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Extinction
04:22
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I SAW YOU IN MY DREAMS LAST NIGHT
YOU ARE STILL RINGING IN MY EARS
THIS IS GOODBYE
I WILL LOVE YOU UNTIL MY TIME RUNS OUT
PLACE ME IN THE ENGLISH DIRT
A LIFE EXTINCT
THIS IS THE END THE END OF DAYS
DON’T WANT TO CARRY THIS WITH ME ANY MORE
I SAW YOU YESTERDAY FOR THE LAST TIME GOD YOU’D CHANGED
EVEN YOUR HAIR WAS DIFFERENT AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE
IT’S THE HORROR OF BEING ALIVE
IF YOU LOVE YOU GRIEVE ONCE IT DIES
THAT’S THE DEAL YOU MADE
I WISH YOU’D TAKEN MY MEMORIES OF US WITH YOU WHEN YOU LEFT
BECAUSE THEY CONSTANTLY PLAY ON REPEAT IN MY HEAD
WHAT WAS I DOING WAITING FOR YOU?
DRINKING ALONE WHERE THE DEAD BOYS ROAM
I WILL NOT BE A MONUMENT TO YOU
OH MY GOD I’M SUCH A FOOL
SPENT FAR TOO MANY SECONDS, MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS WASTED ON YOU
I SAW YOU IN MY DREAMS LAST NIGHT
YOU WERE RESTING ON HIS SHOULDER DON’T WANT TO KNOW HIS NAME
ON LOVERS BENCH
OH GOD YOU’VE CHANGED
OR MAYBE YOU WERE ALWAYS THIS WAY
A SHALLOW CLONE OF YOU IS ALL THAT REMAINS
I LEFT YOU IN MY DREAMS LAST NIGHT
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEXT LIFE
TIE IT ON THE NEXT LIE
FOR THE LAST TIME
THIS IS GOODBYE
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OVERWEIGHT OFFICE WORKER SWEATING ON THE TRAIN COFFEE AND CIGARETTES COURSING THROUGH HIS VEINS ANGRY AND AGGRESSIVE ON THE CENTRAL LINE THE HAIR TRANSPLANT CLEARLY ISN'T WORKING
THE WOMAN LEANING AGAINST THE DOORS REMINDS ME OF THE FIRST GIRL I EVER KISSED ONE SUMMER ON THE ESTATE WHERE I GREW UP I GUESS SHE WAS ABOUT A YEAR OLDER TOWERED ABOVE ME LIKE SOME KIND OF PRAYING MANTIS
I FELL ASLEEP ON THIS TRAIN LAST NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME FROM AFTER WORK DRINKS I DIDN'T NEED JOLTED TO LIFE TWO STOPS FROM HOME AND REMEMBERED HOW WE USED TO RIDE THIS TRAIN TOGETHER
I READ A STORY IN THE PAPER ABOUT AN OLD WOMAN WHO’D GIVEN UP ON LIFE SHE COULDN’T LIVE WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY THE WORLD SHE KNEW WAS NOW LONG DEAD SO SHE TRAVELLED TO SWITZERLAND TO END HER LIFE
I HEARD THAT BACK IN THE DAY YOU COULD LEAVE YOUR FRONT DOOR OPEN APPARENTLY THE CRIMINALS NEVER STOLE FROM THEIR OWN BUT DURING THE BLITZ WHEN THE BOMBS WERE DROPPING FRANKIE FRAZIER WAS RANSACKING YOUR HOME
WE ARE IN THE SIXTH EXTINCTION
DOES NEW TECHNOLOGY GET YOU DOWN?
EAST END MYTHOLOGY WEAR YOU OUT?
ARE YOU STILL AFRAID OF THE FIRST GIRL YOU KISSED?
STILL REGRETTING THOSE AFTER WORK DRINKS?
