Lyrics for Back to BASIC by Children of the CPU 1 - Slay Your Dragons Grey light filters through green leaves In this din your eyes look blue Deep breath, exhale, check under the bed Okay everything is cool Get up, climb down, step into the dark And wander through concrete forests With no one to slay your dragons And no way to shake your ghosts Little One say good morning Little One hug the trees Little One fight the power But not before you drink your tea This world wasn't built for dreamers But don't let that get you down Don't lose your imagination Little One stand your ground Trapped in a maze of broken dreams And all your hopes seem lost You want a map to help you find yourself But YOU ARE HERE and X marks the wrong spot Walk on, stand tall, stay cool, don't falter Don't get your back up against the wall Sit back and wait, someday you'll see Love's the only map you'll ever need Little One life ain't easy Little One take my hand Little One I believe in you Little One I got your back Little One seize the day then I'll tuck you in and turn out the light Little One close your eyes now And I'll sing you a lullaby 2 - Omega Race I remember when we thought we were punks But my disco heart couldn't take the beat Do you remember when the future looked bright? Despite your techno mind you got left behind I remember the last time I cared But who gives a damn that life is unfair I remember the last time we laughed You said take it all in stride and don't look back I'm not exactly sure What I've been waiting for All of these days My hear and mind are cluttered With minor distrations Enchanted times have passed me by While I pursued Love and Innocence Apathy is happiness, ignorance bliss Why fight for the cause? the cause is dead If I open my heart they'll just let me down But not you, there's something you always knew With struggle comes hope, you can't give up the fight You grew up to be a punk, well so did I 3 - Firefly Did you see the moon tonight? Did you know it's made of dust? Did you hear they found another way to ruin your day? Did you see the stars tonight? Did you know they're made of tears? Did you hear they found a perfect way to take away your everything? You could phone in sick and sneak in to a movie with me We'll share some tears and a flask full of wine Later we can cruise the scene like skaters on longboards and then Head to the creek and catch a jar of fireflies Did you lose another fight? Did you try to walk away? Did they try to tell you what to think and what to feel and what to say? Did you walk alone tonight? Did you get lost along the way? Did you cry yourself to sleep, did you wish you could just fade away? You should phone in sick and sneak in to a movie with me We'll share some laughs and a flask full of wine Later we can cruise the scene like hipsters on scooters and then Head to the lake and catch a jar of fireflies Did you catch my drift tonight? Did you see it in your dreams? Peace in the blink of an eye and true love in a memory The trees are whizzing by, a warm breeze on my feet With the crickets' lullaby it was the last time I felt safe and free 4 - Closer Than You Think There's only one way to fly a kite There's only one way to ride a bike There's only one way to drive a car There's more than one way to break my heart I can't find a place to roam I can't find my way back home I can't find heaven above I can't find my one true love Three-sixty degrees of rotation Six degrees separation Three degrees of murder Only one degree of love I can't find a place to roam I can't find my way back home I can't find heaven above I can't find my one true love 5 - Laurentien I'm tired of awkward silences and of shooting stars that fade I'm bored with this particular orbit, this one last dance is getting stale This is not rocket science but I always seem to get it wrong They say they will build you a spaceship but no one ever does Wandering star don't know where you're heading I'm sad to see you go and I hope you're not gone for long Send me a postcard of the places you've been I hope the weather is fine, just don't forget what you've left behind Wandering star don't know where you have been I know you had to go but I hope you're not gone for long Send me a drawing of the places you've seen And never forget to always colour outside the lines I'm tired of broken promises and of staring at my feet This room is getting crowded and our eyes will never meet I'm weary of being selfish but no one seems to want my love They say they will show you the stars but no one ever does 6 - Stardust/Note to Self I recognise your silhouette, and even though we've never met I hope someday to jam with you, and maybe you will dig my groove It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for me Glide by shooting star / There's nothing left unless you use it up Saturday night rollerskating rink / Held my breath but it was hard to take There's something you should know by now / There's nothing left until you use it up Glide