Public Pervert

Track 7 on Antics

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Morse code is used in several places throughout the album’s packaging, continuing the nautical themes found in a few of the tracks' lyrics like “Public Pervert”. Paul… Read More

Sep. 27, 20041 viewer33.3K views

Public Pervert Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If time is my vessel, then learning to love
Might be my way back to sea
The flying, the metal, the turning above
These are just ways to be seen

[Verse 2]
We all get paid
Yeah, some get faith before they die
Then, through stars, we will navigate
Through the holes in your eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
How many days will it take to land?
How many ways to reach abandon?
Oh, abandon

[Chorus]
Oh, so swoon, baby, starry nights
May our bodies remain
You move with me, I'll treat you right, baby
May our bodies remain

[Verse 3]
There is love to be made
So just stay here for this while
Perhaps heartstrings resuscitate
The fading sounds of your life

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[Pre-Chorus]
How many days will it take to land?
How many ways to reach abandon?
Oh, abandon

[Chorus]
So swoon, baby, starry nights
May our bodies remain
As deep we move, I'll feed you light, baby
May our bodies remain
Oh yeah, in history, I'll treat you right, baby
I'm honest that way, hey

[Outro]
Swoon, baby, starry nights
May our bodies remain

About

Morse code is used in several places throughout the album’s packaging, continuing the nautical themes found in a few of the tracks' lyrics like “Public Pervert”.

Paul Banks, in a 2004 NME interview preceding the release of the album, said of it:

“The title has nothing to do with the song. It’s about a couple who are bodies of light flying through space and moving out of a physical plain to the cosmos.”