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[00:00.06]Oliver Paul, twenty years old
[00:03.45]Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald
[00:06.94]Wakes up at quarter past nine
[00:10.74]Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line
[00:14.58]Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware
[00:17.72]He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere
[00:24.66]Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
[00:32.39]He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters
[00:36.24]Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
[00:40.12]Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams
[00:44.11]"I'm not going to work today
[00:46.55]Going to count the minutes that the trains run late
[00:50.34]Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans"
[00:56.83]Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building
[01:05.11]He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in
[01:08.84]He waits for an elevator, one to nine
[01:12.29]A lady walks in and waits by his side
[01:15.78]Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin
[01:19.72]Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton
[01:23.56]Vickers perfume on her breath
[01:26.50]A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts
[01:30.19]She looks him up and down with a botox frown
[01:34.28]He's well used to that look by now
[01:37.23]The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in
[01:41.27]Their fingers touch on the rooftop button
[01:44.67]Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
[01:48.33]You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
[01:52.37]I'd give anything to have skin like you
[01:56.81]He said "I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling
[02:03.10]I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly
[02:07.49]I come up here for perception and clarity
[02:10.53]I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity
[02:13.87]All the people look like ants from up here
[02:16.66]And the wind's the only traffic you can hear"
[02:21.10]He said "All I ever wanted to be
[02:23.64]Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?"
[02:28.83]Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
[02:32.83]You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
[02:36.66]I'd give anything to have skin like you
[02:41.46]Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
[02:47.13]You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
[02:51.37]I'd give anything to have skin like you