NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI: SO FAST, SO NUMB

  This one became a staple for the rest of the tenure of the band, even if it wasn't pushed when first released. One of those late album gems that had a lot of energy and let Michael yell a lot. This song is maybe one of the better examples of Michael's self-revealing style of lyricism where his characters lay it on the line as opposed to abstractly describing a moment or a larger world through narration. The experimentation Michael is going through starting with Monster and extending to this album and beyond is fascinating and there are a handful of songs that are better for it, including this one. At this point in the bands life, the days are gone when the vocals serve as just another instrument, but it was fun to have every album come out and for fans/critics to try and compare to Murmur. Another pleasant part of this song are the Cat Stevens-style background voices for the chorus.



SO FAST, SO NUMB

You're moving through rough waters motor boy
And swimming in your sleep
How could I be so blind-sighted
Not to see that there's something wounded deep
Anyone could scratch your surface now it's all amphetamine
You're blasting yourself into the present
To blur some past indignity

Say that

You say that
You hate it
You want to re-create it

I've been around, I've been your lover
I let it go, kill devil hills
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel

You're drinking the raw adrenal baby and do-si-do-si-do
You're eating cartilage shark-eyes shark-heart all present tense
And boy your blood is running cold
Listen

This is now this is here this is me this is what I wanted you to see
That was then that was that that is gone that is past you've
Cast yourself, cast, passed by, thrown down fast

You say

You say that
You hate it
You want to re-create it

I've played this round I've played your lover
I've played it out and to the hilt, well
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel

You love it
You hate it
You want to re-create it
Now

This is here this is me
This is what I wanted you to see
That was then that was that that is gone that is what I wanted you to feel

You love it
You hate it
I'm spitting out the bitter pill

I've been around I've been your lover
I let it go at kill devil hills
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel

I've played this round I've played your lover
I've played it and out to the hilt
You're coming onto something so fast, so numb that you can't even feel

You've played around you've played me lover
I let it go, kill devil hills
You're moving so hard, so fast, so numb that you can't even feel

  This song is so stright-forward chord wise I'm lazily not putting a full tab, except for the lead. Peter never leaves the first few frets, but that said, the progression is dope. Perfect arena rock.

SO FAST, SO NUMB

Verse

D-F-C-G, D-F-C-C

Chorus Bridge and Chorus

F-G x2, Em-C-G-D, Em-C-F, Em-C-G-D-C

Solo (F-G x2, Bb-C)

e|------------------------------------------10^-12^--|

B|------10/11/10----------10/11/10-12^-11-13----12^--|

G|-10-12--------12---10-12---------12^---------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|

End on D.