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 Laos and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Lakeside to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Jacob Miller. All the underground hits.
All Duran Duran tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deepchord record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warren Ellis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Flash Fearless,
Wolf Eyes,
Oneida,
Jandek,
Niagra,
Intrusion,
Carl Craig,
Janne Schatter,
The Moody Blues,
Agitation Free,
Eric Copeland,
Leonard Cohen,
The Standells,
The Litter,
Quantec,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Public Enemy,
Scan 7,
Nik Kershaw,
Traffic Nightmare,
Qualms,
The Offenders,
Reuben Wilson,
Soft Cell,
Tubeway Army,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Eden Ahbez,
Massinfluence,
the Sonics,
Joy Division,
Pussy Galore,
Gang Starr,
Junior Murvin,
Alison Limerick,
Porter Ricks,
Bang On A Can,
Derrick May,
Desert Stars,
Skarface,
The Flesh Eaters,
Lalann,
Throbbing Gristle,
Black Pus,
Donny Hathaway,
Wire,
Model 500,
Audionom,
Sugar Minott,
Ossler,
Rod Modell,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Young Rascals,
The Mojo Men,
Procol Harum,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Soulsonic Force,
Scrapy,
Steve Hackett,
Black Moon, Black Moon, Black Moon, Black Moon.
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.