#1 Bloc Party - Mercury (Live at Reading 08)

Bloc Party performing 'Mercury' at Reading Festival 2008.

My Mercury's in retrograde

This is not the time, the time to start a new love
This is not the time, the time to sign a lease
Try not to worry about what's forgotten
Try not to worry about what's been missed

Scars on my shins and scars on my knuckles
Today I woke up in a basketball court
Jonjos in Sydney and he aint returning
Im sitting in Soho trying to stay drunk

In any bar in the world
From Silver Lake to Williamsburg
You could pick another stranger
And fall in love

Mercury's in retrograde

This is not the time...

Bleeding gums and veins protruding
You're starting to hate all of your clothes
Neumayr's in L.A. and she ain't returning
I'm sleeping with people I don't even like

In any bar in the world...

Mercury's in retrograde

When I saw you last night, I wanted to say:
"Run away with me, away from the cynics"
That this could be the start of something truly real
But all that I could say was "hey"
Was "hey", was "hey", was "hey"

Mercury's in retrograde