Diego Moriarty crossed the eucalyptus lawn
& he walked into the party of some Duke he'd met that morning
Over breakfast in a self-serve where he'd spend the usual day
Making power laws out of bell curves in the usual way
The air was thick w/ laughter just one long vermillion whirl
& he found himself gazing at the familiar girl
She said "We know each other don't we?", he said "I was thinking that"
& they started seeking links just like the market seeks the crash
"So do you know the Duke?" - "What Duke?" - "Me neither. Where you from?"
Somewhere unpronounceable where Diego's never gone
They compared lives & pasts & lovers, but they'd never known each other
The conversation faded & they parted garbed in awkwardness
Diego left the party feeling empty sad & nauseous
He never even asked her her name
Diego never asked her her name
2 years pass, Shibuya: "Oh hi, where do I know you from?
Wait, you're the guy I don't know", all enthusiasm gone
He said "It's kind of like a thriller that you saw & then forgot
Where you can't say who's the killer but you still know half the plot"
"No it's more like a car crash, broken glass but no harm done
The policeman waves you past, 'Nothing to see here, move along'"
The next time's new year's eve, '99 - milliminal
The airport in Sofia, by the luggage carousel
Blindsighted by fluorescent light they reach for the same case
W/ air-conditioned eyes he meets the strange familiar face
Can't find a word to say so they just go their separate ways
Diego spends the night in crowded streets scanning features
As the sky explodes w/ star flowers & the screams of desperate preachers
& he doesn't even know why he's so desperate to meet her
But he never even asked her her name
He never even found out her name
7 years of loneliness then 7 years of luck
Diego's getting by, but the familiar face has stuck
He's had his share of loves, thought he was happy once or twice
But it's her face that he sees on walls of cheap hotels at night
One day he sees the Duke, & he can't believe his eyes
Duke says "Seems like a lifetime" & "Have you met my wife?"
She says "We once met at a party, but we didn't get along"
He says "Then Tokyo, then Sofia", but she just shakes her head & yawns
"No you must be mistaken, I don't remember that"
Diego smiles in desperation, says goodbye & walks away too fast
His centre has been taken, his past collapsed, his future's too vast
Diego never asked her her name
He's never gonna find out her name
He never even asked her her name
He's never gonna find out her name
& he walked into the party of some Duke he'd met that morning
Over breakfast in a self-serve where he'd spend the usual day
Making power laws out of bell curves in the usual way
The air was thick w/ laughter just one long vermillion whirl
& he found himself gazing at the familiar girl
She said "We know each other don't we?", he said "I was thinking that"
& they started seeking links just like the market seeks the crash
"So do you know the Duke?" - "What Duke?" - "Me neither. Where you from?"
Somewhere unpronounceable where Diego's never gone
They compared lives & pasts & lovers, but they'd never known each other
The conversation faded & they parted garbed in awkwardness
Diego left the party feeling empty sad & nauseous
He never even asked her her name
Diego never asked her her name
2 years pass, Shibuya: "Oh hi, where do I know you from?
Wait, you're the guy I don't know", all enthusiasm gone
He said "It's kind of like a thriller that you saw & then forgot
Where you can't say who's the killer but you still know half the plot"
"No it's more like a car crash, broken glass but no harm done
The policeman waves you past, 'Nothing to see here, move along'"
The next time's new year's eve, '99 - milliminal
The airport in Sofia, by the luggage carousel
Blindsighted by fluorescent light they reach for the same case
W/ air-conditioned eyes he meets the strange familiar face
Can't find a word to say so they just go their separate ways
Diego spends the night in crowded streets scanning features
As the sky explodes w/ star flowers & the screams of desperate preachers
& he doesn't even know why he's so desperate to meet her
But he never even asked her her name
He never even found out her name
7 years of loneliness then 7 years of luck
Diego's getting by, but the familiar face has stuck
He's had his share of loves, thought he was happy once or twice
But it's her face that he sees on walls of cheap hotels at night
One day he sees the Duke, & he can't believe his eyes
Duke says "Seems like a lifetime" & "Have you met my wife?"
She says "We once met at a party, but we didn't get along"
He says "Then Tokyo, then Sofia", but she just shakes her head & yawns
"No you must be mistaken, I don't remember that"
Diego smiles in desperation, says goodbye & walks away too fast
His centre has been taken, his past collapsed, his future's too vast
Diego never asked her her name
He's never gonna find out her name
He never even asked her her name
He's never gonna find out her name