Uncommon Nasa - U68 Lyrics

This whole thing seems familiar
Like I'm singing on that sewer grate again
Just above the frogs caught in coffee cans
That's my Dad, confidence as I sang
It was the future of the man
Snakeheads snapped from steel hands
Hazed air through plastic fans
Drastic tans, never beach son, skin tone too fair
This is all before, before
But after my birth
My whole life contained inside of a striped shirt
The lead up to nineteen eighty worst
When every other word was a curse
I'm tugging on her purse
And every other song I hear is a first
The TV dial pops while the touch screen sparks electricity
Only to invent years later

Tears for Fears
I cried myself to sleep
Tears for Fears
I tried myself to speak
Tears for Fears
I cried when I heard that song
Don't know why I listened so long
Tears for Fears

The flickering light not yet understood
Not yet cruel, filled with big kicks and lush synths
Tuned with six clicks to such things
Extra long rabbit ears with the tin foil extension
Not yet feeling fenced in
Rubber cubes on pencils ease the tension
Sunrise highways lead to bridges, amazed by the suspension
Never seen in a small car
Dreams to travel far
Sitting in that back seat lets you know exactly who you are
The shot pans up to reveal a window I'm looking through
But it's actually us under glass
Tender grass or attending mass
Now a wide pan to the sky only
To revisit years later

Tears for Fears
I cried myself to sleep
Tears for Fears
I tried myself to speak
Tears for Fears
I cried when I heard that song
Don't know why I listened so long
Tears for Fears