Food, Sex & Paranoia · 1990 · Arista
On a Slow Fuse
Written by Tim Whelan, Jim Irvin
Published by Survival Music / Chrysalis Music / BMG Music
Cold As in us As in dying As in over Cold As in through As in burnt out As in done for Nothing spectacular We grew And then we grew up Gradually we altered Happy, but frozen Cold As in us As in dying As in over Cold As in through As in burnt out As in done for I took it for granted We wouldn't get what we wanted I wasn't complaining Bit then I wasn't doing anything Just cold, so cold The more we were together The less we'd have to find The more we were apart The less we'd look behind We both saw it coming Minute by painful minute The second we came together We lit a slow fuse to our finish Ice cold As in us As in dying As in over Cold As in through As in burnt out As in done for As in us So cold