The Future Is Medieval es un álbum de Kaiser Chiefs, publicado en 2011 por B-Unique Records. El disco incluye 13 canciones, entre ellas «Little Shocks», «Things Change», «Long Way from Celebrating» y «Starts with Nothing».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum The Future Is Medieval destaca tanto por su música como por su innovador método de lanzamiento. La banda permitió a los fans crear su propia versión del disco, eligiendo 10 canciones de un total de 20 disponibles y diseñando su propia portada. Este enfoque convirtió al oyente en parte del proceso creativo, una idea revolucionaria para la época.Musicalmente, el álbum es más oscuro, atmosférico y menos inmediato que sus trabajos anteriores. La banda explora una mayor variedad de estilos, desde el rock electrónico hasta baladas más introspectivas, reflejando la libertad del proceso de creación. La ausencia de un único tracklist oficial hace que la experiencia del disco sea única para cada persona. "The Future Is Medieval" es un proyecto audaz y conceptual que priorizó la experimentación y la interacción con su público por encima del éxito comercial convencional.
Listado de Canciones
- Little Shocks3:42
Letra
I don't want much, I'm happy with what I've got, On the second floor, I pass a ruffian on the stairs, What the driver saw, through?the letter box of number four, I don't have much, It will be deafening when I do And all these little shocks, I'll be riding my imaginary dynamo, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't Bless my heart, and everything will be explained, In the diaries, especially the latter part. I'll be a somebody, I found an empty glass today at home, Give me ability, turn up the pedal away from his hand And all these little shocks, I'll be riding my imaginary dynamo, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't, I wish I could have you just a little bit more just a little bit more of your time, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't [x5] And all these little shocks I'll be riding my imaginary dynamo, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't, I? wish I could have just a little bit more, just a little bit more of your time, I wish I could give you undivided attention every minute of the day but I can't - Things Change3:45
Letra
Separate me from... Separate this... Life is all, life is always tales of lost and living I could almost feel the breath that you were almost giving I could see the silence in the way that you were talking I could leave the signs and sirens if I could ignore it Friday night, lose a little liberty Saturday night, lose a lot of money Sunday night, think about Friday All my life, things change Things change Things change Life is separated Things change Things change Almost every day In almost every way Sights and sound of love is all that's left of modern living Search for signs of life down alleyways of hidden cities Friday night, lose a bit of sympathy Saturday night, lose a lot of money Sunday night, think about Friday All my life, things change Things change Sights and sounds of modern living I just can't do without the sights and sounds of modern living Things change Things change Things change Sights and sounds of modern living Sights and sounds I just can't do without Things change Almost every day In almost every way Sights and sounds of modern living I just can't do without the sights and sounds of modern living I told the doctor, "Separate us" He warned us, "Both may not survive" Things change - Long Way from Celebrating3:04
Letra
I'm only here trying to make a living I need another midnight idea Forty-five bottles lay abandoned And my discount disappeared Two lines written in the paper And one of them is my name I'm a long long way from celebrating And it's never gonna be the same Do I miss you? I don't know I just need something For my soul 'Cos I'm a long long way from celebrating Ever since I knew that you were crazy You're like a human TV Spending time with you is some challenge With a reaction guaranteed We'll all be home in time for tea and medals And I could lick the pattern off a plate I'm a long long way from celebrating It's gonna be bitter sweet Do I miss you? I don't know I just need something For my soul 'Cos I'm a long long way from celebrating Would I miss you? Don't think so Just gimme something For my soul 'Cos I'm a long long way from celebrating - Starts with Nothing5:33
Letra
It starts with nothing And it ends in nothing You start with nothing And you leave with nothing It'll start with nothing And will end in nothing You arrive with nothing And you leave with nothing You're on your own on the last train home Open your eyes you have arrived You're on your own again At the end It starts with nothing And it ends in nothing You arrive with nothing And you leave with nothing Nobody knows where the money goes You are alive and a passerby And leave it all behind Never mind It starts with nothing And it ends in nothing You start with nothing And you leave with nothing It'll start with nothing And will end in nothing You arrive with nothing And you leave with nothing Yes that is my final answer Yes that is my final answer Yes that is my final answer Yes that is my final answer Yes that is my final answer Yes that is my final answer You're on your own on the last train home Another tunnel on the circle line With nothing up your sleeve As you leave It starts with nothing And it ends in nothing You start with nothing And you leave with nothing It'll start with nothing And will end in nothing You arrive with nothing And you leave with nothing - Out of Focus4:09
Letra
It's like nothing happened When everything happened You took it away But that's the way I like it I find myself laughing Cuz everyone's laughing I don't belong Making up a number Then there was nothing In my mind Then there was nothing In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind I wasn't behaving I wasn't invited She could put it away That's the way I like it It's not entertaining Being entertaining I don't even work here I operate the curtains Then there was nothing In my mind Then there was nothing In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind Then there was nothing In my mind Then there was nothing In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind I was just out of focus In my mind - Dead or in Serious Trouble2:37
Letra
His photograph was taken in 1980 in New York on a subway train He emerges days later, the sun in his eyes, and it started all over again It spreads through the city like a hand-made virus and catching a glimpse of their lives Beggars and bankers and flyboys and hookers all hang on together inside He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah Criminally minded and partially blinded, surviving on minimal sleep Scars on his face and a stone in the place where his heart would previously beat Travelling even faster in the wake of disaster and reaching at you from the bleak Escaping and hiding or simply surviving, way down in the fluorescent deep He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah ah ah His photograph was taken in 1980 in New York on a subway train Then he hit self-destruct with a battering ram and it started all over again He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah He's either dead or in serious trouble, ah ah ah He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble - When All Is Quiet3:28
