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Part Two

by Alarm Bells

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1.
Hold Down 05:01
he's walking like a silver back lungs be acting like the big bang who'd you think about when you're getting ready? is it the one that you find a bit scary? throwing eyes around like torches like im popping out the strathspeys hold down hold down hold down hold mental phantoms gather strength at a pitch so my chest can set alarm bells ringing (alarm bells and..) mental phantoms gather strength at a pitch so my chest can set alarm bells ringing im just a molecular dance hold on to someone til they die anything less and i'd dry up and blow away catching bouquets, baby mental phantoms gather strength at a pitch so my chest can set alarm bells ringing (alarm bells and..) mental phantoms gather strength at a pitch so my chest can set alarm bells ringing hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, pushing me to the brink the falling emptiness is what i make it and no amount of black outs and no amount of viruses or identification can take it away mental phantoms gather strength at a pitch so my chest can set alarm bells ringing (alarm bells and..) mental phantoms gather strength at a pitch so my chest can set alarm bells ringing hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, hold down, pushing me to the brink my curse is my blessing it shows me safety first the background is dropped off like AC cut off I've been living in this body like we're in grey gardens you've got to dance with the one who brought you
2.
forged by you and your media down on gorged by you and your chemicals, dow's wrong we're on this side with you now evolution hangover you should hear them trying trying to talk you should hear them trying talking in sound bites talking in sound bites serving us up your signature dish and excuse me while i throw up this push and if you don't want it to be a big deal maybe shut up you should hear them trying trying to talk you should hear them trying talking in sound bites talking in sound bites i hear the stamping feet knee jerk throw up gotta get em all knee jerk throw up must be something i took mess with eggs and the protein will surely be clogging your blood eat stake will give you lots of b3 but at what cost? drinking milk from an antibiotic mammal will kill you aspartame is literally the fieces of e-coli bacteria you should hear them trying trying to talk you should hear them trying talking in sound bites talking in sound bites i hear the stamping feet knee jerk throw up gotta get em all knee jerk throw up something i … chow it down i think they want you to drown scientific names the bottom line is their game
3.
Compounds 04:45
IF IT RINGS IT RINGS LOUDER THAN I KNOW IT CAN BE UNDER THE SMOG OF MINDS A SCRAMBLED BLOCKAGE IN THE WAY A REQUEST FROM BEYOND THE BEYOND, A CONSTANT OMNI-OFFER THEY CALL IT THEY CALL IT SPONTANEOUS REMISSION, DONT THEY IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE FORGOT? WHAT ABOUT YOUR SOILS AND MINERALS? THERES COMPOUNDS AND THEY'RE NAMELESS FEED ME A NEW EARTH FEED ME A NEW EARTH A RICH AND OBVIOUS SOURCE FEED ME A NEW EARTH 10AM MEET ME AT THE DAVID HOCKNEY IN THE G.O.M.A DONT BRING FRIENDS BUT WEAR A LITTLE APRON INCASE THINGS GET MESSY COS IM GONNA FEED YOU THINGS I'LL FEED YOU THE SACRED VITAMINS OF TRUTH HOW'S THAT SOUND? ...DIDNT THINK SO IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE FORGOT? WHAT ABOUT MY SOILS AND MINERALS THESE COMPOUNDS AIN'T GOT NAMES YET FEED ME A NEW EARTH FEED ME A NEW EARTH A RICH AND OBVIOUS SOURCE FEED ME A NEW EARTH THE COMPLETE APPROACH HAD FADED AS WE SPOKE WE PICK AND MULTIPLY A SECTION THEN WE DIE THERES ANOTHER WAY OF DOING THINGS RICH, OBVIOUS SOURCE THAT ISN'T STEEPED IN GUILT AND IMAGINARY FORCE IM FUCKING DONE WITH THIS THING, BABY I WANT TO CONCENTRATE THE FORCE OF THIS THING LATELY ETERNAL SOURCE SO SOON TO BE ANSWERED ETERNAL SOURCE SO SOON TO BE ANSWERED IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE FORGOT? WHAT ABOUT MY SOILS AND MINERALS THESE COMPOUNDS AIN'T GOT NAMES YET
4.
Come 10:34
your dad's got a showroom he said he could take my pick there's vintage and perfect i try on one with my friends magic of real, how does it feel? the doors are so shiny its got mirrors along the top the wheels are in motion and the roof? it just peels right off and you're looking like the shape of things to come looking like the shape of things to come something'll come something'll come come come a little bit closer i dunno if this is right this place is a nightmare I've woken and nothings right look at your body blanking out all my thoughts, yeah just look around you its made up of old mirrors and chairs and i don't know what i was thinking he's patching a hole in the wall oh for fuck's sake looking like the shape of things to come looking like a shape of things to come something'll come something'll come come cos we'll be digging in like a barren inner space is what you've got, come on cos we'll be digging in like a barren shape and faces blank out my thoughts cos we'll be digging in like aye aye aye aye aye cos we'll be digging in like a barren shape and faces blank out all my thoughts cos we'll be digging in like oh! sanctioned play pens burning down we broke out and we're running away from predetermined reality libido death rattle only one is real the charm offensive's here as we hold these supposed truths to be self-self-limiting in a limitless acceleration towards the infinity as we hold these supposed truths to be self-self-limiting in a limitless acceleration towards the infinity it's like being punished for greed and hypnosis and the shit that i have got nothing to do with my mind's projected labels peel and just fall off tightness, aching, fatigue, breaking relax, burning, solid, working as we hold these supposed truths to be self-self-limiting in a limitless acceleration towards the infinity and you body and your shape and face blacking out all my thoughts looking like the shape of things to come

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released December 20, 2013

Written and performed by:

John Baillie Jnr (vocals)
David Roy (guitars)
Ollie Cox (synths)
Ryan McGinness (bass)
Paul Bannon (drums)

Recorded and mixed by David Roy and John Baillie Jnr at Scrummy Yummy's.
Drums recorded by Ross McGowan at Chime.
Photo: Leigh Amelia
Design: DCWID

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