Crosseyed and Painless
Crosseyed and Painless

Talking Heads - Crosseyed and Painless Lyrics

Alternative
Oct 8, 1980
336
Crosseyed and Painless Music Video

Crosseyed and Painless Lyrics

Lost my shape
Trying to act casual
Can't stop
I might end up in the hospital
Changing my shape
I feel like an accident
They're back
To explain their experience

Isn't it weird?
Looks too obscure to me
Wasting away
And that was their policy

I'm ready to leave
I push the fact in front of me
Facts lost
Facts are never what they seem to be
Nothing there
No information left of any kind
Lifting my head
Looking for the danger signs

There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us

Still waiting, still waiting, still waiting, still waiting
Still waiting, still waiting, still waiting, still waiting

The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside

The island of doubt
Is like the taste of medicine
Working by hindsight
Got the message from the oxygen
Making a list
Find the cost of opportunity
Doing it right
Facts are useless in emergencies

The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside

Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things

Still waiting, still waiting, still waiting, still waiting
Still waiting, still waiting, still waiting, still waiting
Still waiting, still waiting, still waiting, still waiting

Writer(s): David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Brian Eno
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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