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Zero Hour

Countdown on the ground
Your rocket can’t be found
Ciao ciao – now now
Maybe next time around
The strike’s not so hot
Once the iron cools down
The moment – do you own it
Or do you let it go ?
Can’t get in it
‘Cause you’re too nicely dressed
Drop the ball, catch your breath
Missing the call distress
You’ve got quite a lot
Don’t quit while you’re ahead
Ready! Set! No, not yet?

My ø my would you look at the time
Or are you blind?
Lie ø die, something’s calling your bluffin’
Zero don’t mean nothin’
Zero hour

Time is always playing so hard to get
Just ain’t gonna paint that sun before it sets
Don’t let regret weigh like a ton of lead
Misled, distracted , sayin’ ‘Rosebud’ in your bed
Can’t do the news, it just gives me the blues
Help! Is there something somebody else can do?
Poor war to settle their zero score
Ready! Set! No, not yet?

My ø my would you look at the time
Or are you blind?
Lie ø die, something’s calling your bluffin’
Zero don’t mean nothin’...

Zero hour – hero/coward – ego/power

Fine fine, but the dyin’ don’t need you once they’re dead
‘I, me, mine’ can’t forget yourself a little bit
Full of hot air, saying from your chair ‘Full steam ahead’
Ready? Set?

4,3,2,1, gettin’ jumped by the gun
Sweetening the pot not bringing it to boil
No cape, no rounds - where are you?
The hero’s down Why be the squeaky wheel?
You can be the oil

My ø my would you look at the time
Or are you blind?
Lie ø die, something’s calling your bluffin’
Zero don’t mean nothin’
Zero don’t mean nothin’
Zero don’t mean nothin’
Zero don’t mean nothin’
Zero don’t mean…  

from Soal of Dark Water Music, Words and Music by Dug (Soal of Dark Water Music, BMI). © All rights reserved