So Many Roads

By Example

On What We Made

Released on September 3, 2007

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[Intro]

We've only just begun

We start out walking and learn to run


[Verse 1]

Was it sleep deprivation or deep meditation

That made me miss my last train from Paddington station?

Salvation the key to incredible journeys

Up bright and early, I head first into the calm breeze

It's just me and my true geez

He play percussion and I scribble on oak trees

Pretty please, you can sing my syllables credible

My cordon bleu sonnets, you just wishing they edible

Indelible ink causing a hell of a stink

Indiscreet about our trip, see we don't care what you think

Or maybe we do care, don't show concern

So many paths, it's like which way to turn

Look down at my shoes, I find clues

Ask myself "Do I break the news to conforming fools?"

So we swarm enough schools to outflank the rules

Of what your DJ's playing on his ones and twos


[Chorus]

We've only just begun

We'll start out walking and learn to run

We've only just begun

A kiss for luck and we're on our way


[Verse 2]

Maybe jacking all those samples was stupid cupid

We're never getting clearance or distributed

The big guns fought back, Example got muted

A warrant for my tongue, plus they're suited and booted

They've looted the premises, stolen my genesis

My mouth caused a fuss like I'm some kinda nemesis

Enemies came, so I packed my rucksack

Lyrics on a microfilm up my buttcrack

It's not at all what it was cracked up to be

It weren't up to me, it was down to the system

Blink and you'll missed 'em, consumers kissed 'em

And if you're like me, have a drink and dissed 'em

They kicked in the front door, signed litigation

But I'm on a platform in Paddington station

I won't try and scram from the sirens

I'll just sit here alone doing battle with my eyelids


[Chorus]


[Verse 3]

We are a Clockwork Orange style couple of doogs

With our tools the rules bend, some troublesome dudes

Like Uncle Scrooge do, "bah humbug" the youths

They couldn't travel routes in our musical boots

So we grouped to function at some unknown junction

Mischievous 'til we felt the back of a truncheon

Breadcrumbs for luncheon, something to munch on

Bruised and confused, we're like "Which road to choose?"

Now they're closing the deficit, I never sit at ease

I'm an easy target, I'm all lethargic

It was wrong to start with something unconventional

Though it was all intentional

It's hardly treason to pen something verbal

That's out of season without reason

I was just catching jokes, but I'm now on the run

Like so many roads to choose... but which one?


[Chorus]