Steam Powered Giraffe
Photographic Memories
Hope is very hard when
Hope is very hard when we
Put ourselves out to sea

We've taken all the right steps
Taken all the right steps but
Which doors open with our keys

All the neon fires fired in our brains
We were thinking that our world was in
Danger
But then we entered the fray

All the rest they could
Not compare, your
Smile said that you cared
And it felt so wonderful

Now all these memories I can't
Wash them away, they are
Destined to stay
And they feel like a heaven

Those photographic memories
And they'll die on with me
All your faults I did
Cherish them all, I
Helped you up when you'd fall
You did the same for me too

Into my life, you arrived right on time
You must have been a sign
And now I’m left with all these
Photographic memories
And they'll die on with me

Your eyes
Burn two giant holes
Straight in my heart
My love spills out
Conquers you whole
Now we're swimming

Around in the love
And it soaks into our skin
Though mine is metal
And yours is flesh
Our differences make this the best

Love in town and we skip to every destination
We're putting on show everywhere we go
Sparks fly from my lips
It's an electric kiss
Static’s abound, frequency sounds
Hand in hand we dance around
I'm generating lots of love holding your hand
They can hear our motors turning across the land
All our love well it
Put us at ease and it
Somehow made time freeze
And it seemed like it’d never end

Both of our hearts seemed to
Intertwine, when
We met for the first time
And now I can’t stop thinking about those
Photographic memories
And they'll die on with me

Hope is very hard when
Hope is very hard when you've
Lost the thing you had before

I took all the right steps
I took all the right steps and I
Unlocked the right doors

All the neon fires died out in my brain
And I grew numb to that feeling of pain
Why did you have to go

All the rest they could
Never compare, your
Smile showed me that you cared
And it felt so wonderful
All those memories I can't
Wash them away, they are
Embedded in my brain
And I am all alone now with
These photographic memories
And they'll die on with me