Echo & the Bunnymen
Ripeness (Alternate)
[Verse]
I found a thing in a bedroom
Change the shape of the world for long enough
Got the boat till as far as I could
Afford it to take me, it was far enough
It raised the question then
If I was then aware
Among all the fatter men
Why all this excess skin?
I lost something in a big room
Change the shape of the world for long enough
Long enough
When you're right
Safe enough
When you're right
Mature you said at the wrong time
Broke my aging skin 'cause age was mine
Had a field day, smelt like roses
Harvesting my thoughts 'cause it was time

[Chorus]
When you grasped the question
Did you miss the meaning?
When you met your challenge
Did you go out fighting?
When you climbed on top
Did you fall on shadows?
And then clambering off
Did you fall on rainbows?
[Bridge]
Sing your salt
Worth its weight
In god gold
Curse its fate

[Chorus]
When you grasped the question
Did you miss the meaning?
When you met your challenge
Did you go out fighting?
When you climbed on top
Did you fall on shadows?
And then clambering off
Did you fall on rainbows?

[Outro]
Neither kinder nor the kinder
Are you fuel for the fire?
Neither uber nor the over
Must have others to inspire
I've discovered my Nietzche
I've discovered my Nietzche
Neither kinder nor the kinder
Are you fuel for the fire?
Neither unter nor the over
Must have others to inspire
Death should be unleashed
Or something
Do tell me
What's the difference?
Do tell me
What's the difference?
I've discovered my Nietzche