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A Little Life in a Strange Land

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1.
Strangers 03:04
There's a light on the street and it lures you in from the dark There's a girl on the corner in the blistering heat and she calls your name from afar Hey mister, will you find my sister? You know that I miss her, and you promised that I'd see her again Again Our apprehension never did us any favours But didn't mother ever warn you about strangers? Our apprehension never did us any favours But didn't mother ever warn you about strangers? There's a bloke out boozing, I can see him from my house He takes a couple of steps towards me and falls into his car His boot meets the pedal, his wheels meet the tarmac His dented forehead and a dented bollard Remember to this day You try to prove that you're okay But you'll never wash the tears away 'Cause you don't go out in the rain Our apprehension never did us any favours But didn't mother ever warn you about strangers? Our apprehension didn't do us any favours Because your mother never warned you about strangers She never warned you about strangers No, she never warned you about strangers
2.
You're swimming downstream Toward the mainstream Forget your daydream 'Cause you'll never be free of the trouble you've seen You got your new life Your cushy cool life Forget your old life Free of your make-believe smoke machine now I know you've got a plan, admit it But you're never gonna go and commit it Into your busy day, if only that were okay Submit to regime 'Cause you're on our team We got our own scheme 'Cause people like you and me are few and far between It's a new union For you and your own The ladder's up now And it doesn't really matter to you if we all fall down I know you've got a plan, admit it But you're never gonna go and commit it Into your busy day, if only that were okay You never told me war was fair So go ahead, turn the other arse-cheek And prove to them that you just couldn't care less I got mine, you'll get yours some other time I know you've got a plan, admit it So when you gonna go and commit it? You never find the time to fit it Into your busy day If you only had the balls to do it You waited too long and you blew it And you're never gonna make it through it Now They say there isn't too much to it And patience is a virtue Do you really think they'll help you To join the lucky rich few? So bite the hand that feeds you now
3.
Extendoheart 03:21
Can't you love yourself before you love your neighbour? What's your plan of action? Distract your demons with a favour You must favour your friends Don't stop till they call you Don't stop till they call you Extendoheart Wake up, sleepyhead It's time to face the world again Drag yourself out of bed And shake off the hate that fills your head, now Take the funk from your eyes And smear it all over your new life Prepare for your new life Prepare for your new life As extendoheart As extendoheart As extendoheart As extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart So now you've angered Mother Nature again Now defend yourself With a blunt-edged needle The world wants nothing more Than to plunge its needle right into your Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart Extendoheart
4.
Let's Panic! 04:13
Another sunny day in paradise Another empty beach, mass panic, yeah Rushing out for liquid gold, queueing up for toilet roll Now watch the crown take control But the tourists don't mind what they cannot see Rubbing us raw as long as all is clean Now we're wondering if we'll ever see the sun again Take the time to sit and panic, yeah yeah You wait for when the time is right to get rid of your insanity Will this be the break we need to build a new society? Speckled elbows, new meanings for old words Avoid the conspiraloons in the cafés Forget about your old life, forget about your old life For your new one begins now But the tourists don't mind what they cannot see Rubbing us raw as long as all is clean Now we're wondering if we'll ever see the sun again Take the time to sit and panic, yeah yeah You wait for when the time is right to get rid of your old TV Will this be the break we need to build a new society? Living in fear For everything that you hold dear Will die next Friday So listen to what the nice man tells ya And now we're wondering if we'll ever see the sun again Take the time to sit and panic, yeah yeah You wait for when the time is right to get rid of your insanity Will this be the break we need to build a new society? But the tourists don't mind what they cannot see Rub ourselves raw as long as all is clean Yeah the tourists don't mind what they don't see We're rubbed red raw, now make them all come clean Three, two, one Let's panic!
5.
Dreamt of shooting at a mountain last night Couldn't make it through the spring without a little snowfall I helped you make it down in time Stay with me and watch the avalanche from far away Ah Ah We'll wake up and break through the badlands Step outside and wash our faces in the rain We'll wake up and break through the badlands If you never stop moving, you can't stop the pain Oh Oh Take a look through the skylights Watch our faces in the reflection from the snow Can you see the hidden meaning That echoes in our eyes? Oh Oh We'll wake up and break through the badlands Step outside and wash our faces in the rain We'll wake up and break through the badlands If you never stop moving, you can't stop the pain There's a little life in this strange land If you care to find it Look far enough and you'll see The reason for our being Them heavy people, they say that we We perform the miracles We'll wake up and break through the badlands Step outside and wash our faces in the rain We'll wake up and break through the badlands If you never stop moving, you can't stop the pain Break through the badlands Help me to break through these sadlands Ohh When we stop moving, the pain ebbs away Oh, ah ah oh Oh, ah ah oh Oh, ah ah oh Oh, ah ah oh

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released March 26, 2020

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