Paperlate Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jivetolkin 

Cover art for Paperlate lyrics by Genesis

"Paperlate" - a British newsboy's cry for the evening edition of the local paper. Connotes late-breaking news, perhaps an emergency transmission or warning?

"It's too easy to live like clockwork.." / "It's too easy to live in a cold sweat.." / " it's too easy to compute your future" / "It's too easy to talk about rocking the boat" - speaks for itself, this is a wake-up call for people living in complacency, coming up with multiple excuses for not taking risks, making changes in their lives.

"So sorry, but there's no one on the line." - there's no deity or supernatural being listening in on the other end of your prayers. It's up to you, and you alone, to make this change you seek.

"rest easy, no news is good news" - there's no one on the line, but the good news is, this frees you to make this change.

"don't worry now, you're not alone, look around you" - despite all this, you're not alone. look around you.

sorry for the formatting errors! :)