WE ARE IN THE SIXTH EXTINCTION
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Distraction Technique
03:48
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THEY'RE KILLING MUSIC ON YOUR STREET WISH I COULD FORGET YOU PRESS DELETE
THE CLUB WE MET IN'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN THE DEATH OF MUSIC IN THIS TOWN
I KNOW THAT YOU STILL HATE ME WELL I'M NOT FOND OF THE MEMORIES WISH I COULD FORGET YOU PRESS DELETE
THEY KNOCKED ANOTHER VENUE DOWN LAST WEEK
I’M FALLING FOR YOUR DISTRACTION TECHNIQUE
STILL FALLING FOR YOUR DISTRACTION TECHNIQUE
I TRIED E CIGARETTES BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T CUT IT
HELD ANOTHER GIRL BUT SHE WASN'T YOU
IN THE FUTURE YOU COULD SLEEP WITH MACHINES
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED PRESS DELETE
THE PUB WE DRANK IN IS NOW SELLING HOUSES
OLD CAFE EATEN BY A COFFEE CHAIN
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M REMINISCING
BUT I DON'T WANT YOU BACK AGAIN
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Paradise Club 1953
04:04
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WOKE UP DRENCHED IN SWEAT
FROM AN ALCOHOL INDUCED TWITCHING DREAM
PARTIED AT THE PARADISE CLUB 1953 SPOKE TO A MAN WHO WAS 7 FOOT TALL FACE BLURRED, FEATURES INDISTINGUISHABLE
SAW A SIGN THAT READ DARK DAYS AHEAD HERE LIES THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE YOU MESSED WITH HER HEAD
GOT FIXED A DRINK BY A KID I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH 1953 WASN’T EVEN BORN YET
IF I WAS STUCK ON SOMETHING WOULDN’T WANT IT TO BE YOU
MAYBE STUCK ON SOMETHING I TRIED SO HARD TO FORGET?
I DON’T CARE FOR YOU I PROMISE
I’VE LONG SINCE MOVED ON I PROMISE
HAD SUCH A THIRST I JUST KEPT DRINKING DOWN AND DOWN THE GLASS KEPT REFILLING
EX GIRLFRIEND PROPPING UP THE BAR I’M SURE I WAS NEVER IN LOVE WITH LENT IN AND WHISPERED “YOU’LL NEVER BE HAPPY YOU DO KNOW THAT?”
A CROWD GATHERED FOR A TAROT READING TUNED OUT FOAMING AT THE MOUTH
FLIPPED A CARD OVER AND SCREAMED “YOU’RE PATHETIC”
EMPTY CHATTER THAT I CAN’T MAKE OUT
WOKE UP DRENCHED IN SWEAT
FROM AN ALCOHOL INDUCED TWITCHING DREAM I PARTIED AT THE PARADISE CLUB 1953
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Replicas
03:52
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I CAN’T REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED LOSING YOU MUST HAVE BEEN AFTER I LET YOU DOWN FOR THE 100TH TIME
GOT THAT SINKING FEELING IN MY GUT AGAIN RISING HOT SWEATS SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN MY FAULT
THOUGHT I EASILY COULD REPLACE YOU YEAH THAT I COULD GO ON SO EASILY WITHOUT YOU I KNOW THAT I’M SO ARROGANT AND WASTEFUL MY BLEEDING HEART IS BEATING OUT SHE CANNOT BE REPLACED
WENT OUT DRINKING ON MY OWN AGAIN ENDED UP IN THE ONLY CLUB THAT LET ME IN
GOT TALKING TO A GIRL THAT LOOKS A BIT LIKE YOU SHE TOLD ME SHE WORKED IN MARKETING SAID SHE WASN’T LOOKING FOR A BOYFRIEND ALL MEN EVER DID WAS LET HER DOWN
WANTED TO BLOCK OUT THE PAIN BUT I’M GETTING TOO OLD FOR ONE NIGHT STANDS
IS IT TOO LATE IN THE DAY TO SAY
I’M FALLING APART WITHOUT YOU?
EVERYONE ELSE JUST SEEMS SO HOLLOW
COME BACK AND I’LL BUILD MY WORLD AROUND YOU
WHO WANTS TO WAKE UP IN BED WITH SOMEONE NEW? THAT AWKWARD WEIRD GOODBYE EXCHANGE
AND ANYWAY MOST PEOPLE LIVE DEAD LIFE
VACANT WORTHLESS RUBBISH DUMB ISLAND TV
WHAT IF I COULD BUILD A REPLICA OF YOU? I THINK I’D LEAVE IN THE BITS I USED TO HATE
THOSE LITTLE BITS THAT USED TO GRIND ME DOWN OH GOD WHAT IF THE PROBLEM WAS ALWAYS ME?
