Catlike - Magnus

Now an 808 is commonplace, it’s too cliché

We gotta sample grooves from outer space

We need a, no a is out of date

I want it soft, understated or pie-shaped

We need to step it up, we gotta find a gap

We need some melodies, you know that rockers just shouldn’t rap

Wait!

was that a glitch in your devotion

Or is that the sound of someone milking old emotions

What you gonna sing about, you seem so upbeat

You gonna talk about your living room, now you don’t wander around the

backstreet

Even silence has a frequency, but sound is your

Currency so show it some decency

Like the initiative

Not so provocative

Give what you gonna give

Don’t be so secretive

Don’t be too open

That’s thin ice!

Take what you gotta take

Take after take

Need a break from yourself

Take it easy, easy

It’s a token

So roll the dice

Now tell me what it is that you gonna do

I never really got what you’re gonna

You wander around you’re catlike

Attacking it like a cat might

And do you even know what you are standing for

Are you gonna hang around, or walking out the door

I’m guessing you know what that’s like

You’re running around, you’re catlike

Hey!

Look at you rock and rollers, like Bowie said

Soon you gonna get older

Look over your shoulder, like shedding skin

You got to let your heart rate win, your BPM

You do too much, you’re always the same

You’re out of time, you’re too generic, now you’re in the game

Wait!

was that another big idea/being washed

down the

Drain of another passing year

What you gonna sing about

I thought you’re a poet

And poets know no beats like a child and a sage,

They’re the janitors of time, keeping words in a safe.

Now crack the code for another passing phrase

Take what you gotta take

Take after take

Need a break from yourself

Take it easy, easy

It’s a token

So roll the dice

Now tell me what it is that you gonna do

I never really got what you’re gonna

You wander around you’re catlike

Attacking it like a cat might

And do you even know what you are standing for

Are you gonna hang around, or walking out the door

I’m guessing you know what that’s like

You’re running around, you’re catlike

Hey!

Now tell me what it is that you wanna say

You seem to change your mind every other day

There’s nothing around you can’t try

I can see it in your cat eyes

Didn’t I hear you purr that you like it here

Do you wanna change your fur and just disappear

I’m guessing you know what that’s like

You’re running around you’re catlike

The situation

Is not a fallacy

It only requires agency

Unfortunately reads like a diary

The middle eight announces the end

Around the thirrd minute, right, the message is sent

The last part beckons, like a homecoming friend

We salute you, after this, you may wander again

after this, you may wander again.

Now tell me what it is that you wanna say

You seem to change your mind every other day

There’s nothing around you can’t try

I can see it in your cat eyes

Didn’t I hear you purr that you like it here

Do you wanna change your fur and just disappear

I’m guessing you know what that’s like

You’re running around you’re catlike