Squeeze - Hourglass Lyrics






I feel like I'm pounding on a big door
No one can hear me knocking
I feel like I'm falling flat to the floor
No one can catch me from falling

The hourglass has no more grains of sand
My watch has stopped, no more turning hands
The crew have abandoned the ship
The lights are on but no one is in

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

I feel like I'm calling on a telephone
No one can hear the ringing
I feel like I'm running up a steep hill
No one can stop me from running

The hourglass has no more grains of sand
My watch has stopped, no more turning hands
The little hand shakes its fist
The face is hanging out on a spring

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

The hourglass has no more grains of sand
Little red grains of sand
My watch has stopped, no more turning hands
Little green neon hands

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
See if it can swim, back up to the shore
No one's in the house, everyone is out
All the lights are on and the blinds are down

Feel like I'm calling back to the shore
No one can hear me calling
Feel like I'm falling back to the floor
No one can catch me from falling





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  1. D.... ....

    good song that gets better with age, I love it when they did the acapella chorus right after the second chorus, wish they would've done that during the final chorus and then sing it again towards the end.

  2. S.... ....

    Now come on! THIS has got to be somebody’s favorite Squeeze tune! I know it’s mine!

    Coolest of the cool!

  3. D.... B....

    They don't make catchier songs.

  4. V.... S....

    Were all the songs in the 80s about masturbation?

  5. T.... F....

    If you are being burned up spiritually say"Fire of God lose thy heat as Judas lost his color in the Garden of Olives"Keep saying this it does work

  6. S.... P....

    hard to believe it has been 32 years since that song debuted,but still sounds great;very creative too

  7. P.... H....

    Have this song

  8. R.... R....

    Love the sax, featured on so many late 70s, 80s songs.

  9. n.... ....

    I know a Marshall that got caught dancing to this song 😂

  10. S.... M....

    Was Paul Carrick out of the band at this point? I know Mike and the mechanics were huge about this time

    S.... M....

    Paul carrack was only in the band 4 a year in 1981 left in early 82 late 1981 actually then he would rejoin for about a year-and-a-half from early 93 to Mid 94

  11. S.... M....

    Great song and video and uniquely English all the way! This is one of those bands that never really got their due!

  12. D.... A....

    Cool for Cats, Pulling Mussels from the Shell, Cigarette of a Single Man, Slap and Tickle,Take Me I'm Yours, Goodbye Girl... F'n love this song, but I need to post reminders... Adored this band, better than my music collection shows!

    D.... A....

    Forgot Black Coffee in Bed... what a sin. First hook, for me.

  13. K.... M....

    For years I thought this was a Boy George/Culture Club song.

  14. T.... F....

    being burned up say this "Fire of God lose thy heat as Judas lost his color when he betrayed our Lord in the Garden of Olives"

  15. C.... ....

    Not that great a song in my opinion, but what an awesome video.

  16. M.... D....

    I'll never forget singing this with a complete stranger at a karaoke bar..that was an awesome night!!

  17. J.... P....

    Video feels like it's a relative of Hold Me from Fleetwood Mac.

    J.... P....

    Naw! This song is too upbeat and quirky for "Hold Me".

    J.... P....

    Not at all.

  18. A.... ....

    Would it be an accurate statement to say that lyrically speaking, Squeeze have a similar approach as Talking Heads, as in "It doesn't matter what words are being sung, just how they sound when you're singing them"?

  19. M.... ....

    Haven't seen this video since 4th grade!

  20. K.... V....

    The drummer kinda looks like a younger Pete Cetera

  21. M.... A....

    Absolutely one of the best songs ever! ❤️❤️

  22. J.... C....

    I came here from https://youtu.be/aQEFJW0RxTk

  23. J.... B....

    very catchy song

  24. M.... S....

    LOVE IT!!! Fun song, and one heck of a entertaining prop video!

  25. K.... J....

    A cool video that your eyes tricks your brain

  26. b.... ....

    2:02, just noticed the bowler guy's hat on the coffin as his own marker. I don't know, something subtly funny about that.

  27. R.... S....

    Bingo!! Al fin te encontré 😂😂😉😉😉

  28. D.... H....

    I still remember when they sang this on Letterman. It sounded almost like the recording! A fun song!

  29. c.... ....

    What year was this released?

  30. w.... ....

    1:59 Jool's fall. LOL. He's so crusty nowadays, what happened?

