Newtonian Failure

Intro

Tick-tick-tick on the clock of the old world

Verse 1

F=ma was the law I grew up on

Perfect little circle every answer known

Then the needle cracked the sky

And the numbers started lying

Every rule I chased around the room

Slid right off the spinning floor

I hold the math it melts like snow

The apple falls but how? How?

Pre-Chorus

When the frame bends

When the light slows down

Matter twists its shape

And I'm a stranger in this town

Chorus

Newtonian failure running through my veins

The clock is ticking backward and the ruler strains

I push the lever hard but nothing gives a grip

The universe is loose and it won't stay in script

Post-Chorus

(Ooh) won't stay in script

(Ooh) won't stay in script

Verse 2

Classical design was clean and neat

Could plot the whole world on a single sheet

But past the velvet curve the model splits

Two souls share a room and both exist

I did the sums they came out wrong

The gravity's a song with no backbeat

Time it has a hiccup in its step

And the groove just cuts beneath my feet

Pre-Chorus

When the frame bends

When the light slows down

Matter twists its shape

And I'm a stranger in this town

Chorus

Newtonian failure running through my veins

The clock is ticking backward and the ruler strains

I push the lever hard but nothing gives a grip

The universe is loose and it won't stay in script

Post-Chorus

(Ooh) won't stay in script

(Ooh) won't stay in script

Bridge

Half the answers scatter

Half the answers stay

The left hand builds a ladder

The right hand burns it away

I measure every shadow twice

The length keeps rearranging

Another headline and another name

The old law waits but never landing

Chorus

Newtonian failure running through my veins

The clock is ticking backward and the ruler strains

I push the lever hard but nothing gives a grip

The universe is loose and it won't stay in script

Post-Chorus

(Ooh) won't stay in script

(Ooh) won't stay in script

(Won't stay) won't stay in script