Cable lyrics

[ChrisH]

It should be Muslin not Muslim drapes in Arthur Walker should it not?!

Aanyway, here's the lyrics to my fave Cable song, Vertigo, with a botched version of the one line i've NEVER been able to work out!! :

I lock the frontdoor from the inside
Through the key from the top of my vertical incline
??Impacts with no bounce at all coz you can't grow balance??
With your pocket so small

I lock the fontdoor from the inside
Through the key from the top of a vertical incline
Average and under siege from the ultra mega superleague

This electo magne-tricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

Snip-snap I keep coming back
Nowhere to sail while we're chasing our own tales
Laid back you're tied to the rails
A silky demise when your parachute fails

This electo magne-tricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

This electo magne-tricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

Snip-snap I keep coming back
Nowhere to sail while we're chasing our own tales
Laid back you're tied to the rails
A silky demise when your parachute fails

I lock the frontdoor from the inside
Through the key from the top of my vertical incline
??Impacts with no bounce at all coz you can't grow balance??
With your pocket so small

I lock the fontdoor from the inside
Through the key from the top of a vertical incline
Average and under siege from the ultra mega superleague

This electo magne-tricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

This electo magne-tricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

 

If you're still on this thread Pete, i'd love to know why this tune didn't make Sublingual??

[Greg]

Alright Gojonnygogogo,
                                     I think the reason Vertigo didn't make Sublingual is because I don't think it was concesent with the rest of the album sound and feel. Also the sturcture is very simular to Blue Birds Are Blue. Don't get me wrong I think Vertigo is an ace song. I like the bit when it drops out to vocals and guitar and drops back in classic Cable!

I'm sure Pete well know the reason but that would seem the most simple answer.

Nice Cable Collection, I've been looking for years for some of that vinyle. I'm gald to see I'm not the only one with the 7" and CD singles.

Greg.

[ChrisH]

Yeah, you could well be right there Greg. Oh well, it made their b-side output even greater than it already was! Be interesting to hear what Pete has to say about that tune for sure

Cheers buddy. It's heinously geeky but Cable's about the only band i'm proud to be a record collecting completist for! 

[Greg]

Yeah me to. In Derby there were two verions of Down Lift the Uptroden up for sale at way ahead records years ago. I remember everyone I know who were into Cable buying the other one.

Would be good to hear from Pete how and why Cable chose there B-sides, There all so good. They also played them live as well.

Greg.

[Damon]

It should be tails not tales in Vertigo should it not?!

Vertigo is one of my favourite Cable songs, again I can only post the words as I?ve always heard them but I think that you did an amazing job as Matt really was unintelligible at times and especially so on Vertigo

I lock the front door from the inside
Threw the key from the top of my vertical incline
Impacts with no bounce at all because you got more banks
With your pocket so small

I lock the front door from the inside
Threw the key from the top of my vertical incline
Average and under siege from the ultra mega super league

This electro magnet electricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

Snip-snap I keep coming back
Nowhere to sail while we're chasing our own tails
Laid back you're tied to the rails
A silky demise when your parachute fails

This electro magnet electricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

This electro magnet electricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

Snip-snap I keep coming back
Nowhere to sail while we're chasing our own tails
Laid back you're tied to the rails
A silky demise when your parachute fails

I lock the front door from the inside
Threw the key from the top of my vertical incline
Impacts with no bounce at all because you got more banks
With your pocket so small

I lock the front door from the inside
Threw the key from the top of a vertical incline
Average and under siege from the ultra mega super league

This electro magnet electricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

This electro magnet electricity it's got a stranglehold on me
I'm an only lasting memory caused by inactivity

Damon

[ChrisH]

Ha ha - touche!  Ahh yeah 'threw' would make more sense than 'through' i guess!

Stuck your stuff in the post today Damon. Should be with you tomorrow or next day (sorry i had to plumb for 2nd class being a pauper and everything! )

Can't rob banks maybe??

