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Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

Recorded: 2008
Label: Wichita
Songwriter(s): Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong
Producer: Jacknife Lee

BIKO

You're not doing this alone...

 

For my sweetheart, the melancholic

You have crossed the river Styx

And the waves have taken you away

As I lay my head on your chest

I can hear it in your veins

Wake me up when you come to bed

 

So toughen up

Biko, toughen up

Biko, toughen up

This world isn't kind to little things

 

(You're not doing this alone)

 

Was my love not strong enough to

Bring you back from the dead?

If I could eat your cancer I would

But I can't

 

(You're not doing this alone)

 

So I keep writing these songs for you

To steal you from your grey

We can dance in our front room again

 

So toughen up

Biko, toughen up

Biko, toughen up

I need you to be strong for us

 

So toughen up

Biko, toughen up

Biko, toughen up

This world isn't kind to little things

 

(You're not doing this alone)

 

Don't you know that when you stand

You stand up for the both of us?

Remember that when the darkness looms

 

(You're not doing this alone)

 

Every tear you shed is cleansing

Taking the pain away from you

I left you blueberries in the fridge

The little things that I can do

 

So toughen up

Biko, toughen up

(That I can do)

Biko, toughen up

(That I can do)

I need you to be strong for us

 

So toughen up

Biko, toughen up

Biko, toughen up

This world isn't kind to little things

 

You're not doing this alone...

 

Resist!

Resist!

Resist!

Resist!

 

So toughen up (Resist!)

Biko, toughen up (Resist!)

Biko, toughen up (Resist!)

I need you to be strong for us

 

So toughen up (Resist!)

Biko, toughen up (Resist!)

Biko, toughen up (Resist!)

This world isn't kind to little things

 

You're not doing this alone

You're not doing this alone

created by Alexi Garcia - AlxCia ®2019

All lyrics by Bloc Party. Photography by Ness Sherry, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Perry Curties, Yuki Shingai, Phil Armson. Illustrations by Linsey Tulley, Gordon Moakes. Web design based on art direction by: Rob Crane at Work (2007-2008),

Bloc Party & Gordon Moakes (2012-2013), Big Active & Kele Okereke (2016). DISCLAIMER: this website was created for informational purposes only and is not being monetised. All content and design was inspired by and taken from the art direction of albums, singles and EP's by Bloc Party. 

Bloc Party are Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Matt Tong, Gordon Moakes, Louise Bartle, Justin Harris

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