歌词：
you got wires, goin in

you got wires, comin out of your skin

you got tears

making tracks

i got tears

that are scared of the facts



running down corridors

through automatic doors

got to get to you

got to see this through

i see hope is here in a plastic box

i've seen christmas lights reflect in your eyes



you got wires, goin in

you got wires, comin out of your skin

there's dry blood on your wrist

your dry blood on my fingertip



running down corridors

through automatic doors

got to get to you

got to see this through

first night of your life

curled up on your own

looking at you now

you would never know



i see it in your eyes

i see it in your eyes

you'll be alright



i see it in your eyes

i see it in your eyes

you'll be alright

Alright



running down corridors

through automatic doors

got to get to you

got to see this through

i see hope is here in a plastic box

i've seen christmas lights reflect in your eyes



down corridors

through automatic doors

got to get to you

got to see this through

first night of your life

curled up on your own

looking at you now

you would never know

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虽然Athlete的乐队成员都是童年时期的伙伴，但是4个小伙子为了他们共同的音乐事业走到一起还是在2000年的春天。贝司手Carey Willets，主唱兼吉他手Joel Pott，鼓手Steve Roberts和键盘手Tim Wanstall都是来自英国南部的Deptford。前三位队员是在他们14岁时的足球场上认识的，在九十年代末，当他们都刚好二十出头的时候，三人走到了一起组成了乐队，他希望能像Oasis一样成功，还经常在Camden一带演出，那时候也的确有唱片公司对他们表现出兴趣并跟他们接洽。经过一段时间后他们开始对传统的摇滚乐失去了热情，开始尝试实验Indie-Rock曲风的音乐，并且视之为新的音乐方向。于是乐队买了一台十二轨数码录音机，开始玩票性质地对声响进行实验。虽然他们当时已经摸索出了一些声音效果的处理的门道，但乐队缺乏键盘技术而让效果始终达不到理想状态，就在这时键盘手Tim Wanstall 加入，Tim的入伙正好弥补了他们的不足，乐队也正式成为4人组合并改名为Athlete。
这样的一支乐队后来又何以被冠名为“Pavement在英国的答案”，“新Steely Dan”，“The Beta Band的弟弟”等等美誉呢？再后来怎么又老是把他们和Colplay或Starsailor或Keane相比较呢？
Athlete乐队的音乐强调整体性，专辑当中的歌并不是各人带着各人的歌曲走进录音室，而是4人同在一起实验。所以在专辑《Vehicles & Animals》的封套内，词曲作者属名找不到个别成员的名字，而是以乐队整体姿态与歌，Athlete就是一个整体，他们所有的歌曲都是彼此间共同努力的结晶。2003年乐队首张专辑《Vehicles & Animals》发行，虽然谈不上是什么破天惊之作，然而还是见证了乐队在一起的努力和成就。就在专辑发行当年便获得了Meccury Music Prize的提名，虽然最终还是落榜，输给了Dizzee Rascal 的《Boy In a Corner》，但那次的提名还是为Athlete带来了强有力的宣传作用，被提名之后，专辑在短短两个星期内在英国由六万张飚升至十万张销量。