I WATCHED THINGS SLOWLY DIE AND STAYED SLUMPED IN THIS CHAIR
THINGS WERE GETTING DARK WHILE I SAT IN THE CORNER
I NEVER SAID I LOVE YOU ANY MORE WAS GONNA SAVE IT FOR MY DEATHBED
DEAD
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A Slow Death
02:22
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CAN YOU PINPOINT THE EXACT MOMENT YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH SOMEONE?
THE PART WHERE AUTUMN TURNS TO WINTER
OR IS IT A GRADUAL SLOW DEATH A COLLECTION OF MOMENTS SLOWLY STRANGLING THE LIFE FROM YOU?
CAN YOU EVER REVIVE LOVE THAT HAS DIED? CAN YOU EVER TRULY MAKE AMENDS TO SOMEONE YOU’VE BETRAYED?
EVERYBODY YOU HAVE EVER LOVED LEAVES A SMALL PIECE OF THEMSELVES SPLINTERED THROUGH YOUR BONES FOREVER
ALL MY DREAMS OF YOU ARE APOCALYPTIC
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State Funeral
03:50
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MIX MATCHED CERAMICS A GIFT WRAPPED SURPRISE
GEOMETRIC SHAPES SHIFTS THE DISGUISE
ART SCHOOL LOVER WATCHING FILM NOIR
LISTENS TO SCOTT WALKER IN THE DARK
PLASTIC FLOWERS WITH YOUR TV HELL
A TRAIN FROM PENZANCE WITH HIDDEN LOVER
I’VE SEEN IT WRITTEN IN HIS BEGGING LETTER
FRAME THAT LOVE WITH ORANGE PEEL
I GREW TIRED OF YOUR BODY
YOU GREW TIRED OF MY MIND
WANT TO TASTE ANOTHER
WELL I GUESS THAT'S FINE
ALWAYS HATED YOUR FRIENDS
AND YOU HATED MINE
I GO OUT DAYTIME DRINKING
WELL I GUESS IT PASSES THE TIME
THE PUBS WERE CLOSING FOR THE STATE FUNERAL
BUT IT'S NOT ME TO DRINK IN THE PARK
YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME ANY MORE
WITH EVERY PASSING WEEK IT’S GETTING DARK
MOTHER SAID I'M CRUEL LIKE MY FATHER
SUPPOSE I DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT HER
SAW HIM ON WALTON PIER THAT SUMMER
HOLDING HANDS WITH MY HALF SISTER
SHOULD NEVER HAVE REUNITED THAT WINTER
TOGETHER IT'S ROTTEN TO THE CORE
STARTED GETTING USED TO THIS ENDING
FOUND ME PASSED OUT ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR
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Death of the Human Fly
02:26
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THE HUMAN FLY WAS FOUND DEAD JUST THREE WEEKS FROM RETIREMENT ENGRAVED CARRIAGE CLOCK REMAINS UNGIFTED MULTIPLE LOVERS TURN UP FOR THE FUNERAL RED EYES FROM CRYING OBSCURED BY HUGE SUNGLASSES
DRANK HIMSELF TO DEATH IN HIS LONELY FLAT HIS BEST DRINKING BUDDIES LONG SINCE HAD FAMILIES SLOWLY GROWING FATTER ON TAKEAWAY DINNERS THAT WERE DELIVERED EVERY SINGLE DAY
IT’S THE LIFE OF THE HUMAN FLY
HE CONSTANTLY WATCHES 24 HOUR ROLLING NEWS GETTING ANGRIER WITH EACH PASSING SECOND SOMETHING EVIL SLOWLY GROWING INSIDE DON’T TRUST ANYONE HE MUMBLED TO HIMSELF
THE HUMAN FLY WAS FOUND DEAD JUST THREE WEEKS FROM RETIREMENT HIS STILL HEART BLACK AS COAL THE WORLD KEEPS ON TURNING DARKNESS CONSUMED A ONCE A HAPPY SOUL
STAY AWAY FROM THIS ISLAND KEEP AWAY FROM THIS ISLAND
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Transfer Movement
02:43
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A VEGAN IN LANDFILL CLOTHING GLEEFULLY SNAPS AWAY
HOLDING HANDS WITH THE LOVE OF HER LIFE SO PERFECTLY FRAMED
HE DOESN’T EVEN REALISE HE CAN EASILY BE REPLACED
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY HE’S JUST A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
