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Screen Man by Failure

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Failure

Screen Man

Release date: 14th September 1992

From ComfortTrack 46:16
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"Screen Man" is a track by Failure, from the album Comfort, released 14th September 1992. The track is 6:16 long. It's filed under Indie Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Failure.

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Failure

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Lyrics

Screen Man

Swiftly losing patience
Can't decide a move
Pick from the bottom on the left side
I wanna win tonight

I blink my eyes real quick-like
Wash away the haze
While I'm blinking quickly
I see the man on screen

He's lying on the phase bar
He thinks I do not see
He's an elevator passenger
Bored as he can be

He's the man who lives next door
He's come here to frighten me
He takes out his saxophone
Plays those lonely hidden notes

Can't speak about this to anyone
This man's eyes are serious
He's the man in my screen
I cannot let him frighten me

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Track details

From Comfort

6:161992
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1992
  1. 1Submission
    3:23
  2. 2Macaque
    5:00
  3. 3Something
    2:53
  4. 4Screen Man
    6:16
  5. 5Swallow
    2:31
  6. 6Muffled Snaps
    3:55
  7. 7Kindred
    2:22
  8. 8Pro-Catastrophe
    3:10
  9. 9Princess
    1:22
  10. 10Salt Wound
    6:34
In the Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing from Your Mind
2018
Your Body Will Be
Your Body Will Be
2018
The Furthest Thing
2018
5:16
  • Solid State
    4:34
  • The Rising Skyline
    4:33
  • Halo and GrainLocation Lost
  • Someday SoonLocation Lost
  • Moonlight UnderstandsLocation Lost
  • Location LostLocation Lost
  • Crash Test DelayedLocation Lost
  • Solid StateLocation Lost
  • The Rising SkylineLocation Lost
  • A Way DownLocation Lost
    4:36
  • The Air's on FireLocation Lost
    5:16
  • Instrumental (Magnified Outtake)
  • Stench Of ConvenienceObstinate
    0:30
  • Empty ShellObstinate
    0:53
  • PatheticObstinate
    0:44
  • RaptorsObstinate
    0:30
  • Trained To Not CareObstinate
    0:36
  • Shameless SpitfiresObstinate
    1:02
  • Out Of BalanceObstinate
    0:44
  • Fatal FlipObstinate
    0:45
  • Drift Towards ContagionObstinate
    15:45
  • Dead HeartObstinate
    0:35
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  • Half MoonWild Type Droid
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    3:52
  • UndecidedWild Type Droid
    4:22
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    5:11
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Ken Andrews
    Producer
    Failure, Steve Albini
    Bass
    Greg Edwards
    Drums
    Robert Gauss
    Guitar
    Ken Andrews
    Vocals
    Ken Andrews
    Recording Engineer
    Steve Albini
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