This edit of the song isn’t readily available, and the music video is so good that I figured I’d ust post if off of youtube. From the outset, the track has a sense of forward motion – the tweaky synth squelch at the beginning, followed by the solid almost plodding coupling of catchy percussion and bouncy techno bassline.

The lyrics are interesting melancholy, and fit with the chording – a sort of quiet reflection on things, set to driving music:

It’s only been a week

the rush of being home and rapid fading

Failing to recall

What I was missing all that time in England

This is a great block of lyrics – “It’s only been a week, the rush of being home rapid fading.” It’s immediately accessible, since nearly anyone could immediately empathize with the sentiment of not being able to wait to get back home, and eventually realizing that home just isn’t what you remember it was. In this case, the narrator was on a trip to England, but now that he’s home, he can’t help thinking about leaving again.

brave men tell the truth

the wise man’s tools are analogies and puzzles

a woman holds her tongue

knowing silence will speak for her

There’s neat juxtaposition here – “brave men… wise men… a woman… speak for her…” the first to lines are male, the second two are female. “A woman holds her tongue, knowing silence will speak for her,” is another incredibly invocation line, conjuring an easily imaginable scene for the listener.

Finally, at 3:50, we think the song is over… and then, bam, a couple seconds later they can’t resist throwing us back into that acidy synth effect, for a brief encore before stopping for real – which sort of works with the forward-motion feeling of the song – like it might stop, for a second, but then it keeps driving forward.

Obviously, the music video is fantastic – the isometric motion design is by a French group called H5, who are good at what they do.