JC = Jarvis Cocker
CG = Charlotte Gainsbourg
The other lines are sung by both of them.
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
In the time it takes a handkerchief to fall to the ground
One of our lives will be over
JC: Brocade waistcoast catches glints of morning light
(?), swathed in bottle green memories
We've travelled from station to station
We're now approaching our final destination
The only way to wake you was to slap your face
So stand up straight and let me take one final taste of you
CG: Before we walk the agreed number of paces
CG: And turn to face our fate
CG: The coup de grâce delivered so delicately
CG: You always had such exquisite taste
CG: Morning sky stretched tight as a drum
CG: Tension released in an instant
JC: Brocade waistcoat flecked with blood in the golden light
You were dead before you even hit the ground
We've travelled from station to station
Now we've reached our final destination
Watch all trace of colour draining from your face
Stood to take my final taste, one final taste of you
JC: And ice crystals always have six points
JC: Though every one's unique
CG: They melt on the tongue and no-one's ever counted them all
CG: But you've tried
CG: You
JC: You, so cool and calculating
JC: A real cold fish
JC: So measure this
So measure this
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen