We're the sidewalks straight in love, the subway lights grow brighter We're just another hype, but the pressure's getting harder Build up, build up, build up, take it much higher Our love is etiquette, make love on first impression Like adolescent sex with juvenile intentions Build up, build up, build up, take it much higher Won't ever catch up to the light, just keep on dancing Build up, build up, build up, take it much higher Well the lady buys a thrill, excitement and succession But heartache won't partake in articulate obsession Build up, build up, build up, take it much higher I'm well fed, it pays the rent, no courtesy surprising For heaven's heaven blessed, no catastrophe's denying Build up, build up, build up, take it much higher Won't ever catch up to the light, just keep on dancing Well you're out on the street with your lover's infections Counting possibilities for elimination And your body's still damp from your one-room apartment And your heartache remains when love's not the antidote Don't submerge again, emerge again, just get on the street Won't ever catch up to the light, just keep on dancing Build up, build up, build up, take it much higher Take it much higher, yeah Take it much higher, yeah Get on the street