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Silent Alarm by Bloc Party

Recorded: 2006
Label: Wichita
Songwriter(s): Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes, Kele Okereke, Matt Tong
Producer: Jacknife Lee

SONG FOR CLAY

(DISAPPEAR HERE)

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I am trying to be heroic
In an age of modernity
I am trying to be heroic
As all around me history sinks

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So I enjoy and I devour
Flesh and wine and luxury
But in my heart I am lukewarm
Nothing ever really touches me

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At Les Trois Garçons
We meet at precisely nine o'clock
I order the foie gras 
And I eat it with complete disdain

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Bubbles rise in champagne flutes
But when we kiss I feel nothing
Feasting on sleeping pills
And Marlboro reds

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Self-pity won't save you

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Oh how our, how our parents
They suffered for nothing
Live the dream
Live the dream
Live the dream
Like the eighties never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway
Disappear here

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We stroll past the queue
Into the magazine launch party
I am handed a pill and I swallow
With complete disdain

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Kick drum pounds, off-beat high-hats
Remember to look bored
We suck each other's faces
And make sure we are noticed

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The cocaine won't save you

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Because East London is a vampire
It sucks the joy right out of me
How we longed for corruption
In these golden years

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Oh how our, how our parents
They suffered for nothing
Live the dream
Live the dream
Live the dream
Like the eighties never happened
People are afraid, are afraid
To merge on the freeway
Disappear here

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Disappear here

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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