I NEVER MOURNED OUR PASSING MUST HAVE GOT STUCK IN MY THROAT
I NEVER MOURNED OUR PASSING
IT’S MY WAY OF LETTING YOU GO
DREAMED OF DAVID AND IGGY IN BERLIN BUT HE COULD NEVER GET INTO THE COCTEAU TWINS
MEAT FEAST WITH ANTIBIOTICS BATHE IN THE PLASTIC SEA
DELETE A SPECIES DELETE OUR HISTORY
YOU’VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN ME
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Swans
03:39
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DON’T WANT YOUR MEMORY CLOGGING UP MY BRAIN ANY MORE
IT’S EMBEDDED LIKE SOME WEIRD SCI FI ALIEN
TENTACLES WOVEN THROUGH DEEP ROOTED
CAN’T KEEP WAKING UP THIS EXHAUSTED
I HEARD YOU’RE SEEING SOMEONE NEW NOW AND I GUESS THAT MAKES IT WORSE IN MY HEAD HE’S A HOLLYWOOD STAR WHO TAKES YOU FOR EXPENSIVE DINNERS IN GLEAMING SKYSCRAPERS
I USED SAY I HOPED THAT YOU’D BE HAPPY BUT IT TURNS OUT I HATE IT
I KNOW HOW PATHETIC THAT MAKES ME SOUND BUT I’M STRUGGLING TO CARE
I DIDN’T THINK YOU’D GET OVER US SO QUICKLY I WANT YOU TO STILL HURT
I WASN’T READY TO WALK AWAY
EVERYTHING I EVER LOVED IS DEAD OR SLOWLY DYING
DON’T WANT YOUR MEMORY CLOGGING UP MY BRAIN ANY MORE
SMOTHERED EVERYTHING LIKE A THICK BLACK FOG
THE PAIN IS SO DEEP ROOTED
CAN’T KEEP WAKING UP THIS EXHAUSTED
I KNOW YOU’RE SEEING SOMEONE NEW NOW AND I GUESS THAT MAKES IT WORSE IN MY HEAD HE’S A 10 BETWEEN THE SHEETS
THE MEMORY PLAYS TRICKS
MYTHOLOGISES EX LOVERS I’VE ALREADY SCREWED TOO MANY PEOPLE’S LIVES
IT’S BEEN MONTHS NOW AND THE ESSENCE OF YOU IS FADING BLURRING AWAY EACH DAY I GUESS I’M FINALLY GETTING WHAT I WANTED I THOUGHT I’D FEEL BETTER BUT I DON’T
YOU MUST HAVE GOT TIRED OF WAITING FOR ME TO CHANGE
BATHED IN ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
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The Collector
04:50
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VISIONS OF AN ENGLISH LANDSCAPE OLD HABITS DIE HARD
YOU REMEMBER THE SWEETNESS LIKE IT'S STILL ON YOUR TONGUE
YOU CAN ALMOST TOUCH IT STILL BRING BACK THE PAST
VISIONS OF ANOTHER LIFETIME SHAME YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT LAST
HE'S THE COLLECTOR MAKE A LIST
BROKEN HEARTS STICK OR TWIST
CALL THE COLLECTOR TAKING NAMES
OLD WOUNDS NO SHAME
VISIONS OF A FADED BEAUTY NEW ROADS NEW RUTS
YOU REMEMBER THE SWEETNESS IT'S STILL WARM TO THE TOUCH
SECOND LOVER NEVER REAL YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW IT FEELS
VISIONS OF ANOTHER LIFETIME SOME INEVITABLY LEFT BEHIND
LIVING WITH THE ENGLISH DISEASE OLD HABITS DIE HARD
YOU REMEMBER THE BEAUTY BUT SHE SLIPPED FROM YOUR GRASP
YOU CAN ALMOST TOUCH IT STILL THE MAN WHO HAUNTS HIMSELF
VISIONS OF ANOTHER LIFETIME A COLD AND HOLLOW SHELL
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As heard on BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq/Tom Robinson) Radio X (John Kennedy) KCRW (Henry
Rollins)
“Half way through Yesterday In Mourning, it begins to dawn on you that all Cross Wire’s songs are relatable on first exposure – an underlying sense of familiarity which you can’t always put your finger on leading you down darkly fascinating avenues” - Louder Than War
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