E-shaped Stories Lyrics

It's goddam gut-wrenching

It's heartbreaking

And I'm parachuted in

There's all these sirens braying

Bullets spraying

When you give me all their sins

You've got me thinking "How did they get themselves into this and how will they get themselves out of this?"

Is this exhilarating?

Yeah but the next thing

It's only ever seven seconds from my mind

So don't think me right unkind

But you're gonna have to try and do loads better than this

Or else how do you think you'll keep me trapped stuck in the middle of this?

You'll have to ramp up the thrills and the e-shaped stories

Give me cyclone twists and the grimmest histories

Give me shocks, a buzz, and trickster dances

I have questions but there are no answers

Tighten the grip of your e-shaped stories

Promise to thrill me, grill me, never to bore me

Give me flashbacks, strobe-light trances

I have questions but there are no answers

Glitchy news

Music gloss

Slow down footage now rush

Jump narrative streams

I'm finally thrilled

I think this means that I care

I don't care

Somethings glowing over there

For one single hour you gave me a buzz

Is that enough?

Ramp up the thrills and the e-shaped stories

Give me cyclone twists and the grimmest histories

Give me shocks, a buzz, trickster dances

I have questions, there are no answers

Tighten the grips of your e-shaped stories

Promise to thrill me, kill me, never to bore me

Give me flashbacks, strobe-light trances

I have questions but there are no answers

You fill us up

You fill us in

But quick, let's check out the beginning

I want to know how this all got started

If there's a harsh back story it might feel cathartic

You, you filled us up

You filled us in

We looked where you pointed

We felt these feelings

Is there one single action that I can take

When it's a magic trick

When it's birthday cake?

I hope by the end that you fill in all the blanks

I'll be so happy but I won't say thanks

In the silence afterwards

I will find more blanks

I'll be unhappy but I'll just say thanks

Are the victims still the victims

When we are thrilled and we are filled

And we are filled and we are thrilled?

And we are

You fill us up and you fill us in

You fill us up and you fill us in

You fill us up and you fill us in

You fill us up and you fill us in

I am full, full, full but then the next one starts

And here is the hook for our breaking hearts

Which are breaking for the dead or for the talking heads

Or are they breaking for ourselves?

You'll have to ramp up the thrills and the e-shaped stories

Give me cyclone twists and the grimmest histories

Give me shocks, a buzz, trickster dances

I have questions but there are no answers

Tighten the grip of your e-shaped stories

Promise to thrill me, never to bore me

Give me your flashbacks and strobe-light trances

I have questions

There are no answers