This House Is Condemned

By Pulp

On Separations

Released on June 19, 1992

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He's in a room

He sees the floor

He sees the wall

He sees the roof

He sees the door

It's 9:38

So he goes up to the door

But he finds himself in another room

Identical to the one before

The clock still reads 9:38

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 9:38

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 light bulbs

Set in a black cardboard dome

He climbs out, he sees the stars, he sees the sky

The stars are small light bulbs

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

By 1:00

Time again

Sort housing papers at nine thirty-eight

Two thousand years from now it will still be ticking

He hits the floor

Wall, roof, door

The clock reads 9:38

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 and time and 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 and place, condemned

This is house is, this house is

This house is

Condemned

This house is, this house is

This house is

Condemned