Supertramp ~ Hide In Your Shell ~ Crime Of The Century (HQ Audio)

Hide in your shell
'Cause the world is out to bleed you for a ride
What will you gain, making your life a little longer?
Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold
that gave you eyes of steel?
Shelter behind, painting your mind, you're playing joker

Too frightening to listen to a stranger
Too beautiful to put your pride in danger
You're waiting for someone to understand you
But you've got demons in your closet
(You've got demons in your closet)
And you're screaming out to stop it
(And you're screaming out to stop it)
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

Don't let the tears linger on inside now
'Cause it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know

All through the night
As you lie awake and hold yourself so tight
What do you need
A second hand movie star to tend you?
I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes?

Too frightening, the fire's becoming colder
Too beautiful, to think you're getting any older
You're waiting for someone to bring an answer
What you see is just illusion
(What you see is just illusion)
You're surrounded by confusion
(You're surrounded by confusion)
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Because it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know

Well let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know

'Cause I want to know, mmm I wanna know
I wanna know, I wanna know
I wanna know, I wanna know
Won't you, won't you let me know you
Mmm, won't you let me know you
I wanna know you, mmm I wanna feel you
Oh, I wanna touch you
Please let me near you
Oh let me near you
Can you hear, what I'm singing?
Well I'm hoping, I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'
I know what you're thinkin', see what you're seein'
Never ever let yourself go, hold yourself down
Hold yourself down, why don't you hold yourself down?


Why don't you listen? You can trust me (So what, you're gonna take it to?)
A little place, I know the way to (So what, you're gonna make it do?)
A place there is no need to (So what's he gonna...)
To feel you (So what's he gonna..)
To feel that you're all alone (So what's he gonna do?)
Can you hear me? (So what, you're gonna take it to?)
I know exactly what you're feelin' (So what, you're gonna make it do?)

All your troubles are within you (So what's he gonna...)
So begin to (So what's he gonna...)
See that I'm just bleeding to (So what's he gonna do?)
Oh love me, love you (So what, you're gonna take it to?)
Loving is the way to help me, help you (So what, you're gonna make it do?)
Why must we be so cool (So what's he gonna...)
Oh so cool? (So what's he gonna...)
Oh, we're such damn fools (So what's he gonna do?)
I said we're such damn fools
(So what, you're gonna take it to?) (So what, you're gonna make it do?)
(So what's he gonna...) (So what's he gonna...) (So what's he gonna do?)
I said we're such damn fools

Written by: Roger Hodgson

[calbudd]

This song still sends chills down my back, 50 years later. It's still so damn good.

[truthwarrior]

These guys knew a lot of heavenly and hellish secrets. I always wondered if some rock stars are time travelers dropping cosmic nuggets of soul strengthening gold.

[ZoolGatekeeper]

I´ve been discovering Supertramp after the Breakfast album. And ALL I find is pure GOLD. This music is surely not by some performing monkeys..

[donnaeads]

Ahhh the Sweet, complexingly simple, wonderus engulfing GENIUS of SUPERTRAMP. This is living !

[bywodensbeard]

Honestly, whoever doesn't appreciate this song deserves to be deaf. I mean that out of jest, of course, but it's undeniably a beautiful song.

[justmadeit]

Not only the best song on the album but probably the best song they did along with Take the long way home

[steelyman]

Hide in your shell
'Cause the world is out to bleed you for a ride
What will you gain, making your life a little longer?
Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold
that gave you eyes of steel?
Shelter behind, painting your mind, you're playing joker

Too frightening to listen to a stranger
Too beautiful to put your pride in danger
You're waiting for someone to understand you
But you've got demons in your closet
(You've got demons in your closet)
And you're screaming out to stop it
(And you're screaming out to stop it)
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

Don't let the tears linger on inside now
'Cause it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know

All through the night
As you lie awake and hold yourself so tight
What do you need
A second hand movie star to tend you?
I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes?

Too frightening, the fire's becoming colder
Too beautiful, to think you're getting any older
You're waiting for someone to bring an answer
What you see is just illusion
(What you see is just illusion)
You're surrounded by confusion
(You're surrounded by confusion)
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for

Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Because it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know

Well let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know

'Cause I want to know, mmm I wanna know
I wanna know, I wanna know
I wanna know, I wanna know
Won't you, won't you let me know you
Mmm, won't you let me know you
I wanna know you, mmm I wanna feel you
Oh, I wanna touch you
Please let me near you
Oh let me near you
Can you hear, what I'm singing?
Well I'm hoping, I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'
I know what you're thinkin', see what you're seein'
Never ever let yourself go, hold yourself down
Hold yourself down, why don't you hold yourself down?


Why don't you listen? You can trust me (So what, you're gonna take it to?)
A little place, I know the way to (So what, you're gonna make it do?)
A place there is no need to (So what's he gonna...)
To feel you (So what's he gonna..)
To feel that you're all alone (So what's he gonna do?)
Can you hear me? (So what, you're gonna take it to?)
I know exactly what you're feelin' (So what, you're gonna make it do?)

All your troubles are within you (So what's he gonna...)
So begin to (So what's he gonna...)
See that I'm just bleeding to (So what's he gonna do?)
Oh love me, love you (So what, you're gonna take it to?)
Loving is the way to help me, help you (So what, you're gonna make it do?)
Why must we be so cool (So what's he gonna...)
Oh so cool? (So what's he gonna...)
Oh, we're such damn fools (So what's he gonna do?)
I said we're such damn fools
(So what, you're gonna take it to?) (So what, you're gonna make it do?)
(So what's he gonna...) (So what's he gonna...) (So what's he gonna do?)
I said we're such damn fools

Written by: Roger Hodgson

[bgbstrm]

One of the best songs written - ever!!! 💯🎹🎸🎤🎧

[steelyman]

Apparently even Supertramp Official (all three channels!) are still having their uploads taken down? Not sure what's going on there, but I'm just trying to keep the full albums together on my channel (using whatever uploads are available). Hope the problem is resolved for all Supertramp fans soon. ♥ Beware of fake Supertramp & Universal Music channels pretending to be legit & asking you to use their uploads & remove other people's, etc. Seen a lot of that in the past year.

[angelabuchmuller]

Masterpiece my favourite album crime of the century

[iainstevenson]

1977 - any adolescent's fervent hope - especially those of us who are gay. Peace and Praises

[criticaltheories]

I'm going to go out on a limb right here and say that one of the members of Supertramp ((probably the writer of the song) knows a lot about Mental Health from a personal standpoint. Just saying....

[rickl]

Rodger hodgekins voice is unique but so was Rick Davies..love them both and of course the rest also sorry if I can't remember right now