine
They say that pride comes just before a fall
I have fallen and I wasn't sure
You know that I have fallen further before
I just cannot stand falling no more
If I am good I could add years to my life
I would rather add some life to my years
Life is really what you make it they say
I can't even make my mind up today
The world keeps turning it keeps me in my place
Where I stand is only 3 miles from space
Standing space is all the space I can stand
Gravity just keeps on keeping me down
Out of sight is always out of mind
I think out of mind is out of sight
I was just looking for some piece of mind
I just couldn't find a piece of mine
They say that pride comes just before a fall
I have fallen and I wasn't proud
You know that I have fallen further before
I just cannot stand falling no more
The planet spins and it keeps me in my place
Where I stand is only 3 miles from space
We're getting closer now to being apart
I kind of knew that people right from the start
I think out of mind is out of sight
I was just looking for some piece of mind
I just couldn't find a piece of mine
I have fallen and I wasn't sure
You know that I have fallen further before
I just cannot stand falling no more
I would rather add some life to my years
Life is really what you make it they say
I can't even make my mind up today
Where I stand is only 3 miles from space
Standing space is all the space I can stand
Gravity just keeps on keeping me down
I think out of mind is out of sight
I was just looking for some piece of mind
I just couldn't find a piece of mine
I have fallen and I wasn't proud
You know that I have fallen further before
I just cannot stand falling no more
Where I stand is only 3 miles from space
We're getting closer now to being apart
I kind of knew that people right from the start
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Such a powerful song. I've rarely heard another band that can match the sheer scale of the Spiritualized sound.
"If I am good I could add years to my life I would rather add some life to my years"
Another of those excellent lyrics. Was a kind of mantra for me at one time :).
This is one of Jason Pierce's greatest lyrics, and as with many of the songs from this criminally underrated album "Let it Come Down" - shows a real progression in lyrical sophistication (first evident on "Ladies and Gentlemen...") compared with the first two Spiritualized albums and his Spaceman 3 material.
His clever inversion wordplay found in this song is subsequently explored in the track "I Am What I Am" (co-written with Dr John) which was finally recorded and released on 2012's "Sweet Heart, Sweet Light" (although the lyrics originally appeared with a very different tune on live performances from 1998).
"Out of Sight" is clearly a favorite track of Jason's. Since the tour that followed the release of "Let it Come Down" he has rarely performed tracks from this album. Probably because (apart from "On Fire") the grand orchestral and choral arrangements make those tracks hard to play live with the normal electric Spiritualized band.
However when the band played the whole "Ladies and Gentlemen..." album live, with full choir and orchestra - at every show the song he chose as an encore, the song to follow that album's closer - the epic and cacophonous "Cop Shoot Cop", was a fantastic live rendition of "Out of Sight"!
To me, this is "Don't Just Do Something II: The Descent Continues"
yeah its like another level in teh depression of someone... but good song btw.. hehehe :)
Although I find that J's constant drug and god metaphors are starting to wear thin from overuse, this is probably the best set of lyrics he's recorded. That aside, I think the meaning is pretty self-explanatory!