In A While

It's 45 in the shade
This fire can't escape
Losing sleep in my dreams
Coldsweat I'm somewhere in between

Someday soon I'll find the strength to lose
Then I'll find the wisdom of the fool
And make some sense of it all

Slipped under the ice
Cool death it made me shiver
Pretty soon I'll be free
Won't have to rule over all I see

I don't want to fight the world
I only came to see it
Not a day tripper
Just let me stay, just let me stay

Don't wanna piece your scene
But this blood gotta hook me in
Last drinks at the bar
And all the way doesn't seem too far

Sometime soon you'll find the strength to lose
Spread your wings and someday you will choose

Your making sense of it all

I don't want to fight world
I only came to see it
Not a day tripper
Just let me stay
Don't let me fake it, I want to stay

I don't want to fight the world
 

In a While. Guilt is really the subject here and someone trying to convince us that it's just misunderstanding, that they really mean no harm and eventually the world will have sympathy with them. We were playing with a backing track and Andy Gill ended up getting the direction of the piece just right, I had the melody sorted out and JJ had the line, 'I don't want to change the world I only came to see it', and I wrote the rest of it, wait for it............. in a Chinese restaurant in Liverpool on a serviette (really, not a crap 'classic' R&R story)except for the line 'the wisdom of the fool' - that was JE - about an hour before we went back to the studio to do the vocal.