Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Indonesia and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Scion to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by the Human League. All the underground hits.
All Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Move record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Surgeon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
John Foxx,
The Cure,
Kas Product,
Grey Daturas,
Pole,
Charles Mingus,
ABC,
10cc,
PIL,
Bronski Beat,
Unwound,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lower 48,
Alison Limerick,
The Fire Engines,
Mr. Review,
Eric B and Rakim,
Desert Stars,
Accadde A,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Nas,
John Lydon,
Bob Dylan,
Black Pus,
DJ Sneak,
MC5,
Ultimate Spinach,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Motions,
B.T. Express,
Eddi Front,
the Human League,
Big Daddy Kane,
Wire,
Fluxion,
One Last Wish,
Royal Trux,
Monolake,
Saccharine Trust,
Metal Thangz,
LL Cool J,
Unrelated Segments,
Cal Tjader,
Niagra,
Ituana,
Alphaville,
Moebius,
Surgeon,
Althea and Donna,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Smoke,
Soul II Soul,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Kenny Larkin,
The Busters,
Nils Olav,
The Residents,
Bill Near,
June Days,
Fugazi,
Pylon,
Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.