  31. P.... P....

    The Squeeze - Hourglass

    I feel like I'm pounding
    On a big door
    No one can hear
    Me knocking
    I feel like I'm falling
    Flat to the floor
    No one can
    Catch me
    From falling

    The hourglass
    Has no more
    Grains of sand
    My watch has stopped
    No more turning hands
    The crew have abandoned
    The ship
    The lights are on
    But no one is in

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    I feel like I'm calling
    On a telephone
    No one can hear
    The ringing
    I feel like I'm running
    Up a steep hill
    No one can
    Stop me
    From running

    The hourglass
    Has no more
    Grains of sand
    My watch has stopped
    No more turning hands
    The little hand
    Shakes its fist
    The face is hanging
    Out on a spring

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    The hourglass
    Has no more
    Grains of sand
    Little red grains of sand
    My watch has stopped
    No more turning hands
    Little green neon
    Hands

    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down
    Take it to the bridge
    Throw it overboard
    See if it can swim
    Back up to the shore
    No one's in the house
    Everyone is out
    All the lights are on
    And the blinds are down

    Feel like I'm calling
    Back to the shore
    No one can hear
    Me calling
    Feel like I'm falling
    Back to the floor
    No one can catch me
    From falling



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    Copyright:
    Writer(s): Glenn Tilbrook, Christopher Henry Difford

  32. C.... T....

    I regard every song on “Singles 45s and other” to be an utter classic, yet I just read that this is Squeeze’s biggest US hit... I don’t remember ever hearing it :P

    C.... T....

    Singles/45's was a great album but this song came out in the heyday of MTV and was in their rotation,which automatically produces record $ale$.

    C.... T....

    I remember it getting a fair amount of radio play. Mostly though I recall that the first time I heard it was without any sort of intro or context and I thought it was a new Paul McCartney track.

    C.... T....

    @Thomas Dahlquist Apparently a lot of people did. I heard it on the radio a few years back, remembered how much I'd liked it, and tried in vain to find it in 'McCartney' searches. I had to search by lyric instead. All that time I loved 'Cool For Cats' and 'Another Nail In My Heart', never realizing it was the same band.

    C.... T....

    Wth?? It was all over the radio in 1988!!

  33. N.... J....

    I was in 9th grade when this was released, this was big currency back then 😀

    N.... J....

    Same here. All over the radio. Totally forgot about it until I saw a link on youtube for VH1's bands reunited...saw the video, heard part of the song in a clip...totally forgot about it till then! What a trip!

  34. M.... B....

    Won 2 MTV VMAS in 1988!

  35. P.... L....

    Those coffins are sad.

  36. E.... B....

    Biggest hit they ever had in the USA

    E.... B....

    Nah. "Tempted" is the stick around airplay.

  37. M.... B....

    Great job with the illusions!

  38. N.... B....

    Was that Glenn as the Chaplin character? Love this vid, passing it on to my kids!

  39. b.... ....

    I agree with the similarities to a Paul McCartney song...it kinda reminds of the quirkiness of McCartney's "coming up

    b.... ....

    Yes! Either one of those tracks can boost my mood in seconds flat. Actually my favorite song by Squeeze, and one of the best from my favorite solo Beatle.

    b.... ....

    @pennypay1 my face solo Beatle and one of my fave songs by him as well....nowadays it is rare to find someone who likes coming up as much
    I remember hearing it as a 6 year old in 1980 when it came out on the radio and it implanted itself in my brain from that point on.

    b.... ....

    No it doesn't

  40. D.... G....

    AWESOME EIGHTIES

  41. L.... s....

    This video is crazy cool I love it

  42. C.... K....

    SUCK MY COCKASAURUS REX

  43. D.... V....

    Great band, great song, great video.

  44. z.... ....

    It can swim. I checked.

    z.... ....

    But can it swim and all the way back up to the shore?

  45. M.... M....

    shit I love that bass player especially when stops playing the bass to refuse the phone call.

  46. Z.... H....

    so nostalgic
    awesome song! great video !

  47. M.... M....

    this guy has a great voice

    M.... M....

    Still does. In 2019.

  48. M.... M....

    Madness rip off

    M.... M....

    Many bands were trying that rocksteady style at the time.

  49. S.... A....

    " Good Times......Good Times '1

  50. S.... C....

    Sweet memories

  51. �.... ....

    sound like Paul McCartney

  52. P.... ....

    The guitar player with the loafers turns me on!

  53. P.... P....

    LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. m.... ....

    I REMEMBER THIS ON THE LONG FORGOTTEN M T V ,, WHEN IT WAS # 1 SUCKS NOW,
    M T V I MEANT

    m.... ....

    You got that right. It used to be great! Revolutionary, fun, groovy and never serious. It gave us so much, then it all came to a grinding halt in the 90s and from then on, forget it.

  55. J.... P....

    Thanks for posting~~~~~Ga-Roo-Veee...

  56. R.... A....

    Out of all of Squeeze's videos, this my favourite, it's very clever.