by shooting star Shallow hot-shot show-off jerks, I think I'm ready for something else Disco ball spins round and round, your sparkling eyes light up the room It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for me Glide by shooting star / There's nothing left unless you use it up Saturday night rollerskating rink / Held your hand but it was hard to take There's something you should know by now / There's nothing left until you use it up Glide by shooting star Let's spend every weekend at the rink our fingers entwined, our feet in sync Will you show me how to shoot the duck? I'd like to know how to heel-and-toe It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for us ----------- All you do is cruise through life and just fake it fake it fake it When you gonna get on the floor and shake it shake it shake it? When you gonna make your move and groove it groove it groove it? When you gonna live your life and not just waste it waste it waste it? 7 - Cascadia They went swiming without you again On this sparkling August Sunday There was no cream for your coffee this morning And you are broken The sky is tilted The rains are coming The horizon is greay And you will welcome them with misty eyes And rubber boots 8 - Logic is for Loners I try not to live my life in the past Never could understand why memories of happier times Make the future seem so sad And now all the days go by so fast The summers used to be long, our hearts used to be strong And 8-bits never did us wrong If you could freeze one happy time, what would it be? That day in September, we climbed up that tree Do you even remember the trembling leaves drifting away? They couldn't hold on, and neither could we I sit at this window and watch these clowns roll by I catch a glimpse of regret reflected in their tired eyes If their gaze would stray beyond the everyday to the periphery They'd see the puzzled looks of the wonderless souls Who placed all of their hopes in a machine It broke my heart when you told me that logic is for loners Well I have been wondering: do you think it's too late? To go back to BASIC, to re-roll our fate? To chill in the basement and never grow up? 'cause 64K was more than enough Now as I get older I find it kinda strange That I remember your laugh but can't remember your face I wouldn't blame you if you have moved on I ask just one little favour - don't forget met? 9 - I Spy Every boy I meet thinks I should be a rock star I don't even know how to play guitar Every boy I meet thinks I act like a porn star I'm just a girl who's never been loved I'm just a girl who's never been loved And I'm just a girl who's never been in love Every boy I meet wants to protect me And keep me safe from myself Every boy I meet ends up just rejecting me But not before I reject myself I'm just a girl who's never been loved And I'm just a girl who's never been in love I'm just a girl who's smarter than you think And I'm just a girl who's stronger than you think Every boy I meet tries to write my song Every boy I meet gets it wrong 10 - Weeping Willow Caught you staring off into space again my love What's going through your head these days? Never thought I'd see you like this again my love But something's got you in a daze In this whole wide world surely we can have some fun Let's bike down to the ocean and blow bubbles in the sun In this whole wide world surely between you and me We can find a way to build a house in that willow tree And be happy Has this broken world got you down again my love And put you in a tail-spin? I would fix all the broken bits for you my love If I only knew where to begin In this whole long life surely I can find the time To tell you you are lovely and I'm glad that you are mine In this whole short life surely I can find a way To say "you make me happy and I love you" everyday 11 - Analog Heart Sparkle Eyes I wish we had been friends Back in the days when we were just small Sparkle Eyes I wish I had known you Before the weight of the world had set in Sparkle eyes I wish I had been there When you first learned to ride a bike We could race around the block with cards in our spokes Then play Atari downstairs and have chips and pop Lying on the dock with you at the cottage We hear the cry of a loon under darkening skies As the thunder rolls in it seems the storm is upon us And a thousand bolts of heaven flash before our eyes Sparkle Eyes I wish you had been there To play with me in my first synth band With my Casiotone and your digital know-how We'd rule the 80s and be binary stars Sparkle Eyes I wish I could be there To see exactly how you turn out I'm sure the clouds will part and the dawn will shine upon The sparkly-eyed boy with the analog heart 12 - Endnote to self All you do is cruise through life and just fake it fake it fake it When you gonna get on the floor and shake it shake it shake it? When you gonna make your move and groove it groove it groove it? When you gonna live your life and not just waste it waste it waste it?