Twin streams of traffic fix the new horizon
It could happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere
Keep your eyes fixed on the new horizon
I could be anyone, anytime, anywhere
Wait outside suffering
But nothing helps me when
I'm without it
Realise all hopes are dim
And hope that fate decides
Turn your back, don't bare your chin
And pray his memory's lasted one more year
Fill your mind with thoughts of sin
And hope that fate decides
Speak of conquests from within
To you your docile side is weak and thin
Converts to the cause are few and slim
We hope that fate decides
Turn your back don't bare your chin
And pray his memory's lasted one more year
Fill your mind with thoughts of sin
And hope that fate decides
Wait outside suffering
But nothing helps me when
I'm without it
Realise all hopes are dim
And hope that fate decides
I'm not to blame, no cracks in my shell so far,
There is no shame, you're in the clear so far,
'cause you've said it, doesn't make it so,
Doesn't mean that time stands still between us,
There's nothing left to know,
What you've stolen isn't really yours,
Though your words they have no meaning,
Your awkwardness still shows.
Ease it down,
Come in out of the rain,
To a better place,
Sleaze is all you know,
That with causing you pain,
It's all you'll ever know.
I'm not to blame, no cracks in my shell so far,
There is no shame, you're in the clear so far,
Every thought you think's not how it goes,
Though to see the way you treat them, explains your empty soul,
Make demands of others that you control,
There will always be that certain someone, whose answer will be no.
How do you say goodbye
To an old friend
You don't want to know
How do you wave goodbye
To a new friend
When you don't want to leave
[chorus]
Craving times ahead
Keeps me hungry every day
With this bitter rush
I can slowly drift ahead
To deal in life instead
Keeps me hung by your sole hand
With a single wish
I can slowly drift ahead
Why do we trade fine lines
For a real truth
We don't want to know
Why did we break our ties
With our old friends
When they don't want to grow
[chorus]
Would you dare
Would you dare fall flat on your face
Get your answer approved
By the state
By the state of friends of that you knew
A friend who went through
Engineers is the debut studio album of the British shoegaze band Engineers, released on 7 March 2005 by the Echo Label. Engineers was supported by the release of two singles, "Forgiveness" in February 2005 and "Home" in June 2005. The album was preceded by the mini-album Folly on 27 September 2004, which includes the album version of "Come in Out of the Rain" and the original mix of "Forgiveness".
The album was released to generally positive reviews; at Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a generally favourable score of 81, based on 18 reviews.
In 2010, the song "Home" became the theme song for the HBO TV series Big Love.