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Mr X
Vienna
All Stood Still
I found a perfect picture of a perfect stranger, It looked as if it was taken in the fourties sometime, Judging by the style. He could be a killer, or a blind man with a cane. Perhaps he died in a car crash, years ago. Right now, it's impossible to tell. I almost thought I saw him, standing whistling on a bridge, I asked him the time, but when he turned around, I saw it wasn't him at all. I'm still searching, I'm still searching. I saw him at an airport while he was sitting on a wing, I waved to him, but I don't think he noticed. I've got a funny feeling I know who he is. Mr X. Mr X.
We walked in the cold air, Freezing breath on a window pane, Lying and waiting, A man in the dark in a picture frame, So mystic and soulful, A voice reaching out in a piercing cry, It stays with you until, The feeling is gone, Only you and I, It means nothing to me, This means nothing to me, Oh Vienna. The music is weaving, Hunting notes, pizzicato strings, The rhythm is calling, Alone in the night as the daylight brings, A cool empty silence, The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky, It fades to the distance, The image is gone, Only you and I, It means nothing to me, This means nothing to me, Oh Vienna. This means nothing to me, This means nothing to me, Oh Vienna.
The lights went out, (the last fuse blew) The clocks all stopped, (it can't be true) The program's wrong, (what can we do?) The printout's blocked. (it relied on you) The turbine cracked up, The buildings froze up, The system choked up, What can we do? Please remember to mention me, In tapes you leave behind. We stood still, We all stood still, Still stood still, We're standing still. The screen shut down, (there's no reply) The lifts all fall, (a siren cries) And the radar fades, (a pilot sighs) As the countdowns stall. (the readout lies) The turbine cracked up, The buildings froze up, The system choked up, What can we do? Please remember to mention me, In tapes you leave behind. We stood still, We all stood still, Still stood still, We're standing still. The black box failed, (the codes got crossed) And the jails decayed (the keys got lost) Everyone kissed, (we breath exhaust) In the new arcade. (of the holocaust) The turbine cracked up, The buildings froze up, The system choked up, What can we do? Please remember to mention me, In tapes you might leave behind. We stood still, We all stood still, Still stood still, We're standing still. We stood still, We all stood still, Still stood still, We're standing still.