The Beginning And End Of Now

by Papier Tigre

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released 01 October 2008
Recorded at Black Box in August 2008
Engineered by Iain Burgess
Mixed by Iain Burgess & Papier Tigre
Mastered by David Odlum
Cover & pictures by Xavier Mora
Designed by Amelie Grosselin

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Track Name: Restless Empire
RESTLESS EMPIRE

Lay down
My head

You’ve been smiling too loud,
All them saying it’s you and now,
We’ve got time and you just wonder about who’s here.
We’ve got time and you just wonder about who’s here.

Run around, you want to play,
Lights around, give it today,
Come along, don’t say please,
Caught off guard, I’ll have to leave.
You’re so sure.

I think you really ought to let me go.
They’re like clowns with knives, sharpening smiles.
And I’ve got you wondering about time who is here.
I’ve got you wondering about time who is here.
Lay down,
My head,

You’ve been smiling too loud
All them saying it’s you and now
We’ve got time and you just wonder about who is here
We’ve got time and you just wonder about who is here

Run around, you want to play,
Lights around, give it today,
Come along, don’t say please,
Caught off guard, I’ll have to leave
You’re so sure.

Thinking of…
Track Name: Health & Insurance
HEALTH AND INSURANCE

The road heads straight through the room
The grey stone and a red balloon,
A leftover a piece of cake

An old photography colored bind
With the door closed and an aim in mind
Before it was underground

A taste of time
A mad set-up

Policemen looking for experience
On a Monday night with their car on fire,
Searching for an alibi

Late night movies always tell the truth
It’s the end of the world and I’ve got no change,
Waiting in another line

A taste of time
A mad set-up

I’ve been trying to keep my hands clean
Faking ignorance of every scheme
I’ve been laughing like a sound in the distance

Nothing to prove, nothing hidden, when no one moves
Evidence everywhere, just a lengthy brief stare in the room

I’ve been feeling like a stock operator
Moving signs, you could get more answers
Faking ignorance of every scheme
Moving signs, you could get more answers, now.

Our immaturity well preserved
We dressed worse and succeeded less
And we had extended lives

I’m waking up to this at last
Never catching up even with little bits
That have ever happened here

A taste of time
A mad set-up
Track Name: When Will We Get To Meet The Boss ?
WHEN WILL WE GET TO MEET THE BOSS?

Silence in bloom,
And the hours grow,
It’s not changing.
The men in the middle could.
I’ll have to talk around
It’s what they chose.

I’m playing with guns now
A friendly fire‘s sane

Covered in wounds,
All the colours go
It’s not changing.
The men in the middle could.
I’ll have to talk around.
It’s what they chose.

It hurts. So how come I care less?

This is the end
I was dreaming you were shot right down or turned in
I should have known, you got away
I was dreaming you were shot right down
A sigh is so steady it hurts
Would you be laughing at me?
It feels good.
Would you be laughing at me?

All my blood’s falling like sticks and stones.
I’m running from the shells, tonight.
I’m thinking upside down,
And now back and forth,
I’m thinking I should run out, stay in.

Silence in bloom,
And the hours grow,
It’s not changing.
The men in the middle could
I’ll have to walk around.
It’s what they chose.

This is the end
I was dreaming you were shot right down or turned in
I should have known, you got away
I was dreaming you were shot right down
A sigh is so steady it hurts
Would you be laughing at me?
It feels good.
Would you be laughing at me?
Track Name: Green Around The Gills
GREEN AROUND THE GILLS

It’s not me, it’s been some other.
Crawling in, you’re taking all over.

Down by the road with the corkscrew in hand,

You didn’t talk, some tongue tied mutter.
Like spilling words, you’re falling over.

Down by the road with corkscrew in hand,

All that’s been missed
Like a hit, won’t you kiss?
Was just down by my side,

Take your time, don’t swallow others.
Hushed and pushed, you’re taking all over

Down by the road with corkscrew in hand

I don’t know, you can remember.
It’s not me, it’s been some other.

All that’s been missed
Like a hit won’t you kiss?
Was just down by my side
This trick I can’t hide.
Track Name: Office Hours
OFFICE HOURS

Here I stand with eyeballs painted on my eyelids,
Another night at the office block
I’m getting talked about, you’re getting talked about

Come float on stream
Do what you will.

Shake a hand while the other claps for the speech
Standing too close to oilman’s breath
I’m getting talked about, you’re getting talked about

Come float on stream
Do what you will.

A friend like me,
Taking off
A friend like me,
All that much

As the external factors make it all happen,
I’m sweating coffee in a rush
I’m getting talked about, you’re getting talked about

Come float on stream
Do what you will.
Track Name: Indoor Islands
NDOOR ISLANDS

This is a lie
I’m not singing
The lyrics are mine
I didn’t write them
I have no face
I just look like you

Don’t be left aside,
With all the wrong fingerprints
Like painting a better picture,
All these songs have been sung.

A broken record:
Slit your wrists for
Some ink on paper
A repetitive theme that’s been playing
On and on

Cut out your head
And stick it on to theirs
Dancing alone
Headphones and bricks
Hands on my stitches

I hate this place
I’m not leaving
They’re all the same
They keep changing
It’s not the time,
One too many things in one hand,
Just a home
Where no one stays
In this band where
No one plays
Like all the strings are fake

The sound of boxes of silence
It doesn’t speak a word
The sound of boxes of silence
The loudest thing I’ve heard
I’m not too sure you should,
You want to do it here.

Cut our your head
And stick it on to theirs
Dancing alone
Headphones and bricks
Hands on my stitches

Left behind
It doesn’t speak a word
Left behind
It’s the loudest thing I’ve heard
Track Name: Scribble
SCRIBBLE

I’ve been thinking my name’s spelt out wrong.
The shape and body seems too vague.
Scribble, Wait and see.

I’ve been smoking my hands on fire,
Like the architect of my own grave.
Come and dig with me.

I’ve been putting up with change and progress,
Something about the future’s getting so passé.

I get, you get
Lost
A need to show your importance,
New ways to complicate simple
What’s so hard? I can’t take it.
What’s the point of my call?
What so hard? I can’t take it.

Time waste, there’s no triumph like a wreck.
Nice taste, no better mistake than success
Come down slowly, cause there’s not that much to keep,
Nor much to hide now, we’ve got no one to steal.

I’ve been thinking my name‘s spelt out wrong,
The shape and body seems too vague.
Scribble, wait and see.

I’ve been smoking my hands on fire,
Like the architect of my own grave.
Ran out and spent with god on my side,
I’ll be so good now.
Track Name: A Killer Gets Ready
A KILLER GETS READY

Get in line, ready to face the icon,
Stepping up slowly, I know he won’t notice.

Now write my name and story,
It won’t be carefully forgotten,

Get in line ready, to face the icon,
Stepping up slowly I know he won’t notice.

Now write my name and story,
It won’t be carefully forgotten,

All ready to face the icon?
I’m making the most of this.
Are you ready to fall?

Get in line ready to face the icon,
Stepping up slowly, I know he won’t notice

Now write my name and story,
It won’t be carefully forgotten,

All ready to face the icon?
I’m making the most of this
Are you ready to fall?
Track Name: Pricing
PRICING

Since we’ve forgotten almost everything
Since someone stretched out and reached
And they’ve always done it all for us
Heroes don’t do shit, only fuck and kill

Is this too expensive?
Head up high, I’ll talking to you now
Through rivers of concrete
I’ll talking to you now, Head up high

My right, your left
Sunglasses shape
Bodies from the highlights of the day

My right, your left
Sunglasses shape
Bodies from the highlights of the day

Since something brilliant came through a mind
Looks lost for something to find
I hope I flossed enough
Is this coming through?

So stressed in an alley of the mini-mart
Stay compressed and take a toss
I hoped I flossed enough
Is this coming through?

My right, your left
Sunglasses shape
Bodies from the highlights of the day

My right, your left
Sunglasses shape
Bodies from the highlights of the day

My right, your left
Sunglasses shape
Bodies from the highlights of the day

(Since we’ve forgotten almost everything
Since someone stretched out and reached)

(Since something brilliant came through a mind
Looks lost for something to find)
Track Name: Some Statues Are Easily Destroyed With A Shotgun
SOME STATUES ARE EASILY DESTROYED WITH A SHOTGUN

Just remember how the strong winds blow
Make Believe
Take Control now
It’s not so easy…

Just remember how the strong winds blow
Make Believe
Take Control now
It’s not so easy…
Don’t make it simple.

You can’t stay one-sided
All great men have accepted
Don’t stay neutral
Make it happen
Use the edges of my awareness
You know we are all looking for a fresh new start
We’ve all got things to kill
We’ve all got things to kill

A watch and a yacht, high heels in a suit
The show‘s ready to start, come out and watch
I think what you think, I need what you need, and I know how it feels
Sung in Italian

Just remember how the strong winds blow
Make Believe
Take Control now
It’s not so easy…
Don’t make it simple.

A watch and a yacht, high heels in a suit
The show‘s ready to start, come out and watch
I think what you think, I need what you need, and I know how it feels