Lyrics: "Extreme Close-Up, Then Fade to Black"

© 2000 by Andersen Silva

Last updated 6-28-2022  


You look at me,
     Don't really see,
Very deeply
     Inside of me...

Bring the lens in tight!
     Shoot it black and white...!
Scars in sharp relief,
     Am I beyond belief?

CHORUS:
Come in now, for an extreme close-up.
     Accept, as I have, a universe so cold...
When it runs over, throw away my cup!
     Why in the world should I feel so old?


Don't know what I mean,
     You're part of the machine.
Don't know you're in a scene,
     ou think I'm bitter mean...

Now cut to camera two!
     I'm looking sadly at you...
Too sensitive, you call me;
     Wake up! and maybe you'll see...

CHORUS:
Come in now, for an extreme close-up.
     If you don't FEEL, then you're not alive.
The wine has become vinegar in my cup.
     Sometimes I wonder how I've survived.


No, not quite there...
     Though I do despair.
You stop and stare,
     Don't know this world's not fucking fair!

CHORUS:
So tired now, I could fade to black.
     None else regard emotions anyway.
In my heart, shattered crystal; in my soul, a crack,
     Is it so hard to hear the things that I would say?

Extreme close-up, then fade to black.
     Watching the credits, maybe you'll realize,
It wasn't my excess, it was your sore lack
     Of unrepressed feelings, like these tears in my eyes...


Dissolve me.