1978, Smiling Politely Lyrics

[Verse 1] We met when we were seven Now we're both in year eleven and it scares me that You act like it's a joke When they tell you off for smoking It's tearing me apart So I...Read Full Lyrics

Someone caught a bullet in the underpass And I heard rumours on the street about these freaky gangs But this is monochromatic No, I can't stand it They're in the shadows Lurki...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] I've been messed up in my head Since I finished watching threads When I couldn't sleep for weeks Seeking shelter in the sheets Have I always been like this? Like a ...Read Full Lyrics

Inverted pentagrams and crucifixes Weirdos at the gates Belief in ancient Gods whose rise from solemn slumber we await Cities laid to waste, terror at the seas Armageddon now, ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] You tried to play it cool When the blue lights started flashing But that calm demeanour slipped On the day that you got nicked Cut me open and you'll see That same ...Read Full Lyrics

The doctor put his hands around my neck I've never been so close to choking on myself He said “you need a rest” Like I need religion My grandmother prays for me Saint Bede...Read Full Lyrics

You called in sick for work Leaving some details unspoken And spent the day in bed 'Cause your beating heart was broken Paracetamol and Countdown On mute on the TV Thinking, ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Left the office feeling frantic Tangled up in the semantics 'Too polite' or 'sycophantic' Never learned how to relax So uptight [Verse 2] Chrissy took us for a r...Read Full Lyrics

I said “I don't believe in marriage It's a Patriarchal scam” You said “meet me at the station Train departs at 6am” I packed my bags and left my politics in bed And I ...Read Full Lyrics

Fragments of a memory outlined for posterity Tears and arguments Something to do with a missing bag of diet pills and super glue He waits outside the offy Cause he doesn't have...Read Full Lyrics