Released: October 11, 2008
Songwriter: Kevin Parker
Producer: Kevin Parker
[Verse 1]
Save your fragile mama's heart
And while she will come for you
But I wander
[Chorus]
And I wonder just how far will you need to be
For shaking talk so easily
For hours on end, I wander
Still I don't even know her
[Verse 2]
Feel just like I need to be
Back where I was before
I couldn't go back
But I wander
[Chorus]
And I wonder just how far will you need to be
For shaking talk so easily
For hours on end, I wander
Still I don't even know
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Bridge]
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me (How)
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me (How)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
And I wonder
Just how far will you need to be
For shaking tough so easily
For hours on end, I wander
(Ooh)
[Outro]
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me (And I wonder)
How it keeps a lid on me (Just how far will you need to be)
How it keeps a lid on me (For shaking tough so easily)
How it keeps a lid on me (For hours on end I wonder)
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me
[Studio banter:]
Jay: What were you saying?
Kevin: (Laughing) That was like, the worst cymbal ever
Jay: What's up—Well, I don't understand what you're trying to tell me
Kevin: Sounds like... human hair
Jay: (Laughing) You could have waited!
(Jay plays loud drum fill)
Kevin: What, Gumby?
Jay: I said, I'm sick of you taking over
Kevin: Oh, aw
Jay: I want to record the drums on all our albums, alright?
Kevin: (Laughing)
Jay: Modular? Hear that?
Save your fragile mama's heart
And while she will come for you
But I wander
[Chorus]
And I wonder just how far will you need to be
For shaking talk so easily
For hours on end, I wander
Still I don't even know her
[Verse 2]
Feel just like I need to be
Back where I was before
I couldn't go back
But I wander
[Chorus]
And I wonder just how far will you need to be
For shaking talk so easily
For hours on end, I wander
Still I don't even know
[Instrumental Interlude]
[Bridge]
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me (How)
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me (How)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
And I wonder
Just how far will you need to be
For shaking tough so easily
For hours on end, I wander
(Ooh)
[Outro]
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me (And I wonder)
How it keeps a lid on me (Just how far will you need to be)
How it keeps a lid on me (For shaking tough so easily)
How it keeps a lid on me (For hours on end I wonder)
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me
How it keeps a lid on me
[Studio banter:]
Jay: What were you saying?
Kevin: (Laughing) That was like, the worst cymbal ever
Jay: What's up—Well, I don't understand what you're trying to tell me
Kevin: Sounds like... human hair
Jay: (Laughing) You could have waited!
(Jay plays loud drum fill)
Kevin: What, Gumby?
Jay: I said, I'm sick of you taking over
Kevin: Oh, aw
Jay: I want to record the drums on all our albums, alright?
Kevin: (Laughing)
Jay: Modular? Hear that?
more tracks from the album
Innerspeaker (Collector’s Edition)
- Solitude Is Bliss
- Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind?
- I Don’t Really Mind
- Lucidity (Pilooski Remix)
- Canyons Sunrise Reprise
- Jeremy’s Storm
- Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind? (Erol Alkan Rework)
- Island Walking
- 30 Minutes with Mathew Saville
- Solitude Is Bliss (Mickey Moonlight T.A.M Remix)
- The Bold Arrow of Time
- Wander
- It Is Not Meant To Be
- Half Full Glass Of Wine
- Desire Be Desire Go
- Expectation
- Runway, Houses, City, Clouds
- Alter Ego
- Lucidity
- Sundown Syndrome
- Remember Me
- 41 Mojitos (Canyons Poolside Dub)
From the albums
- Tame Impala EP (2008)
- Innerspeaker (Collector’s Edition) (2011)
Tame Impala popular songs
- The Less I Know the Better
- New Person, Same Old Mistakes
- Let It Happen
- Yes I’m Changing
- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
- Borderline
- Eventually
- ’Cause I’m a Man
- Posthumous Forgiveness
- Love/Paranoia
- Lost In Yesterday
- The Moment
- Elephant
- Breathe Deeper
- Past Life
- It Might Be Time
- Patience
- Mind Mischief
- Is It True
- Disciples
- Reality in Motion
- Nangs
- Apocalypse Dreams
- On Track