Our Velocity

About Our Velocity

"Our Velocity" is the first single from Our Earthly Pleasures, the second album from the band, Maxïmo Park. The single was released two weeks prior to the release of the album, on 19 March 2007. The music was written by Duncan Lloyd and the lyrics by Paul Smith of the band. The video of the song features the band being multiplied in a white room while playing the song. It was directed by Nima Nourizadeh. The song has been highly regarded and in VH1's "50 Greatest Songs of 2007 So Far" it placed at number 1. The song became the band's first UK Top 10 single, reaching #9 on 25 March 2007 on the UK Singles Chart and #1 on the UK indie chart within a week of its physical release. In August 2007, a segment of the song was used as the title music for the BBC coverage of the Reading and Leeds Festival. Teletext's music page Planet Sound named "Our Velocity" as the best single of 2007. The song features in the 2007 video game Project Gotham Racing 4. The song was featured on Hollyoaks in 2007. more »

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2007

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I'm not a man, I'm a machine 
Chisel me down until I am clean 
I buy books I never read 
And then I'll tell you some more about me 

Beneath the concrete there's a sound 
A muffled cry below the ground 
There is a poison in the air 
A mix of chemicals and fear 

manners are just hunches
I'm not sure what they mean 
You're asking for commitment 
When I'm somewhere inbetween 

Never never try to gauge temperature 
When you tend to travel at such speed 
It's our velocity 
Is it cold where you are this time of the year?
You didn't leave a scar 

A stream of numbers hit a screen 
And you're expected to know what they mean 
Throughout the conflict, I was serene 
I can't outrun the sadness I've seen 

Are you willing to resist 
The people you've never met?
The devil's wheel revolves 
But it needs to be reset 

Never never try to gauge temperature 
When you tend to travel at such speed 

It's our velocity 
Please tell me is it cold where you are this time of the year?
You didn't leave a scar 

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore 
I'm just alone with these thoughts 

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore 
I'm just alone with my thoughts 

I watched a film to change my feelings 
Strong enough to bear a burden 
If everyone became this sensitive 
I wouldn't have to be so sensitive 

If everyone became so sensitive 
Perhaps I wouldn't be so sensitive 

Love is a lie, which means I've been lied to 
Love is a lie, which means I've been lying too 
Love is a lie, which means I've been lied to 
Love is a lie 

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore 
I'm just alone with these thoughts

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore 
I'm just alone with my thoughts

Never never try to guage temperature 
When you tend to travel at such speed 
It's our velocity

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Maxïmo Park

Maxïmo Park are a British alternative rock band, formed in 2000. They are signed to Warp Records. The band consists of Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Archis Tiku (bass), Lukas Wooller (keyboard) and Tom English (drums). The band have released four studio albums: their 2005 debut album A Certain Trigger, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize; the 2007 follow-up Our Earthly Pleasures; their third album, named Quicken the Heart, was released in May 2009; and their fourth album, The National Health, was released in June 2012. The first two albums went gold in the UK. more »

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