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Hand To Torch
04:51
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Hand to torch, or hand to mouth, it’s inconvenient
The freezing weather, chartered boat and dossier
Excuse me privateer, I am excusing myself
And everything I’ve ever done in the name of someone else
Words travel calmly, silently
Your face, the total certainty
The direct route, the correct arc, the path of least resistance
And we’ve got full traction
I made a promise in a half-forgotten dream
That I would take a better slate to all I see
That I would hear you out, that I would hear the truth out
It’s inconvenient
I’m tired and pissed-off, taking a stand
So clean yourself up, so clean semantics up, but you’re a parasite
Hand over the yardstick, the quartermaster’s getting sick
You broke the key in the lock, it was a crime
Straight to the point, you must relent
And did you know that you were only second choice?
These my words to beat you with
Upon this slippery, punctured sphere
And what more could you want?
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Embrace
03:13
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It’s density and sorry state
The wandering of a chaotic embrace
We pinned our lives to the pennant and just gave in
Gave in to deadline
The pressured life
I never wanted that for you
Who knows how you feel?
I think I care, I think I care, I can’t decide
Who knows what you had in mind?
Well I think I care, I cant’t decide
Flailing outstretched limbs to me
Good fortune is still ours today
I don’t know what I ever did you for
I don’t know what I ever did to you
Who cares what you had in mind?
Well I think I care, I cant’t decide
Flailing outstretched limbs to me
Good fortune is still ours today
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The homing beacon is faulty
I must be missing a coronet
It’s you and me and the cosmos
I must be missing cosmology
While we were looking after records
And I was mending computers
I tipped my hat to the barman
I sold up all of my futures
You had the smart moves
I had a credit card
Oh yeah, it’s twenty years later
And I’m still paying it off
The airbrick was clogged up
The bathroom needs painting
When I get drugged by the dentist
I’ve got a list for complaining
I was a man
I was once a crowned man
A recipe for data loss
That I can take seriously
You had the smart moves
I had a credit card
Oh yeah, it’s twenty years later
And I’m still paying it off
But you’re too far from the doctor
No, you’re too close to the dentist
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Proverbial Hawks
05:06
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Like proverbial hawks on the war fortune
They move and they talk
Whispers. Bargaining
Against my better judgement
Isn’t that how it always begins?
And please take note
I somehow managed not to swear in front of your kids
There’s no conspiracy
It’s just men trying to make the best of a bad job
And so many predecessors
Land grab, explore the flag
And you’ll be glad if you need two seats
And when we say ‘retro’ we mean a fake version of our past
And a confused identity
Your penmanship takes on a stabbing motion
There’s no conspiracy
It’s just men trying to make the best of a bad job
And so many predecessors
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Action and Action Greater London
Action and Action is a band that's run from 2004 through to 2015.
Alan Marks and
Luigi Lama play guitar. Dave Collis plays bass. Sam Luck plays drums. Ambrose Neville provides most of the vocals, and writes the words.
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