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  1. Tracks
  2. The Faint
  3. Fasciinatiion
  4. Fulcrum and Lever

TRACK

The Faint

Fulcrum and Lever

Release date: 5th August 2008

From Fasciinatiion
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"Fulcrum and Lever" is a track by The Faint, from the album Fasciinatiion, released 5th August 2008. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Faint

The Faint

Lyrics

Fulcrum and Lever

[Verse 1]

I heard a bone snap when I was only about nine

The laws of gravitation were in abeyance a while

But not long before they taught me a lesson

In Tuffskin jeans like a Japanese Hessian

I was 70 pounds, learning to fly, I knew I couldn't do it if I didn't try

We called it the "field" where we used to hang out

A field of alfalfa behind the back of our house

With a slice of an old oak tree and a 12 ft. plank

Put the board on top we got flying machine

Oh my god we could teeter on this

Or make lever that could shoot me into orbital space

I'd seen the circus and i saw how they do it

With bent knees you got to jump like you would from a trampoline

[Interlude]

Strange phenomenon

Strange phenomenon

[Verse 2]

We got out the ladder and the heaviest kid

He would climb up top and count down like

A rocket ship to fire me up

He'd get to t-minus zero before he'd jump

And i was shot high in a vertical catapult

Straight up and down, I remember the view from over top of the house

Gravity seems weak until you look down

[Verse 3]

I got in position, I had impeccable form

If the judges were present they'd be holding up score cards

With 9's and 10's unless I lose a couple points

For the landing I did

I heard a loud snap but it didn't hurt

I looked at the neighbourhood, It looked like earth

But everybody's acting weird are they out of meds?

Eating a peanut butter sandwich in a hospital bed

I started noticing:

[Outro]

Strange phenomenon

Strange phenomenon

Is this planet the same one that I been on?

Everybody's bizarre and irrational

Even nurses on the clock seem a bit off

Strange phenomenon

Everybody's deranged and I wonder what

Happened the day that I fell from the sky

If nobody changed then it must've been my mind

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Track details

From Fasciinatiion

2008
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Fasciinatiion
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2008
  1. —Forever Growing Centipedes
  2. —A Battle Hymn for Children
  3. —Fulcrum and Lever
  4. —Get Seduced
  5. —Fish in a Womb
  6. —Machine in the Ghost
  7. —I Treat You Wrong
  8. —Psycho

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Credits

Writer
The Faint
Lyricist
Todd Fink
Composer
Clark Baechle, Dapose, Jacob Thiele, Joel Petersen, Todd Fink
Producer
Mike Mogis, The Faint
Bass
Joel Petersen
Drums
Clark Baechle
Guitar
Dapose, Joel Petersen, Todd Fink
Keyboards
Jacob Thiele, Todd Fink
Vocals
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Credited
Saddle Creek
Lead Vocals
Todd Fink
Mastering Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mixing Engineer
Clark Baechle, Joel Petersen
Percussion
Clark Baechle
Programmer
Joel Petersen
Recording Technician
Clark Baechle, Joel Petersen