Post-entertainment

The Ropes Post-entertainment Lyrics
1.The 57th Floor

From the 57th floor
Blood looks like paint
Blood looks like paint from the 57th Floor
Answers come easy on the 57th floor
On the 57th floor answers come easy

But as the 57th floor gets lower
Blood looks like blood
Please take me back to the 57th floor
Please take me back to the 57th floor

You're never going back to the 57th floor


2.America Will Copy

You didn't know that you were sad
Until you heard that song
You knew you'd never been in love
After you saw that film

But since then
You've had a few thoughts of your own
But you can't tell me
You said it must be so

You didn't know where you were at
Until they pointed at that map
Gave you numbers and an address
Where they could always find you

But since then
You've found a place of your own
But you can't tell me where it is
You said it must be so

Because America will copy
And everyone will know
America will copy
And everyone will go

You faked death to stay alive


3.Ice Cube in an Ocean

The offer always looming
Some sugar on the dirt
Tonight I sold my soul
For more than it was worth
Blood was in the water
No searchlights in the sky
Death was all around me
But I was getting by

There's no reason to live
And that's what's keeping me alive

Ice cube in an ocean
For a few glorious seconds you're floating
As your identity's melting
And it swallows you whole

Your arms don't need to struggle
You can finally rest your brain
Don't think of it as drowning
But rather being saved

Blood is in the water
No searchlights in the sky
Life is all around me
But I am getting by

And there's no reason to live
That's what's keeping me alive

Ice cube in an ocean
For a few glorious seconds you're floating
As your identity's melting
And it swallows you whole


4.Black All Day, Bright All Night

Saw you outside on a sunny morning
With a candle in your hand
Feeling your way around
Even though you knew very well
There was nothing to hold on to

( )

It's always
Black all day and bright all night

Met you outside on a starless night
The sky was like a blindfold
But I knew my way around
And at this moment it's impossible to tell
That there's nothing to hold on to
There's nothing to hold on to

( )

It's always
Black all day and bright all night


5.People Are Living Longer, but Dying Younger

Your whole life
You've been
Chewing the same piece of gum
And you live in an age
Where this privilege can now be prolonged

Oh but sir it's so tasteless
Oh but sir it's so tasteless
So tasteless

Your whole life
You've been sad and alone
And you live in an age
Where this feeling can now be prolonged
But at least there's the future
Things can change in the future
The future
And if you could see yourself in the future
You'd be waiting for the future


6.Another Safe Landing

I've never been to California
But I've lived in LA
I've never been to London
But I've walked down Oxford Street

Another safe landing has got me worried
That everything I wanted
Is right here in my head
Another safe landing but what's the hurry?
When everything I wanted is not there
It's in my head

I've never been to California
But I've lived in LA
I've never been to London
But I've walked down Oxford Street

Another safe landing has got me worried
That everything I wanted
Is right here in my head
Another safe landing but what's the hurry?
It's not there
It's in my head

I'll never get over waking up


7.Hey Faggot

Hey faggot
You're not in love
How do I know that you're not in love?
Hey faggot
You're not in love
'Cause I overheard that no one's in love

And the more I learn
The smaller the world becomes
But today I saw the whole world open up
It's a great big world
It's a great big world

Two lovers ready to go
But she was searching high
While he was searching low
Hey faggot
Let's make it clear
You're not in love
But love can be queer

The more I learn
The smaller the world becomes
But today I saw the whole world open up
It's a great big world
It's a great big world

I can find the devil in anything?
Or is it he who finds me?
Do I find the devil in everything?
Or does the devil find me?

I think I know

Yes, now I think I know everything
The more you learn the more lonely you'll be
My world is getting smaller every day
But every time I try to escape
I fall and hit my head

I see a great big world


8.Windows of Windows of Windows

I look through windows of windows of windows to get a look
outside
I shatter I shatter I shatter and I vandalize

Lies
Lives

I look through people through people through people who think
that they're outside
Looking and looking and looking until I die

Die

I look through windows of windows of windows to get a look
outside
I finally finally finally got a look outside

Lies


9.Post-entertainment

No more happy people singing sad songs
And no more screaming unless you're in pain
How is everybody doing tonight?

When did they arrive?

About three years before Madonna died
You weren't aware that you could run out of time

No more happy people singing sad songs
From this point on the timeline
Are you an artist or an entertainer?
Decide
You can't be both after tonight

About three years before Madonna died
You weren't aware that you could run out of time
About three years before Madonna died
Post-entertainment
The dividing line

How is everybody doing tonight?

About three years before Madonna died
You weren't aware that you could run out of time
About three years before Madonna died
Post-entertainment

Suicide