It's weird, Strangeland has two polar opposite songs right next to each other.
First you've got On The Road, which I guarantee will be a crowd pleaser at Keane's next festival circuit...
Golden li~ight lies ahead
It's just around the bend
So when the sun is coming up and you go~o
And there's still so many things you don't kno~ow
Don't you look back
I've no doubt that
I will meet you on the road
So when the world's laying you lo~ow
Why don't you let me carry your lo~oad
When things get bad you know you'll have a friend
All along the road...
Then you've got The Starting Line (even the title makes these two seem the wrong way around), which is full of the downtrodden emotional wank that Keane haters hate but I like.
You can't find your bearings
You're slipping into the ground
The scene has no colour and no sound
The ground is uneven
You stumble from day to day
You tread where it's easy
And your feet are like lead
But you've got to get on the way
So drag your head up to the starting line
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
It's too easy to get left behind...
It's a good album. Interesting.
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