This House Is Condemned


N.B. Please do not read the lyrics whilst listening to the recordings


He's in a room
He sees the floor
He sees the wall
He sees the roof
He sees the door
It's nine thirty-eight

So he goes up to the door
And he finds himself in another room
Identical to the one before
The clock still reads nine thirty-eight
So he goes out of that room
But he finds himself in a parallel room
A mirror image of the one before

He hits the floor
He hits the wall
He hits the door
He hits the door
The clock reads nine thirty-eight
He throws it at the roof
He breaks a hole
He climbs out
He sees the moon
He sees the stars
He sees the sky
The stars are small lightbulbs
Set in a black cardboard dome
He climbs out
He sees the stars, he sees the sky
The stars are small lightbulbs
Set in a black cardboard dome

He hits the floor
He hits the wall
He hits the roof
He hits the dome
He hits the dome

Condemned
This house
This house is
This house is
Is this house
This house
Is this house

Fill in housing form
Buy one clock
Time again
Sort housing papers
Still nine thirty-eight
Two thousand years from now
It will still be ticking

He hits the floor
Wall, roof, door
The clock reads nine thirty-eight
He hits the dome
Door, wall
Space, floor
Time
He sees the moon
He sees the stars for some romantic reason
Space, dome, door, wall, clockface
Space, time, place, floor, wall, door, roof

This is one small step for mankind
One giant leap for man

Ten...
Nine...
Eight...
Seven...
Six...
Five...
Four...
Three...
Two...
One...
Zero...
We have lift-off.

He takes the clock,
He breaks the dome,
He sees the moon,
He sees the stars,
He sees the sky,
He sees the Earth for some romantic reason
He takes the clock,
He breaks the dome,
He sees the moon,
He sees the stars,
He sees the sky,
He sees the Earth
Space, time, place, condensed
Space, time, place, condemned

This is house is
This house is
This house is condemned.
This house is
This house is
This house is condemned.

Lyrics by Jarvis Cocker, music by Pulp
From the album Seperations
B-side to My Legendary Girlfriend

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