Letra
When you've got 24 hours left on the clock What you gonna do? What you gonna do? When you are the last apple pie in the shop What you gonna do? What you gonna do? Think about me Think about me When all is quiet, won't you think about -- Maybe I have missed the greatest day of my life I hope that isn't true I hope that isn't true Ladies I have kissed could've all been my wife But none of them were you None of them were you My darling Oh, my darling Think about me Think about me When all is quiet, won't you think about me? I've been waiting for you (wasting my time) Most of my life (wasting my time) When all is quiet, won't you think about -- Think about me Think about me When all is quiet, won't you think about me? I've been waiting for you (wasting my time) Most of my life (wasting my time) When all is quiet, won't you think about me? Think about me Think about me Think about me When all is quiet, won't you think about me? - Kinda Girl You Are2:36
Letra
I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I first heard you on the radio And felt my heart explode No other choice, I heard a voice and fell in love with you From St. Bartholomew's to Gloucester Avenue No one can do what you do, oh I thought you were American, oh oh oh I thought you were American, oh oh oh I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are Then I saw you in a centrefold You were looking cold In just an artfully positioned piece of mistletoe Mentally dressing you, I want to rescue you And make you mine, all mine, oh I thought you were a miracle, oh oh oh I thought you were a miracle, oh oh oh Hey! I thought you were incredible, oh oh oh I thought you were incredible, oh oh oh I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are I only wanna see the I only wanna see the kinda girl you are - Man on Mars4:10
Letra
Put a man on Mars today It wasn't the first time I've seen it all before Took my hat off in the rain today It wasn't the first time I've seen it all before Trust you Trust you Trust you to know everything about me Trust you Trust you Trust you to know everything about me all along And the coffee is medicine It's hard to remember I've seen it all before And the picture at the factory floor Rats in a suitcase I've seen it all before Trust you Trust you Trust you to know everything about me Trust you Trust you Trust you to know everything about me all along Put a man on Mars today It wasn't the future I've seen it all before Trust you trust you trust you to know eveything about me Trust you trust you trust you to know everything about me all along All along All along All along - Child of the Jago4:41
Letra
This is your nightmare calling It's the downside of life in the city Trouble will always find you That's the problem of life in the city It's always a pity That someone goes under I'll show you the worse side of life That you thought was forgotten forever It's not that it's evil there But it's always lurking around Like a child of the Jago A child of the Jago Yeah yeah The city's a cemetary Everywhere that you dig is another Open it up beneath you And the bad things are pulling you under And once you go under You're gone and forgotten Some of the symmetry Between the rooftop pools in the sewer It's easy to disappear When you know that nobody would miss you Like a child of the Jago A child of the Jago Yeah yeah Theres always been weary souls That look like they're straight out of fiction Wretched and weather-beaten With the wind blowing rain in their faces It always disgraces In most modern places There's always a worse kind of place Where it will shock even the sick and the twisted Pocket is there for the picking And the clothes are for living on church day The difference is minor To a child of the Jago Yeah yeah The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval Yeah yeah The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval The future is medieval Yeah yeah The future is medieval The future is medieval - Heard It Break3:09
Letra
I swear I heard it break I swear I heard it break, break I swear I heard it break, break I swear I heard it break It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain I could've sworn that I heard it snap But they tell me it's just a sprain It's been broke before but this hurts some more Stretched beyond normal capacity and possibly torn But they do say a sprain hurts more than a break Or is that just to make you feel better about it? I swear I heard it break I swear I heard it break, break I swear I heard it break, break I swear I heard it break It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain Something is wrong a crack in the world That'll never be right again I'm not coping well and it's starting to tell One thousand missed oppurtunites and possibly more All I had to do was to look after you And it turns out that I'm the one who needs looking after I swear I heard it break I swear I heard it break, break I swear I heard it break, break I swear I heard it break It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain It feels like I broke my heart again but it's just a sprain - Coming Up for Air5:35
Letra
In the west of town there's no promised land And if you can't get that through your head then fine And if you want me to be honest with You can ask me and I'll tell you everything And if you want to know a lie Then I'll tell you a lie If you want to know the truth Then I'll tell you Oh when you're coming up for air And you think there's someone there No you won't see me Coz I'm faster than you think As the world flies by and I close my eyes To empty office buildings and the five-a-side Where the air is thin in the morning light If I'm on this road I'm gonna wait again And if you want to know a lie Then I'll tell you a lie If you want to know the truth Then I'll tell you Oh when you're coming up for air And you think there's someone there No you won't see me Coz I'm faster than you think If you want the truth then just ask me I will give it to you but you won't like it much And if that's okay then we'll get on fine And if not then we can call it quits And if you want to know a lie Then I'll tell you a lie If you want to know the truth Then I'll tell you Oh when you're coming up for air And you think there's someone there No you won't see me Coz I'm faster than you think And if that's okay then we'll get on fine And if not then we can call it quits - If You Will Have Me13:28
Letra
I don't know if you'll hear this song And if you do you might not know That it's a tribute to the man who made our world go around I don't know if you'll hear this song But if you do you're not alone So dance while you can and cry while you can let the world go around And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph I miss the daily phone call And I miss the good advice And my brother misses everything, he's just looking for you It's the longest of goodbyes So many lows and no real highs There seems so little we can do, we see glimpses of you And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph You can't fight life, so dance while you can You can't fight life, so just dance while you can And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph And if you will have me I want to be the son that I was And if you will have me I want to be the boy from the photograph