‘Runners Dial Zero’ is an outtake from Beck’s 1998 album ‘Mutations.’ It appears on the Japanese edition of the album and as a b-side to singles from the era.
The title comes from the secretary who worked at the studio where ‘Mutations’ was recorded: all day she would page the “runners” who did err...
[Chorus]
By the dried up stream
We slit our throats and dreamed
When the buildings burned
Was it some concern?
Mother laid in bed
What was it she said?
[Verse]
Gather all your worldly jewels
And scatter them like fools
Don't you make a fuss
Days so perilous
When day is done we'll ride
Who cares what we find?
Another misspent night
We thought we got it right
The driver lost a wheel
The ice turned into steel
They shivered like refugees
Way down on our knees
[Chorus]
By the dried up stream
We slit our throats and dreamed
When the buildings burned
Was it some concern?
Mother laid in bed
What was it she said?
Runners Dial Zero was written by Beck.
Runners Dial Zero was produced by Nigel Godrich & Beck.
Beck released Runners Dial Zero on Tue Nov 03 1998.