[Damon]

Thanks again for that, your most aces!

Damon

[nicof]

I just set up my old PC from about 3 or so years ago... I had Cable online's lyrics page cached in my temporary internet pages...

Having said that though, i'm pretty sure all the tracks featured have been covered already on here...

 

[steve_elite]

RE: Song 1, I always thought the line was "Cos' your my only friend, With nerve ends in Lands end" ??

[Corporate_Automaton]

Ahoy!

Hi, Steve_elite (or should that be 1337?!) and nicof - welcome to the site!  I think I agree with you there, Steve_elite, "with nerve ends" sounds pretty much like what I hear.

How come no-one has had a go at Oubliette yet?  If anybody fancies having a go I'd be much obliged - I haven't got a clue what any of Oubliette's lyrics are (apart from the "salt water reptile" bit that Pete Cable said was his favourite lyric)!

Thanks,

Corporate_Automaton

[Jezmyers]

RE: Song 1, I always thought the line was "Cos' your my only friend, With nerve ends in Lands end" ??

is that steve from the dauntless elite???

[nicof]

who knows what I was on when I posted this originally...

[Damon]

Autobahn Head

I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
On deck chair standing in the playground
Pin stripes fall down upon themselves
High times you?re a life spent stacking shelves

So wealthy but never special

Cross it out and multiply it

So wealthy but never special

Tell, waiting for the rainy spell
Just flow as well

I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
On deck chair standing in the playground
Pin stripes fall down upon themselves
High times you?re a life spent stacking shelves
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island
I saw you waiting at the corner of an island

So wealthy but never special

Cross it out and multiply it


Comprendez?

You don?t know what I mean and neither do I
You?re alone in her you can confide
Round and round and round we go
Digging in your crypt
Looking for a memento

Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo

You don?t know what I mean and neither do I
You?re alone in her you can confide
Round and round and round we go
Digging in your crypt
Looking for a memento
Unless its you that wants an equal
An extra for your prelude sequel
No ones asking you want it?s called
You?ll be leaving me Sub-Lingual

Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo

Oh you ask, I really stuck
Unless you see, the way you are
And now you really ask, I really stuck.
Unless you see I really made the whole thing up

You don?t know what I mean and neither do I
You?re alone in her you can confide
Round and round and round we go
Digging in your crypt
Looking for a memento
Unless its you that wants an equal
An extra for your prelude sequel
No ones asking you want it?s called
You?ll be leaving me Sub-Lingual

Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo
Sub-Lingual, Sub-Lingual woo woo

Damon

[gurdak]

Ahoy!

Land Speed Record

Do the rumba do the clap[?]
When you pause the second hand
Indisposable I am
To the festival I ran
Now I'm trying to escape
From the yellow boundary tape
Wearing tyre marks on my shirt
[No idea] like a permafrost certificate
I am just a mess
A vagabond's address
Tailor Made [something...] your lesuire
Measure your success
Blood on the dashboard
Action Manicure
For the holder of
The land Speed Record

The world comes watching me[?] (Refrain 2nd time around: I watch the moon shake)
Watching the moon shake
Broken every rule
To cover one mistake

Lie like a prisoner
When the cinema
Falls silently to sleep
I can see us as we spin
'Round the hairpins of Monaco

Lie like a prisoner
When the cinema
Falls silently...
Smile through the ornamental pain
That you wear

Actually, there weren't too many gaps there (and hopefully not too many mistakes)!  Corrections and additions gratefully received!

Cheers,

Corporate_Automaton

Hey Corporate_automaton i've put in bold the bits you were missing as i heard them. Anyone got words for "i'm always right" or dare i say it.. "oubliette" I can play a couple of cable songs and these two i've got complete, would be nice to have the words as well!

[steve_elite]

RE: Song 1, I always thought the line was "Cos' your my only friend, With nerve ends in Lands end" ??

is that steve from the dauntless elite???

Aye son!