Julian Casablancas

Left & Right In The Dark

Running in the parking lot, I'm four years old
I am lost, those were the days
Soft memory of voices in the other room
Comforting you, as you fall asleep

Staring at the mother-daughter clones go by
We're in a race against time
And time might be winning

And it's not gonna take all day long
Watching the urban decay all around us, oh boy
And I'm on my way, oh, somewhere
Feels like I'm going left and right in the dark
How long must you wait
How long must you stay

Wake up

I am ashamed, I think maybe sometimes
I might have used tricks to make you like me more
When I found you I was running wild
Let's get outta here, and let's travel there

I wanna know what you're thinking
'Cause I think, I think it too

Sliding across the Indian wildnerness
Like the wind, riding down sore throats
6am now you're in Hollywood
And you're dancing, we made it

We are turning back the Earth so fast
That it feels a lot slower

And it's not gonna take all day long
Watching the urban decay all around us, oh boy
And I'm on my way on somewhere
Feels like I'm going left and right in the dark
How long will it take
To fix what can't break

Wake up

Your Achilles heel is you like to feel
Your fingers on the wheel
Some live in the palace, some live in the sewers
The director and the actor and the crew and the viewers
Boys got their toys and girls got their dolls and
Nothing much else changes in the final stages

Are you spending today as the same
As your life in corruption and temper in the way

Wait up
Wake up