Highly Evolved Lyrics

Craig Nicholls: The idea came, I guess, when I was at home recording songs, and that title "Highly Evolved" came into my head, I was looking at my hands maybe. I was just thinking, "it's really great, I'm so glad I'm a person". (BBC Radio One, April 2002)

Craig Nicholls: I consider everyone highly evolved. I was looking at my hand - I wasn't on LSD - and I was thinking about how my hands push these buttons and make these sounds. And the words highly evolved came into my head. (Rolling Stone Australia, October 2002)

Patrick Matthews: It's all Craig's. It's got the line "If you feel low/You can buy love/From a payphone", it reminds me of that Richard Ashcroft lyric "I talked to God on my way home" [from "Come On" on Urban Hymns]. I think Craig had just been sitting at home watching those 1-800 numbers on TV. (NME, May 2002)

Patrick Matthews: We didn't realise it was so short until people made a big deal about it. (Rolling Stone Australia, October 2002)