  57. T.... Q....

    I always loved this video. It's so much fun!

  58. A.... ....

    Ohhh yeah...80's, baby...

    A.... ....

    Hell yeah! The funkiness of the 80's will NEVER die!

  59. n.... ....

    When this came out my son was about a year old and he was in awe of the video. He would giggle like crazy every time he saw. He's 31 now and still loves it.

  60. C.... K....

    #Takeittothebridge

  61. J.... P....

    80's STAMPED!!!!......This is one of those songs...Forever in my Heart :) ...Forever 80's :) ... Forever I could Not name the Artist, or even the Song Name, Even if you Gagged me with a Spoon :)

  62. B.... ....

    Wish I could spend a day in this video.

    B.... ....

    If you take enough acid you can.

  63. m.... ....

    My childhood right here hahahaha

    m.... ....

    My 40s!!!!!!!!!!!

  64. S.... ....

    Is it just me or did the drummer look like Peter Cetera?

  65. B.... ....

    He had a fantastic voice and all in all they were an amazing, talented band.

  66. D.... L....

    supermarket music

    D.... L....

    thats where I just heard it!

    D.... L....

    I would buy from that store for being slick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  67. S.... F....

    Catchy tune, and some of those FX are spectacular even today.

    S.... F....

    Technically they are actually optical illusions, not FX.

  68. F.... ....

    Great Video, man!

  69. B.... ....

    Video seems like it could've been created by MC Escher.

  70. M.... M....

    Absolutely a great song and cool video.

  71. M.... D....

    WHAT AN AMAZING BAND; AFTER RELEASING ONE OF THE GREAT ALBUMS (COSI FAN TUTTI FRUTTI ); THEY COME BACK WITH THIS CLASSIC SONG AS THEIR 1ST SONG ON THIS ALBUM

  72. S.... M....

    I love his voice

  73. M.... ....

    Nice use of the Ames Room there ;).

  74. d.... d....

    back when jools knew how to have fun.....

    d.... d....

    duck dong true dat!!

  75. a.... ....

    Shades of Margrite...

  76. J.... T....

    I've heard this at work so many times and I was convinced it was Culture Club.

    J.... T....

    I hear the Paul McCartney angle...kinda like the song coming up from 1980

    J.... T....

    Jonothan Thrace Bite your tongue. Squeeze is 1000x better than culture crap.

    J.... T....

    Reminds me a lot of Was (Not Was) Walk the Dinosaur. Came out about the same time.

    J.... T....

    Jonathan Thrace I could see where you could get Culture Club. I see Paul McCartney too.

    J.... T....

    It sounds like the type of song Culture Club would do-fun and catchy!

  77. M.... L....

    Or is it more like Dali - (again, don't ask me how I know this...)

    M.... L....

    Then Dali would love my apt...let my kids decorate when they asked me if they could. Looks good. All their musical instruments on the wall or hanging from the ceiling, and that is not the half of it.

    M.... L....

    Definitely Rene Magritte! There are some Dali references too, but most everything is inspired by Magritte. Love it!!

  78. M.... L....

    This is SOOOOOO Escher it's like being on acid (don't ask me how I know this...)

  79. K.... G....

    college circuit favourite.

  80. 2.... ....

    Jools Holland was still with the band here.

    2.... ....

    I liked his bowler but didn't realize he was wearing makeup til now.

  81. Y.... ....

    Take it to the bridge, throw it overboard
    See if it can swim back into the shore
    No one's in the house, everyone is out
    All the lights are on and the blinds are down

    Y.... ....

    ...back up to the shore - not back into the shore...

    Y.... ....

    YouCantHoldOnTooLong you are my hero 💋

  82. P.... L....

    I couldn't understand why a guitar, bass guitar, & drum sticks deflate themselves.

    P.... L....

    All part of the Salvador Dali-easque surrealistic theme, like the forced perspective of the door that was too big \ too small or falling up the stairs.

    P.... L....

    I guess the guitarist, bassist, and drummer got confused.

  83. D.... K....

    Neat 😎🤔

  84. P.... L....

    Weird! But a good song.

  85. S.... W....

    OMG. I completely forgot about this song. Still know almost all the words!

    S.... W....

    really good 80s song, I love the "take it to the bridge throw it overboard" part.

  86. A.... B....

    My dad love this song when I was a baby hour glass 1987.

  87. D.... M....

    Great song. Great band.

  88. T.... K....

    Fucking stupid I can't hourglass on my mobile!! Fucking nazi!

    T.... K....

    @Thomas Kozak Blame the copyright clowns.

  89. p.... ....

    Great Band, Awesome Song & Amazing Video.