I’m not a great rock fan; trouble is, I have to listen to too much I don’t like before I find something I do like. But “Straight Lines” from Silverchair‘s album Young Modern grabbed me last year.
The APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) Awards annually celebrate the achievements of Australian composers and songwriters. At the 2008 APRA awards, Straight Lines, written by Daniel Johns, was named Song of the Year. Straight Lines also was also named the Most Played Australian Work, and Johns was named Songwriter of the Year, making him the first artist to win the award three times. As well as reaching No. 1, the song also won an ARIA for single of the year, and was recognised as the highest selling single at last year’s ARIAs.
Breathing from a hole in my lung
I had no one
But faces in front of me
Racing through the void in my head
To find traces of a good luck academy
Sparks ignite and trade them for thought
About no one
And nothing in particular
Washed the sickened socket and drove
Resent nothing
There’s good will inside of me
Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I’m a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line
Something I will never forget
I felt desperate
And stuck to the marrow
Invisible to everyone else
I’m a sex change
And a damsel with no heroine
Wake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
Lately I’m a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line
I don’t need no time to say
There’s no changing yesterday
If we keep talking and
I keep walking in straight linesWake me up lower the fever
Walking in a straight line
Set me on fire in the evening
Everything will be fine
Waking up strong in the morning
Walking in a straight line
|Lately I’m a desperate believer
But walking in a straight line
© Daniel Johns 2007