top of page
Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

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

ONE MONTH OFF

Well there were seven years between us

Seems that all my friends were right

That we can't survive on your bedroom eyes

And a Spanish guitar

 

When we started this it was paradise

Not just Bethnal Green

And it's just not right

This waiting game

Making a cuckold of me

 

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting fire with firewood

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting lies with lies

(If you need time)

 

And it's just not like me to lash out

But enough is enough

Tell me what the others can do

That I can't?

 

Translucent and sun-bleached skin

Yeah

When did you get so L.A.?

How can you desert me

After all we've been through?

 

Stuck on a dream that somewhere is better

You'll be the one missing out

 

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting fire with firewood

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting lies with lies

(If you need time)

 

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting fire with firewood

(If you need time)

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting lies with lies

(If you need time)

 

If you need time

Time, time, time, time...

 

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting fire with firewood

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting lies with lies

(If you need time)

 

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting fire with firewood

(If you need time)

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting lies with lies

 

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting fire with firewood

I can be as cruel as you

Fighting lies with lies

 

Fighting lies with lies…

bottom of page