new body rhumba

[Intro: James Murphy, Nancy Whang & Both]

Climbing the down escalator

To the frigid bardo (Up, up, up, up, up, up)

Rise (Up, up, up, up, up, up)

Kidnap yourself (Up!)

Don't call the fuzz

Just counting the bills

You've got fives, tens, twenties, fifties

Hundreds, hundreds, hundreds, hundreds

[Verse 1]

Yeah, I need a new body, I need a new body

I need a bit of shape and a tone

Ooh, ooh

Yeah, I need a new body, I need a new body

I can't shake sleeping alone

You see, I have been misplaced

I have been mislaid

Like a covetous dog that you can't just leave in your home

Yeah, I need a new lover, I need a new body

I can't stay out too long

Like my hands have gone numb

[Chorus 1: James Murphy & Nancy Whang]

(Pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic)

Just give us what we want

(Pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic)

[Verse 2]

I never deny it, no point in denying

The ransom and the defense has drained us with their expense

It's endless

Yeah, I try not to hide it, I try not to buy it

But you can't just sit on the fence

It's true

And now, I have been mispriced

I have been mispriced

Chipped and then deviced

Tagged and rinsed for lice

No, there's never a warning, I needed a warning

I try to be content

But I'm tight in the chest

[Chorus 2: James Murphy & Nancy Whang]

(Necco mini Nilla wafers, Necco mini Nilla wafers)

(Pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic)

So, give us what we want

(Necco mini Nilla wafers, Necco mini Nilla wafers)

(Pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic, pana, sonic)

(Necco mini Nilla wafers, Necco mini Nilla wafers)

(Super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super)

Please give us what we want

(Super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super)

[Post-Chorus: James Murphy & Nancy Whang]

(Super, super, super, super, super, super, super, super)

Over 200 miles of turnpike

3000 miles of goods

Would you like to add a protein?

Would you like to ask me about my day rates?

[Verse 3]

I need a new body, I need a new party

To represent my needs

Ha-ha

Yeah, the distance is growing, but so is the longing

Which leaves the in-between

And so, this is the end, or near to the end

Let's say goodbye to a beautiful friend

Staggered and blind on the rack, on the mend

Let's close the eyes of a beautiful friend

So, I need a new love and I need a new body

To push away the end

To the water we send you

[Outro]

(Ah, ah, ah, ah)

Dim that light in your eyes

Coming out of your eyes

People can see it

When it pierces the veil

The pink ones at night

When it gets too much

Otherwise, too much noise

If you look up

Block out the periphery

The earth and trees surround you

Framing your escape

Into the sky

Into the stars

Leaving the ground

You feel your feet let go

The air a bit cooler now

Thinner in the lungs

Cleaner in the mouth

And you know what they say

"Don't look down"

"Don't look down"

But they also always say

Selfish, by the bed:

"Don't go to the light"

"Don't go to the light"

"Don't go to the light"

"Don't go to the light"

Well, go into the light

Go into the light

Go into the light

Go into the light