Pictures on a Video Screen

MelvilleB · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 8527

I think this one definitely improves with listening to.

I open up one eye and I can see
A million T.V. screens from wall to wall
And as I look again it seems to me
My picture is projected on them all.

From far away I see my body now
I can follow every movement that I make
But I can’t remember where I am or how,
Or wether I am dreaming or awake.

Refrain:
Sooner or later, I’ll believe the world’s not round,
I’ll turn up the vision, turn up the sound.
For I have discovered that I’m not what I seem,
I’m only a picture on a video screen.
And sooner or later, when the night comes rolling down,
Fear and confusion are all around;
I know that the problems
And the nightmares that I dream
Are only pictures on a video screen.

And as I rise to get myself another drink,
It seems like I’m some distance from my brain.
I’m looking down and I begin to think
This must be what it’s like to go insane.

[Refrain] And sooner or later, ...

Sooner or later, I’ll believe the world’s not round,
I’ll turn up the vision, turn up the sound.
For I have discovered that I’m not what I seem,
I’m only a picture on a video screen.

Written by Mike Batt
Published by Dramatico / Sony / ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd
From the single 'I Cried For You'

aureus · **Posted:** May 24, 2008 5:08 pm

Yeah, probably one of those songs which fit the underrated-songs list. I really like this song even though it’s one of those I just got recently (1-2 months ago) when I bought the ICFY / Just Like Heaven single. Definitely a nice song!

Ronald · **Posted:** May 24, 2008 5:13 pm

This is an under rated song. Not my favorite, but worth a listen :music:

Aekesis · **Posted:** May 24, 2008 5:17 pm

Ronald wrote:

This is an under rated song. Not my favorite, but worth a listen :music:

Is there any Katie's song that doesn't worth a listen ? :mrgreen:

duw1427 · **Posted:** May 24, 2008 11:22 pm

"... I’m looking down and I begin to think
This must be what it’s like to go insane ..."

a fragment of a Katie song which I love very much!

DavidA · **Posted:** May 25, 2008 12:26 am

I'm glad you posted these lyrics because I could never hear them properly:

And as I rise to get myself another drink,
It seems like I’m some distance from my brain.
I’m looking down and I begin to think
This must be what it’s like to go insane.

I thought she sang brink and not brain
and in sync and not insane. :scratch:

Makes more sense now! :lol:

Now I have to take issue with another line in this song too.

Sooner or later I'll believe the world's not round.

Mr.Batt, the world's not round, it's spherical. I know this because when I was teacher training I said 'round' during an observed lesson and got reprimanded in my assessment! :roll:

The world is spherical :geek:

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Nammzi · **Posted:** May 25, 2008 12:29 am

DavidA wrote:

Mr.Batt, the world's not round, it's spherical. I know this because when I was teacher training I said 'round' during an observed lesson and got reprimanded in my assessment! :roll:

The world is spherical :geek:

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On you go then, make the rest of the lyrics rhyme with Spherical and still make sense then?

MelvilleB · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 8527

Just put it down to artistic licence matey. :joyjoy:

DavidA · **Posted:** May 25, 2008 12:37 am

Actually I think if we're going to be strictly accurate, the earth isn't spherical but oblate. Which helps.

JosCR66 · **Posted:** May 25, 2008 9:54 am

An OK song in my book. Nothing special but at the same time quitea nice tune. Another grower I suppose...

On the subject of the Earth's shape: technically it is spherical but because it rotates on its axis, it bulges on the equator and thus has an oblate shape.

Lepton · **Posted:** May 25, 2008 10:11 am

Aekesis wrote:

Is there any Katie's song that doesn't worth a listen ? :mrgreen:

Looking for clues. :twisted:

Michel KatieLover · **Posted:** May 25, 2008 11:14 pm

Lepton wrote:

Aekesis wrote:

Is there any Katie's song that doesn't worth a listen ? :mrgreen:

Looking for clues. :twisted:

Sorry

,but I like Looking For Clues very much :music:

I know it's a very different Katie's song -that's why you don't like it- but I really love it.
It's a very catchy song (or punchy,I don't know the good word in english,I mean dynamic) and Katie shows us she can also sing real rock...
Am I definitively the only Katie fan to appreciate this song?

solva · **Posted:** May 26, 2008 7:19 am

Michel KatieLover wrote:

Am I definitively the only Katie fan to appreciate this song?

No, I like this song too :music:

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

aureus wrote:

Yeah, probably one of those songs which fit the underrated-songs list. I really like this song even though it’s one of those I just got recently (1-2 months ago) when I bought the ICFY / Just Like Heaven single. Definitely a nice song!

Also for me. One of that amazing Katie B-Sides. I love, how she sings that "Sooner or Later".

Great lyrics also. That

And as I rise to get myself another drink,
It seems like I’m some distance from my brain.
I’m looking down and I begin to think
This must be what it’s like to go insane.

is simply brilliant. Great stuff, Mike

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

Lepton wrote:

Aekesis wrote:

Is there any Katie's song that doesn't worth a listen ? :mrgreen:

Looking for clues. :twisted:

Where is my yellow card???

MelvilleB · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 8527

I also enjoyed the photo gallery that was included on this CD. It was excellant value for money IMO

Mariska · **Posted:** Oct 21, 2008 1:32 pm

a good bside but dont think its really that good, i heard better bsides.

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

Mariska wrote:

a good bside but dont think its really that good, i heard better bsides.

Uaaaah, Mariska, listen to it once more. It is just sending me shivers up and down my spine. For me it is one of Katie mastermaster B-Sides

Mariska · **Posted:** Oct 23, 2008 3:03 pm

ok tomorrow i will while dooing the floors haha.

KEWA · **Joined:** Mar 25, 2008 **Posts:** 9360

I normally look to her Pictures on a Computer Screen, while listening to it

Siocnarf360 · **Posted:** Nov 2, 2008 9:45 pm

I should try that

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