Ian McCulloch
Ripeness
[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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?
We will discover
Ripeness twice over

[Bridge]
Sing your song
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?
How will we recover
Ripeness when it's over?

[Verse 3]
I lost something in a big room
Change the shape of the world for long enough

[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]
How will we recover
Ripeness when it's over?
Neither kinder nor the kinder (How will we recover)
Are you fuel for the fire? (Ripeness when it's over?)
Neither uber nor the over (How will we recover)
Must have others to inspire (Ripeness when it's over?)
I've discovered my Nietzche
I've discovered my Nietzche
Death should be unleashed (How will we recover)
Or something (Ripeness)
Do tell me (When it's over?)
What's the difference? (How will)
Do tell me (We recover)
What's the difference?
(Ripeness when it's over?)