Antenna

Kilbey, Willson-Piper, Koppes, Ploog
(Campbell Connelly Australia Pty Limited and Control)

Appears On:

• Starfish (1988), Track 7
• Starfish (1988) - EMI Australia 2005 Remaster, CD 2, Track 9 (Acoustic Version)
• Starfish (1988), Intervention Records 2021 2LP Expanded Edition, Side 2, Track 4
• Starfish (1988), Intervention Records 2021 2LP Expanded Edition, Side 3, Track 5 (Acoustic Version)
• Sum Of The Parts (1988), Track 3 (Acoustic Version)
• The Best of the Church (1999), Track 18
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 1, Track 15
• Released as a single (1988)
• Under The Milky Way single B-side on:
  • 2x7" Arista 1A 109924 (Spain Promo) - 1988
• Videos:
  • Future Past Perfect: Live at the Enmore (2013) - DVD 3, Track 7 (Live)
• Covers:
  • Manu Ferrón - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 17

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 28, 2015]

Why do you always wrongly assume
That you're so well aware of what's happening there
Right here in this room?

You're just an antenna, you're just a wire
There's a thousand tongues wagging in your ears tonight
And you turn around and you call me a liar

Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She stay out my way, it's the pulse I am aligned to
And everything you say, you'll need that breath one day

Well, you're just an antenna, you're just a code
You translate like a book, the fuses all cook
You eat humble pie and it tastes of the road

Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "That's the way, that's the fate I am resigned to"
Everything you say, you'll need that breath one day

You're just an antenna, you're just a gauge
You disturb my slumber, round up the numbers
And put them inside your velvety cage

Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
She say, "Make my day, and the sunlight will not blind you"
Lightly babe, oh the fine lights cannot find you
I may never pray to the fortune that's behind you