Chromium

Kilbey/Willson-Piper/Koppes/Powles
(Copyright Control/Mushroom Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing Pty. Ltd)

Appears On:

• After Everything Now This (2002), Track 5
• After Everything Now This Promo EP (2002), Track 2
• El Momento Descuidado (2004), Track 6 (Acoustic Version)
• Tin Mine (2006), Track 4
• Compilations:
  • Rockstar Compilation Vol. 6 - 24H Trip (2002)
  • Kulturkantine - Acoustic Lounge: The Singer And Songwriter Session (2/2/07) - Acoustic Version
• Marty Willson-Piper - Live From The Other Side (2004), Track 3 - Live

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. May 23, 2020]

Silver needles
Golden eagles
Frightened faces
Basket cases
Jags and riches
Queens and witches
Electric mantras
And tight-fitting dreams

Never been so high
Never been so low
Never been so high

Gilded flowers
Long-lost hours
Morning programs
With fake suntans
Need a maniac in the cul-de-sac
Otherwise it's this ennui

Chromium platin'
All this waiting brings me down
Suffocatin'
All those colours bring me around

Never been so high
Never been so low
Never been so high

Broken records
Faded labels
Songs to sing to
When you were young
Tattooed pierced or
Fresh and perfumed
Switch your prison
Fly away

Chromium platin'
All this waiting brings me down
Suffocatin'
All those colours bring me around
All those colours bring me around

(Never been so high)

And jewels on your fingers
Tears in your dresses
Fabulous mansions
And damp little rooms
This one will shrink me
This one will grow me
Queuing to sleep and
Reality looms

Chromium platin'
All this waiting brings me down
Suffocatin'
All these colours bring me around